Chapter 17: The troops leave Liaodong (5)

The center of the battlefield suddenly fell on the "Zaoqizhang". He was like a god of war falling from the sky, invincible and was about to break out. But the flag that had been standing still finally fell down.

"Oh!" The Ming army was filled with pain, ".#￥..." The Jurchens cheered in the formation.

"Su Jie!" Zhu Zhi shouted, closing his eyes in pain.

——Su Jie turned to Zhu Zhi on the court and said, "No, the competition is divided into three categories, and the rankings are comprehensively arranged..." That was the first time the two met, and his smiling face was innocent and cute.

——The primary school excitedly said: "Yes, it's the young one, Prince Xie still remembers the young one." It was the first time I checked Yulin's right guard, and it was still that innocent and cute smiling face.

——"Your Highness, it's me..." Just a day ago, she still had the innocent and cute smile.

The scenes flashed back to his eyes like electricity, and Zhu Zhi burst into tears.

Suddenly, there was a cheer in the Ming army. Zhu Zhi opened his eyes and could not believe what was happening in front of him. The flag stood tall and fluttered on the hillside again.

"Long live the Ming Dynasty!" The Ming army on the entire front was in full swing. At this moment, at least ten Jurchens' heads flew up at the same time. The morale of the Ming army was greatly boosted. The Jurchens relied on a sudden attack, and the battlefield advantage occupied by the large number of people reversed at this moment.

A team of personal guards closest to Daqi broke through the front line of the Jurchens and rushed to Daqi to meet with "Zaoqizhang" to cover Daqi and fight and retreat. More Jurchens gathered towards Daqi ants in a crazily, trying to prevent Daqi from returning to the Ming army's main formation.

Xiao Chenzi didn't have time to care about the battlefield situation and led the remaining guards to surround Zhu Zhi and retreat to the most densely populated area in the front of the Ming army.

Zhuang De finally came to Zhu Zhi. He had been frightened by his life and death just now when he saw the King of Liao standing beside him intact, and then he let down the big stone in his heart and said, "Your Highness. You are about to open the way, please follow me."

Zhu Zhi said: "I cannot leave, and the remaining brothers will collapse if they leave. Go quickly, don't let the flag fall, it supports the morale of our army. Go quickly, it is more important than me now."

Zhuang De, with a horse in his belly, crossed the front line and rushed towards the flag again. Zhuang De's joining became the last straw on the Jurchens' back. Jurchens were frustrated and could not stop Zhuang De's assault.

Finally, after repeated efforts, Shuaiqi returned to the front line, and a burst of cheers broke out from the Ming army formation.

The battlefield situation has now stabilized. The Jingqi Battalion and the guards are connected to a front line to resist on the front line. The infantry of the baggage battalion formed a second front line behind them, and annihilated the Jurchen cavalry who broke through the first front line at any time.

The Ming army's squad was very effective. A team of ten people would often wrap two or three Jurchen cavalry away and eliminate them. Another team immediately topped the front line behind him to fill the gap. In this way, the Jurchens really had no choice.

Zhuang De came to Zhu Zhi with a big banner, and saw that there was still a person standing on his horse's back, and several soldiers helped him down. It turned out to be Su Jie.

There was almost no good place in his armor. Zhu Zhi rolled off the horse, hugged him and shouted, "Su Jie, wake me up!"

Su Jie, who was covered in blood, opened his eyes slightly. He smiled and said in a subtle voice: "Your Highness, I'm still breathing a sigh of relief. Thank you for your concern."

Zhu Zhi burst into tears and laughed: "Don't die. If I die, I will not be able to get promoted to the King of Hell." The generals around him were also amused.

Zhu Zhi led Zhuang Decheng fire brigade and labor propaganda team on the battlefield. He devoted himself to putting out the fire wherever there was danger. Without danger, he ran back and forth on the front line with a banner to boost morale for the hard-working Ming army.

The troops led by Zhu Zhi were originally small. There were 1,800 people in the Yulin Guard Central Camp, 200 people in the Guard Central Camp, and 4,000 other infantrymen in the baggage battalion that were not the main force.

A few hundred were lost in the fierce battle to catch the enemy in a panic, but now there are only 1,500 people on the front line, and six hundred people are fighting. If Zhu Zhi led the cavalry to break through the encirclement, there would still be hope of retreat, but the infantry in the baggage battalion would inevitably be slaughtered.

In this dilemma, the Ming army could only struggle to support the advantageous opponents.

"Woo...Woo..." The horn on the mountain sounded again, and another team of Jurchens rushed out of the forest. Zhu Zhi was extremely surprised. The leader of the Jurchens is so powerful.

The evacuation, ambush, and use of the reserve team all reflect the style of famous generals. They were too careless. I always thought that the combat effectiveness of the Liaodong Army had improved a lot, and I had a chance of winning against the Jurchens who lacked training alone with courage.

Who would have expected that the first battle would be so dangerous. The Jurchens, who had increased their new force, once again attacked the Ming army's defense line, and the battlefield situation was tense again.

At this critical moment, the sound of horse hooves sounded in the mountains above the Suzi River, and a scarlet flag appeared on Gaogang in the distance, embroidered with the word "Qu".

Zhu Zhi almost fell off the horse excitedly. He shouted with all his life: "Reinforcements are here, I will kill all the Jurchens with me!" Inspired by the reinforcements, everyone in the Liaodong army used their lives, and they all fought for the first place. With a shock, they broke the Jurchens' encirclement again.

The initiative on the battlefield finally made a strange move. The Jurchen leader who had also used up all the reserve team had no choice but to blow the horn and stop the troops, but it was not so easy to put them away.

The horn of withdrawal caused the exhausted Jurchens to lose their morale. Qu Qing took the lead and led the Yulin Wei to fight all over the mountains and fields, cutting into the retreating Jurchens. Zhuang De led the Jingqi Camp to chase them out, and the Jurchens' back team fell into the siege.

The frustrated Jurchens no longer considered saving the broken rear team, and the cavalry quickly retreated into the forest.

The desperate besieged fought the final desperate battle. The Liaodong army, which was red-eyed, did not accept any surrender. The heads of people rolled on the hillside and corpses were everywhere.

Zhu Zhi stopped the pursuit of the Jurchen tribe. Zhu Zhi still understood the principle that the defeated enemy did not pursue the truth. Moreover, the Jurchen retreated in time and showed no signs of defeat. He only ordered the scout to follow quickly and fish the enemy's tail.

This is how war is. You may have an 80% advantage, but if you fail to hold on at the end, you will fail.

There was no suspense in the final battle. After cleaning up the last hundreds of Jurchens, the battlefield finally calmed down, and only a few war horses neighed and cried with their masters.

Zhu Zhira stood on the hillside. It was not the first time he had been on the battlefield, but he was still shocking.

The Jurchens are brave. But the Liaodong Army is also afraid of death, and there are many people who die on the battlefield.

A Liaodong soldier was still holding the military flag to face the enemy and died with his eyes open. Zhu Zhi dismounted his horse and gently put the soldier on the ground, and helped him close his eyes with his own hands.

Zhu Zhi looked around immediately, and the exhausted soldiers still tried hard to straighten their backs and looked at him. He held up the Damascus steel sword and shouted: "The warriors of the Liaodong Army. The Jurchens collapsed, and you will still be the winner in the end!"

"Victory, King Liao Qiansui, Qiansui, Qiansui!" The silent battlefield was boiling again, and soldiers and generals all over the mountains were jumping, embracing and celebrating victory. Only Zhu Zhi knew that he was just to boost morale.

Even if the Yulin Guard went to the aid in time, he only equalized the battle situation. This battle was at most a tragic victory with the Jurchens.

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"Your Highness, the statistics have been found that our army was killed, 371 people were injured, and 150 war horses were lost. The Jurchens left a total of 658 corpses. There were no wounded soldiers or prisoners, and 200 war horses were seized.

"Qu Qing cleaned the battlefield and gave Zhu Zhi back.

"A miserable victory, a miserable victory." Zhu Zhi murmured to himself. Suddenly he remembered something and asked, "By the way, what's the situation in Zuoying?"

Qu Qing said: "After we walked five miles, General Ye met General Zhang's left camp in front. It turned out that General Zhang's troops were blocked by the Jurchens and rushed over. My father immediately knew that he had fallen into a trap and ordered me to rush to help.

Fortunately, Your Highness is safe and sound."

As they were talking, Ye Wang and Qu Neng led the rear army to the battlefield. When they saw that Zhu Zhi was intact, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, quickly rolled off their saddles and knelt down to salute.

Zhu Zhi helped the two of them up: "Thank you for your hard work, but fortunately, you haven't made dumplings yet when you first went to the battlefield."

Ye Wang said with a shame: "My subordinate is incompetent, which affects Your Highness's in danger. Please punish him."

Zhu Zhi said: "It's not your business, it's because I am too impatient. I didn't listen to the words of the Tie Changshi. It seems that I, a layman, shouldn't command you generals to fight."

Qu Neng said: "Your Highness, the Lord is worried about the insult of his ministers. I would like to lead my troops to pursue the Jurchens, and even if I die, I will win the battle." Qu Neng knew Zhu Zhi's intention to seize the land, and felt that he could not win completely, but he really didn't earn face for Zhu Zhi, and he was unwilling to accept it.

Zhu Zhi laughed: "What are you doing? What are you doing? Although the results of the battle are a little smaller, it is a victory at least. The Jurchens suddenly attacked and we rushed to fight. More enemies died than us. Why bother to be depressed? Everyone lifted their heads.

"At this time, Zhu Zhi could only bite the bullet and improve everyone's morale, although he was also very unhappy.

According to Qu Neng's report, they caught two Jurchens upstream, and only after strict trials learned about an important situation. It was Zahaqi who led this Jurchens to the border.

At the third update last night, the Jurchens quietly withdrew from the riverside camp and distributed a thousand soldiers to intercept the Ming army upstream. As for how they knew the Ming army's plan, the Jurchens didn't know.

Because he was not familiar with the local area, Zhu Zhi and Ye Wangquneng discussed it and thought that he would stop when he was better. This place was only ten miles away from Fushun Pass. First, the soldiers were allowed to rest for a while and had lunch. Then Ye Wang commanded the troops to reorganize the troops and set off on the road again.
Chapter completed!