Chapter 435: A Glimmer of Life
Tao Lei took the knife and looked at it for a long time, only to know that this knife was very gorgeous, not like a murderous weapon at all, but more like a decoration.
Tao Lei, who was looking at the treasure knife, was suddenly stunned, and then fell to the ground. Listening carefully with his ear to the ground, his face had become very serious when he stood up.
"Everybody line up in the middle of the road, defend in formation! Fast! Hurry up and line up, don't clean up the battlefield! As soon as Tao Lei's order was issued, the Changxing Army, which was still cleaning the battlefield, was busy for a while.
They threw down what they had already grasped in their hands, and the horses that had just been gathered drove casually into the woods.
The patriarch has always been calm, and now he must have made a big deal out loud when he is in such a hurry to order.
"Ma Jingbo!" Tao Lei shouted loudly.
"In!"
"Take your people and stumble as much as you can in front of you, the more the better!" Tao Lei ordered.
"Yes!" Ma Jingbo agreed, and trotted forward with more than 30 people. They had barely descended six tripwires when they heard the rumbling of horses' hooves.
"Two more and then retreat!" Ma Jingbo gave an order and continued to run forward.
When they ran back, the Jurchens were faintly visible in the night. More than 30 people didn't dare to stop and turn around and run, and the Jurchens also discovered the Changxing Army in the night, and they were a rain of arrows against Ma Jingbo and a few people.
Ma Jingbo, who was running, felt as if the shield on his body had been knocked off, and he stumbled a few times and almost fell.
If it weren't for the habit of carrying a shield, this arrow would have killed him. The others were not as lucky, as one hapless soldier was shot in the thigh, and the soldier who fell to the ground struggled to crawl to either side of the road.
"Bang!" A fire bolt rang out, and the Jurchen vest in the distance suddenly fell off the horse.
"Run in both directions!" Tao Lei reminded Ma Jingbo loudly, Ma Jingbo glanced at the Changxing Army thirty paces away, gritted his teeth and took the lead into the woods on one side.
He really didn't want to miss the opportunity to fight side by side with Paoze, but the Jurchens had already caught up, and he definitely couldn't return to the group before the Jurchens entered the firing range, so he could only take refuge in the woods for the time being.
As soon as they got out of the way, the guns of the Changxing army were fired. The continuous sound of guns sounded on the road, beating the Jurchens on their backs.
But Tao Lei knew that he only prepared one table of food. Now the guests who have come to the two tables are still evil guests, and this meal has been sandwiched, and it must be eaten.
Gu Lijia also has a hard time, since the defeat and retreat of Jinzhou, the wounded soldiers on the road continue to fall behind. Zonomu disliked that the marching speed of the team was too slow, and personally led a Niu Lu's vest to suppress the formation, so that all the Han army flags would speed up the march in front.
He led the remaining vests with the wounded soldiers with the blue flag to follow behind, anyway, the Changxing army was besieging Bijiabao, and his own adults would not be in any danger, so he would walk behind with the team with peace of mind.
Before he could catch up, he heard the sound of guns ten miles ahead, and Gu Lijia immediately knew that something was wrong.
The master of his own family must have fallen for the tricks of the Ming people, and the attack at night must be more auspicious. At the moment, he didn't care about the injured soldiers, leaving the men and horses in the rear to press the formation, and he led nearly a thousand vests to advance at full speed.
Listening to the fierce sound of guns, Gu Lijia was extremely anxious in his heart, and kept praying in his heart, hoping that his master would hold out until their arrival.
But his prayer did not come true, and the sound of the cannon stopped after only one pillar of incense. Gu Lijia's heart was also half cold, if something happened to the master, he would definitely not end well.
Gu Lijia, who still had a glimmer of hope, continued to lead people forward, and after walking a short distance, he encountered the Han army banner that had fled from the front.
From the banner of the Han army, it was learned that only a few of the hundreds of people led by the master fled back, and the rest fell under the guns of the Changxing army.
After hearing this, Gu Lijia almost didn't fall off his horse, and the news was like a thunderbolt from the blue.
His master is Nurhachi's son-in-law Zonom, who is now the brother-in-law of Mang Gurtai in Fuzhou City. It is the right-hand man of Mang Gurtai, and his status in the blue flag is second only to that of Mang Gurtai.
Once he dies here, in front of his eyes, it is possible for Mang Gurtai to tear himself apart.
Gu Lijia can only hope that the Changxing army will capture Zonomu alive and take back Zonomu himself, so that he will have a chance to live.
Several Han army banners who escaped were executed on the spot by Gu Lijia, and he rushed forward with the vests of more than 1,000 people.
From a distance, Gu Lijia saw a figure swaying on the road, no need to ask, these people must be the Changxing Army.
With his order, the armor soldiers around him fired arrows one after another. But the result was not satisfactory, just shot down two unlucky eggs, looking at the enemy who climbed into the woods on the side of the road, Gu Lijia had no intention of chasing.
Now he just wanted to rush over to find out if Zonomu was alive or dead, and he didn't bother to pay attention to those little soldiers.
Suddenly, there was a sound of fire in front of him, and the armor soldiers who rushed to the front were immediately knocked down.
"Rush! Kill all the mud! Gurijia commanded loudly on his horse. The Jurchens also rushed forward desperately, and when they approached the Changxing army, the war horse at the front suddenly fell to the ground.
In the darkness of the night, it was difficult for both the rider on the horse and the horse itself to see the stumbling ropes on the ground. The dozen or so war horses in the front were suddenly tripped up, and the cavalry in the rear also tripped a lot over the fallen war horses, and suddenly the front of the Jurchens was in chaos.
The Changxing army seized this opportunity and opened fire violently, causing the Jurchens to scream again and again.
Seeing that his own vest was tripped, Gu Lijia's face became very ugly. The war horses running at high speed in the dark night couldn't see the situation on the road clearly.
The distance ahead was at least fifty paces away from the Changxing army, and there were enough tripwires on such a long road. Do you have so many warriors' lives to fill the stumbling block? Once the people are exhausted, what else will they use to save Lord Zonom?
While he was thinking, the Jurchen armor soldiers made four more trips. Gurigal knew that he could not hesitate any longer, that there would definitely be more stumbling blocks on his way, and that he could never risk his life again.
Immediately ordered everyone to abandon their horses and attack from the woods on both sides. The Jurchen armor soldiers received the order and rushed towards the woods on both sides.
At the edge of the woods, they jumped off their high-speed horses and rushed into the woods with the help of their horses' inertia. When they entered the woods, they immediately surrounded the Changxing army, and for a while, the figures in the woods flickered, and the sound of cursing and shouting continued.
Tao Lei felt relaxed when he saw the Jurchens burrowing into the woods, and there were only two stumbling blocks left in front of him, and then let the Jurchens rush down, he really couldn't resist it.
At that time, it was really unpredictable to win or lose. Now that the Jurchens have drilled into the forest, although the Jurchens have lost the impact of their war horses, their own firepower advantage cannot be brought into play, and the two sides are once again on the same starting line.
It is impossible to retreat directly, how can two legs not outrun a four-legged war horse, and now there is only a glimmer of life when entering the woods to fight and retreat.