Chapter 101 Cold rain of arrows shot randomly at the body
Although the Jurchen and Mongolian soldiers among the dead did not understand the meaning of Chinese, since their Han companions fled first, they followed them north.

We were all born by our mothers and raised by our fathers, and no one wants to die in vain.

Hundreds of dead soldiers fell into the Hunhe River like dumplings, leaving behind a pile of weapons, ropes and armor.

Dozens of Tatar supervisors immediately went around to the river and fired two rounds of heavy arrows, but instead of stopping the escape trend, they greatly accelerated the speed at which the dead soldiers crossed the river.

Behind the dead soldiers were thousands of Tainikans, most of whom were former Ming soldiers. After being captured, they did not surrender immediately and became slaves of the Eight Banners. After living in poverty for a while, they were then raised by Nurhaci, who was short of soldiers. Although they did not escape from slavery, they were able to get land to farm.

The dead soldiers didn't dare to rush over and ran away in the face of the enemy. The Tainikans were a little afraid of their lives when facing the Tartars, and now they were facing the unstoppable killing god Li Hao, and they looked at each other in bewilderment.

The flag officers in the rear whipped the troops hard and fired several flares, finally forcing the Tainikan army to move forward a few steps.

This situation of being unable to advance or retreat made Li Hao laugh out loud. He dropped the millstone in his hand, picked up the Qing bow, and ordered Liu Xingzuo to hold up the quiver.

Regardless of whether the shot hit the target or not, he just started calling out the names.

Of course, he was targeting the cavalry Tatars in the rear.

Yue Tuo and others who had been hiding in a safe area saw that the soldiers had no morale and did not dare to rush forward to fight, so they immediately ordered the flag bearers to shoot them.

"If anyone doesn't move forward, they will be shot immediately. Rocket soldiers move forward and shoot within thirty steps."

This time the old Khan was really angry. The First Wife and Duoduo were both killed. If he couldn't capture Li Hao, not to mention Yuetuo's head, even the Fourth Beile would have a hard time getting through this.

Yuetuo is under a lot of pressure.

After shooting and killing some Han soldiers, the Tainikan army finally moved within a range of thirty steps.

The supervisory flagman and rocket flagman who followed also moved forward steadily.

Li Hao shot a few arrows, but felt that it was not as effective as hitting the target with a sharp knife, so he picked up the handle of the millstone with his right hand, supported the edge of the millstone with his left hand, and strode forward.

The Tainikans scattered and jumped into the rivers on both sides. They jumped into the river too quickly and did not have time to take off their armor. The cotton on the outer layer of their cloth armor was soaked with water, which pushed them into the river.

The fleeing soldiers at the back continued to flow in, causing congestion on both sides of the river.

A rare stampede occurred on the empty river bank.

Li Hao ignored them and rushed towards the Tatar cavalry with the millstone.

They could only retreat near the convex river bank and could not even escape from the two flanks.

The army formed by the red-armored and yellow-armored Tatars was in chaos. The Tatars who were nearby were trying to turn their horses around, but to no avail.

Even on horseback, it would be too late to escape.

Cold rain of arrows shot randomly at his body. There were not many rocket soldiers, so they had to light oil-soaked cotton with torches before shooting. When Li Hao rushed to the front of the Tatar army, he was only hit by one round of rockets.

Although the armor soaked with water slowed down the charge speed of the Jinzhou generals, it also prevented the rockets from igniting the cotton cloth on the armor.

Taking advantage of the cover of the mounted Tartars in front of him, Li Hao first broke five or six arrows in front of him, then pulled down a Tartar, smashed his head and shoulders into mud with a millstone, and then jumped onto the empty horse with his weapon in hand, ignoring the Tartars' swings and attacks beside him, and smashed the millstone with his right hand.

This kind of heavy weapon with a center of gravity too far forward is very demanding on horseback riding. Even if one weighs more than 200 kilograms, one still has to rock his body back and forth to maintain balance on the horse.

But soon, he no longer needed to rock back and forth.

Even though the Tatar army was moving backwards as a whole, a pile of corpses quickly piled up in front of Li Hao.

War horses were hard to come by, and now he was only attacking the Tartars. However, there were times when he could not control his strength and accidentally killed several of the closest war horses.

After the corpses piled up, Li Hao's movements were no longer restrained. He stepped directly on the Tartars within his reach and began to squeeze juice.

Within the regular bannermen, there was also a supervisory team composed of Niulu Ezhen and their personal guards. Yuetuo did not order a retreat, and the Niulu master did not dare to allow the bannermen to return along the same route.

The Ming general Li Hao who was crushed by the millstone was so scary that the fleeing flag soldiers would rather choose to turn back and face the arrows shot by the Niulu master than to turn back and compete with the millstone to see who was harder.

Therefore, when the fleeing flag bearers and Niulu Ezhen, who was supervising the battle with his personal guards, approached, the scene became congested again.

It is unbelievable that two serious stampedes occurred along the Hunhe River within a very short period of time.

Yuetuo, who had a sparse beard, pursed his lips and reluctantly gave the order to retreat under the urging of the veteran beside him.

"Run north, back to our territory."

The performance of the Ming generals on the opposite side was always stable. Even the veterans of the two yellow flags did not dare to rush forward to grind the stone millstone. Yue Tuo considered it over and over again, and felt that if he could bring back thousands of flag soldiers, it would be a victory.

After all, he is still alive, and major generals such as Ge Niulu Ezhen have all withdrawn. This is much better than his father and uncle Manggurtai who lost their lives.

Previously, the Fourth Beile had sent someone to deliver a verbal message, asking him to lead his troops northward. Yue Panli planned to station down in Tieling and other places, just like Manguji, Fei Yanggu and others in the Zhenglan Banner, who would only obey orders and not announcements.

Anyway, we should just avoid this period first. Even if the Ming general leads his troops to attack northward, the first place he will attack will definitely be the two yellow flag territories near Shenyang and Liaoyang.

The two red flag territories under his and Heshuo's trust were temporarily stable.

After receiving the master's order, the red-armored and yellow-armored flag soldiers fled in a much more orderly manner.

After Li Hao swung the millstone to smash any Tatars he could reach, he was shocked to find that Yuetuo's men were slipping away like the tide.

The Jinzhou general quickly found a Qing bow, drew out the halberd arrow and shot it towards Yuetuo who had been aiming at him.

Unfortunately, after he killed several of the most ferocious Tartars in succession, the IQ of the Ai family's descendants increased a lot, and they actually knew how to hide behind the army formation and command the battle.

The arrow only hit one Tartar in the back, and Yuetuo had already escaped to who knows where.

Thousands of silhouettes were reflected in Li Hao's eyes. After this separation, he didn't know when they would meet again.

Thinking that he might not see them for several days, he quickly shot several arrows until he heard unusual movements on both sides.

Some Tainikanhan soldiers took the opportunity to climb up, trying to steal the horses far away from the pile of corpses and escape.

After shooting the fastest men to death, Li Hao shouted, "Those who surrender will not be killed, and those who refuse to surrender will be ground on a millstone."

There were still hundreds of Han soldiers alive in the river on both sides. After climbing ashore, they knelt on the ground one by one and became Ming citizens again.

"Throw away the weapons, pick up the bows and arrows from the pile of corpses, and chop off the intact heads."

Now that they are short of manpower, Li Hao, who has kind intentions, decides not to kill if possible.

Liu Xingzuo, whose face was numb with shock, was shouted at by the commander-in-chief before he strode over to help command the surrendered soldiers and deal with the battlefield.

"The commander's bravery is unprecedented in Xing Zuo's life."

His constant flattery brought a bit more vitality to this world that had just experienced a fierce battle.

……

On May 25th, Li Hao, who had been hunting in the north, finally returned to the military camp on the west bank of Sancha River with more than a thousand surrendered soldiers.

Compared with before departure, the situation on both sides of the strait has not changed much. The only bad news is that around the end of the month, the Eight Banners may cross the river in large numbers.

There was a lot of good news. The sea route for shipping grain from Hua Island was finally opened, and the Ming army could stockpile more troops in the Sancha River and Shuangtaizi River areas.

A large number of naval forces from Lushun and other places also came up. Their ships were relatively large and could not enter the river, but they were able to send soldiers who were good at naval warfare to strengthen the defense of Sancha River, and at the same time provide a small amount of necessary military equipment and food.

"Li Shuai, hearing about you is worse than meeting you in person. We finally get to meet you, old man."

In the Jinzhou army's central tent, the military supervisor eunuch Hu Liangfu repeatedly complimented the Jinzhou general for his another great victory.

This eunuch was slightly younger than Ji Yong, and was in charge of commanding the navy in Denglai, Juehua Island, Dongjiang, etc. Li Hao didn't know which navy he came with.

At this point in time, most of the eunuchs who could be sent to the Liaodong front to supervise the army were from Wei Zhongxian's faction.

"Stop flattering and do more work. I will be preparing to reorganize the standard camp in the next few days. Have you coordinated the military pay and war horse supplies?"

Looking at the civil officials and eunuchs who gathered one after another, Li Hao began to torture them.

Bi Zisu said solemnly, "I am at the front line, and I don't have much correspondence with the governor, but the reform of the barracks will only increase the salaries of some soldiers, which has been almost agreed upon long ago. General Li will set the salaries for the two barracks, 3,000 each. Among them, there are about 500 soldiers in the three salaries."

There were 6,000 double-paid cavalrymen, including 530 paid domestic soldiers, but Li Hao felt that it was still not enough.

"The three-star army is too few. Increase it to 1,000. Without 1,000 elite soldiers to charge with me, how can I kill the Bayala Guards of Sanlaonu?"

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