On the battlefield, without the order of the commander-in-chief, few soldiers dared to flee without permission.

The Hongtang soldiers were far more persevering and strong than the Qing soldiers in this regard, and the example set by the middle and low-level non-commissioned officers of Hongtang who charged ahead made the Hongtang army rarely worry about desertion. The perfect pension system has swept away the worries of the soldiers during the battle, and even if they are at a disadvantage and suffer heavy losses, they will not retreat half a step because of this.

However, in the Qing army, there were repeated defections due to fierce battles, and even if there were fierce and ruthless warlords in the back, they could not stop the sporadic trend of soldiers fleeing, and most of them were Han Chinese and Korean soldiers.

In this era, if the battle loss rate of an army exceeds about one-third, there may already be signs of the rout of the whole army, and from the current war situation, the battle losses between the Qing Dynasty and the Hongtang army are gradually approaching this ratio, but on the one hand, it is a well-trained and extremely strong post-modern army to create a force, and on the other hand, it is a temporarily advantageous team, and the soldiers between the two sides, unless Hongtang is completely defeated, or the victory of the heavenly scale towards the Hongtang army falls, there is a possibility of collapse.

The battle between the two sides continued to be stalemate, from dawn to dark, and from dark to dawn, except for the rest of the night when each other's teams made some adjustments and recuperation, most of the fighters on both sides were struggling on the front line.

"The cavalry is ready to attack!!"

Dorgon had been holding his composure, even though the defeat had been reported to him on Hathelm Mountain, and he didn't show any more emotion than scolding the bastard at the beginning.

In his opinion, although he didn't dare to say that he was sure of victory, he also had a chance of winning by seven or eight points, and until now he still had an elite cavalry of 5,000 in his hand that had not been dispatched, and he was sitting in the rear.

Now the resilience of the Hongtang army seems to be almost at the end of the day, and if this stalemate continues, maybe the Ming Dynasty army in Hat Helmet Mountain will come back and pull the situation back to the previous situation, so now Dolgon finally can't hold back and is ready to launch a general attack.

"Stomp Troll!!"

The heavy and dense female real white flag cavalry soldiers, driving the fine war horses under the seat, slowly and quickly accelerated, and then killed the flaws on the flank of the Hongtang army due to the lack of manpower.

Under his command, less than three hundred Hongtang soldiers had a faint fear on their faces, but they were more resolute in their expressions, fighting with the enemy in front of them, while changing their formations, trying to use their arms as a car, and blocking this Qing Iron Cavalry at the moment.

However, the difference in strength was in front of them, and more than 200 Hongtang soldiers, under the impact of 5,000 iron horses, were floating branches under the stormy waves, and they were suddenly slapped into the abyss by the waves, and there was no trace of this team again. After the Great Qing Iron Cavalry passed, what was left on the ground was already the flesh that had been trampled by the dense war horses.

"Army commander, the Qing army's reserve cavalry has launched a general attack!"

The movements of the cavalry in the hands of the Qing army Dolgon had been under the surveillance of the Hongtang scouts, and when they began to move, Wu Jie soon received a report of his team's attack.

"They're the ones who are waiting!!"

Wu Jie was not surprised, his main force as a bait insisted on fighting until now, although he suffered heavy losses, but the same Qing Dynasty army suffered a lot of losses at night. Now that the other party's 5,000 cavalry is dispatched, and the last thing that is left is the 5,000 infantry under the command of Prince Rui Dorgon, so it is time to dispatch his own ambush covert.

"Signal!!"

Wu Jie gave an order, and it didn't take long for a few arrows to fly from the Chinese army, turning into red clouds in the air more than ten zhang high.

A lot of movement alarmed the Dolgon who was fighting in the distance, making his heart a little nervous, and his keen sixth sense made his cold hair stand upside down, as if this enemy who was already on the verge of rout had some kind of backhand.

The 5,000 cavalry, a living force that had just joined the Qing Dynasty, was wantonly churning over the waves in the battlefield, and dealt a big blow to the Hongtang army, which was already at a disadvantage, and it was about to be unable to hold on and crumbling.

However, even with such heavy losses, Bing and was ruthlessly slaughtered by the Great Qing Iron Cavalry, the soldiers of Hongtang still persevered and used every bit of strength in their bodies. They seized the slightest opportunity, either jumping up to save a Jurchen knight, or simply risking being trampled by the horse's hooves, wielding their long knives and slashing at the fragile legs of the horse, hoping to pull a Jurchen knight off his horse and give his colleagues a slim hope of victory.

When more than half an hour passed, when a huge army appeared from the left flank of Hongtang and the Qing army, the scale of victory was reversed again, but it fell in the direction favorable to Hongtang's army.

Zhu Dazhuang's soldiers, who had already arrived around Phoenix City but had been hiding on the side, rushed out from their hiding place the moment the signal flare sounded, and quickly rushed towards the direction of the main battlefield.

Another sudden Hongtang army finally made Dolgon's calm expression change a little, and he quickly dispatched his soldiers to deal with the sudden arrival of Hongtang army.

The Hongtang army in the decisive battle of the Chinese army resisted, because the impact of the Zhengbai Banner cavalry had weakened too much, which was good news for the Qing army, which also meant that they were able to mobilize a lot of soldiers to stop the newly arrived Han army.

In addition, the last main infantry force to protect Dolgon was filled, and in a short period of time, Dolgon was able to gather the Qing army that could block the reinforcements of the Ming army, and took advantage of the fact that the opponent was still in the middle of the charge to set up the battle formation.

Of course, this transfer is a good response to the current crisis, but it also delays a lot of time for the Qing army that has the upper hand on the main battlefield to encircle and suppress the Hongtang army, and even makes the defense work of the Chinese army command system such as Prince Dolgon, who is sitting in the rear, blank, and now there are only about 500 personal guards around Dolgon and others.

Although I don't know why the Ming Dynasty suddenly appeared with such a support army, but in Dorgon's mind, this may also be the last support force of this Ming army!

After all, the Liaoyang City and the Ningjin Line need to be garrisoned by the Ming Dynasty army, if they really have a surplus support team, then they would not have entered the pass so easily, at least this Ming army can have a head-to-head confrontation with their Qing Dynasty army.

(End of chapter)