Boom! ! !
The horses galloped, and the Tatar cavalry came in a black mass from all directions.
The momentum was huge, as if the end of the world was coming.
Qiu Fu yelled to maintain military morale.
There is no way to win this battle, we can only find a way to break out.
"Wang Cong, I'll cover you. You quickly lead the men out and ask for help from His Highness Prince Ning."
Qiu Fu said to Wang Cong beside him.
"General, let me cover you!" Wang Cong said.
"This is a military order!" Qiu Fu said sternly.
"Yes." Wang Cong lowered his head and accepted the military order.
"It was me and my brothers who were surrounded by enemies. I couldn't leave." Qiu Fu explained.
"General, take care!" Wang Cong said goodbye to Qiu Fu and led hundreds of people to wait for Qiu Fu to attract the enemy's attention before breaking out from the other direction.
However, there were simply too many Tatar cavalry.
Their strength of hundreds of people was too small in front of the Tatar army.
But Wang Cong knew that they were the hope of these thousands of cavalry.
With their desperate fighting, more than a dozen people finally escaped from the encirclement.
The Tatar cavalry discovered these dozen people and immediately sent people to hunt them down.
…
The sound of fighting continued for a long time.
The scene was littered with corpses, and the three thousand Ming army suffered heavy casualties, including deputy general Wang Cong.
General Qiu Fu was also injured, and his armor was stained red with blood.
Not only him, but the Ming army who is still alive is not intact.
Now they are surrounded by Tatar cavalry.
The other party did not launch an attack.
Qiu Fu knew that the Tatars wanted to persuade them to surrender.
At this time, the Tatar Grand Master Arutai was there.
"Master, why do you want to stop attacking?"
"With the few remaining people in the Ming army, we Tatar warriors can annihilate them all with a single charge." One of his generals said in confusion.
"Do you know who the Ming army coach is trapped in front?" Arutai glanced at his subordinates and asked calmly.
"Qiu Fu, Duke of Ming Dynasty!" his subordinate replied.
"A prince, if he surrenders to us Tatars, the majesty of the Ming Dynasty will definitely be wiped out." Arutai said with longing.
"But what if Qiu Fu doesn't surrender?" His subordinates were confused.
"Then capture him alive. I can find a way to recruit him." Arutai glanced at his subordinates dissatisfiedly, not seeing him at all.
At this time, another hand came to report.
"Grand Master, the people we sent to persuade them to surrender were killed by the Ming army."
Hearing this, Alutai's face trembled.
Don't come too soon with the slap in the face.
He glared at the subordinate who reported the report, and then gave the order.
"Send the order, the entire army attacks!"
"Capture Qiu Fu alive!"
"yes."
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The next day, Zhu Quan led the main force of the Ming army to advance.
The scout sent out suddenly came to him with a figure covered in blood.
The man still had an arrow stuck in his back.
"Your Highness, the General... they are surrounded by Tatar cavalry."
"Your Highness, please send reinforcements quickly for rescue."
The man said weakly.
"How many Tatar cavalry are there?" Zhu Quan asked solemnly.
"Probably tens of thousands." After the man finished speaking, he fell to the ground.
Li Yuan dismounted and checked his breathing, then shook his head at Zhu Quan.
"Your Highness, he is dead!"
"It seems that he is holding on until now with his last breath."
"Have a good burial!" Zhu Quan said.
"Your Highness, what should we do now?" Li Yuan asked someone to carry the sacrificed Ming army soldier down and looked at Zhu Quan and asked.
"Now you lead the remaining cavalry of the 3,000 battalion and the cavalry of the fifth army battalion first, and rescue as many people as you can. I will follow with the army."
"If nothing can be done, come back quickly."
"Don't let the cavalry suffer too many losses."
"The main force of our army is still there and we can fight the Tatars again." Zhu Quan ordered calmly.
"The last general takes orders!" Li Yuandao said.
The Ming army was different from the Tatars. The Ming army was mostly infantry, with only a minority of cavalry.
The Tatars are all cavalry.
In field conditions, the Ming army without cavalry had insufficient maneuverability.
That's why Zhu Quan warned that the remaining cavalry must be preserved.
After arranging everything, Zhu Quan cursed Qiu Fu in his heart: Qiu Fu, you old man, you deserve to die!
You must know that the three thousand cavalry Qiu Fu took away were all from the Three Thousand Battalion, and many of them were personally trained by Zhu Quan.
If they were all damaged, he would be heartbroken!
Although his reason told him that Qiu Fu and the three thousand cavalry led by him were in danger.
But he still held on to a glimmer of hope.
Another day passed.
Li Yuan sent someone to bring back the latest news.
The three thousand cavalry led by Qiu Fu were completely wiped out.
General Qiu Fu died in battle.
Wang Cong, the Marquis of Wucheng, died in the battle, and Huozhen, the Marquis of Tongan, died in the battle.
After hearing the news, the last trace of luck in Zhu Quan's heart disappeared.
He looked up to the sky and roared: "Qiu Fu, you deserve to die!"
"Your Highness, the Tatar cavalry is coming towards us now, and General Li Yuan is leading his army to contain them," the scout said again.
"Your Highness, please make a decision as soon as possible!" Wang Zhong, the Marquis of Jing'an, said.
Zhu Quan took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.
He knew he had to calm down now.
He is now the supreme commander of this army.
The fate of nearly 100,000 soldiers is decided by themselves.
He cannot let his emotions cloud his judgment.
"Send the order, the entire army rests on the spot, recovers its strength, and prepares to face the enemy!"
"The Shenji Battalion is in the center, and all the cannons are deployed."
"The fifth military battalion holds the flanks."
Only part of the three major battalions were mobilized for this expedition, and more of them were soldiers from the guard station in the north.
However, the combat effectiveness of these guard soldiers is still acceptable.
Second only to border guards.
During this Northern Expedition, they also shouldered the important task of escorting grain and grass baggage.
After everything was arranged, Zhu Quan wrote another military report and asked someone to rush it to the capital 800 miles away.
Then, they quietly waited for the enemy to arrive.
Time passed bit by bit, and the Ming army had already formed its formation.
My physical strength has almost recovered.
At this time, there was a rumbling sound in the distance.
Immediately, Zhu Quan and others saw a thin line appearing on the horizon.
At the same time, it was accompanied by the military flag of the Ming Army.
"Get ready to meet our cavalry!"
Zhu Quan quickly ordered.
At this time, Li Yuan also saw the main force of the Ming army.
"Brothers, speed up."
"His Royal Highness is waiting for us right in front!" Li Yuan shouted.
Before they reached half way, they met the Tatar cavalry.
The two sides fought briefly, causing casualties on both sides.
Li Yuan knew that the thousands of cavalry he led were no match for the Tatar cavalry, so he turned to contain them.
To gain more preparation time for the main force led by Zhu Quan.
After receiving the news from Zhu Quan's people, he took his people back.
Approaching the formation, after seeing the flag message, Li Yuan led his troops to bypass the Ming army on both sides and go to the rear.
In this way, Zhu Quan and the others were freed up.
Seeing the Tatar cavalry getting closer and closer, Zhu Quan immediately ordered the Shenji Battalion to fire.
"fire!"
he yelled.
Boom boom boom! ! !
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