Temple crossing.

It's this town again.

More than 300 defenders from Huling City to the south joined up with more than 1,000 receiving troops from the south, and marched south overnight.

A fierce encounter broke out ten miles south of the town of Miaodaokou.

On the march in the dark, the infantry heard more than the cavalry.

The sound of horses' hooves beside him affected the cavalry's hearing, and the infantry could hear it more clearly in the dark.

When the Northern Expeditionary Army felt a slight tremor on the ground, it quickly set up a hidden ambush on both sides of the road.

If it were daytime, it would definitely be a very rewarding ambush battle.

Unfortunately, in the dark night, the Northern Expeditionary Army in ambush could not light the torches for lighting, and relied on the size of the torches on the enemy riders to judge the direction of the shot, which obviously became the biggest error in shooting.

The cavalry held the torch in one hand, and the flame of the torch was rising, and shaking up and down with the undulation of the horse's back.

After a volley, the Northern Expeditionary Army brazenly launched a charge against the black shadows on the road.

However, God knows how many enemies were hit by a salvo of 16 or 700 guns.

When the Northern Expeditionary Army charged, Lan Bai quickly calmed down from the initial panic and immediately gave the order to countercharge.

This is tantamount to a massacre, the unarmored soldiers, in the dark night, ran out of bullets, only by the guns in their hands, and the galloping enemy cavalry hard, the result can be imagined.

Countless soldiers were knocked away by the roaring enemy horsemen, and where the cavalry passed, it was as if they had been ploughed a few times, and in the darkness, speed was the master of the battlefield.

When defeat was imminent, a cavalry suddenly appeared on the battlefield, and its direction was from east to west, which was equivalent to cutting off and dividing the battlefield.

No one knew where this cavalry came from, let alone friend or foe.

On the battlefield where you can't see your fingers, an unknown cavalry suddenly appears from the side, which is an extremely dangerous signal for both warring sides.

Lan Bai quickly ordered a retreat, led his troops to flee west, and invisibly, according to the route Shen Zhiyuan said, he first went to Fengxian and then entered Yanzhou through Shanxian County, which may be "Providence".

……。

This cavalry is naturally not a heavenly general, on the contrary, this is a mounted infantry, a quasi-cavalry newly trained by Qian Qiaogong.

They lacked combat experience, but the march was not bad at all, and in less than two days, they were able to rush from Sizhou to Xuzhou.

Under the black curtain, everything is hidden, it is such a horse infantry, 300 people, stunned to be able to fight well, rich experience, the Qing court dignified Shangshu title, Jialazhang Jinglanbai, frightened to turn around, it is really embarrassing.

This may be called crooked fighting.

Qian Qiaogong actually didn't know the true identity of the warring parties, he landed at Jingoukou, in order to reinforce Pei County, marching overnight was the meaning of the question, and suddenly encountered the battlefield, Qian Qiaogong ordered to rush forward without thinking, regardless of whether there were dates or not, and then talk about it.

Because the two sides of the war near Pei County, don't reconnoitre, you know that it must be enemy and friendly troops, even if it is an occasional rebel army, it is your own people, isn't it?

Three hundred fake cavalry drove away more than a thousand real cavalry, and Qian Qiaogong, who has always been more than steady, also smiled from ear to ear.

After this battle, Huling, Peixian and Qian Qiaogong joined forces to form a force of 3,000 people, which was obviously enough to bankrupt the raid launched by Shen Zhiyuan.

What's more, in Pei County, which is dozens of miles away in the south, Lu Zhiyu got a team of six hundred cavalry for no reason.

As Wu Zheng led his troops to move closer to Peixian, this meant that unless the enemy army in Yanzhou launched a decisive battle, it would be absolutely impossible to repeat Shen Zhiyuan's raid.

……。

"Lord Wang...... General Yue died too miserably....... Yue Xiaolin's lieutenant wept in front of Wu Zheng, causing the surviving Huling defenders to sob.

Qian Qiaogong said: "Vice General Yue sacrificed his life for the country, and his loyalty and courage are commendable...... Please posthumously award and show mercy to boost the morale of our army. ”

Lu Zhiyu said in a deep voice: "Deputy Yue is indeed loyal and brave...... However, there was indeed a mistake in his command, if he had not disobeyed the order of the prince and quickly withdrew his troops to join our troops, how could he have been defeated and died? How could 2,000 defenders be killed in battle? Our department will not almost lose Pei County due to insufficient troops. ”

Qian Qiaogong said angrily: "Lu Zhiyu, are you still not human? Do you have some conscience...... Yue Xiaolin died, on the way to counterattack the enemy...... Are you still picking on a dead man's fault? ”

"Lu said everything, and Deputy Yue led him to be loyal and brave, but his fault was ...... It is also necessary to make it clear and reward the merits before the military order can be carried out! ”

Qian Qiaogong was really angry, and he shouted a little unscrupulously: "Lu Zhiyu, if one day you die on the battlefield, and some colleagues accuse you of your previous mistakes, is it chilling?" ”

"Despite the accusations, as long as there is reason and evidence, Lu is like a glutton."

"You ......."

The soldiers listened to the argument between the two generals of the Northern Expeditionary Army, their faces were sad, and the disappointment and indignation in their eyes could not be concealed.

These two goods, Wu Zheng scolded in his heart.

In front of the more than 300 surviving Huling defender soldiers, these two were arguing whether Yue Xiaolin should be rewarded or not.

Even if you shouldn't, you will be rewarded, and you will be rewarded!

This is not only to reward Yue Xiaolin, who has been martyred, but also to reward these surviving soldiers.

No, this is not a reward, but an affirmation, an affirmation of the merits of these soldiers in the tenacious fight against the enemy in Huling City.

"If a person is not a sage, who can be without fault? There is a way that flaws are not hidden, and people die greatly, and they can be rewarded for their merits and not for their faults....... Wu Zheng said slowly, and then his voice suddenly raised, "This king can't let the warriors bleed...... Tears again! Anyone and at any time who dies fighting for the country will not be held accountable for his previous mistakes, but only rewarded for his merits, this is a precedent! ”

"Long live King Wu!"

When more than 300 soldiers heard this, they were so excited that they all fell to one knee and shouted.

Lu Zhiyu and Qian Qiaogong were stunned, and dared to be a villain by themselves, which fulfilled Wu Zheng.

Wu Zheng said loudly: "Didn't the military academy teach you military salutes?" As a soldier of the Northern Expedition, do not forget the dignity of soldiers...... Get up! ”

Hearing this, the soldiers got up and looked at Wu Zheng excitedly, at this moment, I am afraid that Wu Zheng will let them immediately set off to attack Yanzhou Ziyang, and they will all charge without hesitation.

Obviously, Wu Zheng at this time didn't care much about these things, after getting used to seeing too much life and death, it seemed that everything was too light, and the only thing that might not change in his heart was the obsession of "expelling the Tartars".

"General Lu, then you will write a battle report, for Deputy General Yue and the soldiers of the Huling garrison, as well as your soldiers, please take credit together......