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Chapter 699 Blame myself for being too greedy
"These southerners are also considered brave, and they really dare to chase down our warriors of the Qing Dynasty!"

On the big mountain, there were several Tartar generals in bright armor. They looked at the Ming army chasing down the mountain, and their faces were full of excitement.

Behind these Tartar generals, the hilly slopes behind the mountains were full of Tartar knights in iron armor.

Looking at their uniforms and banners, it turned out that the Tartars had troops from Zhenghong Banner, Xianghong Banner, Zhengbai Banner, Xiangbai Banner, and Xianglan Banner. Steady on the horse, his eyes were flickering, full of blood-devouring light.

The army ordered the flags of the Tartars to wave, and teams of Tartars urged their horses to rush down the mountains according to the order. The mountains and plains were covered with various colors of Tartars' banners and armors, as if covering the sky and blocking out the sun, and the momentum was astonishing.

Liu Zhaoji, the general soldier of Liaodong, looked a little panicked, he reined in his horse and yelled: "Make the team, quickly make the team, insist on coming to the infantry camp."

The more than [-] Ding soldiers under his command immediately divided into several teams, rode their horses to the four sides of the cavalry formation, loudly conveyed the general order, and urged the chasing knights to form a semicircle formation and stand firm for reinforcements.

Fortunately, all the knights are old soldiers, and they all know that if they turn around and run away at this time, there will only be one result: they will be chased to death like a rabbit being chased by hounds!

Liu Zhaoji waited for the members of the family to rush back to him again, raised his mace again, and shouted: "Boys, the army led by Shuai Yang from Xuanzhen is coming, we can't embarrass the men in Liaodong today.

kill.kill slaves.Slave killer..."

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When Yang Guozhu led the cavalry and hurried to the north of Xingshan Mountain, the army led by Liu Zhaoji, the commander of Liaodong, was fighting bloody battles with tens of thousands of Tatar cavalry.

After Liu Zhaoji was ambush, he also knew that he could not flee directly, otherwise no one would survive, and the whole army would definitely end up wiped out.

He personally led his servants and all the elite cavalry to resist the Tatar cavalry, and sent another team of cavalry to join the infantry battalion to come to the rescue, and then formed a chariot formation to stand firm, and both infantry and cavalry shrank in the chariot formation. Only use guns, bows and arrows to shoot at the Tartars.

Although the Tartars had changed from three-sided siege to four-sided siege, killing and injuring many Ming troops, they were unable to break through Liu Zhaoji's chariot formation for a while.

However, after all, the Tatar cavalry had an obvious numerical advantage, and their infantry and cavalry shooting were very fierce. It was obvious that they already had the advantage on the battlefield, and it was only a matter of time before they defeated the Ming army's Liu Zhaoji.

At the critical moment, Yang Guozhu, the commander-in-chief of Xuanzhen, arrived first with his fine cavalry under his command. He hurriedly ordered his general Guo Yingxian to lead two thousand fine cavalry into the battle from the south, and immediately rescue Liu Zhaoji's Liaodong army.

And he led more than a thousand elites in the sweeping formation, and also expanded a stable line of defense for the infantry battalions that came later, so as not to be scattered by the Tartar cavalry before the formation was completed.

Guo Yingxian led more than [-] cavalry to suddenly attack the Tartars in a sharp formation. They appeared suddenly. Although the Tartars sentry cavalry had already spotted Yang Guozhu's reinforcements, they did not expect that they would directly join the battle.

The banners changed again and again, and the Tartar cavalry surrounding the south of Liu Zhaoji's official army retreated to both sides. Zhaoji is surrounded together.

However, there was another cloud of smoke billowing in the distance to the south, and some Tartar cavalry, driven by Yang Guozhu's cavalry, were rushing back to the main formation, yelling something!
A moment later, a bright red flag appeared in the south, and the sound of orderly and heavy footsteps came one after another. From far to near, an infantry array of thousands of people was displayed in front of the warring parties.

Yang Guozhu commanded the catching up troops to attack He Zhenxiong, formed a formation quickly, and approached Liu Zhaoji's chariot formation. He also brandished the tiger gun in his hand, and led his servants to rush forward with more than a thousand Tartar cavalry heading north.

Afterwards, Tang Xiancheng, the capital under Yang Guozhu's command, came with more than [-] infantry troops. They formed another infantry formation outside Liu Zhaoji's chariot formation, relying on the guerrilla He Zhenxiong's infantry formation to fight against each other.

Although there were nearly [-] Tatar cavalry, they attacked Xingshan Fort, then attacked Liu Zhaoji's chariot formation, and then ambushed Liu Zhaoji's soldiers and horses.

At this moment, seeing Yang Guozhu's soldiers and horses lined up neatly and excited, they tried to attack for a while, but they couldn't get any cheap.

Just like Liu Zhaoji's chariot, Yang Guozhu's battalion also had chariots with long spears accompanying them. When the chariots were raised side by side, the dense spear points were like hedgehogs.

At the same time, because Zhang Cheng was in Xuanzhen, Yang Guozhu was also slightly influenced by Zhang Cheng. The new infantry army under his command had a lot of firearms, such as firearms and bird guns.

They fired a few rounds of gunfire, and the attacking Tatar cavalry fell down, and many horses were frightened by the loud roar. They retreated again and again. Seeing that they could not break through Yang Guozhu's infantry for a while, the Tatar cavalry stopped attacking.

After the Tartar cavalry retreated, they did not leave. They feinted to attack for a while, except for cavalry and shooting harassment, but they never dared to engage in close combat with the Ming army.

After all, they were also rewarded by sentry cavalry, and most of the Ming army was not far away, and they were rushing here.

At this moment, Liu Zhaoji also led the cavalry to rush out of the chariot formation, forming a formation on the east side to wait for the Tartars, echoing Yang Guozhu's elite cavalry on the west side, and behind Liu Zhaoji's infantry formation, there were two infantry battalions under Yang Guozhu's command. car array.

The two sides held each other for another period of time. Seeing the strict coordination between the ministries of the Ming army, the Tartars also knew that they were doomed to have no more advantage today.

Therefore, when the sky was about to approach You, the Tartars from the opposite banners formed an formation and slowly retreated towards Songshan. Before they retreated, they launched another feint attack and seized the opportunity to retrieve some corpses of the Tartars, but there were still more than a hundred corpses of the Tartars. It was too close to the Ming army to get back.

The ambush led by the Tartars came to an end. Afterwards, both the Tartars and the Ming army declared themselves the victors.

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The sentry of the Ming army rode their horses and rushed up to the mountains, constantly watching and detecting. After confirming that the Tartars had retreated, they began to count the men and horses and clean up the killing field just now.

Liu Zhaoji was obviously a little frustrated. In the fierce battle just now, the casualties of his soldiers were as high as more than 1000. Even counting the previous defensive battle on the hillside, his entire army suffered more than 2000 casualties in half a day. The dead numbered nearly a thousand, and many chariots were destroyed by the Tartars.

He sighed heavily in his heart, the subsequent casualties were unnecessary: ​​"Oh, don't chase after the poor, I am also old in war, how can I even forget this? I only blame myself for being too greedy!"

But fortunately, although the casualties were indeed a bit heavy, and dozens of chariots were destroyed, there were more than [-] heads of the Tatars who had been beheaded by themselves.

This is the most important thing. Compared with the record of the Ming army against the Tartars in the past, this can be regarded as a shocking victory.

Of course, if compared with the achievements of Zhang Chengzhen's beheading Yuetuo and Ma Zhan in the 11th year of Chongzhen, it is still a bit worse, but that is an achievement that can't be met.

With these Tartar leaders, not only is his position as Liaodong Commander-in-Chief secure, but he may not be able to enjoy this feat in his lifetime, so what is the loss of some soldiers and horses?

But there is one more thing that Liu Zhaoji is a little bit difficult to deal with, that is, he was ambushed by the Tartars because of his greed for meritorious service, and he needs to make some adjustments.

He looked at Yang Guozhu, the commander-in-chief of Xuanzhen who was commanding the soldiers to clean up the battlefield not far away, as if he was struggling in his heart. Suddenly, he seemed to have made up his mind and strode towards Yang Guozhu.

(End of this chapter)