More Ming soldiers rushed to the front of the Hongtang soldiers, and the entire Hongtang position became shaky.

Yu Yi's companions fell down one after another, and all he could do was to desperately fight with the Ming soldiers who seemed to be appearing in front of him, all he could do was shout loudly, "Hold on!" Hang on! There is no other way for the rest.

In just twenty minutes, it should have passed quickly, but at this moment, for Yu Yi and the other Hongtang soldiers, it was so long.

When the second batch of Hongtang's new forces joined the battlefield, Yu Yi and his original first batch of two or three thousand soldiers who landed on the shore were only less than five hundred in the end.

The second group of Hongtang soldiers who supported them finally rushed to the battlefield before Yu Yi and them were completely defeated or even strangled and helped Yu Yi to repel the Ming soldiers who were encircling them.

At this time, the Ming army attacked the team, which gave Yu Yi and them a chance to breathe, and let Yu Yi and them rest for twenty minutes.

Next, the Ming army was not discouraged and launched another offensive, attacking the second group of landing soldiers of the Hongtang army.

"It can't go on like this!"

Yu Yi, as a non-commissioned officer who had been in contact with the battle from the beginning, made him feel that something was always wrong in this more than an hour of fighting.

"I always feel that the other party is deliberately releasing water!"

This is what Yu Yi personally felt, their first soldiers to land, were at an absolute disadvantage from the beginning of the battle; In the process of fighting with the Ming army, Yu Yi roughly estimated the number of their opponents, at least more than 20,000, and it would not be so difficult to deal with their thousands of men.

"What do you mean?"

The new landing to meet Yu Yi was Jiang Zhengguo, the commander of their regiment, at this time, although he was distressed by the loss of his two battalions of soldiers, but when he heard Yu Yi's adjutant's reminder, he was also very vigilant.

"I suspect that they left us behind and didn't kill us directly, in order to surround the point and send reinforcements, so that our men could add fuel to the army and send them to death!"

The more Yu Yi thought about it, the more he felt that his thoughts were right, and continued to express his feelings: "Otherwise, with the difference in strength between the enemy and us, our vanguard landing force should have been almost defeated half an hour ago!" ”

"Then the situation that seems to be standing on our feet for the time being is also intentional on the part of the other party?"

When Jiang Zhengguo heard this, he asked with a solemn expression.

"That's how it should be!"

Yu Yi replied categorically.

Since the regimental crew was not a combat unit, they could not cross the river with Jiang Zhengguo and them, so at this time, Jiang Zhengguo and Yu Yi could only rely on their own judgment.

"Lao Yu, you say, how should we deal with it?"

Jiang Zhengguo frowned, his mind was in vain, and at the same time, he did not forget to discuss it with Yu Yi.

"I don't have a very good way, unless we give up this landing operation, or the rear troops can invest more than 5,000 troops at a time!"

Although Yu Yi saw the conspiracy of the generals of the Ming Dynasty, it would be a little difficult for him to come up with specific countermeasures in such a short period of time.

On the opposite side of the Ming army's position, there were crowds of figures, and it seemed that another charge was coming, and at the same time, it was also forcing Jiang Zhengguo, the current supreme commander on the south bank of the Yellow River, to make a quick judgment.

"Retreat, retreat to the mud and shallows!"

Two hundred zhang ahead, the figures of the soldiers of the Ming army, in the drowsy night, can already see vague movements, I can't help but think about it more, Jiang Zhengguo suddenly made a decision.

As a middle-level military attaché, Jiang Zhengguo did not have the ability to violate the plan formulated by the upper echelons of Hongtang's army, so it was impossible for the soldiers who landed on their shore to retreat. However, as a front-line commander, Jiang Zhengguo had a certain degree of freedom to make orders that were beneficial to his own team without violating the grand plan.

Although Jiang Zhengguo actually knew that the order he issued at this time was somewhat different from the plan formulated by the military department, he was not worried at all that he would be punished by the military department afterwards.

Now it seems that instead of continuing to defend this plain without dangerous fortifications and confronting the Ming Dynasty army, which has an advantage in numbers and strength, it is better to turn back to the quagmire and shallow area and pull the opponent into the same unfavorable situation as their own.

At least then the enemy will need to exert more physical strength and difficulties if they want to get closer to their own team; Your own team, on the other hand, will be able to turn obstacles into advantages, and in this way, you can also take advantage of your own firearms.

Of course, in this late spring, soaking in the mire for a long time is a test for any army, but in this regard, Jiang Zhengguo and Yu Yi have strong confidence.

"Yes, that's it!"

Taking advantage of the fact that the soldiers of the Ming army had not yet rushed to the gap in front of their temporary position, the sudden sound of the retreat horn from Jiang Zhengguo's location surprised the Hongtang soldiers present, but they did not hesitate at all to carry out the instructions they had learned.

"Bastard!"

It was only a little bit before the Ming army could approach and entangle with the Hongtang army that they had deliberately put ashore, and deal a heavy blow to the other party, Ai Zhenxiong, the deputy general of the Ming army who led the charge, let out a shy shout, but was a little hesitant to continue the pursuit.

After being entangled for less than half a moment, seeing that the fat in his mouth was about to disappear into the night, Ai Zhenxiong couldn't help but give an order to continue the pursuit.

The Ming Dynasty Shandong garrison army, when the Hongtang naval fleet appeared at the mouth of the Yellow River, it had already raised twelve points of vigilance, these years Hongmen people have been planting spies in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty official mansion was not idle at night, and was also stepping up the layout of manpower.

In contrast, in terms of popular support, the Hongmen people are not at all the people of the Ming Dynasty government have an advantage, but the Ming Dynasty ruled China for more than 200 years, although the people rioted constantly, but there are still many people and scholars who are oriented to the Ming Dynasty and regard it as orthodox.

As an old spy organization, Jinyiwei finally gave full play to their advantages at this time, and the military headquarters of the Third Army of Hongtang thought that it was a hidden transfer of troops, but in fact, it had always been under the watchful eye of the Ming Dynasty army.

Even tonight, the landing site chosen by Hongtang's Third Army was discovered by the Jinyiwei spies, and it was teleported to the ears of the Shandong governor on the south bank of the Yellow River at a very fast speed.

In the end, the battle plan jointly formulated by Gong Jilan, the governor of Shandong, and several major generals under his command finally put the Hongtang army in a dilemma.

Now it seems that the plan of their Ming army, at least in the early stage, was successful, and the Hongtang army lost more than 3,000 troops at once, while their Ming army was killed and wounded no more than 2,000.