While Li Nian was talking to his companions, the elite cavalry and the Manchurian cavalry commanded by Wu Sangui were in full swing, countless cavalry were shot down by the other party and dismounted, and the knights on the battlefield wielded all kinds of weapons and killed together, and everyone reached a group.

Time passed slowly, and after half an hour had passed, Li Nian's face gradually became grim, because Wu Sangui's soldiers and horses had begun to lose their physical strength, and a small number of cavalry had already shown signs of retreating.

Li Nian's face changed slightly: "It's not good, if this continues, General Wu's soldiers and horses may retreat." ”

Li Nian's worried situation Wu Sangui also saw it, and his face began to be gloomy, due to the hurry, the foot soldiers under his command did not keep up, and now it seems that it is still difficult to compete with almost the same number of Tartar cavalry with only six thousand cavalry.

The expressions of several generals around Wu Sangui were also very serious, their cavalry had gradually gained the upper hand, and they could naturally see it, but none of them dared to propose the withdrawal of troops, they were all old soldiers, and naturally knew that if they withdrew their troops at this moment, it would inevitably become a rout. And the Qing soldiers who have the upper hand will definitely not show mercy to their subordinates, and will definitely rush to kill the retreating cavalry cleanly, and even they will not be spared at that time.

Wu Sangui couldn't hold back any longer, and turned around and asked a general behind him, "Vice General Jiang, how long will it take for your infantry to arrive?" ”

The adjutant surnamed Jiang smiled bitterly: "My lord, those foot soldiers can only march less than fifty miles a day, it is not easy to get here, and it is estimated that it would be good if they could arrive here at noon tomorrow." ”

"Tomorrow afternoon? The daylilies are cold! ”

Wu Sangui's mouth clicked twice, revealing a helpless look, if he hadn't been in a hurry and ordered the cavalry to throw off the foot soldiers and advance on their own, he would not have encountered this today.

Wu Sangui was embarrassed, but Haoge was happy, he was tricked by the more than 100 people who didn't collect it for a long time today, and now he finally found a target to get angry, and this target is still a piece of fat, as long as he can eliminate this Dahua cavalry. I can be regarded as accomplishing the purpose of this trip.

Isn't it just to probe the movement of Jinzhou, Lao Tzu annihilated thousands of elites of Dahua, this should always be a greater credit than the exploration of Jinzhou's movement.

Thinking of this, Hao Gezhi ordered with satisfaction: "Order, the cavalry will work harder, as long as the Dahua army is annihilated, the prince will be rewarded after he returns!" The reward for being a soldier is twenty taels of silver, and the officer who is an official is promoted to one level! As for slaves, women, and wine and meat, and other rewards, there are even greater! ”

Stimulated by Hauge's "heavy reward", the Qing soldiers screamed and spread over. They followed Hauge to come here desperately for a reward of silver, a woman, and a reward, and now that it is in front of them, can they not fight hard?

In the face of the desperate counterattack of the Qing army, the soldiers and horses under Wu Sangui gradually couldn't bear it anymore and slowly retreated.

"Bastard, don't retreat, don't retreat!"

Several generals desperately whipped the retreating cavalry with leather whips behind the support of their own soldiers, trying to drive them back to the front.

Seeing Li Nian's eyes, such a situation was shaking his head frequently, if such a situation appeared in their army, it would be absolutely unforgivable. No matter what the reason, whether it is an officer or an ordinary soldier, if he retreats without permission, there is only one dead word waiting for him. There is no second way.

A cavalryman said to Li Nian with some worry: "Lord Li, General Wu's soldiers and horses are almost unbearable, the purpose of our trip has been achieved, now let's withdraw quickly, right?" ”

"No way!" Li Nian shook his head resolutely and said: "When we were chased by the Tartars, we were rescued by General Wu, if we ran away by ourselves at this moment, wouldn't we be trapped by General Wu!" This is not the work of a big man! ”

"Your Excellency!"

The cavalry beside him was anxious, and almost said in a pleading tone: "My lord, we are only a hundred people, and it is useless to stay!" ”

"Then you can't leave your allies behind and retreat without permission!" Li Nian's stubborn temper at this time flares up. Li Nian was brought up by his elder brother Li Yan since he was a child, and their father was the secretary of the former Ming Army, and received the most authentic Confucian education, so this kind of abandonment of friendly troops was unforgivable in Li Nian's heart.

"Okay" Li Nianyi waved his hand and said resolutely: "Everyone doesn't need to say anything, I have made up my mind." Now let's hurry forward and support General Wu with a rifle from a distance, which can be regarded as a gesture of our hearts! ”

After speaking, Li Nian took off the Minnie rifle behind his back and began to ride his horse towards a mound in front of him.

"Yes. It seems that this is Wang Ba who eats the scales - with an iron heart, we also persuade him. ”

The cavalrymen looked at each other helplessly, so they had to take off their rifles one after another and follow Li Nian towards the front

At this time, the situation was still very critical, and someone under Wu Sangui had already persuaded him to evacuate first.

The adjutant general surnamed Jiang begged: "My lord, you are our backbone, you can't do it without Shanhaiguan, while we can still hold out for a while, you better withdraw first, let the last general and his brothers hold on for a while!" ”

Wu Sangui waved his hand with a solemn expression: "Vice General Jiang, you don't need to say it anymore, when have you ever seen this official do something about abandoning your brothers, you should not have heard what this official said, if you say such disobedient words again, this official will not be able to spare you." ”

"Yes, the Admiral is wrong!"

Although Wu Sangui rejected his proposal, he also won the gratitude of the generals around him.

In fact, what they don't know is that Wu Sangui is also secretly complaining in his heart, Wu Sangui was born in a family in Liaodong, grew up with a golden stalk in his mouth, and now he is an officer to the general army at the age of less than thirty, which can be called a generation of young and handsome men, where would he be willing to die?

But he can't help it, if he abandons the six thousand cavalry and slips back, not to mention that his reputation in Liaodong will be stinky from now on, even Li Yan, who stayed in Jinzhou, will definitely not be able to spare him. Escaping from the battlefield is a capital crime in the army of any dynasty, and he, Wu Sangui, doesn't want to touch this mold.

Just when everyone was at a loss, a burst of gunfire rang out in the distance.

"Bang Bang Bang"

A dense and muffled burst of gunfire rang out in the distance, and while they were nothing compared to the sounds of thousands of men fighting on the battlefield, they quickly caught the attention of both warring sides. Because the moment the guns rang out, there were constantly Qing soldiers who were shot down and dismounted, although the number of thousands of Qing troops was nothing, but the Qing army had to fight with Wu Sangui's cavalry on the one hand, and on the other hand, it had to guard against lead bullets flying from nowhere, which made the Qing army's formation quickly begin to be confused.

"What's going on, who's attacking us with firearms?"

Hauge, who had been behind the battlefield, was furious, and when victory was in sight, he was punched in the back, which was too uncomfortable.

"Lord Qiqi, on our left, someone is firing at us with a firearm." The guards on the side quickly found the culprit who caused the chaos of the Qing army.

"Damn, it's them again!" Hauge raised the clairvoyant mirror, and after carefully observing it for a while, he found that the person who was constantly firing at his own team was actually the cavalry that had just been chased by him and fled, which made him angry.

"Come, order Zoniru to lead a thousand elite horsemen to chop the hateful Nikan on the left to me!"

The thunderous Hauge could no longer tolerate this kind of thing, and soon sent men and horses to kill Li Nian and them.

At the same time, Li Nian and the others were fighting happily, the theoretical effective range of the Mini rifle could reach three hundred and fifty paces, but the theory was theory after all, in the era when there was no scope, the target at a distance of three hundred and fifty steps was just a vague dot for a normal person, so no one would really fire at such a distance.

Therefore, Li Nian and the others also shot at the Qing army at about two hundred and fifty paces, although the distance was a little farther, but it was better to be safe, and nothing could threaten their safety at this distance.

At this distance, Li Nian took advantage of the range advantage of the Mini rifle to shoot the Qing army to their heart's content, causing a lot of casualties to the Qing army, and in less than ten rounds of volleys, four or five hundred Qing soldiers were knocked off their horses by them.

Just as they were fighting happily, they found that the Qing army in front of them had split up a group of men and horses and rushed towards them.

Li Nian was the first to react, he stood up, "Suffer, we are being targeted by the Tartars!" ”

"Get on the horse and go!"

Although Li Nian is occasionally a little angry, it doesn't mean that he is stupid, and he won't do things like eggs touching stones.

A group of 100 people quickly got on their horses and galloped into the distance.

After fighting fiercely for so long, whether it was Wu Sangui or Haoge's losses, in general, Wu Sangui's losses were greater, about nearly 2,000 casualties, although the Qing army was better, but it was not easy, more than 1,000 casualties were always there, and at this moment, the Qing army divided 1,000 people to pursue Li Nian, and the pressure on Wu Sangui's side suddenly plummeted.

"Hey, the Tartars have divided their troops?"

Wu Sangui, who first noticed the strangeness of the Tartars, looked ahead in surprise and divided a part of his troops and headed towards his right.

"Are they trying to attack their tail?"

Wu Sangui was a little strange.

"No, they're chasing someone."

Wu Sangui soon saw those cavalry rushing towards him who were thinking about it, and it seemed that these people shared the pressure for him.

However, since the Qing soldiers have been divided, Wu Sangui will not be polite, and immediately commanded the troops to counterattack, at this time Wu Sangui still has 4,000 cavalry in his hands, and the Qing soldiers due to the casualties of the right talent and the division of 1,000 troops to pursue Li Nian and them, only about 3,000 men and horses remained, and they were at a disadvantage in terms of troops, and they were defeated and retreated by Wu Sangui for a time (to be continued). If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )