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After discovering that the Ming army's cavalry turned towards the commander-in-chief, Geng Zhongyi was startled, but soon calmed down. While waving a flag, he ordered the Liao soldiers to intercept the Ming army infantry who were charging towards them. At the same time, he ordered his brother Geng Zhongxi to lead an encirclement.
That Ming army cavalry.
In Geng Zhongyi's view, defeating the Ming infantry was a sure thing, because the enemy was about to be surrounded by him.
After the encirclement, these Ming troops would not be able to fly even if they had wings![
At this time, the Jinzhou Army had suffered heavy losses. Half of the sergeants who rushed up with Shi Dayong were dead or injured. At the critical moment, if Wang Tiande's 500 soldiers had not arrived and fired a salvo, the Jinzhou Army would have been completely wiped out. He
Shi Dayong also fulfilled his responsibility to Emperor Chongzhen - died on the battlefield and returned with his body wrapped in horse leather.
Now that there was no queue to speak of, the soldiers who still held guns instinctively shot their guns at the rebels. Some sergeants had no time to charge, so they could only draw their long swords and jump forward to participate in hand-to-hand combat.
Encircled by nearly two thousand Dongjiang Liao soldiers and more than a thousand mobs, the Jinzhou army had less than 800 soldiers left, and the Changping soldiers had fought to less than 200. If this continues, failure is inevitable.
There was no time for Shi Dayong to make a final heroic declaration, nor was there much heroic sentiment.
Every minute and every second is spent in fighting, blood and fire.
The fierce battle even left people with only shouts of killing, without any other unnecessary words.
Every cut with a knife is a battle between life and death; every sound of a cannon is a hesitation at the gate of hell.
Seeing that the Ming army was on its last legs, the rebels became excited. They pounced on their opponents like wolf dogs again and again.
Geng Zhongyi even thought about whether he should persuade this Ming army to surrender. After all, the opponent was really good at fighting. If he could recruit them, it would be a big help. But when he saw the dead and wounded everywhere, his raging anger suddenly ignited.
He wants to kill all the Ming troops, leaving no one behind!
"put!"
Just when the rebels thought that the Ming army was about to be wiped out, they heard someone shouting loudly, then a loud noise, and then the ground shook.
The sound of the explosion frightened the cavalry and horses of both sides who were fighting at the same time. No matter how much the knights controlled the horses, they could not calm down the horses. Li Yingyuan, who was lucky enough to survive the Ming army's young general's sword, almost fell from his horse. Thanks to an old man of his father's,
The personal guards grabbed him, otherwise he would be trampled by a frightened horse.
When the dust and smoke cleared, the rebels who had not been killed were stunned, because a large hole appeared in front of them that was more than ten feet long and seven or eight feet wide. There was almost no living person in this hole, and the hole was full of people.
human corpse.
Some corpses were blown to pieces. On the land a few feet away, wounded soldiers and body parts were scattered everywhere. Blood flowed all over the ground, and screams could be heard one after another.
Human internal organs were also scattered everywhere, and the blood was so sticky that it made people want to vomit.
There seemed to be a sudden silence between heaven and earth. The rebels looked at the hell-like scene in horror. No one dared to take another step forward.
This explosion was even more frightening than the sound of the Hongyi cannon, and his eardrums were still buzzing.
The sight of blood and flesh flying in front of them frightened the rebels even more. The mob was so frightened that they backed away. They no longer wanted to fight with these desperate Ming troops, and they wanted to go home.[
"Rush, rush over and kill all those official dogs!"
When Geng Zhongyi heard the loud noise, he realized that the situation was not good. When the dust and smoke cleared, he became angry. The explosion killed at least hundreds of Dongjiang Liao soldiers. This made him lose control immediately and found it unacceptable. He shouted hysterically.
roared.
"Kill, kill all those official dogs!"
The Liao soldiers who woke up recovered quickly. Unlike the mob, they knew very little about gunpowder and knew that the explosion was caused by the concentrated explosion of the Ming army's gunpowder. While shocked by the astonishing power of the explosion, they unanimously agreed.
I thought that the Ming army was out of medicine!
Under the urging of the officers, the Liao soldiers began to press forward again. They opened fire from a distance, and the mob who ran back were also suppressed. They suppressed the fear in their hearts and followed the Liao soldiers forward in fear.
rushed away.
The sound of "bang bang bang" fire cannons was fired from time to time, and there was even the sound of large cannons. Amidst the sound of the cannons, the screams of the Ming army on the opposite side could be vaguely heard.
The battle did not stop because of the explosion, and the rebels who were sure of victory would not give the Jinzhou Army a way out.
The cry to kill rang out again, even crazier than before.
The wolf cavalry army, Li Jiuzheng's personal guards, and Li Yingyuan's cavalry fought closely together, with swords rising and falling, and heads, limbs, and internal organs kept falling to the ground.
Cao Bianjiao was so powerful that the rebels could not get close to him, and Li Yingyuan was almost cut in half by his sword.
Due to the power of Cao Bianjiao, although the rebels had a numerical advantage, they did not gain the upper hand for a while.
The hundreds of rebels led by Geng Zhongxi were more like watching a show. They were waving flags and shouting on the outside of the battle circle, but none of them participated in the battle.
The loud noise just now was caused by Shi Dayong gathering all the gunpowder stored by the Jinzhou Army in the chaos, then tied it to several horses, lit the fuses, and drove them into the opponent's crowd.
The explosion of nearly 4,000 kilograms of gunpowder was astonishingly powerful. Although the effect was huge and took away the lives of hundreds of rebels, it was like bright fireworks and the last moments of life in full bloom. The Jinzhou Army had no chance of victory.
Chance.
The soldiers did not have much gunpowder on them. Taking advantage of the opponent's moment of being stunned by the explosion, Shi Dayong and his generals organized a final volley of fire cannons.
"Get ready to release them one by one!"
More than 400 people spread out a front of more than 40 feet. After the first row finished shooting, they immediately squatted down to clear the control tube, charge, pack, and compact. While the first row was shooting, the second row raised their guns and fired.
Level, aim, fire.
The soldiers without muskets were holding swords and spears and making their last gasps.
Zhao Xueqi was hiding at the back of the crowd. The Confucian shirt on his body was stained with a lot of blood, but it was not his. He kept looking back, but again and again, the reinforcements from the Beijing camp that he thought would definitely appear did not appear in his sight.
He began to feel regretful and afraid, and his teeth kept chattering and making a squeaking sound.[
He kept thinking silently in his heart: Eunuch Gao will come to save us. Eunuch Gao will come to save us. He promised me, he promised me.
Wang Tiande is not like him. The nickname "Wang Da Fool" is not for nothing. He is indeed risking his life to fight with the rebels. I don't know if he really wants to prove that he is an officer or to survive. Which point is it?
People can know.
Many of the captive soldiers were so scared that they lost their souls. More than one of the captive soldiers had urine flowing from his crotch. They were trembling and waiting for death.
The tragic casualties made the real desperadoes among the Liao soldiers lose their minds, and they actually charged directly towards the Jinzhou Army.
The sound of cannons sounded, and more than a hundred desperadoes fell on the charging road, and more people also fell in a pool of blood.
"Oh shit!"
Geng Zhongyi's face turned pale, and he found that the Liao soldiers began to lose the courage to fight. Many people did not continue to rush forward, but looked at the Ming army in a daze, with fear in their eyes.
"Kill me"
Just when Geng Zhongyi was about to give the order, the rapid sound of a gong sounded behind him.
"Withdraw your troops, the commander-in-chief has ordered you to withdraw your troops immediately!"
The moment the miracle happened, the remnants of the Jinzhou Army were all stunned. Everyone, including Shi Dayong, clearly realized that as long as the rebels rushed up again, they could be easily defeated without any effort.
But at this last moment, the rebels chose to retreat. Compared with the previous crazy attack, the retreat was so surprising.
"The enemy soldiers have retreated?"
The soldiers still didn't believe that the rebels who had been so desperate to attack their own side would retreat when they were about to win!
The officers couldn't believe it. They only knew that the rebels were going to regroup and launch another all-out charge just like before.
"General, they really retreated!"
Just as everyone was concentrating and holding weapons tightly in hand, preparing to face another charge from the enemy, the soldiers in the front row shouted loudly.
Immediately, everyone, including Shi Dayong, craned their necks and looked forward. To them who were already exhausted, this news seemed to be the gospel sent by God, fearing that it was not true.
"Did you see clearly in front of me? The traitors have really retreated?"
Because he could not see the situation clearly in front of him, a captive soldier nervously asked his companion in front of him. The companion could not see clearly either, and hesitantly whispered: "It seems to be retreating." The captive soldier said anxiously: "
What does it mean to seem to be retreating? Retreating is retreating. How can there be anything that seems to be retreating? Do you see clearly?"
Just as the companion was about to reply, he heard the people in front of him cheering loudly:
"We won, we won!"
"The rebels have really retreated! Brothers, we have won!"
After hearing the cheers of the people in front, the captive soldiers believed that the rebels had really retreated. They were so worried that their hearts dropped, and they were so trembling that they could no longer say a word.
Soon, all the soldiers saw the disappearing rebel figures. They retreated faster than when they came, and they looked very hasty. Even their comrades who were still wailing did not bother to take them with them, and they hurried towards
Retreat due south.
"Victory, brothers, we have victory!"
The Jinzhou Army burst into roaring cheers, and the expressions of the soldiers changed from the shock and disbelief just now to a feeling of relief and joy after the disaster.
The battle was over, and our side miraculously won the victory. Some soldiers were so happy that they burst into tears.
"General, we won!"
"ah?"
Shi Dayong kept looking ahead blankly. It wasn't until Jiang Wanli and the others cheered that he realized he had won! But he was confused as to how to win. Although the explosion just killed many rebels, the opponent still had enough
attack with all their strength, but suddenly withdraw their troops for unknown reasons?
Could it be?
Shi Dayong's heart moved. He turned around and looked back. In his sight, a dark cavalry was running towards the battlefield.
The sound of hoofbeats shook the earth and shocked people's hearts.
Reinforcements finally arrived, and they were the Liaodong cavalry led by Jin Guochen, the commander-in-chief of Jizhen.