The already thin line of military forces of the Ming army began to have loopholes.

This was a good thing that the Qing soldiers should be happy about, but Nikan, who saw this scene on the boat in the center of the river, was worse than death.

You must know that the Ming army is just a thousand cavalry, why are they escaping?

Even if you lose thousands of people and kill this cavalry, you will finally lose it is not ugly, right?

But now, it's too late.

Countless Qing soldiers were in the river. Except for those who had already sunk to the bottom and floated on the water and swam desperately, there were no soldiers who had the intention to return to death upon orders?

Even if Nikan ordered a counterattack at this moment, he could not stop this chaos. He did not dare to return only by bringing the Qing soldiers on a few boats beside him, so he could only stomp the boards and point at the river bank and curse.

One thousand cavalry, under the desperate blocking of six thousand Qing soldiers, the cavalry suffered more and more casualties, while the Qing soldiers were just the opposite.

When the cavalry was half lost, it was a critical line. The cavalry no longer attacked, but was besieged by the Qing army.

Once besieged, the imperial cavalry who lacks practical experience will have no advantage and the battle situation will become a one-sided trend.

Seeing that the imperial guards were about to be destroyed, the musketeers who ran out of breath finally arrived.

When the first round of musket shooting sounded, the Qing army, who had just dared to fight with the cavalry, turned around and ran away, jumped into the river, leaving the surviving imperial cavalry speechless.

....

"Wake up...Cungu, wake up!"

Wu Zheng shook Xia Wanchun hard and found Xia Wanchun with blood, Wu Zheng couldn't help crying.

When Wu Zheng first saw this young man in Jiaxing Mansion, he swore in his heart that he would never let the genius young man die young.

Looking at Xia Wanchun's pale face, Wu Zheng secretly prayed in his heart, hold on, must hold on...

The military doctor has already performed bleeding and bandage. Xia Wanchun's knife wounds between his chest and abdomen are not deep, and it is not fatal. What is fatal is excessive blood loss.

"Cough cough..." Xia Wanchun suddenly coughed out as if he had heard Wu Zheng's call.

Wu Zheng patted Xia Wanchun's face ecstatically until Xia Wanchun slowly opened her eyes.

"Wu Zheng... are you really dead?"

Wu Zheng never expected that Xia Wanchun's first sentence after waking up would be like this.

"Nonsense." Wu Zheng laughed and scolded, but the joy in his heart could not be concealed.

Xia Wanchun licked her thirsty lips and said intermittently: "I can see you again on...the road to the underworld, and I have no regrets!"

"Get some water quickly." Wu Zheng shouted, then straightened up, lowered his head and cursed, "You have your eyes wide open. Where did the road to the underworld come from in broad daylight?"

Wu Zheng moved away, and the dazzling sunlight shone directly into Xia Wanchun's eyes, causing him to close quickly.

"I'm not dead?"

"Not dead!"

"You're not dead?"

"certainly!"

"That's good!" Xia Wanchun said, "Can the enemy attack the capital?"

"I've been defeated by me... You kid are very lucky, Nikan is greedy and did not directly encircle and annihilate your troops, but went north to Yingtian Mansion. Otherwise, even if I grow wings, I will not be able to save you."

The soldier drank a few sips of water for Xia Wanchun. Xia Wanchun was energetic, but his eyes were still unable to open.

"That's good...that's good. By the way, go and save Liao Zhongping. The Qing army broke through from him..."

Wu Zheng sighed softly in his heart. Liao Zhongping's defense zone was across the river. The number of miscellaneous troops he brought was too small and he was unable to force his way through for a while.

"Don't talk for now, be relieved. I will find a way to save Liao Zhongping." Wu Zheng patted Xia Wanchun on the shoulder and turned his head, "Send Taiping Hou back to Beijing to recuperate..."

Xia Wanchun suddenly reached out and waved, "Wu Zheng...Wu Zheng."

"you say."

"Collapse the remnants... Although I don't know what... what is on the other side of the river, my Jianyang Guard... was just defeated, Nikan was determined to attack Yingtian Prefecture, and there was no time to encircle and annihilate the defeated troops... As long as you send someone to search everywhere, you will definitely be able to find some..."

Wu Zhengwen felt it made sense, "The person comes and ordered the remaining cavalry to search within a radius of ten miles and bring all the defeated soldiers of Jianyang Guard back."

"Also, with this defeat, the troops are insufficient, and it is obvious that the other side of the river cannot be defended. If you can find Liao Zhongping..., come back."

Wu Zheng nodded and said to Xia Wanchun: "You have lost too much blood and need to rest... Just leave it to me."

"No... Wu Zheng, Jianyangwei was defeated, his morale was low... Only with me can I join the battle immediately... If you ask me to find a back sun... The sun is too dazzling."

Wu Zheng thought about it, turned to the military doctors around him and ordered: "You guys are so good to take care of him. If he has any accidents, don't blame me for showing mercy!"

"Abide by the order!"

....

Xia Wanchun was right. Liao Zhongping's troops suddenly collapsed. In addition, Xia Wanchun took some people to the west to block the leak. Jianyang Guard was only defeated in the west and the south, and there were few real casualties.

In just half an hour, the cavalry brought back three or four thousand men.

When they learned that his coach Xia Wanchun was still alive, these Jianyang Guard soldiers were immediately "resurrected in full blood".

Wu Zheng personally led the more than 7,000 people who had been pieced together to attack the other side.

If you don't have enough ferries, use all the floating objects you can use.

Except for a thousand musketeers, all the soldiers swam across the river, and they pushed the musketeers on the wooden board forward in the water.

Fortunately, almost everyone in Jiangnan is good at water.

After crossing the river center, musketeers began to shoot at the other side, but the killing was almost negligible.

But one thing is that the Ming army is invincible because the Qing army's arrows on the other side cannot shoot at the center of the river. Even those who are good at shooting in the Eight Banners may not hit the target a hundred steps away.

The two sides were in a stalemate. Several rounds of arrows were shot down on the other side, but they stopped shooting. They hid and waited for the Ming army to approach the landing.

Wu Zheng thought of a solution at this time, which was to let the imperial soldiers carry straw tubes on their mouths, hold their breath under the water, and then swim to attack the other side.

This method is very effective. The Qing army watched the Ming army approaching from underwater to the shore and shoot arrows to block the attack. How could the arrows kill the underwater targets?

The moment the swimming soldiers landed, Wu Zheng issued the order for the general attack.

Although the hundreds of Ming troops who landed ashore suffered heavy casualties from the Qing army's arrows like rain, they effectively restrained the Qing army from suppressing the arrows in the river.

In this short period of time, the wooden boards under the musketeers in the river were pushed forward by the Ming army in the water, and then shot and suppressed the Qing army that was shooting arrows on the shore.

The Qing army began to move into passiveness, but they insisted on not retreating.

Finally, with the opportunity to fight against the musketeers, how could Nikan let go easily?

In addition, his depression was so full that he could not vent, Nikan decided to see the true sign with the Ming army on the shore.

So, the Qing soldiers went forward and launched an attack on the Ming army on the shore.
Chapter completed!