Chapter 495: Great defeat

Originally, the Ming army rushed towards the south again and again, but finally opened a hole, and the army came out in full swing, preparing to cross the trench.

Crowded in a narrow line and fought to the death. No matter how desperately it was, the short wall in front was still standing still. I thought this was a dead end. When both the soldiers and generals in the front were a little discouraged, Shun's army suddenly couldn't hold on and withdrew to resist.

The crowded moment just now suddenly appeared in the vast space in front of us, which made many soldiers relax a little, thinking that the space was vast and the chance of escaping would be greater.

Such relaxation is absolutely fatal. The Shun Army cavalry, who had been accumulating for a long time, attacking him at this relaxation moment, giving him a head-on blow.

When people are nervous and desperate, hunger, fear and fear will be concealed, and they can also wield swords and shout loudly to fight. But as soon as they relax, the whole person suddenly breathes out. The feeling of hunger for a few days becomes more obvious after the intense exercise. The space in front of them is much wider, and their desperate thoughts fade away. At the moment, it is almost impossible to fight and have a chance to run out.

At this moment, the cavalry of the Shun Army was put into use, and this cavalry almost combined with all the Shun Army cavalry except Kuroshi Mishui and Niu Liu.

It can be said that the essence of cavalry collected by the entire Shun Army in Shanxi and Shaanxi, and the backbone of surrendered troops recruited after defeating the Ming army in succession were all devoted to it.

With such a great force, the entire team seemed to be pushed over like a collapse of heaven and earth. They were all veterans of the powerful and powerful soldiers, and they knew that they could maintain the formation and deterrence, the horse army brigade seemed to be walls one by one.

After running hundreds of steps across the boundary of the trench, the entire Ming army had completely dispersed. How could such a dispersed array fight against organized cavalry?

What's more, the Ming soldiers were in a rapid state and deteriorating. Faced with the power that was like thunder, they were already scared.

How can infantry fight against cavalry? In this state, there are no soldiers of the Ming army fighting with weapons. Anyway, the formation has been scattered now, and there is a lot of gap between them. Even if they turn around and escape, they will not be unable to move because of the crowd.

If there is a choice to turn around and run, who will take the initiative to fight to the death? Almost as soon as the cavalry of the Shun Army was launched, the Ming army's hula-rat-moving posture immediately changed. The person running in front turned his head and rushed towards the back. The Shun Army invested too much force this time, covering the entire front of the battlefield.

After pushing it over so tightly, the Ming soldiers didn't even have room to run to both sides, and the entire team turned from front to back and fled.

It seemed that the big waves on the sea were being rolled up. When they were rushing forward with great momentum, a stronger wind suddenly blew towards them, and the waves were rolling backwards in the direction they came.

Although it is impossible to happen in the real situation, this is the situation on the battlefield. The Ming soldiers who were still rushing forward just now all retreated in panic.

The safest passage is the trench filled with landblocks and lives of five hundred steps. It was almost flat on the other side, but everyone wanted to go there. The battlefield was vast. The Ming army is now extremely scattered, and the news between the front and back was no longer smooth. The front and back team fled back, but the back team just moved forward and pushed the front team.

It is easy for a person to turn around, but it is difficult for the entire army to turn around. The filling area of ​​more than 500 steps suddenly turned into a pot of porridge. Pushing each other has already used swords and guns. In a short period of time, you must advance or retreat.

The cavalry of the Shun Army was well controlled. The cavalry with the horn flag did not speed up the horses, but maintained a constant speed forward.

The cavalry holding the trumpet flag was like a baseline. All the cavalry holding the trumpet flag were moving with the cavalry holding the trumpet flag, integrated with no gaps, running forward, squeezing the Ming army's defeated soldiers retreated in the direction they came.

The space on the battlefield was gradually squeezed by the Shunjun cavalry and became smaller and smaller. Not everyone had the opportunity to retreat on that narrow path.

There were trenches on both sides, and a large number of soldiers jumped down regardless of the situation. They could jump down and climb to the other side, at least they would not be trampled into meat paste by cavalry. However, the trenches of Shunjun were very deep and jumped down, and they could hardly climb up from the other side. However, a large number of people still tried to find a way out in the deep trenches.

Even if you are clear-headed and know that the deep groove is dangerous, it is already quite crowded when you are near the edge. If you don’t jump, the people behind you will push you down.

The person who jumped into the ditch first injured or fell down at the depth, but there was no chance to stand up at all. He was quickly stepped on by later generations, and then someone jumped down again.

The person at the bottom couldn't even say a scream, and was trampled to death there. At the beginning, he jumped down scatteredly. As the Shun Army approached, the entire team was directly trapped, and the Ming army's front became closer and closer.

People are as if they are falling into the ditch. Some people jump down on their own initiative, while others are pushed down by their companions.

At this time, the spirit of the Ming soldiers was truly collapsed. If someone in front refused to move forward and blocked their own way to escape, it would be cut down with one knife. The companions in front were slightly slower, and they also cut down with one knife. Sometimes even if the companions in front did nothing, they would also cut down with another knife.

Kill all the people in front of you and leave the road for free so that you can escape faster. But isn’t the place you have to run back the dead place that you had to fight to the death just now?

The trench quickly became shallower and flattened. The Ming army trampled on each other, and countless casualties were killed and injured. The ravines finally became flat, allowing the army to pass through calmly.

The battlefield was full of death, but the back team was also killing people crazy. He Renlong, Bai Guangen and Xu Dingguo three generals were shouting desperately immediately.

"You must not retreat casually, hold on, hold on, and the retreating soldiers will be killed without mercy!"

Not only did they shout, the elite soldiers who were preparing to run with them rushed forward, killing them desperately. Under their pressure, the soldiers in the back team turned around and held back in fear.

But this scene lasted very short. After the trench was filled with the dead and injured Ming soldiers, the retreating Ming soldiers rushed towards the back.

The Ming army, who had been staying in the back team, finally understood what was going on. Seeing that they suddenly became like enemies, everyone did not have the courage to continue fighting.

The Ming army was still able to maintain its formation and system, and under the oppression of its own defeated troops and the Shun army and horses, they collapsed one after another.

The three generals who thought they had successfully broken through the siege quickly changed from joy to fear. This time it was completely over. The core cavalry of their few people totaled less than 7,000. Under such a large-scale attack of defeated soldiers, it seemed like a small boat in a huge wave, and it was about to capsize if there was a slight bump.

The personal soldiers who cut and blocked the enemy gradually could not withstand the impact of the defeated soldiers. The soldiers on the periphery and the edge also began to be disintegrated by the impact, and the casualties gradually became larger.

Shaanxi General He Renlong saw that the situation was getting more and more uncontrollable, and his face also went from rosy to pale, from pale to ashen, and finally couldn't help but yell:

"Retreat, retreat, go to Gao Jie's side.

After shouting, he turned his horse around and ran towards the north. When the main general ran like this, the personal soldiers around him were responsive and rushed with the horse. The supervisor Hou Xun and the other generals reacted similarly. When he saw He Renlong's movements, they followed him without any ambiguity.

This was a complete failure, but it couldn't stand it here. How long can Gao Jie, the worst-savvy side last? But people asked to live, just to live for a while. Who can care about these things? Let's run over first.

The chief general and the personal soldiers who supervised the battle retreated and ran directly to the north. The entire Ming army's formation was even more chaotic and undesirable.

However, most people could still react and follow the main generals to run northward. Maybe there is still a way out, but at this time, the Shunjun no longer chased after him so slowly.

The trench was filled for a long period of time, and the horses began to cross the trench without any obstacles. They could see the flags leading the way ahead, and they all turned the flags in their hands desperately in their hands.

Seeing this signal, the horses that were originally rushing forward in a row began to gradually disperse and began to speed up the horses. The cavalry all raised the swords and axes in their hands.

Facing the Ming soldiers running around on the battlefield, the Shun Army was only facing their backs, as long as they cut down the sword and axe in their hands towards the vital points.

After being slashed by the cavalry of the Shun Army, the chaos of the Ming army increased a little. The cavalry of the Shun Army could not run at all. The Ming army was running around in a mess and blocked the front, and the speed of the chopping could not provide space for the dispersion of the large army.

But this is a process of acceleration. The cavalry of the Shun Army chopped and killed the fleeing Ming soldiers as if they were doing chopping and slaughtering practices, which was extremely easy.

Rows of Ming soldiers were cut down like chopping melons and vegetables. The cavalry rushed into every array gap that could be rushed into. No soldiers wanted to turn back to fight. Everyone wanted to run forward. Whoever was blocking their way in front would cut them over.

Not only the Shun Army was killing, but the Ming Army itself was also killing. The Shun Army's cavalry gradually spread on the battlefield. The Ming army on the battlefield fled from the initial brigade to become divided and surrounded by the Shun Army's cavalry, split into small teams, and then surrounded and annihilated.

The King of Rebellion Li Zicheng naturally would not rush forward with the team, but the scene on the battlefield was completely according to his plan. Song Xiance, the strategist beside him, looked at his face, bowed immediately, and said congratulations:

"The prince of Chuang is very happy, and the big thing is about to be accomplished..."
Chapter completed!