Da da da!
The iron hooves of the warhorse stepped on the ground, making a crisp and pleasant sound.
"Report!" The scout ran to Huang Degong and said, "General, the Guanning Army is leaving the camp."
Huang Degong raised his eyebrows: "Isn't Wu Sangui too anxious?"
He knew that Wu Sangui was going to betray his allies, but he didn't expect the other party to be so anxious.
Gao Yigong, who was standing next to him, cursed loudly: "This fellow is too inhuman. I must report this to His Majesty and exterminate Wu Sangui's three clans."
Huang Degong didn't waste any words and directly ordered: "Pass the order down, speed up the march!"
Huang Degong and Gao Yigong's more than 20,000 troops began to advance faster.
After walking a few steps, the scout came back again to report: "Our scouts were driven away by the Jiannu scouts."
Huang Degong just wanted the Jiannu to come.
He gave the order again: "Speed up the march, the cavalry will be in the front to resist the attack of the Jiannu, and the infantry will quickly enter the Sarhu camp to deploy defenses."
A moment later, the scouts brought the latest news: Jiannu cavalry were spotted three miles away, covering the entire mountain and field, and it was impossible to determine their number.
Gao Yigong began to sweat: "What should we do? Our infantry is still a mile away from Sarhu. We can't outrun the Jiannu cavalry."
"Why are you panicking?" Huang Degong whipped out his iron whip and rode forward: "You take the infantry to garrison Sarhu, and I will take the cavalry to deal with the Jiannu."
Gao Yigong was very worried: "No, there are tens of thousands of Jiannu, and we only have a few thousand cavalry..."
"Have you forgotten yesterday's plan?" Huang Degong asked back.
"Well...then you better be careful!" Gao Yigong stopped talking nonsense and commanded the infantry to run forward.
"Gee!" Huang Degong whipped his horse and launched a counterattack towards the Jiannu.
As the distance between the two sides got closer, the sound of horse hooves became clearer.
Boom!
Boom!
As the sound got closer, the snow on the ground trembled along with the earth.
In the setting sun, two cavalry units were approaching rapidly.
The Jiannu cavalry marched from the northeast to the southwest.
The Ming cavalry attacked from the southwest to the northeast.
Just as the two cavalry units were about to collide, the Ming cavalry suddenly began to retreat.
As they retreated, they threw countless grenades with lit fuses onto the ground.
The Jiannu cavalry in the front could not retreat or stop, and could only speed up to avoid the grenades.
Boom!
Countless grenades exploded one after another.
The sound of explosions came one after another, echoing across the wilderness.
The Jiannu cavalry in front were only frightened by the explosion and suffered no substantial damage.
The Jiannu cavalry behind were in a more miserable situation.
Not only were they enveloped by the shock wave generated by the explosion, but they were also injured by the lead bullets and iron filings flying out from the exploding grenades.
Although the damage was not serious, the horse was frightened and began to lose control.
Some war horses raised their front hooves high and let out harsh neighing sounds from their mouths.
Some of the war horses jumped up and down, trying to throw the cavalry off their horses.
The Jiannu cavalry was out of sync with the front and back, and their formation was in chaos.
Huang Degong took advantage of the situation and launched a counterattack: "Kill!"
Under his leadership, thousands of Ming cavalry charged towards the disconnected Jiannu cavalry.
The Jiannu cavalry fought hard and a melee broke out between the two sides.
Both sides are elite troops, and their fighting style is a fight for their lives.
After fighting for a while, the main force of the Jiannu army caught up.
Looking at the enemy troops all over the mountains, Huang Degong fought and retreated.
While retreating, he kept looking towards Sarhu.
According to the agreement, Gao Yigong had to wave a flag to him after entering the camp and deploying a defensive formation.
But so much time has passed, why is there still no movement?
Could it be that Gao Yigong was in trouble?
Gao Yigong was indeed in trouble, and it was big trouble.
When he arrived at the Guanning Army’s base in Sarhu, he found that the camp was empty.
No tents.
There were no wooden fences, no chevaux de frise, and no antlers.
Nothing at all.
It's more like an open space than a camp.
The agreement before the change of guard was that the Guanning Army would only take away tents, food, artillery, gunpowder and other supplies.
All the obstacles used to protect the camp remained in place.
Now, there is nothing left.
"Wu Sangui, Wu Sangui," Gao Yigong said, almost gnashing his teeth, "I must chop off your head with my own hands."
At this time, Huang Degong had retreated to the southwest of Sarhu.
The Jiannu followed closely behind and appeared to the west of Sarhu.
Looking at the Ming army on the hillside, Dorgon waved his hand and ordered: "Man Dahai, the Ming army has not yet established a firm foothold, you lead your men to charge forward and defeat them."
"Yes!" Man Dahai led half of his troops and charged towards Sarhu.
Although the Sarhu Mountain is much higher than the ground, its slope is not steep and the terrain is relatively flat.
The main roads could accommodate cavalry.
The infantry could climb up the hillside.
Looking at the Jiannu cavalry charging up, Gao Yigong shouted: "The spearmen will block the Jiannu cavalry in front, the swordmen will protect them on the side, and the bird gunmen and archers will line up in the back to fight back!"
With the command flags waving, the Ming army infantry quickly formed up, waiting for the first wave of Jiannu's charge.
Boom!
The Jiannu cavalry arrived with a roar.
They rode on horseback and kept drawing their bows and arrows. Every time the bowstrings sounded, a Ming soldier was hit by an arrow.
In mild cases, the patient will be injured and bleed profusely, while in severe cases, the patient will die on the spot.
Bang bang bang!
The Ming army fired various light and heavy firearms one after another.
The fired bullets easily penetrated the armor of the Jiannu.
Amid screams and wails, the front-row soldiers of the Jiannu fell down.
The Jiannu did not retreat, but instead accelerated their charge.
They wanted to launch the most violent attack before the Ming army's firearms were reloaded.
Under the saturation attack of the Jiannu, several gaps were opened in the spear formation of the Ming army's spearmen.
"Kill!" The nearby Jiannu rushed forward, intending to kill their way in through the gap.
But...
Spearmen are bird-gun soldiers.
The muskets in their hands all had bayonets.
Although it is not as long as a spear, it is much longer than an ordinary waist knife.
"The Ming army is mighty, kill!" The bird-gun soldiers raised their bayonets to repel the Jiannu near the gap and blocked it.
Man Dahai and Gao Yigong fought to the west and north of Sarhu.
At this time, Dorgon had already arrived to the south of Sarhu.
He glanced up the hillside and found that the Ming army was short of manpower.
"Xihan, Gong Adai, the two of you lead 3,000 soldiers and horses to attack from here. With a pincer attack from both sides, the Ming army will surely be defeated!"
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