"Throw away all the self-defense guns, swords, etc." Chen Xiongfei frowned and thought about it, and then said, "Half of the shells of the large Franc machine are also discarded, and they are light and fast!" ”

"Yes!"

As soon as his military order came out, the improvised light artillery battalion immediately abandoned all self-defense weapons and threw a large number of shells and gunpowder. The horses hauling the cannons were suddenly lighter, and the soldiers continued to whip their horses at all costs, increasing the speed of the march by more than two percent.

……

At dawn.

Kitat urged the horse to gallop to the big silk embroidered with a white clawed dragon, separated a group of generals, and bowed his hand to Duoduo: "General Yu, I have found that there are more than 6,000 southern troops in the north, and they are fortified by Xi Ming Mountain and Tanxi. ”

Six or seven thousand? Duoduo knew that he would encounter the Ming army's resistance, and when he heard this number, his brows suddenly relaxed, and he secretly thought that it was less than he expected.

On the side, Shuo Sai cautiously asked: "Who is in charge?" How many cannons and horses are there? ”

"This ......," Kitat shook his head, "the southerners are very well guarded on the perimeter, and it is difficult to get close to find out in a hurry. ”

He sent seventy or eighty horsemen before and after, and only under the cover of night did he barely find out the number of Yu Xin's troops under the mouth of the Dragon Guard rangers, and there was no need to think about more detailed information.

Ah Shan hurriedly came up and said, "It's just thousands of barbarians, why bother?" The last general is willing to be the striker and break through the enemy's formation! ”

The nearly 4,000 men under his command were all elite with the white flag, and they were full of confidence in defeating the Ming army, which was not too far behind in numbers.

But Duoduo glanced at him coldly and rebuked, "Don't take the enemy lightly. Then he asked Shuo Sai, "Have all the carts been dragged up?" ”

"Back to the general, more than 1,200 carts carried by the Chinese army have been half a mile away, ready to be used at any time."

Duoduo nodded, and secretly said that he had listened to Brother Jiu's words and prepared a large number of cars in advance. Although Shang Kexi, who was escorted by the rear team, buried hundreds of them, more than half of them remained in the Chinese army, and with these chariots, it would not be a problem to break through the obstruction of thousands of Ming troops.

He then pointed to Xu Erxian, looked at the Ximing Pass on the north side, and said in a deep voice: "I order you to lead your troops and horses with 400 chariots as the front army." He also motioned to Cao Gongcheng, "You bring four hundred carts to follow." ”

Xu Erxian is Shang Kexi's general, and the 4,000 or so people under his command are all the remaining strength of the Shang clan, and this time he was put at the forefront by Duoduo, obviously preparing to be cannon fodder.

And Cao Gongcheng commanded the five thousand sword spearmen of the Guanning Army, which can be regarded as some combat power. However, since Wu Sangui died "inexplicably", the morale of this team has been poor, so it was used as the first charge.

The two glanced at each other, and although they knew that it was an extremely dangerous task, they could only helplessly give up their hands and say: "The last general will obey the order." ”

Only then did Duoduo say to Ah Shan and He Luo: "The two white flags and the rest of the chariots will supervise the battle for the former army." The Jin army and the Guan Ning army have those who retreat half a step without permission, and you will be killed on the spot immediately! ”

"Huh!"

As the two of them agreed, Xu Erxian and Cao Gongcheng both swallowed and spat involuntarily - there were still more than 6,000 people left in the two white flags, and it seemed that even if their subordinates completely collapsed, they would not be able to escape one person!

Duoduo then looked at Gong Adai, "Zhenghuang Banner is the main force of the Chinese army, if the enemy is broken, it will be quickly covered and killed, and if the front army is not strong, it will break through the enemy formation!" In addition, Yakov's headquarters are also under your command. ”

This Yakov was a reinforcement officer sent by Tsarist Russia, with more than 2,300 men under his command.

"Huh!"

"The Guanning cavalry is divided into two wings and watches our military orders to act."

Zu Runze and Zhang Hongmo hurriedly responded: "The last general will obey the order!" ”

In fact, Yu Xin set up his position at the mouth of the bell next to Ximing Mountain, which could be used to carry out operations less than five miles wide, lacking space for circuitous movements, and it was difficult for the cavalry to exert its might. Therefore, Duoduo could only use the Guanning cavalry for cover and sneak attacks.

"Kitat, Han Daxun, you two lead the troops as a rear team, beware of the southerners sneak attack."

Because the Qing army's reconnaissance team was sniped by a large number of rangers, Duoduo didn't know anything about the current position of the Ming army, so he could only divide seven or eight thousand people to line up behind him in case the Ming army suddenly killed him.

After completing the deployment, Duoduo said loudly: "This battle is related to the national fortune of the Qing Dynasty, and you must work together to serve the country to the death!"

"Whoever is the first to break through the enemy's formation, he will be crowned king!

"Those who have been crowned kings will double their fiefs!"

As soon as he said this, all the captives present were greedy in their eyes, and they all shouted, "General Xie!" ”

"I will swear to the death to destroy the enemy!"

Then they dispersed and left from their headquarters.

When the sky was bright, nearly 100 horns in the Qing army's formation whimpered, and more than a dozen cannons rang out, and more than 400 chariots in the front began to slowly press towards the position of the Dragon Guards under the impetus of the captives.

When Jianyu approached about a mile and a half away from the Ming army, the latter's cannon was the first to roar.

Four nine-pounder guns and two twelve-pounder guns fired iron balls that smashed the four front wagons to pieces. The remaining momentum of the cannonball continued unabated, and it jumped on the ground several times in a row, plowing several blood marks in Xu Erxian's formation, and killing more than 40 captives in an instant.

However, for the more than 400 cars that came in the surging sea, there was almost no effect. Not to mention that behind Xu Erxian's department, there are another 800 cars!

Fortunately, the main march of the Qing army was too long, and most of the heavy artillery was transported by Shang Kexi of the rear team.

At this time, Duoduo only had about thirty smaller Hongyi cannons in his hands, most of them about four to six pounds, and it was not until his front army advanced half a mile ago that the range of these cannons was finally able to reach the Dragon Guard.

The Jianyu immediately couldn't wait to return fire, but before that, they had already eaten more than ten rounds of shelling, lost more than 50 wagons, and suffered 10 times as many casualties.

As the defenders, the soldiers of the Dragon Guard were still hiding in the trenches, so although the shells whizzed overhead, there were almost no losses.

But then the seven six-pounder guns of the Dragon Guard also began to aim at the cannon in front of the formation to suppress fire. Since the Qing army still used the method of mixing artillery and infantry, even if the cannon could not be fired, it would definitely be able to reap the lives of a captive.

Yu Xin looked at the menacing army of Jianyu with a telescope, and couldn't help frowning. In this case, the artillery company would be able to destroy at most half of the front rows, and the hundreds of cars behind would render the Dragonguard's guns ineffective.

When these chariots approach, tens of thousands of captives will swarm in, and no matter how strong the Dragon Guard's white-knuckle combat ability is, it will be difficult to withstand seven or eight times the enemy!

With a solemn expression, he summoned the Zhu family's brothers, Jiao Lian and Gan Xinda, saluted solemnly, and said, "Our army has too few cannons, and it is difficult to destroy the thieves' chariots. For the sake of today's plan, they had to rely on the cavalry battalion and the huntsman battalion to sacrifice their lives to disrupt the formation of the thieves and chariots, and the infantry army had a chance to kill the enemy......"