Chapter 238: The Battle of Xuzhou (4)
In the face of his soldiers and horses being constantly defeated and retreated by the besieged Ming army, although Geng Jingzhong was the king of Jingnan of the Han Banner Army, under the anger of Dolgon, in order to keep his prince, he had to go to the front line to command the attack!
"! The Ming army is simply crazy, and it is so rampant when it is besieged by regiments! A soldier of the Han Banner Army of the Qing Army wiped the rain from his face and cursed in a low voice.
"But isn't it, it's as if we killed their whole family, one by one going crazy, when we fought just now, if I hadn't run fast, maybe I would have died!" Another soldier of the Han Banner Army of the Qing Army said in a low voice.
"I heard that the Manchurian Eight Banners and the Ming army suffered heavy casualties in the battle just now, and they just had no way to take the Ming army, so they forced us to come to the forefront to consume the combat effectiveness of the Ming army, and we are the cannon fodder of the Manchurians."
Several soldiers of the Han Banner Army of the Qing Army heard each other's words and looked at each other with tacit understanding.
"Brother, wait for the charge, let's try not to get too far ahead, if the situation is not good, find a place to pretend to be dead, anyway, taking refuge in the Manchurians is just to mix a bite to eat, if you lose your life for them, it's not worth it!"
"Don't worry, brother, we're not that stupid!" One of the Han Banner soldiers smiled contemptuously.
He understands the whole truth, if there is really a chance to make meritorious contributions, it is obvious that he can defeat the Ming army in one fell swoop, and he can rush faster than anyone else, but now, although the Ming army is surrounded, its morale is extremely strong, fierce and abnormal, and even the Manchurians themselves have suffered losses, which is obviously a hard consumption, not to mention the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, rushing to the front, it is almost equivalent to sending them to death.
A group of soldiers of the Han Banner Army were grinding, charging as if they were moving, and they wanted to retreat as soon as they made contact with the Ming army.
"! Who told you to retreat, give this king an attack, defeat the Ming army, and capture the Ming Emperor! Geng Jingzhong's face was blue, and he threw a soldier who was afraid of fighting to the ground with one kick, and cursed.
Geng Jingzhong naturally knew that the Manchus were using the Han Banner Army as cannon fodder, and the Han Banner Army had always been the cannon fodder of the Manchus, even if it was consumed, the Manchus would not feel distressed, and he Geng Jingzhong would not feel distressed either, the most important thing was how to keep his king!
"Tell you, if there is no order, whoever dares to retreat will be killed!" Geng Jingzhong was ruthless, his tone was full of anger, he didn't care about the deaths and injuries of the Han Banner Army under his command, no matter what, he could only be a hardcore traitor, and go to the black with the Manchu Dynasty, only when the Manchu Qing Dynasty won the world, he could truly enjoy the glory and wealth!
A group of soldiers of the Han Banner Army cursed in their hearts.
"Kill!" Geng Jingzhong gave the order to attack again!
Under the coercion of Geng Jingzhong and the Eight Banners behind him, tens of thousands of soldiers of the Han Banner Army charged quickly, and at first they were violent, but the closer they were to the Ming Army, the slower the speed of the charge became.
In the direction of the Ming army, Yan Yingyuan and Zhou Cao, after a short discussion, determined the plan to kill the traitor Geng Jingzhong.
"Throne, the bow and arrow have been found!" Hundreds of soldiers of the Ying Long Army were armed with bows and arrows.
Although the power of the bow and arrow has been reduced by half due to the restrictions of darkness and heavy rain, it is still somewhat useful if it is used in a concentrated manner against one person.
"Good!" Yan Yingyuan and Zhou Cao nodded to each other.
"The Second Army will rush with me!"
"The Fourth Army will follow me!"
Zhou Cao and Yan Yingyuan simultaneously led more than 20,000 people from the second and fourth armies under their command to launch a counter-charge against Geng Jingzhong's Han Banner Army.
The two armies collided together, Ying Longjun stabbed fiercely with bayonets, and the Qing Han Banner Army was stunned because of Ying Longjun's counterattack, and even if it was torn apart by Ying Longjun's twenty-meter battle line.
"Kill" Zhou Cao, Yan Yingyuan and others took the lead, constantly tearing apart the front of the Qing army and the Han Banner Army, and killing in the direction where Geng Jingzhong was.
The combat effectiveness of the Qing army's Han Banner Army was already more than one step worse than that of Ying Long's army, and the counterattack of Ying Long's army blinded them all at once, which made Ying Long's army all the way like a bamboo, and soon killed only a short distance of more than 20 meters from Geng Jingzhong!
"Not good!" Geng Jingzhong saw that Ying Longjun was coming at him, and he was so shocked that he immediately wanted to retreat!
"Shoot the arrows!" Hundreds of soldiers of the Ying Long Army with bows and arrows immediately bent their bows and arrows and shot at Geng Jingzhong!
Hundreds of arrows smashed the rain in the air.
"Lord be careful!" Geng Jingzhong's personal soldiers immediately blocked in front of Geng Jingzhong.
"Ah" The Qing soldiers who stood in front of Geng Jingzhong were all shot into hedgehogs!
"Shoot again!" Yan Yingyuan gave the order again, and at the same time, he himself shot an arrow at Geng Jingzhong's thigh.
"Lord, retreat!" Geng Jingzhong's personal soldiers once again blocked in front of Geng Jingzhong, swinging their swords to block the incoming arrows, and several personal soldiers were shot to death.
This time Geng Jingzhong was not so lucky, although he dodged the hundreds of arrows of the soldiers of the Ying Long Army, he was hit in the thigh by Yan Yingyuan's arrow!
Geng Jingzhong screamed, clutching his thighs, almost drowning in pain and fainting.
A group of soldiers of the Qing Army's Han Banner Army and Geng Jingzhong's personal soldiers were stunned by Geng Jingzhong's terrible scream.
"Kill" Ying Longjun took the opportunity to charge violently!
"King Jingnan is dead! Run! I don't know which Qing Han Banner soldier let out a frightened shout.
The panic caused by this shout instantly spread, coupled with the fierce counterattack of the Ying Long army, the 30,000 soldiers of the Qing Army and the Han Banner Army here immediately collapsed, and the whole line was defeated!
"Nope! This king is not dead! Geng Jingzhong watched this scene in horror, ignoring the pain in his thigh, and hurriedly stood up with the support of his own soldiers, intending to appease the army, but it was too late, Ying Longjun had already taken advantage of the great opportunity to kill him in front of him at once.
"Traitors die!" Zhou Cao took the lead, slashing left and right with the steel knife in his hand, his face was full of crazy hideousness, and it seemed to once again show the majesty of killing Liu Liangzuo among the ten thousand troops in Huai'an City.
"Puff" Several people who stood in front of Geng Jingzhong were cut in two, and Zhou Cao killed Geng Jingzhong.
Geng Jingzhong was shrouded in Zhou Cao's hideous aura, and his eyes widened in fear.
Zhou Cao slashed at Geng Jingzhong's neck with a fierce knife.
"No," Geng Jingzhong raised his knife to block.
"Boom!" A trace of sparks appeared in the heavy rain, and was instantly extinguished by the rain and dew, and the sound of huge weapons clashing resounded for hundreds of meters.
"Sneer" Geng Jingzhong's strength was invincible to the crazy Zhou Cao, the knife in his hand was knocked away at once, and the small half of his neck was slashed by the residual strength of Zhou Cao's steel knife, and blood splashed out in an instant.
Geng Jingzhong clutched his neck, his eyes wide.
"Die!" Zhou Cao waved the knife again, and Geng Jingzhong subconsciously raised his hand to block.
"Whew!" Geng Jingzhong's arm and neck were instantly cut off by Zhou Cao's knife, and after his head was thrown in the air for several meters, it fell to the ground, and Geng Jingzhong didn't blink an eye!
This time, Geng Jingzhong was really dead, and many of the surrounding soldiers of the Han Banner Army saw Geng Jingzhong's head flying, and tens of thousands of Han Banner Army were all defeated, and the Ming army once again expanded the battle line of hundreds of meters!
Zhou Cao walked over and raised Geng Jingzhong's head covered in blood, like a bloodthirsty demon god.
Yan Yingyuan saw this scene not far away, swallowed in shock, and said in his heart: My good girl, this week Cao usually looks steady and silent, I didn't expect to be crazy like this, it's really scary.
Hearing that Geng Jingzhong was beheaded, the corners of Dolgon's mouth twitched, not because of Geng Jingzhong's pity, but because of the tenacity of the Ming army. The tenacity of the Ming army was indeed beyond his expectations, resulting in a lot of variables in this battle, and it was undoubtedly an excellent opportunity to besiege the remnant Ming Emperor and the main force of the Ming army, and he would win this battle no matter what.
Although Geng Jingzhong was the first general of the Ming army to defect to the Qing Dynasty and made a lot of contributions to the Qing Dynasty, he was just a minion, and if he died, he died, and Shang Kexi Li Huaxi and others!
"You can't stop attacking! Li Huaxi, you go to take Geng Jingzhong's place! Dolgon said expressionlessly to Li Huaxi beside him.
"Slaves obey!" Li Huaxi's mouth was a little bitter.
The tenacity of the Ming army was also unexpected by Li Huaxi, in fact, Li Huaxi regretted it in his heart, originally his Li family was also a big family in Xuzhou, but he was blinded by lard, and took his family to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, now he can't turn back at all, he can only pray that the Manchu Qing will successfully win this war, destroy the Ming Dynasty, and dominate the world!
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