Gou was a member of the imperial family in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 504 Help
After dealing with the hundreds of Eight Banners soldiers who were charging into the formation, Zhu Shenzui was preparing to gather the attacking troops and re-form the formation to meet the next wave of enemy attacks.

At this time, he never expected that Manggurtai on the opposite side would actually withdraw his troops and turn around and run away. Manggurtai's running away made Zhu Shenzhu confused. For a moment, he thought that Manggurtai was going to play some tricks, but soon he found something wrong. This old guy was not pretending to run but really running away. He just took his men and left without looking back, without any other intentions.

Zhu Shenzhui was stunned by this situation, but he quickly reacted. He immediately ordered the troops to move forward without hesitation, because Manggurtai's running away directly took away all the Eight Banners soldiers in the nearby area. With the departure of these Eight Banners soldiers, this place became the only safe area in the entire Xuanda Army camp. A few hundred meters away, many Ming soldiers who were fleeing in panic also discovered this and fled towards this place in a panic.

At this time, it was meaningless to continue to form a battle array. Zhu Shenzui decided to take the initiative to attack and take this opportunity to gather more Ming troops and further stabilize the chaos in the military camp.

As the order was given, the new army, cavalry and the temporarily reorganized Ming army began to advance forward. They did not advance very fast, but moved slowly and steadily to avoid being attacked by the Eight Banners soldiers who appeared out of nowhere.

At the same time, Hei Mingzhong and others cooperated with Zhu Shenzhui to gather the remaining troops. As before, anyone who rushed into the battle array was still killed without mercy. All the defeated remaining troops had to go around the two wings, and then Hei Mingzhong would temporarily reorganize behind the formation and follow the main force. In just two incense sticks of time, Zhu Shenzhui gathered several hundred more people, and his army also advanced a distance.

In the following time, Zhu Shencui continued to gather the defeated soldiers, and also encountered several groups of Eight Banners soldiers coming from other directions. But these Eight Banners soldiers, like the Eight Banners who charged the battle array before, suffered at the hands of Zhu Shencui. Under the double blow of the powerful military array and firearms, these Eight Banners were hit and bleeding, and Wang Jinwu finally had the opportunity to fight in the battle array. He led the cavalry to cover the military array, and once the Eight Banners were defeated head-on, he would rush over without hesitation, killing them in a few seconds, and he would withdraw immediately after the fight, not allowing his cavalry to fall into the encirclement of the Eight Banners, and constantly wandering around the main array.

As time went by, Zhu Shencui gathered more and more defeated soldiers, and his main camp and cavalry became more and more skilled. After a brief reorganization and witnessing the strong fighting power of the friendly forces, the courage to fight returned again. Looking at the horrible camp and the slaughtered compatriots, these Ming soldiers finally burst out with the determination to fight again, followed Zhu Shencui all the way, and rescued more Ming soldiers from danger.

At this time, the Ming army's artillery on the city wall finally fired, because the chaos in Xuan's army camp came too quickly. But after a while, the cannons began to fire as if they had woken up from a dream. Under the powerful artillery fire, the Eight Banners soldiers began to suffer considerable damage. In addition, the nearby Ming army finally moved, including the Guanning Army in the east, which began to counterattack and support Xuan's army. Faced with such a situation, Huang Taiji, who had already achieved great results, saw that the situation was not right, and began to order his troops to withdraw from the camp.

After Huang Taiji's order was issued, Zhu Shenzhui immediately noticed the change. At this time, the Ming army he reorganized had more than 4,000 people, plus his own new army and cavalry, totaling about 5,000. As the Eight Banners began to retreat, Zhu Shenzhui directly issued an order to counterattack, because now was the best opportunity, not only to rescue more friendly troops, but also to hunt down some of the Eight Banners who were trapped deep in the camp, giving the enemy as much damage as possible.

"Sixth brother, let me go and charge?" At this time, Wang Jinwu was no longer willing to fight around the main camp, and he couldn't help but take the initiative to ask for a fight.

Seeing that he was eager to try, Zhu Shencui hesitated for a moment and then agreed to his request to fight. However, Zhu Shencui warned him not to go too deep and not to fight against a large group of Eight Banners. The main purpose of his cavalry was to take advantage of this opportunity to expand the results of the battle and rescue the trapped friendly forces. He must not engage in a head-on battle with the Eight Banners.

Wang Jinwu agreed without hesitation, patting his chest to reassure Zhu Shenzhui. Then, he led his cavalry to charge out, and in the blink of an eye, he galloped past.

Wang Jinwu's cavalry left, and Zhu Shenzui was not idle either. He continued to search and rescue friendly forces in the camp and eliminate the lone Eight Banners soldiers.

The battle lasted from early morning till afternoon, and it was already 3:00 p.m. when the battle finally ended.

When all the Eight Banners soldiers of Huang Taiji withdrew, the camp of Xuan’s army was in ruins, and the post-war situation was simply horrific.

Zhu Shenzui's army had completed the battle and began to rest. They found a place to set up camp again, and the gathered Ming troops also stationed nearby. The soldiers were led by officers to resettle them or to treat the wounded in time.

Zhu Shencui did not pay much attention to the Ming army and basically left it to Hei Mingzhong. His new army was his treasure, and the war was over. In order to avoid trouble, he had to arrange other things as soon as possible.

Zhu Shenzhui's new army had 500 soldiers, two of whom died in this battle and eleven were injured. The strength of the new army can be seen from the casualty ratio. However, Zhu Shenzhui felt sorry for the death of two people, but there was nothing he could do about it. After all, casualties were inevitable on the battlefield, not to mention that they were fighting against the elite Eight Banners soldiers. It was rare to have such a small casualty ratio. If it were not for the proper preparation in advance and the fact that Manggurtai retreated and ran away, the casualties would have been even greater if a fight had really taken place.

Just after settling down, Zhu Shenzhui asked his men to rest and prepared to send someone to find Wang Jinwu. This guy was so happy when he was asked to attack that he didn't know where he was now. The whole camp was still in chaos. Zhu Shenzhui didn't know where he was for a while, and was even more worried that he would kill people directly out of the camp.

Before he was ready to send someone to look for Wang Jinwu, Wang Jinwu came running back with his cavalry, laughing all the way and looking very satisfied.

"Sixth brother, I'm back!" "You kid still want to come back? What did I tell you when we attacked?" Zhu Shenzui glared at him unhappily. If he had known this would happen, he should not have agreed to let him attack. This kid is so murderous that he can't control himself once a fight starts. He only wants to come back now.

"Sixth brother, you are wrong to blame me. I remember everything you said. I didn't fight the Jiannu head-on at all. I just took advantage of the situation after the attack. There is a reason why I came back late. It is definitely not disobeying your orders." Wang Jinwu said aggrievedly.

"Reason? What other reason could there be? You're not going to give me a reason to keep your general away, are you?" Zhu Shenzhui asked bluntly.

Wang Jinwu smiled and did not refute. Just when Zhu Shen was furious and was about to scold him and ask about the casualties of the cavalry, a familiar voice suddenly came.

"Sir, you don't have to blame Brother Wang. Brother Wang came back late because he saved me. If it weren't for Brother Wang's rescue today, I wouldn't be able to come back."

As soon as these words came out, Zhu Shenzhui suddenly felt cold. He glanced past Wang Jinwu and looked behind him. Only then did he see a familiar face. The man's armor was tattered and his body was covered in blood. The guy without a helmet and disheveled hair was Hei Yunlong. Wasn't he?

"General Black? What are you doing...? Someone, come! Quick! Get the medicine!"

"It's okay, nothing serious has been done."

"It's not enough to have a minor injury. Treat the wound first and we can deal with the other things later." Zhu Shenzhui said firmly. Soon someone brought medicine. Zhu Shenzhui and Wang Jinwu helped Hei Yunlong take off his armor and then the clothes inside, revealing his scarred body.

It took some effort to clean the wound and apply medicine. After bandaging it and changing into a clean overalls, Hei Yunlong finally regained some of his original appearance.

Hei Yunlong clasped his fists in shame and said to Zhu Shenzhui: "I will never forget your kindness in saving my life. If you hadn't asked Brother Wang to go to the battle, I would not be able to come back today..."

"What's going on?" Zhu Shenzhui asked hurriedly
Hei Yunlong sighed, and then told Zhu Shenzhui how he was rescued by Wang Jinwu. Before, he led people to reinforce Man Gui, and Man Gui asked him and Ma Dengyun to defend the left and right wings respectively, but they were soon defeated by the surging Eight Banners soldiers, and had no choice but to retreat to the military camp to continue the resistance.

Soon after, news arrived that Man Gui had been killed in battle. With his death, the morale of the entire Xuanda army plummeted and the camp was instantly thrown into chaos.

Seeing the bad situation, Hei Yunlong knew that there was nothing he could do, so he could only lead his men to resist and retreat, trying his best to deal with the Eight Banners. But even so, he still failed to stop the attack of the Eight Banners and was wounded many times in the battle. If it weren't for the desperate protection of his personal soldiers, Hei Yunlong might have died in the battle like Man Gui.

When the Ming army camp was in chaos and the Eight Banners soldiers rushed into the camp from all directions, Hei Yunlong's situation became even more precarious. When retreating, he and his men were swept away by the fleeing friendly troops and were directly swept into the depths of the camp.

At this time, Hei Yunlong could not even escape, let alone continue fighting. However, this also gave Hei Yunlong a chance to survive, because he was trapped in the army, surrounded by friendly troops shouting in fear, which actually separated the Eight Banners soldiers on the periphery.

Hei Yunlong was not pushed to death and trampled to death, nor was he pushed into the moat and drowned, nor was he hacked to death by the Eight Banners outside. In this way, he was temporarily saved. However, after the Ming troops outside were hacked to death or fled one by one, Hei Yunlong and others who were hiding behind were exposed.

At this time, Hei Yunlong finally regained his freedom of movement. He knew that if he did not resist, he would die. He had to fight hard to survive. Hei Yunlong led the remaining soldiers to continue fighting with the Eight Banners soldiers, but they were no match for the fierce Eight Banners. After a few rounds, more than a dozen soldiers around him were killed by the Eight Banners. Even Hei Yunlong himself lost his weapon and was captured.

(End of this chapter)