The next day, Chai Rong led his army to reach 20 miles south of Yinzhou City, and collided head-on with the 30,000 cavalry of Yeluwan's department who was heading south from Shengzhou.

This scene was miserable, just as Yelu Anbo did not know that the Ming army was in the war, Chai Rong did not expect the Liao army to come so quickly, and in a hurry, the two armies fought a decisive battle twenty miles south of Yinzhou.

Chai Rong didn't want to fight a decisive battle, but he had to fight a decisive battle and collide head-on, and the other party was cavalry, and it was unknown whether his own cavalry could escape, let alone 30,000 infantry.

As a last resort, Chai Rong ordered more than 10,000 cavalry as the vanguard to launch a counter-charge against the Liao army.

The 30,000 infantry took the opportunity to form a formation, with spearmen in front, sword and shield soldiers in the rear, and crossbowmen in the last.

At the same time, scouts were sent to Suizhou to send an order, ordering Fu Yanqing to lead the army to respond.

This place of battle is also half a day away from Suizhou Fast Horse, let alone a round trip.

For the time being, Chai Rong could only focus on how to deal with the Liao cavalry.

The cavalry of the Zhou army had already collided with the Liao army, and the bloody battle was continuing.

Zhao Kuangyin and Zheng En were trying to persuade Chai Rong to retreat to Suizhou City to garrison in order to ensure safety.

But they all knew that if Chai Rong retreated at this time, then even if there were generals such as Zhao Kuangyin and Zheng En who swore to fight to the death, they would not be able to stop the rout of the Zhou army.

As soon as the army's heart is scattered, in the face of the fierce Liao cavalry, no matter how many troops there are, they can only be scattered.

Chai Rong can only insist on supervising the battle, so that if he can withstand the charge of the Liao army, then when the reinforcements from Suizhou arrive, the whole army may be able to retreat safely.

The counter-charge of more than 10,000 cavalry only bought an hour for the 30,000 infantry of the Zhou army.

But this hour was enough for the Zhou army to lay out a solid defense.

The soldiers of the Zhou army were all from the previous dynasties, and some had even gone through the second or third dynasties.

Most of them are old oilmen who have seen the combat power of Liao cavalry.

If you change it to before. I've already oiled the soles of my feet and slipped away.

But now the emperor is personally involved in danger to supervise the war, and Chai Rong's reputation in the army is good. The old oilers have to lament, I think I have to confess in Yinzhou today, Wuding River, Wuding River, I hope I can wash my body into the Yellow River, don't let me expose my body to be eaten by wild dogs in the wild.

Sigh to sigh, the old oilers on the battlefield have the ability to save their lives.

For Liao Qi, the old oilers can only do their best. Resigned.

Tens of thousands of spears formed three phalanxes, and behind each platoon of pikemen were sword and shield soldiers to hold shields for them.

And the last three thousand crossbowmen were already bent and ready to shoot.

At this time. More than 10,000 cavalry of the Zhou army have been annihilated, and the Liao army, which was countercharged by the cavalry of the Zhou army, also paid heavy casualties, losing 6,000 Liao cavalry, even if it was cavalry against cavalry. The casualty ratio was also two to one. This is still the case of the Zhou army under the emperor's supervision.

The most important thing is that after this battle, the speed of Liao Qi has completely slowed down.

Without speed as a reliance, rushing forward into the phalanx of pikemen is looking for death.

The Liao army was not so stupid, leaving five thousand cavalry to defend in the middle, and the rest of the cavalry began to detour to the sides and accelerate before the charge.

Normally. This acceleration process is very fast and when the acceleration is completed. will launch a charge, and the 5,000 cavalry left in the middle will also begin to accelerate.

Chai Rong sighed bitterly in his heart, how could his luck be so bad, as long as half a day, the Zhou army could capture Yinzhou City, which did not have many people, and if Yinzhou City was used as a barrier, he was completely sure to block the attack of the Liao cavalry with more than 40,000 Zhou troops.

It was only half a day, but now it was going to engage in a field battle with the cavalry of the Liao army.

Now more than 10,000 cavalry will be wiped out in an hour, and such a price is not something Chai Rong can afford.

The Liao cavalry had already accelerated and began to charge at the Zhou army's formation.

A bloody battle of decent infantry against cavalry began.

The fighting spirit of the Liao army at this moment is excited, and the nomads from Mobei have excellent horse control ability.

The moment the Liao cavalry striker came into contact with the Zhou army's array, countless war horses jumped into the air, although there were countless war horses that were pierced into sugar gourds by the Zhou army's oblique spear when they fell, but the war horse plus the knight plus the equipment and the inertia of falling after jumping into the air, the fall of each war horse would smash over three or four or even six or seven Zhou soldiers.

The Zhou army array has only appeared in the first wave of the impact of the Liao cavalry, and once this gap increases, it is bound to form small pieces of different sizes, so that the Zhou army array is slowly cut apart, and the large or small Zhou army is instantly annihilated by the follow-up Liao cavalry.

The Zhou army was constantly devoured, and the phalanx became smaller and thinner.

Zhao Kuangyin and Zheng En didn't care about the risk of angering Chai Rong at this time, and knelt in front of Chai Rong together, asking Chai Rong to retreat to Suizhou.

The battle situation has become clear, and the rout of the Zhou army is a foregone conclusion, it is only a matter of time.

Chai Rong's heart was cold, he knew that if he dragged it any longer, it would only cost him more lives to the soldiers of the Zhou army, so he had no choice but to give the order to retreat.

The cost of the infantry's retreat against the cavalry was brutal.

Unless there are a considerable number of soldiers left behind, the retreat may turn into a rout.

The first phalanx of the Zhou army has been stuck with the Liao cavalry, and it is impossible to evacuate safely, Chai Rong made up his mind and decided to leave the first phalanx to delay the attack of the Liao army, and the third phalanx was transferred to the second phalanx of the front team and evacuated to Suizhou.

The main commanders of the first phalanx of the Zhou army are Bai Chongzan and Fu Yanneng, the two of them know that this is a dead end, and they have the heart to flee for their lives, but the emperor is behind, if they don't escape, they will die, and if they escape, they can only fight desperately.

In order to survive, the cooperation between the two at this time is seamless.

On the battlefield at this time, the Liao cavalry forward because of the close contact with the Zhou army, the follow-up Liao cavalry has lost most of the charging speed, and entered hand-to-hand combat, in hand-to-hand combat, a large number of cavalry charged, not only the enemy, but also their own people.

The biggest effect of the cavalry charge is to break up the enemy's formation, this process may be completed at one time, or it may need to go back and forth several times, and after breaking up the enemy's formation, the cavalry uses the speed of the horse to divide and surround the enemy, and then annihilate.

At this time, the Liao army had entered the stage of cutting and encircling the Zhou army.

Bai Chongzan and Fu Yanneng also took advantage of this gap to wave their flags and order the Zhou army in the first phalanx to counterattack.

At this time, the counter-charge is brutal, and in other words, it is a suicidal charge.

Originally, the Zhou army was in a formation of spears and guarded by sword and shield soldiers, even if it was still just death in the end, if you persisted, you could always live a little longer.

However, once a counter-charge is initiated, the sword and shield soldiers will be separated from the pikemen, and this time the pikemen will die with the enemy.

But the military order had been issued, and the soldiers of the Zhou army could only obey it.

The remaining thousands of pikemen soldiers immediately rushed towards the Liao cavalry. (To be continued......)