As the second wave of cavalry attacking the left flank of the Ming army, even if their riding skills are better than those of the Jurchen cavalry, they cannot change the laws of physical inertia in this world. Hundreds of kilograms of horses combined with the weight of the rider to turn when lifting speed is undoubtedly a tragedy.

Not only did they have to overcome gravity, but they also had to dodge the impact from the rear and their companions, and in just a few breaths, five or six horsemen fell to the ground with men and horses. However, even so, these Korqin cavalry still did not hesitate to turn on their horses.

Because if they continued to rush forward, they would undoubtedly send themselves under the guns of the Ming army. The cavalry of the Horqin Division, who had not undergone strict training, obviously could not maintain their formation and continue to charge forward when their guns were firing at them.

Rather than gambling on their good fortune not to be hit by the Ming guns during the charge, they preferred to believe that they could get out of this danger with their riding skills.

When these Horqin cavalry were desperately reining in their horses and turning to the sides, Zu Dashou sent people to urge the cavalry battalion to stop shooting, and at the same time personally took the remaining cavalry on the left flank and his own personal guards, and launched an attack on the Houjin cavalry, which was beginning to be chaotic.

The first two rows of cavalry in the Houjin wave fell into confusion, but the last two rows of cavalry managed to turn to the more empty left because they still maintained a slow speed.

Although these two rows of cavalry successfully turned around, the left side they turned to was equivalent to passing directly in front of the Ming army's chariot and cavalry battalion. Although the officers and men of the Ming army in the chariot battalion were forbidden to continue to shoot in the direction of the Ming army's left flank cavalry attack, no one would stop them from firing at the Houjin cavalry that passed directly in front of them in a long line.

It took less than half an hour from the time the Houjin cavalry took the initiative to attack, causing the left wing cavalry of the Ming army to fall into a precarious state, and then the Houjin cavalry suddenly collapsed after being attacked by the Ming army's firearms, allowing the Ming army to regain the initiative on the battlefield.

The post-700 Jin cavalry, who launched an attack on the left flank cavalry of the Ming army, finally fled the battlefield after leaving behind more than 80 corpses, nearly 200 light and serious wounded, more than 400 horses, and more than 140 Horqin cavalry surrounded by Zu Dashou's army.

Unlike the left flank of the Ming army, the two sides fought very fiercely from the beginning. The battle between Wu Sangui's division on the right flank of the Ming army and the 300 cavalry of the Horqin division has always been very gentle. Neither side had the determination to directly attack the other side's own formation, but only sent a squad of cavalry to step forward and play the trick of shooting with bows and arrows from a distance.

The archery skills of the Mongols were stronger than that of the Ming cavalry, but the armor of the Ming cavalry was much better than the leather armor on these Mongols. The result of the two sides firing was that except for a few particularly unlucky cavalrymen who were shot in the throat and other vital points, they died directly. Most of the others, with arrows all over their bodies, retreated to the rear as if nothing had happened.

When Du Du led the main force to attack the left flank cavalry of the Ming army, and the attack was progressing smoothly at the beginning, the small leader of Horqin, who commanded the Houjin cavalry to feint, also subconsciously strengthened the sortie force. But when the situation took a sharp turn for the worse, the men and horses attacking the left flank of the Ming army began to retreat, and the figure of Dudu Belle disappeared, the small leader of the Horqin tribe, who commanded the feint, quickly recalled his subordinates and prepared to retreat to the rear.

Wu Sangui, who was fighting a perfunctory battle with him, was unwilling to let him go at this time. The momentum of the defeat of the Houjin army has taken shape, and the pursuit of a cavalry unit fleeing with its back to it is undoubtedly a risk-free opportunity to take credit.

However, the small leader of the Horqin tribe opposite him saw the opportunity very quickly, and Wu Sangui's subordinates had not yet understood why the young general suddenly changed his attitude, so he was a little sluggish, and as a result, the Horqin cavalry opposite him retreated.

When Zhu Youzhen arrived at the battlefield, the battle was nearing its end, and the encircled Horqin cavalry also chose to surrender after finding that there was no hope of escape.

However, after the battle was over, the cavalry on the left flank of the Ming army found the soldiers of their own cavalry battalion, and wanted to calculate the account of the cavalry battalion that had just opened fire in their backs.

The soldiers of the cavalry battalion were naturally not to be outdone, saying that they were ordered to open fire. The cavalry on the left flank of the Ming army was composed of the family members of the ancestral family and the Mongols who surrendered to the right battalion, and they had always enjoyed the best treatment in the Liaodong army, and their status was much higher than that of the soldiers of these chariot and cavalry battalions.

They have always regarded themselves as Zu Dashou's cronies, and when they heard that the order to open fire was given by Zu Dashou himself, these cavalrymen who felt that they had been betrayed immediately surrounded their generals, hoping to get an explanation.

Zu Dashou obviously didn't know how to deal with such a scene, he could neither deny nor admit it, so he could only remain silent. This caused some of the cavalrymen to drop their weapons in anger and shout that they would never die for the generals who ordered them to open fire.

Zhu Youzhen, who came to the front, naturally saw the riot on the left flank of the Ming army, and he immediately asked Li Hongyuan beside him the reason, and after listening to the explanations of Li Hongyuan and several generals, Zhu Youzhen pondered for a moment and said: "You must have heard it wrong, the order given by General Zu at that time was to shoot at the Tartar cavalry, not with his own cavalry." This was the mistake of the herald officer, and it had nothing to do with General Soldier Zu. ”

Several generals present paused for a moment, then reacted, and said in unison: "What Your Majesty said is that the ministers heard it wrong. ”

Li Hongyuan hesitated for a moment before asking Chongzhen, "Your Majesty, then what should we do with that herald officer?" ”

Zhu Youzhen thought about it for a while, then turned back to Lian Shanxiang and said, "You take two people to arrest the herald officer, and then escort him back to Beijing for custody, and then hold a military court to try him after the war." ”

Lian Shanxiang agreed, and then ordered the brocade guard behind him to get people. This is Zhu Youzhen who said to Li Hongyuan and the others: "Now you go and appease those cavalrymen and explain this misunderstanding to them." In addition, for the soldiers killed and wounded in this battle, all the pensions were doubled. ”

After Chongzhen immediately ordered someone to dispose of the officers who ordered the firing, Li Hongyuan and the original generals of the Liaodong Army came forward to explain and appease, and the mood of the left cavalry of the Ming army finally calmed down, and even the soldiers of the chariot battalion believed the explanations given by these generals with half a doubt.

However, the cavalry on the left flank, with heavy casualties, and the incident of the friendly troops shooting in the back, the morale was already too low to fight again. After the soldiers withdrew from the encirclement, Zu Dashou returned to Chongzhen in disgrace and pleaded guilty to the emperor.

Zhu Youzhen patted him on the shoulder disappreciatively, let him get up and said, "The victor should not be condemned, but what you did was indeed a little inappropriate.

Now that the army's heart is a little confused, I think that General Soldier Zu should come back first to protect my safety, and let He Kegang take over the command of the forward battalion operation, what do you think? ”

Zu Dashou, who was surrounded by his subordinates and almost caused a mutiny on the battlefield, knows the severity at this moment. The emperor suppressed the anger of the soldiers for him, but it did not mean that all the soldiers would believe this explanation, and if he wanted to continue to command this army now, he was afraid that the soldiers would be more suspicious of him, so he quickly accepted the emperor's arrangement.

At this time, Wu Sangui, who was chasing the fleeing enemy army for several miles, also sent people back to report, and did not find the ambush of the Houjin army along the way, and he asked Zu Dashou, the main general of the forward, what to do next.

Zu Dashou naturally couldn't make a decision at this moment, so he could only report the news to Chongzhen. After Zhu Youzhen listened, he spoke: "Order Wu Sangui to continue to advance until he encounters the main force of the enemy. In addition, except for the cavalry on the left flank of the forward, all the cavalry in the front and rear armies were assembled, including the guards around me, so that He Kegang could lead this cavalry unit forward to meet Wu Sangui and have the right to decide the command of the front-line battle.

Staff officer Li Hongyuan took over the command of the former army and arranged for the troops to prepare to take over He Kegang's troops. Zu Dale and Wu Xiang cleaned up the battlefield, arranged for the treatment of the wounded and collected the remains of our army's fallen soldiers, and the other troops continued to advance westward. ”

Due to Chongzhen's quick decision, the dissatisfaction of the cavalry on the left wing of the Ming army did not spread to the other battalions of the front army, and even the soldiers on the right wing of the Ming army did not know what was happening, and the incident was over. Therefore, soon the Ming army continued on the road.

When Zhu Youzhen was about to set off with the front army, the officer who treated the wounded ran to report to Li Hongyuan, saying that Zu Kuan, the guerrilla who led the cavalry charge, was not dead, and that he had also found a Jurchen general who had his calf broken, and he claimed to be Houjin Doro Bel Dudu.

Zhu Youzhen suddenly smiled and said to Li Hongyuan on the side: "This Du Du has a lot of fate with me, where I am, he will appear." ”

Li Hongyuan also smiled and agreed: "He is very smart, the last time he was captured, he refused to reveal his name. After being treated favorably by His Majesty, he now knows that he will report his name as soon as possible. Your Majesty, we can't let him go this time. ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded and said, "Arrange for someone to treat him, don't detain those injured and captured Jurchens." When this war is over, we will deal with him.

As for the ancestor guerrilla and other wounded of our army, priority should be given to treatment. If the conditions for moving west are not good, then turn back to the rear for healing. Since they survived the battlefield, I don't want them to die if they don't get timely treatment..."

When the cavalry troops commanded by Du Du were defeated, and the cavalry of the Horqin Department and the Jurchen cavalry of Liangniulu, who had lost more than half of them, fled back to the Wunag army, it was also the time when the Wunag army crossing the river fought the fiercest battle with the Ming cavalry who attacked by surprise.

After the 36 troops of Guanmen led by the leader of the Naiman tribe, Ochir and Zhuoerbi, divided their troops, they guarded the village of Balipu on the east bank of the Luan River, waiting for the main force of Wunag to cross the river.

The stone bridge behind Balipu Village is medium-shaped, and it can pass about 1,000 people and horses in an hour. With Zhuo Erbi's men and horses stationed on the hills to the north, Ochir's mentality is still relatively relaxed, if there is any danger, as long as Zhuo Erbi sends an alarm to the village, he can come forward as a whole team to support.

As his family and horses continued to cross the Luan River, Öqier relaxed his vigilance, and even let people make a fire to cook, ready to fill his stomach first.

However, just as Ochil and his subordinates relaxed, the Ming cavalry of the brigade suddenly appeared at the corner of the official road to the west and launched an attack on the bridgehead on the east bank of the Luan River, while the Zhuoerbi troops stationed on the hill to the north did not send any warning.