Before Daniel Zhang kicked down the general's banner, Yuan Zongdi left the Western Front and returned to the center. The artillery bombardment that began in the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty still had a severe impact on the morale of the Ming army, except for Yuan Zongdi, almost no officers and soldiers had ever seen field artillery, and the first time they saw a cannon bombarding themselves, it caused great psychological pressure on the soldiers. After seeing Yuan Zongdi's general banner, these soldiers finally felt some comfort, and did not appear as quickly as the previous battle line was chaotic.

When he learned that the morale of the Ming army had further improved after the arrival of the backup soldiers, Yuan Zongdi felt that the army was not in danger of immediate collapse, so he hurried back and planned to personally command the attack on Daniel Zhang, striving to immediately clear these remnants of the Qing army behind him to relieve his worries.

As a result, before Yuan Zongdi arrived at the position, he heard five horn cannons in front of him, and five wolf smoke rose at the same time in the shape of plum blossoms.

"This ...... It looks like an order for a general attack. Yuan Zongdi and the Ming army have fought many times, and the banner of the green camp is inherited from the Ming army, which is basically the same, so Yuan Zongdi can't help but be a little stunned when he looks at the scene in front of him, and the allies around Daniel Zhang have long been gone, and he didn't understand what Daniel Zhang was doing for a while: "Is he stunned?" ”

When Yuan Zongdi was still stunned, a team of people hurriedly ran in front of him, for Zuo You, the Ming army had received Yuan Zongdi's order before, determined to take Daniel Zhang first no matter what, and even those Ming soldiers who had just returned from the north moved to Daniel Zhang's general flag position instead of westward to fill Yuan Zongdi's battle line.

But after Daniel Zhang's general flag fell, the Ming army immediately lost interest in him, and once the general flag was lost, then the enemy army was already a group of routs without the slightest threat. More than 800 soldiers and auxiliaries of the Ming army began to clean up the war and pursue the fleeing Qing soldiers. The rest of the Ming army turned around, and 6 continued to reinforce Yuan Zongdi's general banner, while Zuo You arrived first with his team.

Hearing that Daniel Zhang's generals had fallen, Yuan Zongdi did not plan to invest too much energy in the entire fleeing enemy, and now there was a threat from the west, and he needed every soldier to guard against Wang Mingde and the Han Eight Banners with an unknown number of people.

Just when Yuan Zongdi asked Zuo You about the specific battle situation, the western front behind him suddenly made a loud drum, and thunderous shouts rolled in.

"Oh?" Yuan Zongdi turned back suspiciously, because the Qing army had been paying attention to concealment and the Ming army could not counterattack for reconnaissance, so Yuan Zongdi only observed about 1,000 Qing troops wearing armor just now; Seeing that the Qing army was reluctant to attack, Yuan Zongdi concluded that the strength of the Qing army was limited, and he lacked confidence in breaking through his own defense line to relieve Daniel Zhang of the siege - although the Qing army had always mistakenly believed that Yuan Zongdi only had more than 2,000 soldiers, Yuan Zongdi did not expect that the other party would always despise him so much, so he could not speculate the true psychology of the Qing army - they did not want to die because of their lack of strength, but did not want to lose too much in the battle they were sure to win, and wanted to take advantage of more and contribute less.

After seeing Daniel Zhang's signal for a general attack just now, Wang Mingde, who was riding on a horse, slapped his thigh: "Admiral Zhang finally can't help it!" Then there was another lament: "Yuan Zongdi really doesn't know how to fight at all." ”

There are still 800 Yuan soldiers on the opposite side, then Daniel Zhang and Hu Wenke only have 2,200 soldiers on the opposite side of their 2,200 Ming soldiers, Daniel Zhang only needs to put a few troops to block Yuan Zongdi's reinforcements, and the number of armor soldiers attacking Yuan Zongdi can reach ten times that of the other side, and victory is naturally easy. With such a long front, Yuan Zongdi couldn't do it even if he wanted to delay for some time, and Daniel Zhang still had a large number of five-armor soldiers to assist, and Yuan Zongdi's auxiliaries were scattered a lot by himself - Wang Mingde certainly didn't know that Daniel Zhang's unarmored soldiers had long been defeated by the Ming army's reinforcements.

As for Daniel Zhang's use of fireworks and artillery, this shows the scale of Daniel Zhang's general attack, and it is obvious that the 2,200 armored soldiers and thousands of unarmored soldiers around Daniel Zhang are scattered over a very wide area, and the attack plan has been communicated in advance with the heralds, and now the use of fireworks and artillery is to ensure that the whole army can act in unison.

"After all, I still haven't beaten Admiral Zhang." In the end, Yuan Zongdi still focused on his own side, and Wang Mingde could not help but feel that Daniel Zhang was too good at showing weakness, and now as soon as the signal came out, the Qing army in the east may have defeated the Ming army and began to capture prisoners and pick up equipment.

Wang Mingde hurriedly asked people to stop the Eight Banners artillery who were still shooting frantically, and after finally dispelling their shooting, Wang Mingde, who was impatient, took the lead and led his soldiers to shout and charge: "The whole army assault!" ”

The other Qing generals on the front attacked earlier than Wang Mingde, especially the one that did not have the Han Eight Banners artillery in the way, and they hurriedly dispatched as soon as the friendly forces on the Eastern Front began to pursue. When the generals hurriedly charged, they couldn't help but curse Daniel Zhang again in their hearts: "Just now I was still asking for help, and in the blink of an eye, I will attack in a general way, I really don't want to be faced, and I don't even want to have a face when I grab merit." "I can't hang up the anger of these Qing army generals, they rushed to attack, they were completely unprepared, some were in a hurry, and now no one is waiting for Wang Mingde's unified command - Wang Zongbing's side has the most tiger squat artillery, and the slowest action, the slower he runs, the more prisoners and equipment he can grab, this is all property.

After seeing the Qing army attacking, Yuan Zongdi reacted a little, vaguely realizing the meaning of Daniel Zhang's signal, and feeling that the Qing army used himself as soft tofu casually.

"Can you still fight?" Looking at Zuo You, whose face was covered with sweat, Yuan Zongdi quickly asked, "Do you need to take a break?" ”

"Not really?" Zuo You's sweat beads kept dripping down his eyebrows, as long as he didn't block his vision, he didn't bother to wipe the sweat on his face, and he smiled at Yuan Zongdi: "It's almost hot to die, and resting in armor is a sin." Shoot the tartars early, you can take off this armor as soon as possible, and then go to the river to take a dip. ”

"Okay." Under Daniel Zhang's prompting, although Yuan Zongdi was relatively late, he finally guessed Wang Mingde's psychology, and he immediately ordered to go to the front line to convey the order to retreat, and at the same time ordered Zuo You and the other troops who arrived in the 6th consecutive to not go up to support, but to begin to assemble and prepare for battle.

Yuan Zongdi deliberately let go of a few openings, and saw that Yuan Zongdi's general flag disappeared, Wang Mingde and they all thought that Yuan Zongdi had abandoned the army and absconded, and since the Ming army had lost its main general, there was nothing to worry about. Although there were still a few dangerous accusations on the front that were in the hands of the Ming army, and the Ming army that had made way of the gap did not abandon their armor and fled but gathered on those dangerous strongholds, the Qing army still did not worry about the problem of the back road - so that the Ming army could not pose a threat to the powerful Qing army at all, and on the opposite side was Daniel Zhang's army of several thousand, and these Ming troops were simply dying.

The Qing army marched forward and pursued in the direction of depth.

"Lots of tartars." Yuan Zongdi saw that two thousand Qing army soldiers and a large number of reinforcements rushed towards his side in several ways, and he was also a little worried: "On this day, there has been a steady stream of Tartar support, and the Han Eight Banners have not been in the battle, and I don't know if there will be new Tartars arriving for a while." Now Yuan Zongdi's subordinates are quite tired, and if a new Qing army arrives, Yuan Zongdi feels that his subordinates are about to reach the limit: "It's time to accept it when it is good, defeat Wang Mingde so that they can't pursue us, and then return to Wanxian." "The Qing army still has the reserve of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, and Yuan Zongdi knows that the Eight Banners are well-equipped and are a powerful enemy that cannot be underestimated: "If the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty come up to save Wang Mingde, I will avoid his edge and get out of the way, as long as Wang Mingde and they dare not pursue us again." ”

Yuan Zongdi didn't plan to clean up the battlefield very seriously, defeating the last batch of Qing troops, so that the Ming army could calmly return to the division is the goal, the prisoners can be captured, and the equipment can be picked up when they see it, but Yuan Zongdi doesn't plan to send people to carefully search every corner, the Qing army arrived wave after wave, so that Yuan Zongdi is also more and more weak.

When several Qing troops rushed into the depth of the Ming army, the Ming army hidden in the middle suddenly came out from the side, dividing the column of the Qing army into two, and the rear team that was cut off was chaotic, and when they turned around and fled, the Ming army that was now shrinking rushed out to close the gap, and these unarmored soldiers followed in to pick up the cheap, and could not resist the attack of the armor soldiers of the Ming army on both sides.

The Qing army, which rushed forward, did not encounter a rout, but ran headlong into Yuan Zongdi's defensive line, which was built by Daniel Zhang on the western defensive line, and the Qing army stationed there gave up and fled without a fight, and is now being used by the Ming army to block Wang Mingde.

"Oh no, I've been tricked!" Wang Mingde had enemy soldiers blocking the way in front of him, and the sound of killing behind him was also shaking the sky, because he was afraid that the prisoners would be captured by Daniel Zhang, so the Qing army rushed all the way, thinking of meeting with Daniel Zhang as much as possible, then the Ming army surrounded by himself behind him Of course, Daniel Zhang could not come over to rob again. This rush stretched the Qing army's column for a long time, and it was impossible to react quickly when encountering a surprise attack by the Ming army.

"Breakout, breakout!" Wang Mingde turned around with his own soldiers and clashed, intending to fight a bloody road, not far behind him is the Han Eight Banners, which is about two miles away, Yuan Jiawenbi can relieve Wang Mingde as long as he advances slightly, at least it can make the Ming army jealous, at least it can contain a considerable number of enemy soldiers, so that Wang Mingde can have a chance to escape.

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"Lord Vice-Governor." A Niu Lu ran over and reported to Yuan Jiawenbi: "Mr. Wang, they seem to have been ambushed." ”

"I see it." After Wang Mingde and the others charged, Yuan Jiawenbi marched forward with the Han Eight Banners to observe the battle situation - anyway, the captives promised Wang Mingde, so why did the Han Eight Banners bother to capture the prisoners? On this hot day, it is better to cool off in the shade of a tree.

"Withdraw!" Seeing that the Ming army had closed some gaps, and some people were showing vigilance in the direction of the Han Eight Banners, and the rout was pouring back, Yuan Jiawenbi immediately decided: "The enemy situation is unknown, safety first!" ”

Pointing at those tiger squatting cannons, Yuan Jiawenbi further ordered: "Blow up these stupid guys, withdraw immediately." ”

A Niu Lu showed a look of pity on his face, Yuan Jiawen Bi observed the words and smiled: "The green battalion is so incompetent, it begged our artillery to help in the war, but in the end, it couldn't even protect the safety of our artillery." We went to the Governor and made a judgment and asked the Governor to compensate us with their salaries. ”

"What the deputy commander said is that the governor is solemn and fair, and he will definitely not favor his subordinates." Hearing what Yuan Jiawenbi said, the Eight Banners immediately started to blow up all the tiger squat cannons, and walked briskly along the way to Zhongxian.