Li Chengdong was once again shocked by King Gui's words and began to doubt his life.
"Your Highness, are you lying to me? Emperor Zhu Ciyao had brought his army here?”
"Yes, sixty thousand elites! As for how many soldiers there will be, we don't know!”
Li Chengdong was completely flustered. The series of events over the past few days had made Li Chengdong wonder if he was still dreaming.
Li Chengdong led the remaining 25,000 men to camp outside Zhaoqing City.
"General, what if the Emperor doesn't want us to surrender?”
"What a joke. We have tens of thousands of people. We are a powerful force wherever we go! The emperor can't wait for us to surrender and submit to them!”，Li Chengdong said confidently.
This was indeed the case in this era. Those who had some soldiers and horses, whether they joined Slave Jian, the Ming army, or other forces, were very popular.
Even if some generals repeatedly jumped around, they would be accepted just because they had soldiers in their hands.
It was for this reason that Li Chengdong and his men could repeatedly jump when they could not win.
If they couldn't defeat the Ming army now, they had to surrender to the Ming army. If Tuoduo attacked and the Ming army couldn't defeat Tuoduo, Li Chengdong could immediately oppose the Ming army and surrender to Slave Jian.
Li Chengdong was at the temporary camp, waiting for news from King Gui.
Outside Dinghu County, Li Chengdong arranged for Commander Zhou Wei to stay behind in the camp of the remaining 10,000 people.
It was already noon. Pu Zhenguo and Ma Zhanshan led the heavy cavalry and infantry out of the carriage formation.
"Something's wrong. Why didn't the enemy leave the camp?”，Pu Zhenguo frowned.
Ma Zhanshan was stunned.
"Not good, I was too careless! The letter of challenge was just a pretense. Their main force was definitely heading towards Zhaoqing City!”
Pu Zhenguo was extremely depressed.
"Li Chengdong, this guy, still has some brains! What do we do now?"
Ma Zhanshan was extremely calm.
"General Pu, you will lead the infantry and two hundred light cavalry to continue guarding. I will lead the heavy cavalry back to Zhaoqing City!”
If it was less than 50 li, the heavy cavalry would arrive in two hours.
Furthermore, Ferghana Horses had much greater endurance and speed than ordinary warhorses.
Outside the city, Li Chengdong had a bad feeling.
"King Gui is not accepting our surrender for so long. Is he waiting for reinforcements from the heavy cavalry outside Dinghu County?”
General Qian Youjian nodded.
"General, it's very possible!"
Li Chengdong was a little speechless. He had thought that he could take down Zhaoqing City in one go. By then, he would not have to fear the heavy cavalry.
"We didn't think it through. It's a major mistake in this battle! We have to move immediately. The enemy's heavy cavalry must be here!”，Li Chengdong immediately made a decision.
Qian Youjian lay on the ground, listening attentively.
"Not good, the ground is shaking more and more. The distance is less than two miles!”
Li Chengdong jumped onto his horse.
"Servant, retreat with me!"
The remaining twenty-five thousand foot soldiers followed the servants on their warhorses.
Infantry moved at about 5 km/h, while cavalry moved at 25 to 30 km/h. Infantry was far behind.
On the city wall, the King of Gui was waiting for news from the Emperor. When he saw Li Chengdong's army fleeing like crazy, his eyes widened.
"Lu Daqi, take a look. What happened? Why did the enemy collapse?"
"Heavy cavalry, it's our heavy cavalry!”，Lu Da jumped up excitedly.
The Gui King was excited.
"This king thought that our heavy cavalry had been completely annihilated! Soldiers, leave the city for the decisive battle! We will not accept the enemy's surrender!"
King Gui once again put on his armor and jumped out with his soldiers.
Lyu Daqi had wanted to accept Li Chengdong's surrender, but when he saw this, he rushed out with a podao.
"Soldiers, Li Chengdong has killed too many of our Ming people. We will never accept his surrender.”
When the King of Gui led his soldiers out of the city, the heavy cavalry had already slaughtered the 25,000 infantrymen like they were chopping melons and vegetables.
Li Chengdong brought his five hundred servants and fled towards the north without stopping.
"General Ma Zhanshan, don't worry about these enemies. Go after Li Chengdong! He is the executioner who killed hundreds of thousands of our Ming people!”
General Ma Zhanshan nodded and patted his horse.
"3,000 heavy cavalrymen, stay behind to help clear out the remaining enemies. 2,000 heavy cavalrymen, pursue!”
Li Chengdong's servants were all wearing heavy armor and were also heavy cavalry.
Their warhorses were much slower than Ferghana Horses, and they lacked stamina.
In less than an hour, he caught up.
Li Chengdong kept urging the servants around him.
"Stop the enemy and cover my retreat!”
The servants were actually the personal guards of the general. They were equipped with the best armor and weapons, and they ate very well.
The loyalty of the servants was extremely high, and the salary was also not ordinary.
After receiving the order, the servant did not hesitate at all and turned around to charge into the heavy cavalry.
The heavy cavalrymen held Mo knives in their hands and slashed at the servants.
Bang ~
Bang! Bang!
The huge impact caused his arm to go numb.
These elite servants realized that the heavy cavalrymen in front of them were not only strong, but they were also wearing two layers of armor.
"Armor-breaking Hammer!" The servants carried their podaos on their backs and replaced them with armor-breaking hammers.
Armor-breaking hammers were divided into long and short handles. On horseback, long-handled armor-breaking hammers were usually used, which were two meters long.
The pole of the armor-breaking hammer was made of steel. In front of it was a solid steel ball. At the front was a spearhead that could be hammered or stabbed.
Dong ~~
The head of the heavy cavalryman at the front was hit by the hammer. Blood splattered everywhere and he fell heavily to the ground.
The Mo Saber of the heavy cavalry was also specially used to deal with cavalry. The Mo Saber was extremely heavy, and when it slashed down vertically, a servant was split in half.
When they were charging, the Mo Saber was placed horizontally. It charged at an extremely fast speed, and the Mo Saber cut the servant on the horse's back.
The servants kept waving their armor-breaking hammers, and one after another, the heavy cavalrymen fell off their horses.
Ma Zhanshan waved his hand, and the heavy cavalry surrounded the servants.
"Kill the horse!"
The heavy cavalrymen holding Mo knives all chopped at the heads of the servants.
One by one, the servants fell heavily to the ground and were trampled into meat paste by the horses of the heavy cavalry.
Five hundred servants had all fallen to the ground within an hour. Not a single corpse was left intact.
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