It was precisely because of this sand shield that the Zheng family's soldiers had become their nightmare when they advanced to within thirty steps.

Under the cover of their shields, the soldiers of the Fubo Division busily alternated arrays, shooting death bullets in front of them.

Even before the Fubo division threw grenades on a large scale, the Zheng family, who could only be beaten passively, couldn't help it.

In just a short period of time within the range of thirty paces, more than 3,000 people of the Zheng family had fallen to the ground, and with the previous losses, the entire army had already lost more than half.

On the other hand, the Fubo Division, because of the shield covering, only a few hundred people were injured or killed.

The soldiers of the Zheng family, who were originally quite determined, finally couldn't bear it under such a large casualty ratio, and began to break up towards the rear.

As a result, the number of Zheng soldiers who were killed or knocked down because of the rout rose sharply again.

The rapid rout on the left flank battlefield caught the Zheng family a little unexpected, and seeing that the Liu family's army once again turned to support the Chinese army, Zheng Jie had to draw a team of 12,000 people from the Chinese army again to fight against the Liu family.

As a result, the pressure on the shoulders of the Ruan family's army, which was already somewhat unsupportable, suddenly decreased, and the crowd even began to cheer.

In the rear of the Zheng family's army, under the escort of two thousand imperial forest troops, Zheng Jie, who was dressed in a red and gold-inlaid first-grade county royal suit, frowned, and a trace of sadness flashed on his rich round face.

His advisor Li Wenxiao persuaded hard, "Great King, the situation is a little bad, the combat strength of the Ruan Clan's allies is really outstanding, and the Great King should think of retreating as soon as possible." ”

"Retreat, where to retreat, and then retreat, these thousands of miles of rivers and mountains will have to be handed over", Zheng Jie roared at Li Wenxiao.

Li Wenxiao was not intimidated by Zheng Jie's reaction, but persuaded more sincerely.

"King, Ha Jing is lost and Nghe An, Nghe An is lost and Thanh Hoa is lost, but if all the army is lost here, then the country will really die at the hands of the king."

Zheng Jie was shocked and shocked, and suddenly looked up at Li Wenxiao, "If it weren't for Mr., the widow would be in danger of losing the world." ”

"Come on, Mingjin collects the troops."

"The king is slow", Li Wenxiao waved his hand again to stop the main road, "The current battle situation is scorching, and it is only afraid of causing a rout to withdraw the troops, so it is better to let the Imperial Forest Army step forward to suppress the formation, and it is only right to retreat slowly." ”

"Hahaha, Mr. Li is really a national soldier, and the Royal Forest Army listens to ...... order"

In order to avoid crippling the Zheng family, after coming from the left flank to support, in the face of more than 10,000 soldiers and horses transferred by the Zheng family's army, Liu Ximing did not directly order an attack.

When the two armies were about 100 paces away, the Fubo division fired a salvo, directly knocking down the momentum of the Zheng family's reinforcements.

However, seeing that the enemy army retreated slightly, Liu Ximing's military order came and turned out to be on standby, and the two sides confronted each other with wide eyes and eyes less than two hundred paces apart.

Therefore, when the military order for Zheng Jie's retreat came, the Zheng family army on the left flank was the most calm, and more than 10,000 people withdrew from the battlefield smoothly.

On the side of the Chinese army, the Zheng family already had the upper hand, and Zheng Jie's Imperial Forest Army pressed the formation, although the Ruan family desperately resisted, the remaining more than 20,000 people also withdrew.

The Zheng monarch finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

After this battle, the Zheng family's 50,000-strong army lost more than 15,000 people, and only 35,000 people were left to retreat back again.

The Ruan family also lost 5,000 troops because of the Zheng family's onslaught, and they were unable to attack again at this time.

Only Liu Ximing not only successfully defeated the left-wing army, but also captured more than 3,000 defeated and wounded soldiers, and only a few hundred casualties himself.

The Liu family has a well-established military medical system, and not too many of these casualties were actually killed in battle.

Ten miles outside the city of Nghe An, inside the Zheng camp, the atmosphere was bleak.

The barracks were filled with the screams and wails of wounded soldiers, who were more difficult to treat because of the frequent use of firearms.

The cries of the wounded, coupled with the loss of more than 10,000 people today, all the soldiers of the Zheng family quietly wiped their tears and felt worried.

In Zheng Jie's luxurious and rich embroidered gold thread tent, a group of Zheng monarchs and ministers were also all depressed.

Zheng Jie's heart was surprised and happy, surprised that Liu Ruan's coalition army was so strong, and he couldn't win with all the outnumbered.

He was glad that he listened to Li Wenxiao's advice and withdrew the soldiers and horses in time, but he did not lose all the soldiers and horses on the battlefield.

The atmosphere in the big tent was too decadent, and Li Wenxiao finally couldn't see it anymore, and came out to salute:

"King, colleagues, although our army was defeated today, from Li's point of view, this is not a catastrophe, don't worry."

All the civil and military officers in the big tent looked over, and their eyes were full of hope.

Zheng Jie even put down the wine pot that he borrowed to pour his sorrows, staggered down the throne in two steps, and grabbed Li Wenxiao with a bitter face.

"Aiqing has any good plans, please tell me quickly."

Li Wenxiao hurriedly held Zheng Jie, "Your Majesty, the minister is looking at the battle formation today, the Ruan clan's military strength is no different from usual, there is no need to be too entangled, the real joint is only in the headquarters of General Liu from the Ming Kingdom." ”

"From the minister's point of view, this General Liu may not necessarily be of the same mind as the Ruan family, which is the reason why what the minister said is not a catastrophe."

Zheng Jie's face tightened his hands holding Li Wenxiao with a look of surprise, "Why did Aiqing say that?" ”

Li Wenxiao smiled confidently: "After the right wing collapsed today, the king sent reinforcements from the middle to support the right wing, but at this time, General Liu's subordinates only confronted our army and refused to go further. ”

"As far as the minister can see, this General Liu is just the silver money of the Tu Ruan family, and his Ruan family can afford to pay for it, and my dynasty is in the north, so he can naturally open higher than his family."

"The Liu family camped alone outside the city, and the minister proposed to send an envoy overnight to visit the general of the Ming Kingdom and discuss the plan to destroy Ruan."

"Okay, hahaha, Li Qing is really the pillar of the country, and the widow will arrange it."

Unlike the Zheng and Nguyen families, Liu Ximing did not have the same mess as them in the camp he had set up separately outside Nghe An.

The hundreds of wounded soldiers of the Fubo Division were all well treated, and even the 3,000 soldiers captured by the Zheng family were also treated to a certain extent.

Liu Ximing was counting on these people to sell for money, so he did not treat them harshly, not only letting their officers continue to lead, but also providing food that could barely feed their stomachs.

Listening to the Ming accent in Fuboshi's mouth, coupled with Liu Ximing's promise to let the Zheng family redeem them all, the Zheng army's prisoners were more relaxed, so the defense work in the camp was also a little easier.

After Liu Ximingcai and General You Degao had a post-war summary meeting, they heard a report that an envoy from the Zheng family had come.

He, You Degao, Zhao Jingyong, Liu Dehui and several others looked at each other and smiled, and hurriedly signaled to bring this person into the account.

The Zheng family sent Zheng Jie's strategist Li Wenxiao, who had a square face in this life, at first glance was Han blood, and he was also polite, so that Liu Ximing felt a little good.

"What is Mr. Li doing here?"

Although he was a little unaccustomed to Liu Ximing's straightforwardness, Li Wenxiao still bowed down respectfully.

"The minister of a small country, on the order of my lord, came to negotiate peace with the general, my lord already knows that your army is just a division hired by the Ruan thief, my lord wants to know, if you want to ask the general to fight back, I don't know how much it will cost?"

"Hahaha, that's a refreshing question."

Liu Ximing laughed and said: "But what you said is wrong, I am very Mingdeze, and I pay the most attention to faithfulness, since I have allied with the Ruan family, then I will not go to war with his family for money, so it is not morally consistent, you can think of a proposal again." ”

Liu Ximing's words made Li Wenxiao not worried but happy, and he hurriedly asked: "General Gaoyi, since this is the case, can you ask the general to withdraw from the army?" In addition, it seems that there are still many prisoners in our army in the general's camp, I wonder if they can be released to our army? ”

"Hehe, this is to the point", Liu Ximing gritted his teeth, "Let's put it this way, if you want me to retire, it's okay, it depends on what price your family can afford." ”

"In addition, I keep these captives for nothing, if your family can afford it, I will return it to you, I will make it clear to you, opposite the Lanjiang River, the Ruan family also helped me take care of 8,000 captives."

Li Wenxiao was suddenly overjoyed, before the Zheng family and the opposition all thought that the defenders on the other side of the Lingjiang River had been wiped out, but they didn't expect that there were still people alive.

If all these people can be redeemed and bought, although the Zheng family's vitality has been greatly damaged, they can still stabilize the situation.

"General, my family is willing to pay 300,000 taels of silver to ask the general to withdraw from the army, and pay another 20,000 taels to redeem all the captured soldiers."