The Ming soldiers who fled into the city, but more than 10,000 people, and 25,000 Ming infantry, lost more than half of them in the fierce battle outside the eastern city.

Gao Mingheng understood that the soldiers who did not enter the city would never come back: either they were killed or wounded, or they became prisoners of war of the Mandate of Heaven!

He saw with his own eyes that the soldiers who remained outside the moat had already knelt down and surrendered to the Mandate of Heaven......

Gao Mingheng does not blame these soldiers, and he is not qualified to blame these soldiers, Kaifeng City and himself have abandoned them, if they want to live, the soldiers have only one way to surrender.

He looked away, and a trace of dust and sand could still be seen in the distance in the air, which was already very weak, but the cavalry could not see the battle situation......

Gao Mingheng's heart sank suddenly, and he was worried for no reason.

Li Xin and Gao Ligong did not reinforce Liu Yunshui, the cavalry fought fiercely, they really couldn't help much, and after the two met, they immediately cleaned up the battlefield with the soldiers.

In front of the defenders of the city, the soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven made up the seriously wounded soldiers according to the usual practice, and only a small number of lightly wounded soldiers were fortunate enough to become prisoners of war, plus the Ming soldiers who abandoned their swords and knelt on the ground and were forced to surrender, the two divisions tied up a total of six or seven thousand prisoners of war.

In the face of thousands of corpses, Li Xin had no compassion at all, first took off his armor, searched his body one by one, and then poured fire oil on it, and burned it on fire......

Gao Mingheng saw the raging fire outside the city, and his face turned pale with anger......

The dust in the distance has finally come to an end, and the battle of the cavalry should be over, right? He already had a very bad feeling: the cavalry of the officers and soldiers was probably also defeated......

Gao Mingheng's sixth sense is very accurate at this moment, and the cavalry of the Ming army has fallen into a desperate situation.

The superior strength of the Mandate of Heaven completely surrounded the Ming army, and if the Ming army wanted to break through, it was not without a chance, at least some of the soldiers could break out of the encirclement.

But the guerrilla general Gao Qian chose to surrender!

If the decisive battle continues, perhaps some soldiers will be able to break through, but there will be more casualties.

After receiving the message from the herald, Gao Qian knew that the infantry of the officers and soldiers had been defeated, and more than half of the soldiers had been lost......

How many defenders are there in Kaifeng City?

The officers and soldiers were defeated outside the east city, unable to meet Liu Zeqing's troops, and there was no hope for reinforcements, so could they rely on these remnants to defend the city? There is a lack of soldiers, a lack of food, a lack of reinforcements......

Can Kaifeng City be defended?

The officers and soldiers were ambushed by the Heavenly Mandate Army outside the city, and Liu Zeqing's troops, who landed in Zhujiazhai, may also find the attack of the Heavenly Mandate Army......

Gao Qian looked at the cavalry of the Heavenly Mandate Army swarming like a hornet, his mind fell into a blank, and without thinking too much, he had no choice!

The infantry of the Mandate of Heaven won, chasing the defeated Ming army, the city gate must be closed, where else can the cavalry go? Do you want to leave Kaifeng?

If you leave Kaifeng without permission, will the court let you go?

Gao Qian took the initiative to surrender, Liu Yunshui was very surprised, this was less than half a day...... In order to prevent accidents, he asked the soldiers to tie up all the soldiers of the Ming army, except for Gao Qian.

When cleaning the battlefield, Liu Yunshui tried his best to leave the wounded soldiers of the Ming army, this time he got a lot of war horses, the first battalion must expand the army, these prisoners of war of the Ming army, although the combat effectiveness is not strong, but they are all good riders, and their riding skills are far better than the recruited young and strong.

Li Xin and Gao Ligong set up camp in the east and south of the city respectively, but Liu Yunshui took the prisoners of war to the north of the city.

At this time, the battle in Zhujiazhai on the bank of the Yellow River had not yet ended, and although Liu Zeqing's soldiers crossing the river were only 5,000, they carried a lot of firearms.

Li Jibu of the fourth battalion of the Mandate of Heaven and Song Wenbu of the seventh battalion approached Zhujiazhai, originally counting on taking Zhujiazhai in one fell swoop, annihilating Liu Zeqing's troops, or at least driving Liu Zeqing's troops back to Hebei.

However, Liu Zeqing's soldiers were very tenacious, and under the cover of shields, they returned fire with firearms, and even used tiger squat cannons to fire solid bullets.

The Mandate of Heaven Army did not expect the Ming army to put the tiger squat cannon in the camp to shoot outward, and for a while, suffered a big loss, Li Ji was furious, withdrew the soldiers, concentrated forty artillery, and bombed the Ming army's camp indiscriminately.

While the infantry defeated the Ming army outside Kaifeng City, the Ming army Liu Zeqing's tiger running was also silent, and Li Ji stopped the shelling.

The camp of the Ming army was in disarray, with fires, gunsmoke, and desperate wounded soldiers......

Now is the best time to attack, but the time is already past noon, the soldiers are tired all morning, that is, they are exposed to the sun, and their physical strength and energy will be consumed a lot, Li Ji discussed with Song Wen, the gunners of the fourth battalion will attack, and the soldiers of the seventh battalion will eat first and rest for a while.

Half an hour later, the 7th Battalion went out to take over from the 4th Battalion, so that the Ming army would not have a chance to breathe.

Near the embankment, there are many ancient trees and thorns, and the soldiers of the seventh battalion each found a piece of shade, sat down to eat dry food and drink water, while the soldiers of the fourth battalion began to attack the camp of the Ming army.

Li Ji let the soldiers of the seventh battalion rest first, it was a certain selfishness, the Ming army was only 5,000 soldiers, and the ears were deafened and frightened by the flowering shells fired by the mountain artillery, taking advantage of the low morale of the Ming army and the opportunity of the defensive formation being broken, he wanted to take the Ming army's battalion in one go.

There is only half an hour, and the fourth battalion must take the Ming army camp within half an hour, otherwise, this military feat will be shared with the seventh battalion.

Li Ji released all the soldiers of the three regiments, in addition to holding rifles in their hands, the soldiers also had knives hanging from their waists, and in case they were too late to load, they could also use their waist knives to fight.

The gunners of the three regiments attacked from three directions, leaving only the north side of the river, and because this side was backed by the Yellow River, the soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven could not attack directly.

Liu Zeqing didn't have time to settle the wounded soldiers, he knew in his heart that as soon as the artillery fire of the Heavenly Mandate Army stopped, the infantry would attack, and the Heavenly Mandate Army dispatched 20,000 or 30,000 gunners this time, and it must be to break through his own camp.

The officers and men also had a lot of firearms, but almost all of the Tiger Squat guns were destroyed by the flowering shells of the Heavenly Mandate Army, and the range and rate of fire of the guns were far inferior to the rifles.

If you want to hold the camp, you can only rely on the shield, and he has found that the bullet of the Destiny Army rifle on the shield can only leave a small charred black spot, which cannot penetrate the shield.

Could it be that the shield is the nemesis of the Manifest Destiny rifle?

For this occasion, the only way to rely on the big camp is to use the shield to deal with the Mandate of Heaven......

Liu Zeqing immediately issued a military order, two percent of the soldiers put out the fire, and the rest of the soldiers guarded the east, south, and west sides of the camp, and built a shield wall as soon as possible.

Before the Ming army was deployed, the soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven shouted and pounced on the Ming army's camp.

Li Ji has always wanted to make meritorious contributions, and the three regiments, regardless of priority and priority, mainly pressed towards the large camp of the Ming army in three directions, and then slowed down a hundred paces away from the camp gate.

The combat strategy of the Providence Army was to use mountain artillery as the forerunner to destroy the enemy's fortifications and will to fight, and then the gunners appeared on the battlefield, relying on the range advantage of rifles, and crushed the enemy like a road roller.

If we talk about the efficiency of killing, the rifle relies on the advantage of range, and the speed of loading and firing is fast, it is far better than the flowering bullet, if you add the numerical advantage...... The Mandate of Heaven Army kills the enemy, mainly relying on rifles!

Li Ji was full of confidence, as long as the gunners of the three regiments had a hit rate of two or three percent and two waves of shooting, they could completely annihilate the Ming army......

Wherever the gunners passed, like locusts foraging for food, like ant colonies sweeping, there was no grass left, washing and winding, there would never be a fluke that slipped through the net, and all the forces that hindered it would be swept away.

Li Ji followed the second regiment Liu Zongmin's troops in the south, and he clearly saw that the Ming army's base horses and fences were smoking, and there were several obvious damages.

There was no figure to be seen at the break of the fence, but Liu Zongmin understood that there must be Ming soldiers hidden behind the fence, so he didn't dare to be careless, so he first sent a hundred soldiers, carrying rifles loaded with bullets, to approach the break step by step.

The rest of the soldiers, for the time being, did not come forward, they were a hundred steps away from the fence, with rifles to cover those comrades who came forward, as soon as the wind and grass were blowing, or the Ming army poked out their heads and bodies, they would quickly pull the trigger.

Except for the desperate screams of the wounded soldiers in the depths of the camp, the breach of the fence was quiet, and there was not even the sound of footsteps walking, which looked very strange.

Liu Zongmin frowned, his heart was full of questions, did the Ming army not find these gunners outside the camp, or were they stupid by the flowering shells of the mountain artillery?

In Li Ji's heart, he had a bad feeling, the Heavenly Mandate Army had a large number of people, and it was approaching the big camp again, why didn't the Ming army make any moves? Even if it's panicking!

If it weren't for the sake of leading the whole merit, it would be better not to attack for the time being, and take a look at the situation in the Ming army camp first......

He stared at the breach in the fence directly in front of him, but he couldn't see anything.

More than 100 gunmen did not stop, they approached the breach of the fence step by step, and when they reached a distance of about thirty paces, they suddenly heard a drum, and a large number of shields appeared in front of them, gathering into a huge shield wall at the break.

Liu Zongmin was taken aback, and before he could react, the gunmen had already pulled the trigger, "bang bang bang", after the gun rang out, the bullets hit the shield, making a "pound pound" sound, without exception, all the bullets on the shield were blocked by the shield.

The gunners were annoyed, and suddenly they heard a "whooshing" sound, and countless arrows appeared in the air, and the arrows rushed into the middle of the sky and fell vertically.

Ejection!

In order to avoid the shield wall in front of the Ming army, they all used the method of projectile, which is equivalent to blind shooting, and the hit rate will not be too high, but there are many arrows, and many gunners are still hit by arrows.

These infantry of the Mandate of Heaven, in addition to being equipped with firearms, took off their armor in order to be lightweight, and only wore ordinary camouflage uniforms.

Twenty or thirty pounds of armor, and twenty or thirty pounds of rifles, if each soldier is dressed in armor and holds a rifle, let alone fighting and pursuing, it is difficult to even move.

Taking off their armor, the soldiers are lightweight, but they lack the protection of the armor, and the gunners can rely on the range of their rifles to keep the enemy out of their range.

As close to the Ming army as they are today, the soldiers can only use their thin clothes and strong physique to resist the arrows of the Ming army.

Li Ji saw that among the soldiers at the front, at least a dozen soldiers fell, and knowing that the casualties were serious, he hurriedly shouted: "Withdraw, withdraw quickly!" ”