However, Sun Qiu stood firmly there, without taking a step back, commanding his soldiers with great composure, and his banner stood there unwaveringly, stabilizing the morale of the army.
Although some soldiers were a little panicked and showed signs of collapse when the Tatars rushed into the battle, when Sun Qiu's voice came from behind them, these panicked soldiers gritted their teeth and persisted one by one.
As the saying goes, generals are the courage of soldiers. For an army, the role of generals is still very important, especially in this situation where they occupy an extremely favorable situation. The morale of the soldiers is not bad, as long as
If the generals in charge of the army do not make mistakes, then the army can still exert its combat power normally.
Although the Tatar cavalry were prevented from charging, the soldiers in front suffered heavy casualties, and many soldiers had the idea of escape, but the commander-in-chief Sun Qiu was in the rear. If Sun Qiu did not move, the morale of the army would not be shaken.
"Soldiers, follow this general to block these Tatars. We must not let them escape!"
Just now, after Sun Qiu had completely determined the number of Tatar soldiers rushing out of the city, he decisively sent out a signal for help.
As the commander-in-chief, Sun Qiu had already ordered the soldiers and horses under his command outside the east and west city gates to be recalled urgently.
Considering that the distance between the two city gates and the south city gate is only a cup of tea at most, I believe reinforcements from both places will arrive.
Hu Limu naturally noticed the fireworks exploding in the sky. Hu Limu was not a fool, so he didn't know. This must be the Ming Dynasty's way of summoning reinforcements.
There was not much time left for them. If they could not rush out before the Ming reinforcements arrived, they would really be surrounded by a large army once the Ming reinforcements arrived.
Once the cavalry loses its speed advantage and is surrounded by infantry, even the most elite cavalry will have only one outcome.
It must be said that the Tatars were very terrifying once they fought hard. Soldiers were killed one by one, but behind them there was a steady stream of soldiers charging into the formation.
Sun Qiu only had four thousand soldiers and horses under his command, but he had to block the attack of more than two thousand cavalry. This was definitely a great test for the soldiers.
Even though the archers on both sides have been working hard to shoot arrows, Hulimu's cavalry also divided some troops to rush towards the archers.
They had a certain advantage from the beginning, but when the archers and muskets were unable to suppress the desperate Tatars, both sides fell into a state of anxiety.
After all, the archers and muskets arranged by Sun Qiu still played a certain role.
At least hundreds of people were shot dead on the spot. The number of uninjured Tatars was probably less than a thousand, and the rest were more or less injured.
However, the Ming Dynasty also paid an extremely heavy price.
The Tatars rushed out of the city, and both sides fired at each other. In addition, the cavalry rushed into the formation. To be honest, the casualties among the Ming soldiers were also very high.
The two sides fought for only half a stick of incense, and no less than five or six hundred soldiers were killed or injured, which was only slightly less than the Tatars.
Sun Qiu took the lead, waving the spear in his hand and shouting loudly: "Soldiers, hold on, reinforcements will be here soon!"
If Sun Qiu wasn't there to boost morale, and all the soldiers knew that reinforcements would arrive soon, these soldiers didn't collapse.
For any troop of troops, once the damage reaches 20 to 30%, it is already quite difficult to avoid collapse.
The Tatars suffered nearly a thousand casualties, accounting for almost 40% of the total, but they did not collapse because these Tatars had no other choice.
They can only rush out madly and desperately, otherwise, they will only die. So let alone more than a thousand casualties, even if they fight to the last person, they will not collapse, because if they don't fight, they will only die. Fight
There may still be a chance to survive, but once it collapses, there will be no chance of survival.
Sun Qiu watched helplessly as his soldiers tried hard to keep the team from collapsing, but in the face of the crazy attack of the Tatar cavalry, everyone still retreated slowly involuntarily.
It can be said that under the desperate attack of the Tatar soldiers, it was quite good that the military formation had not collapsed. At least it was beyond Sun Qiu's expectation that it could fight to such an extent.
Sun Qiu could only pray in his heart that the reinforcements from the east and west gates could arrive as quickly as possible. They were six thousand fresh troops. Once the reinforcements arrived, not only the Tatar soldiers would lose their last breath, but also the Ming Dynasty.
One side will inevitably have high morale and completely cut off the Tatars' hope of escaping.
Hu Limu roared again and again, and every time he waved the scimitar in his hand, he could always take away the life of a soldier of the Ming Dynasty. However, what made Hu Limu despair was that at a glance, there were densely packed figures of soldiers of the Ming Dynasty in front of him, but on the contrary, the soldiers behind him were
It's getting less and less.
Now that the fighting was over, the cavalry behind Hu Limu had been reduced to more than a thousand people. In just one stick of incense, the number was reduced by more than half.
Before I knew it, the sky was getting bright and it was almost dawn.
He saw a fire in the distance gradually approaching. Seeing the approaching fire, Sun Qiu couldn't help but be overjoyed and shouted loudly: "Soldiers, reinforcements are coming, reinforcements are coming!"
The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, who were already at the end of their battle, suddenly couldn't help but feel their morale soar when they heard this. They actually killed a counter-charger and blocked the Tatar charge with stones.
At this time, the Tatars had completely lost the mobility of cavalry and were completely reduced to mounted infantry. At most, they were on horseback.
In this way, the biggest threat to the Tatars is gone. Unless Hulimu and the others can distance themselves and charge into the formation, they will only be able to fight less and less, and will eventually be killed one by one.
"General, reinforcements will come soon!"
"Reinforcement will come in the future!"
Almost one after the other, in the blink of an eye, two groups of troops appeared, which were reinforcements coming from the east and west gates.
The two or two supporting troops added up to more than 6,000 troops. Although they came all the way, these soldiers were not very tired. They rushed up as soon as they arrived and finished the job almost immediately.
The remaining Tatar troops were surrounded.
Hu Limu's heart was full of despair, and he was about to defeat the Ming army. As long as they could defeat the army, they could escape.
Even if they lost Taiyuan City, they at least saved their lives and could still go to join Balsborot.
But now, the Ming Dynasty has surrounded them, completely cutting off their hope of escaping to heaven.
When the reinforcements arrived, it could be said that the overall situation was decided. Unless there was some miracle, the Tatars would be completely defeated in this battle.
Sun Qiu slowly exhaled a breath and his eyes fell on Hu Limu.
From the information from the Jin Yiwei, Sun Qiu and other generals had actually already known that the man in charge of Taiyuan City was the Tatar Captain Hulimu.
From Hu Limu's performance when he rushed into the battle, Sun Qiu was naturally able to determine Hu Limu's identity.
Now that they were surrounded, the Tatars suddenly calmed down and no longer fought as hard as before, trying to break through the military formation and escape.
"Hulimu!"
Sun Qiu shouted, and Hu Limu looked at Sun Qiu.
Sun Qiu rode forward and was about a few feet away from Hu Limu. Sun Qiu stopped and looked at Hu Limu and said: "Hu Limu, I advise you to capture them without any help. Otherwise, I will shoot you all with the order of this general."
it's here."
More than 2,000 archers around Hulimu have already targeted the about 1,000 Tatars around Hulimu. It can be said that as long as Sun Qiu gives the order, then under the cover of the arrow rain, there will be at most a few waves of arrow rain. There is no way to protect these Tatars.
A few survivors.
Some Tatars looked at Hulimu with an extremely panic look. Previously, it was just to survive, so they could fight without fear of life and death. But now after calming down, since it is impossible to rush out, then as long as they want to
Naturally, the only way to survive was to surrender, so some Tatars naturally hoped that Hulimu could surrender.
Hu Limu glanced at Sun Qiu and said slowly: "Who are you, why do you suddenly appear here, and what is going on with His Highness Bals?"
Regarding the origins of Sun Qiu and others, even at this time, Hu Limu still couldn't figure out what was going on.
He was confused from the beginning. After all, in his opinion, Balsborough was now besieging the capital of the Ming Dynasty. Even if the Ming Dynasty still had soldiers and horses untouched, it should be transferred to King Qin.
However, tens of thousands of troops appeared in Taiyuan City and attacked the city by force.
After all, Hu Limu still has some military qualities. Just from his several battles, it can be judged that the number of Ming soldiers who attacked the city this time will definitely not be less than tens of thousands.
There are no less than 10,000 soldiers of the Ming Dynasty in the direction of the North City Gate alone. Now there are as many as 10,000 soldiers in Sun Qiu's army. There are as many as 20,000 soldiers of the Ming Dynasty he has seen. This does not include those he has not seen.
, and it is precisely because of this that Hu Limu is so curious.
Who is it that actually did not go to Qinwang when the capital of the Ming Dynasty was attacked? Instead, he came to attack Taiyuan City. Could it be that this general did not know that no matter how important Taiyuan City was, it could not compete with Beijing City?
There was a hint of reverence in Sun Qiu's eyes, and he cupped his hands toward the south and said, "This time the general manager is personally in charge. If you invade the Central Plains, don't leave!"
Hulimu's expression changed after hearing this. He could be considered a high-ranking Tatar, and naturally knew much more about the Central Plains dynasty than the average Tatar, so the other Tatars looked puzzled.
, and Hu Limu knew Chu Yi’s identity and Chu Yi’s status in the Ming Dynasty.
