Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 472
The horseshoes rolled, and the cavalry of the Ming army came like a tide. The terrifying formation made the Qing soldiers exclaim again and again.

When the Qing army came out of the city, it was in an attack formation, with swords, shields and long spears in front, and a brigade of archers and gunmen behind them. There were no guards on the two wings, so they were cut off by two Ming cavalry.

If ordinary Qing soldiers found out that they had been tricked, they would definitely be in chaos. After being divided by the cavalry, the Qing soldiers behind would definitely collapse into the city. However, although Li Chengdong's troops were screaming, the soldiers did not go into chaos. Fleeing, many soldiers calmly held up their bows and arrows and shot back.

On the city, Tong Yangjia made a sound of gold, and Li Chengdong quickly ordered the troops to retreat, but the cavalry of the Ming army was too fast, and they had already been cut off.

At this time, countless Ming army infantry rushed from the front again, and Wang Yan's main force was farther away. If Wang Yan's main force came, Li Chengdong would be completely trapped outside the city.

"The whole army is going backwards. Don't pay attention to the infantry of the Ming army. Let the town go back and kill them all."

After Wang Shixiu's [-] cavalry rushed into the Qing army's archers and musketeers, they did not go out in formation, because their purpose was to prevent Li Chengdong from returning to the city, not to defeat Li's troops. Before a roundabout attack, the Qing army had already run more than half.

The Ming army cavalry slashed and killed among the Qing soldiers. When the archers and bird gunners faced the cavalry, they had almost no power to parry. They've done their job.

At this time, following Li Chengdong's order, the big banner retreated. The Qing soldiers looked at the big banner, and all turned around to kill them. Li Yuanyin in the city also led two thousand spearmen to meet him.

On the battlefield, for a while, it was Ming army infantry chasing and killing Li Chengdong, while the Ming army cavalry who prevented Li Chengdong from returning to the city were flanked by Qing soldiers on both sides.

As Li Cheng's troops pressed back, the pressure on the supervising cavalry suddenly increased, but the Ming army had an obvious advantage, and the Ming infantry who came after them kept cutting down the Qing soldiers.

Outside the east city, shouts of killing shook the sky, and the two armies fought fiercely. The Ming army was well-arranged and had the upper hand, but Li Chengdong was extremely tenacious, and the battle situation froze for a while.

At this time, Li Chengdong's troops didn't care about the infantry of the Ming army at all, but tried their best to break through the obstruction of the cavalry of the Ming army. Li Cheng held Guan Dao and rushed forward, colliding with the supervising cavalry.

At this time, Li Bu acted very fiercely, like a person being beaten by several people, he didn't care whether the enemies on both sides and behind him beat his back or waist, he just stared at the person in front of him and beat him fiercely, Blood dripping, full of vigor, makes people fear.

The battle was still going on, and with the arrival of Wang Yanbing, it became more and more intense. The Ming army mustered all their strength and insisted on annihilating Li Chengdong outside the city.

On the earthen platform not far away, Wang Yan and his big flag had already moved here. He straddled his horse and looked at the battlefield, like a wolf king watching the wolves hunting their prey.

His eyes flickered, and he was paying close attention to the situation on the battlefield. This time, he took advantage of the eagerness of the Zhangzhou Qing soldiers to look forward to reinforcements, and drew Li Chengdong out. It can be said that he had the upper hand, but Li Chengdong was indeed a capable general.

In the current situation, if they were replaced by other green battalions and were suddenly attacked, they would have been defeated long ago, but until now, Li Chengdong is still fighting tenaciously.

The Ming army invaded Fujian this time, mainly relying on their advantages in strategy and intelligence. The biggest battle was the ambush of Tan Tai in Tuling. They had never fought a real tough battle. The recruits had no combat experience and lacked training. , did not show up.

Now that the Li Department is surrounded, the infantry on three sides has the advantage, and the Li Department has put pressure on the supervising cavalry. Compared with the Li Department's soldiers, the shortcomings are immediately exposed.

Wang Yan watched the cavalry supervisors being stabbed off their horses by spears from time to time, and felt a pain in his heart, "This pavilion still underestimates Li Chengdong. If we continue to fight like this, when his head is taken, the supervisors of this pavilion will also suffer a lot of casualties." light."

"Among the four towns in Jiangbei, the town of Gaojie is the strongest. He fought against the last general many times in the past, and he can be called a soldier of hundreds of battles. Li Chengdong inherited the essence of Gaozhen, and he can indeed fight!" Li Guo, who was on the side, echoed.

Hearing the words, Wang Yan waved his hand immediately, "Order Zheng Chenggong to call up all the archers of Zheng's army. In addition, he issued an order to let the infantry step up their onslaught and resolve the battle as soon as possible."

The sooner the battle ended, the less the cavalry would lose. To Wang Yan, the cavalry was too precious.

At this time, the battlefield was in full swing, the Ming army's infantry came from three sides, more than half of Li's troops were killed and injured, and Li Chengdong felt unprecedented pressure.

He slashed to death a hundred households of the Ming army in front of him. Looking up, he saw that there were still many Ming cavalry standing in front of him. Suddenly he saw a Ming army not far away, directing the Ming army to block the way out of the Qing army. , Immediately roared: "You guys come with me." After finishing speaking, he took the lead and rushed over.Li Chengdong was extremely fast, and Wang Shixiu, the official superintendent of the Ming Dynasty, noticed that Li Chengdong was coming straight.

A few arrows came, one hit his shoulder, and the rest was peeled off by Li Chengdong with a knife. Although he was injured, he didn't stop at all, and rushed to Wang Shixiu quickly.

Hearing Li Chengdong yell "death", Wang Shixiu felt a gust of wind blowing by him. He took his bow to block it, and the bow was immediately cut into two sections. Two guards around him hurriedly stopped him. Sweep, and then chop to kill the two of them.

Wang Shixiu hastily drew his saber, and slashed at him for a while, the blade hit him again and again, Wang Shixiu was a literati, so he was Li Chengdong's opponent, his arm went numb, and the saber came out of his hand, in a hurry, he had to run away on horseback.

Li Chengdong took the opportunity to slash and kill. The supervising cavalry could not form an formation like the infantry, and used the strength of their comrades to fight against the enemy generals.

A group of Qing soldiers immediately poured in through the gap, but the exit was not very big. Just after a hundred Qing soldiers ran out, Wang Shixiu gathered nearly a hundred Ming cavalry and pushed back to the gap.

The Ming army slashed left and right on the horse, and the Qing soldiers who wanted to escape were not in a hurry to dodge, and they were chopped down one after another. Li Chengdong was furious at once. He was hard to beat with four hands, and densely packed Ming troops rushed towards him, all wanting his head in exchange for the title.

For a while, although he was protected by his personal guards, he also began to be in danger. At this moment, a group of Qing soldiers spearmen killed the supervising cavalry from the opposite direction. The leader was Li Yuanyin. While shouting: "Father, let's go~"

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