The Praetorian Guards who left the camp first had already begun to engage the Ming army, and the imperial guards who did not leave the camp immediately fell into chaos, some of them hurriedly ran out to join the battle, while many more hesitated. The purpose of the battle now is obviously not to fight against the Ming army, but to cover the emperor's breakthrough. The original plan was to protect the emperor in the center and then start to break through, but now that the front army has begun to charge, the intention of deception was discovered by the Ming army, and it is obviously impossible to protect the emperor to break through according to the original plan.

The Praetorian Guards quickly exchanged views and decided to let the four impostors break out in different directions, one of them would lead people to rush to the Ming army's flag to attract the Ming army's rescue and attention, and the rest would keep the emperor out of the encirclement. According to the Qing army's observations, the Ming army had already occupied the outer camp wall, and there were also horses deployed between the trenches, so it seemed that they could only break through in the direction of the trenches. In order to ensure that the emperor could rush out, the death squad had to jump down the trench and act as a stepping stone for their companions and the emperor.

The four impostors all ran out one after another shouting, trying to distract the Ming army as much as possible, and then it was the emperor's turn. Now the Ming army has begun to bombard the camp gate, and when the pale-faced Shunzhi followed the guards out of the camp, stone shells kept falling near him, and a stone killed a royal guard who was very close to the emperor, and even shocked the emperor's mount.

"Your Majesty." The imperial guard on the other side quickly grabbed the reins for the emperor and whispered, "Please follow the minions closely." ”

There was chaos in front of him, and the imperial guards who were following the emperor didn't know which direction was the easiest way to escape. Suoetu, who had been guarding the camp gate, was slow to give the signal because it appeared from the camp gate that heavy troops were surrounded on all sides. Suo Etu could only hope that those few imposters could attract enough Ming troops, and that the Ming army would scramble to grab the merit and expose the cracks in the encirclement that had besieged the imperial camp. As for the impostor emperor who directly launched an assault on Deng Mingjiangqi, he was even more highly expected by Suo Etu, hoping that he could attract a large number of Ming troops to come back.

Before seeing obvious flaws in the encirclement of the Ming army, Suo Etu hesitated and never sent any instructions to Shunzhi's guards.

While Suo Etu was struggling to find a flaw that did not exist in Zài, the guards around the emperor couldn't wait. The death squads were able to create chaos for the Ming army, and they could also cover the actions of the Ming army's line of sight to cover the actions of the emperor's guards, but they could not hold out for long, and if they did not break out of the encirclement as soon as possible, their sacrifice would be meaningless.

"Up." The leader of the team shouted, randomly chose a direction and started the operation, they circled around the imperial camp for a while, and finally determined the target in one place.

"Kill it." The officer leading the team shouted to the emperor's men. If they rushed through the Ming army line in front, they would enter the former camp of the Mengbaqi. Before leaving, they stood on the camp wall and observed that there were some Ming troops in the camp of Mengbaqi, and the leader believed that the number of Ming troops there was less than that of the front-line troops, and it was estimated that the equipment should be relatively poor, and it was likely that the Ming army's auxiliaries were the mainstay.

If they were able to break through this first line of defense and successfully penetrate the Ming army's defenses in the Mengbaqi camp, the Praetorian Guards would be able to reach the trench. At that time, whoever rushed to the front of the Praetorian Guard had to cover their horses' eyes without hesitation and jump out of the trench - so that the emperor would have a chance to escape. As long as they get rid of the pursuit of the Ming cavalry, they can escape this death trap - fortunately, the Ming cavalry does not seem to have much, and the Praetorian Guard will not hesitate to die to delay the pace of the enemy's pursuit.

There were still more than 400 Praetorian Guards still following the emperor, and 100 of them jumped off their horses and launched an attack on the Ming army, all of them wearing double layers of armor, the purpose of which was to disrupt the Ming army's lineup in order to give the follow-up cavalry brigade a chance to pass guò.

"Good!" The leader of the Praetorian Guard, who was defending the emperor, gave a shout. The dismounted Praetorian Guards rushed to the spears of the Ming army desperately, the Ming army here was obviously not as strong as the Ming army facing the camp gate, and when the Praetorian Guard pounced on it like a fierce god, the Ming army had some chaos. The Ming infantry could not maintain a tight confrontation lineup under the offensive of the Praetorian Guard, but began to fight with the Janissary infantry who rushed into the position.

The leader of the Praetorian Guard raised his sword and was about to lead the team to rush over. Now the Ming army's front is still thick, and whether it can rush over is still between the two, but this is also a glimmer of opportunity for the comrades who dismounted and fought on foot desperately. If the Ming troops on both flanks were allowed to reinforce them, then the Praetorian Guards would not have the slightest chance to break through to the camp of the Eight Banners of Meng.

Before launching the charge, the Praetorian Guard officers looked at the camp gate one last time, hoping to see some guidance from Soetu, such as where to go after rushing through this first line of defense, so as to have the best chance.

But the leader did not see any guidance from the camp gate, on the contrary, the flag on the camp gate suddenly waved like a madman, as if to ask the Praetorian Guard to withdraw.

"What are you messing about?" The Praetorian Guard leader almost cursed. Now that the breakout operation has begun, the vanguard has abandoned their horses and is fighting on foot, and the Ming infantry on both flanks can see that they are outflanking, and gradually form a semi-encirclement of this group of Praetorian Guards; Now, if you retreat, you have to attack the outflanked Ming troops first, and you have to discard those vanguards, making their sacrifice meaningless. Praetorian Guard

There is not much left when you come, how can you turn back when you open the bow? The officers knew that they had to rush out no matter what, otherwise delaying would only exhaust the Praetorian Guards, and even if they could break through the trenches at that time, there would not be enough stepping stones for the emperor to leave, let alone block the subsequent pursuit of the Ming army.

"Rush!" The Praetorian Guard officer shouted loudly and was about to launch an offensive.

"Kill!"

Suddenly there was a sharp sound of horses' hooves and a chorus of shouts from behind the side, and the stunned Praetorian Guards looked back and saw a row of Ming cavalry neatly emerging from the end of the arc-shaped Ming battle line. After this shout, the Ming army maintained a neat long queue and slowly accelerated towards the Praetorian Guard.

"Kill!"

The Ming army gave a second shout in order, and Deng Ming was also in the queue. After seeing the Praetorian Guards attacking the camp, Deng Ming immediately handed over the command to Zhou Kaihuang and rushed to the battlefield with three walls - at that time, the Praetorian Guards' intention to break through had been exposed, and the Ming army had not yet recovered from the excitement, Deng Ming was afraid that he would fall short, so he personally led the team out to intercept.

After swimming for a while in the rear of the battle line, the soldiers of the Three Walls directed a large group of Janissaries to bypass the front of the camp gate and rush to the northeast. After seeing this banner, Deng Ming concluded that the emperor was very likely to be in it, so he immediately led a team to this gap.

When the vanguard of the Praetorian Guard began to dismount and fight, the Ming officers here concluded that the Praetorian Guard, which numbered several hundred people, was a dangerous and important target, and immediately ordered the two flanks to outflank; Deng Ming ran out of the gap in the battle line with three walls, from the back of the infantry to the flank of the Praetorian Guard, and then launched a column charge. Suo Etu's gaze on the camp gate in the distance had been following the emperor's ranks, and when he saw the Ming cavalry appear, he eagerly wanted to warn the guards around the emperor, but it was too late.

Unlike Li Guoying's battle, the long-trained Ming cavalry accelerated more slowly, but did not speed up too early to make their double-row queues more neat, and it was not until they were very close to the flank of the Janissaries that the Ming army's horse speed was higher, but it was still not as wanton as the traditional cavalry to the extreme, but always paid attention to maintaining the queue while charging at high speed.

The three walls crashed horizontally into the right flank of the Praetorian Guard, and the Qing army was the same as the shape that Li Guoying's standard battalion had encountered, and there was no speed at all but was beaten on the spot, and it was also sideways to meet the enemy; The difference was that the lineup of the Ming army was more compact than that encountered by Li Guoying's subordinates, and each Praetorian Guard encountered not two sabers that were cut almost at the same time, but three sharp blades that hit the body at the same time.

The right flank was beaten to the back of the horse in a blink of an eye, the Ming army's impact was slightly slower, and the three walls in this case still did not speed up like traditional cavalry, but unusually slowed down to continue to maintain the formation, at first glance it looked like an infantry front advancing like a wall. Although the cavalry of the Ming army did not have the speed of the traditional impact, the momentum of the rows of pressure made the battle-hardened Praetorian Guard commanders feel powerless in an instant, and in the face of the cold light waving from the front and sides at the same time, his combat experience did not play a role, and he did not know how to resist.

Two swords slashed the Praetorian Guard commander in the face from top to bottom, the left slashing his neck, the right slashing at his right hand, and the commander snorted and fell from his horse.

"This ......" Three cold rays of light swept over, Shunzhi held the reins with both hands, his body and arms were stiff, and his mouth opened and he couldn't make a sound, until he was hit by the enemy's weapon, he suddenly spit out: "I ......"

“…… It's the emperor. These three words remained in Shunji's chest forever, because his throat had been broken.

Deng Ming, Ren Tang and Zhang Yiqian were neck and neck, just now the weapons of the three of them hit an obviously stunned enemy at the same time, the other Praetorian Guards were at least holding weapons, but this enemy was riding on a horse in a daze, with his empty hands and upright body, and he didn't even make a dodge move.

"Hina." This thought flashed through Ren Tang's mind. He originally left the general banner with Deng Ming as a reserve commander, but the number of Praetorian Guards was small, and there were few places to put pressure on the battle line, so in the end he simply joined the cavalry shock formation. While in Sichuan, he and several other majors personally participated in the Three Walls training, which was also a way to spread the experience among senior officers.

When facing the enemy who couldn't even resist just now, and didn't even know how to bend down to dodge, Ren Tang was closest to him, in the middle position, and he cut the opponent's throat with a single sword; Zhang Yiqian also hit the opponent's chest - if the attack in the center is blocked by the enemy, Zhang Yiqian's blow is a supplementary knife; And Deng Ming's position in the formation, the task is to cover the central attacker - that is, to cover Ren Tang. Since the enemy didn't have any weapon on his right hand, Deng Ming swung it easily and slashed at the enemy's right arm holding the reins.

Such a rookie enemy will not pose the slightest threat to his side, even if he is not killed, it will be the life of a prisoner, Ren Tang came to a conclusion in his heart in the blink of an eye: "There is no goal of the slightest value." ”

However, Ren Tang didn't have time to continue thinking about it, just in the blink of an eye, a new target was already close at hand, and this time it was Ren Tang's turn to cover Zhang Yiqian.