Thinking of this, Jiannu's infantry soldiers finally approached. The veterans did not surround them, but walked around cautiously, trying to find the right opportunity to make a sneak attack.

Finally, Jiannu's back was exposed. He quickly took a step forward and thrust out the spear in his hand. The tip of the spear felt like it penetrated the human body, and a smile appeared on the veteran's face.

A beast-like cry came, and in the thick smoke, dozens of infantry soldiers jumped into the camp. They were wearing double armor and were very brave. The veterans wanted to go forward and kill them, but they were always frightened.

Backing away continuously.

The stout Mr. Bai opened his eyes angrily. He drew out the wild goose-wing knife with a "clop" sound and aimed at a Jiannu who was rushing in front. He took a side step and separated the infantry soldier's sword with the blade. He then half-turned around and borrowed the opportunity.

With a gesture, he cut off one of Jiannu's legs with a knife.

Jiannu screamed in pain, with only one leg left. He was still jumping and waving his knife to kill the bastard who attacked him. Mr. Bai turned half of his body deftly, and the knife slashed into his stomach.

The infantry soldier finally fell, and he was still grinning and trying to pull out the knife.

The veteran stepped forward quickly and pierced the infantry soldier's head with his spear. The tip of the spear penetrated into the chest. He heard a clear "puff" sound, as if it had been pierced into a piece of flesh. This feeling was extremely familiar, this

The infantrymen were finally dead.

At this time, the battlefield was in chaos. Most of the soldiers were fighting with the infantry soldiers like General Bai. However, the fellow soldiers did not follow the crowd and just wandered around. Wherever they saw an opportunity, they picked up their spears and attacked in a sneak attack, shouting the most fiercely.

of infantry.

The entire battlefield was in such a mess that it was hard to even tell who was one of our own and who was a slave. Everyone in front of me was a bloody gourd, they were all screaming, and their weapons were being used in a mess.

The weapons in the hands of the brothers were curled, so they randomly picked up the weapons of the slaves and killed them everywhere. Some infantry soldiers picked up the weapons of the Ming army and started fighting.

He bit his face, bit off his nose and ears, and pinched the enemy's eyes with all his strength while his mouth was full of blood.

Zhao Lijiao looked at the battlefield. Although the occupation was very anxious, he was very satisfied with the performance of Guan Ning's soldiers who had been trained for a long time. They successfully held the position with the help of fortifications. This was a big deal for the Ming army, which was not good at field battles.

breakthrough.

But the smile on his face did not last long. The guard next to him suddenly pointed into the distance and said in shock: "General, look."

Zhao Lijiao looked towards the left wing and saw that Wang Guoyan's army was retreating step by step under the attack of Hou Jin's army.

Zhao Lijiao's expression changed greatly, and he quickly ordered to send out sentry cavalry. Soon, the sentry cavalry said that Jiannu did not concentrate his troops to attack him, but instead used all his strength to besiege the kingdom's subordinates.

Wang Guoyan's three thousand men were all officers and soldiers with low combat effectiveness. Zhao Lijiao naturally understood that it would be difficult for them to stabilize their position, so he quickly sent the cavalry guarding the rear formation to support them.

A cavalry of 800 men rushed to the right wing and joined the battle group from the side, which immediately weakened the pressure on Wang Guoyan's army.

If Wang Guoyan counterattacks with all his strength at this time, he will definitely be able to repel Jiannu.

But an unexpected thing happened. Wang Guoyan did not stabilize his position and launch a counterattack. Instead, he took advantage of the opportunity when the rear cavalry was entangled by the elite Guan Ning cavalry and quickly retreated towards Zunhua City.

The sudden turn of events shocked Zhao Lijiao, who quickly summoned his personal guards and said anxiously: "Hurry back to Wang Guoyan and let him cover the left wing. You must not abandon me."

Soon, the guard returned and knelt down and said: "General, Wang Guoyan said that he was ordered to defend the city and was not good at fighting in the field, so he insisted on going to Zunhua to avoid the war."

Zhao Lijiao looked at Wang Guoyan's army rushing towards Zunhua City, and his originally pale face suddenly turned gray. He looked at the Guan Ning cavalry in the distance, and saw that they were surrounded by horse-armored troops twice the size of his own.

Fight with all your might.

As for the soldiers in the front line, their morale was shaken due to the departure of the left wing. The originally good situation was reversed, and the Ming army fell into a disadvantage.

Over at the Houjin position, Azig suddenly beamed with joy when he saw that Wang Guoyan's army had fled towards Zunhua City.

Yue Tuo next to him also said with surprise on his face: "This, this, this, this Wang Guoyan actually left Zhao Lijiao and ran away?"

Azig smiled and said: "The generals of the Ming Dynasty did not care whether they won the battle or not. What they paid attention to was whether they would suffer a defeat. You must know that winning a battle is not necessarily a good thing, but losing a battle is not a good thing.

The civil emperor will not let them go, so Wang Guoyan is naturally worried and does not dare us to fight forcefully."

Yue Tuo said: "But he was guarding the left wing of Zhao Lijiao, but he ran away without even saying hello. In this way, wouldn't he just sit back and watch Zhao Lijiao fight with our army, and the whole army would be annihilated?"

Azige smiled and said: "Wu Guoyan doesn't care about the life or death of Zhao Lidejiao. As long as he defends Zunhua City, he will certainly have merit and demerit."

Yue Tuo said with a livid face: "Even if I die, I will not fight with such a general."

Azig nodded and said: "Wu Guoyan is just like Fan Wencheng and those Han ministers. He can only be used but cannot be trusted."

When Jiannu saw that the left wing of the Ming army had fled, his morale was greatly boosted, and he began to frantically besiege Zhao's main formation.

The casualties of the soldiers were increasing, and Zhao Lijiao had no choice but to mobilize artillery to fire off shotguns to stop Jiannu's siege.

The ground began to tremble again, and the French cannon and the tiger squatting cannon were pushed up and fired one after another. Deafening cannons sounded one after another, and dense lead pellets roared away one after another, hitting the golden wooden shields over there.

It fell to the ground and was a mess everywhere.

Hou Jin over there screamed and ran away. Many people were running back and forth, not knowing what to do. There were also some people who lay on the ground and did not dare to move, but they did escape the rain of bullets. Seeing that their actions were effective, there was immediately a dense crowd over there.

They are the Houjin heavy armor men who are lying on the ground and imitating others.

Loud shouts rang out, and the densely packed Houjin heavy armor flashed out from behind the wooden shield on the right side of the low wall, waving their weapons and charging towards them with shouts.

In order to block the Ming army's bows and arrows and firecrackers, the several rows of heavy armored infantry rushing in front all held thick shields. The large shields in the hands of many of them were actually made of fine iron. They were one meter high, half a meter wide, and as thick as

Five millimeters. This kind of shield is extremely heavy, probably weighing three to forty kilograms.

Facing such a large iron shield, not to mention bows and arrows, it is difficult to shoot through firecrackers. In addition to the large iron shields of these people, the remaining heavily armored soldiers also hold thick shields, all of which are made of hardwood covered with thick leather for protection.

Their abilities were also extraordinary. They held shields in their left hands and swords and axes in their right hands. They were all fierce and fierce, and they just rushed towards them screaming.

In addition to these people, White Fang soldiers also began to join the battle. They were wearing two layers of heavy armor, holding long swords with iron handles, or holding Eight Banners spears and tiger spears, and they came with the same roar.

"put!"

The deafening sound of fire cannons sounded, and the projectiles of dozens of fire cannons hit the shield held by Hou Jin. The protective power of those iron shields was indeed strong. Although several shields were hit thirty or forty steps away, the area where they were hit was

It also sunk deeply, but was not broken or penetrated.

However, some Hou Jin soldiers next to them were holding heavy shields wrapped in hardwood and covered with leather. They were all cracked and broken by the incoming projectiles, but they did not cause too many casualties to the Hou Jin soldiers.

After that, Jin soldiers continued to pour in and fought fiercely with the Ming army, but everyone could see that the Ming army was already at a disadvantage.

Zhao Shujiao watched the cavalry melee on the left wing nervously. The eight hundred Guanning Iron Army was his only support now. If they were defeated, the Houjin cavalry could attack from the left wing, and his army would be caught in a two-sided attack and would inevitably be defeated.

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Even if Guan Ning's cavalry on the left faced far more Jiannu cavalry than themselves, each of them had a powerful fighting force. They took out their three-eyed muskets one after another, and then engaged in hand-to-hand combat with red eyes. The two sides were fighting together, but Guan Ning's cavalry was fighting bravely.

They were still mortals. As time went by, the strength of Guan Ning's cavalry in successive battles was exhausted and they were defeated.

Zhao led the army to understand that the left-wing cavalry could not hold out much longer. His only option now was to lead a large army to break through and flee to Zunhua for refuge.

Thinking of this, he immediately sent his personal guards to Zunhua to ask for help, hoping that Wang Yuanya could send troops from Zunhua City to meet him.

The personal guards left, and Zhao led the army to order a retreat.

The front line of the Ming army, which was already fighting with the Hou Jin army, naturally wanted to stay and block the attack. The veteran looked at the slowly moving flag with sadness in his heart.

Suddenly, a heavy armored infantryman with his face covered in blood rushed up with a ferocious scream, and slashed at his neck with a waist knife like crazy. The veteran yelled and raised his spear to block, but the barrel of the gun was cut off in the blink of an eye.

, he could already see Jiannu's childish face, like his own hidden head.

A white light suddenly flashed in front of his eyes, and the veteran's head suddenly flew into the sky. A blood arrow in his neck drew a beautiful arc. He ran forward two steps, and several spears pierced his body.

, his body was thrown away like a broken doll.

Zhao Shujiao's cloudy eyes were filled with tears, and he saw that the front line that blocked Jiannu in the distance had been completely wiped out. However, he had no choice. He had lost his left wing. If he did not retreat, his entire army would be wiped out.

The army retreated, and the Guan Ning cavalry responsible for blocking the rear Jin cavalry had also returned. After an hour of hard fighting, there were only four hundred of them left, and half of them died on the battlefield.

These eight hundred cavalrymen were the heart and soul of Zhao Lijiao. They originally thought that they could accompany the governor to attack Huanglong and make great achievements, but they did not expect that they were now lost at the gate of Zunhua City.

Zhao Lijiao looked at the Jiannu cavalry that was constantly pursuing them. Although he couldn't bear it, he still sent out the Guan Ning cavalry who had just rested for a moment to block the Jiannu cavalry's pursuit.

Two miles away from Zunhua City, the guards galloped over, shouting with despair: "General, Wang Yuanya refuses to defend the city. The gate of Zunhua City has been sealed. We cannot send troops to respond. Let the general move his troops elsewhere."

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The city gate is sealed? Didn’t Wang Guoyan just escape through the city gate into Zunhua City?

Zhao Shujiao was angry and shouted: "You have no courage, you have trapped me in a dead end."

After saying that, he actually opened his mouth and spit out blood, and he fell down on the horse in an extremely weak manner.

Zhao Zhijiao said in a weak voice: "Gather up a formation to defend yourself, and then send someone to ask for help."

The guards couldn't bear it and could only turn around and leave.

After leaving the camp, Zhao led the army to fight against the Jin army in the fields outside the city. They were besieged on three sides by the Jin army and retreated steadily.

Many Hou Jin soldiers attacked fiercely, and the fighting guerrilla general was shot through the chest by Hou Jin's arrows and died in the battle.

The general led his servants to fight in a bloody battle with Jiannu. His whole body was covered with blood. He laughed miserably and said: "Eating the emperor's salary and being loyal to the emperor means that you will die on the battlefield today!"

A cowardly guerrilla led his troops and tried to escape, but was overtaken by the horse soldiers and slaughtered them all. The cowardly guerrilla was also dragged behind the horse and was dragged to death.

More soldiers looked desperate, crying and shouting to the officers and soldiers in the city for help, but no one came out to save them.

The two sides engaged in a series of hand-to-hand battles. Hou Jin soldiers kept coming in, and then they were driven out, poured in again, and were driven out again.

Zhao led his soldiers to fight in person, dancing with swords like tigers and tigers, killing countless people. The guards held guns in one hand and reined in their horses with the other, constantly attacking the Jiannu next to them and forcing them back.

"Kill the slaves, kill the slaves." Zhao Shujiao shouted loudly, trying to boost morale.

But the exhausted Ming army had no strength to launch a counterattack. They retreated step by step, leaving hundreds of lives behind every time they retreated.

The corpses on the ground were densely packed. I don’t know how many were from the Hou Jin Dynasty and how many were from the Ming Army. There was blood everywhere.

Another wave of Hou Jin was killed and retreated. Zhao Shujiao said to the bodyguards beside him: "Have the reinforcements left the city to receive them?"

The guard couldn't bear to answer and could only shake his head.

After a while, Zhao Zhijiao asked again: "Are the reinforcements coming?"

The personal guard was speechless and could only cry continuously.

Hou Jin's offensive became more and more fierce. After Guan Ning's cavalry was completely wiped out, the cavalry came over from the side one after another, blocking the Ming army's retreat and killing the pro-army troops led by Zhao.

Zhao Shujiao looked at the guards beside him. His gray hair was blowing in the cold wind. There was no fear on his face, but only a trace of sadness.

The Hou Jin cavalry rushed over and shot arrows at Zhao Lijiao. The dense rain of arrows caused the guards to fall off their horses, but they still continued to raise their shields to block Zhao Lijiao's arrows.

Zhao Shujiao's body trembled suddenly, he looked down at the arrow on his chest, and looked guiltily at the guards around him who were being shot and killed. Finally, he looked back at the towering Zunhua City, pulled out the sword on his waist, and committed suicide.
Chapter completed!