Li Dingguo was not at all panicked despite being attacked from both sides.
His soldiers were all wearing armor, but only a few of the Yuyuan Army had armor.
Having armor and not having armor are two completely different concepts.
He first glanced at the Yuyuan Army on the official road, and then glanced at the Yuyuan Army in Yuyuan behind.
"Gee!" He urged the warhorse under his crotch and rushed towards the Yuyuan Army on the official road.
The other cavalrymen immediately followed.
The Yuyuan Army on the official road was charging towards Li Dingguo.
Seeing Li Dingguo launching a counterattack, they suddenly became a little panicked.
The infantry had no way of engaging the cavalry and could only form a defensive formation.
As the horses approached, they slowed down and finally stopped.
Boom——
The sound of horse hooves thundering on the ground.
Every time the iron hooves stepped on the ground, it was like stepping on the hearts of the Yuyuan Army, making them feel extremely heavy.
As the distance between the two sides continued to narrow, the faces of the Yuyuan Army soldiers became more and more nervous and frightened.
It was not until this moment that they felt the power of the Ming cavalry.
In the blink of an eye, the distance between the two sides was shortened a lot.
The Ming army, wearing Ming armor and holding bows and arrows, rushed towards them like a steel torrent with fierce momentum and endless murderous intent.
The elite troops of the Yuyuan Army gathered in groups of three or five and formed a battle formation to resist.
The remaining mob involuntarily retreated back, trying to avoid this horrific impact.
If one person steps back, the others will follow.
Fear spread quickly.
Ten people tell a hundred people, a hundred people tell a thousand people...
The Yuyuan Army west of the official road was quickly defeated.
Fan Ciwu realized that the situation was not good and shouted loudly: "We can't retreat. As long as we can withstand the cavalry's charge, we can return to Yuyuan smoothly."
But his voice was drowned out by the sound of horse hooves.
Whether they were elite troops or the mob, they all gave up resistance and ran back or even fled to Wang Jun's territory on the east side of the official road.
Before they stepped onto the frozen canal, they met the defeated Wang Jun head-on.
Wang Jun's experience was the same as Fan Ciwu's.
He originally wanted to break through the Ming cavalry line and run back to Yuyuan, but he was forced back by a cavalry charge.
The two Yuyuan armies collided and a stampede occurred.
Amidst the wailing, the Yuyuan Army under Fan Ciwu could only run westward again.
At this time, Li Dingguo had already come near them and fired a wave of arrows. He again persuaded them to surrender: "Surrender and you will not be killed!
Many Yuyuan soldiers dropped their weapons, raised their hands above their heads and knelt down in surrender.
There is no way, the cavalry charge is too shocking.
When they saw Li Dingguo's cavalry, they couldn't help but feel an uncontrollable sense of panic in their hearts.
As panic grows, despair and helplessness set in.
In order to survive, they had no choice but to surrender.
Li Dingguo did not immediately choose to accept surrender, but instead led his troops to turn around and charge towards the edge of Yulin Garden.
There was a group of Yuyuan soldiers who had just rushed out of Yuyuan. They wanted to attack Li Dingguo from both sides together with Fan Ciwu.
The result is still the same.
This mob was dispersed by Li Dingguo's charge.
Some people were killed directly, their bodies fell to the ground and their blood seeped into the soil.
Some people fled back to the elm garden and hid behind the elm trees, trembling.
Some people knew they could not resist the government troops and chose to surrender.
In an instant.
The Yuyuan Army, which attacked Li Dingguo from both sides, failed successively.
Fan Ciwu pulled out the arrow from his armor and found Wang Jun, panting heavily.
"What should we do?" Fan Ciwu asked, "We can't break through the government's defense line at all."
Wang Jun wiped the bloody sweat off his face and said in a deep voice: "We have to break through even if we can't, otherwise we will all die."
"Infantry charging cavalry is suicide. We've tried it just now and it doesn't work! How can we charge again?" Fan Ciwu was in tears.
Many people died during the charge.
Although those people were not related to him, they were all partners with whom he had lived and struggled.
Their deaths made Fan Ciwu very sad.
Wang Jun moistened his dry throat with saliva, pointed at the Ming cavalry in the distance and said: "The number of government cavalry is limited. In order to encircle us, we can only increase the length of the battle line and reduce the depth of the troops. The depth of the troops in those areas is quite small. As long as we find an opportunity to open a breakthrough, we can return to Yuyuan from there."
"How do we open a breakthrough?" Fan Ciwu asked.
"In one word: chaos." Wang Jun answered quickly.
"It's already this late and you're still keeping us in suspense? Explain what you mean!" Fan Ciwu accused unhappily.
"Gather all our forces and attack the government troops in the west at the same time."
"It's useless," Fan Ciwu shook his head like a rattle, "It's just suicide for infantry and cavalry to clash."
"It worked!" Wang Jun said seriously, "When they were halfway through the charge, they took the lead in pretending to surrender. The imperial court was already planning to recruit them, so they would not kill them all."
"The government troops will then accept the surrender, rescue the wounded and clean up the battlefield. The scene will be very chaotic."
"Let's take advantage of their chaos and run back to Yuyuan as quickly as possible to continue fighting the imperial court."
Fan Ciwu pondered for a while and asked, "What should we do with our brothers? If we tell everyone the truth, I'm afraid it will leak out."
"Just tell the elite troops under your command, and don't tell the rest of the common people. They don't have much fighting power to begin with, and not only do they waste food, but they also cause others to retreat in battle. Handing them over to the court will be a fair treat for them."
"There are only two or three thousand elite troops. Isn't the number too small?" Fan Ciwu was a little worried.
"Quite a few," Wang Jun replied. "As long as the elite troops are there, the fighting power is there, and the military spirit of Yuyuan is there. As long as the military spirit is there, Yuyuan can continue to grow and develop."
"Well," Fan Ciwu gritted his teeth and told the news to all the elite troops by word of mouth.
When they conveyed the message, Li Dingguo did not launch an attack, but waited.
Wait for the Yuyuan Army to attack.
He had long known that there were loopholes in his defense line, and those loopholes were left for the Yuyuan Army.
After the message was conveyed, all the Yuyuan troops on the official road launched an attack to the west at the same time.
"kill!"
Amid the shouts and cries of killing all over the mountains.
Countless Yuyuan troops jumped over the drainage ditch and attacked Li Dingguo at the edge of Yulin.
Li Dingguo used the same old trick again and launched a counterattack against the Yuyuan Army.
When the two sides were fifty steps apart.
Fan Ciwu and Wang Jun ordered the flag bearers to lower the flag, throw down their weapons and raise their hands: "Surrender, we surrender."
The sudden change made the battlefield quiet for a while.
What followed was the sound of countless weapons colliding with the ground, and the sounds of surrender in various tones.
The leader's sudden surrender instantly destroyed the resistance of the Yuyuan Army.
They dropped their weapons and chose to surrender.
Li Dingguo was stunned.
He knew that the Yuyuan Army was not strong, but he did not expect it to be so vulnerable.
But he soon realized that things were not that simple.
If Fan Ciwu and Wang Jun could surrender so easily, they would have surrendered long ago.
I would never resist until now.
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