Gao Zhiping has many followers, and it can even be said that among the younger generation, he has the most followers, including marketmen, literati, Tengchong officials, and generals who hold military power.

Although it can't be said that he has a full response in Tengchong Mansion, it can be said that he can recruit thousands of defender soldiers, which is not a difficult task.

Gao Zhiping already had 6,000 crossbowmen in his hands, and in Tengchong City, as long as he was equipped with leather armor and swords, it was infantry, and if he rode on a horse, it was cavalry.

Therefore, after a day, Gao Zhiping secretly gathered 10,000 troops and decided to launch an attack on the enemy outside the east gate in the early morning of the next day.

It's an attack, not an attack.

There is an essential difference between the two, the attack belongs to the sneak attack and the guerrilla attack, and the attack is whether you are prepared or not, I will attack.

In other words, even if Bailikang does not divide his troops and does not make any temptations, Gao Zhiping will also attack at the same time.

The miscalculation of Bailikang is that he miscalculated that his defeated generals have different minds and identities from ordinary people.

Identity determines the attitude towards handling events, and character determines the outcome. This applies everywhere.

The division of troops weakened the strength of Duan's army, although Bailikang's 3,000 Ming army was used as an ambush and had the effect of a surprise soldier, but for the 10,000 rebels who came to attack, it was not a big surprise.

At best, it was just an accident.

At the ugly moment, when the east gate suddenly opened and six thousand cavalry surged out, although the Duan army outside the east gate was prepared, first, they did not expect that so many troops would attack, and second, they did not expect that there would be so many cavalry in Dali City.

This unexpected surprise. Directly led to the irreversible rout of Duan's army.

In fact, Bailikang knows that the Yunnan horses produced by Dali are only suitable for transportation, and they are far from being comparable to the northern war horses.

And the infantry can become cavalry when they get on their horses?

Isn't it a big joke in the world?

But after a thousand soldiers. The strength of the Duan army at the east gate was only more than 6,000 people, and in the face of the 6,000 cavalry, this momentum was enough to crush the morale of the Duan army.

And the kung fu of a pillar of incense, after six thousand cavalry, thousands of armor soldiers appeared again.

As a result, Duan's army irreversibly retreated.

Miles away, Bailikang. At this time, he realized that he had miscalculated the strength of his defeated generals, and also miscalculated the will to fight of the Duan army.

As soon as the city gate opened, it was only three miles to the place where the Duan army was encamped. This distance made Bailikang not even have time to react.

The 3,000 soldiers brought by Bailikang were not the regular Ming New Army, but the retired soldiers selected by Xu Shouren from the army. Although people are soldiers. But there was no equipment of the Forces nouvelles, and it was infantry.

At a distance of several miles, it was impossible to quickly rescue the Duan army, and with the kung fu of this pillar of incense, the Duan army was shocked by the thousands of armor soldiers of the enemy who attacked again, and thus were defeated.

The defeated army is like a chaotic people, and the defeated army is like a bandit.

Bai Likang could only watch as Duan's army was defeated and stopped the 3,000 Ming army that had already started to charge. Ordered to reflexively retreat and turn to the north gate. Gather the 1,000 Duan clan army and make plans again.

Because at this time, if the 3,000 Ming army rushed forward, it would just add merit to Gao Zhiping.

The defeated soldiers of the Duan army will disrupt the formation of the Ming army, neutralize the combat effectiveness of the Ming army, and even make the Ming army lose the opportunity to throw grenades.

In the face of an army that has already been defeated, the only correct way is to retreat, wait until the rout is tired and calm down, and then carry out containment and reorganization, but there is no need to let them go to the battlefield for a short time, because once they are on the battlefield, they will repeat the scene of rout and escape.

However, when Bai Likang led 3,000 Ming troops back to the north gate, he happened to encounter Gao Zhengli leading the only 10,000 defenders in the city out of the north gate, preparing to attack the camp of the "4,000 Duan army".

Gao Zhengli was also a battle-hardened general, and he learned that Gao Zhiping had violated his orders and went out of the city to attack the enemy as soon as the east city gate was opened.

But at this time, it was too late to stop it, and Gao Zhengli did not mess up in a hurry.

He knew that the number of enemies was not large, Gao Zhiping led 10,000 people to attack, as long as he didn't mess around, even if he couldn't attack the enemy, he still had more than enough self-preservation.

Gao Zhengli had no intention of leading the army to reinforce Gao Zhiping.

Instead, he decided to lead all the troops in the city to attack the north gate, because in this way, the effect of a two-sided assault could be formed, whether it was the Duan army or the Ming army, there were so many troops in total, and the enemy would fall into the dilemma of not being able to take care of the end with superior forces.

Gao Zhengli is worthy of being a veteran of the battlefield, after Gao Zhiping made a mistake, he made a mistake and launched an all-out assault on the north gate.

The Brikang Department came at the right time.

This is the right time, it is not that the Ming army can withstand the surprise attack of the rebels, it is said that Bailikang just hit the muzzle of the gun.

And so, a vicious battle broke out.

Three thousand against ten thousand, Bailikang didn't want to fight such a battle, but the thing just happened to collide, so what could I do in vain?

At this time, it is too late to withdraw, and the two armies have already faced each other, how can they withdraw?

Bai Likang could only bite the bullet and order the whole army to fight back.

Although the Ming army was not fully equipped with the new army, it was equipped with enough firearms, and the first battle to Tengchong was not a siege battle, but an encounter, and it was an away encounter, which caught Bai Likang and the Ming soldiers off guard.

In this chaotic situation, the Ming army's rain of grenades saved the 1,000 Duan soldiers who were about to be destroyed, and the Ming army immediately launched a counter-charge, protecting the 1,000 Duan soldiers behind them.

After three successive rounds of grenade throwing, the explosion brought the rebels to a halt, and Bailikang took advantage of the opportunity to grit his teeth and give the order to retreat.

As a result, the 1,000 Duan army turned due north and retreated quickly, while the 2,000 Ming soldiers responded in the center, leaving 1,000 Ming soldiers to fight and retreat to cover.

Gao Zhengli is old, if it is Gao Zhiping, he will never regret the lives of his soldiers, and he will definitely order a pursuit, so that even if Baili Kangbu can escape, he will be stripped of a layer of skin.

It's a pity that once people get old, although they are steady, they also lose their radical heart.

Gao Zhengli saw the sharpness of the weapons for the first time, and he hesitated because of this.

What he hesitated was that if this was a battle to defend the city, there was no way, but now that the enemy had fled, why should he pay the lives of many soldiers for the pursuit.

This was the real thought in Gao Zhengli's heart, but this idea lost a chance to annihilate or severely damage the Bailikang Ministry.

And Gao Zhiping at the east gate completed his goal, his wish was fulfilled, he led six thousand "cavalry" to defeat the main force of the Duan army at almost a slight cost, and outside the east city gate, the Duan army had run away. (To be continued......)