"What? What's the sound?" Guo Xing hurriedly asked the soldiers beside him. The soldiers beside him were also startled. However, in the rear, the Mongolian cavalry were densely packed, and the smoke and dust rolled up covered the sky and the sun. Even if they set up a pergola and squinted their eyes hard, they still couldn't see anything.
"Master Marquis, could that sound be... a firecracker?" A guard's expression suddenly turned to surprise. "Could it be that the three highnesses have come to rescue us and have sent troops to cut off the retreat of these Mongolian cavalry?"
"This..." Guo Xing was unwilling to believe this possibility. First of all, he wanted to break his head, and he didn't think that the three young highnesses could repel Naha's 50,000 soldiers. Even if they did get rid of the 50,000 soldiers, they must have suffered heavy losses.
Based on his visual estimation, the cavalry behind him numbered no less than 30,000 to 40,000. How can such a number be resisted by less than 10,000 people?
Guo Xing would rather believe that he heard wrongly.
However, before he could make a conclusion, he heard the sound like exploding beans coming from behind again. This time, the sounds were more continuous, although it was difficult to hear clearly because of the distance, and the frequency of the sound was also a bit bizarre. But the continuous "bang bang bang bang bang" sound must be a firecracker!
Moreover, they have also discovered that the Mongolian archers behind them are obviously shaken and their positions are already in chaos.
"Sure enough, it's the sound of fire and gunfire! Everyone! It's the three princes, it must be the three princes, leading the army to save us!" The soldiers around us have begun to cheer wildly.
Although the Yuan army also had fire blunderbuss, by the end of the Yuan Dynasty, they were no longer used much. Not to mention that the Mongolian cavalry behind them were all wearing felt bundles and furs. They looked like "savages" who had lived outside the customs for a long time. They didn't look like they knew how to use fire guns.
Therefore, the one who fired the gun from behind must be an ally of the Ming Dynasty named Pao Ze.
Moreover, in the Ming Dynasty army, the number of fire soldiers generally only accounts for 5% to 10%, and more soldiers have to have spears, halberds, swords, shields, bows and arrows. Judging from the continuous sound of firing muskets, a single musketry soldier can create such a large formation. This supporting army must have at least hundreds of thousands of people!
"How could those three highnesses have so many troops? Could it be a coincidence that General Xu Da happened to arrive with his troops?" Guo Xing was also confused by the series of gunshots. But he is a veteran after all, so naturally he will not let go of such a rare opportunity to break out. He quickly pulled out the long sword in his hand, stood on his horse and shouted: "Brothers, the enemy has fallen into our plan!"
"Zhai Cheng and Zhu Xiang were the first to stop the Yuan army from Naha's headquarters. The others turned back and charged towards the Mongolian cavalry to cover them up! Defeat the enemy and make a contribution today!"
"Kill with me!"
"Roar! The sun, moon, rivers and mountains will always be there!" In an instant, the morale of the Ming army rose several steps higher. Tens of thousands of people roared in unison, and the surging fighting spirit seemed to disperse even the surrounding smoke and dust. Guo Xing raised his sword and personally led his guards to charge bravely at the Mongolian horse archers.
The Mongolian cavalry in front of them, who were still throwing their bows and arrows in a leisurely manner, seemed to be frightened by something. Facing the charging Ming army, they fell into a temporary loss. They looked around with confusion on their faces!
"There is a problem with these cavalry!" This thought flashed through Guo Xing's mind, who was still about a hundred steps away from these Mongolian cavalry. He saw a banner of a Mongolian general in front of him suddenly falling to the ground, and it was finally blown up by the wind. The flag horn is like a cry of unwillingness before death!
"What?" Guo Xing's pupils shrank.
What followed was like a magic trick. Guo Xing was extremely shocked to find that the flags of the generals among the cavalry who were hunting for and flying were actually broken one by one at a flying speed. The cavalrymen, who were still strolling in front of them, seemed to have seen a ghost. One by one, they began to turn their horses back like a tide and flee. In order to seize the escape route, they even killed each other and trampled on each other!
Roll back bead curtain! Within a few breaths, these cavalrymen unexpectedly showed the tendency of rolling back the bead curtain and began to collapse!
"This...this is!" Guo Xing quickly reined in his horse and asked the soldiers around him to stop their forward momentum. Now that the "rolling back the bead curtain" has begun, the priority of the people now is no longer to flank these cavalry troops, but to defend the formation and drive them to the left and right in accordance with the situation.
At this time, he still didn't understand that the flagpole that was constantly broken just now was because someone was killing generals and seizing the flag among the Mongolian army. It was precisely because senior generals were constantly being killed that the Mongolian army's command system in this area was temporarily paralyzed. Under the constant pressure from the rear, the soldiers began to collapse in a hurry, and even formed an extremely rare situation. I can see the tendency of rolling back the bead curtain!
And with the power of killing the general and seizing the flag, it creates the momentum of rolling up the bead curtain. Guo Xing has seen this fighting method before in the battle formation. There are far more brave generals in the world than himself, so Guo Xing only admires two people: one is Chang Shiwan Chang Yuchun who is good at leading soldiers to fight fiercely with the enemy and overcomes everything with his own bravery; and the other is good at fighting among thousands of armies. Zhang Dingbian, the "best general in the world" who can kill generals, seize flags, and paralyze the enemy's command, so he can move freely among thousands of troops and even take the enemy's commander's head!
"Could this situation be..." Guo Xing was inexplicably horrified. Soon, among the formation of the Mongolian cavalry that collapsed, a Ming army emerged from the siege. The leader had several heads hanging behind his horse, and his face looked like Shura. , even though he had a shiny bald head and was holding a Zen staff in his right hand, how could Guo Xing not recognize that this man was the famous Taiwei of the Puppet-Han regime in the past, who almost took off the title of the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty in the Battle of Poyang Lake? Zhang Dingbian, who rushed into the formation and killed several Ming generals with his own strength, and finally walked away!
"Sure enough, it's him! Why is he here!" Guo Xing was scared and shocked. I'm afraid it's because I had seen this man's power very close to him that day when Zhang Dingbian charged into battle at Poyang Lake and killed countless Ming army generals along the way. At that time, Guo Xing was not afraid of anything, but when he saw Zhang Dingbian, who was like a god of death, he felt afraid for the first time.
Seeing him charging at the battlefield, all the martial arts and methods that he was proud of were useless, and he could only huddle in a corner and tremble!
At that time, Zhang Dingbian also used this method of "killing generals and seizing flags along the way, paralyzing the enemy's command", forcing the Ming army whose fighting spirit collapsed due to the loss of command to open a way for him, and fought all the way to the present His Majesty.
What was shocking was that he saw behind Zhang Dingbian, and the person who was rushing with him was Zheng Guogong Chang Mao. Although Chang Mao was far inferior to his father, they, the old brothers in Huaixi, did not think highly of this reckless man who had taken advantage of his father's generation for nothing and had the audacity to put himself above themselves and others with his title of Duke. But Chang Mao is definitely a die-hard loyal to the Ming Dynasty. He has always been with the Fifth Highness Zhu Su, and it is absolutely impossible for him to betray the Ming Dynasty. Having him following him shows that Zhang Dingbian is serving the Ming Dynasty and fighting hard for the Ming Dynasty.
"That Your Highness, who is still young, can actually drive Zhang Dingbian, a powerful general like Zhang Dingbian who is so powerful that even His Majesty cannot surrender? How is it possible!!" Guo Xing was surprised.
(End of chapter)
