His first thought was that Bolo was in some trouble, then he realized that he was in big trouble.
At this time, he was surrounded by Ming troops in front, behind, and on both sides.
If the encirclement cannot be broken in a short period of time, the army, which is already in chaos, will completely collapse.
"Come here, organize the troops to break out to the east!" Nikan gave the order decisively.
In front of him were Li Dingguo's three thousand cavalrymen, and behind him were three thousand Ming troops.
There were only one thousand Ming troops on the east and west wings respectively.
Therefore, it is wise to break through from the east and west sides.
Under the leadership of Nikan, the Eight Banners Army began to break out to the east.
The pressure on the 1,000 Ming troops in the east doubled.
Just when Nikan thought he could successfully break through, a loud explosion suddenly came from the front.
The 1,000 Ming troops in the east were divided into two teams, front and back.
The front team used swords to fight the Eight Banners soldiers in hand-to-hand combat, while the rear team held the fuse in one hand and took out a grenade from their bag with the other hand, lit it and threw it into the Eight Banners army formation.
The explosion frightened countless war horses, and the already panicked army formation suddenly fell into chaos.
Nikan's attempt to break out to the east was blocked.
So he turned west again, but was forced back by the Ming army using the same method.
In desperation, he could only break out backwards.
It was said to be a breakout, but in fact it was a rout.
At the moment of defeat, all the soldiers lost their fighting spirit.
They scrambled to escape, trying to leave their companions behind, using their lives to buy themselves time to escape.
Nikan was accompanied by three hundred personal soldiers and several hundred bondservants.
These people did not abandon Nikam, but surrounded him and fought while retreating.
"Kill!" Li Dingguo waved the big knife in his hand and chased after him.
Countless Ming troops followed in pursuit.
A Baoyi rushed towards him, and just as he raised the sword in his hand, Li Dingguo hit him on the head with a broadsword.
The iron helmet was instantly dented and Baoyi's body fell off the horse.
Immediately afterwards, a dense rain of arrows shot several people off their horses, and countless people were injured.
Some Ming soldiers who were skilled in using ropes began to use them to lasso people and horses' legs.
The number of Eight Banners soldiers around Nikan was decreasing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Go!" A Ming soldier lit the last grenade in his hand and threw it out.
The grenade first hit the helmet of an Eight Banners soldier, then bounced and fell into Nikan's hand.
Before he could see the grenade clearly, he was stunned by the shock wave generated by the explosion.
In a trance, his limbs lost strength and he fell off the horse.
Just as the personal soldiers and bondservants were about to rescue them, they were scattered by the Ming army that followed closely behind.
Nikan was in excellent physical condition and regained consciousness after landing.
He opened his eyes and found himself lying on the ground, with a general wearing golden armor with red edges standing in front of him.
This is the standard armor of senior generals of the Ming army: gold-lacquered mountain-patterned armor.
"You...who are you?" Nikan asked tremblingly.
"Li Dingguo."
"I surrender..." Nikan said as he was about to stand up and kowtow to Li Dingguo.
“Too late!”
With a click!
Li Dingguo raised the sword in his hand and chopped off Nikan's head.
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