Ding Qirui saw that the cavalry suffered heavy casualties, and originally had the intention of withdrawing, but Zuo Liangyu's words made him a little disgusted!

This time, the Huguang soldiers and the Baoding soldiers joined forces to deal with the Mandate of Heaven Army, and there were two supervisors on the battlefield: Ding Qirui, the commander of the Ping Thief, and Yang Wenyue, the governor of Baoding!

Although Ding Qirui commanded the soldiers and horses of several provinces, and Yang Wenyue was only the governor of Baoding, the two sides were at the same level, and neither could command the other's army.

However, Huguang has many soldiers and horses, among the 170,000 coalition troops, there are 130,000 in Zuo Liangyu alone, plus Fang Guoan and Yang Dezheng's soldiers and horses, Huguang has 150,000 soldiers, while Baoding soldiers only have 20,000, which is less than a fraction of Huguang's soldiers.

If it is divided by strength, Ding Qirui is naturally the commander-in-chief of the coalition army, at least Zuo Liangyu, Fang Guoan, and Yang Dezheng are his nominal subordinates, but Yang Wenyue doesn't seem to buy it, and makes him stumbling everywhere, even the matter of joining forces in Zhuxian Town is unwilling, and he grinds all the way, otherwise he will not let the Heavenly Mandate Army occupy the favorable terrain of Zhuxian Town, and the officers and soldiers can only attack from the water slope.

Hearing Zuo Liangyu's words, Ding Qirui felt very disturbed, if his subordinates didn't respect orders, how could he command Yang Wenyue?

He glared at Zuo Liangyu and said, "How can there be immortals in battle?" As long as the Chinese army can break through the Ming army, any losses can be bearable! ”

Zuo Liangyu secretly scolded in his heart, if it is not your soldier, you will not feel distressed, when you ask for food, you will only pretend to be deaf and dumb, but at this time, you let your soldiers be substitutes for the dead......

He was secretly sighing, and suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves, a herald drove over, saw Zuo Liangyu, turned over and dismounted, knelt down on one leg, lowered his head and said: "General, it's not good, the cavalry casualties are more than sixty percent ......."

"Sixty percent...... What the? Zuo Liangyu screamed, flew over, grabbed the collar behind the back of the cavalryman, dragged him up, and roared angrily: "What do you say, the cavalry has suffered sixty percent casualties? ”

"Yes...... Yes," the herald was obviously very frightened, but he still said: "When the villain just came from there, the cavalry suffered at least sixty percent casualties, which will be ......"

"Are you a spy sent by the Providential Destiny Army?" Zuo Liangyu was almost hoarse, "How long has it been, why did the cavalry suffer sixty percent casualties?" Why didn't they attack the Celestial Destiny? ”

"General Hui," the herald said in a rough manner, "the cavalry was ...... by the Celestial Mandate Army's firecrackers It should be a firebolt, blocked two hundred paces away, and it can't be pushed any further......"

"Didn't move forward?" Zuo Liangyu slowly let go of his hand, he remembered, that day in Yuncheng, he was defeated under the fire of the Heavenly Mandate Army, no, not the fire gun, and then he found out clearly, the Heavenly Mandate Army is called a rifle, and the range of this rifle far exceeds that of the bow and arrow and any kind of fire gun of the Ming Army.

Could it be that this rifle was also effective against cavalry?

"General......

The herald's words interrupted Zuo Liangyu's thoughts, he understood that the cavalry was still under the guns of the Heavenly Mandate Army, and if he hesitated for a moment, the casualties of the cavalry would increase a little, and he couldn't hesitate any longer, he yelled at the herald: "Don't you go back to the herald?" Withdrawal! ”

"Yes, General!" The herald immediately turned on his horse, whipped him on the horse's hips, and sped away.

Ding Qirui just heard the conversation between Zuo Liangyu and the herald, at the north gate of Kaifeng, he saw with his own eyes the sharpness of the rifle of the Heavenly Mandate Army, and now the cavalry has suffered sixty percent casualties, it stands to reason that the army should be withdrawn, and then make new countermeasures according to the situation on the battlefield.

Zuo Liangyu ordered the withdrawal of troops, and there were not many problems in itself.

The only problem, the order to withdraw the troops cannot be given by Zuo Liangyu!

Ding Qirui glanced at Yang Wenyue, it seemed that Yang Wenyue's face was full of ridicule, and he was even more angry in his heart, and he said coldly: "General Zuo ordered the withdrawal of the army without authorization, what is his intention?" ”

"Unauthorized?" Zuo Liangyu pushed Ding Qirui's cold gaze back, "Master Overseer, my cavalry has suffered more than sixty percent casualties, can you let them be killed by the Heavenly Mandate Army?" ”

"You ......" Ding Qirui was so angry that he couldn't speak, pointed at Zuo Liangyu with his finger, and held back a sentence for a long time: "General Zuo, do you dare to disrespect military orders?" I'm going to fold my ...... to the court."

"Please!" Zuo Liangyu has long held a grudge against Ding Qirui, and he was about to break out when he forcibly took away dozens of war horses last time, "His subordinates will also fold and report the situation on the battlefield to the court, I don't know if Ding Inspector will use soldiers......"

Yang Wenyue hurriedly glanced at Ding Qirui, and arched his hand at Zuo Liangyu, "General Zuo and Inspector Ding are all contributing to the imperial court, and they are all trying to level the thief, everyone should work together, don't make a fuss about trivial matters......

Zuo Liangyu snorted coldly, didn't look at Ding Qirui, turned around and left, he wanted to go to the front line to see how many of his cavalry were left.

Li Zicheng has been observing the situation on the battlefield, maybe there are too many Ming troops on the other side, he has never been so nervous, and he only breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the Ming cavalry was exhausted.

The cavalry of the Ming army was shot and killed by the gunners, although it could not completely determine the victory or defeat of the battlefield, but the morale of the Ming army must have suffered a serious setback, and it may even disrupt the formation of the Ming army.

If the Celestial Destiny Army has a chance to cover up the past......

In the telescope, he suddenly saw the herald of the Ming army, and he didn't know what he was shouting, Li Zicheng's heart moved: Could it be that the Ming army is about to withdraw?

The 10,000 cavalry is almost gone, is there any point in withdrawing at this time?

A sneer appeared at the corner of Li Zicheng's mouth, and after a closer look, the remnants of the Ming cavalry really stopped the pace of attack and were turning their horses' heads.

Li Ji and Song Wen were closer to the battlefield, they could see more clearly, and before Li Zicheng in the rear gave an order, Song Wen had already shouted: "The Ming army wants to escape, shoot quickly, shoot ......"

More words can only be understood by meaning.

Sure enough, the Providence's gunners automatically raised their guns to extend the range, they no longer maintained a three-stage fire, as long as there were bullets in the chamber, they would shoot forward, once the cavalry escaped the range of the rifles, no amount of bullets could chase them back.

In the blink of an eye, quite a few more cavalrymen fell from their horses......

Zuo Liangyu had come to the front of the battlefield, seeing that there were less than 1,000 cavalry left, and he was still suffering casualties, he was almost so angry that he vomited blood, ......and he didn't know whether he was scolding Zuo Liangyu, the gunner of the Heavenly Mandate Army, or Li Zicheng, the governor of the Heavenly Mandate Army.

Only by scolding people, his heart will feel better, these cavalry, but his baby, did not expect to listen to Ding Qirui's words, in a battle, almost the entire army was slaughtered by the Mandate of Heaven.

How long has it been?

And the cavalry had no chance to fight back at all......

Zuo Liangyu gasped, the Heavenly Mandate Army, has it already become a refinement?

"Bang!" A bullet landed less than fifty paces in front of Zuo Liangyu, startling Zuo Liangyu, the range of the Heavenly Mandate Army's rifle ...... Nearly 500 steps......

"General, let's go!"

Zuo Liangyu, under the protection of his personal guards, turned his horse's head and quickly drove towards his own Chinese army!

Li Zicheng saw that the cavalry of the Ming army was less than one percent, and he still fled back, he didn't feel ecstatic in his heart, he waved his hand to the left, and the herald immediately sent an order to Liu Yunshui's department on the left flank: "The cavalry attack, the tail pursues!" ”

Liu Yunshui has been waiting too long, the gunners shot the cavalry of the Ming army, and now it is time for the cavalry of the Mandate of Heaven to go to battle! He struck the whip vigorously and shouted at the soldiers behind him: "Attack, disperse the Ming army on the opposite side!" ”

"Da Da Da ......"

The cavalry of the Ming army is gone, and it is time for the cavalry of the Mandate of Heaven to show their skills!

Liu Yunshui is the left wing of the Heavenly Mandate Army, opposite him, the right wing of the Ming army happens to be Zuo Liangyu's department, which has just lost nearly 10,000 cavalry, and is angry at the moment, seeing thousands of cavalry chasing and killing, Zuo Liangyu has no intention of fighting, and he doesn't care about Ding Qirui, but quickly orders the Ming army that withdraws.

Zuo Liangyu knew that it was impossible for the infantry to outrun the cavalry, and he didn't need to outrun the cavalry of the Heavenly Mandate Army, as long as he could outrun the Hu Dawei Department and Yang Wenyue Division, as long as the Baoding soldiers were broken behind, the Heavenly Mandate Army would never dare to go deep into the 100,000 Ming army.

As soon as the Ming army on the right flank ran, the middle army of the Ming army followed into chaos, followed by the left flank, which also collapsed without a fight.

The Ming army has been defeated on all fronts, how could Li Zicheng let go of such an opportunity? He immediately gave the military order to pursue Li Xinbu on the right flank.

The gunners in the middle lane couldn't chase long distances because they had to reload, so they could only clean the battlefield at the rear, and they could kill one by one.

After Liu Yunshui caught up with the Ming army, he saw that the infantry on his right flank had caught up, so he no longer focused on slashing and killing, but cut into the formation of the Ming army, cut off a part of the Ming army like cutting meat, and handed it over to Li Xinbu, who followed behind, to clean up, and then went to pursue the Ming army in front.

It was still a tailtail pursuit, but at this time, the cavalry of Liu Yunshui's department and the infantry of Li Xin's department were like the assembly line production of a factory, and the cavalry was responsible for dividing the Ming army into a small piece of unequal numbers and separating it from the main force, and the infantry was responsible for surrounding and dividing this small piece of the Ming army until it was finally annihilated!

Liu Yunshui was able to kill, but the soldiers around him reminded him, "General, you have been pursuing for ten miles!" ”

"Damn, it's been a long time since I've fought so happily," Liu Yunshui slowed down his horse's speed, looked left and right, and didn't seem to believe it, "This is ten miles?" ”

"General, it's indeed ten miles!"

Liu Yunshui didn't know why the Metropolitan Governor only let him pursue for ten miles, the Ming army in front was obviously defeated, as long as he pursued all the way...... However, there is always a reason for the words of the Grand Duke!

He reined in his horse and looked back to see that there were still many Ming troops surrounded by Li Xinbu's soldiers, and they were not finally annihilated.

Liu Yunshui lifted the reins of his horse and said: "Since you can't pursue the Ming army, you should always take some military merits and go, these Ming troops are cut by us, I want to annihilate them with my own hands!" ”

Li Xin saw Liu Yunshui turn around and return, and automatically gave up several large encirclements, Liu Yunshui didn't say a word, picked up his gun and entered the encirclement, and shouted while rushing to kill: "Ding Qirui and Zuo Liangyu have already left you, and those who surrender will not die!" "He doesn't know if these are Huguang soldiers or Baoding soldiers, anyway, they are all the same, either surrender or die!

With Liu Yunshui's temperament, he didn't want the Ming army to surrender, and the cavalry surrounded the infantry, like a cat playing with a mouse, and there was no chance of escape.

In less than half an hour, the battle was over, and none of the Ming troops who were cut off from the main force by the cavalry of Liu Yunshui's department ran away, and they were either killed or surrendered.

The Mandate of Heaven army quickly cleaned up the battlefield, and the cavalry of Liu Yunshui's department gathered the scattered war horses, and got more than 4,000 intact war horses, as well as many wounded horses and dead horses.

When Li Xinbu's infantry cleaned up the battlefield, nearly 15,000 corpses were seriously wounded and killed, and more than 5,000 prisoners of war, and more than 10,000 weapons and armor were captured.

The corpses should naturally be burned in time, so as not to cause a plague, and 5,000 prisoners of war were imprisoned, and Li Zicheng hoped that in the shortest possible time, they would join the Mandate of Heaven Army and transform it into the combat effectiveness of the Mandate of Heaven Army.