Mang Gurtai and his Zhenglan Banner officers and soldiers looked at these Han people with wide eyes.
The phalanxes caught up one by one and slaughtered the fleeing Mongolian infantry as if they were chopping melons and vegetables.
The Mongols dismounted, and their combat effectiveness was really unflattering.
Their infantry and the Eight Banners' heavy infantry are almost in the sky and the other is in the ground.
The way the Mongolians rolled and crawled on their bowed legs to escape made Lin Yueru laugh.
"Master, blow the trumpet and catch up with us all. The Mongols are scared out of their wits. Kill them all in one go. Don't let them escape," Lin Yueru suggested.
Yang Fan said: "You must be calm when commanding operations. You can only do the right things on the battlefield. You cannot forget your life for small gains, and cherish your life for big things. The Zhenglan Banner has not yet been put into the battlefield, and we cannot fly wildly. We must maintain our formation.
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However, the Mongols were not the only ones on the battlefield. The 30,000-strong Jin soldiers did not move.
The more we are at this moment, the more important it is to be steady and not to waste away.
Don't win first and then lose, and lose everything in the end.
Now everyone can see clearly that the Mongols' defeat is a foregone conclusion.
The artillery, muskets, grenades, and explosive weapons that took turns today have completely destroyed their fighting spirit.
Today there are more than 30,000 people in Beicheng, and at least about 10,000 people have been killed or injured. There are still 20,000 people left. If no measures are taken and the Ming army pursues them, we don’t know how many more casualties there will be.
On the hill, anxious Khan Ahai and Buyan Ahai kept looking at Mang Gurtai.
They were also thankful that they had seduced the Eight Banners soldiers. Otherwise, the Ming army would have lost all scruples and would have sent out infantry and cavalry to pursue them. There was a danger of the entire army being annihilated today.
Although Mang Gurtai saw that the Mongols were defeated, he was not anxious at all.
This time he brought 30,000 people, excluding the 5,000 slaves pushing carts, and suffered heavy casualties just now.
His Zhenglan Banner's headquarters of 10,000 bannermen were unscathed. Each of the Eight Banners does not have many troops, that is, it is of this size. The smaller banners are estimated to have only more than 8,000 people, and the Zhenglan Banner is considered the main banner.
Li Yongfang's Han army flag and 15,000 men and horses did not take action. They were all in a state of recharging their strength.
In Mang Gurtai's view, Li Yongfang's 15,000 Han-banner infantry were enough to deal with the militiamen of more than 10,000 people.
If the Ming army's cavalry was dispatched, he would launch a Zhenglan Banner attack.
In his mind, the Zhenglan Banner was the cavalry that fought against Liaodong, and ten thousand could fight tens of thousands. Not to mention the guardsmen at Ji Town in Guan Nei.
According to intelligence, the Ming army opposite had 18,000 horse infantry, 10,000 of which were said to be temporarily recruited militiamen. All of them were farmers, so they put down their hoes and picked up their spears.
From the corner of his eye, he saw Khan Ahai and Buyan Ahai looking at him pitifully. He was too embarrassed to ignore them.
"Sir-in-law, I'm afraid the soldiers and horses of Taiji and Tabu Nang are in danger. You can go up first with the fifteen thousand men with the Han army flag, hold back these Ming army infantry, and collect the defeated troops for Taiji.
Regroup and buy some time," Mang Gurtai said.
Li Yongfang looked at the front. The Mongolians had collapsed and were running back. They were completely running away to herd sheep. Their formations and formations were all gone.
He had no choice but to nod his head and said, "There is no problem for me to go up with the Han army flag. However, according to the intelligence, the Ming army still has eight thousand cavalry that have not moved. I am worried that when these Ming army infantry and I are exhausted,
They'll rush out."
Mang Gurtai nodded and said: "My brother-in-law, don't worry. If the Ming army sends out cavalry, I will attack the bannermen of the Zhenglan Banner. My father-in-law, you know better than me what the virtues of the Ming army's cavalry are."
This is correct, Li Yongfang is an intelligence worker and a Han Chinese.
He knows the situation of Ming Dynasty very well.
When it comes to understanding the Ming Dynasty cavalry, he far surpasses Mang Gurtai.
The Ming Dynasty has not paid military pay for half a year. Many people have bought horses because they can't afford to keep them. If they don't sell them, they can only starve to death.
Even if this Ming army had enough cavalry to feed them and was well trained, their combat effectiveness would not be as good as that of the Zhenglan Banner.
Even Yuandudu's Guan Ning cavalry was in vain against Mang Gurtai's Zhenglan Banner. There is no cavalry in the entire Ming Dynasty that can fight better than Guan Ning's cavalry.
"Okay, please ask Sanbeile to raid the formation for me. I will go up with the Han army flag and show these Jizhen militiamen who don't know the heights of the sky. When it comes to heavy infantry, we, Dajin, must be number one."
Yang Fan looked through the telescope and saw the Zhenglan Banner infantry moving in the distance.
"Sir, those infantrymen wearing blue armor should be from the Zhenglan Banner of the Han Army. This troop belongs to Li Yongfang, the brother-in-law." Lin Yueru said.
"Well, it turns out it's them, these traitorous troops. Humph." Yang Fan curled his lips.
"None of these people are good. They are more cruel to the Han people in Liaodong than the slaves." Xiao Niangpi also said angrily.
"Send the order, do not accept the surrender of the Han army Zhenglan Banner, and destroy them all." Yang Fan said coldly.
He had heard about these traitors for a long time. Most of them were former officers and soldiers of Liaodong who surrendered. They used their identities as Han people to disguise themselves as refugees many times and fled into the Ming Dynasty's city to hide. Then in the emergency of the battle, they acted as internal agents and opened the city.
Door.
Many cities in Liaodong were lost like this.
"Yes, these bastards are nothing. They are more hateful than slaves. They should be eliminated." Xiao Niangpi also clenched her fist angrily.
Woo! As a long horn sounded, the Mongols quickly fled in both directions.
Zhou Yuji also ordered to stop the pursuit, and the entire army formed a unit and stayed put.
The infantry has passed through the Mongolian casualty area. It is all flat grassland, and there are no dead bodies or shield vehicle wreckage everywhere.
After the Mongols fled, a dense military formation appeared in front of them.
These people all wore blue cloth armor, and their helmets were the same as those of the Jiannu Banners. They were eight-petal iron helmets, but there was no lightning rod.
There are also differences between the armor and the soldiers of the Eight Banners. The regular troops of the Eight Banners wear long armor, while the Han military flag wears short armor. That is, the lower body armor of the Eight Banners covers the feet, while the Han military flag only reaches the knees.
Because Han Banners are infantry, they need to walk and maintain mobility. They only have one layer of cotton armor.
The Eight Banners consist of cavalry and heavily armored mounted infantry. They generally wear cloth armor on the outside, chain armor on the inside, and a layer of cotton armor on the inside.
"Everyone is here, prepare to fight, and maintain formation," Zhou Yuji shouted loudly while riding on his horse.
At this time, Yang Fan's three militia regiments all stood silently, holding Swiss halberds, looking at the turbulent blue ocean in the distance, waiting for the order to attack.
Li Yongfang was riding on a horse, protected by three hundred cavalry, and squinted at the Ming troops standing opposite.
Are these really temporary militiamen? Yet they seem to be more energetic than the most elite Guan Ning army in the Ming Dynasty.
