What is called a fierce tiger, now Cao Bianjiao has really seen it.

After the Hongtang army's team, which was really good at hand-to-hand combat, officially entered the battle, the whole situation changed drastically.

In the Hongtang army, the musketeers who had been entangled with the Ming Dynasty's Xuanfeng and Fenwu Battalion soldiers soon began to change formations after the order sounded behind them.

First, he took out the long-handled grenade on his waist, and after pulling the string, he threw it three or four feet behind the Ming army's position, and opened a gap in the Ming army's spreading front in the explosion, so that the front and rear armies echoed and there was a gap of about half a minute.

Taking advantage of this gap, the Hongtang musketeers first counterattacked fiercely, and then after repelling the Ming soldiers from Zhangyu, they turned around and retreated quickly and methodically, just in time to complete a seamless connection with the Hongtang infantry who came to meet them.

Next, the rifle coordinated operation with the field artillery that restarted the catharsis, and suddenly killed the Ming army on his back alone, completely unable to parry.

"Not good!"

Right in front of Cao Bianjiao's eyes, the kung fu of the tea and the Changming army, which had been fighting with the Hongtang army for several miles before, had begun to show signs of collapse in several places.

In front of Cao Bianjiao, there are only two ways to go: one, send the 10,000 Chinese troops in his hands to support; The other is to give up the confrontation with Hongtang's army, and retreat to Beijing first while the front has not collapsed.

However, before Cao Bianjiao could make up his mind in his heart, the vanguard of the Hongtang army had already broken through the Ming army's formation and fought back again, changing his previous posture.

"That's not right!"

Cao Bianjiao watched the other party's army break through the defense line, regardless of the battle line that was barely maintained around his side, he continued to charge without looking back, and he immediately reacted after a long time on the battlefield, how big the other party's ambition was, it turned out that he wanted to eat all his own army!

"Good, good!"

"Then let's see who is better than Wuyong!"

Although he was calculated, Cao Bianjiao, who had 10,000 Chinese troops in his hand and was backed by the Beijing Division, did not panic at all, but instead surged with a heroic aura, and his calm breath infected the soldiers around him.

"Pass on the order of the general, the commander of the forward battalion and the forward battalion, unless the order of the general, shall not retreat without permission......"

"Rush with Ben!!"

I haven't been in battle for a long time to Cao Bianjiao, seeing the enemy getting closer and closer, and even feeling the murderous aura on the other party's body, he is not timid but extremely excited.

As long as you can repel this Hongtang army that is out of touch with the main formation, then the crisis of the collapse of the Ming army's position can be resolved, and even take the opportunity to go down and follow the opponent's defeated team to attack at the tail of the attack, turning the passive into the active.

Of course, these thoughts only flashed in Cao Bianjiao's heart, and as for the specific chance of victory, it depends on the judgment of generals like Cao Bianjiao.

On the other hand, at this time, the Hongtang Chinese army, there were still 5,000 soldiers who had not been dispatched, and they quietly protected the camp tent of the main general of the Chinese army, ignoring the tragic battle on the opposite side.

"Division commander, this is the probability of victory or defeat calculated by our Aircraft Department, as well as the details of the next deployment of troops."

In the main camp of the Chinese army, Shang Kexi sat quietly and dangerously, and the fighting outside the camp tent was fierce, and more than ten members of the staff department who accompanied the army to formulate a plan in the camp tent were busy calculating the real-time proportion of soldiers killed on both sides, the location of the stronghold, and so on.

After a glance and ten lines, with the formation change chart of the two sides that has been updated on the sand table, Shang Kexi calculated the feasibility of this plan in his heart, and finally decided whether to implement this plan.

"Is it really hard to eat all the Ming army?"

Shang Ke was still overjoyed, and asked regretfully.

The design lasted for a long time, and the final result was still difficult to satisfy Shang Kexi.

"There are 30,000 pioneers of the Ming army, which is only 10,000 compared to our army, and we are backed by the Ming Dynasty's Beijing Division, so we must leave the necessary forces to guard against the 70,000 troops in the Beijing Division."

Peng Furong replied calmly.

"Alright, let's adjust our tactics according to this plan!"

Shang Kexi said with regret and regret.

With Shang Kexi's nod, one of his own heralds took the plan, walked out of the camp with it, went straight to the rear drum stand of the army, and beat the big drum to deliver orders.

"Regiment commander, the division headquarters ordered that our regiment must tear through the Ming defense line in front within a quarter of an hour and complete the convergence with the second regiment on the left flank."

"Brigade commander, the division headquarters ordered our brigade to hold on to the spot, entangle the main force of the opposing army, and wait for the reinforcements in the rear to converge!"

In the eyes of the Ming army, the drum beat was just with rhythm and perhaps other meanings, but in the ears of the signalmen specially trained by the regiments and brigades in Hongtang, it was transformed into Chinese characters, turned into freshly baked orders, quickly issued to each regiment and battalion, and finally completed the adjustment of the troop layout.

"My lord, the commander of the front battalion has returned, they are about to be unable to hold on, the firepower of the Hongtang army is fierce and accurate, and several defensive lines they are guarding have been broken!"

"My lord, the commander of the Fenwu battalion has been killed, the position of the Fenwu battalion on the left wing has completely fallen, and the headquarters has been defeated and is coming towards the rout of our Chinese army."

In fact, there is no need for a herald to come to report the changes in the battle situation, Cao Bianjiao, who is sitting on a tall horse and overlooking the battle situation, has already discovered his own dilemma, the rout of the left-wing Fenwu battalion, so that the front-line position that is barely supported is already crumbling, and the main force of the Chinese army, which has been given high hopes, has been unable to open the situation for a long time, and in the face of the thousands of Hongtang troops that have broken through, it is a stalemate between the two sides.

As the main general, Cao Bianjiao actually knew the situation he was in now, and when the Hongtang army really began to counterattack, the strength they showed matched the information collected by the Ming Jinyi Guard.

It was only at this time that Cao Bianjiao had to admit that the difference in strength between their Ming army and the Hongtang army on the opposite side was not just a distance in armament.

"Mingjin, collect the troops!!"

Although he was unwilling, but Cao Bianjiao, who has experienced a hundred battles and has the qualifications of a famous general, is not a stubborn man, when he saw that the war was no longer able to hold on, he did not have any unwise choice because of his psychological self-esteem, but made a correct judgment immediately.

When the sound of the retreat of Mingjin's troops wafted, the Ming army could no longer hold on, and fled one after another, retreating towards the location of the Jingshi several miles away.

At this time, Cao Bianjiao suddenly discovered that the Hongtang army had been fighting and retreating for several miles from the Beijing Division, which was precisely set up to pursue the fleeing Ming Dynasty army, and it seemed that from the beginning, they had calculated that the Ming Dynasty army would be defeated and left.

(End of chapter)