Zhu Xiaoan originally thought that he could just harass him, because he was not sure that he would be able to kill him in one fell swoop.
Zhu Xiaoyong's "learning from the past" cast a certain shadow on Zhu Xiaoan, making him very fearful of the Yongwang Mansion Army.
But he really didn't expect that the so-called undefeatable Yong army would be broken through by him.
This can only mean one thing, either he is too strong, or Zhu Xiaoyong is too useless.
Of course, there is another possibility: this batch of Yong troops are too weak.
Regardless of the possibility, the current situation is not a small good but a great good for Zhu Xiaoan.
Originally, he only planned to harass, but now Zhu Xiaoan's mind changed. He planned to inflict heavy losses on Yong's army, and even planned to annihilate them if possible.
"Kill...crush them!"
Once there is no resistance from the military formation, Prince Yong's army is nothing but meat on the chopping board and cannot be considered a hidden danger at all.
Gao Zheng'an's military formation is almost seventy or eighty meters long. At this moment, the middle ten meters has been washed away and should not be cut into two pieces.
The cavalry of 600 people focused on the small section in the middle to attack, so the current result is considered normal.
However, during this process, Zhu Xiaoan's cavalrymen lost nearly a hundred people. After all, dozens of them were shot dead at first.
After cutting Yong's army into two pieces, Zhu Xiaoan thought he would be greeted with victory, but he did not expect that this would be the beginning of a nightmare.
Although it was cut off in the middle, the grassroots organization of the Wangfu Army is still there, and each household can continue to organize fighting.
In other words, Zhu Xiaoan's fierce charge did not cause the Wangfu Army to collapse, but only caused them to evolve from one military formation into two military formations in the north and south.
Gao Zheng'an was in the north. He commanded nearly 300 people in the north and slowly adjusted the direction of the military formation.
At this moment, Gao Zheng'an was feeling anxious. Many people would surely be lost this time. In order to minimize his own fault, he must inflict as many casualties on the enemy as possible.
"Brothers, hold them back and don't let them escape!" Gao Zhengan roared angrily.
Compared with the Yong army in the north, the two hundred households in the south seemed relatively chaotic because they did not have unified command.
Although it seemed chaotic, the long and rigorous training allowed the soldiers to maintain their basic formation.
When the two lilies gathered together, a new command group was formed, and the manpower of the two hundred households offices was fully mobilized.
"Brothers, stabilize the formation, stabilize the formation first!"
For infantry, the most important thing is to stabilize the formation, otherwise there will be no combat effectiveness at all.
The horses collided wildly, and the soldiers from the south thrust out their spears desperately, causing people to fall over each time.
After all, the Ming army's cavalry were unqualified cavalry. Apart from charging and simply chopping, they had no other effective means of attack.
In the beginning, the ability to overwhelm the Yong Army's middle formation relied more on its speed.
But after the initial sprint, their speed has slowed down, and it is impossible to continue to rely on collision to kill.
So now, the battle is in an anxious state, and this also makes Zhu Xiaoan feel deeply anxious.
From the very beginning, there was no improvement in the progress of the battle, which put Zhu Xiaoan in a difficult situation.
Should we attack Yong's army in one go, or should we withdraw now...
But Zhu Xiaoan forgot one thing, his original goal, he just wanted to harass Yong's army and withdraw at some advantage.
Fortunately, Zhu Xiaoan was not dizzy at this moment, and he only heard his order: "Withdraw..."
He was not trying to escape, but wanted to withdraw his troops and prepare for another attack. Only by increasing their speed could they possibly overwhelm Yong's army again.
The order was conveyed quickly. Maybe these people were not good at fighting, but they were very good at evacuating.
He turned around and left the dock, but escaping was not that easy.
Although Yong's army cannot attack, they can shoot arrows to kill them.
This is also the shortcoming of the Ming army. They have no long-range attack methods at all.
"Fire arrows..." Hundreds of households ordered loudly.
Arrows shot out like raindrops. The Ming army had their backs turned to the arrows and could only escape as fast as possible. The faster the better.
Under three volleys, fifty or sixty more of these soldiers were shot to death.
The Ming army withdrew and Gao Zhengan regained command of the army, but at this time he did not order a pursuit.
The most important thing right now is to stabilize the military position to guard against possible corpses appearing around them. After all, they made a lot of noise just now.
The broken military formations were reunited under the command of Gao Zhengan. At least for now, they were in a safe state.
After a few minutes, seeing that there was no danger around him, Gao Zhengan immediately ordered: "Quickly count the manpower and treat the wounded!"
Gao Zheng'an walked among the military formations: "Not only our manpower, but also the corpses of the traitors!"
Standing on a high ground, within Gao Zhengan's sight were horses wandering in the distance.
"Someone, go and bring those horses back!" Gao Zheng'an ordered.
So a group of soldiers was sent out, and the horses scattered around were brought back one after another.
Soon, the battle losses were tallied.
In the battle just now, sixteen of them were killed, and eight others were seriously injured and unable to continue fighting.
Of course, the corpses of the Ming army were also roughly counted, and a total of 145 people died in the battle.
Calculating only based on the battle dead, the Yong army and the Ming army were close to one to ten, and the infantry faced the cavalry. This battle loss ratio was already outrageous.
What's more, they also captured more than a hundred horses.
"Send a few people to inquire about the situation around you, and then send people to the Central Army to report the situation here to the prince!"
Gao Zhengan wanted to take possession of the horses as his own, but this was not something he could decide and had to be reported to Zhao Yanxun.
After the battlefield was cleaned and the wounds of the seriously injured were treated, they were placed on horses and continued to move forward. Whether they could survive or not depended on whether they were strong enough.
On the other side, after Zhu Xiaoan evacuated with his men, it took him twenty minutes to gather the troops. This was also the reason why they failed to organize a second attack.
Again, they are not qualified cavalry and do not have many effective attack methods.
It's okay to fight against foreign workers in a smooth battle, but once they encounter powerful soldiers like Prince Yong's Mansion, it will be a defeat.
It can be said that the surprise attack they launched this time was equivalent to Zhu Xiaoan hitting an iron wall, causing his head to bleed.
Looking at his subordinates who had reduced their numbers by nearly a quarter, Zhu Xiaoan said with a confused look on his face: "How should I explain to King Ming!"
At this moment, he remembered that he had laughed at Zhu Xiaoyong, but now it seemed that he and Zhu Xiaoyong were no different at all.
Of course, Zhu Xiaoan attributed his failure to the fact that Yong's army was too strong.
Fighting against such a powerful enemy, could the weak King Ming really defeat Yong's army?
Before the start, Zhu Xiaoan felt that the outcome was 50-50, but now he was defeated and had no hope of victory.
"Sir Qianhu, there is a letter from the prince..."
Zhu Jinzhang's battle arrangements were finally sent over at this moment, but it was a pity that it was a little late.
Seeing the slumped appearance of Zhu Xiaoan and his men, the scout who delivered the message was a little puzzled, thinking that they had just escaped from the entanglement of the corpses.
"Zhu Qianhu, the prince has an order for you to..."