Nikan paced back and forth restlessly in the tower.

Although his military commander captured the northern city wall, all the corridors to the lower city were now blocked by Ming army firepower.

He organized several expeditions to the city, but was bombarded with various artillery pieces by the Ming army.

Especially the Ming army's muskets, the power of the bullets is really terrifying, covering a large area.

On the east and west sides, the Ming army has been organizing counterattacks, and the offensive has never stopped.

The deep city gate hole was completely sealed by sand, grass and rocks. It was shelled several times from outside the city, but it did not cause much damage.

Originally I wanted to directly blow up the city with gunpowder, but the city was occupied by my own people, so I was afraid that the bombing would collapse the city wall and inadvertently injure friendly forces.

Nikan was so anxious that he had blisters on his mouth. Now, he felt that the northern city wall was like a worthless piece of food, tasteless to eat, and a pity to discard.

The army cannot deploy on the city, and the lower city will be severely killed.

After finally rushing down thousands of people, the Ming army showed off its power of fire cannons in the street fighting and defeated the Qing army in the lower city.

Just when Nikan was riding a tiger and couldn't get off, Duduo's order arrived.

When he learned that the two surrendered generals in the east of the city had been defeated, Nikan immediately cried out in pain. Now the Ming army on the east wall could free up their hands and launch an all-out counterattack.

The northern city wall became a meat grinder.

Nikan thought over and over again and decided to retreat. The troops around Duduo were weak. If the Ming army were to attack, the consequences would be disastrous.

As a result, the Qing army began to retreat from the northern city wall overnight.

Just like the ebbing tide at dawn, the Qing army quietly abandoned the northern city wall and retreated.

Nikan entered Dodo's tent with an ugly look on his face.

"Your Majesty, my servant failed to fight well. Please punish me, Your Majesty!" Nikan knelt down and kowtowed.

Duduo walked around Nikan without saying a word, returned to the case and sat down, and then said leisurely: "Go and get twenty lashes yourself."

Nikan breathed out slowly, quickly thanked him, got up and went out to receive his punishment.

"Report! The Ming army turned around and came towards the camp, less than three miles away."

When the scouts came to report, Tunji was stunned and secretly thought that these Ming soldiers were really brave, they really came to kill them.

Although Duduo had expected it, he was still slightly surprised. This time he seemed to have miscalculated. He thought that 50,000 troops would go south and Hangzhou would be within easy reach, but he didn't expect that he would be kicked against the iron plate now.

"Tuenji, we leave the Qing Dynasty's face to you." Duduo said with a smile. Since the attack on Hangzhou, Liu Bu was defeated first, and Nikan hit a wall again. His coach's face is really dull.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will lead the army to fight." Tunji looked confident. He had killed dozens, if not hundreds, of Ming army generals.

"Just repel it, don't pursue it." Duduo warned. It is not yet known how many reinforcements the Ming army has arrived. He was afraid that Tunji would get hot-tempered and get himself involved.

In the big tent, one could faintly hear shouts of killing.

Tunji didn't dare to delay. Nikan had already withdrawn. He no longer had to worry about Duduo's safety and could free up his hands and feet to fight happily.

He hurriedly ordered his three thousand elite cavalry, Tunji held a special copper hammer, and led the army towards the direction where the Ming army was coming.

Zheng Zunqian's troops, who had just strangled the Qing army's cavalry, were about to go all out and continue their advance when they suddenly felt the earth shaking, and the dull sound of horse hooves gradually became clearer.

"The Tatar cavalry is coming, hurry up! Form a formation!" Zheng Zunqian shouted with eyes splitting.

His soldiers had experience in fighting Japanese pirates, but lacked experience in fighting cavalry, so they were a little confused for a while.

This made Zheng Zunqian extremely anxious, but he knew that he must not retreat at this time, otherwise he would be completely killed by the Qing cavalry.

The best way is to form a formation and wait for Qian Sufan's army to follow.

Fortunately, the officers at the bottom were all carefully trained by Zheng Zunqian. They quickly organized their teams and formed a square formation, with long gunmen in the front row, ready to deal with the Tatar cavalry.

Zheng Zunqian learned all this from military books. He even read the "New Book of Jixiao" written by the former dynasty Qi Shaobao. He was just a scholar and had no military experience, so he only had a superficial understanding of it.

When the Tatar cavalry appeared in sight, Zheng Zunqian was extremely nervous. This was the first time he saw the Tatar cavalry.

Three thousand elite cavalry are overwhelming.

Tunji rushed to the front and couldn't help laughing when he saw the awkward square formation in front of him.

Hearing a whistle, the Qing cavalry turned their horses one after another, then drew their bows and arrows, splitting their forces to both sides, and shooting at the Ming army from a distance.

Zheng Zunqian's face turned earthy in an instant.

The Qing army learned this set of tactics from the Mongols. The Mangu evil tactics were tried and tested against the Ming army.

Instead of charging the enemy at close range, the enemy is thrown from a distance. If the enemy advances, retreat, and if the enemy retreats, advance, until the enemy is exhausted.

For field infantry, this move is extremely cruel, especially for light infantry without long-range weapons, it is massacre.

Arrows washed the ground, Zheng Zunqian had no choice but to scream with red eyes.

The soldiers held up round shields to protect the general.

But the entire phalanx fell in pieces like grass.

The Qing army clamored wantonly and kept shooting around the phalanx, as if they were hunting down prey.

Of the three thousand people, not even one out of ten was shot dead in a short time.

Tunji was extremely happy. He thought that the Ming army had stood up, but what he didn't expect was a stupid young man who came up and gave away a wave of military exploits in vain.

Seeing that the killing was almost complete, the Qing army began to reorganize their formation and prepare to continue the attack.

At this moment, Tunji suddenly heard the sound of horse hoofbeats, and couldn't help but feel strange. Could it be that Nikan is here to steal the credit again?

Looking around following the sound, I saw a large group of cavalry wading across the shallow stream and heading towards our flank.

Through the reflection of the water, Tun Ji saw the opponent clearly. It turned out to be the cavalry of the Ming Army. He couldn't help being surprised. As far as he knew, the Ming Army in the south of the Yangtze River had very few cavalry. Even if there were any, those who dared to touch them would not exceed two fingers.

Head.

"Get ready to fight! Let's see which warrior it is." Tunji raised his copper hammer and shouted, licking his lips excitedly.

In the south of the Yangtze River, the cavalry of the Qing army rarely had the opportunity to fight, because there were many water networks in the south and there was no place for the cavalry to perform.

Today, we finally got a chance to fight, and the opponent was a cavalry, so Tunji suddenly became full of fighting spirit.

Zheng Zunqian, who survived the rain of arrows from the Qing army, also discovered that cavalry reinforcements had arrived, and quickly took the opportunity to count the number of people and reorganize the team.

Of the three thousand people, there were only less than five hundred left, and the ground was full of corpses. Zheng Zunqian gnashed his teeth angrily, and at the same time felt very regretful in his heart. He had known that he would have honestly withdrawn his troops after defeating the second Liu, but now he suffered heavy casualties due to his reckless advance.

....

As soon as he thought about it, Zheng Zunqian raised his sword and was about to kill himself to apologize, but was stopped by the soldiers with sharp eyes and quick hands.

At this moment, on the other side, the main force of the Ming Army arrived, and the leader came to Zheng Zunqian on Pegasus.

"Brother Lu Gong, I have an order to supervise the country, so that you can stay useful and serve the Ming Dynasty!" Qian Sufan Lema shouted.

Zheng Zunqian was stunned for a moment, then burst into tears. Before he could be sentimental, the soldiers carried him and evacuated quickly.

The cavalry of the Qing army and the Ming army were already fighting each other. Tunji did not expect that the other side was so fierce and dared to confront them head on. He put away the smile on his face and began to concentrate on fighting.

The battlefield has shifted, and Qian Sufan's main force is already one mile away from where the cavalry of the two armies met.

"Can we find out which unit the reinforcements are from?" Qian Sufan asked with a frown.

"The flag of the expedition is Jingnan!" one of the generals replied.

Qian Sufan was shocked, Jingnan?

Could it be the Marquis of Jingnan???
Chapter completed!