Of course Jin Tongwu didn't believe it. He climbed to a high place and looked around with a telescope, but he couldn't find any trace of the Ming army.
"Quick, tell General Li that the Ming army has retreated."
Without waiting for Jin Tongwu to notify him, the scout had already told Li Dingguo the situation on the scene.
Li Dingguo thought quickly and issued an order: "Order the infantry to slowly move closer to Sun Kewang's troops! The cavalry will protect the two wings and the rear. All troops must maintain their formation. Anyone who dares to retreat will be killed without mercy!"
The 20,000-strong army slowly set off.
A few miles away, Li Xingzhong was making final arrangements. "Remember, retreat if you see Li!"
Li Shunzu and Cha Binxun were stunned: "Li Dingguo?"
"Yes! Don't ask why I'm avoiding fighting. There will be plenty of opportunities to beat him in the future!" Li Xingzhong promised.
Li Shunzu and Cha Binxun did not ask any more questions and left.
After receiving the flag signal responses from various units, Li Xingzhong urged his horse forward and came in front of everyone.
He turned his horse's head and looked behind him.
The flag of the Ming Dynasty was the first thing that came into view, its distinctive banner fluttering in the wind.
Under the flag, five thousand cavalry stood solemnly.
They were full of energy and had ferocious expressions.
Li Xingzhong drew out his magpie sword with a swish, "A real man born in troubled times should carry a three-foot sword and accomplish unparalleled feats!"
"Soldiers, follow me to charge into battle and defeat the enemy on the battlefield!"
"kill!"
Li Xingzhong took the lead and rushed towards Sun Kewang's army.
The five thousand cavalrymen followed without any hesitation.
The iron hooves of the war horses rumbled on the ground, as inspiring as war drums.
Five thousand cavalrymen formed a long horizontal formation and rushed towards Sun Kewang in a cloud of dust.
One hundred and fifty steps!
One hundred steps!
As the cavalry figures became clearer and clearer, Sun Kewang began to feel the ground shaking.
Everyone's heartbeat began to quicken. They subconsciously gripped their weapons tightly and looked forward with serious faces.
Eighty steps!
"Fire!" Sun Kewang yelled to the messenger behind him.
After receiving the order, the herald waved the flag and the fuses of the artillery in the army were lit.
Ziz—Boom!
More than twenty artillery pieces fired at the same time, and large and small projectiles flew towards the charging cavalry.
Some were shot and fell off their horses, some were hit in the chest, and some cavalrymen's horses were hit by bullets. The horses and soldiers fell down at the same time and rolled on the ground.
But no one backed down.
The horses continued to charge forward.
Fifty steps!
"Fire! Fire!" Sun Kewang continued to give orders.
Bang bang bang.
Various bird guns, hand guns, and three-barreled guns can be fired freely.
Sun Kewang knew that this Ming army was wearing new armor, so he ordered his troops to fire only when they were fifty steps away.
The next moment, the thing he feared happened.
The bullets fell on the Ming army like rain, but they only fell on them.
No one was arrested, and no one died.
The armor on their bodies blocked the hail of bullets.
"Release the arrow from forty steps!" Li Xingzhong recited to himself and shot the arrow in his hand.
The cavalry behind him didn't need to look at the command flag, they silently recited the same words as Li Xingzhong in their hearts, and then shot their arrows.
Two thousand five hundred sharp arrows flew into the sky, drew a graceful arc in the air, and then fell into Sun Kewang's formation.
Arrows fell from overhead, and the soldiers subconsciously used their hands to block them, but their hands were pierced by the arrows.
Before the screams stopped, the second wave of arrows arrived.
The front-row soldiers were protected by chariots and shields, so they did not suffer much damage.
The worst off were the firearms soldiers and archers, most of whom had no armor.
Under the death threat of the rain of arrows, they all sought shelter.
The firepower of the infantry formation mainly came from them. After these people gave up their positions, the attack power of the Dashi Army dropped sharply.
The Ming cavalry was able to continue charging forward easily.
Fifteen steps!
Hundreds of Ming soldiers used a fuse to light the grenade and used the inertia of their horses to throw the grenades into Sun Kewang's formation.
boom!
The violent shock wave generated by the explosion not only caused the Dashi Army to temporarily lose its combat effectiveness, but also caused the grenades to drop from the hands of those throwers who were planning to throw them.
boom!
The grenade exploded on the spot, blowing the Dashi Army to pieces.
After the explosion, dust and smoke rose, obstructing the soldiers' vision.
Ten steps!
Bang!
More than 2,000 Ming cavalrymen armed with bird guns and three-barreled guns opened fire.
The bullets flew into the formation from high above, and the screams of the Dashi soldiers were endless.
This is not over yet!
More than a thousand Ming soldiers dismounted from their horses and charged forward with weapons in hand.
They swiftly moved away the barricades and chariots, and then engaged in a fight with the front-line soldiers of the Dashi Army.
Gaps were opened in Sun Kewang's left, center and right armies almost at the same time.
"Heavy cavalry, charge!" Li Xingzhong shouted to the messenger beside him, and took the lead to charge into the infantry formation.
Without waiting for the gap to be widened, five hundred heavily armored cavalrymen rushed into Sun Kewang's central army with a rumbling sound.
Heavy cavalrymen and their horses were fully armored (war horses' calves could not be armored). The thick steel armor could not only withstand various types of muskets, but even the rapid-fire bullets fired from some cannons.
The infantry whose formation was broken had no chance of winning against the cavalry, and they could only run for their lives when facing the heavily armored cavalry.
"kill!"
Five hundred heavily armored cavalrymen marched forward side by side, charging specifically at crowded places.
They killed and hacked anyone they met, and managed to carve a bloody path through an army of thousands of people.
After a charge, they broke through the formation.
The road was littered with corpses, blood dyed the ground red, and the air was filled with the smell of rust, which made people sick.
After going out into the battle, five hundred heavily armored cavalrymen turned around and charged back!
Sun Kewang's central army collapsed instantly.
"Run! These Ming troops are impossible to kill!" The soldiers fled in a hurry.
"Don't push, let the officials run first." A small leader shouted.
"Fuck you!" A big Western soldier swung his knife and killed the small leader who blocked his way, then led the way to run westward.
But what greeted him was not the hope of survival, but the spears of heavy cavalry.
Phew!
The spear pierced his chest, then was pulled out, and the body fell to the ground with blood gushing out.
Sun Kewang's 15,000-strong army was defeated.
People squeezed, stepped on, and pressed each other...
Under the setting sun at dusk, the battlefield turned into a purgatory.
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