Abatai looked in the direction of Jinghai, his face was as calm as water, but his heart was a little worried. He decided to take a gamble, the bet was that the various units of the Ming army were not monolithic, and there were loopholes to exploit.

He had participated in the Battle of the Hunhe River, and that earth-shattering battle left an extremely deep impression on him. 4,000 Sichuan white pole soldiers and 3,000 Zhejiang soldiers, under the siege of tens of thousands of Houjin troops, stood tall for a whole day, and the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry suffered countless casualties. The turning point of the battle was that the rest of the Ming army did not reinforce in time for various reasons, and chose to wait and see, and finally the white pole soldiers and Zhejiang soldiers ran out of ammunition and food under the wheel battle of the Houjin army, which was several times their own strength, and died in battle.

In Abatai's view, the characteristic of the Han people is that "wood shows that the forest wind will destroy them", and an army that is too good may not be fully supported by friendly forces, and may even be jealous. Since the banner of the Tianjin General Army did not appear on the battlefield, they may not be able to attack themselves with Qionghai Town, this is their own opportunity.

As the sound of conch sounded, thousands of people lined up from the Houjin army and headed straight for the Qiong naval position.

After learning the lessons of the Battle of Changyi, the Qiong Navy did not put up a hollow phalanx again, but staggered two rows of horizontal formations one after another with battalions as a unit, and when viewed from the air, it looked like a speed bump on the road of old time and space. In such a formation, no matter whether the Tartars rush with vests or infantry armors, they will fall into the layers of interception and strangulation of countless horizontal teams, and even if they break through one horizontal team, they will be stopped by the second and third horizontal teams. Based on the experience of the previous battle, everyone in the Qiong Navy came to a consensus: the Tartars are good at foot combat and are not keen on heavy cavalry charges, so such a formation is specially prepared for the Tartars.

This time at the front was Wei Lianheng's second regiment, the first regiment suffered quite a lot of casualties in the battle of Changyi, so it was placed in the middle, and the independent regiment lacking 10 catties of field artillery was still deployed at the rear. Wei Lianheng saw the thousands of people rushing over, thought that this was the vanguard of the tentative attack, and ordered the artillery battalion to attack.

"Boom, boom", the cannonball flew towards the opposite side, plowing out blood grooves in the crowd.

Wei Lianheng carefully observed the effect of the artillery bombardment, but he found that there was something strange about this group of Tartars, almost all infantry, no horses, and the direction of the attack was not the center of the Qiong naval formation, but the eastern flank.

He raised his binoculars and looked carefully, and found that except for the one or two hundred people who rushed to the front, there were all lightly armored Han soldiers in the back-the Han army and the Tartars were very distinguishable, the former did not have long left the braids, and the traces of shaving on the head were clearly visible, while the latter shaved his head when he was young, and the strand of money rattail on the head was smooth all around.

The Han army will never be the main force of the field charge, and is generally cannon fodder during the siege. Wei Lianheng fell into deep thought: using the Han army to attack and rushing to the eastern flank, is it to use these cannon fodder to disrupt the flank of the Qiong navy and achieve another purpose?

At this time, the blue background golden dragon flag of the Houjin army moved, slowly moving to the east. When Wei Lianheng saw this scene, he immediately understood the opponent's intention: to entangle the flank of the Qiong Navy with cannon fodder troops, and then take advantage of the mobility of the cavalry to take advantage of the opportunity to force it over!

He hurriedly called the herald: "Go to the Chinese army and inform the general that the Tartars are going to forcibly break through from the eastern flank, how to deal with it, please make a decision quickly!" ”

"The Tartars are going to force a breakthrough from the eastern side?"

Xia Nan hurriedly raised the binoculars. Sure enough, the troops who attacked the flank of the second regiment couldn't see a few armored people at all, they were all infantry wearing only cotton armor or simply no armor - Xia Nan didn't bother to distinguish whether these people were the Han army or the banner man Yu Ding of the Later Jin, anyway, it wasn't the main force, Abatai was going to do something.

He was a little annoyed, overestimated Abatai's self-esteem, and opened up the stance, but people stopped playing with you and slipped away. It's like two people making a fight, one person is ready to fight, but the other person runs away, leaving you alone in a daze. He seemed to see Abatai's sneering expression on his face: Ben Baylor is no longer playing with you, how is it, is it surprised, surprised?

But now is not the time to despise Abatai's festival, and it is only right to find a way to stop him. Xia Nan stabilized his mood and ordered: "The first regiment and the independent regiment will become columns, prepare to intercept, and we must find a way to drag the Tartars and wait for the soldiers and horses from Baoding to come!" ”

Huang Hansheng said: "General, if the Tartars want to run, it will be difficult for our two regiments to catch up, and the soldiers and horses on the Baoding side don't know when they will arrive?" It is difficult to quench the thirst of the near in the far water, so it is better to send someone to persuade Wang Hong, the chief soldier of Tianjin, right? No matter how he is, he is also a military general who has climbed to the position of the general army with his military merits, there is always some blood, the Tartar has passed under his nose, I don't believe he can sit still in Jinghai City! ”

Xia Nan hesitated for a moment and nodded: "It's okay to send someone to try, maybe the appearance of the Tartar can stimulate his conscience." ”

A cavalryman left the array of the Qiong navy and rushed ahead of the Houjin army towards Jinghai.

Jinghai County is not far from the battlefield, and there are no mountains on the plains, so the sound of artillery has long been heard here. Wang Hong was neatly draped and went up to the city wall to inspect. A confidant asked in a low voice: "Does Zhentai want to go out of the city to intercept the Tartars?" I heard that the Tartars will pass down from Jinghai Castle......"

Wang Hong glanced at him and asked lightly, "If you were to command, what would you do?" ”

A trace of excitement appeared on the general's face, and he was eager to try: "If the Tartars are beaten to the ground by those Guangdong soldiers, it is better to go out of the city to pick up a bargain, if you can cut off a few heads, it is really the ancestral tomb that is smoking......"

Wang Hong snorted, did not speak, and continued to inspect the city wall. The general was a little embarrassed and quickly shut up.

While walking, Wang Hong thought: I really don't know how thick the sky is, even if I eat lame at the Cantonese Yankee, how can the tartars be good to get along with? It's still beating you up. Rather than risking the loss of troops to try to plot a few heads, it is better to stay in the city in peace and wait for the ready-made benefits to enter the pocket. The two brocade guards brought Yang Sichang's words over, as long as they pulled the hind legs of the Qiong Navy and put the Tartar over, they would transfer him from Tianjin to Huai'an, and still be the chief soldier. Although it is a flat tone, but Huai'an is next to the Grand Canal, is the hub of Caoyun, the salt transport to rush, and Yangzhou, Suzhou, Hangzhou are the four major cities on the canal line, prosperous, go there to be a general soldier, is a first-class fat difference, how can it be compared with the dilapidated Tianjin Wei?

Wang Hong didn't have the courage to fight the Tartars, but let go of the Tartars, this was his specialty. When Abatai went south through Tianjin, Wang Hong turned a blind eye, and now it is just a repetition of the old trick.