Half an hour passed, and the three rounds of artillery attacks were over.

The rumbling drums sounded, and Liu Wenxiu and He Renlong led 15,000 soldiers to attack.

All the attacking cavalry did not need ladders or other siege equipment, and the walls of Xiping Fort were blown open a huge gap.

The soldiers rushed towards the gap like a tidal wave, and strangely, there was little resistance from the Houjin Tartars.

The south gate was already a one-sided slaughter, and some of the Houjin Tartars who were blown up were cut down to the ground before they could resist, and some of the Houjin Tartars who wanted to dodge were also ruthlessly trampled on the ground by the horses' hooves.

The attack went so smoothly that most of the soldiers expected.

However, Su Tiancheng was unusually calm, and it was no longer a big deal to take Xiping Fort, and what he was concerned about now was Sun Chuanting and Ma Xianglin, who were preventing the rescue army sent by Dolgon.

The battle in Xiping Fort will continue for a period of time, and it is impossible for the army to reinforce Sun Chuanting immediately, everything depends on Sun Chuanting and Ma Xianglin, and the position must not be broken through, and the two armies of Houjin Tartar cannot be combined.

Sun Chuanting never expected that there were more than 20,000 Houjin Tartars sent out by Dolgon for reinforcements, and all the Zhengbai Banners in the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty came to reinforce them.

It was a mistake in intelligence, but maybe not a mistake, maybe Dolgon had suddenly changed his mind.

10,000 against 20,000, the situation instantly became grim.

The place where Sun Chuanting and Ma Xianglin led the army to garrison is more than 30 miles away from Xiping Fort and not far from the Liao River. There are less than 20 households in Masaka Village, and because the war came, the farmers had already fled, and the village was empty.

The topography of Maban Village is somewhat special, the village is located in the middle of a small mountain range, after crossing the Liao River. To get to Xiping Fort, you have to pass through this Maban village, and there is no other road.

Sun Chuanting remembered very well that before leaving, Su Tiancheng told Wan to entrust: Although the street pavilion is small, it has a great stake, and it is necessary to block the reinforcements of Houjin Tartar, otherwise, the battle situation is likely to change. Once the Houjin Tartars broke through the defense line and reinforced the Houjin Tartars, first, it increased the difficulty of the Jiangning battalion to exterminate the Houjin Tartars, and it could not even completely exterminate the Houjin Tartars stationed in Xiping Fort, and second, the soldiers of the Jiangning Battalion who attacked Xiping Fort were in a situation of being flanked in front and rear, and they had to devote huge energy to deal with the Houjin Tartars who reinforced Xiping Fort. Worst-case scenario. It was the Jiangning battalion's offensive that fell short, and it had to turn its strategic offensive into a new defense of the campaign. In that case, all the campaign deployments would have to be significantly adjusted.

Therefore, Sun Chuanting has no way out.

Sun Chuanting did not intend to retreat, even if he died here, he also wanted to stop the reinforcements of the Houjin Tartars.

Ma Xianglin assisted Sun Chuanting in blocking the reinforcements of the Golden Tartars, and he was a little unhappy, who didn't want to attack. How pleasant it was to charge into battle and kill the enemy bravely, but after understanding the great significance of the blockade, Ma Xianglin quickly integrated into it.

Sun Chuanting and Ma Xianglin gave the officer a death order. It is necessary to hold this place, even if it is the last person to fight to the extreme, he cannot retreat, otherwise military law will be engaged.

Sun Chuanting's order seemed a little tragic, and some soldiers still didn't understand it very well, they thought that it was not very difficult to block the aid of the Golden Tartars.

There are not a lot of artillery pieces in Sun Chuanting's hands, a total of twenty, all of them are tiger squat cannons and Francois faction, a large number of artillery pieces are used to attack Xiping Fort, and some other artillery pieces are distributed to the Liaodong border army to attack Guangning City. Sun Chuanting can also understand this, after all, he led the soldiers to be stationed here, in order to successfully capture Xiping Fort for the army.

Before the time came, the scouts rushed to report, the Houjin Tartars who came to reinforce the number of people estimated to be more than 20,000 people, judging from the military uniforms they were wearing, they were the white flags to which the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty belonged.

The Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty belong to the White Banner, the owner of the flag is Liu Zhiyuan, who surrendered the Houjin Tartar during the Wanli period, and was the Niu Lu Ezhen of the Yellow Banner of the Eight Banners before, which is in the Eight Banners, and is also quite famous, and is a member of the Houjin Warriors.

The atmosphere instantly became tense.

There is no precipitous place to wait in Masaka Village, and in front of the village is a large open flat land, which is conducive to the cavalry attack, that is, such terrain is about the same for both sides.

However, Sun Chuanting still occupies some advantages, after all, the Houjin Tartar is to attack, and the task of the Jiangning battalion soldiers is to defend, and the five Furlong cannons are Sun Chuanting's biggest reliance, this kind of Furlong cannons can be fired continuously, and the lethality is very great, especially for the cavalry, it has a greater deterrent.

At that time, the attack began.

Liu Zhiyuan was full of confidence, and the scouts detected that in Maban Village, where the army must pass, there were Ming troops guarding, and Maban Village was not in danger to defend, which was conducive to cavalry charge, although I don't know how many people the Ming Army sent to garrison Maban Village, but with basic attempts, Liu Zhiyuan knew that there would not be too many Ming troops stationed, after all, a large number of Ming troops would still attack Xiping Fort.

Liu Zhiyuan is also very anxious, the order issued by Prince Rui Dolgon is also very clear, we must do our best to rescue Xiping Fort, once we can echo the soldiers of Xiping Fort, we can form a situation of pinching the Ming army before and after, shaking the attack deployment of the Ming army, this rescue is very important, in a certain sense, this time is not a rescue, but the best opportunity to defeat the Ming army, once the army occupies the advantage, the Prince Zheng stationed in Guangning, Jierharang, stationed in Haizhou, must lead the army, rushed to Xiping Fort, at that time, I am afraid it will be the end of the Ming army.

Liu Zhiyuan knew that it was the sharpest army of the Ming Dynasty that attacked Xiping Fort, the Jiangning Battalion, and the commander of the Jiangning Battalion, Su Tiancheng, was even more famous.

Liu Zhiyuan felt more excited, if he could complete such an important task, then he would be able to make a name for himself in the shortest possible time.

Under such circumstances, it is normal for the Ming army to send troops to block the attack.

The vanguard led by Liu Zhiyuan had a total of 5,000 people, and the army behind was only five miles away from the vanguard.

These 5,000 people are the elite cavalry of the white flag, and in Liu Zhiyuan's view, they can be described as invincible.

Without waiting for the army to come, Liu Zhiyuan made a decision to attack, he hoped to tear open the defense line of the Ming army through the attack of 5,000 people, and then the army behind it, while passing smoothly, will fight against the Ming army.

This is a decision that Liu Zhiyuan regrets.

The vanguard launched an attack, and the sergeants who galloped on horseback made their best moves, firing bows and arrows on horseback, and in an instant, dense bows and arrows flew to the defensive positions of the Ming army.

Liu Zhiyuan, who charged with the soldiers, had full confidence that he would definitely be able to lead the leading troops, and the Ming army that fought couldn't raise his head, and Liu Zhiyuan even thought of the scene of fighting the Ming army when the time came.

Liu Zhiyuan once followed the Manchurian Eight Banners into the customs, and at that time galloped in the pass, invincible, and the Ming army fled from the wind.

It's a pity that Liu Zhiyuan forgot that he was facing the Jiangning Battalion, the Jiangning Battalion that had exterminated the Zhenghong Banner in the Eight Banners and killed Duoduo, and in the face of such a strong force, being cautious was what Liu Zhiyuan should do.

At the beginning of the charge, everything went well, and the Ming army in front did not react.

This stimulated Liu Zhiyuan even more, he took the lead and charged at the front, if it wasn't for the obstruction of his own soldiers, I am afraid that the battle has just begun, and he, the banner master, will die.

The speed of the cavalry charge is very fast, and the momentum is also unusual, and the murderous and domineering spirit revealed is unbearable for ordinary people, but it is a pity that Sun Chuanting, Ma Xianglin and others don't care at all.

All twenty guns were erected, and at the front were five Furlong cannons.

When the cavalry was still a hundred meters away, the artillery began to roar.

When the cannon sounded, the attacking cavalry quickly dispersed, which they had often trained to deal with artillery attacks, and they attacked faster, and the attack was the best defense.

But this time, they realized that something was wrong, the artillery was too dense, and the speed of the fire was far from what they imagined, and it took a long time to fire a shell.

With the fall of the war horse and the soldiers, Liu Zhiyuan also felt that something was wrong, this time the artillery was different, the lethality was very great, and the continuous firing made it impossible for the charging soldiers to dodge, and the flintlock pistol was also very powerful, and the bullets that were constantly fired made the soldiers who rushed in front become a live target.

The charge in front was hindered, the charge in the back continued, and most of the cavalry quickly crowded together, which was a big taboo, Liu Zhiyuan understood very well, he thought that the artillery of the Ming army always had to stop, once the artillery stopped, as long as the cavalry rushed over, it would be able to kill.

Therefore, Liu Zhiyuan did not order a retreat, and asked the cavalry to continue to charge, and to keep a distance, so that they could not be concentrated.

In fact, the momentum of the cavalry charge has already suffered setbacks, and the charge pays attention to one blow.

About fifty meters away from the Ming army's position, a lot of war horses and Houjin Tartars fell, and the ones behind were still charging.

Seeing this scene, Sun Chuanting smiled, he thought that Liu Zhiyuan was very powerful, but he didn't expect that Liu Zhiyuan, who was so happy, lost his basic calm, and launched an attack before the army in the back arrived, which was obviously his chance.

All the artillery was roaring, and the flintlock muskets were firing non-stop......

Liu Zhiyuan finally found that the situation was wrong, the casualties were too great, no one could rush into the position of the Ming army, dozens of meters of the charging road, there were fallen soldiers and war horses everywhere, if it went on like this, I was afraid that if I took 5,000 soldiers, I would not be able to break through the position of the Ming army.

He finally gave the order to retreat.

That is, when retreating, part of the cavalry of the Ming army attacked, and the lightning charge caught the retreating sergeants off guard, and the team was instantly chaotic.

Liu Zhiyuan, under the escort of his own soldiers, finally withdrew. It's a pity that the other sergeants were not so lucky. (To be continued......)