More than 20 miles south of the Artemisia Bridge, under the moonlight, only the shadow of the official road can be faintly seen.

But in such a dark night, there are two groups of people who are fighting in the dark.

In the cold wind, screams sounded from time to time. However, neither group had any intention of retreating. But their war horses, without their masters on their backs, are also harmonious with each other, spewing white gas, watching their masters fight to the death.

If someone comes close, they can see that in the crowd of fighting, both sides will say a word before they do it.

"Tartar!"

"Uncle's!"

"Die!"

“……”

If both of them talk back, then the two will stop and go back to the opponent. Or one of them didn't say a word, or said the last sentence, but with a Liaodong accent, the movements in his hands didn't stop, and he did it directly.

Of course, there are also some people who will say a bird language before they start drying, and the effect is similar.

I don't know how long it will take, but there are fewer and fewer people who can move.

Suddenly, there was the sound of horses' hoofs, and they came from the south with torches.

"Brother Where, come and kill the Tartars!"

This shout, in the darkness of the night, was very loud. Immediately attracted the new cavalry, and quickly approached the place where the sound came from.

Seeing this situation, some of the people in the fight did not dare to continue fighting, and fled to the place where the war horse was, wanting to escape on horseback.

However, the people on the other side did not give them a chance, and pounced on them, pestering them, and not giving them a chance to ride on their horses. In the end, only three men fled north on their horses.

There were about thirty knights who rushed over, and about ten of them did not stop, chasing the three who fled, and the other knights pounced on the place where the battle had just begun.

After a while, under the light of the torches, I saw that the ground was full of people. There are Tartars, and there are also Ming soldiers. Those who lay on the ground and did not move were basically already dead. Those who are still moving, there are latecomers rushing over to help.

As soon as you glance at the battlefield, you can see that the previous battle situation was extremely tragic.

There was a Ming soldier whose leg had been severed, but he was holding the left leg of a Tartar with only half of his head, and fatally wounded him in the back. Obviously, although this soldier's leg was broken, he still fought regardless of it, and created opportunities for his comrades with his own life.

There are actually not many deaths like this! It can be seen that the Ming soldiers are really desperate and will not retreat!

"I am the Tianxiong Army who does not accept Yu Zhenlong's general flag at night, I don't know which way the brothers rescued, thank you!" Under the firelight, a man with a bloody face turned aside the corpse of a dead Tartar beside him, and asked with his hands clenched into fists.

Hearing this, someone immediately responded, and said in an admiring tone: "It turned out to be the brother of the Tianxiong Army, amazing!" ”

"Yes, you guys are really good, when you meet a Tartar Tanma, you can fight to the death and not retreat!"

"That's right, the Tartar detectives are all elite, and they're powerful!"

“……“

Hearing this, Yu Zhenlong turned his head to look at the battlefield under the firelight, sighed and said: "Rescue Lu Shangshu, if our Tianxiong Army doesn't work hard, we will really be ashamed of Lu Shangshu!" “

Speaking of this, he paused and added: "If we retreat, there will definitely be brothers who will be captured by the Tartar Tanma, and it is likely that the movements of our army will be exposed in advance!" For the sake of Lu Shangshu, this life can only be given up! “

Hearing this, the latecomer fell silent.

They actually know that even if they don't collect this way at night, there must be other roads that don't collect at night, and the Manchu Tartars will sooner or later catch the prisoners and force them to ask about the general situation.

People who believe in Yu Zhenlong's general banner also understand this. But they still fought to the death against the elite Tartar Tanma, just to have one more hope of saving Lu Shangshu?

Someone thought about these things and couldn't help but ask: "Brother, let me ask, Lu Shangshu really loves soldiers like a son?" ”

Yu Zhenlong listened, and said with a faint smile: "You are from Guan Ningjun, right?" In the future, it will be under the command of Lu Shangshu. Although Lord Shangshu is a civil official, don't say that he loves soldiers like sons, he will rush to the front when he kills the enemy, and he will never hide in the rear! ”

After these words were spoken, Guan Ningjun's night was silent. Obviously, it seems a little difficult for them to imagine that Da Ming still has such a civilian official with troops?

At this moment, a cry for mercy suddenly sounded: "Brother, please, don't kill me, I'm also Han!" ”

When everyone heard the sound, they saw that it was a comrade who had cleaned up the battlefield and had caught a wounded tartar.

When Yu Zhenlong heard this, he immediately stepped forward and shouted: "How is Lu Shangshu now, and what is the situation on the other side of Artemisia Bridge?" Say! ”

If you can win, you will have benefits, such as being able to catch alive and get news from the enemy's side.

Soon, some people took the captives and rode south.

As they thought, the Ming army scattered out at night, and not everyone was like Yu Zhenlong's subordinates, who would fight to the death with the Tartar Tanma. Therefore, when Gao Qiqian learned about the situation of Artemisia Bridge, the Manchu Tartars also captured the Ming army prisoners and reported the news back.

In the military tent in the Manchu camp, Dolgon stood up from his seat when he heard this, stared at the probe horse kneeling on the ground and asked, "Ji Ze's Ming army has been dispatched?" An overnight march? ”

"Back to the master's words!" Tanma immediately repeated the message, "The Ming army captured by the minions did not accept confessions at night, and when they set off, all the camps of the Ming army were already moving. If it weren't for the overnight troops, I'm afraid they wouldn't have tossed so much at night! ”

The night is not collected before the army is dispatched, and the knowledge is limited, but the general movement can still be guessed.

Seeing that he couldn't ask anything more, Dorgon waved him back down to look further.

"Uncle Wang, I think it should be right!" As soon as the scouts left, they said to the frowning Dolgon, "There have been many reports of the scouts now. The scale of the Ming army's night outing this time should indeed be the eyes and ears of the army. ”

"This king knows this." Dolgon nodded, with a worried look on his face, looked back at Yue Tuo, and said solemnly: "What this king is worried about is that the Ming army is really very abnormal this time, and even the battle of scouts is very fierce. When did the Ming army dare to fight so much? ”

When Yue Tuo heard this, he also showed a worried expression, and seemed to mutter: "I don't know what kind of will the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom gave to Gao Qiqian's side, so that he could force these Ming troops to work so hard?" ”

When Dorgon heard this, he did not reply to his question and said, "Give the order, let the other ministries hurry back." For Lu Xiangsheng's department, reduce the encirclement and ensure that Lu Xiangsheng does not break through the encirclement, destroy them as soon as possible, and then go all out to meet the Gao Qi submersion. ”

Speaking of this, he showed a little ruthlessness and said: "This king doesn't believe it, so if he is cowardly and afraid of things, will he change his temperament?" ”