Chapter 516: Fiasco (5)

At noon, the earth-shattering drums sounded, and the earth began to tremble slightly.

After that, the Golden Tartars began a full-scale charge and attack.

Looking at the Houjin Tartar who rushed over with black pressure, Xiong Wencan's expression suddenly became calm, victory or defeat in this move, no matter how much he thought about it, it was useless, the only thing he could do at this time was to resist the Houjin Tartar with many soldiers.

Xiong Wencan guessed half of the offensive strategy adopted by the Houjin Tartars, the left and right flanks are the focus of the Houjin Tartars' attack, but the defensive position in the middle is also the focus of the Houjin Tartars' attack, after all, the Houjin Tartars have enough troops to calmly arrange their troops and launch an all-round attack.

A rain of arrows and arquebus gunfire appeared, and casualties began to appear in large numbers at this time.

Seeing that Houjin Tatar rushed through the rain of arrows and approached the defensive position, Xiong Wencan gave the order for the cavalry to attack.

Amid the dull beat of drums, the cavalry sorted.

The cavalry's initiative to attack caught the Houjin Tartars a little off guard, and they probably didn't expect that there would be Ming troops who dared to fight them face to face.

The two cavalry collided together, and a strong smell of blood instantly dispersed.

The neighing, screaming, and angry shouts of horses are constantly intertwined.

Xiong Wencan, who calmly looked at the scene of the fight, shook his body several times, and he sadly found that the cavalry under his command was not the opponent of the Houjin Tartar at all, except for the beginning of the fight, the double anti can also confront each other with swords and guns, and then it will not be able to fight directly, the Houjin Tartar moves quickly, always releases bows and arrows, and the number of sergeants who fall under the bow and arrows is increasing, and the formation of the Houjin Tartar changes quickly, in the shortest possible time, the cavalry under his command is divided, cutting off the connection between each other, The sergeants who rushed to kill were like islands in the middle of the ocean, mercilessly washed and swallowed by the sea.

Xiong Wencan, who had red eyes, spoke to the herald beside him.

"Order all the sergeants stationed in the barracks. Rush to the battlefield in a quarter of an hour......"

There were 20,000 sergeants stationed in the barracks, who were the sergeants of Miyunwei and Yingzhouwei, although their combat effectiveness was average, they also had a strong fear of gold. But the battle has reached such a tragic level, any support army is very important, to Xiong Wencan's relief, no one under his command flinched, knowing that the number of Houjin Tartars was large. Still desperately resisting.

The herald quickly went to give the order, the first line of defense was only three miles away from the barracks, and there was no problem in arriving in a quarter of an hour, and the sergeants stationed in the barracks should know about the fierce fighting on the battlefield.

After the herald left, Xiong Wencan turned his head to look at the battlefield.

The fighting was still fierce, and people kept falling off their horses, but the number of cavalry charging under Xiong Wencan's command had been drastically reduced. More of a post-gold tartar.

The pro-soldiers around him have been persuading Xiong Wencan to go to a safe place, the so-called safe place is actually to evacuate the battlefield, the two armies are fighting, if the commander is killed or captured, it indicates the complete failure of the battle, and the rest of the sergeants will lose the confidence to resist.

Xiong Wencan ignored the persuasion of his own soldiers, and he remained motionless. Keep an eye on the situation on the battlefield.

The Houjin Tartars have not yet been able to break through the defensive positions, especially the Houjin Tartars who attacked the two wings, and the losses are still relatively large, and they may not have thought that the Ming army has stabilized the defense of the two wings in the shortest possible time.

Frontal charge. The Houjin Tartars had an absolute advantage, but they were not able to break through the position, and some of the Houjin Tartars who entered the position were quickly killed or forced to withdraw because they could not get follow-up support.

All this gave Xiong Wencan confidence. He felt that the Houjin Tartars were not invincible, although the combat effectiveness of the Houjin Tartars was stronger than the army under his command, but the two armies were fighting, paying attention to courage and confidence, as long as they were not afraid, as long as they dared to fight, as long as they had no scruples, they could also persist and kill their opponents.

The number of Houjin Tartars is far more than the army under Xiong Wencan's command, which can be seen with the naked eye, Xiong Wencan predicts that there should be 50,000 Houjin Tartars along the way, fortunately, the slope area in front of the defense line is not very large, and it is impossible for 50,000 Houjin Tartars to launch a comprehensive charge, which weakens the combat effectiveness of Houjin Tartars to a certain extent, otherwise the sergeants under Xiong Wencan's command would have been unable to resist for a long time.

Du Du's face became gloomy, and the development of the battle situation greatly exceeded his expectations.

The fight is in a state of stalemate, although the warriors of the Eight Banners occupy a great advantage, but they cannot end the battle in a short time, can not completely crush the Ming army, the Ming army on the opposite side, the fighting spirit should not be underestimated.

The battle had been going on for about half an hour, Du Du did not have the slightest reservation, and put all his forces into a full-scale general attack, he originally thought that he could achieve a complete victory in a short time, but his idea was hit in the face.

Since entering the customs, Du Du has encountered the harshest battle, and he must brace himself.

There are more and more golden tartars who rushed into the position to fight, and the pressure on the two wings is also increasing, Xiong Wencan's five thousand most elite cavalry has lost most of them, and there are not many who have returned to the position, these cavalry have no time to rest and adjust, and there is no time to adjust, so they can only grit their teeth and continue to fight.

The battle has reached its most critical moment, and without reinforcements, the position will soon be breached.

Xiong Wencan's face became more and more pale.

It was at this time that the herald came to his side.

Seeing the herald's pale look, Xiong Wencan chuckled in his heart.

"Marshal, there are no more sergeants in the camp......"

The herald's report extracted Xiong Wencan's last trace of persistence, he never dreamed that when the battle in front began, there was such a strange situation in the rear, Miyunwei and the sergeants of Yingzhou Wei, under the leadership of the general soldiers, fled collectively, and the battle went on in such a stalemate state, it was when reinforcements were needed, but reinforcements no longer existed.

Xiong Wencan, who was sad and angry, suddenly became confused.

It is the greatest shame that something that would not have happened on any battlefield should appear in the former army under his command, and the consequences of such a move are obvious.

The herald looked at Xiong Wencan, whose expression changed instantly, and mustered up the courage to speak.

"Commander, retreat quickly......"

Xiong Wencan looked at the herald beside him, his eyes were cold and could kill, the herald's body trembled, and he quickly lowered his head, not daring to speak again.

In fact, the herald's suggestion was correct, at this time, only a small number of troops were left to resist desperately, and the rest of the army quickly withdrew, along Changyu City, after going to Juyong Pass, and then evacuated in the direction of Yanqing Prefecture, no matter what the future outcome is, at least for the time being, it can be guaranteed not to be completely annihilated by the Houjin Tartars.

Xiong Wencan, who was furious, didn't think of this, he thought of the burning of jade, and the 20,000 sergeants under his command fled in fear, which was a huge shame for the boss, and those sergeants who fled would definitely be severely punished, but he, the boss, had a ruined reputation.

An hour passed.

The battlefield has become extremely bloody, and the defensive positions have also been broken through at this moment.

The moment the defensive position was breached, Du Du's expression became excited, and he knew that the last moment was coming.

Xiong Wencan's face did not have the slightest blood, at this moment he thought of the herald's suggestion, in fact, at that time, there was still hope for the gradual evacuation, but after the position was broken through by the Houjin Tartars, the hope of evacuation had been completely lost.

The soldiers were ready to escort Xiong Wencan to evacuate, but he refused, and suffered such a heavy defeat that he had no shame to evacuate alone.

Just when he saw Houjin Tartar rushing over, Xiong Wencan's eyes went black and he fainted.

The army finally collapsed, and after holding out for more than four hours, it completely collapsed.

Once upon a time, Xiong Wencan thought that the front army would be able to hold out for at least half a month, waiting for reinforcements from all sides, but he didn't expect that in less than a day, the front army would completely collapse.

The battlefield has turned into hell, the sergeants are struggling to support, countless sergeants have fallen in the fighting, and the Houjin Tartars have no mercy, they don't need to be taken prisoners at all.

Du Du has stopped fighting, with a cruel and comfortable smile on his face, looking at everything on the battlefield, he finally completely defeated the Ming army that came to reinforce him, as for the scout to detect that a Ming army has crossed Juyong Pass and is heading in the direction of Yanqing City, Du Du is not worried at all, the Ming army on this road is purely looking for death.

The order had already been given, and Du Du did not need to be taken prisoner, so the battlefield was unusually bloody.

Xiong Wencan, who woke up, felt a little pain in his head, looked at the sky, the stars in the sky were very bright, and they had already darkened.

Everything on the battlefield appeared in his mind in an instant.

Struggling to prop himself up, several people were already kneeling in front of him.

Xiong Wencan looked at these people carefully, he was familiar with these people, they were scouts in the former army.

The captain of the pro-soldier behind him spoke.

"Marshal, it was the Scout Battalion who rescued you......"

Xiong Wencan had a premonition of something, and spoke to the scout kneeling in front of him.

"Thank you for your hard work, Ben Shuai's life was saved by you, but Ben Shuai wants to know what place this is and what the situation is on the battlefield......

There was silence for a long time before the captain of the pro-soldier spoke.

"Dashuai, this is Tianshou Mountain, the subordinates gathered the evacuated brothers just now, there are more than 800 people in total, and the situation of the rest of the brothers, the subordinates don't know for the time being."

Xiong Wencan's body trembled violently, of the 30,000 soldiers who participated in the battle, only 800 people were withdrawn, of course, there may be scattered sergeants, and there may also be sergeants who have been evacuated to other places, but no matter what, this battle is an out-and-out fiasco, and it is very rare to lose so many sergeants in a battle.

Xiong Wencan, who was angry, habitually touched his waist, but his hand was held down by the captain of the pro-soldiers.

"The commander is still there, and the former army has not been destroyed......" (To be continued.) )