Chapter 14: The Crouching Tiger is on the side

No matter how hard they tried, they couldn't stop the Tartars from approaching their camp, only one or two cannons rang out from time to time, which would cause a certain amount of damage to the Tartars, but the large shields carried by the Tartars' followers also offset a considerable part of the lethality of their archers or firecrackers.

At this point, all the officers and soldiers were a little desperate, until now they did not see that Gao Qiqian, who was not far away from them, sent a soldier to support them, some officers and soldiers fought hard, while scolding, scolding the Tartars, scolding Gao Qiqian, scolding those comrades who could not save them when they saw death, scolding those officials who refused to provide them with any help, and finally some people even scolded the current imperial court, but scolding and scolding, they still saw Lu Xiangsheng's lonely and stubborn figure running back and forth in the camp, Commanding them in their efforts to resist the Tartars' attacks.

Lu Xiangsheng remembered the name of almost every gunner, at this time he ordered the gunners not to open the cannon without authorization, he named whose name, who could open the cannon, often every cannon issued, can cause great damage to the attacking Tartar soldiers, it is also Lu Xiangsheng's style, so that the officers and soldiers until this time, still maintain a certain fighting spirit, can be able to the Tartar soldiers at the edge of the camp.

However, as time went by, more and more Tartar infantry armor began to rush to the edge of the Ming army's camp, and the Ming officers and soldiers blocking the camp edge fought in close combat.

The soldiers on both sides waved all kinds of weapons in their hands like crazy, beckoned to the heads of the enemies who pounced in front of them, and tried their best to kill each other, and everywhere there were screams of killing that rushed to the sky, and everywhere there were terrible screams, the sound of swords and guns colliding, the sound of weapons entering the flesh, the angry scolding of both sides, and the miserable howls of the wounded dying sounded into one.

The already simple camp of the Ming army was like a page boat in the sea, and the crowd of Tartar soldiers was like a monstrous wave desperately beating the page, as if they wanted to tear it apart at any time.

Almost all of the Ming army was sent up, blocked at the edge of the camp, and even Lu Xiangsheng's own soldiers were sent to the most dangerous places, even including Lu Xiangsheng himself, wearing his filial piety clothes and heavy armor, holding his snow-bright steel broadsword, and also took the lead in running around the camp, throwing himself into the fiercest part of the battle, and trying to attack the Tartar soldiers in the camp to fight, wherever he went, he often aroused the morale of the officers and soldiers, and struggled to push the Tartar soldiers outside the camp, and the battle was quite fierce.

And although Lu Xiangsheng tried his best, but his heart was extremely cold, and now he finally figured it out, the favor of the saint on the surface of him is actually fake, this time he was recruited into the king of Weiqin, and the emperor himself did not have the determination to fight to the death with the enemy, otherwise Yang Sichang and Gao Qiqian would not dare to treat him like this at all, and the emperor himself was also fluctuating between the war and peace, and finally chose to avoid the war as much as possible, which can be seen from the emperor's two division of troops from him, Gao Qiqian refused to cooperate with him to defend against the enemy, and even cut off all the food and salary supply for his troops, and then in order to preserve his strength, he then asked Chen Xinjia to divide his troops from him again, and Chen Xinjia also took away a group of Xuan soldiers to avoid a hard battle with the Tartars.

In fact, from the very beginning, he and his generals have been doomed to the fate of these generals, they have been completely betrayed or even abandoned by the current court, everyone is waiting for him to die, and these generals are his funeral objects, once he dies in battle, Yang Sichang and Gao Qiqian can buckle the basin to his head, and it is inferred that his command is not good.

After having this level of enlightenment, one can imagine how sad Lu Xiangsheng's mood is at this time, but what choice can he have now? It is impossible to surrender the Tartars, he can only die in this battle, seeing that there are more and more Tartar soldiers surrounding him in all directions, and the already impenetrable barracks are beginning to present a crisis everywhere, his troops and horses will soon fall into the situation of annihilation of the whole army, Lu Xiangsheng sighed in his heart, and suddenly raised his arms to the sky and roared, no one knew what his roar contained, but everyone heard the helplessness and grief in his roar.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Xiangsheng raised his knife and swooped down on a barracks that had been destroyed by the Tartar soldiers, and flew up and down, slashing the two fierce Tartar infantry soldiers to the ground.

And at this time, a few miles away from the battlefield to the west, Xiao Tianjian came to a mound on his horse, stretched out his hand to take a monocular handed over by the iron head next to him, and held it in front of his eyes to look at the battlefield in the distance, and behind him was a large number of loaded guns and ammunition of the Xingtian army generals, one by one in the cold wind silently clenched the weapons in their hands and stood under the mound, but what is a little strange is that at this time all the flags in the army were rolled up, and the flag-bearers held them flat in their hands, but not erected. Therefore, if you look at them from a distance, it is not easy to find their whereabouts.

And Luo Li, Situ Liang and other generals also followed Xiao Tianjian to the mound at this time, and looked towards the battlefield several miles away with a serious face, and they all took the binoculars and looked at the battlefield.

"Damn, Tartar really wants Lord Lu's life this time! So many soldiers and horses have been assembled! At this scale, the Tartar soldiers have gathered at least 30,000 or 40,000 people to deal with the official army of Lord Lu, which is clearly inevitable! After Luo Li glanced at the battlefield in the distance with a telescope, he put down the telescope and said to Xiao Tianjian.

All the generals also nodded in agreement with Luo Li's words, and at the same time, the expressions on their faces also looked very serious, don't look at the years over the years, they have often fought with the officers and soldiers repeatedly, but for them, it is the first time they have faced the Tartar soldiers, and the first battle will face the Tartar soldiers who are far more than several times their strength.

For a long time, the fierce reputation of the Tartar soldiers has been spread all over the Ming Dynasty, including their rebels, and they have also heard many legends about the Tartar soldiers, so when they have to face them for the first time, every general is not very sure in their hearts.

Xiao Tianjian's face was also full of wind and frost, and the rapid march in the middle of the night made each of them have a layer of hoarfrost on their eyebrows and mustaches, and their faces exposed outside the helmet were frozen blue and purple, and some of their skin had even been frozen and cracked, even if they were smeared with some oil in advance, it didn't have much effect.

But Xiao Tianjian's expression was still very calm, he knew better than anyone the fierceness of this Tartar soldier, but he didn't feel too nervous about it, because he knew that although this barbaric Tartar soldier was fierce, it was still an old-style army after all, and these generals under his command were all soldiers who were created by him with modern means, whether in terms of equipment or tactics, they had left the army of this era far behind, no matter what, he was still sure that he could win this battle.

After listening to Luo Li's words, Xiao Tianjian nodded slightly, with a look of admiration on his face, and said to the generals: "Luo Li is right, Dolgon and Yue Tuo have indeed gathered most of their troops this time to deal with Lu Xiangsheng, this time since they entered the Kou, most of the Ming army has spared troops to avoid fighting, and only Lu Xiangsheng is going around against them, so if they want to make less trouble in the next step, they must first cut off the trouble of Lu Xiangsheng and completely solve this official army!"

Anyway, this time the Xuan soldiers led by Lu Xiangsheng are all heroes, and they have not lost the face of our Han family, no matter how Hu Dawei has opposed us before, this time I Xiao someone still has to say admiration to him! ”

"Marshal Qiqi, the tens of thousands of officers and troops led by Gao Qiqian in the direction of Jize still haven't moved at all, they are all officers and soldiers, do you really want to watch Lu Xiangsheng's official army be slaughtered by the Tartars like this? What's in it for them? Situ Liang waited for Xiao Tianjian to finish speaking, and then said to him.

"Don't care about Gao Qiqian and those Guan Ning troops under his command, Lu Xiangsheng can't count on them! Gao Qiqian now wishes that Lu Xiangsheng would lose a battle, it is impossible to send a single soldier to rescue Lu Xiangsheng, if it is not expected, Lu Xiangsheng has already been cut off from the supply of food and salary by them during this time! As for Lu Xiangsheng's defeat, the benefits to Gao Qiqian and Yang Sichang are big, so they can put all the charges on Lu Xiangsheng's head, and they don't have to worry about being held accountable by the current emperor! Lu Xiangsheng is dead, it's good for them! That way, no one will go against them in the future! This is the official of today's imperial court! I really feel sad for Lu Xiangsheng, with such a group of colleagues, it is also the sorrow of our Han family! Xiao Tianjian said coldly.

After hearing this, everyone also showed a look of indignation, and Luo Li immediately said: "In this case, the thing in the crotch of the surnamed Gao refuses to save Lu Xiangsheng, so let's help this Lu Xiangsheng, we can't watch so many heroes being slaughtered by Tartars like this!" Marshal, let's march here overnight, it's time to do it! ”

Xiao Tianjian shook his head slightly and said, "Don't worry! We must not sit idly by and watch Lu Xiangsheng's official army be wiped out by the Tartars when we come here! Otherwise, we wouldn't have had to work so hard to get here!

But we came here with all our hard work this time, not just to save Lu Xiangsheng, since we are doing it, we have to do it a little bigger, and let the Tartars know that we Han people are powerful! Can't be too cheap for them!

In addition, the soldiers have not slept all night, just arrived here, to recover their strength, the next few days I am afraid there is no chance to have a good rest, if we put into the battlefield now, we have little chance of winning, let the horse rest first to recuperate the spirit, in addition, Lu Xiangsheng now seems to be able to support for a while, we go now, not necessarily they these officers and soldiers will accept our feelings, instead of icing on the cake, it is better to send charcoal in the snow, it will not hurt to wait for a while! Where is Lin Luo? ”

Hearing Xiao Tianjian call his name, Lin Luo immediately walked out from behind and replied, "The last general!" ”

"Let me ask you, has the situation of the Tartars been investigated by now?"

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