Tulai sneered when he saw the Ming army's formation, and it seemed that the Ming army was still the old way of cavalry rushing. Their tactics used to be invincible against the Mongols, and even before the entry of Manchuria, but now they are different.

Because he has cannons.

Not long after, the Eight Banners Han Army under Tong Yangjia dragged dozens of cannons to the front of the position.

These cannons should be about eight to twelve pounds in size, and the small ones have all kinds of Franc cannons and four-pounder short guns. However, the artillery of the Qing army was mounted on a two-wheel gun carriage, although the gun carriage was relatively heavy and simple, and even the gun carriage was much heavier than the cannon itself, but it was obvious that these guns were mobile. Compared with the fixed-base cannon used by the Ming army opposite, it is obviously much more advanced.

After all the artillery was lined up on the Qing line, and the shells and powder kegs were arranged, Turai gave the order to open fire.

Suddenly, bursts of black smoke erupted from the Qing army's position, and several gaps immediately appeared in the Ming army's column opposite. The Ming army immediately fired back, but compared with Tong Yangjia's twelve-pounder cannon, the range of the Ming army's artillery was obviously insufficient, and the shells landed one after another as soon as they flew through the center line of the two armies.

Later generations always thought that the Ming army had advanced firearms, and Jianyu relied on cavalry and archery to conquer the Central Plains. In fact, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, due to problems such as imperial court finances and ****, firearms had lagged far behind the Qing army. Since the time of Nurhachi, Jianlu has invested limited funds in the research and development of firearms, and has invited many European craftsmen to accumulate from generation to generation, and firearms have surpassed the Ming army a lot in terms of quantity and quality.

Especially after the defeat of several major battles in the north, almost all the heavy artillery owned by the Ming Dynasty fell into the hands of Jianlu, and then it was completely crushed by the Qing army in terms of firepower.

Xiang Mingsi saw that his side was overwhelmed by the artillery fire and retreated, so he immediately turned on his horse and ordered the cavalry to attack Jianyu from both wings.

With a sound of cannonballs, Xiang Mingsi and Zhang Pengyi each led a thousand cavalry to rush towards the enemy formation in two ways.

The artillery in the captivity immediately turned awkwardly and aimed at the Ming cavalry to open fire.

Xiang Mingsi's men and horses immediately dispersed, and many cavalrymen were still shot and killed.

Bolo saw through the telescope in the distance that the Ming cavalry was attacking the Qing army's position without cover, and with a light snort, he threw the telescope to the guards beside him, preparing to turn his horse back to the camp.

There is no need to look at this battle anymore, the Ming army will be defeated. He sneered in his heart, these southern barbarians always like to boast of being superior to others, and no one looks down on them, but in fact, the weapons are backward, the soldiers are cowardly, and the tactics are outdated. So many cavalry rushed up at will, using the same style of play as the Mongols, how could they not be defeated?

After surviving three rounds of shelling, Xiang Mingsi finally approached the Qing army's position.

Tong Yangjia was ordering someone to replace the grape bombs, when he heard a horn, and there was a shout from behind the hillside on the northeast side, and another group of cavalry outflanked from the rear of the Qing army.

Turai spat hard, these southern barbarians are really treacherous, and there is an ambush.

He immediately ordered Bai Yin Dai to lead the cavalry of his headquarters to meet the cavalry in the flank and rear. But at the same time, the Ming infantry also began to advance, intending to form an encirclement with the cavalry.

Tulai did not panic, and only let the artillery retreat into the infantry line, but continued to bombard the opposing cavalry.

Bai Yin Dai's men and horses rushed towards the six or seven hundred cavalry on the opposite side. Seeing that they were getting closer and closer, they did not have the slightest intention of slowing down, and in an instant, the two teams of people and horses staggered forward from each other about fifty paces away.

The Qing army did not need to be commanded, and they all shot to the side with bows and arrows. However, the three-eyed gun in the hands of the Ming army only had an effective range of more than ten steps, and even if someone raised the gun and ignited it with a fire rope, it only produced a cloud of smoke and failed to kill any prisoners.

When the two teams of men and horses galloped past, each of the captives released a few arrows, and the Ming army was wounded by the powerful recurve bow more than 20%! Confusion has begun to arise in the ranks.

At this time, the Jianyu cavalry turned their horses' heads, lined up in the rear, and drew their sabers to attack......

Xiang Mingsi led his troops around the trench, and the Ming cavalry bravely used their bodies to rush away from the rejecting horses, but they were met with dense artillery scattered fire. At this time, it was within the range of many light guns, and the firepower was instantly several times stronger than before.

This was followed by a series of bird shots by the Qing army.

Seeing that the momentum was almost complete, Turai ordered the cavalry in the rear, which had been waiting impatiently, to attack.

In fact, the Qing army only sent more than 1,000 cavalry to fight, but at this time, the morale of Xiang Mingsi and Zhang Pengyi's men and horses was already extremely low after being subjected to continuous artillery and gun fire. When they saw the Jianlu cavalry in cotton armor running out of the smoke of gunpowder with their swords raised, more than 30% of them immediately chose to turn their horses and flee.

Xiang Mingsi led more than 100 of his own soldiers to rush into the Jianyu infantry formation, but was soon surrounded by several times the number of pikemen. Seeing his men fall from their horses one by one, he swung his sword and slashed hard, and after cutting down the fourth Jianyu foot soldier, his horse was stabbed with a spear, and then he turned over and fell from his horse.

As soon as the Ming infantry brigade rushed to the front of the formation, before it crossed the first trench, it saw that its own cavalry had been defeated. These foot soldiers were even more simply, and they all turned around on the spot, and in an instant, they overwhelmed the overseers behind them.

Seeing this, Turai smiled proudly, and then released a large group of cavalry, chasing behind the Ming army to cover the killing, and immediately the blood flowed like a river, wailing all over the field.

In fact, similar examples of battles are not uncommon in the land of China, witnessing the history of blood and tears of hundreds of thousands of Ming soldiers being killed by tens of thousands of Jianjiao from outside the border to Jiangnan again and again.

Most of the Qing army pursued until the city of Quzhou before stopping, and less than one percent of the Ming army escaped back to the city alive. Including Zhu Shengnong, the king of Shu who supervised the battle, Xiang Mingsi, the chief soldier who commanded the battle, and Zhang Pengyi, the general of staff, were either captured or died on the battlefield.

Tulai asked people to clean up the battlefield, and the cannons of Tong Yangjia on the other side had been dragged to the city, and the huge roar shook Quzhou City.

Bolo was praising Turai in the camp, and some soldiers said that Huang Xiyin had sent Zheng Zhilong's secret letter.

When Bo Luo recruited Huang Xiyin into the account, he took the secret letter and checked it, and immediately laughed, "This Zheng Zhilong is really a profit-hungry person, haha." He has transferred all the Ming troops stationed at Xianxia Pass, and our army can go south to Fujian at any time! The great achievement of exterminating the Southern Ming puppet dynasty must not be able to run! ”

Turai and the others immediately bowed their hands and said in unison: "Congratulations to the general!" ”

Bolo looked at the words written at the end of the secret letter, "Lord Belle will not forget what he should promise at that time...... and turned his head and instructed Huang Xiyin, "You go and tell Zheng Zhilong that as long as Fujian is captured, he will be the governor of Fujian and Guangdong!" ”

"Huh!"

Bo Luo waited for him to come out of the military tent, crumpled the secret letter into a ball and threw it on the ground, and sneered: "Governor of Fujian and Guangdong? Hmph, countless warriors under my command are still waiting for me to reward their military exploits, and the land of Fujian and Guangdong has given you Zheng Zhilong, so that my people can drink the northwest wind? ”