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The person responsible for garrisoning the north bank of the Yellow River was Zhang Shijie, Tian Jianxiu's subordinate.

He divided the infantry into groups of 500 men and built simple fortifications one mile apart.

Wang Hui was now between two groups of enemy infantry, and the nearest group was already heading towards him. It was not Zhang Shijie himself, but an unknown officer who led the troops.

When these 500 enemy troops arrived, friendly troops also arrived on Wang Hui's side, with two rafts and a total of 15 Datong troops.

Fifteen people, carrying five hundred, must hold on!

The melee soldiers erected two rafts to block the enemy's bows and arrows. The musketry soldier placed the barrel of his gun on the gap in the raft and fired first at the enemy.

Eight fire guns hit three people.

The enemy rushed to about ten meters and had finished loading their ammunition. The second round of salvo fire hit all eight bullets.

"Form up, bayonets on!"

At this moment, a burst of gunfire came, and another sheepskin raft approached. The Datong troops on the raft were shooting towards the shore.

Unfortunately, the current was too fast. Even though I paddled with all my strength, I was still washed more than 20 meters downstream of Wang Hui before reaching the shore.

After landing ashore, the eight soldiers rushed over immediately, and Wang Hui had already engaged the enemy.

The other side of the Yellow River is not flat, and has also been washed out with layers of ridges. More than 400 enemy troops surrounded them and jumped down from the ridge to fight. Because they were running so fast, they had no time to form a formation. The head and tail of the team stretched more than 30 meters long.

Four words, sparse, like a gang fight.

This can't be blamed on the Dashun army being too stretched. All the elites were taken to Hebei by Li Zicheng. There are only about 6,000 capable veterans left behind in Tongguan, and the rest are all new recruits who have been trained for three months.

Six thousand elites guard Tongguan, which is more than enough!

Cross the river?

Li Zicheng never thought that the Datong Army would dare to cross the river.

Because even if they cross the river, they will all be washed away by the river, just like this situation. A dozen people rushed to the beach and dared to form a formation to resist five hundred people. There is no such army in the world.

"kill!"

Faced with the siege of more than 400 people, Wang Hui did not hold on to his position, but took the initiative to rush forward.

Taking advantage of the loose formation of the Dashun Army, they had to rush out. If you defend in place, the enemy troops will become more and more surrounded and become more and more dense.

Then a heroic scene occurred. Fifteen Datong troops countercharged towards the more than 400 loyal troops.

Wang Huiting stabbed one person to death with his gun, and cooperated with friendly troops to kill another person.

Fifteen Datong troops rushed forward, killing wherever they rushed. They rushed for several meters in a row, knocking down twelve enemy troops in front and behind.

On local battlefields, the current situation has actually emerged where more people are fighting against fewer enemies!

The Dashun Army was obviously more numerous, but those who fought head-on were so frightened by the momentum that they cowered, and some even took the initiative to dodge.

The Dashun officer leading the team shouted: "Form up, quickly form an formation!"

This guy thought that if five hundred people surrounded and killed fifteen, they would definitely be able to capture them, so he ordered them to run at full speed. Some people ran fast, and some ran slowly. The team got longer and longer, and became more and more scattered. Only then did Wang Hui find a chance.

Under the order to form a formation, only the hundreds of people near the officer began to form a formation very obediently. Those who were too far away did not know what the order was.

"Fuck...kill!"

After rushing forward a few steps, a fire gun soldier was seriously injured and was shot from the side by the enemy.

The fire gun soldier roared in pain, raised his bayonet and charged out, stabbing the attacker to death. Unfortunately, he was injured and could no longer rush with him, and was quickly surrounded and killed by four Dashun troops.

Wang Hui saw signs of enemy troops forming formation from a distance, and immediately shouted: "The enemy general is over there, follow me and kill him!"

There were still fourteen people left, and under the leadership of Wang Hui, they rushed towards the place where the enemy was most concentrated.

After rushing a few steps, another Datong soldier fell to the ground, this time it was a spearman.

After landing, the eight Datong friendly troops downstream also imitated Wang Hui and charged towards the enemy's flank.

There is only one exception.

Yang Zhi ran for a while, then stopped and took aim. He did not shoot in the river.

At a distance of more than forty steps and sixty meters, Yang Zhi aimed at the enemy general who was gathering troops.

"boom!"

One shot hit the enemy general's personal soldier. The enemy general was so frightened that he quickly shrank his head and hid in the crowd and never showed his face again.

"Crooked!"

Yang Zhi felt very regretful and reloaded his ammunition at a speed far exceeding that of an ordinary soldier.

The remaining seven Datong soldiers killed them from the flank. The enemy troops here were even more scattered, and more than ten people were killed by them. In the process of escaping, they took more than twenty others with them.

In fact, it is not considered a rout. These Dashun soldiers who escaped wanted to return to their generals and wait for them to form a formation before fighting again. They are scattered, have no formation, no organization, and it is difficult to cooperate with each other no matter how many people there are.

Yang Zhi poked the projectile with the prod, looking up while poking, but saw that the enemy general did not show his head at all.

When he saw the thirty or forty defeated troops again, he suddenly thought: "The enemy general is dead, the enemy general is dead!"

Unfortunately, the battlefield was noisy and Yang Zhi's voice was too quiet.

"To the right!"

The enemy formation in front has been initially formed, with more than a hundred people crowded together. Wang Hui knew that it would be difficult to disperse, so he took the lead and rushed to the right, hoping to cooperate with the friendly forces coming downstream to meet him.

When turning around, two more people were lost, leaving Wang Hui's team with only eleven people.

There were eleven people from the west and seven from the east, a total of eighteen Datong troops. When the two sides charged towards each other, they actually routed more than sixty enemies among them.

The price was that the Datong army lost two people again.

The Datong army gathered together, and not counting Yang Zhi, there were only sixteen people left. Moreover, everyone was injured and standing on the shore panting from exhaustion.

The Dashun Army gradually formed its formation, and lined up neatly, slowly coming towards Wang Hui.

"boom!"

Yang Zhi fired his second shot and hit the soldier next to the enemy general again.

"Why can't you hit it again?" Yang Zhi was frustrated.

The unknown general of Dashun Army was so frightened that he completely shrank to the back of the team.

The 500 Datong troops stationed in the west also began to engage in battle, to surround and kill the Datong army that had landed in another place. The situation there was very bad. All eight Datong Army soldiers were killed after landing.

"General, we are coming!"

Two more sheepskin rafts came and docked 23 meters away. Fifteen soldiers came this time. Together, Wang Hui's army reached thirty-one.

Yang Zhi was still not included. He was alone far away, squatting on the ground and reloading ammunition.

After the enemy general suffered a loss, he did not dare to be careless and formed a formation to approach little by little.

"Bang bang bang!"

As the Dashun Army was marching, the Datong Army fired another salvo.

"boom!"

Yang Zhi also fired again. He could not find the enemy general who was hiding, but he killed the enemy general with one shot. The team fell into panic, causing the Dashun Army to advance even slower.

The enemy general finally couldn't bear it anymore and sent thirty soldiers, pointing in the direction of Yang Zhi and roaring: "Go kill that guy!"

Yang Zhi took his time and reloaded his ammunition.

On the frontal battlefield, this Dashun army was mainly composed of new soldiers, with only a small number of archers. After the Datong army fired a salvo, more than thirty archers came out to shoot at Wang Hui.

When Wang Hui charged, he threw away all his shields, and there was no raft around him to serve as a shield.

They could only cover their fatal parts and use cotton armor to carry the bow and arrow.

The troops crossing the river were all wearing cotton armor. If they fell into the river, they would definitely die!

Seeing several rafts approaching the shore in the east, Wang Hui shouted: "Run downstream!"

When the Datong Army moved, a corpse was left on the ground, which was shot to death by the enemy just now.

When the enemy general saw Wang Hui running again, he was obviously hesitant. He didn't know whether to continue to advance in formation or to give orders to catch up at full speed. What if they run away again?

After some thought, the enemy general ordered them to pursue at a trot. The whole army should not run too fast and try to maintain their formation.

The troops were successfully joined again, and Yang Zhi also returned to the army, with the strength reaching forty-six.

"General, look!"

Wang Hui turned to look at the river and saw hundreds of sheepskin rafts rowing towards him.

However, the Datong Army crossed the river in sections and had been observing the situation with hot air balloons. The situation on Wang Hui's side was the best, so the follow-up troops concentrated here to cross.

The unknown enemy general also saw it and shouted in horror: "Kill at full speed!"

"Reinforcements are coming, the world is united!"

Wang Hui shouted excitedly.

The unknown enemy general didn't care about hiding, so he drew his sword and led his team to charge.

Yang Zhi picked up the musket again and took aim.

"boom!"

The enemy general fell down.

Wang Hui was stunned for a moment, then he was ecstatic, raised his spear and shouted: "The enemy general is dead, follow me to kill him!"

Forty-six Datong troops attacked more than 400 enemy troops with great momentum.

The enemy army seemed a little at a loss when the general was killed. Some continued to rush over, some stopped in a daze, and some simply ran away.

The two sides were already very close. As the Datong Army counterattacked, more than 400 enemy troops collapsed in an instant.

Sometimes, a little coincidence can determine the outcome of the battle.

The most famous one was the Red Army's forced crossing of the Dadu River.

The river is more than 300 meters wide and the current is fast. The Red Army has only one boat. Eighteen warriors crossed the river to seize the position, and they had to use this boat to cross in two parts.

The enemy's machine gun position was under heavy fire. The Red Army had only three shells left, and the mortar mount was broken.

Master gunner Zhao Zhangcheng stood up, holding the barrel of the gun with his left hand and measuring the distance with his right hand. All three shells hit, destroying three machine gun positions, and the Eighteenth Warriors took the opportunity to land.

How could the Red Army cross the Dadu River without the three remaining artillery shells hitting the target?

At this moment, Tian Jianxiu's cavalry had chased the Datong Army to the lower reaches, and was currently rushing upriver.

Here at Wang Hui, a landing position has been initially constructed.

Further upstream, there are also several sheepskin rafts crossing the river.

He Zhen watched the battle on the other side. The Tongguan defenders were killed and retreated, which further strengthened his idea of ​​defecting.

When the sheepskin rafts docked, He Zhen immediately took five hundred people there. The soldiers under his command thought he was going to fight, but this guy said: "The Emperor Renyi of the Zhao family in Nanjing, I heard that everyone can share the land, no corvee, no heavy taxes, do you want to live like this?"

The soldiers were all stunned.

Because He Zhen was not trusted, all the old troops were taken away by Li Zicheng. Now the five hundred people are all new recruits.

"Who doesn't want to surrender?" He Zhen asked.

No one spoke.

Seeing that the soldiers still didn't respond, He Zhen shouted: "If you join the Datong Army, you will be popular and drink hot food. If you are willing to surrender, just follow me!"

He Zhen took the lead and walked towards the Datong Army. The soldiers looked left and right. At first some people followed him, and finally they all followed.

The Datong army on the shore was waiting in full formation. He Zhen stepped forward alone and shouted: "Don't use blunderbuss, don't use blunderbuss. I am willing to lead my troops and submit to the Datong imperial court!"