Chapter 40: Traitor
Amin's war horse ran out of more than twenty miles in one go, and this shock passed.
His guards, as well as thousands of soldiers and horses, of course, also had to run with the main general.
Now the big white horse is not running, covered in sweat, more precisely, it is covered in a mixture of blood and sweat, especially the back of the buttocks, which is stained red by blood, and the big white horse has become a white front half of the body, and the second half is red, white yin and yang horses.
What's more, the beast couldn't stand anymore, his whole body trembled, his hind legs weakened, he collapsed to the ground, and threw Amin off the horse's buttocks. Just:
Amin is on fire now. 8,000 8,000 men and horses have been tossing and turning all night from last night to now, but a single Ming soldier did not catch it, but just burned their camp and killed a few people, which is almost like finding nothing.
And he fell off his horse again, and Amin's anger was nowhere to be vented, but he took the war horse under his seat to vent his anger.
When Amin got up, like an angry beast, he roared and picked up his mace, and smashed the horse's head to pieces, and the horse's blood and brain splattered everywhere.
The Tartars under his command were so frightened that they didn't even dare to come out, for fear that Amin would give him a mace.
After Amin finished his anger with his war horse, he ordered someone to count the number of people, except for a Taiji who led a Tartar of Niu Lu to chase and kill Zu Keyong and others and did not return, the rest of the Ezhenzhang Kyoto was there.
In addition to the inventory and reporting of each sequence, the approximate number came out, they don't know how many Ming soldiers they killed this night, and it is not clear how many tents of the Ming camp were burned, but from last night to now, the Tartars have suffered a total of 980 casualties, and if you count the unpaid Taiji Niulu, their casualties are definitely more than a thousand.
An Amin personally brought two flags of tartars, and did not sleep all night, not only did he not completely annihilate this small Ming army, but he did not even catch a single Ming army soldier, but also injured thousands of people and horses, and Amin was also planted in the hands of this little-known Lin Yi, he felt that this battle was more wretched than Yue Tuo, no wonder this big Bel Amin was about to lose his temper.
After smashing his big white horse to death, Amin did not collect the troops and return to the camp, he ignored the hard work of this night's battle, and after reorganizing the soldiers and horses, Amin personally led the team to chase and kill, but this was already a few hours later......
After leaving Lin Yi to break, after Zu Keyong saw the target clearly, he picked up the big axe to open the way in front, he was completely out of the way today, either dead or alive, the big axe flew up and down like chopping melons and vegetables, and the Tartars fell one after another.
More than 50 people followed in a group, these people are all playing with their lives, and now it is either you die or I live, after more than half an hour of fighting, they finally fought a bloody road, rushing up the hill slope a few miles away.
More than 50 horsemen were surrounded by thousands of Tartars, and it was an incredible miracle to be able to fight their way out of the encirclement.
This can only show that Zu Keyong is worthy of being the guerrilla commander of the Ning Yuan Army, and the combat power of the Ning Yuan Army is worthy of its reputation, and their bravery, coupled with their playfulness, is an important factor.
Another important factor is Lin Yi's role.
After Lin Yi stayed alone, he restrained a considerable part of the Tartar forces, including the main general Amin, which greatly reduced the pressure on Zu Keyong and them.
There is also the factor of Amin, he passed down an order to live, which objectively helped them.
At about midnight that morning, Zu Keyong and the others occupied the hill slope that Lin Yi pointed out for them.
Rong waited for them to rush up this small hill slope, only to find that this small hill slope is not too small, there are more than ten acres of land, sparsely overgrown with trees and weeds, the hill slope is not high, the highest point will be about two zhang higher than the flat land, the slope is not very steep, and in some places you can even rush up directly on a war horse.
But nevertheless, this is undoubtedly a high ground, from the top of the mushroom you can look around to see the enemy, the trees and weeds on the hill slope can hide from you, and you can also avoid the arrows of the Tartars, in any case, they are much better at holding on to the high ground than on the flat ground.
Zu Keyong and the others had just rushed up the hill, and before they could catch their breath, a Tartar Taiji with hundreds of horsemen chased after them.
Although Zuo Keyong and the others fought their way out of the encirclement, they also paid the price of more than 20 casualties and the warriors of the Ming Ning Yuan Army, and now there are more than 30 people around him who can fight.
These more than 30 people were really tired enough, and in addition to Wang Jian, Dongsheng and Dazhu and a few others were also slightly injured.
But now there must be a fierce battle, for the Tartars have come here to enclose the hill, and the situation is so cruel that it is either a fish to death or a net to be broken, and it is better to die of exhaustion than to let him take prisoners.
Therefore, Zu Keyong distributed these more than 30 people around the hillside, but more than 30 people were too few, and they could only guard the top of the mushroom on this hill of more than ten acres. Xiao Ying, Wang Jian, He Tao, Da Zhu and a few other injured ones are in the middle, and the rest are on the periphery, which can support dozens of hours.
Xiao Ying, who was covered in blood, was carrying a steel knife, but she was not injured now, from last night to now, she counted, she killed a total of three Tartars, one was directly hacked by her, and the other two were caught in front and back, surrounded her and planned to capture her, and Zhang Hua and Erhu rushed over to relieve the siege, and she also killed the two injured captives.
At this time, she was looking into the distance, of course, she was not looking at how many Tartars had come from the slope, but looking for him in her mind.
"Brother Lin, why haven't you come yet?" She looked anxious.
Wang Jian comforted her and said: "Girl, don't worry, this kid is amazing, he has brushed shoulders with death several times, and he has turned the danger into a disaster, and this time it will definitely be fine."
Xiao Ying was a little comforted, looking at the long arrow stuck in Wang Jian's back, the blood stained through the armor, a little shocked, and couldn't help but say: "My lord, your injury ......"
Wang Jian, whose face was covered with mud, smiled bitterly, "It's okay, I can still hold on...... Damn, the Tartars are so bad at archery, they can shoot off my big back......"
Xiao Ying nodded vigorously, "My lord is really steely, Brother Lin is worthy of being the soldier you brought out." ”
"Are you praising me or your brother Lin?"
Xiao Ying blushed, "Of course it's all praised." ”
"To tell you the truth, this kid was not the best in our banner before, since he was seriously injured and miraculously survived in that battle with the Tartars, he seems to be a different person, and now I dare not say that it is my soldier, he is the captain of the guard of the guerrilla lord, the general manager of the army, and I am only a flag commander part-time military officer of the hundred households, now I have to listen to him."
"The Tartars are up!"
Someone shouted and interrupted them, Xiao Ying and Wang Jian hurriedly clenched the steel knife in their hands and prepared to fight.
The Tartars began to attack on their horses, and when they reached the halfway point of the slope, Zu Keyong and the others slew out, and fought a bloody battle with the Tartars by virtue of the terrain here.
Now both sides are tired divisions, but in terms of the degree of exhaustion, the Tartars are even more tired, because Zu Keyong and they joined the battle in the middle of the night and fought for half the night. And these Tartars tossed for a night.
But the enemy is outnumbered, and the disparity is too great. There are only about thirty people in Zu Keyong, and there are three or four hundred people in this chasing Tartar, and the only advantage for Zu Keyong and them now is the terrain here.
Zu Keyong was still so brave, no one could stop him with a big axe, and after cutting down six Tartars in succession, more than a dozen Tartars rushed up together, intending to trap him.
One of the small flag commanders of Zu Keyong's own guards rushed to relieve the siege, and after his sword slashed two Tartars in a row, he was struck in the chest and back by three Tartars at the same time, and the little flag commander fell forever in a pool of blood.
This was the last surviving guard of Zu Keyong, and he also died a heroic death.
Filled with rage, Zu Keyong swung the big axe in his hand, shouting and cutting down all the other Tartars besieging him in one go, but he was so tired that he couldn't breathe, and he could only lean his back against a tree, holding on to the big axe......
In another battlefield on the hill, dozens of Tartars had already broken through the Ming army's defense line and rushed to the top of the mushrooms on the hill. Zhang Hua, Erhu, Wang Qi and Dongsheng were surrounded by several Tartars and could not support them.
Xiao Ying rushed over with a knife, and He Tao, who was injured, and Da Zhu Hu protected Xiao Ying's left and right.
"Get out of the way!" Dazhu shouted, pushed Xiao Ying aside, and stabbed three spears into Dazhu's chest and abdomen together.
The big pillar bent into a shrimp in pain, and the knife in his hand fell to the ground.
"Huh? Dazhu ......" Xiao Ying shouted, choked up, and tears came out of her eyes.
Dazhu was surrendered by a thief, it turned out to be Mantianxing's subordinates, Lin Yi and the five of them exterminated more than 200 people in Mantianxing in one night, captured dozens of people, including Dazhu, and incorporated them.
To be honest, Xiao Ying didn't have a good opinion of these thieves, but she didn't expect this big pillar to block so many shots for her today, otherwise she would have been stabbed into a sieve.
"Girl, take care...... Lord Lin is a big pillar for me...... The heavens and the earth are thick...... "Before he finished speaking, the big pillar fell in a pool of blood.
He Tao was fighting with the Tartar, and Xiao Ying rushed over like crazy, picked up the steel knife in her hand, and stabbed at the Tartar for a while.
"Ah......" There was a scream behind him, and a Tartar behind Xiao Ying was cut down, revealing Wang Jian's body with a long arrow stuck behind his back.
Zhang Hua, Erhu, Wang Qi, and Dongsheng also rushed over to block Xiao Ying and Wang Jian, but nearly a hundred Tartar soldiers surrounded them, and seven people were trapped in a small circle of forty or fifty square meters.
"It's cheaper to be captured, otherwise you'll be cut apart!" A small leader of the Tartars shouted.
"If you want Lao Tzu to surrender, no way! Oh no! Fight with him! Fight! ...... "Erhu, Wang Qi, Dongsheng, Wang Jian, He Tao, etc., their eyes were like buns, and they shouted one after another.
"You really don't cry when you don't see the coffin, give it to me, if you resist, kill them all!" The little leader of the Tartars finally ran out of patience.
"Wait!" At this time, what no one expected happened, Zhang Hua shouted, suddenly strangled Xiao Ying's neck, and the snowy steel knife pressed against Xuebai's neck......
Xiao Ying was caught off guard, restrained by Zhang Hua, and the knife in her hand was no longer obeyed, and several Ming soldiers present were stunned all of a sudden.
"Zhang Hua, what the fuck are you going to do?" Erhu scolded.
"What for?" Zhang Hua sneered, "Only this girl can save our lives now, if it weren't for her, we would all have a chance to escape, from last night to now, we have been protecting this girl, so many of us, all of us are alive for him alone, and now we all have to die for him alone, is it worth it?" ”
"What do you say? Lord Lin is kind to us, and he has spared your dog's life several times, and now you are still a person when you say this kind of thing! ”
"Yes, let go of Xiaoying, otherwise Lao Tzu will hack you!" ……
Erhu, He Tao, Wang Qi and Dongsheng aimed the swords and guns in their hands at Zhang Hua, and they didn't care about the Tartars in front of them.
As soon as these Tartars saw these Ming army soldiers and rats moving their knives, they were in the nest, and they were not in a hurry to do it, paying attention to the development of the situation.
"If you dare to attack me Zhang Hua, we will all end up together, this wild girl is a funeral object, Lao Tzu is also out today, come on!" Zhang Hua's knife face became hideous, and this time, Erhu, He Tao, Wang Qi, and Dongsheng really didn't dare to act rashly.
They know that although Zhang Hua is not of good character, if he wants to talk about fighting, as long as they make a move, Xiaoying will die first.
"It's been like this for a long time, Lord Lin will definitely not come back, who are we still working for? Let's surrender quickly, sacrifice this wild girl, we can all save our lives, and maybe get some reward. We have kept this girl, fought for so long, killed and injured so many people, shed so much blood and sweat, and we are worthy of Lin Yi and this girl. If people don't do it for themselves, the heavens and the earth will be destroyed, and then I, Zhang Hua, will live for myself, whether I am a traitor or a traitor, whatever you want. ”
Saying that, regardless of He Tao, Erhu, Wang Jian and the others gritted their teeth at him, they couldn't wait to tear him up, and looked at these tartars, "I said let's talk about a condition, Lao Tzu knows, you have spent so much effort just to catch him alive, we big men are worthless, to put it bluntly, don't you fancy this girl?" Even a fool understands. But to be honest, this girl is indeed very smart and infatuated, and she fascinated our President Lin Yi. Now, how about Lao Tzu give this girl to you? ”
These Tartars really looked at each other, and it was the order of their Great Belle Lord Amin to live, otherwise these Nanban could be tossed until now? Zhang Hua's words are the first to say, and they are very tempting.
"What conditions do you say?" The leader of the Tartars said.
Zhang Hua's eyes rolled and said, "You guys retreat below first, I can give you this little girl, and then you can also surrender." But before that, Lao Tzu had to save his life first. You give me some time, let me first find a way to settle the guys behind, don't you see, these people are ruthless, they are grinning at Lao Tzu, don't look at some of them are injured, they are all Lin Yi's sworn friends, if you don't settle them first, I don't know how Lao Tzu himself died for a while, but I definitely can't let you settle it for me, people are unpredictable, no one can be gullible, Lao Tzu is on this one condition. If you don't agree, Lao Tzu will kill this little girl first, and then fight to the death, and none of you will be caught. ”
The Tartar leader thought about it, what this guy said is a bit reasonable, and I want to see, you have a beautiful hostage in your hand, how do you settle a few of them? So with a wave of his hand, these Tartar Hula retreated at once.
"Bendu gives you time for half a stick of incense, don't play tricks!" The Tartar Taji said that he also went down the hill as he beat his horse.
"You traitor, let go of Xiaoying, otherwise, Lao Tzu will dismantle you!" The two tigers roared at him with fire in their eyes.
He Tao, Dongsheng and others scolded while looking for an opportunity, Zhang Hua held Xiaoying's neck with one arm, and the bright steel knife pressed against his neck, staring at them vigilantly, while retreating, he gestured forward with the knife in his hand, and shouted: "Don't fucking come here, dare to act rashly, I will let this girl's corpse be divided into two points!"
Wang Jian was still relatively calm, endured the pain on his body and asked them not to quarrel, and tried his best to be calm and persuade Zhang Hua, "Zhang Hua, do you really want to be a traitor?" You and Lin Yi used to be my soldiers, how Lin Yi treated you, how did my Wang Jian treat you, and what you will do to you in the future as a traitor's son, you weigh it yourself in your heart. As we all know, Xiaoying is Lin Yi's woman, if you really send Xiaoying into the clutches of the devil, Lin Yi will not come back alive, it is strange to kill you, you have to think clearly about where to go. Listen to my kind words and persuasion, and quickly let Xiaoying go, for the sake of us working together for many years, today's matter can not be investigated. If you don't listen to good advice, the patience of the brothers has a certain limit, do you think that you alone can control Xiaoying, and you can still settle us? ”
"Hahaha......" Zhang Hua let out a wild laugh.
"Bastard, you're still laughing, what are you going to do? To let people go? The two tigers were stunned.
"Erhu, who the are you scaring with your teeth bared? You're such a stupid pig......" Zhang Hua saw that the Tartars had all retreated, and they were already more than a hundred meters away from them, so he lowered his voice and said: "Do you think you can fight a few Tartars, do you think we can deal with a few Tartars, can this situation last more than half of the incense?" Can't, if it weren't for the trick of Lao Tzu's death, would it have been delayed until now? ”
Erhu listened to the blinking membrane and blinking his eyes, Wang Jian, He Tao, Wang Qi, Dongsheng and others also heard the clues, the fierce look on their faces was gone, and they looked apologetic and grateful, "You, you kid really think so, you really use this method to save Xiaoying, isn't it lying to us?" ”
"Not only to save Xiaoying, but also to save you stupid pigs, until now I don't fall behind inside and out, if it weren't for Lord Lin's sake, I would be so cheap! You don't give me a smile, immediately get serious, and hurry up and continue to be ruthless and scolding, otherwise the suspicion of the Tartars will be wasted. ”
Wang Jian, He Tao, Wang Qi, Erhu and others really understood that Zhang Hua, this kid has really changed for the better, we are really wrong to blame him, it's really like this, it's not that he used this trick, we are already in the wilderness now, and Xiaoying has long fallen into the tiger's mouth.
While these people were thinking like this, they hated each other and scolded Zhang Hua for them, which is called hiding people's eyes and ears.
Xiaoying is not stupid, "Brother Zhang, it's Xiaoying who blames you......"
Zhang Hua was very useful in his heart, this was the first time Xiaoying thanked him, but he still looked fierce. :
"Shut up!" Zhang Hua deliberately shouted, "Little girl, you can think about it, listen to Lao Tzu's words obediently, serve the Tartar well for a while, and you won't have to lose." If you dare to play slippery, you have something to do. ”
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Zhang Hua and Wang Jian were fighting a war of words, and the tartars under the hill slope felt quite enjoyable at first. But they didn't do it for a long time, and seeing that the half-burnt incense was about to arrive, the Tartars felt that something was wrong.
"Are you kidding us?"
"Hahahaha," Zhang Hua laughed, "Lao Tzu not only plays you, but also slaughters you, look at who is behind you!" Zhang Hua said and let go of Xiaoying in his arms.
These Tartars were so angry that when they looked back, they saw a Han general running like an arrow, and the Tartars were angry, "Kill-"