Groha was also very frightened, originally thought it was a group of rabble, but as soon as the two sides came into contact with him, he knew that these people had definitely experienced the rain of bullets, but why did their muskets have such a long range and so fast speed? There are also those palm mines, which is not at all the way the Ming infantry relied on arrays to fight against cavalry in the past.

"My lord, cavalry! There are cavalry in the north! Just as Groha was about to urge the cavalry to fight to the death to break up the opponent's formation, one of his own soldiers pointed to the north and shouted in horror.

Groha looked up only to see what seemed to be the sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and there was no small amount of smoke. That direction is exactly the direction in which these inexplicable infantry are coming. Groha wasn't sure how many cavalry there were on the other side. Experience tells him that there are at least five or six hundred of them!

"Retreat, retreat for the time being!" Looking at Yang Hongzhang and the others who were staring at him closely, and then looking at the north, Groha felt bad for the first time in his life.

Originally, a team of 1,500 Qing soldiers from Jiala had not lost much since entering the pass from the wall ridge except for the siege of Miyun, although he divided his troops to attack from all sides, he personally led two Niulu 600 people, but he only lost dozens of people in the siege of Gaoyang for two days. The appearance of Yang Hongzhang and others lost hundreds of people in one face. After a scuffle, the casualties were even more severe. When Groha ran out four or five miles to gather his team, he found that in the inexplicable melee just now, his team had actually lost more than 200 people, and more than 100 people were injured to varying degrees, and it was estimated that at least half of these people had lost their combat effectiveness. Only a dozen of the fifty pro-soldiers remained, and their own horses were also shot with muskets. The remaining soldiers who were not injured were also trembling in their hearts, they had always been extremely arrogant and did not take the Ming army into account at all, and today this loss was great. Groha was constantly glad in his heart that he had evacuated quickly, and if he waited for the unknown number of cavalry to arrive, he was afraid that the whole army would be in danger of being destroyed. Groha was unwilling, but he didn't dare to act rashly, and prepared to camp fifteen miles away from Gaoyang, waiting to find out the situation of this wave of reinforcements in Gaoyang City before making the next step.

Seeing the Qing army fleeing in embarrassment, Yang Hongzhang also sighed in vain, his own men and horses were too few, if he gave him another four or five hundred people, or brought Ma Gaocheng and Shi Lang over, maybe he could really wipe out this Qing cavalry team. Pulling out the arrows on his body one by one, taking off two layers of leather armor and doing a simple bandage, Yang Hongzhang arranged for people to clean up the battlefield while sending people to check the situation in the back.

It turned out that Zhang Hu and others were taking care of the war horses from a distance according to Yang Hongzhang's instructions, and seeing Yang Hongzhang and others falling into a heavy siege, they had an idea, cut down a lot of trees in the nearby woods and dragged them on the tail of the war horse, and one person and three horses galloped back and forth, creating the illusion of thousands of troops and horses. I didn't expect this trick to really work. Yang Hongzhang looked at the rugged man with a beard on his face, and was able to come up with such a way in such a short period of time and sighed that it was really a hero created by the times.

Thinking that it was also Groha who was beaten by Yang Hongzhang, so he fled in a panic. After counting, Yang Hongzhang and others gathered at least 100 war horses, more than 200 bows and more than 10,000 arrows. If the ordinary generals of the Ming army had such a harvest, they would be very happy. But Yang Hongzhang had a sad face, because in order to prepare for this battle, he prepared two sets of leather armor for everyone, as well as a large number of palm thunder. Although it was very lively when it exploded, it was white silver. The point is that it is very difficult to buy and sell this kind of thing privately in the Ming Dynasty. Now he has completely exposed his strength to Gaoyang City. I don't know how much ammunition will be consumed when I go to Zhuozhou next.

When Yang Hongzhang was in a daze, the north gate of Gaoyang City had been opened, and Sun Chengzong and the county commander Wang Lenian came out with the remaining more than 400 strong men to greet him. Now all the people in the entire Gaoyang City regard Yang Hongzhang and the others as heroes. Especially Sun Chengzong, he walked quickly to Yang Hongzhang's side, and first made a gesture: "The old man thanked the little general for saving his life for Gao Yang's father and fellow villagers." I don't know what town the general is? Where did it come from and where will it be? ”

"Uh......" Yang Hongzhang looked at the tired and white-haired old man in front of him, this old man was different from the elder he met in Qingxian, although he was tired but his bearing was extraordinary. However, the similarity is that they all regard themselves as Ming soldiers.

"General, thank you for coming to the rescue and repelling Jiannu. This is the old ...... Sun Ge," Wang Lenian saw that Yang Hongzhang was patronizing him, but he didn't answer Sun Chengzong positively, and hurriedly coughed a few times to introduce Sun Chengzong.

"Student Hangzhou Yang Hongzhang has seen Sun Ge Lao, and he has seen this adult...... Yang Hongzhang had no choice but to tell the identity of himself and others. The more Sun Chengzong listened, the brighter his eyes lit up. On the one hand, he asked the magistrate to arrange for Yang Hongzhang's subordinates to go into the city to rest, and on the other hand, he pulled Yang Hongzhang into the Gaoyang County Ya.

Along the way, Sun Chengzong listened to Yang Hongzhang's narration, and also knew that Yang Hongzhang's two hundred or so people had traveled tens of thousands of miles at sea, and they could be regarded as having been on the battlefield and seen the world.

As soon as he arrived at the county office, Sun Chengzong couldn't wait to say his thoughts: "The old man has a reluctant request, and I hope that Little Brother Yang can stay in Gaoyang for a few days to help the old man defend this Gaoyang City." You should also know the current situation, Yue Tuo led people from the east all the way to Cangzhou, and then the Hui army was preparing to join Dolgon, so the right army that contained Yue Tuo was also indirectly supporting Lord Lu. ”

Yang Hongzhang said in his heart that this old man was very bad, and he was so polite that he couldn't stand it, and he was afraid that this old man was older than his grandfather in terms of age, and he didn't dare to accept it in terms of status. He hurriedly waved his hand: "Elder Ge, don't say that, the student's surname is Yang Minghongzhang Shilin." If I am not satisfied with the elder of the pavilion, my men and I will not be afraid if we encounter even several times the enemy at sea. However, the city wall of Gaoyang County is low and badly damaged, and there is a lack of weapons and a shortage of soldiers. The previous Jiannu was first beaten by the shock I led for a while, and then the cavalry dragged the trunk of the tree and frightened for a while, and then retreated in a hurry. When he comes to his senses or waits for Yue Tuo's army to arrive, don't say that this Gaoyang City, I'm afraid that Baoding Mansion won't be able to hold it. ”

"Hey, little brother Shilin, the old man also knows that Jiannu is powerful. However, the old man saw that you and his subordinates could deal with it freely today, and the range of the musket was as far as that of the Jiannu bow and arrow, the rate of fire was also quite fast, and the power of the palm thunder was also quite amazing. In the wilderness, you can use only 200 men to repel the two Niu Lu cavalry of Jiannu. Now that we have entered the city, there are city walls as cover and tens of thousands of Gaoyang fathers and elders as backing, even if it is really Yue Tuo who personally commands the army to come, I can't help us for a while. Wang Lenian, the county commander on the side, hurriedly helped.

Yang Hongzhang glanced at him, and then said in embarrassment: "Lord Wang doesn't know, the leather armor and palm thunder of today's battle were originally prepared to go to Zhuozhou, but they were bought from Westerners after selling a large number of treasures. In particular, the number of palm thunder is very limited. Don't look at the fact that we have a dozen wagons and hundreds of horses, which are now empty. I was also entrusted to come to the rescue, otherwise I wouldn't dare to go into danger. Therefore, if you want to take advantage of the fact that the two roads have not yet been encircled, you may not be able to leave if you arrive in Baoding too late. ”

Seeing Yang Hongzhang's attitude, Sun Chengzong and Wang Lenian fell silent one after another. Obviously, they are also very unsuitable for Yang Hongzhang's style of doing things and chatting attitude, and they are ordinary young people, and they are afraid that they will obey when they see Sun Chengzong.

After thinking about it again, I was relieved, in the final analysis, Gaoyang is now the place of the four wars, and it is also the place where the Qing army must take it. Yang Hongzhang and others have no relatives with them and are not soldiers for no reason, and the most important family was originally to pick up people, and it is really inappropriate to forcibly leave people behind.

However, Sun Chengzong was obviously not reconciled. He witnessed the battle of Yang Hongzhang and others on the city wall, especially the team he led, who almost killed Groha directly, which can really be regarded as the behavior of taking the enemy's main general among thousands of troops. is so brave and will never lose to the general Ming army general, what is even more difficult is that he used to be a showman, Sun Chengzong thought of Lu Xiangsheng, and the person in front of him really had something to do with Lu Xiangsheng, he looked at Yang Hongzhang with a pair of old eyes.

"In this way, the old man sent someone to Baoding Mansion overnight to get in touch with Lord Lu, and if Lord Lu knows your situation, he will definitely agree to let you stay in Gaoyang. And then...... The old man and Lord Wang jointly asked the court to set up a camp here and recommended you to be the commander of the Gaoyang garrison, commanding all the soldiers and horses in Gaoyang to resist Jiannu, what do you think? ”

Yang Hongzhang smiled bitterly and shook his head again and again. Sun Chengzong's old face suddenly collapsed. Yang Hongzhang's lack of oil and salt is obviously beyond the so-called arrogance of ordinary literati. He looked at Wang Lenian with anger, the meaning is obvious, the old man still has to have a face and an identity, it's time for you to sing blackface. Wang Lenian looked at Sun Chengzong, and then at Yang Hongzhang, and said in his heart, my pavilion boss, you don't give face to the emperor's master, where does it work for me to speak in a small county, could it be that someone just led his subordinates to save the people of Gaoyang Mancheng, and in a blink of an eye, I will use the court law to oppress people? Wang Lenian has been observing Yang Hongzhang very seriously since they met, although he is extremely brave, he is not as reckless as Qiu Ba in the army, nor is he as sour as ordinary literati. He respects Sun Ge Lao on the surface, but he doesn't seem to care about the laws of the imperial court. Therefore, Wang Lenian felt that it would take a while for him to really see Yang Hongzhang and his person.

Three people, you look at me, I look at you, you don't speak, the county government of Nuoda can smell the needle. Especially Sun Chengzong, with obvious anger in his eyes, this is true for Yang Hongzhang, and it is also for Wang Lenian. In the end, Yang Hongzhang couldn't stand it, sighed and said: "Elder Ge, Lord Wang, there are indeed difficulties in the next place. Well, tonight I will take another trip out of the city, drive Jiannu a little farther away, and then sell you the bows and arrows I have obtained today. How is it? ”

"You...... You ......" Sun Chengzong hadn't spoken yet, Wang Lenian was already flushed with anger, he really didn't expect this Yang Hongzhang to be so bold, if it weren't for the fact that he had just saved everyone, he would have ordered someone to take it long ago. Sun Ge Lao kindly recommended her to contribute to the imperial court, but he didn't agree, and now he actually took the captured weapons to do business, if it wasn't for Ge Lao saying that he was going to let him lead the troops, he would have sent someone to ask him if he was coming.