Chapter 245: Falling Horse, Scuffle, Hand-to-hand Combat

The fierce battle continued, more than half of the casualties of Li Zhong's auxiliary troops had been lost, and rebels who surrendered on their knees began to appear on the battlefield.

The balance of victory began to tilt in favor of the Jinzhou army, and the exhausted wolf cavalry army, led by Shi Dayong and Cao Bianjiao, wanted to deliver the most recalcitrant blow against the rebels in front of them, driving them out of the battlefield completely.

Li Zhongfu successively sent people to ask Li Jiucheng for orders to withdraw from the battlefield, but the reply he received was that he was not allowed to retreat.

In order to prevent Li from retreating without permission, Li Jiucheng ordered Xia Yuanliang and Zheng Qigang to move 3,000 troops to the southeast of Xiaoguantun, so as to cut off the passage for Li Zhong's auxiliary troops to retreat.

There is only one way to leave Li Zhongfu - fight with the Ming army to the end!

If there are 3,000 Dongjiang Liao soldiers from Geng Zhongyi's army, why does Li Zhongfu have to retreat! But his subordinates are a rabble, many of whom have not even killed anyone, how to rely on such an army to win the well-trained Ming army in person.

After Wuzi organized two counterattacks with 400 men in vain, Li Zhongfu lost the courage to continue fighting, and he decided to retreat with his troops desperate.

He didn't want to give his life here for nothing!

But at this moment, the sound of a gong was called out from behind the battle.

Hearing the sound of the gong, Li Zhongfu and his subordinates seemed to be relieved, and immediately called for the soldiers of the subordinate to immediately disengage from the Ming army, and fled to the big array along the retreat road vacated by Geng Zhongyi's Liao soldiers.

When they retreated, they suffered the Jurchen soldiers who were still attacking the Ming army's gunners with bows and arrows.

The order to retreat was given too quickly, and by the time Mijinho found that his allies had retreated, he and his people immediately became the target of the Ming army.

"Beat these dogs to Lao Tzu. Mother's full tartars! ”

The Jurchens were placed in front of Li Dashan's eyes like a piece of fat, he had been angered by the arrows that fell from time to time, and he ignored them just now because he wanted to concentrate on dealing with those rebel foot soldiers and prevent them from joining the wolf cavalry, and now that the rebels retreated, these Jurchens would have to pay the price for their actions.

Having contacts is the way to be a person! Dog Tartar, let you taste the power of Lao Tzu!

Li Dashan shouted at the fifth and sixth elders with a grin, and viciously swung the long knife in his hand at the Jurchen archers who didn't know whether to continue shooting or retreat.

"Bang! Bang"

As the firecrackers fired their first round against the Jurchen archers, the Jurchen casualties began to increase rapidly.

Compared with the Ming army, the Jurchen archers only had simple cotton clothes and no protective armor at all.

At a distance of more than 300 feet, it is unlikely that he will be killed on the spot by a lead bullet, but the rate of serious injuries and death due to bleeding is very high.

After the three rounds of fire strikes from the Jinzhou army, only one hundred and ten Jurchen archers stood there stupidly looking at their companions who fell to the ground, and the bows and arrows in their hands were constantly shaking, which showed that they were extremely scared in their hearts.

These Jurchens clearly knew that if they could not be treated in time, these injured clansmen would all die due to excessive blood loss.

They wanted to come to the rescue, but the Ming army on the opposite side was so close that they didn't have any time to treat the injured people.

"Withdraw, withdraw!"

Sanjin Bao made the wisest choice and immediately withdrew from the battlefield, he had already seen the Liao soldiers of Dongjiang coming up, and perhaps the battle would soon be over

Geng Zhongyi's 3,000 Liao soldiers came up when the Jinzhou army was supported, and the wolf cavalry army launched a heavy armor charge under the leadership of Shi Dayong.

At the same time, the artillery of the rebels was fired again.

Amid the sound of artillery and exclamations, the rebels saw a masked Ming army general fall from his horse.

Shi Dayong was not shot, but his mount stumbled.

Dozens of wolf cavalry were killed and injured by the cannons, and countless people fell from their horses.

Frightened by the sound of artillery, the horses were a little out of control, and the charge of the wolf cavalry was stillborn.

Seeing that the general had fallen off his horse, Cao Bianjiao was worried about Shi Dayong's safety, so he led more than 100 wolf cavalry who did not fall from his horse to surround him.

The situation became a little dangerous, and the Liao soldiers let out cheers and rushed towards the wolf cavalry.

"Damn, catch a few alive and take a look, I want to see if these official dogs are really not afraid of death!"

Seeing the Ming army fall from his horse, a short general in the Liao army immediately shouted excitedly.

"Catch alive, catch alive!"

Hundreds of Liao soldiers rushed towards the wolf cavalry.

"Protect the General!"

Cao Bianjiao led more than 100 horsemen to circle around the fallen wolf cavalry, and from time to time used his three-eyed gun to fire at the rebels who pounced.

"The Ming army is defeated, the Ming army is defeated, brothers!"

The Liao soldiers who rushed to the front drew their long knives and rushed towards the heavily armored Ming troops. The two sides are so close that the fire gun has lost its meaning, and now it is time to use broadswords and spears to deal with these Ming troops!

"Xiao Cao, rush over!"

"Those who fall off their horses take cover with war horses and beat them with firecrackers!"

Shi Dayong ordered Cao Bianjiao to ignore himself and lead the wolf cavalry who did not fall to attack the rebels, and on the other hand, the wolf cavalry who fell off their horses used fire guns to shoot those rebels who rushed close

When the two sides fought together again, the wind suddenly blew up, and the snow came with the wind, and the snowflakes flying with the wind were splashed with blood from time to time, turning into red blood and falling to the ground. The wind was so strong that people couldn't keep their eyes open.

Shi Dayong squinted his eyes tightly, clenched the long knife in his hand, and carefully avoided the opponent's spear. The long sword in his hand was longer than the average long sword, and the style was similar to that of the Eastern katana of later generations, but it was more resistant to weight, slashing, and sturdy.

Now there are no tactics to talk about, it is a complete melee.

Fight for your life!

I saw Shi Dayong slashing and chopping without his life, and in an instant, he had already cut down six or seven rebels, and the spears in the hands of several people were cut off by him, and he was stunned with wooden sticks.

Soon, the rebels reacted, and when they saw Shi Dayong so brave, they turned their attention to him.

"This is a Ming army official, the brothers caught it alive!" During the fighting, from time to time, I heard an officer giving orders to capture Shi Dayong alive.

There were people fighting all around, and it was difficult to open his eyes when the wind was big, no matter how fierce Shi Dayong was, his body would inevitably not be stabbed by a spear, but because of the protection of the armor, he didn't stab the vital point. But every time I was slashed, it hurt badly. After all, this chain mail is not as strong as plate armor, and it can remove the force that comes from it.

While holding on to his strength not to discourage himself, he kept slashing at the rebels who appeared beside him with the long knife in his hand.

Although the wolf cavalry is brave, but many people's physical strength is not as good as Shi Dayong, and the armor on their bodies is even heavier, many of them are relying on their courage to resist those Dongjiang Liao soldiers, under the opponent's numerical advantage of more than ten times their own, it will not take a while, there are six wolf cavalry due to exhaustion and death under the siege of the rebels. But their desperate counterattack also cost the rebels several times the losses.

Geng Zhongyi saw that the Ming army could still be so brave, and he lost hundreds of people in just a few days, and if he continued like this, even if he caught them, he might not gain more than he would lose. These Dongjiang soldiers are the capital of fighting the country, and they can't be folded casually.

Especially when he saw that the mask-wearing general shot viciously, he hit the vital point, only died and did not hurt under the long knife, his eyes were as fierce as a lone wolf, and he was shocked in his heart, and he shouted at those subordinates again and again, meaning that they didn't have to leave any more mouths alive, and they all killed them cleanly.

In fact, there is no need for him to shout, these Dongjiang Liao soldiers also know that there is no mercy on their subordinates at this time, and they will keep their mouths alive.

Already red-eyed, they stabbed their spears at the cavalrymen in a frenzy, and as the men continued to shout and fall from their horses, the fighting between the two sides became more and more fierce.

Shi Dayong's strength gradually failed, and when he slashed hard at the back of a rebel soldier but was violently pushed away by another person, he smiled bitterly in his heart, knowing that his physical strength was very high, and he was no longer able to swing the long knife in his hand to slash at the enemy.

At this time, there were also bursts of pain in my body, and my whole body felt sore, and I really wanted to lie down and sleep or rest for a while. Especially when his eyes caught a glimpse of dozens of rebels rushing towards this side on the periphery, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart: It seems that he is going to sacrifice his life for Emperor Zhuang Lie today.

However, the Liao soldiers who rushed over did not approach the battle circle here, and Cao Bianjiao led his troops to rush over from their flanks, although the speed of the horses was far less than before, but the horses' hooves still made them unable to stop.

Being rushed by Cao Bianjiao like this, those rebels could only be forced to retreat, giving Shi Dayong and the rest of the troops a chance to breathe, but it was also full of dangers, and everyone was bloody all over.

He didn't know how many wounds there were on his body, but just as he used all his strength to cut off a spear that pierced him, suddenly, his body went limp, and he fell to the ground from his horse unsteadily.

A rebel officer saw Wan Liang fall to the ground, thinking that there was a advantage to take advantage of, and without saying a word, he jumped over and pointed at Wan Liang is spear.

Seeing this, several wolf cavalry shouted anxiously, and one of the wolf cavalrymen closest to Wan Liang ignored the spear that the opponent had already stabbed, and was ready to pounce on the spear to block the commander.

Wan Liang fell to the ground, and seeing that the rebels' vicious spears were about to pierce him, and the strength that came out of nowhere, he rolled forward violently, grabbed the officer's feet with both hands, and as soon as he exerted his strength, he threw him to the ground, turned around and pounced on him, and then rolled and fought with both hands and feet.

After rolling on the ground for a while, the rebel officer was much taller than Wan Liang, and his strength was not small. But being firmly held by Wan Liang in the back, his hands strangled his neck, and his legs crossed around his waist, he had no strength but couldn't use it, so he could only stare at him desperately trying to get him off.

Wan Liang was a little dizzy by the rebel officer, and he wanted to fall off him several times, but he strangled the other party with a fierce mouthful, seeing that the other party was struggling and gradually weakening, and his left arm suddenly had a huge pain, which was suddenly pierced by a spear, but it turned out that the two of them rolled in front of dozens of rebels.