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Chapter 97 Poisonous Fire Pack

The sky was about to light up. When the Jin army learned that the Korqin camp was attacked and the looted people were rescued by the Ming army, they would definitely send people to chase and kill them. If no one stayed and cut off the rear, no one of the people who had just rescued could escape.

Li Laoer naturally took the initiative to take on the task of cutting off the rear, and asked Yang Guozhu's 6,000 cavalry to escort the rescued people to Tongzhou. You Dai also volunteered to stay and help Li Laoer jointly block the Jin army and take on the task of cutting off the rear.

Although Yang Guozhu had many troops and 6,000 people, his armor and equipment were not good. He just attacked the three thousand Mongolian light cavalry at night and caught the Mongols off guard. Li Laoer also launched an attack from behind, attacking the Mongols from both sides of the north and south. In this way, Yang Guozhu's cavalry still lost more than 700 people and annihilated more than 800 Korqin people.

More than 2,000 people were robbed and injured and killed more than 600 people in the chaos, and only 1,400 people were rescued. It was dawn, and Yang Guozhu and his cavalry escorted the people to Tongzhou. He just attacked the Mongolian camp, seized 126 large carts, and recaptured the captured 232 cattle, more than 800 sheep, 132 mules, and more than 500 war horses. All the seized materials and animals were sent back to Tongzhou.

Yang Guozhu ordered the people to take the seized cart, use mules and cattle to pull the cart, drive the sheep, and march towards Tongzhou. Because he brought the people and animals, Yang Guozhu's marching speed was extremely slow, and he could only walk ten miles in one hour. This place is thirty miles away from Tongzhou, and it takes three hours to walk, and it takes about a whole day to go back.

Li Laoer and his soldiers cleaned up burned tents and stables in the camp left by the Mongols, and finally cleaned the battlefield and swept away all the useful things. After all, all his equipment was seized, so he refused to let go of a corner when he cleaned the battlefield.

While cleaning the battlefield, we are also waiting for the arrival of the Later Jin army.

About three quarters of an hour passed, and the night sent by Li Laoer came back and reported: "Report to the chief, the Jiannu army is here! It was led by the captive chief Dorgon, and three thousand people came, one thousand real slaves and two thousand Mongolian Tartars."

"Dorgon, finally here!" Li Laoer muttered. Naturally, he would not think about taking Dorgon in one fell swoop. The combat effectiveness of the 3,000 Later Jin army was extraordinary, especially those 1,000 Jurchen soldiers. Li Laoer was not sure that with his 700 people and Youdai's 3,000 Ming cavalry, he could eat the 3,000 Jin army.

"Brother, are we using the camp left by the Mongolian Tartars to defend the enemy?" You Dai asked hesitantly.

Li Laoer replied: "No, if we stick to the camp, when the Jiannu army comes, we will be surrounded and die here, and we will never have the chance to break out. We are cavalrymen, so we should fight with Jiannu. What's more, we have 3,700 people, and Jiannu only has 3,000! We have many people, so why fear it!"

Afterwards, Li Laoer ordered 3,700 troops to retreat northwest to attract the Later Jin army to the northwest.

There are two reasons for attracting the Jin army to the northwest. One is that Yang Guozhu led the people to retreat to the southeast. If Li Laoer wants to lead the Jin army away, he must attract them in the opposite direction. The other is that the northwest wind blows in winter. If he wants his poisonous fire pack to play a role, he must occupy the upper hand.

The Jin army discovered the retreating Ming army from afar and reported to Dorgon. Dorgon immediately ordered: "There are only more than 3,000 Ming dog cavalrymen, chase them and kill all these Ming dog cavalry!"

Li Laoer observed the Jin army chasing over and found that the two wings of the Jin army were Mongolian soldiers, and there were two thousand Jurchen heavy armored soldiers in the middle. So he said to You Dai: "Brother, the two thousand Mongolian Tartars are handed over to you. I will deal with a thousand real slaves."

After explaining to You Dai, Li Laoer called Li Hong, who knew Jurchen, and asked him to bring thirty cavalry, all of them were replaced with armor from the Zhengbai Banner, first hid in a small woods by the roadside, and waited for the Jin army to cross over with the armor of the Eight Banners soldiers on his body, and waited for an opportunity to yell "Minggou firearm is powerful, our army is defeated" to create chaos.

Dorgon pursued the Ming army. After chasing for five miles, he actually found that the Ming army, which had only more than 3,000 people, turned his horse and rushed towards his invincible Later Jin army! There were 3,000 Ming troops on both wings, and the Ming army that rushed straight to the Jurchen army in the middle was only more than 700!

"Is Minggou coming to seek death?" Dorgon sneered, "Sons, rush up and kill Guangminggou!"

The 700 Ming army rushed towards the 2000 Jin army, which was a suicide attack for everyone. At that time, the Jin army's combat effectiveness was four to five times that of the Ming army. The two thousand Jin army could allow tens of thousands of Ming troops to circumnavigate.

The Jin army had just pursued the Ming army and pursued five miles away. The war horses were loaded with Jurchen soldiers wearing heavy armor. Even if they were one person and two horses, the horsepower was consumed relatively high. The speed of the Jin cavalry was not very fast. However, the Later Jin cavalry was different from the Mongolian cavalry. The Later Jin cavalry relied on superb archery skills and strong melee hand-to-hand combat capabilities. Even if they were dismounted and fought, they were a strong army. The Later Jin army, with not very strong horsepower, was not afraid of the seven hundred Ming cavalry killing their central army.

But Dorgon discovered that the Ming cavalry rushing over was not fast, and almost jogged slowly.

The next scene made Dorgon stunned: he saw the two hundred Ming cavalry rushing in front, waving objects like meteor hammers in the hands of the two hundred Ming army cavalry, rushing towards his formation at medium speed.

The attack speed of the Later Jin cavalry was also medium, and the horse speed was not very fast. Dorgon also wanted to retain the horsepower. Once the Ming army retreated, the Jin army would have enough horsepower to cover up the killing behind their backs.

Two hundred cavalry ran at medium speed. Before attacking, each cavalry took off the poisonous fire pack from the horse's back, ignited the lead with a fuse hanging around its neck, and then rushed towards the Jin army. When there were still 150 steps away from the Jin army, the two hundred Ming army took off their hands and threw out the poisonous fire packs in their hands.

The poisonous fire pack that ignited the lead was thrown fifty steps away from the front of the Jin cavalry with the help of the horse.

Only a dull explosion was heard, and the poisonous fire pack exploded in front of the Jin cavalry. The flames of the explosion were not large. It neither killed a Later Jin cavalry nor injured a war horse. The poisonous fire packs burned on the ground, emitting black smoke. The wind direction in winter was northwest wind, and the thick and choking black smoke drifted towards the Jin cavalry close to the nearby ones under the action of the wind.

The Jin army was also rushing into the black smoke brought by the wind.

The Ming cavalry who threw out the poisonous fire pack did not rush up, but whistled, turned his horse's head and left quickly.

"What did Mingdou throw out?" Dorgon was shocked.

The choking black smoke drifted into the Jin army formation. When the person inhaled the black smoke, he felt his nose itchy and his throat hurt. He couldn't help sneezing and coughing, and tears flowed out. The war horse inhaled the black smoke and his running speed immediately slowed down, and the war horse also shed tears. The horse was also a spiritual animal. When he smelled the smell of smoke, he immediately closed his eyes, and even ignored his master's orders, and tried desperately to turn his head and run back.

With a ping-pong sound, hundreds of Later Jin cavalrymen collided with their own people and fell off their horses. Then the war horse, which was so smoked that they could not open their eyes, stepped on it, and at least dozens of Jin soldiers were trampled into meat paste.

On both wings, the Ming army and the Mongols have already begun to fight. Although Youdai's cavalry is far inferior to the Later Jin army, he still has the power to fight against the Korchin cavalry.

Li Laoer's more than 200 throwing cavalrymen broke back and threw out a detox fire pack again. The black smoke became thicker, completely covering the formation of the Jin cavalry.
Chapter completed!
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