Yes, even if it was attacked by the Houjin cavalry, as long as the cavalry of the Ming army bravely rushed forward, the Ming army would not necessarily lose.

However, often the most jerky thing is but.

"General, we have been tricked, shall we withdraw quickly?" A personal figure will come to Li Chengxian's side and whisper.

"What did you say?" Li Chengxian was furious, and the green tendons on his hand that clenched the handle of the knife suddenly burst out. If it weren't for the fact that this was a family general who had followed him for many years, he would have directly slashed him.

How can you withdraw at this time, as soon as the flag is withdrawn, the Ming army will definitely collapse instantly.

"General, look at how many cavalry it takes to be so powerful? How many people will be arranged in the city for so long? Why did the Tartar archers not shoot until now? This is clearly a ploy of the Tartars, and we have fallen for it. The general looked frightened, and said a few words quickly and urgently.

The general's continuous questioning hit Li Chengxian's heart heavily, "Yes, the timing of the Tartar cavalry rushing out is so accurate, it is obvious that I have been prepared for a long time, I really fell for it."

Houjin's defenders in Yaozhou are by no means more than one Niu Lu. If we rush up and entangle this group of cavalry, and another cavalry of the Tartars comes out, then we will be annihilated. ”

Seeing that Li Chengxian's face changed again and again, he stopped talking. The general directly stretched out his hand and pulled Li Chengxian's horse's head, turned around and retreated into the distance. As soon as Li Cheng left first, the surrounding family guards followed.

In the shock, Borjin was always observing the Quartet. When Boljin saw the movement of the Ming cavalry, a victorious smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"If you want to leave, it's not that easy." Boljin took out a Ming Di and shot it in the direction of Li Chengxian's retreat.

With the sound of arrows, the Houjin cavalry quickly divided into a squad of 5 or 60 people, all of them with one person and three horses, and pursued in the direction where Li Chengxian retreated.

Under the city of Yaozhou, as Li Chengxian retreated the banner, the Ming army completely collapsed. In the twilight sky, the outside of Yaozhou City suddenly turned into a killing hell.

At the breach, Liu Boqiao picked up a musket from the pile of dead people. He was lucky that the arquebus on the gun had not been extinguished.

Liu Boqiao imitated the posture of the gunners of the Ming army, pointed the muzzle of the gun into Mi Yuli, and pulled the trigger fiercely.

It was this man who led people to kill his whole family. This person's voice, Liu Boqiao will not forget it.

A huge force came from his hand, and Liu Boqiao's musket was shaken to the ground. But he was pleased to find that the Tartar, who was less than 3 steps away from him, was also knocked to the ground by him.

Before the smile on the corner of Liu Boqiao's mouth fully bloomed, the two closest family members of Liu Boqiao threw him to the ground. With the sound of arrows entering the flesh, warm blood flowed out of Liu Boqiao's body, and quickly flowed all over Liu Boqiao's chest.

The man who was hit by the arrow shouted with his last breath: "Go, ...... quickly" and the person was silent again.

The grieving and indignant Liu Boqiao didn't know why, so he was dragged down by other family members and staggered to the dark field.

Seeing the killing hell around him, Liu Boqi realized that the Ming army had been defeated again.

In the face of Yaozhou, which had only 3 or 400 defenders, the Ming army was defeated again!!

Liu Boqiao wanted to cry without tears.

Li Chengxian fled in disarray.

Li Chengxian didn't expect that the Houjin cavalry would ignore the scattered Ming troops under the city. It will bite them tightly.

Although Li Chengxian still had nearly 200 cavalry behind him, he had already run scattered in the retreat. Obviously, they all heard that there was no advantage in the number of pursuers, but the team that lost its spirit no longer had the courage to turn back and fight.

The small force of Houjin cavalry that pursued the Ming army did not dare to chase too closely. After all, their numbers were too small, and they relied on the aftermath of the great victory to scare the Ming army and did not dare to turn back.

If they really catch up with the Ming army, under the death fight, the Houjin cavalry may not be able to retreat with their whole body. The Houjin cavalry was very self-aware, they just followed the prey like wolves, and let out a few roars from time to time, forcing the prey not to stay.

While chasing and escaping, Liu He was already in sight.

"Array."

Lu Zhijia on the bank of the Willow River shouted loudly.

Seeing the dust rolling up in the distance and hearing the sound of hurried hooves, Lu Zhijia felt ominous in his heart.

With such a large sound of hooves, this could not be a messenger ride. And the sound of hooves is so chaotic that it doesn't look like a rushing enemy, but more like a routed horse.

"Is Li Chengxian defeated?" Lu Zhijia muttered in disbelief.

On the banks of the Liuhe River, the condition of the Ming army was also very bad.

The weight of the reed bridge was limited, and in order to rush for time, a large number of baggage was transported from the opposite bank overnight. The riverbank is now littered with all kinds of baggage, and the Ming troops who stayed behind are exhausted after a night of hard work.

The most troublesome thing is that the bank of the river is too muddy to build a village.

After thinking about it for a while, Lu Zhijia had no choice but to use the baggage as a wall and line up with his back to the water.

There was no time left for him to hesitate.

From a distance, seeing the Ming army barely lined up, Li Chengxian finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Lu Zhijia is already prepared, which is really good.

Since Yaozhou fled all the way, he ran back more than ten miles in one go, and the war horses were already sweating profusely, and even dozens of people in the family were left behind due to lack of horsepower.

It is better than anything else to be able to take a safe rest and take a breath here in Lu Zhijia first. After that, whether it is fighting or retreating, just listen to Lu Zhijia. Li Chengxian has completely lost the direction of the battle.

Seeing the Ming army already lined up on the riverside, the Houjin cavalry slowly slowed down, and it was not a good idea to rashly attack the prepared formation.

It was already dawn.

Looking at Li Chengxian, who jumped off the horse, his armor was crooked, and he was embarrassed, Lu Zhijia frowned.

"Brother Lu, we've been tricked."

Without waiting for Lu Zhijia to ask, Li Chengxian shouted loudly with a frightened face.

With a "bang", before Li Chengxian's words fell, he was kicked to the ground by Lu Zhijia.

"Idiot," Lu Zhijia grabbed Li Chengxian's armor belt and scolded in a low voice. As he spoke, Lu Zhijia threw him out again.

Rolling on the ground a few times, Li Chengxian's face changed several colors in a row, and then he came to his senses.

Li Chengxian, who barely regained his composure, struggled to get up from the ground. He didn't care about the mud on his body, so he came to Lu Zhijia's side and told him what happened under Yaozhou City.

"Brother Lu, what Liu Boqi said may be true, and the fourth prince of Tartar may really be in Yaozhou. Let's hurry back! ”

"Retreat? How to return? Lu Zhijia showed a sneering look, and he pointed to the reed bridge behind him, "Just rely on this small bridge, and if you retreat, the whole army will collapse." ”

"So, how is that good?" The person who said this was a pale-faced civil official, Qian Yingke, the accompanying supervisor of the Ming army. He had just come from the other side with his baggage, and when he heard such terrible news, he was immediately shocked.

Lu Zhijia glanced at Qian Yingke contemptuously, turned his head and said to Li Chengxian: "Hurry up and gather the team and try to recover your physical strength and horsepower." We're going to have to fight here. The handsome man is coming, and if we can hold on until the handsome comes, we can have a way to live. ”