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Marko stretched his neck to see clearly that although his army was still solid, it was still under a lot of pressure under the desperate impact of the mob and the rout.

Especially in the front, many archers could no longer raise their arms, and the artillery and firecrackers were all firing indiscriminately. There were already broken soldiers stepping on the bodies of the rioters, jumping over the chariots and jumping behind the chariot formation.

The sword and shield soldiers and spearmen couldn't stop retreating. Every time they took a step back, more rout soldiers squeezed in. Such a continuous pressure on the front line to retreat made the sharp line of the Ming army almost turn into a blunt line.

Farther away, there was still billowing smoke and dust, and the sound of hooves was like thunder. Except for the more than 500 heavy cavalry of the Qing army who had been chasing and driving the rout in front, there were more Tartars and captive cavalry rushing from a distance.

Rao, the veteran general Ma Ke, the general soldier, also shook his hands, flustered for a while, and Ma Zhiren behind him was pale, and he was stunned, only those two thin legs were still shaking.

"Hurry up, send...a command, give...to Ma Zhiyong, no matter what...we must keep the formation in order...never...you must not be rushed into the formation by the rout!" Ma Ke roared tremblingly with.

At the same time, he yelled at the sentries below: "What are Zhao Junchen and Bao Guangfu doing? Do all the dawdlers think so much about my death? Hu Zhongxin, where is Hu Zhongxin, where is Hu Zhongxin?"

Then he shouted again: "Quick...quick... hurry up. Damn...missed the military plane...I told him to wait and see!"

Marko was obviously anxious. He was about to turn around after shouting, but his body was already stiff due to fright. When he turned around, he staggered and almost fell on the chariot.

It was also fortunate that he had been in the army all year round, and his horse gait was not bad, so he avoided embarrassment by squatting to resolve the past.

But Ma Zhiren on the side was not so lucky. When he suddenly saw Ma Ke turning around, he was about to move forward, but his body was completely out of order, and he couldn't move a step.

Just when he was anxious and confused, he saw Ma Ke staggered and almost fell to the ground. In order to show his courtesy, he tried hard to move his feet and stepped forward to help Ma Ke.

But he never thought that his legs seemed to be filled with lead, his legs didn't move when his heart moved, his upper body twisted away, but his lower body seemed to be nailed to the ground, motionless.

It was precisely because of this inconsistency that Ma Zhiren's slightly obese body fell to the ground with a "slap", his shape was extremely embarrassing.

Ma Ke was also alarmed by this sound. He turned his head and glanced, his eyes were full of disgust, he ignored it, turned around and hurried away to his war horse, and muttered in his mouth: "Waste, what a **** It's trash!"

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There was also a large group of Qing army captive cavalry rushing towards them. At a rough glance, there were more than [-] cavalry, including the Tartar armored cavalry chasing the defeated soldiers, and the Mongolian Qing cavalry on both wings.

Marko's main barracks had nearly [-] enemies in front of them, and they were all armored cavalry among the Tartars. There were even thousands of rout troops who were the vanguard of the Tartars, and they were about to break through the chariot formation of the main barracks.

Judging from the situation at the scene, it is extremely difficult for the Ma Kezheng Barracks in Shanhai Town to resist on their own, and its defeat is only a matter of time.

Now, just to prevent those routs from attacking the army formation, it has almost exhausted the physical strength of more than a thousand soldiers in front, and most of the artillery and guns are too late to shoot, and the arms of the archers are also weak, and only the servant Jingqi can still fight.

From this point of view, if you want to stick to the camp and wait for reinforcements, it may be difficult to do so.

Ma Zhiyong looked like he was gnashing his teeth. He glared angrily at the Tartar armor cavalry running from a distance, thinking: "Could it be that our Shanhai Town army is really going to be defeated here today?"

Afterwards, he anxiously turned around and looked at the east, thinking again: "I don't know where Zhao Guerrilla and Bao Guerrilla's troops are now, why haven't they come back to help? Hu Zhongxin's troops are the best, so where are they?"

In fact, there is no one to blame for everything here. If you really want to blame it, then you should blame those civilian men and soldiers who are too easy to bomb the camp. Perhaps He Youren, as a general, underestimated this and did not take strict precautions. He was negligent in his duties The sin is indeed unforgivable.

Now that I think about it carefully, it took less than half an hour from the time when the left-wing camp of Shanhai Town's left-wing camp was fled, and now the main camp is also in jeopardy.

If we infer based on past experience, once the Ming army formed a chariot formation, most of them could hold out for a day and a half, even if it was the worst, at least a few hours.

No one would have thought that He Youren's left-wing battalion with thousands of soldiers and horses would collapse before they even fought against the Tartars?
Although Ma Ke's hesitation did delay some time, even if Ma Ke rushed to the rescue immediately after hearing the news, it would probably be too late, and if he encountered a rout during the march, he would be more likely to be broken through the army formation and lead to collapse.

Ma Zhiyong saw that his infantry was exhausted just to stop these routs, so he hurriedly shouted: "Cavalry prepare for battle, send orders, cavalry form a team, prepare for battle!"

As he spoke, he called another hundred households, and said to him: "Han Shichen, you lead a hundred households to Marshal Ma's side, and follow his orders. If you can't do anything, you must protect him."

Just as Han Shichen was about to leave, he was grabbed by Ma Zhiren again. He stared at a pair of blood-red eyes and said, "Remember, the commander is here, so our family members will be safe. Even if you risk your life, you will definitely die." Protected the commander-in-chief thoroughly!"

Han Shichen looked at Ma Zhiyong resolutely, nodded his head in agreement, and turned to leave.

Ma Zhiyong looked at the back of Han Shichen who was going away, and roared hoarsely: "The infantry will form a team, and the cavalry will dismount and form a formation. Kill all these dogs. If you want to live, let me kill, kill, kill..."

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Finally, on the south, west, north, and south sides of Ma Kezheng's barracks, the defeated soldiers and civilians gradually disappeared, leaving everything empty as far as the eye could see.

But if you observe carefully, you can see that there are corpses piled up in the open space behind the horse-repelling formation and before the chariot formation. , Blood flowed like a river.

There are also some peasants who broke the army. They did not rush into the Ming army formation, but fled eastward along the gap between the chariot formation and the shield formation, or fled into the wilderness in groups while the Qing army was unprepared. among.

Of course, some people were either crushed by others, or fell to the ground with injuries. In short, they finally got their wish and rushed into Marko's army formation.

After all, they were all Ming soldiers and horses. Although they tried their best to prevent them from rushing into the battle, they did not kill all the surviving civilian husbands and rout soldiers.

However, the purpose of the Qing army was indeed achieved!

The tartar's plan was very insidious, that is to drive them to attack the rear army formation, even if they couldn't break it all at once, at worst, they could also hit the morale of the Ming army formed there.

Marko's main barracks was besieged on three sides by nearly ten thousand Tartar bandit cavalry, especially those Mongolian light cavalry, who roared and galloped past the main barracks on the north and south sides, showing off their might.

At this time, in addition to the armored soldiers of the original Manchurian Eight Banners Zhengbai, Bordered White, Zhenghuang, and Bordered Yellow Banners, there are still many banners looming in the distance, and it seems that there are still Qing troops running here.

It's just that the distance is too far, and the colors of their armor and flags can't be seen clearly. It's not clear which part of the Tartar soldiers and horses they are, but according to Yanchen's judgment, they are at least four or five thousand.

Prince Rui, Prince Dorgon of Zhengbai Banner, rode on a tall horse with pure white fur, looking at the Manchuria cavalry inlaid with blue flags rolling forward, with a high-spirited appearance.

Beside him are Prince Zheng Jierhalang, the owner of the Xianglan Banner of Manchuria, Gushan Ezhenbi Luzhumala of Zhengbai Banner, and Gushan Ezhen Beledudu of Xianglan Banner.

It turned out that Prince Rui Dorgon was the general commander of the Qing army's ambush plan. Participating in the battle were soldiers and horses from the four banners of Zhengbai, Xiangbai, Zhenghuang, and Xianghuang, plus more than [-] troops from the Eight Banners of Mongolia.

And Prince Zheng Jierhalang was ordered to come to support, he led more than [-] cavalry from the Xianglan Banner, so there were more than [-] elite Tartars on this side.

According to Huang Taiji's deployment, the defense line of Shimen Mountain is indeed an abandoned son. He just used the dangerous situation of the mountain to wear down the Ming army's spirit, just like the sailor camp who abandoned the camp before fighting the Ming army. It is also showing weakness to the enemy.

By the time the Ming army marched to the south bank of the Daughter River, they had already fought fiercely for half a day. They must have been exhausted and lost their vigor.

Originally, according to the plan, Jierhalang was a mobile force, and it would support various places depending on the battlefield situation. However, Huang Taiji, the chieftain, saw that Dorgon's side was going so smoothly, and defeated a part of the Ming army as soon as he fought.

That's why Ji Erhalang was ordered to attack quickly, in order to expand the results of the battle on this side, and defeated the attacking Ming army in one blow, so as to recapture Shimen Mountain, and even marched to the foot of Songshan City to contain the main force of the Ming army. so that it cannot be considered elsewhere.

They stationed their horses on a high ground. Looking at the Ming army's large formation, which was already in a state of panic under the impact of the rout, Zhengbai Banner Gushan's forehead Zhenbi Luzhumara laughed and said: "These Nikans are really Vulnerable!"

Ji Erhalang said cautiously: "Zhu Mala, don't underestimate the enemy. It is reported that the successful defeat of the Ming army this time was all due to the bombing of the camp by the soldiers behind the formation, which led to the collapse of the entire division.

This is God's help, it is really God's blessing to my Qing Dynasty, with the ferocity and strength of my Daqing warriors, coupled with the help of God, I can defeat the main force of the Southern Army in one fell swoop, and I may not be far away from me. "

When he said this, he suddenly stopped, turned his head to look at Zhuma La and Du Du solemnly, and said: "But the ancients said that the arrogant army must be defeated. In the battle against the Southern Army in the Qing Dynasty, although there are many victories." , nor should it be arrogant.

When it comes to Dingkou and the production of money and grain, my Qing Dynasty is not as good as the southern country. Now, thanks to the blessing of the emperor, he has strategized, successively pacified Mongolia and North Korea, and got rid of the obstacles. Only then can we free up our hands and feet to deal with the southern country .

Moreover, every time we entered the Ming Dynasty, we gained a lot of gains, which greatly relieved our domestic needs, and made our Qing Dynasty show a trend of prosperity. It is precisely this way that we need to work hard to prevent the emperor's efforts from being in vain. flow.

Kuang Nanguo is not all mediocre, just like Hong Chengchou who is sitting in Liaodong at this moment, it is not easy, and Wu Sangui is also a young talent, the emperor appreciates him quite a lot.

What's more, there is Zhang Cheng from the Xuanfu, the king of Wuying County in the Qing Dynasty died at his hands, and now he has beheaded a member of my Gushan Ezhen. It can be seen that he is not a good person. If you encounter this thief, you need to be careful Prudence is. "

Gu Shane Zhenzhu Mala seemed to be a little unconvinced, he said: "Prince Zheng has always been prudent, and because of this, he is quite fond of His Majesty. But today's words, I am afraid that there is suspicion of growing others' ambitions and destroying one's own prestige." !"

Du Du interjected from the side: "What Prince Zheng said is very true. Although the Southern Army is not a concern, we should not underestimate it. There is a saying in the art of war: You must not have the heart to underestimate the enemy.

This is how to grow other people's ambition! "

Zhuma La just grinned, but didn't reply.

In fact, in private, he also thought that what Jierhalang said was not unreasonable. If the Ming army was a little more capable of fighting, his own offensive would definitely not be so smooth.

But as Dorgon's Banner Gushan Ezhen, he couldn't let Jierhalang completely steal the limelight, that's why he said these words.

Sure enough, Dorgon spoke at this moment: "Prince Zheng, seeing the formation of the Ming army, it is difficult to hold on for a long time, but I don't know when the reinforcements will arrive."

A few people rode to watch, and saw that the Ming army formation in Shanhai Town in front was already in danger under the attack of the rout soldiers, but they were still struggling to support.

Our own iron cavalry formed a team in front of the formation, eyeing it like a tiger, while the Qingqi were scattered on the north and south sides, wandering back and forth, as if they had already grasped it tightly and could smash it at any time.

Ji Erhalang looked confident, and said with a smile on his face: "Ma Ke didn't return letters to me before, and he meant to get close to me. Shouldn't we push it too fast, it might be of great use in the future? "

In this regard, Dorgon was also a little hesitant. It would not be difficult for him to strike with all his strength and defeat Shanhaizhen's army and horses. However, as the core high-level officials of the Qing Dynasty, they all knew about the correspondence between Ma Ke and Huang Taiji.

Jierhalang shook his head, said with a smile: "Prince Rui, do you want to use Ma Ke as your ancestor's birthday?"

He then continued with some hesitation: "We have fought against the Southern Army for many years in Liaodong, and their generals are not the kind who are willing to sacrifice their lives to save others.

And Ma Ke's weight is not comparable to Jinzhou City and Zu Dashou? "

Dorgon didn't say a word, his eyes rolled, as if he was thinking about something, and after a while, he said lightly: "Azigni is not here to report, the southern army is attacking very urgently, and Shimen Mountain may be breached at any time. ?”

He turned his head to look at Jierhalang, twitched the corner of his mouth, smiled evilly on his face, his eyes were shining brightly, and said: "Even if he can't save Ma Ke, will he still stop at the East and West Shimen? Do you dare to disobey the military order?

That Tang Tong in Miyun has already passed the sailor camp, we are waiting for work at leisure, and no matter how many of their hungry and tired army come, they are nothing more than food for us. "

"Hahaha……"

At this time, waves of Qing cavalry continued to rush forward, forming a formation in front of Ma Ke's sharp formation, while those Mongolian light cavalry were on the two wings, shooting waves of arrows into Ma Ke's camp.

These northern captive knights are mainly Mongolian herdsmen who are good at riding and shooting!