"Divine Machine Battalion, forward!"

Accompanied by the rhythmic drumbeat, more than 2,000 riflemen of the Shenji Battalion took the initiative to meet the Qing army that had not yet formed a formation.

The Qing army was under heavy fire from the Ming artillery when they left the camp, so both the Qing troops inside and outside the camp were in disarray, and despite the encouragement of Li Shutai and Chen Tai, the Qing army still failed to leave the camp and line up before the Ming army launched an attack.

Looking at the chaotic appearance of the soldiers and horses under his command, Li Shutai knew that today's battle was probably going to end again, losing two games in a row in one day, even if he could return to Hangzhou safely, no matter how magnanimous the current saint was, he would be finished.

Unlike Li Shutai, Chen Tai's soldiers and horses under the Emperor's Banner had not experienced defeat, so they were the first to organize and line up to meet the enemy's formation, Chen Tai observed a circle of enemy and enemy situation, and thought that he could not fight with the Ming army like this, so he came to Li Shutai again and sincerely persuaded:

"Your Excellency Governor, break through with the last general, with my imperial flag soldiers to protect you, you will definitely be able to break through and return to Hangzhou Mansion and regroup."

"And what about these soldiers and horses?" Li Shutai looked at the green battalion soldiers who were gradually coming out of the chaos and asked rhetorically.

"Up to now, we can't let everyone break out, these Han slaves keep saying that they want to die for the Qing Dynasty, and today it's time for them to fulfill their promises, Lord Governor, the old saying of the Han people is good, stay in the green mountains without worrying about no firewood, our core is still the Manchurian Eight Banners, as long as we can return to Hangzhou, what can we do if we abandon these Han people?"

I have to say that Chen Tai's words entered Li Shutai's heart, he immediately no longer had any hesitation, and after leaving the Green Battalion Soldier Palace, he followed Chen Tai to the military formation with the imperial flag, and under the escort of the imperial banner cavalry, he intended to bypass Pingyang County and break through to the north.

Li Shutai also knew very well before evacuating that once the Green Battalion soldiers found out that he had abandoned them and left, they would immediately surrender to the Ming army, so he disguised himself, left the Shuai Qi in the camp, and moved to the Imperial Banner military formation with the guards.

After the attacking Ming army engaged the green battalion soldiers, the latter was shocked to find that the Manchurian imperial banner actually retreated directly, broke through to the north, and abandoned them all here.

These people who were able to surrender to the Manchus and become the generals of the Green Battalion were all people who sacrificed their lives, and after they found out that Li Shuotai had run away first, they did not have the determination to continue to resist for our Qing Dynasty, so they hurriedly ordered the whole army to lay down their arms and surrender to the Ming army.

Seeing that the Qing army actually disarmed and surrendered one after another, Su Yan looked at the Manchurian army that broke through to the north, where could he not guess the reason, he immediately ordered a part of the soldiers and horses to go to collect the surrendered troops, and he led the rest of the soldiers and horses to pursue the Qing army that retreated north.

At the same time, what Su Yan didn't know was that the sailors led by Huang An, the commander of the Zheng Navy, had sailed into the Feiyun River in the north of Pingyang, and docked at the shore, allowing many Ming soldiers to walk down the shore along the pedals, and dozens of warships had unloaded thousands of war horses, which were the soldiers of the Xiaocai Battalion.

After unloading the war horses, the soldiers of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion led their respective war horses to re-adapt on land, although it was only a voyage of hundreds of nautical miles, but there were still many war horses with seasickness symptoms, and it was because of this that they could not move to Pingyang County as soon as they landed.

After resting for half an hour, the soldiers who had recovered a little bit of their state all rode on their horses, and rushed south to Pingyang County with the Chinese military camp, they only set off for a few miles, and they saw a soldier and horse with the Qing army flag fleeing all the way north, and behind this Qing army, the familiar Ming army battle flag was also flying high.

Seeing this, although Su Ci, who personally led the landing, did not know what was happening, he also knew that he could not let any Qing army go north, so he immediately drew his saber and ordered the whole army to attack to stop the Qing army that fled north.

Li Shutai and Chen Tai only felt that today was an unlucky day for the two of them, and soon after they broke through, those unreliable green battalion soldiers actually surrendered directly to the Ming army, so that the Ming army was able to quickly divide their forces to pursue them.

Chen Tai originally planned to lead the Manchurian cavalry to charge and kill the Ming army behind him, but Li Shutai, who had witnessed the power of the Ming army's firearms, hurriedly stopped him.

After all, the main trend of the court now is to attach importance to the Manchus and despise the Han people, no matter how much he wastes the Han people's troops, it will not hurt, if the Manchus lose too much, then he will really be finished.

Stopped by Li Shutai, Chen Tai had to lead the army to retreat all the way north regardless of the chasing soldiers behind him, but before they could withdraw to the Feiyun River, they saw a soldier and horse under the banner of the Ming army coming to the north.

Li Shutai looked at the Ming cavalry that was killing in front of him, and then looked at the neat and orderly pursuers behind him, and couldn't help but feel a little desperate in his heart, and at this time, Chen Tai suddenly shouted: "The whole army is arrayed, ready to meet the enemy!" ”

Li Shutai looked at him with some astonishment and asked, "Chen Tai, are you preparing to fight to the death with the Ming army?" ”

"Definitely. Chen Tai frowned, and said: "Your Excellency, the Baoyi army is all foot soldiers, and breaking through together will slow down the speed of our army, our army should follow the example of the gecko to break off its tail to survive, let the Baoyi army delay the Ming army behind the chasing soldiers, and we will lead the cavalry to evacuate before the Ming cavalry comes." ”

"Then do as you say." After Li Shutai finished speaking, he looked at the three thousand clothed slaves, and there was no reluctance in his eyes, in his eyes, the clothed slaves were like livestock, and there would be no psychological pressure if he gave up.

So, he then loudly promised the 3,000 clothed slaves that he would treat their families well, so that they would "sacrifice their lives to serve the country and sacrifice their lives for the country", and then before the Ming cavalry came, he and Chen Tai led more than 1,200 Manchurian cavalry to break through to the north.

Although the clothed slaves who were left behind knew that they were abandoned, they all showed great loyalty to the Qing Dynasty, roaring and charging at the pursuers behind, hoping to use their flesh and blood to buy time for the retreat of their masters.

In the face of this group of clothed minions who had forgotten their roots, Su Yan was a little annoyed, he waved his hand, and the soldiers under his command all fired volleys, and only three salvos broke the charge of the coated army, and then Su Yan issued a military order not to accept the surrender of any of the coated minions, and all of them were executed.

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