In Daniel Zhang's view, his veterans were no worse than the Ming army opposite, especially those officers under him, some of whom had ten years of combat experience, and were more experienced and calm than their opponents.

Generally speaking, the Qing veterans did react a little more quickly, and the Ming soldiers would always show their flaws first because of their recklessness and urgency. Although the flaw is not big, the gap in this line often determines life and death on the battlefield, and more than a dozen Ming troops fell in the hands of the Qing army at the beginning. However, the recruits on the sides and flanks of the Qing veterans were quickly wiped out or driven back by the Ming army, and they had to try to lengthen the queue to prevent the formation from breaking or collapsing.

Now the formation of the Qing army has obviously loosened the Ming army, the soldiers of the two armies in the front row collided with each other's shields with all their might, and the Ming army, which was a little rusty, still showed flaws more frequently, but the veterans of the Qing army no longer had the opportunity to attack. Before they swung their swords and stabbed through the opponent's shield, another Ming army would rush to stab, and if the portal was unstable in the collision, this shot could also force the Qing army to be in danger.

And even if they desperately blocked this shot, the sword and shield soldiers of the Qing army had no chance to pursue closely, because the Ming army that was knocked away just now had already adjusted their posture and collided with the shield again. The Qing soldiers could only stand firm in their lunges and pour all their strength into their shields - another loud bang, this time the Qing soldiers did not take advantage of anything, the two looked for opportunities for each other, and wanted to give each other a fatal blow, but the Qing soldiers still had to spare a little energy to the side, because there was also a Ming pikemen on the side, who could prick him in the ribs at any time.

The advantage of veterans over new recruits is huge, and when encountering displaced people who have not even been trained, they can almost defeat one against a hundred, but the experience of veterans under Daniel Zhang does not allow them to fight one against three, and they may have the upper hand when fighting alone, but when facing two or three Ming army veterans at the same time, no matter how rich the experience is, it is meaningless. The Qing soldiers, who had a slight upper hand in heads-up, needed to be distracted from other Ming troops, which put them at a great disadvantage.

This disadvantage can only be alleviated by retreating step by step, Daniel Zhang saw that the entire front was constantly moving towards his general flag, and the best way at the moment was to let the veterans form a dense formation, so that they could have trustworthy companions around them, so that they could withstand the offensive of the Ming army. However, Daniel Zhang could not do this at all, because the Ming army attacked about three times as many as him, and if the veterans were allowed to form a tight and thick defensive line, then the two wings would be quickly outflanked by the Ming army, and the recruits without the veteran would not be able to resist.

And once the Ming army detoured Daniel Zhang's two wings, it would split the other half of his own soldiers, and it would also cut off his retreat to the west - as for how to open up the connection with Yuan Zongdi, it was no longer Daniel Zhang's consideration, and now he no longer thought about annihilating Yuan Zongdi, as long as he could escape by himself.

"Why didn't I gather my own soldiers just now and hold on?" Daniel Zhang was full of remorse, if he had dispersed the auxiliary troops early and gathered all the soldiers, at least all his own soldiers, on a dangerous point attached to the Yangtze River, then he would definitely be able to hold out longer, and there was hope that he would hold out until Wang Mingde came to reinforce him.

If he just wanted to escape alone, Daniel Zhang should act now, the situation was already very dangerous, although the Qing army retreated, but there were still people who could not dodge and were hit by the Ming army; Moreover, there will always be a time when there is no way to retreat from this kind of retreat, and at that time, the Qing army will no longer be able to maintain the integrity of the battle line, nor will it be able to guarantee its retreat to the west and contact with friendly forces in the east.

However, Daniel Zhang was still reluctant to give up, the last time he fought with Deng Ming, he brought out less than 300 soldiers from Guizhou, although he lost two-thirds, but these people can still bring up the battalion, as long as one or two victories can recover most of the vitality. But if the remaining veterans are thrown here today, then Daniel Zhang's elite will no longer exist,

Although Daniel Zhang was eager to pierce it, Wang Mingde's army was delayed, and it seemed that it was blocked by Yuan Zongdi. Now the Qing soldiers have begun to get tired, and under the repeated attacks of the Ming army, the physical exertion of the Qing soldiers is far more serious than that of their opponents, and the front row of the Ming army's fatigue has been rotated to the back row. Due to the continuous retreat of the Qing army, this rotation of the Ming army was carried out very easily, without the slightest danger or pressure. In the face of the newly replaced new forces, most of the Qing soldiers had given up the idea of counterattacking and instead went all out to defend.

Daniel Zhang saw that the Ming army had changed from a five-point defense and a five-point attack to a one-point defense and ninety percent offensive, and he was beating his own soldiers with all his strength with knives and guns, while the Qing army was already purely defensive, trying to cover the vital points around him with shields, and trying his best to block the opponent's blades with knives and guns.

The tired soldiers of the Ming army kept rotating to the back row to breathe, and then they came up again and attacked vigorously, and some of the Qing soldiers opposite them had numb arms. More Qing troops fell by mistake, and the battle line was almost retreating in front of Daniel Zhang.

"I should have abandoned the car to protect the handsome." Daniel Zhang noticed the fatigue of his subordinates and knew that the pro-soldiers could not hold out for long, so he immediately sent an order to the pro-soldiers in the east, asking the veterans among them to immediately return to the general's banner.

At the moment of this order, the eastern front would quickly collapse, but they would probably be able to hold out for a moment, giving the veteran a chance to return to Daniel Zhang's side. The newly recruited recruits also got good equipment from Daniel Zhang, and the funds that Daniel Zhang invested in them this year are not small, so he is reluctant to give up, but just now he no longer cares whether Yuan Zongdi can break through, and now he can't manage so much, as long as he can keep some more veterans, these are the seeds of Daniel Zhang's reconstruction of the ministry.

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Yuan Zongdi led five hundred armor soldiers to suppress the formation, forcing the torrent of rout to turn north in front of him. After the defeat of the Ming army, it was Wang Mingde's pursuers, and after seeing more than 500 Ming army armor soldiers waiting in battle, Wang Mingde hesitated for a moment and ordered to suspend the formation.

Seeing the Qing army lined up in front of him, Yuan Zongdi was also very nervous, he knew at a glance that the Qing army on the opposite side was more than twice as armored as himself, and these were all green battalions, and the Eight Banners troops directly under the Qing court had not yet appeared on the battlefield. If the Qing army launched a fierce attack, Yuan Zongdi did not dare to guarantee how long his troops would be able to hold out. Now Yuan Zongdi personally suppressed the formation in order to boost morale and let the recruits under his command also fight bravely - after the collapse of the Ming army's auxiliaries, Yuan Zongdi's position has been compressed into a thin line, if it can no longer withstand it, then the Ming army will be attacked by Wang Mingde and Daniel Zhang on both sides, and the entire army will be destroyed in a blink of an eye.

Now Yuan Zongdi is not only worried about the present, but also worried that Daniel Zhang will take the opportunity to kill from behind, the army there is not as elite as Daniel Zhang's pro-soldiers, Yuan Zongdi originally wanted to contain Daniel Zhang with a large number of people; But now the number is not large, and there is no boss to suppress the formation, in case Daniel Zhang sacrifices his life to attack, Yuan Zongdi is very worried that there will be problems on the front behind him.

However, Daniel Zhang did not do this, after seeing Wang Mingde's wolf smoke before, he thought that this battle would be won, and vaguely guessed that Wang Mingde wanted him to gnaw bones and eat meat by himself; Therefore, after observing Yuan Zongdi's departure, Daniel Zhang did not actively fight back, but hoped that Wang Mingde's onslaught would force Yuan Zongdi to take out all the guards and fight with Wang Mingde, so that the situation could become Wang Mingde gnawing bones and Daniel Zhang eating meat. In order to encourage Yuan Zongdi to continue to draw troops from his opposite side, Daniel Zhang tried his best to pretend to be harmless to humans and animals, and even stopped beating drums.

After Wang Mingde lined up the formation, the officers around him also saw Yuan Zongdi's strength clearly, looking at the high red flag, Wang Mingde's subordinates were eager to try, and asked him to fight: "Capture Yuan Thief for the general!" ”

"No hurry, no hurry." Wang Mingde was not in a hurry at all, and analyzed it with a smile: "This is the guard of the Yuan thief, now he is surrounded here by us and Admiral Zhang, in order to relieve the siege of the Yuan thief's rear army, they will definitely not be able to break in, and Admiral Zhang's soldiers and horses are not vegetarians." Pointing to the banner of Yuan Zongdi in front of him, Wang Mingde said: "If Yuan Thief has the confidence to rush out with the guards, will he still be here?" Now it's just a fluke, hoping that the rear army can disrupt Admiral Zhang's battle line and give his guards a chance to escape. However, Admiral Zhang has experienced a hundred battles, how can he easily expose his flaws? ”

"Let Yuan Jia, the deputy commander, send the artillery to the front again." Wang Mingde said that he planned to show off his strength to Yuan Zongdi on the opposite side, so that the other party realized that staying here would definitely die, so Yuan Zongdi had to desperately launch a desperate assault on Daniel Zhang and try to save his guards.

"Hmph." Wang Mingde observed the position of the Ming army, and the smile on his face turned into a sneer: "Admiral Zhang, don't think that I don't know what you are thinking. This is to let me fight Yuan Zongdi, you can pick up the cheap, right? I'm here to reinforce you, and you're still so calculating, isn't it? ”

When Yuan Zongdi failed to break through, he himself had only one way to abandon the guards and escape north, and at that time, Daniel Zhang was estimated to have been half-crippled by Yuan Zongdi's two decisive assaults on both sides, and Wang Mingde could laugh and search for Yuan Zongdi's auxiliaries and guards who did not run away.

Several other Green Battalion generals also had a tacit understanding to stand still, and the Green Battalion, which was almost three times the size of the Ming army, sat and waited for Yuan Jiawenbi's artillery reinforcements - a battle that must be won, and artillery support could reduce losses, and most of the Green Battalion generals were recuperating for a short time to grab the spoils of war.

They did not know that at this time, Daniel Zhang had already been attacked by the Ming army, and during the period when Yuan Jiawenbi sent artillery to the front, Daniel Zhang's situation took a sharp turn and could no longer play a role in blocking the retreat of the Ming army. After waiting for a while, Wang Mingde saw the Eight Banners coming from the rear with tiger squat cannons.

"Yuan Zongdi should be dead, he should understand that only by breaking through can he survive." Wang Mingde watched with a smile on his face as the Eight Banners began to place artillery, and wondered how to act in order to snatch the most prisoners from his colleagues in the Green Battalion.

At this time on the western front, Daniel Zhang's eastern front had collapsed, although some of his own troops rushed back to help, but the Ming army still hit under his banner, and the remnants of the defeated soldiers deployed to his west saw that Daniel Zhang could not withstand it, and his mind was full of wondering whether surrender could find a way to live, and the green battalion further north had given up, following Hu Wenke's example, and fled to the depths of the mountains and forests with his armor behind.