The Qing soldier immediately felt that some foreign object was stabbed into his chest and abdomen before he had slashed his sword, and then there was a piercing pain. A spear pierced straight into his ribs. The Qing soldier screamed and subconsciously waved his knife to slash under the spear, but he couldn't reach the Ming soldier who stabbed him. Instead, because of inertia, his body could no longer move his arm with a knife. His body kept swaying, and finally he roared down from the horse with a "thump" and could not lift any soil. He was only hit by the cold ground to make him even more painful. He was not even different from being dead, because he could not even struggle with the spear on his body. He could only keep wailing. In the end, he no longer thought about any enemy in his mind, no longer thought about any future, but only his relatives far away in the north.

A small-scale battle between the Ming and Qing dynasties with only more than 100 troops was being staged fiercely. The sunset in the west in the distance was lazily sprinkled its last afterglow, falling on people, but not warmth, but coldness. Without wind, the smoke caused by the fire of muskets made the Ming and Qing dynasties who were fighting were extremely poor, so they could only judge whether the enemy or companion were around them by their voices.

The Ming army not only stabbed people, but also stabbed horses. There were several war horses stabbed by spears. The pained war horse people stood up and threw the Qing soldiers on their backs who were about to make a move to kill the Ming army to the ground. For a moment, the neighing sounds of war horses and the howlings of people resounded on this small mine.

Wei Zhong swung his long sword hard, and while slashing the saber cut by a Qing soldier, he slashed towards a Qing soldier with a spear opposite. He shouted loudly, and the long sword in his hand slashed hard on the other party's shoulder and arm, cutting the right arm and the spear held in his hand. The Qing soldier who lost his right arm was stunned at first, then screamed heart-wrenchingly, and finally rushed towards Wei Zhong frantically, using his still left hand to try to hold Wei Zhong, and subconsciously wanted to use his right hand to strangle the other party's neck. However, the arms were only gushing blood like a fountain, but nothing was available for him to stretch out.

Wei Zhong easily kicked the Qing soldier who had lost his arms and was still going to be fierce, and then raised his sword to the ground, cutting off the opponent's neck. He calmed down and was surrounded by both enemies and us who were fighting. Because he gave up the rush, the Ming army under the horse had to face the advantage of the remaining Qing soldiers being condescending. As the battle continued, the Ming army began to suffer casualties, but the casualties were still cost-effective and acceptable to the Qing army.

Cao Rong was a little scared. He did not expect that the combat effectiveness of the Ming army was so high that half of his subordinates had suffered casualties, while the Ming army only suffered more than ten people. Although the casualties did not occur at this afternoon by the Ming army with the "Qi" flag, the casualties caused to the Qing army were even greater, but Cao Rong was already unbelievable and frightened.

If the Ming army in the afternoon was just because the weapons were too long and difficult to deal with, and the formation was extremely tricky, the Qing army, who had never seen such a fighting style, could not adapt, which led to the Ming army defeating with fewer strikes and fleeing south in a panic. But the weapons used by the Ming army were really ordinary, and the equipment was not much stronger than the Qing army, but they fought to the death and caused huge casualties to the Qing army, which made Cao Rong feel incredible. If he remembered correctly, he seemed to have been chasing these Ming army for more than ten days, and they had never tried to turn around to face it, so there was no reason for this Ming army to suddenly burst out with such strong courage and combat effectiveness. Logically, they should still be fleeing from afar.

However, the fact is that the Ming army, which had been driven away by the Qing army for more than half a month, not only came back, but also showed combat effectiveness far exceeding the Qing army, and was not even worse than the strong combat effectiveness and fighting will shown by the Ming army on Xiaobei Mountain.

What the hell is going on?

Cao Rong was confused. He regretted that he shouldn't have asked for a job. Half of his future is good, but if he lost his life for this, it would be unprofitable.

Cao Rong would not have thought that the former embarrassment of the Ming army was because their generals had selfish intentions. And the generals were brave enough to be the army. If the officials did not want to fight, how would the soldiers below fight to the death? Of course, if they put themselves in their shoes, Cao Rong would also understand why a war-capable army suddenly could not fight. If his father Cao Xiyuan was here, he would probably have guessed more, because outside the pass, Cao Xiyuan had seen more of how the Ming army generals who were for selfish interests sat on the sidelines and watched the friendly army disappear without a soldier and rescued them. Only when the victory was determined, the Ming army generals who had selfish interests would rush up to get a share of the pie, otherwise they would only look from afar.

The combat effectiveness shown by these Ming troops was by no means as strong as Cao Rong thought, but that they should have been like this, or they performed their normal level. However, in the past, they were afraid that they did not dare to advance in battles, so they were defeated repeatedly, which made the Qing army look down on them and think that the Ming army was so weak. But now they are not afraid. The reason why they are not afraid is that they have witnessed with their own eyes how the Manzhou soldiers were slaughtered and how the Taiping Army won one after another. Just like the Manzhou people, Zhou Shixiang also used his victory to stimulate everyone in the Taiping Army, and stimulated the Han people who were originally the Ming army, later the Qing army, and finally became the Taiping Army, so that they no longer fear the so-called Qing soldiers. Without fear, they will naturally not be afraid; if they are not afraid, they will fight, and the result is as Cao Rong saw.

Facts have proved that as long as the officials were willing to fight, the officers and soldiers of the Fifth Town would not be afraid of the Qing army.

Wei Zhong found Cao Rong in the chaotic crowd, wearing an assistant official uniform. He lifted his sword and rushed towards Cao Rong, but the sound of trumpets came from his ears, and then more horse hooves came from the south. Reinforcements came from the Qing army, and about a hundred cavalry rushed over from the front of Songjiawo Tower. Behind them, more cavalry and infantry were coming.

Wei Zhong knew that he could not fight, so they had to retreat immediately, otherwise they would all die here in battle.

"Get off!"

Without Wei Zhong's order, the remaining officers and soldiers of the cavalry team knew that they could not fight. They forced the Qing soldiers in front of them to take a few steps back, and then turned around and ran towards the war horses. From the crazy chopping and slashing to the sudden retreat, the Ming army's actions were almost blinking, and the Qing army was almost unresponsive. Cao Rong was also stunned. When he reacted, the Ming cavalry had already rushed to the war horses. The soldier who was a horse stake had turned all the war horses. The Ming soldiers turned over and dismounted, clamped their legs, and the war horses ran north.

"Chasing, catch up with them!"

"You must not let them run away, chase them!"

The arrival of reinforcements made Cao Rong's courage regained his courage. He had so many subordinates killed him, so how could he let the Ming army run so easily? He shouted loudly and took the remaining subordinates to chase him. When he was chasing for two miles, the Qing army in front suddenly stopped fighting, and then quickly turned his head and ran backwards.

Cao Rong also ran back on horseback because the Ming army also came reinforcements ahead of them. Thousands of Ming troops drove over under the guidance of the "Qilin" military flag.
Chapter completed!