"Lost? How could it be lost? How could it be lost so quickly?"

When Li Rusong learned that General Pan and General Zeng were both defeated by the People's Army, his face was full of shock. The enemy had only more than 10,000 people along the way, General Pan and General Zeng each had 20,000 people, and there were only about one-tenth of the new recruits. Even if they could not defeat the People's Army, how could they be defeated by the People's Army with a smaller number of people so quickly? This is incredible.

What's even more amazing is that General Pan finally ran away, and General Zeng was actually killed by "his own people".

Li Rusong's shock did not last long. He immediately ordered the front army to stop advancing and mobilize part of the chariots in the front line to move to the left and right wings of the front army to resist the two invading enemy troops.

However, the Ming army led by Li Rusong had just stopped. The main force of the People's Army, which had been retreating, quickly redirecting from the retreat and moving forward, quickly narrowing the distance with the Ming army's front.

Wang Shengrong even ordered the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Divisions to put down their heavy artillery regiments and baggage units again, advance lightly, and support the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Divisions.

In this way, Wang Shengrong personally led the main force to be 14 divisions, while the Ming army led by Li Rusong in front was only 110,000 troops left.

The changes in the front army were soon spread to the central army. Li Chengliang was also a little unbelievable when he learned about the changes in the front army. The combat effectiveness of the People's Army exceeded Li Chengliang's imagination.

Twenty thousand Ming troops fought with more than 10,000 People's Army. Although the Ming army participating in the war was average in combat, these two Ming troops were almost defeated at once, and they did not achieve close combat between the People's Army and the People's Army. The power of the People's Arms firearms made Li Chengliang frown deeply.

Li Chengliang had never led his troops to fight with the People's Army before. Before, Song Yingchang and Mei Yousong led the Ming army to fight with the People's Army. They all had experience in fighting with the People's Army and deeply realized the sharpness of the People's Arms.

Li Chengliang has never seen the sharpness of the People's Arms firearms in person. He only felt the power of the People's Arms firearms through words or the words of the parties involved. Li Chengliang has attached great importance to the People's Army's firearms, but he did not expect that this level of attention was not enough.

"Tell the front army to defend and wait for assistance!"

Li Chengliang's military orders were quickly sent to the front army. Li Rusong, just as his father thought, was defeated by the People's Army so quickly. Li Rusong did not want to do other actions. He was worried that there would be more changes and stood still and waited for the Central Army to reunite became the best choice.

Time passed quickly. Before the Ming army could meet with the front army, the people's army in the east and west had already chased the fleeing Ming army to the two wings of the Ming army.

Seeing the chariots in front of the two wings of the Ming army, the four division commanders of the two people's army made the same decision, abandoning the attack and heading north, and attacking the Ming army's central army without the chariots.

It was just an attack. The Ming army's central army had a force of up to 200,000. Although there were no fighting chariots, most of the elite troops in Li Chengliang's army were in the central army. The People's Army, which had only more than 20,000, could not be the opponent of the Ming army's central army. Once the Ming army counterattacked wildly, the People's Army would choose to retreat as soon as possible.

Not long after the People's Army of the East and West Routes advanced north, the main force led by Wang Shengrong was less than one thousand meters away from the Ming army's front army. All heavy artillery regiments built artillery positions and fired artillery at the Ming army's front army. Other troops continued to advance, preparing to shoot the Ming army through the gap between the tanks.

Originally, the number of Ming army tanks could well block the People's Army's musket shooting on the front battlefield. Now Li Rusong has transferred some of the tanks to the left and right wings, which greatly increases the gap between the tanks on the front battlefield, giving the People's Armed Forces the opportunity to shoot.

Fourteen divisions and fourteen musket regiments, and more than 15,000 muskets were fired at the Ming army alternately. In just one minute, more than 5,000 Ming troops fell on the battlefield.

However, as the number of casualties in the Ming army increased, the speed of casualties decreased. The dead Ming army was mainly without chariots to cover them. If they all died, they would be dead.

Li Rusong did not dare to transfer the flank chariots to the front battlefield. The left and right people's army advanced towards the north. Not long after, two more people's armies passed by and advanced towards the north. If the chariots were transferred away from the flank, they might be attacked by the flank now.

Seeing the four people's army advancing northward, Li Rusong felt a little bad. The central army had no chariots to resist the People's Army's muskets, but the central army had the strongest strength and should be able to defeat the four people's army.

Li Rusong was a little unconfident. It was because the sharpness of the People's Arms firearms made Li Rusong unforgettable in this life. After thinking for a while, Li Rusong finally made a decision.

"The back team turns to the front team, withdraws, and joins the central army."

Soon, under the order of Li Rusong, the Ming army slowly retreated northward.

Seeing the Ming army retreating, Wang Shengrong once again divided two troops from the main force he led. This time, there were no longer four divisions that left heavy artillery regiments and baggage troops, only four musket regiments, each with two musket regiments, one east and one west, supporting the people's army in the front to the north.

Wang Shengrong led the remaining troops to follow the Ming army closely, looking for opportunities to attack, but only approached the Ming army's front. This chariot had too much restrictions on the People's Arms firearms. As long as the Ming army had chariots, the People's Army would not be too close to the Ming army with chariots.

Just as the front army of the Ming army retreated, the left and right troops of the People's Army met the Ming army one after another. The People's Army and the Ming army were 700 meters apart. The division commanders ordered musketeers to shoot at the Ming army, and a round of lead ejections were shot out, and hundreds of Ming troops fell on the battlefield.

Seeing that the small troops of the People's Army dared to launch an attack on their own side, Li Chengliang was really angry. The 20,000 troops were a small number for Li Chengliang's army, and it was definitely a big number for the People's Army, which had few troops. Li Chengliang decided to eat these two People's Army at all costs.

"The whole army attacked!"

The next moment, the Ming army's central army divided into two groups and rushed towards the People's Army's east and west armies.

"Retreat! Retreat!"

Seeing the Ming army's actions, the People's Army's division commanders quickly issued an order to withdraw their troops. The Ming army had too many troops. Once they were entangled by the Ming army, this small army on their side would definitely be destroyed.

The People's Army retreated and the Ming army pursued. The People's Army was best at long-distance raids. Facing the pursuit of Ming army, the distance between the two sides has not been much shorter, but has a tendency to increase.

Li Chengliang was unwilling to let the two people's army retreat like this. The Ming army not only had infantry, artillery, but also cavalry troops, but the central army alone had more than 6,000 cavalry.

People have two legs. No matter how good the People's Army is in long distances, it is not as fast as the four-legged horse. Li Chengliang directly sent out all 6,000 cavalry in the central army, without thinking about eating two people's army with cavalry. As long as the cavalry can delay the retreat speed of the two people's army, it is enough to eat these two people's army for the large army. Even if the six thousand cavalry are destroyed, Li Chengliang will do whatever he wants.
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