Chapter 134: Ying Longjun Arrives
"Newspaper"
"Qiyu military seat, this place is still twenty miles away from Tai'an, the defenders of Tai'an are fighting fiercely with the Qing army, and the whole army is about to be annihilated!" A scout of the Ying Long Army rode a war horse to Ji Feng to report.
"How many people are there in the Qing army!" Ji Feng asked.
"More than 100,000!"
"Little Tai'an County, it can survive so many days under the attack of more than 100,000 Qing troops, how strong!" Ji Feng sighed, his tone revealing incomparable admiration!
Although Ji Feng didn't know that tens of thousands of Qing troops had just arrived today, in any case, when most of Shandong had fallen, Tai'an was only a hundred miles away from Jinan City, but it was a commendable miracle that he was able to hold on to the present and block the footsteps of the Qing army.
"Quick, order all the soldiers, speed up the march! Be sure to get to Tai'an before the city breaks! Ji Feng ordered.
The 15,000 soldiers of the Yinglong Army suddenly quickened their pace and hurried towards Tai'an without stopping.
On the other side of Tai'an City, also about 20 miles away from Tai'an, a group of Ming troops of about 20,000 people was also heading in the direction of Tai'an. The leader was none other than Shi Kefa, the governor of Shandong, who had been missing for ten days.
"Supervisor, I heard that the emperor has won a great victory in Anqing and destroyed the left rebellion, presumably the emperor has also heard about Shandong at this moment, and is sending reinforcements to the north, why doesn't the governor wait for the emperor's reinforcements to arrive, and come together to fight a decisive battle with the Qing captives." Lu Yanshou said to Shi Kefa helplessly.
It is said that Lu Yanshou knocked out Shi Kefa that day, and took Shi Kefa and thousands of remnants of the army to Jining overnight. After Shi Kefa woke up, he found that he was already in Jining, and immediately scolded Lu Yanshou, but the matter had come to this, and he could only reorganize the army in Jining and recruit military horses.
After ten days of rectification, Shi Kefa finally managed to produce an army of about 25,000 people, and when he heard that the Qing army was besieging Tai'an County, he insisted on leading the army despite Lu Yanshou's dissuasion.
"Tai'an is in a big battle, and it is difficult to resist the Qing army, do you let this superintendent watch Tai'an fall in Jining City, and the Qing army can't come to Jining City?" Shi Kefa said angrily.
Shandong now only has two cities left, Tai'an and Jining, once Tai'an is broken, only Jining is left in the whole Shandong, what is the difference between this and the fall of the entire Shandong, Shi Kefa, as the governor of Shandong, has the emperor's grace, and must not watch all this happen.
Lu Yanshou was helpless, he really didn't know whether to scold Shi Kefa for not being able to do anything, or scold Shi Kefa for being stupid, and his head was kicked by a donkey. The Qing army has more than 100,000 horses under the city of Tai'an, and they have less than 30,000 troops, and nearly half of them are newly recruited recruits.
It is true that Shi Kefa is extremely loyal to Daming, but he is too upright, and even a little stubborn, although Lu Yanshou is extremely unwilling, he does not dare to knock Shi Kefa again, and Shi Kefa is also guarding against him, and he can't find a chance to start.
I can only act at the opportunity! Lu Yanshou sighed secretly in his heart, a little worried about the possible outcome of the meeting.
Tai'an, the fierce battle on the city wall has reached the last moment, each of the three brothers of Yan Yingyuan was not lightly injured, and almost all of the remaining about 200 Tai'an defenders were also wounded, but they were still desperately resisting the Qing army, fighting to the death and not retreating, extremely tragic.
Laugh at!
Chen Mingyu was once again slashed in the lower abdomen by a Qing soldier, and his lower leg was injured, and Chen Mingyu suddenly fell to the ground, seriously injured, and almost lost his combat effectiveness.
"Second brother, second brother!" Yan Yingyuan and Feng Houdun shouted, slashing several Qing soldiers around Chen Mingyu and holding Chen Mingyu.
"Big brother, third brother, I'm afraid that the three brothers will die here today." Although at this time, Chen Mingyu still laughed, and it could be seen that he had already put life and death out of the way.
"I don't want to be born on the same day and month of the same year, but I want to die on the same day and month of the same year!" This was the vow that the three brothers made when they were married, and it is likely to be fulfilled today.
"But I want to die on the same day and month in the same year, and fight to the death! Kill" The three brothers looked firm, and once again swung their knives and fought bloodily with the Qing troops around them. More and more Qing troops surrounded Yan Yingyuan and them, and although they were in a desperate situation, they were not afraid of death!
At this time, the 15,000 people of the First Army of the Yinglong Army led by Ji Feng finally arrived about three miles away from the Qing army camp, and Ji Feng could even faintly see the military tent of the Qing army camp.
The corners of Ji Feng's mouth hooked up a smile, although the Qing army had more than 100,000 horses, but Ji Feng didn't pay attention to it at all, with the combat power of 15,000 Ying Long Army, it was not a problem to forcibly break through the Qing army camp and enter Tai'an.
"Ying Longjun lined up and assaulted forward!" Ji Feng ordered.
At this time, more than a dozen Qing army scouts also discovered the traces of Yinglong's army, and immediately rushed back to the Qing army camp to report to Azig.
"Newspaper"
"Report to the Prince, there is a group of Ming troops heading here!"
"How many centaurs!" Azig asked, frowning.
"Less than 20,000!" The Qing scout replied.
Less than 20,000 Ming troops? Azig immediately smiled, didn't take the 20,000 Ming army in his eyes at all, and only ordered a Mongolian Beyler to lead 10,000 Mongolian iron cavalry to block it!
Immediately, 10,000 Mongolian iron horsemen attacked and killed Yinglong's army.
The distance of three miles is not far, it does not take a quarter of an hour to walk, and the war horses of the Mongolian iron cavalry are extremely fast, and they can be killed in less than half a cup of tea.
The 15,000 Ying Long army was divided into three columns and continued to advance in a neat pace.
"Military seat, the cavalry of the Qing army is here! It seems to be the Mongols! As soon as the words of this Ying Long army Qianzong fell, 10,000 Mongolian iron horsemen were wielding sabers, and they were killing Ying Longjun with a rainbow of momentum.
"Prepare for battle!" Ji Feng's expression was serious.
The soldiers of the first row of Yinglong Army raised their guns and aimed at them in unison, and continued to move forward without stopping.
"Lord Belle, this group of Ming soldiers is too strange, they are dressed a little differently from ordinary Ming soldiers, and they seem to be holding muskets in their hands!" A Mongolian iron cavalry general said to the Mongolian Beyler.
"Lord Belle, the Ming army's musket is extremely powerful, if it rushes to attack, I'm afraid the casualties will be not small." Another Mongolian iron cavalry general said to the Mongolian Beyler.
"What are you afraid of, it's not that we haven't seen the muskets of the Ming army, at most a few hundred people will be killed and wounded, and the muskets of the Ming army will become burning sticks, and we will not be allowed to slaughter them at that time!" Mongol Beylor said with contempt.
The Mongols fought with the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years, and they didn't know what weapons the Ming army had, and the musket thing had always existed in the Ming army, but the shortcomings were also obvious, the loading speed was too slow, and in the face of their cavalry charge, they only had time to fire one shot at most.
According to this Mongolian Beyler, this group of Ming troops was all armed with muskets, and they dared to provoke them without a single saber, and the commander of the Ming army was either stupid or had a bad head, and deliberately led the army to die!
Although the news of Liu Zongmin's ambush of 5,000 Manchu Eight Banners Iron Cavalry with more than 3,000 musket battalions in the first battle of Linggu came out, and many Manchu and Mongolian cavalry generals also heard about it, they did not take it seriously at all, or did not believe it at all.
"Kill! Annihilate this gang of Ming troops! "The Mongol Belle swept his army and slashed and killed.
Suddenly, 10,000 Mongolian iron horsemen rushed towards Ying Long's army.
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