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Chapter 283 I Can't Win

Li Yanxian personally led five thousand cavalry in a charge.

They were sent to intercept, divide, and recruit the routed Han soldiers from Hebei.

The Ming infantry who had already given chase...

They also received military orders and gradually withdrew to the main camp.

Wanyan Chamu led her troops to retreat to the riverbank.

I was getting a little impatient after waiting for a while.

He rode his horse towards Wanyan Talan:

"The Liangshan emperor was a steady and reliable military strategist."

"Our army of 20,000 Han soldiers was routed."

"Even at a time like this, he's still holding the camp and not pursuing."

"How to do?"

"What else can be done?"

Wanyan Talan said,

"Let the infantry and cavalry cross the river in batches,"

"Then dismantle all the pontoon bridges!"

The Jin troops attacking the Ming army camp

Apart from those who had already died in battle,

And those routed Han soldiers,

The remaining infantry and cavalry calmly and orderly withdrew from the battlefield.

Li Yanxian led 5,000 cavalry

They recruited and captured tens of thousands of Han soldiers from Hebei.

They then began to divide their forces to approach and observe the main force of the Jin army.

Wanyan Talan immediately dispatched several thousand gold cavalry to attack.

Li Yanxian was unwilling to accept the challenge.

They retreated while shooting arrows.

The Jin cavalry did not pursue.

They retreated again to the vicinity of the riverbank.

When about half of the main Jin army had crossed the river,

Li Yanxian said to the messenger, "Report this to His Highness the Crown Prince."

The messenger rode off on horseback for a while.

Then they waved the flag.

"All troops, advance!"

Zhao Yuan finally gave the order.

More than 20,000 Ming soldiers left their camp one after another.

Maintain basic formation and jog forward.

When the Ming army approached those pontoon bridges

More than two-thirds of the Jin infantry and cavalry have crossed the river.

Attack while the river is halfway across!

Jin generals such as Wanyan Xiyin

Have the remaining cavalry and Jurchen infantry quickly cross the pontoon bridge.

The bridge was guarded by infantrymen from Bohai, Xi, Khitan, and Liaodong.

When the Ming army began its attack

More than 6,000 infantrymen of various ethnic groups remained on the east bank.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

Nearly two thousand musketeers

They jumped off their horses and began firing freely.

Ming cavalry and infantry archers

They also shot arrows at the Jin soldiers.

The more than six thousand Jin infantrymen were terrified.

Completely lacking the courage to fight.

They turned and rushed onto the pontoon bridge to escape.

The sound of "plop" continued.

Jin infantrymen pushed and shoved each other as they fled for their lives.

They fell into the water like dumplings being dropped into a pot.

"Destroy the bridge!"

At Wanyan Xiyin's command,

The Jin soldiers who had already crossed the river,

They went and destroyed the dozen or so pontoon bridges.

Liu Yanzong, Gao Jingshan, Xiao Qing, and other generals from various ethnic groups

Seeing the tragic state of his people,

They all had gloomy faces and were full of resentment.

The Jurchen soldiers all withdrew.

However, the Han soldiers, Bohai soldiers, and Khitan soldiers of Liaodong suffered heavy losses.

More than 6,000 infantrymen from various ethnic groups of the Jin Kingdom

Apart from those who were captured and killed,

Most of them fell into the river.

The temperature is so low it's almost snowing.

Those infantrymen were wearing armor.

Where is there any chance of survival?

Inside the city.

Kong Yanzhou was the first to flee.

Some of his soldiers

Even while escaping,

He reached into the basket to grab the treasures—those riches.

It was used by Wanyan Zongwang to reward the soldiers guarding the city.

But they didn't get very far.

They were intercepted by the Jurchen supervisory force.

Moreover, he killed more than thirty fleeing soldiers on the spot.

Kong Yanzhou led his troops back with trepidation.

Before even reaching the battlefield,

Then the defending troops collapsed.

Terrified, he turned and fled again.

The Ming army's heavily armored guards were unable to give chase.

He took off his helmet and leaned against the city wall to rest.

A large number of elite Ming troops entered the city via the horse path.

Go and open the gates of the barbican.

It was discovered that it was already open.

The Jin soldiers guarding the barbican all fled.

They quickly reopened the main entrance.

We welcome more friendly troops from outside the city.

Chapter 284 Burning the Supplies

Thousands of Ming soldiers gave chase on foot.

Passing through the North Gate and West Gate,

They charged toward the pontoon bridge over there.

Kong Yanzhou, leading his routed soldiers, still wanted to get onto the pontoon bridge.

But then a Xi general charged forward.

And he would just raise his knife and start slashing.

The Xi general angrily cursed:

"What kind of dog are you?"

"Hurry back and fight the enemy!"

"Yes...yes..."

Kong Yanzhou had a long face.

Seeing the Jin soldiers occupy the pontoon bridge to cross the river,

He and his soldiers could only wait in place.

"kill!"

The battle cries of the Ming army were drawing near.

The Jin infantrymen accelerated their escape.

People were occasionally pushed and fell into the river.

A Ming army troop was still more than ten paces away.

Kong Yanzhou knelt down with a thud, kowtowed, and cried out:

"Long live the Ming Dynasty! Long live the Emperor! Long live the Crown Prince!"

Long live the Ming Dynasty!

"Long live the Emperor!"

"Long live the prince!"

The soldiers under Kong Yanzhou

They also joined in with all sorts of random shouts.

"Get out of the way!"