More than a hundred Qing soldiers stood in front of Zhao Liangdong, lined up in an neat array. Whether it was Zhao Liangdong or the other nine archers, they were hiding behind these Qing soldiers, looking for angles to aim at Deng Ming from the gap. In front of these Qing soldiers, there was an officer looking at the Ming army on his back, always looking at Zhao Liangdong himself.

After seeing his commander twisting his waist and opening his bow, the officer waved his hand quickly. With his movement, the Qing army in the front row immediately skillfully squatted down collectively. But after they squatted down, Zhao Liangdong's loud shout of "opening" came from behind. Almost at the same time, the first arrow flew over their heads.

A few dozen meters away, Deng Ming's guards were always looking at the actions of the Qing army opposite. After Deng Ming was shot by arrows, Wu Baoping, Wu Yuewang and other guards also took the shields for infantry from where they were. Anyway, Deng Ming had promised not to charge anymore, and these guards didn't care whether the shields were bulky or not, and it didn't matter if they would affect their immediate movements.

The Qing army on the opposite side suddenly squatted down collectively. Before the guards could react, they saw a small group of archers behind them, and everyone was holding their bows to aim at this side.

"Worry!"

"stab in the back!"

While Wu Baoping and Wu Yuewang, who were closest to Deng Ming, shouted out loud, they had already raised their shields to protect Deng Ming.

While the two shields were closing in towards the center quickly, a row of sharp arrows were already flying in. The two shields collided violently, making a dull loud noise. Then there was a crackling and rapid impact sound, and the flying arrows hit the shield one after another.

Except for the fastest first arrow, the remaining flying arrows were blocked by the desperate guards with their shields, but a cold light on his head hit Deng Ming's chest before the shield closed, pressing against the edges of the shields on both sides.

At that time, Deng Ming had already heard the guard's exclamation. He instinctively blocked it with his sword. While his wrist was shaking violently, he felt a powerful force rushing straight into his chest. Deng Ming groaned and fell backwards.

"Did you hit it?" Wang Jinbao couldn't help but scream as he watched the shield quickly protect Deng Ming.

"I'm still not skilled enough." Zhao Liangdong also stared at the movement over there, feeling a little regretful. This was the sniper trick he learned from the Eight Banners of Manchuria. More than ten years ago, when Zhang Xianzhong was fighting with the Qing army, he personally went to the front line to command the battle. He was recognized by the Ganzhou-Shaanxi Green Camp and instructed him to show him.

Huge personally deployed a sniper at Zhang Xianzhong, and Oboi was responsible for leading the archers. In order to prevent Zhang Xianzhong's guards from sacrificing themselves to protect each other, the Manchu archers hid behind the array and secretly aimed at Zhang Xianzhong from several angles. The Eight Manchu Banners who had just entered the pass were extremely skillful in cooperating. Although the archers led by Oboi were dispersed, they shot cold arrows at the same time. The Eight Manchu Banners in the front row waited until the archers released the bowstring before leaning down.

Zhang Xianzhong's guards had never encountered such sniping tactics, and were completely unprepared. Unprepared, an arrow hit the face of the Great Western King, and Zhang Xianzhong was killed on the spot. Zhang Xianzhong's sudden death caused the elite Xiying who were confronting the Qing Dynasty to be defeated, causing the Qing army to win a great victory without any effort.

This kind of sniping tactic was used by the Qing Dynasty to deal with a serious threat to the enemy, and the number of archers who cooperated with such tacit understanding was very rare, so it was not common. Zhao Liangdong had never seen it with his own eyes, but he heard it from Ajige when he was young. Later, after Zhao Liangdong led the army alone, he also conducted secret training. He originally wanted to use it to deal with Li Dingguo at a critical moment. Unexpectedly, Yongli abandoned the country and allowed the Qing army to easily occupy Yunnan, and Zhao Liangdong had no chance to use it. This was the first time he used this trick in actual combat.

"It would be great if I squatted down a little later." Zhao Liangdong sighed in his heart, looking at Deng Ming's original position without blinking. He knew very well that this method would probably be used to deal with an enemy once. If Deng Ming escaped this disaster, it would be even more difficult to attack him like this next time.

Although it was only a few seconds, Zhao Liangdong felt that it seemed like a hundred years had passed. Finally, he saw chaos in the Ming army. Several guards riding on horseback jumped off their horses and ran to the position where Deng Ming was originally. Then, Zhao Liangdong saw that the shield was lowered a little, and there seemed to be no one on Deng Ming's mount.

"My first arrow should have hit me." Zhao Liangdong felt ecstatic. Now half of his personal soldiers were still surrounded by the remaining Ming troops on the northern road, and there were still 400 people running towards here.

"Deng Ming is dead!" Zhao Liangdong shouted loudly and ordered the soldiers to yell the news in unison.

"Really?" Wang Jinbao was stunned when he heard this, stood higher on the horse's back, and looked at the opposite side with all his might: "Why can't I see clearly?"

"Does it matter whether it's true or not at this time?" Zhao Liangdong snorted. Regardless of whether Deng Ming was shot to death or not, it's always right to shout this out first. Of course, it's best to die. If you can't afford to be seriously injured, the Ming army will be in chaos when they hear the call of the Qing army, giving the Qing army a chance to counterattack and defeat the enemy.

"Deng Ming is dead!"

"Deng Ming is dead!"

Zhao Liangdong's personal soldiers gathered their strength and shouted in unison. Wang Jinbao's escaped subordinates soon joined them and shouted to the Ming army together.

After a few shouts, everyone on the Qing army showed ecstasy. They believed their shouts, and the enemy commander did not show up to fight back against their declaration.

While the Qing soldiers shouted, Zhao Liangdong ordered the personal soldiers surrounding Zhao Tianba in the rear to immediately rescue and meet him. When he saw Zhao Tianba's heroic performance just now, Zhao Liangdong had the idea of ​​killing this person. But now Zhao Liangdong had to let Zhao Tianba go for the time being. The number of Ming soldiers in front seemed to be about 2,000, posed a huge threat to the Qing army. The frontal enemy caused Zhao Liangdong to be unable to continue wasting more time on Zhao Tianba. Anyway, the Ming army in the north had been defeated, and the remaining more than 80 people no longer pose any threat to the main force of the Qing army.

It seemed that the Ming army had become at a loss. Although Zhao Liangdong did not see the situation behind the shield wall, he could see that the Ming army, who were cheering and rushing down the hillside, suddenly stopped moving. The Ming army's officers and soldiers were looking at the three walls and standing in the direction of the flag. The slow reaction of the Ming army allowed Zhang Yong's army to pass through the Ming army's flanks. Zhang Yong's group of people were originally responsible for monitoring the south. After Wang Jinbao was repelled in the middle, the Ming army had almost cut off his retreat to the riverside.

"The opportunity must not be missed." Zhao Liangdong never saw Deng Ming reappear. As the Qing army shouted louder and louder, a large commotion occurred on the Ming army. Zhao Liangdong silently said in his heart: "After my troops gather, we will immediately launch an attack and defeat these two thousand thieves, the unfavorable situation will be reversed by most of the unfavorable situation."

Behind Zhao Liangdong, Zhao Tianba and the people around him also heard the cheers of the Qing army. Although the Qing soldiers had already rescued the siege, Zhao Tianba's legs were like a feed of lead, nailing him to the spot and unable to move.

"Admiral... Young Tang King..." The spear in Zhao Tianba's hand was weakly hanging to the ground, and the Ming troops on his left and right were all anxious. The cheers of the Qing army came into his ears, causing these nearly a hundred Ming troops to lose all their fighting spirit and thinking ability in an instant.

Zhao Liangdong's army gathered rapidly. After Zhang Yong retreated to Zhao Liangdong's flank, he no longer continued to retreat, but instead formed parallel formations. Soon, in Zhang Yong's army, the same cheers as Zhao Liangdong also sounded. At this time, Li Guoying also adjusted his formation and retreated to contact Zhang Yong's troops. Opposite Li Guoying, the Ming army led by Ren Tang did not catch up immediately. They were also at a loss because they heard the cheers of the Qing army. Ren Tang was also anxious and did not care about commanding the troops but kept looking towards the direction of the three walls.

...

"Help me up." Deng Ming, who was lying on the ground, said a sentence after being shot in a subtle voice. He only felt that his whole body was disintegrating, and there was no softness. The command he had accumulated for a long time was as light as if he was whispering to someone.

"Admiral." Several guards surrounded him anxiously, trying to help Deng Ming behind the formation.

The arrow just now first brushed across the edge of Deng Ming's sword, knocked the blade out of a crack, then changed some angles and directions, shot Deng Ming's chest, passed through the armor, and stabbed into the combat uniform under the armor, trapped in the thick and strong military uniform. Now the arrow has been pulled out by the guards, and seeing that there was no large trunk of blood spurted out, the guards around Deng Ming all showed relief expressions.

"Help me get on the horse," Deng Ming felt some strength recovered. He gritted his teeth and ordered in an unquestionable tone: "Let the whole army see me."

The guards looked at each other, and the cheers of the Qing army were still coming over and over again. They no longer tried to send Deng Ming to the rear, but instead worked together to help Deng Ming get on the horse again.

There was no pain in his chest. To be precise, there was no feeling any more. Deng Ming felt numb from his front chest to his abdomen, and even his left arm seemed to be not his own and could not lift it up at all.

After struggling for a few times, Deng Ming still couldn't turn over with the help of the guards. Every time he put a little force, his body would involuntarily fall backwards. The left side of his body was always numb and he was not at all obedient.

"Let the horse lie down." After another failed attempt, Deng Ming felt that if the three armies saw their embarrassing appearance, it would probably not be a good thing.

The guard pressed the horse's head and forced it to kneel down. Deng Ming finally barely sat on the saddle. He took a deep breath and nodded to the guards beside him: "Let it get up."

But after the mounts stood, the guards also dispersed with shields, allowing Deng Ming's figure to appear high in front of the Ming army again.

After seeing Deng Ming appear again, Zhou Kaihuang and Mu Tan who were running over were stunned at first, and then shouted excitedly in unison: "Peace of the Admiral!"

More and more Ming troops saw this scene. After cheers sounded from the Ming army, the Qing army opposite them gradually could not continue to shout.

"What a pity, what a pity." The troops were almost assembled. Zhao Liangdong looked at Deng Ming in the distance and shook his head with great regret.

The strange formation of the Ming army guards on the opposite side made Zhao Liangdong believe that Deng Ming was seriously injured now and was probably forced to ride on the horse. However, even if he knew this, it would be difficult to quickly defeat the Ming army with morale recovery.

"Go and tell the Governor, we should evacuate as soon as possible." Zhao Liangdong stared at Deng Ming for a moment. The other party rode on the horse motionlessly, neither moving nor making any gestures. No matter how you look, it seems to be seriously injured. It's a pity that the other party did not show a shaky look.

Before Li Guoying met Zhao Liangdong's envoy, he had ordered the army and Zhang Yong's troops to retreat alternately and move closer to Zhao Liangdong's troops on the riverside.

Like Zhao Liangdong, Li Guoying's attention was also constantly on Deng Ming in the distance. His judgment of the enemy was the same as that of Zhao Liangdong, that was Deng Ming was just holding on. Li Guoying was always looking forward to it. As long as Deng Ming shook his body slightly, he would order the soldiers to shout: "Deng Ming is no longer able." Unfortunately, the other party always stood upright on the horse without moving.

Now the Ming army soldiers may still be suspicious. Their commander was in a mess just now and forgot to control the troops was a good opportunity for the Qing army to take the opportunity to retreat. Li Guoying knew that if he did not seize this opportunity, and when the Ming army's morale was completely restored and their commander regained the army, it would be much more difficult for the Qing army to retreat. Moreover, deserters had already returned to report that Wang Mingde was captured and that the Ming army on that route might arrive at any time.

After seeing Deng Mingping safe and sound, Zhou Kaihuang, Mu Tan and Ren Tang woke up suddenly and hurriedly focused on their respective positions. When they sorted out the troops and forced them to the Qing army again, Li Guoying had already merged with Zhao Liangdong and retreated to the riverside.

The first ones boarded the ship were Wang Jinbao and Zhang Yong's troops, as well as Li Guoying's Biaoying's guards. The governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi dispersed the 200 Biaoying guards onto various ships, and it was strictly forbidden for any ship to leave first: "Those who pull the anchor without authorization will kill!"

When he saw that the guards of Biaoying wanted to take their mounts onto the small boat to transport them onto the Jiangzhou, Li Guoying was furious: "It's too late to pretend, so how can I delay time?"

With Li Guoying's order, everyone in the Biaoying guard drew their swords and stabbed all their mounts to death on the shore.

"Governor General quickly get on the ship, and the last general leads the headquarters to cut off the rear." Seeing the Ming army slowly coming, Zhao Liangdong said anxiously to Li Guoying.

"Okay!" As more and more Qing soldiers boarded the navy, the positions left by the Qing army on the shore became smaller and smaller. The Qing soldiers relying on Zhao Liangdong could almost be maintained. Li Guoying was not polite to Zhao Liangdong, and immediately turned around and headed towards the riverside.

While Zhao Liangdong led the Qing soldiers to line up the river, Li Guoying organized soldiers to board the ship by the river, so that the soldiers could be dispersed on various ships and did not crowd any ship.

After the guards and infantry boarded the ship, the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi remained on the shore. Li Guoying had just forbidden any ship to anchor, because he was afraid that once a ship was ahead, the Qing army, whose morale was on the verge of collapse, would follow suit and not wait for the troops to leave on their own.

Wang Jinbao, who had already boarded the ship, saw that Li Guoying had not boarded the ship for a long time, got off the ship and ran to Li Guoying, and shouted to him: "The Governor is old, so get on the ship first. I will stay here to command the officers and soldiers on board, and I will also have a good water quality."

"No need." Li Guoying felt that Wang Jinbao's prestige was incomparable to him, and staying on the shore might not make the officers and soldiers feel at ease. He ordered Wang Jinbao to get on the boat again immediately, and he was still on the shore to command the boat to take turns to pick up and drop off the personnel.

After seeing the white-bearded governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi still on the shore, the Qing soldiers who had not had time to board the ship were also relieved. They all put away their thoughts of competing for the position of the boat, obediently obeyed the command of the officers, and lined up to wait for the next time that the boat returned from the river boat.

...

Deng Ming felt his perception continue to recover. As the range of numbness gradually narrowed, he gradually retreated to his chest, and pain was like a cone on his arms and abdomen. When his subordinates reported that the Qing army was retreating, Deng Ming could grit his teeth to resist the severe pain, and could not say a word, so he could only nod his head gently.

After the messenger left, Deng Ming rode his horse slowly and walked towards the riverside. He wanted to see the actions of the Qing army with his own eyes.

"I was a little too anxious today." Deng Ming thought to himself: "Li Guoying's armored infantry and cavalry totaled 11,000, and I only have 8,000. It's too greedy to eat him in one bite. The fight between officers and soldiers is indeed at the end of their strength, and Li Guoying still has thousands of reserve troops waiting for work. I was almost defeated by him because of greed."

Now, half of the four thousand armored soldiers around Deng Ming are tired soldiers who have been fighting for a long time. In fact, the number of armored soldiers on the opposite side is not necessarily that the Ming army is less.

"I have wiped out most of the Qing soldiers. As long as I have a more stable position, I will have an overwhelming advantage over Li Guoying after the entire army is gathered. They know this now that they want to escape. It is because of my greed that not only hurt myself, but also put the army in danger." While Deng Ming was thinking this way, Zhao Tianba had already rode a horse to him.

The Ming army on the northern route was almost defeated, and hundreds of casualties were killed and killed in the last battle. If Deng Ming had not been able to kill Zhao Liangdong in time to attract Zhao Liangdong's attention, Zhao Tianba and the nearly 100 Ming troops around him would have been destroyed. After seeing Deng Ming, Zhao Tianba said ashamedly: "Admiral, he is humble, and he loses his troops and loses his generals."

Deng Ming wanted to tell Zhao Tianba: It was all his own fault. It was because he underestimated Li Guoying and Zhao Liangdong. It was because he made the wrong plan rather than the army commander's fault.

But Deng Ming could not say these words, the numbness had shrunk to a small piece of his chest, and the pain came one after another. Deng Ming felt that he was almost unable to maintain his posture on his horse.

"Brother Zhao, help me." Deng Ming said a gentle sentence from his teeth.

Zhao Tianba looked at Deng Ming's face and hurriedly reached out to hold Deng Ming's arm that was crossing his waist. Deng Ming took a few breaths of cold air, but nodded slightly to express his gratitude.

"Admiral, get off the horse and rest for a while." Zhao Tianba said with concern.

"No." Deng Ming felt that the arrow was hit by an iron hammer and it was like he was hit on his chest in various ways. He kept his stiff posture unchanged and raised his chin in the direction of the Qing army by the river: "The battle is not over yet."

Before the battle ended, Deng Ming did not dare to take the risk of letting the soldiers' morale shake. Not to mention that Li Guoying and his main force have not left yet; even when he saw the Qing army leaving on a boat, Deng Ming did not dare to say that the other party would not be able to fight back. Although this possibility is extremely low, today Deng Ming saw the fierceness of Li Guoying and Zhao Liangdong with his own eyes, and he must do his best to stabilize the morale of the army.

...

Except for Zhao Liangdong's personal soldiers, the other Qing troops had retreated and boarded the ship. Li Guoying once again ordered the guards to reiterate the order just now to the navy: Those who draw the anchor first will kill!

Under Li Guoying's strict order, the Qing army's navy was stationed near the shore, and all the archers were facing this side of the shore, and they set off their bows to cover the Zhao army's retreat.

However, the Ming army did not force it up tightly. Ren Tang commanded the Ming army with the best physical strength to attack twice, and he could not take any advantage in front of the well-trained Zhao tribe.

Deng Ming looked at it for a while and realized that in addition to the problem of soldiers' combat skills, his commander's command level was also much worse than that of his opponent, so he ordered the Ming army to retreat and harass him simply with bows and arrows.

Zhao Liangdong always observed the formation of the Ming army and commanded his personal soldiers to retreat in batches to board the ship. Due to Li Guoying's pre-arrangement, all ships still had empty seats, rather than requiring Zhao Liangdong's troops to squeeze into several empty ships.

Seeing Zhao Liangdong calmly commanding the retreat, Zhang Yong and Wang Jinbao, who had been through dozens of battles, were also a little anxious. Their subordinates kept looking upstream, fearing that they would see the banner of the Ming Navy and Fengsai.

Finally, Li Guoying boarded the river ship and ordered the fleet to anchor. The Qing army's ships began to set sail and sail downstream.

Zhao Liangdong and the last group of personal soldiers boarded the boat and rowed to the several boats that were still waiting there. Li Guoying waved to him on one of them, and the guards of the Biaoying on the boat also shouted to him: "General Zhao, Governor General is here."

After boarding Li Guoying's boat, Zhao Liangdong turned over and bowed: "What kind of virtue is the last general? The Governor took the risk and took care of him."

Originally, Zhao Liangdong looked down on Li Guoying a little, thinking that the other party was just a member of Zuo Liangyu's men. He was not an outstanding general, that is, he insisted on Baoning's ability. He did not perform when he fought in the camp in Xiying every time. Whether it was Hong Chengchou who transferred Zhao Liangdong and others from Shaanxi or Wu Sangui went south, Li Guoying was all unknown. This made Zhao Liangdong feel that the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi was just like this. He was able to carry the flag like him because of Li Guoying's age and qualifications.

"Haha, if there were no General Zhao, today's more than 3,500 armored people would definitely not be able to escape the danger." Li Guoying smiled and helped Zhao Liangdong up. He knew in his heart that the generals who were chosen to go to the southwest were too arrogant. Whether it was Zhao Liangdong or Zhang Yong, Wang Jinbao probably felt that the position of the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi could fall on him because there was no one in Sichuan and Shaanxi: "We will fight with Deng again."

"Yes, the Governor is right." Zhao Liangdong repeatedly claimed yes.
To be continued...