The Ming army set up six-pound field cannons and twelve-pound howitzers to bombard the formation of the Later Jin army. The tiger squat cannons and light Folang machine cannons mounted on the back of the camel approached the formation of the Later Jin army and kept firing shells. The nine-headed bird heavy musketeers also rode the camels forward and shot projectiles into the formation of the Later Jin army from afar.

Neither the flesh walls of war horses or wooden shields could resist the bombardment of artillery, nor could they block the projectiles of the Nine-Headed Bird Musket. The projectiles of the Nine-Headed Bird Musket that penetrated the wooden shields could penetrate the armor of the Later Jin army behind them, leaving a blood hole as big as a bowl on them. Shotballs fell into the formation of the Later Jin army, and the war horses squatting on the ground on the outside were beaten into hornet's nests; solid shells fell to the ground, and the war horses were beaten into a pile of minced meat.

Dorgon ordered the Jurchen soldiers to rush out to deal with Li Guodong's firearms.

Seeing the Jurchens rushing out, the firearms team rode a camel and fought and retreated. The heavy cavalry on both wings took the opportunity to rush up and drove the Jurchens back.

"I hate camels!" Dorgon roared angrily.

After the Ming army was bombarded and heavy muskets, the Mongolian cavalry archers rushed up, rushed into twenty steps, and shot arrows at the Jurchens. The long arrows were like rain, and layers of reed-like arrow feathers grew in the Jurchen formation, and the horses on the outside were shot into hedgehogs.

The Jurchens had few arrows left, and Dorgon provided the few remaining feather arrows to the archers, so that they must shoot one enemy with one arrow. The Jurchen archers set their bows and attacked the Mongols against the dripping arrows. On one side, arrows flew everywhere, and on the other side, only a few small number of feather arrows shot out, but the Mongols' losses were far greater than those of the Jurchens!

The Mongolian riding archers of this era were almost not wearing armor. Although they shot many arrows, they could not break the armor. The Jurchen archers who had eaten horse meat saved as much precious heavy arrows as possible, and almost every arrow shot could take away the life of a Mongolian riding archers.

Li Guodong ordered the firearms to help the Mongolians.

The Nine-Headed Birth Musketeer and the Folang machine gunner rode the camel forward and shot several rounds of shots a hundred steps away. A large area of ​​the Houjin archer who could penetrate Yang with hundreds of steps was knocked over.

Without the threat of step archers, the Mongolian cavalry archer rushed to within twenty steps with confidence and boldness. The arrows shot out as if they were not worth it, compressing the Jurchen formation bit by bit. Dorgon, who was unwilling to be destroyed, ordered the Jin army to take a stroll, and hundreds of thick armored soldiers rushed out from the formation and killed the Mongolian cavalry archer.

Hundreds of Mongolian cavalry archers who had no time to run away were killed like a Jurchen soldiers, and the rest of them whistled and quickly evacuated. When the Jurchen retreated to the formation, the Mongolian cavalry archers stepped forward again, kept shooting arrows and harassing them, consuming the Jurchens' physical strength bit by bit.

Seeing that the Jurchens were decreasing one by one, Li Guodong was not happy because he knew very well that Huang Taiji's army must have been on the way. If Huang Taiji reinforcements arrived, the hope of leaving Dorgon on the grassland would be vain. All the five Mongolians were no match for the Later Jin army.

If we want to completely annihilate the besieged Later Jin army, it is impossible to rely solely on the Mongols' riding and shooting. The Mongols' bows and arrows cannot break through the defense. Only by breaking through the formation of the Jurchens can they all be left here.

However, except for the Chahar tribes of the five Mongolian cavalry, except for the Chahar tribes of Ezhe who fought very hard, the other four can basically be considered as not working hard. They just surrounded the Jurchens from afar and did not dare to go forward to fight. Li Guodong's firearms pose the greatest threat to the Jurchens, but two thousand firearms fought for several days in a row, and there was not much gunpowder and projectiles left.

In this battle on the grassland, Yang Sichang, who was far away in Xuanda, was also anxious about this. Li Guodong had already sent back seven battle reports. As long as he added 10,000 heavy armored infantry, Dorgon and his Jurchen cavalry could be left on the Hetao grassland forever. However, Yang Sichang could not send troops now. The most elite Ming army was in the Central Plains, and the two Huaihe River areas were wiped out, and he could not handle the Jiannu.

"Report! The Liaodong Jiannu army is here again! There are 80,000 troops!" The Ming army, which was active in the southern part of the grassland, reported this amazing news to Xuanda at night.

The entire Xuanda was shocked. The Ming Dynasty soldiers and civilians were worried that the 80,000 Jurchen soldiers would suddenly enter Xuanda. At this time, the main force of Xuanda was sent out to suppress the thieves and was unable to stop the Later Jin army. However, Yang Sichang was not worried. He knew that the Jurchen army was going to rescue Dorgon.

The Tumote scout who was active on the grassland discovered the coming army of the Later Jin Dynasty and immediately rushed back to the Hetao grassland to report to Omubu.

"Khan, the Jurchen army is here! There are 50,000 Korchin cavalry and 30,000 Jurchen cavalry!" Scout Tumote rolled and crawled into the sweat tent of Omubu, and gasped.

Omubu was shocked. Since Guluge was killed, Yuetuo was attacked again, and he had been forced to break up with the Jurchens. At this time, the five Mongolian tribes and the Ming army joined forces to besiege Dorgon's remnants. If Dorgon's remnants could not be eaten, the three Khalkha tribes and the Chahar tribes would definitely run away when the Jurchen army arrived. At that time, the Tumotes were left to face Huang Taiji's anger alone. Omubu could not imagine the consequences.

"Press this news! Don't let others know." Omubu sent an order to continue.

But the paper could not be wrapped around, and the other four Mongolians also had scout cavalry active on the grasslands to the east. When the Jurchen army arrived, they were discovered by the scout cavalry of the other four. This shocking news soon spread to the five Mongolian tribes, and everyone knew about more than 100,000 Mongolian troops.

"Eighty thousand Jurchen army! It's easy to deal with 50 thousand Korchin cavalry, but there are still 30 thousand Jurchen cavalry, so it's impossible to fight." Gunbu sighed.

"At the speed of the Jurchens, we will arrive in five more days! If we cannot destroy the Jurchens here in these five days, we will have to give up." Suba shook his head.

"We have to retreat quickly, otherwise we will not be able to go back if we are too late. It's a pity that we can only give up the remaining enemies in front of us." Shuolei said with a heartache.

"We have to go, cross the river to the other side as soon as possible. The Jurchens dare not cross the river to chase us." Ezhe was also ready to run away.

Omubu said furiously: "It will take at least four days for the Jurchens to come here! We should attack for two more days! If Dorgon can be destroyed within two days, the Jurchens will lose their strength and they will not dare to get involved in the Hetao grassland in the future! If you leave us alone and leave, we Tumotes have to give up our naturalization again."

Ezhe agreed to Omubu's proposal: "Okay! Then fight for two more days. If we can't take Dorgon, no matter what the result is, we will have to leave."

Li Guodong naturally knew the news that Huang Taiji personally led the army, and the Mongols could fight for another two days.

"We should not be stingy with ammunition. We will attack tomorrow morning and shoot out all the remaining ammunition and a swarm of bees! After the battle is over, we will pull it down! Looking at the appearance of the Mongols, the five tribes are not united. Except for the Chahars of Ezhe, the other four tribes are preserving their strength, watching others consume as much as possible, and playing soy sauce on the side. According to this posture, you can't even imagine destroying Dorgon within two days." Li Guodong summoned the soldiers to discuss in the central army's tent.

"Brother, what does it mean to make soy sauce?" Han Dashan asked.

"It means to watch. Those four Mongolians are not united at all. They all watch others beat them and do not work hard."

The next morning, the Ming and Mongolian coalition forces launched a fierce attack on Dorgon's remnants again. Li Guodong ordered all the shells and gunpowder to be fired out, and even a swarm of rockets were shot out. Although the shoddy rockets were very lethal, they also had a certain killing effect and could disturb the Jurchen horses and frighten the war horses on the periphery and escape.
Chapter completed!