Although Bai Houren led the fine cavalry under his command to escape from the battlefield early, his deputy commander never discarded the flag. However, in order not to attract the attention of the Tatar cavalry, they always suppressed the flag.
But at this moment, Bai Houren suddenly decided to display his deputy commander's flag, intending to make his identity clear so that the Ming cavalry running from both wings in front would be wary.
But a guard next to him reminded him with a fearful expression: "General, it seems that the cavalry on the other side is trying to prevent the broken troops from attacking the formation. If we go straight to the formation, will we be mistaken for attacking the formation?"
According to military law, attacking a friendly formation head-on is a capital crime, but you will be killed on the spot!"
Bai Houren roared angrily: "I am a great Ming Dynasty deputy general and a second-rank official. What do they dare to do to me? Quickly, raise my general flag and we will go to the front. Once we enter the military formation, we will be safe!"
Bai Houren's deputy commander Zhang Wu raised the flag high and immediately whistled and whistled in the wind. Then, he led the remaining three hundred people and ran towards the gap between the two cavalry formations in front of them.
When the horses of both sides crossed each other, he saw clearly the flag of the Ming Cavalry on the opposite side, and he couldn't help but sigh: "Look, the soldiers and horses of General Wu of Ningyuan are worthy of being the leader of Liaodong, and his subordinates are indeed much more capable."
The strict cavalry formations of Ningyuan's army on both sides of the north and south looked like two surging iron streams, rolling towards the west and passing by Bai Houren and other cavalry without even glancing at them.
Suddenly, less than a mile ahead, a group of Ningyuan Town infantry was waiting in formation. There were neatly arranged chariots and artillery in front of the formation, and there were more than a thousand fine knights moving around on both wings of the formation.
A flaming red billowing sun and moon flag, the infantry behind the car formation are also wearing flaming red armor, neat and solemn, you can see the knights on their wings wearing iron helmets, their faces are cold and ruthless
demeanor.
Bai Houren suddenly felt that rushing towards Ningyuan's infantry formation seemed to be a bad choice.
However, he was already riding a tiger and it was difficult to dismount. Seeing that the infantry of Ningyuan's army had not changed their formation, and looked like they were ready to fight, and had no intention of attacking him, he couldn't help but feel emboldened.
Bai Houren screamed: "Quickly, raise the general's flag high and hit the front row. Tell General Ningyuan that he knows that this is Bai Houren, the deputy general of Jizhen, and a good brother of Marshal Wu of Ningyuan...quickly
...Go and pass the message quickly..."
After hearing Bai Houren's words, the servants and guards around him also shouted loudly along with him. At first it was very chaotic, but gradually it turned into shouting in unison.
"Boom! Boom! Boom..."
A series of roaring sounds of artillery fire came, and the tank defense line in front of Ningyuan's infantry formation on the opposite side was shrouded in clouds of white smoke. Iron cannons roared and fired out in the flash of fire.
"Ah! Ah! Ah..."
Both the deputy commander-in-chief Bai Houren and his servants and guards screamed at the top of their lungs!
They had not thought that the soldiers and horses of the Ningyuan Army on the opposite side would come to stop them from charging into the formation, but they thought of more than a dozen ways, but they did not expect that the Ningyuan Army would actually use artillery to greet them.
Seeing that the situation had come to an end, Bai Houren had no choice but to save his life first. He whipped the horse under his crotch hard and shouted loudly: "Quick, rush over. If you rush over, you won't be afraid of artillery!"
Indeed, although artillery is sharp and powerful, its shortcoming is that it can only hit enemies from a distance and cannot attack enemies close up.
It was based on this judgment that Bai Houren ordered everyone to gallop along with him. As long as he rushed more than a hundred steps forward, they would not be afraid of the power of artillery.
How fast does the war horse gallop?
In just a moment, he rushed out of the artillery range and was only more than a hundred steps away from the Ningyuan Army's chariot. Bai Houren loudly urged the cavalry with the banner to rush forward and announced, asking the Ningyuan Army to open their formation and let him in.
Although everyone was deeply afraid of Ning Yuan's army because of the artillery fire just now, they still followed Bai Houren's banner closely and galloped forward, lured by the hope of survival.
"Bang! Bang! Bang..."
A series of firecrackers suddenly sounded like exploding beans, white smoke rose into the sky, and lead bullets shot out from where the fire suddenly appeared.
"Ah...Mom..."
"...Fuck...Ning Yuan's army actually beat me with a firecracker..."
"...It's over...I can't run anymore..."
Amidst the screams, one after another the servants and guards were shot and fell from their horses.
The flag bearer galloping in front of Bai Houren, his chest was agitated.
A stream of bloody arrows was shot out, and the horse was thrown off his horse. The lieutenant general, who had a five-foot-long pole, recognized the flag and didn't know where he threw it.
The strong horse under Bai Houren's crotch was also hit by the bullet. It neighed miserably and fell to the ground. Bai Houren was completely thrown away. He screamed loudly, and his calf was hit by a servant's horse that ran up from behind.
If you step on it, you may break your bones and tendons due to the force.
"...Ah...that bastard...trampled me to death...Look, I caught you...you look so good...ah...it hurts like hell!"
Bai Houren screamed and cursed. He struggled desperately to stand up, but the horse behind him kept running forward. A servant came with him on the horse and bumped into Bai Houren who had just stood up, knocking him hard.
It was knocked out a foot away.
Bai Houren was covered in blood, with more than one fracture on his body. Blood was still flowing out from everywhere on his body, mixing with the dirt and dust on the ground, giving him an indescribable color all over his body.
Finally, Bai Houren couldn't hold on any longer. He took one last look around, and all he could see were horses falling to the ground and wailing, as well as the corpses of servants scattered everywhere.
Waves of heart-breaking pain hit him. Bai Houren used up his last bit of strength and cursed angrily: "Wu Sangui, you are so vicious! You can do this to your brothers. Don't let me catch you. You will die a good death..."
Bai Houren struggled to wake up from his coma. The surroundings seemed unusually quiet. There were no roars, and even the screams of war horses were almost inaudible.
Suddenly, a burst of footsteps came. This sound was the one he was most familiar with. It was the sound of military boots hitting the ground. The "treading" footsteps were getting closer and closer, but they came from behind.
Bai Houren wanted to turn around to see what was going on, but his whole body was motionless and he couldn't exert any strength at all. He could only wait helplessly.
I was wondering in my mind who was coming, was it his servants? Or the generals from Ningyuan Town?
"Bang!" was followed by a heart-rending scream: "Ahhhh..."
A big foot wearing a thick military boot kicked Bai Houren's broken thigh hard, with a crisp click. Bai Houren fell to the ground, blood foam sprayed from his mouth, and his eyes widened.
A heart-breaking pain hit him, and Bai Houren let out the most tragic cry in his life. He wished he could faint directly. This heart-wrenching and unforgettable feeling really made people unable to live or die.
Then Bai Houren wanted to faint, but it was an extravagant wish. The severe pain made him more and more awake. He wanted to moan, but found that he could not make any sound.
He also smelled a strange smell in his nose. Was it the smell of blood, blood and soil, or was he incontinent?
After he was in pain, he gritted his teeth and cursed angrily: "Fuck, who can kick me and not want to live anymore?"
"ah……"
Just after Bai Houren finished scolding, he was kicked hard on the waist again. The pain made him sweat profusely, and he let out another heartbreaking scream.
Covered in blood and mud, he struggled to get up, but he heard the sound of hoofbeats, which made his eardrums buzz. Before he could react, a spear was pressed between his neck.
He hurriedly howled: "We are Bai Houren, the deputy general of Jizhen, who dares to harm me?"
At this moment, the sound of horse hoofbeats suddenly stopped, and a cold voice said: "Ji Zhen's broken troops rushed towards our Ningyuan army formation. Lieutenant General Bai Houren was unable to stop him. He was killed by the broken troops and died on the spot."
"puff!"
The cold and sharp tip of the spear penetrated Bai Houren's neck. He twisted it and pulled it out with great force. A stream of blood arrows shot up and flew high.
Bai Houren, the dignified deputy commander-in-chief of Jizhen, did not know which Ningyuan soldier ended his life until his death, nor did he know who the Ningyuan general who gave the order was!
He was still a tall body, lying languidly among the corpses of war horses and humans, shaking quietly, twitching until his body was twisted out of shape, but he could no longer make a sound.
Until his death, Bai Houren did not understand what the strange smell he just smelled was.
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It turned out that when Wu Sangui saw the Shanhai Town and Jizhen soldiers and horses collapsed on the high hill, and the broken troops continued to pour in from the west, he immediately rode back to the camp.
In addition to inviting his uncle Zu Dalue to patrol the Chinese army camp, he also took out four bamboo sticks from his boots, named four generals, and ordered them to each lead more than a thousand elite cavalry to plunder from the north and south.
Go out, cut off the route for the defeated troops to attack the camp, and drive them to both sides.
As an outstanding military general in western Liaoning, and having grown up in a family of generals since childhood, he knew all too well the dangers of a broken army. Once this group of bastards escaped the control of the military camp, they would be more terrifying than tigers and wolves.
How many strong armies and how many leading generals were defeated not at the hands of the enemy, but precisely at the hands of their own defeated troops.
It was precisely because of Wu Sangui's insight that he was appreciated by Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, and became the next leader of the generals in western Liaoning that Hong Chengchou wanted to train.
It was precisely because Wu Sangui had Hong Chengchou, Zu Dashou and other backers that he could be so decisive and decisive in ordering to kill the defeated troops rushing towards him.
He had just named four generals, and the remaining two of them were to serve as the wings of his infantry formation, and he personally led the Chinese infantry train forward to meet the defeated troops to prevent them from rushing to the front of the formation, which would not be easy.
Scattered.
At the same time, Chen Jiugao was also asked to send chariots from the front camp of the Shenji Battalion to support the battle. Therefore, his infantry formation had so many artillery and muskets. After one round of shelling and two volleys of muskets, Bai Houren's more than 300 servants were
There's not much left.
Then the two wings of servants rode forward to cut and surround them. The more than a hundred Bai Houren servants who were still alive knelt on the ground obediently, not daring to have the courage or courage to resist at all.
At this time, the two teams of servants' elite cavalry had continued to rush forward, driving away the defeated Jizhen troops who were fleeing from behind. Only a hundred cavalry remained here.
Bai Houren's servants, who were still alive, were all in despair. They knelt aside obediently, waiting for Ning Yuan's army to fall. They even held back their gasps, and they were like cocks defeated in a fight.
Some people even lay on the ground and kowtowed as if they were pounding garlic: "Grandpa, have mercy on me, grandpa have mercy on me..."
None of them noticed the situation on Bai Houren's side.
Even after most of the Ningyuan Army's cavalry passed by these Ji Zhen defeated troops, they were still frightened and praying for blessings from gods and Buddhas in the hope that Ningyuan Army could spare their lives.
Some people are already crying and begging: "Grandpa, spare your life... I am willing to kill the Tatars for grandpa... I will never run away again..."
Finally, they heard an order: "Everyone kneel down obediently. Only after everyone has registered their names can they enter the rear formation. Do not move arbitrarily. Violators will be killed without mercy!"
How can these remaining lucky people still have the desire to resist?
They all knelt down on the ground and kowtowed as if they were pounding garlic: "Yes...yes...thank you grandpa...thank you grandpa..."
At this time, a servant finally noticed the situation on Bai Houren's side and couldn't help but howled miserably: "General Ma is dead...his head was pierced..."
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As soon as Bai Houren's troops were defeated, Wu Sangui's general, Du Si Ji Zhonglun, led more than 300 fine cavalry and another Du Si, Li Qinggong, on the north and south sides, and rushed forward again.
Suddenly, Ji Zhonglun's eyes narrowed. Not far in front of them, more than a hundred Tatars were galloping towards them.
These Tatar soldiers, looking at their armor, are all soldiers and horses of the Zhengbai Banner of the Eight Banners of Manchuria. Their armor leaves are exposed, shining with silver.
As for the dozen or so mounted Tatar soldiers running in front, they all had flaming flags on their backs, and red tassels flying high on their helmets were actually white flags of the same color.
The person in the lead, with a slanted natural flag on his back, turned out to be a strong little leader of Bajala, and next to him was a middle-aged strong man, who was wearing heavy armor and had a huge chest.
The breast protector is holding a large Ba Yala flag in his hand.
Ji Zhonglun has been in Liaodong for a long time. He is also a military general. He has been working hard in the army since he was a child. Fighting against the Tatars is not a day or two.
Therefore, he naturally knew the military discipline of the Qing Dynasty. From the flag master down, all generals personally held the flag, and all the cavalry and soldiers in the army moved according to their direction.
However, when the Qing army sent troops to fight, at least the generals at the level of Jia La Zhangjing had to have their own large banners. Otherwise, just like those who were assigned to pay Shiku, they only had ordinary triangular oblique flags.
Just a border flag.
On the opposite side of the Tatar cavalry, there are more than a dozen Baya La soldiers, which is already very extraordinary. Now, among them, the large banner of the Baya La camp Jia La Zhangjing can be seen.
The warlike factor stirred up in Ji Zhonglun's body, and he shouted: "Be careful, there may be Tatar soldiers on the other side."
After he finished his instructions, he lowered his head and blew his whistle to call Li Qinggong, who was running to the south to cover, to quickly join him and fight together with the more than a hundred Tatars on the opposite side.
Their whistles sounded in unison and after the message was passed on, they instantly changed their formations and outflanked both sides. More than 600 elite cavalry from Ningyuan Town divided into two groups and faced the group of Tatars.