The huge chimney was filled with white smoke. These water droplets condensed from water vapor when they were cooled seemed to be simply an ancient artifact that swallowed clouds and fog in the eyes of the Eight Banners Tartars.

In addition, the harsh sound of the bearing driving the track forward was as if this giant steel beast was baring its teeth. A cannon blessed at the front end was like an elephant's trunk, which turned the dark hole towards the Eight Banners soldiers in front, making them feel a chill.

The chariots were moving very slowly, and the Ming Dynasty steam manufacturing industry had just entered the era of locomotives, so the power transmission was not very mature, which led to the chariots suddenly stagnation or even falling back when they were moving. When the cylinder temperature rose and the steam power reached the threshold again, they could continue to move forward. However, this would press the bodies of the Eight Banners soldiers under the tracks even harder, and blood spurted out directly onto the black iron plate, which shocked the Eight Banners Tartars.

Huang Taiji himself was also a little confused. He didn't expect that the Ming army would have such a monster that could actually move such a large iron weapon. He could only say, "Send the cannon camp to bombard this object!"

Now Huang Taiji can't think of any other way to deal with this kind of iron monster, so he can only think of bombarding with cannons.

So, the soldiers of the Han Eight Banners who were familiar with artillery operations began to ignite the artillery, and several shells roared and smashed towards the chariot that was moving in the front.

A clanging sound!

Jiannu was also using solid shells at this time, which had a strong impact force, and even when hit by steel plates like chariots, it could generate huge impact.

After the chariot was hit, it moved back suddenly, and with the inertia left and right, it moved forward again, and the steel plate was also knocked out of an irregular circular pit.

The two gunners in the chariot, two improved three-eyed gun operators and igniters, as well as four improved Winged Tiger Gunners and four chariot marching operators, were shocked, but fortunately, the chariot had already undergone impact experiments and could continue to move forward after a brief shock.

The sound of cracking sounded again, and with a squeak, new steam spewed out, and when it encountered cold air, it turned into clouds.

This scene shocked Huang Taiji again. He didn't expect that even the cannon could not deal with this iron guy. He narrowed his eyes slightly, hoping to find a better solution.

"Enter range, launch!"

On this side, the cannons on the chariot also began to fire. The fierce recoil made the chariot move back a few steps again. A flowering bullet exploded behind Huang Taiji like a firework. With the howlings of several Eight Banners Tatars, the veterans on the battlefield such as Huang Taiji and Dorgon couldn't help but be frightened. They had to admit that their strong bows and crossbows had become useless at this time.

"Turn up the firearms and let them shoot these iron guys!"

Huang Taiji can only use his own firearm troops now. The flintlock rifles he has equipped now have improved firearms, and most of them are lead bullets with extremely strong piercing power, which can break heavy armor. Therefore, Huang Taiji wants to try whether the firearm can penetrate this iron guy.

To this end, he also asked these firearms to shoot from both wings, which reduced the shooting distance and increased the impact of the projectiles.

But soon Huang Taiji will find that it is difficult to use the clumsiness of the chariot to deal with the chariot, because the improved three-eyed gun and the improved winged tiger gun on the chariot can almost cover a 360-degree view, which makes many of the Eight Banners Tartars who attempt to close the shooting.

When the 18th Banner Tartars were just arching their bodies and detoured towards the rear of the chariot, the three-eyed gunman on the chariot also discovered the Eight Banner Tartars who were sneaking up through the observation port and immediately fired them. A lead bullet hit the Tartar's chest, bursting out a huge spike of blood.

At the same time, the three-eyed gunman turned the axis and shot a shot at the Eight Banners Tartars hidden behind the right, and continued to shoot down four or five Tartars.

Seeing this, Huang Taiji was furious and hurriedly ordered his archers to shoot at the musketman who used the chariot observation port to achieve the purpose of suppressing the chariot fire system.

Many light arrows shot over, and they were extremely tricky. A musketman was accidentally shot directly in the eye and couldn't help but scream.

This forced the musketeers in the chariot to close the observation port.

These Eight Banners Tartars, who were carrying firearms, were able to strike the chariot at close range, but they found that even the lead bullets had no effect on the thick iron plate of the chariot, and were useless except for making a clanging sound or leaving at most potholes.

"withdraw!"

Since there is no way to deal with these big iron lumps, Huang Taiji no longer wants to solve these guys, but chooses to retreat first and avoid these giants before talking about it.

But what he didn't expect was that at this time, the Second Cavalry Army of the Imperial Guard had already come from behind him.

At the same time, the flight camp had taken off and reached the sky above Huang Taiji's main force of the Eight Banners, and directly threw down the burning bag.

The blazing fire continued to explode in the middle of the main camp of the Eight Banners, like a rhododendron blooming in the mountains, extremely gorgeous, but for the Eight Banners Tartars, it was a nightmare for them to bear.

The 18 Banners Tartars rolled down from the horse's back. He was about to take a horse back and retreat, but he could no longer return to the horse's back because his whole body was covered in fire, so he had to roll around on the ground, howling in pain.

The other 18 Banners Tartars who were retreating on horseback were bombed by a shell that was coming quickly. Their limbs were split and their waists were torn apart, and their blood and fat fell into the fire and made a crackling sound.

Just an attack, the main force of Jiannu, who was about to escape, began to become in chaos in the camp. However, at this time, the burning bags continued to fall and flow down a pair of burning fires.

Huang Taiji knew that he could not retreat from the rear and detoured Yaozi Ridge into the south of the desert, because even if he avoided the bombardment of these artillery and the attack of the fireballs falling from the sky, he would still have to fight with the Ming cavalry in front of him. At that time, even if his main force really breaks out, he will lose a lot.

Therefore, Huang Taiji had to take most of his main forces to break through in the direction of the chariot.

Although the chariots also fired shells and lead bombs at all times to attack Huang Taiji's main force, because the Ming Dynasty's chariots were too sensitive, had low accuracy, and were not good at shooting frequency, the threat to Huang Taiji's main force Jiannu was even smaller.

However, the chariot was too large, and Yaozi Ridge was a bottle-hole-like terrain at this time. The location of more than a dozen chariots happened to be the bottle-hole, which made it difficult for Huang Taiji's Jiannu main force to pass Yaozi Ridge quickly, and he could almost only ride alone.

For this reason, Huang Taiji had to let Dorgon lead the main force of Zhengbai Banner to attack the Second Imperial Guard Cavalry Army to protect himself.

Moreover, Dorgon directly rode his horse toward the Second Cavalry Army of the Imperial Guards, and Huang Taiji continued to advance towards Yaoziling, which made his main force too dispersed, and the burning and casualties caused by the flight camp greatly reduced. At the same time, the cavalry field artillery was also closer due to the distance between the Second Cavalry Army and Jiannu, and the main force of the Eight Banners began to gradually disperse, so that the artillery could no longer be killed on a large scale.

But the crazy burning and explosion just now caused great trauma to the main force of Jiannu, which made his arrogance frustrated.

Even Dorgon brought his Eight Banners cavalry to the Second Imperial Guards Cavalry Army with his eight banners, he was much more cautious than before when he fought. Once the distance between the other cavalry guards reached the range of bows and arrows, the main force of the Eight Banners immediately launched a rain of arrows, in an attempt to intercept the fast-rushing cavalry of the Imperial Guards and defeat their formation. At the same time, after two consecutive waves of intensive shooting, these Eight Banners soldiers skillfully dispersed, detoured from both wings, and directly attacked the waist of the Second Imperial Guards.

Fortunately, the muskets in the hands of the cavalry of the Imperial Guards were faster. When the rain of arrows came, a series of bullets had already been fired and directly knocked down the Eight Banners Tartars.

This made the dense rain of arrows that could have covered the sky much thinner, and even when a large number of bows and arrows were still shooting towards the Imperial Guards, the Imperial Guards directly raised their shields. Except for a few soldiers who were shot in their legs or their horses, they did not cause major casualties.

However, Dorgon also knew that the firearms of the Imperial Guard cavalry were sharp, so he took advantage of the Imperial Guard's rain of arrows and went directly to go from the left and right wings to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Imperial Guard cavalry.

In this way, the firearm advantages of the Second Army of the Imperial Guard Cavalry cannot be exerted. However, the cavalry of the Imperial Guard is not afraid of these Eight Banners armored soldiers. Both sides are knights with superb cavalry and have undergone rigorous training and can be fearless and fearless.

After a fierce battle, neither side could defeat the other side. Except for leaving behind a corpse, Dorgon's Eight Banners soldiers did not break through.

However, Huang Taiji was directly attacked by firearms from the infantry battalion of the Third Army of the Imperial Guards.

It turned out that after Huang Taiji braved the firepower of the chariot and entered the center of Yaozi Ridge, he found that there were more than ten chariots slowly driving at the other end of the bottle entrance of Yaozi Ridge, and behind the chariot was a large group of Ming troops holding firearms.

This Ming army is the infantry battalion of the Third Army of the Imperial Guard. The infantry battalion training method of the Third Army is to conduct combat training with land aircraft carriers such as combat vehicles as the core.

At this moment, the infantrymen of the Third Army of the Imperial Guards directly caught the chariot battalion and carried out rapid shooting at the main forces of the Huang Taiji Eight Banners who were coming quickly.

Because the valley area is narrow, Huang Taiji's archers cannot form lethality, the firearms troops cannot radiate and shoot at the firearms, and the frequency of shooting is not as good as the firearms in the hands of the infantry of the Third Army of the Imperial Guards. Therefore, Huang Taiji, the main force of the Eight Banners, was once again trapped in a situation where he was suppressed and beaten by the Third Army of the Imperial Guards.

However, Huang Taiji seemed to know the reason why the brave ones win when they meet on a narrow road, and knew that if he stayed in this valley, he would be wiped out bit by bit.

Therefore, he personally rushed forward with his personal guards, as if he was not afraid of life and death, but in fact, his loyal slaves were ready to block bullets for him in every direction.

However, the Third Army Infantry Battalion of the Imperial Guards, which was built with the help of the chariots as a bunker, was not frightened by his charge. When he saw these Eight Banners cavalry rushing towards him, dense bullets also shot over.

Lead bullets shot the Eight Banners Tatar cavalry to the ground like meteors, causing them to pay a heavy price without moving forward.

The chariots began to turn, and every three chariots were arranged side by side at the intersection, forming several lines of defense directly.

Although these Eight Banners soldiers were extremely brave and broke through the first line of defense composed of chariots, the infantry battalion of the Third Army of the Imperial Guards was able to retreat to the second line of defense quickly, and then use dense firepower to destroy the fighting spirit you just ignited, forcing you to continue to pay a heavy price to break through another line of defense.

You can't even retreat, have to move forward, and have to try your best to break through, because once you retreat or stop, the chariot behind will directly crush you.

As long as Jiannu's Eight Banners soldiers broke through to the next line of defense, the chariots on this line of defense will immediately turn around and crush them behind these Eight Banners main forces.

An injured Eight Banners soldier could only watch the giant with a harsh sound coming towards him and crushing him. The other Eight Banners soldiers who were slightly slower were quickly knocked out, some were knocked to death on the stone, and some were caught in the car, and after a few wails, they quickly fell silent.

Fortunately, Huang Taiji had the advantage of military strength, so even though he paid a heavy price and reduced countless staff, his Jiannu main force still broke through several lines of defense.

Although Dorgon's side dragged down the Second Cavalry Army of the Imperial Guards for Huang Taiji's reverse breakout, he also suffered a lot of losses. After countless battles, he could only choose to continue fighting with the Second Cavalry Army of the Imperial Guards, because he now found that he could no longer meet with Huang Taiji.

Because there was a sudden additional guard between him and Huang Taiji.

What Dorgon and Huang Taiji didn't know was that this imperial guard was also the infantry battalion of the Third Army. The task of this part of their infantry battalion was to rely on this part of the chariot to cut off the connection between Dorgon's troops and Huang Taiji's troops and divide and surround them.

Dorgon obviously also saw the purpose of the Imperial Guard. In addition, the troops he belonged to were all cavalry, so he could not break through the defense line composed of the chariot battalion, so he had to give up the idea of ​​rendezvous with Huang Taiji and instead tried to break through from the Second Imperial Guard Cavalry Army.

However, what Dorgon is very depressed now is that the Second Cavalry Army of the Imperial Guard seems to have seen his idea of ​​breaking through from his side, so as long as Dorgon and his men want to break through, the Second Cavalry Army of the Imperial Guard will bite it immediately like a wild wolf, intercept your way and force it to go back.

At this time, the artillery of the Third Army of the Imperial Guard and the Cavalry Field Artillery of the Second Army of the Imperial Guard are re-establishing the best bombardment position, preparing to do the next wave of bombardment once Huang Taiji or Dorgon successfully breaks through, making it impossible for them to retreat quickly after breaking through, because during this bombing, the infantry and Cavalry of the Third Army of the Imperial Guard will immediately adjust their positions and continue to divide and encircle you.

Therefore, Huang Taiji and Dorgon can only continue to break through.

However, because of the lack of military strength, the Imperial Guards could not be wiped out all of them even though they blocked Huang Taiji and Dorgon's troops.
Chapter completed!