As long as the crossbowmen are not approached by equal or large numbers of infantry and cavalry, they are undoubtedly the masters of the battlefield.

Suppressing three or four thousand infantry with six thousand bows and crossbows undoubtedly had a good chance of victory.

Bai Likang was slightly out of step at this time, because he was worried about Xu Shouren's safety, and he launched a surprise attack on the enemy regardless of a single moment, which was his biggest mistake.

When Bai Likang led three thousand Ming troops to charge forward, approaching the enemy within fifteen zhang, the arrows in the sky roared, and the Ming army was not even equipped with armor, and under the blow of this covering arrow, three or four hundred people fell in a pool of blood in an instant.

If it weren't for the personal soldiers around him to cover for their lives, Bai Likang would have been one of the fallen corpses.

In this case, with Bai Likang's original character, he must have ordered a retreat, because in such a battle, the Ming army wanted to throw grenades, and it was impossible to reach the enemy at all, and it was undoubtedly self-defeating to continue the assault.

But Bai Likang was in chaos at this time, he didn't have any thoughts in his heart, there was only one goal, that is, to return to Dali City immediately, he needed to know whether Xu Shouren was still alive, even if Dali City had fallen, he would not hesitate to go like a sheep into the mouth of a tiger.

Bailikang shouted sharply and continued to charge in a straggler line.

Almost all of the rearmed Ming troops were retired veterans, who were excavated from the army by Xu Shouren, and they had similar thoughts to Bai Likang, whose chief officer was uncertain about his life and death, so how could he sit idly by.

The seed in the soldier's heart, which had already faded, burst out again from the momentary powerful frustration and blood, and grew up in the wind.

When it is strong, it is strong. Seeing blood madness, this is the military soul of the Ming army, these retired veterans. Once again, this kind of soul is vividly interpreted.

They didn't need Bailikang's command, they tacitly dispersed in groups of eight during the run, lined up in columns, and the first person became a live target for the enemy, while the one behind rushed forward with the first one.

The first died, the second on top. The second died, and the third was on top .......

The distance of fifteen zhang is not close, but it is not far.

The bow and arrow cover shot is very powerful. But the arrows consumed can also be said to be huge.

Moreover, bows and arrows also have an interval between pulling bowstrings, and as long as the Ming army approaches from fifteen zhang to within ten zhang, they can suppress the enemy with grenades, and then two zhang forward. to inflict damage on enemies.

Other words. The distance between life and death is five to seven zhang.

The advance of the skirmish line in groups of five allowed the Ming army to lose a large number of soldiers again, but the Ming army also exchanged blood for a shortened distance, which was a bloody road.

The more than 600 Duan clan troops behind were ready to run away, but as soon as the Ming army turned back, they took the lead and ran away.

But they didn't expect that the Ming army would continue to rush forward so desperately.

On the battlefield, the power of example is endless.

At this moment. They began to blush at their cowardice, and they began to dare not even look at each other. Because, he was afraid of seeing the slightest hint of ridicule in the other party's eyes.

The so-called one with the same desire wins, the soldiers of the Ming army and Bailikang are concentric, and they exchange their lives for the distance of five zhang, which is actually just a matter of fingers.

But in the eyes of the soldiers of the Duan clan and the Gao Fang opposite, it was as long as a lifetime.

In this distance, how many soldiers were killed by arrows one by one and fell without a word, and how many soldiers continued to charge in place of the former as if they were dead.

The appearance of the dead varied, the parts of the shot were different, and even the posture in which they fell, but they all had one thing in common, that is, the direction in which they fell was the same, and that direction was the direction of the enemy.

Gao Fang felt that he was already old at this moment, he had brought more soldiers in his life, and he had never seen such a soldier in his life.

Gao Fang asked himself, are the Ming army all such soldiers?

If they are all such soldiers, and they fight against them themselves, they are really asking for their own death. Gao Fang shook his head helplessly, now that the mistake has been made, it is too late to regret it.

However, even if you do it all over again, you will still come to this point, because, interests.

The interests of the whole clan, how can I sit back and watch the Ming Kingdom come and rob it, no matter who wants to rob my Gao family's interests, then, I can only fight to the death.

Gao Fang suddenly became firm, and he ordered, no need to leave any more arrows, shoot them all.

Gao Fang knew that this battle should be the last battle in his life, either you die or I die, according to the command character of the Ming army commander opposite, it must be the same as what he thinks.

In that case, then, let's fight.

Both armies began to fight to the best of their ability, and by this time, the two armies had maintained a distance of more than ten feet.

Ten zhang, this is the distance between the Ming army and the line of life and death, so the Ming soldiers began to throw hard.

A large number of grenades made an arc in the sky and fell on the heads of Gao's army.

But there were also many Ming soldiers who were shot by arrows as soon as they threw grenades, and were shot before they even threw them.

At this moment, the casualties of the Ming army were not even less than the distance of the charge.

Many grenades exploded in the Ming army's own formation, and many Ming soldiers were killed because of their own grenades.

Fortunately, the formation was loose and the casualties were manageable.

However, the thrown grenades finally suppressed the crossbowmen of the Gao Army, and the fragments flew sideways to suppress the crossbowmen, and the smoke and dust caused by the explosion in front of them blocked their vision.

As a result, the pressure of the Ming soldiers who were still charging was instantly reduced, and the speed at which they charged was faster.

This is an opportunity to exchange blood and life, and every soldier knows deeply in his heart that he can be said to be running with the strength of milk, and this is just another flick of his fingers.

The two armies were within eight zhang of each other, and the Ming army began a formal counterattack, and the grenades were thrown more intensively at the Gao army column, and by this time, the explosion of the grenades was already able to kill the crossbowmen.

At this time, the more than 600 soldiers behind the Ming army, not knowing who could get up, began to charge.

Maybe it was a young man who was easily moved, maybe it was the pity caused by seeing the Ming army fighting at any cost, or maybe they also had a desire to become heroes in their hearts, and they began to charge forward in unison.

Gao Fang knew that he was defeated, not because the Ming army could already start a counterattack, nor because the more than 600 people behind the Ming army began to charge.

It's because Gao Fang knows that the soldiers under his command can't resist this kind of intense battle.

People can not be afraid of death, but people are afraid of seeing others die, especially if they die miserably.

Gao Fang thought so, it didn't mean that he wanted to surrender, nor did it mean that he wanted to give up shooting the Ming army. (To be continued......)