Mei Yousong's army had a total of ten battalions of elite border troops, totaling more than 30,000, two of which were transferred to Zhao Qing, and the remaining eight battalions of 24,000 border troops rushed to the front of the battlefield under Mei Yousong's order.

However, under the continuous grenade bombing of the People's Army, one-quarter of the border troops were killed and injured in a short period of time, which made Mei Yousong feel distressed and wanted to withdraw the border troops. If the border troops were beaten like this, how could he defeat the People's Army that was fighting?

"Wait a little longer, wait a little longer." Mei Yousong muttered in his heart, expecting that the People's Army's grenades would be exhausted soon.

At this time, thousands of people were killed and injured under the grenade bombing, and less than 15,000 border troops were able to fight. Even Song Yingchang persuaded him, and Mei Yousong finally couldn't wait.

The order to withdraw the border troops immediately was issued, and at the same time, the Zhentian Camp was ordered to use the Zhentian Thunder to cover the retreat of the border troops.

Soon, Mei Yousong's order was sent to the front of the battlefield, and the nearly collapsed border troops began to retreat. The People's Army first came to the front and followed closely, not wanting to let the enemy in front of them go.

At this moment, the Zhentian Battalion behind the Bianjun showed its power. The Zhentian thunder, which was almost the same as the grenade, was thrown by the Ming soldiers at the feet of the soldiers of the First Landing Army. Amid the sound of grenade explosions, hundreds of First Landing Army soldiers fell on the battlefield.

Seeing that the enemy also had grenades, Han Lin, the commander of the first mount, immediately ordered the troops to stop pursuing.

It is impossible to determine how many grenades the Ming army has. If you catch up with it like this, the People's Army will not be able to kill many enemies. Instead, the number of casualties will increase greatly, which will not be worth the loss. Without receiving the order from Wang Shengrong, Han Lin made the decision to stop the pursuit.

In fact, when Wang Shengrong knew that the Ming army used grenades, he would also issue the same order, but Wang Shengrong received the situation relatively later and issued the order later. He could not issue the order in time, which would increase the number of casualties in the People's Army, which is not a good thing for the People's Army.

However, after the Ming army and the People's Army set a distance of more than 100 meters, Wang Shengrong issued another order to "chase". Amid the rhythmic sound of war drums, Wang Shengrong's army made great strides, and the distance between them and the Ming army was more than 100 meters, which would not be shortened or extended.

Mei Yousong received news of Zhao Qing's defeat, and Wang Shengrong also received news of Gao Wei's victory. He also learned that Gao Wei's army was pursuing the defeated Zhao Qing's army while advancing quickly to the rear of the battlefield. It was obvious that the battle was not over yet. When Gao Wei's army came over, Wang Shengrong's army would launch a new attack on Mei Yousong's army with Gao Wei's army.

It was miserable, too miserable. Mei Yousong's army fought with Wang Shengrong's army of 160,000. In less than half an hour, the number of casualties of Mei Yousong's army exceeded 30,000, of which the number of casualties of elite border troops exceeded 10,000. If it were not for the cover of Zhentian Camp's thunder, the number of casualties of the border troops would have been greater.

Before, Zhao Qing's army was defeated, and the current elite border army suffered heavy casualties. Mei Yousong knew that this battle could not be fought anymore, and the army began to retreat. However, Wang Shengrong's pursuit made Mei Yousong understand that it was not so easy for him to retreat.

"Trust the troops to abandon all baggage (including artillery), and the entire army will accelerate its retreat, Zhou Xinhong."

"The last one will be there."

"Give you three battalions of troops and block the thieves behind for two quarters of an hour."

"I will obey the order."

Most of Mei Yousong's army continued to retreat, and all the supplies were abandoned, leaving only Zhou Xinhong and three battalions of Ming troops waiting for the enemy that was about to rush up.

Zhou Xinhong's face was full of bitterness. The Ming army in three battalions should have more than 9,000 troops, but two of the three battalions given to Zhou Xinhong were crippled. The three battalions together were less than 7,000, and at least 4,000 were recruits.

When he learned that he was going to carry out the task of cutting off the rear, most of the soldiers were about to collapse and had no morale. How could Zhou Xinhong rely on such an army to resist the People's Army for two quarters of an hour?

But Zhou Xinhong dared not disobey Mei Yousong's orders, and he did not dare to lead his army to surrender to the enemy. His family was still under the rule of the Ming court. Once the news of his surrender to the enemy spread, his family would die.

All Zhou Xinhong can do now is to take these less than 7,000 men and horses to block the enemy as much as possible. Even if he dies in the end, he cannot let an enemy pass by before he dies.

"Brothers, fight to the death!" Zhou Xinhong shouted, but only a few echoes.

Wang Shengrong's army rushed up, and the few musketeers and archers in Zhou Xinhong's army took action one after another to cause minor casualties to Wang Shengrong's army, and soon the two armies met in close combat.

The first-row troops waved their swords and slashed at the Ming soldiers. The first-row troops threw hundreds of grenades into the Ming army's array, killing and injuring hundreds of people.

Some People's Army officer felt that the morale of the Ming army was very poor and shouted directly: "You should put down your weapons quickly, and those who surrendered will not be killed!"

"You are all abandoned, continue to fight and you all die. If you want to survive, throw away the weapons in your hands quickly."

"Put down your weapons, and those who surrender will not kill them!"

Soon, all kinds of words of persuasion of surrender were shouted out by the People's Army soldiers. Among the words of the People's Army soldiers' persuasion of surrender, many Ming soldiers had the idea of ​​surrendering.

Zhou Xin Hong felt bad and immediately shouted: "Brothers, we can't surrender to the enemy. If we surrender to the enemy, our family will die. Let's go with us. Even if we die, we will drag the enemy to death!"

Hearing Zhou Xinhong's words, many Ming soldiers immediately gave up surrendering and continued to wave swords and guns at the People's Army soldiers.

At this moment, dozens of grenades smashed towards Zhou Xinhong's location. Amid a series of explosions, Zhou Xinhong fell in a pool of blood.

As the commander of the First Army, Zhou Xinhong is too far ahead. Isn’t this seeking death?

The commander died, and the Ming army, who had no morale at first, had no morale, was even more unhealthy. The Ming soldiers were still fighting, and more Ming soldiers put down their weapons and knelt on the ground, unwilling to fight again.

Most of the Ming soldiers chose to surrender, and some of them were resisting. In order not to hurt the surrendered Ming soldiers, the grenades that quickly killed the enemy could not be used. They could only climb the troops and rush forward and kill, which instead added a little casualties to the People's Army.

After Wang Shengrong's army eliminated the resisters in Zhou Xinhong's army and continued to advance, the distance between Wang Shengrong's army and Mei Yousong's army had been widened by more than two miles. No matter how good Wang Shengrong's army was at marching, it was almost impossible for him to catch up with Mei Yousong's army after another round of battle.

Even if he could not catch up with Mei Yousong's army, Wang Shengrong's army was still advancing, and Gao Wei's army was chasing this side on the east side, which might be able to stop Mei Yousong's army.
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