If the other side was the real Eight Banners, why were they not attacked by the Ming army when they passed by the Ming army's formation?
If you don't advance on the battlefield, you will retreat.
If the Ming army knew they were defeated and did not attack, they should have retreated as soon as possible instead of staying where they were and doing nothing.
Something is wrong. Something is very wrong.
Dorgon felt that his brain was not enough.
etc...
If the other party is a fake Eight Banners, this matter seems to make sense.
"Give it to me!" Dorgon took the clairvoyance from his confidant and looked at the Eight Banners soldiers who were galloping towards him.
He was looking for any obvious markings on the other party's clothes or flags.
On the battlefield, people recognize flags but not people.
If the other party is a fake Eight Banners, then they must make a mark somewhere to prevent accidental injury by their own people.
After looking for a while, I didn't find any marks.
At this time, the distance between the two sides was getting closer.
"Ekesu," Dorgon ordered, "Take your men to stop them and verify their identities."
"I obey your command." Ekesu led more than a thousand people to meet them.
The two armies soon met.
The people of Ekesu asked loudly, "Who is coming?"
With a snap.
Lekedehun came to Ekesu and whipped him with a whip, ignoring the danger: "I am Lekedehun, get the hell out of my way! There are pursuers behind me!"
"It turned out to be Prince..." Ekesu was very surprised, "Where is Shi Tingzhu?"
With a snap.
Lekedehun did not answer him, but swung the whip again and hit Ekesu hard: "Get the hell out of the way!"
After the draw, Lekedehun took the lead and rushed towards Dorgon's army.
He didn't feel safe at all before joining the main force.
The cavalry behind him followed quickly.
Seeing this, Ekesu followed.
The situation on the battlefield has changed.
Li Dingguo observed this keenly.
He immediately ordered his men to wave the flags and issued an order to divide the troops: "Order Dou Mingwang to lead 2,000 cavalry to attack the Jiannu cavalry that is passing through our army. Everyone else, charge with me."
With a swish, the command flag flew across the air.
Dou Mingwang had already changed the Ming army flag at this time.
He led two thousand cavalry into the muddy area on the west side of the battlefield and launched an attack on the Lekedehun tribe that was marching from there.
Lekedehun's cavalry was caught off guard and was instantly divided into two.
The first half was luckier and escaped from the encirclement and joined Dorgon's main force.
The second half was unlucky and was left in the encirclement.
These people had just returned from a long march and were extremely tired.
They were subsequently pursued by the Ming army and their morale was low.
Now it is divided into two by the Ming army.
Under the influence of Qunlongwu and various other factors.
These people instantly became chaotic and began to flee in all directions.
Dou Mingwang was chasing him from behind.
The Jiannu cavalry first fled eastward, but were repelled by Li Dingguo's flank.
Then they fled westward again.
It was a swampy area and completely impassable.
They had no choice but to rush to the south, intending to escape the encirclement from there.
After running less than two miles, they encountered a Ming cavalry head-on.
"It's Liu Zhaoji!" the leading Jiannu general shouted out.
Liu Zhaoji laughed loudly: "He actually came to my door on his own initiative. Kill him!"
With his order, the Ming army rushed forward howling.
The Jiannu cavalry were exhausted both physically and mentally and had no fighting spirit.
Except for a very small number of people who resisted to the end, the vast majority of people chose to surrender.
While they were accepting the surrender, Li Xianzhong caught up.
After a brief exchange, Liu Zhaoji left some people behind to accept the surrender.
He led the others and rushed to the battlefield with Li Xianzhong, ready to support Li Dingguo.
The situation on Li Dingguo's side is very good.
He took advantage of the time when Lekedehun and Dorgon joined forces to launch a charge.
Dorgon immediately ordered a battle.
Lekedehun was already used to running away and subconsciously wanted to escape again.
But his troops were caught between Li Dingguo and Dorgon.
As the Ming army got closer, his troops began to retreat.
As they were retreating, they collided with Dorgon's troops and were unable to move.
The people in front continued to retreat, but the people behind had no way to retreat.
Stampedes inevitably occurred.
The wailing and screaming soon caused chaos among the main force of the Jiannu army and led to a large-scale retreat.
Upon seeing this, Li Dingguo accelerated his charge and defeated Dorgon's main force.
"The Ming army is mighty, kill!"
The Ming army's horses roared as they chased the Jiannu in the direction they fled.
Shoot enemies far away with bows and arrows, chop enemies close by with knives or hit them with blunt objects.
If it doesn't work, just pounce on it and fight it in hand-to-hand combat.
Because of his hasty escape, Dorgon quickly lost his formation.
In order to pursue the Jiannu fleeing soldiers, Li Dingguo's cavalry also lost their formation.
On the field.
A bloody fight is unfolding with swords and fists piercing the flesh.
"Report!" The scout came to Dorgon and said, "Our army's formation has been disrupted. Fortunately, we have shaken off the pursuit of the Kaiming Army."
"Is the Ming army's formation in disarray?" Dorgon asked, panting.
"It's a mess. It's all a mess."
"Order all units to gather the defeated soldiers and reorganize the formation. I will take this opportunity to launch a counterattack!" Dorgon said indignantly.
The generals from various departments soon came to Dorgon to report the situation.
Dorgon looked around and found that two people were missing.
"Where is Shi Tingzhu?" Dorgon asked.
Seeing that no one answered, Dorgon called out directly: "Luo Keduo, where is Shi Tingzhu?"
"He..." Luo Koduo didn't know how to answer.
"What is he, tell me now!"
"The Ming army was chasing closely at that time, and for the safety of the army, he personally chose to cover the rear. If nothing unexpected happened, he should have been killed by Liu Zhaoji and Li Xianzhong." Luo Koduo said with his head down.
"How many soldiers and horses do they have?" Dorgon asked with gritted teeth.
"About twenty thousand."
Dorgon was silent for a moment and then continued to ask: "Where is Lekedehun? Has anyone seen Lekedehun?"
"When I was escaping, I found that he was entangled by the Ming army." A general replied.
"Where?"
"It's right where our army was lined up before!"
"Ouch!" Dorgon clenched his right fist and slammed it hard on the saddle: "We should just run, why are we being entangled by the Ming army?"
Hong Chengchou rode his warhorse to Dorgon and asked, "Why don't you launch a counterattack, Your Majesty?"
"It's difficult. Our army's formation is in chaos." Dorgon shook his head and sighed.
Hong Chengchou said seriously: "Although our army's formation is in disarray, Li Dingguo's formation is also in disarray, otherwise he would have caught up long ago. Why don't you take this opportunity to reorganize your troops and launch a counterattack?"
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