One blow of strength, then decline, three and exhaustion.

The cavalry of the blue and red banners under the command of Mang Gurtai, as well as their traitors, are now facing such a situation.

Originally, the Houjin army razed Juehua Island yesterday, and it was in one go that it was a vigorous and vigorous killing.

But halfway through, he suddenly killed Zhu Youzhen, and made a chicken and egg beat the huge results. Although Mang Gurtai chased after him with negative energy, he finally surrounded the Ming army, but he didn't expect that the combination of the Qi family army and the Guanning iron cavalry could exert such great power. Tens of thousands of people besieged a thousand people, and they couldn't take it after killing for nearly an hour, which was really "declining again".

And the sudden appearance of Ming reinforcements at this time was the last straw that broke the camel's back. When Mang Gurtai saw the banner that covered the sky and the swords and guns, he knew that the number of reinforcements was at least more than 10,000, and the follow-up troops did not know how many.

It is no accident that the Jurchens have been able to crisscross Liaodong for decades, from small to large, and become stronger and stronger the more they fight. They seem to be extremely brave, but in fact they are extremely cunning in their use of soldiers, and they will never fight uncertain battles. The reason is also very simple: the Jurchen clan has only a few hundred thousand people in total, and they can't afford to win or lose; Once the war is lost, it will be the destruction of the whole clan!

At this time, Mang Gurtai saw that the enemy army was reinforcing on a large scale, and then the Jin army could not handle the car formation in front of him under the condition of gaining the advantage, and the morale was seriously frustrated, and it was already facing the situation of "three and exhausted". If you fight the main force of the Ming army at this time, it will be extremely dangerous.

He refused to take this risk, and had to give the order to retreat with great reluctance.

As the saying goes, "defeat is like a mountain", and this is not true at all. The Later Jin Army and the Ming Army fought in Liaodong for many years and never tasted defeat, especially in field battles, almost every time the Ming Army was wiped out.

But in the face of this first major defeat, many Jurchen cavalry were completely panicked, far less fast than those traitor troops who were good at escaping. They also suspected that these troops were blocking their way, and some even used sabers to open the way, chopping and slashing indiscriminately, killing each other, and for a time there was chaos.

Man Gui and Zhao Shujiao were willing to let go of this once-in-a-lifetime fighter, and immediately led the army to cover it up.

In fact, the 10,000 people under their command are almost all the cavalry of the Ming army in Shanhaiguan. The day before yesterday, Sun Chengzong received an urgent report from Yuan Chonghuan and was so shocked that he fainted at that time. After being rescued by everyone, Sun Chengzong cried and deeply regretted leaving Zhu Youzhen alone in Qiantun, which caused the catastrophe in front of him.

But crying won't solve the problem. After calming down, Sun Chengzong immediately made a decision: in addition to leaving a few thousand troops to guard the pass, the remaining 30,000 soldiers and horses were all drawn out, galloping to aid Ningyuan in the starry night, and they must rescue Zhu Youzhen, the king of letters!

This is actually a desperate and dangerous decision, Sun Chengzong also knows that the Ming army's field combat ability is far inferior to the Houjin army, once it encounters the main force of Houjin in the field, I am afraid that it will be wiped out.

But at this time, he couldn't care so much. The fall of the vassal king is far more important than the gains and losses of one city and one place, and even the fate of the entire border army!

Sun Chengzong still thought that the brigade was not moving fast enough, so he gathered all the cavalry together, led by Man Gui and Zhao Led the Sect, and rushed to Ningyuan non-stop. And Qi Meifeng's Qi family army was one step ahead, and before Sun Chengzong woke up, he had already set off first.

The Mongol cavalry under Man Gui was almost the most elite unit in the Ming army. They have lived in Datong for a long time, and they have neither understanding nor any fear of the Jurchens in Liaodong. Seeing that the lord would take the lead in the charge, these rough men also let out an earth-shattering cry, like a tiger descending from the mountain, and pounced straight on the Houjin army that was changing from the front team to the rear team and preparing to retreat.

And Zhao led the sect to fight against the Houjin army for many years, and knew the power of the Jurchens. The generals of the border army died or surrendered, and eight out of ten of them were gone, and he Zhao led the sect to persist to this day, and it also has its own merits.

Now he saw the biggest weakness of the Houjin army's formation at a glance, and immediately sneered, led the army in a circle, and thrust into the enemy's waist.

Mang Gurtai was determined to retreat, but he refused to fight the Ming army again. He was terrified when he saw that his old acquaintance Zhao led the troops of the sect to attack from the side, and they wanted to divide the Houjin army into two, and he thought to himself that this old boy had always slipped away the fastest, so why did he become so brave today.

But he didn't have time to think about it at this time, and only wanted to protect the main forces of the Zhenglan and Zhenghong banners, so he sharply ordered a few Han army cattle to cover the retreat of the main force.

Those Han army Niu Lu are not fools, how can they not know that Mang Gurtai is a plan to lose his pawn and protect the car. Just showing a hesitant look, Mang Gurtai waved the saber in his hand, and immediately split one of them in two, and the blood splashed the faces of several others!

"Whoever dares to disobey Benbele's orders, this is the end!" Mang Gultai put away his knife and laughed wildly, staring at the rest of the people with cold eyes.

These shameful traitors were so helpless that they had to lead more than 1,000 of their men to fight to the death. And Mang Gurtai urged in Manchu repeatedly: "Retreat!" ”

On the vast plains, the cavalry was the most mobile and flexible. The Jurchen cavalry made up their minds to retreat, and no one had time to stop it. In just a moment, tens of thousands later, the Jin army fled north and disappeared from Zhu Youzhen's sight.

And the remaining traitor troops who were "broken" fell into blood mold. The reinforcements were originally a new force, and they were outnumbered by the crowd, and they were rushed to pieces in an instant. Seeing that Allah was all scattered, these greedy and death-fearing fellows who were willing to fight to the death, after a few resistances, they threw down their weapons, knelt down in the dark, and shouted: "Spare your life!" Surrender! ”

This is the end of this dark and vicious battle. Man Gui and Zhao Shujiao hurriedly found Zhu Youzhen, and saw that although he was covered in blood and his face was blackened by gunsmoke, he was not injured, so they were relieved.

The Ming army counted the battlefield and found that this battle actually wiped out more than 1,000 Jurchen cavalry, more than 2,000 Han army banners, and captured more than 1,000 people, which was really an unprecedented victory in the past few years!

The so-called killing 1,000 enemies and self-loss of 800 people, in this extremely cruel battle, more than 200 Guanning iron cavalry were killed, and only less than 100 horsemen remained. The gunners of the Qi family army were all killed, and the other soldiers together were only about a hundred people. If the reinforcements had arrived five minutes later, I am afraid that the whole army would have been wiped out.

Zhu Youzhen, Qi Meifeng and Li Chongyao looked at the battlefield where the corpses were strewn all over the field, and they all burst into tears, crying out for the soldiers of the Ming army who died bravely.

Man Gui said disapprerovingly: "If the crockpot does not break from the wellhead, the general will inevitably die in battle." The soldiers died on the battlefield, it was a great honor, what is there to cry about! Your Highness, what do you think of these captives? ”

Zhu Youzhen gradually stopped his grief, swept over the trembling prisoners of war with angry eyes, gritted his teeth rattle, and finally squeezed out a word from between his teeth: "Kill!" ”

Zhao Shujiao hurriedly said: "Your Highness, there is an old saying: killing and surrendering is ominous. Bai Qi, a famous general of the former Qin State, fought a battle of Changping, killed 400,000 Zhao troops, and was finally killed by the King of Qin; The overlord Xiang Yu repeated the mistakes of the past, killed the pawns, and finally killed himself in Wujiang; Zhuge Wuhou burned the rattan armor soldiers, damaged Yangshou, and even the stars fell into Wuzhang Plain; Temujin plundered the land and slaughtered the city, killing all the men, but a woman bit off the male roots and spurted blood to death! These people are Han Chinese, and it is useless to kill more, so it is better to be incorporated into the army, and when defending the city, they can have more strength..."

"What the is so much?" Zhu Youzhen didn't wait for Zhao Shujiao to finish speaking, and interrupted him with a loud shout: "The key to winning or losing a war is not the gains and losses of one city or one place, but whether or not you can destroy the enemy's living forces!" These capricious and shameful traitors, the grass on the wall is down, and it is a scourge to keep them, so they should be killed! ”

Zhao Shujiao was scolded by the angry Zhu Youzhen, and he didn't dare to say anything more. Man Gui laughed and said, "The last general just likes His Highness's temper!" Follow His Highness to fight, happy! Come here, on the orders of His Royal Highness, slaughter all these people and pay tribute to the heroic spirits of our army! ”

When the Ming army heard this, they surrounded more than 1,000 unarmed traitors and shot them indiscriminately. After the rain of arrows, the cavalry rushed into the pile of corpses and stabbed the traitors who were still breathing. However, with a cup of tea, more than 1,000 guys who are not even "humans" will be reimbursed and reincarnated as pigs and dogs.

"Well done! Kill hard! Zhu Youzhen looked up to the sky and howled, but let tears flow wantonly on his cheeks!

Suddenly, the sound of killing in the north direction was shocking, and Man Gui jumped with thick eyebrows: "This place is not far from Ningyuan, listening to this shout of killing, it must be that the Tartars are attacking the city again." What do we do now? ”

"The last general thinks that the reinforcements of the Overseer are coming, so it is better for us to return to the army and meet the Overseer first, and then make plans. In this way, at least His Highness's safety can be guaranteed. Zhao Shujiao said respectfully.

Everyone felt justified when they heard this, and they all looked at Zhu Youzhen, waiting for him to give an order.

Zhu Youzhen pondered for a moment, but said categorically: "No! Ningyuan's defenders are almost unable to support it, we must go to the rescue immediately! Send someone to inform the Overseer, and don't let him rush here. He is all foot soldiers, and once he is ambushed, the consequences are unimaginable! ”

Everyone hurriedly said: "Your Highness, although Jianyu has lost this battle, the main force has not suffered much damage. The elite soldiers of the Eight Banners besieged Ningyuan, our army only had 10,000 troops, if we rushed there, I am afraid that not only would we not be able to relieve the siege of Ningyuan, but even we would be in danger! ”

"If you are in danger, you have to go!" Zhu Youzhen said stubbornly, "We have dozens of Franc cannons in our hands, and Ningyuan is lacking this in defending the city!" ”

"But Your Highness, the gunners are all dead, and there is no one to take care of the cannons, and these cannons are difficult to use." Qi Meifeng said gloomily.

Zhu Youzhen was stunned when he heard this, thinking that firing a cannon is a technical job, not anyone can do it, and it must go through a long period of training. If there were no these Franc machine guns, with these 10,000 cavalry, fighting against Nurhachi's 100,000 army, it would definitely be meat buns and dogs, and there would be no return.

Just when he was so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks, a person suddenly flashed behind Man Gui, and said loudly: "Your Highness, don't worry, Weichen also understands the Franc machine gun, and it is guaranteed that a hundred qualified gunners can be trained in half a day!" ”

Zhu Youzhen was overjoyed and said, "Who are you?" ”

The man said respectfully: "Sun Yuanhua, the head of the Weichen Military Department!" ”