Chapter 303: If you want to go, it's so easy
303 wants to go, which is so easy
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"Withdraw your troops!"
Zabek looked at the defensive formation on the opposite side like an iron bucket, and finally gave the order to retreat very unwillingly.
Zabek's fists clenched loudly, staring at the banner of the word "Li", as if he wanted to keep the word "Li" firmly in his heart.
At the same time, Zabek felt even more ashamed in his heart, how could their Qing warriors have ever been afraid of the Ming army in the wild.
What's more, he once faced a Ming army with a similar number of people, but he didn't capture it, and finally had to withdraw in disgrace, which was simply the biggest shame for their Qing warriors.
Zabek, who was the Baturu of Manchuria, was very unwilling, and he was eager to lead the team in person, and launched a charge to defeat this Ming army.
But Zabek, although rude, was also very sensible, and finally endured the anger in his heart and decided to withdraw his troops.
"My lord, what about the corpses of our fallen warriors, shall we let them be beheaded by the Ming army and brought back to receive their rewards?"
There was a Niu Lu looking ahead, lying full of the corpses of his companions, unwilling.
He took the initiative to walk up to Zabek and said, "My lord, if we want to withdraw our troops, we must bring back the bodies of those fallen warriors and give them to their families." ”
There is a rule in the Eight Banners of the Tartars that after snatching back the corpse of one's own warrior in time of war and carrying it back to his hometown, he can get half of the person's property.
Therefore, in the previous battles between the Tartars and the Ming army, they usually brought back the corpses of the dead Tartars on their side.
Of course, that's also because, in the past, when the Tartars fought with the Ming army, it was usually the Tartars who won in the end, and the winning side was of course eligible to retrieve the bodies of their fallen soldiers.
However, this time the Tartars failed in the attack, and when the Tartars retreated just now, except for a small number of lightly wounded personnel, they were able to retreat with the brigade.
Most of the corpses of the remaining Tartars killed in battle, as well as many of the seriously wounded, were discarded in front, and most of those seriously wounded were also dead at this time.
After listening to Niu Lu's words, Zabek sighed and said, "Forget it, if you snatch back the corpses of these warriors, I don't know how many warriors you will lose."
Now we can't afford to lose any more, so retreat, take care to keep the formation and don't mess up, and take all the possessions we loot with us.
We have lost so much this time, if we return empty-handed, it is estimated that we will really flay us alive if we go back. ”
After listening to the recording, the cow's expression also dimmed, and he silently took a few steps back, and then stopped speaking.
With the sound of trumpets resounding throughout the battlefield, the Tartars slowly retreated with the infantry as the vanguard and the cavalry behind.
"General, the Tartars have withdrawn, we have won, we have won the battle, we have won the Tartar soldiers!"
Seeing that the Tartar soldiers finally retreated, the monks beside Li Zixiao, Tie Dan and others couldn't help but cheer.
Li Zixiao smiled and nodded, satisfied with Liu Chong's defensive counterattack battle that relied on the car formation this time.
"Divide five hundred sword and shield soldiers, go out of the car formation, and clean up the battlefield."
At this time, Liu Chong, who was commanding the battle in front, also breathed a deep sigh of relief, with a hint of joy in his eyes, and gave the order again.
Soon, a team of white dragon saber and shield soldiers rushed out of the formation and began to clean up the battlefield.
They cut off the heads of the Tartars from their corpses, took off their armor, and put away the weapons that were scattered everywhere.
A small number of seriously wounded Tartar soldiers who were still lying on the ground groaning were also slashed by the sword and shield soldiers, cutting off their heads.
In the end, they also collected more than 70 horses of the Tartar army that had fled in all directions.
Most of the war horses died, and they were killed by the White Dragon Army's dense lead bullets, and more than fifty of the seventy or so war horses were shot.
But the fifty or so horses were relatively lucky, they were generally only shot once, and none of them were vital parts, so they were able to survive from the battlefield.
These Tartar war horses are all good breeds outside the Guan, all of them are tall and strong, better than the war horses of the White Dragon Army cavalry battalion, and it is difficult to buy.
However, it is a pity that once these war horses are shot, even if they do not die and survive after being healed, it is difficult to continue to use them as war horses.
The few dozen or so war horses that had not been shot were gathered alone by the White Dragon soldiers and carefully cared for, which was also an order given by Li Zixiao himself before the war.
After half a burnt incense, the White Dragon Army reorganized its formation again and prepared to set off again.
At this time, Liu Chong ran to Li Zixiao and asked, "General, shall we continue to follow behind Tartar?" ”
Li Zixiao sneered and said in a deep voice: "Of course, if you beat us, you want to run, how can there be such a good thing."
These Tartars are really our White Dragon Army, just like those nest Ming armies in the past, they can fight if they want to, and they can leave if they can't beat them.
On my command, the whole army remained in battle formation, with the birdmen and sword and shield men on the flanks, and the pikemen in the center, following behind the tartars.
Scatter all the scouts, report any situation around, and find out the location of the other battalions.
According to what we discussed before, Qi Wei and Luo Chao's cavalry battalion, as well as Xu Wei, Qi Lin's 'Iron Blood Battalion' and Tianba's 'Tiger Camp', should have been in place.
Let's keep up, act at the opportunity, and if the time permits, let's eat this Tartar soldier today, and let them know how powerful our White Dragon Army is.
What Tartar is invincible in the field, today Lao Tzu is going to break his invincibility, Liu Chong, you go back to your own camp, and now the whole army is under my command. ”
"Yes!"
Liu Zhong left to return to his 'trapped camp', and Li Zixiao regained command and ordered the whole army to advance.
With the sound of drums, groups of white dragon sergeants formed small phalanxes, and then formed large phalanxes, slowly moving forward.
They formed a strict formation, accompanied by the beat of drums, spears and birds, and scouts galloped around the perimeter of the phalanx, probing around, slowly approaching behind the retreating Tartars.
Seeing that the Ming army behind him had caught up, Zabek was shocked and angry.
When did the warriors of their Great Qing Kingdom be so despised by a Ming army, and when did they dare to take the initiative to pursue them.
Aren't they afraid of a rifle themselves? In the past, in the field, whether to fight or not, how to fight, and when to fight, the initiative was basically in the hands of the Tartars.
After all, they have more cavalry, and they are flexible, once they find the Ming army, they can pounce on it at any time, and they can withdraw at any time, and most of the Ming troops dare not pursue.
On the side of the Ming army, most of them were foot soldiers, they were passive in the field, and when they encountered Tartar cavalry in the field, they could only rely on the vehicle formation to passively defend.
At this time, not only Zabek, but also many Tatar generals were in a mood at this time, both angry and aggrieved.
Why don't I fight, I can't leave if I want to?
After the battle just now, many Tartar soldiers in this armor led by Zabek have become afraid of the White Dragon Army.
It also made them put away their contempt for the Ming Army in the past, and restrained their arrogance in the past, and now they only want to get rid of the White Dragon Army as soon as possible and leave here.
Fortunately, at this time, the White Dragon Army only followed in formation, staring at the Tartars retreating from afar, and did not attack immediately.
This also made the Tartars feel a lot more relaxed, but being followed by the enemy and staring at the retreat like this, many Tartar soldiers had a panic and uneasiness in their hearts that they had never felt before.
The Tartars marched in front, on horseback or on foot, and those auxiliaries with or without horses carried their chariots and baggage behind.
Finally, there was a group of Tartar elite cavalry, escorting the formation in the rear, covering the march of those auxiliary soldiers, and when the Tartars retreated, the formation remained fairly intact and there was no chaos.
It can also be seen from this that this team of Tartar Jiala with blue flags is relatively elite, and Zabek, the commander of Tatar Jialazhangjing, is also decent.
"Hmph, let these bright dogs follow!" In the end, Zabek snorted coldly and said in a cold voice.
In fact, in Zabek's heart, at this time, he hoped that the White Dragon Army would be able to show flaws and let the formation disperse when they were following and chasing them.
In this way, they will have a reflexive blow and kill them with a return gun, and maybe they will have a chance to turn defeat into victory and eat this Ming army.
Li Zixiao led the two battalions of the White Dragon Army, and followed behind this Tartar without hurrying or slow, the speed of the two sides was about the same, and the distance between them was maintained at a distance of seventy or eighty paces.
At this distance, it has exceeded the range of the Tartar archers, so that when the Tartars retreat, they cannot attack the pursuing White Dragon Army with their bows and arrows.
To the north of Baoding, the terrain is flat, and the march on the field is not barrier-free.
The two battalions of the White Dragon Army have always maintained a strict queue, and their usual harsh physical fitness and array training also allowed the White Dragon soldiers to easily chase this Tartar army.
There is a fierce army, following behind their ass, and no one is comfortable.
From time to time, the light cavalry of the Tartars turned back in an attempt to harass the White Dragons.
And Li Zixiao's method of dealing with them is also very simple, when the Tartar light riders who turned back were few, he asked the White Dragon Army scouts who followed around him to intercept them.
If there were more people turning back from the Tartar light cavalry, Li Zixiao ordered the team to slow down and let the archers in the White Dragon Army formation make a burst of projectiles to force these Tartar cavalry back.
During the march of the White Dragon Army, it was inconvenient for the bird gun to load ammunition, Li Zixiao did not let the bird gun easily let go, who let the new bird gun still play one shot at this time!
And in each foot camp of the White Dragon Army, in addition to the three hundred bird guns, there are also two hundred archers, so far, the White Dragon Army has not been able to completely ban the existence of archers.
Because, sometimes the bird gunners are limited, but they are not as flexible as the archers, for example, like now the White Dragon Army pursues the Tartars on the march, and also attacks the Tartars who turn back.
The presence of archers can make up for the vacuum that occurs when the White Dragon Army Bird Gunner attacks at certain times and places.
Unless when the White Dragon Army can develop flintlock pistols and equip the whole army, Li Zixiao may consider banning these archers at that time.
Whoosh ......
A not-so-dense array of arrows fell, forcing back the Tartar cavalry.
If these Tartars still refused to turn back, and when there were some postures that wanted to kill a return gun, Li Zixiao directly ordered the White Dragon Army to stop, and the sword and shield hand exposed the gap, so that the bird gun hand behind him stretched out the muzzle.
When those Tartar light horsemen saw the muzzles of black holes sticking out of the White Dragon Army's formation, none of the Tartar cavalry dared to rush up.
In the previous battle, the power of the new bird gun in the White Dragon Army had made these Tartar cavalrymen completely frightened.
Not all soldiers were horse-owned, especially among those auxiliaries, who were even less horse-owned.
Moreover, they also carried a large number of mule and horse carts, which made the march even slower.
In this way, the two sides walked one after the other, and walked for about a quarter of an hour, and walked out for three or four miles, and the speed was as slow as a turtle crawling.
When the Tartar soldiers saw the White Dragon Army behind them, they just followed them unhurriedly for a distance of nearly a hundred paces.
It's like a dog skin plaster, and it can't be shaken off, which makes many Tartar soldiers inevitably feel anxious and panicked.
Gradually, the footsteps of the Tartars began to become scattered.
This scene made Zabek look at it in his eyes, and he almost vomited blood.
"No, it can't go on like this, otherwise it won't be the Ming Dog who will collapse first, it will be the warriors of my Great Qing Dynasty, and now only the strong man will break his wrist."
Zabek thought to himself, and at the same time, a look of incomparably painful flesh appeared on his face.
Immediately afterwards, he ordered the whole army to abandon all the possessions they had plundered all the way south, leave behind the carts, lighten the burden of the march, advance lightly, and speed up the retreat.
Immediately afterwards, with Zabek's order, the group of Tartars finally gave up and threw away some of the looted and bulky belongings in order to speed up.
And these belongings left by the Tartars, Li Zixiao also smiled unceremoniously, Li Zixiao went north to fight with the Tartars at this time, in addition to training, the more important thing is not to collect money!
In this way, this group of Tartar soldiers threw it and picked it up while following Li Zixiao, and there was a very dramatic scene.
"This Tartar general is really not simple, he is willing to break the wrist of a strong man so soon, it seems that the next Tartar is determined to get rid of us as soon as possible and withdraw."
Li Zixiao saw the cart of property abandoned by the Tartar soldiers in front of him, a smile appeared on his face, and he said to the quartz on the side.
"General, if we let these Tartars throw away these bulky belongings, with the horses and carts equipped in this Tartar army, the speed of the march will definitely be greatly accelerated, and we will probably not be able to catch up at that time."
The monk on the side said eagerly at this time.
"Well, the monk is right, it looks like it's time. Just now the scout came to report, Qi Wei, Luo Chao, Xu Wei, and Tianba had already circled in front of the Tartar.
This Tartar doesn't know yet, we have already completed the encirclement of them, and I really think that we are just such a few people, and today Lao Tzu is going to eat this group of Tartars in one bite.
The Tartars of a full 3,000 people are estimated to be enough to make Dolgon and Yueto feel distressed for a while. ”
"Monk, hit the red flare, let's get ready to eat meat!" After Li Zixiao finished speaking, his eyes were cold, and he said to the monk on the side.
"Yes, General."
As soon as the monk heard this order, he immediately became excited, took out something similar to a cannon battle in the later generations from his waist, lit it, and aimed it at the sky.
Sou......
Then, a fire burst into the sky, and when it reached an altitude of several hundred meters, it exploded, emitting a cloud of red smoke.