However, only more than 100 people escaped back to Kaifeng alive!

The summer solstice is about to pass, and the news of the fiasco of Zhuxian Town was brought into Kaifeng City with the more than 100 remnants of the soldiers who fled back from there.

For the Qing army in Kaifeng City, the fiasco of Zhuxian Town was like a lingering cloud hanging over everyone's hearts, and for Liu Qingtai, who was the governor of Henan, the tense situation was even more overwhelming.

That is, on the day when less than 100 people escaped from Zhuxian Town to Kaifeng alive, only more than 500 elite soldiers of the Eight Banners left Kaifeng, and then this cavalry avoided the towns and villages all the way and galloped towards the south. No one knew where they were going, so they avoided the markets and villages and headed straight south.

The summer rain came so suddenly that there was no way for people to avoid it, and Turi, who was leading his horse in the woods, could not wipe the rain off his face, but he was only wearing a cloak on his body, and let the rain wet it, and his eyes were fixed on the official road in the distance. And behind him were more than 500 cavalrymen who were also drenched in rain, all of them were like him, wearing oilcloth cloaks, and then holding horses, some of whom cherished horses, and even put their cloaks on their horses, the reason why they did not ride horses was to save horsepower. After all, riding on horseback also requires horsepower.

The rain has been falling, this summer rain is rapid and heavy, the raindrops of beans are falling from the sky, but these cavalry leading horses, but they dare not have any movement, as if they are afraid of causing any movement, they at the same time from time to time to comfort the horses, for these Mongolians on the steppe, they have been easy to deal with horses since childhood, naturally know how to save horsepower, and jump on the war horse in the shortest possible time.

Time passed slowly like muddy water flowing in the forest, and Tu Rire's face full of raindrops gradually became a trace of anxiety, and calmness was being replaced by urgency. At this moment, a figure broke in in the heavy rain, and Tu Rire's eyes narrowed, and he shouted in a deep voice.

"Who!"

As he let out this roar, his hand grasped the knife sharply, and the wary passer-by looked at it.

"Master, it's a minion."

A man dressed in a cloak made of coarse linen hurried over, and the man, who looked no different from an ordinary farmer, as soon as he got under the horse, made a thousand shots at Turire, and then knelt down to report there.

"Master Qiqi, the heavy troops of the Ming army have arrived, and there are still ten miles away from this at most. I guess I'll be here in half an hour. ”

The man in the robe speaks fluent Chinese, even in the Mengbaqi, there are also Han people, after entering the customs of its enclosure, Mengbaqi is also among them, the people within the enclosure are also plundered as slaves, although many of them are unable to be enslaved, and abscond, but there are also some people who are willing to be slaves of foreign races.

Some of them are even willing to serve the aliens, saddle up their horses and do whatever they want, all they want is to be better servants.

"Oh? How many centaurs do they have? ”

Tu Rire asked with some eagerness. The reason why he left Kaifeng was to attack the baggage team of the Ming army. Now that he finally met the baggage team of the Ming army, how could he not be anxious, along the way, in order to hide his traces, he had repeatedly ordered the slaughter of villages along the way, just to be able to give the Ming army a surprise attack and catch them off guard.

"Back to the master, although the army is protecting and the minions can't approach, there are at least 200 double-pull four-wheeled carriages, and the guards escorting are no more than two hundred, and the rest are coachmen in the carriage dealership."

Listening to the words of the minion, Tu Rire nodded thoughtfully while listening, he has a certain understanding of the Ming army's baggage convoy, unlike other Ming army people, the baggage team of the loyal and righteous army except for the army, the others are hired coachmen and carriages in the carriage dealership, which is also the reason why it usually subsidizes the carriage shop to buy four-wheeled carriages. It was to be able to requisition carriages in the event of war, as they do now, and they all requisitioned carriages, including coachmen, of course. And there was only a small number of guards to escort him, and this provided him with an opportunity.

When he heard that the escort of the Ming army was only about 200 people, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he immediately said. "Well done! Let's go and find out about Minggou's situation! ”

Sometimes, people's mentality changes very subtly, and a few months ago, he had been referring to them as "Han Chinese", but now he has unconsciously changed to the same name as he was back then. "Ming Dog", which seems to be a somewhat contemptuous title, actually does reveal the fear in his heart, and it is precisely because of fear that he uses such a title.

"Wow!"

As soon as the slave received the order, he ran briskly into the distance, and soon disappeared into the heavy rain.

Tu Rire once again observed the official road not far away, the reason why he chose this area, in addition to the cover of the woods, is that there is no ditch on the other side of the official road, and although there is a ditch on his side, it is not more than half a zhang wide, and he jumped over it as soon as he jumped on the horse, which was just enough to make those bright dogs relax their vigilance.

"Ming Dog!"

With the thought in his mouth, Tu Rire thought of his son who died in Suqian, he only had two sons, the eldest son was beheaded by Ming Gou in Suqian, and the younger son was on an errand with the emperor.

"You have to kill all the dogs!"

Secretly swearing, his hands clenched into fists. Although the expression on his face did not change much. But his breathing seemed a little short, and the expectations he had been expecting for several years had finally come true, how could he not be excited.

It's time for revenge!

Unlike other people's complaints when the emperor ordered troops, he was in a hurry to prepare weapons and horses into the camp, he wanted to avenge his son, he dreamed that one day he could go to Suqian, to the "Jingguan" made of the corpse of the banner man, to destroy the Jingguan, and let his son be buried in peace.

Now that he was finally able to fight the Loyal Army, his heart beat violently every time he thought of the battle that was coming. In order to be able to go out of the city to ambush the Ming army, he could use a year to do enough homework, he knew that the loyal army has always paid attention to the escort of baggage, because the loyal army is different from other armies, it relies on firearms, which means that the shells, cannons, gunpowder, grenades, etc. they need need to be transferred from the rear, and this is his chance. Especially today, today is a good day, it is raining, not only the muddy road has also slowed down the speed of the Ming Dog convoy, but also this rain has given him a chance, a chance to fight with the Ming Dog with a knife and gun, when it rains, the power of these firearms will be greatly reduced. Naturally, he would not give up such an opportunity easily.

"It's coming, it's coming soon......"

Despite all the comfort in his mouth, Turi became more anxious. The rain seemed to be getting heavier and heavier, and all that was left in the woods was the ticking sound of the rain on the leaves. Finally, in the rain curtain, several figures faintly appeared at the end of the official road.

In an instant, Tu Rire's gaze suddenly narrowed, and his heart beat faster.

Here it comes!

Minggou is finally here!

Tu Rire's hand held the reins of the horse, his eyes stared ahead, his breathing became rapid, and at this time he seemed to be a little excited, even a little nervous, as if he was on the battlefield for the first time. Of course, it's more about anticipation.

After all, the bravery of this loyal and righteous army has long been famous, and this kind of nervousness and expectation is impossible for him to give it if it is replaced by anyone else.

Gradually, the baggage convoy appeared in people's sight, the four-wheeled carriage because of the heavy body carrying thousands of pounds of materials so that the wheels left ruts on the muddy road, the horses were driven by the groom, and the carriages were dragged hard, each dragging looked very difficult, these official roads in disrepair were soaked by rain, for these horses, it was undoubtedly a difficult test.

And the Ming soldiers guarding the baggage next to the carriage wore raincoats, and their muskets were under the raincoats, because it was raining, so they would try their best to protect their muskets with raincoats, as soldiers, they knew very well that this musket was equal to their lives, the more it rained, the more carefully protected the muskets, only in this way, so that the guns would not be drenched in the rain, so that they could not fire. So they walked even a little cautiously, always trying to hide their guns under their raincoats, which made them a little stiff. Maybe it's because of a relationship that's too focused. So they didn't even notice that someone was watching them nearby.

Through the rain curtain, Tu Rire had seen the legendary loyal army, despite the rain, he still found that these people were probably more difficult than he imagined, not to mention that their careful protection of the musket in the rain was beyond his expectations, knowing that the soldiers who love weapons will naturally not be bad.

But even if it's not bad, what can it be? In the end, they will not fall into the encirclement and become lambs to the slaughter.

Seeing that the convoy had entered the ambush position, Tu Rire couldn't help but tighten the reins in his hand, and his eyes were fixed on the convoy of the Ming army. When it was clear that the dog had fully entered, a cruel sneer rose at the corner of Tu Rire's mouth. A bloodthirsty gaze flashed in his eyes.

Just when the convoy was about to enter the ambush circle, I saw him slowly raise his right hand and raise, those cavalry immediately jumped on horseback, their movements were very large, as if they jumped up violently, even so, those horses did not make any frightened neighing under their appeasement, at this time Tu Rire's arm waved again, those cavalry took out their bows and arrows, and according to his instructions, they all drew their bows and shot towards the Ming army.

In an instant, when the sound of the bowstring came, hundreds of arrows flew towards the Ming army on the road through the rain curtain, and in an instant, more than a dozen Ming soldiers were hit by arrows and fell down screaming. In the midst of that scream, the cavalry hidden in the forest rushed out like arrows off the string.

The soldiers who escorted the supplies were blinded by this sudden sneak attack, and there was no reaction for a while, until they were hit by two rounds of arrows in succession, and they hurriedly lined up with the orders of the captain, platoon commander and even the commander, and those soldiers lined up side by side with muskets, and then launched a counterattack towards the cavalry with the sound of the command.

A row of guns sounded, and the Qing cavalry who were charging were like tripping horses, and they fell down violently, and the sound of fire and shouting and killing was mixed together on this official road.

For the soldiers of the Loyal Army who were suddenly attacked, although they quickly lined up, but this short distance of dozens of zhang, for the cavalry, only took a few seconds, after they fired the first round of bullets, they did not even have time to rush to reload the ammunition, the cavalry of the Qing army had already rushed to their eyes, although they tried to block the cavalry with bayonets, but because of the muddy road, they did not have time to form a phalanx at all, just resisted there by instinct, Although they knew how weak their resistance was, they were still there, fighting bravely.

However, in the blink of an eye, the cavalry led by Tu Rire rushed to the side of the loyal soldiers. Before they could form a spear formation with bayonets, the spear of the commander penetrated their chests, and when the defense line was pierced by the spears in the hands of the cavalry, the waist knives of the Qing cavalry were slashed and killed, and the soldiers were constantly cut to the ground, and even the bodies of some soldiers were cut in two, but no one chose to flee on the battlefield, even if they died, they also faced it bravely. Fight bravely until death.

When the last gunshot stopped, the battlefield was full of mutilated limbs, blood mixed with rain flowing into a red stream that flowed into a nearby ditch......

The rain finally stopped, and by this time there was not a single living soldier on the battlefield, not even the horsemen, few of them survived, and they were also killed. Tu Ri, who was covered in blood, watched coldly as his subordinates cut off Ming Gou's heads one by one.

This is their weapon of war, and after returning to Kaifeng, they can receive reward money with these heads, of course, no one cares even if they falsely report a few, that is why they want to bring these heads back to Kaifeng City, because they need these Han people's heads, to revive the military spirit of the Qing army, so they will choose to bring their heads back

。 The saddle of Turire's mount also had several heads hanging from it. Although the other cavalry were there laughing and cheering for victory, Turire stared south and swore to himself.

"Sooner or later, one day, you have to kill all the dogs in the world......"

When he said it, he didn't even believe it, after all, he knew very well that these Han people now were completely different from the past. They can't rest on their laurels like they used to, waiting for someone else's butcher's knife to fall, and they will keep fighting......