Chapter 16: The Pursuit of the Harvest

Bai Wenxuan led two thousand elite horsemen out of the city to pursue, and the sound of killing shook the sky for a while.

The Qing army was already in a rout, and when they saw that the Ming army had pursuers, they were in chaos for a while.

Despite the efforts of officers and overseers at all levels to maintain military discipline, it was to no avail, and countless armors were discarded.

Among them, the fastest to disperse was the Green Battalion.

They were already used as cannon fodder, they were hit by countless cannons of the Ming army, and they had been blown up, and those who survived were naturally full of fear.

Wu Sangui's headquarters and the Eight Banners were relatively better, and they could still maintain a basic retreat formation.

The Qing army was a mixture of infantry and cavalry, while the Ming army's pursuers were all cavalry.

It didn't take long for the Qing army to be pulled apart under the pursuit of the Ming army, sparse and sparse like a ribbon.

Bai Wenxuan was overjoyed when he saw this.

Battle-hardened, he knew very well that now was the perfect time to harvest on the battlefield.

"Pass my general order, hunt down and kill the Eastern Captives! Take only your life, not your head! ”

This order has an important significance.

Since the Ming army counted military merits according to the head, Bai Wenxuan was worried that the soldiers were greedy for military merit and were busy cutting the head and delaying the pursuit of the enemy. Therefore, he will order the soldiers to kill the enemy first, and the head can be slowly cut after the battle. Can the dead come back to life?

The two thousand horsemen under his command are the elite of the Ming army, and they are completely able to order and prohibit.

The soldiers all breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, and vowed to wash away their previous humiliation with the life of the Tartar.

"Kill!"

The green battalion soldiers who did not have mounts were the first to catch up, and the Ming cavalry raised their steel swords high and slashed at the necks of the Qing soldiers.

But with a pop, a head rolled off his neck, blood splattering everywhere.

Seasoned veterans don't seek this kind of sensory stimulation, but choose the most effortless way.

They swung their swords and cut a bloody hole in the back of the Qing soldiers, and then they no longer cared about continuing to pursue the routs in front.

These bloodied Qing soldiers would not be able to run far at all, and they would fall to the ground and die of blood loss.

The superiority of the cavalry over the infantry was brought into full play at this moment.

The Qing soldiers who only cared about fleeing for their lives were completely moving targets, presenting their lives to the Ming cavalry, without the slightest resistance.

Sometimes it's so real on the battlefield, it's clear that there is still a glimmer of life to fight back, but there is no courage.

Or rather, these runaway routs are gambling that it is not themselves who will be overtaken, and that they will have companions to cushion them.

But in fact, not many routs can escape at all, and two legs can't outrun four legs after all.

The cavalry of the Ming army chased all the way and cut down countless routs.

Their bloodiness has been completely aroused, just slashing and killing these green battalion soldiers is not enough, and they are eyeing the Wu Sangui clan and the Eight Banners soldiers in front.

"The time has come to serve the court and your majesty, and the brothers will be killed with Ben!"

Bai Wenxuan roared angrily, and rushed forward with his legs in the belly of the horse.

Before they left the city, the Son of Heaven specially ordered someone to send nearly a hundred grenades, and Bai Wenxuan naturally accepted them with a thousand thanks.

He had seen the power of the grenade at the head of the city, and knew very well the power of the object in a dense crowd.

One hundred, eighty, fifty...

"Damn the Tartars, die!"

It can be said that he has a national hatred and family hatred for Bai Wenxuan of the Qing army, and his anger was completely ignited at this moment.

Bai Wenxuan gathered all his strength and threw a grenade forward.

But when I heard the bang, the grenade exploded in the army of Wu Sangui's descendants, and for a while, people turned on their backs, and the sound of wailing and crying was endless.

"Demon law, Ming Gou has cast a demon law again!"

The Qing soldiers, who were lucky enough not to die, shouted in panic.

Wu Sangui was also shocked when he saw this.

Not far from him, the flesh and blood of the bombed man and one horse flew sideways, and the severed limbs and stumps were scattered all over the ground, the scene was extremely terrifying!

He still remembered the tragic situation of Zhao Butai being blown up half to death by the cannon, and couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

There is no doubt that the Ming army is chasing in his direction, and this handsome flag has become his life-saving talisman!

Of course, Wu Sangui didn't want to die here in a daze, he soon had a plan in his heart!

"Throw away the banner!"

He ordered without hesitation.

The standard-bearer was stunned when he heard this, obviously not understanding Wu Sangui's intentions.

"Bastard, didn't you hear Ben's order?"

After that, Wu Sangui snatched the flag and threw it on the ground.

It is true that doing so will lead to chaos in the army, but what Wu Sangui wants is chaos.

In this case, the Ming army could not find the main and secondary and could only kill indiscriminately, everyone was a cavalry, and the Ming cavalry did not have a speed advantage.

In this case, his descendants can be preserved to the greatest extent.

It's a big deal to gather the rout when the time comes. This is not good on the face, but the actual benefits are the greatest.

Wu Sangui is a pragmatist, of course he will not care about the problem of face, otherwise he would not have taken the initiative to shave his hair and enter the Qing army.

Now he once again revealed his shameless nature, and took the initiative to throw away the handsome flag in order to protect himself!

I have to say that this trick really works. During the pursuit of the Ming army, he saw that the other party's handsome flag fell for a while, but he was stunned for a while.

What's going on? Could it be that the Wu thief was blown up and killed?

Without a clear goal, they can only chase and kill nearby, and cut down the nearest Qing soldier to the ground.

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The situation of the Eight Banners is not very good.

Because Zhao Butai was half killed by a bombardment, the Eight Banners were leaderless for a while.

Zhao Butai's personal guards tied him to his horse and ran away in a hurry, where could he still take care of the formation.

Zhao Butai, who was dying, knew very well that the Qing army was not only defeated in this battle, but also defeated in a mess.

After this battle, he really didn't know how to explain to the imperial court.

blames him for being too light on the enemy and not treating the Ming army as a human being.

If you are a little more careful, why this, why this!

He was already suffering from serious internal injuries, and his internal organs were about to be shattered along the way, and he kept coughing up blood.

He instinctively tried to struggle to get up, but his strength was insufficient in vain.

Just as he sighed, a grenade flew and exploded right next to him.

After a roar, Zhao Butai's body and the horse's body were blown into two pieces, emitting a strong scorching smell.

His guards were dumbfounded for a moment, and they turned their horses' heads for a moment to snatch Zhao Butai's body back.

The Qing court had a rule that if the body of the commander fell into the hands of the enemy, the soldiers of the guards would be executed.

So no matter what, they want to snatch Zhao Butai's body back! Otherwise none of them will survive!

The cavalry of the Ming army never thought that there would be Qing soldiers returning to meet the battle, but they were excited.

They chased all the way like slaughtering livestock, they didn't encounter any resistance at all, they didn't feel the pleasure at all, and now it was time to fight with real swords and guns.

"Kill the captives and repay the country!"

"For Da Ming!"

"For Your Majesty!"

"Death to the dogs!"

"Lao Tzu Day, your ancestors!"

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