The fierce fighting continued, with more than half of Li Zhongfu's troops suffering casualties, and rebels kneeling down and surrendering began to appear on the battlefield.
The balance of victory began to tilt towards the Jinzhou Army. The exhausted Wolf Cavalry Army, led by Shi Dayong and Cao Bianjiao, wanted to launch a final blow against the rebels facing them and completely drive them off the battlefield.
Li Zhongfu sent people one after another to ask Li Jiucheng for orders to withdraw from the battlefield, but the answer he received was that he was not allowed to retreat.
In order to prevent Li's troops from retreating without support, Li Jiucheng ordered his generals Xia Yuanliang and Zheng Qigang to lead 3,000 troops to move to the southeast of Xiaoguantun. This cut off the retreat of Li Zhong's troops.
There is only one way to save Li Zhongfu - fight to the end with the Ming army![
If there were 3,000 Dongjiang Liao soldiers from Geng Zhongyi's department, why would Li Zhongfu have to retreat? But his men were a bunch of rabble, many of whom had never even killed anyone. How could such an army defeat the well-trained Ming army in front of them?
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After organizing two counterattacks of 400 men in vain, Li Zhongfu lost the courage to continue fighting, and decided to retreat with his troops regardless of risk.
He doesn't want to lose his life here in vain!
But at this moment, the sound of a gong sounded from behind the array.
Hearing the sound of the gong, Li Zhongfu and his subordinates seemed to have been relieved. They immediately shouted for their soldiers to immediately break away from the Ming army and fled towards the main formation along the retreat route vacated by the Liao soldiers under Geng Zhongyi.
They retreated, but suffered a lot from the Jurchen soldiers who were still attacking the Ming army's gunners with bows and arrows.
The order to retreat was given too quickly. When San Jinbao discovered that all the friendly troops had retreated, he and his tribe immediately became the targets of the Ming army.
"Fight these sons of bitches Mantatars!"
The Jurchens were like a piece of fat in front of Li Dashan. He was already angered by the arrows that fell from time to time. He ignored them just now because he wanted to concentrate on dealing with the rebel infantry and prevent them from surrounding the wolf cavalry.
Now that the rebels have retreated, these Jurchens will have to pay the price for their actions.
Come and go is the way to be a human being! Dog Tatar, I want you to have a taste of my power!
Li Dashan shouted carelessly to the five and six old men, and viciously swung the long knife in his hand at the Jurchen archers who didn't know whether to continue shooting or to retreat.
"Bang! Bang"
As the gunmen fired the first round against the Jurchen archers, the Jurchen casualties began to increase rapidly.
Compared with the Ming army, the Jurchen archers only wore simple cotton clothes and no protective armor at all.
At a distance of more than 300 feet, if you are hit by lead, it is unlikely that you will die on the spot, but the rate of serious injury and death from bleeding is very high.
There were originally more than 300 Jurchen archers. After the Jinzhou Army's three rounds of firecrackers were struck, only a hundred or so people stood there stupidly looking at their companions who fell on the ground. The bows and arrows in their hands were also shaking.
, it can be seen that I am extremely scared in my heart.
These Jurchens clearly knew that if they could not be treated in time, these injured tribesmen would die from excessive blood loss.
They wanted to save them, but the Ming army on the opposite side was closing in. There was no time for them to treat the injured tribesmen.
"Retreat, retreat quickly!"[
San Jinbao made the wisest choice and immediately withdrew from the battlefield. He had already seen the Liao soldiers coming up from Dongjiang. Maybe the battle would be over soon.
Geng Zhongyi's three thousand Liao soldiers came up when Jinzhou's army was strong. The wolf cavalry army, led by Shi Dayong, risked their lives and launched a heavily armored charge.
At the same time, the rebel artillery fired again.
Amid the sound of artillery and screams, the rebels saw a masked Ming general falling from his horse.
Shi Dayong was not hit by the cannon, but his mount stumbled.
Dozens of Wolf Cavalry soldiers were killed and injured by cannon fire, and countless others fell from their horses.
Frightened by the sound of cannons, the war horses lost some control, and the Wolf Cavalry's charge was aborted.
When Cao Bianjiao saw that the general had fallen from his horse, he was worried about Shi Dayong's safety, so he led more than a hundred wolf cavalry who had not fallen from their horses to surround him.
The situation became a bit dangerous, and the Liao soldiers cheered and rushed towards the wolf cavalry army.
"Damn it, catch a few alive and see if these official dogs are really not afraid of death!"
Seeing the Ming army fall from their horses, a short commander in the Liao army immediately shouted excitedly.
"Catch them alive, catch them alive!"
Hundreds of Liao soldiers excitedly surrounded the Wolf Cavalry.
"Protect the general!"
Cao Bianjiao led more than a hundred cavalry in a circle around the fallen wolf cavalry, and from time to time opened fire on the advancing rebels with a three-eyed musket.
"The Ming army is defeated, the Ming army is defeated, brothers, come forward!"
The Liao soldiers who rushed at the front drew their long swords and rushed towards the heavily armored Ming troops. The two sides were so close that the firecrackers had lost their meaning. Now they had to use broadswords and spears to deal with these Ming troops!
"Xiao Cao, rush over!"
"Those who fall from their horses will take cover with their war horses and attack them with fire blunderbuss!"
Shi Dayong ordered Cao Bianjiao to ignore him and led the wolf cavalry who did not fall off their horses to attack the rebels. At the same time, he asked the wolf cavalry who fell off their horses to use fire blunderbuss to kill the rebels who were approaching.
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I don't know when the sky turned cloudy. When the two sides were fighting together again, a strong wind suddenly came up, and the flying snow blew in the face with the strong wind. The snowflakes flying in the wind were splashed with blood from time to time, turning into red blood and falling.
On the ground, the wind was so strong that it was hard to keep your eyes open.
Shi Dayong squinted his eyes tightly, clenched the long sword in his hand, and carefully avoided the opponent's spear. The long sword in his hand was longer than the ordinary long sword, and its style was like the Japanese samurai sword of later generations, but it was more durable and resistant to cutting.
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There are no tactics to talk about now, it's all a melee.
Fight for your life!
I saw Shi Dayong chopping here and there without mercy. In an instant, he had cut down six or seven rebels. He even cut off the spears in the hands of several people. Kong was stunned with a wooden stick.
Soon, the rebels reacted, and when they saw how brave Shi Dayong was, they turned their attention to him.
"This is a high-ranking official of the Ming army, brothers, capture him alive!" During the fight, from time to time, I heard officers giving orders to capture Shi Dayong alive.
There was a melee crowd all around, and Feng Da could hardly open his eyes. No matter how fierce Shi Dayong was, it was inevitable that he would not be stabbed by a spear, but because of the protection of his armor, it did not hit his vitals. But every time he was stabbed
It hurts so much every time. After all, the chain armor is not as strong as plate armor and can absorb the force of the stabbing.
While holding on to his strength to prevent himself from getting discouraged, he kept slashing at the rebels who appeared around him with the long knife in his hand.
Although the wolf cavalry were brave, many of them were not as strong as Shi Dayong, and the armor they wore was extremely heavy. Many of them relied on their bravery to fight against those Dongjiang and Liao soldiers, and were defeated by the enemy who were more than ten times their own.
With the numerical advantage, within a short time, six wolf cavalry died due to exhaustion under the siege of the rebels. However, their desperate counterattack also caused the rebels to pay several times the losses.
Geng Zhongyi saw that the Ming army was still so brave when they were defeated. He lost hundreds of people in a short period of time. If this continues, even if he catches them, he may lose more than he gains. These Dongjiang soldiers are the capital of conquering the country and cannot be discounted casually.
Especially when I saw that the masked general was vicious and hit the vital point with his long sword. His eyes were as fierce as a lone wolf, and he was horrified in his heart. He kept shouting at his subordinates, meaning to let them
No need to leave any more alive, just kill them all.
In fact, there was no need for him to shout, these Dongjiang Liao soldiers also knew that there would be no mercy at this time, and they would live to talk about it.
Their eyes were red from the killing, and they stabbed the cavalry with their spears like crazy. As some people kept falling off their horses while shouting, the killing between the two sides became more and more fierce.
Shi Dayong's strength gradually failed. When he slashed at the back of a rebel soldier but was violently pushed away by another person, he smiled bitterly in his heart. He knew that his physical strength was very exhausted, and he had no strength to swing the long knife in his hand to slash at the enemy again.
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At this time, his body was also aching, and his whole body felt sore and weak. He really wanted to lie down and sleep or rest for a while. Especially when his eyes glanced at dozens of rebels heading this way.
When he rushed over, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart: It seems that he will die for Emperor Zhuang Lie today.
However, the Liao soldiers who rushed over did not approach the battle circle here. Cao Bianjiao led his troops to rush over from their flank. Although the speed of the horses was much slower than before, they were still unable to stop them as soon as the horses' hooves reached.
Being charged by Cao Bianjiao, the rebels were forced to retreat, giving Shi Dayong and the rest of the army a chance to breathe, but they were also in danger, and everyone was covered in blood.
There were countless wounds, big and small, on Zong Wanliang's body. Just as he was using all his strength to cut off a spear that was piercing him, suddenly, his body went limp and he became unsteady and fell from his horse.
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A rebel officer saw Wan Liang fall to the ground and thought he had an advantage. Without saying a word, he jumped over and aimed a spear at Wan Liang.
When several wolf cavalry saw this, they shouted anxiously. The wolf cavalry closest to Wan Liang ignored the spear thrust by his opponent and prepared to pounce to block the spear.
Wan Liang fell to the ground. Seeing that the rebel's vicious spear was about to pierce him, he got the strength from nowhere and rolled forward violently. He hugged the officer's feet with both hands and pushed hard.
He threw him to the ground, turned around and jumped on him, and started rolling and fighting with their hands and feet.
After rolling on the ground for a while, the rebel officer was much taller and stronger than Wan Liang. However, Wan Liang hugged him tightly from behind, strangled his neck with his hands, and wrapped his legs around his waist. He was in vain.
But he couldn't use any strength, so he could only widen his eyes and try desperately to throw him off.
Wan Liang was a little dizzy when he was thrown away by the rebel officer. He almost fell off him several times, but he always strangled the opponent with a strong force. Seeing that the opponent was struggling and getting weaker, a huge pain suddenly occurred in his left arm, and he was struck by a blow.
A spear pierced through suddenly, but it turned out that the two of them had rolled in front of dozens of rebels.