Duduo said angrily: "No wonder Zhang Xianzhong was defeated by him. He really shouldn't be underestimated."
As he spoke, Kong Youde stared at Geng Zhongming and said:
"The red cannon is related to the imperial court's plan to move south. It must not fall into the hands of the Ming army. You two soldiers and horses will do your best to protect the cannon at all costs."
Geng Zhongming is the Zhenghuang Banner of the Han Army, Kong Youde is the Zhenghong Banner of the Han Army, and Duoduo is the Manzhou Xiangbai Banner, with a total of 30,000 troops.
The remaining 20,000 were just Guan Ning infantry and some surrendered Ming troops.
"Yes!" the two of them said in their mouths, but cursed in their hearts.
This must be to make the two of them take the blame.
Geng Zhongming also shook his head, this is a typical arrogant soldier's strategy.
But the domineering Eight Banners just did this.
After ruling the world for many years, the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty had looked down on everyone and took everything going smoothly as a matter of course.
"Such a crude plan actually worked."
Kong Youde also saw it, murmured, and could only ask his men to go all out to rescue him.
And the situation on the battlefield suddenly changed again.
The two Ming armies suddenly quickened their pace. Faced with the Qing army's obstruction of the attack, they kept firing projectiles, making the cavalry afraid and unable to move forward.
The power of the raised gun easily broke through the cotton armor of the Qing army, giving them a great shock.
Moreover, since the two military camps were two to three miles apart and facing each other, although they were bombarded to pieces, they still formed a passage two to three miles wide.
In other words, the left and right wings were in ruins, and the Qing army could only attack from the front or the back, thus becoming a target.
"Fire--" When they were less than a mile away from the red cannon, the Ming army suddenly stopped, formed a formation on the spot, and changed the direction of the artillery.
Thousands of Qing troops desperately wanted to intercept the Ming army, but they fell into a trap again and were beaten to pieces by artillery again.
"Damn it!"
Seeing a steady stream of Qing army casualties, Duduo was trembling with rage.
"Your Majesty, if this continues, the casualties among the bannermen will be great."
Geng Zhongming tugged at his beard. He didn't understand that this was the Ming army's "attack and rescue" strategy, which made the Qing army exhausted.
"With only over 10,000 people, how could they withstand the attack of the Eight Banners?"
Kong Youde also couldn't understand why this group of Ming soldiers were so strange. They were the Eight Banners that dominated the world!
"Creak——"
The battlefield seemed to be in a stalemate.
When the Eight Banners Army was besieging the Ming army who was attacking the artillery, suddenly, the gate of Ruzhou City was opened, the suspension bridge was lowered, and a cavalry group rushed away.
"Kill Jiannu——"
Li Jingwu took the lead, dressed in armor, and charged out fiercely, disrupting the entire battlefield.
At this time, the Eight Banners cavalry finally breathed a sigh of relief and no longer touched the tortoise shell-like Ming army, and headed towards the Ming cavalry.
Facing the Eight Banners cavalry that had been attacking for a long time, the cavalry battalion, which had been recharging its energy, did not engage in a head-on confrontation with it. Instead, it quickly attacked its rear troops like a sharp arrow leaving its string.
The rear army is where the infantry of the Qing army lies.
As a result, two locally intense circles appeared on the battlefield.
One was composed of a firearms battalion and a heavy infantry battalion to attack the red cannon, while 20,000 Han troops from the Eight Banners blocked the attack at all costs.
The other one used its cavalry battalion to attack the rear infantry in a detour, while the Eight Banners of Manchuria followed closely to intercept and entangle them.
"Are you all entangled?"
Zhu Yixi stood at the top of the city, observing the situation on the battlefield.
The 20,000 Han soldiers and the Eight Banners cannot be separated for a moment, otherwise the red cannons will not be protected; the 7 to 8,000 full Eight Banners cannot be separated again, otherwise the 20,000 infantrymen will be in danger.
From this point of view, as he expected, even the Qing army knew that these 20,000 infantry were extremely weak and would not expect them to protect their commander.
To put it bluntly, these 20,000 people mainly do dirty work, collect food and grass, clean the battlefield, build military camps, etc.
On the surface it looks evenly matched, 50,000 versus 50,000, but in reality it's 30,000 versus 50,000.
The Manchus were still confident.
Of course, these are the confidence they accumulated during the Liaodong battlefield and when they entered the pass and robbed the people.
The cavalry camp consisted of 8,000 men, the firearms camp was 10,000 men, the heavy infantry camp was 8,000 men, and 30,000 men were sent out.
"Twenty thousand more!"
Zhu Yixi counted his troops and couldn't help but murmured: "Yulin camp, Mingfu camp, Mingjie camp, Sanguan camp."
This is an overwhelming force.
"Go, all soldiers and horses, get out of the city and fight!"
Zhu Yixi's aura increased sharply. He cast his tiger eyes towards the battlefield, looking at the 20,000 Han army flags that were struggling to block the Ming army, and said in a deep voice:
"The Manchu Banners are on horseback and are flexible and versatile, while the Han Banners are 60% to 70% infantry, eat them all!"
Although the Man Eight Banners were very tempting, Zhu Yixi obviously understood that the right choice was to eat the Han Eight Banners, which had more troops and was weaker.
"As you command!"
Chen Yongfu, You Shiwei, Liu Tingjie, and Zhu Meng suddenly agreed, and then left in a furious manner.
In the city, only a pro-military camp of more than 2,000 people remained, responsible for protecting the safety of King Yu and Ruzhou City.
And of course, there's the Red Lady's army.
Zhu Yixi stood on the wall and watched the soldiers leaving the city.
"Thanks to the Firearms Battalion and the Chongbu Battalion!"
Looking at the fierce battlefield, King Yu couldn't help but sigh: "Without their persistence and stability, the situation would not be so favorable."
Of course, it is difficult to measure the real money invested in them.
Everything is worth it.
"Your Highness, why don't you let our troops move out?"
The red lady's blood boiled with excitement as she watched her in the city, and she couldn't help but hold her hands in front of her.
Zhu Yixi glanced at him and said casually: "Soldiers are more valuable than more. Your soldiers and horses are not qualified."
The red lady's chest rose and fell violently, and her phoenix eyes expanded more and more, but she finally gave up her struggle.
The situation on the battlefield was just as Zhu Yixi had imagined.
Twenty thousand elite Qin troops joined in, and the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty were immediately attacked from both sides.
The Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty were suppressed by the Firearms Battalion and the Chongbu Battalion for only half an hour. They were already exhausted. When the tiger-like Qin Army joined in, they immediately lost control of the situation and began to collapse.
Forty thousand against twenty thousand, the Ming army's equipment was better than that of the Han Banners, and they were suppressed. It was pretty good to be able to hold on now.
As soon as the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty collapsed, a chain reaction immediately formed.
Twenty red-coated cannons were directly captured by the Ming army who was very close.
The elite gunners, the so-called Wu Zhenchaoha, were also all captured.
Duduo's eyes were split, and he roared angrily: "Assholes, trash, what's the point of raising you? You can't even keep the red cannon."
With that said, Duduo couldn't restrain his anger and directly picked up the riding crop and whipped Geng Zhongming and Kong Youde directly.
With bloodstains on his face and chest, Geng Zhongming suppressed his anger and cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, the plan now is for the Eight Banners Cavalry to ignore the infantry and directly crush the Ming army."
"You think I don't want to?"
Duduo said loudly: "Although those bright cavalry can't defeat us, they keep entangled us and the cavalry can't escape smoothly."
"In normal times, these cavalry would have been wiped out in less than half an hour."