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Chapter 86
Just these few artillery fires caused Gao Jie's men and horses to panic. Some were killed and injured on the spot, and some horses were frightened and rushed on the rampage.

After the cannon rang, ambushes appeared everywhere among the wormwood in the woods on both sides of the river bank. The sound of the bang was the signal for the firing of crossbow arrows. ...crack, clap, boom, boom..."

Gao Jie's generals were caught off guard by the unexpected attack. Many generals hadn't figured out what was going on. They were either shot over by crossbow arrows or hit by blunderbusses. , The river beach fell to the ground, the dead and wounded were scattered, and the clear river was dyed red.

Screams, running, people shouting and neighing, falling into the water, shouting, trampling on each other... all kinds of sounds were mixed together, and the whole river was in chaos.

Gao Jie, who had just arrived at the bank of the river, hadn't even had a sip of water when such a thing happened, and he was very surprised. In the blink of an eye, several guards around him, including a general, fell into the river in response, and the red spray How high is the splash.

"Protect Uncle!"

The guards around Gao Jie reacted quickly. They each drew their swords and guns, and some raised their shields to block Gao Jie's body.

The guards protected Gao Jie while blocking the feather arrows while retreating.

But they had already entered the ambush circle set up by Zhu Yousong. These feathered arrows and firecrackers flew from all directions, so they had nowhere to hide, and people around Gao Jie kept falling down.

From Li Zicheng's subordinates to the Ming Dynasty's orthodox army, Gao Jie has experienced many battles in these years, and has a lot of experience. He was surrounded and attacked by officers and soldiers as early as when he followed Chuang Wang Li Zicheng in the South and North Wars. Terrified, he had understood by this time that he was ambushed.As for who the ambushers were, don't even think about it. With so many people who care about firearms, they are definitely not bandits, but Huang Chuangzi's people.

"Retreat, retreat quickly, don't mess up!" Gao Jie took off his horse, shouted, and quickly looked around, preparing to stabilize the position and occupy a favorable position to wait for an opportunity to break through or counterattack. He was looking at the small hill that rushed down just now, so Take people back here.

He had just retreated to the hillside with some troops, but the crossbow arrows and firecrackers had stopped, replaced by earth-shattering shouts of killing.

On the left bank of the small river, Zu Hai led the team to rush down the river and waded in. The team on the right bank of the small river was led by Li Quan, who also shouted and outflanked them. The two groups of nearly [-] troops came like a torrent of broken gates and captured Gao Jie. The people and horses were trapped in it.

"Come on, kill, don't let Gao Jie escape, catch Gao Jie and reward him with a hundred gold..."

In all directions, as far as the eye can see are Zhu Yousong's men and horses, covering the mountains and plains, covering the sky and covering the earth, and the shouts are shaking the sky and the earth.

"Fight with Huang Chuangzi! Kill me!"

Gao Jie also went all out, and it was impossible not to go all out at this time. Tens of thousands of horses quickly mixed together, and the two sides started a big scuffle.

It was said to be a scuffle, but in fact Gao Jie's men were basically in a passive position to be beaten.

Because in terms of military strength, Gao Jie's troops are in an absolute advantage, [-] against [-]; but in terms of military discipline and combat effectiveness, the opposite is true.Most of the troops that Zhu Yousong brought this time were Huang Degong's old troops, and the four towns generals were the most important in terms of military discipline and combat effectiveness.

Another key point is that Gao Jie's 4 horses came from a long way away, and they were exhausted, while Zhu Yousong's 2 horses came prepared, and they hid in this area for two or three days, with a lot of energy accumulated in their chests. Now it's all bursting out, morale is high and low, and the momentum is like clouds and mud.

Also, Gao Jie's men didn't know how many people were ambushing them. More importantly, they had incomplete armies at this time. The 4 men and horses were all infantry. There were almost no archers and firecrackers, but there were quite a few heavy camps The cannons were no less powerful than Zhu Yousong's, but they were caught off guard when they were ambushed suddenly, and they had no time to set up the cannons for positioning and aiming, so these cannons could only be seen as useless decorations.

In such a comparison, there is no need to determine the outcome.

When the imperial army was cheered by cannons, blunderbuss and three-eyed blunderbuss light firearms to create momentum, and bows and arrows were densely packed like rain, Gao Jie's [-] army was suddenly defeated, and his command failed.

Zu Hai and Li Quan saw that it was almost done, and the two commanders rushed out on flying horses, and 3 or [-] horses were like tigers on the mountain, unstoppable, just now Gao Jie's men and horses were already defeated Countless people were knocked down, and now taking advantage of the chaos to rush over, Gao Jie's men and horses became even more chaotic, some fell down without even showing their swords and guns, and many were killed by the river. After that time, there was a big defeat.

Throwing away their armor and armor, they fled in all directions, and they didn't care about all the supplies, food, and wages. They also threw away all the things they looted from the common people along the way before they could be digested. Throw it all away, just run for your life.

However, they were encircled and had nowhere to escape. Some soldiers fell down and surrendered without losing their minds.

Killing people is not the purpose, the main purpose of this battle is to eradicate Gao Jie, so Zhu Yousong once ordered that those who surrendered should not die, so these people saved their lives, and some soldiers were also very clever. He quickly threw away his guns and raised his hand as a prisoner. More and more people surrendered.

Gao Jie's command is now ineffective, it seems that it is impossible to regroup the troops to turn the tide of the battle, the only way is to break through.

Fortunately, there are more than 500 people around Gao Jie. This is his championship battalion, including a [-]-man guard. That's the guard.

He rectified his troops and rushed down from the hillside, trying to kill a bloody road, but just after he dispersed the soldiers in front of him, he did not go far, and a team came in front of him, blocking his way. , with a big face, wide mouth and cheeks, pointed at the knife in the palm and shouted, "Gao Jie, you can't run away, I have been waiting for you here for a few days by the order of the emperor, maybe you can live another day and a half if you dismount and surrender , otherwise, let you be a ghost on the knife head!"

"Nonsense!" Gao Jie stared at him. Naturally, he would not believe that Zhu Yousong was here to ambush him, let alone his emperor Zhu Yousong was staring at him on a hill not far away. However, this general in front of him looks familiar to him, and he must have met somewhere, but he can't remember for a while, so he hurriedly asked, "Who are you?"

"Hahaha, Uncle Xingping is really a nobleman who forgets things. More than two months ago, Uncle went to Beijing to face the saint, and he was still called brother and brother in front of the Martial Ying Hall. Now he pretends not to know or really doesn't know?"

"You...is it about Zu Yi?" Gao Jie suddenly remembered that this general in front of him should be the commander of Jin Yiwei, who is about Zu Hai. This pair of facial features is absolutely correct.

Zu Hai pursed his lips, and spoke quite irritatingly, "That's right, aren't you blind? Since you know it's a matter of course, why don't you get off your horse and go with Zumou to see His Majesty to accept the crime, when will you wait?"

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