"Soldiers of the Qing Dynasty, kill!" Yue Le organized the Eight Banners Army to launch a counterattack against the pursuing Ming army.

Although the Ming army was prepared, the horses under their crotch were already tired after continuous fighting.

He was forced to stop under Yue Le's tough attack.

However, they did not retreat, but formed a formation on the spot to fight against them.

"The Ming army is mighty!" The Ming army's slogan shook the heavens and the earth.

Two elite troops fought on the grassland.

The Ming army's advantage is momentum and manpower, while Yue Le's advantage is horsepower.

With the advantage of horse power, Yue Le managed to withstand the attack of the Ming army that was several times his size.

"Your Highness!" Man Dahai, who was changing horses in the distance, looked at the anxious battlefield and suggested: "The Duke of Zhenguo has blocked nearly 20,000 Ming troops with only a few thousand soldiers. Should we take advantage of the situation and counterattack?"

"What the hell is a counterattack!" Hauge was so angry at the behavior of the Mongolian cavalry that he still felt angry.

He knew his tone was bad, so he paused and changed his words, "Liu Zhaoji will be here soon. Wouldn't it be a dead end to counterattack now?"

"That's right," Man Dahai climbed onto his horse and looked into the distance, "My Lord, what should we do next?"

"Retreat!" Hauge said without any hesitation.

"What about the Duke of Zhenguo? We have to send someone to pick him up!" Man Dahai asked again.

"No need. Yue Le just changed horses not long ago. He can retreat calmly with the advantage of horsepower."

Man Dahai nodded helplessly and turned to leave.

The moment he turned around, he noticed dust flying in the southeast direction out of the corner of his eye.

Looking closely, I saw a group of elite cavalry running towards here quickly.

Hauge also noticed something strange and hurriedly picked up his clairvoyance to observe the situation.

This cavalry unit was flying the national flag of the Ming Dynasty and the Liu character general flag, and their equipment was exactly the same as that of Li Xingzhong's troops.

The warhorse under his crotch didn't look tired at all, as if he had just changed riders.

"Sound the horn! Sound the horn quickly!" Haoge was a little panicked.

Li Xingzhong alone is difficult enough to deal with, and if Liu Zhaoji comes along the consequences would be disastrous.

Ding ding ding!

The clear and melodious sound of a gong rang out across the grassland.

After hearing the sound of the gong, Yue Le dared not to fight and led his troops to retreat.

Li Xingzhong knew that the opportunity was rare and would not come again, so he led more than 2,000 elite soldiers and rushed into Yue Le's formation at the fastest speed to engage in a fight with him.

As they charged forward recklessly, the formations of both sides were thrown into chaos.

Yue Le and the flag-bearing soldier had their vision blocked in the crowd and were unable to tell the direction, so they ran around trying to find a gap.

But there were cavalry all around and there was no way to find a gap.

Most of the cavalry under Yue Le were facing the same problem. They had no choice but to follow the central army's flag and charge left and right.

At this time, Liu Zhaoji arrived.

He had already taken into account the situation on the battlefield.

During the march, Liu Zhaoji began to give orders:

"Yi Bangcai, you lead 10,000 cavalry to drive away the main force of the Jiannu. Note that you don't chase them but drive them away!"

"Ma Yingkui, you lead 5,000 cavalrymen to hide behind Yi Bangcai. If the main force of the Jiannu attacks, you will be responsible for providing support."

"Zhuang Zigu, follow me and lead 5,000 cavalrymen to encircle and suppress these trapped Jiannu. Don't be careless or hasty when encircling and suppressing them. Instead, you must put your knowledge into practice and apply the killing skills you learned during training to the actual killing process."

"Only in this way can they grow up quickly!"

"Yes, sir!" Yi Bangcai and Ma Yingkui took the order and left, while Zhuang Zigu began to issue orders to surround Yue Le's troops.

(Only a few characters are fictionalized in this book, and most of the remaining characters have historical prototypes. Take the three characters mentioned above as an example. In March of the first year of Hongguang, the Jiannu arrived outside Yangzhou City. Liu Zhaoji entered the city to support and guard the north gate. After the city was broken, he led 400 of his troops to fight in the streets. After fighting with hundreds of people, he was exhausted and the whole army was annihilated. Deputy generals Yi Bangcai, Ma Yingkui, Zhuang Zigu and others all died in the battle.)

Looking at Yue Le who was surrounded, Haoge's heart began to bleed.

He is the leader of the Zhenglan Banner.

Yue Le was not only a member of the Zhenglan Banner, but also his subordinates were all elite soldiers of the Zhenglan Banner.

Now Yue Le is surrounded by the Ming army. Should we rescue him?

If we try to save it, it is very likely that all the main forces will be sacrificed.

If we don't rescue them, we can only watch Yue Le's troops being killed or captured.

That’s more than 3,000 elite soldiers of the Eight Banners!

The reality did not allow him to think too much, because Yi Bangcai had already led 10,000 elite troops to form a horizontal formation to meet them.

"Your Highness, do you want to fight?" Man Dahai urged his horse forward.

"Don't fight, retreat!" Hauge said gritting his teeth.

"But the Duke of Zhenguo..."

"I, the leader of the Zhenglan Banner, didn't say anything. Why are you reluctant to leave?"

Amid the rumbling sound of horse hooves, Hauge retreated eastward.

Duke Yue Le looked at the friendly troops going away and knew that he had been abandoned. He was not angry or sad, but somewhat relieved.

After all, it was he who created the opportunity for Hauge to escape.

He threw away his empty quiver, put down his bow and drew his sword.

Seeing this, the other Eight Banners soldiers drew their swords and held them tightly in their hands.

"Soldiers of the Qing Dynasty," Yue Le said solemnly, "As bannermen, we should die on the battlefield and be wrapped in our horsehide!"

"Today, the opportunity has come!"

"Anyone want to surrender?"

"No!" Seven or eight Eight Banners soldiers raised their weapons.

"We will never surrender until we die!" More than a hundred Eight Banners soldiers raised their arms and shouted.

"No surrender!" Thousands of Eight Banners soldiers shouted at the top of their lungs.

"Okay," Yue Le nodded with satisfaction, "Pick up your weapons and follow me to fight to the death!"

"Fight to the death!"

While Yue Le was boosting morale, Liu Zhaoji was not idle either.

He said to the dozens of soldiers holding bird guns around him: "Have you seen the people under the banner of the Jiannu Central Army?"

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