1574 Chase
Just when Zhang Xianzhong was about to fight to the death, something that surprised him happened! The two cavalrymen turned around and ran away as if they were burned by fire!
Zhang Xianzhong was immediately overjoyed! He turned his head and looked towards the battlefield and found that a large number of soldiers were running towards him! Zhang Qingzhong was shocked when he looked at it! He originally thought that these soldiers were here to rescue him, but it was probably because the officer saw that the rear was unstable and sent someone to reinforce him!
But Zhang Xianzhong, who had been through the battle formation for a long time, immediately discovered that the soldiers were in a wrong state! They were not there to reinforce, they were clearly running away! Zhang Xianzhong thought to himself, could he be defeated on the Central Battlefield?
This really made him guess! Qi Qitao first used artillery to bombard the Daxi Army, then approached the infantry and kept firing at them with muskets! The lead bullets shot from the three-stage shooting were simply airtight, and rows of knocked the Daxi Army soldiers to the ground, driving them to flee westward!
The infantry phalanx that was surrounded by the Daxi Army, which was closest to Qiqitao's side, was the first to discover that something was wrong outside. When they confirmed that Qiqitao led his troops to support, the phalanxes also made a fierce move and began to assault to the east! They soon broke up the defeated Daxi Army!
As the Daxi Army retreated, these three square formations appeared in front of Qi Qitao like reefs exposed from the low tide sea. He immediately ordered these three square formations to continue driving the Daxi Army as vanguards!
After receiving reinforcements, the soldiers were very motivated and fired out the cannons that were originally used for saving money. They even beat the Daxi Army to cry and call their parents, accelerating their collapse!
Especially as the Daxi Army retreated and more and more square formations emerged among the crowd, Qi Qitao's troops became more and more sufficient! So he ordered the newly rescued square formation to be divided into two parts, north and south, forcing the Daxi Army to retreat to the west.
At this time, the Daxi Army was completely defeated and could not control it! All the soldiers were determined to escape from a distance! They threw away their armor and weapons and trampled on each other! In order to fight for a way to survive, there were even small-scale fights! The reason for the fight was just because others blocked his way!
By this time, the Western Army had been completely defeated and there was no chance of turning around!
So the 20,000 cavalry on the other side ran away when they saw the collapsed Daxi Army's despair in the future! Otherwise, these 20,000 people were caught in by hundreds of thousands of people who fled, and they would definitely be trampled on them!
As for Zhang Xianzhong's faces changed when he looked at the fleeing soldiers! He knew that the defeated soldiers were terrible! So he immediately mobilized all the archers to shoot at the crowd and also transferred the spearmen to the east side of the phalanx, asking them to block the impact of the defeated soldiers!
As soon as Zhang Xianzhong finished setting up, a surging crowd arrived! As Zhang Xianzhong yelled, "Shoot the arrow!", dense feather arrows shot at the soldiers of the Daxi Army who were fleeing wildly, shooting them down in groups! He also asked someone to wave the flag and instruct the defeated soldiers to bypass them from both sides.
In the end, God knew how many arrows Zhang Xianzhong shot and how many of his own people were killed, so he woke up and walked around him from both sides!
Looking at the dense crowd, Zhang Xianzhong still did not dare to move! Because once he moved the square formation, without the threat of bows and arrows and spearmen, the defeated soldiers would choose the nearest road to rush over directly, and he would be in danger at that time!
But it was raining all night! Just as the Western Army was running desperately, the Shandong cavalry who ran away who were afraid of being trapped by the defeated soldiers turned around and killed them again! These differences all over the frightened resentment they had just been frightened on the defeated soldiers!
They divided into several teams to rush into the defeated soldiers, slashed and trampled them before retreating. Because they didn't dare to go too deep, after all, there were too many defeated soldiers! But the arrival of the cavalry officially announced the complete defeat of the Western Army! Because no matter at any time, the cavalry had only two functions when they came to battle, one was to attack the opponent's scattered formation, and the other was to drive away and chase the defeated soldiers!
With the escape of the Western Army, another wonderful thing happened! That is, after the surging crowds, the formation that Zhang Xianzhong tried hard to maintain was actually highlighted! But at this time, Zhang Xianzhong's formation was no longer as strict as it was at the beginning.
His square formation killed and injured some people under the impact of the defeated soldiers, and escaped some people, so the entire formation looked a bit strange in shape.
Strange! But they are already the only Daxi Army on the entire battlefield that can maintain its establishment!
So they were targeted by the cavalry as soon as they appeared! The Shandong cavalry, who thought they had missed great achievements, suddenly found that Zhang Xianzhong was still in place and was not defeated by the defeated soldiers. They were overjoyed! So they immediately rushed forward and prepared to start besieging Zhang Xianzhong!
Poor Zhang Xianzhong's feather arrows have been shot, and the formations are uneven. How can he block these cavalry like wolves and tigers? These cavalry are not reckless. After they found that the Western Army had no feather arrows, they attacked boldly and rushed directly into a place more than ten steps away from the square formation. They used a short gun to shoot at the crowd and then drove away. Then they loaded the short gun and went closer to shoot again!
There are also cavalrymen who use horsepower to throw cavalry lances at the Daxi Army! A cavalry lance can often penetrate two people at least at a time when thrown out! Good luck can even link three people at once! The soldiers who were severely injured but not dead screamed loudly, which scared the other soldiers so much that they were invisible!
The spears of the Daxi Army were not enough to reach the cavalry, and they could only be beaten. The soldiers who were beaten and shot fell to the ground, with heavy casualties! A few brave officers organized some people to rush out and tried to drive out the cavalry, but were immediately surrounded by the cavalry and killed them all!
Just as Zhang Xianzhong was commanding the soldiers to fight and retreat, five flowering bullets fell from the sky and exploded in the crowd! A large area of people were killed and aroused a burst of chaos!
Zhang Xianzhong looked up and saw a large number of infantry appearing in the smoke and dust on the east side. It turned out that Qi Qitao was leading the infantry to chase him!
At this time, he rode on his horse and was full of energy, and issued orders repeatedly, dispatching the soldiers to move forward in turn. Suddenly, a staff officer pulled him and shouted loudly: "General, I saw Zhang Xianzhong's banner!"
After hearing this, Qi Qitao hurriedly raised his telescope and looked in the direction pointed by the staff. Sure enough, he saw that Zhang Xianzhong's banner was still there! This made Qi Qitao very happy! He originally thought that Zhang Xianzhong had already escaped, but he really didn't expect that he could stay until now!
Chapter completed!