Chapter 53: Leaving this body to avenge the great revenge
"We haven't launched the attack yet? We are really just in time."

When Oboi led his troops to the scene, he keenly discovered that his cousin Tulai had merely deployed the battle formation but had not completed the concentrated shooting and charge at the Ming army.

There weren't even many torches in the army of the two yellow flags, which was really not right.

"You guys form up according to the flags and surround the two yellow flags. Wait for them to charge, then take action when the time comes."

Oboi was excited to command these bannermen of various flags. He was born in the Bordered Yellow Banner and actually looked down upon these bannermen of average strength who stayed at home and wore armor.

Therefore, after Wu Likan and other generals transformed the long snake marching formation into a charging formation with three rows in front and back, he excitedly rushed to the two yellow flag army formations in front.

"What's going on? You can't even kill a Ming general?"

Abahai was very dissatisfied with the current progress and complained to several of Tulai's descendants and Tatan Zhangjing.

Daizi was the deputy of Niulu Ezhen, and there were always two Daizi in one Niulu. When the Eight Banners went to war, one Daizi followed Niulu Ezhen and a hundred armored bannermen, and the remaining Daizi stayed in the banner station to take charge of military affairs.

Tatan Zhangjing was a more grassroots military, political and civil official, above the Village Bashiku and the Jun Bashiku. There were only four people in a Niulu, who were in charge of 75 male adults, and they generally did not go on expeditions with the Eight Banners Army.

Aobai and Tulai were both nephews and nephews of Fei Yingdong's line. Although they did not hold military positions such as Jiala Ezhen, Niulu Ezhen or the leaders of the two yellow flags, Fei Yingdong's status was there, and these two people would become favorites of the flag masters, Beile and the Khan in the future.

Therefore, the Daizi and Tatan Zhangjing who were summoned did not dare to be negligent, and each of them explained the situation to Oboi in detail.

"That Ming general fought hard despite being shot by dozens of arrows. We servants were helpless."

"All the flag soldiers who rushed to him were chopped down, and the man even found time to change his axe. Our people didn't carry spears, heavy swords, fishing nets, or ropes, so it was difficult to deal with him."

"Master Tulai ordered his servants to charge several times, but the bannermen did not have the courage to charge and fight him, so they only dared to shoot arrows from a distance. It was dark here, and we couldn't see clearly, so we couldn't hit the target even if we shot."

Aobai's eyes widened and he immediately became furious. "How do you do things? A blunt knife cuts old flesh, and it should have cut off a layer of his flesh. I just don't believe that he won't feel pain after a knife is cut on him."

He summoned several bannermen who were close to him and prepared to mobilize some more people to rush forward to first eliminate the Ming general, and then rush over to kill the group of Ming soldiers who were about to attack the city.

After completing the third change of the army formation, Tulai finally had time to ride his horse to Aobai's side and said, "You should go to the back to command the army formation. When these flag soldiers can't surround us anymore, you can lead the army to surround us. Delaying them is the only way."

He had several ways of surrounding and killing this Ming general in his mind, such as calling in the dead soldiers who had followed the army with the two yellow flags and using spears and ropes to surround and kill him, or calling in the fish-skin Jurchen soldiers who were good at using fishing nets and using the nets to surround and kill him.

Unfortunately, all these ideas required professional soldiers to realize. The bannermen he and Oboi summoned were all cavalrymen who were good at charging. The melee weapons they carried were relatively light, and they were unable to fight against the Ming generals wielding battle axes, so they suffered a great loss.

"He is just an unknown general. Look, he has lost his horse. I will rush over and take his head."

Oboi had never witnessed the Ming general's killing move through two rows of troops. During the time he was there, all he witnessed was the Ming general whose horse was shot dead running around in the dark, chasing and killing some bannermen who were too cowardly to fight.

"Don't be reckless. You don't know how powerful this guy is."

Tulai really hoped that his cousin would stay in the rear army obediently. He believed that the physical strength of this Ming general would be exhausted one day.

"Let's see whether he is better or I am better."

How could Oboi listen to him? His cousin was the legitimate son of Fei Yingdong. When he was old enough, he would definitely be promoted to a general. But he didn't have such a powerful father.

There are many masters in the two yellow flags who are capable of fighting. If he doesn't fight hard, when will Aobai be able to come to the fore?
"All of you teams, follow me."

After he had an idea, he called over the three villages of Bashiku and their subordinates who were at home to put on armor. After roughly arranging them, he rode his horses to charge.

Since persuasion failed, Tulai had no choice but to support his cousin's battle plan. He led his close flagmen, holding bows and arrows to supervise the battle in the rear, and at the same time ordered the flagmen of several flags in the rear to go forward and fight.

The flag soldiers coming from the south were relatively easy to command. They moved forward in small groups and joined the incomplete army formation of the two yellow flags.

In the dark center of the battlefield.

Li Hao had just chopped down a lagging Tatar and was trying to mount his horse and chase him.

Three or four of the horses he changed to had already been shot dead. The Tatars had long been aware of shooting his horses and then using arrows to drive away the ownerless horses in the center of the battlefield, so General Li had to chase the enemy on foot before.

This greatly reduced his efficiency in clearing out the Tartars.

In addition, the commander of the two yellow flags Tatars was really capable. He had been organizing the flagmen to surround and shoot from the outer circle, causing Li Hao to be hit by more than a dozen arrows in vain. Fortunately, he recovered nearly 100 health points by killing the Tatars, so it shouldn't be a problem to hold on until he kills the Tatars.

General Li had just climbed onto his horse and found the reins to hold tightly when he vaguely saw dozens of Tatar cavalry charging towards him again.

It looks like the enemy's reinforcements have arrived.

“Bibalamafa!”

There is indeed a story behind this Tartar grandfather Li Hao. The main banner leaders of the Later Jin Dynasty were all Nurhaci's sons. Counting from Li Chengliang, they were indeed Li Hao's grandchildren.

These flag soldiers are all slaves of the flag master, so it is completely reasonable for them to follow their master and call General Li "Grandpa".

"I am your Mafa." Aobai was furious and rushed forward with a customized sword in hand.

Beside him, two close flag bearers were holding torches to illuminate the situation on the battlefield.

Seeing that Lai Tatar was so sensible, Li Hao stopped moving. He just raised the axe and waited for the other party to put the meat into his mouth.

"I will give you my life~"

Oboi shouted out the only Chinese words he could speak.

The flag bearer beside him was preparing to shoot arrows, but because he couldn't see where the enemy general was, he just shot a round of arrows in the general direction.

Oboi, who was leading the way, didn't even bother to take out his bow and arrow to shoot. He was confident that his heavy sword would be enough.

When the two horses met, the sound of swords and axes colliding with armor suppressed the sound of horse hooves. After a few breaths, the group of flag soldiers around Aobai finally arrived. Their torches illuminated the specific situation, and all the flag soldiers were able to observe the appearance of the Ming general.

He was an extremely strong and fierce general, whose facial features were not clearly visible. The red helmet tassel was stuck to the iron helmet with blood and an grayish-white unknown sticky liquid. His tattered armor was covered with countless pieces of flesh and stained black blood, and his body was pierced by more than a dozen armor-piercing beryllium arrows.

The cloak on his back had long since turned into rags. Because the Ming army's cloaks were originally red, it was hard to tell whether it was the darkness that deepened the red color of the cloak or the blood that stained it.

Around that Ming general, countless corpses of bannermen and horses killed in battle were scattered around. The causes of death were different, but the only thing in common was that none of them were complete bodies.

The warhorse that Aobai was riding was frightened, stood up, shook off the corpse on its back, and then galloped away from the battlefield filled with the smell of blood.

This scene looked extremely creepy against the flickering light of the torches, and the howling cold wind made people even more suspicious that ghosts were coming.

The many flag soldiers who followed Oboi in the charge were suddenly startled. They no longer had any intention of fighting with the Ming general and fled in all directions.

When the soldiers from other banners who came later saw this scene, they were immediately frightened. They had never been on a battlefield with thousands or tens of thousands of people before. It was night, and they thought that the officials such as Cunbashiku, Tatanzhangjing, and Daizi could not see clearly, so they also fled eastward.

"Everyone come back here. Those who avoid fighting will be beheaded."

Tulai, Wu Likan and other masters suddenly felt that something was wrong. If they couldn't win the battle, they could just waste time wasting time. But without these flag men, they couldn't even afford to waste time wasting time.

Unfortunately, every soldier in the banner had a horse, and the trend of disintegration had already formed. Even though Tulai was a good commander, he was powerless to reverse the situation.

"Alas, Aobai, I will leave this broken body to avenge you!"

Seeing that he could no longer organize an army, he led his close bannermen and turned eastward.

After the Tartars with torches ran away, Li Hao could already tell that there were no living Tartars around.

He also dismounted and found the body of the Tartar stabbed to death with an axe.

Just by taking the blow, General Li could feel that the knife was good. It should have been made by the Tartar himself.

It just so happened that he was in need of a decent heavy sword.

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