Except for a few shrubs dotted with shrubs, the long gentle slope is mostly covered with wild grass, and at most one grass is a dogtooth root that grows close to the ground. In spring and summer, the grass grows as tall as a man's calf and can even cover the entire hillside, but at this time the upright parts have withered, except for the stolons that are close to the ground.

This also caused this gentle slope to be trampled by the Ming and Later Jin armies, and soon exposed the dark brown soil surface. When the two armies began to fight, the blood of the men and horses soaked the soil. Whether it was the infantry of the Ming army or the cavalry of the Later Jin, in some places where the blood was soaked excessively, there was a phenomenon of slipping.

The Ming army's attack, because Wu Sangui, a young general, personally led the charge and was shocked by the head of the deputy general Song Wei before, knowing that they now had no way to retreat, so their will to fight was more active than before.

Wu Sangui also learned the lesson of the previous defeat, he realized that on this gentle slope with the Tartars cavalry battle will not only fall to the downside, but also make his own cavalry and infantry disjointed, so he ordered all the cavalry to dismount and walk, synchronized the formation of a group, the infantry with spears in front, and the dismounted cavalry in the back.

Wu Sangui's choice of combat method did have an effect, compared to the first Ming attack on the first touch of the collapse of the situation, this time the Ming army finally played a numerical advantage, even the front rows of soldiers were broken open by the Tartar cavalry, the soldiers in the rear of the Ming army quickly filled up, with spears to stab these lost speed of the Tartar cavalry off the horse.

Although there were more than 1,000 Houjin cavalry in the Jinshan camp, it didn't seem to be very different from the 1,700 or 800 troops of the Ming army. However, the number of combat forces that can be mobilized by Ebendui is only half, and the remaining vassal tribesmen have begun to do things perfunctorily, just waiting for an order to retreat.

The Ming army, which was preparing to fight desperately, mobilized nearly 1,000 people for this attack, including the 300 families brought by Wu Sangui. Unable to crush the Ming army at the first onslaught, Ebendui realized that his army was likely to be surrounded by the Ming army, and he could only give the order to retreat.

Seeing the Tartar cavalry retreating in a hurry in front of him, fighting hard for half an hour, paying more casualties than the enemy, the soldiers of the Ming army, who were about to be unable to hold on, suddenly cheered. This battle mainly relied on the 300 Jiading brought by Wu Sangui as the mainstay, and it was these skilled Jiading who blocked the first wave of attack of the main cavalry led by Ebendui, which created an opportunity for other Ming soldiers to counterattack.

Just after the Ming army forced the Houjin army into the camp step by step, the main force of the Houjin army in the east finally launched an operation to meet the Ebendui department.

This time, the attack launched by the Tartars was menacing, and the number of men and horses used would not be less than 3,000, and the Ming defense line that was impacted was more than two-thirds. In order to prevent the Tartars' cavalry from breaking through the entire defensive line, He Kegang had to ask the emperor for permission to transfer two cavalry regiments of the Second Guards Division to strengthen the defensive line.

Soon after the transfer of the two newly built cavalry regiments of Zu Dashou and Sanang, another team of nearly 1,000 Tartar cavalry rushed towards the north of the Ming army's defense line, and the purpose of this cavalry was very obvious, that is, to open the Ming army's defense line and rescue the remnants of the Jinshan camp.

With the appearance of this cavalry, the Tartar cavalry in the camp of Jinshan also abandoned the camp and broke through to the east. Wu Sangui and other Ming army forwards, because they gave up cavalry warfare, although they had already hit the front of the Tartar camp, they were powerless to stop and chase the breakthrough of more than 800 cavalry Tartars.

Zhu Youzhen, who had been paying attention to the battle situation in this formation, finally crossed He Kegang and issued his own order, he called the right battalion of Zhenyi led by Zu Dashou to intercept the Houjin cavalry fleeing east from Jinshan, and on the other hand, he called Wu Huai, who had been waiting on the side.

Zhu Youzhen turned to him and hurriedly ordered: "Wu Huai, you take the First Cavalry Regiment to block the Tartars coming from the east, and unfurl my Yellow Dragon Banner, and you must not let this cavalry meet the remnants of the enemy who escaped from Shangjin Mountain." ”

Wu Huai paused slightly, and then asked uncertainly: "Do you want to fight Your Majesty's Yellow Dragon Banner?" ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded and said: "Didn't those captives say just now, the composition of this Tartar is quite complicated, although the main body is Mongolian, but there are Jurchenized Mongols, the Mongolian banner that was set up separately after being subdued by the Jurchens, the Horqin Division, and the Mongolian tribes of Naiman, Ao Han and other vassals of Houjin.

In the situation of our army's superiority, they will inevitably not be so united with each other and play the banner of me, and those Mongols who have not really submitted to Houjin will inevitably worry that this is a trap and slow down their speed. As long as the attacking Tartars are not united, they will inevitably not be able to break through your interception, and these Tartars from the Jinshan camp will not be able to escape.

You go now, attack them with my Yellow Dragon Banner, and see if these Tartars will hesitate. ”

Wu Huai felt that the First Cavalry Regiment led by him could stop this Tartar without playing the Yellow Dragon Banner, but since the emperor insisted on doing so, he also accepted the order and ordered his subordinates to attack under the Yellow Dragon Banner.

Due to the urgency of time, the so-called defense line of the Ming army was to dig a shallow trench and then pile the excavated earth aside, forming a low earthen wall. Behind the earthen wall, the Ming army formed a thin array with three-eyed guns and spears.

For this simple line of defense, Wu Nag divided his cavalry into several teams, first a group of cavalry stepped forward and charged slowly, and then crossed out of the Ming army's three-eyed range to lure the Ming army to activate firearms. Then the follow-up cavalry stepped forward to assault, looking for a vacillating Ming army to cut into, forming a gap, and then expanding this gap until the nearby Ming army collapsed.

Houjin's tactics of riding and breaking the foot have been tested countless times on the Ming army in Liaodong, and basically they have never missed. This is still the case today, when the main force of the Ming army was attracted by the main force of the Houjin who attacked head-on, the Ming defense line that Wu Nag chose to break through was easily opened by him.

However, just as he was sending people to meet the men and horses of Ebendui, and at the same time continuing to lead people to destroy the Ming defense line on both sides of the gap, the reinforcements of the Ming army, a cavalry unit of more than 1,000 people, also arrived.

Although this Ming cavalry had a slight advantage in numbers, Wu Nag could also see from the march of this team that the excellent cavalry of this cavalry unit accounted for half of them at most, and the other half could only be regarded as soldiers who could ride horses.

While carrying the Ulut banner beside him, he issued an order, asking the Mongolian elite cavalry behind him to follow him and repel the Ming cavalry first.

However, Wu Nag's personal guard quickly stepped forward and grabbed the reins of his horse, and shouted to him with some trepidation: "Master, the opposite side is the Yellow Dragon Banner, and the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom seems to have arrived on the battlefield, let's slow down and see the situation clearly before charging." ”

Wu Nag glanced up at the opposite side, and scolded the cronie: "Nonsense, the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom is now in Shimen Village, how can he come here." Even if the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom came here, there was no reason to go into battle in person. This is just a suspicious tactic of the Ming army, if we don't take advantage of the peak morale of our army to defeat them, do we still want them to support each other with those Ming infantry? Let go. ”

This cronie has followed Wu Nag for more than 10 years, and he is like Wu Nag's family on weekdays, but at this moment, after listening to Wu Nag's scolding, he not only did not let go, but continued to persuade him more urgently: "Master, you should also look back, even if you don't believe that the Ming Emperor is on the other side, but you can't stop them from believing it." Our 2 or 300 people rushed up, if they retreated, wouldn't we send food to the mouth of the Ming army? ”

Wu Nag subconsciously turned his head to look at it, and found that except for the Ulut Banner, none of the other Mongolian tribes had followed. Most of them stayed there and watched them, and a few quietly retreated to the east.

Wu Nag, who is very good at qi cultivation, couldn't help but burst into a foul mouth, and at this time, his eldest son also cowered and leaned over, and also advised him: "Father, let's retreat first." If my father folds here, there will be no one to lead this right battalion, and when the time comes, our people will be divided, who will be able to stop the Ming army from rescuing Zunhua. It's not good to say, even the back road of sweating out of the customs will be cut off by the Ming army. ”

Wu Nag twitched his cheeks, and reprimanded his eldest son: "As soon as our side retreats, the defense line of the Ming army will be blocked again, won't this cut them off here." ”

Demutu pondered his father's tone, and finally continued to persuade: "Although it is a pity to lose the Ebendui, it is more important to fulfill the order of the Great Khan. The Great Khan wanted to open the way west to Gyeonggi of the Ming Kingdom, so he asked his father to hold the Santun camp all the way to Qian'an.

If my father is lost here, who will carry out the orders of the Great Khan? What's more, even if my father takes us to kill us now, he may not be able to repel this Ming army and rescue them from Ebendu. Instead of losing us all for the sake of Ebendui, it is better to give up on him, thinking that they will understand their father's distress when they come to Ebendui. ”

Wu Nag looked at the Ming cavalry that was getting closer and closer in the distance, and when these cavalry approached the battlefield, they began to slow down and reorganize the formation, although many of them were not good at horsemanship, but the cavalry arranged in an array had no bad impact at all. Even if the Ulut Banner cavalry led by him met it, it would not be able to break through this cavalry array.

Wu Nag immediately glanced at the Ebendui who was rushing from afar, and after careful calculations in his heart, he finally shook his head and turned his horse's head and gave the order to retreat.

As the Wunag retreated, the gap in the Ming army's defense line that had been broken through was blocked again. The Ebendui Division, which fled to the east, was quickly divided into three parts under the interception and encirclement of the Right Battalion of the Descendant and the 1st Cavalry Regiment of the 2nd Guards Division.

The men and horses of the Korqin tribe and other Mongol vassal tribes quickly chose to surrender after seeing that there was no hope of escape. Only more than 300 Ulut banner men and horses led by Ebendui, after being surrounded by the Ming army, chose to dismount and form a circle formation on the spot to resist stubbornly, and still refused to surrender to the Ming army.

The completion of the encirclement and annihilation of a Tartar army not only raised the morale of the Ming army on the Eastern Road a lot, but also made Chongzhen feel happy.

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen decided to give the encircled Tartar army one last chance, and he gave an ultimatum to Oben while letting the Guards Division Infantry Regiment drag several cannons over.

After watching the Ming army drag the cannons, the Mongols finally gave up the idea of continuing to resist, accepted the order of Ebendui to lay down their arms, and then walked out of the defensive circle surrounded by horses one by one.