The situation on the battlefield was very good. Except for the five hundred cannon fodder standing on the battlefield and no one paid attention to, everyone else was running wildly, either escaping their lives or chasing the enemy. The entire battlefield was filled with smoke and dust.

After all the soldiers in front rushed forward, Kong Youde also rushed up with the soldiers of the Musket Battalion. He noticed at a glance that the Ming army, which was still standing, was too conspicuous and could not be paid attention to it.

Kong Youde saw that this wasn’t a typical Spanish phalanx? Zhang Keda’s subordinates could actually play this tactic.

Moreover, it seems that they are quite skilled in playing, at least they succeeded in causing the soldiers on the battlefield to give up the idea of ​​attacking them.

But it is not surprising that there are many Portuguese in Dengzhou City. The Spaniards relied on this tactic and were rampant for a while. The adjacent Portuguese naturally understood these.

It is very likely that a Portuguese taught this tactic to Zhang Keda's subordinates, and the person being taught is probably the general in charge of command in the square formation. It seems that he has learned well, and his formation is well-proportioned.

However, they are already alone now, and Kong Youde does not intend to wipe out them. If they can surrender, it will be very good. No one will think that they are few.

At Kong Youde's instructions, a messenger walked up to persuade them to surrender.

But they were unmoved. After a few words of insults by the generals, they ordered the musket soldiers to fire a round of muskets to deal with the messengers who persuaded surrender.

Unfortunately, the messenger was hit by a projectile and fell to the ground in an instant. Kong Youde was immediately furious and kindly persuaded him to surrender. But they didn't listen. Then don't blame yourself for being rude.

"Cheng Xikong, Meng Youcai, these enemy troops will not surrender to you, so let them do it." After that, he led his personal soldiers to chase them, no longer caring about the ending of these Ming troops.

Kong Youde is now concerned about the battle situation ahead. He hopes that Mao Chengfu or Li Jiucheng will be more powerful, so as to strive to keep chasing and rush directly into Dengzhou City with the pace of the Ming cavalry, so that a lot of trouble can be saved.

Before we walked far, there was a rumbling sound. It was obvious that it was the sound of the Flang machine firing.

The voice came from the front, probably the defenders on the top of the city were covering Zhang Keda's retreat. In this way, his expectations would probably be disappointed.

Immediately afterwards, four earth-shaking loud noises came in succession, probably the sound of the red-clothed cannon firing. Although I had never heard of the red-clothed cannon firing, only a big guy like the red-clothed cannon could be made up for such a loud noise.

Immediately, Kong Youde had a new expectation. Li Jiucheng led the team to chase Zhang Keda, so he would definitely enter the shooting range of the Ming army's artillery. So, will Li Jiucheng be killed by the artillery?

If you think carefully, it is not impossible. Although the accuracy of the artillery is poor, there are many artillery in Dengzhou City. Listening to the sound of the artillery, it has not stopped at all. Maybe there is a shell that hit Li Jiucheng.

Thinking of this floor, Kong Youde quickly accelerated and caught up to find out. However, for safety reasons, he was not too close to the city wall and had always kept a distance of about three miles from the city wall.

The range of the Folang machine is not far away, and the big blisters in red are different. If Li Jiucheng is not killed, he will be very happy. As long as he hits the body, he will be seriously injured even if he doesn't die.

When Kong Youde led his men to the east gate, the war had basically ended. Li Jiucheng did not break through the city gate. Zhang Keda led the remaining army and successfully entered the city under the cover of artillery on the top of the city.

"Brother Jiucheng, what is the result of the battle?" Kong Youde hurriedly asked when he saw Li Jiucheng approaching him.

Li Jiucheng didn't seem to be very satisfied either. He wiped the blood on his face, spitted a mouthful of phlegm, and then said, "That guy Zhang Keda still ran away, it's just a little bit short. Unexpectedly, he had a group of soldiers who were not afraid of death, and used his life to block our army. However, the cannons on the top of the city also fired artillery to stop them, and Zhang Keda just slipped away.

However, only three thousand people he brought into the city, and this battle was a complete victory."

Kong Youde was also relieved a lot, most of Zhang Ke lost most of his losses, and his most elite Zhejiang soldiers were basically left behind. Now there is no need to worry about being attacked by him out of the city.

However, he was a little confused about Li Jiucheng's defeat of Zhang Tao's army. "Brother Jiucheng, does Zhang Tao's army have 6,000 people? Why did you defeat Zhang Tao's army in such a short time?"

Li Jiucheng pondered for a moment and talked about the battle with Zhang Tao's troops.

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It turned out that almost an hour and a half ago, just when Kong Youde and Zhang Ke mostly met, Li Jiucheng also led his troops to confront Zhang Tao's troops.

Even though Li Jiucheng had only more than 4,000 people under his command and most of them were guards, he had no intention of being afraid. The reason why he was full of confidence was that the soldiers of Zhang Tao's troops were all from Liao, and some of them were his previous subordinates.

Li Jiucheng was a general under Zhang Tao before, and his relationship with Zhang Tao was quite harmonious. Since the news of Li Jiucheng following Kong Youde's rebellion came, Zhang Tao distributed Li Jiucheng's troops to other generals.

After seeing Li Jiucheng, Zhang Tao immediately stepped forward and said, "Li Jiucheng, listen to my advice, please be dependent. Sun Junmen has already agreed. As long as you are willing, you will be polite and guarantee your official position to be restored and not blame him."

Zhang Tao still hoped that Li Jiucheng would be dependent. After all, he had been working together for more than a year and was bullied by Shandong soldiers and Zhang Ke. He was a person who shared hardships and did not want to fight with him.

Li Jiucheng knew that Zhang Tao did not want to make things difficult for him, so he stepped forward, shook the reins and chewed the horse, and said, "Zhang Zongzhen, Lord Sun will not blame us for the past, but the court will not blame us for the past. At that time, the court will pursue the matter, and I am afraid that Sun's army will not be able to stop it."

Ran shouted to the soldiers under Zhang Tao: "Brothers, I am the general Li Jiucheng! I am a family, don't fight and kill each other. I am the same root, so why not fight each other!"

When he heard Li Jiucheng's call, some soldiers behind him stood on tiptoe. It was really Li Jiucheng, and he couldn't help but start talking.

The soldiers and generals brought by Li Jiucheng from Dongjiang also had different thoughts. Although they were assigned to several other generals, they worked with Li Jiucheng for a long time, so naturally they were more willing to obey Li Jiucheng's orders.

When Zhang Tao saw this scene, he knew that Li Jiucheng was playing tricks and couldn't help but say angrily, "Li Jiucheng, you were working under the command of this general before, ask yourself what I treat you.

I don’t want to make things difficult for you today. As long as you are willing to dismount and surrender, I and Sun Junmen can guarantee your official position and restore your soldiers, and you can also properly place them.
Chapter completed!