Chapter 563: Cover
Leading the army ashore is Li Xingwu and Dong Ruixiang, both of whom were once low-level military attaches of the forbidden army, more than 20 years ago, they had followed the king of Qi to fight with the Japanese invaders, after hard fighting, more than ten years on the battlefield, from ordinary soldiers to military attachés, after the king of Qi did not command the forbidden army and transferred to the governor of the Fujian Road Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, these two people also followed the Xiang army, any village command, the level is also the same as the command of the army, but the military command of the Xiang army is compared with the forbidden army, that is very different.
When he was in Fuzhou, Liu Guangsi and other generals of the forbidden army never took these two people in their eyes, and there was no way to despise and suppress them, and the authority of King Qi was usurped by King Zhao.
The two of them went from anger at the beginning, to indifference later, and finally became decadent and became a part of the generals of the Xiang Army.
When Xu Zixian arrived in Qizhou, although these two old subordinates of King Qi took over the king's order, their resentment in their hearts was difficult to eliminate, and at the same time, they were quite suspicious of Xu Zixian's ability, so they shirked and disobeyed orders.
After the Battle of Qizhou, the two and many military attachés who served were also decent, but they did not make a dazzling contribution, and they have not reached the level of military commander, both of them are regimental commanders, and if they want to go to the next level, they have to show their past military exploits.
When Xu Zixian decided to send the government army ashore, he originally planned to land in person, but was desperately stopped by Wang Zhi, Deng Wenjun, Lu Sihai, Lin Shaozong and others.
After Wang Zhi heard about it, he rushed over directly in a small boat and persuaded him bitterly.
If Xu Zi had any accident first, the number of rescued forbidden army soldiers in front of him would increase tenfold, and the gains would outweigh the losses.
Xu Zixian himself didn't think that a small number of Donghu cavalry was a threat, but when his allies and subordinates were so worried, he could only choose the right person among the generals.
Li Xingwu and Dong Ruixiang sent people to ask for battle at the right time, and they were also the most suitable candidates.
Whether it is Phi Jian's persistence in the early years, or the actual experience of commanding thousands of people to fight, or the desire for merit of the two people, as well as the absence of the generals of the government army, it can be regarded as the best opportunity for these two to turn over.
If you don't seize this opportunity, the two Qi kings, the generals of the Xiang army, want to get ahead in the shogunate army, and I don't know how long it will be.
After Xu Zixian gave the order, Li Xingwu and Dong Ruixiang were also quite calm, leading their troops ashore, not because of the ready-made merits waiting, but because there was a big test between life and death waiting for the two!
"Lao Li." After the formation was completed, and the strength of himself and Li Xingwu was initially shown, Dong Ruixiang clenched his fists and said in a deep voice: "Hu cavalry is nearly ten miles away, preliminary look at more than 1,000 horses, it should be the vanguard of the East Hu cavalry, its main force is at least dozens of miles away, as long as we block this forward to raid, most of these defeated and escaped forbidden troops farther to the west can be rescued on the ship." How to fight this battle, do you have any plans? ”
Between the two, there is no need to be commensurate with their official positions, and they have known each other for more than 20 years, and everything is already against their hearts.
Li Xingwu said: "Behind us is Captain Yue, who has gathered soldiers and horses, just echoing us from afar, Hu Qi wants to break us, we have to beware of the flank forbidden army, go directly to the forbidden army, we are not dead, just hit it from the flank." As long as it hesitates and hesitates, the army is saved. ”
"Let's and Taiwei Yue's department, when most of them are rescued, slowly retreat to the seaside, His Royal Highness the King of Qin has ordered the battleship to dock as much as possible, and use the bed crossbow installed on the ship to cover from a long distance, so that the enemy cavalry will calmly line up and attack, and we will get on the ship one after another." Even if there is damage, it is worth it. ”
The generals of the two Xiang armies saw the determination and excitement in each other's eyes, and this time the battle was a real opportunity for the two, of course, they needed to seize it firmly.
The matter of Qizhou has become a thing of the past, if you make meritorious contributions, you are all born in Fujian Road, and of course there will be a place for the two of you in the army.
Moreover, among the shogunate, there are not many people from the old department of King Qi, everyone is connected in voice, and it can be regarded as a relatively active group, although it cannot be compared with Qin Dongyang and other descendants of the Nan'an Hou Mansion, it is far less than the group of young tooth generals brought out by King Qin, and compared to the rest of the groups, the strength is not weak.
There seems to be a burst of fire in the eyes of the two generals, everything in the Qin King Shogunate is simple and clear, it is not as if he had to face all kinds of injustices back then, the opportunity is in front of him, and he needs to seize it firmly!
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A large number of soldiers of the forbidden army stepped into the sea water, and there were still some ice cubes left in the sea in mid-March, but it was no longer as cold as in late winter and early spring, and more than a month ago, many offshore places were still frozen, and the coastal islands had to cut off the connection with the coastline, otherwise they were easy to be attacked by Hu Qi.
By this time, the island has been quite safe, but not suitable for going into the water, people are crowded in the sea water, shivering from the freezing, this sea area has become a tourist mecca in later generations, countless tourists come from all over the world, go into the water to play, the sea water is not as blue and deep as Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, but the light blue sea water with the blue sky, the sea and the sky are the same color, and then there is a unique coastal scenery, it is still worth the ticket price.
At this time, of course, no one of the forbidden soldiers had time to see the scenery, people had almost no order and no way to wait, everyone threw themselves into the sea at the first time, many people were knocked over by the waves on the seaside, choking on the water in the sea, fortunately there were people everywhere, and they could stand up at will, or be helped up by their comrades, otherwise they would drown in the sea water at half waist height, and it would be so sad to be drowned at such a time.
The soldiers of the forbidden army shouted on the seashore, they shouted while looking at the place where Hu Cai was coming, their hearts were full of nervousness, after the initial emotion and grief, now people want to get on the ship as soon as possible.
Fortunately, there are enough ships and enough people.
More than 100 tons of large ships can not reach the deep sea water, easy to run aground, a large number of small boats have been put down, countless ordinary sailors and officers and soldiers of the government army sailors, pirates, these men are skilled in water, control the boat is also handy, countless small boats like flying fish shuttle forward on the seaside, and even because it is too fast, half of the hull really has the feeling of flying.
"Brother Banjun, don't climb by yourself, be careful if the boat capsizes, we all have to fall into the water."
"Don't be in a hurry, the ship is there, and none of you will be left behind."
"If someone falls, Lao Tzu will never return to the ship."
On the boat, there were some military attachés of the shogunate's sailors, with the prestige and temperament of military attachés, who shouted official words on the hull of the ship, and maintained order as much as possible.
The soldiers of the forbidden army who looked haggard and wore tattered clothes were pulled onto the boat, and each of the four-oared or eight-oared boats was fully loaded, although the boat could go back and forth many times, but everyone wanted to get on the ship as soon as possible, and the sailors also understood the intentions of these soldiers, and carried as many people as possible on the boat, until the boat was too heavy, and the soldiers of the forbidden army who wanted to continue to get on the ship had to be pushed away.
When these people were pushed away, many sailors had tears in their eyes, what kind of people they were looking at, no words could fully describe them, these soldiers were like a group of ghosts crawling out of the ground, when they were pushed away, knowing that there would be a small boat coming, and the despair in those eyes also moved the hearts of the stone.
"Don't worry, don't worry!" Huang Laifu stalked his throat and shouted roughly, but his tears almost fell from his eyes, since he was born and raised, even if he experienced the chaos in Zhangzhou, this iron-pillar man has not shed tears, it is nothing more than a killing tragedy, nothing is remarkable, but the situation in front of him, this chaos, despair, expectation, and a mixture of various emotions made these tower-like men also cry. More and more small boats left, and more forbidden troops poured into the sea, but the stranded people on the shore became thin, because there were many small boats, more than 2,000 people were transported away at one time, and there were still a few thousand people at sea, and then two or three times, as long as it took an hour or so, all the groups of forbidden soldiers on the beach would be transported away.
The next thing is to search along the seashore, and Hu Qi to grab time, everyone knows in their hearts that the rescue opportunity of the formation is just like this, and then a large number of Hu Qi will chase after it, there are no tens of thousands or even 100,000 troops, it is impossible to go ashore to fight with Hu Cai, the next thing is to grab people in the sea, and one can be saved.
Huang Laifu paddled hard, every sailor is almost the same, their biggest threat on Fujian Road is pirates, and now the threat of pirates is only Pu Xingfeng, and many people feel happy and relaxed. They have been to many countries in the South Seas, including the Wa Kingdom, and there is no threat to the Great Wei, and after arriving in the north, they deeply feel the heavy, mountain-like pressure and threat, this land, those barbarians with braided hair, those endless killings, more powerful than pirates, more ferocious and ferocious enemies, these things are not words on paper, not copies of the imperial court, but things that exist in reality. These soldiers in front of them are northerners, northwesterners, and Fujian people are far away from thousands of mountains and rivers, before hearing about the things in the north, Huang Laifu and others seem to be listening to the story, only in person, see these people who have escaped from the hard battle, they are the same Han people as Huang Laifu, everyone is facing the same enemy, their comrades were slaughtered, and 200,000 people escaped from the more than 10,000 people in front of them. They spared no effort to rock the oars with all their might, and at such times, no one would save the slightest physical strength and paddle with all their might, until their arms were extremely sore.
A large number of sailors on the ship flocked to the side of the ship, put down the hanging blue, rope nets, everything that could pull people up was used, and the soldiers of the forbidden army on the small boat were quickly pulled up by their hands and feet, and after these soldiers of the forbidden army got on the boat, the small boat that had just been empty was like an arrow off the side, and quickly returned to carry the soldiers of the forbidden army waiting in the sea again.
Many of the soldiers of the Forbidden Army knew that they were completely safe when they got on board, and almost all of them began to cry, some crying loudly, others crying in low voices, muttering to themselves in various dialects. They themselves did not think that they could escape with their lives, their escape road is so precipitous, almost nine deaths, although they are on the run, but the task completed is almost impossible to complete the most difficult task, they have also fought in front of the battle, strive forward, many people have serious scars, of course, not fatal serious injuries, the seriously wounded without exception trapped behind the enemy, now either they die, or they must also be killed by the Donghu people, there is no chance of survival.
Even if it is a minor injury, it looks shocking and terrifying.
Many soldiers took off their robes and were naked, and their chests were more or less scarred, some deep, some shallow, and many of them had wounds that were almost deep and visible to the bone, and they were stabbed, slashed with horizontal knives, smashed by axes, and most of them were wounded by arrows.
These most loyal and brave men have always been moving forward in the most dangerous times, without looking back, so most of them are wounded in the chest, and those large or small, deep or shallow scars, dispelled the doubts in everyone's hearts.
These soldiers of the forbidden army, as His Royal Highness the King of Qin said, are first-class good men, fighting to despair, the army collapsed, so they can only choose to break through and flee, they are worth saving, not only worth paying financial and material resources, but also worth risking their lives.
There were still some doubts before, but at this moment, everyone was eager to jump into the boat and paddle, these most loyal soldiers, who had fled here after a great deal of hardship, could not fall into the sea at the last moment and be killed by the enemy.
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