To Liu Zhiyuan's relief, the army behind finally came, and it was very timely.

The 5,000 cavalry of the vanguard team suffered heavy losses, but Liu Zhiyuan couldn't take care of it so much, a small number of cavalry were fighting with the Ming army, and more were scattered and fled, but seeing the arrival of the army, the fleeing cavalry began to regroup and rushed to the battlefield of fighting. Liu Zhiyuan did not waste time, and immediately ordered the army to start charging, not even thinking of leaving the reserves.

Sun Chuanting saw all the situation, and he didn't have time to regret it, if all the troops were pressed up just now, maybe they had wiped out the vanguard of the Liukou cleanly and thoroughly, and now that the army of the Houjin Tartars had all arrived, the soldiers of the Jiangning Battalion, who were inferior in numbers, must seize the opportunity.

The 10,000 soldiers led by Sun Chuanting are all cavalry, according to Sun Chuanting's understanding, the focus of today's blocking battle is face-to-face fighting, not lying in ambush on the position, waiting for the other party's several charges, in this regard, he and Su Tiancheng's views are slightly different, so in the construction of the position, he is not particularly concerned.

Soon, Sun Chuanting led the remaining 5,000 soldiers and launched a charge.

The momentum of the cavalry charge was amazing and unstoppable.

Liu Zhiyuan led the white flag sergeant, more than 20,000 people, the most elite of which is the vanguard of the 5,000 cavalry, the rear of the large army to the foot soldiers, in the face of the cavalry charge, has a certain disadvantage, but this disadvantage, can also be overcome, the hands of the foot soldiers, the main spear, against the cavalry is still effective, and there are special archers, shoot bows and arrows, to give the Ming army the maximum damage.

It's a pity that Liu Zhiyuan didn't expect that the cavalry of the Ming army actually used flintlock pistols. They did not blindly charge with steel swords, but in the process of charging, they constantly fired bullets with flintlock pistols, which was roughly the same as cavalry archery on horseback.

The power of the flintlock pistol soon became apparent, even stronger than the firing of a bow and arrow.

The post-gold tartars who charge in a square formation. The sergeants in front fell one after another after being shot by flintlock pistols, and the sergeants who replenished the ranks behind did not even have time to perfect the phalanx.

The moment the infantry team came into contact with the cavalry, the superiority was immediately revealed, and a large number of foot soldiers fell, and some of the formations had been scattered and could no longer assemble.

The battle situation made Liu Zhiyuan stunned, at this time. He remembered the bravery of the Jiangning battalion, he was not facing the ordinary Ming army, but the Jiangning battalion that had repeatedly defeated the Eight Banners.

Liu Zhiyuan is still sober, if he continues to fight like this, not to mention the reinforcement of the soldiers of Xiping Fort, even if he can achieve victory, it is difficult for many soldiers to survive in the end, and the reinforcement is nonsense. And there are cavalry of the Ming army in all directions, look at this momentum. The scale of not less than 10,000 people, with foot soldiers to meet the cavalry, this is tantamount to looking for death, and the possibility of victory is basically non-existent.

Liu Zhiyuan quickly ordered a retreat.

The retreat at this time was well organized, the Jiangning battalion had not been charging for long, and the army had not yet fallen into chaos.

The soldiers soon began to shrink and retreat. Strive to get out of the battlefield.

Fortunately for Liu Zhiyuan, the Ming army did not fight to the death, and when they saw the soldiers retreating, they retreated.

Sun Chuanting's order not to continue the pursuit was also a little painful. Obviously, the Jiangning battalion has a great advantage, and at this time, it is possible to launch a bigger charge, wouldn't it be able to take down this Houjin Tartar in one go, but Sun Chuanting is very calm, Su Tiancheng's entrustment He remembers very clearly, his task is to hold the position, and he is not allowed to break through the Houjin Tartars.

Sun Chuanting can see that the Houjin Tartars are combative, and the vanguard troops rashly launched a charge because they did not know the situation, so the losses were very large, but the large army behind did not have much loss, and after the two armies fought together, they may fall into a bitter battle, and the most critical problem is that the Houjin Tartars may abandon some of the sergeants and fight with the Jiangning battalion soldiers, and the rest of the people take the opportunity to break through the position.

can't pick sesame seeds and lose watermelons, Sun Chuanting firmly remembers this, as long as he holds the position, even if he can't kill and injure many Houjin Tartars, it can be regarded as a successful completion of the task.

Sun Chuanting and Liu Zhiyuan began to stalemate in Maban Village.

Liu Zhiyuan learned the courage of the Jiangning battalion, and he no longer dared to underestimate the enemy, nor did he dare to launch a charge casually, but the mission he shouldered, so that Liu Zhiyuan did not dare to have the slightest slackness, he had to break through the position of the Ming army, the army wanted to bypass Maban Village, it was not established, the nearby road to Xiping Fort was Maban Village, and there was no good road in the rest of the place, and even if the army bypassed Maban Village, it was possible to encounter the pursuit of the Ming army, which could lead to the collapse of the army.

The regrouped cavalry, there are still more than 3,000 people, just a round of rash charge, actually lost more than 1,000 cavalry, this is the most elite soldiers of the white flag, Liu Zhiyuan felt distressed, and faintly realized that if he wanted to break through Maban Village, the possibility was not very great.

Half an hour later, Liu Zhiyuan finally decided to come down and continue to charge, but each charge, with a square of 1,000 people, the cavalry should not attack for the time being, the formation of the charge should not be too concentrated, and the purpose was to be able to fight with the Ming army and attract the attention of the Ming army, and then the large army launched a comprehensive attack and broke through the Ming army's defense line in one fell swoop.

It is a suicidal charge, that is, a square that abandons the charge.

Liu Zhiyuan was ruthless, and decided to abandon three to four squares, break through the defense line of the Ming army, and let the large army pass through Maban Village to rescue Xiping Fort.

Sun Chuanting's decision was even more firm, under the situation of dominance just now, he ordered the army to withdraw, and now the purpose is more clear, that is, to hold Maban Village, hold the position, and not allow a Houjin Tartar to break through, as long as this is done, the rest does not need to be considered.

When discussing with Ma Xianglin and other officers, Sun Chuanting gave a death order, and what came out of his mouth was the sentence that Su Tiancheng emphasized, the people are in the position.

Therefore, after the Golden Tartars launched an attack, Sun Chuanting asked all the soldiers not to attack without an order, and to kill and injure the opponent with artillery and flintlock pistols, so that the opponent could retreat in the face of difficulties.

At the end of the day, after two rounds of charge, Liu Zhiyuan lost more than 1,000 people, but the Ming army just didn't attack.

It's already time, Liu Zhiyuan began to be anxious, the sergeant can not be said to be brave, and even some soldiers in the process of charging, in order to avoid the shooting of the flintlock pistol, use the corpse to resist the shot of the bullet, crawl forward, attack the position of the Ming army, the archers continue to shoot bows and arrows, hoping to give the Ming army a kill.

It's a pity that after two rounds of charges, in addition to placing a large number of corpses, the position of the Ming army remained immovable.

Liu Zhiyuan, who was in a hurry, wanted to charge in person and lead the army to another general attack, but reason told him that he must not do this, otherwise the losses would be even more heavy.

After an attack in the morning, Liu Zhiyuan lost nearly 5,000 soldiers, but the losses of the Ming army were not large, and gradually, Liu Zhiyuan felt that the possibility of breaking through the defense line of the Ming army head-on and breaking through Maban Village was not very large, and the Ming army, which was well prepared, had already thought of all possibilities.

At this time, it is best to see if there are other roads that can bypass Maban Village and reach Xipingbao.

Several scouts were sent out to find other paths, and the attack slowly calmed down, and the two armies began to continue to confront each other, and no one took the initiative to attack.

This is the situation that Sun Chuanting hoped to appear, after several rounds of fighting, the loss of the Jiangning battalion soldiers was very small, nothing more than in the beginning of the fighting process, the loss of hundreds of people, the Houjin Tartars launched an attack after the Jiangning battalion, the Jiangning battalion soldiers were all holding their positions, not taking the initiative to attack, forcing the Houjin Tartars to withdraw from the battlefield and stop the attack.

At this time, Sun Chuanting finally understood Su Tiancheng's arrangement, and Su Tiancheng emphasized that he must build a position, hold the position, and defend against the attack of the Houjin Tartars, which is like a combat method for garrisoning the city. In the field of combat, the use of such combat methods, this is the first time for Sun Chuanting, there has never been such an idea before, since the field is fighting, the two sides face to face, happy.

The coach is the coach, and Sun Chuanting is even more convinced.

The scout came to report, and the Houjin Tartar sent a few people, presumably to reconnoitre, to see if there was any other way out, Sun Chuanting smiled, and asked the scout to closely monitor and keep abreast of the movements of the Houjin Tartar.

Around Maban Village, Sun Chuanting has already asked the scouts to investigate, except for the mountain trails, there is no other road, Houjin Tatar wants to rush to Xiping Fort, the only way out is to take Maban Village, Liu Zhiyuan sent scouts to investigate at this time, it can only be said that it is stupid.

Sun Chuanting's hanging heart finally slowly fell.

Dolgon probably couldn't have imagined that in order to gain time, when he sent Liu Zhiyuan to lead the white flag to reinforce, he was not equipped with the corresponding artillery, which led to Liu Zhiyuan facing the Ming army's blockage, he could only rely on the sergeant's charge, relying on the charge to give the Ming army a kill, but unfortunately this kind of damage is very limited, the Ming army does not take the initiative to attack at all, and does not fight with your army, the purpose of the people is to hold Maban Village, not to let the army pass here.

More than an hour passed, and the scouts sent out came back, and the results of the surrounding reconnaissance were also clear, there was no other way, and only by breaking through Maban Village could it be possible to reach Xiping Fort.

Liu Zhiyuan fell into a daze. (To be continued......)