Of course, it is absolutely impossible to give up the good position that he has finally grabbed, and the soldiers in the front row are neither willing to die on the eve of victory, nor willing to let the great merit of seeing their hands fly away. The soldiers in the back row who were anxious to get on fire pushed their partners in front of them one after another, seeing that Han Shizi was close at hand, how could they delay taking him down? As for the Han Wang Guard, who was galloping back and forth and dancing his weapons in the air, it was best to kill his companions in front of him.

The constant pushing and shoving of the Qing army in the back row, coupled with the desire for merit in the front row, made the encirclement of the Qing army continue to shrink, although slowly but constantly tightened. Unconsciously, Zhao Tianba was already sweating, and kept using weapons to drive away the enemy army so that his body was rapidly consumed, taking advantage of a gap, Zhao Tianba glanced into the distance again, at this time the battle on the shore seemed to have come to an end, and he could already see the Ming army with the red flag coming in this direction, and the Qing army in front of them also began to break and flee.

Facing the large number of Ming troops rushing up, Tan Yi quickly realized that he couldn't resist at all, and many of the Qing soldiers left around him didn't even have weapons, let alone armor. Those auxiliary soldiers, whose main work is usually to carry and build, saw that the Ming army, which was full of people, rushed up with spears, and their legs and stomachs were already weak, and after a few people were stabbed to death, many people were smeared with oil on the soles of their feet, and the battle line collapsed in an instant. The guards who were still beside Tan Yi cut off the flag without saying a word, escorted Tan Yi to the boat on the shore, and the other soldiers scattered in a hurry when they saw this.

Because the ship docked too closely, the Ming army rushed to the anchorage place at once, and Tan Yi's guards stopped some sailors, grabbed a boat and pulled anchor offshore. However, others did not have such good luck, many sailors panicked and could not escape to the ship immediately, although some soldiers jumped on the boat, but they were in a hurry and could not untie the cable, or threw the oars into the water by mistake, most of the ships were not offshore when the Ming army was killed, and no one organized soldiers to resist and delay time. The Ming army that was killed did not encounter strong resistance, and rushed directly to the boat, and the Qing soldiers who had no time to escape jumped into the water to escape.

Zhou Kaihuang and Li Xinghan were worried about the situation on Deng Ming's side, and did not dare to delay too much time on these scattered Qing soldiers, they left a little force to continue to pursue the rout, and controlled the ships that could not be ignited to avoid being used by the fleeing enemy, and the main force immediately turned back to reinforce Deng Ming. The Qing army, which was closest to the main force of the Ming army, had also seen Tan Yi's flag disappear at this time, the ships were being burned, and even Wanxian County had re-hung the red flag, and the morale that was still extremely high suddenly fell to the bottom, and their cousins were no better than their companions on the shore, and they scattered and fled as soon as they saw the Ming army's strict formation approaching. At this time, only the Qing army surrounding Deng Ming's mountain was still attacking, and they were so concerned about the merits in front of them that they had not noticed the changes behind them and Wanxian.

Based on what he saw, Zhao Tianba estimated that the Ming army would soon be behind the enemy in front of them, and these Qing soldiers would find that they were already in a desperate situation, so as long as they held on for a short time, they could escape safely. After thinking about this, Zhao Tianba felt that the fatigue on his body dissipated all of a sudden, he shouted, and rushed down to the top of the hill to go to the front line to help the battle, this time Zhao Tianba went to the north, he felt that because of the field of vision, it must be the enemy on this side that finally knew that they had been defeated, and they would be the last to stop the attack, so the battle line here was the most dangerous.

Before Zhao Tianba rushed down, he saw Deng Ming also holding a sword in one hand and a rein in the other, and was about to step forward to join the battle, so he hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop: "What is Your Highness going to do?" ”

Deng Ming did have the idea of helping the battle in the past, and he let the standard-bearer stay at the top of the hill by himself, and he was about to lead the last four personal guards forward.

Deng Mingti didn't retreat just now, and the reason he used was that if the army was defeated, their team would definitely not be able to survive alone. After hearing Zhao Tianba's question, Deng Ming didn't think much about it, and replied casually: "If you are not here, how can I be alone?" ”

After speaking, Deng Ming was about to step forward.

"Your Highness not!" Zhao Tianba grabbed Deng Ming's reins, although the Qing army was advancing step by step, but the Ming army's movements were also very fast, and in the blink of an eye, the Qing army here would know their situation, where would they be in the mood to continue to besiege Deng Ming? And at this time, Zhao Tianba was sure that he could fight for Deng Ming, and he didn't need to take risks at all.

When stopping Deng Ming, Zhao Tianba saw that a guard in front of him was stabbed off his horse by the Qing soldiers, and a gap appeared on the battle line, he didn't have time to talk nonsense with Deng Ming, so he immediately went forward to fill the loophole, and at the same time shouted to the people behind him: "No matter what, you must protect Your Highness, reinforcements will arrive in a blink of an eye." ”

The twenty guards brought by Deng Ming were all the best in the army, not only riding horses but also wearing heavy armor, but after a long battle, they were already very tired, and three of them had already fallen off their horses. The seriously injured Ming army was killed by the swarming Qing army before Zhao Tianba arrived, and the enemy also took advantage of this gap to successfully take a step forward, facing the enemy soldiers who were pressed by the black Zhao Tianba was not afraid, and pushed away the spears that pierced one after another, not only did not take a step back, but pressed many enemy soldiers unable to move forward.

It's just that not everyone has such a skill as Zhao Tianba, the Ming cavalry on his side has been fighting hard for a long time, and now his arms only feel heavy and almost can't be raised, and after barely pushing away the tips of the two guns that stabbed him in the ribs on the left and right, he didn't have time to block a spear for the mount, and the war horse, which had been injured several times, roared and fell to the ground. The cavalryman also fell to the ground, one leg still crushed under the horse.

Although it was within Zhao Tianba's reach, he was busy dealing with several enemies attacking at the same time, and he couldn't distract himself, seeing that the Qing soldiers had already forced to the side of the Ming army who had fallen to the ground, he raised his gun and stabbed at him. At this time, there was a gust of wind behind Zhao Tianba, and two horses arrived one after another, and a mounted man in front stood up, as if he was about to step heavily on the head of the enemy soldier, and the Qing soldiers had to give up the attack in order to avoid this imposing blow, and the Ming army on the ground retreated slightly to dodge. The one who followed behind jumped off his horse, slashed a large circle in the air with one hand of his sword, and with the other hand pulled the collar of the Ming army on the ground, helping him pull his leg out from under the dead horse.

The person who dismounted was Deng Ming, and although the rescued Ming soldier managed to get out from under the horse's corpse, he was obviously exhausted, and Deng Ming pulled him out to push the soldier to the top of the hill, and he did not retreat with him.

Zhao Tianba was anxious and secretly scolded the guards for not knowing the severity, but after Deng Ming and the last four knights joined the battle group, the battle line of the Ming army was stabilized again. And soon the Ming army took the initiative to retreat: in order to protect Deng Ming in a safe place just now, Zhao Tianba and they had to try their best to isolate the enemy soldiers, but now that Deng Ming has reached the front line, there is no need to continue to maintain such a large circle.

"Your Highness, Your Highness!"

When retreating, Zhao Tianba anxiously called Deng Ming a few times, and the reinforcements arrived in a blink of an eye. But Deng Ming did not react to Zhao Tianba's shouts, and after seizing the opportunity to mount again, he still fought side by side with the other Ming troops against the Qing soldiers.

Another Ming soldier could not dodge the enemy's attack, and a short sword thrown from the side struck the junction of his helmet and armor, piercing deep into his throat through the gap. As the battle continued, the Qing army's attacks became more and more ferocious, even though they knew that Han Shizi was on the side, they also attacked with a large number of throwing knives and spears, and they were obviously red-eyed.

The same is true on the side of the Ming army, the Ming soldier who was thrown instinctively made a movement to cover the wound, the person has fallen backwards, and the blood spurting from the neck is sprinkled into the air like a fountain, and then turns into countless raindrops and falls, drenching Deng Ming's helmet and cheeks on the left side. When he was under the castle, there was also blood splashed on Deng Ming's face, but it was the blood of the enemy, and now he is a comrade-in-arms, and this person has been fighting with all his might to protect Deng Ming's safety before he died.

He didn't even have time to reach out and wipe the blood off his face, Deng Ming slashed down with a sword and slashed into the ear of an enemy soldier who pounced on him and wanted to hug his waist. Another fountain of blood and a terrible scream rose to the sky at the same time, dyeing Deng Ming's clothes and armor even more vividly. Unlike that time when he killed a person with an arrow, Deng Ming no longer had the slightest sympathy on his face, and he quickly glanced sideways at the guard who had just fallen, and he could still feel the soldier's residual body temperature from his left cheek. Turning his gaze back to the front, several more enemy soldiers rushed towards his horse, and Deng Ming picked the nearest one and swung it with a sword......

"Tan Yi - defeated!"

"Tan Yi - defeated!"

There seemed to be the sound of gongs and drums and such shouts from a distance, and although there was a fighting cry around them, the sound was quite loud and not completely covered.

At this time, Zhou Kaihuang and Li Xinghan had already led the army to the front of Nanpo, but this shout was not coming from their direction, although they were also shouting similar words, and those Qing troops who began to flee were also making similar panicked shouts, but most of their cries were chaotic, far less neat and powerful than the sound made with the gongs and drums.

"One, two, one."

Before the shouter finished speaking, twenty drummers beat the drum vigorously at the same time:

Knock, knock, knock!

After three rings,

"Tan Yi - defeated!" More than 200 people tore their throats and shouted in unison.

Then there is an ensemble of twenty gongs:

Bang, bang, bang.

"One, two, one!"

Xiong Lan also made gestures when she shouted the trumpet, if Deng Ming was at the scene, maybe she would feel that he was quite a bit of a music conductor in his previous life. Even with Xiong Lan's ability, he couldn't drag the soldiers of Wanxian out to fight. There were not many weapons in the entire Wanxian city - they didn't have many in the first place, and after Deng Ming came, they searched all of them because he was worried about surrendering the army, not to mention the morale. In fact, after Xiong Lan rushed back to the city, he found that several accomplice officers who stayed there became more and more afraid after he left, and after muttering and discussing for a while, the fear in their hearts could no longer be suppressed, and they had already run out of the city to the mountains to the north to flee for their lives, and Xiong Lan's confession of immediately changing the flag was not completed because no one supervised it, and some soldiers were also worried that the Ming army would retaliate after returning to the city, and fled Wanxian with those officers.

After scolding these waste fools, Xiong Lan had no choice but to personally supervise the work of changing the flag, while trying her best to boost the morale of those accomplices who were still around. After re-replacing Wanxian with a red flag, Xiong Lan recruited strong men and loud voices from various teams were basically ready, and he immediately led the team out of the city in person - although he didn't have the courage to fight with the rest of Tan Yi's troops, he still had the courage to shout at them across the line.

In order to attract the attention of more Qing soldiers and to shout neatly, Xiong Lan took out all the gongs and drums that he could find to accompany them. Xiong Lan knew that if she didn't work hard to do something, there would be no excuse for the Ming army to come back and want to spare her life - it was obviously not a credit to arrest Tan Hong, because that was what he released. And the Ming army on the river bank fought very well, and Xiong Lan had nothing to do even if she wanted to help, so she had to try to help Han Shizi's side.

The shouts over and over again reached the ears of more Qing soldiers, and the movements of the suspicious soldiers in their hands also slowed down, at this time the Qing army south of Deng Ming had begun to be chaotic, and the exclamation made by someone who looked back and saw the Ming army approaching quickly attracted the attention of more companions around him. The Qing army on the northern slope could not see the shape on that side at this time, and the hundreds of Qing troops whose vision was blocked could neither see that Tan Yi's general flag had disappeared, nor did they know that the Ming army was approaching, but this shout aroused their doubts, and they no longer frantically attacked the top of the mountain.

Soon someone found that the city of Wanxian was full of red flags at this time, and this change caused an uproar, and the officers may have been calm, but the soldiers turned their heads and ears, feeling as if this was some ploy of the Ming army. As the panic continued to spread in the army, the offensive against Deng Ming and them was completely stopped, and the Qing soldiers separated themselves from the Ming army for a distance, and then looked around.

The Qing troops, looking around, began to listen carefully to the movements around them, and immediately heard more commotion coming from the south. The Qing soldiers on the flanks also saw countless defeated soldiers rolling in from the south, and when they looked at their panicked appearance and numbers, they knew that this was by no means a pretense or a partial setback.

"Hit the mark!" Many of the Qing soldiers who ran north shouted bitterly, and the officers were also filled with such a sense of despair, in their opinion, even the change of banners in Wanxian County at the beginning was part of the Ming army's strategy.

"Defeated." Seeing this scene, the Qing troops on the left and right sides of Deng Ming also had an avalanche, and they were no longer in the mood to hold on to the Ming army, so they threw down their weapons and began to flee north.

"Defeated!" The enemy in front of Deng Ming and Zhao Tianba also lost all their fighting spirit, and the enemy soldiers who were rushing to swarm forward a moment ago, after spitting out this desperate word in a hurry, turned around and left in front of the enemy soldiers not far away, and squeezed back one by one. When the soldiers in the back saw this scene, they realized that the collapse of the whole army was about to happen or had already happened, so who would be willing to stop where they were?

It was only then that Deng Ming freed his hand to wipe the blood on his cheeks, and was able to look back and take a closer look at the guard who had fallen beside him just now. Deng Ming saw that the guard was lying upright on the ground, with blood foaming between the corners of his mouth, and his eyes were wide open and looking at the sky, five of the twenty guards who protected Deng Ming were killed in battle, and one was seriously injured.

Deng Ming jumped off the horse, closed the victim's eyes without saying a word, and then walked back to the horse without saying a word. After turning over the horse, Deng Ming kicked the horse's belly heavily, and the mount immediately rushed out like an arrow off the string, Zhao Tianba and the other guards were slightly stunned, and then they also rushed out one after another, following behind Deng Ming, chasing the enemy troops who were fleeing at full speed......

In front of them were the Qing soldiers fleeing all over the mountains, Zhou Kaihuang has been leading the troops to follow them closely, chasing and killing the fleeing enemy while also looking for Deng Ming's traces, just now Deng Ming's Wang Qi was obviously at the top of a hill, but before Zhou Kaihuang arrived, he disappeared from behind the other slope of the hill.

There are corpses of the Qing army everywhere, although the losses of the Ming army today are still unclear, but Zhou Kaihuang is convinced that it is very small, and the people around Tan Yi have not been able to cause casualties to the Ming army at all and collapsed; When attacking the ships on the shore, they probably lost a few, estimated to be several, a dozen; Then there was the pursuit of the north all the way, and the Qing soldiers who had no command, lost their fighting spirit and lacked physical fitness were chased by the Ming army like ducks. Chasing the Qing army and cutting without stopping, Zhou Kaihuang didn't see a single person who dared to turn back and resist.

But where is Deng Ming? If there was anything wrong with Deng Ming, then no matter how small the loss was, Zhou Kaihuang didn't think it was an acceptable exchange, but not only did he not see Deng Ming, but he didn't even see a few guards around him. Only five bodies were found, and a guard whose leg had been broken by a horse, said he was dizzy from pain, as if he had seen everyone heading north, and Han Shizi was also on the northern slope at that time.

Zhou Kaihuang rushed north for a while, the soldiers of the Ming army were also quite tired at this time, many people left the team, even Zhou Kaihuang couldn't catch up, he saw that Li Xinghan, who was marching separately from himself, also stopped, and many of the latter's subordinates sat on the ground, and some people fell to the ground to rest as soon as they stopped.

Li Xinghan came to Zhou Kaihuang's side, and the first thing he said was: "What about Your Highness?" ”

"I didn't see it." Zhou Kaihuang shook his head, his face full of worry.

At this moment, a soldier suddenly let out a cheer, Zhou Kaihuang and Li Xinghan turned their heads at the same time, and saw the shadow of a group of cavalry coming out of a small road in the distance.

It was Deng Ming and Li Tianba who came, as well as fourteen guards and flag bearers, and the banner was still held straight. As soon as he saw Zhou Kaihuang and Li Xinghan, Zhao Tianba smiled and said, "I'm so soft today." ”

However, Zhou Kaihuang and Li Xinghan's attention was not on him, they both looked at Deng Ming, and now the aura on the latter's body was completely different from Xiang Rì, and after seeing the two, Deng Ming did not speak but nodded. Deng Ming's armor and mount had been completely stained with blood, and his sword could not be seen in the sheath at his waist, but he could see that as the horse tossed, blood continued to seep out of the sheath, flowing down the scabbard, and dripping to the ground.

"Back to Wanxian." Deng Ming said softly.

"Yes!" Although the voice was soft, Zhou Kaihuang and Li Xinghan both felt a majesty from this whisper, and the two of them bowed respectfully at the same time.

Today rì second more, I remember.