Boom——
Amid the sound of horse hooves, thirty Eight Banners scouts left the team and rushed to the battlefield.
Li Dingguo remained the same as always, waving his hand and ordering: "Send a hundred cavalrymen to drive them away."
Woo!
The horn sounded, and one hundred Ming cavalrymen quickly set out.
They arrived at the battlefield as quickly as possible and drove away the Eight Banners scouts with bows and arrows.
"Finally they fell for it!" Nikan raised his lips exaggeratedly, "Send two hundred cavalrymen up, and make sure they maintain their formation."
As soon as the 280 Banner soldiers set out, they were discovered by Li Dingguo.
He quickly gave the order: "Send two hundred more cavalrymen and keep the formation in order."
As soon as the two hundred Ming soldiers entered the battlefield, Nikan immediately ordered: "Send in another three hundred!"
Li Dingguo: "Add 500 more!"
Nikan: "Send another 800 cavalrymen!"
After giving the order, Nikan tightly grasped the telescope in his hand and stared at the Ming army formation.
Yesterday.
After he sent 800 additional cavalry to the battlefield, Li Dingguo did not continue to send more troops, but chose to sound the retreat.
Not only did this make him feel like he was punching cotton, it also made him lose all face.
But it was a blessing in disguise for him.
Stimulated by this incident, he quickly thought of a strategy to break the deadlock.
On the battlefield.
The slightest carelessness in the soldiers' retreat could cause chaos, which in turn turned into a rout.
If Li Dingguo still chose to call off the troops today, he would order the army to take the opportunity to pursue.
As long as the Eight Banners soldiers pursued closely, Li Dingguo would inevitably be defeated.
In the eyes.
The flag-bearing soldier beside Li Dingguo first waved the military flag, and then the soldiers behind him beat the gong.
The Ming army on the battlefield began to retreat.
"Li Dingguo has sounded the horn to call back his troops! My men, follow me and charge forward to kill Li Dingguo in battle!" Nikan rushed out first.
Under his command, the 1,200 Eight Banners soldiers on the battlefield took the lead in chasing Li Dingguo.
The remaining 3,800 Eight Banners soldiers followed closely behind.
They shouted loudly and chased after them on horseback.
The Ming army's first echelon had one thousand men, and eight hundred were retreating.
Under the pursuit of the Eight Banners Army, the eight hundred people suddenly panicked.
The retreat soon turned into a rout.
They rode their horses backwards, getting closer and closer to the remaining two hundred people.
"Run! The Jiannu are coming to kill us!"
"Follow the plan and run together!"
"Run quickly, it will be too late if you don't run now."
At their shouts, the remaining two hundred cavalrymen in the first echelon waved their whips and joined the fleeing team.
The first echelon collapsed in an instant.
Nikan was even happier when he saw this, and he led his troops to chase after them bravely.
Seeing this, Bolo also ordered his troops to move forward and make preparations for both situations.
If Nikan made good progress, he would command his army to pursue the Ming army.
If Nikan was not making progress or was ambushed, he would come to Nikan's rescue.
The dense sound of horse hooves on the battlefield sounded like war drums, and the dust raised by the horse hooves dyed half the sky yellow.
At this time, the defeated soldiers of the first echelon of the Ming army had retreated to the front of the second echelon.
Li Dingguo is here.
Behind him stood two large flags, one was the flag of the Ming Dynasty and the other was the flag with the character "Li" on it.
The defeated soldiers did not dare to attack Li Dingguo directly.
Quickly adjust direction and flee westward.
The Eight Banners soldiers behind were stunned for a moment. Except for a few who chased after them, the vast majority of the rest turned their eyes to Li Dingguo.
As the saying goes, to catch a thief, catch his leader.
As long as Li Dingguo is captured, it means winning the war on the eastern front.
"Kill! Kill the general and seize the flag, today!" Nikan shouted.
Encouraged, the Eight Banners soldiers became more excited and stepped up their pursuit.
Looking at the oncoming enemy, Li Dingguo did not dare to stay there for long and retreated with hundreds of his personal soldiers.
Seeing this, the second echelon of Ming troops also retreated, and the group was soon blocked by the third echelon.
The second echelon of the Ming army did not stop, but changed direction and fled eastward.
Li Dingguo did not stop and came to the rear of the third echelon at the fastest speed.
Of course Nikan was unwilling to miss this opportunity and led his troops to continue the pursuit.
Cavalry fights mainly relying on momentum!
The faster the warhorse runs, the greater the momentum.
Thinking of this, he squeezed his legs hard on the horse's belly.
The warhorse felt the pain and galloped faster.
The personal soldiers around him chased after him using the same method, and the rest of the Eight Banners soldiers followed suit.
The distance between the two sides was closing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The third echelon of the Ming army collapsed before coming into contact with the Eight Banners Army.
They didn't dare to stop the Eight Banners Army, and they knew they couldn't stop them.
So before the arrival of the Eight Banners Army, they left the battlefield and fled westward.
Li Dingguo could only continue to retreat and soon arrived at the rear of the fourth echelon.
In the blink of an eye, the fourth echelon also fled.
Watching them fleeing eastward, Nikan shouted, "I was right. Li Dingguo wants to play the tactic of adding fuel to the fire with me! If he gathers his troops together, I will never be able to break through his army with my small force."
"Now you are reaping the fruits of your own actions! Each of your echelons only has over a thousand people, and you can't stop my elite troops at all!"
After Nikan finished shouting, he looked forward and found that Li Dingguo’s central army flag was still retreating.
"Chase!" Nikan bent down and continued to chase.
Not long.
The fifth, sixth and seventh echelons set up by Li Dingguo all collapsed.
They fled to the east and west sides respectively, and the smoke and dust raised by the iron hooves of the war horses soon filled the entire battlefield.
Li Dingguo was still retreating, retreating to the eighth echelon.
"Wait!" Nikan suddenly felt something was wrong.
Just now he was only concerned with chasing Li Dingguo and did not pay much attention to the Ming army fleeing to the east and west sides.
Now when I think about it, I find a lot of things that were wrong.
First of all, the Ming army's formation was not very chaotic when it was defeated. Secondly...they did not flee to the rear, but to the east and west.
You must know that there is a tributary of the Liao River on the east and west sides of the battlefield, and people cannot walk and horses cannot cross.
The river can only be crossed by floating bridge.
But there are no floating bridges on these two rivers.
If he were a Ming army soldier, he would never flee in these two directions. Fleeing backwards would be the best way out.
Were the Ming troops pretending to retreat?
While he was thinking, he discovered that Li Dingguo's central army flag had stopped moving.
Then three cannon shots were heard in the distance.
"kill!"
The eighth, ninth and tenth echelons set up by Li Dingguo joined forces and launched a counterattack against the Jiannu.
Fell into a trap!
This was the first thought that popped into Nikan's mind.
But he quickly regained his composure.
He is not alone...
Not only did he have 5,000 elite Eight Banners soldiers under his command, but he also had Bolo and 7,000 troops in the rear.
As long as he can withstand the first wave of attacks from the Ming army, Bolo's reinforcements will arrive.
When the time comes, they will rush forward and surely defeat Li Dingguo.
"Kill! Kill Li Dingguo in battle and you will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver and a hereditary position!" Nikan raised his weapon and led the charge.
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