As the order for the flag and horn on Zhang Guoxuan's flagship came out, all the warships marched nearly two hundred steps towards the shore in unison. When the ships crossed the hull again and opened fire, the dense iron balls had already smashed into the middle of the Han army's battle array with yellow flags.

The soldiers in the yellow flag formation were blocked by the men and horses on the left flank, and they could not see what was going on in the north. But there were people around them who were constantly smashed by shells, and when they saw that the left flank had collapsed, they thought that there was a large Ming army in ambush, and they immediately panicked.

In fact, the casualties caused by more than 30 guns under six pounds are not many for these 6,000 banner soldiers, but people's fear of unknown dangers is deeply in their genes. When a four-pound iron ball happened to break Tian Xiong's big flag, someone suddenly exclaimed, "Lord Tian's flag is broken!" ”

"Listening to the movement, there should be dozens of cannons, and I am afraid that there will be fifty or sixty thousand Ming troops......"

"I can't stop it, run......"

Although some officers cut down dozens of deserters one after another, panic had spread among the captives, and there were still shells falling on the yellow flag formation with a very high frequency, and finally, the soldiers in the middle of the battle formation began to retreat southwest with the left flank.

At this time, the happiest is the green camp under Zhang Jin and Lu Ruicai.

Before, there were tigers in front of them and wolves in the back, and when their lives were hanging by a thread, the "wolf pack" behind them suddenly dispersed.

Everyone immediately turned around without hesitation, with the officer taking the lead, followed by the sergeant, and running wildly without looking back.

They were already more numerous than the flag soldiers, and at this time, seeing the hope of survival, they ran extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye, they caught up with the yellow flag soldiers who were fleeing, and then there was a stampede.

The huge casualties caused by the artillery and the trampling brought even more chaos. Although the right flank of the banner soldiers, who could barely maintain their composure, did not know what to do, they saw countless casualties, screamed and shook the sky, glanced at each other, and also dropped their weapons and ran.

At the beginning of Ma Degong, he saw that the men and horses had been forced to the front of the Ming army, and he was about to be proud when he heard the sound of huge artillery on Jianhu Lake.

The ups and downs of life come so fast!

Before he had time to investigate in detail why these more than a dozen small warships were carrying so many cannons, he saw that his rear army began to collapse from the left flank, and then the flag was broken in the formation, and the green battalion in the front team turned back and fled, and the entire army formation was instantly chaotic.

Although Ma Degong still had six or seven hundred guards beside him, he was helpless in the face of the surging rout.

Seeing this, he immediately pointed at the general Wan Xiuhe without hesitation, "You are now promoted to the deputy general of the Pingzhejiang Army, and you are in charge of the affairs of the whole army." You then led your troops to gather as many rout troops as possible, and then quickly retreated in the direction of Zhuji. ”

"This ......" Wan Xiu said in his heart that Zhuji is in the south, isn't this running deeper and deeper into the hinterland of the Ming army? But he still stubbornly said: "The subordinates obey the order." ”

Ma Degong took hundreds of his guards to the direction of Tonglu, only hoping that Wan Xiuhe could lead the main force of the Ming army to the south, so that he could take advantage of the chaos to escape to the upper reaches of Qiantang and wait for the opportunity to cross the river.

……

Zhu Linmiao was also relieved when he saw the Qing army collapse.

He had seen Yu Xin raise his saber in the telescope before, and he knew that as long as the knife fell, after more than 3,000 hunters fired a volley, these tens of thousands of coolies would be turned into dead corpses.

Fortunately, the naval warships arrived in time and quickly routed the rear of the Qing army according to his pre-plan. A classic coordinated operation on land and sea.

The Dragon Guard infantry line then began to follow the fleeing enemy and advance westward. In line with the principle of saving guns as much as possible, Yu Xin basically didn't let the soldiers fire, and captured most of the green battalion soldiers under Zhang Jin and Lu Ruicai. Occasionally, if there is a stubborn resistance, as long as the dragon guards shout "kill", seven or eight out of ten captives will kneel and beg to surrender.

After more than an hour, Zhu Linmiao was instructing the grain ship brought by General Zhang Guoxuan to dock in the north of Shaoxing City in order to unload grain, when he saw two heralds hurrying over, and saluted when he approached: "Your Excellency, General Yu has attacked the camp of the thieves in Doosan and captured more than 14,000 thieves.

"Another 2,000 thieves fled south, General Yu asked your lord to show if you want to continue the pursuit?"

"No need to chase." Zhu Linmiao shook his head and said, "Let Chuangzhi take the soldiers to the west of Shaoxing City to repair, there is still a big battle to be fought later."

"As for Ma Degong's side, he can't run."

"Yes!"

……

Wan Xiuhe led two thousand remnants of the Yellow Banner all the way to the south, and did not dare to stop and take a breath until dusk, but seeing that the Ming army did not chase after him, his heart couldn't help but be filled with the happiness of the rest of his life.

A day later, he rushed to Zhuji, a few miles away, and saw a purged military camp in the north of the city, and then saw the banner in the camp, which was the blue-background sun and moon flag held by the Ming army that killed him near Jianhu the day before yesterday.

He was suddenly frightened, and was about to order his subordinates to turn around and flee, when he saw more than a thousand cavalry in the Ming army camp, so he hurriedly ordered to form a formation to defend against the enemy.

The cavalry of the Ming army, each armed with a short gun, immediately separated left and right in front of Wan Xiuhe's formation, and galloped past its two wings. For a while, the fire was shining, and the Qing soldiers turned on their backs.

When the captives came to their senses and were about to return fire with their bows, the cavalry roared away, circled in the distance, lined up in three rows, and drew their swords one after another.

At the same time, the line of infantry of the Dragon Guard in front of it had begun to advance......

"I thought that our new barracks would not fight, but I didn't expect Jianyu to send it to the door by himself." A dragon guard cavalryman proudly pointed to his companion to the corpse of Wan Xiuhe, who was dragging behind the horse, "I'm lucky, I stabbed this guy in the heart with a single sword, it seems that he is still a big captive." ”

The cavalryman beside him said: "I just didn't expect the thief to be so, this battle today is not as difficult as the usual drills......

"That's right, I was nervous for a long time at first."

"With today's victory, look at those veterans who will not look down on us in the future......"

"When we get to Nanjing, we will also be veterans, haha!"

After this battle, the recruits of the Dragon Guard Army have built up sufficient confidence in the Qing army and have greatly mastered their combat skills. The improvement of soldiers in actual combat is always incomparable to training.

Wan Xiuhe He had thought that he came with two thousand people, but he cooperated well with the Dragon Guard Army to train his soldiers.

……

Zhen Zhen waved the horsewhip in his hand, his face was full of smiles, and he couldn't help humming a small tune to the rhythm of the horse's hooves, which caused the officers on the side to smile sideways.

Of course she was happy, it had been half a year since she last said goodbye to His Royal Highness the Auxiliary Prince, and now her army was less than two days away from Shaoxing, and she could see His Royal Highness who was thinking about it for a long time.

Moreover, she just caught up with and destroyed the Jianyu Li Yu Department in Qingshan Lingnan, captured more than 4,000 people, and captured a lot of them. Thinking that His Highness would praise herself for this, she couldn't help but have two red clouds on her face.

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