It was a scorching afternoon.
The battle in the lower reaches of the Ningyuan River continued. Hooge’s left flank had been pierced, and to prevent the Ming Army from forming a defensive formation, he resorted to indiscriminate artillery fire across the battlefield. The tactic proved effective; it not only successfully disrupted the Ming Army’s formation but also drove the forces that had broken through his left flank back off the field.
Just then, Hooge’s reinforcements arrived. Lekdehun personally led 15,000 troops galloping in from the upper reaches. Li Xingzhong led his cavalry to meet them, and the two forces soon became locked in a fierce engagement. This gave Hooge a moment to breathe and rally his broken troops on the left flank.
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