Tan Yi was convinced that a pampered child of the clan did not know how to march and set up formations, so no matter how ridiculous Deng Ming's appearance was, he was not surprised. But it is incomprehensible to see that the commander-in-chief is stupid in front of the two armies, and his officers do not stop it at all. If you want to successfully persuade the enemy to surrender, you must first show the strong strength of your side, with banners and swords and guns, and have the momentum to overwhelm the other party in order to force the other party to bow their heads, so as to have the possibility of success. Now Han Shizi only led a small group of cavalry to confront thousands of Qing troops alone, while the main force of the Ming army was hiding far behind, and there was no intention of coming up to cheer for Han Shizi at all.

"Send a few people, well, drive Han Shizi away a little first." Tan Yi gave such an order to the left and right.

Tan Yi was reluctant to let Han Shizi leave his field of vision, if it weren't for the lack of cavalry in his hands, he would have ordered to go out of battle to capture this person. It's just that the atmosphere in today's scene is really special, and there has never been a similar situation in the past combat experience, which makes Tan Yi, as the commander of the first army, hesitate. He planned to drive Deng Ming away first, end Deng Ming's persuasion to surrender, and let the main force of the Ming army drive over to fight, so that Yiqiē could return to the normal and familiar track. It is best to end the war as soon as possible at dawn, so that you can go to Wanxian County to eat before dark.

There were not many horses in Tan Yi's army, because he didn't carry many horses down the river by boat, even if they were for the sentry spouts, they were insufficient. More than a dozen horses were given to Tan Yi's personal guards to pass on military orders and gather intelligence, and a few were given to the most important officers who led the team, who needed a wide vision on the battlefield and needed to be clearly seen by the soldiers.

After hearing Tan Hong's order, more than a dozen guards on horseback all shouted loudly, and the captain of the guard was even more excited, and rushed out with his subordinates as soon as he clamped the horse's belly, and shouted loudly: "Hou Ye rest assured, he will definitely capture Han Shizi alive!" ”

Tan Yi's order was originally to drive Deng Ming away, but when he heard that the guards understood this order as arresting people, Tan Yi did not correct it immediately, if Han Shizi was caught, of course, it would be better, then the battle would be won quickly.

At the same time that Tan Yi's personal guards came out, Deng Ming moved closer to the Qing army's front. Now he is not only far away from the main force of the Ming army, but even a considerable distance away from his own guards. At this time, Zhao Tianba and the others stopped about a stone's throw away from the Qing army, and Deng Ming had already run to a distance of less than twenty meters from the Qing army's position, and he no longer needed the help of the guards to let the other side hear the content of his shouting.

Seeing that Deng Ming was close in front of him, throwing a stone that could knock him off his horse, the Qing soldiers were panting one by one, and involuntarily moved their steps forward, as if they could lift him off their horses before Han Shizi could react with one arrow step.

Seeing the countless pairs of round eyes of the Qing army in front of him, spewing out of them with a fierce sè, and their footsteps were slowly moving towards him, Deng Ming felt that his heart was beating faster and faster, and he couldn't help but have an instinct to turn the horse and leave.

"I am Han Shizi!" Deng Ming tried to suppress his urge to run away, stretched out his arm and pointed at the enemy soldier facing him, and asked loudly, "Are you willing to surrender me?" ”

Under the soldier's furrowed brows, two bronze bell-like eyes stared at Deng Ming, he pursed his mouth, leaned his head forward, hunched his waist, clenched his fists, and moved slowly, slowly towards Deng Ming—the soldiers in the first row were either archers or firecrackers, this person was a firecracker, and his firecracker had been thrown on the ground behind him at some point.

The soldier who was being pointed at him let out a loud roar and leaped forward.

There was no longer any need to continue to suppress his escape hope, and when the enemy soldier tried his best to pounce on him, Deng Ming turned his horse's head, clamped the horse's belly hard, and ran towards Zhao Tianba and them without looking back.

"Chase! He's running! ”

"Don't let Han Shizi go!"

The soldier's vigorous leap, as well as Deng Ming's subsequent evacuation action, suddenly ignited the feelings of the surrounding Qing soldiers, and they were already jumping to try, but at this time, their eyes could no longer see anything else, only the back of Han Shizi, who was fleeing a few steps ago.

"Don't let the arrows go, catch them alive." The officer shouted loudly. He saw at a glance that a few fools in his team raised their bows and arrows, maybe they were trying to shè horses - the sword has no eyes, these guys are now so excited that their arms are shaking, what if Han Shizi is cold? There is nowhere to run from Han Shizi, of course, he still has to be caught alive. Fortunately, there were some smart people who reacted quickly, and before the person who drew the bow could take aim, he was drawn by the iron bow and the three-eyed gun smashed by him, and he fell to the ground.

Most of the soldiers still understood that it was better to catch up quickly than to chase the horse, and if someone ran fast and grabbed Han Shizi, they would have to follow him and grab one of his legs and not let go, so that even if they didn't take the first effort, they could get a reward. Aiming at the shè arrow is too delayed, even if it is a fluke shè hits Han Shizi's horse, it is too late to squeeze closer, and it will definitely fall behind others.

The soldiers in the front row scrambled forward, and behind them were more comrades in the back row who shouted and pounced, and the few fallen archers had no time to get up before they were trampled by countless pairs of big feet.

The attack of this group of soldiers quickly caused a chain reaction in the ranks of the Qing army on both sides, when Tan Yi's personal guards, who were ordered to drive Han Shizi, went around from the back of the formation to the front of the formation, the Qing army on the entire front had already launched an attack automatically, this scene made Tan Yi's personal guard officer angry and scolded: "Ignorant fool, don't you know how to wait?" ”

Seeing that the unorderly impact had scared Han Shizi away, the personal guard officer did not delay, and galloped with more than a dozen cavalrymen, shouting vigorously while pursuing bravely, beckoning the nearby Qing soldiers to outflank him, not to give Han Shizi a chance to escape. But these cries were not answered, and no one heeded the demands of the cavalry, and no one was willing to cooperate with them in the pursuit. The Qing army officers who were closest to these cavalry and heard their shouts did not react in any way, and their eyes were also firmly fixed on Deng Ming's back at this time, and they quickly judged the direction of the other party's escape, hoping that Han Shizi would be blocked by other pursuing soldiers and be forced to come to him.

After seeing the army rushing forward, Tan Yileng for a moment, feeling a little surprised, but he did not give any order to stop it, as long as he heard the earth-shattering killing cry, the commander with a little experience would understand that nothing could stop such a high-morale force - whether it was the enemy or their commander; Tan Yi thought that Han Shizi would definitely retreat to the main force of the Ming army for protection, and that the Ming army would also advance quickly to meet their commander, and then slammed into the Qing army that followed. Tan Yi was confident that the situation on the battlefield was still under his control, and he originally hoped to force the inferior Ming army to take the initiative to attack the superior Qing army, although the situation in front of him was not the same as he expected, but the morale of his subordinates was so high that it was not much worse than the original plan.

Therefore, Tan Yi ordered the drumming that since the offensive had begun, it was necessary to ensure that the whole army launched an attack, and Tan Yi was not willing to have some people on the side doing nothing and dragging the army back when the main force was fighting.

Among the 5,000 people under Tan Yi, in addition to his henchmen Jīng Rui and the general battalion soldiers, there are more than 1,000 auxiliary soldiers, whose main work in peacetime is transportation, construction, etc., and they can also line up to strengthen the façade when fighting, but they cannot be entrusted with heavy tasks. In the past, when a battle was won, the auxiliaries would chase and kill together, but when the outcome was undecided, most of them would shout and build momentum instead of going up and fighting hard. But these auxiliaries were now also under the influence of the soldiers, and they all pursued bravely with them, and the shouts from their throats were no weaker than those of the soldiers, and their will to fight was no less than that of the most sharp guards.

"I really want to thank Han Shizi today." Seeing the scene in front of him, Tan Yi smiled again, and winning the game will make people feel good. It seems that once the drum is played, this one-sided battle will be over.

Then, something unexpected happened to Tan Yi, Han Shizi may have panicked, or his head was dizzy, he did not retreat in the direction of his troops, but ran all the way north without looking back, and the small group of guards fled after him.

"Han Shizi actually abandoned the army and absconded!" Han Shizi's impression of Tan Yi before was just stupid and ridiculous, but the courage to go out in person and lead the whole army to fight against the city is still admirable, and Tan Yi even had a premonition just now, that is, Han Shizi is likely to commit suicide with a sword at the end of the road, which will greatly reduce his credit.

But after the Qing army launched an attack, Han Shizi did not return to his army to fight side by side with his subordinates, Han Shizi ran towards the high place vigorously, although Tan Yi was getting farther and farther away from him, he could still clearly see his actions. Seeing the other party running for his life without looking back, abandoning his army, Tan Yi felt that there was really no way to connect this timid guy with the commander who led the army a moment ago.

If you are so cowardly, then you should run early, why do you have to go to the battlefield? Why call the battle before the battle?

The call just now only reflected Han Shizi's stupidity...... Tan Yi soon discovered that the pursuers could effortlessly lock on to his whereabouts and run up and down the mountain, wasting horsepower and delaying time - although the terrain to the north was generally getting higher and higher, there were always some gentler routes, and if Han Shizi fled to a gentle place, he could quickly widen the distance between him and the pursuers behind him, and he could also use the undulations of the terrain to hide his escape routes, after all, the pursuers were almost all infantry, Now, not only does this not make it possible to open the distance, but it also hurts the horsepower. The most unreasonable thing is that it's too late to escape, what are you doing with the king's flag? Do your subordinates not know that the commander is running for his life?

Han Shizi couldn't even run away so stupidly!

Tan Yi even vaguely felt a hint of inadequacy, victory is certainly joyful, but too easy victory will dilute this joy.

Tan Yi just rushed to Wanxian by boat, and then got off the boat to arrange the formation, and the rest of the things were done for him by Han Shizi on the other side, first running to boost the morale of the Qing army, and then abandoning the army and absconding to offer victory with both hands. No matter what the strength of the two sides is, no matter what the previous shape is, the commander-in-chief may escape in an instant, and the army that has lost its commander has no unified command, no fighting spirit and morale, on the contrary, when seeing the other commander-in-chief flee, the soldiers on their own side are no longer cowardly, and there is no fear, because there is no suspense about victory or defeat, and there is only the question of the size of the credit.

At this time, Zhou Kaihuang was leading his subordinates to pay attention to the distant Han Wang Qi, and on his other side, Li Xinghan and his more than a thousand comrades were also doing the same thing.

The Ming army that drove out of Wanxian County has not been too close to the Qing army on the shore, nor has it blocked the front of the Qing army, but has arranged a low-key formation in the distance, and their front line and the line laid by the Qing army have an angle of more than 50 degrees. Just now, Deng Ming and his team ran far away from the front of the Ming army, and the Ming army strictly guarded the order and watched silently; Soon, thousands of Qing troops with teeth and claws chased Deng Ming and his gang and ran in front of the Ming army.

During this period, Zhou Kaihuang kept the whole army on alert and prepared to resist the Qing army's charge, but this situation did not happen, and most of the Qing soldiers did not look at the Ming army here at all, but just chased forward vigorously. Zhou Kaihuang only saw an indifferent glance thrown at him by a Qing soldier closest to the Ming army's position, yes, an indifferent glance thrown from afar. The Ming army is still in place, since out of the county seat, they have flinched, now that Wanxian has changed banners, the commander has escaped, and there will be no Qing army who feels that the Ming army is still some enemies with the ability to resist.

From the beginning of the attack, many Qing soldiers threw away their heavy armor in order to speed up, and after seeing Deng Ming running up the mountain road, in order to block in front of him first, quite a lot of Qing soldiers threw down the burden they didn't feel needed - thousands of people against more than 20 people, even if they were bare-handed, one person drowned the Han Shizi guards with a mouthful of spittle, are you still worried that they will resist? But when Zhou Kaihuang saw that the Qing soldier took off the armor on his body while running, exposed his muscles in this winter, threw off his arms and strode forward, he was still stunned - is this still on the battlefield? There is such a funny scene.

"Your Highness is buying time for us," knowing that his own command ability was weaker than that of the enemy before he set out, Deng Ming asked every officer to inform every soldier in advance of the purpose and plan of this battle.

When the main force of the Qing army ran over from the front of the formation, Zhou Kaihuang did not plan to do more mobilization, he immediately ordered an attack: "Beat the drum!" Sortie! Kill Tan Yi! ”

At the same time as Zhou Kaihuang's headquarters launched an attack, Li Xinghan was also preparing to order the drumming to march - although there was a lack of banners, the means of drumming and singing gold were still difficult for the officers of the Ming army: "Your Highness lures the enemy with your body, runs to a high place, and lures more Tartars for us - Your Highness strictly orders us to kill Tan Yi first, and then go to support him." ”

Li Xinghan jerked out his sword, pointed it straight to the sky, and shouted to his companions, "Beat the drum!" Kill Tan Yi! ”

Since Deng Ming left the Ming army to persuade the Qing army to surrender, more than 2,400 Ming troops have been ordered to remain silent, and now the ban has been lifted. ”。

The echo floated among the mountains, and the officers of the Ming army stepped out one after another, striding towards Tan Yi's location, while the soldiers were shoulder to shoulder, leaning closely together, following the officer in front of him.

On the way forward of the Ming army, the main force of the Qing army has just passed through, and there are a lot of discarded heavy objects on the ground - helmets, armor, etc., as well as a few companions who were unfortunately trampled to death, and they have never heard that only the defeated army throws away their armor, but countless Qing soldiers throw away their weapons in order to pursue the enemy, and throw away their armor and even trample on each other, the high morale of these Qing troops is indeed unheard of.

Tan Yi's banner was getting closer and closer, and the patterns on the flag were becoming more and more visible, and the Ming army, which was still pointing to the sky, had flattened their spears, and Rulin's spears pointed forward.

"Kill!" Li Xinghan, who was walking majestically in front of the army, danced the long sword in his hand in the air, and the enemy was close at hand, but he still kept his body, and moved forward steadily instead of running, only slightly speeding up, and carried out the last pre-battle encouragement: "Don't let Your Highness down!"

When they saw Deng Ming alone in front of the enemy army, the tension in the hearts of the soldiers was no worse than that of the person concerned: Han Shizi not only risked staying and dying with him before, but also took risks to try his best to get a fighter for himself, and now it was finally time for him to contribute.

"Kill!"

The soldiers who followed Li Xinghan responded in unison, and with neat steps, they forced the pale faces of the stunned enemy soldiers in front of them, and Tan Yi, who was a little farther away.

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"This ...... What the hell is going on? A group of people in the head of Wanxian County looked at the Ming army approaching Tan Yi's general flag from a distance, and blinked their eyes in confusion one by one: "Renshouhou's strength is twice that of Han Shizi, and Han Shizi also escaped from the battle, why does the situation of a big victory look chaotic in the blink of an eye?" ”

"It's not just chaos, this Renshou Hou doesn't look good."

"How?" The officers looked at each other, unable to say why.

Just now, they all felt that the Ming army was vulnerable, and including Tan Hong, they all lamented that Tan Yi had won a big victory without wasting his strength.

"The two armies are facing each other, five thousand against two thousand four," a deep voice sounded, and Tan Hong's voice trembled slightly: "The crowded side saw the twenty cavalry on the opposite side, so they dispatched more than four thousand people to attack, and used a large group of archers and firearms, all the pikemen and axemen, to attack the twenty cavalry together!" ”

When he just saw Deng Ming "abandon the army and flee", Tan Hong also felt that the battle was over, but he was also the first to react in Wanxian County, among these people in Wanxian County, Tan Hong was probably also the one who attached the most importance to Deng Ming, and others, including Xiong Lan, had a poor understanding of Deng Ming's courage and wit, and they did not have the pain of Tan Hong's skin. is different from Tan Yi in the distance - only one of Deng Ming's backs can be seen, and Tan Yi of the Ming army, who seems to be cowering in the distance, can't see it clearly, but Tan Hong in Wanxian County can see the movements of the Qingming army: the Ming army has not wavered, although it is far away from the Qing army, but the posture of being ready for battle has not changed in the slightest.

"After the twenty enemy cavalry left the battlefield," Tan Hong's voice became higher and higher, and finally he couldn't help himself from excited: "More than 4,000 infantry followed the battlefield without hesitation to continue the pursuit, leaving less than a thousand firemen, coolies, sailors and the main force of 2,500 on the opposite side to fight, how can this be fought?" What else is this fighting? ”

Once Tan Hong saw through that Han Shizi was not the commander at all, when he realized that the battlefield value of this cavalry was no more than a scout, he immediately understood that Tan Yi had made an unforgivable stupid mistake, and Tan Hong realized that he had to act immediately to save himself, and the great enemy was no longer Tan Yi, but the Ming army that was about to win - fortunately, Han Shizi was still in danger at this time, and Tan Hong still had a chance and time.