Late Ming Dynasty: Special Forces in 1645

Li Chengming led 3,000 Xingfu soldiers to charge against the Jin army's main force of over 10,000 men, advancing with unstoppable momentum!

In addition, there was a garrison in Ehu Town. He Mingqiu gathered two thousand troops and took the initiative to attack the Jin army that was besieging Ehu Town.

The two restoration armies, one in the south and one in the north, launched their attacks almost simultaneously. The restoration armies had been restoring their strength for a long time and were equipped with advanced firearms. As soon as the battle began, they attacked the Jin army with overwhelming force, leaving them unable to retaliate.

The battle turned one-sided, with the Jin army caught in a pincer attack from the south and north, unable to defend one side and completely unable to withstand the Xingfu Army's offensive!

Seeing the Jin army being continuously slaughtered by the Xingfu Army's firearms, Jin Shenghuan only thought about gathering a large number of troops to engage the Xingfu Army in close combat.

But Jin Shenghuan forgot that the Xingfu Army's spear formation was the real reaper of lives. With its rigorous training and tight organization, the Jin army's scattered infantrymen rushed over, and almost every one of them fell down!

The Jin army, with its superior numbers (several times that of the Xingfu army) and the ruthlessness of its supervisory team, managed to hold out against the Xingfu army.

Just as Li Chengming saw the opportunity and was about to order the explosive shells to be ignited and thrown, a sudden change occurred on the Jin army's side.

A thousand-man unit appeared. Unlike the other Jin soldiers, these men all had a reed tied to their left arm. Instead of charging towards the Xingfu Army, this unit turned around and charged towards the Jin soldiers who were entangled with the Xingfu Army, raising their spears and charging forward.

The Jin army, which was fighting the Xingfu Army, was still confused about the situation when they were attacked from behind by the Jin soldiers who were tied with reeds. Caught off guard, they fell to the ground one after another.

Is there some internal strife between these two Jin armies, or what?

The Xingfu Army looked on in bewilderment at this scene, but their hands moved quickly. The Jin soldiers, bound by reeds, launched a sneak attack from behind, while the Xingfu army charged forward.

Before long, the thousands of Jin soldiers on this front were all annihilated.

The Xingfu Army confronted the Jin army bound by reeds. One of the Jin soldiers stepped forward and roared, "Yuan Daguang, under General Wang's command, surrenders to the Xingfu Army!"

The Jin army, numbering over a thousand, sheathed their swords and spears and roared in unison, "We surrender to the Restoration Army!"

Not only this Jin army, but also the Jin army charging from another direction, all defected on the battlefield, shouting in unison, "We are willing to surrender to the Restoration Army!"

At this moment, Yuan Daguang took a cloth bag from his subordinate, untied it, and revealed a human head. This head had a rat tail and was extremely ugly.

Yuan Daguang stepped forward and said, "General Li of the Restoration Army, this is Wang Deren, who surrendered to the Jurchens. I have cut off Wang Deren's head and presented it to the Restoration Army!"

As he spoke, all of Wang Tizhong's former subordinates took off their hats, and all of their queues had been cut off, to show their determination to surrender.

"Yuan Daguang..." Li Chengming heard about his affairs. Zhou Lei had reported Yuan Daguang's late-night entry into Qianshan City to Li Chengming.

Regardless, Yuan Daguang provided intelligence about the Jin army's plundering of civilians, and the Restoration Army owed him a debt of gratitude.

Wang Tizhong's former subordinates defected on the battlefield, offering their allegiance. It was difficult for Li Chengming to refuse their surrender.

Li Chengming shouted loudly to Wang Tizhong's former subordinates, "Accept their surrender! Split up and follow them to the flanks!" Then he whispered to the messenger, "Go and inform the four battalions on the flanks to be on guard against these surrendered troops. If there is any unusual movement, take action immediately!"

Every second on the battlefield is extremely precious. Since Li Chengming has decided to accept their surrender, he should express his opinion first, but at the same time, he cannot completely trust them and must still be wary.

At that moment, He Mingqiu's voice came through the walkie-talkie: "Captain, some of Wang Tizhong's former subordinates have surrendered on the battlefield..."

A similar scene unfolded not only on Li Chengming's side but also on He Mingqiu's side.

"Did they offer a pledge of allegiance?" Li Chengming quickly replied, "If they defect and attack other Jin armies, then accept their surrender, but at the same time, be on guard!"

He Mingqiu said, "Understood, I know what to do!"

After surrendering, Wang Tizhong's former subordinates had almost no way out except to truly surrender.

With the addition of the surrendered troops, the Restoration Army not only became more powerful, but also gained greater momentum.

Seeing Wang Tizhong's former troops defect and turn against his own forces, Jin Shenghuan, enraged, roared, "Where is Wang Deren? Tell Wang Deren to come see me!"

A subordinate rushed over, breathless, and said, "General Wang has been killed, his head has been cut off, and besides General Wang, his personal guards and several of his capable subordinates have all been killed!"

"Ah!" Jin Shenghuan roared to the sky, furiously kicking the subordinate who had given the order to the ground. He yelled, "Useless! Wang Deren is useless! I told him to kill all those disobedient officers, and he couldn't even handle such a small matter. He actually ended up being killed by his own men. He deserved it, he truly deserved it!"

Seeing Jin Shenghuan descend into madness, a trusted confidant rushed over and grabbed his leg, pleading, "General, the two restoration armies are about to converge! Let's retreat immediately!"

Another confidant knelt before Jin Shenghuan and cried out, "General, it's all Wang Deren's fault! Wang Tizhong's old subordinates all deserve to die! But now it's too late, let's retreat first, otherwise..."

Seeing that Kim Sung-hwan remained silent, the two confidants continued to plead for the troops to withdraw.

After a long while, Jin Shenghuan calmed down, his face ashen, and said weakly, "You guys handle it."

Seeing that Jin Shenghuan had expressed his opinion, the two confidants felt relieved and quickly ordered their personal guards to escort Jin Shenghuan away.

Then, watching the Jin army retreating steadily under the fierce attack of the Xingfu Army, he sighed inwardly and gave the order to retreat.

In fact, the Jin army was practically in a state of defeat by now. The order to retreat was given in the hope that more Jin soldiers could escape and that more defeated troops could be gathered together later.

If the Xingfu Army hadn't attacked so quickly that the artillery couldn't keep up, the Jin army would have suffered even more casualties.

After receiving the order to retreat, the Jin army turned around and ran away immediately, finally no longer needing to pretend to fight and retreat.

No need to pretend anymore, they're all running even faster now.

Those who were slow to run simply threw down their weapons, knelt down, and surrendered. Everyone heard the Restoration Army shouting loudly, "Disarm and you will not be killed!"

Those who ran fast were outrun by the Restoration Army's cavalry.

Those who couldn't run fast and refused to surrender were in a difficult position for the Restoration Army. They had no choice but to cut them down with a single blow, leaving their fate entirely to luck.

Then just hand it over to the friendly forces that come up later to deal with it.

At this moment, Yan Huidong's voice came through Li Chengming's walkie-talkie: "Captain, a group of people escaped first. Jin Shenghuan may be in that group. They are fleeing towards Qianshan City."

Although Yan Huidong was in Xinzhou City, he deployed reconnaissance drones to monitor the battlefield in Ehu Town when the battle began.

Li Chengming asked, "Can you send troops to intercept them?"

Yan Huidong replied, "No, the Jin army still has 20,000 troops surrounding Qianshan City. If we want to send troops out, we must break through the Jin army's encirclement."

Li Chengming said, "Alright, then let's hold our positions and observe the situation!"

Li Chengming ordered his cavalry to pursue Jin Shenghuan, but west of Ehu Town, the Qianshan River lay across the river, and the wooden bridge had been destroyed by Jin Shenghuan after he had already crossed it.

Although the Qianshan River was not deep, it still took some time for the cavalry to cross. By the time the Xingfu Army cavalry had crossed the river, Jin Shenghuan had already run far away.

In the end, Yan Huidong could only watch helplessly as Jin Shenghuan escaped back to his base camp outside Qianshan City.

In fact, Li Chengming didn't care much about whether he could intercept Jin Shenghuan.

The 25,000 Jin troops at Ehu Town were routed, leaving only 20,000 Jin troops under the walls of Qianshan City. They were no longer capable of turning the tide and were no longer a threat.