Not only You Shigong's troops and vengeful refugees, but also the reinforcement camp under Zhang Shenwu.
Among them, there were thousands of veterans of the Sichuan Army Liu Wei's tribe who had gradually gathered, and the remaining half were refugees from Kaiyuan who had a bitter feud with the slaves.
They were all infantry, but they rushed directly towards the Mongolian cavalry queue. Instead, they beat the Mongols into chaos and fled as fast as hares.
Wang Hongyu also saw a familiar figure - Qin Ling!
The most powerful ones were her and the white-armed soldiers. Qin Ling took 100 stone pillars and white-armed soldiers as personal guards and fought desperately into Jiannu's queue. The pure white ash wood gun barrel was dripping with blood and completely stained red in a short time.
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What's even more amazing is her fighting spirit.
Her eyes were blood red with hatred, and her light leather armor could not hide her good figure. Her legs still looked slender even though they were covered in tight pants and leg armor.
She...must have found out from Zhou Yijie and Lao Tan that her eldest brother was killed in battle...
"Iron pillar!"
"exist!"
"Help me lift my eldest brother's body, add a stool and ropes, and let him sit on the coffin!"
Li Tiezhu had been arranged by Wang Hongyu and was prepared in advance.
At this time, Wang Hongyu and five Sichuan Army veterans lifted the coffin again.
Zhou Dunji sat upright with his head held high and his chest raised. He immediately gave Jiannu, who looked frightened, a sense of oppression that shocked the past and the present!
I want my eldest brother to see this battle!
The moment when he saw his third brother, sweetheart, old brothers and comrades finally defeat the enemy!
"kill!"
Seeing that reinforcements had arrived, Wang Hongyu raised his voice to the top of his voice, shouted and carried the open coffin to attack.
Zhang Shenwu's 3,000 reinforcement battalion has 1,000 veterans left behind by Liu Wei. These veterans are all servants who have experienced hundreds of battles and have been on the battlefield for a long time. Their strength is not weaker than that of military generals. Those new recruits have a deep hatred for the slaves.
They directly attacked the nearest Horqin Mongolian cavalry.
Light armored cavalry will be a formidable enemy against infantry without formation, but it is very difficult to deal with infantry in formation and wearing armor, not to mention the soldiers left by Zhang Shenwu now.
The Mongols couldn't shoot at the dense formation of sword evaders, pikemen, archers, and three-eyed muskets. They couldn't attack them, and they couldn't beat them. They fought for just a stick of incense before they were killed and fled in disarray.
In fact, the Kormi cavalry did not die in battle, that is, more than 200 people died in the battle, and 10% of the men were lost.
However, the people who died were not evenly distributed, but those who dared to fight the most in front of the queue. Even the general Gerry was injured, so the loss of such a proportion and the retreat can be regarded as the extraordinary performance of Kormimeng.
The reinforcements battalion defeated the Mongols, and then they did not pursue them relentlessly, but immediately turned their direction and besieged Jiannu from the southwest.
You Shigong's 5,000 soldiers and horses have regained their confidence. Facing the Zhenglan Banner to the east who was scared away by Zhou Dunji's body, they were not afraid at all. They remembered that it was this group of blue-armored slaves who blocked their escape from the city that day.
Without the young general who carried the coffin and risked his life to lead the troops to respond, without Commander-in-Chief You leading the cavalry to fight to the death, they would have had no chance of escaping. Commander-in-Chief You even became disabled in order to allow his men to escape.
"Revenge! Revenge!"
The enemies were extremely jealous when they saw each other. The 5,000 soldiers and horses did not shoot arrows or fire muskets at all. Instead, they roared at the enemy with a fish scale formation filled with hatred for the blue flag.
If the enemy's armor is too thick, use two-handed pole weapons to stab directly, use one-handed axes and hammers to smash, and use daggers and short swords to stab the armpits.
These Ming troops had more experience in dealing with heavily armored enemies, and now had no fear of the heavy armored infantry of Jiannu.
Before Xianglan Qi could calm down from Mang Gurtai shouting "We've been ambushed!" and taking the lead in escaping, he was attacked again.
Jiannu was attacked from three sides, just like when they attacked 2,700 Ming troops from three sides before. They had no will of the Ming army and had no choice but to run away.
Because the Ming army had too few cavalry, Wang Hongyu and others knew that Nurhachi might be within a hundred miles behind, so they could not pursue them easily.
Moreover, we learned from the captured Kormi Mongolian soldiers that Oba Khan of Kormi came with the main force of the tribe, and only a few were defeated here.
In addition, Nurhaci, Daishan, Dudu and others were also behind, and the enemy had an absolute advantage in terms of strength and number of horses.
If Guangning had more soldiers and horses, it would be able to reverse its military disadvantage.
But where is the main force of Guangning’s troops?
You Shigong walked over on crutches, saw Wang Hongyu's eyes, and knew what he was asking, so he whispered close to his ear:
"Li Guangrong, the commander-in-chief of Guangning, is a coward. When he heard that He Shixian in Shenyang was killed in battle, he was so frightened that he sent people to demolish all the bridges on the Liao River. Instead of sending troops to support him, he blocked the ferry crossing for fear that the slaves would attack."
You Shigong led the Shenyang army and refugees to the banks of the Liao River four days ago.
At this time, Zhang Shenwu and his servants rushed over first, beheaded the traitor Bao Chengxian who had fled all the way from Shenyang, and then quickly went to Hunhe to provide support.
After resting for a day and preparing to cross the river, Li Guangrong learned the information that He Shixian had died in battle and Shenyang had been lost.
In the name of guarding against attacks by spies and enemies, people were sent to destroy various bridges overnight.
"Bah! It's no use!" Zhou Yijie came over and cursed directly after hearing this.
Wang Hongyu clenched his fists with both hands, wanting to beat Li Guangrong to death.
His operation directly hindered the reinforcements. If his second brother Zhang Shenwu had not obtained his analysis earlier and killed Bao Chengxian first. His broken bridge was precisely to prevent his own people from crossing the river after letting the spies pass.
You Shigong continued to explain the situation.
The refugees had no choice but to choose the ferry to cross the river. Another day later, Li Guangrong arrived with his troops. He refused to let them cross the river at all. He also intercepted the reinforcement camps of Qin Ling and Zhang Shenwu who were collecting boats to cross the river, and ordered them to return to Guangzhou.
Ning defend.
Qin Ling exploded and was so angry that he wanted to poison him, and the Sichuan Army veterans almost did the same.
Li Guangrong did not attack the enemy, but was prepared to attack his own people in the name of suppressing the rebellion.
All this is very similar to what happened to the Qi family army back then.
Fortunately, You Shigong showed that he was also the commander-in-chief and threatened to impeach the other party, so Li Guangrong did not take action.
"How dare you do this! What about Governor Xue Guoyong!?" Wang Hongyu's forehead veins kept twitching. When Wei Zhongxian gained power, Tianqi supported himself and said he would kill Yuan Yingtai and Li Guangrong!
Zhou Yijie added: "If it weren't for Commander-in-Chief You, I'm afraid something big would have happened!"
It turned out that You Shigong could not cross the river, so he arranged for refugees and troops to cut down trees on the spot. On one side, he built temporary shacks so that everyone would no longer have to face the cold wind. On the other side, he built a number of rafts and wooden boats to prepare for crossing the river at the critical moment.
Afterwards, You Shilu, Qin Bangping, Qin Minping, and Ran Wenguang arrived with a large number of wounded soldiers.
You Shilu communicated with his brother You Shigong and agreed that reinforcements must come.
It happened that Qin Ling was in charge of the intelligence station and had a special boat. It happened to be transferred from Guangning in the past few days, so he secretly crossed the river at night and contacted him.
Brothers You Shigong and You Shilu made the decision to use boats to forcibly cross the river, seize several key ferries, and allow Zhang Shenwu's 3,000 reinforcement battalion to cross the river.
This was the result of the rush to come over for support today.