Zhao Shanhe, who was standing behind the sixth barricade, was much calmer than the dazed neighbors around him, relying on his past experience of fighting on the streets.

According to the order of the Zhou lord from the capital, each militia team was composed of neighboring neighbors. In this way, if anyone flees, it is easy to find out, and if someone is injured, they can also be taken care of by those around them.

When the Tartar cavalry on the opposite side rushed towards the barricades with great vigour, he immediately dropped his weapon and rolled to the side with his head in his hands.

The experience gained from the street melee allowed him to dodge the route of the Houjin cavalry charge in the first place. The neighbors who stood in front of the barricade and did not move were quickly cut down by the Houjin cavalry who quickly rushed through the barricade.

Seeing these acquaintances around him being killed by the Houjin cavalry, Zhao Shanhe was afraid, angry, and a little unwilling in his heart. Just three steps in front of him, neighbor Huang Ercheng was kneeling on the ground holding his father's body and crying.

Just now, Huang Ercheng was stupid by the momentum of the Houjin cavalry, and he didn't even realize that he was blocking the way of a cavalry charge. His father, who was standing beside him, pushed him in time to save his life, but his father was directly cut off by the passing Houjin cavalry.

Watching the Jin soldiers cross the barricade after riding one after another, chasing and slashing the neighbors in front of the barricade, Zhao Shanhe gritted his teeth, and finally mustered up the courage, got up and dragged the crying stupid Huang Ercheng to the side.

In this time of chaos, with an extra acquaintance by his side, he felt a little confident in his heart. If all these neighbors around him died, even if he survived this battle, he didn't know where he would be assigned to fill the ditch next time.

When Huang Ercheng was pulled to the side of the street by Zhao Shanhe, he was still in a trance, and Zhao Shanhe didn't bother to care about him, he felt that he had done his best for the neighborhood, and the next thing to consider was whether he would surrender to these wolf-like Houjin cavalry, or find an opportunity to escape.

Before he could figure it out, he suddenly heard a roar from the west, louder than the fireworks set off during the Chinese New Year. Before Zhao Shanhe could react to what was happening in the west, he saw that the Houjin cavalry, who were still chasing and cutting the neighborhood, stopped their movements and looked at the way from the west with an incredulous expression.

Soon, these Houjin cavalry abandoned the militia around them, and ran away regardless of the strategy, and Zhao Shanhe was bold enough to straighten up and look west. Only then did he see that the Houjin cavalry, who had not yet crossed the barricades, were turning and galloping towards the road to the west.

Farther to the west, groups of Ming troops were seen rushing out of the houses on both sides of the street, surrounding the Tartar cavalry behind. Seeing this scene, Zhao Shanhe suddenly understood, what he was going to choose to do next.

When Zhao Shanhe was still thinking about what to do, the sound of horses' hooves sounded behind him again, and he turned to look, only to see the Tartar cavalry that had just run eastward, and they had turned back one after another, and were about to ride their horses over the barricade in front of him.

Zhao Shanhe didn't think much about it, so he squatted down and picked up a spear on the ground. At this time, several Tartar cavalry in the lead had already crashed into the barricade, and these Tartar cavalry suddenly fell to the ground by surprise.

Huang Ercheng, who had been sitting on the ground in a daze, seemed to have come to his senses, he grabbed a spear on the ground casually, and rushed forward regardless of it.

Zhao Shanhe skimmed it, and Huang Ercheng seemed to have even taken the spear backwards, so he held the spear upside down and hit the horse passing in front of him.

The base of the spear cut a bloody mark on the horse's neck, and the horse that had been attacked suddenly neighed upright. Sitting on the horse, Tules, although he was a skilled horseman, was also thrown off his horse by this accident.

When he fell from his horse, one foot was still in the stirrup, and Tulish did not even bother to slash the militia who attacked him, and his right hand with the knife had quickly swung his knife to cut the belt above the stirrup, avoiding the danger of being dragged under the horse's belly by the frightened mount.

As soon as Tulish got out of range of his frightened mount, he saw the militiaman who had just attacked him, holding his spear as a stick, and striking it down at him without a head.

From the eyes of this militiaman, he seemed to see again the kind of madness he had seen in the eyes of the savage Jurchens. Tulash was beaten several times. The pain in his head and shoulders made him equally ferocious, aiming at a gap and slashing at the militiaman's leg.

After watching the militiaman fall, Tulish was about to get up, when suddenly a spear appeared from behind the fallen militiaman.

The owner of this spear was much more vicious and calm than the militia just now. The spear was not stabbed at Tulsh's upper body, but at the base of his thigh.

Tulesh was wearing a suit of leather armor on his upper body, and if the spear stabbed him, he would be able to dodge it. But as he got up, all his strength was used on his legs, and he had no chance to dodge such a vicious stinger.

The one who pierced this spear was naturally Zhao Shanhe. Taking advantage of Huang Ercheng's entanglement with this Houjin cavalryman, he found an opportunity to pierce Tulsh's left thigh with a single spear.

Tulish shouted, and then reluctantly swung his knife to cut off Zhao Shanhe's spearhead, and when he wanted to continue to get up and escape here as soon as possible, another militiaman rushed over and stabbed him from the left.

Tulish managed to block the militiaman's stabbing attack, when he suddenly felt a chill in his right armpit, followed by a tingling pain that made him lose all his strength, and he turned his head to look at it, only to realize that the militiaman who had attacked him first was holding the tip of the spear in his hand, and his eyes were blood-red against the spear piercing his armpit.

When Zhao Shanhe found a spear again and rushed over, he found that the Tartar cavalryman was already spitting blood. Only then did Zhao Shanhe raise his eyes and look to the side, and found that the battle around him was almost over.

Except for a few Houjin cavalrymen, seeing that the situation was not good, they directly broke through the blocked alley on the side and rushed in. The remaining few Houjin cavalrymen who did not escape were all intercepted and killed by the Ming army and militia who surrounded them.

On the streets to the west, more than 30 Houjin cavalrymen who fled first, although no one dared to intercept them, but many militiamen attacked these Houjin cavalry from behind.

On Wednesday, Wei led the Ming army to set up three lines of defense on the east side of the second barricade, the first being spearmen, and the second and third being musketeers.

When more than 30 Houjin cavalry ran in front of the Ming army's array, under the continuous attack of the militia, there were less than 30 cavalry left. Although Niu Lu Ezhen, who led the team, plucked up the courage to rush to the front, after the two rows of musketeers of the Ming army fired a volley, the charge of these Houjin cavalry risked their lives and ended here.

With the elimination of this Houjin cavalry, this tentative attack launched by Houjin from the west can be regarded as the end of it. The red flag Maile Zhangjing Hongnika looked at the Ming army waiting in front of him, and finally did not dare to take the remaining two and a half Niu Lu to continue the adventure, and retreated with a dead face.

As the Houjin troops retreated outside the barricades, Wednesday finally had time to examine the battlefield and discuss the gains and losses of the battle.

Although this battle annihilated more than 2 Jurchen Niulu, it only wiped out more than 100 Jurchen Tartars. However, on the side of the Ming army, the militia alone suffered 150 casualties, and the spearmen of the Ming army who participated in the attack also suffered dozens of casualties under the death-defying counterattack of the Houjin cavalry.

Wednesday Wei calculated that in the trap set by the Ming army, the Houjin cavalry, which was caught off guard, still caused twice as many casualties to the defenders.

These militiamen, who relied on barricades to defend themselves, basically did not play any role in the head-on battle, but they were able to contain the attack after the Ming army counterattacked.

The news brought by Su Ran, who had just come from the north gate, made Wednesday even more worried, if the Houjin soldiers attacking from the west today also adopted the combat methods of the Houjin soldiers from the north, he doubted that he would be able to achieve the current result.

Wednesday looked at the crying militia behind several barricades, and immediately climbed to the top of a barricade and announced to the nearby soldiers and civilians, "All the militiamen who are engaged with the enemy today will retreat to the rear and repair; Those who have slashed or stabbed the enemy are promoted to volunteers; All the wounded sergeants were sent into the city to heal their wounds.

As for the sergeants and killers who participated in the battle, they were rewarded according to merit. All the personnel who participated in the war today were rewarded with wine and meat. ”

With the advance of the Houjin army, the nearby villagers all ran to Zunhua City, and they not only carried their belongings, but also mules and horses.

Zunhua City did not have so much forage to feed so many livestock, so after being requisitioned by Wednesday in the name of the government, it was slaughtered in large quantities to make military rations and use to reward the army.

After Wednesday released the reward specifications for meritorious personnel in a timely manner, he finally dispelled some of the sad atmosphere on the scene.

Only then did he have time to study and summarize the lessons of the battle that had just ended with a few military academy juniors and Su Ran around him.

Su Ran said unceremoniously to Wednesday: "Houjin suffered a loss, and next time he will definitely not break in so carelessly."

And it turned out that it was completely useless to have the civilians holding a spear behind the barricades. Whether the Houjin used infantry archers or cavalry, he could easily disperse the unarmored militia behind the barricades.

If the Houjin soldiers wore heavy armor and cleaned up the houses on both sides of the street, in addition to the army still being able to resist one or two, the militia would not be able to do any harm to them, whether they were armed with spears or swords.

Moreover, the militia may not have the courage to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Houjin soldiers. Therefore, the combat method we envisioned before must be comprehensively revised, and we must find a combat method that can allow civilians to hurt the Houjin soldiers, otherwise there will be no good results in the defensive battle outside the city.

In addition, the attack method of arson and house burning by the Houjin soldiers also requires us to continue to strengthen fire prevention measures..."