The cavalry of the left army, by virtue of its geographical advantage, occupied the small slope and rushed down with great speed.

Zuo Mengeng originally wanted to rely on this advantage to get a strong cavalry impact to crush the oncoming cavalry of the Zhongyi Battalion, but who would have thought that Wang Yan would not compete with him and bypass it directly.

The cavalry of the left army rushed down from a high place, unable to slow down at all, and after passing between the two groups of cavalry led by Wang Yan and Li Taizhen, they collided head-on with the infantry of the Zhongyi battalion that had caught up, and immediately fell nearly a hundred horsemen in the sound of birds.

The cavalry of the left army, Qianhu, rushed to the front, but he luckily survived under the first round of guns, but his whole person was also shocked by this sudden change, and he broke out in a cold sweat.

At this time, the first row of bird commanders in the Zhongyi camp had retreated, and the second row of bird commanders stepped forward with their guns raised.

Looking at the burning and flickering sparkling arquebus, the cavalry of the left army, Qianhu, suddenly felt a chill, and at this time he only had two choices, either to rush over and crush the infantry in front of him in the bombardment of the platoon of guns, or quickly turn around, turn the horse's head, and bypass the infantry army.

Both options are risky.

Direct impact, in case he can't defeat the infantry of the Zhongyi Battalion, but is entangled, then when he wants to reorganize the formation to save the Chinese army, maybe Zuo Mengeng has been defeated by Wang Yan's cavalry.

If you choose to turn, then in the process of turning, the entire cavalry will be placed horizontally in front of the infantry and let it bombard, if there are heavy casualties, the remaining cavalry will also be unable to resist Wang Yan's Zhongyi battalion cavalry.

When the interruption continues, it is chaotic.

The cavalry of the left army rushed down from the high slope, the speed was extremely fast, and the thousand households hesitated in their hearts, and the cavalry of the left army wanted to turn again, but it was too late.

Seeing this, the cavalry Qianhu regretted it for a while, so he gritted his teeth and rushed towards the infantry army.

"Bang~Bang~Bang~"

The sound of fire rang out again, and the cavalry Qianhu lost the good luck of the last time, and was immediately beaten into a sieve. The second round of platoon guns killed more than a hundred cavalrymen of the Left Army.

The second team is back, and the third team is on!

"Bang~Bang~Bang~"

Another barrage came head-on, and more than a hundred horses were taken away again.

Before the left army could engage the Loyal Battalion, it lost nearly 400 cavalry.

After paying nearly forty percent of the casualties, they finally rushed to the front of the infantry of the Loyal Battalion, but they were greeted not by victory, but by sharp spears.

Under the command of Wang Wei, the infantry of the Zhongyi battalion formed a circle, and the pikemen held the spears and squatted, the barrels of the guns were stuck obliquely on the ground, and the bird commanders were surrounded in the middle, so that the cavalry of the left army had no way to start.

In the far west, many years later, a great emperor was lost in this formation because of the tens of thousands of light cavalry in his hands, which led to the defeat of a crucial battle, and finally was ousted from the throne and exiled on a desert island.

If the cavalry of the left army was a heavy cavalry with men and horses wearing strong armor, it would definitely knock Wang Wei's infantry to pieces, but it was a pity that they were all lightly armoured, and they couldn't break through the guns at all, and the war knives in their hands couldn't reach the foot soldiers in the formation, so they suddenly became a live target for the bird commander.

Qianhu was killed, and the remaining cavalry could not break through the infantry formation.

In the continuous sounding of the unification, nearly a hundred lives were taken away in an instant, and the remaining left cavalry suddenly collapsed, they hurriedly withdrew from the attack, and in a unified voice, they once again dropped nearly a hundred corpses and retreated to the hill.

Zuo Mengeng, who was on the hillside, looked at the cavalry rushing down the mountain, and it was broken in half in a moment, and his face was already pale with fright.

At this time, Wang Yan's cavalry had already rushed to the bottom of the mountain, and Zuo Menggeng's personal guards were mostly sword and shield hands, and there were not many archers and commanders to suppress them.

Fortunately, the cavalry couldn't climb the slope, and when they collided with the infantry of the left army, they also lost the ability to impact, but Wang Yan's numerical advantage was there, and Zuo Menggeng's five hundred guards couldn't last long at all.

The cavalry with high hopes was defeated, and the infantry of the Zhongyi battalion would soon climb up the mountain, Zuo Mengeng could no longer care about whether it would cause chaos in the army, and hurriedly ordered the rear army to return to help.

The sound of war drums and trumpets sounded, and the left army besieging the city suddenly stagnated, and the 30,000 rear army, which had not joined for long, slowly retreated and ran back towards the hill to kill.

The morale of the left army couldn't help but be discharged, and looking at the battle behind them, they began to worry in their hearts, but the handsome flag was still there, and before the golden sound rose, the soldiers of the left army had to continue to attack the city.

However, compared with the previous offensive, it was obvious that the sharpness just now had been lost at this time, and the left army, which was already about to break into the gap, was slowly pushed out by the Ming army.

The distance between the hill and Chizhou is only one and a half miles, and the pikemen of the left army who have returned to the aid can kill the bottom of the hill in half an hour, and Wang Yan is a little anxious when he sees this.

"Kill the left thief, reward a thousand taels of silver!" Going up the mountain was not conducive to cavalry warfare, Wang Yan roared, and then turned over and dismounted to fight with the left army.

When the cavalry of the Loyal Battalion saw him like this, they also abandoned their horses one after another and rushed forward with swords and guns.

"Brothers, resist, don't retreat, reinforcements will arrive soon!" Zuo Mengeng also knows that as long as he does not fall and insists on helping the rear army, he will still have a chance to regroup and break through Chizhou today, but if he can't hold on, it will be a big defeat, and maybe his life will stay here.

At this time, the cavalry of the left army was defeated, and Wang Wei's infantry army also joined the battle group one after another, and the left army and the Zhongyi battalion on the hill were intertwined, and the formation was completely disrupted, forming a melee.

But the goal of the two armies is the same, both are to attack in the direction of Shuai Qi, but one is to cut down Shuai Qi, and the other is to support Zuo Mengeng.

On the whole hill, in the middle is the left army commander banner and Zuo Mengeng's five hundred personal guards, the outer layer is a thousand cavalry of the loyal battalion who dismounted and fought on foot, and the outer layer is the cavalry of the left army that came back from the new support after the defeat, and there is Wang Wei's infantry army in the outermost part, and a little farther away, there is the rear army of the left army that is desperately rushing back.

The army was ring after ring on the hill, which seemed extremely chaotic, but Wang Yan and Zuo Mengeng both knew the key to the battle very clearly.

If Wang Yan can take the mountain Shuai Banner before the rear army of the left army arrives, the Ming army will win, and the left army will regain the initiative.

"Liu Shun! Kill me with me! ”

Wang Yan knew that if he couldn't attack and kill, not only would his raid be a complete failure, but even the Zhongyi battalion might be completely folded on top of the mountain.

Wang Yan would never allow such a situation, so he used his sword and frantically slashed in the direction of Shuai Qi.

At this time, Zuo Mengeng's face was already covered with cold sweat, he was protected in the middle by the guards, looking at Wang Yan who was constantly advancing, his heart was extremely nervous.

Wang Yan's crazy slashing made Zuo Mengeng very frightened, fifty steps, forty steps, thirty steps, the Zhongyi Battalion relied on its local advantages, constantly approaching him, and it was slowly approaching the limit of what he could bear. Looking at Wang Yan, who was rushing to the front, covered in blood, Zuo Mengeng pointed at him in fear and said, "Shoot him!" ”

When the guards on the side heard this, they hurriedly bent their bows and arrows, and shot at Wang Yan with a "boom".

At this time, Wang Yan had already killed within twenty steps of Zuo Mengeng, and he frantically slashed and slashed the left army in front of him, not paying attention to the bow and arrow that came at all, and suddenly a terrible wound was cut on his face, and the blood flowed profusely.

The severe pain made his body stagnate, and he almost fell to the ground, and when he understood that he was attacked by a hidden arrow, Wang Yan couldn't help but be furious, he looked twenty steps away, and the left archer was taking arrows again, and under the rage, he directly threw the war knife in his hand.

"Ah~" Before the archers of the left army could shoot the second arrow, half of their heads were cut off by Wang Yan's war knife.

Blood splashed, the gray brain burst out, Zuo Mengeng next to him was suddenly splashed on his face, he was already a little unable to hold on, his spirit immediately collapsed, looking at Wang Yan with a bloody face in the distance, it was like seeing a demon crawling out of hell.

Zuo Mengeng panicked, and unconsciously stepped back.

As soon as he retreated, the guards around him panicked, and the Zuo army, who was still resisting, looked back and saw that Zuo Mengeng was no longer under the handsome banner, and the already unsupportable defense line suddenly collapsed.

Zuo Mengeng was originally just a few small steps back in fear, but it turned out to be a collective retreat of the left army.

Liu Shun took advantage of this opportunity to rush to the Shuai Banner first, cut off the flagpole with a knife, and the big Left Army Shuai Qi fell to the ground with a bang.

Seeing this, Zuo Mengeng had to sigh, and hurriedly rushed down the mountain with the guards.

As the flag of the left army was cut down, the loyal battalion on the mountain suddenly let out an earth-shaking cheer.

Since Wang Yan took the Zhongyi Battalion out of the south hill behind, Huang Degong has been holding a clairvoyant mirror to watch the battle situation of the Zhongyi Battalion, and now when he saw the flag of the Zuo Army fell, he was suddenly ecstatic in his heart, and he shouted urgently: "Zuo Mengeng is dead, and the Zuo thief is defeated!" ”

When the Ming army on the side heard this, they also hurriedly shouted: "The left thief is defeated!" The left thief is defeated! ”

The left army that was besieging the city suddenly heard the cries coming from front to back at the same time, and suddenly felt fear in his heart, and couldn't help but look back at the mountain.

Where would Huang Degong let go of such an opportunity, he immediately picked up the sword and chased after him: "Sons, the time has come to make meritorious contributions!" "Follow Ben Hou to chase and kill the left thief!"

The defeat was like a mountain, and the rear army of the left army, which was about to rush to the bottom of the mountain, saw that the handsome flag fell, and the sound of the Chizhou Ming army chasing and killing was heard behind, and the general immediately abandoned the Zhongyi camp and fled around the mountain.

The left army under the city also retreated westward like a tide, the west gate of Chizhou was wide open, and the Ming army of Chizhou in the city took advantage of the situation to cover up.

Wang Yan also regrouped the cavalry of the Zhongyi battalion, let go of the rear army of the left army, which was relatively complete in formation, and killed the left army that had just retreated from the city, leaving pieces of rebel corpses where the war horses passed.

200,000 left troops came like a tide, and retreated like a tide, all over the mountains, everywhere the left army broke soldiers, Wang Yan led the cavalry to rush left and right, chased to the west of Chizhou City thirty miles, chased Zuo Mengeng by boat and fled, before stopping.

In this battle, 60,000 of the 200,000 elites of the left army were killed and 40,000 were captured, losing nearly half.

The crisis in the west was temporarily lifted, but the Qing army in the north came more violently, and at the time of the Battle of Chizhou, the Duoduo army had already arrived in Sizhou and came straight to the north of the river.