However, just as the Guards infantry shot the Qing cavalry, the Qing infantry rushed up.

And as soon as the 150,000 Qing infantry rushed up, they formed a dense gun array and fired at the Guards infantry.

Although the infantry of the Guards had sharp weapons, they could not withstand the siege of so many Qing infantry.

Fortunately, at this time, hundreds of light infantry field guns of the artillery battalion were also transported forward to continue to exert their might, and they used dense shells to tear apart these dense Qing infantry camps.

And the cavalry of the Guards also took advantage of the shells of the Guards artillery battalion to disrupt the Qing camp.

At this time, the mines between the first line of defense and the second line of defense have been stepped on by the Qing army's iron cavalry, so the cavalry of the Guards no longer has to worry about being ambushed by mines, but can unscrupulously approach the Qing infantry and cavalry to fight between the Qing army's camps.

The Guards infantry was able to relieve some of the pressure and retreated to the third line of defense, which was used to fire at the Qing infantry and cavalry.

At this time, the second line of defense was full of melee inside and outside, with Qing officers and soldiers constantly falling, some Guards cavalry being stabbed under their horses with spears by Qing troops, and some Qing iron cavalry being shot down by Guards infantry.

Qin Zuoming was also watching this scene in the third line of defense at this time, and he couldn't help but clench his fists.

"Deputy marshal, there are too many Qing soldiers, why don't we transfer the brothers on the north bank of the river to support?"

In the Guards, it is customary to call the chief officer of the group army the commander of the marshal, and the deputy commander of the corps, and the person who calls Qin Zuoming so at this time is the commander of the battalion directly under the First Corps of the Third Army of the Guards Army, Mao Lifu.

Qin Zuoming didn't answer, just stared at the front with his eyes, and suddenly asked Mao Lifu again: "Commander Mao, do you say that the Qing army that is fighting with us in front of you is not all the Qing army?" ”

"The last general doesn't dare to confirm it, but judging from the scale in front of them, these Qing troops are no less than 100,000, our army's ammunition consumption is too great, and it has begun to be overwhelming, deputy marshal, if we don't transfer the brothers on the other side to support our three infantry battalions and one cavalry battalion brothers, we will suffer heavy losses."

Maulif shouted anxiously.

"What's the panic, it is also the honor of a soldier for a man to die on the battlefield, and now I can't transfer the brothers on the other side of the river, I heard that Hong Chengchou has always been cunning like a fox and careful like a cat, and he will not know whether the main force of the hundreds of thousands of Qing troops under his command will prepare to cross the river in advance because of the actions of my brothers in the guards of other corps, we are now rashly transferring the brothers on the other side of the river, once the Qing army appears, what should we do if all our brothers in the guards are killed, who will guard the ferry on the other side of the river, and who will block the way for the main force of the Qing army to retreat north!"

Qin Zuoming asked such a series of questions, and Mao Lifu couldn't persuade Qin Zuoming to transfer half of the troops of the First Corps on the other side, so he only asked: "What does the deputy marshal mean?" ”

"Order, the battalion directly under the corps, the medical staff and the logistics soldiers will all follow their officers to kill the enemy! The infantry of the Guards no longer have to hide in the trenches and fight the enemy hand-to-hand! It's a big deal to wipe out half of the troops on the south bank, and you can't clear the army to take a step forward!"

As he spoke, Qin Zuoming personally raised a Chongzhen 19-style flintlock pistol and rushed out first.

In an instant, the 40,000 main forces on the south bank of the Guards River were all thrown into battle, and they no longer paid attention to any rules, and completely fought with more than 100,000 Qing troops.

Hong Chengchou didn't expect the guards to fight with his army of more than 100,000 people so desperately.

Luckedhun wanted to retreat with the remnants of his Qing cavalry, but now he could only fight between the infantry and the cavalry.

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At this time, He Gang, the deputy general of the First Corps of the Third Army of the Guards Army on the other side of the river, that is, the second commander of the Corps, couldn't help but clench his fists, he wanted to order the 30,000 officers and soldiers on his side to go over to support, but he didn't dare to give up the position on the north bank easily.

However, at this moment, Han Peng suddenly appeared with Jinyiwei.

As soon as He Gang heard that Jinyiwei had appeared, he was naturally busy coming to see Han Peng in person, after all, this meant that there was a new military order in the Generalissimo's Mansion.

"Your Majesty's dictation is that you want to create the appearance of being the main force of the Guards, we have brought all the dragon flags this time, you let your people all beat up the dragon flags, so that the Qing army on the other side can see them! We will also cooperate! ”

After Han Peng said, He Gang naturally complied.

Soon, 500 brocade guards will be wearing flying fish suits, embroidered spring knives, riding horses galloping on the north bank of the Yellow River, while dozens of dragon flags are waving in the wind, suddenly, the emperor is coming, and the main force of the army is gathered.

At the same time, He Gang also had an idea, so that all the officers and soldiers under his command shouted: "Your Majesty is here, capture Hong Chengchou alive!" ”

"Your Majesty is here, capture Hong Chengchou alive!"

Yan Yingyuan also continued to kill with the Guards directly under the Association, and assisted the troops on the south bank of the First Corps of the Third Army of the Guards.

As soon as the guards on the south bank of the river heard that His Majesty was coming, their morale was also high, and they continued to rush and kill.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty? Jin Yiwei? There is actually the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and there is really the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty."

There are many people in the green battalion on the side of the Qing army who used to be the Ming Dynasty, and now they also shouted when they saw the Jinyi Guard and the Dragon Banner on the other side of the river, and they were quite shocked in their hearts and instinctively fearful.

Hong Chengchou also saw the movement on the other side of the river at this time, and then heard the shouts everywhere to capture him alive, and these guards in front of him were not afraid of death one by one, and his army of more than 100,000 people had not taken advantage of the slightest, and had been killed and was about to collapse.

"Quick, quickly send an order to the king of Pingxi, and he immediately bring troops to respond, sure enough, the main force of the Guards is on the north bank of the Yellow River, we must evacuate here immediately!"

Hong Chengchou was now officially convinced that the main force of the Guards was on the north bank of the Yellow River, so he hurriedly issued a military order, and ordered someone to hurriedly pass the military order to Zhou Ze, the governor of Henan, who immediately led his troops to attack Xuanwuwei with the main force of his Qing army.

Hong Chengchou reacted quickly, and the Qing army hurriedly retreated like a tide as soon as they heard that they were going to retreat.

The First Corps of the Third Army of the Guards pursued for a while, but had to retreat because it was intercepted by tens of thousands of Wu Sangui's soldiers and horses.

After all, the First Corps of the Third Army of the Guards Army fought hard for a day, and it was also a little weak.

Qin Zuoming saw that the Qing army retreated in a hurry because of the appearance of the Ming Dragon Banner and a large number of Jinyi guards, thinking that the emperor Zhu Youzhen and the main force of the Guards Army had appeared, he also breathed a sigh of relief, he thought that half of the men and horses of the First Corps of the Third Army of the Guards would be lost here, but he did not expect that in the end, the danger would be saved.

Yan Yingyuan also pursued Hong Chengchou and other main forces of the Qing army who retreated in a hurry, and finally returned to Zhuxian Town to return to Zhu Youzhen.

At this point, after the main force of the Qing army under Hong Chengchou was killed and wounded by the Guards on the south bank of the Yellow River, only about 270,000 of the main force of the Qing army retreated to Xuanwuwei in disarray.

The main force of the Qing army still did not break through the encirclement of the Guards, and the Guards began to shrink the encirclement and began to prepare for a general attack.

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