More than a hundred Qing soldiers stood in front of Zhao Liangdong, lined up in a neat array, whether it was Zhao Liangdong or the other nine archers, they were all hiding behind these Qing soldiers just now, each looking for an angle to aim at Deng Ming from the gap. In front of these Qing soldiers, there was also an officer with his back to the Ming army, always looking at Zhao Liangdong himself.

After seeing his commander twist his waist and open his bow, the officer quickly waved his hand, and with his action, the Qing troops in the front row immediately squatted skillfully collectively. But after they squatted down, Zhao Liangdong's loud shout of "open" came from behind, and almost at the same moment, the first arrow flew over their heads.

Dozens of meters away, Deng Ming's guards kept looking at the movements of the Qing army on the opposite side, and after Deng Ming was hit by a random arrow just now, Wu Baoping, Wu Yuewang and several other guards also took the shields for infantry from the infantry. Anyway, Deng Ming had already promised not to charge again, and these guards didn't care if these shields were bulky or not, or it didn't matter if they would affect their immediate movements.

The Qing army on the opposite side suddenly squatted down en masse, and before the guards could react, they saw a small group of archers behind them, all of whom were aiming this way with their bows.

"Worried!"

"Dark Arrow!"

At the same time that Wu Baoping and Wu Yuewang, who were closest to Deng Ming, shouted, the two of them had already raised their shields and wanted to protect Deng Ming.

At the same time that the two shields were rapidly closing towards zhōngyāng, a row of sharp arrows was already whistling towards them, and the two shields slammed together violently, making a dull loud noise. Then there was a crackling crash, and the arrows slammed into the shield in quick succession.

Except for the fastest first arrow, the rest of the arrows were blocked by the desperate guards with shields, but the first cold light was close to the edge of the shields on both sides and straight to Deng Ming's chest.

At that time, Deng Ming had already heard the guard's exclamation, and he instinctively blocked it with his sword, and while his wrist shook violently, he felt a strong force rush to his chest. Deng Ming snorted and fell backwards.

"Did you get it?" Seeing the shield quickly protecting in front of Deng Ming, Wang Jinbao couldn't help but cry out.

"Still not skilled enough." Zhao Liangdong also stared at the movement over there, and he also felt a little regretful in his heart, this was a sniper trick he learned from the Eight Banners of Manchuria. More than ten years ago, when Zhang Xianzhong was fighting with the Qing army, he personally went to the front line to command the battle, and was recognized by the Ganshan Green Battalion and instructed to Haoge.

In order to prevent Zhang Xianzhong's guards from sacrificing their lives, the Manchurian archers hid behind the array and secretly aimed at Zhang Xianzhong from several angles. The Manchurian Eight Banners that had just entered the customs were extremely skillful, and the archers led by Ao Bai were scattered but at the same time shè cold arrows, and the Manchurian Eight Banners in the front row waited until the moment when the archers released the bowstring before leaning down.

Zhang Xianzhong's guards had never encountered this kind of sniper tactics at all, and they were completely unprepared, and when they were caught off guard, an arrow hit the face of the king of Daxi, and Zhang Xianzhong was killed on the spot. Zhang Xianzhong's sudden death, and the Xiying Jīng Rui, who was confronting the Manchu Qing Dynasty, was suddenly defeated, allowing the Qing army to achieve a great victory without much effort.

This sniper tactic was used by the Manchus against a great enemy with a strict threat, and the number of archers with such a tacit understanding was very rare, so it was not common. Zhao Liangdong didn't see it with his own eyes, but he heard it from Azig when he was young, and later after Zhao Liangdong led the army alone, he also conducted secret training, which was originally intended to be used to deal with Li Dingguo at a critical moment. I didn't want Yongli to abandon the country and let the Qing army occupy Yunnan lightly, and Zhao Liangdong didn't have a chance to show it, this was the first time he used this kind of trick in actual combat.

"If only I had squatted down a little later." Zhao Liangdong sighed secretly in his heart, his eyes looked at Deng Ming's original position without blinking, he knew very well that this method could be used against an enemy once, if Deng Ming escaped this catastrophe, then it would be even more difficult to sneak attack him like this next time.

Although it was only a few seconds, Zhao Liangdong felt as if a hundred years had passed, and finally, he saw that there was confusion in the ranks of the Ming army, and several guards on horses jumped off their horses and ran towards Deng Ming's original location. Then, Zhao Liangdong saw that the shield had been lowered a little, and there seemed to be no one on Deng Ming's mount.

"My first arrow should have hit." Zhao Liangdong felt a burst of ecstasy in his heart, and now half of his own soldiers were still surrounding the remnants of the Ming army on the north road behind him, and there were still four hundred people running here.

"Deng Ming is dead!" Zhao Liangdong shouted loudly and ordered the soldiers to chant the news in unison.

"Really?" Wang Jinbao was stunned when he heard this, stood higher on horseback, and tried his best to look at the opposite side: "Why can't I see clearly?" ”

"Does it matter if it's true or false at this time?" Zhao Liangdong snorted, no matter whether Deng Ming was killed or not, it is always right to shout this first. Of course, it is best to die, if you are seriously injured, the Ming army will also be confused when it hears the shouts of the Qing army, giving the Qing army a chance to counterattack and defeat the enemy.

"Deng Ming is dead!"

"Deng Ming is dead!"

Zhao Liangdong's personal soldiers mustered up their strength and shouted in unison, and Wang Jinbao's escaped subordinates soon joined them and shouted towards the Ming army.

After a few shouts, everyone on the Qing army's side showed ecstasy, they believed their shouts, and the enemy commander did not show up to counter their declaration.

At the same time as the Qing soldiers shouted, Zhao Liangdong ordered those soldiers surrounding Zhao Tianba in the rear to immediately break the siege and join him. But at the moment, Zhao Liangdong had to let Zhao Tianba go for the time being, and the number of Ming troops in front of him seemed to be about 2,000, posing a huge threat to the Qing army. Zhao Liangdong, the enemy in the front, could not continue to waste more time on Zhao Tianba, anyway, the Ming army in the north had been defeated, and the remaining eighty people did not pose the slightest threat to the main force of the Qing army.

It seemed that the Ming army had also become overwhelmed, although Zhao Liangdong did not see the situation behind the shield wall, but he could see that the Ming army that had been cheering and rushing down the hillside suddenly stopped moving, and the Ming officers and soldiers in the front were all looking at the direction of the three walls and standing in the direction of the flag. The slow reaction of the Ming army allowed Daniel Zhang's army to pass from the flank of the Ming army, and Daniel Zhang's group was originally responsible for monitoring the south, and after Wang Jinbao in the middle was repulsed, the Ming army had almost cut off his retreat to the river.

"Don't miss the opportunity." Zhao Liangdong never saw Deng Ming reappear, and as the shouts of the Qing army became louder and louder, there was a lot of movement on the side of the Ming army, and Zhao Liangdong silently thought in his heart: "After my soldiers and horses are assembled, I will immediately launch an attack, and after defeating these two thousand thieves, the unfavorable situation will be reversed by half." ”

Behind Zhao Liangdong, Zhao Tianba and the people around him also heard the cheers of the Qing army, although the Qing soldiers had broken the siege, Zhao Tianba's legs were like filled with lead, nailing him to the spot and unable to move.

"Admiral...... The young Tang Wang ...... "The spear in Zhao Tianba's hand hung weakly to the ground, and the Ming troops on his left and right were also anxious, and the cheers of the Qing army came into their ears one after another, making these nearly 100 Ming troops lose all their fighting spirit and thinking ability in an instant.

Zhao Liangdong's army quickly assembled, and after Daniel Zhang retreated to Zhao Liangdong's flank, he no longer continued to retreat, but lined up in a flat formation. Soon, in Daniel Zhang's army, the same cheers as Zhao Liangdong also sounded. At this time, Li Guoying also adjusted the formation, retreated a little back to get in touch with Daniel Zhang's department, opposite Li Guoying, the Ming army led by Ren Tang did not immediately catch up, they also became overwhelmed because they heard the cheers of the Qing army, Ren Tang was also anxious, did not care about commanding the troops but looked vigorously in the direction of the three walls of military flags.

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"Help me up." Deng Ming, who was lying on the ground, said a sentence after being hit by the arrow in a subtle voice, and he only felt that his whole body seemed to be falling apart, and he didn't have a trace of strength. The command, which had been accumulated for a long time, was so light that it seemed to be whispering to someone.

"Admiral." Several guards anxiously gathered around him, trying to carry Deng Ming to the back of the formation.

The arrow just now grazed the edge of Deng Ming's sword, knocking out a chip, and then changed some angles and directions, shè hit Deng Ming's chest, passed through the armor, and then pierced into the combat uniform under the armor, sinking into the thick and sturdy military uniform. Now that the arrow had been pulled out by the guards, seeing that there was no large strand of blood spurting out, the guards around Deng Ming all showed relieved expressions.

"Help me get on my horse," Deng Ming felt some strength regained, he gritted his teeth, and ordered in an unquestioning tone, "Let the whole army see me." ”

The guards glanced at each other, and the cheers of the Qing army were still heard over and over again, and they no longer tried to send Deng Ming to the rear, but worked together to help Deng Ming get on his horse again.

There was no pain in his chest, to be precise, there was no feeling at all, Deng Ming felt numb from his chest to his abdomen, and even his left arm didn't seem to be his own, and he couldn't lift it at all.

After struggling a few times, Deng Ming still couldn't turn over with the help of the guards, and every time he used a little force, his body would involuntarily fall backwards, and the left side of his body was always numb, and he didn't obey the call at all.

"Let the horse get down." After another failed attempt, Deng Ming felt that it would not be a good thing to let the three armies see his wolf bèi.

The guards pressed the horse's head and forced it to kneel on the ground, Deng Ming finally reluctantly sat in the saddle, he took a deep breath and nodded to the guards around him: "Let it get up." ”

But after the mount stood, the guards also spread out with their shields, allowing Deng Ming's figure to reappear high in front of the Ming army.

After seeing Deng Ming appear again, Zhou Kaihuang and Mu Tan, who were running over, were stunned for a moment, and then shouted excitedly in unison: "The Admiral is safe!" ”

More and more Ming troops saw this scene, and after the cheers sounded on the side of the Ming army, the Qing army opposite them gradually couldn't shout anymore.

"It's a pity, it's a pity." The troops were almost assembled, Zhao Liangdong looked at Deng Ming in the distance, and shook his head again and again with great regret.

The strange formation of the guards of the Ming army on the opposite side convinced Zhao Liangdong that Deng Ming was now seriously injured and was probably riding on a horse, but even if he knew this, it would be difficult to quickly defeat the Ming army whose morale had recovered.

Shut down

"Go and tell the Governor, that we need to evacuate as soon as possible." Zhao Liangdong stared at Deng Ming for a while, the other party was riding motionless on the horse, neither moving nor making any gestures, no matter how he looked at it, it looked like he was seriously injured, but it was a pity that the other party did not look like he was shaking.

Before Li Guoying met Zhao Liangdong's envoy, he had ordered the army and Daniel Zhang's troops to retreat alternately, moving closer to Zhao Liangdong's troops on the riverside.

Like Zhao Liangdong, Li Guoying's attention has been revolving around Deng Ming in the distance, and his judgment of the great enemy is the same as Zhao Liangdong's, that is, Deng Ming is just holding on. Li Guoying has been looking forward to it, as long as Deng Ming shakes his body slightly, he will order the soldiers to shout: "Deng Ming is no longer good." But alas, the other party always stood motionless and upright on the horse.

Now the soldiers of the Ming army may still be suspicious, and their commander was also in a state of mind just now, forgetting to control the troops, which is a good opportunity for the Qing army to take the opportunity to retreat. Li Guoying knew that if he did not seize this opportunity, after the morale of the Ming army was completely restored and their commander regained control of the army, it would be much more difficult for the Qing army to retreat, and there were already reports of deserters returning from the south, saying that Wang Mingde had been captured, and the Ming army on that road might arrive at any time.

After seeing that Deng Ming was safe and sound, Zhou Kaihuang, Mu Tan and Ren Tang woke up suddenly, and hurriedly focused on their respective posts, and when they sorted out their troops and pressed the Qing army again, Li Guoying had already merged with Zhao Liangdong and retreated to the riverside.

The first to board the ship were Wang Jinbao and Daniel Zhang's subordinates, as well as Li Guoying's standard camp guards, and the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi dispersed the two hundred standard camp guards to various ships, strictly prohibiting any ship from leaving first: "Those who pull anchors without permission are beheaded!" ”

When he saw that the guards of the standard battalion wanted to lead the mount to the boat and transport it to the riverboat, Li Guoying was furious: "It's too late to pretend to be people, where is there time to delay?" ”

With Li Guoying's order, the guards of the standard camp drew their swords and stabbed all their mounts to death on the shore.

"Your Excellency the Governor, get on the ship quickly, and the general will lead the headquarters to break off." Seeing the Ming army slowly driving over, Zhao Liangdong said anxiously to Li Guoying.

"Good!" As more and more Qing soldiers boarded the naval division, the position left by the Qing army on the shore became smaller and smaller, and the Qing soldiers who relied on Zhao Liangdong were almost able to maintain it, and Li Guoying was not polite to Zhao Liangdong, and immediately turned around and went to the river.

While Zhao Liangdong led the Qing soldiers to line up on the river, Li Guoying organized the soldiers to board the boat by the river, and asked the soldiers to disperse to various boats, so as not to crowd any boat.

After the guards and infantry boarded the ship, the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi remained on the shore, and Li Guoying forbade any ship to anchor just now, because he was afraid that once a ship went first, the Qing army, whose morale was on the verge of collapse, would follow suit, and the troops would leave on their own without waiting for the break.

Wang Jinbao, who had already boarded the ship, saw that Li Guoying had not boarded the boat for a long time, so he got off the boat and ran to Li Guoying's side, and shouted to him: "Your Excellency the Governor is very old, let's get on the ship first, the last general will stay here and command the soldiers to board the ship, and the last general will be very good." ”

"No need." Li Guoying felt that Wang Jinbao's prestige could not be compared with his own at all, and staying on the shore might not be able to reassure the officers and soldiers, so he strictly ordered Wang Jinbao to get on the boat again immediately, and he himself remained on the shore to direct the small boat to pick up and drop off the personnel in turn.

After seeing that the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, who had a white beard, was still on the shore, the Qing soldiers who had not yet had time to board the boat were also much more relieved, and one by one put away the idea of competing for the position of the boat, honestly obeyed the command of the officer, and waited in line for the next boat to return from the river.

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Deng Ming felt his consciousness regain as the range of numbness gradually decreased, gradually retreating towards his chest, and there was a crupine-like pain in his arms and abdomen. When his subordinates reported that the Qing army was retreating, Deng Mingneng gritted his teeth and resisted the severe pain, and he couldn't say a word, so he could only nod his head slightly.

After the herald left, Deng Mingce slowly marched towards the river, he wanted to see the actions of the Qing army with his own eyes.

"I'm in a bit of a hurry today." Deng Ming thought in his heart: "Li Guoying's armored infantry has a total of 11,000, and I only have 8,000, and it is too greedy to eat him in one bite." The officers and soldiers fought like this, it was indeed the end of the crossbow, and Li Guoying still had thousands of reserve troops waiting to work, and I was almost defeated by him because of greed. ”

At present, half of the 4,000 armor soldiers around Deng Ming are tired soldiers who have been fighting hard for a long time, and the number of armor of the Qing soldiers who are retreating on the ship on the opposite side is actually not much less than that of the Ming army.

"I have annihilated most of the Qing army, as long as it is stable, when the whole army is closed, it will have an overwhelming advantage over Li Guoying, and they know this if they want to flee now. It was because of my greed that I not only injured myself, but also put the army in danger. When Deng Ming was thinking like this, Zhao Tianba had already ridden to him.

The Ming army on the north road was almost defeated, with hundreds of casualties in the last battle, if it wasn't for Deng Ming's timely killing to attract Zhao Liangdong's attention, Zhao Tianba and the nearly 100 Ming army around him would also be wiped out. After seeing Deng Ming, Zhao Tianba said ashamedly: "Admiral, he is incompetent, and he has lost his troops and generals. ”

Deng Ming wanted to tell Zhao Tianba that it was all his own fault, that he underestimated Li Guoying and Zhao Liangdong, and that he made the wrong plan and not the fault of the troop commander.

But Deng Ming couldn't say these words, the numbness had shrunk to a small part of his chest, and the pain hit wave after wave, Deng Ming felt that he was about to be unable to maintain the posture of the horse.

"Brother Zhao, help me." Deng Ming spat out a soft sentence from between his teeth.

Zhao Tianba looked at Deng Ming's face, and hurriedly reached out to support Deng Ming's arm that was crossed around his waist, Deng Ming took two breaths of cool air, and did not speak but nodded slightly to express his gratitude.

"Admiral, dismount and rest for a while." Zhao Tianba said with concern.

"Nope." Deng Ming felt as if the arrow had been smashed in the chest by a hammer, he kept his stiff posture unchanged, and raised his chin in the direction of the Qing army by the river: "The battle is not over yet. ”

Before the battle ended, Deng Ming did not dare to risk shaking the morale of the soldiers, not to mention that now Li Guoying and their main force had not left; Even when he saw the Qing army leaving by boat, Deng Ming didn't dare to say that the other party would not kill him - although this possibility was extremely low, but today Deng Ming saw the fierceness of Li Guoying and Zhao Liangdong with his own eyes, and he must do his best to stabilize the morale of the army.

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Except for Zhao Liangdong's own soldiers, the other Qing troops had already retreated and boarded the ship, and Li Guoying once again ordered the guards to repeat the order to the sailors with a banner: The one who pulls the anchor first will be killed!

Under Li Guoying's strict order, the Qing army's sailors all stopped at positions near the shore, and all the archers were on the side facing the shore, preparing to cover the retreat of the Zhao army.

However, the Ming army did not press up tightly, and just now Ren Tang's best Ming army troops attacked twice, and they could not take advantage of the well-trained Zhao Department at all.

Deng Ming looked at it for a while, and realized that in addition to the problem of soldiers' combat skills, his commander's command level was also much inferior to that of his opponent, so he ordered the Ming army to retreat and line up, and simply use bows and arrows to make some sāo disturbances.

Zhao Liangdong observed the formation of the Ming army at all times, and commanded his soldiers to retreat and board the ship in batches. Due to Li Guoying's pre-arrangement, all the ships still have vacant seats, instead of Zhao Liangdong's troops squeezing a few empty ships.

When watching Zhao Liangdong unhurriedly command the retreat, Daniel Zhang and Wang Jinbao, who had also experienced dozens of battles, were also a little uneasy, and their subordinates kept looking upstream, lest they see the banners and sails of the Ming army's sailors.

Finally, Li Guoying boarded the river boat and ordered the fleet to anchor, and the Qing ships began to set sail downstream, one after another.

Zhao Liangdong and the last of his soldiers boarded the boat and rowed to the several boats still waiting there, Li Guoying was waving to him on one of them, and the standard camp guard on that boat also shouted to him: "General Zhao, the governor is here." ”

After boarding Li Guoying's boat, Zhao Liangdong turned over and bowed down: "How can the last general, how can he be, the governor is in danger to take care of him." ”

Originally, Zhao Liangdong looked down on Li Guoying a little, and felt that the other party was just a member of Zuo Liangyu's subordinates, and he was not a general, that is, he adhered to Baoning's ability, and he didn't show his expression every time he fought with Xiying and Chuang Ying. Whether it was Hong Chengchou's transfer of Zhao Liangdong and others from Shaanxi, or when Wu Sangui went south, Li Guoying was not on the list, which made Zhao Liangdong feel that the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi was nothing more than that, and being able to carry the flag like him was just that the imperial court took care of Li Guoying in terms of his age and qualifications.

"Hehe, if there is no General Zhao, the more than 3,500 armor pieces will definitely not be able to escape the danger." Li Guoying smiled and helped Zhao Liangdong up, he already knew in his heart that those generals who were selected to go to the southwest were too eye-catching, whether it was Zhao Liangdong, Daniel Zhang, or Wang Jinbao, most of them felt that the post of governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi could fall on his head only because there was no one in Sichuan and Shaanxi: "We will fight with Deng Thief again." ”

"Yes, the Governor is right." Zhao Liangdong even claimed that it was.

Li Guoying glanced at the people around him, and saw that several officers frequently turned their heads, looked upstream one by one, shook his head and said: "If the thief sailor can come, it is useless for you to see, and if the thief can't come, you don't need to look." ”

Several officers were red-faced, and they bowed their heads to Li Guoying and confessed their crimes.

Zhao Liangdong fell into deep thought, and after a long time, he raised his head and said to Li Guoying: "The last general is thinking, how did Deng Ming retreat twenty miles without the whole army breaking up?" ”

On the battlefield just now, Zhao Liangdong didn't have time to think about this at all, but now that he was finally free, he began to think about it.

"It's really remarkable," Li Guoying said, "That's all, Deng Ming really has a bit of a martial arts style." ”

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After seeing the Qing army retreating, Deng Ming's tense jīng god also relaxed, but he still didn't dare to be careless: "Send more scout horses, follow along the river, don't let the Qing army have a chance to turn back and sneak attack us." ”

As long as the Qing army really retreated, then the auxiliaries they abandoned in the camp, as well as the troops walking in the surrounding mountains and forests, were also in the pocket of the Ming army.

"Hold on a little longer!" Deng Ming encouraged himself in his heart: "The Qing army is gone, I don't have to stay outside anymore, as long as I maintain this position for a short while, I can go back to the camp and lie down." ”

But despite his desperate efforts to cheer himself up, Deng Ming still couldn't continue to persevere, and the retreat of the Qing army made him lose most of his psychological burden.

On the way back to the camp, Deng Ming could no longer resist the sharp pain in his chest and abdomen, and he couldn't help bending down and lying down on the horse's back weakly.

The surrounding Ming soldiers who were cheering for Deng Ming all stopped their movements and looked at the commander who was obviously in pain.

Deng Ming tried his best to straighten his waist again, so as not to float the army's morale, but he couldn't do it anyway, and the whole person was paralyzed on the back of the horse, and he could only barely fall off the horse.

"The thief shè hit my toe," Deng Ming knew that his pain could no longer be concealed, so he could only hang down his hand, put it on the surface of his foot, and said to those concerned faces: "It hurts terribly! ”