"General, Kong Youde sent someone to ask for help! He said that he was fighting with the general. Please let us attack the general's flank!" The messenger came to Gao Wengui and said with a smile.
Gao Wengui also laughed.
He was just trying to deceive, but he didn't expect Kong Youde not only believed him, but also asked him to send troops for support!
This is interesting.
"Inform all units," Gao Wengui ordered loudly, "immediately move closer to Kong Youde's flank. Don't make any mistakes."
Gao Wengui's actions soon reached Kong Youde's ears.
"Sir, what does He Luohui mean?" asked the general beside Kong Youde.
Kong Youde was puzzled at first, and then helpless: "He Luo is from the Zhenghuang Banner, how could he listen to us Han people..."
"Even if he is proud of his noble status, this is a battlefield after all, and we can't take it lightly. It would be fine if he didn't launch an attack on the Ming army's flank, but what does it mean for him to move closer to our army's flank?" the deputy general said unhappily.
"Forget it. Worrying too much will only make you angry." Kong Youde comforted himself: "Let him go wherever he wants. As long as he can play a role on the battlefield."
As he was speaking, Gao Wengui had already led his troops to Kong Youde's flank.
"Everyone, tie a white cloth on your right arm like you did yesterday," Gao Wengui shouted, "Any Jiannu soldier who doesn't have a white cloth tied on is an enemy, kill them at will!"
Two thousand Ming soldiers disguised as Eight Banners soldiers quickly tied white cloth around their right arms and tied a knot.
You must distinguish between friends and foes on the battlefield, otherwise there will be chaos.
The method is very simple.
Armor, flags or other conspicuous symbols.
In order to distinguish between friend and foe when Li Zicheng attacked Beijing, he asked the surrendered Ming army to tie white cloth on their right arms.
After marking the enemy and friend, Gao Wengui raised his sword high and charged towards Kong Youde's flank.
Kong Youde's soldiers were fighting fiercely with Li Dingguo and had no idea that their flank would be attacked.
What they didn't expect was that the ones attacking them were friendly forces!
Caught off guard, Kong Youde's left wing was in chaos.
"Report!" The scout with arrows stuck in his body came to Kong Youde and said, "Our left wing has been attacked and the army is in chaos. Please support us, sir!"
"Bullshit!" Kong Youde was furious: "There are no Ming troops on our left wing, so how can we be attacked?"
The scout reached out to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth: "The ones attacking our left wing were not Ming troops, but members of the He Luo Society."
"Impossible!" Kong Youde still didn't believe it. "He Luo would be a member of the Zhenghuang Banner. Although he looks down on us Han people, he won't kill each other on the battlefield!"
"It was indeed him who attacked our army's left wing," the scout said seriously and solemnly, "Not only did I see it with my own eyes, but the generals on the left wing also saw it."
While talking.
The messenger sent by the left-wing general also came to Kong Youde and asked him for reinforcements.
After questioning, Kong Youde finally believed that it was indeed the "He Luohui" who attacked him.
"Is He Luohui crazy? Why is he attacking me?" Kong Youde wanted to cry but had no tears.
He worked wholeheartedly for the Jiannu, but he didn't expect to be stabbed in the back on the battlefield in return.
This caused Kong Youde's beliefs to waver.
"No," Kong Youde suddenly shook his head and said through gritted teeth, "The ones on the left wing are not the He Luohui, but the Ming army pretending to be the He Luohui."
"Sir, don't worry about it," the general next to him advised, "Our army is attacked from three sides, so... we should retreat!"
"Retreat?" Kong Youde urged his horse to the nearest earthen slope, looked around and said, "It may be too late to retreat."
To his east was Li Dingguo's central army, to his north was the Ming army disguised as the Eight Banners Army, and to his west was another Ming army.
It is already a difficult situation where we are attacked from three sides.
What's even more uncomfortable is.
In order to resist the Ming army in the west, Kong Youde temporarily transferred some troops to the west.
Without these people, Li Dingguo's central army regained its advantage in terms of military strength.
At this time, Li Dingguo was transferring troops from the central army to the south, trying to completely encircle him.
"Sir, our war horses are strong and our armor is heavy. As long as we work together, we will be able to break through the encirclement of the Ming army!" The general next to him began to encourage Kong Youde.
If Kong Youde lost his fighting spirit at this time, all of them would die on the battlefield.
Kong Youde was born into a miner family. Although he was illiterate, he was good at riding and shooting.
He quickly adjusted his mood and made a retreat plan in the shortest time possible.
"Quanjie!" Kong Youde looked to his side.
Quanjie was from Guangning, Liaodong. He was originally a lieutenant general of the Ming Dynasty and served under Kong Youde.
In the sixth year of Chongzhen, Quan Jie followed Kong Youde from Dengzhou to the sea and came to Liaodong to surrender to the Jiannu.
After surrendering, he was granted the position of Canling by the Jiannu.
"I am here!" Quan Jie rode on his horse and clasped his hands towards Kong Youde.
"Our army is surrounded by enemies everywhere. If we don't retreat, we will be wiped out. I order you to lead 1,500 soldiers and horses to break out to the north. There must be no mistake!" Kong Youde said in a deep voice.
"Where are you, sir?" Quanjie asked worriedly.
"Just follow the orders. I have other arrangements." Kong Youde said with some apology in his heart.
He had already thought of a way out for himself.
Although Li Dingguo dispatched troops to the south.
But compared with the east, north and west, the Ming troops in the south were very few.
The chance of success in breaking out to the south is the greatest.
However, in order to divert the attention of the Ming army, he had to make some noise in the north.
That's why he let the whole section break out from the north.
The Ming army in the north had several times the strength of Quanjie, and Quanjie's breakout was almost a life-or-death struggle.
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