In the afternoon, the sun is shining brightly.
The fighting in the lower reaches of the Ningyuan River continues.
Hauge's left wing was penetrated. In order to prevent the Ming army from forming a battle formation, Hauge used artillery to indiscriminately bombard the battlefield.
This trick really works.
Not only did they successfully prevent the Ming army from forming a battle formation, but they also drove the Ming army that had penetrated the left wing out of the battlefield.
At this time, Hauge's reinforcements also arrived.
Lekedehun personally led 15,000 soldiers and horses and galloped over from upstream.
Li Xingzhong personally led the cavalry to meet them and engaged in a fight with Lekedehun.
Hauge got a chance to catch his breath and regrouped his defeated troops on the left wing.
Wang Yongji wanted to take the opportunity to launch a general attack, but the threat posed by the Jiannu artillery was too great.
In Wang Yongji's opinion, only a madman would do such indiscriminate bombardment as Hauge's.
In order to prevent this madman from succeeding, Wang Yongji gave the task of taking away the artillery position to Liu Zhaoji.
Liu Zhaoji first sent more than a thousand cavalrymen to rush to the battlefield and strip the uniforms of the Jiannu soldiers.
After receiving dozens of Jiannu uniforms, more than a thousand cavalrymen quickly retreated from the battlefield.
They were divided into two teams, the front team had 300 people and the back team had 700 people.
The soldiers in the front row were wearing the uniforms of the Eight Banners soldiers, and the rest of the Ming army followed behind, quickly moving towards the Jiannu artillery positions from the edge of the battlefield.
The general in charge of the Jiannu artillery position was Wu Shoujin, the leader of the Han army of the Zhenghong Banner.
Looking at the piles of corpses on the battlefield, Wu Shoujin broke out in cold sweat on his back.
It was fear that made him feel the chill.
He had fought on the battlefield for many years and had never been afraid of blood and corpses.
The source of the fear was Hauge's order to launch indiscriminate bombardment.
After years of fighting on the battlefield, this was the first time he encountered such a madman.
Yes.
In his mind, Hauge is a madman.
Not only him, all the artillerymen thought Hauge was a lunatic.
After all, only a madman would do such a thing as attacking his own people.
At this time, all the artillery had been reloaded. Wu Shoujin stared at the central army flag in the distance, waiting for Hauge's next order.
No matter how crazy Hauge is, he has to accompany Hauge to finish the battle.
As for the post-war consequences, he had not thought about it and had no time to think about it.
"Report!" The scout from the artillery camp ran to Wu Shoujin and said, "We found a cavalry force three miles to the side, with about 500 people and no flags."
"No flag?" Wu Shoujin suddenly felt something was wrong and hurriedly used his clairvoyance to look in the direction the scout pointed.
He saw dust flying in the distance, and at the front of the dust, a cavalry of hundreds of people were approaching him quickly.
Enemy? Friendly?
Wu Shoujin began to think.
If they were the enemy, they must have come to launch a surprise attack on him.
But if they are friendly forces, why are they here?
Support?
No!
Wu Shoujin shook his head.
On the battlefield, the Ming army had the upper hand, while the Eight Banners troops were at a disadvantage.
The Eight Banners Army's manpower was originally insufficient, and now that the artillery position was no longer in danger, there shouldn't be any extra friendly forces coming to support the artillery position.
Thinking of this, Wu Shoujin shouted to everyone, "It should be the Ming army! Grab your weapons and prepare for battle."
The artillerymen immediately picked up spears, swords, shields and various long-range weapons and hid behind the chevaux de frise to stand guard.
In addition, Wu Shoujin also prepared dozens of cavalry.
This cavalry was not used for fighting, but for reporting information and seeking help.
Under the command of Wu Shoujin, these cavalrymen put on their armor, mounted their horses and prepared to ask for help.
While waiting, Wu Shoujin continued to give orders: "Point the muzzles of the light artillery at this cavalry, and do not move the rest of the artillery."
"Yes!" The Eight Banners artillerymen adjusted the muzzle with force.
As the two sides got closer, Wu Shoujin saw the situation clearly.
The cavalry coming from afar consisted of two teams, the front and the back. The cavalry in the front were smaller in number and wore the uniforms of the Eight Banners.
The cavalry behind were numerous and wore Ming army uniforms.
"Quickly move the barricades," the Ming soldiers disguised as Eight Banners soldiers shouted in Manchu, "I am under the command of General Lekedehun, and I was ordered to protect the artillery camp. We were ambushed by Ming cavalry during the march. Let us go in and take shelter for a while!
Wu Shoujin's first reaction was that it was a trap!
Before he could ask, the sound of bowstrings, horses falling and screams came from behind the cavalry.
Due to the obstruction of his vision, he couldn't see the specific situation at all, and could only guess that they were fighting based on the sounds.
"Quickly move the barricades and let us in," the Ming soldiers disguised as Eight Banners soldiers continued to shout in Manchu, "If we delay any longer, everyone will die."
Wu Shoujin was a little shaken, but still did not give the order.
The reason for being shaken was that the other party spoke Manchu.
The Manchus were his masters.
You can offend anyone but not these people.
The soldiers in the artillery camp behind Wu Shoujin were holding their weapons and were also wavering.
I don't know whether to let them in or attack them.
Swish!
Seeing that Wu Shoujin didn't say anything, several Ming soldiers wearing the uniforms of the Eight Banners soldiers threw ropes with hooks towards the chevaux de frise, and after the ropes hooked the chevaux de frise, they exerted force at the same time.
Under the dual effects of war horses and manpower, the chevaux de frise were pulled open.
"You...fire quickly!" It was too late for Wu Shoujin to stop them.
The Ming army in front took the lead and rushed directly into the position.
The Ming army behind swarmed in.
In the eyes of the Ming army, killing these unarmored artillerymen was as easy as cutting melons and vegetables.
The saber was swung and a life was lost.
The long arrow shot from the soft bow can even penetrate the body.
The Eight Banners artillery fought desperately.
Ziz...Boom!
The artillery fired, killing the first Ming cavalryman on the spot.
The light artillery had limited power, and the shells had lost most of their kinetic energy by the time they hit the second Ming army.
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