About an hour later, the Ming army began to appear without collecting at night. Du Du, who was watching the battle at the head of the city, was surprised to find that those Ming troops were very brave at night and took the initiative to attack the Qing Tanma.

If the Qing Dynasty is a tiger, then the Ming army is a group of wolves, they are not afraid to keep attacking, different teams do not seem to be competing with each other, crazy attack, and the Qing Dynasty is defeated.

In the distance, more Ming troops appeared, surrounded from all directions, and under each banner, there were Ming army generals who were bravely moving forward, taking the lead and charging ahead. That kind of courageous momentum can be seen at once by anyone who has experience on the battlefield.

Looking at the scenes outside the city, Du Du was suddenly a little dumbfounded. These Ming soldiers felt like they had taken the wrong medicine, and they became very brave, he had never seen such a Ming army before!

"Quick, quick, immediately ask Yue Tobel for help!" Du Du was a little panicked, and hurriedly ordered, anxiously urging his subordinates.

He estimated that this Ming army numbered tens of thousands, more than his army. Concerned about the hundreds of thousands of people in custody, he was worried about the loss, and finally asked Yue Tuo for help.

Then his order was passed down, and the Tartar army outside the city began to shrink and move closer to the city.

Soon, the Ming army rushed to the vicinity of the city without collecting at night. Looking at them, Du Du had a feeling that these Ming soldiers were like vicious wolf dogs at night, and from time to time they wanted to pounce on the Qing army and take a bite, but they didn't have a chance, so they retreated. But as long as there is a slight flaw, they will rush over without hesitation.

"Where did the Ming Kingdom get such a brave army?" Du Du was a little dumbfounded, and couldn't help but ask the people around him, "I have never heard of a Ming army that had such a strong desire to fight when it faced my Qing army!" ”

Since the rise of the Qing Dynasty, between the white mountains and black waters, the Ming army has won many battles, so that later, after the prestige of the Qing Dynasty came out, the Ming army basically only had passive defense and never took the initiative to attack. Not to mention, when facing the Qing army, he even took the initiative to attack with such a strong fighting spirit.

"Master, should it be ...... Could it be that there is a strong army hidden in the Ming Kingdom? Some of Du Du's subordinates speculated, "Or, like the previous White Pole Army or the Qi Family Army, this army has been in other places, and now it has been transferred to deal with our Daqing!" ”

When Du Du heard this, he immediately shook his head and said, "This is impossible, the entire Liaodong has been occupied by us, and we have been here several times." If the Ming Kingdom really has such a strong army, it is impossible to hide it all the time! ”

When he finished saying this, a Tartar came over with a middle-aged man in the costume of the Ming Dynasty's Qipin County. This is the county order that surrendered to the Manchu Tartars, named Chen Weiquan.

As soon as he saw him coming, Du Du couldn't wait to ask: "Come and see, where is this Ming army outside the city?" Why is it so brave? ”

Chen Weiquan listened, nodded hurriedly in response, and then looked fixedly outside the city.

At this time, a large army of the Ming army had already appeared. The cavalry is in front, the infantry is behind, and all kinds of banners are hunting in the cold wind. A sea of red rolls in from the end of the view.

This Chen Weiquan carefully recognized the banner, suddenly realized, hurriedly turned to Du Du, and saw that he was very concerned, so he hurriedly replied: "My lord, this is the Qin soldiers, they are all Shaanxi troops, and the commanders should be Sun Chuanting, the governor of Shaanxi, and Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides. ”

"What?" When Du Du heard this, he seemed to be a little unconvinced, of course he had an understanding of the situation of the Ming army, but in his impression, the Qin soldiers were not so brave!

He immediately frowned, stared at Chen Weiquan and asked, "You have to look carefully, Qin Bing doesn't seem to be so brave, right?" I heard that in the past, some Qin soldiers were transferred to Liaodong by the Ming court, but they were all broken up halfway! ”

Chen Weiquan naturally heard about it and felt that Du Du was very reasonable, so with a trace of doubt on his face, he turned his head to look outside the city again and continued to observe.

Suddenly, he pointed to a place and said to Du Du: "My lord, please see, under that Hong Zishuai, that person is the famous Hong Chengchou in the officialdom, and the villain has the honor to see him once, and there will be no mistake." This one must have come from the Qin soldiers. ”

As soon as it was confirmed, including himself, as well as Du Du, looking at the army outside the city, they were all confused, why did Qin Bing become so brave? Looking at their armor and uniforms, it doesn't seem to be a very sophisticated kind, and it can be determined that their conditions and treatment don't seem to be very good, and the gap with other Ming troops is not big!

They naturally didn't know that the Ming Emperor had personally inspected this army, was kind to each of the generals who led the troops, and made a solemn promise to this Qin army that as long as they fought bravely in this war against the captives, they would be incorporated into the emperor's personal army and fight under the emperor's command.

This promise is more heartwarming than any other incentive. Originally, this Qin army was a strong army in the Ming army, and it could be regarded as having the basis for a war with the Manchu Tartars.

After being stimulated by Emperor Chongzhen, they naturally looked at the Manchu Tartars one by one, as if they saw pieces of fat on the ground, and they all wanted to rush up and take a bite, so as to prove their qualifications to enter the forbidden army of the Son of Heaven.

Besides, after Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting appeared outside the city, they just saw the previous battle situation, and their mood was much better, and they came to the conclusion that these Manchu troops were not as brave as they were rumored.

In this regard, Hong Chengchou guessed the reason for the first time: "This Manchu army guarding so many people and animals has long lost its fighting spirit. ”

Sun Chuanting nodded, and said to Hong Chengchou without hesitation: "Time is precious, take advantage of the arrival of Tartar reinforcements to save the people of Daming as soon as possible and recapture the looted materials!" ”

There are so many people in the Ming Dynasty, and there are countless materials, if they can be taken back, it will be a great credit.

Hong Chengchou naturally understood, and the two immediately reached an agreement. As soon as the infantry arrived, they began to prepare for the siege under the guard of the cavalry.

Although they came from Shaanxi, they did not carry heavy artillery along the way, because it was inconvenient. But their purpose in this battlefield is to defeat the county town in front of them, so when they were on the road, they had already mobilized a few heavy artillery pieces to come over.

This battle, under the initiative of the Ming army, kicked off.

The Manchu army naturally will not stand still, no matter what, they have a psychological advantage in the face of the Ming army. It's just that at the beginning, I was shocked by the Ming army's failure to collect his life at night. Now that the war has officially begun, they have begun to fight back.

The army, dominated by the Manchu Tartars, launched a counterattack against the Ming army under the cover of the Mongol Eight Banners.

Du Du also had to do this, because when this county town was taken down by them, the city defense was almost destroyed. And after the fight, they naturally don't think about repairing the city defenses. Therefore, passive defense cannot withstand the attack of the Ming army at all, and this is not their style.

The assault point of the Manchu army was the heavy artillery that was pushed into front of the battle. Seeing that their cavalry was dispatched, they came straight to the side of the heavy artillery.

The Ming army was naturally also on guard, and immediately rows of musketeers lined up, kneeling, or standing, forming a three-stage firing array, as if they were blind to the enemy rushing over on horseback.

On the side of each team of Ming soldiers, there were officers shouting loudly, emphasizing the military order: "Listen to the order, shoot without the order to behead!" ”

For them, this is what they are used to. It's just that in the past, in the face of the attack of the thieves, the armor was uneven, the formation was scattered, etc., which brought them less psychological pressure.

But now the enemy in front of him is a strong enemy of the Tartars. With a tall head and a big horse, the fierce expression of the Tartar, the sophisticated armor and weapons, and the superb riding skills, you can feel the fierce momentum head-on, which makes the psychological pressure of Qin Bing increase a lot.

"Don't shoot without an order, and those who violate the order will be killed!" The officer was still yelling hysterically, which was also something that could not be helped, otherwise the sound would be drowned out by the rumbling of horses' hooves.

Behind the musketeers, there were also groups of archers, who were under less pressure, but put their arrows on the bowstring, holding them diagonally in their hands and not pulling the bowstring.

Behind the archers, the Ming soldiers stood with their long spears clenched, and they were also staring at the enemy, but they did not need to move.

Ranged units in front of them will quickly pass from their side to the rear if they are close to the enemy. And they will form a tight formation and defend the line with their lives.

On the opposite side of them, three or four thousand tartars, clinging to the horse's back, urged the horse to hurry, faster and faster. The rumbling sound of horses' hooves became more and more urgent. The momentum they showed was also indomitable. It's as if in front of them, whether it's a mountain of swords or a sea of fire, they will rush forward without hesitation.

At this moment, there seemed to be only the sound of horses' hooves like thunder on the battlefield. Above and below the city, the Ming army was Manchu, no matter who it was, they all focused their eyes on the front of the two armies.

Or feeling the sound of the impending battle, the war horse under He Renlong's crotch snorted a little restlessly, and his front hooves were raised from time to time, stepping heavily on the ground, as if responding to the sound of horses' hooves not far away.

He Renlong held the reins in his hand, forcibly pressed the war horse and did not move, turned his head to look at the place where Shuai Qi was, with a hint of fanaticism in his eyes, looking forward to something.

In the other direction, under the banner of the word "Cao", Cao Bianjiao also comforted the war horse, his eyes were staring at the place where the handsome flag was, and he also looked in the direction of the battlefield from time to time, and his impatient expression was fully revealed on his face.

At the head of the city, the Tartar leader Du Du is also watching the battlefield. When he saw his cavalry getting closer and closer, but the Ming gunners and archers on the opposite side were all standing still, the expression on his face was much more ugly.

In the past, when fighting in Liaodong, against the Ming army, generally speaking, as long as the Qing cavalry charged with this momentum, the Ming army on the opposite side would often shoot when it was far away.

And on this kind of imminent battlefield, as long as one person shoots, other Ming troops will also shoot. Once the shot is fired from a distance, the damage done to the Qing cavalry will be minimal. rushed forward in one go, and should be able to defeat the Ming army in one fell swoop.

Today, however, this plan does not seem to be realized. If you rush further, you will really have to face the double blow of the Ming army's musketeers and archers, and then crash headlong into the dense spear formation. In this way, the losses of the Qing army will definitely be heavy.

"Alas, this Ming army is really a strong army!" Seeing this, Du Du sighed in his heart and said, "I'm not fooled!" ”

Just as he was finishing his sigh, the Tartar cavalry was about to enter the effective range of the firearms.

But at this time, the Tartar cavalry who rushed to the front took the reins, and the cavalry rushed into the oblique thorn, and did not really rush to the front of the Ming army, it seemed that it was going to turn back.

This trick is the most commonly used trick of the Tartars.

It seems to dare to charge to the death, if it can lure fire, it is the best; If you can't lure the fire, then avoid the fight, reorganize the team and make another trick.

Seeing this scene, both the Ming gunners and archers breathed a sigh of relief. It was only then that they realized that their backs were sweating on this cold day. At the same time, there is less fear of Tartar in their hearts. The rumored Tartar is not particularly powerful!

At this time, military orders began to be issued again.

"Everyone obeys, take five steps forward, and the whole team is formed."

"Everyone obeys, take five steps forward, and the whole team is formed."

“……”

If the Manchu Tartars did not attack, the Ming soldiers took the initiative to attack them.

The military order roared from time to time, and the soldiers of the Ming army in rows took five steps forward according to the military order, then stopped and began to form a team, and then took five steps forward......

Du Du at the head of the city was stunned to find that the Ming army's formation was slowly rolling forward, not revealing flaws. At this moment, he was really shocked. After so many years of fighting, it is really very rare for a Ming army to have such initiative.

Therefore, he did not dare to slack off, and immediately passed the military order again.

Soon, the city gate opened, and a thousand riders came out of it, rushing towards the Ming army. In addition, the 3,000 or so cavalry troops who turned back were scattered on both sides of this cavalry army and rushed towards the Ming army together. However, the momentum of this charge is not as shocking as the first time.

When they were about to reach the range of an arrow, the Ming soldiers were surprised to find that all the Tartar cavalry had stopped, and the 1,000 or so cavalrymen who had just come out of the city dismounted one after another and quickly lined up in front of them. One by one, they took out their bows or shields, and it was obvious that they were preparing for a foot battle.

In fact, the Manchu Tatars were not nomads, they were a fishing and hunting people. Their greatest strength was not the cavalry, but their heavy infantry.

A little observation, you can find that this Manchu Qing Tartars who are preparing to fight with the Ming army on foot are all very strong, and the armor on their bodies is mostly silver-white, full body protection, and they hold heavy weapons, maces, machetes and the like.

Needless to say, the Tartars in this infantry army are all Manchu native people, and most of them are Baya soldiers, which are commonly known as white-armored soldiers, the elite of the Manchu elite.

It is rumored that this white-armored soldier is wearing three layers of armor. Wear cotton armor on the inside, then leather armor, and iron armor on the outside. The protection ability is extremely strong, not to mention bows and arrows, even firearms, it is difficult to penetrate these three layers of protection.

On the side of the Ming army, most of them are just cotton armor. After all, this cotton armor is the most affordable for the Ming soldiers. This winter, dress warmly. As for the iron armor, it is rare for some generals whose status is not too high.

The gap in equipment between the two sides was immediately revealed.

A new round of confrontation will begin soon.