Ming Dynasty: Tanks blocked the door and you said to me, "Long live Ming Dynasty"

Xie Dao looked at this side in confusion, totally unaware of what was going on!

And those Mongolian cavalrymen, as if they had planned it in advance, turned around and ran away, with no intention of fighting any further!

A hole several feet wide was blown open in the embankment of the Hunhe River, and the cold river water instantly changed its course and poured out along the gap.

Under the protection of his personal guards, Wang Zhichen had only run a hundred meters when his shoes were soaked by the overflowing river water!

After walking a few hundred meters, the water was already ankle-deep. The road was flooded and walking became very difficult!

At this moment, the Mongolian cavalry who had left before appeared again and blocked the army!

When Xie Dao led the cavalry to charge forward, these Mongolian cavalry did not fight back, but adopted the same tactics as before, detouring and harassing!

When it comes to weapons and armor, they are no match.

But in terms of riding skills and war horses, they are much better than the Ming army!

Xie Dao led the cavalry and chased after them closely, but they were always just a little bit behind!

The ankle-deep water made it difficult to walk, and there was harassment from cavalry. It took the Ming army half an hour to withdraw only two or three kilometers!

But in just two or three kilometers, hundreds of infantrymen were shot by Mongolian cavalry.

The morale that had been built up for several days suddenly dropped to freezing point.

Suddenly, there was another sound of horse hooves coming from afar.

Wang Zhichen looked hurriedly in the direction of the sound, and saw a sun, moon and dragon flag fluttering in the wind in the southeast direction, followed by a large group of cavalry.

This gave him a sudden boost of energy.

"Your Majesty is here!"

"Your Majesty is here!"

“It’s the cavalry from the Fifth Battalion!

"There is also the Guanning Army!"

"They are all here......"

"Xie Dao, bite them, don't let them escape!"

Seeing the Mongolian cavalry passing by again, Wang Zhichen took out the revolver from his waist and fired blindly.

His loud shouts also restored some of the morale that had fallen.

Among those Mongolian cavalrymen, Abai looked at the white steam coming out of the warhorse under his crotch, then looked at the large number of Ming cavalry approaching in the distance, and immediately gave the order.

"withdraw!"

The warhorse under him could hardly bear the high intensity of the battle.

When Xie Dao found that the other party was trying to escape, he simply slashed his horse's butt.

In severe pain, the warhorse neighed and rushed out suddenly.

"Don't spare your horsepower. Hold on to them. They are our war horses. We must not let them ride back!"

Chapter 279 Every sip and bite is determined by fate

Wang Zhichen only saw the sun, moon and dragon flag and thought that the reinforcements coming were Zhu Youxiao's central army.

But when the reinforcements came closer, they realized that it was not the case at all!

The ones coming are Zu Dashou and the Guanning Army!

This made him even more overjoyed. As the governor of Liaodong, he was very clear about the combat effectiveness of the Guanning Army.

The full quota of the Ming Dynasty's garrisons was 5,600 people, but very few could actually reach this number.

But the Guanning Army is an exception!

Not only was the quota of 5,600 soldiers filled, but it exceeded the limit by nearly two times!

A full fifteen thousand people!

And among these 15,000 people, most of them are servants!

Soldiers may be short of pay, but servants are always paid in full; this is the privilege of the commander-in-chief.

Because on the battlefield, for them, servants are always more reliable than those soldiers!

They and their commander-in-chief share the same fate!

At this moment, all 15,000 people are present, and they are all cavalry!

Zu Dashou did not communicate with Wang Zhichen, and issued a military order as soon as the two sides met.

"Leave no enemies behind!"

"kill!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Man Gui, Zhao Luejiao and He Kegang immediately led their subordinates and servants and rushed towards the Mongolian cavalry.

Although they came all the way from Haizhou, they did not consume excessive amounts of horsepower during the march.

However, the Mongolian cavalry had been fighting with Wang Zhichen for nearly an hour and were already exhausted.

The ever-changing situation on the battlefield is vividly reflected at this moment!

Although Abai gave the order to retreat at the first moment, he soon understood something.

Ideal is full, the reality is very skinny!

"Go to hell!"

Man Gui took the lead and swung the three-barreled musket in his hand towards the Mongolian cavalry in front.

When the cavalryman heard the sound, he was immediately horrified and hid himself in the kick to avoid the direct hit.

But Mangui did not change his moves and smashed it down hard.

"Crack!"

"Sigh..."

As the sound of bones breaking was heard, the spine of the Mongolian cavalryman's horse was directly broken!

With a scream, the back half of his body collapsed instantly!

The cavalryman was pinned under his horse, with his head immersed in the icy river water. He tried to struggle to climb out, but was trampled to death by the horse's hoof by the cavalry behind Man Gui!

The long spear in Zhao Lujiao's hand was almost repeating the same set of movements non-stop.

Stab, collect, stab, collect........

Unlike the other two, who were also backbones of the Guanning Army, He Kegang hid behind others, constantly searching for the weaknesses of the Mongolian cavalry with his eyes.

Beside him, dozens of servants were holding bows and arrows. Whenever He Kegang pointed at a place, they would immediately fire a volley of arrows.

It was not until this time that Zu Dashou came to Wang Zhichen and spoke in a teasing tone.

"Wang Jinglie, I wonder if this counts as a life-saving favor?"

Wang Zhichen breathed a long sigh of relief, and with the help of his personal guards, he walked to the baggage cart and sat down. He did not answer Zu Dashou's question, but asked back with a puzzled look on his face.

"Why is your majesty's dragon flag in your army?"

"Also, why didn't His Majesty go with you?"

Zu Dashou smiled and pointed to the southeast: "The stuff the central army is carrying is too heavy to cross the river, so we can only go around Qianshan."

"Your Majesty is worried that you might be targeted by the Jiannu if you wait here for too long, so he sent me to support you."

“I didn’t expect that I would actually catch it!”

After hearing this answer, Wang Zhichen became even more confused.

"Didn't you come from Qianshan? Then how did this army of more than 10,000 people cross the river?"

Zu Dashou pointed to the gap in Hunhe River in the distance that was blown open by Mongolian cavalry and said quite complacently.

"What a coincidence, this humble official and Jian Nu have the same idea."

“The same thing happened on the river.”

"It's just that the Jiannu used people to blow up the river bank, while I used people to level the river!"

Wang Zhichen's eyes widened immediately: "You leveled the Shahe River?!"

Zu Dashou nodded: "That's right! It was filled with the corpses of the Jiannu!"

"How else do you think I got here so quickly, Lord Jinglüe?"

After saying this, he looked at Wang Zhichen with a smug look on his face, as if to say, come and praise me...

But unexpectedly, instead of praising him, Wang Zhichen's eyes gradually became angry as he looked at him.

Zu Dashou was puzzled: "Why is the governor looking at me like that?"

Wang Zhichen said coldly: "Shahe River is a branch of Hunhe River! If you hadn't blocked Shahe River, the Hunhe River wouldn't have burst its banks so badly!"

Upon hearing this, Zu Dashou stood there in a daze, his mouth open, completely at a loss as to what to say.

If the corpses had not been used to fill a path in the sand river, the Guanning Army would not have been able to arrive so quickly.

But in the same way, if the Shahe River is not filled, the water level in the Hunhe River will not be so strong even if it bursts!

Perhaps, this is what it means, that every sip and every bite is destined by heaven!

What a surprise!

The joining of the Guanning Army made this battle a foregone conclusion.

It was declared over in less than two hours.

Of the five thousand Mongolian cavalrymen, except for the thousand or so who chose to surrender when they saw the situation was not good, the rest all turned into corpses!

"Someone, come and block the broken river bank. We can't let the river water continue to spread out like this!"

Looking at the soldiers cleaning up the battlefield in the distance, Wang Zhichen gave orders to his guards.

The guards did as they were told and organized some people to plug the gap, but after a short while, they came back with bitter faces.

"Sir, the water is flowing too fast, the gap is getting bigger and bigger, and it can't be blocked in a short time!"

Wang Zhichen slapped him backhandedly: "Didn't you hear what Zu Xianfeng just said?"

"With so many enemy corpses, why don't you make use of them?!"

The guard hesitated and didn't dare to look him in the eye: "But...if this happens, the people downstream will be infected with the disease..."

Wang Zhichen glared and said, "In an emergency, we must make decisions based on our circumstances!"

"In this weather, corpses won't rot, so how can there be any epidemic?"

"At most we can wait until the war is over, and then have the Ministry of Works send people over to dig it up and repair it!"

"Besides, do you think the fish and shrimp in the river and the ants and insects on the shore are all vegetarians?"

But as soon as he finished speaking, a Jinyiwei following the right-wing army stood up.

"Ahem, Master Wang, I have something to say, but I don't know whether I should say it or not..."

Wang Zhichen was still furious about Zu Dashou using corpses to fill the river, causing the water level to rise. He refused the offer without even looking at the Jinyiwei.

"Then don't talk!"

The Jinyiwei's face turned red from holding back his words, but he finally chose to speak out.

"Well, Lord Wang, I heard from the red-haired foreign merchant that..."

"Over there, mummies are very expensive!"

"A dried corpse can be sold for at least fifty taels of gold..."

Wang Zhichen was stunned: "What did you say? Say it again!"

The Jinyiwei held up five fingers and said seriously, "A dried corpse can be sold for at least fifty taels of gold if it is transported to Portugal!"

This time, not only Wang Zhichen, but even Zu Dashou couldn't hold it anymore and came over to ask.

"What do they want to do with the corpse?"

The Jinyiwei explained: "It seems to be used for medical treatment... I heard that as long as we transport it over, we will have no problem selling it no matter how many there are!"