Chapter 20: Extermination
In the distance, Azig, who still had a hundred horsemen left, began to charge away from Tang Cavalry and ran into the distance.
Houjin's war horse advantage was immediately apparent, and although the cavalry continued to bite, they were still escaped by Azig.
The cavalry that was chasing all the way continued to fail to catch up with the other party, and was also shot by the opponent's return arrows, shooting dozens of people.
The distance between the two sides is constantly widened.
There are 200 steps in sight.
Suddenly, the horn sounded to collect the troops.
Tang Xidong's cavalry finally did not entangle the other party, and had no choice but to retreat.
Seeing that Azig was about to go away.
Suddenly a roaring cannon rang out.
A series of five cannons slashed through the sky and headed directly in the direction of Azig's escape.
After the cannonade, explosions were heard in the distance.
Four cannons missed, and one shot hit the front of the Golden Cavalry to escape.
In the explosion, the Houjin cavalry couldn't stop and went directly into the explosion.
Then, in the rising smoke, dozens of horses rushed through the smoke of the explosion and continued to gallop forward.
Tang Xidong's eyes showed disappointment.
It seems that he can't hold the big fish.
But at this moment, the Houjin cavalry, which had already rushed dozens of steps out of the explosion point, turned around again and rushed towards the explosion point.
Tang Xidong was stunned for a moment, and then a trace of ecstasy appeared on his face, there must be a big fish that was fried.
"Shelling!"
Tang Xidong quickly gave the order, and then five more artillery shells.
smashed directly in front of the Houjin cavalry.
After dropping more than a dozen horsemen this time, the Houjin cavalry began to hesitate and continue to gallop towards the explosion point.
But it was followed by five more guns.
After five cannons, the Houjin cavalry finally gave up and began to beat their horses and flee into the distance.
The corpses of the Houjin Jurchen scattered at the explosion point were finally left.
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After the war, Tang Xidong did not have any instructions.
But a confrontation began between his army and the gathered Ming army.
Cao Wenzhao, who was descending the mountain, stood in front of the 10,000 Ming army with a long knife, looking at the Pingyang Tang thief holding a spear opposite, his face was complicated and he couldn't even distinguish himself.
In the distance, Tang Xidong watched the cavalry run back with the corpses of the Houjin cavalry that had been shelled in the distance.
The face is expressionless.
The national hatred is temporarily gone, and the family hatred is ahead.
How to choose.
Turning his head, the mountains were full of corpses of the Ming army.
Their identities are Ming soldiers, but they are also corpses that have been killed and sacrificed.
Tang Xidong dismounted and patted his beloved horse.
This was selected by him from the first batch of war horses brought back by Jin merchants, and it was a good horse.
After riding for a long time, there are feelings.
"Tell me how we should choose."
Tang Xidong gave the choice to a war horse.
The warhorse snorted and turned back.
"Oh, kill these Ming soldiers? Indeed, this place is so far away that no one will know that we killed it. ”
But in the next second, the war horse looked back at the galloping cavalry in the distance - the Ming army carrying the corpse of the Houjin cavalry.
Tang Xidong was silent.
After a long time, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Alright! Your choice, Houjin is my lifelong enemy. ”
But in his heart, he did not fail to admire this Ming army who had been fighting with Houjin for a long time.
Let go of the Ming army, in fact, there was already an answer from the beginning.
"Withdraw the troops!" Tang Xidong gave Liu Liangzi an order.
Liu Liangzi was surprised, but he was still silent to give the order.
The Luoliangshan Company retreated and began to clean up the battlefield and treat the wounded, regardless of whether they were soldiers or comrades.
The cavalry rushed back, taking Houjin's corpse with him.
After Tang Xidong began to interrogate, the Golden Cavalry at least had to find out the identity of the big fish that was killed.
The wounded but not dead Houjin cavalry were brought out one by one.
"Someone who can speak Chinese."
But obviously these Houjin cavalrymen are tough guys, Tang Xidong smiled and turned his head not to look.
His own soldiers naturally understood what he meant.
So he took out a tartar in his hand.
Holding a long knife, he slashed down, gouged out an eye, and instantly screamed terrible.
"No one pays attention to talking well, it seems that these Tartars can't hear people clearly."
"Serve well!"
Tang Xidong sneered and left.
Behind him, the soldiers began to concoct these post-Jin Jurchens.
Are men tough? Not necessarily, if he is tough because you didn't find his pain points.
For example, gouging out an eye, cutting off his fingers one by one, such as castration.
In addition, of course, there is a sentence that those who obey can spare their lives.
Tang Xidong walked towards Cao Wenzhao.
Old general, such an age.
Tang Xidong had to admit that this was a loyal minister who was foolish and loyal to the Ming Dynasty.
It doesn't matter whether he is stupid or not, but at least he is a kind person to the nation.
Tang Xidong untied his water bag from the horse, looked at the man who was scarred and had his hair scattered, and handed it over.
Cao Wenzhao looked at the young scholar in front of him, with a hint of complexity in his eyes, and did not take it.
Instead, he turned to his soldiers and said, "Go and get back the jar of good wine that I have hidden." ”
The soldiers turned around and left, Cao Wenzhao turned around and bowed deeply to Tang Xidong.
Tang Xidong was stunned for a moment, and didn't have time to hide.
"This is a salute for the dead and not dead sons, and the old man thanks the brothers of Pingyang for coming to support."
Tang Xidong looked up at the corpses all over the mountains and fields, and sighed: "Kill the enemy for the country, it should be, Tang Xidong is a Han'er, and the entire Pingyang boy is a Han'er." ”
"When the Han is in trouble, the people sacrifice themselves!"
Cao Wenzhao saluted again, and this time Tang Xidong finally dodged.
"This salute is for your country."
Tang Xidong shook his head: "I can't talk about the country, it's just for the people." ”
Compared with all the armies, the biggest difference between Tang Xidong's army is not that the firearms are sharp, but that they always carry the army with Langzhong, the soldiers can die, and the Langzhong cannot be in danger.
These Lang Zhong all volunteered to join the army, and Tang Xidong respected their spirit of saving lives and helping the wounded.
Regarding the means of trauma treatment, Tang Xidong naturally wants to teach everyone.
During the march and battle, everyone slowly went from distrust to cherishing.
At this moment, Lang Zhong in the army opened the field, set up a tent, and seized the time to treat everyone for knife wounds.
Of course, even so, there will still be many people who will not come, such as the members of the Luoliang Mountain Hero Company who were directly knocked away by the Houjin cavalry.
When a war horse strikes, it will hurt the internal organs.
It's hard to save!
The dead bodies were neatly arranged, the rosters were counted, and then the whole army saluted, and the army sent off their brothers in the fire.
Looking at the corpse in the fire, Tang Xidong clenched his fists.
It's hard to say that there are no regrets in my heart, but more death is enough.
In the evening, set up camp and set up a pot to cook.
The first pot of rice is still to be conceded to more than 10,000 Ming troops first.
These soldiers have been fighting for half a day, and they are already hungry.
For these soldiers who killed the captives, Tang Xidong should not be stingy with a meal.
Cao Wenzhao personally held the wine jar and strode over with two pottery bowls.
He sat down and poured two bowls of wine in silence.
"The old man loves wine, but after joining the army, he tried his best to avoid it, and he often brought a jar of wine with him, and today he made an exception and accompanied Brother Tang to have a drink, which can be regarded as making amends for the previous attack on Pingyang."
Tang Xidong was silent, serving wine and drinking with him.
This bowl of wine is considered a grudge and a grudge.
Each is its own master, with different positions, and naturally acts differently.
But at the moment, both sides are for the same purpose, and that is to kill.
is still the same sentence, the current national hatred does not speak of family hatred!