Chapter 278: The Red Battle Flag Flutters in the Wind (Part 3)

Zhou Yuji did not fight on the front line in person, but stood on the high platform behind the formation, surrounded and protected by his own soldiers, and inspected the situation of the entire battlefield.

On the right flank, under the leadership of Gao Yuanwu, the Dongjiang Army was fighting fiercely with Jiannu, and it seemed that the battle was impressive and evenly matched, but Zhou Yuji knew that the Dongjiang Army was only holding on to it in one breath, and it was possible to collapse at any time, because the battle loss ratio between the two sides was too far apart.

Almost every Jiannu fell, the Dongjiang army suffered two or three casualties, and now the right-wing Dongjiang army can still resist, with the passage of time, the strength of the two sides will be worse and worse, and when the casualties reach a certain level, it is the time when the Dongjiang army collapses.

And the Chinese army, the Praetorian Guard under his own command is also fighting fiercely with Jiannu, this time it is a real parity!

Relying on the power of the firecracker, before Jiannu rushed into the trench and engaged in hand-to-hand combat, the firecracker shot and killed as many as four or five hundred Jiannu, but two or three hundred Praetorian Guards also died under Jiannu's bow and arrows. Now the two sides are fighting together, and the Praetorian Guards have achieved a certain advantage by relying on more troops and relying on the constantly firing Lu Mi Gong, but Jiannu's personal combat power should not be underestimated.

Although this Jiannu army is only a left-behind army, which is full of old and weak bannermen, no matter how old or weak, they are all proficient in battle formations, and their cooperation with each other is no less than that of the Praetorian Guard.

Relying on the shield soldiers and pikemen to block the attack of Jiannu, the firecrackers in the back row released their guns one after another, shooting and killing a lot of Jiannu, which achieved a certain advantage, but Jiannu's combat resilience is really strong, even if the casualties are large, there is no tendency to rout, and it takes a certain amount of time to completely defeat them.

Zhou Yuji was worried that if he didn't wait for the Praetorian Guards to defeat the Jiannu in front of him, he was afraid that the Dongjiang Army on the right wing would be defeated by Jiannu first, and then Jiannu would inevitably flank the Praetorian Guards, and then the Praetorian Guards would not be far from being defeated.

At present, there are still more than 3,000 Dongjiang troops on the left flank that have not been put into battle, but there are also 2,000 cavalry reserves in the rear of Jiannu. If you move, the Jiannu reserve will inevitably move, and you still can't gain an advantage.

If this continues, I'm afraid we will really be defeated!

It's really a bit underestimating Jiannu! Zhou Yuji sighed secretly.

The only thing that can save the situation now is that Tian Ergeng said that the Liaoxi Iron Cavalry will appear as soon as possible, if it does not appear in half an hour, I am afraid that it will be completely hopeless......

As if hearing Zhou Yuji's voice, in the north, a small cloud of smoke and dust suddenly appeared, and the smoke and dust quickly approached, revealing their true faces, and it was dozens of Jiannu cavalry.

These Jiannu cavalry ran so panickedly, many people still looked back while running, Zhou Yuji saw very clearly through the clairvoyant mirror, and his heart couldn't help but move. Hurriedly held the clairvoyant mirror to look farther north, but couldn't see anything.

What the hell is going on? Could it be that Cao Wenzhao didn't bring cavalry here, but went to attack Liaoyang? Zhou Yuji said suspiciously.

At the same time that Zhou Yuji noticed this cavalry, the commander of Jiannu, Dege, naturally noticed it, and couldn't help frowning.

As the Dajin Kingdom Baylor, Derge naturally did not fight on the front line, but commanded the attack on the right-wing Dongjiang Army behind the formation.

Seeing that the cavalry that was about to break through the Dongjiang Army on the right flank and sent the sentry scouts ran back like crazy, Derge instinctively felt that there was probably no good news.

"Lord Belle, the cavalry of the Ming army has been found thirty miles away in the north!" A sentinel jumped off his horse and knelt on one knee in prayer.

"How many rides? Whose banner is it called? Derg asked hurriedly. The damn Liaoxi Iron Cavalry didn't even attack Liaoyang, but appeared here, it must have been the idea of encircling and annihilating himself with the Ming army in front of him!

"Overwhelmed, there are at least thousands of horsemen, waving the 'Cao' flag, which should be the headquarters of Cao Wenzhao, the general soldier of Liaoxi in the Ming Kingdom." The Sentinel replied.

The Derge class gasped, thousands of horses, I'm afraid that the Liaoxi Iron Cavalry will come out!

But on such a large scale, he had already sent a large number of sentinels to investigate its movements, why did he only find its traces now?

But no matter what, the first thing to do in front of him is to deal with this sudden appearance of the Liaoxi cavalry.

The sentry found the traces of the Liaoxi cavalry thirty miles away, and with the time to rush back all the way, the Liaoxi cavalry is now at most fifteen miles away from here.

On a normal march, it would have taken only a quarter of an hour to arrive.

In a quarter of an hour, can you defeat the Ming army in front of you? Even if you can defeat it, will you have time to go back and ride your horse to sort out the queue?

Derge thought quickly, and the result of his thinking was that even if he could defeat the Dongjiang Army in front of him, he would not have time to flank the Praetorian Guards in the middle army, and at that time he would inevitably be attacked by the Liaoxi cavalry from the rear.

The war horses of the army are all in the rear, and I am afraid that they will be captured by the Liaoxi soldiers at that time, and if they lose their war horses, what awaits them can be imagined......

Almost instantly, Derge thought everything out, he knew that he couldn't fight anymore, and now he had to quickly retreat, get the war horse to organize the team, and use the cavalry to meet the cavalry of Liaoxi, so that it was possible to turn the tide of the battle. At the worst, he can return to Liaoyang with most of the people.

"The order, the order suddenly broke off with the flag of this Niu Lu, and the other Niu Lu flag soldiers quickly retreated."

"The order was ordered, ordering the Babutai Department to immediately disengage from the Ming army, set aside part of the troops, and retreat to the attack point."

"The order was ordered, and Dexik was ordered to lead two thousand cavalry to defend to the north and block the attacking Liaoxi cavalry at any time."

A series of orders came from the mouth of Derge, and with his orders, the two Eight Banners who were fighting with the Dongjiang Army and the Praetorian Guard Army were left with a small number of people, and the brigade began to retreat.

"Command the whole army, attack immediately!" Seeing this situation, Zhou Yuji decisively handed down the order.

It must have been Cao Wenzhao who came with the Liaoxi Iron Cavalry, otherwise Jiannu would not have retreated in a hurry.

With Zhou Yuji's order, the left flank and the right flank of the Dongjiang Army, and the Praetorian Guard in the center were all dispatched to launch a counteroffensive.

However, after the break, hundreds of Jiannu also broke out with ferocity, blocking the attack of the army to the death, and the soldiers of the Eight Banners of Jiannu went forward one after another, and they would rather die than retreat, even if only the last person was left, they fought to the death.

The Dongjiang Army on the left flank was not as brave as the right flank, and it was a little cowering when pursuing, and it was far away from the battlefield, so it could not stop the retreating Jiannu at all. The Dongjiang Army on the right flank experienced a brutal battle, ran out of strength, and was no longer able to pursue it.

And the Praetorian Guards finally killed all the Jiannu who were blocking in front of them, and found that most of the Jiannu had evacuated to a mile away and were turning over their horses one after another.

It was too late, it was too late, and Zhou Yuji could only give the order to stop the pursuit.

Now, you can only look at the Liaoxi Iron Cavalry led by Cao Wenzhao.

The ground shook violently, a large cloud of dust appeared in the north, Zhou Yuji held a clairvoyant mirror and looked over, through the smoke and dust, he saw a crimson sun and moon battle flag fluttering in the wind.

Cao Wenzhao has finally arrived!