On the west side of the Qing array, a thousand archers threw a rocket, which fell into the mountains and forests like a rain of fire from the sky.

In the old mountain forests of Guizhou, I don't know how many fallen leaves and dead branches have accumulated on the ground, and it has not rained for many days, so the rockets immediately lead the woods away.

The southeast wind was blowing in the sky, fueling the fire, and the mountains and forests were instantly burned red, and the flames flew straight to a height of more than three feet, and the billowing smoke and dust soared into the sky.

Because of the wind direction, these smoke and dust will not drift to the battlefield and affect the Qing soldiers' operations, but in the mountains and forests, the roundabout Tusi soldiers and horses have to be killed in advance.

Although these southwestern Yi grew up in the mountains and forests, and they ran in them as if they were walking on flat ground, they still had to run slowly in the mountains, and when the fire broke out in the forest, they only ran half of it.

At this time, the Tusi soldiers and horses who were originally planning to bypass the front and attack the archers who had no protection on the waist of the Qing army had to rush out of the mountains and forests and kill diagonally towards the Qing army's main array.

With the arrival of the Hou Yongjun from the front and the addition of Tusi's soldiers and horses, Hu Guozhu's expression became nervous, he paid attention to the progress of the battle, and had to admit that he fought a little hastily in this battle.

At first, he thought that the Ming army he encountered was just a miscellaneous card from Guizhou, but he didn't expect it to be Zhongzhi Town in Hunan, and the number of troops was more than three times that of him.

If he could choose again, he felt that he would not choose to face the Ming army head-on like this, but at this time, it was too late to retreat, the Ming army had already posted it, retreat was equivalent to escaping, and the loss was unimaginable.

At this time, he could only hope that the war would be anxious, and he would kill until the evening, and after dark, he would collect his troops and stop the battle, and then he would take the opportunity to break away and return to Wanxian.

At this time, although the spear forest composed of 4,000 Qing soldiers and spearmen killed the Ming saber and shield men who were close to them, and they had no power to fight back, this partial advantage could not reverse the disadvantage of the Qing soldiers on the entire battlefield.

Seeing that the Ming army had increased its troops again, Hu Guozhu hesitated for a while. If it is according to common sense, the other party will increase the troops, and the Qing troops will also increase the troops, but the strength of the Ming army is far more than him, and if it continues like this, the final result will be tantamount to a war of adding fuel to the taboo of soldiers, and he will be consumed by Gao Yigong sooner or later by virtue of his superiority in strength.

It's a pity that due to the limitations of the terrain, Guan Ning's iron cavalry has no chance to play in Guizhou, otherwise he would not have been so passive with a team of elite cavalry.

In the final analysis, the Jiliao people, who had fought against the Manchus for a long time, were still accustomed to commanding cavalry and were not good at step-to-step tactics.

Seeing that the seven thousand Tusi men and horses were slanting over, and the Houyong army that had left the big array also began to run, he couldn't afford to think about it anymore, and Xia Guoxiang on the side also had an anxious look on his face, urging him to respond quickly, "If it goes on like this, our army will be exhausted by the Ming army." ”

The Qing army totaled 20,000 horses, including 6,000 birds, 1,000 artillery, 3,000 archers, 3,000 shields, and 7,000 pikemen.

At this time, he had already sent 4,000 pikemen to fight, and only 3,000 pikemen were left who could maneuver, but the Ming army came from two directions, and he sent another 3,000 pikemen, and the Ming army could send a team of men and horses to attack, which was not a way to add fuel at all.

"Order, get the pikemen back! The whole army shrank towards the exit, formed a semi-circle formation, and defended with all its might! ”

In the Qing camp, the horn sounded, the command flag waved, and the spearmen of the Qing army, who had almost defeated the Ming army sword and shield, suddenly stopped and reflexively retreated towards the big array.

Originally, the Qing army was in a horizontal formation, and it was directly lined up in front of the Ming army, but at this time, the two sides of the entire large array began to shrink and retreat, relying on the terrain, and turned into a semicircle with stronger defense, protecting all the fire guns and archers.

The spear forest composed of the spears of the Qing army, the Ming saber and shield hand, are all short weapons, they can't reach the Qing soldiers, they can only be stabbed passively, Wang Jiye died in battle, Zhang Xianzhen was also heavily injured, and there were only more than 1,000 people left in the 5,000 people, and they were about to be defeated, but the Qing army suddenly retreated.

Zhang Xianzhen, who killed the red-eyed man, didn't notice that all the spears stabbed in front of him had disappeared, he brandished the war knife, slashed a few times in the air, and then reacted, he looked at the retreating Qing soldiers, was dazed for a moment, and suddenly roared angrily, "Brothers, kill, push up!" ”

He is Zhang Xianbi's younger brother, although Zhang Xianbi has been subjugated, but his future has also been affected, even if the court does not pursue him, it is difficult for him to get ahead in the Ming Dynasty. Now, his only way out is to establish merit on the battlefield to change Gao Yigong's opinion of him and strive to be absorbed by the Five Loyal Army.

The spearmen of the Qing army retreated into the formation, Zhang Xianzhen led the sword and shield hand directly against the shield wall, in the Qing army's formation, the spear stabbed out, and the archers behind the formation immediately threw a wave of arrow rain, and the feather arrow crossed the head of the Qing soldier! Hanging and shooting the Ming army, and suddenly shot down again.

At this moment, the Hou Yong army finally came forward, such as Lin's spear, crashed into the shield wall of the Qing army, and the archers of the Ming army behind also began to bend their bows and shoot, shooting arrows into the Qing army array, and a large number of Qing army arrows fell to the ground.

The Tusi soldiers and horses killed on the slope also collided with the Qing soldiers' array, the rattan players of the front row brigade, and the Miao soldiers archers and crossbowmen in the back.

There is no heavy cavalry to break the formation, it is difficult for the Ming army to break the Qing army formation, the brigade of Qing soldiers, with a big shield, the Ming soldiers outside the shield are crazy to hit, where the two sides are engaged, people are crowded, shields are squeezed shields, knives and axes are chopped, there is no need to aim at all, every knife can cut people, and the soldiers on both sides do not even have room to dodge.

The bows and arrows of the two sides at the back kept bending their bows and arrows, stretching the bow body into a full moon, and the arrows were diagonally facing the sky bow and shooting each other.

Knives and axes flew across the battlefield, flesh and blood were splashed, and arrows were intertwined, forming a scorching state.

At this time, in the large array of the Ming army, the war drums sounded again, and the archers of 10,000 steps advanced forward.

The muscles on Hu Guozhu's face twitched unnaturally when he saw this, because now as the two armies collided together, the key to victory had fallen on the bows and arrows of both sides.

As 10,000 Ming archers joined the battle group, the Ming army's feather arrows fell into the Qing army's formation like raindrops, and a large number of Qing soldiers were shot by the rain of arrows.

At this time, the defensive advantage of the circle array was reflected, as soon as the Qing army retreated, the semicircle shrank, and the Qing army and horses became tight again, and stabilized the formation.

The battle on the river beach was scorching, and after an hour of fighting, the archers of the Ming army had changed a wave, and the Qing army could only pick up the arrows shot by the Ming army, pick them up and shoot them back.

The Qing army has obviously fallen behind, but it is still too early to be defeated, Hu Guozhu kept looking at the sun and estimating the time. It was almost dusk, and as long as he held on for an hour, it would be completely dark, and he still had a chance to retreat.

Just as he was estimating the time, outside the battlefield, on the right side of the Qing army, there was a sudden sound of killing, and a team of less than 1,000 Tusi soldiers and horses suddenly killed the Qing army.

"White pole soldiers?" Xia Guoxiang saw this team of men and horses, holding a white pole gun more than a foot long, shouting that this was coming towards the unsuspecting Qing army, and couldn't help but be shocked, "You can't fight, if you mess up in the back, it's all over." ”

Hu Guozhu listened to his loud reminder, gritted his teeth, and made a very wise decision: "Order, retreat!" ”

The Qing soldiers who were still fighting, did not notice the white pole soldiers who suddenly appeared in the rear, they heard the sound of gold, and they all showed expressions of disbelief. Fall back? Did you hear that right? What is the difference between retreating and fleeing at this time?

Hu Guozhu originally wanted to delay until dark and then retreat, but now the sudden appearance of the white pole soldiers disrupted his calculations.

The strength of the frontal Ming army is far superior to him, and there is no chance of victory, and now there is a team of men and horses behind him, how can this battle be fought?

If you don't take advantage of the fact that the white pole soldiers haven't blocked his retreat now, hurry up and retreat, and hesitate a little, then you can only die and the net will be broken, and the jade will be burned.

Fortunately, the Ming army had no cavalry, and the infantry speed could not be improved, so the Qing army hurriedly retreated, and maybe it could retain half of its strength.

"Order, the whole army retreats!"

The sound of gold and horns rose into the sky, and many of the Qing infantry who were fighting hard in the center of the battlefield did not react when they heard this trumpet.

It doesn't matter if the infantry can't react, but Hu Guozhu and Xia Guoxiang have already moved with dozens of horsemen, pulled the reins, turned the horse's head, and rushed towards the exit quickly.

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