Chapter 578: Closing the Endgame
Qin Xiaozhu fell to the ground, and more than a dozen knives slashed down at her at the same time.
In a series of "clanging bells", the long knife in her hand swept and blocked a series of attacks.
But she was exhausted after all, and in the confusion, a knife pierced her in the back.
"Poof."
Qin Xiaozhu took two steps forward, her eyes gradually darkened, and when she looked at it, she saw Wang Xiao rushing towards her.
There was another knife head-on......
Suddenly, the exclamation of "The emperor has died" came, and the Qing soldiers around panicked.
There was another "poof" sound, Wang Xiao threw the knife in his hand, stabbed a Qing soldier in front of Qin Xiaozhu down, and then he rode over and picked up Qin Xiaozhu.
In the chaos, a Qing soldier held his hand and slashed at Wang Xiao's body, but he didn't realize it, just looked down at Qin Xiaozhu in his arms.
He knew that the situation was critical at the moment, but what he was more afraid of was that he would not be able to look at her again until he died.
This time it seems to be extremely heroic to rush into battle to save people, but it is not that Wang Xiao's martial arts are superb and unstoppable, it is really just because of ...... Huang Taiji's sentence "I want to capture Wang Xiao alive." ”
At this time, the Qing soldiers on the battlefield looked at the scene of Huang Taiji vomiting blood and dying on the battlefield, and did not receive a new order, and they didn't know whether to kill Wang Xiao or what.
Just when they were hesitant and confused, Guan Ning's iron cavalry had already embraced them, protecting Wang Xiao and Qin Xiaozhu......
At the same time, reinforcements from the Qing army around also poured in.
But the Guanning Iron Cavalry was already surrounded by the Qing soldiers, and the reinforcements that poured in couldn't hit them, but all they could see was the surprised and dazed faces of their comrades.
"What's going on?"
"The emperor died......"
The scene seemed very strange at this moment.
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At the rear of the camp, Qin Shanshui picked off a Qing soldier with one shot and shouted: "Huang Taiji is dead!" Who dares to stop me?! ”
Dong Ji and Zema followed behind him, quickly turning their heads to observe the situation of the entire battlefield.
He suddenly raised his hand and pointed to a tent, shouting, "Attack there!" ”
The tent was a resting place for the civilian officers who accompanied the army, and at this time the civilian officials in charge of logistics and strategy were gathered, as well as their subordinates.
Dong Jihe knew that killing them would cause greater losses to Jiannu than killing some ordinary soldiers, and in addition, these people were also more likely to cause chaos.
Qin Shanshui did not hesitate at all when he heard this, and rushed forward with a spear point, and behind him Qin Xuanming, Qin Xuance, Qin Xuanshu and other young generals were all heroic, and then the two thousand old soldiers were also brave.
This group of people is a new force, and they have just been angry with Huang Taiji, and their morale is at their peak, breaking through the Qing army's defense line and breaking straight into those scribes.
As if a tiger had entered a flock of sheep, the brutal slaughter suddenly unfolded, the scribes fled in all directions, and the sound of ghosts crying and wolf howls resounded throughout the camp......
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On the battle platform, Zilharang had just reacted from Huang Taiji's violent death.
He calmed his mind and understood that the most important thing at the moment was to stabilize the situation.
But at this moment, it was too difficult for him to make a decision.
Should the news of the emperor's death be concealed? Who's next? Will the Chu army be completely annihilated or defeated? Will Wang Xiao be captured alive or killed......
Each one is a big or small issue, but if he decides any one of them alone, he may face the reproach of the kings.
Huang Taiji was the source of his power, and when Huang Taiji was there, he was the highest ranking among the kings, but now, everything has changed.
He was not the son of Nurhachi, his father Shulhaqi and his brother Amin were all people who had committed great sins.
He is not the owner of the flag, he belongs to the positive blue flag, and the owner of the flag is Hauge.
But Haug wasn't enough, and Dolgon's army was at hand......
What to do?!
"Don't panic!" Zilharang opened his mouth and shouted: "The emperor is just ...... Just ......"
told people not to panic, but Zilharang, who has always been old and serious, was a little panicked, and the 'syncope' he wanted to say in his mouth was still unspeakable after all.
- Who knows if Hauge will turn around and think that he is hiding from him and helping Dorgon to ascend to the throne?
At this time, Zilharang desperately wanted Daishan to be here.
It was the first time in his life that he missed Daishan so much.
"Chu Kou has been surrounded! Quick, kill Chu Kou first! ”
Fan Wencheng shook his head in his heart.
He was extremely disappointed with Zilharang's response, but it was a pity that he was only a Hanchen and could not come forward to deal with the current situation.
Fan Wencheng stared at Huang Taiji's corpse tightly, with an extremely sad look on his face.
"Your Majesty!"
"Oh my God...... Why don't you bless my Holy Lord?! ”
With this heart-rending wail, Fan Wencheng rolled his eyes and fainted to the ground.
When the historian of the queen saw it, he quickly put down a sentence - "The emperor collapsed, Fan Wencheng, a scholar of the Inner Court and minister of parliament, was sad and mournful, and fell to the ground in a coma. ”
Zilharang turned his head to look at this scene, and he was stunned for a moment.
- Clever! There are really too many places to learn from these Han officials!
Suddenly.
"Boom!"
There was a loud bang, which once again stunned the entire battlefield.
Zilharang turned his head in disbelief.
I saw an explosion where the artillery was placed in the camp, and in the firelight, countless stumps were blown out.
"This ...... How can it be?! Who did it? ”
There is no Chu army in that place at all, and there are fine works in the big camp?
No one could answer the doubts in Zilharang's mind.
Qing Bing was still confused, but this time there was finally a huge panic and chaos.
In the shouts of "Your Majesty is dead", in the screams of petty officials and clerks, and in the explosion of artillery fire...... Finally, someone turned around and fled under Chu Qi's killing.
It was as if the levee had burst, the flood had been draining for thousands of miles, and a huge riot had suddenly formed.
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Qin Xiaozhu in Wang Xiao's arms was pale, his eyes were closed, and he had obviously fainted.
Around him, soldiers are still fighting to the death.
Wang Xiao originally came with the determination to die, but now he had only one thought in his mind - to send Qin Xiaozhu and these soldiers back.
"Breakout!" He shouted.
Qin Chengye reacted faster than him, the long knife in his hand flew over, and he rushed in the direction of Qin Shanshui first.
"Sons, come with me!"
The Qing soldiers scattered in the camp couldn't stop them, and soon, two groups of Chu troops gathered together and drove the rout to break through to the north.
The rout shouted frantically, crashing into the ranks of his comrades who had come to support him like headless flies.
The Qing army, who had just arrived, didn't understand what was happening at all, listening to the shouts of "The emperor is dead", and looked at the scene in front of them and was stunned.
- Chu Kou defeated them, and then killed the emperor? This...... How can it be? Are they so scary?
In the chaos, the rout and the Chu army passed through layers of encirclement.
Thousands of miles of plains leap into view.
The next moment, a troop of soldiers and horses came from the west.
"Don't let them run! Kill! ”
Qin Chengye turned his head suddenly, only to see that it was the soldiers and horses of the Zhengbai Banner, ignoring the news of Huang Taiji's death, and rushed forward unstoppably.
"Shoot the arrows!"
It was another rain of arrows, and many people in the Chu army fell off their horses.
After Qin Chengye broke his heart, he was at the forefront, and when he looked back, he saw that the generals who were left behind were Qin Xuanming and Qin Xuanshu.
There was no room for hesitation at this moment, Qin Chengye shouted: "Xuanming! After leading a thousand people! ”
"I'm coming!" Qin Xuanshu shouted, and stabbed into Qin Xuanming's buttocks.
Before Qin Xuanming could react, he stepped off the war horse and rushed forward like crazy.
"Soldiers, kill the enemy with me!" Qin Xuanshu shouted.
He pulled the reins first and ran westward, and the last thousand or so soldiers rushed forward without hesitation.
"Kill!"
Qin Xuanming was pulling the reins, but he couldn't control the startled horse.
He looked back in the direction of Qin Xuanshu and suddenly turned red. Not only annoyed that Qin Xuanshu was always this stubborn temper who did not obey military orders, but also hated that he couldn't go back to save him.
The moment the white horse passed through the gap, a thousand people pounced on it, like a reef to block the attack of the white flag in the west, and the remaining six thousand people poured out of the encirclement like a turbulent stream of water, and rushed north.
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The leader of this white flag team is Dong E Eshuo.
Dong E's clan was a Manchurian clan, and Eshuo's grandfather led 400 people to join Nurhachi very early, so his status was quite high.
Dong E Eshuo is now a third-class baron, serving as the commander of the army.
At this time on the battlefield, E Shuo saw the Chu army breaking through the encirclement in front of his eyes, and he was in a hurry, and hurriedly transferred the left wing of troops and horses to catch up.
However, the forward soldiers and horses were entangled by the thousand Chu cavalry and couldn't turn around, and then they saw that a young man in the Chu cavalry was flying with a long knife, and he was extremely brave, and he even wanted to chase after his left flank.
E Shuo was furious and ordered the Chinese army to surround the thousand people......
Over there, Qin Xuanshu had the intention to stop the Qing army Zuoji, but the number was too small, and he was repulsed several times.
He knew that he would die, but he killed more and more fiercely.
Qin Xuanshu was young and brave, but he always felt that others looked at him with sympathy or suspicion, because his father was a traitor.
He also knew that he had not obeyed military orders several times, which made his grandfather and Hou Ye a little annoyed, but he just couldn't help it.
He wants everyone to understand: his Qin Xuanshu is different from Qin Shanhe, he can fight bravely to kill the enemy, and he can shroud the body in horse leather!
Such emotions have been suppressed in his heart for too long.
As a result, Qin Xuanshu frantically bit at the enemies around him like a fierce tiger.
But as more and more Qing soldiers surrounded him, the tiger also became a tiger in a cage......
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Another group of soldiers and horses came around, and Duoduo rode his horse through the military formation, walked in front of E Shuo, and asked, "What about Wang Xiao and Qin Chengye?!" ”
"Prince Yuyu, most of Chu Kou fled to the north, and the last general has sent someone to chase after him."
Duoduo glanced at the rest of Qin Xuanshu, who was surrounded by airtightness, and didn't bother to pay attention to it, and shouted: "Don't leave Wang Xiao and Qin Chengye!" Follow me! ”
He just grabbed the reins, and suddenly saw a small group of soldiers and horses rushing towards him from the main camp.
Duoduo squinted, the expression on his face was slightly surprised, and he muttered in a somewhat puzzled tone: "Qin Shanhe? ”
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"Qin Shanhe!"
Qin Xuanshu turned his head to look, as if struck by lightning, countless emotions surged up, and finally turned into a roar of rage.
He clenched the knife in his hand and headed towards Qin Shanhe.
The father and son looked at each other, and each other's eyes were red.
Qin Shanhe's smooth head and cold look were extremely unfamiliar in Qin Xuanshu's eyes.
Neither of them had anything to say, Qin Xuanshu raised his knife and slashed towards Qin Shanhe.
He had countless words in his heart, "Why are you doing this?" In the end, it only turned into one sentence-
"You go to die!"
The knife flashed.
"Poof!"
With a loud thud, the long knife stabbed through the breastplate and stabbed into the heart......
Qin Shanhe raised his knife high, and his son hung on the tip of the knife.
Qin Xuanshu was still staring, his expression was full of unwillingness and hatred, but he was already silent......
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Duoduo watched from afar, a hint of contemplation flashing in his eyes.
After a while, Qin Shanhe rushed to him with Qin Xuanshu in his hand.
"Prince Yuyu, the slave has already slashed an enemy general."
There was a muffled thud, and the body was dumped in front of the Duoduo.
A playful smile appeared on Dodor's face, and he asked with a smile, "Is this your son?" ”
"It used to be."
"General Qin's loyalty to my Qing Dynasty, I have seen it, and I will inform the fourteenth brother."
Qin Shanhe buried his head lower, and said in a slightly trembling voice: "Prince Xie Yu." ”
Dodor nodded, and turned his horse to leave.
But he heard Qin Shanhe say again: "The last general asks for orders to pursue Qin Chengye, and he will slash the head of this thief." ”
Duoduo seemed to find it interesting, and the playful look in his eyes became more and more prevalent, and he glanced at the corpse on the ground, and then at Qin Shanhe.
"Okay......"