Chapter 934 1023 Escape

Wang Gao knew that the situation was urgent and immediately ordered: "Follow me and fight to the death with Ming Gou.

Immediately, he turned around and said to the guards behind him: "Send people back to the city, gather the people in the city and me to attack from both sides.

If Li Chengliang dares to send people to steal the city, I will let him never come back. "

In a moment, Wang Gao guessed that Li Chengliang should have sent his cavalry relatively close to Gule City, intending to sneak attack Gule City, but he did not expect to be hit by him.

The Ming army did not have many cavalry.

Thinking of this, Wang Gao's confidence increased greatly.

As long as they can defeat this advancing Ming army, their morale will definitely be dampened.

The war was not going well during this period, and many of his subordinates had doubts about victory.

After all, in the eyes of most Jurchens, the Ming Kingdom was too powerful.

The shaking on the ground is getting stronger and stronger, which also indicates that the Ming army is approaching quickly, and the Jurchen army is also quickly gathering into a battle formation.

Although the Jurchens are not accustomed to fighting by dividing their arms into groups like the Ming Dynasty army, they have fought against the Ming army many times, and they can still get a glimpse of it.

As a result, a military formation with axes and spearmen in front forming a barrier for the archers behind quickly took shape. Although from the perspective of the Ming army, this was a very unsatisfactory military formation, but for the Jurchen army, This is already a very remarkable achievement.

Only the troops led by Wang Gao can do this. If it were other Jurchen tribes, the situation would only be worse.

However, when the Ming army and cavalry appeared in front of Wang Gao, he was still deeply shocked.

Because the opponent's cavalry was so good in terms of equipment and momentum, and the number of them seemed to be much larger than he expected.

He thought that this Ming army was just a surprise force, so it should only have a thousand men, so he was confident that he could defeat them.

But the Ming army that caught sight definitely exceeded two thousand people.

Two thousand people, that's the number of cavalry and infantry around him.

In fact, there were not many Jurchen cavalry during this period. Although Wang Gao had a good relationship with the Horqin and other tribes, it was very difficult to get horses from them.

The Jurchens mostly live in mountainous areas, and there are not many places suitable for raising horses. Therefore, the number of horses they can raise and breed is limited, and the number is also limited.

It can only be said that it has a slight advantage over the Ming army.

However, this advantage is against ordinary Ming army guards. If it is against the elite Ming army, it will naturally disappear.

Among the more than two thousand people, there were no more than a thousand cavalry. They followed the Ming army's formation, with infantry in the middle and cavalry covering both sides.

It was obvious that it would take time for the reinforcements in the city to be assembled and dispatched to get here to join the battle. He had no way to retreat and could only grit his teeth and withstand the Ming army's offensive and buy back the needed time.

Seeing the Ming army's cavalry reining in their horses just two arrows away from them, Wang Gao couldn't stop laughing. The opponent was very experienced and charged from a long distance. Instead of going directly into the attack, they stopped in the distance to rest their power, and even There are also Ming soldiers changing horses.

When did the Ming army's cavalry have extra horses for replacement?

The scene in front of him clearly exceeded Wang Gao's expectations. He had only seen this kind of situation in the Mongolian army.

This Ming army is extraordinary.

Almost instantly, Wang Gao had a bad premonition in his heart.

Seeing the Ming army quickly preparing to attack, Wang Gao's premonition of threat exploded in his heart. He could not wait for the Ming army to attack.

We broke camp and returned to the city this morning. In fact, our soldiers were still in good physical condition and were not considered exhausted.

Since the other party still needs to prepare for this, Wang Gao will naturally not let them get their wish.

If the infantry can't attack, then use the cavalry to charge and test the opponent's depth.

Following his order, the Jurchen cavalry, which was originally covering the two wings, received the order. The soldiers shouted loudly, waved their weapons, and drove their horses to attack the Ming army's formation.

The two armies were two arrows apart, which was actually only about five hundred meters. For a cavalry charge, this distance was really not that long.

However, it takes time for the horse speed to start, so when the Jurchen cavalry charges up, the time when the horse speed reaches the maximum speed is enough for the Ming army to respond.

The general at the front of the Ming Army's cavalry just raised his arms and swayed from side to side, and then the Ming Army's military formation changed.

At the front, the cavalry that had been densely packed before quickly separated to the left and right, revealing what was covered behind them, which were the black muzzles of more than twenty cannons.

The artillery was not big, so it was just stuck there. There were two Ming soldiers behind each cannon. They made some fine adjustments to the artillery and were waiting for orders to prepare for firing.

Not far from them, there were several soldiers holding the reins of several horses and making horse stakes there.

And behind them, there was another dense cavalry.

At this time, the two groups of Jurchen cavalry on the left and right had merged together, forming a torrent rushing towards the Ming army. However, when the opponent quickly separated from the left and right, the cavalry in front did not know what to do for a moment.

Should they divide into two teams to attack the two groups of Ming army cavalry separated on the left and right, or should they continue to charge forward directly and attack the newly exposed Ming army in front of them.

However, he only hesitated for a moment, because he didn't have much time to think before he was forced to run forward by Pao Ze behind him.

There was no way to separate into groups, so we could only keep the formation and continue to charge forward.

Wang Gao, who was behind, had a bad premonition after the Ming army separated, but because his sight was blocked, he couldn't see clearly what was behind the Ming army, so he just thought it was another group of Ming army.

The general of the Ming Dynasty had already turned his horse to the left side and joined the cavalry there, and then slashed forward with his right arm.

As he completed his action, the flags in the Ming army formation kept waving, and the Ming cavalry, which was divided into two, started again, and began to circle around the square formation of the Jurchen infantry on the left and right sides.

Yes, it was circled.

They did not rush in a straight line, but ran out in an arc, making them farther away from the Jurchen cavalry charging in the middle, and the blockade area was also larger.

In an instant, Wang Gao's eyes flashed, knowing that he had encountered a tough guy.

The opponent discovered the gap in strength between the two sides and planned to encircle and annihilate them all here.

The whole change took place in a very short time, so short that Wang Gao had no time to change the formation.

In fact, at this time, he was powerless to change anything, and could only hope that the Ming army was just a showpiece, the quality of the soldiers was not as high as shown, and his men could stop them.

Just when Wang Gao was worried, there was a series of cannon fire in front of him, and then he vaguely saw his cavalry falling off their horses in large numbers.

This Ming army actually brought artillery?

Wang Gao was awed. The Ming army in front of him was indeed difficult to deal with.

Li Chengliang was not a natural. After Qi Jiguang won a complete victory in the battle with the Duoyan tribe outside Jizhen Pass last year, he sent people to find out the course of the war.

Qi Jiguang was also surprised by the power of the tiger squat cannon, a weapon that he had never looked down upon before, in the horse camp.

Yes, when Qi Jiguang's horse camp encountered the Duoyan tribe, they often avoided fighting and would not engage in a horse battle with the opponent. Instead, they would dismount and form a formation, and wait for the Mongolian cavalry to rush up, and then use the shotgun shells of the tiger squat cannon to kill and wound.

Almost as long as the tiger squat cannon sounded, the Mongolian offensive collapsed instantly.

After all, the warriors who rushed to the front were often the most fierce warriors in the Mongolian army. They fell off their horses and died before they even touched the edge of the Ming army. The influence on others behind them can be imagined.

It was also because of the power of the tiger squat cannon shotgun that Li Chengliang equipped his own family team with 25 tiger squat cannons.

Although Li Rusong was still a hot-blooded young man, he was deeply afraid of this weapon after seeing the lethality of the tiger squat cannon shotgun.

No one can withstand such dense firepower. Facing the face-to-face damage of the tiger squat cannon, even the bravest people will be shot into a sieve.

Li Rusong is not a fool, he is quite smart.

He knows that if he faces an enemy with tiger squat cannons, he can't rush over, let alone rush to the front, that would be suicide.

He knows, but the Jurchens don't know.

More than 20 tiger squat cannons fired, directly causing hundreds of Jurchen cavalry to fall off their horses. These are the strongest warriors.

The powerful charge was instantly stagnant. Although the Jurchen cavalry was still charging, many Jurchen cavalry who appeared in the front row still pulled the reins of their horses at the same time, trying to slow down.

However, at this time, the Jurchen cavalry had already reached the speed of charging, and it was impossible to slow down.

The comrades behind them gathered and rushed forward involuntarily.

The Ming army on the opposite side also moved at this time. Although the horse speed did not increase, they still relied on the advantage of equipment to charge at them.

"Bang bang bang"

The sound of the bird guns of the roasted beans exploded in the Ming cavalry formation, followed by countless arrows.

Many Jurchen cavalry only saw that many Ming soldiers aimed at them with the clubs in their hands, and then bursts of green smoke came out of the clubs. After that, some of them felt pain and fell off their horses. Some of them continued to charge, but they didn't know what was going on, and their bodies were just doing movements subconsciously.

In their eyes, the Ming army was already waving the club and rushing towards them.

The two teams of cavalry soon collided, and after a while of people and horses falling, the two armies broke out from the other side's army formation.

After advancing a short distance, they turned around and killed back again.

The distance of the charge was shorter this time, so the horse speed could not be increased. Therefore, a fight soon broke out on the battlefield, and the Ming cavalry and the Jurchen cavalry were caught in a chaotic battle.

Wang Gao knew that the cavalry could no longer be counted on, and now he had to face thousands of Ming cavalry coming towards his infantry square from both the left and right directions.

It can be said that the scales of victory in the war were not on the Jurchen side from the beginning, and the battle of Wang Gao's tribe was completely led by the Ming army.

Looking at the approaching Ming cavalry, Wang Gao waved his hand in despair and issued an order to attack.

"Hua Hua Hua"

Amid the dense sound of horse hooves, Li Rusong took the lead and rushed towards the Jurchen army in front of him.

"Dong."

With a sound, Li Rusong felt something hit his head, and then he knew what was going on, and immediately lowered his body to dodge.

At this time, the horse team behind him screamed from time to time.

Li Rusong knew that someone was hit by the rain of arrows thrown by the other side.

At this moment, he felt another arrow fall on his back and hit his back, but it was just a feeling of being hit, and there was no pain.

He knew that under the defense of three layers of armor on his body, the arrows shot by the Jurchens would not do much harm to him.

Leaning forward, Li Rusong hung up his saber and took out his horse bow to observe the distance between the two armies.

If they were closer, he could use his horse bow to shoot at the opponent.

His actions also affected the people behind him.

Countless Li family servants hung up their weapons and picked up crossbows or three-barreled guns in their hands.

Soon, after entering the range of the horse bow, Li Rusong decisively began to shoot arrows.

After he shot the arrow, countless arrows soon flew out from just one meter above his head and shot straight at the opposite army formation.

The arrows flew back and forth on the battlefield, which was very exciting, but Wang Gao's eyes were indeed more worried.

The archers could not stop the enemy's cavalry, so how could they fight.

Inadvertently, Wang Gao led his men to slowly move to the rear of the army formation. He could only lead his personal guards, a cavalry of more than 20 people.

When the Ming army cavalry approached the Jurchen army formation, one side of the Ming army cavalry began to make a "pa pa pa" sound. It was a club, or more accurately, a three-eyed gun firing.

The barrel of the three-eyed gun was very short, so both the range and power were actually insufficient, which was just to boost momentum.

However, against the Jurchens who were only equipped with a small amount of leather armor, it was still lethal.

With a scream, many people were injured and fell to the ground.

The remaining Jurchens all stared with fear at this moment, watching the Ming cavalry approaching and getting taller.

"Kill."

At this time, Li Rusong had put down his horse bow and replaced it with his long-handled saber, waving it in the air, and slashed it down suddenly when he was close to the Jurchen army.

The commander rushed into the enemy army first, and the guards behind him could only rush to follow him into the Jurchen army in fear.

Li Rusong chose a good entry point. There was no big shield to cover him. There were only a few spears in front of him, so he slashed down hard to hit those spears, and then he and his horse crashed into the Jurchen army. Just when a big axe came to him, he turned his wrist and the saber in his hand had already cut off the opponent's right arm holding the axe.

Without waiting for the finishing blow, he had already urged his horse to pass.

The injured Jurchen was left to the cavalry behind him.

While waving his saber to block the weapons coming from the front, Li Rusong searched for Wang Gao's position.

Among the infantry, Wang Gao on horseback and his guards were still very conspicuous.

"Capture Wang Gao alive, reward 1,000 taels of silver."

Seeing Wang Gao's position clearly, Li Rusong raised his arms and shouted, and the guards around him responded one after another.

For a time, the Ming army's battle array was filled with endless shouts.

"Capture Wang Gao alive, reward 1,000 taels of silver"

The reward stimulated the fighting spirit of the Ming army. They waved their weapons vigorously and chopped at the Jurchens beside them.

The Ming army cavalry on the other side was also infected, and they rushed to Wang Gao from the other side.

The horse speed plus fierce slashing directly cut a bloody path in the Jurchen infantry team, and Li Rusong rushed to Wang Gao first.

Seeing that the Ming army's forward speed was not blocked by his men at all, Wang Gao knew that he was in danger.

Immediately, he decisively abandoned his men and wanted to flee to Gule City with only his guards.

However, at this time, the Ming army on the other side had already arrived. Although they did not completely block their way, Wang Gao could see that it was impossible to continue to escape in that direction. The distance between them and the Ming army would not exceed an arrow's reach.

Rather than being shot from behind by the Ming army, it was better to flee north.

In an instant, Wang Gao made a decision. (End of this chapter)