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Chapter 545 Unprecedented Defeat

The Ming army's personal guards carried grenades and charged to death. The cavalry was shot off the horse, and the war horses tied with grenades continued to move forward and exploded in front of the Qing army formation.

With the loud noise, the Qing army fell to the ground by the waves of air and sat on the ground. Before they could react, they saw a group of Japanese soldiers with grenades tied to their bodies and the leader in their hands, roaring and rushing into the crowd with "onboard".

Amid the "boom" explosion, the body of the Qing army around was thrown away like leaves, and then hit the ground heavily, vomiting blood and dying.

In an instant, the explosion swept across the Qing army within a few meters around. In the sky, the broken limbs and bodies flew around. A pale arm fell in front of Ajige, which made him look so shocked that his expression changed drastically.

At this time, the Qing army on the front line were shocked by the Ming army's suicide charge. The Qing army, which was not blown away by the explosion, saw the Japanese soldiers rushing towards them with grenades with sparks, for a moment they forgot to shoot.

The explosions of "boom boom boom boom" sounded one after another. The Qing army encountered such an attack for the first time. The Qing army in the front row was in an uproar. Looking at the Ming army rushing towards him, he involuntarily retreated to both sides and behind.

This caused a gap in the Qing army's defense line. Zhao Ming roared loudly, and Ming soldiers immediately rushed out of the gap.

Ajige was stunned for a while, and the officer next to him exclaimed: "Prince, Zhao Zamao has stood out!"

Ajige was shocked and angry, with a very ferocious expression, "Stop this king, otherwise the generals and soldiers will be executed together!"

After saying that, Ajige led his personal guards to kill him. The Qing army that had been reflected also began to compress from both sides and tighten the gap.

After all, the Qing army was crowded, and as soon as the Ming army broke through, the fronts collapsed. Zhao Ming personally led his troops to fight and blocked them for a while, but the gap was still closed by the Qing army, so Zhao Ming had to flee north helplessly.

Ajige left behind a Qing army to continue strangling the Ming army that did not escape, then roared loudly and said furiously: "Pursuit me for my pursuit!"

After fighting overnight, the sky gradually became brighter, and the shouts of killing on the west bank of Desheng Lake had stopped.

After 20,000 Ming troops were ambushed by the Qing army, Zhao Ming led a few centaurs to break through the north, joined with Wang Deshun and ran north, but more than 10,000 Ming troops who had no time to escape were killed by the Qing army.

At this time, on the west bank of the lake, the ground was covered with the corpses of Ming and Qing soldiers, and there were soldiers of the two armies who were killed, as well as scattered weapons, burning chariots and flags. A layer of red corpses floated in the lakeside.

It was the Ming army defeated by the Qing army who was driven into the lake, and the Ming army that was trapped in the swamp had no remains.

To the north of the battlefield, dozens of miles away, Zhao Ming and Wang Deshun were chased by the Qing army and finally escaped into Shibao.

The Qing cavalry chased and killed the Ming army, and the Ming army was buried fifty miles away, with 30,000 people finally having less than 10,000 people fled to Shibao Town and was besieged by the Ajige group who rushed to the scene.

Shibao is located south of the Huai River, northwest of Gaoyou, west of Dazong Lake, and west of Wugong Lake. The first guard of the Ming Dynasty was established here. During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, it was named Shibao Town, which was a earthen fort.

At this time, a large number of defeated Ming troops rushed into the fort and fled in crowded.

As soon as the Ming army entered the fort, the soldiers were so tired that they lay directly on the street, gasping heavily, while the wounded soldiers moaned, and the soldiers in Donghai Town were extremely embarrassed.

Zhao Ming hugged into the fort and was supported by his personal guards and turned over and dismounted. He had ten arrows inserted into his body, and there was a blood hole behind him. When the man got off the horse, he staggered and almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, the personal guards around him supported him.

"You are the Grand Commander, the Qing army will not attack for the time being, so we are still safe for the time being." Gao Jie's son Gao Yuanzhao helped Zhao Ming and asked his personal guard to bring a chair.

Zhao Ming sat on the chair, gasped for a while before calming down.

"Li Benshen!" Zhao Ming glanced at the surrounding generals and found that many acquaintances were missing. His eyes fell on Li Benshen and he ordered urgently, "Immediately draw strong soldiers, recruit people in the fort, and arrange city defense."

The Qing cavalry bit Zhao Ming, making it impossible for Zhao Ming to continue running, so he could only enter the town first. Once the Ming army stopped, the Qing infantry army behind was probably coming soon. At that time, the fort was besieged by the Qing army, and Ajige would definitely attack the city immediately.

Li Benshen was shot in the leg, but he still stood up with his body, clasped his fists and said, "I will do it now!"

In this battle, Donghai was defeated extremely badly, with more than half of the 30,000 troops losing. All the Ming soldiers who did not escape were killed by the Qing army. On the way to escape, they were covered by Qing cavalry. Almost everyone in the Ming army fled into Shibao was injured and their potential was exhausted.

The Qing army was chasing fiercely. The Ming soldiers did not feel it when they fled. Now that they entered the fort, many soldiers discovered wounds on their bodies. Immediately, a burst of heart-wrenching pain came, and wailing sounds were everywhere in the fort.

For a moment, the streets in the fort were everywhere in the streets of Mingjun who had no strength to fall to the ground and lying on the ground to wail.

Zhao Ming looked at the tragic image and couldn't help feeling like a knife, and his heart was bleeding.

In recent years, Donghai Town has been smooth sailing, with more victory than defeat, and rarely encountering major setbacks, but now it has suffered the most severe failure since its establishment.

Zhao Ming and many generals, looking at the scene in front of them, couldn't help feeling desolate. Many people's inner arrogance and confidence were severely damaged, and their morale was extremely sluggish.

Zhao Ming supported his body and stood up. At this moment, as the commander, the army's spirit, he could not fall down. He had to let the soldiers know that he had not been knocked down by the Qing army.

"Ding Weiyue, follow me to inspect!" Zhao Ming shouted loudly.

But there was no response beside him. After a long time, a personal guard and a hundred households cried and said, "Master General, Commander Ding rushed into the enemy formation with a grenade tied up and died in battle!"

Zhao Ming staggered, and his personal soldiers hurriedly supported his body. Zhao Ming pushed it away, then walked away without saying a word, inspecting the soldiers entering the city, comforting the deployment, and instructing the doctors to treat the wounded.

After fighting fiercely for a night, they ran for dozens of miles. The soldiers entering the city were all so tired that they didn't want to move, but when they saw Zhao Ming, they still struggled to get up and salute.

Zhao Ming stopped the soldiers, and after patrolling for a while, he came to the place where the generals gathered. After a long silence, he suddenly asked, "How many people have returned? How many brothers have been lost?"

These words made many generals look a little sad. Everyone looked at it. The surroundings were silent. The soldiers lying or leaning against the wall felt sad and angry.

The sad thing is that they were defeated too badly, and the angry thing is that Ajige did not have the courage to ambush them, and why could he mobilize so many soldiers and horses to ambush them?

"Master, Bei Zhi just counted and calculated with all your companions. There were less than 10,000 troops who fled into the fort, and there were probably only three battalions of soldiers." Wang Deshun had a bitter face.

Zhao Ming exhaled heavily, "Where is the general's loss?"

Li Benshen said: "Luo Wenyaoluo commanded and the three thousand horse-storming troops were trapped in the Qing army after the attack. He should have been killed in battle, and the entire army of the camp was destroyed."

Wang Dana said in pain: "Master, Bei Zhi has just looked around, but the figure of Old Li's head is gone. Some soldiers said that the Qing army was chasing him in a hurry, and he turned around and broke the back, and it was probably gone."
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