Before Deng Ming arrived at the northern line, Zhao Tianba had already fought fiercely with Zhang Yong and Wang Jinbao.

After gathering more than a thousand armored soldiers earlier, Zhao Tianba began to consider counterattack, but before he made up his mind, he learned that a Ming army under his command was caught by the Qing army not far from the assembly place. Zhao Tianba immediately led hundreds of armored soldiers to reinforce. At that time, he was thinking about responsibly and then withdrew from the battle, so he did not send an envoy to report to Deng Ming.

The cavalry of Li Guoyingbiao battalion was stuck in the Ming army. The number was not large, with only about one hundred cavalry. When hundreds of Ming army armored soldiers suddenly appeared, the cavalry was shocked and immediately retreated. Although they successfully responded to the troops, Zhao Tianba learned from them that some Ming troops were entangled by the enemy, so Zhao Tianba continued to lead the troops forward and tried to rescue more Ming troops.

After ousting two bands of armored cavalry in succession, Zhao Tianba suddenly found hundreds of Qing army infantry coming from the front, which were Wang Jinbao's personal troops. Wang Jinbao was also surprised when he learned that hundreds of Ming soldiers had counterattacked. There were many things that confused him today. For example, the speed of the defeated soldiers fleeing was unprecedented, and there were few captives and captures. The Ming army was completely defeated because the commander abandoned the army, and the most combat-capture and courageous soldiers must have been taken away by Deng Ming, but the defeated soldiers could organize spontaneous counterattacks in this situation!

No matter how ridiculous it was, Wang Jinbao still followed with half of his personal soldiers and launched an attack on Zhao Tianba. Wang Jinbao had neither heard of Zhao Tianba's name nor saw many flags from the Ming army formation. So he believed in the judgment of the armored cavalry of the Biaoying camp, believing that this was a spontaneous force of resistance.

Although the emergence of this resistance force was somewhat beyond Wang Jinbao's imagination, he thought the other party was just relying on his bravery, so even though he saw Zhao Tianba occupying a hill, Wang Jinbao did not think much and ordered the soldiers to attack. Wang Jinbao's men also thought that the other party would not have many armored soldiers, most of which should be armorless auxiliary soldiers holding wooden spears. After rushing two rounds of arrows, the personal soldiers and officers who were eager to make contributions took the lead in attacking the mountain, relying on their heavy armor.

Seeing that the opponent had infantry and cavalry, Zhao Tianba did not dare to retreat, for fear that he would turn the deception into a real defeat as soon as he retreated. So while sending soldiers back to summon the troops in the rear, he seized the high ground and formed a formation to defend. When he found that the enemy dared to use few infantry to attack his high ground head-on, Zhao Tianba was surprised and happy: "How stupid is this guy to use such a soldier?"

As soon as the Qing army fought with the Ming army, Wang Jinbao immediately realized something was wrong. The other party was not only full of morale, but also well-equipped. Two rows of bows and arrows shot over and seemed to be tickling. Moreover, the Ming army all pulled out bright swords like magic, and in a blink of an eye, stabbed the heavy armored officers who rushed to the front to death.

"This is definitely not an auxiliary soldier!" Wang Jinbao was stunned. As for why a war army unit with hundreds of people suddenly appeared here, Wang Jinbao couldn't explain it. Because of his carelessness, Wang Jinbao did not let the armored cavalry of the Biao Camp cooperate, but he immediately reacted and immediately ordered the retreat.

The Qing army was suddenly frustrated, and the commander hurriedly ordered a retreat. It was a good opportunity for the Ming army to pursue, but Zhao Tianba failed to react at the first moment, because he had just concluded that the enemy on the opposite side was a fool a few minutes ago. He did not expect that the idiot's reaction was so fast. In addition to the threat of the armored cavalry of the camp not far away, Zhao Tianba decided to wait for the subsequent troops to arrive before talking.

Soon, Zhao Tianba's rear team arrived and at the same time absorbed some scattered soldiers and returned to the team. Zhao Tianba already had more than 1,200 armored soldiers. He divided 30% of the armored soldiers to monitor Li Guoying's Bian Guards and led the remaining soldiers to attack Wang Jinbao's banner.

When Wang Jinbao saw thousands of Ming army soldiers suddenly pouring over the mountains and fields, he was really scared. At this time, everyone of Wang Jinbao's subordinates understood that what happened today was completely wrong, and most of them were trapped by the Ming army.

Faced with the Ming army's siege that was several times more than him, Wang Jinbao, who had already rushed nearly twenty miles, could not resist at all. In just one stick of incense, Wang Jinbao's three hundred personal soldiers were dispersed. Wang Jinbao himself fought and retreated and escaped. After escaping two miles, Wang Jinbao counted the number of people around him, and only half of his personal soldiers were left - this was because Zhao Tianba saw hundreds of enemy cavalry beside him, so he did not dare to stretch out a long line to chase Wang Jinbao who was defeated.

After seeing the size of the Ming army, the Biaoying Arctic Cavalry did not dare to fight. After restraining Zhao Tianba for a while, he took the initiative to retreat. The Biaoying guerrillas also sent people back to the camp to report the battle situation here to Li Guoying.

After rushing the armored cavalry of Biao Camp far away, Zhao Tianba resumed his attack on Wang Jinbao and repelled the Qing army again. But at this time, the cavalry of Biao Camp came to interfere again, forcing Zhao Tianba to give up his pursuit again. When Zhao Tianba launched the third attack, there was more than one enemy general in front of him. Zhang Yong had arrived after hearing the news and fought side by side with Wang Jinbao to resist the Ming army's attack.

Faced with the Ming army's pressing step by step, the Qing army became more and more heartbroken as they fought. The opponent's bows and arrows were not short of guns. The armor was even more sophisticated than the Qing army, and there was also a two-meter-long long horse-resisting spear. It was definitely a powerful weapon for both offense and defense. Not only did it make the armored cavalry of the Biaoba very afraid, but it was also extremely powerful even when it was used to greet the Qing army's infantry.

The Qing army officers and soldiers all knew that they had fallen from above and that they had fallen into a trap. Today's battle would definitely not be good. They were already exhausted, but now they even lost their morale. If they were replaced by other green camps, they might have collapsed at this time. However, Zhang Yong and Wang Jinbao were both long-term generals who had been fighting for many years, and the fighting will of their personal soldiers around them was beyond the reach of ordinary green camp soldiers, so they were still working hard to support them.

"If I lose for a while, I don't know what will happen to my subordinates."

Taking advantage of the Ming army's attack, Wang Jinbao, Zhang Yong and the guerrillas from Biao Battalion gathered to discuss countermeasures. Before the other two people opened their mouths, Wang Jinbao first revealed the difficulties and said that his troops had reached their limit. Wang Jinbao brought 700 personal soldiers from Guizhou. Today, except for one hundred people staying in the military camp, they all brought them out to participate in the pursuit. The two consecutive defeats just now caused Wang Jinbao to lose more than 200 subordinates. Now, except for a team of personal soldiers still missing, the remaining more than 300 people gathered beside Wang Jinbao.

Zhang Yong knew that Wang Jinbao was telling the truth. The six hundred personal soldiers who followed Wang Jinbao out of the camp to pursue him had already gone to the three stops. The bravest officers and soldiers among the personal soldiers died in the battle. Some of the personal soldiers who retreated just now had their weapons and armor because of panic. Although the general's personal soldiers claimed to be able to fight to the last man, they were actually unable to do it. Wang Jinbao's personal soldiers were all old subordinates who had followed him for many years, otherwise they would have collapsed long ago.

Zhang Yong brought 800 personal soldiers from Guizhou, all of whom had followed him for many years. Today, Zhang Yong left behind 200 soldiers in the camp, and now there are more than 500 personal soldiers gathered around him. At present, Zhang Yong's personal soldiers are the main force in resisting Zhao Tianba's attack, and Wang Jinbao can only play a weak auxiliary role.

"We cannot retreat now. It will take more than ten miles to return to the camp from here." Although the situation is very dangerous, Zhang Yong seemed quite calm: "The thieves are waiting for their leisure, obviously they have prepared for it. If we retreat and are chased by the thieves, at most two of them will be two of them. Three of them can escape alive, and their armor and weapons will be thrown away completely."

Perhaps the armored cavalry of the Biao Battalion could retreat more easily, but the guerrillas of the Biao Battalion also knew that although Zhang Yong and Wang Jinbao's personal soldiers were not large, they were important armed forces of the Qing army and their combat effectiveness was far superior to other green camps. For the subsequent battle of Li Guoying, the guerrillas of the Biao Battalion were determined to help these two men escape with their personal soldiers. Anyway, the Biao Battalion was all cavalry, and the Ming army's cavalry was limited. The guerrillas felt that even if the situation became more sinister, it would not be difficult for the Biao Battalion to escape unscathed.

Seeing Zhang Yong's eyes circling on his body, the guerrilla clasped his fists and said, "What is General Zhang's order? The last general will never refuse."

"Okay." Zhang Yong was overjoyed when he heard this. Today, because he was coming out to pursue the defeated soldiers, neither Li Guoying nor other generals regarded the retreating Ming army as a threat. Because Li Guoying did not temporarily hand over the command of Biao Battalion to other generals, and Zhang Yong did not want to go over and ask for it, so Zhang Yong could only ask Biao Battalion guerrillas to cooperate, but could not give him any orders. In the counterattack plan envisioned by Zhang Yong, Biao Battalion Armored Cavalry was an indispensable part.

"The next step for the thief will probably attack General Wang's general flag..." There was not much time to delay, so Zhang Yong briefly drew a picture on the ground and quickly said it with his long sword.

Now the position where Wang Jinbao is responsible for the defense is closely adjacent to the Yangtze River, only a very short section. Zhang Yong undertakes most of the defensive tasks. Zhao Tianba attacked Zhang Yong's position just now. But it didn't take long before the Ming army retreated automatically. Obviously, the opponent also realized that compared to Wang Jinbao, who was at the end of his strength, Zhang Yong's new force, had much stronger resistance.

"I can't hold on for long." Wang Jinbao repeated again. His subordinates ran in the front when they were chasing and followed closely behind Biao Battalion. When they met the Ming army, they were already exhausted. After losing for two consecutive battles and being chased by the Ming army for several miles, the officers and soldiers were exhausted.

"When General Wang was attacked, I led the entire army to fight back against the thieves." Zhang Yong used his sword to carve a straight ditch deep on the ground, pointing directly to the side of Zhao Tianba's position. He accidentally threw Wang Jinbao down as a scapegoat and ran away alone.

"You can't rush down." Wang Jinbao was also very moved to see that Zhang Yong was unwilling to abandon him and escape, but he still poured cold water on the other side in a realistic manner. Many of Zhang Yong's troops rushed to the battlefield at the speed of a forced army after receiving the alarm. When the Ming army attacked Wang Jinbao's exhausted army, they would definitely leave enough troops to guard Zhang Yong. Wang Jinbao felt that no matter how brave Zhang Yong was, he could not destroy the Ming army's position, and he might be defeated by a fierce counterattack by the Ming army.

"But I can restrain all the remaining troops of the thieves. At this time, if the guerrillas in the Biao Battalion could go around the thieves and attack me, we might still defeat the thieves." Zhang Yong looked at Li Guoying's Biao Battalion guerrillas with hope. Defeating Zhao Tianba's pursuers could greatly increase the chances of the Qing army's safe withdrawal from the camp.

"I dare not obey the order." The guerrillas in the Biaoying nodded. He discussed specific cooperation with Zhang Yong and left first.

"Let's go." Zhang Yong called out the guerrillas and reminded him: "Once the thief is defeated, even if we beat the thief back for a while, we must leave immediately and never pursue the thief again."

Now Zhang Yong, Wang Jinbao and the guerrillas of Biao Battalion all suspect that Deng Ming did not leave at all and controlled the overall situation nearby, and the Qing army had already entered this fatal trap. However, for Wang Jinbao and Zhang Yong, fortunately, the Ming army along the river was commanded by an unknown Ming general. Deng Ming himself was not there, and those generals like evil spirits under his command, especially Zhou Kaihuang, were not present, which shows that this route was the route that the Ming army despised the most.

However, even the Ming army did not pay much attention to the whole route, the combat effectiveness they showed shocked Zhang Yong and Wang Jinbao. The equipment of these Ming troops was better than their personal barracks. The soldiers could retreat twenty miles and then quickly reorganized and counterattacked. The latter question Zhang Yong and Wang Jinbao would never be able to do it, and they didn't even dare to think about it.

The Ming army showed such combat effectiveness in this way, so the offensives of the other two Ming army can be imagined. Especially Deng Ming, who was able to command the entire army to defeat collectively and then reorganize it. Now when he thinks of this person, Zhang Yong and Wang Jinbao feel cold and stand up. He wants to return to the camp as soon as possible to guard the door and never follow and pursue it again.

In Zhang Yong's opinion, the other two green camps were not as good as his and Wang Jinbao's personal soldiers, and the Ming army they encountered was stronger, and the defeat was a foregone conclusion. Whether the Ming army followed and chased Li Guoying's camp or spun around the north, it would block the retreat of the Qing army in the north. Therefore, even if the counterattack was successful, Zhang Yong did not intend to pursue Zhao Tianba, as long as the other party did not interfere with him to retreat.

"Don't worry, General Zhang." The guerrillas of Biaobasted repeatedly promised that they would never be greedy for me, so they hurried to the army to arrange tasks. When they left, they complained: "Do you think I am a person who doesn't know the importance of it? When is it time? If you can fight off the thieves, you will burn the incense and dare to pursue them?"

In order to confuse the Ming army, the cavalry of the Biao camp deliberately retreated from the original route, and then secretly circled around Zhao Tianba's flanks.

"Biaoying is gone?" Zhao Tianba couldn't help but hesitate after seeing the Qing army's cavalry leaving, and thought to himself: "I was unable to attack with all my might just now because of this cavalry. I must be aware of this. Will he let Biaoying go? Do you want to encircle me?"

Just now, Zhao Tianba had already noticed that the newly arrived Qing army still had the power to fight, and the Qing army that had been repelled by him had already reached the verge of collapse: "If I drag it for a while, I can better observe the enemy situation, but that would delay time. If the Biao Battalion had to return to the rescue because the admiral was progressing smoothly in the middle, I should defeat the two thieves Zhang Yong and Wang Jinbao as soon as possible, and chase after him to cover the admiral's flanks."

Now that the enemy soldiers have lost the cover of the cavalry of the Bian camp, they will never be able to gather them again once they retreat. Zhao Tianba really cannot resist such a great temptation and decided not to wait anymore, but to launch an attack immediately.

Since the Ming army has always firmly grasped the initiative and is always attacking, while the Qing army can only defend passively. Before, General Zhao Tianba had the strength to let the troops take turns to rest. After making up his mind, Zhao Tianba ordered the four hundred armored soldiers who had rested for a while to take the lead and launch an attack on Wang Jinbao's troops by the river.

Shortly after the Ming army was dispatched, Zhao Tianba saw the banner of Zhang Yong in his right hand change, and the sound of war drums made loudly. A large number of Qing troops rushed out of the position and shouted toward Zhao Tianba's right wing.

"If you don't go to reinforce Wang Jinbao, you will rush back to our formation. It's true that there is a fraud." Seeing this, Zhao Tianba snorted coldly, but instead of stabilizing the defense, he ordered the 600 soldiers to set up their formation and prepare to launch a counterattack when the Qing army walked up the mountain.

"Since you dare to come, don't think about leaving." Zhao Tianba planned to repel Zhang Yong's counterattack head-on, forcing the enemy to leave all the wounded and flee. As long as the Ming army won this battle, the enemy's left and right wings would be defeated at the same time.

"But this guy dares to come out, probably because he wants to attract my attention, right?" Zhao Tianba ordered 150 horse-rejecting spearmen to stay in the formation. Zhao Tianba also picked up a gun himself and led his mount to the side of the spearmen.

"If I hold my position, the enemy cavalry might continue to restrain me like before. Then I can only follow and kill, but I cannot wipe out the two thieves here. Seeing that the infantry is about to be defeated, I don't have too many soldiers and horses around me, and the enemy cavalry can only go straight to the flag." In addition to 150 horse-resisting spearmen, Zhao Tianba also has more than 200 swords and axes on his side. He knew that his move was a dangerous move: "Go to a good fight and decide the outcome. Let everyone see, I, Zhao Tianba, fought alone in Zhang Yong, Wang Jinbao and Li Guoying's Bian camp, defeated his horse soldiers, and wiped out the other two thieves."

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"kill!"

When the Ming army rushed up, Wang Jinbao personally put on his own clothes and rushed to the front line with a big knife. He knew very well that if he wanted to leave safely with his personal soldiers, he had to repel the pursuers in this formation. Before Zhang Yong and Biaoying guerrillas were in place and defeated the Ming army, Wang Jinbao had to hold on any matter, dragging the Ming army on this side tightly.

Seeing Wang Jinbao leading the way, his personal soldiers were all very motivated, and they gathered their last energy to go forward and fought with the Ming army. The personal soldiers who had lost their armor and weapons were also looking for stones on the ground and preparing to throw them into the Ming army formation.

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"superior!"

When he saw the Ming army walking down the hillside towards him, Zhang Yong immediately understood the intentions of the enemy generals. The opponent's courage and no room for leaving Zhang Yong secretly frightened. Now Zhang Yong is already in a difficult position, and the opponent's counterattack without leaving any room for maneuvering the Ming and Qing armies, and only bet on life and death.

"Has the enemy general seen through the guerrilla action? His formation is about to fight to the death. His troops do not have the upper hand, but he would rather take the risk of the collapse of the entire army than to capture us all in one place." Zhang Yong urged the soldiers to come forward to fight, while glading in his heart: "Well, a nameless person under Deng Ming is so fierce... Fortunately, Deng Ming did not go along the way."

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"The victory and defeat are here." After the cavalry of the Biao Battalion was in detour, the Biao Battalion guerrillas arranged the attacking formations as fast as possible.

Today, Li Guoying sent all 800 people from the 1,000 battalion to pursue. As guerrilla thinks, the four hundred battalion cavalry in the middle are probably also resisting step by step, restraining the Ming army that lacks cavalry, making it impossible for them to quickly pursue the Qing army in the middle.

Seeing that the Ming army was divided into three groups, while attacking Wang Jinbao by the river, he also asked a unit to attack Zhang Yong. The Biao Battalion guerrillas knew that the current situation was either a complete victory or a complete defeat, and there was no room for each to make a move.

"The whole army assaults the enemy general's flag! If you encounter a spear of the thief, you will dismount and fight in the field! Break through the enemy formation as quickly as possible. After killing the enemy general, you will immediately return to General Zhang to rescue him and kill all the thieves without leaving any ground." The guerrillas of the Biao Battalion finished the order as quickly as possible, drew their swords and unsheathed them, and shouted at the officers: "Run!"

At this time, everyone was unscathed from the swords of the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi. The officers raised their weapons one after another and responded to the guerrilla order: "Run!"

Just when they were extremely nervous, a panic shout came from the side of the Qing army: "Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

The armored cavalry of the Biaozhan, who was about to start to accelerate, was stunned when he heard this. The knights with one wing on their left hand looked in the direction of the sound, and suddenly more screams exploded: "Enemy attack!"

At the same time, Zhao Tianba, who was waiting for the battle under his command, also saw a team of cavalry holding red flags suddenly appear on the side of the cavalry of the Biao camp. These Ming cavalry had just discovered the whereabouts of the Biao camp. When the four hundred Biao camp guards were placing troops in the direction of Zhao Tianba, two hundred Ming cavalry were on their left side, using the cover of the hills to set up the formation first.

Now, the Ming cavalry lined up in close formations, divided into two rows in front and back, and charged towards the Biaoying Arctic Cavalry.
Chapter completed!