On January 14, 1648, on the banks of the Beisha River where the snow was clear, Yang Mingyang returned from the front line with more than 2,000 cavalrymen. They had just fought with Gaodi's horse team for a while, and forced them back to the center of the battlefield.

This is the north of Teng County. After deciding to eliminate Gaodi's troops, the army on the east coast quickly stopped moving forward, then adjusted on the spot, mobilized troops, and turned around to kill the Qing army Gaodi's troops, which had been far behind.

Gao Di was a little unsure at first, why did the yellow-clothed thief who had been in a hurry to rush to fight him suddenly? Shouldn't the yellow-clothed thief who had stolen money and robbed the money in a hurry to go back and divide the spoils? Now they should be no war? But the fact surprised Gao Di. The yellow-clothed thief spread 10,000 or 20,000 troops north of Teng County - and the number has been increasing rapidly. I believe that by the complete deployment of their troops, the number of troops may reach more than twice that of the troops led by Gao Di.

Faced with these numbers of yellow-clothed thieves, even if Gao Di claims to be able to fight, he would not dare to take risks easily.

To be honest, in the face of the yellow-clothed thieves taking off a fierce attack, Gao Di actually didn't want to fight because his troops were not superior. Unfortunately, Melezhang Jinglai, who was rushing from Yanzhou Prefecture, ordered himself to hold the Yellow-clothed thieves team and not let it escape from the sea, so that the Qing army thieves behind could reinforce the main force of the yellow-clothed thieves. Gao Di has been using his cavalry to harass the yellow-clothed thieves along the way to try to slow down their marching speed, and this trick seems to have played a certain role.

It’s a pity that Tong Yangliang, Yi Yonggui, Kong Xigui, Niu Chenghu and others who came from behind were too slow to move, and they still don’t know where to go. The day before yesterday, Lai Diao’s envoy came here and brought Luke Dehun, who was in Jinan City, the latest instructions on how to treat the yellow-clad thieves: “Stop the return of the thieves so that they cannot go east.”

Gao Di was really scratching his head when he was in this order. According to the previous information, there were "two or three thousand people" of yellow-clothed thieves, and his infantry and cavalry were only over 15,000. It was too difficult to intercept the opponent. Fortunately, there was no trace of the horse team in the yellow-clothed thief formation, and his troops won the last few small-scale confrontations, and one of them was beheaded more than a thousand levels. This added a lot of confidence to him - the yellow-clothed thief who is famous in the three provinces is just like this. In addition, Kong Xigui had just communicated with him two days ago, and the general was leading his troops and horses to come. I guess he was not far away from this at this moment.

In this way, out of confidence in the combat effectiveness of his old troops, and the fact that more than 20,000 yellow-clothed thieves had already launched - Gao Di was not sure to successfully retreat in front of the enemy, so he decided to fight with the yellow-clothed thieves, and maybe he could take this opportunity to hold the yellow-clothed thieves so that the reinforcements from the rear would catch up and surround them, so that he would make great contributions. However, just as Gao Di was worried about gains and losses, a news from the rear was shocked: Li Huajie soldiers surrounded Caozhou, and the large amount of military funds stored by the Qing army was not guaranteed, so Kong Xigui was ordered to suppress them; and this morning, another news came, and he fell into the bottomless abyss: "more than 10,000 people" of the Yellow-clothed thieves reoccupied Jining Prefecture and burned a large amount of military supplies.

At this time, Gao Di only needs to make a little gesture on the map to know the sinister situation of his troops: the retreat has been eliminated, and there is no hope of opening up in the short term. He did not expect that the more than 5,000 old and weak soldiers who stayed in Hexi could defeat tens of thousands of yellow-clothed thieves. If Kong Xigui's troops were added, there would be some hope, but it would definitely not work now; on the right is Dushan Lake. There is a layer of thin frozen on the lake, so it is impossible to sail, or pass through the large squadrons. On the left is Yimeng Mountain, which has always been barren. If he has more than 10,000 soldiers and horses rushed over, he might all starve to death in the mountains. As for the front, it goes without saying that he is the main force of the yellow-clothed thieves. If you want to have a way, you must defeat them!

Talk about a thousand words. Now Gao Di must fight, and even if he doesn't fight, he must fight! After realizing this, he immediately took advantage of the precious time when the people on the east coast mobilized their troops and arranged troops to set up formations and began to organize people to cut down trees, build simple camps, and prepare for the final stubborn resistance - if he persisted to the main force behind him, then Gao Di would turn the salted fish over and make great contributions!

Gao Di brought more than 15,000 troops across the river this time - 5,000 more information than the information I found in the previous few days. This surprised the people of the East Coast, but it didn't seem to be a big problem. Isn't it just that there is more than 5,000 Green Camps? Now the main forces of the East Coast army are gathered here, and there is too much ammunition on the car, let alone 5,000. They all have the confidence to give you 10,000 or 20,000 yuan.

The battle began on the 14th. Due to the snow outside for several days, a thick layer was piled up on the ground. In this case, the power of the artillery on the east coast was greatly reduced by the previous large army on the east coast who relied on the Dinghai Sword Needle - because part of the kinetic energy of the jumper would be absorbed by snow or soil. However, Mo Ming still ordered an attack, but it was because the fighter planes had appeared. The troops who crossed the river were used to fighting were mostly Liao soldiers who had been guarding Shanhaiguan for many years. They were extremely arrogant on weekdays, and now they had a distance from their brothers, which was a great opportunity to hit them to shock the Qing army.

You should know that more than 20,000 people from Gaodi's troops were the ace troops among the seven generals of the Qing court's three provincial capitals. They had rich combat experience, were well equipped and had high morale. A while ago, both the Yuyuan Army, the Qingshan bandits, or the Chen Zhilong troops were beaten to pieces, which shows that their combat power was good. If this arrogant general was eaten, then the other Qing troops would be shocked!

The battle began soon. The artillery on the east coast first fired some solid bombs into the simple camp of the Qing army from afar, but later found that the effect was not very good, so he replaced it with an explosive bomb. However, the firing rate of less than 50% of this kind of bomb was really painful, and even if it exploded successfully, it might not necessarily blow up to the enemy's head. Therefore, it can only be said that it is better than nothing, which makes the enemy slightly shaken psychologically.

This kind of artillery attack that was not very threatening made Gao Di feel a little relieved. Before the battle began, he was worried that the famous yellow-clothed cannon would cause his troops to suffer heavy losses. Now it seems that this is the case, and the casualties are still within an acceptable range. Among the more than 15,000 soldiers and horses under his command, three thousand horses, were all the old foundations of the Liao soldiers in Shanhaiguan at that time; most of the remaining more than 10,000 infantry (8,000 people) were recruited in the second prefectures of Kaifeng and Guide, Henan, and they were later mixed with the Liao soldiers he brought with him. The proportion of veterans was quite high and the combat effectiveness was pretty good. Moreover, although these more than 8,000 infantry from Henan could not match his Liao soldiers' foundation, he was quite diligent in training in the past two years. These infantrymen would always be pulled out to practice every now and then, which would definitely be a little stronger than the ordinary Qing army green camp.

The situation on the battlefield also correctly reflected this situation: a yellow-clad thief team with the word "Chen" recognized the flag was counterattacked by the Qing army when attacking Jianyi City. These Chen Zhilong's subordinates began to be unable to resist the enemy after being attacked by thousands of Kaifeng Prefecture soldiers. However, they were somewhat disciplined and did not disintegrate on the spot like the Ming army. Except for some people fled, a considerable number of officers and soldiers were still resisting desperately and did not hand over their backs to the enemy.

The yellow-clothed thieves quickly transferred several light small cannons and shot at the Qing army from both sides, causing some chaos to them. When the Qing army commander mobilized some elite troops to pull out the yellow-clothed thief artillery, they pulled the small cannons elsewhere and continued to attack.

After seeing this scene, Gao Di's face turned even darker. He is not a fool. Although this small cannon with super mobile battlefield is not worthy of praise in terms of caliber and body tube - this is just for the caliber of the East Coast cannon. For the Qing army, these cannons are actually not small cannons - but their light weight and easy movement are their biggest characteristics. If this small cannon maneuveres around the battlefield, then you can imagine how much trouble it will cause to the enemy.

Trouble! Gao Di suddenly regretted it. He should have made up his mind to break through the Yimeng Mountains as soon as possible. Although he had occasionally heard about the yellow-clothed cannons before, he could never have a deep impression before seeing it with his own eyes. He always felt that he could resist for a long time with the spirit and combat effectiveness of his men. After all, the yellow-clothed thieves did not pop out of the cracks in the stones. Most of them were originally bandits, thieves and mud legs from Shandong. He could abuse these people as much as he wanted.

But now it seems that he underestimated these yellow-clothed thieves. The miscellaneous troops among these yellow-clothed thieves are not as vulnerable as he imagined. Perhaps most of the troops under his command will be left in this place today. What's even more terrifying is that the cavalry that had been disappearing before finally appeared. After a fight just now, his three thousand old-fashioned cavalry were defeated by the opponent's erotic cavalry and were severely suppressed, which made Gao Di feel even more uncomfortable.

The situation on the battlefield changed rapidly. Just when Gao Di was worried, the various servants in the East Coast Army appeared one after another. Dong Xueli from the west, Zhai Congyan from the north, and Qin Shangxing from the south. With the cooperation of the artillery on the east coast, these people launched a wave of attacks on more than 15,000 troops guarding the center of the battlefield.
Chapter completed!