Four hundred Ming cavalrymen used their flesh and blood to form a solid line of defense around Li Xingzhong.

There were one hundred riders in front, behind, left and right.

The one hundred cavalrymen in each direction were divided into four lines, with twenty-five flags in each line of defense.

Facing an enemy ten times more powerful.

These Ming soldiers showed no fear and started fighting with their swords raised.

They were all Li Xingzhong's personal soldiers, or servants.

They are the elite troops that Li Xingzhong bought with money.

What is Elite?

First of all, he has to be tall and strong, with first-class strength and endurance.

Wearing the same armor as Li Xingzhong and holding the same weapon.

It's scary just looking at that station.

Although the Mongolian cavalry were physically strong, their equipment was inferior to that of the Ming army.

The Ming army was covered in full armor, including armor on their faces.

It is not easy to kill an armored Ming soldier properly.

Sometimes, the Mongolian cavalry might not be able to penetrate the armor even if they swung their sabers until they smoked!

The two sides began fighting.

The soldiers in the front row fought hand-to-hand, while the soldiers in the back row launched sneak attacks with bows and arrows.

Close combat is not the Mongolian cavalry's strong point, their strong point is horse archery.

After just a short while, several Mongolian cavalrymen were chopped off their horses.

Before their companions could rescue them with their hook-and-sickle spears, they were trampled into a pulp by the hooves.

Teng Jite didn't feel bad at all. He hid in the back and kept giving orders: "Go, go up and kill all these Ming soldiers!"

His military strength was more than ten times that of Li Xingzhong.

Even if I have to sacrifice my life, I will pile Li Xingzhong to death.

The advantage of the Ming army is its strong defense. In close combat, they can even ignore the opponent's offensive and counterattack directly.

Both sides use their own advantages to attack the other side's advantages.

In the fierce fighting, people kept falling off their horses.

"Kill!" Shouts were heard from outside the encirclement of the Mongolian cavalry.

It was Li Zai's one hundred cavalrymen who arrived.

Although his arrival caused some commotion, he was quickly stopped by five hundred Mongolian cavalry.

They formed a thick human wall in front of Li Zai to prevent him from continuing to charge.

Without any interference from the outside, both sides once again focused their attention on the encirclement.

At first, the Ming army was able to fight the Mongolian army on equal terms with its equipment advantage.

But as time went on and the fighting situation intensified, the soldiers' physical strength declined rapidly.

The speed of their sword swings began to slow down, their blocking movements also became somewhat sluggish, and even the war horses under their crotch became targets of the Mongolian soldiers because they were too large.

Dense arrows shot at the warhorse, and the wounds caused by the armor-piercing arrows began to bleed continuously.

As the blood lost too much, the warhorse also showed signs of fatigue.

call!

The iron hammer smashed towards a Ming cavalryman with a sound of wind.

Maybe it's because of lack of concentration, or maybe it's because of excessive physical exertion.

By the time the Ming cavalryman discovered the hammer, it was already within reach.

Snap!

His sternum was broken directly by the hammer, and the sound of the broken bones did not cause any ripples on the battlefield.

The Ming soldier took a deep breath while enduring the severe pain, and smashed the three-barreled gun at the nearest enemy.

Bang!

At the same time as he hit the opponent, he was hit on the head again.

His skull was shattered and the flowing blood blurred his vision.

A breach soon appeared in the first line of defense.

The Ming army did not reinforce the second line of defense, but instead used bows and arrows to repel the enemy from behind.

The Mongolian cavalry rushed into the gap with casualties and expanded the battle line.

They shot with arrows, chopped with knives, smashed with hammers, and even pounced on the Ming soldiers and forcibly pulled them off their horses in exchange for their own lives.

The Ming troops in the first line of defense were quickly killed.

Bang!

The Ming army on the second line of defense first fired all of their three-barreled guns, and then engaged in close combat with knives.

"General, let's break out!" The flag-bearing soldier who was inseparable from Li Xingzhong, the last line of defense, shouted.

"The central army's flag cannot be moved, otherwise the army will be defeated!" Li Xingzhong said calmly.

"We have been surrounded by Mongolian soldiers that are several times our number, and the first line of defense has collapsed. If we don't break out, the Mongolian soldiers will sooner or later kill us under the central army flag! By then, the central army flag will not only move, it may also fall down..." the flag-bearing soldier said seriously.

"The flag is there as long as the people are there. Even if the people are not there, the flag must still stand for me!" Li Xingzhong patted the flag bearer's shoulder and warned: "Wait a little longer, the reinforcements will come soon."

"Reinforcements?" The flag bearer was stunned. "Didn't you say before that there were no reinforcements?"

"If nothing unexpected happened, there would be no reinforcements, but something unexpected happened." Li Xingzhong looked towards the east while speaking.

Before being surrounded, he met the messenger sent by Liu Zhaoji.

Because the Koreans' performance was so outstanding, Liu Zhaoji only left one thousand soldiers on the eastern front for defense, and transferred the remaining three thousand soldiers to the western front for support.

When Liu Zhaoji's troops saw the messenger, they were already twenty miles away.

If we can hold on for another quarter of an hour, Liu Zhaoji's reinforcements will arrive.

At this time, the second line of defense had also collapsed.

Two hundred Ming soldiers were killed.

The casualties of the Mongolian cavalry were four or five times that of the Ming army!

The ground was littered with corpses that had been trampled by war horses, and the horses' hooves made a disgusting, sticky sound.

Bang!

After firing the three-barreled gun, more than a hundred Ming troops from the third line of defense rushed forward.

With a huge advantage in military strength, Tengji broke through the third line of defense at the cost of heavy casualties.

Next comes the fourth and final line of defense.

Seeing Li Xingzhong and the huge general's flag so close, Teng Jite couldn't help but urge his horse forward and lead the charge: "Kill Li Xingzhong, and you'll get a reward of 10,000 taels and a title of 1,000 households!"

Under the huge material stimulation, the Mongolian cavalry launched a desperate charge.

They did not use weapons to attack the Ming army on the fourth line of defense, but instead rode their horses and charged directly upwards.

Under the violent impact, a breach was quickly created in the fourth line of defense.

Li Xingzhong calmly drew his sword and shouted, "My fellow men, follow me to kill the enemy and serve our country!"

The surrounding Ming troops were shocked.

At the same time, he controlled the warhorse to retreat, using the warhorse and his own body to form an insurmountable line of defense.

Teng Jite raised his hand with a grim smile, and just as he was about to attack, there was a commotion behind him.

Looking around, dust was flying where the riot occurred.

Before Teng Jite could ask what happened, dense explosions were heard from the direction of the riot.

This was followed by the sound of firearms being fired and arrows flying through the air.

Boom!

The orderly sound of horse hooves was particularly harsh on the chaotic battlefield.