The fight was fierce, and as time went by, Hongtang Wu Chao's department really gained the upper hand on the battlefield for the first time.

Feng Laosi finally reunited with his previously lost comrades-in-arms, but at this time, they originally had more than 100 people in the company, and now less than 1/3 of them have survived. There was no time to be more emotional or sad, Feng Laosi and the others had just experienced a tragic battle, and after finally repelling the more than 1,000 Qing troops, after seeing the signal flare in the sky, they hurried up their pace to converge.

Continuing to squeeze the little strength and physical strength left in his body, Feng Laosi and the others broke through the encirclement of the Qing army under the mountain and joined Wu Chao's headquarters on the mountain. At the same time, in the sky on the top of the mountain, the signal flare that had just disappeared for a long time sounded again, as if Wu Chao was planning to reunite in this place and break his previous decision to disperse the battle.

There are already more than 5,000 Jurchens under the mountain, while the Hongtang headquarters has less than 3,000 people, but the difference in the number of people between the two sides is doubled, and the combat effectiveness and actual battle situation shown in the actual battle are that the Hongtang army, which has fewer people, occupies a greater advantage and initiative on the battlefield.

The impact of wave after wave made the Jurchen Mongolian warriors of the Great Qing Dynasty stunned and couldn't believe that this group of Han people in front of them, who were not burly, could have the same strength as if they were inexhaustible, and they were more war-resistant than them.

Seeing that there were more and more classmates around him, and the situation gradually became clearer, Wu Chao, who was fighting to the front line with a war knife in his hand, was nervous in his heart and waited for the heartstrings to finally fall a few points, as long as he defeated the enemy in front of him, and then they Hongtang's last and most arduous task was only the Jurchen army under the jurisdiction of Prince Shan, who was preparing the army more than ten miles away.

If the situation has been carried out according to the plan formulated by Wu Chao and them, it is really possible for them to have a change in this battle, but the world is unpredictable, the battle situation is changing rapidly, and things cannot always develop according to Wu Chao and their thoughts.

The Daishan army, which originally thought that the troops should be reorganized in more than ten miles, suddenly killed from Wu Chao's right flank, and more than 10,000 new troops joined, and suddenly surrounded Wu Chao's troops who were based on the hills.

This time, it was Wu Chao who changed their own formation to converge the army, giving up the concept of decentralized combat that they had adhered to before, and with the size of the army of only more than 4,000 people they had gathered now, it was even more difficult to break up the Qing formation like yesterday.

"Bastard !!"

Wu Chao's face sank suddenly, the scout who went to monitor the Daishan Department did not reply, and he was in a state of excitement in the midst of a fierce battle, and he did not check for a while to reveal such a fatal flaw, and when the other party surrounded him, it was all too late.

The battle situation once again developed in a direction that was not conducive to Hongtang's department, and Prince Daishan under the mountain finally showed a smile that was more ugly than crying at this time, at least he finally seized the opportunity to surround this Hongtang main force, as long as he worked hard to exterminate this Ming army, at least the danger of the Ming army on this road in Qingxi was solved.

Of course, the price paid by the Qing Dynasty this time is really heavy, at least 30,000 people and other losses, which can be described as a heavy blow to Prince Daishan, even if the Ming army on the hill is successfully wiped out next, but there are more Ming Dynasty troops on the side of Liaoyang, with the current strength, Prince Daishan no longer has the confidence to be able to exterminate it, or even expel it.

"Defend the place and build fortifications!!"

Seeing that nothing could be done, Wu Chao, who had become a turtle in the urn, made a quick decision, and changed from taking the initiative to attack to defending on the spot, and the few remaining sappers and soldiers in the team were behind the defense line built by the flesh and blood of Hongtang soldiers, and they raced against time to dig simple fortifications and cut down the few trees and shrubs on the mountain.

Another group of Hongtang soldiers with more than 400 people at the foot of the mountain came to join Wu Chao and them, and when they finally rushed through the layers of obstacles of the Qing army under the mountain to join Wu Chao and them, the remaining troops were less than 200 people.

"Report to the division commander, all the officers and men of the first regiment of the second division of the whale department are coming to converge!"

A non-commissioned officer whose face was covered in blood and dust, and his appearance was barely clear, came forward to report to Wu Chao.

With a pause, Wu Chao felt a sadness in his heart, and asked in a trembling tone: "You, where is your regiment leader?" ”

Although the father and son have not been together for a long time, Wu Chao still remembers his son's size, tone and voice, although the face of the non-commissioned officer in front of him is covered by the smell of gunsmoke, but Wu Chao can be sure that he is definitely not his son.

"The regimental commander was seriously wounded and hid in a valley with the rest of my regiment's wounded and doctors."

The non-commissioned officer's answer reduced the sense of ominousness in Wu Chao's heart a little, but thinking about the situation on their own side now, Wu Chao was glad for his son, at least he was not in this desperate situation, but had a better chance of surviving.

At the end of the battle, Wu Chao knew that his adventure had failed in the end, not only did he lose his army of 20,000, but even he might not be able to get out of this encirclement.

Although the Hongtang warriors below continued to emerge from the mountains in all corners, they wanted to join their side. But until the war has been fought so far, the remnants of Hongtang's soldiers on this battlefield, except for the less than 5,000 soldiers around him, the remaining soldiers are estimated to be no more than 1,000, and they are still scattered in all corners, and it is impossible to even break through the encirclement network of more than 10,000 Qing troops below.

Rather than this, it is better to leave some backbones for the whale department and let it disperse and retreat, and the rest will be led by himself to the remaining 4,000 soldiers to buy as much time as possible for Shang Kexi's troops in the west, expand the results of the battle, and also contribute their last strength.

"Signal to retreat!"

Thinking of this, Wu Chao no longer hesitated, and issued an order to the guards around him, with the three green signal flares in the sky rising into the air, it didn't take long for Prince Daishan at the bottom of the mountain to find that the soldiers on the periphery who wanted to converge with the Ming army on the hill gradually decreased, until no one converged later.

A slight flaw seems harmless to Dai Shan at this time, the biggest goal in his heart is to take down the Ming army on the top of the mountain, he wants to take a good look, such a brave and fierce Ming Dynasty army general, what kind of sacred, even let himself, the top general among the Qing generals, suffer heavy losses and lose face so much!

(End of chapter)