Zhang Zhao's troops reacted quickly and immediately deployed their formation and took the initiative to meet them.

Riding on the horse, he saw the Ming army's camp splitting from a distance, lined up to unfold towards his side, and Ma Yunliang sneered disdainfully. In his opinion, the Ming army underestimated him too much, and wanted to rely on these people to block him. If the Ming army turned the whole army, Ma Yunliang might still be a little worried, but now he completely relieved. Since the Ming army is so arrogant, let them see how powerful they are!

He roared forward and charged forward. Ma Yunliang's cavalry entered the mercury floor and headed towards the Ming army. Just as he saw his cavalry getting closer and closer to the Ming army and was about to rush into the last two miles, Ma Yunliang's face showed a grim smile.

But at this moment, the cavalry rushing in front suddenly became shorter and fell forward with their men and horses. The cavalry on the horses were not prepared at all, and they flew directly and suddenly broke their bones and tendons. The horses even rolled on the ground, unable to struggle with the tragic roar.

"Not good!" Ma Yunliang shouted and quickly grabbed his war horse, but the high-speed horses could stop by stopping? Then one after another, one war horse and the previous war horses kept falling. The cavalry looked at this scene in panic but were powerless.

The lucky cavalry jumped down before the horse lost its hooves, but the unlucky one flew out and fell to death on the spot. Even if they were not dead, they were seriously injured and unable to get up. Even the horse that Ma Yunliang stepped down did not escape. Fortunately, Ma Yunliang was excellent in riding skills and jumped down in advance, so he did not fall out with the horse.

"Despicable! Shameless!"

After getting off the horse, Ma Yunliang completely understood what was going on. It turned out that the Ming army had already dug countless small pits of horses in this area. The pits were not big, just the size of a fist, and not very deep. However, as soon as the running war horse stepped on it, the horse's hooves would immediately break.

This area is not wide, only a few hundred steps, but it was these countless small pits of several hundred steps that made Ma Yunliang suffer a great loss. He never expected that the Ming army would use such a move. This seemingly simple move just restrained his cavalry and made the almost foolproof assault failure.

"Prepare... open fire!"

Just when the Qing army was bleeding from the head here, Zhang Zhao's troops were ready to attack. He would not see the Qing army re-adjust and take his life while he was sick. The Ming army had already prepared and calculated the location of these traps in horse pits, in order to prevent the Qing army from sending cavalry assaults.

In fact, these special areas were set up in three directions of the entire Ming army formation, and these small pits could not be seen even before they were close. Moreover, there was no problem with people walking carefully, but it was extremely lethal to war horses.

As a gunshot sounded, the Qing army, who had not had time to react, was immediately defeated. Although the Qing army did not line up to attack in a dense line, as most of the cavalry were lost, the cavalry behind them were in a dilemma. The infantry that followed could not stop for a while were all squeezed in this area. How could the Ming army miss this good opportunity?

"Everything is spread to both sides, spread it!" The gunshots sounded, and Ma Yunliang was very frightened and waved his sabre and shouted. But at this time, the Qing army had no time to re-adjust the troops? The people behind could not hold back at all, and the people in front tried to retreat desperately. In addition, some people ran to both sides according to Ma Yunliang's orders, but there were people who had not received the orders to squeeze into the middle. In an instant, the Qing army was in chaos.

"Each battalion attacks with sentries as units!"

The Ming army continued to attack in an orderly manner. During the artillery fire, the rifle sounds continued, and the formation of the Ming army began to change during the shooting.

At this moment, the eldest prince who was watching the battle here on the top of the city was stunned. He saw that Zhang Zhao's troops were originally a neat formation, but as the Ming army attack began, the formation was first divided into three parts, one part in the middle, and the other two parts were left and right. These three parts gradually pressed forward, and then they divided three parts from each part. The large formation turned into nearly ten small formations, and these formations continued to extend to both sides. In a blink of an eye, all Ma Yunliang's troops were included. Moreover, after these formations, the Ming army's artillery carried Fran aircraft and a cannon with small wheels. At the same time, they cooperated forward and continued to attack Ma Yunliang's central and rear part with firepower, making it impossible for him to make effective changes at all.

If the eldest prince had learned biology, he could find that the Ming army is now like a macrophage that devours bacteria. It first blocks it from the front, then extends around, then constantly surrounds and encircles the other party, and finally completely eliminates it...

"This...this..." The eldest prince never expected such a tactic. Ma Yunliang's elite was a surprise soldier he tried to break the Ming army's siege, but this surprise soldier was about to be wiped out without playing any role. How could this be possible?

Now, Ma Yunliang still leads his subordinates to fight to the death, trying to repel the Ming army and escape from Shengtian. However, under the pressing of the Ming army, Ma Yunliang's troops had long been in chaos. When the Ming army completely unfolded and began to press against the central government, bullets from all directions hit Ma Yunliang's troops in the southeast, northwest and north. One scream after another kept sounding, and more and more soldiers fell down. In the end, Ma Yunliang's troops collapsed. Countless soldiers directly threw away their weapons and knelt on the ground to surrender. Many soldiers also tried to break through the back but were beaten back...

Finally, Ma Yunliang's remnants were compressed into a very small area. After General Ma Yunliang saw that the situation was hopeless and he could not escape, he committed suicide on the spot, and the remaining Qing army surrendered.

The elite of nearly 10,000 people disappeared in less than an hour. The eldest prince was stunned. He could not believe that this was true.

Since the war started, the Ming army's artillery fire has made it impossible for the head to lift up in Beijing, but even then the eldest prince still has great hope of defending Beijing. However, when Ma Yunliang's troops were eliminated in this way by a less than one of the Ming troops in the field, the eldest prince felt powerless for the first time.

The Ming army is too powerful! If there were no city walls, perhaps the entire Beijing city would have to fall into the hands of the Ming army in one day. How did the Ming army train such a powerful army? And how did the firearms they used be so powerful? How could this war become so strange? The eldest prince didn't understand all this and could not explain it all.

When Ma Yunliang's troops escaped, except for a few people, the main forces were basically destroyed. The Ming army outside the city made a shocking cheer, but the Qing army at the top of the city all looked like earth, and their legs were trembling with fear, and everyone's eyes showed great fear.

The battle on this day finally ended before dark. The Qing army in Beijing finally defended the Ming army's attack. Or to be precise, the Ming army mainly attacked the city with artillery fire this day. Except for the direct battle with Zhang Zhao and Ma Yunliang's troops outside the city, the Ming army had no direct contact with the Qing army in the siege.

But in today's battle, the Ming army made the Qing army feel its strength. Although the two gates of Chaoyang Gate and Dongzhi Gate are high and thick, the walls of the city gate are full of holes under continuous artillery fire. As for the city guards, there were nearly a thousand casualties, and the cannons of the city guards were also destroyed by the Ming army in the accurate attack.

On the moat, the Ming army's ladder bridge was also built. If there were no accidents, it would be obvious that the Ming army would attack directly under the city wall tomorrow. As for whether it could be defended by relying on this city wall, how long would it take? The Qing army did not even dare to think about this question.

The battle outside the city scared many people's courage and morale fell to a low point. As night fell, the Qing army only hoped that the day would never light up again, because when the sun rose again the next day, they would face a defense that could not see any hope.

Not only that, when the news that the Ming army had cleanly and neatly outside the city today spread in Beijing, the whole city of Beijing was even more rumored that Beijing could not defend. Not only was it spread to ordinary people, but even the officials who had firmly defended the city before gradually changed their views and became bleak for the future.

That night, the first court meeting was held at night. In the brightly lit hall, General Fuyuan was reporting today's battle situation to Kangxi, and among the civil and military officials standing on both sides, everyone's faces were extremely ugly.

Kangxi sat on a high throne and listened to the story of the eldest prince below. In fact, Kangxi had already understood all the situation today, and he was also shocked and even more incredible.

Although there were the Battle of Tianjin Wei, Langfang and Xianghe before, none of these happened under the city of Beijing, and these two battles can be said to be the result of the leader underestimating the enemy, but today this battle happened under his own eyes, and the Ming army won so easily and neatly that Kangxi was extremely frightened.

A gust of wind from somewhere made the candlelight in the hall shaking, and Kangxi's face also became gloomy with the shaking candlelight.

Today's emergency court meeting was to come up with countermeasures, but when the eldest prince finished speaking, the entire hall was quiet, but no one spoke again.

"Everyone, let's talk about it." Kangxi said.

After a while, Zhang Tingyu saw that no one had to stand up, so he could only stand up first. After all, he was the chief minister of Shangshu.

"Your Majesty, I think victory or defeat is common in military affairs. Although the Ming army relies on firearms, our Qing Dynasty has city wall protection for the time being. Moreover, the soldiers who serve the kings in various places will arrive one after another. As long as we strictly guard the capital, the Ming army cannot fight in, the city of Beijing is still stable..."

"What if I attack in?" Before Zhang Tingyu finished speaking, one of them retorted: "The eldest prince said just now, the two gates of Chaoyang Gate and Dongzhi Gate have been bombarded with holes by Ming army artillery. Although the walls in Beijing are high and thick, don't forget that the Ming army's artillery fire is powerful! Once the city wall is collapsed, what should the Ming army take advantage of the situation to attack the city?"

When everyone saw that the person talking was Prince Kang Chong'an. When Prince Jian Yaerjiang, Prince A'anjie Prince Hua Guo and others tried to leave Beijing, Prince Kang Chong'an did not participate. After all, Prince Kang's line was different from other ****s. Prince Kang had moved to Beijing since the Shunzhi Dynasty and had no foundation outside the pass.

Moreover, Prince Kang, who was appointed as the Prince Kang, helped Kangxi to pacify the Three Feudals, was deeply trusted by Kangxi. Although Chong'an had followed everyone to propose the system of discussing the king, Chong'an was actually still the confidant of the Eighth Prince's party. After the Eighth Prince became the crown prince, Chong'an secretly helped a lot.
Chapter completed!