Ma Zhan watched the trend of the battle with a relaxed smile, and after he sent a Niu Li to outflank the Ming army, the battle situation had already been decided.

In recent years, he has seen many times that the Ming army collapsed under such an offensive, and these Ming troops included both the Guanning Iron Cavalry, which is known as the strongest army in the world, and the Lu Xiangsheng Army, which is known as the "Tianxiong Army", of course, more miscellaneous miscellaneous cards. No matter who it is, it's the same, when the pressure reaches a certain level, the Ming army will naturally collapse, and then what to do is to carry out a light slaughter from behind.

But Ma Zhan's smile was frozen by the high-pitched sound of the trumpet.

With that voice, from the front and sides, almost everywhere Ma Zhan could see, one soldier after another emerged. But the equipment of this group of soldiers was by no means the same as that of the Ming army, they were dressed in military coats, with turned-up cotton hats on their heads, and muskets in their hands, and began to shoot fiercely at the Eight Banners.

Even in such cold weather, the Tiger Guard's firing speed is still amazingly fast, two bullets a minute, which is not a problem at all.

Moreover, the Tiger Guard also has an advantage in numbers, if you add the three thousand Ming troops in the small village, the number of the Tiger Guard side reaches eight thousand!

This time, Yu Guozhen mobilized 5,000 tiger guards, in addition to the 3,000 brought by himself, almost all of the more than 2,000 people brought by Jiangan from Tamluo were also brought along, and only a few hundred garrison troops were left at the mouth of Qingdao. Therefore, in terms of numbers, Yu Guozhen is now a rare absolute advantage!

"It doesn't seem to be all Jianyu, you look at the enemy's reaction, still rushing forward, trying to break the enemy in front of you first, it should be Jiangu, only they can do it, even if something changes on the battlefield, they will not change their goal until the commander gives the order; The kind of birds who look forward and look forward like frightened bows should be the Han annihilation troops, only they are the most weak-hearted, and they are forced to work hard for Jianyu, and once there is any trouble, the first thing they think about is how to save themselves. As for the soldiers gathered in one place, it should be the Mongolian military banner, and they and Jianlu are not completely of the same mind, so the first thing that comes to mind is that their own people gather in one place to protect themselves. ”

Mao Yuanyi explained to Yu Guozhen through the telescope, Yu Guozhen's heart moved, this old literati who had dealt with Jianyu for half his life, and now he was completely desperate for Daming because of Sun Chengzong's death, so he even said this bit of his private experience.

Beside Yu Guozhen, several young tiger guards quickly wrote down his words with pens and small notebooks.

The fountain pen is another small invention of Yu Guozhen, and the brush calligraphy is indeed the most beautiful calligraphy in the world, but its inability to write small characters quickly also makes Yu Guozhen have a headache. Initially, pencils were introduced in Xinxiang, and then the pencils were easily altered and lost, so Yu Guozhen had to spend some time talking to craftsmen about the manufacture of fountain pens. Another great use of rubber is the ink bladder used to make fountain pens.

As for simplified characters, Yu Guozhen didn't deliberately promote them, but he used simplified characters when he wrote his own words. Except for a few old scholars who felt a little uncomfortable about this, the scholars in Xinxiang, including Mao Yuanyi, did not find it strange that the simplified Chinese characters used by Yu Guozhen were actually used by people in history, but the standards for simplification were not uniform before.

Seeing those young staff officers writing down their words seriously, Mao Yuanyi smiled: "Naturally, this is just a little foolish opinion, the lord and the staff officers should not be regarded as a certainty." ”

"That's nature, we must seek truth from facts, and we can't cling to books, that's bookism." Yu Guozhen said with a smile.

"My lord, seeing the current situation, I am completely sure in my heart, and the plan I just said should be realized!"

"From the very beginning, I was confident." Yu Guozhen said with a smile.

They were relaxed, but Ma Zhan couldn't relax, seeing that the Manchu Eight Banners and Red Banner Bannermen, who he thought were the world's first-class brave and strong army, were swept away by the other party's sudden attack, and in the blink of an eye, there were two or three hundred casualties, and his face showed a look of horror.

Even the Jianyu in his heyday, after suddenly losing one-tenth of his staff, had no strength to fight again. Ma Zhan still wanted to muster Yu Yong, but a Niu Lu Zhangjing beside him grabbed his reins.

"Fu Guogong, this battle is not successful, let's take advantage of the fact that the Ming army has not yet been encircled, hurry up!"

"Why?"

"This is the Tiger Guard, the new Xiang Tiger Guard!" That Niu Lu Zhangjing had participated in the Battle of Gyeonggi and the Battle of Phi Dao, so he naturally knew that this group of Ming troops armed with sharp firearms were not real Ming officers and soldiers, and their combat effectiveness was not comparable to that of ordinary Ming officers and soldiers.

The real strong army in the world, the hero of the heroes!

Ma Zhan saw that Niu Lu who he sent out to outflank the flank, and almost instantly he was all knocked off the horse, and they didn't even have a chance to change their target!

His identity is different, if he dies in battle, then these Eight Banner generals such as Niu Lu Zhang Jing are all indispensable to heavy responsibility. Therefore, that Niu Lu Zhangjing didn't care about anything else, and shouted: "The Mongolian army flag is the vanguard, and the Han army is behind the palace, let's go back and meet the banner master, and then fight with the tiger guard!" ”

Ma Zhan was still a little dazed, had he been defeated before the official battle?

He hesitated, and the quality of the middle- and grass-roots generals cultivated by Jianyu for many years of war was reflected. They prepared to retreat, and when Ma Zhan came to his senses, he found that he had galloped under the escort of his own guards.

Most of the Jianyu were cavalry, and the Mongolian people who opened the way were even more one-man and two-horseman, while the Han army who was left behind by them was mostly foot soldiers. Hearing the cries of the Han soldiers behind him, Ma Zhan was still dazed, feeling that the development of things seemed completely unreal.

"We...... Is this an escape? ”

In his memory, almost never escaped.

"Fu Guogong, there are many tiger guards, and the firearms are sharp, we need to retreat first!" Escaped for nearly ten miles in one breath, and heard that there was no musket behind him, that Niu Lu Zhangjing breathed a sigh of relief, and confessed to Ma Zhan: "The slave is worried about the danger of public security in the auxiliary country, and withdraws the army without authorization. ”

"Uh...... No, you did the right thing, the Ming army is numerous, just what I saw...... Ten thousand, right? Ma Zhan hesitated and asked.

"There were about three or four thousand ambushes in the village, and ten thousand came later." That Niu Lu Zhang Jing exaggerated the tiger guard brought by Yu Guozhen to double the size.

"Yes, yes, I only have three thousand...... Two thousand people, naturally they have to retreat first, and then fight with them when their brother arrives. ”

Ma Zhan, who finally came to his senses, pursed his lips: "Send someone to ask my brother for help, and we will go...... Jiaozhou! ”

In order to rush to Qingdao as soon as possible, he did not attack Jiaozhou City when he led his people through it, but he got the news that there were almost no soldiers to defend in Jiaozhou City, because the troops had been evacuated. This time he returned to the army, and he did kill Jiaozhou City by surprise, and the people in the city fled from the north gate, but they were still slaughtered by Jianjiao. Fortunately, just when Jianyu was about to go out of the city to chase and kill, the tiger guard had also arrived, and when he saw the figure of the tiger guard, Jianguo had to retreat to the city and defend the city.

"These Ming troops are obviously foot soldiers, why did they come so quickly?"

Ascending to the top of the city, Ma Zhan looked at the tiger guards lined up under the east gate, and his heart was surprised, almost overflowing.

He was a cavalryman, and he ran for more than 20 miles before he broke into Jiaozhou City at nightfall, but he didn't expect that it would not be long before the city was captured, and the tiger guard followed, and the speed was only less than an hour slower than him!

Because there are not many people, the tiger guards are only arrayed at the east gate, not four gates - in the case that the other side is all cavalry, it is not of much significance to divide the four gates, and the opponent can choose to break through where there are few troops. Moreover, Yu Guozhen was not in a hurry to attack the city, so Ma Zhan could still look at each other calmly at the head of the city.

"If it weren't for such a strong army, the super-duke Yanguli and Rausa Batulu would not have lost their lives in their hands."

Hearing what his subordinates said, Ma Zhan thought so. Such an opponent made his heart weak, and the fear of defeat had not completely dissipated, so he ordered: "Take advantage of the fact that this group of Ming troops has not yet attacked the city, send someone to ask my brother for help!" ”

This is the second group of reinforcements he has sent. As the sky grew dark, even the Jianlu did not want to march in the dark, so they lit fires in all four cities, forcing the people who could not escape from the city to block the city gates with the demolished bricks and stones for them, preparing to defend Jiaozhou City for reinforcements.

"It's my misjudgment, I thought that Jianyu would just be stationed in a village, but I didn't want them to take the city directly!"

Mao Yuanyi saw the city burning everywhere under the city, and his teeth itched with hatred, and he said to Yu Guozhen.

"How can this be blamed on us, the Zhizhou in the city did not know that the enemy opened the city and fled, giving Jianyu an opportunity to take advantage of, and the only way to blame is that Zhizhou." After learning from the people who fled the city how Ma Zhan captured the city, Yu Guozhen was almost numb. found that Jianyu went and returned, Jiaozhou Zhizhou fled without a fight, and instead put Jianyu into the city!

They originally expected that Ma Zhan could only find an empty village to spend the night, but they didn't want to take a county town for him, and after some discussion, everyone felt that it was wrong and wrong, and the original battle plan did not need to be adjusted.

The first batch of emissaries sent by Ma Zhan for help rushed to Gaomi Prefecture in the middle of the night, and got the news that Ma Zhan had to retreat when he encountered an interception by the superior Ming army.

He is a soldier of the army, and like Huang Taiji, he also regards Yu Guozhen, the South China Sea Bo of the Ming Kingdom, as a great enemy that must be eliminated. And the appearance of more than 10,000 new Xianghuwei on the battlefield means that Yu Guozhen has led his army north to Qinwang, which is a good opportunity for him to get rid of this big trouble!

What's more, Ma Zhan is still in danger now!

Before Ma Zhan came with him, his father confessed to him that he wanted to take care of this brother by himself, and if something really happened, his father would definitely be suspicious.

Thinking of this, Yue Tuo was about to send troops to rescue, but his deputy commander Du Du was shocked when he heard the news and hurriedly rushed to stop it.

"General, it's getting late, and the enemy situation is unknown, it's better to send an advance team to find out the news, and then deal with it - the Nanhai Bo of the Ming Kingdom is cunning with soldiers, so you can't help but guard against it!"

Although he was anxious, Yue Tuo was a famous general among the captives after all, so he suppressed his anxiety and sent two hundred cavalry to reconnoitre, and slept first. As a result, not long after falling asleep, he heard the news again that Ma Zhan had captured Jiaozhou City, and Xinxiang Huwei gathered troops under the city, as if he was preparing to attack the city the next day!

(To be continued)