No commander was able to mobilize an army of 90,000 troops to change two completely different orders in such a short period of time, and forceful changes would only cause confusion and collapse of the whole army.

The reason why Yelu Hugo was able to change the order in an instant was because he had ordered the 200,000 Liao army to attack, and he stopped the attack when he was blocked by the Ming artillery, except for the more than 20,000 soldiers in the large battalion, the rest of the army was all in a state of preparation, and the previous retreat order was not the reason for the attack, but an orderly retreat, so changing the order would not cause chaos.

It is precisely because of this that he was unexpectedly hit by Yelu Xiugo.

At this time, the artillery of the Ming army was already able to shoot, but it was no longer able to shoot, because all the new troops on the battlefield for dozens of miles had already come into contact with the Liao army.

What immediately came to mind in Bailiyi's mind was not how to resist the Liao army, but how to get Baili Wuji out of danger, the Ming army had no mobile troops here, and Xu Shouren and Chen Yanzheng were transferred to the west of Yikun Prefecture to block the Liao army. If the new army is defeated only a little at this time, it will inevitably be surrounded by the Liao army that has broken through, and the consequences will be unimaginable.

Baili Yi immediately flew to the Baili Wuji military tent three miles later.

"Da Lang, the situation is urgent, you should leave quickly."

"Smack." Baili Yi was blinded by a loud slap from Baili Wuji.

"Do you know why I hit you?" Baili Wuji asked coldly.

Baili Yi said: "I didn't expect that Yelu Hugo would change his mind temporarily, causing our army to fall into a passive ....... ”

"!" Baili Wuji shouted. "The battlefield is changing rapidly, anything can happen, how can I blame you for this?"

"That's ......." Bai Liyi couldn't think of anything else that could make Da Lang beat him like this.

Baili Wuji sighed: "Ayi." In such a situation, you, as the commander-in-chief, have withdrawn from your duties and are not in command at the front, and this alone will kill you. ”

"However, Da Lang's safety ......." Baili justified.

"My safety? If I want to die, I have more chances to die in the past ten years. Jeruxiu didn't have what it took to cut off my head. Baili Wuji sneered, and suddenly shouted: "Get out, don't worry about my safety." Do what you have to do. ”

Seeing Baili Wuji's resoluteness, Baili Yi gritted his teeth and stomped his feet in desperation, and turned his head away. The first thing he did when he returned to his Zhongjun tent was to order the transfer of 1,500 of his 2,000 personal guards to the Baili Wuji military tent three miles away.

The tide of the war is developing more and more against the soldiers of the Forces nouvelles. Wait until the last of the 70,000 people of Jeruxiugo come around. In fact, the 80,000 new army has fallen into the encirclement, and only the defense line composed of the southernmost 10,000 new army is still blocking the Liao army from breaking through in depth, which is the last line of defense in front of Baili Wuji.

The soldiers of the Ming army in the encirclement were still in groups of three, resisting the attack of the Liao army back to back, and the Liao army took the advantage of strength, but it was unable to crack the bayonet array of the Ming army at once, but suffered a lot of casualties.

It was getting darker and darker, and the figures were blurry. The dark night was conducive to the attack of the Liao soldiers, but the Ming soldiers could not see the scimitars cut by the Liao soldiers. Unable to resist with guns, they were cut down one after another, either wounded or killed, and for a while, the Ming army front began to be chaotic.

Baili Yi is anxious, if it goes on like this, the new army will not only be annihilated, but his Dalang will also be in a desperate situation, unless Baili Wuji immediately flees south, otherwise the last Ming army defense line will be broken, and Baili Wuji will not be able to escape even if he wants to.

So he gave a cruel order, which made him live in self-reproach for the rest of his life.

Bailiyi ordered artillery to bombard the northernmost point of the stalemate between the Ming and Liao armies, and shrink southward wave by wave. Bailiyi's intention was to use artillery explosions to disrupt the offensive rhythm of the Liao army, to give the Ming army some time to breathe, and the most important thing is that the explosive fire of thousands of artillery salvos would illuminate the nearby battlefield and buy time for the Ming army's resistance. Although the artillery salvo could not last for a long time, there was an hour and a half, which was enough for the Ming army to have a chance to breathe.

This is a last resort to drink doves to quench thirst, and it is also the only way that Bailiyi can think of at this time. Bailiyi also gave an order, that is, if the artillery was finished firing and did not receive a new order from himself, all the artillery immediately blew up the artillery on the spot, and then sent north with ordnance to reinforce the front line.

Even if the whole army is annihilated, the artillery cannot be allowed to fall into the hands of the Liao army, this is the iron law of all Ming troops, because this order was issued by Baili Wuji himself. Baili Wuji was not afraid of the muskets falling into the hands of the Liao army, but he was deeply afraid that the artillery would fall into the hands of the Liao, so he deliberately set this iron law.

When Bailiyi's order was issued, thousands of artillery began to roar, and countless shells flying out of the muzzle left a line of light and shadow among the people outside the square, and smashed into the rear of the Liao army, but at this time the rear of the Liao army was the front of the Ming army, although relatively speaking, the number of Ming troops in this part was not large, but for the covering artillery fire, the blow was devastating. In this acquiescence, people's awareness has been reduced to a very low level, and coupled with the loud tremors and thunderous sounds, few people still have the ability to discern the direction, leaving the soldiers in this area to die.

Bailiyi's order to the artillery made the artillery completely remove their love for artillery, unable to take it away, and even themselves would go to the front line as ordinary soldiers.

The night's artillery fire continued for more than an hour, until hundreds of guns were blown up, for which more than 1,000 artillery men were killed by their own guns.

And the dense artillery fire also temporarily saved the fate of the Ming army, and in the dark night, the light of the explosion made the Ming soldiers launch counterattacks against the Liao army again and again until they were exhausted.

In fact, when the artillery fire stopped, the soldiers of both armies could no longer wield the knives and muskets in their hands, and in the hours of fighting, their bodies were completely overdrawn, and whether they were standing, sitting, or lying down, they would rather be hacked to death or stabbed to death by the enemy with a knife than get up and fight again.

At this moment, Baili Wuji waited for a piece of news, desperate news.

The scouts reported that the area of the Huanghe River thirty miles west of Yikun Prefecture had been broken through by the Liao army yesterday afternoon, and the defending New Army had been completely annihilated, and the attacking Liao army numbered at least 100,000.

Baili Wuji heard a chill in his heart, Yikun Prefecture to his current battlefield position, it will take at least a day to march, and the time for the fall of the scout has passed several hours. (To be continued......)