On the west wall of Hanzhong.

The young and strong people in the city who were assisting in the defense were helping to carry stones and wood to the city to assist in the defense. Some people even set up large pots at the top of the city and began to boil water, hot oil, and even gold juice.

While they were busy, they kept turning their heads to look at the battlefield outside the city.

When the Tatar cavalry launched a charge, many Hanzhong people couldn't bear to look directly at it. Standing on the top of the city, they could see the fierce momentum of the cavalry charge at a glance, which made people feel even more frightened.

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Not many people thought that the Ming army could withstand the charge of the Tatar cavalry.

Chen Caifang was a Jinshi in the Wanli year. He was admitted to the Hanlin Academy and served as an official in the capital for many years. Later, he served as an official for several years abroad. During the Chongzhen period, he retired and returned to his hometown and returned to Hanzhong.

During the Chongzhen period, the prosperous Hanzhong, which was blessed by heaven and earth, was nourished by the Han River, and surrounded by the Qinling Mountains and Bashan Mountains, was not peaceful.

People and horses from all walks of life came and went, scraping the ground three feet.

Ming Army, Chuang Army, Western Army, Qing Army, Ming Army, Ming Army, you just finish singing and I will appear on the stage. No matter how rich Hanzhong is, it cannot withstand such plunder.

Hanzhong is known as the small granary in the northwest. There has never been a shortage of food before. As long as you have food in hand, you don't have to worry about running out of food. You can even transport food along the Han River to Jingxiang or northern Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu.

People who suffered from wars have been fleeing to Fucheng in recent years. Chen Caifang also ran from Liuba to Hanzhong Prefecture. He had been an official for many years and his family was originally well-off, but he had been persuaded to donate in various ways over the years, which made life difficult.

Because he had been appointed to Hanlin before and served as deputy envoy of the Imperial Guard, in the past two years, after various forces took control of Hanzhong, they also used him as the prefect of Hanzhong to be responsible for civil affairs.

In fact, Chen Caifang doesn't want to be a prefect at all, but it's not okay to not do it properly.

From He Zhen to Ma Ke and then to Li Guohan, he could not afford to offend anyone.

But he never thought that one day he would wake up and find himself under the Ming Dynasty again.

Wen Anzhi, the manager of the five provinces of the Ming Dynasty, summoned him. After chatting with him, he was still appointed as the temporary magistrate of Hanzhong and asked him to assist in defending the city. His mission was to maintain public order in the city and summon the soldiers and civilians in the city to assist in defense.

Her braids were hastily cut and her forehead was still shiny, so she could only wear a net scarf and wear the old Ming Dynasty official uniform.

He led his masters to command the people at the top of the city.

He has also been secretly watching the battle outside the city.

At first, I felt that although the Ming army came suddenly, they might not be able to defeat the Eight Banners who had just defeated the Western bandits.

It was even believed that the Eight Banners could defeat the Ming army outside the city with a single charge.

But when the two armies collided violently, he was so shocked that he couldn't open his mouth from ear to ear.

The Ming army arrayed outside the city, with eight thousand troops.

With the city behind and the river facing the Qing army.

It is divided into left and right wings and stretches for several miles.

The Qing cavalry was the first to charge to the left wing, but with the support of artillery on the Ming army's city wall and the cover of the crossbows behind the formation, the Ming army's gun array remained motionless.

He actually withstood the Tatar cavalry.

The Tatar cavalry rushed into the infantry formation, but only rushed a few feet before being submerged.

The man turned his back on his horse.

The Qing cavalry was beating like huge waves, but the Ming army was as solid as a rock.

No matter how hard the huge waves hit him, he withstood them, but instead the waves were shattered.

"Cavalry, the cavalry is out."

One of the masters was so excited that he pinched his thighs and couldn't help shouting.

At this time, on the city wall, whether they were soldiers of the Ming army, strong men assisting in the defense, or even demoted officials such as Chen Caifang, they all couldn't help but stop what they were doing and looked at the battlefield in the distance.

This is an extremely rare scene.

It's more enjoyable than watching a movie.

They stood high and far away, watching as the Tatars rode into the Ming army's spear array one after another, and then fell down one after another.

Some Tatar cavalry tried to turn around and flee, but they could not escape the bombardment of bows, arrows and muskets.

The weather is very good today, the sky is clear and cloudless.

The battlefield situation is clear at a glance.

The two thousand Mongolian light cavalry were smashed to pieces in a short time, while the Qing army's thousands of infantrymen still couldn't keep up and were still running hard.

The horn sounds.

Qin Liangyu, the president of the five provinces who was in command outside the city, ordered the cavalry to be outflanked by two wings.

Zhang Shipeng, the admiral of the imperial camp, personally led the cavalry to attack. He and Zhu Wanhua each led a wing of cavalry and rushed out suddenly, like a roc spreading its wings, outflanking and encircling them with both wings.

There are not many of these cavalry.

But for the Tatars who were hit by the Ming army's gun array on the battlefield at this time and suffered a bloody head, it was fatal.

Tunqi, who underestimated the enemy and was careless, regretted it.

The cavalry was ordered to retreat.

Han Dai, who was still coming from behind, saw this and immediately gave the order to retreat.

The cavalry have been beaten to such a cowardly state that the infantry will be sent away if they go and have to come back to reorganize.

But how could the Ming army miss this opportunity?

Although Chen Caifang had a high official position in the past and was forced to be the prefect of Hanzhong for two years. She had also seen many soldiers coming and going, and even fought more than once outside the city, but there had never been a fight like this.

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This intensity, this momentum.

When Li Chixin and others came and were intercepted by He Zhen, the two sides also had a fight outside the city, but the fight was so ugly that it was just like a village fight. There was no scene like this.

Even when the Western bandits came several times later, there was no such formation.

He Zhenchang'an attacked after being defeated, but they only yelled and cursed for a while, and then the two sides exchanged bows and arrows before retreating.

It is so rare to see cavalry directly collide with infantry formations.

The result is also surprising. I thought the Mongolian cavalry was too abundant, but this is the result?

Tunqi knew that he had underestimated the Ming army on the opposite side and wanted to withdraw and regroup and come back again, but Zhang Shipeng did not give him a chance.

Qingqi prepared a strike and charged out violently.

On the battlefield, Qin Liangyu also issued orders for all ministries to move forward.

Qin Yiming, Ma Wannian, Ran Tianlin, Ji Congxiao and other frontline generals gave orders to attack.

The soldiers held up their spears and strode forward.

"These Tartar cavalry are finished."

Chen Caifang sighed, a little unbelievable.

"How did the Tatars fight like this?"

"Why do they use light cavalry to charge into the spear formation?"

Several staff members also said.

Chen Caifang thought for a long time, "Because after the Tatars entered the pass, they won too easily. They haven't encountered such a powerful Ming army for a long time, and they thought they could be defeated in one fell swoop."

Of course, it is not impossible for cavalry to charge infantry. If they encounter those with a big difference in strength, they will indeed be defeated in one charge. For example, in the past, the army of the army charged against the thieves, and even the army of the three walls of the army were often able to be defeated in one charge.

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The prerequisite is that there must be a big difference in strength.

It was obvious that the Tatars had made a mistake in planning the rebellion. They did not expect that the Ming army would be so powerful.

Han Dai ordered the infantry to retreat.

"It seems like these cavalrymen can't escape. They are surrounded. Those cavalrymen are so fast." One of the staff pointed at the Mingqi who was running like lightning.

Li Guohan, the Qing army coach in the rear, also discovered this terrible situation.

He cursed angrily, "Is Han Dai a pig-brained person? If he doesn't go up to respond at this time but retreats alone, then he will give away all 2,000 people in Tunqi."

"Hurry up and give him the order to bring the infantry up to meet him. He must bring the people back."

After scolding, he gave another order to his subordinates. Regardless of whether all the backing vehicles had crossed the river, he quickly organized his formation and went forward to respond. He also asked someone to give an order to Obai, asking his cavalry to immediately go up to respond.

He could not watch the two thousand riders from Tunqi being surrounded and annihilated.

Han Dai led the Manchu cavalry and escorted thousands of infantrymen to the front of the formation. Seeing that the situation was not going well, he retreated. Unexpectedly, the cavalry did not escape and were surrounded. Li Guohan sent someone to pass the order and asked them to turn back for rescue.

"Damn it," Han Dai felt very angry. This is not annoying.

However, thinking about it, it was because they underestimated the enemy that they made such a big mistake. They did not dare to disobey military orders anymore, so they had to order the entire army to turn around and go back to rescue the cavalry.

When the infantry heard the military order, they cursed one after another, and they were even obviously unwilling to go back and die.

But the Tatar generals shouted loudly and whipped the dissatisfied Han generals, and they had no choice but to turn around.

But going back and forth again wasted a lot of time.
To be continued...