Chapter 518: Reinforcements Arrive

Chen Jianghe was suddenly hit by an arrow, which frightened everyone in the city.

"Old Marquis!" Xu Qingtian, who was not far away, flew over and hugged Chen Jianghe's body. The soldiers of the Beijing camp who were fighting nearby also looked at it, and everyone's faces changed color in shock.

Chen Jianghe is the commander of the army and has excellent martial arts, if even he is killed in battle, how can this battle be fought? At this moment, the hearts of the people in the city were fluctuating.

Relying on Xu Qingtian's support, Chen Jianghe tried his best to stand up straight, looked at most of the arrow shaft exposed outside the armor, gritted his teeth and stretched out his right hand to grasp it, and with a hard stroke, the arrow shaft was broken with a "click".

"Go and fight, leave me alone!" Supporting his body with a spear, Chen Jianghe scolded Xu Qingtian sharply.

"Old Marquis, are you okay? I sent for a healer. Xu Qingtian was already panicking, if something happened to Chen Jianghe, how should he face Chen Yue, the Marquis of Pingnan?

"What kind of doctor is it called, Ben Hou can't die, go and drive the dog's tartar down for me!" Chen Jianghe said angrily.

As the commander-in-chief, Chen Jianghe naturally knows the importance of morale, and now what he has to do is not to heal his wounds, but to stand here to boost morale, as long as he, the commander, does not fall, the morale of the defenders in the city will not collapse.

"Kill the Tartars!" Xu Qingtian glanced at Chen Jianghe heavily, picked up his spear and roared and rushed towards the green battalion soldiers who climbed up to the top of the city.

"Kill the Tartars!" Except for a few personal guards who were guarding Chen Jianghe with shields, everyone else also followed behind Xu Qingtian and launched a fierce attack on the green battalion soldiers.

"Kill the Tartars!" At this moment, the other Beijing battalion soldiers at the head of the city were also inspired, dancing their weapons and gritting their teeth to attack the green battalion soldiers in front of them.

Xu Yong looked at the burly figure standing in the distance, took a deep breath, picked up the steel knife and joined the fight, and behind him, the soldiers who fled from Jiujiang with him also began to fight for their lives. They all knew that if the Green Battalion soldiers were allowed to enter the city, no one would end well.

Chen Jianghe's serious injuries insisted on commanding with injuries, so that the morale of the Ming army in the city completely exploded, and under the swoop, the green battalion soldiers who attacked the city head were quickly killed. This strong offensive of the Green Battalion was thwarted.

Seeing that he retreated to the green battalion soldiers like a tide, Li Guoying scolded angrily, but he was helpless. There are tens of thousands of Ming troops in the city, hiding behind the tall city walls, how easy is it to defeat the Ming army?

As long as the morale of the Ming army in the city is there, it will take Wuhu in three days, which is simply a joke. But Li Guoying didn't dare to slack off, if he couldn't beat Wuhu, he didn't know what would be waiting for him after Azig arrived, after all, the brutality of the Eight Banners was obvious to all.

"Chief soldier, I heard that Prince Yu in Yangzhou was defeated, is this true? Otherwise, why did Prince Ying have to let us break the city in three days? While trimming, the deputy general said softly in Li Guoying's ear.

The defeat of Yangzhou began to circulate in the camp in the past two days, and everyone will be suspicious, it is 100,000 Qing soldiers! How can it be defeated so easily, is the combat effectiveness of the Pingnan Army so high?

"How to win, how to lose? Do we have a way out? Li Guoying asked bitterly.

Yes, since they chose to follow Zuo Mengeng to surrender to Qing, they have been labeled as rebels and can't be washed off!

"Don't worry about it so much, it's the right thing to conquer Wuhu City!" Li Guoying said resolutely.

After reorganizing the team, Li Guoying organized an attack again, but the green battalion soldiers under his command no longer had the enthusiasm for attacking the city just now.

Although the reward is high, it is necessary to have a life flower, the Ming army in the city has gone crazy, and seeing so many accomplices die in the city, the morale of the other green battalion soldiers is low.

After one blow of vigor and then three times of exhaustion, Li Guoying knew that it would be difficult to defeat Wuhu again today. Sure enough, two more attacks were launched, and before they could climb to the top of the city, the Green Battalion soldiers were defeated and retreated.

At this moment, the thunderous sound of horses' hooves sounded, and Li Guoying looked in shock, and saw a large cloud of smoke and dust appearing in the distance, clearly the cavalry of the brigade approaching.

Looking at its direction, coming from the direction of Dangtu in the north, the cavalry of the Ming army! Li Guoying instantly understood.

"Quickly organize the queue and line up for defense! Order Xie Xian to lead the headquarters to block Ming Qi! Li Guoying shouted.

The generals of the green battalion under him hurriedly went to restrain their subordinates to set up defenses, and the general Xie Xian hurriedly drove towards the direction of the Ming army with 3,000 men, and his army was originally a reserve for the siege.

Li Guoying's department was responsible for attacking the northern city wall of Wuhu, and at first he also thought about the issue of reinforcements from the Ming army in Nanjing, but he did not see the arrival of Nanjing reinforcements during the siege.

And now, the cavalry of the Ming army suddenly attacked, and the fate of the Boluo Department can be imagined, then, the 100,000 army of Prince Yu outside Yangzhou City has really been defeated!

At this moment, Li Guoying felt infinite despair in his heart.

Closer, closer again, just when Li Guoying's soldiers hurriedly changed from facing the siege of the city to turning around to deal with the incoming Ming cavalry, they saw that the Ming cavalry had appeared in the field of vision.

Countless cavalry overwhelming, the roaring sound of horses' hooves is like thunder, although the cavalry battalion of the Pingnan Army is only 1,500 people, but it has nearly 4,000 war horses, the cavalry formation is different from the infantry, to leave enough space for running, the formation of 4,000 war horses is several miles long, as if endless.

Before the cavalry of the Ming army arrived, the green battalion soldiers who had been forced by a rushing evil aura changed color in shock, looking at the large group of approaching cavalry at a very fast speed towards their own side, the three thousand green battalion soldiers under General Xie Xian had already changed color.

It was precisely because they were afraid of the strength of the Eight Banners cavalry that they chose to take refuge in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, when did the Ming army also have such a powerful cavalry.

Closer, closer, and already able to see the vague faces of the Ming cavalry.

"Bang bang bang" The tense green battalion gunners did not wait for the command's order, they had already hooked the opportunity, and one person shot and everyone followed suit, at this moment, almost all the gunners opened fire one after another, and after the sound, a stream of gunpowder smoke filled the sky over the position, cutting off everyone's sight.

Fortunately, it was located on the side of the Yangtze River, and soon the river wind blew away the gunsmoke, and then the green battalion soldiers saw in despair that the number of Ming cavalry seemed to be not less, and they hit it at a faster speed.

"Spearmen in formation!" Xie Xian roared.

After the musketeers who had fired hurriedly retreated into formation, the pikemen flinched and raised their spears in their hands and pointed at the Ming cavalry that was coming quickly.

"Bang bang bang ......bang" Far more violent and dense than just now, the sound of fire rang out one after another, and the pikemen fell to the ground one after another screaming, and the spear array was suddenly blasted open countless gaps.

Xie Xian looked in horror, and saw that the knights of the Ming army who rushed not far away threw away the firearms that had been fired, and everyone raised their sabers in their hands.

At this moment, Xie Xian no longer hesitated, turned his horse's head and fled quickly.