When Zhou Zishan led the cavalry to the west along the official road, he originally wanted to catch the Houjin army by surprise, but he referred to those Houjin rearguard troops to assess the reaction speed of other Mongolian cavalry, and there were obviously some deviations.

Compared to the Houjin Guard Tribal Alliance, which had a virtual chart, the Wulut Banner Mongolian Niulu beside Engdel had obviously merged into a whole. Although there is still some intrigue between the various ministries in peacetime, in wartime, they have basically broken away from the private ownership of the tribal leaders.

Therefore, the reaction speed of the Houjin Zhongjun was much faster than Zhou Zishan's prediction. And the cavalry of the Ming army, which left the battlefield to attack the enemy's central army, also lost the opportunity to organize the queue in a good time.

When the Ming cavalry led by Zhou Zishan collided head-on with the Mongol cavalry sent by Engdel, the cavalry on both sides became out of columns. This also made this unexpected cavalry encounter turn into a melee from the beginning.

Zhou Zishan lowered his head to dodge the iron whip that swept from the left, and with a swing of his right hand he blocked the attack of another Mongolian cavalry on the right, avoiding the danger of being knocked off his horse. Only then did the soldiers around him get rid of the entanglement of the other Mongol cavalry and rush up to protect him.

Seeing that his own soldiers isolated the surrounding Mongolian cavalry, Zhou Zishan had time to observe the situation on the battlefield, and the team that originally advanced in a column has now become a melee battlefield with him as the center and spreading to both sides.

He looked to the right and left, and watched as countless horsemen were fighting each other, and from time to time a cavalry fell from his horse with a wail and a fallen leaf.

This kind of unorganized chaotic battle is obviously not conducive to the Ming cavalry, if it is not for the better armor on their bodies than the enemy army on the opposite side, and the high morale inspired by the defeat of a Houjin cavalry, the Ming cavalry may not be able to support this kind of inferior chaotic battle.

Zhou Zishan sighed, knowing that his plan to continue the surprise attack on the enemy army had failed, and now he needed to retreat a little and regroup his troops to support the follow-up troops to help.

Zhou Zishan had just raised his hand, and before he could give the order, the sound of the Ming cavalry attacking came from the north. He immediately quickly changed his order and shouted: "Our reinforcements have arrived, all the troops are fighting forward together, don't let these Mongol Tatars escape..."

The horn of the arrival of another reinforcement of the Ming army, Engel's Chinese army also heard it, and the Ming cavalry roaring from the north, in addition to departing a unit to attack the Mongolian cavalry unit entangled with Zhou Zishan, the main force was still used in Engdel's position.

After observing Engeldel and others, they found that the Ming cavalry was also small in number, but it had already lined up in a queue before charging. He could only fill in the 2 or 3 hundred cavalry that had just been gathered, hoping that these cavalry would buy him some time to gather the rest of the cavalry.

The Mongolian cavalry besieging the Ming army's phalanx wanted to evacuate in an orderly manner, and if they did not gather these cavalry to evacuate step by step, then the retreat of the Mongolian left battalion would become a fugitive-style rout.

And once it becomes a big rout, not only Shimen Zhai can't hold it, but it is also unknown how many defeated soldiers and horses can be collected after the Mongolian left battalion. After all, this is not a grassland, and once the Mongols are left alone, it will be difficult to return to Guanwai safely.

While shouting orders angrily to speed up the evacuation of the battlefield and assembling on the south side of the official road, Engdel also ordered the leaders of the Mongol tribes such as Qiuerji to follow him to prevent them from fleeing without permission, which ruined the last bit of morale of the left battalion and created an uncontrollable situation.

Although Engdel issued orders one after another, the speed of the evacuation of these Mongol cavalry from the battlefield did not speed up much, but seemed to be a little confused.

On the one hand, the Ming army cowering in the phalanx obviously heard the horn of the coming Ming army, and was launching a wave of counterattacks, so that the Mongolian cavalry who wanted to leave the battlefield had to turn back to fight.

On the other hand, although the Ulut Mongol Banner established the Niulu system modeled on the Jurchen Eight Banners, the commanders at all levels in the Mongol Banner had not received military training after all, and they were not the Jianzhou Jurchens, who had cultivated a middle- and lower-level officer with rich combat experience in the decades-long war.

Therefore, he commanded his troops to charge into battle, and he could also rely on his own bravery and leadership to control his soldiers. However, when encountering this kind of delicate command work of retreating in front of the enemy, it is a bit blind. Who to withdraw first and who to let the palace come after is obviously not a hasty decision.

Some of the righteous officers chose to be behind the palace and let their soldiers withdraw first, but the soldiers who withdrew were also tantamount to losing their command and did not know what to do next.

The officers, who were more concerned about their own lives, arranged for the subordinates closest to the Ming army, and led the others to run away first. The Mongol cavalry, who had been left behind his palace, immediately became half-hearted, and when he saw the opportunity, he left his companions and fled away, ignoring what was happening behind him.

In this kind of chaos, Engdel finally only gathered 4 or 5 hundred horsemen, and 2 or 3 hundred horsemen were still entangled with the Ming army, and it was difficult to retreat for a while.

The Ming cavalry began to gain the upper hand in both the east and north battles, and Engdel suddenly became flustered. At this time, he had not yet reacted from the victory that had just broken the Ming army, and he was still counting on gathering troops to first break the Ming cavalry in the east, and then make a situation where the two sides were tied.

But as far as the current situation is concerned, the battle, although it began with a great victory for the Left Battalion, was about to end with a great defeat for the Left Battalion. As for the 4 or 5 hundred cavalry he has gathered now, let alone holding Shimen Village, it is estimated that the next war will have nothing to do with the left battalion.

Although Engdel knew that before the Ming reinforcements arrived one after another, he should retreat now in order to save the existing 4 or 5 hundred cavalry. Although the left battalion suffered huge losses, the forces of the Ulut Mongol Banner were not yet exhausted.

However, he still had a fluke mentality, thinking that as long as he waited a little longer, he could let more of the remaining Mongolian cavalry on the battlefield be withdrawn, and it would be good to reduce some of his guilt afterwards.

Seeing that Engdel was still hesitating, Qiuerji finally couldn't help but persuade him with the other Mongolian chiefs: "Elu, we have lost this battle, and now I don't know how many troops the Ming army will come to help.

If we delay here any longer, and wait for the reinforcements of the Ming army to come to help, we probably won't be able to keep this little manpower.

If we can hold Shimen Village and keep the gateway for the army to the west, the Great Khan may be able to forgive us for the defeat of the war. If Shimenzhai can't be saved, we will really be finished. ”

The corners of Engdel's mouth twitched, and he said tremblingly: "Yes, yes, we must defend Shimen Village and keep the passage of the army to the west."

Pass my order, and the whole army will withdraw to Shimen Village..."

A shrill horn sounded from behind Engdel and the others, interrupting the order that Engdel was promulgating.

The Mongol tribal leaders turned their heads to look behind them, and a thin red line was rushing towards them from the southwest like a tidal wave.

"The main force of the Ming army has arrived." This thought flashed through Engdel's mind, and he turned around, and was about to call for someone to go up to block the Ming cavalry, but found that several of the small leaders of the Naiman tribe had fled to the east regardless of it.

The order that had been barely maintained quickly came to an end with the flight of these minor leaders. Like an avalanche, first more than a dozen horsemen followed behind these fleeing little leaders, then dozens of horses, then hundreds of horses.

Once an army begins to crumble, it is basically difficult to regroup. These fugitive soldiers do not stop until they run out of strength or find a place where they think it is safe.

Just now, Li Hongyuan was able to intercept the rout of the Ming army, completely because everyone knew that the emperor was not far behind him, and he would definitely send someone to rescue them. Therefore, although the defeated soldiers were afraid, they did not lose their minds because of fear.

But these Mongols were different, they went nearly 100 kilometers deep into the border of the Ming Great Wall, and once they were surrounded by the Ming army, they could not count on anyone to come to their rescue.

As for the Jianzhou Jurchens, in addition to the Ulut Mongol Banner, other Mongolian tribes were still fighting against those Jurchens last year. Therefore, they dare not expect that the other party will risk their lives to save them. Even if the Jurchens would send troops, it would be at least a day later, and they would probably have been buried in the ground.

Therefore, when the third cavalry of the Ming army arrived, the leaders of the Mongolian tribes, who had no will to fight, ran away with their own guards and subordinates.

In this unfavorable situation, some people take the lead in fleeing, others will only quickly follow, and even those who still have the courage to fight will not be able to fight.

In the Battle of Guangping, the leaders of the Ming army, Sun Degong, and the general Bao Chengxian, who fled, led to the complete collapse of the 60,000 Ming army before the first battle, which can be seen.

Engdel could no longer control the situation of the continuous flight of the soldiers of the Mongolian Left Battalion, so he could only turn east with some guards around him with a blue face and go to Shimen Village.

The escape of the left battalion Gushan Ezhen Engdel suddenly made the Mongol cavalry who were still fighting on the battlefield lose the will to fight, and these Mongols either fled directly to the periphery of the battlefield without arguing the direction, or simply surrendered to the Ming army.

The First Cavalry Division led by Wu Huai naturally would not let go of this opportunity, and he almost didn't think about it, so he ordered the three battalions of cavalry behind him to turn around and pursue in the direction where the main force of the Mongolian cavalry fled.

At this time, Hongguangxian from the north of the official road also arrived at the battlefield with the main force of the Fifth Cavalry Division. In this battlefield, the Ming army has won a complete victory.