Although Zu Dashou accepted Li Hongyuan's suggestion, he was still a little worried about whether there would be other ambushes behind these Houjin cavalry.

However, at this time, he could not show weakness in front of Li Hongyuan, the emperor's henchmen, and could only wait for this cavalry battle to be decided, and then he would know if there were any other ambushes in the Houjin army.

Although the number of cavalry on both flanks of the Ming army was greater than that of the Houjin cavalry on the opposite side, the Houjin cavalry, which occupied the terrain and charged downward, obviously had much advantage over the Ming cavalry attacking from the back.

The 300 cavalry led by Dudu were divided into three rows, forming two double arrows in a parallel triangle, with Dudu at the top of one and Chobutai occupying the top of the other.

When Du Du took the lead and rushed down the high ground, it was the beginning of the war. The Houjin cavalry, which charged from high to low, accelerated much faster than the Ming cavalry, but the distance between the two armies was too close, and the Ming cavalry took the initiative to attack, so that the Houjin cavalry did not have enough space to increase the horse speed to the fastest.

The two sides began to engage at a distance of 100 meters from the Ming army's forward array, and at this time the front of the Houjin cavalry was almost more than 300 meters, while the front of the Ming cavalry was slightly smaller.

Unlike the Houjin cavalry, which charged with double arrows, there was only one single arrow in front of the Ming army. The one who acted as the arrow of the Ming cavalry team was not Zu Dale, the main general of the left wing, but Zu Kuan, the general of the ancestral family.

Although Zu Kuan is a skilled martial artist in the ancestral family, and his prestige in the army is not bad, he is not a real ancestral family after all, and in the ancestral family lineage led by Zu Dale, he cannot really call on everyone to come forward and fight to the death.

On the other hand, Du Du and Zhuo Butai, who were charging into battle, were all real commanders of the First Army, and they personally charged in front, which was still very good at inspiring the morale of these Jurchen soldiers around them.

Under the condition of not occupying both geographical advantages and people, although the Ming cavalry led by Zu Kuan mustered some courage because of the previous victory of the Ming army, but under the impact of the Jurchen cavalry led by Du Du and Zhuo Butai, this courage could not bring much help to the Ming cavalry.

Almost in a flash, the cavalry on both sides fell to the ground like fallen leaves, but the Ming cavalry that fell off their horses accounted for two-thirds, and the Houjin cavalry only accounted for one-third.

Zu Kuan, who led the Ming army to charge, was instantly submerged in the cavalry of Houjin. The cavalry troops led by Du Du and Zhuo Butai successively broke through the queue composed of the cavalry of the three Ming armies, and almost crushed one-third of the cavalry on the left flank of the Ming army.

If it weren't for Zu Dale knowing that behind him was the emperor's Chinese army, so he tried his best to maintain the team from completely dispersing, the cavalry on the left flank of the Ming army would really have let the Houjin cavalry be defeated in this wave of charge.

After penetrating the three-layer Ming cavalry ranks, the horse speed of the Houjin cavalry was finally contained. Although the cavalry at the front of Houjin had lost its speed, the Ming cavalry that had been penetrated in the front had completely lost its formation, and the Ming army had completely fallen into disadvantage in this cavalry engagement.

The first wave of cavalry in the Later Jin Dynasty tore a hole in the cavalry ranks on the left flank of the Ming army, which directly boosted the morale of the second wave of Horqin cavalry in the rear. Zu Dashou, who was standing on the roof of the carriage and watching the battlefield situation, saw that the second wave of cavalry in the rear of Houjin had begun to accelerate, obviously preparing to continue to attack the left wing cavalry of the Ming army from the opening of the first wave of Houjin cavalry in front.

Zu Dashou naturally knew that when the second wave of Houjin cavalry continued to rush down, the cavalry team on his left flank would inevitably no longer be able to sustain it. Although he was already angry, his brain still kept a little clear at the moment, and after confirming that the left flank cavalry forward was no longer safe, he shouted an order to the general under the carriage: "Order the firearms in the left front of the cavalry battalion to fire at the Tartar cavalry, and all the firearms that can be used will fire in that direction, so that I can block the continued charge of the Tartar cavalry." ”

Zu Dahong, the deputy general standing next to the car, suddenly looked up at his clan brother in surprise and said: "Big brother, Zu Kuan, they are still entangled with the Tartars, if they order to fire now, our people will also be hit..."

Zu Dashou glared at him with a gloomy face, then interrupted his words, and scolded the general in charge of the chariot cavalry battalion: "Didn't you hear the general's order? What are you doing there, do you have to go and give the order in person? ”

"Yes, Marshal." The generals who were standing there hurriedly turned around and went to convey Zu Dashou's order.

After watching this general walk away, Li Hongyuan suggested to Zu Dashou: "General Zu, do you want to transfer some heavy arquebuses to step forward and contain the cavalry of the lower Tartars from the side, lest they be too unscrupulous." ”

Zu Dashou glanced at him, and his face finally softened a little, "It's okay, then please ask Staff Officer Li to preside over the overall situation here for me, and I will first take people to support the left wing and stabilize the situation on the left flank." ”

Li Hongyuan did not refuse, so he took over the entrustment of Zu Dashou and began to step forward to arrange the formation of the Ming army's forward team.

Zu Dahong, who was running towards the left cavalry unit behind Zu Dashou, looked away from Li Hongyuan and the others, and couldn't help but ask his brother: "These staff officers from the capital are just some young people who have just entered the battlefield, and they are not from civilian backgrounds.

With the rank of the eldest brother, is it necessary to be so polite to them? Now I'm still entrusting them with the military affairs of the forwards, let's go into battle ourselves, isn't this too ..."

Zu Dashou didn't look back, so he cut off Zu Dahong's words in a cold tone and said: "After Your Majesty arrived on the East Road, you had doubts about my ancestral family, and I finally won a chance to lead the forward to open the way for Your Majesty, and I was beaten like this by this Houjin Tartar of more than 1,000 people.

What do you think Your Majesty will think of me and my ancestors after this battle? If we can't win the trust of Your Majesty, and we can't go to the battlefield, why will Your Majesty support us?

If we still can't win today's battle, everyone will be disarmed and return to the fields, and go back to the countryside to farm. Lest Your Majesty make a move, we won't even have a chance to go back to our hometown to farm..."

After Zu Dashou arrived at the cavalry on the left flank with a cadre of the ancestral family and personal guards, the cavalry of the Ming army, which was already crumbling, finally recovered some morale. At this time, on the side car in front of the left side car of the Ming army's cavalry battalion, guns were suddenly fired at the area where the Ming army's left flank cavalry was fighting with the Houjin cavalry.

This kind of partial van car that has been modified by Sun Chengzong carries two Franc machines on each car, and six thunder guns and fast guns are placed below; There are 22 rejecting horses between the two vehicles, each rejecting horse gun has 12 long guns on the tree, and the lower is equipped with 6 fast guns, and each car is equipped with 25 non-commissioned officers.

Although most of the small Franc planes on the car do not have a firing range of more than 200 meters, the Houjin cavalry on the left flank is now within the range of the rifles on the left front side of the car fixed by the cavalry battalion after breaking through the front line of the Ming cavalry.

In the first round of shooting, about 20 guns were fired, and although the Ming gunners had tried their best to avoid the Ming cavalry, limited to the accuracy of these guns, a third of the projectiles still fell on the Ming cavalry. A third hit the clearing, and another third hit the horses and the Houjin cavalry.

After the first round of shooting, more Ming cavalry were hit than Houjin cavalry. And this sudden shooting also caused a brief confusion among the cavalry on both sides of the battle.

The cavalry of the Ming army, who was almost unbearable, finally turned their horses and fled to both sides. The cavalry of the Ming army, who were about to come forward to engage in battle, invariably stopped, and looked at the chariot camp beside them a little blankly. After the Ming cavalry in front of Du Du and Zhuo Butai fled, the front of this Houjin cavalry suddenly became empty.

Du Du and Zhuo Butai looked at the Ming cavalry that stopped dozens of steps in front of them, and before they could react, the second round of shooting of the Ming army finally began.

The escape of the Ming cavalry made the shooting interface of the Ming army's guns wider. Compared to the first shot, the number of guns fired this time was larger, and even two 3-pounder guns of the Ming army were involved in the fire.

Du Du and Zhuo Butai, who rushed to the forefront, were given priority by the Ming gunners because their armor was the best.

Dudu's mount was hit directly by a projectile on the horse's head and fell, and when the mount fell, Dudu was unable to draw his leg and his right leg was immediately crushed under the horse's belly.

Chobutai, on the other hand, had even worse luck, being hit directly in the chest by a projectile and falling off his horse.

The Jurchen knights beside Zhuo Butai immediately picked off their horses, and after hurriedly helping him onto the horse, they turned their horses and fled.

With these Jurchen cavalry with yellow flags as an example, another bull with blue flags, under the command of the uninjured reserve officer, turned around from the left side and fled to the rear without hesitation. The Horqin warriors who had originally followed the Jurchens to assist in the battle also immediately turned around and fled with the Jurchens.

When these people fled, they obviously forgot about Du Du, who was still pressed under the belly of the horse. These Jurchen soldiers who are only temporarily under the command of Du Du obviously can't take care of this Dorobelle when the danger really comes.

Du Du lay on the ground and struggled to pull his leg out, but the stinging pain from his calf suddenly made him give up struggling, apparently his calf was crushed by the horse's corpse as he fell.

It was only then that he regretted that even if he had a bad relationship with the other Baylors, he should have borrowed a few guards by his side. With a few guards by his side, someone would help him in this situation.

The Ming army fired two rounds of guns, and the number of cavalrymen defeated was only fifty or sixty, including more than a dozen of their own. But no one expected that the vanguard of the Houjin cavalry would collapse like this.

Zu Dashou, who was organizing the cavalry on the left flank, suddenly saw an opportunity, after the cavalry team led by the Jurchen cavalry was defeated, it was obvious that the entire Houjin cavalry team was in chaos.

For example, the second wave of Houjin cavalry team, which had just raised its speed and charged in his direction, immediately lost its indomitable momentum, and began to rein in its horse and turn its direction, preparing to flee the battlefield.