The video takes us to ancient times; Li Er transforms into the Tongtian Emperor of Shu Han.

"what happened?"

"Didn't I order a return to reinforce? Where are these people headed?"

Dorgon failed to notice the change in the surrendered soldiers' mentality immediately.

In his view, even if the rear was attacked, the enemy forces would not be too numerous.

As long as the main force returns in time, they will be able to easily wipe out the enemy and recapture the city and camp.

After all, the scouts had already determined from the beginning that the enemy force would not exceed 15,000 troops.

The enemy currently has no fewer than 10,000 troops on the main battlefield, so the force that launched the surprise attack on the rear is at most 5,000.

Compared to those five thousand men, they had tens of thousands of troops.

Returning to defend the territory and easily regaining it was almost effortless.

Even if the enemy pursues them, they are unlikely to inflict any substantial losses.

He couldn't understand why morale would collapse under such circumstances.

Is it because they are afraid that the five thousand soldiers behind them will suddenly erupt and wipe them out?

It doesn’t make sense!

“Your Highness, I’m afraid these people are two-faced. If they can subdue us, they can certainly subdue those rebels as well.”

"The most urgent task is to stabilize them!"

Given the current situation, sending reinforcements is no longer important.

He needs to find a way to keep the surrendered soldiers who are fleeing in all directions!

Otherwise, before the enemy can truly launch a pincer attack, their own troops will break up their formation!

"By order of the King, anyone who deserts his post will be executed without mercy!"

"Supervise each other. If one person escapes, all ten will be executed. If all ten escape, the entire battalion will be executed!"

"The enemy force numbers a mere ten thousand or so soldiers. You pride yourselves on being the elite of the Central Plains, yet you are no match for such a small force?"

Dorgon roared angrily.

His words had some effect; after hundreds of people were killed, the army gradually stabilized.

Instead of immediately turning back to defend, or launching a decisive counterattack, they spent a lot of time regrouping.

As a result, the main camp behind them was gradually engulfed by fire, and the city gradually began to be covered with the flags of the Han army.

Liu Bang also led his army to attack at the same time.

Attack from both sides!

"Kill the enemy general, and this crisis will naturally be resolved!"

"Whoever kills him in my place, whoever slays the enemy general, will be on equal footing with me in the future, and after entering the capital, will be allowed to enjoy himself in the palace for three days and three nights!"

After barely managing to reorganize the army, Dorgon, who should have been on the defensive, seemed to awaken at this moment and directly targeted Liu Bang, who was charging into battle.

Although this man was brave and fearless in the army, in his opinion, he was still quite different from that monster.

They almost managed to kill that monster back then, so they naturally have the opportunity to assassinate Liu Bang now!

Under the reward, there must be a brave man.

Unfortunately, these brave men don't seem to have much brains.

After hearing about the grand promises Dorgon made, some of them rushed out first.

Incentives are often effective.

Even when facing attacks from both sides, as long as the promises made are tempting enough, soldiers can still be lured to fight to the death.

However, such forced morale-boosting may also backfire.

If the morale that is forcibly boosted is not enough to gain an advantage, the result will be quite the opposite.

"This is a desperate effort."

"When two armies meet on a narrow path, the brave will prevail; talking about the difference in troop strength is useless!"

"Reinforcements will arrive soon, at which point we will be surrounded on all sides!"

"I don't need to say much more. You just need to know that the enemy you are facing is the Manchu Qing dynasty from beyond the Great Wall!"

"Once they take control of the Central Plains, you know better than I what will become of your fathers, your wives, your children and the people behind you!"

“They are executioners who slaughter the people. Anyone in this world can sit on this throne, but you, sir, cannot stand to see them sit on it!”

At that moment, the images on the sky appeared in Liu Bang's mind.

The scene was horrific, with corpses strewn everywhere.

Not to mention the people's miserable lives, under their rule, the common people could not even be called slaves, but only cattle and horses!

Meanwhile, outside the sky, countless people stared wide-eyed.

Zhang Xianzhong's troops haven't arrived yet, so their movements aren't that quick.

But just as Liu Bang said, the reinforcements were only a stone's throw away from them!

No one could understand how Han Xin was able to gather enough troops and lead them on the expedition in such a short time.

"Is this the God of War?"

"Can do what others cannot?"

"But isn't this a bit too fast?"

Even Li Er couldn't help but ask a soul-searching question.

Where did he get his soldiers from, and where did he get the time to train them to the point where they could go to war?

If an untrained recruit were suddenly sent to the battlefield, he probably wouldn't even be able to hold a knife properly!

"He's acting recklessly!"

"No matter how you calculate it, there's not enough time. He simply doesn't have time to train his troops!"

"This is clearly a group of untrained civilians!"

Old Zhu cursed angrily.

He didn't see it as a surprise, nor did he think it was a tacit agreement.

Untrained civilians were forcibly dragged onto the battlefield, where they were met with nothing but one-sided slaughter!

This wasn't reinforcement; it was more like dragging these ordinary people onto the battlefield as sacrifices in order to save Liu Bang!

"It's not that they haven't received any training at all; at least they can recognize the flags and understand the commands."

"But no matter what, this approach is still too risky."

"Isn't he afraid that the panic of these people will also cause the morale of the soldiers on Emperor Gaozu's side to collapse?"

Emotions on the battlefield are contagious.

Especially when one's own troops collapse, the morale of the entire army may completely crumble.

At that time, the trampling on the battlefield may be even more terrifying than the enemy troops!

"Raw recruits who have never undergone any training are sent directly to the battlefield."

"In this world, perhaps only Han Xin would dare to do such a thing."

"It is unclear whether he was already certain of success or was forced to do so in order to save Emperor Gaozu's life."

"If it's the latter, then he really made a stupid move."

"This defeat almost certainly means that Emperor Gaozu will have little chance of regaining power in the next challenge."

No one wants to follow a general who keeps losing unless they have no other choice.

Li Zicheng's repeated defeats were entirely due to the fact that the people had no choice but to either fight against him, or against Zhang Xianzhong, who was far from the emperor's reach, or against the Ming court, which offered them no way to survive.

However, now, most people have a choice.

After all, Dorgon was generous in promising them all the benefits.

Even the previous massacres could be explained as something done out of necessity.

Liu Bang could lose this battle, but if the defeat was too humiliating, the people of the world would probably have to carefully consider who they should choose.