Chapter 223: The Restoration Army Defends

Dong Erchang said: "Just their old lady-like teeth, they also want to eat us." Isn't that a joke? Brothers, cheer up and see that we can break the dog's teeth of the Qing army. Suddenly, the soldiers of the Restoration Army, who were still exhausted just now, burst out laughing.

Dong Erchang said again: "I calculate, the Qing army has left more than 3,000 people here. It seems that there are a lot of people from the Qing army this time. This time we have to kill at least 2,000 of him, the first few times the Qing army ran too fast, not enough. ”

Then Dong Erchang waved his sword, and instead launched a counter-charge against the Qing army, which had just charged back to the Ming army's position. For a while, there was a sound of killing on Turtle Mountain all day long. Dong Erchang roared and cut down a Qing soldier to the ground. Then continue to rush straight into the ranks of the Qing army.

When the soldiers of the Restoration Army saw that the main general was so brave, they immediately roared angrily, and the Qing soldiers who were killed directly turned on their horses. A lot of people were mixed in the ranks, originally to disrupt the attack of the Restoration Army, but now they have become a burden to the Qing Army.

Dong Erchang, who was rushing to kill, was like a killing god descending into the world. None of the people who rushed to his side could stop him for three rounds. Anyone who was met by Dong Erchang, whether it was a Qing soldier or a Minzhuang, was either killed or disabled.

This time it was a garrison of the Qing army who led the charge, and when he saw Dong Erchang's ferocity, he took a few personal soldiers and killed Dong Erchang directly. Dong Erchang had just killed a Qing soldier, and suddenly felt a chill behind him. Dong Erchang didn't have time to turn around, so he rolled forward directly on the ground. As soon as he rolled out a foot away, he heard a "dang" sound behind him.

Dong Erchang looked back and saw that it was the garrison of the Qing army, slashing at the position he was standing on just now. Sparks erupted from the stones on the ground. Dong Erchang didn't have time to find a way out, so he directly took his knife and went to the garrison to kill.

Immediately, the two of them fought together, and you fought back and forth with more than a dozen knives, and they couldn't tell the winner for a while. The surrounding Fuming army also rushed down the mountain at this time, relying on the condescending advantage, and quickly blocked the offensive of the Qing army.

There are still faint signs of forcing the Qing army to retreat, and the people who are mixed in the Qing army are now without the supervision of the Qing army. Suddenly, many people began to run to the edge of the battlefield. Taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, he hid in the woods in the mountains and left. And the Qing army attacking the mountain, seeing that there were fewer and fewer people around them, realized that the situation was wrong.

At this time, Dong Erchang and Na Bei had already slashed each other more than 20 times, and their arms were a little sore. After the two separated, they looked at each other and gasped constantly. The Qing army garrison said: "I see that you are good, why did you become a thief?" Why not surrender now and find a way out for yourself. ”

Dong Erchang said: "Phew, Lao Tzu is a good person, you actually persuaded me to be a dog." It is also you people who are greedy for life and afraid of death that you will use your face to stick to the butt of the Manchurian Tartar, and you are not afraid of panic. ”

The guard turned pale and said, "You really don't know what to do, look at your current situation." Surrounded on all sides, you can't go at all. If you have a sailor, tens of thousands more. It's good to be able to defeat Wuchang, but you don't have the ability to do so now. Now in Wuchang City, I have an army of more than 200,000 in the Qing Dynasty, but you have only one way to die. ”

Dong Erchang looked around and saw that the Restoration Army had gained the upper hand. deliberately delayed the time and said: "How do you know that we are dead, we have hundreds of thousands of troops." I think your skills are not bad, it's better to do this, you surrender to me now, and let grandpa take you to be a good person. ”

The garrison also discovered the situation of the Qing army and knew that Dong Erchang was stalling for time. Immediately roared angrily: "Since you don't know what to do, I will fulfill you and use your head as my promotion." As he spoke, he raised his knife and killed Dong Erchang again.

Only then did Dong Erchang no longer slash hard, but just walked to the side. The guard raised his knife and chased Dong Erchang fiercely. But Dong Erchang just didn't fight him, just dodged. The Qing garrison couldn't cut Dong Erchang for a while, and he was a little impatient after a few clicks.

roared at Dong Erchang: "Okay, you thief, I said just now that you are good, but now I don't dare to accept it." You stop, don't run. Dong Erchang said: "If you want to fight, you will come." If you catch up with me, I'll fight you. Dong Erchang pushed as he spoke.

He easily cut down the two Qing soldiers, and the angry garrison roared angrily behind him. The guard only cared about chasing and killing Dong Erchang, and in a fit of rage, he didn't pay attention to his feet. He tripped over the belt on a corpse and fell to the ground.

Seeing this, Dong Erchang hurriedly stepped forward and wanted to kill the garrison with a knife. The pro-soldier next to the garrison saw that his master was in danger, and it was too late to come to his rescue. casually threw the knife in his hand at Dong Erchang, trying to stop Dong Erchang.

Who knew that at this time, when the guard saw Dong Erchang killing him, he was immediately anxious. Press your hands the ground, roll directly on the ground, and then stand up. Coincidentally, the position where the garrison stood was just in the middle of his own soldiers and Dong Erchang. Suddenly, the knife of his own soldier stabbed directly into the back of this garrison, and pierced this garrison in one fell swoop.

The garrison was still happy to think that Dong Erchang had no chance to come over, but still had a chance to entangle Dong Erchang. Unexpectedly, there was a sudden pain in his back, and half of the knife was already exposed in his chest. And his own soldiers were dumbfounded at this time, unable to believe that this was true.

Seeing this scene, Dong Erchang was also stunned. After understanding the situation, the guards were even more frightened. Regardless of the situation of the Qing army's garrison, he turned around and drilled into the crowd and fled. It's a long story, but it's only half an hour.

Dong Erchang reacted at this time, and directly stepped forward to see that the garrison had lost its breath. Dong Erchang cut off his head, held it in his hand, and shouted: "Qing will be killed, Qing will be killed." "The surrounding Fuming army saw that their own master was mighty, and in a short period of time, they beheaded the enemy generals. Suddenly, the morale of the Ming restoration army soared, and they continued to rush and kill the Qing army.

On the other hand, the Qing army, when they saw this scene, they were all terrified, and secretly said: "This Ming army is too powerful, why was the general suddenly killed." In this way, the Qing army was suddenly discouraged, and they no longer had the courage to continue to rush and kill. All the Qing soldiers had no morale.

The people in the group of monarchs even ran directly down the mountain reflexively. The other Qing troops did not resist for long, and they were scattered by the Restoration Army and fled down the mountain. The Restoration Army pursued for a while, and when they saw that the Qing Army had fled, they returned to the mountain.

At this time, it was already the end of the unitary time, and the sky was already dark. The Qing army also withdrew its troops and returned to the temporary camp. After Dong Erchang returned to the top of the mountain, Zhou Linyuan hurriedly greeted him and said, "The general is really powerful, he killed no less than 4,000 Qing troops today, which is a great achievement." ”

Later, Dong Erchang was seen injured and lifted his head, Dong Erchang said: "This is the last time, the leading garrison of the Qing army attacking. When Zhou Linyuan heard this, he said happily: "Okay, with this head, it is not trivial to boost our morale." ”

The Qing army in Hanyang City also retreated, but the second line of defense had been completely filled by the Qing army. If you think about it again tomorrow, it will be impossible to stop the Qing army like today. Gou Xingwang also withdrew all the Restoration Army outside the city to the city. At this time, seeing that the Qing army attacking Guishan had also retreated, he sent people to the east gate and went to Guishan from the Yangtze River to check the situation.

The next day, the war drums of the Qing army beat loudly in the morning, facing the Qing army to attack the city so early. Gou Xingwang had no choice but to let the people in the city go to the city immediately. This time, the Qing army on the side of Hanyang City was still attacking the city in a decent manner, first letting the people come up to pick up soil and fill the moat, and the Qing army was just urging from a distance.

Seeing this, Gou Xingwang in the city could only let the artillery in the city kill and injure the Qing army as much as possible. Let the archers of the Restoration Army shoot the people who fill the river, so as to slow down the speed of filling the river. But with such an arrangement, the problem could not be solved at all, and the progress of the Qing army was not affected much at all.

On the contrary, the battle between Hankow and Guishan was very fierce. After yesterday's setbacks, today's attack on Hankou was commanded by Bu Shilong, the general soldier of Biaofu. As soon as Bu Shilong saw the terrain of Hankou, he changed his method and did not just attack on both sides of Hankou City.

Bu Shilong also asked the sailor to borrow sailors, and collected all the boats of nearby fishermen. Then let the sailors of the sailors row, from the back lake close to the walls of Hankow.

Then let the archers of the Qing army on the ship, throw rockets into the city of Hankou and set it on fire. Hankou was originally a place where grain was stacked, and the city was full of warehouses where grain was stacked. The rockets fired by the Qing army immediately set the granaries in the city on fire. By the time Ma Rong was dispatching people to extinguish the fire, several warehouses in the city had already been burned.

For a while, Ma Rong had to put out the fire again, and he was worried that the Qing army would attack the city, so he was in a hurry. When the fire was finally extinguished, the defense on the city wall was pressed by the Qing army and could not raise its head. But when Ma Rong wanted to mobilize the archers and destroy the Qing army in Houhu, the sailors of the sailor had already rowed and left with the archers.

The Qing troops besieging the city on both sides took advantage of the time when the Restoration Army in the city was going to block the archers on the Houhu Lake, and they were still busy fighting fires in the city. It was even more desperate to attack Hankou City, and it had the momentum of breaking Hankou in one fell swoop. Soon the Qing army boarded Hankou City, Ma Rong saw this, and didn't care about the Qing army in the back lake, so he hurriedly led the army to the two city walls to rescue. But after Ma Rong left, the Qing army on the lake began to approach and set fire again.

In this way, Ma Rong couldn't be busy at all, after all, he only had 3,000 Fuming troops in his hands, and the rest were some people and laborers. Moreover, there are only more than 6,000 people in this Hankou city, and they have to divide people to carry the materials for defending the city.

Zhou Linyuan on Guishan found out about the situation in Hankou and immediately mobilized artillery support, but because he was not on target, he could only play a harassing role. Seeing Ma Rong running around in Hankou, he couldn't support a bit.

In this way, as long as Ma Rong blocked the Qing army on Houhu, the Qing army on both sides of the land launched a fierce attack. Then the Qing army on the lake rowed the boat away early. However, if Ma Rong returned to block the Qing troops at both ends, the Qing troops on the Houhu Lake rowed close again and came to burn the granaries in the city with rockets.

In the end, Ma Rong was really too busy, if he ran a few more times, the thousand Fuming troops he carried in his hand might not even have the strength to hold the knife. Ma Rong's heart was crossed, and he said to his own soldiers: "Go, find some people in the city, let them only leave the grain in the two warehouses, and all the other grains will be set on fire." ”

When Ma Rong's personal soldiers heard this, they were startled and said, "General, how can this be, the grain here is no less than 100,000 stones, it's a pity to burn it like this." Ma Rong said: "What if you don't burn it?" In a situation like now, if the Qing army leads us to run twice, can you still hold the knife? At that time, we will not be able to hold Hankow, and instead of being exhausted to death, we will also let the Qing army get food. It is better to keep enough of our rations, and the rest will be burned. ”