In the era when there were no telephones and radios, if there was a sudden change in combat deployment, it would take more than 10 minutes just to make thousands of soldiers understand the commander's intentions, and this would have to be a well-trained unit.

But the Dragon Guards didn't have this process.

The contingency plan had already been communicated to every officer, and as soon as the whole regiment was moved at the same time as soon as they heard that the plan was implemented.

"A battalion of infantry, in a column!"

"The independent first company, the independent second company moved away and rejected the horse!"

"An artillery company, change the state of march!"

“……”

In just five or six minutes, the three infantry columns of the Dragon Guard were already running to the beat of the dense drums.

The cavalry responded on both flanks of the infantry. The slowest artillery was at the rear of the line, covered by dragoons.

……

Wan Yuanji's men and horses shouted and rushed towards Feng Junrui's army, and when they got closer, they saw that there were already neat and tidy rattan plaques in front of them, and spears stretched out from the gap between the rattan plaques.

When the two sides were about 70 paces apart, the Qing army began to unleash. In an instant, the smoke of gunpowder burning filled the air, and the fire flickered.

Feng Junrui's gun used a three-stage shooting method. The first row of gunners released their guns and then went around to the rear row to reload, the second row of guns fired from the front, then around the rear to reload, the third row went up again, and the cycle repeatedly.

These people were all descendants of Gao Jinku, some of whom he brought from the north, and some of whom were regular battalion troops from Nanjing, most of whom were veterans of the battle formation, and they fought quite in an orderly manner.

Most of the recruits on Wan Yuanji's side were newly recruited, and after listening to the officer's order to charge, they rushed to the enemy with a fierce force.

When they reached a distance of sixty or seventy paces, people began to be shot, and blood and flesh flew in all directions, which frightened the people next to them, and then turned and ran. Thousands of people rushed forward, but in fact less than a hundred died, and began to break and flee in the whole group.

The officer hurriedly beheaded a number of deserters before he could barely stabilize the situation, but no matter how much he urged, no one dared to continue to rush forward.

Zhu Youma's people then arrived, but saw Wan Yuan Ji hesitating in place. He didn't know what to do, so he rushed with his own soldiers first, and when he saw the spears and rattan cards on the opposite side, he knew that the Qing army was not ambushed and defeated.

After he was hit by an arrow in the chest, he hurriedly ordered him to retreat, but fortunately he was well-armored and not injured.

Feng Junrui saw that he had stabilized his position, so he looked around, and felt very bad when he landed - his left flank was the Shuangchen River, and on the right side was a mound more than three miles away, and he couldn't see what was behind it at all—if such a narrow area was attacked by the Ming army, he would definitely die.

Feng Junrui was also considered a fierce man, and immediately ordered the cavalry to assemble, and shouted loudly: "The main force of the Ming army has been defeated by General Gao, follow me to rush away from the two thousand Ming army, in front of Jinxi County, you can let go of the robbery today!" ”

Then he took the lead, shrunk his body in his armor, and rushed towards Wan Yuan Jibu with his saber.

The Qing army clearly stipulated that the soldiers would leave 30% of the things they robbed. Grab a lot, get more.

These Qing soldiers and Han Eight Banners did not have much money on weekdays, and they relied on looting. It was Feng Junrui's nearly 1,000 cavalry who heard that they could loot the county seat, and their eyes immediately lit up excitedly, and they rushed out after him.

Gao Jinku heard the fierce exchange of fire from a distance behind, and someone came to report that Feng Junrui's vanguard had been ambushed by the Ming army and the situation was critical.

Gao Jinku suddenly looked anxious, those 5,000 people were his descendants, many of them were elite cavalry brought from the north, if these people were damaged, what weight would he have in the eyes of his master in the future?

He immediately ordered the whole army to throw away all their baggage and march hurriedly to rescue Feng Junrui's troops!

Due to the large number of firing guns, Wan Yuanji's side was already shrouded in smoke, and he could not see the enemy's situation clearly. At this time, hearing the sound of rumbling horses' hooves, Fang knew that the Qing army actually took the initiative to attack, and he hurriedly ordered to form a formation to meet the enemy.

His recruits only said that this time it was an ambush for the Qing army, and they could kill the enemy quickly, but they hadn't figured out the situation yet. The gunners and crossbowmen in the front row shot vigorously, and the rattan players and pikemen were all blocked behind, and they couldn't squeeze in front in a hurry, and the scene was chaotic.

Only Zhu Youma's troops barely managed to discharge the defensive position, but the Qing cavalry arrived in an instant.

The first row of hundreds of cavalry was stopped by the Ming army, but in fact, they basically blocked the impact momentum of the cavalry with their corpses.

Feng Junrui turned his horse's head and led people to gallop to the side, and the second wave of hundreds of cavalry followed behind him, and the formation of Wan Yuanji's department instantly recessed a large piece.

It took Su Guansheng a long time to react, and when he saw that the Wandutang army had rushed out and his own people were still stunned, he hurriedly waved the sword in his hand and shouted: "Soldiers, follow me into battle to kill the captives!" ”

There was no formation, so he led people to rush up. When he got into the thick smoke of gunpowder, he saw that Wan Yuan Jibu suffered heavy casualties under the impact of the Qing cavalry.

At this time, Feng Junrui had already turned around, and for the second time, he led people to break into the Ming army's formation, and the saber in his hand swept past the Ming army, and the blood flew out seven or eight meters away, splashing the face of the Su scholar.

Su Guansheng stared blankly at the soldier in front of him turning to the ground, his internal organs tumbling out of the wound, and his body twitched violently like a fish thrown ashore.

He only felt that his hands and feet were cold, and the sword could no longer hold it and fell to the ground, and then he vomited all the food in his stomach with a whoosh.

Scholar Su has always been pampered, but he has never seen such a scene. His mind was blank, he just wanted to get out of this Shura field as soon as possible, and he took a few steps backwards at the moment, and then his legs ran uncontrollably—backwards.

The soldiers of the Xinwei Army had just seen the enemy's figure, but they suddenly saw that their master Su had thrown his weapon and ran for his life.

They looked at each other, could it be that the Ming army had been defeated? I didn't dare to think about it at the moment, but I also dropped my weapon and shouted,

"Defeated, defeated!"

"Run for your life!" They all turned around and fled.

Originally, Zhu Youma's troops had stabilized their positions, repelled the Qing cavalry several times, and was about to save the Wan Yuan Ji Department, when he heard the Ming army shouting "defeated" and "fleeing" and so on.

In the smoke, it was not clear that the situation in Wandutang was not clear, and suddenly the military heart floated, and the officers who were still directing the battle stopped one after another, looked at Zhu Youzhen, and waited for him to make an idea.

Wan Yuanji's side was already a little unsupportable, and when he heard the shouts of Su Guansheng's department, he collapsed in an instant. So more people joined the ranks of fleeing.

For a time, nearly 10,000 troops were chased by a thousand cavalry and fled for their lives. Seeing that the main force was already like this, Zhu Youzhen was so angry that he stomped his feet, so he ordered a slow retreat to the north, but fortunately there was no collapse.

"My lord, there are about five hundred steps left from the enemy." Shi Lin put down the binoculars and reported to Su Chengyu. In fact, the entire battlefield was shrouded in gunsmoke, and it was difficult to see the enemy's specific situation, and the distance of 500 steps was only an estimate.

Su Chengyu immediately ordered: "The infantry is spread out in a horizontal column and is ready to meet the enemy." The hussars reconnoitred to the east, beware of enemy attacks on the flanks. ”

"Yes!"

After receiving the order, more than 2,000 infantry from the four battalions shouted "Switch Columns" at the same time, while quickly forming a dense three-row horizontal line.