But among them, Wu Zheng can be regarded as taking advantage.

That is, being prepared versus being unprepared.

Hong Chengchou did not personally lead the army in pursuit, and if he came, he would definitely not be so bold.

Just defeated in the hands of Wu Zheng, Hong Chengchou will definitely not take the pursuit lightly, even if he knows that Wu Zheng's troops are insufficient, he will be careful.

But now, the pursuing Qing army has just defeated Wu Shengzhao's troops, and the morale is high, the cavalry is leading, the infantry is following, and even the scouts are not coming forward, so they are chasing in the direction of Wuxi in a daze.

As a result, the two sides met at the bend of Takahashi Official Road, and a bloody battle broke out.

It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a bloody battle.

As mentioned earlier, there is a turning point in the official road here, with a mountain on one side and a water on the other, and there is a low cliff near the water, and there is a river below.

It's not high, because the distance between the top and bottom is about two feet, but this height is enough to kill a person.

Both sides were met with cavalry, and they were also caught off guard.

Moreover, the speed of the cavalry on both sides was very fast, which made it impossible to react after the encounter, and the battle broke out.

But the Ming cavalry was more psychologically prepared than the Tartars.

Because the Ming army had already encountered Wu Shengzhao's rout, and now it was going to counterattack the pursuers, and they were prepared to suddenly encounter the Tartars, who were just bent on pursuing the remnants of Wu Shengzhao.

Therefore, although both sides were caught off guard, the degree was high and low.

This was difficult to detect at the beginning of the battle, and the cavalry of both sides slammed into each other like two rushing carriages, and then the cavalry of both sides continued to collide.

Countless cavalry and war horses were knocked down and squeezed off the cliff, and when they were dying, the terrible cries were unbearable to hear.

This lasted for about a pillar of incense, and at least one or two thousand people were knocked off the cliff like dumplings.

There was a difference, and the number of Ming cavalry falling off the cliff was significantly smaller than that of the Tartars.

Why? Because the Ming army was prepared to meet the enemy, plus it was to meet the enemy, not to pursue, and the speed was not very fast.

Once the enemy is in front, it is more timely to slow down than the Tartar. The second is thanks to the terrain, this turn of the official road, from the direction of the Ming army, the Ming army is a right turn, is to rub the hillside, most of the cavalry is squeezed to the inside, that is, according to the side of the hillside, but the Tartars are turned left, they were hit by the Ming cavalry on the side of the mountain when turning, and naturally fell off the cliff.

As a result, most of the blocked Ming cavalry rushed up the hillside, while the Tartar blocked cavalry fell headlong off the cliff.

There is also a very important consequence of this terrain advantage.

That is, the Tartar cavalry is good at riding and shooting, and this fake cavalry under Wu Zheng is not good at riding and shooting at all, and many soldiers have not even tried to ride and shoot.

This turning angle made it impossible for the Tartar cavalry to carry out cavalry shooting, allowing the Ming cavalry to take the biggest advantage.

And the most common means of fighting in this battle is not slashing and slashing, let alone archery, but colliding with each other.

And the impact, the Ming army has an innate advantage, and if it can't hit it, it is nothing more than taking advantage of the situation to go uphill.

After going uphill, he condescended and rushed down, which made the Tartar fall down the cliff.

The battle continued for about a quarter of an hour, until the rear Tartars held their ground.

But by this time, more than half of the five thousand Tartar cavalry had been lost.

The Ming army suffered less than half of the losses, and in this local battlefield, the superiority in strength was reversed in an instant.

The Ming army had more than 3,000 pairs of Tartars and more than 2,000.

Wu Zheng did not hesitate at all and ordered to charge.

And so, the real bloody battle began.

The Ming army, with superior forces, launched a surprise attack on the Tartar cavalry.

But at this time, the individual combat effectiveness of the soldiers on both sides was reflected in a concentrated manner.

It is often two people in the Ming army, or even three people who can exchange Tartar for one.

If it weren't for the Tartars who forcibly stopped their advance in order not to fall off the cliff, the Ming army had the advantage of speed when the two sides were in contact, and the Ming cavalry was even likely to be wiped out in a battle.

This fight lasted for half an hour, and the Ming army suffered nearly 1,000 casualties, while the casualties of the Tartars were only half of those of the Ming army.

The merits of the battlefield rear personnel were once again reversed.

At this time, the forces of the two sides were already very close, and the Ming army had a slight advantage.

The high-intensity fighting caused the physical strength of the soldiers on both sides to be rapidly depleted.

And at this time, the backward Tartar infantry appeared in the distance.

The Tartar cavalry soldiers were greatly boosted, and the morale of the Ming army quickly ebbed.

The collapse was instantaneous.

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As the old saying goes, no matter how heinous the person is, there is something to be gained from it once in a while.

Many gangsters who are full of evil are often filial sons or righteous people.

To put it bluntly, it is nothing more than that human nature needs a little comfort, just like going to the church to confess, there is nothing surprising about it.

Wu Shengzhao is such a person.

When retreating to Wuxi, he was indeed hesitant.

He thought in his heart that he would offend Wu Zheng this time.

In his opinion, Wu Zheng did come to save him, but he escaped alone.

This is really unjust.

If Wu Zheng dies in this battle, then it will be fine, but if he wins, then he will definitely not have a good life.

Of his 8,000 troops, there are only more than 3,000 people left, and half of them have been smashed in, so if he leaves at this time, won't he be blind to more than 4,000 lives?

This is like investing, if you lose so much money, you can only continue to invest money in it, hoping to turn the tables in the next moment.

If the stop is stopped at this time, first, Wu Shengzhao does not have the courage to survive with a broken arm, and second, he also understands that he does not have the ability to gather a large army again.

His armies were all derived from attachment to a power, not from his own recruitment.

Therefore, it is hard to imagine that after being hated by Shaoxing Mansion, he can still get reinforcements?

It is also hard to imagine that the Qing court will be able to accept his surrender after this.

After thinking about it again and again, Wu Shengzhao finally shouted: "Life and death have a fate, wealth is in the sky, people die and birds are facing the sky, and they will not die for thousands of years...... Come back with me! ”

……。

Wu Zheng did not regret that he fought back against the Tartar pursuers alone.

From the moment I left Wuxi, I had a premonition of failure in my heart.

But Wu Zheng still stubbornly gave the order.

Wu Zheng is not an impassioned person, on the contrary, he has some petty people's thoughts.

This may be due to the heavy influence of that Wu Cheng in later generations, which has subsided the influence of the young Wu Zheng in this life.

But there is one thing, whether Wu Zheng or Wu Cheng is the same, they all have the courage not to be afraid of death.

Those who dare to commit suicide never lack courage.

I'm not afraid of death, but what are you afraid of?

Wu Zheng dared to die, especially when faced with a choice.

After fighting this chasing army, even if they were only half crippled, the Qing army would not be able to mobilize a new army to the south for at least two or three months.

If you can let your relatives live well, if you can change the world because of your death, Wu Zheng will never be stingy to die.