Chapter 105: Why did you provoke him?

In the Ming army camp, Zu Dashou and his servants were stationed near the top of the hill. Apart from the two actual generals, he had the highest status, so naturally he was the commander of the defense in all directions.

The soldiers in the camp had already dug several trenches around the camp, which were just about thirty steps away from the wooden fence, forcing the Tatar shield carts to be placed only forty or fifty steps away from the camp.

Between the trenches and the wooden fences, there were some equipment such as chevaux de frise and spiked chariots to prevent cavalry charges.

The killing power of the Qing bows and heavy arrows was greatly weakened when the range exceeded thirty steps, while the killing range of the Ming army's firearms was much longer. The Xiaohu squatting cannon, Rumi gun and other firearms successively exerted their power and repelled several charges of the Tatar soldiers.

If the Eight Banners had not sent out Bayala and the dead soldiers wearing two layers of armor to rush up to fill the trenches and move away the chevaux de frise and the spiked chariots, today's battle could have lasted a long time.

"Look, godfather, General Li has already attacked the Blue Banner Army. Amin, the Tartar, is dead."

Zu Kefa, standing on the watchtower, reminded his adoptive father.

The battlefield between General Li, who led his troops to charge, and the Bordered Blue Banner was on the north side. Zu Dashou remembered what the Jinzhou general had said before about boosting the morale of each battalion. Now he saw that it was just as General Li said.

The Ming army's helmet tassels and cloth armor were all red, forming a sharp contrast with the blue-armored Tatars.

The formation of the Blue Banner soldiers was originally quite tight, with about five or six hundred soldiers neatly arranged in three rows, just waiting to break through the wooden fence and rush into the Ming army camp.

The Jinzhou general and his more than 150 fierce soldiers and generals charged at them and turned them into a backward arrow. Those Tartars who were far away from General Li could turn their horses around and escape, but those who were close to him were directly torn into pieces.

It is not an exaggeration to describe it as thousands of troops avoiding the red armor.

The soldiers in the northern camp watched intently, constantly cheering and cheering, and even the movements of loading gunpowder and firing at the enemy behind the shield carts slowed down.

"How can this be tolerated? Send orders to all the captains and captains to concentrate on dealing with the Tartars behind the shield carts. They might send dead soldiers to fill the trenches. Now that we have enough gunpowder, let them fire more guns to dampen the Tartars' arrogance."

Zu Dashou sent flag bearers to deliver orders to generals at all levels.

The Bordered Blue Banner cavalry ran away quickly, leaving only hundreds of dead soldiers and Tainikan who were deployed behind the army formation and fell in front of the swords of the Ming army that rushed out of the camp.

Although each axe killed one soldier, or even several soldiers, this group of dead soldiers still greatly delayed the Ming army's charge.

The big flag that Cao Bianjiao pointed to earlier was indeed the flag of the leader of the Bordered Blue Banner, but the person commanding it was obviously not Amin, but some Jala or Niulu Ezhen, who was split in half by Li Hao's axe.

"General Li, the Tartars are playing tricks. The ones surrounding us are all dead soldiers who were recently transferred from the deep mountains and old forests."

After being delayed in the group of dead soldiers, they were immediately surrounded by thousands of new dead soldiers, mainly Solon soldiers who could not speak Chinese, and some Mongolian soldiers.

Obviously, this group of newly killed soldiers should have been looted from remote places such as Ningguta in the north and Qingyuan in the east. They had never heard of Li Hao's deeds and were waiting for this incident.

With the presence of Chief Coach Li Hao and many powerful generals, the Ming army did not have much difficulty dealing with the enemy, but the space for maneuvering was greatly reduced, and the cavalry's highly mobile back and forth charges could not be carried out.

After the newly dead soldiers attacked, a group of musketeers surrounded them and opened fire on them regardless of whether they were Later Jin soldiers or Ming troops.

In just a few breaths, more than a dozen of Li Hao's elite cavalry fell.

"Damn it, Amin, he actually started playing the art of war."

The Jinzhou general was shocked and angry. He no longer had the nerve to relax. He exerted all his strength on the spot, ordered the Ming soldiers around him to move aside, swung his giant axe in a circle, and charged forward to kill.

The warhorse under his crotch had been stabbed to death long ago, and several of the fearless Later Jin soldiers in front of him were chopped into pieces by his axe, with their limbs thrown high up and then dropped down. He hacked and killed them for a long time until he became a bloody man. Only then did he intimidate these newly dead soldiers and make them dare not move forward.

Taking advantage of the relatively free time, Li Hao pulled out several spears and threw them out one after another with all his strength, pinning five musketeers to the ground. This forced the remaining musketeers to turn around and flee in panic.

"Marshal, please ride my warhorse back to the camp to change horses and fight again." Liu Xingzuo suggested that the commander-in-chief mount the horse.

The brave generals were in the front position and many of them were injured. Their horses were in an even worse condition. Surprisingly, only Liu Xingzuo's horse was relatively intact, while the horses of the other generals were all injured.

The newly dead soldiers were also slowly retreating, and the Ming cavalry were chasing and killing them. Li Hao observed the situation on the battlefield and found that the camp behind him near the top of the hillside had been breached.

The trench over there had been filled to create a path for the cavalry to pass through. In front of the wooden fence, dozens of double-armored Bayaras with hundreds of dead soldiers were attacking the Ming army guarding the camp.

Behind the breached stronghold, there were still thousands of cavalrymen waiting eagerly, waiting for the dead soldiers to widen the breach before charging in. Li Hao saw clearly that the leader of the defense of the stronghold was Jin Guoqi, the guerrilla fighter from Shanhaiguan.

"How dare you break into my camp!" The Jinzhou general was furious on the spot. It turned out that the main purpose of the Eight Banners soldiers was to lure him out and then attack the camp.

"You guys retreat slowly. I'll make sure they never dare to do anything behind my back in their next life."

Li Hao asked for Liu Xingzuo's warhorse, found two spears and held them in his hands, then mounted his horse and rushed towards the battlefield.

"Master, charge at the enemy line. How can we return to the camp? All the soldiers, follow Master Li and kill~"

Huang Long raised his arm and called out, attracting many brave soldiers and generals to respond.

Regardless of whether they were injured or not, those who could move rushed up the hillside. Along the way, when they encountered the Tartars behind the shield carts that the commander had not had time to deal with, this group of Ming soldiers took the opportunity to attack them.

Although the commander-in-chief was extremely brave in charging alone, more than a hundred elite soldiers actually demonstrated the momentum of counter-encirclement.

Amin's younger brother Fengu was commanding the troops well, but when he was reminded by his subordinates that the newly dead soldiers had failed to block the Ming army, he turned around and saw Li Hao rushing towards him, and was frightened out of his wits on the spot.

"Why did you provoke him?" He immediately turned against his brother's idea of ​​fighting.

Fingu originally wanted to slip away, but he was surrounded by Ezhen of various levels and their personal guards, so even if he rode a horse, he couldn't run away for a while.

"What are you waiting for? Get out of here."

Seeing that the killer was getting closer and closer, Fengu could no longer bear it. He pulled away a few guards in front of him and prepared to run forward to an open area first, and then sneak to the other side of the hillside.

Anyway, this camp is surrounded by bannermen. As long as you stay away from this Ming general, there will always be bannermen to attract him and kill him.

"Hey, you dare to escape from the army."

Seeing a middle-aged Tartar dressed in gorgeous clothes rushing to the front of the army and preparing to escape, Li Hao could no longer bear it. After gathering strength, he threw a spear and pierced the Tartar's chest.

The warhorse was not moving very fast when going uphill, so the Jinzhou general stabbed it back and forth with a long spear.

He used a red tasseled spear to transform the shuttle in the Weaver Girl's hand. Wherever the cold light of the spear tip went, a blood mist would be raised.

With Li Hao's encouragement and mobilization, the speed of this group of cavalry Tatars' attack finally increased a lot.

The Jinzhou general ignored them and turned around to block the double-armored Bayala and the dead soldiers who dared to break into the camp near the camp.

This was a crowded battlefield. Li Hao used his spear to stab and then to pick up the bodies. After carrying away three corpses, his spear was actually broken.

Without a sledgehammer at hand, he simply lifted up half of Bayala's body with both hands and smashed it hard. The body was covered with iron armor, but the effect was only slightly inferior to that of a hammer.

After Zu Kuan, Huang Long and other brave generals arrived, they finally completed the encirclement of the battlefield. The Bayara were brutal by nature and would rather die in battle than surrender. The dead soldiers had much less fighting spirit, and seeing there was no hope of breaking out, they dropped their weapons and knelt on the ground.

Several Bayalas even chopped down the surrendering dead soldiers before being killed by the Ming army.

Taking advantage of the fact that there were fewer Tartars nearby, Li Hao and others stood guard outside and ordered the soldiers in the camp to quickly repair the wooden fences and dig trenches outside the village.

"Find me a Pyu Dama. If I don't kill Amin today, I won't return to the camp."

Li Hao made a vow, and many brave soldiers and generals volunteered to fight, and they also wanted to follow the commander into battle.

The general of Jinzhou ordered the seriously wounded to return to the camp to bandage their wounds, and kept the remaining soldiers who could fight by his side.

Even if we chase them to the Tartar camp on the east coast today, we must kill Amin.

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