Chapter 714 0709 [Total Defeat]

There were not many Ming cavalrymen who participated in the night attack, because Li Bao had few cavalrymen.

Most of these 3,000 elite soldiers landed with mules, and then carried armor to the northern foothills to ambush the night before the Jin soldiers arrived.

Because Hu Yantong's troops were discovered by the Jin soldiers, Li Bao immediately led more than 100 cavalrymen to attack in advance, and the remaining elite infantrymen accelerated their running and attack.

Where did these more than 100 cavalrymen go?

They went straight to the east camp of the Jin army camp.

That was the direction of Jinzhou. The soldiers resting in the camp must be the elite pioneers of the Jin Kingdom!

When the Jin Kingdom's militia, craftsmen, and civilians were scared away by the sudden attack of the Ming army infantry, Li Bao had already led more than 100 cavalrymen to rush into the east camp of the Jin soldiers.

As Li Bao expected, there were indeed a large number of elites here. One-third of the Jin soldiers had horses, and the rest were all armored soldiers.

The Jin soldiers with war horses hurriedly put on armor and mounted their horses, and circled to the south to try to attack Hu Yantong's side. The rest of the Jin soldiers quickly assembled into a small team and moved closer to Wanyan Zongbing who was blowing the horn.

There was no fence here, just a camp with guns inserted. Li Bao led more than a hundred cavalrymen and rushed in.

Due to the hasty assembly in the dark, the Jin soldiers were divided into teams of thirty to fifty people, and those who occasionally ran away could only be temporarily mixed into teams. Many people put on armor while moving, and even the armor was not fully dressed.

It was in this situation that Li Bao led his army to kill from the side.

The first team of Jin soldiers encountered was about fifty or so soldiers. When they heard the sound of horse hooves, they thought it was their own cavalry running to the north camp. After completing the task of maintaining order, they returned and did not turn around to form a defensive formation.

More than a hundred Ming cavalrymen rushed from the side and killed more than fifty elite Jin soldiers holding sporadic torches.

"It's the Ming army!"

The two sides were only about twenty steps away, and finally a Jin soldier reacted.

But it was too late.

Li Bao rode on the son of the cornucopia and rushed in first. He raised his spear and sent a Jin soldier flying, then shot another Jin soldier in the back with his spear. More than a hundred cavalrymen swept past behind him, dozens of Jin soldiers were killed or injured, and a few survivors were scared and fled.

They continued to rush forward, and according to the position of the torches, they killed another team of Jin soldiers approaching the general's tent.

This team of Jin soldiers also had only a few dozen people. At this moment, they turned around in panic and lined up, shooting arrows at the Ming cavalry.

Li Bao led his army to pass by their side, and when they crossed, he raised his spear and stabbed, killing and wounding only more than 20 people. After passing by, Li Bao did not come back to kill them all, but continued to rush to another team of Jin soldiers.

Taking advantage of the fact that the Jin soldiers were all in small teams, Li Bao's intention was very obvious, that is, to prevent them from gathering into a large force.

After charging and harassing five teams of Jin soldiers in succession, the elite infantry left by Li Bao finally rushed into the northern camp of the Jin soldiers.

Most of the Jin militiamen there had already fled, and the Ming infantry quickly split into three groups. One group attacked and killed the Jin national militiamen who had not yet fled, and the remaining two groups rushed straight to the small hill where Wanyan Zongbing's general tent was located.

Wanyan Zongbing thought that the Ming army was all in the direction of the sea, so he ordered the elite troops of the southern camp to form a formation to resist, and the rest of the Jin cavalry went around to attack from both wings. As a result, not long after the cavalry was sent to the south, the Ming army suddenly rushed out from the east (Li Bao cavalry) and the north (Li Bao infantry).

Wanyan Zongbing was shocked and had no idea how many enemies had come. He asked the messenger to blow the horn urgently, and quickly recalled most of the cavalry that had just been sent out, and at the same time led his personal soldiers to defend the small hill.

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Huyantong was the most dangerous place. The front was the elite troops of Bohai who were lined up to fight, and many Jurchen cavalry came from both sides. He had already fallen into the dilemma of being attacked from three sides.

More than 2,000 Ming troops formed a gun formation and fought desperately to resist the siege of more than 3,000 Jin infantry and cavalry.

Most of these soldiers were born as Shandong bandits. They were trained by Han Shizhong for more than a year and by Li Bao for more than half a year. Their military discipline was very poor before, and it is not much better now, but at this moment, no one ran away.

They are all old bandits. How could they not know that running away would lead to death?

Since the general Hu Yantong was still insisting, they must fight desperately. Only by fighting hard can they have a chance to survive.

The Jin cavalry attacked after shooting arrows on both sides. In less than a moment, hundreds of Ming soldiers were killed and wounded here.

"Woo woo woo~~~"

The horns on the hill sounded loudly, and the Jin cavalry who were continuously attacking on both sides all turned their heads in shock and looked towards the direction of Wanyan Zongbi's general tent.

Their commander was stabbed in the ass by the Ming army!

Thousands of Jin cavalry were separated, leaving the battlefield in the south, and rushed back at full speed to rescue the commander.

"Mr. Li is here, fight with me!"

Hu Yantong roared, and the morale of the besieged Ming army was greatly boosted.

Huyan Tong led more than 300 warriors and took the initiative to rush towards the Jin infantry in front.

He held a four-meter lance in his hand, and his spear skills were extremely exquisite. He could change his moves in the midst of the Jin soldiers' spears. Unfortunately, the Jin soldiers on the opposite side were all wearing strong armor. He stabbed several people in succession, but they were only injured but not killed. Some Jin soldiers were even stabbed but not injured.

These Jin soldiers were all Bohai people, from Bohai Ba Meng'an.

Their main general Da Yan died in the siege, and now the deputy general Liang Fu led the troops.

Liang Fu was a Bohai general of the Liao Dynasty. He was captured by Aguda when he was defending Jiangzhou City (Dongshitouchengzi, Fuyu County, Jilin). After being surrendered by Aguda, Liang Fu returned to his hometown to recruit Bohai people as soldiers and made great contributions to the expansion of the Jin Dynasty.

This man was already in his forties and was extremely brave. After Huyan Tong had fired his spear many times, he seized the opportunity to reach out and grab Huyan Tong's spear.

Huyan Tong and Liang Fu each grabbed one end of a spear and engaged in tug-of-war while the two armies were fighting.

The personal soldiers of both sides nearby stabbed at the enemy generals.

Huyan Tong suddenly let go of his spear, and Liang Fu lost his strength and fell back.

Huyan Tong took advantage of the situation and rushed forward, avoiding the spears and drawing his sword.

He used a Song Dynasty hand knife. Compared with Tang and Ming swords, this Song Dynasty hand knife was wide and short, and the tip of the knife was also clumsy.

Like the Song Dynasty broadsword, the Song Dynasty hand knife can also be used as a blunt weapon. The tip of the knife is convenient for force and has the effect of breaking armor. Even if it cannot break armor, after many chops, it can try to cut off the rope of the armor or smash the enemy's bones to cause unbearable pain.

Huyan Tong rushed over like this, and Liang Fu just stopped his strength and stood firm when he was chopped in the chest by a hand knife.

The knife did not break the armor, but it caused Liang Fu's chest to hurt so much that he quickly abandoned his spear and pulled out the bone flower to fight back.

Huyan Tong stretched out his hand to hold Liang Fu's right arm, and waved his hand knife to continue slashing.

The knife hit the neck of the enemy, but still failed to break the armor. However, it made Liang Fu's eyes go black, as if his neck was cut off.

Just when Liang Fu was dizzy, Hu Yantong used the tip of his knife to pick up the neck of the enemy, and then he stabbed Liang Fu's throat fiercely.

The whole process was too fast. From Hu Yantong's low body rushing in to slashing Liang Fu's neck with a knife, it took less than ten seconds.

In the darkness, the personal soldiers of both sides did not react.

"The enemy general is dead!"

Hu Yantong pushed away Liang Fu, who was struggling with his hands covering his neck, and slashed at Liang Fu's personal soldiers with a knife. The Bohai soldiers' formation was instantly in chaos.

It was just a small scene, not worth mentioning.

In history, when Han Shizhong was surrounded by a lone army, this guy rode up and fought with the main general of the Jin army. The long weapons of both sides were knocked down, and their horses fell down. Hu Yantong, who was stabbed by a short knife, strangled the Jin army commander with his bare hands and captured the Jin army commander alive, allowing Han Shizhong to successfully break through.

At this moment, the Ming army on both sides was still forming a formation to resist the Jin cavalry, but under Hu Yantong's power, hundreds of people in the frontal troops rushed into the Bohai army formation.

Hu Yantong chopped randomly in the enemy pile. It is estimated that he felt that the power of his hand knife was too weak. When his soldiers rushed over, he took the opportunity to pick up the enemy general Liang Fu's iron bone flower and directly turned on the invincible mode among the Bohai soldiers.

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Li Bao's 3,000 direct infantry elites have rushed to the vicinity of the small hill.

And those Jin infantry elites on the east side, without completing the assembly of the large team, were rushed back and forth by Li Bao with more than a hundred cavalry, and completely lost their organization in the dark.

Seeing that he would be attacked from both sides and not knowing how many enemies were coming, Wanyan Zongbing led his personal soldiers to flee urgently and ran to the south to join the Jin cavalry who had rushed back.

He was about to command the cavalry to counterattack when suddenly a rider came running to report: "Liang Dutong was killed in the battle, and the Bohai army was in chaos!"

"How many enemy troops are there in the south?" Wanyan Zongbing asked.

The cavalry replied: "Maybe two or three thousand, maybe three or four thousand, it's too dark to see clearly."

At this time, Wanyan Zongbing was not the battle-hardened Jin Wushu. He had been with Aguda for many years. Although he was familiar with military and political affairs, he had few opportunities to go to the battlefield in person. He led the army to fight only a few times, and this was the first time he led the army alone.

Listening to the shouts and killings coming from all around, Wanyan Zongbing was already a little confused.

More than 1,000 of the more than 5,000 Meng'an Mouke soldiers were killed by Li Bao and lost their organization, and more than 2,000 were killed by Hu Yantong and their formation was in chaos. Only more than 1,500 cavalry could be used.

Most of the more than 6,000 signed militiamen from various ethnic groups were frightened and fled.

As for the thousands of civilians and craftsmen, they had no fighting power at all.

The correct approach for Wanyan Zongbing was to gather all the cavalry in his hands, run to the south to attack Huyan Tong with all their strength, rescue the elite Bohai soldiers, and then fight back to the north.

But as soon as this idea came up, Wanyan Zongbing rejected it because he didn't know how many Ming troops had come.

If the progress was not good, they would be surrounded by the Ming army, and they might be annihilated, and the remaining elite cavalry would also be buried.

"Follow me to break out!!"

Wanyan Zongbing did not use the word "withdrawal", but shouted the slogan "break out". In a panic, he thought he was surrounded.

The horn sounded soon, and the Jin cavalry that was attacking Huyan Tong's flank left the battlefield after receiving the order, leaving a group of Bohai elites who had lost their main generals and were still fighting there.

More than 1,500 Jin cavalry, mixed in the fleeing soldiers, fled at full speed towards Jinzhou.

The elite troops of Bohai, whose formation was already in chaos, were still resisting with their blood and courage. Now they were suddenly abandoned by their friendly forces. They instantly collapsed and gave up resistance. They threw away their weapons and turned to flee to Jinzhou.

"Follow me to chase the enemy!"

Hu Yantong roared, and the Ming army, which had more than 400 casualties, chased the enemy madly with great momentum.

Li Bao was afraid that Wanyan Zongbi would recover his judgment, so he led only more than 100 cavalrymen to chase more than 1,500 Jin cavalrymen. His elite infantry drove away the fleeing soldiers all the way and ran to join Hu Yantong's troops.

The more than 1,500 Jin cavalrymen were scattered in three places at this time, and there was no time to gather. They only knew to flee in the direction of Jinzhou.

The fleeing soldiers were everywhere, and the panic shouting made the Jin cavalry even more panicked.

After fleeing for more than ten miles, there was a Qili River blocking the way ahead, and more than 1,000 Jin cavalrymen could only flee along the river bank.

Wanyan Zongbing led more than 800 cavalrymen and plunged into the mountains upstream of the Qili River. After daybreak, they crossed the river safely in the mountains and fled back to Jinzhou City in fear.

Another 700 Jin cavalrymen ran south along the river bank, found a suitable crossing, abandoned their armor and led their horses to swim across.

In fact, Li Bao had stopped chasing the cavalry. After encountering Qili River, he turned back with more than a hundred cavalrymen, killing and capturing Jin infantrymen along the way.

In this night attack, Wanyan Zongbing lost more than 2,000 elite Bohai soldiers, more than 800 elite Jurchen soldiers, more than 4,000 militiamen issued by various ethnic groups, several thousand craftsmen and civilians, and all the food and grass accompanying the army were seized by Li Bao.

It can be said that it was a complete defeat!