But this world is like this, the most unlikely thing is to know and not.

Even if you regret it, it won't do anything at this point.

Gritting his teeth, Zheng Kai gave the order to retreat.

It is impossible for him to watch his own soldiers die here, judging from the current situation, even if he exhausts 20,000 soldiers, it is impossible to wipe out the other party, so what is the point of this battle?

Soon, the horn of retreat sounded, and the soldiers in the back row were relieved and turned around and ran.

The soldiers in the front row maintained order in the face of the general's suppression, but they were all unwilling to fight.

Seeing this, Ma Xianglin clenched his fists excitedly and ordered the soldiers to advance in pursuit.

On the battlefield, the side that takes the initiative to retreat often faces a problem, that is, the opponent's pursuit of victory.

If the situation is evenly matched, it can still fight steadily and steadily, blocking the enemy at the cost of sacrificing a small part of the front army, leaving enough time for the large army to retreat.

But the idealized situation does not apply to every battle, for example, the current Zheng army, which has long since lost all fighting spirit under the heavy blows of muskets, grenades, and armor that cannot be cut and pierced, and if it were not for the military order, it would have fled long ago.

As for the orders and deployments of the superiors, they have long been left behind, haven't you seen that even the people of the Supervisory Team have run away?

Retreat and rout are two different things.

But often when the retreat becomes uncertain, the rout becomes logical.

Just like the current Zheng army, which was originally a steady withdrawal with command and discipline, it turned into a rout under the pursuit of the Ming army.

Even in pursuit, the formation of the white pole soldiers was still not chaotic at all, and they pursued the Zheng army in an orderly manner under the command of Ma Xianglin.

And the 1,000 musketeers who had retreated to the back also saw the opportunity, and came out of the crowd and came to the front of the line again. They were surprised to find that when they hit the enemy's back, they seemed to be able to reload much faster.

Zheng Jun fled all the way, leaving behind a trail of corpses.

The Ming army is unrelenting, and it seems that they will chase after the old man.

Seeing this situation, Zheng Kai felt that he couldn't go on like this anymore, who knows when they plan to chase it? Is it possible to wait until your own side is completely annihilated?

After the break!

It must be broken!

He sent his henchman Huang Ping to convey his orders to a general. Let him lead two thousand soldiers to stop the enemy, and even if the battle is fought until the last moment, he must leave time for the transfer of large forces.

Huang gave a military salute and resolutely accepted this glorious and arduous task, ordered his own soldiers to break away from the large army, and met the pursuing Ming army.

Huang Ping is very loyal to Zheng Kai, whether in the army or in daily life, he often follows Zheng Kai left and right before and after the saddle, and even Zheng Kai has to press his hand next to him if he wants anything and that, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is Zheng Kai's number one lackey.

So at this critical juncture, Zheng Kai felt that he should let him who he trusted the most to break off for himself. He also told him to act at the opportunistic level, not only to resist, but not to lose his life in vain. It can be seen that Huang Ping still has a very important position in Zheng Kai's heart.

But in Huang Ping's heart, he didn't see death as much as he appeared.

I'm just a dog, and if my master throws me out to die, I can't help but agree, or there will be no good fruit to eat. But whether it's real or fake, that's my right, right? Even if you are a dog, you have to cherish your own life, right?

Huang Ping shouted impassionedly, what to sacrifice his life for the country, serve the generalissimo, and defend his homeland.

The slogan was loud, the tone was high, but the footsteps were the slowest.

If you think about it a little, it is impossible for two thousand soldiers to resist for long. Huang Ping saw this clearly, so he didn't plan to fight to the end from the beginning.

Surrender.

Seeing that the 2,000 people he brought were quickly surrounded, divided, and exterminated. Huang Ping made a decisive decision.

"Don't kill me! I surrender!"

Huang Ping knelt on the ground and kept shouting loudly, and even in order to avoid being injured by mistake, he also specially picked a slightly open place

Square.

Originally, Ma Xianglin's order was not to leave a living mouth, after all, it was impossible to take prisoners in the depths of a lone army.

But the language and clothing of Huang Ping when he shouted caught his attention, and at the last moment, he stopped the soldier who was about to stab him to death.

The 2,000 men brought by Huang Ping did hinder the pursuit of the Ming army, and after killing them completely, the Zheng army had already run away.

"Do you speak Chinese?" Taking advantage of the soldiers' efforts to clean up the battlefield, Ma Xianglin looked curiously at the black and thin man dressed as a general.

"Yes! Checkmate. My father is Han."

"Oh? So how did you get here?"

"My father was a lake builder, he broke the law in his early years, fled to the sea, and came here by chance."

"Lake builders?" Ma Xianglin frowned, when did Daming have a Hu Jian? I guess there are four small places I haven't heard of.

"Yes, General! My father is from Hujian Huzhou!"

"You're talking about Huzhou, Zhejiang, right?"

"No, General, it's Hujian Huzhou! It's the lake of Lake Koko!"

"Fuzhou, Fujian?" Ma Xianglin said tentatively.

"Yes, yes! It's Hujian Huzhou people! The general is really well-informed!" Huang Ping gave a sycophant without leaving a trace.

"Since Zheng Kai asked you to come to the Queen, he must have trusted you very much, why did you surrender so easily?"

"General! I'm from Huzhou, I'm a Ming, you're a Ming army, so I'm naturally going to surrender!" What Huang Ping said was called a justifiable, choked Ma Xianglin didn't know how to pick it up.

At this moment, Mu Tianbo walked over and said excitedly.

"Brother Xianglin, I have already cleaned up the battlefield, and there is no room left. Guess how many of them are left?"

"Not more than 10,000, right?"

"Not really, but quite a lot. That's more than six thousand five hundred!"

"Okay, how are our casualties?"

"More than 1,100 brothers died, and more than 200 were seriously wounded. and there were seven or eight hundred who were lightly wounded." As soon as he said this, Mu Tianbo lost the excitement he had just now.

Ma Xianglin also nodded, it seemed that his side had won a big victory, but the casualties were not small.

"Brother Xianglin, let the seriously injured brother go back and recuperate with General Qin, don't move on."

"Good!"

Ma Xianglin thought for a while and agreed.

This time to march into Jiaozhi, under Ma Xianglin's strong request, Qin Liangyu did not come together. Instead, they found a place not far from the border and settled down. One is to consider the advanced age of his mother, and the other is to consider the current situation.

They are alone, and if there are wounded, they can't go anywhere and carry them anywhere, so it is necessary to set up a supply point in the rear.

After the two discussed the placement of injuries, Mu Tianbo's eyes finally fell on Huang Ping.

"What's the matter with this guy? Looks like an official, huh?"