Starting in Saarhu, it is a bit difficult to make a comeback.

Chapter 28 Yan Mingtai wins the first battle (please read the new chapter)
Seeing that the Ming army was about to run away, the cavalrymen of Zhenglan Banner quickly drove their horses over the white-toothed corpses in front of them and chased after the Ming army.

At this time, Mang Gurtai's eyes were filled with fire, and he could be said to be burning with anger.

Damn Du Du, he didn't notice the Ming army's ambush, and he was confused and fell into the Ming army's way.

Just now, Zhenglan Banner had lost a total of 1500 people. Although the four Niu Lu at the back were not very powerful, they were his favorites when charging White Pendulum, and a total of 4 people were killed.

The most unacceptable thing was that dozens of people were killed by the Ming army's firecrackers at the last moment. How could he endure this?

He roared angrily: "If the heavy armored cavalry of the Ming army can't run fast, let me catch up and kill them all."

At this time, the cavalry of the Zhenglan Banner had already begun to bend their bows and shoot arrows forward. Although the sky was already slightly bright, the visibility was still very low. In addition, the Ming army was wearing heavy armor, so the bows and arrows naturally had no effect.

The Ming army at the rear of the team calmly used a knife to cut the bags hanging on both sides of the saddle. As the horses ran, the contents of the bags continued to spill out.

Soon Zhenglan Qi, who was chasing after him, stepped on these sharp iron thorns without realizing it.

In an instant, severe pain spread through the four hooves of the war horse, and it made a deafening neighing sound.The pain and fear caused it to lose its balance. The war horse jumped suddenly and threw the Eight Banners soldier on the horse to the ground.

The sharp thorns on the terrestris penetrated into the flesh through the cloth armor, causing the man to scream in pain.

Helplessly, Zhenglan Qi could only stop and clean up the iron thorns on the road ahead, but by this time the Ming army had taken advantage of this gap and gradually moved away.

As the sky grew brighter on the other side, Du Du, who was chasing the Ming army, soon discovered a problem. Although they shot more than 20 Ming troops along the way, the number of Ming troops in front did not seem to be large.

Moreover, they were getting further and further away from Qinghe Fort at this moment, chasing them for more than 40 miles.

Oops, I'm afraid I fell into the Ming army's plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain.

So he quickly ordered the troops to stop the pursuit and march toward Qinghe Fort again.

At this time, the Houjin Army, which broke in from the direction of Weiziyu, had already arrived at Qinghe Fort.

The situation in Weiziyu was similar. The mountain road was rugged and difficult to navigate at night, and their passage was very slow.

Therefore, Yue Tuo, the eldest son of Dabeile Daishan, led 26 Niu Lu with red flags and went to Qinghe Fort first; while Huang Taiji's white flag was still behind him at this time.

Xianghongqi had also lost more than 7500 people in the Saarhu area before. At this time, Yue Tuo led [-] people and had arrived outside Qinghe Fort.

What surprised Yue Tuo was that after he arrived at the agreed meeting point, he did not find the whereabouts of Du Du and Mang Gurtai.

Their journey was much closer than mine, so logically they should have arrived long ago.

At this time, Tan Ma came to report: "Master, the gate of Qinghe Fort ahead is closed. No Ming army was found on the city. It seems that the Ming army has abandoned Qinghe Fort."

Qinghe Fort was built in the fourth year of Chenghua reign of Emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty (1468). It is square in shape, with a city perimeter of about 4 miles, a wall of about 3 meters wide and 6 meters high. There is a parapet inside.There are watchtowers built on all sides of the city, and horse faces are built between the walls; there are one gate each in the east, west, south, and north. There is a moat outside the city and 16 beacon towers.

Hou Jin had conquered this place last year and destroyed part of the city wall. Yue Tuo was no stranger to Qinghe Fort.

At this time, no one saw Mang Gurtai and others. Could it be that the Ming army had abandoned the fort and they were chasing the Ming army?

Anyway, let's go to Qinghe Fort to see the situation first.

With doubts in his mind, a man with a red flag on his head carefully touched the walls of Qinghe Fort.

The winter in Liaodong is still so cold and windy, and the moat has long been frozen, providing no protection at all.

Although it was already midnight, the sky still looked very dark.

Seventeen or eight soldiers picked up a thick tree trunk and used it as a bumping wood, trying to break open the city gate; but unexpectedly, the city gate opened just lightly.

Through the city gate, they found that the school grounds in the city were empty, and the cold wind blew the fire in the furnace almost out.Looking up, there was no one on the city walls and towers either.It turned out that this place was already deserted. They excitedly waved torches to Yue Tuo in the distance, reporting that there was nothing unusual here.

The Eight Banners outside the city also urged their mounts and marched toward the fort with confidence.

Just as a few soldiers went to the city wall to observe with torches and cannons held high, the sound of horses neighing suddenly came.

As several stumbling ropes were pulled up by the Ming army, the cavalry at the front suddenly fell to the ground.

"Bang, bang, bang"

Countless firecrackers and bows and arrows came towards them, and a large number of Ming troops armed with swords and guns suddenly appeared from behind the haystacks in the school field.

Niu Lu'erzhen shouted: "Retreat quickly, there is an ambush here!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a bullet shot through his chest. The Ming army above the city gate quickly threw several rebel horses from the city to prevent the red flag from escaping.

The cavalry who had not yet entered the fort were quickly greeted by bows and arrows and firecrackers from the tower behind the city wall, and they were in chaos for a while.

It has to be said that although the Ming army's fire blunderbuss is difficult to play in field battles, it is really a sharp weapon when used in such close-range ambush battles. No matter how heavy the armor is, it cannot withstand a distance of more than ten steps.

In this kind of melee, the three-eyed blunderbuss has a short range and high power, and has an advantage over the bird blunderbuss.

Yan Mingtai not only has the 500 three-eyed muskets left to him by Li Rubai, but also the 500 bird muskets left to him by the East Route Army, which can be said to have strong firepower.

In less than a stick of incense, a Niulu Tatar was killed by the Ming army. More than 240 people were killed, and only fifty or sixty horsemen escaped.

However, the Tatars reacted quickly enough. Using the bows, arrows and sabers in their hands, they also killed and injured more than 50 Ming troops in the melee.

Yan Mingtai shouted: "Brothers without armor put on Tatar armor directly, cooked the dead horses, and let the brothers eat and drink. From now on, we will eat meat every meal. Everyone must hold on, Collect 100 taels of silver from Marshal Li alive."

Then the Ming troops up and down the fort burst into thunderous cheers! ! !
Yan Mingtai knew that the cruelest battle was about to begin.The reason why he took such a big risk to let these captives in was because of these two hundred war horses. If they don't have enough food and drink, where will their morale come from?

After Yue Tuo saw the abnormality in Qinghe Fort, he immediately sent troops to support him. Unfortunately, when they arrived, the gate of Qinghe Fort was already closed.

The Ming troops on the city did not show their heads at all, but hid on the city walls and towers and used the gaps in the arrow stacks to secretly set off firecrackers under the city. Although the arrows of these Eight Banners soldiers shot at the city in waves, it was difficult to hit the Ming troops. Even if they were shot in the head, it would be difficult for them to penetrate the iron helmets of the transparent army.

What made them most angry was that the iron helmets of many Ming army gunners had just been seized from Xianghongqi.

At this time, there was another blizzard in the sky, which greatly affected the accuracy of the bow and arrow.

In this way, the Ming army huddled in the city, drinking hot soup and gnawing horse meat.

Although it is uncomfortable to lean against the city wall in the cold northwest wind, the Tatars' bows and arrows are so powerful that it is impossible to avoid being shot by them if you don't stick to the wall.

After all, as long as they survive, they will have 100 taels. The Ming army in Qinghe Fort held on happily and painfully.

Yan Mingtai even said while gnawing horse meat: "Collect all the bows and arrows that the Tatars shot into the city. The firewood in the city is limited, and these arrow shafts can also be used to make fires."

The Ming army in Qinghe Fort was completely uneasy about playing tricks, and the helpless Yue Tuo had to have people build ladders to hit wood and attack the city on the spot.

He must rush into Qinghe Fort and skin this group of Ming soldiers alive.

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