At the command of Wu Sangui, the Liaodong Army, dominated by cavalry, was like a tide surging from the horizon. This army was the best army to live in the end of the Ming Dynasty.

Their military pay was never owed, and their equipment was the best in the world. It was a local army raised by the Ming Dynasty that exhausted the blood lipids of the northern people.

It’s a pity that these people never fight for the country. If they touch their interests, they would be as strong as the Eight Banners and would be blocked by them. They were very indifferent to friendly forces. Xuanda, Sichuan Army, Bai Gan Army, Qi Family Zhejiang Army, and Jizhou Army who came to Liaodong to help with the war were all dead, but the Guanning Army was still there. During the decisive battle of Songjin, Chongzhen raised the last elite force of the Ming army and attacked with all his strength, and Hong Chengchou led 100,000 Ming troops to lift the siege of Jinzhou. At the critical moment, Wu Sangui led his servant troops, the Wu Family Army, to escape first, causing the battlefield situation to turn straight, resulting in a disastrous defeat of the Ming army and Hong Chengchou was captured. It was not a secret thing for the border troops to raise bandits at the end of the Ming Dynasty to respect themselves, but they had no choice but to do anything to them.

Since entering the pass, their military discipline has been corrupt and the looting places are no worse than those of the Manchus.

Under the heavy reward of Wu Sangui, his army accompanied Haoge and Ajige and rode his horse to pursue him.

Hou Xuanyan personally suppressed the formation and sat in the fire camp with Li Haoxian. When retreating, he could test the combat power of an army. Gu Yanwu had mobilized the Minzhuang to collect ships from Yuezhou Prefecture and Wuchang Prefecture, with a total of more than 400 ships, traveling across the river and transporting troops.

A thousand miles of Jiangling returned in one day. The river was rushing down rapidly. Although the speed was thousands of miles a day, the water flowed too fast. Such a large-scale transport of troops often had the risk of capsizing. Therefore, although there were many ships and boatmen, there was also a need for someone to block the Qing soldiers who might be chasing. Otherwise, they would be intercepted by someone on the riverside, and they would be lost in advance and retreat. Hou Xuanyan took the initiative to propose that he brought the back of the Fire Camp. Although Du Yinxi also wanted the back of the palace, he thought that his subordinates were all rebels. If they were asked to be used by them, they would inevitably feel that they were being used, which was extremely unfavorable to stabilize the morale of the army. So Du Yinxi nodded silently and agreed to the back of the Fire Camp.

Sure enough, this move won the favor of Li Jin, Yuan Zongdi and other generals of the rebel army, and was willing to serve as their subordinates. It shows that Hou Xuanyan has already regarded them as his own people. This is several times better than He Tengjiao's failure to distribute military rations and plotting against them everywhere. I don't know how many times better.

Outside the river, Hou Xuanyan stood in the central army's observation car and said to Li Haoxian beside him: "The advance and retreat are well-founded, and the formation is not chaotic. These hundreds of battles are not in vain. Using war instead of training is always the best way to train."

Lee Haoxian looked bitter and said with a smirk: "It's just that the price is a little too high, and nearly 10,000 brothers died."

Hou Xuanyan patted his shoulder and advised: "Don't laugh at me when I sleep drunk on the battlefield. How many people have returned from wars in ancient times? A real man uses his life to win fame and fortune. It is a life-and-death life. After this battle, I will take you back to Jiangnan. No matter how life or death, those who have made merits will be rewarded."

The Shandong soldier arranged by Li Haoxian next to him, Hu Bawan stared at a pair of mung bean eyes and shouted: "Master, look, the Qing soldiers are chasing him!"

Hou Xuanyan and Li Haoxian looked north together and saw a large number of cavalrymen appearing at the end of the earth.

Hou Xuanyan cursed: "The dog thief Wu Sangui, I really don't take us seriously. My formation is here, so I want to see if he dares to rush forward."

The gloom on Li Haoxian's face shone and he sang: "You Feng Cang protects the left and right wings, and the cavalry rushed to the formation and were seeking death. Wu Sangui is a veteran who has been in war for a long time, so he should not make this mistake."

"Well, stabilize the camp first. If they really rush to the formation, they will withstand this attack first." As soon as Hou Xuanyan finished speaking, the flag bearer around him waved the order flag. After the formation was formed, it was running like flowing water. Wu Sangui in the distance had already seen the full picture of the Ming army and said, "Hou Xuanyan is righteous and did not let Li Chuang's subordinates. These children in Jiangnan were trained to be well-behaved by him, haha. Unfortunately, Jiangnan was too flirtatious, so how could he raise a man to fight? Men, let them see what war is."

Li Benshen, the gang general next to Wu Sangui, rode on the horse. After hearing Wu Sangui's words, he frowned. He was originally Gao Jie's subordinate. After Gao Jie died, he surrendered to Duoduo. He did not burn him to death in Changzhou, but he escaped. He fought several battles with Hou Xuanyan, but lost inexplicably every time, and the coach had committed the problem of underestimating the enemy.

Li Benshen frowned and said, "Prince, Hou Xuan is treacherous and vicious, and he has to be careful."

Wu Sangui looked upright. He was not a stubborn person, so he could listen to his subordinates' opinions. After careful observation, Wu Sangui said: "Every step by step, shoot the enemy with a musket first, and wait until the enemy's formation is in chaos, then rush to the formation and annihilate them."

The weapons of his cavalry are very famous, the famous three-eyed musket. This thing has always been criticized and is worthless by later forums. But at this time, it is actually a very good weapon, at least Hou Xuanyan is very jealous.

The Liaodong soldiers were familiar with loading gunpowder and kept firing immediately. After three-eyed musket shot, the barrel was so hot that it was red and there were spikes on it. It was really scary to hold it up and beat people.

After several rounds of shooting, the sword and shield soldiers of the Fire Camp gradually could not resist and were shot many of them. The formation was slightly loose, and Wu Sangui saw it clearly from a distance. With the order of the flag, sixty thousand cavalry launched a charge.

Hou Xuanyan cursed: "After these birds shaved their heads, are they so brave? Are they fighting us as bandits, and are they here to suppress the bandits?"

Li Haoxian snorted coldly and waved the order flag himself. The central army quickly filled the vacant. Although the square formation was hit hard, it did not disperse. The archers hidden behind the sword and shield soldiers began to fight back.

The sound of the string control sounded like raindrops, with white feathers densely spreading in the air, and countless arrows poured down towards the forwards of the horse team. The rain of arrows kept stabbing the cavalry's armor and made a creepy sound. The fire camp had a total of 100,000 people, and one round of shooting killed nearly a thousand lives under Wu Sangui.

The cavalry who rushed through the Rain of Arrow was less than a charge from the phalanx of the Fire Camp!

"Boom", the artillery of both sides fired at the same time, and the flames and smoke from the gunpowder burst out in the formations of both sides. The iron balls, stones, and lead bullets burst out from each explosion are enough to take human life.

The heavy infantry of the Fire Camp replaced the sword and shield soldiers, stood in front, and had just formed a defensive formation. The enemy cavalry had rushed in front of him, and had penetrated the long spear and pierced the horses and people in front, and it was difficult for the subsequent cavalry to step into the formation.

The two sides finally fought each other and fought together. Wu Sangui looked at his subordinates with heavy casualties and his face became increasingly ugly. He also knew that infantry arranged in such a terrain and formed a square formation was actually very restrained by the cavalry.
Chapter completed!