The Tang Army attacking the right flank of the Ming army only had the first battalion of the Liuzhou Independent Regiment and a garrison regiment, and from the perspective of the strength of this force, it was far inferior to the Fifth Infantry Regiment in the position of the Chinese Army and the Sixth Infantry Regiment on the left flank.

What's more, there were a lot of Ming troops on the right flank, but when the heavy infantry in the first battalion of the Liuzhou Independent Regiment entered the phalanx of the Ming army, the right flank of the Ming army was quickly shaken.

However, when Chen Keqiao took a telescope and carefully looked at the battle line on the right flank, he showed such an expression, and he said how the first battalion and the garrison regiment of the weakest Liuzhou Independent Regiment took the lead in defeating the enemy's battle line.

It turned out that the first battalion of the Liuzhou Independent Regiment had already entered the array of the Ming army, and tore apart the frontal defense line of the Ming army, and broke into the Ming army to kill and kill, and the vast majority of the Ming army in front of them were light infantry, unarmed, and the long knives in their hands were even inferior iron knives, and they could not resist the slaughter of the heavy infantry in this kind of melee.

Although the strength of the right flank of the Ming army was not the main force of the Fourth Army, the heavy infantry of the first battalion of the Liuzhou Independent Regiment actually shocked the Ming army on the opposite side far more than the musketeers of the regular army!

When these soldiers of the first battalion wore heavy armor, or even double heavy armor, and carried heavy shields and all-steel waist knives and spears, it was simply a matter of killing gods and Buddhas, and their killing efficiency was actually much faster than the musketeers' slow salvo with muskets.

What made these Ming troops even more desperate was that they couldn't inflict much damage on these heavy infantry at all!

In the era of cold weapons, it is actually very difficult to fight against a heavy armor infantry, otherwise, this kind of heavy armor infantry will not become the real core of a cold weapons army.

There are many ways to deal with hoplites, such as long-range weapons, such as bows and arrows, or pikemen in formation.

It would be great to have a light cavalry unit skilled in mounted archery to perform kite flying tactics.

However, in addition to cavalry, all other infantry tactics need a prerequisite for using them, that is, they need to maintain a tight array, and at the same time, they must not let the enemy's heavy infantry break into their own array, because then they will enter the melee.

In the melee, the heavy infantry is almost difficult to find opponents, and the only ones who can effectively fight the heavy infantry in the melee are the infantry who are also wearing heavy armor.

When the heavy infantry in the first battalion of the Liuzhou Independent Regiment relied on the heavy armored spearmen in the front row to tear out a gap in the Ming army's front, the elite heavy armor sword and shield soldiers in the rear quickly followed, and the heavy armored spearmen also threw down the spear in their hands, and then drew their waist knives, and instantly turned into heavy armor sword and shield soldiers and the soldiers of the Ming army engaged in a melee.

Even the archers who provided cover in the rear threw down their bows and arrows at this time, drew their swords and stepped forward to support the battle!

When these soldiers of the first battalion of the Liuzhou Independent Regiment entered the Ming army array, it was almost impossible for the Ming army array in front of them not to collapse, which did not mean that the army was too weak, but because they really couldn't fight these hundreds of heavily armored soldiers in the melee.

Seeing that the soldiers of the first battalion of the Liuzhou Independent Regiment had already been killed, the soldiers of the follow-up garrison regiment also stepped forward quickly under the urging of the superintendent team to expand the results of the battle.

In just a few minutes, these Ming troops thought that they could not maintain the battle line due to heavy casualties, and in this case there would inevitably be deserters, and if there was one deserter, there would be a second, and then the whole line would collapse with points and areas.

Now, what Chen Keqiao sees is the scene of the collapse of the right wing of the Ming army!

When the right wing of the Ming army collapsed, he knew that the battle was a sure victory, and when the first battalion of the Liuzhou Independent Regiment and more than 2,000 soldiers of the garrison army killed the Chinese army from the right wing of the Ming army, the Chinese army of the Ming army would definitely be finished.

The Chinese army is finished, which basically means that the Ming army has been defeated on all fronts.

This situation was not only seen by Chen Keqiao alone, but also by many Ming generals on the opposite side, and their reactions were faster than Chen Keqiao expected.

They began to retreat, or rather flee!

The right wing has collapsed, and if you don't run at this time, it will be difficult to stay and be killed by the thief army!

Seeing that there was a small-scale rout on the central army and the left flank of the Ming army, Chen Keqiao immediately said: "Order the second cavalry battalion to pursue the enemy's scattered enemy!" ”

This one has been won!

Although there will be battles in the future, they are all final battles, and it is unlikely that the Ming army, which has begun to collapse, will be able to save the situation.

And the facts also proved Chen Keqiao's conjecture, immediately after the right flank, the Ming army's central army and left flank also suffered a large-scale collapse, at this time, the officers on the front line also invariably issued the order to charge the whole army.

The musketeers fired a final volley, and then rushed forward with their muskets, already bayonet-loaded.

As for the artillerymen who had previously killed and wounded many enemy shotguns by firing shells in succession, they could only watch the show in the rear, and although the artillery they were equipped with was not heavy, it was impossible to say that they charged with the infantry.

In fact, the infantry's charge only killed and wounded a lot of enemy troops at the beginning, and when the Ming army collapsed on the whole line and fled one by one, in fact, it was difficult for the infantry charging or pursuing in the rear to cause any damage to the Ming army.

At this time, the real protagonist has become the 2nd Cavalry Battalion, which has been doing nothing until now.

Looking down from the sky, you can see Lu Yu taking the lead, holding a saber and leading nearly 200 cavalry under his command to kill from west to north like a sharp arrow.

Their speed was much faster than that of the infantrymen, so they were able to catch up with these fleeing Ming cavalry very quickly, and then the cavalrymen's sabers kept slashing, and one after another the Ming soldiers were stabbed in the back and fell!

At the same time, a large number of Tang soldiers shouted in front of the battle: "Disarm and don't kill!" and other slogans.

This led to many Ming soldiers beginning to surrender on the spot, especially those Ming soldiers who fell behind and were about to be caught up by the Tang cavalry.

Lu Yuzhi's cavalry generally did not kill these Ming troops who threw down their weapons, but they would not stop to accept prisoners, they often simply skipped and continued to chase forward.

The capture of these Ming troops was the matter of the infantry who caught up behind.

The current second cavalry battalion is to continue to pursue at this unhurried speed, not too fast, it will inevitably fall into the encirclement of a large number of Ming troops, although the Ming army has begun to collapse and escape, but there are still seven or eight thousand people running wildly, these two hundred cavalry rushed in like a water droplet meeting a sponge, and it will disappear without a trace in an instant.

They only used a slightly faster speed than the infantry to escape, and the target was always the rout of the Ming army that fell behind!

This kind of pursuit tactic made many Ming infantry eager to have two more legs, so that they could run faster than their comrades.

In this kind of escape, you don't have to run the fastest, as long as you run faster than your comrades, because the cavalry of the pseudo-Tang thief army will always chase and kill the Ming army that falls behind, and the Ming soldiers who run to the front are temporarily irrelevant.

This kind of scene is actually like a wolf driving a flock of sheep to escape, each time it pounces on and bites the one that falls behind, and then continues to pursue.

The only idea of the Ming army in front of them is to run, keep running, as for the cavalry that stays and turns around to fight against the puppet Tang thief army, it is naturally a great thing, maybe they can stop or even annihilate this bold puppet Tang thief army, this is a great achievement.

And such a great credit, they won't take it, they have to give it to their comrades-in-arms!

To be a man, you have to be humble, let others do meritorious deeds, and you are only responsible for escaping.

It's a pity that there are not one or two people who think this way, but the vast majority!

So the result is obvious, there are not many people who stop to organize resistance, and occasionally a very small number of people want to fight, but they will also be mercilessly killed by the sabers of the 2nd Cavalry Battalion.

The cavalry continued to chase unhurriedly, but Chen Keqiao, who was behind, had already ordered the infantry to stop the pace of pursuit, not to mention that the pursuit would not yield too many results, and it would also make the troops scattered.

He knew that there was still a 15,000-strong Ming army coming from the west, and he needed to gather his troops now, so that he would have enough options whether he retreated or fought.

Therefore, except for a small number of troops that continued to come forward to collect the prisoners, the rest of the infantry units began to return to the cage, and then began to rest on the spot.

Of course, the necessary battlefield cleaning is also needed, but this will not involve too many personnel, anyway, the Tang Dynasty does not need to cut off the enemy's head to remember the merits, and there is no time to bury the corpse, so it is just a simple treatment of the wounded and the collection of the weapons left by the Ming army and their own side.

Especially the armor left in front of the Ming army.

When the troops continued to rest, the reconnaissance cavalry troops also continued to send intelligence from the west, and at this time, the Ming army was only more than ten miles away.

If the Ming army continues to come at this speed, and their own side does not leave, then it will not take a few hours to engage the battle, and if either of these two sides maneuveres, then it will not be able to fight.

An hour later, Chen Keqiao received a report from the reconnaissance cavalry, saying that the Ming army's advance had slowed down!

"It seems that they should have learned the news of the defeat of the defenders of Jingzhou!" Chen Keqiao said: "Send people to the Second Cavalry Battalion, let them stop chasing, come back now, there is still a big battle waiting for us!" ”

Although the speed of the Ming army slowed down, they continued to advance, since they still had to fight, then Chen Keqiao was naturally accompanied!

Frontal combat in the field, who is afraid of whom!