The left wing of the bandit army was led by Liu Fangliang.
At this time, in the army formation on the left wing of the bandits, countless defeated troops were retreating. The armored soldiers and knights in the camp were unable to move forward. The army formation had been rushed back by countless defeated troops. As a last resort, Liu Fangliang ordered the few hundred bows and arrows among the armored soldiers to be used. He concentrated his hands and started shooting at the broken soldiers in front.
"Fire the arrow!"
Arrows rained down for a while, and many of the crowded soldiers in front fell down. The remaining soldiers were frightened and began to flee to both sides.
Upon seeing this, Liu Fangliang breathed a sigh of relief and ordered the army to continue to advance. Deputy General Liu Xiyao led 10,000 heroic cavalry, General Ma Shiyao from left Guoyi, and General Liu Rukui from right led 20,000 armored soldiers, and a few people led the army to advance.
Liu Fangliang led hundreds of personal guards to follow behind, and at the same time commanded some infantry who could obey the command to gather the broken troops behind.
But before everyone could lead their troops to advance far, the wave of defeated troops in front began to rush in faster. Then a large number of official and military battle flags appeared in the crowd. Wang Bo led the soldiers of the New Army's right battalion to attack.
At this time, Liu Yan saw that the bandit army was in a defeated posture, so he ordered all battalions to start counterattack and press them all.
Wang Bo excitedly walked in the military formation and heard that all the ministries had been collecting information all night: the bandit Zuo camp was ahead, so he ordered the whole camp to stop advancing, and the gunmen were ready to fire a volley.
"Liu Yan's new army is ahead, the whole army is coming!"
Liu Fangliang was determined to hit Liu Yan's troops hard. After giving the order, deputy general Liu Xiyao, general Ma Shiyao from the left, and general Liu Rukui from the right each led their troops to attack. Immediately, the gunners from the right battalion of Wang Bo's troops in front began to fire a volley, with fierce firepower. Start harvesting heads
, the bandit soldiers and horses rushing forward almost fell down in pieces.
Liu Fangliang gritted his teeth and led hundreds of personal guards to follow him. Just as he was about to personally supervise the attack, he received an order from Li Zicheng: The entire army retreated!
"What did you say!"
At this time, Liu Fangliang glared angrily at the soldiers from the middle camp who came to deliver the order, wishing to cut them into pieces. He looked back to the front. The army had been attacking Liu Yan's new army one after another. Can they withdraw now?
"General, King Chuang has issued a strict order to retreat immediately..."
"Then withdraw!"
Liu Fangliang issued the order in pain, while the three deputy generals Liu Xiyao, left Guoyi general Ma Shiyao, and right Weiwei general Liu Rukui who were fighting in the front were completely dumbfounded after receiving the order to retreat.
"Retreat now? Whose idea was it? I'm sick!"
Liu Xiyao roared angrily, but the subordinates who came to deliver the order said with a bitter face: "This is King Chuang. King Chuang strictly ordered all battalions to retreat immediately without any mistake!"
Liu Xiyao stopped talking, and ordered the withdrawal with a dark face. The armored soldiers and heroic cavalry from the rogue Zuoying were originally forced to attack the new army formation. At this time, Shangguan changed his order and directly ordered the withdrawal. The 10,000 heroic cavalry led by deputy general Liu Xiyao , the 20,000 armored soldiers led by General Ma Shiyao from the left and General Liu Rukui from the right were immediately in chaos.
Especially those brave knights "disbanded on the spot" and all started to run for their lives.
When the deputy general Liu Xiyao saw this, he was so angry that he cursed. The remaining more than a hundred knights around him were also shaken and clamored to escape for their lives.
Suddenly, the right battalion of the new army of the brigade stayed up all night, and the guards rushed over on horseback. Hundreds of people rushed to the front in a blink of an eye, and a large number of people rushed forward.
The bird gun opened fire at close range. Liu Xiyao and dozens of knights were caught off guard and killed on the spot. The remaining knights dispersed in a rush.
When Liu Fangliang saw Liu Xiyao's battle flag falling, his face was full of horror. He then turned his horses and led his troops to retreat quickly. The soldiers and horses of the bandits' left camp were also completely defeated. Those brave cavalry and armored soldiers who still wanted to resist only regretted that they had lost two legs at this moment, listening to the constant roar of bird cannons and lead bullets from behind. The sound broke through the air, and he screamed and ran for his life.
Just as the rogue left camp was defeated, the right camp led by Yuan Zongdi also began to become turbulent.
Yuan Zongdi received the order to retreat very smoothly, but he did not lead his troops to retreat immediately. Instead, he ordered General Zuo Guoyi Bai Minghe to go into battle and lead five thousand knights to attack the New Army's Zuoying square formation to cover the slow movement of the army. Retreat.
But what Yuan Zongdi didn't expect was that as soon as the army began to retreat, the five thousand knights led by Bai Minghe collapsed under the continuous volleys of cannon fire from the left camp of the new army.
Hundreds of five thousand knights were killed on the spot. Zuo Guoyi's general Bai Minghe led the charge and was shot dead on the spot. The remaining more than 4,000 knights immediately broke up, and then rushed backwards, directly scattering tens of thousands of dead soldiers and infantry, and then took those dead soldiers and infantry and began to rush into the armored soldiers and knights.
Yuan Zongdi was angry and horrified when he saw this. He fought against Liu Yan's tribe for the first time. He thought he was very cautious, but he still underestimated the combat power of Liu Yan's tribe. At this time, he didn't care about the infantry troops and directly engaged You Guoyi. Together with General Liu Tichun, he led the remaining 15,000 knights to escape.
Although it is a pity to have 30,000 armored soldiers in the camp,
At this time, they had been scattered by those dead soldiers and infantry, and the military formation could not be maintained. Yuan Zongdi could only reluctantly give up, and he could gather as much as he could after the war.
In the middle of the battlefield, the remaining soldiers of the firearms battalion led by Li Dingguo and Ai Nengqi had already withdrawn. They tried their best to gather their troops, but they could only collect more than 10,000 defeated troops. Then, under Li Laiheng's angry scolding, they withdrew with the remaining soldiers. Camp reorganization.
Then Li Laiheng looked at the battlefield ahead. Shen Tuo led the new army's middle camp and was still advancing. Then Liu Yan's banner also began to move forward to the east. Two military camps and 20,000 soldiers came in formation. Mighty and indomitable.
However, the front camp of the bandits was defeated. Generals Gu Kecheng and Xie Junyou of Guoyi, and General Tian Hu of You Guoyi had been defeated one after another. Only more than 10,000 of the 30,000 armored soldiers in the camp were still able to maintain their organization, and the remaining The infantry and dead soldiers below have long since disappeared. It is not known whether they were killed by Liu Yan's troops or whether they fled for their lives and broke up.
"We were defeated after all!"
Li Laiheng said angrily. In order to win this battle, the rebels had made a lot of preparations. They had mobilized soldiers and horses from Yuan Zongdi's right battalion, rectified the defeated soldiers of each battalion, and transported more than 400 troops from various places. Artillery, but even so, hundreds of thousands of rebels were still defeated. Is Liu Yan's army really invincible?
"General, retreat, it will be too late if you don't leave!"
General Tian Hu of Youguoyi grabbed Li Laiheng and shouted loudly, which finally brought Li Laiheng back to his mind.
"withdraw!"
Li Laiheng roared unwillingly, and then led the remaining troops to retreat quickly. All the infantry behind him gave up. As long as the eight thousand knights around him were still alive,
Now, it won't be long before we can raise another large army.
Soon, Li Laiheng's troops merged with Liu Zongmin's troops in the middle camp.
At this time, Liu Zongmin also received the order to retreat. However, in order to stabilize the army's front, Liu Zongmin did not retreat immediately. Instead, he led the middle camp of more than 28,000 heroic cavalry and 150,000 to 60,000 infantry to form formations on the spot. Be prepared to coordinate the retreat of all battalions.
However, the front camp, left camp, right camp, and firearms camp were defeated too quickly. The soldiers and horses of the middle camp had just formed a military formation. The soldiers and horses everywhere were still in chaos. The formation was not completed at all, and each battalion They were defeated one after another.
Liu Zongmin's face was livid at this time. He looked at Li Laiheng, Tian Hu and others who were coming on horseback, and said dissatisfiedly: "The general is coming so fast!"
Li Laiheng didn't care much and said loudly: "Liu Yan has counterattacked across the board. General, retreat quickly. The best thing is to preserve the strength of the rebel army!"
Liu Zongmin shouted loudly: "Liu Yan's troops are on the move, and the military formation must be unstable. Why don't you lead the army to attack?"
Li Laiheng also lost his temper and said loudly: "Liu Yan's battalions have fired thousands of muskets to clear the way, and a large number of heavy armored spearmen are sweeping the battlefield. Our cavalry and armored soldiers lack armor and shields and cannot charge forward at all. What? onslaught!"
Liu Zongmin gritted his teeth and said: "With such a defeat, how can you and I explain to King Chuang when we go back!"
"If you hesitate any longer, the army will be defeated, and you and I will really have no face to see King Chuang!"
After saying that, Li Laiheng rode away directly. Looking at the soldiers and horses of the front camp that were constantly withdrawing, Liu Zongmin shouted, as if he had shouted out all the anger and unwillingness in his heart, and then gave the order to withdraw.
Just the 20,000 or so of the middle camp
The Xiaoqi retreated easily, but the hundreds of thousands of infantry could not be retreated easily.
More than 100,000 infantry soldiers and more than 30,000 armored soldiers were deployed in the middle. Liu Zongmin originally thought that this arrangement would stabilize the morale of the army and allow more than 100,000 soldiers to hold on for a while.
But now this arrangement has become a life-threatening talisman for more than 30,000 armored soldiers.
As the order to withdraw was issued, the hundreds of thousands of infantrymen in the middle camp suddenly panicked. At this time, in front of the military formation, the new army's middle camp had already advanced to a distance of about 200 steps and was pressing forward quickly.
The army of more than 100,000 people suddenly roared, and the soldiers and horses in front scrambled to turn around and flee for their lives. The soldiers and horses behind were attacked and scattered, and then the entire army collapsed completely. A wave of more than 100,000 people swept across the rear, and even swept away the retreating soldiers. The army of knights was also implicated.
The hundreds of brave knights at the rear were quickly overwhelmed by the wave of defeated troops. Countless defeated soldiers fought for the horses of those heroic knights, and even drew their swords against them and cut the roaring knights into pieces on the spot.
Liu Zongmin looked back at the crumbling army and felt his blood rising. This was the first time he had fought such a heart-warming battle for many years since he had raised an army!
With the collapse of the bandits' middle camp, Li Zicheng thought no more and directly led the Chinese army Li Yan, Song Xiance, Gu Junen, Niu Jinxing and others to rush into the rear camp led by Li Guo.
"Retreat to the old camp immediately and hold on!"
The first thing Li Zicheng said when he saw Li Guo was to retreat immediately, but Li Guo said: "Chuang Wang Mingjian, Liu Yan is not an ordinary wise general. He won this battle, even more smoothly than the last battle. He will definitely not give up and the old camp will definitely not be able to hold on!"
Li Zicheng
He glared at Li Guo fiercely, and then said: "Then immediately send people to the old camp, take the baggage and troops of the old camp, and retreat westward!"
Li Yan and General You Guoyi of the rear camp, He Lan and Lu Yingbiao, stood up. The three of them were willing to return to the old camp and lead their troops to withdraw.
Li Zicheng immediately agreed and ordered Li Guo to send 5,000 heroic cavalry to the three commanders. Then, together with Li Guo, he led the remaining 20,000 heroic cavalry, 30,000 armored soldiers, 75,000 dead soldiers and infantry in the rear camp to retreat westward, accompanied by Li Zicheng. Also withdrawing together were more than 10,000 firearms battalions led by Li Dingguo and Ai Nengqi.
"Li Zicheng ran away!"
In the Guards Camp, Liu Yan received the urgent report that the night was not closed. He hurriedly raised his telescope to search on the battlefield. As expected, he could not find Li Zicheng's big banner. He was so angry that he yelled: "Damn it! Li Zicheng is such a troublemaker." Shit stick, your ability to escape is really awesome!"
When Miao Shao saw this, he couldn't help but laugh out loud. Li Zicheng was the first person who could make his main town curse.
Liu Yan then said angrily: "Send orders to all battalions: pursue the remnants of the enemy across the board. Tell Xu Ming to immediately lead the cavalry battalion to attack the old camp of the bandits in the west. Also inform Chen Yongfu not to watch the scenery in the city and lead his troops out to chase the ducks." !”
