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Chapter 741
Although it was midsummer, the rain was scarce, and the land in Liaodong was also severely drought-stricken. Except for some areas along the river, it was barely arable.

Like this kind of mountains and hills, there are no streams where mountain springs and snowmelt gather, and no rivers pass by. The whole mountain and hills are undulating. Visible from time to time.

Guo Yingxian was ordered by the commander-in-chief Yang Guozhu to lead [-] fine cavalry from Xuanzhen to help He Zhenxiong's infantry battalion.

In order to save the horse's foot strength, he did not dare to lead the knights to rush forward, but walked slowly along the gentle slopes of the mountains and hills. Occupied a condescending situation.

From a distance on the mountain, He Zhenxiong saw that the formation of chariots on He Zhenxiong's side was already in danger, and there was a hidden danger of being broken by Tatars. He was about to turn his horse's head to go for reinforcements, when he saw hundreds of Tatars on the mountain road ahead, heading towards the mountain. Come slowly.

Under the sun, a group of Tartar elite cavalry dressed in blue and red-rimmed iron cotton armor came riding. Although they only had seven or eight hundred people, they were spread out widely. This momentum looked like more than a thousand cavalry.

Guo Yingxian didn't dare to be careless, he hastily ordered the soldiers around him to send orders to the cavalry on the left and right flanks, asking them to support from a distance, not to join the battle group for now, to see the changes.

Then, [-] fine cavalry formed a tight sharp formation in the center, and then separated [-] cavalry to form two sparse formations on the left and right, facing the rushing Tartar cavalry, and went up.

However, it was soon discovered that the fine knights of the Tartars rushing from the opposite side did not engage in hand-to-hand combat with him, but kept a distance of thirty or forty steps to harass him with cavalry and shooting.

Although there are many cavalry in Xuanzhen who are good at riding and shooting, they are not as proficient as the barbarians who practiced since childhood like the Tartars, and the three-eyed blunderbuss they used to use can not be used against moving targets at this distance. Power, although the number of troops is stronger than that of the Tartars, it can't take advantage of it.

However, Guo Yingxian found that the Tartars who were attacking He Zhenxiong's car formation were also slowly retreating, and he felt relieved. After all, his mission here was to drive away the Tartars and rescue He Zhenxiong's troops.

However, after chasing the Tartars with the blue flag on the opposite side for a while, they felt that something was wrong. These captive cavalry did not seem to fight with all their strength. The battle is evenly matched.

However, the Tartars didn't want to expand their advantage, but instead took one step forward, they would take two steps back instead. Guo Yingxian had a faint feeling that this move of the Tartars was likely to lure the enemy?
While he was hesitating, he saw the Tartar cavalry with the inlaid blue flag on the opposite side speeding up and retreating. Guo Yingxian was afraid that he would fall into the trick of the Tartars, so he hurriedly ordered all the cavalry to stop chasing.

I saw the captives with the blue flag stopped more than a hundred steps away, and they were forming a team. They slowly formed a compact and sharp formation, and then saw the mountain road behind them, and a large cloud of smoke and dust rising from the mountains on both sides. .

Guo Yingxian said in his heart: "Not good, the Tatars are ambushing!"

Sure enough, as soon as he moved his mind, he saw a golden color in the billowing smoke and dust in the distance, which was particularly conspicuous under the scorching sun.

As a seasoned veteran, Guo Yingxian couldn't help feeling panicked in his heart, knowing that Zhenghuangqi and Xianghuangqi were the relatives of slave chieftain Huang Taiji.

At this moment, thousands of thieves in yellow armor appeared on the opposite side. Could it be that Huang Taiji, the slave chief, had already gone to the front line of Songjin?

Thinking of this, Guo Yingxian couldn't help feeling chills in his heart, just now he chased the [-] Tartar cavalry for nearly two miles, although he is not out of people and horses now, but he is definitely unable to fight with the thousands of Tartar cavalry who came to reinforce him. Chase and fight.

However, fortunately, he did not order the thousand cavalry on the left and right wings to join the battle just now. They slowly followed the formation on the two wings, and still maintained almost intact physical strength and horsepower.

He hastened to pass down the order, and first ordered the [-] cavalry of the central army to retreat slowly in a group, while the cavalry on both wings slowly moved closer to the central army to cover the retreat of the Chinese cavalry.

At the same time, he also saw He Zhenxiong's infantry, which was attacking the Qing army's position in Niangniang Temple, being bombarded in the distance, and a Tartar cavalry in yellow armor was also pressing towards He Zhenxiong, with a number of seven or eight hundred. between.

Guo Yingxian made a quick decision, he left [-] elite cavalry behind to stop the captive cavalry from pursuing, while he led [-] cavalry straight to a hill on the left, and sent another [-] elite cavalry to meet He Zhenxiong's troops. He also retreated to that hill.

His thoughts are normal, the number of Tartars is more than the sum of his own cavalry, and now he can only choose a hill, condescending to defend and wait for reinforcements, and wait for the cavalry army led by Yang Guozhu to follow, and then cooperate with the inside and outside to repel the Tartars Thieves ride.

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Guo Yingxian led a thousand cavalrymen to the high hill, rode their horses and looked down at the mountain, feeling a chill in his heart, he saw the Tartars and captives riding all over the mountain.

In addition to the inlaid blue and yellow flags seen just now, there are also groups of fine cavalry in silver and white armor, riding out from the smoke and dust. There are nearly 3000 horses and horses. They even ride alone, and some There are still three riders per person, which shows that all of them are the elite of the Tartar thieves.

It's just that those cavalry with the white flag turned a blind eye to the infantry of the Ming army under Guo Yingxian and He Zhenxiong, they were extremely fast, galloping south along the mountain road.

"Not good. The Tartars are going to the Chinese army..." Guo Yingxian yelled loudly.

He suddenly realized that the Tartars took such painstaking efforts to widen the distance between his infantry and cavalry, the purpose of which was to keep him from looking at each other, so that the Tartars could defeat our Xuanzhen army one by one.

Guo Yingxian also knew that it would be impossible to stop the Tartars' intentions at this moment, so he could only hope that Li Fuming, the commander in chief of Shanxi, would arrive in time and join forces with Yang Guozhu's rear cavalry, so he would not be afraid of the Tartars.

But he still felt a little uneasy about Yang Guozhu, so he called Mr. Qian and told him to bring five hundred fine horses back to help the Chinese army.

But before they set off here, another group of captive cavalry in white armor rushed out from the mountain on the left, right behind Guo Yingxian's hill. So far, he could no longer send troops back to assist Yang Guozhu's central army.

Unless, he ignored the more than [-] cavalry soldiers from Xuanzhen Town under the hill, maybe he could lead the more than [-] elite cavalry on the hill to swoop down, before the Zhengbai Banner Tartar cavalry that rushed over had yet to form an encirclement. Before the situation, break out and go.

But Guo Yingxian couldn't do that. After all, Yang Guozhu was followed by Li Fuming, and behind him were the Chinese army of Hong Chengchou, governor of Jiliao, and the army of Zhang Cheng and Liu Zhaoji.

At this time, he saw another group of Zhengbai Banner Tazi soldiers appearing behind him, and He Zhenxiong's new infantry army was blocked when the Tazi Zhengbai Banner cavalry rushed across the mountain road, so they couldn't come to meet them in time, and now they are joined by a group of troops who went to meet them. Thousands of cavalry were divided under the mountains on the west side of the mountain road.

After a rough observation, he felt that under the current situation, he still had to rush over to join He Zhenxiong's infantry camp. The infantry and cavalry cooperated with each other, and they might be able to hold out until reinforcements arrived.

At least they won't be defeated by the Tartar thieves one by one. First hold on, and then slowly retreat towards the Chinese army. Maybe they can join Yang Guozhu's Chinese army.

(End of this chapter)