At that hour, the artillery began to roar.

The tents and banners of the Eight Banners Army on the other side of the river flew into the air in an instant, and the ice on the river bank was blown into the air and turned into ice foam.

The situation on the other side is the same as Hong Xintao's judgment, that is, on the east bank of the Liao River, there is not a single sergeant of the Eight Banners Army in sight.

It was winter, the current of the Liao River was not particularly turbulent, the first batch of sailboats successfully arrived on the opposite bank, and Hong Xintao showed an excited look on his face when he saw the soldiers on the sailboats boarding the riverbank.

However, a quarter of an hour later, Wang Xiaoer and Wu Sangui, the generals of the Zheng family's army, respectively landed on the east bank, and they will directly command many soldiers to completely occupy the river bank, so that more soldiers can cross the river smoothly and participate in the battle.

The prelude to the large-scale offensive of the Ming army officially began.

Tong Tulai and Bayan and others were already in a panicked situation, they did not expect the attack to start so soon, and what made them even more depressed was that the sergeants under their command did not think of resisting the Ming army at all, but retreated to the rear under heavy artillery fire.

Adali's Chinese military tent is only five miles away from here, and if the sergeant adopts the strategy of not resisting and fleeing, then the Chinese military tent where Adali is located will soon become the forefront of real fighting.

The Liaohe River was originally a barrier that the Eight Banners Army relied on, but by this time, the advantage of the barrier did not exist at all.

The heralds came to report and shouted as hard as they could, so that Tong Tulai and Bayan knew that the Ming army had begun to land on the east coast.

The two of them couldn't take care of much, so they led their own soldiers to rush towards the riverbank, and at the same time ordered officers at all levels not to allow the sergeants to flee, and they had to fight with the Ming army that had just landed.

It's easy to give orders. The execution was not so simple, the artillery had begun to bombard in the direction of depth, explosions were everywhere around the barracks, and some sergeants who had not had time to evacuate were blown into the air and were decapitated in different places. Or be hit by debris and shock waves, fall to the ground and never get up again.

A cannonball exploded nearby, and Bayan was so shocked that blood gushed out of his nose, and several of his own soldiers fell.

There were very few sergeants who followed the charge, and in fact it was difficult for them to really rush to the riverbank, and there were bombs constantly exploding all around, they were flesh and blood, and it was impossible to resist sharp bombs, and more importantly, they could not resist sharp bombs. It was these sergeants of the Eight Banners Army who had no intention of participating in the fight at all.

In just a few minutes, Tong Tulai and Bayan felt that the east bank could no longer be defended, and the army had to retreat as a whole, build a new line of defense, and fight against the Ming army that had already landed.

The two did not dare to give the order to evacuate, they could not bear such responsibility.

Those officers and sergeants full of eight banners. There is no trace at all at the moment.

Tong Tulai scolded some ugly words in his mouth, these officers and sergeants full of eight banners. Before the battle came, they were all arrogant, but when it came to the critical moment, they couldn't see it at all, could it be that these were the people that the handsome Adali trusted the most.

Tong Tulai and Bayan all walked towards the rear, and more sergeants followed them. The swarm retreated towards the rear.

Although the speed of their evacuation was very fast, there were still many sergeants who were blown into the air, and Tong Tulai and Bayan, who had evacuated in a hurry, did not notice it at all, and the artillery of the Ming army followed them all the way to bomb, and they withdrew towards the rear. There will be more bombing, but if you stick to the position before the exam, you won't encounter too much bombing.

Evacuation without giving an order will lead to more panic, which is a very fatal thing for the army without the slightest morale, Tong Tulai and Bayan did not find out, many sergeants squatted in place, no longer following the evacuation, they even put down their weapons, obviously thinking of completely getting out of the battle.

Adali heard the roar of artillery, and the herald made an urgent report, and he, the commander of the Han Eight Banners, was even more dazed, because Prince Rui Dolgon told him that the Ming army would not really attack, but it had only been a long time, and the letter he wrote to Dolgon had probably not been sent to Shenyang, let alone Dolgon's reply.

The 80,000 Han and Eight Banner soldiers built the first line of defense, which did not intend to completely stop the Ming army's attack, but it was necessary to delay the pace of the Ming army's offensive and let the Shenyang side make all preparations.

According to the defense line deployed by Dolgon, the real tragic battle started from the second line of defense, and the second line of defense was guarded by the Mengbaqi, although the number was not very large, but the combat effectiveness was far stronger than that of the Han Baqi, and the third line of defense was garrisoned by the full eight banners, and at this time it was necessary to give the Ming army a heavy blow, so that the Ming army basically did not have the ability to continue to attack Shenyang.

From this point of view, the responsibilities of the Han Eight Banners of the first line of defense are still very important.

Adali confidently commanded the Han Eight Banners, thinking not only of the speed of stopping the Ming army's attack, but also of defeating the Ming army and letting the Ming army's attack reach the east bank of the Liao River.

The rumbling sound of artillery made Adali know that there was a huge mistake in his judgment, the Ming army really attacked, and began to attack in such a cold climate, before that, he Adali repeatedly made mistakes in judgment, and was convinced of the judgment of Prince Rui Dolgon, and failed to make accurate deployments, so that Tong Tulai and Bayan were in front of the command, and the main force of the Han Eight Banners was placed five miles away from the river bank.

Crossing the river operation, the most critical point is to seize the beachhead, once the river bank is occupied by the Ming army, then the Han Eight Banners will lose a huge advantage, although the artillery of the Ming Army is unusually sharp, but if you make all the preparations, the army will be deployed not far from the river bank, and wait until the Ming Army's artillery bombardment, the Ming Army across the river to launch a large-scale attack, the battle will develop to where the situation will go, or it is uncertain, once the Ming Army crossed the Liao River, then with the more than 80,000 Han Eight Banners sergeants under the command of Adali without any fighting spirit, which cannot be resisted at all.

Adalee's face turned pale, and her body trembled slightly.

At the critical moment, he had to make a decision, whether to order the army to attack on all fronts and fight to the death with the Ming army that had already crossed the river, or to ask the army as a whole to retreat and find favorable terrain to fight.

Thirty miles behind Adali, is the second line of defense set up by the Qing Dynasty, which is also personally deployed by Prince Rui Dolgon, this line of defense is guarded by the Eight Banners of Meng, the number of the Eight Banners is not very many, less than 30,000 people, the third line of defense after the Eight Banners of the Eight Banners is the blue flag of the Eight Banners led by Prince Zheng Jierharang, and it is only a few dozen miles away from the second line of defense.

Once Adali issued the order to evacuate the whole line, the soldiers of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, who did not have the slightest fighting spirit, were afraid that they would run faster than rabbits, and they were afraid that it would be a fool's dream to let these soldiers of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty find favorable terrain and build fortifications.

After a brief hesitation, Adali made up his mind and ordered the army to attack on all fronts and kill towards the shore, regardless of whether the battle could be won or not, at least it was necessary to destroy part of the living forces of the Ming army, stop the rapid march of the Ming army, and let the second line of defense deployed by Dorgon be prepared with sufficient time.

After giving the order to attack on all fronts, Adali did not forget to quickly write a letter to report the situation here to Prince Rui Dolgon, and at the same time inform Meng Baqi of the second line of defense and Prince Zheng Zierharang of the third line of defense.

The sergeant of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty slaughtered towards the riverbank, and Adali charged at the front of the line, and at this time he took the lead without the slightest hesitation.

The sound of the cannon became more and more shocking, but Adali couldn't shut it down so much.

Along the way, you can see the sergeants who retreat like headless flies, and these sergeants are forced to follow the army to the shore, and those who do not obey the orders are naturally immediately beheaded.

The continuous explosion of shells caused chaos in the ranks of the army led by Azig.

Adali led nearly 10,000 cavalry of the Han Eight Banners, and the speed of the charge was very fast, and they were able to avoid the bombardment of the artillery as much as possible, but most of the sergeants relied on the running of their legs, and they could not avoid the shells as quickly as possible, so the casualties were obviously greater.

When he was still three miles away from the riverbank, Adali met Tong Tulai and Bayan, who were retreating.

Adali didn't even look at the two with his eyes, if it weren't for the persuasion of everyone when he set off, seeing Tong Tulai and Bayan, Adali would have unceremoniously killed the two directly, and escaping from the battle is a capital crime, and there is nothing worth explaining.

The sergeants of the Eight Banners of Han finally met again and began to kill towards the shore......

The soldiers led by Wang Xiaoer and Wu Sangui firmly held the river bank, and the number of soldiers who landed on the shore was close to 10,000, and the effect of this landing operation covered by artillery was very good, but both of them knew that the battle had just begun, and it would not take long for them to face the attack of a large number of soldiers of the Eight Banners Army.

The sound of rumbling horses' hooves even drowned out the sound of artillery.

Wang Xiaoer and Wu Sangui glanced at each other, and they knew that the Eight Banners Army had already been killed.

The most critical moment of this landing has finally arrived.

The 10,000 soldiers who have logged in are the elite of the army, they have no war horses, and if the sailboat wants to transport the war horses, the speed will be much slower, and it will be too late, so the 10,000 soldiers must rely on the Mauser guns and steel knives and spears in their hands to resist the attack of the Eight Banners Army, and they must guard long enough to let more soldiers cross the Liao River and participate in the fighting, once all 50,000 soldiers have crossed the Liao River, the end of the Eight Banners Army has come.

Wang Xiaoer and Wu Sangui both pulled out their steel knives, and more soldiers raised their Mauser guns in their hands.

The barrel of these Mauser guns is wrapped in a thick cotton cloth to prevent the barrel from freezing and can be fired smoothly in cold climates.

Infantry against cavalry, the role of the Mauser gun was crucial. (To be continued.) )