Chapter Twenty-Eight: Defeat

"Bang Bang Bang"

Another row of guns, at once, whether it was the Mongol cavalry or the Manchu cavalry, fell fifty or sixty.

Attacked in the dark of night, embattled, Zhang Qiang's firepower here is so powerful, what do you think these soldiers in the era of cold weapons will do?

Ran, of course.

In a panic, they ran into the rebels in the porridge belt of Zhou, and they were greeted by dozens of arrows and dozens of soldiers rushing up.

These were all veterans who had experienced the fire of Jinhua Mansion, and with the shouts of the people behind them, the Manchu cavalry and the Mongol cavalry rushed over except for a dozen horses, and the others turned around and ran back, or went around the hillside and ran into the woods on both sides.

Some ran back and rushed to Zhang Qiang's side with the Ming troops who had rushed down the hillside, while others ran to the area that You Haibo was defending.

You Haibo followed Zhang Qiang's instructions to show weakness to the enemy, and only sent a dozen archers to shoot arrows.

When they found that there were not too many enemies in that area, and when there was a gap, they hurriedly fled from the hole that You Haibo deliberately let go, and only a few were hit by spears and axes thrown in the woods and on the slopes on both sides, and were surrounded and slashed by the family, and the others rushed out without looking back.

"The musketeers fired, and the young men rushed up to fight." Zhang Qiang shouted.

"Kill-" The young men rushed forward, and the musketeers fired a volley before them, and a dozen Ming soldiers and four or five Mongolian cavalrymen fell to the ground and screamed.

"Gunners prepare." Zhang Qiang shouted.

"Kill-" Wei Wuji's shouting of killing is getting louder and louder, and the shouting of killing on Zhou Congee's side is also getting louder, the enemy is approaching too much, and the small group of enemies still has to be eliminated, one has not been eliminated, and the other has run over.

Even though most of the enemies ran to You Haibo's side, there were still some enemies who were panicked and didn't know where to break through, so they could only crash into the encirclement on three sides.

At this time, Zhang Qiang and the three of them were under pressure.

Fighting was endless in the night sky, torches lit up the battlefield, and in some places the fallen torches ignited the dead grass, and the battlefield was lit up, followed by a fierce volley of guns.

"The musketeers advance."

"Musketeers shoot."

"The infantry followed." Zhang Qiang shouted, and the queue pressed towards the enemy.

Crushed, the enemy retreated again, some retreated to the slopes of the hill and formed formations to protect themselves, others fled in other directions.

Zhang Qiang's team, as the main force on the battlefield, constantly broke the enemy's formation, so that the enemy did not have a chance to resist.

After an hour of fighting, the enemy completely collapsed, and many people fell to their knees and begged for mercy.

In the face of the enemy's plea for mercy, Zhang Qiang promptly shouted the slogan "Surrender and don't kill." ”

He didn't think that with 500 men he could annihilate all 2,000 or so enemies.

Two hours later, the battle was coming to an end.

Zhang Qiang felt that there were not so many enemies, and most of these enemies were surrendered by the Ming army, with few Tartars and not many Mongolian cavalry.

A Ming army soldier was brought to Zhang Qiang, "Kneel." The rebel soldier kicked behind the knee of the Ming soldier who was tied up with a rope.

The Ming army surrendered to the ground and threw himself to the ground, and the two volunteers had one arm each, one of them grabbed his hair, raised his head, and faced Zhang Qiang.

A pro-soldier took two saddles, superimposed on them, and asked Zhang Qiang to sit down, Zhang Qiang held a waist knife in one hand, a short firearm in the other, hot sweat on his forehead, sitting on the saddle, a pro-soldier took out a towel, wiped the sweat on Zhang Qiang's forehead, another pro-soldier handed a sheep's hoof water bag, and the remaining seven or eight pro-soldiers scattered with muskets to protect Zhang Qiang.

The surrounding firecrackers scattered in all directions, holding torches, staring around, nervously on guard.

Other rebels carried torches around and cleaned up the battlefield.

Zhang Qiang handed the short fire gun to a personal soldier behind him, holding the hilt of the Ming army's waist knife with both hands, and stared at the captive, "What's it called, where do you hold a position in the Tartar?" ”

"Humble Tian Weicheng, the new attached general of the Qing Army."

"Tian Weicheng?" Zhang Qiang's eyes lit up suddenly, as if he had heard of it, but he didn't seem to have heard of it, a very unfamiliar name.

You Haibo happened to come over at this time, and he said: "My lord, this Tian Weicheng seems to be the culprit who betrayed the Hongguang Emperor Zhu Youxiang, I heard that Zhu Youxiang was taken to Yanjing by the Tartars to be executed. ”

"Dog thief" Xuanyuan Long Fei didn't know where to come out of nowhere, and kicked Tian Weicheng with one kick, rolling far on the ground.

"Traitor" Zhou Congee rushed up and kicked the guy back again.

You Haibo snorted coldly: "Hugh is presumptuous, the adults haven't dealt with him yet, you fall in front of the adults, do you want to rebel?" ”

Like schoolchildren who have made a mistake, the two of them immediately stood there quietly and said in unison: "The villain doesn't dare." ”

Zhang Qiang waved his hand, "It's okay, this person is too hateful, I want to kill him immediately." ”

Tian Weicheng screamed: "Adult, adult, the villain surrendered, and I was forced to do it at that time, if I don't do this, other generals will do the same, in this case, how could the villain let the credit be robbed by others, the villain just started first." ”

"My lord, the general trend has gone, the Manchu Qing Dynasty is powerful, it is better to descend, so as to keep the family and the wealth of a lifetime, people should not be foolish and loyal."

"Fart, barbarians in the mountains and forests, how can you rule the thousand-year-old empire, besides, the change of dynasty, it should also be us Han people who rule themselves, how can we let the Manchu Tartars ride on our heads, corrupt the Gangchang, and exterminate human morality." You Haibo was so angry that he raised his hand and slapped Tian Weicheng to the ground, wailing.

"Enough, you guys go down, leave it to me here, clean up the battlefield as soon as possible, collect the prisoners, we have to go back." Zhang Qiang shouted.

"Yes, sir." The three of them turned around and dispersed together.

Zhang Qiang beckoned, and the soldiers lifted Tian Weicheng up again, and knelt down in front of Zhang Qiang.

"Why are you here?" Zhang Qiang asked.

Tian Weicheng said: "The day before yesterday, the army retreated, leaving us to block the pursuers, yesterday we were ordered by Li Chengdong to search for deserters nearby, I don't want to meet the Mongolian Cha Gang Ministry, the Cha Yar Department is fighting fiercely with Su Mu Zhangjing, and then the two sides made peace, the Cha Gang Department wants to go back to the grassland, Su Mu Zhangjing is not allowed, although the two sides did not see the sword soldiers again, but also delayed the return journey, so they camped here, waiting for Su Mu Zhangjing to ask the post horse sent by Belle Ye how to deal with the behavior of the Cha Gang Department of leaving the brigade without permission. ”

Zhang Qiang didn't like to hear this, what he wanted to know was how many enemies there were, he was very worried about the comfort of his army, according to the sentinel sent by Hu Kui, this group of enemies had more than 2,000 people, and in the previous battle, he felt that there were not many people killed directly, most of them escaped, and those who escaped were also a huge threat to them if they were regrouped.

"How many soldiers do you have?" Zhang Qiang asked.

Tian Weicheng said: "Lord Hui, 1,300 people, plus the Mongols and Tatars, a total of 1,300 people. ”

Zhou Congee walked over, "My lord, after the battlefield has been cleaned, Master You has already retreated with the prisoners and the wounded. ”

Zhang Qiang turned around and asked, "We have soldiers killed, how many wounded." ”

Zhou Congee looked at Tian Weicheng cautiously, and Zhang Qiang said: "But it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

Zhou Congee whispered: "My lord, of our five hundred soldiers, more than 70 people were killed, more than 130 people were seriously injured, most of the rest were wounded, and another 30 civilians were killed and more than 100 civilians were wounded. ”

Zhang Qiang's heart sank, the big victory was also a big defeat, so many people died and were wounded, almost one-third of his troops were gone, it seemed that he had to hurry up, and he couldn't make trouble anymore.

"How many enemies were killed and how many captured?"

Zhou Congee said: "More than 120 enemies were killed, more than 200 enemies were killed and wounded, more than 200 people were captured, and the number of enemies who fled could not be counted in the night, unknown." ”

Zhang Qiang pointed at Tian Weicheng and said: "Behead with the roadside, the head is hung on the side of the road, and the corpse is abandoned in the wilderness." ”

"My lord, my lord, spare the villain, the villain was also forced to be helpless, my lord, my lord, Emperor Hongguang was not dead, he was rescued, and the Qing court killed him as a stand-in."