Tan Yi firmly believed that a pampered clan's son did not know how ridiculous Deng Ming's performance was. However, seeing the commander taking silly in front of the two armies, his officers did not stop him at all, it was difficult to understand. Tan Yi had persuaded the enemy to surrender and also encountered the enemy's persuasion. If he wanted to successfully surrender, he had to first show his strong strength, with flags covering the sun, swords and guns, and a momentum that overwhelmed the other party to force the other party to bow his head, and he had the possibility of success. Now Prince Han only led a small team of cavalry to confront thousands of Qing troops alone, while the main force of the Ming army hid far behind and had no intention of coming up to cheer for Prince Han.

"Send a few people, well, drive Prince Han away a little first." Tan Yi gave such an order to his left and right.

Tan Yi was unwilling to let Prince Han leave his sight. If it weren't for the lack of cavalry in his hands, he would have ordered to go out to capture this person. However, the atmosphere today was really special, and there had never been a similar situation in his previous combat experience, which made Tan Yi, the commander of the first army, hesitated. He planned to drive Deng Ming away first, end Deng Ming's persuasion of surrender, and let the main force of the Ming army come over to fight, so that everything would return to normal and he was familiar with the track. It would be best to end the war quickly at dawn and be able to enter Wanxian Town for dinner before dark.

Tan Yi's army had not many horses, because they did not carry many horses on a boat along the river, and even the use was insufficient for the sending probe. More than a dozen horses were handed over to Tan Yi's personal guards to pass military orders and collect intelligence. Several were given to the most important officers who led the team. They needed a broad vision on the battlefield and needed to be clearly seen by the soldiers.

After hearing Tan Hong's order, more than a dozen personal guards riding horses responded loudly, and the captain of the personal guard was even more excited. He rushed out with his subordinates as soon as he grabbed the horse's belly, and shouted loudly: "Don't worry, Marquis, I will definitely capture Prince Han alive!"

Tan Yi's order was to drive Deng Ming away, but when he heard that the guards understood this order as arresting people, Tan Yi did not correct it immediately. It would be better if he caught Prince Han, and then the battle would be won quickly.

Just as Tan Yi's personal guards received the order, Deng Ming approached the Qing army's front. Now he was not only far away from the main force of the Ming army, but also a long distance from his own guard. At this time, Zhao Tianba and others stopped at about one arrow from the Qing army, and Deng Ming had already run less than twenty meters away from the Qing army's position. He could let the opponent hear his shouting clearly without the help of a guard.

When he saw Deng Ming approaching and throwing a stone could knock him off the horse, the Qing soldiers were all panting and moved forward involuntarily. It seemed that as long as he stepped forward, he could lift him off before Prince Han reacted.

Seeing the countless pairs of wide open eyes of the Qing army in front of him, a fierce look ejaculated from them, and their steps were slowly moving towards him, Deng Ming felt that his heart was beating faster and faster, and he couldn't help but have an instinct to move away.

"I am Prince Han!" Deng Ming tried hard to suppress his urge to run away, straightened his arm and pointed at the enemy soldier facing him, and shouted loudly: "Are you willing to surrender to me?"

Under the soldier's frown, his two copper bell-like eyes stared at Deng Ming tightly. He pursed his lips, leaned forward, bowed his waist, clenched his fists, slowly and slowly moved towards Deng Ming - the soldiers in the first row were either archers or musket soldiers, this man was a musket soldier, and his muskets had been thrown on the ground behind him at some point.

The pointed soldier roared and jumped forward with great force.

There was no need to continue to suppress his escape anymore. When the enemy soldier tried his best to pounce on him, Deng Ming plucked the horse's heads and tightened his belly with all his head, running towards Zhao Tianba and the others without looking back.

"Chasing! He ran away!"

"Don't let Prince Han go!"

The soldier's leap and Deng Ming's subsequent evacuation suddenly ignited the emotions of the Qing soldiers around him. They were eager to try, but at this time they could no longer see anything else in their eyes. They only saw the back of Prince Han who was fleeing in a panic in front of him.

"Don't shoot arrows, catch the alive." The officer shouted loudly. He saw a few idiots in his team raising arrows. Maybe they wanted to shoot horses - swords and swords are eyeless. These guys are so excited that their arms are trembling. What if Prince Han shoots his heart so cold? I wonder if Prince Han has nowhere to escape, of course he still wants to catch the alive. Fortunately, there are some smart people who are quick to react. Before the person who pulls the bow can be aimed, they were bleeded by the iron bow and three-eyed gun beside him, and they fell to the ground.

Most soldiers still understood that instead of shooting horses, it would be better to chase after him. If someone ran quickly and grabbed Prince Han, he would have to follow him and seize one of his legs without letting go. In this way, even if he didn't take the lead, he could get a reward. It would take too much time to aim at the archery. Even if he lucky enough to shoot Prince Han's horse, he would not have time to squeeze in and would definitely be behind others.

The soldiers in the front row rushed forward one after another, and behind them were more comrades in the back row who were shouting and rushing up. The fallen archers were not able to get up at all and were stepped by countless pairs of big feet.

The attack of this group of soldiers quickly caused a chain reaction in the Qing army on both sides. When Tan Yi's personal guard, who was ordered to drive Han's prince, went around from behind the formation, the Qing army on the entire front had already launched an attack automatically. This scene made Tan Yi's personal guard officer so angry that he cursed: "Ignorance idiot, don't you know how to wait any longer?"

Seeing that the unordered impact had scared Prince Han away, the personal guard officer did not delay. He led a dozen cavalrymen to gallop, shouting hard while chasing bravely, calling on the nearby Qing soldiers to surround him and not give Prince Han a chance to escape. However, these shouts did not receive any response. No one paid attention to the request of these cavalry, and no one was willing to cooperate with them to achieve the results of the pursuit. The Qing army officers who were closest to these cavalry and heard their shouts did not respond to any cooperation. Their eyes were firmly nailed to Deng Ming's back at this time, and they quickly judged the direction of the other party's escape in their hearts, wishing that Prince Han would be blocked by other pursued soldiers and were forced to come to him.

After seeing the army rushing forward, Tan Yi was stunned for a moment, feeling a little unexpected, but he did not issue any orders to stop it. As long as he heard the earth-shaking shouts of killing, the commander with a little experience would understand that nothing could stop such a highly morale unit - whether it was the enemy or their commander. Tan Yi thought that Prince Han would definitely retreat to the main force of the Ming army to seek protection, and the Ming army would also move forward quickly to meet their commander, and then collided with the Qing army that followed. Tan Yi was confident that the situation on the battlefield was still under his control. He originally hoped that the Ming army, who was inferior, would take the initiative to attack the superior Qing army. Although the situation in front of him was different from what he expected, the morale of his subordinates was so high that it was not much different from the original idea.

Therefore, Tan Yi ordered the drum to beat the drum. Since the attack had begun, it was necessary to ensure that the entire army launched an attack. Tan Yi was unwilling to have some people doing nothing on the side when the main force was fighting, dragging the army back.

Among the five thousand people under Tan Yi, in addition to the elite confidants and ordinary battalions, there were more than a thousand auxiliary soldiers. Their main tasks were transporting, building, etc. They could also form a strong front line during battles, but they could not hold heavy responsibilities. In the past, when they won a battle, the auxiliary soldiers would follow them and chase them together, but when the outcome was not decided, they would mostly shout and build momentum without going up to fight. However, these auxiliary soldiers are now influenced by the soldiers and are bravely chasing them behind the soldiers. The shouts from their throats are not inferior to those of the most elite guards.

"I really want to thank Prince Han today." Seeing the scene in front of me, Tan Yi smiled again. It would make people feel good if they are sure to win. It seems that after one round of drums, this one-sided battle will be over.

Then, something unexpected happened to Tan Yi. Prince Han might have been panicked or dizzy. He did not retreat towards his own troops, but instead rushed north without looking back. The small team of guards followed him and ran away.

"Captain Han actually abandoned his army and fled!" The impression that Prince Han gave Tan Yi before was just stupid and ridiculous, but the courage to go on the battle in person and lead the entire army to fight against the city is still admirable. Tan Yi even had a premonition just now, that is, Prince Han would probably commit suicide by swinging his sword at the end of the road, which would greatly reduce his contribution.

But after the Qing army launched the attack, Prince Han did not look like he would return to his army to fight side by side with his subordinates. Prince Han kept running towards the high ground. Although Tan Yi was getting farther and farther away from him, he could still clearly see his actions. Seeing the other party running away without looking back and abandoning his army, Tan Yi felt that he could not connect this timid guy with the commander who led the army to personally fight a while ago.

If you are so cowardly, you should run away earlier. Why do you have to go to the battlefield? Why do you call in front of the formation?

The just-in-command only reflected the stupidity of Prince Han... Tan Yi soon discovered that running towards high places caused the pursuers to lock in his whereabouts effortlessly, running up and down the mountain, which consumed horsepower and wasted time. Although the terrain to the north was generally getting higher and higher, there were always some gentler lines. If Prince Han ran to a gentle place, he could quickly distance himself from the pursuers behind him, and could also use the terrain to hide his escape route. After all, almost all the pursuers were infantry. Not only could they not be able to distance themselves, but they also damaged horsepower. The most unreasonable thing is that they were too late to escape, so why were they still playing the king's flag? Are they afraid that their subordinates would not know that the commander was running for the death to escape?

Prince Han even ran away so foolishly!

Tan Yi even felt a vague lack of it. Victory is certainly joyful, but victory that is too relaxed will dilute this joy.

Tan Yi just took a boat to Wanxian, then got off the boat and arranged a formation. The rest was done by Prince Han on the opposite side for him. He first ran to boost the morale of the Qing army, and then abandoned the army and fled to give victory with both hands. No matter what the strength of the two sides were, no matter what the previous situation, the commander escaped in the battle and could turn everything around in an instant. The army that lost the commander had no unified command, no fighting spirit and morale. On the contrary, when he saw the opponent's commander escape, his soldiers were no longer cowardly and fearful, because there was no suspense about victory or defeat, and the only thing left was the question of how much credit was.

At this time, Zhou Kaihuang was leading his subordinates to pay tribute to the distant King of Han. On the other side, Li Xinghan and his more than a thousand comrades were also doing the same thing.

The Ming army that drove out of Wanxian County had not been too close to the Qing army, nor did they block the front of the Qing army, but instead set up a low-key formation in the distance. Their front and the front set up by the Qing army had an angle of more than fifty degrees. Just now, Deng Ming and his team ran far away from the Ming army formation, and the Ming army strictly guarded the orders and watched silently; soon, thousands of Qing troops with claws chased Deng Ming and his gang and ran over from the Ming army formation.

During this period, Zhou Kaihuang kept the entire army on guard and prepared to resist the Qing army's rushing forward, but this situation did not happen. Most of the Qing soldiers didn't even look at the Ming army here, but just kept chasing forward. Zhou Kaihuang only saw a Qing army closest to the Ming army's position and threw a cold glance at him. Yes, it was a cold glance from afar. The Ming army was still stuck in place. Since they left Wanxian City, they have been flinching. Now Wanxian has changed flags and the commander has escaped. There will be no Qing army who thinks that the Ming army is still an enemy with the ability to resist.

From the beginning of the attack, many Qing soldiers threw away their heavy armor to speed up. After seeing Deng Ming running up the mountain road, in order to get ahead of him, quite a few Qing soldiers threw down the burden they felt they didn't need - thousands of people against more than 20 people, even with bare hands and bare hands, one of them drowned the guards of Prince Han, were still worried that they would resist? But when Zhou Kaihuang saw the Qing soldiers running while taking off the armor on their bodies, showing their muscles in this winter, and swaying forward with big strides, he was still shocked - is this still on the battlefield? There was such a funny scene.

"Your Highness is buying time for us," he knew that his command ability was weaker than that of the enemy before departure. Deng Ming asked every officer to inform every soldier of the purpose and plan of the battle in advance.

When the main force of the Qing army ran over from the front of the formation, Zhou Kaihuang did not intend to mobilize more. He immediately ordered an attack: "Beat the drum! Attack! Kill Tan Yi!"

While Zhou Kaihuang's troops launched an attack, Li Xinghan was also preparing to order drums to advance. Although there was a lack of flags, drums and gold were used to beat drums and gold to fight, and the officers of the Ming army were not defeated: "Your Highness uses his own body to lure the enemy to the higher ground, and lead more Tartars for us - Your Highness strictly ordered us to kill Tan Yi first, and then support him."

Li Xinghan suddenly drew out his sword, pointed it straight towards the sky, and shouted to his companions: "Beat the drum! Kill Tan Yi!"

Since Deng Ming left the Ming army to persuade the Qing army to surrender, more than 2,400 Ming soldiers have been ordered to remain silent. Now the ban has been lifted. When the sound of war drums from Zhou Kaihuang and Li Xinghan sounded, the Ming army soldiers immediately let out a shocking shout: "Kill!"

The echoes floated among the mountains, and the Ming army officers came out one after another, striding towards Tan Yi's position, while the soldiers leaned shoulders and tightly, following the steps of the officers in front.

On the way forward of the Ming army's advance was where the main force of the Qing army had just passed. There were many discarded heavy objects on the ground - helmets, armor, etc., and several companions who were unfortunately injured and trampled to death. I have always heard that only the defeated army would throw away their armor, but countless Qing soldiers threw away their weapons in order to pursue the enemy, discarded their armor and even trampled on themselves. The morale of these Qing soldiers was indeed unheard of.

Tan Yi's flag was getting closer and closer, and the patterns on the flag were becoming clearer and clearer. The Ming army, who were originally pointing to the sky, placed their spears flattened, and the spears that were like forests pointed forward.

"Kill!" Li Xinghan, who was walking in front of the army, danced a flower in the sky with the sword in his hand. The enemy was close to him, but he still preserved his strength and moved forward steadily instead of running forward. He just accelerated his speed a little, and encouraged him before the last battle: "Don't let Your Highness down!"

When he saw Deng Ming alone in front of the enemy army, the soldiers' nervousness was no worse than the person involved: Prince Han not only took the risk of staying and living and dying with him, but later he also took the risk of trying his best to win the opportunity for him. Now it is finally time for him to do his best.

"kill!"

The soldiers following Li Xinghan responded in unison, and took neat steps toward the dazed enemy soldiers in front of him, and a little further away, Tan Yi forced the pale face under his banner.

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"What's going on?" A group of people at the head of Wanxian City looked at the Ming army's flag approaching Tan Yi from afar, blinking in confusion: "Renshouhou's military strength is twice that of Prince Han. Prince Han escaped in the face of battle. Why did the situation of victory look messy again in the blink of an eye?"

"It's not only a mess, but this Renshouhou looks bad."

"What happened?" The officers looked at each other, unable to say anything.

Just now, they all felt that the Ming army was vulnerable, and Tan Hong, including him lamented that Tan Yi won the victory without slaughtering his power.

"The two armies face each other, five thousand vs two thousand four," a low voice sounded, and Tan Hong's voice trembled slightly: "When the crowded side saw the twenty cavalry on the opposite side, they dispatched more than four thousand people to attack, using the brigade of archers and musket soldiers, all the spearmen and axemen to attack only twenty cavalry!"

When he just saw Deng Ming "abandoning his army and fleeing", Tan Hong also felt that the battle had ended, but he was also the first person in Wanxian Town to react. Among the people at Wanxian Town, Tan Hong was probably the one who valued Deng Ming the most. Others, including Xiong Lan, had a little less understanding of Deng Ming's courage and wit, and they were not as painful as Tan Hong. Unlike Tan Yi in the distance, they could only see a back of Deng Ming. Tan Yi, who seemed to be flinching in the distance, could not see clearly, but Tan Hong at Wanxian Town could see the movements of the Qingming Army: the Ming army was not shaken. Although it was far away from the Qing army, the posture of waiting for the battle did not change at all.

"After twenty enemy cavalry left the battlefield," Tan Hong's voice became louder and louder, and he finally became excited uncontrollably: "More than 4,000 infantrymen followed him to leave the battlefield without hesitation and continued to pursue him, leaving behind less than a thousand fireboys, coolies, sailors and the main force on the opposite side. How can they fight? What else can they fight?"

Once Tan Hong saw through Prince Han was not the commander at all. When he realized that the battlefield value of this cavalry was only equivalent to a scout, he immediately understood that Tan Yi had made an unforgivable stupid mistake. Tan Hong realized that he had to act immediately to save himself. The enemy was no longer Tan Yi, but the Ming army that was about to win. Fortunately, Prince Han was still in danger at this time, and Tan Hong still had the opportunity and time.

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