But Wu Zheng also took advantage of this.

That is to be prepared rather than not.

Hong Chengchou did not lead the army to pursue him personally. If he came, he would definitely not be so bold.

Having just been defeated by Wu Zheng, Hong Chengchou would never take the pursuit lightly. Even if he knew that Wu Zheng was short of troops, he would be careful.

But now, the pursuing Qing army had just defeated Wu Shengzhao's army, and the morale was high. The cavalry led the way, and the infantry followed closely. Even the scouts did not come forward, and they just chased Wuxi in a daze.

So, the two sides encountered the turn of Takahashi official road, and then a bloody battle broke out.

It is not an exaggeration to say it is a bloody battle.

As mentioned earlier, the official road has a turning point here, with the mountains on one side and the water on the other side. There is a low cliff beside the water, and a river is below.

It is not high because the distance between up and down is about two meters, but this height is enough to kill someone.

Both sides encountered cavalry, and they were both caught off guard.

Moreover, the cavalry on both sides were very fast, which made it impossible for them to react after the encounter, and the battle broke out.

But the Ming cavalry was more mentally prepared than the Tartars.

Because the Ming army had already encountered Wu Shengzhao's defeated troops, they were now leaving to fight back the pursuers, and they were prepared to suddenly encounter the Tartars, and the Tartars were just pursuing the remnants of Wu Shengzhao.

Therefore, although both sides were caught off guard, the degree is high and low.

It was difficult to detect this when the battle broke out. The cavalry of both sides collided fiercely like two fast-moving carriages, and then the subsequent cavalry of both sides continued to collided.

Countless cavalry and war horses were knocked down, squeezed down the cliff, and the shrill calls were unbearable when they were dying.

This situation lasted about a stick of incense, and at least one or two thousand people were knocked off the cliff, just like dumplings.

This made a difference, and the number of Ming cavalry fell off the cliff was obviously much smaller than that of Tartars.

Why? Because the Ming army was prepared to encounter the enemy in their hearts, and it was to face the enemy, not pursue, and the speed was not very fast.

Once the enemy is encountered in front, the speed reduction is more timely than that of the Tartars. Secondly, thanks to the terrain, the turn of the official road, from the direction of the Ming army, the Ming army turned right and passed by the hillside. Most of the cavalry were squeezed to the inside, that is, on the side of the hillside, but the Tartars turned left. When they were turning, they were attacked by the Ming cavalry on the side of the mountain, and naturally they fell off the cliffs.

The result was that most of the blocked Ming cavalry rushed up the hillside, while the blocked cavalry of the Tartars fell off the cliff.

This terrain advantage has another very important consequence.

That is, the Tartar cavalry is good at riding and shooting, while the fake cavalry under Wu Zheng was not good at riding and shooting at all. Many soldiers had not even tried riding and shooting at riding and shooting.

This turning angle prevented the Tatar cavalry from performing cavalry and shooting, and allowed the Ming cavalry to take the biggest advantage.

The most common way to kill in this battle is not to slash or shoot arrows, but to hit each other.

As for the impact, the Ming army had an innate advantage. If it could not hit, it would be nothing more than taking advantage of the situation to go uphill.

After going up the slope, he rushed down from a high point and then down, which caused the Tartars to fall down the cliff.

The battle lasted for about a quarter of an hour until the rear of the Tatars stopped.

But at this time, more than half of the five thousand cavalry of the Tartars had been lost.

The Ming army lost less than 20%, and on this local battlefield, the military strength advantage instantly reversed.

The Ming army opposed more than 3,000 Tartars with more than 2,000.

Wu Zheng ordered a charge without any hesitation.

So, the real bloody battle began.

The Ming army launched an assault on the Tatar cavalry with its superior forces.

But at this time, the individual combat effectiveness of the soldiers on both sides was concentratedly reflected.

Often, only two Ming army or even three can be replaced by one Tartar.

If the Tartars had not forced their way to stop moving forward in order not to fall off the cliff, the Ming army had the advantage of speed when the two sides contacted each other, and the Ming cavalry would have even been wiped out in one battle.

The battle lasted for half an hour, with nearly 1,000 casualties from the Ming army, while the Tatars were only half of the casualties.

The advantages and disadvantages of the post-battlefield players are regained again.

At this time, the forces of both sides were already very close, and the Ming army was slightly superior.

The high-intensity battle caused the soldiers on both sides to consume the physical strength rapidly.

At this time, the backward Tartar infantry appeared in the distance.

The Tatar cavalry soldiers followed, and the morale of the Ming army quickly subsided.

The collapse was just a moment.

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There is an old saying that no matter how evil a person is, there will be something worthy of occasionally.

Many evil criminals are often filial sons or righteous people.

To put it bluntly, it is nothing more than a hint of comfort from human nature, just like going to a church to confess, and there is nothing surprising.

Wu Shengzhao is such a person.

He was indeed hesitant when he retreated to Wuxi.

He thought in his heart that this time he offended Wu Zheng fiercely.

In his opinion, Wu Zheng did come to save him, but he ran away alone.

This is really not righteous.

If Wu Zheng died in this battle, it would be fine, but if he wins, he will definitely not have a good life.

I have only more than 3,000 troops left now, and half of them have been smashed into it. If I leave at this time, wouldn’t it be useless to lose more than 4,000 lives?

This is like investing. After losing so much, you can only continue to invest money in, hoping to turn the tables in the next moment.

If you stop the loss at this time, first, Wu Shengzhao does not have the courage to survive by cutting off his arm, and second, he also understands that he will not have the ability to gather an army.

His army comes from relying on a force to obtain, not recruiting itself.

Therefore, it is hard to imagine that after being hated by Shaoxing Prefecture, he will be able to receive additional troops?

It is also hard to imagine that the Qing court could still accept his surrender after this.

After thinking about it over and over again, Wu Shengzhao finally shouted: "Life and death have fate, wealth and honor are in heaven, people die and birds are facing the sky, and they will never die for thousands of years... Let me go back!"

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Wu Zheng did not regret that he fought back alone against the Tartars pursuers.

Since leaving Wuxi, I have a premonition of failure.

But Wu Zheng still stubbornly ordered.

Wu Zheng is not an inspiring person, but on the contrary, he has some common people's thoughts.

This may be because of the influence of Wu Jun in later generations, which eliminated the influence of Wu Zheng, a young man in this life.

But one thing is that no matter Wu Zheng or Wu Feng, they all have the courage to not fear death.

People who dare to commit suicide are never lacking in courage.

If you don’t have to be afraid of death, what else can you be afraid of?

Wu Zheng dared to die, especially when facing a choice.

Even if the Qing army was fighting alone, even if they were only half-destroyed, the Qing army would not be able to mobilize new troops to move south for at least two or three months.

If his relatives can survive well, and if the world can be changed by his own death, Wu Zheng will never be stingy to die.
Chapter completed!