However, most of the soldiers under Hao Yaoqi and Zhang Pili relied on their fearless spirit to successfully cross the river and successfully caught the tail of Xiao Yuan's camp before Yuan Shizhong and Chen De completely withdrew from the battlefield.
Yuan Shizhong used to be a very outstanding general in the rebel army, but now he is busy and confused. For this temporary emergency retreat, the organization is so chaotic that the men can't find the horses, the soldiers can't find the generals, and the whole army is only one step away from disintegration.
foot.
Perhaps the reason for this should not be entirely attributed to Yuan Shizhong personally. Xiao Yuanying was once called the "Buddhist Soldiers" by Henan people. Their strict military discipline was no less than that of the Chuang Army. They were once widely active on both sides of the Yellow River, protecting the common people.
peaceful.
After joining the Chuang Army, Xiao Yuan's battalion became the main force for attacking cities and plundering villages. Yuan Shizhong himself also made many military exploits. Over time, as the Chuang Army further grew, Yuan Shizhong was promoted to the rank of general or even a general.
A deputy marshal like Luo Rucai is not completely impossible.
But when Xiaoyuanying suddenly rebelled against the Chuang Army, all this came to nothing. The soldiers in Xiaoyuanying also fell into deep self-doubt. Why did the commander they once trusted so much, General, suddenly choose to betray that man?
How could King Li Chuang, who had shared joys and sorrows with his soldiers, take refuge with a group of Zhuanxu's incompetent imperial governors?
This deep-seated self-doubt is the root cause of Xiao Yuanying's current poor performance.
Since the Battle of Yingzhou, most of the soldiers in Xiaoyuan Camp have had a muddled mentality. In the past, they knew that as long as they followed King Li Chuang, everything would be fine; now, they have to wonder
Where will Xiao Yuanying go?
Yuan Shizhong's years of accumulation of kindness and prestige, at most, prevented these people from taking advantage of the chaos in Xiao Yuan's camp to surrender to the intruders, and hid in the countryside to surrender.
Although Chen De brought nearly two thousand Ming troops to support the retreat of Xiao Yuan Camp, it gave confidence to some senior generals of Xiao Yuan Camp such as Yuan Shizhong and Yuan Shitai.
However, for the larger number of ordinary soldiers, they cannot take into account the Chuang Army, the Ming Army, the Xiaoyuan Camp, and the Qing Army that has already reached Shandong. They cannot take into account these complex game relationships.
What they saw was the hasty retreat of Xiao Yuan's camp and the reinforcements of less than 2,000 men from the official and military districts.
Hao Yaoqi and Zhang Pikui's resolute swimming pursuit became the straw that broke the camel's back.
When an avalanche occurs, no snowflake is innocent.
But the vast majority of snowflakes don’t even know that they are on a snow mountain and in the middle of an avalanche. How can the responsibility for the avalanche be imposed on them?
The mountain collapse is happening right now.
Hao Yaoqi connected the rafts together, fixed them on a diagonal line following the flow of water from northwest to southeast, and built a pontoon bridge. All these actions were very compact, and the pontoon bridge had not yet been completely built.
The army has used it to run and jump, crookedly and across the east bank.
Their horses' hooves had just landed on the ground, and they rushed into the battle like tigers emerging from the river. Thousands of people and horses were still gathered on the west bank of the Guohe River, forming a dark mass. They were trying their best to get over as soon as possible, and also to the retreating people.
Xiao Yuan created greater psychological pressure.
"Catch up! Bite!"
Hao Yaoqi mobilized his mount without thinking. With his long-term combat experience, he immediately judged the accurate situation of the battlefield. Which troop was lagging behind, which troop was relatively loose in formation, and Hao couldn't escape from all of this.
Flag-waving eyes.
He still waved the huge jujube stick and charged directly into the enemy. He didn't even say hello to his generals and soldiers, but Hao Yaoqi's subordinates all knew his style and knew it.
Where the general's horse head is looking is in the direction of the entire army's assault.
Wherever Hao Yaoqi rushed by himself, the whole army would follow and charge and fight with him. He rushed into the enemy formation like a cloud and mist, and countless cavalry raised more smoke and dust, which obscured the entire battlefield.
, as if the entire east bank of the Guohe River was covered in a gauze tent.
Although the intruder cavalry could not clearly see the true face of the enemy, many of them relied on their intuition and fired bows, arrows and muskets in the direction where the enemy might be.
After the bang-bang-bang sound of shooting, there were screams one after another. Hao Yaoqi rushed the fastest and had already passed through the layer of smoke and dust, biting the tail of Xiao Yuanying's retreating team.
He rushed so fast that Chen De, the deputy general of Henan Town, was frightened. Chen De hurriedly mobilized several servants with superb martial arts skills to try to drive Hao Yaoqi away.
Four or five iron bars came at him at the same time, but Hao Yaoqi just used the jujube stick to push the iron bars to the ground. When the horse exerted force, only a few "bang bang" sounds were heard.
In this round of the battle, Hao Yaoqi once again used his magical power and quickly won the victory. Only then did he see the dusty soldiers of Xiaoyuan Camp with empty hands and discarded them.
Weapons, turned around and ran away together.
Zhang Pixuan also led the pro-junbiao cavalry. They took off many heavy horse armors in order to cross the river and caught up with Xiao Yuanying and the Ming army reinforcements. The pro-junbiao cavalry not only used their hands and swords to fight the enemy,
They also used the power of their horses to attack the enemy troops, causing them to fall into the river in one fell swoop, both men and horses.
This is a simple and effective way of fighting that is adapted to local conditions. They set a target from a distance and rush forward. Some enemies who were caught off guard were knocked into the river by them. Some of the invading cavalry were also killed because of their excessive force.
Unable to rein in his mount, he fell into the river together with the soldiers of Xiaoyuan Camp who were collided with him. However, the cavalrymen of the invading army had horses and could often rush ashore again, but the soldiers of Xiaoyuan Camp could not come back.
The fierce pursuit battle is still going on, but the situation is already very clear. The retreat organization of Xiaoyuan Battalion was too failed, and the risky pursuit of Hao Yaoqi and Zhang Pizhu was so decisive.
Li Laiheng, who was still crossing the river on the west bank of the Guohe River, also received Ye Busuo sent by Zhang Pizhu to report back, and learned about the changes in the battlefield situation.
The main force of the invading army, which originally stayed on the west bank of the Wohe River and slowly crossed the river, has now stepped up its speed. In order to facilitate the pursuit, everyone left many armors and cannons on the west bank of the Wohe River, and hurriedly crossed to the east bank of the river with light equipment to join them.
into this pursuit battle.
Yuan Dakui was completely in despair. He looked at the flags of the Chuang troops who were friendly forces yesterday and couldn't even utter a word. Is this the end of the little Yuan camp? And it was the end at the hands of his old friend Li Chuangwang!