Looking at the soldiers who had surrendered, Shi Tingzhu offered a wry smile, raised his bow and arrows, and continued his charge. Liu Zhaoji and Li Xianzhong took the lead, rushing toward Shi Tingzhu from both sides.
The two sides first exchanged a volley of arrows before closing in for hand-to-hand combat. Surrounded by a Ming Army force many times his size, Shi Tingzhu’s personal guards fell one by one. After fighting for a while, Liu Zhaoji sent a messenger to Li Xianzhong, instructing him to continue the siege on Shi Tingzhu while he led his own men to pursue the main body of the Jiannu Cavalry.
To end the battle quickly, Li Xianzhong personally spearheaded the assault on Shi Tingzhu. However, Shi Tingzhu was surrounded by his most loyal guards. Relying on their heavy armor and a resolve to die, they stubbornly held off the Ming Army’s repeated attacks.
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