0709 [Defeated]

There were not many cavalry of the Ming army participating in the night attack, because Li Bao did not have many cavalry in his hands.

These 3,000 elites landed more often with mules, and then the night before the arrival of the Jin soldiers, they carried armor to the northern foothills to ambush.

Because Huyantong's headquarters was detected by the Jin soldiers, Li Bao immediately led more than 100 cavalry to launch in advance, and the remaining elite infantry accelerated to run.

Where did the more than 100 rides go?

Directly into the east camp of the Golden Soldier Battalion.

There is the direction of Jinzhou, and the soldiers resting in the camp must have the elite of the Jin country!

When the militia, craftsmen, and people of the Jin State were scared away by the Ming infantry who came by surprise, Li Bao had already led more than 100 cavalry to rush into the eastern camp of the Jin soldiers.

As Li Bao expected, there are indeed a large number of elites here, one-third of the golden soldiers lead horses, and the rest are all armor soldiers.

The Jin soldiers, who had war horses, hurriedly mounted their horses and went around to the south to try to attack the flank of Huyantong. The rest of the Jin Guojia soldiers quickly assembled into a team and moved closer to Wanyan Zongbi who was blowing the trumpet.

There was no fence here, just a gun for the battalion, and Li Bao led more than 100 cavalry to rush in.

Due to the hasty assembly in the dark, those golden soldiers and armor soldiers were in a team of thirty or fifty people, and those who occasionally ran away could only be temporarily mixed into a team. Many people wore armor while moving, and they didn't even wear their armor neatly.

It was in this situation that Li Bao led the army to kill from the flank.

The first group of Jin soldiers encountered was about fifty or so armor soldiers. When they heard the sound of horses' hooves, they thought it was their own cavalry that had rushed to the northern camp, and they returned after completing the task of maintaining order, and they did not turn around to defend themselves at all.

More than 100 Ming cavalry rushed from the flank in this way, killing more than 50 elite golden soldiers holding sporadic torches.

"It's the Ming Army!"

The two sides were only about 20 steps away, and finally a golden soldier reacted.

But it was too late.

Li Bao rode his son in a cornucopia, rushed in first, raised his spear and picked up a golden soldier, and then shot sideways and stabbed another golden soldier in the back. More than 100 horsemen swept behind him, dozens of golden soldiers were killed or wounded, and a few survivors were so frightened that they scattered and fled.

They continued to rush forward, and according to the position of the torches, they killed another group of golden soldiers who were approaching the tent.

There were also only a few dozen of these golden soldiers, and at this moment they turned around in a panic and lined up, shooting arrows at the Ming cavalry.

Li Bao led his army to sweep past them, and when they staggered, they raised their guns and stabbed them, killing and wounding more than 20 people. After passing by, Li Bao did not come back to kill them all, but continued to rush towards another team of golden soldiers.

Taking advantage of the fact that the Jin soldiers were all in a small team, Li Bao's intention was very obvious, that is, not to let them gather into a large army.

After rushing to kill and harass the five teams of Jin soldiers one after another, the elite infantry left by Li Bao finally rushed into the northern camp of the Jin soldiers.

Most of the Jin militia there had fled, and the Ming infantry quickly divided into three groups, one to attack and kill the Jin militia that had not yet fled, and the remaining two went straight to the small hill where Yan Zongbi's tent was located.

Wanyan Zongbi thought that the Ming army was all in the direction of the sea, and ordered the elite of the southern camp to form a formation to resist, and the rest of the Jin cavalry went around the two wings to attack. As a result, not long after the cavalry was sent to the south, the east (Li Bao's cavalry) and the north (Li Bao's infantry) suddenly killed the Ming army.

Wanyan Zongbi was shocked, and he couldn't figure out how many enemies had come. He asked the herald to blow the horn urgently, and quickly summoned back more than half of the cavalry that had just been dispatched, and at the same time led his own soldiers to defend the small hill.

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Huyantong is the most dangerous there, the front is the Bohai elite array confrontation, and many Jurchen cavalry have been killed on both sides, and they have fallen into the dilemma of being attacked from three sides.

More than 2,000 Ming troops lined up with guns and fought to the death to resist the siege of more than 3,000 Jin Guobu cavalry.

Most of these soldiers were born as thieves in Shandong, trained by Han Shizhong for more than a year, and trained by Li Bao for more than half a year. They used to have poor military discipline, and now they are not much better, but at this moment, none of them have escaped.

They are all old thieves, who don't know that if they run away, they will die?

Since Hu Yantong, the general who led the troops, is still insisting, of course they have to fight desperately, and only by working hard can they have a chance to live.

The cavalry of the Jin State charged after shooting arrows on both sides, and in less than a moment, the Ming army here suffered hundreds of casualties.

"Woo woo~~~"

The horn sounded loudly on the small hill, and the cavalry of the Jin Kingdom, which was continuing to attack on both sides, all turned their heads in astonishment to look in the direction of Wanyan Zongbi's handsome tent.

Their boss was stabbed in the chrysanthemum by the Ming army!

Thousands of golden horsemen were separated, left the southern battlefield, and rushed back to rescue the commander at full speed.

"Li Gong is here, and he will fight with me!"

Hu Yantong roared angrily, and the morale of the besieged Ming army was greatly boosted.

Hu Yantong personally led more than 300 warriors and took the initiative to rush out towards the Jin infantry in front.

In his hand is a four-meter riding spear, its marksmanship is extremely exquisite, and he can also change his moves in the golden soldier gun. It's a pity that the Jin soldiers on the opposite side were all wearing strong armor, and they stabbed several people one after another, but they were only injured but not killed, and even some Jin soldiers were not injured when they were stabbed.

These Jin soldiers, all of whom are from the Bohai tribe, are from the Bohai Bameng'an.

Their main general, Da Luan, died in the siege, and now the deputy general Liang Fu is leading the troops.

Liang Fu was a general of the Bohai tribe in the Liao State, and was captured by Aguta when he was defending the city of Jiangzhou (Dongshichengzi, Fuyu County, Jilin). After being surrendered by Aguta, Liang Fu returned to his hometown to recruit Bohai people as soldiers, and made great contributions to the expansion of the Jin Kingdom.

This man is in his forties, and he is extremely brave, and after Hu Yantong shot many times, he saw the right time to reach out and grab Hu Yantong's gun.

Hu Yantong and Liang Fu, each grabbed one end of the spear and wrestled in a tug-of-war when the two armies were engaged.

The pro-soldiers of the two nearby sides stabbed at the enemy generals one after another.

Hu Yantong let go of the spear suddenly, and Liang Fu leaned back.

Hu Yantong rushed forward with his short body, avoiding the cluster of guns and drawing his knife.

He used a Song Dynasty hand knife, which was wide and short compared to the Tang and Ming knives, and the tip of the knife was clumsy.

Like the broadsword of the Song Dynasty, the Song hand knife can also be used as a blunt weapon, and the tip of the knife is convenient for force and has the effect of armor piercing. Even if you can't break the armor, after many slashes, you can try your luck to cut the rope of the armor, or smash the enemy's bones to the bitter end.

Hu Yantong rushed over like this, and Liang Fu had just regained his strength to stand firm, when he was slashed in the chest with a knife.

The knife did not break the armor, but it slashed Liang Fu's chest with severe pain, and he hurriedly abandoned the gun and pulled out the bones to fight back.

Hu Yantong reached out and pressed Liang Fu's right arm, brandished his knife and continued to slash out.

This knife slashed on the neck, and still did not break the armor, but it smashed Liang Fu's eyes blackened, and it seemed that his neck had been cut off.

Just when Liang Fu was dizzy, Hu Yan picked the head of the knife open, stuck the knife through the gap in the neck, and swiped it at Liang Fu's throat.

The whole process was too fast, from Hu Yantong's short body to slashing Liang Fu's neck with a knife, it took less than ten seconds before and after.

In the darkness, neither of the pro-soldiers on either side reacted.

"The enemy general is dead!"

Hu Yantong pushed away Liang Fu, who was struggling with his neck, and slashed at Liang Fu's personal soldiers with a knife, and the military formation of the Bohai soldiers was instantly chaotic.

It's just a small scene, not worth mentioning.

Historically, when Han Shizhong was surrounded by a lone army, this old man rode up on horseback to fight with the main general of the Jin soldiers. The long weapons of both sides were knocked out, and their horses also fell, Hu Yantong was stabbed by a short knife, and the main general of the Jin soldiers was stunned with his bare hands, and the general of the Jin soldiers was captured alive so that Han Shizhong successfully broke through.

At this moment, the Ming troops on both sides were still forming a formation to resist the golden cavalry, but the frontal troops were under the power of Hu Yantong, and hundreds of people broke into the military formation of the Bohai soldiers.

Hu Yantong slashed indiscriminately in the enemy's pile, probably because he felt that the power of the hand knife was too small, and when the soldiers under his command rushed over, he took the opportunity to pick up the iron bones of the enemy general Liang Fu and directly opened the peerless mode among the Bohai soldiers.

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Li Bao's elite infantry of 3,000 descendants had already rushed to the vicinity of the small hill.

And the elite infantry of the Jin Kingdom on the east side were killed by Li Bao with more than 100 cavalry without completing the assembly of the brigade, and completely lost their organization in the dark.

Seeing that he would be attacked from both sides, and he couldn't figure out how many enemies were coming, Wanyan Zongbi led his own soldiers to flee urgently and ran to the south to join the Jin cavalry who rushed back.

He was about to command the cavalry to counterattack, when suddenly a horse rushed to report: "The Liang capital is dead, and the Bohai army is in chaos!" ”

"How many enemy troops are there to the south?" Wan Yan Zongbi asked.

The cavalry replied, "It may be two or three thousand, it may be three or four thousand, and it is too dark to see." ”

At this time, Wanyan Zongbi was not the experienced golden vulture. Although he is familiar with military and political affairs, he does not have many opportunities to go to the battlefield in person, and he has led the army to fight only a few times, and this is the first time he has led the troops alone.

Listening to the shouting and killing sound coming from all around, Wanyan Zongbi was already a little dazed.

Of the more than 5,000 Meng'an soldiers, more than 1,000 were killed by Li Bao and lost their organization, and more than 2,000 were killed by Huyantong and the formation was chaotic, leaving only more than 1,500 horsemen who could still be called.

The more than 6,000 militiamen from all ethnic groups were now frightened and fled.

As for the thousands of people and craftsmen, they are even more ineffective.

The correct way to finish Yan Zongbi is to gather all the cavalry in his hand, run to the south to attack Huyantong with all his might, save the elite Bohai soldiers, and then kill back to the north.

But this idea was denied by Wanyan Zongbi because he didn't know how many Ming troops came.

If the progress is unfavorable, it will be surrounded by the Ming army, and maybe the whole army will be annihilated, and the remaining elite cavalry in his hands will also be buried.

"Break out with me!!"

Wanyan Zongbi did not use the word "withdrawal", but shouted the slogan "breakthrough", and when he panicked, he thought he was surrounded.

The horn soon sounded, and the golden cavalry, who was attacking Huyantong's flank, left the battlefield one after another after receiving the order, leaving a group of Bohai elites who had lost their main generals and were still fighting.

More than 1,500 golden horsemen, mixed in the rout, fled at full speed towards Jinzhou.

The Bohai elite, who were already in a chaotic formation, were still resisting by blood bravery, but now they were suddenly abandoned by friendly forces, and their will collapsed in an instant to give up resistance, and they threw away their weapons and fled to Jinzhou.

"Hunt down the enemy with me!"

Huyantong hissed and roared, and the Ming army, which had killed and injured more than 400 people, pursued the enemy frantically with a rainbow of momentum.

Li Bao was afraid that Yan Zongbi would recover his judgment, so he led the only more than 100 horsemen and chased after him with more than 1,500 golden horses. And the elite infantry of his descendants drove the rout all the way and ran to join the Huyantong headquarters.

The more than 1,500 golden horsemen were scattered in three places at this time, and they didn't have time to gather at all, so they only knew how to flee in the direction of Jinzhou.

There were routs all around, and the sound of panic shouting made the Jin cavalry even more flustered.

Running for more than ten miles, there was a seven-mile river in front of him, and more than a thousand golden horsemen could only escape along the river bank.

Wanyan Zongbi led more than 800 cavalry and plunged headlong into the mountains in the upper reaches of the Qili River. After dawn, he crossed the river safely in the mountains and fled back to Jinzhou City in fear.

There were another 700 gold horses, but they ran south along the river bank and found a suitable ferry to abandon their armor and lead their horses to swim across.

In fact, Li Bao no longer pursued the cavalry, and after encountering the Qili River, he turned back with more than 100 cavalry, slashing and killing the captured Jin infantry along the way.

In this night attack, Wanyan Zongbi lost more than 2,000 Bohai elites, more than 800 Jurchen elites, more than 4,000 militiamen of various ethnic groups, thousands of craftsmen and people's husbands, and all the grain and grass of the army were captured by Li Bao.

It's a failure!

(End of chapter)