Before Deng Ming rushed to the northern front, Zhao Tianba had already started a fierce battle with Daniel Zhang and Wang Jinbao.

After gathering more than 1,000 armor soldiers earlier, Zhao Tianba began to think about counterattacking, but before he could make up his mind, he learned that a Ming army under his command was caught up by the Qing army not far from the assembly place. Zhao Tianba immediately led hundreds of armor soldiers to rush to reinforcements. At that time, he wanted to take over this army and then withdraw from the battle, so he did not send a messenger to report to Deng Ming.

Sticking to the Ming army was the cavalry of Li Guoying's standard battalion, the number was not much, only about a hundred cavalry, seeing hundreds of Ming army armor soldiers suddenly appeared, this group of cavalry was shocked and immediately withdrew to surround and retreat. Although he successfully received this group of soldiers and horses, Zhao Tianba learned from them that there were still some Ming troops in front of him who were entangled by the enemy, so Zhao Tianba continued to lead his troops forward and tried to relieve more Ming troops.

After driving back two groups of standard battalion armor cavalry in a row, Zhao Tianba suddenly found that hundreds of Qing infantry were driving in front of him, which was Wang Jinbao's personal army. Wang Jinbao was also surprised when he learned that there were hundreds of Ming soldiers fighting back, and there were many things that puzzled him today, such as the speed of the rout and escape was unprecedented, and the capture and capture were pitiful. The Ming army was completely defeated because the commander abandoned the army, and the most combative and courageous soldiers must have been taken away by Deng Ming, but the rout soldiers can organize a spontaneous counterattack in this situation!

No matter how ridiculous he felt in his heart, Wang Jinbao still caught up with half of his own soldiers and launched an attack on Zhao Tianba - Wang Jinbao had neither heard of Zhao Tianba's name nor seen many banners from the Ming army, so he believed the judgment of the standard camp and the cavalry, believing that it was a spontaneously formed resistance force.

Although the appearance of this resistance force was somewhat beyond Wang Jinbao's imagination, he thought that the other party was just relying on bravery, so although he saw that Zhao Tianba occupied a hill, Wang Jinbao did not think much about it and ordered the soldiers to attack on the back. Wang Jinbao's subordinates also thought that the other party would not have many armor soldiers, and most of them should be unarmored auxiliaries with wooden spears. After hurriedly taking two rounds of arrows, the meritorious officers of the pro-soldier took the lead in attacking the mountain one by one, wearing heavy armor.

Seeing that the other side had infantry and cavalry, Zhao Tianba did not dare to retreat, for fear that as soon as he retreated, he would turn the defeat into a real defeat, so he sent soldiers to immediately go back to gather the soldiers and horses in the rear, and on the other hand, he seized the high ground and formed a formation to hold on. Finding that the enemy dared to use not many infantry to attack his high ground head-on, Zhao Tianba was surprised and delighted: "How stupid is this guy to use soldiers like this?" ”

As soon as the Qing army and the Ming army fought, Wang Jinbao immediately realized that something was wrong, the other party not only had high morale, but also was equipped with jīng liang, and the two rows of bows and arrows were like tickling. Moreover, the Ming army drew their swords one by one, and stabbed to death several heavily armored officers who rushed to the front in a blink of an eye.

"This is certainly not an auxiliary!" Wang Jinbao was stunned with anger, as for why a combat force of hundreds of people suddenly appeared here, Wang Jinbao couldn't tell. Because of carelessness just now, Wang Jinbao did not let the armored cavalry of the standard camp cooperate, but he reacted immediately and immediately ordered to retreat.

The Qing army was suddenly frustrated, and the commander hurriedly ordered a retreat, which was a good opportunity for the Ming army to pursue, but Zhao Tianba failed to react at the first moment, because he had just concluded that the enemy on the opposite side was a fool a few minutes ago, and he didn't expect a fool's reaction to be so fast, coupled with the threat of the standard camp armor cavalry not far away, Zhao Tianba decided to wait for the follow-up soldiers and horses to arrive.

Soon, Zhao Tianba's rear team arrived, and at the same time absorbed some stragglers to return to the team, and Zhao Tianba already had more than 1,200 armor soldiers under his command. He sent three soldiers to monitor Li Guoying's standard camp guards, and led the remaining soldiers to attack Wang Jinbao's banner.

When he saw thousands of soldiers of the Ming Army suddenly rushing over all over the mountains, Wang Jinbao was really frightened. By this time, everyone in Wang Jinbao's subordinates understood that today's events were completely wrong, and most of them were plotted by the Ming army.

In the face of the siege of the Ming army, which was several times more than his own, Wang Jinbao, who had driven nearly 20 miles, could not resist at all, and Wang Jinbao's 300 personal soldiers were scattered with a stick of incense. After escaping two miles, Wang Jinbao counted the number of people around him, and only half of his own soldiers were left-this was because Zhao Tianba saw hundreds of enemy armored cavalry on his side, and he did not dare to stretch the formation to chase after Wang Jinbao, who was defeated and retreating.

After seeing the scale of the Ming army, the standard battalion armor cavalry also did not dare to fight, and took the initiative to retreat after restraining Zhao Tianba for a while. At the same time, the guerrillas of the standard battalion sent people back to the camp to report the battle situation to Li Guoying.

After driving the standard battalion armor away, Zhao Tianba resumed the attack on Wang Jinbao and repelled the Qing army again. But at this time, the cavalry of the standard battalion came to interfere again, forcing Zhao Tianba to give up the pursuit again. By the time Zhao Tianba launched his third attack, there was more than one enemy general in front of him, and Daniel Zhang had already arrived when he heard the news and fought side by side with Wang Jinbao to resist the attack of the Ming army.

In the face of the Ming army's pressing step by step, the Qing army is more and more cold, the opponent's bow and arrow, throwing guns are not lacking, the armor is more jīng good than the Qing army, and there is a two-zhang long horse rejection spear, which is definitely a sharp weapon with both offense and defense, not only makes the standard camp armor cavalry very fearful, but also uses it to greet the Qing army infantry is also infinitely powerful.

The officers and men of the Qing Dynasty knew that they were in the middle of the plan, and the battle of Rì today would definitely not be good. Originally, the body was already exhausted, and now even the morale has been lost, if it is changed to other green battalion armor, maybe it will collapse at this time, but Daniel Zhang and Wang Jinbao are both veteran generals who have fought for many years, and the fighting will of the soldiers around them is by no means comparable to that of ordinary green battalion soldiers, so they are still trying to support.

"If I lose again, I don't know what will happen to my subordinates."

Taking advantage of the gap between the Ming army's attacks, Wang Jinbao, Daniel Zhang, and the guerrillas of the standard battalion gathered together to discuss countermeasures. Without waiting for the other two people to open their mouths, Wang Jinbao first explained the difficulty, saying that his troops had reached their limit. Wang Jinbao brought 700 personal soldiers from Guizhou, and today except for 100 people who stayed in the barracks, they were all brought out to participate in the pursuit, and Wang Jinbao lost more than 200 of his men after two consecutive defeats just now. Now, except for a team of pro-soldiers who are still missing, the remaining more than 300 people have gathered around Wang Jinbao.

Daniel Zhang knew that Wang Jinbao was telling the truth, and the six hundred pro-soldiers who followed Wang Jinbao out of the camp to pursue had already gone to one stop in three stops, and it was still the bravest officers and soldiers among the pro-soldiers who died in the battle, and some pro-soldiers who had dropped their weapons and armor because of panic in the retreat just now. Although the general's pro-army battalion claims to be able to fight for the commander to the last man, in fact, it can't be done, Wang Jinbao's pro-soldiers are all old troops who have followed him for many years, otherwise they would have collapsed.

Daniel Zhang brought 800 pro-soldiers from Guizhou, all of whom had followed him for many years. Today, Daniel Zhang left 200 soldiers in the battalion, and now there are more than 500 pro-soldiers gathered around him. At present, Daniel Zhang's personal soldiers are the main force to resist Zhao Tianba's attack, and Wang Jinbao can only play a weak auxiliary role.

"Now we can't retreat, we have to run more than ten miles back to the camp from here," Although the situation is very dangerous, Daniel Zhang seems quite calm: "The thieves are waiting for work, obviously they have been prepared for a long time, if we retreat and are chased and killed by the thieves, at most two or three of the ten people can escape back alive, and the armor and weapons will be thrown cleanly." ”

Perhaps the armored cavalry of the standard battalion could retreat relatively easily, but the guerrillas of the standard battalion also knew that although Daniel Zhang and Wang Jinbao's personal soldiers were small in number, they were important armed forces of the Qing army, and their combat effectiveness far exceeded that of other green battalions. For Li Guoying's follow-up battle, the standard battalion guerrillas were determined to do their best to help the two people get out of danger with their own soldiers. Anyway, the standard battalion was all cavalry, and the Ming army had limited cavalry, and the guerrillas felt that even if the situation became more sinister, it would not be difficult for the standard battalion to return as long as they wanted to do it.

Seeing that Daniel Zhang's gaze had been hovering over his body, Guerrilla hugged his fist and said, "General Zhang has any orders, and the last general will never refuse." ”

"Okay." Daniel Zhang was overjoyed when he heard this. Today, because he came out to pursue the rout, neither Li Guoying nor other generals regarded the defeated Ming army as a threat, because Li Guoying did not temporarily transfer the command of the standard battalion to other generals, and Daniel Zhang did not think of asking for it, so Daniel Zhang could only ask the standard battalion guerrilla cooperation, but could not give him any orders, and in the counterattack plan conceived by Daniel Zhang, the standard battalion armored cavalry was an indispensable link.

"The thief will most likely attack General Wang's general banner next...... "There was not much time to delay, Daniel Zhang drew a brief picture on the ground, pointed it with a long sword, and said quickly.

Now Wang Jinbao's defensive position is close to the Yangtze River, and there is only a short section. Daniel Zhang, on the other hand, took on most of the defensive tasks, and it was Daniel Zhang's position that Zhao Tianba attacked just now. But it didn't take long for the Ming army to retreat automatically, and apparently the other party also noticed that compared to Wang Jinbao at the end of the strong crossbow, Daniel Zhang's newly arrived new force was much more resistant.

Shut down

"I can't hold out for long." Wang Jinbao repeated again. His subordinates ran at the forefront when they were pursuing, closely following behind the standard camp, and they were already very tired when they encountered the Ming army, and after being chased and killed by the Ming army for several miles in a row, the officers and soldiers were already exhausted.

"When General Wang was attacked, I led the whole army to fight back against the thieves." Daniel Zhang used his sword to carve a deep straight groove in the ground, pointing directly at the side of Zhao Tianba's position, and he had no intention of throwing Wang Jinbao down as a substitute for the dead ghost and fled alone.

"You can't rush down." Seeing that Daniel Zhang was unwilling to abandon himself and escape, Wang Jinbao was also very moved in his heart, but he still poured cold water on the other party realistically. Many of Daniel Zhang's troops rushed to the battlefield at the speed of a forced march after receiving the jǐng report, and the Ming army would definitely leave enough troops to guard against Daniel Zhang when attacking Wang Jinbao's tired army. Wang Jinbao felt that even if Daniel Zhang was heroic, he would not be able to break the position of the Ming army, and he might be defeated by a fierce counterattack by the Ming army.

"But I can contain all the remaining armies of the thieves, and if the standard battalion guerrillas can go around behind the thieves and attack me, we may still be able to defeat the thieves." Daniel Zhang looked hopefully at Li Guoying's standard battalion guerrilla. Defeating Zhao Tianba's pursuers can greatly increase the chances of the Qing army safely withdrawing to the camp.

"Dare to disobey." The standard camp guerrilla nodded, he discussed the specific cooperation with Daniel Zhang, and was about to leave first.

"Wait." Daniel Zhang called the guerrilla and advised: "Once the thief is defeated, even if the thief is beaten back a little, we must leave immediately, and don't pursue the thief again." ”

Now Daniel Zhang, Wang Jinbao, and the guerrillas of the standard camp all suspect that Deng Ming has not left at all, and is in control of the whole situation nearby, and the Qing army has stepped into this deadly trap. But for Wang Jinbao and Daniel Zhang, fortunately the Ming army along the river was commanded by an unknown Ming general. Deng Ming himself is not there, and the fierce generals under his command, especially Zhou Kaihuang and Li Xinghan, are not there, which shows that this road is the most despised road by the Ming army.

However, even if the Ming army did not pay much attention to the way, their combat effectiveness made Daniel Zhang and Wang Jinbao feel shocked. These Ming troops were better equipped than their own barracks, and the soldiers were able to retreat twenty miles and then quickly regroup to counterattack - the latter Daniel Zhang and Wang Jinbao asked themselves that they would never be able to do it, and they did not even dare to think about it.

With such combat effectiveness on this road, the offensive of the other two Ming armies can be imagined. Especially Deng Ming, who was able to command the entire army to collectively deceive and then reorganize, now when they think of this person, Daniel Zhang and Wang Jinbao both have a sense of cold hair, and they are bent on returning to the camp to close the door and defend it, and no longer move the idea of following the pursuit.

In Daniel Zhang's view, the green battalions of the other two roads were not as effective as his own and Wang Jinbao's own soldiers, and the Ming army encountered was stronger, and the rout was a foregone conclusion. Whether the Ming army followed and pursued Li Guoying's camp, or rotated north to outflank, it would block the retreat of the Qing army in the north. Therefore, even if the counterattack can be successful, Daniel Zhang does not plan to pursue Zhao Tianba, as long as the other party does not interfere with his retreat.

"General Zhang rest assured." The guerrillas of the standard battalion repeatedly promised that they would never be greedy for merit, and hurriedly went to the troops to assign tasks. When he left, the guerrilla also slandered: "Does Daniel Zhang think that I am a person who does not know the seriousness?" When is it, if you can repel the thieves, you will burn high incense, and dare to pursue? ”

In order to confuse the Ming army, the cavalry of the standard battalion deliberately retreated from the original road, and then secretly went around in a circle to Zhao Tianba's flank.

"Biaoying is gone?" After Zhao Tianba saw the cavalry of the Qing army leaving, he couldn't help but hesitate for a moment, and thought in his heart: "Just now, because of this cavalry, I was unable to attack with all my strength, and the enemy general must also know this, is he willing to let the battalion go?" Are you trying to outflank me? ”

Just now, Zhao Tianba had already sensed that the newly arrived Qing army still had the strength to fight, and the earlier Qing army that was continuously repelled by him was on the verge of collapse: "If it drags on for a while, I can better observe the enemy's situation, but that will delay time." If the standard camp had to come back because of the Admiral's progress in the middle lane, I should do my best to defeat Daniel Zhang and Wang Jinbao, and catch up to cover the Admiral's flank. ”

Now that the enemy has lost the cover of the standard battalion cavalry, once they are defeated and retreated, there is no possibility of retracting, Zhao Tianba really can't refuse such a big temptation, and decides not to wait, but to attack immediately.

Since the Ming army has always firmly grasped the initiative and is always attacking, while the Qing army can only defend passively, Zhao Tianba always has spare strength to let the troops rest in turn. After making up his mind, Zhao Tianba ordered the four hundred armor soldiers who had rested for a while to take the lead and launch an attack on Wang Jinbao's troops by the river.

Not long after the Ming army was dispatched, Zhao Tianba saw that Daniel Zhang's banner in the right-hand direction had changed, the war drums were beating, and a large number of Qing troops rushed out of their positions, shouting and driving towards Zhao Tianba's right flank.

"I didn't go to reinforce Wang Jinbao, but instead rushed back to my formation, and there was really a deception." Seeing this, Zhao Tianba snorted coldly, but instead of holding a solid defense, he ordered six hundred soldiers to set up a position, preparing to launch a counterattack condescendingly after the Qing army walked halfway up the mountain.

"If you dare to come, don't think about leaving." Zhao Tianba planned to fight back Daniel Zhang's counterattack and force the enemy to abandon all the wounded and flee. As long as the Ming army wins this battle, it is not far before the enemy's left and right flanks are defeated at the same time.

"But this guy dares to come out, most likely to attract my attention, right?" Zhao Tianba ordered one hundred and fifty horse-repellent spearmen to stay behind the formation, and Zhao Tianba also personally picked up a gun and led his mount to these pikemen.

"If I hold my position, the enemy cavalry may continue to contain me as I did just now, then I can only follow and cover up, but I can't wipe out all the two thieves here. Seeing that the infantry was about to be completely defeated, I didn't have too many soldiers and horses around me, and the enemy cavalry had to go straight to my flag. In addition to the one hundred and fifty horse-repelling pikemen, Zhao Tianba also had more than 200 sword and axe men on his side, and he knew that his hand was a dangerous move: "Let's decide the victory in a happy battle." Let everyone see, I, Zhao Tianba, fought alone against the standard camp of Daniel Zhang, Wang Jinbao and Li Guoying, defeated their horsemen, and completely annihilated the other two thieves. ”

...... "Kill!" ”

When the Ming army rushed up, Wang Jinbao personally draped it and rushed to the front line with a big knife in his hand. He knew very well that if he wanted to leave safely with his own soldiers, he must repel his pursuers in this formation. Before Daniel Zhang and the standard battalion guerrillas outflanked and defeated the Ming army, Wang Jinbao had to hold on here no matter what, and dragged the Ming army on this side to death.

Seeing Wang Jinbao taking the lead, his personal soldiers were all demoralized, and they mustered up the last strength to step forward and fight with the Ming army.

...... "on!" ”

When he saw the Ming army walking down from the hillside, Daniel Zhang immediately understood the intentions of the enemy general, and the bravery and unsparing of the other party made Daniel Zhang secretly frightened. Now that Daniel Zhang has ridden the tiger, the opponent's relentless counterattack has left no room for maneuver between the Ming and Qing armies, and there is only a gamble on life and death.

"Has the enemy general seen through the guerrilla movements? He is desperate in this position, his forces do not have the upper hand, but he would rather risk the collapse of the whole army than wipe us out. Daniel Zhang urged the soldiers to come forward to fight, and at the same time rejoiced in his heart: "Well, a nameless person under Deng Ming is so fierce...... Fortunately, Deng Ming didn't go my way. ”

......" wins or loses in one fell swoop. "After the cavalry of the standard battalion returned to their positions, the guerrillas of the standard battalion lined up the formation of the attack as quickly as possible.

Today, Li Guoying sent 800 people in the 1,000 standard battalion out to pursue, thinking that the 400 standard battalion cavalry in the middle is probably resisting now, pinning down the Ming army that lacks cavalry, so that they can't quickly pursue the Qing army in the middle.

Seeing that the Ming army was divided into three ways, while attacking Wang Jinbao on the riverside, he also let a unit go out to attack Daniel Zhang, and the standard battalion guerrilla knew that the current situation was either a complete victory or a complete defeat, and there was no room for each to make a single step.

"The whole army assaults the enemy general's flag! If you encounter a thief's spear to stop you, dismount and fight! Break through enemy lines as fast as you can. After killing the enemy general, he immediately returned to General Zhang's aid and killed all the thieves without leaving any gap. After the guerrilla battalion finished the order as quickly as he could, he drew his sword out of its sheath and shouted to the officers: "Rush! ”

At this time, the standard battalion guards of the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi were all unsheathed with their swords, and the officers raised their weapons one after another, responding to the guerrilla order: "Charge! ”

Just when they were extremely nervous, a panicked shout came from the side of the Qing army: "Enemy attack!" Enemy attack! ”

The standard battalion armor riders who were about to start accelerating were stunned when they heard the words, and the knights on the left wing looked in the direction where the sound sounded, and suddenly more exclamations exploded: "Enemy attack!" ”

At the same time, Zhao Tianba, who was waiting for the general, also saw a group of cavalry with red flags suddenly appear on the side of the cavalry of the standard camp. These Ming cavalry had just discovered the whereabouts of the standard battalion, and when the guards of the 400 standard battalion were arranging in the direction of Zhao Tianba, 200 Ming cavalry were on their left side, using the cover of the hills to complete the formation first.

Now, the cavalry of the Ming army lined up in a tight formation, divided into two rows, front and rear, and launched a charge against the standard battalion armored cavalry.