Wang Tingchen led his troops out of the south gate, and after leaving the city five miles, he turned east. He carried a large number of people in the city and was very slow. After stepping onto the main road for about seven or eight miles, he encountered a small number of Qing troops.

Wang Tingchen ordered Deputy General Jiang Zhu to lead more than a thousand soldiers to explore the way forward, and two thousand soldiers protected the two wings respectively, while Deputy General Yao Xun led two thousand elite troops to the rear. Hong Chengchou's deployment was unexpected in the evacuation of Songshan. He believed that the threat of the Qing army should come from the pursuit of the rear. Even if there was interception in the front, it should be just a small number of Qing army.

Their team went forward. Although they suffered a little casualties and injuries when breaking through the Qing army's defense line, this was within the initial estimate of the Ming army. Wang Tingchen always believed that the entire army could reach the ferry successfully, at least most people could reach it, and knew that he could hear the fierce fighting sounds from the north side.

At first, Wang Tingchen thought it was just an interception by a small number of Qing troops, but as the fighting grew louder, he finally realized that something was wrong. He pondered for a moment and ordered the whistle cavalry to investigate the situation. But not long after, a whistle cavalry rushed back and brought back Hong Lei, who was covered in wounds.

Hong Lei cried to Wang Tingchen about the whole matter and asked him to send troops to rescue Hong Chengchou immediately.

Wang Tingchen ordered people to call Jiang Zhu and Yao Xun and told them everything.

Jiang Sheng touched the back of his head and said, "No wonder the journey went so smoothly. I thought it was Mr. Hong's plan to be completely successful! Who knew that the damn bastard had already informed the Tatars of the entire evacuation plan of our army. It was the troops led by Mr. Hong who attracted the main force of the Qing army for us."

Yao Xun looked angry and said loudly: "The dog bastards who betrayed their ancestors are stripping them alive one by one. General Wang, what should we do now?"

Wang Tingchen pondered for a moment and said, "The Qing army knew our army's evacuation plan, but did not set up any ambush along the way, at least it means that their troops should not be too strong. Our team carried a large number of ordinary people and was moving slowly. If they were asked to defeat Lu's commander Lu and pursued with elite cavalry, we would have to die. My opinion is that we must send troops immediately to reinforce the trapped Hong's commander."

Jiang Zhu hesitated: "But General Wang, we now have only 5,000 soldiers and more than 10,000 ordinary people. If we divide the troops, what should we do if the Qing army intercepts the Qing army? From the current perspective, the main force of the Qing army should be on the side of the Hong army, but it does not mean that there is no Qing army on the road ahead of our army."

Wang Tingchen thought for a while and said, "Yao Xun, Jiang Zhu, you will lead three thousand soldiers to continue to advance to the agreed location. I will bring two thousand soldiers back to the supervisor. At the same time, we will distribute weapons to the young and powerful who can fight. One person will be considered one person! When the Tartars kill people, they will not care whether they are soldiers or ordinary people."

Yao Xun was stunned for a moment, waved his hand and refused, "You are the general officer, so it's not your turn to lead your troops to go in person? I will lead people back to help, and you and Lao Jiang will continue to move forward."

Wang Tingchen's tone suddenly became stern, "This is an order!"

Jiang Zhu also shook his head and said, "General Wang, when is it now? What orders are there? You still have to do without orders. Even if you want to go back, one of us must be with you, and the strength of the reinforcements must not be less than 3,000. Otherwise, we will refuse to execute such orders."

Wang Tingchen smiled bitterly, thought for a while, and finally ordered: "Yao Xun and I will bring three thousand soldiers. Jiang Zhu, you will lead the remaining people to continue walking. If you can't take everyone to the ferry in the end, see how I will deal with you in the future?"

Jiang Zhu bowed and said, "President Wang is relieved."

Wang Tingchen turned to Yao Xun and smiled faintly, "Brother Yao, come with me again."

Yao Xun laughed and said, "This is a must."

The two thousand men in the rear team and one thousand men from the north wing were quickly gathered and quickly moved towards the place where there was a fire in the north.

Hong Chengchou fell into the encirclement of the Qing army, and the Qing army was surrounded by all directions. Under the bright moonlight, the two soldiers of the army were fighting all over the mountains, and their bodies were built layer by layer between the hillsides.

The Ming army rushed left and right, looking for directions to break through everywhere. However, the Qing army's defense was like a wall of iron, and coupled with the continuous impact of the Qing cavalry, the remaining troops of the Ming army were getting fewer and fewer.

The remaining Ming army was divided and surrounded by the Qing army on several hillsides, with the most two or three thousand and only a few hundred. They used the complex terrain and woods in the mountains as cover to barely stabilize the formation.

But they were isolated from each other and unable to support each other, just like lambs waiting to be slaughtered. When the Qing army came to harvest, people gradually began to lose confidence. They left the army and fled into the dense forests in the mountains. One or two led a group of people, but many of them were killed by the Qing army who had caught up without running far.

The remaining Ming army was weak and the situation became increasingly critical.

Hong Chengchou stood on a high slope with a desperate look. There were more than a thousand soldiers beside him, all of whom were elite soldiers who had followed him for many years, and his combat power was very strong.

Faced with the Ming army that had the advantage of terrain, the Qing army could not capture it for a long time. They gave up temporarily and just surrounded Hong Chengchou's troops, and turned to attack other Ming troops.

The red bright flag swayed in the wind, and under the illumination of the fire, it was even more bright as blood. The shouts of killing from all sides were shocking, adding a bit of blood to the red.

Hong Chengchou knew that once other Ming troops were attacked and destroyed, he would have to destroy him. He ordered his soldiers to continue to attack downward, trying to join the other Ming troops and open the exits together. Although the Ming army had a fierce offensive, the number of Qing troops was too large, and they were blocked by the Qing army every time.

Hong Chengchou looked at everything in front of him and was cold all over. Could it be that the decades of military career are coming to an end today?

Just when all the Ming troops were desperate, a fierce shout of killing suddenly came from the south side, and flames soared into the sky.

Hong Chengchou held his right hand tightly, his nails sank into the flesh without any sense of it. He stepped onto his mount and shouted loudly: "Soldiers, our reinforcements have arrived, and all living people have broken south. As long as they protrude, they can survive."

A burst of cheers broke out among the Ming army, and the momentum increased greatly. However, because the enemy situation was not clear, the Qing army fell into temporary chaos.

Hong Chengchou took advantage of this short opportunity and, under the escort of a group of people, he actually fought a bloody path from the troops and fled south.

There was chaos everywhere, and people kept lying on the southbound road. With the moonlight, you could see bloody corpses and falling broken limbs everywhere.
Chapter completed!