Xie Ming

Chapter 401: Battle in the Formation
The remaining soldiers of Hu Chen led the enemy into the battle formation. Xiao Jingchuan commanded the troops to surround a part of Bahana's front troops in the battle formation!

At this moment, on the high slopes on the east and west sides, Gao Jinku and Ma Minglu's left and right armies, with thousands of soldiers, surrounded the two wings like a tide and rushed down to the battlefield!

Although Bahana, the leader of the army, was greatly horrified, he quickly issued orders, shouting and charging forward with his cavalry, intending to break the ambush in one fell swoop, detour to the south to consolidate the position, and then plan to make further preparations!
At the same time, seeing that the other brother team had finally managed to get out and the ambush was successful, Li Huchen felt that it was a success and his face was filled with joy!
One of them pulled the reins, raised his hoof and stopped, then looked up to the sky and laughed three times!
He turned around and took the remaining thirty or so riders with him, and decided not to escape anymore. He turned his horses around with murderous intent, whipped them, and rushed into the battle again, shouting and making murderous roars!

After the original cat escaped behind the big rock, the deputy general Gu Changtingye also showed up at this moment and rushed forward to kill the enemy!
Whoosh whoosh—

While running down the high slope, the archers on both wings drew their bows and arrows, and arrows flew all over the sky, directly hitting the enemy cavalry!

Even though the Jiannu cavalry were protected by armor, some still fell off their horses and were shot by arrows and died during the attack!
The horses fell into the pit, the men were trapped in the battle formation, and as Bahana roared, the front army was close to the front line, and the two armies finally engaged in close combat!
Relying on the barbarians' proficiency in cavalry and their bravery, once a fight breaks out, the Tartar soldiers will instantly display their brutality!

Clank clank clang!

Swords, spears and sabers collided!
In the melee, the enemy cavalry charged left and right, slashing with their swords.

In just over a quarter of an hour, the troops on both wings, despite their numerical superiority, seemed to be unable to resist and could not hold out!

Only Generals Huchen and Changting, relying on their own bravery, were still enduring in the battle line. They were surrounded by enemy cavalry and were in danger!

"Sangmen Star!"

"Pass the order, Xu Jizu's 1,600 men will attack from the west!"

"Go and seal the gap in the head circumference!"

"Don't let any of the enemy cavalry escape!"

The enemy was formidable. Xiao Jingchuan was in a high position in the north. He looked around and saw that the situation was unusual. He quickly gave another order and sent Xu Jizu's troops to fight!
"Yes!" The Death Star hurriedly responded.

As soon as the order was given, Xu Jizu immediately led his troops to attack from the southern section of Gaojinku on the west slope!

If you look over there, you can see that on the west slope, the flags are waving, and the sound is tremendous!
Therefore, compared with the other two teams in the formation, this team was more powerful, so once they rushed down, the dangerous situation in the battle suddenly turned around!
Soon, Bahana's vanguard army was broken up by Xu Jizu's troops who had just joined the battle!

If the beginning and the end are not connected, it will be difficult to take care of the front and the back!
Even if the Yi Ding cavalry is indeed the best in field battles, if they encounter such an ambush and blockade, the mobility advantage of Pegasus will be completely gone!

When a tiger is trapped in a plain, it can only engage in close combat and lose its courage!
"Whoaaah!"

"kill!"

"Kill, kill--" Bahana swung the halberd in his hand, sweeping across the Ming soldiers in front of him. He was in high spirits and didn't even bother looking around.

However, the personal guards behind him suddenly came to report.

"Report——"

"Report!"

"Your Excellency the Governor!"

"Du Tong!"

"We saw a large number of enemy soldiers rushing down from the west slope!"

"My front cavalry has been cut off!"

The personal guard of the Jiannu army was reported to be covered in blood, with his left arm missing, but he was still extremely strong and had a ferocious look on his face!
Upon hearing this news, Bahana was stunned!
The long spear swept again and then hovered, and then he turned around and glanced left and right to see the enemy situation!

When I looked down, my heart tightened!
No one could have imagined that the Ming army would actually set up such an ambush here. Seeing the two-pronged attack, the number of enemies who joined the battle to kill their own troops was probably at least 8,000, if not 10,000!
The disparity in the number of troops between the enemy and us is so huge!

The arrogance and boasting just now disappeared in an instant!

Bahana was desperately searching for a countermeasure. Although he was still unwilling, he was blocked in front and attacked from both wings. Relying on the terrain, he was also surrounded by swords and arrows. In this situation, if he wanted to rush south again and break the ambush, it was probably hopeless!

In order to prevent the situation from getting worse, he had no choice but to bite his back teeth and utter two words between his teeth! "Retreat!"

"Pass the order down, change the rear formation to the front formation!"

"All southbound routes are blocked!"

"Tell the Han army in the rear to take control of the two flanks and protect the cavalry in the middle as they charge back north!"

Bahana finally realized that defeat was inevitable, so he held his breath and dared not delay the fight any longer. He turned his horse around and looked for an opportunity to turn back!

But at this very moment!

suddenly!

Among a pile of rocks near the bottom of the west slope, an archer under Xu Jizu's command shot an arrow fiercely!
The arrow flies away and rushes towards Bahana!

Bahana was caught off guard and was hit by an arrow that pierced his left arm at the elbow!
Feeling the pain instantly, he pulled out the short-bladed dagger hidden in his right boot, glared with fierce eyes, and threw it out!
This brave archer from Jizu's tribe fell to the ground and was killed!

The dagger pierces the heart!

"withdraw!"

"The entire army returns north!"

"Withdraw! Quickly withdraw!"

Bahana, whose left arm was injured, could not care much about the pain in his elbow at this moment. He raised his halberd and swept it, breaking off one end of the arrow feather. He pierced his elbow and broke the arrow. He turned around on his horse and hurriedly led his troops to escape back to the north!

A strong wind blew from the southwest, and smoke and dust filled the air!

Boom boom boom!
Minglu's supply unit approached the middle of the high slope, and dozens of Portuguese small-caliber artillery aimed at the enemy in the rear and fired a barrage of shots!

Due to the continuous torrential rain for several days, it was difficult to transport large-caliber field artillery, so the Portuguese gun showed its advantage for a while!
In addition, the two wings took advantage of the high terrain, and the archers also fired more arrows continuously!
In this battle, although Xiao Lang's combined forces were a mix of various troops, including spearmen, archers, swordsmen and shieldmen, and all kinds of teams, they were at an obvious disadvantage against the well-trained, fierce and brave Yi Ding cavalry, and their combat effectiveness was worrying!
However, relying on the ambush tactics and the advantage in numbers, Bahana and his army were still defeated and fled!

Seeing that the casualties on both sides were increasing in the battle, Xiao Jingchuan, who was in the north, was sweating in his palms!
But suddenly the enemy cavalry suddenly reversed and retreated!
Immediately, Xiao Lang also understood that the situation would be reversed!

Seize the initiative and we will win this battle!
Looking on, the enemy general retreated, and the Jiannu cavalry under his command also began to flee in panic because of the change of fate at the last minute. The original forward momentum was suddenly lost, and they threw away their weapons and armor, and fell into danger!

The opportunity to completely turn the tide of the war has arrived!

In order to stop the enemy's retreat and wipe out the enemy completely, Xiao Jingchuan tilted his head and gave another order.

"Zhao Yingyuan unites his forces, five thousand militiamen!"

"Charge them all and block the retreat route of the enemy coming from the north!" Xiao Ling shouted to those around him.

"Yes!"

"The last general takes command!"

Just at this moment, Zhao Yingyuan, a surrendered general from Qingzhou who had been following the marquis closely, shouted back loudly with full of energy!
Without any further delay, the young man mounted his horse, drew his sword, gave an order, and led the 5,000 soldiers who were waiting behind him, shouted and rushed out of the high slope!

These 5,000 rural men were originally farmers and newly recruited soldiers!

The reason why Xiao Jingchuan ordered this team to join the battle at this moment.

Firstly, he was worried that the combat effectiveness of his troops was weak. If they were released early, if they feared the enemy and mutinied, it would be even more difficult to clean up the situation!

Secondly, it is also an obstacle to Zhao Yingyuan. After all, he is a newly-promoted surrendered general. We don't know his background and are not familiar with him. It is difficult for him to take on any important task for the time being. That's it!

(End of this chapter)