The loss of the Tiance Army's main formation was only more than 40 people, without any influence. Even the rhythm of the volley was not disrupted, and it still opened fire at the Ming cavalry one round after another.

Soon, the Ming cavalry met with the heavily armored cavalry on both sides of the Tiance Army. The two sides immediately started a hand-to-hand combat. Suddenly, metal collisions, swords and swords entering the flesh, and war horses neighing endlessly. The battle entered white heat from the beginning.

These soldiers who were reorganized by surrendered horse thieves knew the various good policies of the Tiance Army and the strict military laws, their fighting will was no worse than ordinary soldiers.

Now there is quite complete protection, and the fight is not weak at all. Moreover, after several rounds of shooting in this formation, the Ming army suffered four or five hundred casualties, and the forces of both sides were almost the same

Seeing the gradually sparse battle formation, Zu Dabi already knew that things were not good, but retreating at this time was impossible. The two sides were already fighting together and the losses were so great. If they just retreated like this, it would be basically impossible to recover Jinan.

He had no choice but to order to attack the Tiance Army's main formation. Most of their casualties are caused by these cavalrymen with muskets. Only by solving them can they have hope of turning the tables. As long as they lean on it, I believe that these musket cavalry without armor are not their opponents at all.

However, ideals are full and reality is skinny. What you think is one thing, but in fact it is another thing to do.

The impact was not ideal this time, and it was directly blocked by the heavy armored cavalry formations on both sides. The formation formed by the Tiance Army was to cover the cavalry holding muskets in the formation. The heavy armored cavalry on both sides was equivalent to providing cover.

Compared with the two heavy cavalry clusters of the Tiance Army, they did not have much advantage in military strength. The Ming army could draw out how many troops to attack the Tiance Army's main formation, and the heavy cavalry phalanx could divide the same force to block it. If they were not solved, they would only be surrounded.

At the same time, although the lancers behind were a little unable to let go, the Ming army fired at the middle position away from the two sides, which still caused a considerable blow to them.

This round of impact ended in failure, losing 200 troops and had to retreat.

Zu Dabi's heart was getting heavier and he was originally planning to rely on the elite cavalry to teach this rebel who was ignorant of the world, but unexpectedly the situation became so passive.

His method is actually good. He approached the previous two rounds of arrow rain, killed three or four hundred of his men, made the opponent's formation loopholes, and then directly tore open the enemy's formation, and then won the victory, if he faced an ordinary Ming army, this move would definitely work.

In fact, they were facing the Tiance Army, which they had no idea about and had a much stronger army than he expected.

He had never expected that they would lose more than 400 people on the way to the enemy formation alone, which could definitely be considered a heavy blow to the two thousand army.

The reason for all this is that Zu Dabi is too arrogant, just like Wu Xiang, Zu Kuan, and Wu Sangui. He is too arrogant and does not fully understand the enemy's forces, and is too trusting in his own strength. He makes a hasty decision without understanding the situation.

In fact, it is not their fault. As the strongest army of the Ming Dynasty, the Guanning Army has never been afraid of anyone. Even for the Tiance Army, they just think that the imperial court is making a big fuss. At most 30,000 troops are enough, and they have to collect 130,000 soldiers.

During the march, people often discuss that if all the food and salary of the 130,000 soldiers were allocated to them, they would guarantee that the rebellion would be quelled within two months.

Later, when the Tiance Army took over Jinan, it basically did not fight with Shen Tingyu's troops, which resulted in him having no accurate judgment on the strength of the Tiance Army. Zu Dabi naturally had no idea about the strength of the Tiance Army.

On the other hand, Mao Chengfu was very calm, and the current situation was even better than expected. He planned to wait until the heavy cavalry on both sides could not resist, and then lead the lances to charge, use sabers and more than 200 short guns to kill a bloody path and annihilate the Ming cavalry.

But I didn't expect that these horse thieves should be called the Tiance Army to fight now, and they were so reliable that they successfully helped them block the attack. That was just right, they could continue to shoot the Ming army from a long distance and reduce casualties.

Seeing the increasing casualties, Zu Dabi gradually couldn't hold on anymore. They themselves had no advantage in their military strength. Now the casualties are almost 40%. Although the enemy's casualties are quite a bit serious, their skill is still more than twice their skill.

Now that the situation on the battlefield is getting worse, he has no idea what to do next. Even though he has rich experience in the battlefield and has fought against the Tartars and Mongols a lot, he has never encountered such a situation before.

All charge?

It was purely seeking death. Their remaining troops were less than half of that of the Tiance Army. Moreover, although the individual strength of those heavy cavalry was not as strong as theirs, they could still crush them in number.

A detour from both sides?

It doesn't work either. The two heavy cavalry groups in front of the Tiance Bureau's formation were arranged in this way to protect the formation. They can take a detour, and these heavy cavalry can still change directions to defend, and the musket cavalry can still attack them.

However, soon his worries disappeared.

Just when he was trying to solve the situation, a Yi Ding, or to be precise, a cavalry of the Hada tribe of the Haixi Jurchens, saw that the situation was not good and was on the periphery again, so he turned his head and ran away.

This is just the beginning. If there is one who escapes, there is a second and third... In just a dozen breaths, the chain reaction caused by this has caused hundreds of cavalry to start running and gallop towards the places around them.

"retreat!"

Seeing this situation, even if he was helpless, Zu Dabi still issued an order to withdraw his troops and did not need to worry about how to break the situation.

Now that the situation is over, it is meaningless to hold on. Instead of letting them escape in scattered areas, it is better to retreat in an organized manner, so that some troops can be retained.

What he has to do now is to bring the remaining 1,000 cavalrymen to retreat to the infantry array behind and use infantry to resist the enemy cavalry. As for whether it can work miraculously, I will talk about it then.

Seeing Zu Dabi leading his army to retreat, Mao Chengfu would not let him run away so smoothly. He directly ordered the entire army to attack and eliminate as much as he could.

The Ming army was all wearing armor. Although they were not considered heavy-armored cavalry, the load on the war horses was not low at all. However, the Tiance Army's lances were all moving forward lightly, with a speed much faster than theirs, so they followed behind and chased the side to open an account.

Then stop and load, continue to chase and fire after loading. Of course, some of them are very skilled and can directly load while running. Although mistakes often occur, these actions can be completed.

Zu Dabi's idea is very good, but it is not the case in practice.

During the retreat, many people understood that the attack method of the Tiance Army was not something they could withstand. Even if they retreated into the formation, they would just survive for a while. The cavalry could not block the Tiance Army's sharp muskets, and the infantry could block it?

So, many people ran away from the main force, then Yuran turned around and ran to other places. Anyway, they didn't plan to follow Zu Dabi back to the formation.

There are more and more situations like this, and there are fewer and fewer soldiers behind Zu Dabi. Only a small number of them were hit by the Tiance army, and most of them escaped.

In the end, Zu Dabi led less than 400 cavalry and retreated behind the infantry array.

He himself was also panting. Although he was riding a horse, the entire retreat was thrilling. He heard the projectile flying past his ears several times, and he could even feel the heat on the projectile. If he was slightly off, he would not be able to come back.

But he had time to be glad that the attack of the Tiance Army followed, but this time the projectile did not fall on his cavalry, but on the outermost infantry.

He had to try his best to resist, but the effect was not obvious, because the Tiance Army did not come forward at all, so it was difficult for them to attack them, but instead they were constantly beaten.

For Mao Chengfu, the next thing was simple. Now the Ming army can only defend, and it is impossible to attack.

Although the Ming army they killed and injured may only be about 900 people in this battle, only 20% of the troops left when Zu Dabi brought them back, and the other six or seven hundred people had already dispersed to other places. As long as these cavalry were not concentrated, there would be no threat at all. Of course, they would definitely not dare to come back.

In addition to the 400 cavalry brought back by Zu Dabi, Shen Tingyu and the guards did have seven or eight hundred cavalry, but they were basically good things and were not as powerful as the cavalry of the 200 Guanning Army.

He immediately ordered a squadron to clean up the battlefield, and two squadrons scattered and pursued the cavalry that fled everywhere. The rest of the troops surrounded the Ming army's positions, and the lances were shooting from a distance of 40 or 50 feet.

Then, the Jinan gentry on the top of the city saw such a magical scene. The two thousand Tiance army surrounded the Ming army positions of 13,000, while the Ming soldiers were being beaten and did not dare to rush forward to fight.

They were completely shocked, and they were slashed in their eyes in the entire battle. From Mao Chengfu led his army out of the city to lined up to fight against the Guanning army, then fierce battles occurred between the two sides. The Tiance Army easily wiped out most of the Guanning army's cavalry, and lost less than 20% of the enemy. Then the Ming army suppressed them and did not dare to fight back.

All of this was done under their noses. Listening to the ears is false, and seeing to the eyes is true. They saw the powerful strength of the Tiance Army, and at the same time they had plans in their minds.

Since the Tiance Army is so powerful, it also means to win over them, then it is also a good choice to join the Tiance Army. Some ambitious people even began to wonder whether Kong Youde could win the 195th century, and whether they should be gambled now and try to win the Dragon.

However, there are only a few people who think this way, and most of them are still waiting and watching, preparing to continue watching to see if the Tiance army can eat the remaining Ming army. If they can do it, they can make up their minds.

Mao Chengfu could guess the ideas of these gentry, but he didn't care now. In the face of absolute strength, he was not afraid that they would not surrender. He just needed to act step by step.

There were many dead horses on the battlefield, but there were also many alive war horses. The alive were concentrated and transported back to Jinan City. The dead were slaughtered on the spot to replenish the physical strength of the soldiers.

The situation is now stable. The soldiers besieging the Ming army's positions can take turns to rest and drink water and eat, and feed the war horses at the same time, without worrying about being attacked.

As for those injured in the Ming army, those who were seriously injured and treated with minor injuries were of course after completing the treatment of the Tiance Army soldiers.

Although they looked down on those weapons, they still gathered together, and it would be possible to sell them for a sum of money in the future.

After counting, the casualties of the Tiance Army also came out, with a total of 135 people killed, 65 seriously injured, and 120 slightly injured. A total of 320 casualties were neither too many nor too small, equivalent to one-third of the Ming army.

Of course, two-thirds of them are in the surrendered horse. If all the veterans were involved in this battle, the casualties would only be much lower.

The battle continued, and the casualties of the Ming army continued to increase, but their counterattack had no effect. No matter the bird gun, three-eyed gun, thunder gun, or bows and arrows, they could not reach the cavalry of the Tiance Army. More than 100 heavy mesh rope guns, that is, turtlee guns, were given priority and no one dared to use them.

However, the Ming army brought ten Folang machines this time. At first, the Tiance Army was not prepared and more than 20 people were killed or injured. However, they immediately began to focus on taking care of these Folang machines. Mao Chengfu mobilized fifteen Folang machines from the head of Jinan and followed the Ming army to fight against each other.

It is obvious that these Ming troops were not opponents of the Tiance Army at all. The gunners died one after another. Later, the replacing them with novices also caused the explosion of the chamber. The morale of the Ming army became increasingly sluggish.

Less than two hours after besieging the Ming army's positions, the Ming army's casualties had exceeded one thousand people, but every soldier was worried, especially because his teammates kept falling down, and he didn't know when he would be knocked down by a bullet.

Among these Ming army, except for the three thousand Guanning Army infantry, most of the rest were guard soldiers and new recruits under Shen Tingyu. In this case, their mental pressure was huge. The key was that this state would last for a long time.

Finally, there was a situation of turning against each other at the last minute. As if it had been agreed, the dozen soldiers of the guards quickly threw away their weapons, ran towards the Tiance cavalry regardless of the matter, shouting, "I want to surrender, don't kill me."

The soldiers also controlled them according to Mao Chengfu's wishes and escorted them to the back.

With the first time, there were the second time. The Ming soldiers could not bear it. In less than half an hour, seven or eight hundred people came out to surrender one after another, and the speed was getting faster and faster. If this continued, the entire position would collapse in less than an hour.

Zu Dabi also knew that it would be meaningless to continue to resist. At most, he would just hold on for a while, and he would eventually suffer a crushing defeat, and even his life might be lost.

So, in order to survive, Zu Dabi chose to surrender.
Chapter completed!