Chapter 19: The Killing

There is only one fish maw left in the sky.

The Ming army retreated to the top of the mountain, and then the favorable terrain of the boulder on the top of the mountain was staggered, suppressing the impact of the Houjin soldiers.

At the top of the mountain, Cao Wenzhao's chest was simply bandaged, but his son was lying on the quilt, unconscious.

The battle has been fought so far, and the Ming army has been trapped to death.

It is difficult to find a trail down the mountain in San'in.

The so-called Evil Axe Mountain is bound to be as its name suggests.

There is only one way down the mountain, and that is to rush down.

But Cao Wenzhao didn't want to do this, people can't escape from the horse, and they will inevitably be able to escape part of it if they rush down, but a large part of it will be buried on the way to escape under the shooting of the opponent's cavalry.

Grain and grass were left on the mountainside, and after a long day of fighting, the hungry soldiers could only rely on willpower to resist the dismounted cavalry.

The two sides are at a stalemate at the top of the mountain.

Fortunately, there are a lot of archers left, enough to suppress the opponent and make it difficult to go up the mountain.

Cao Wenzhao could only rely on the Houjin soldiers to retreat on their own, or reinforcements to come.

But will reinforcements come?

The long wait is the torment that leads to death.

"Cao Bin's whole team, rush down in a while, you take the opportunity to leave with the young master!"

Cao Wenzhao stood up with his sword.

If we can't go on like this, the hunger will get worse and worse, and if we continue to wait, we will sit back and wait for death.

Cao Wenzhao felt that with more than 10,000 people under his command, it was his life to be able to escape, and it was fortunate to die in battle, and he would inevitably die on the battlefield if he killed the enemy for the country.

But Cao Wenzhao hopes that his son can live.

If the Cao family wants to have a queen, the bloodline can be broken, but the bloodline of the Cao family must be extended.

Touching his son's face, Cao Wenzhao's face showed reluctance and despair.

"The man died on the battlefield, and the loyal soul was left behind!"

"All the soldiers, the Tartar is the enemy of the country, today the captives can be buried with the soldiers in the Evil Axe Mountain, Cao Mou is fortunate to kill one more Tartar, and it is enough to be blinded after death."

Beside him, wounded and tired soldiers gradually stood up, drew their long knives and spears and looked down the mountain.

"General." Cao Bin picked up Cao Bianjiao on his back, with tears in his eyes.

This is a life of nine deaths.

"Kill!"

Cao Wenzhao waved his sword and pointed at the sky, roared, and rushed down the mountain.

In front of and behind him were the Ming troops who were shouting and killing and running down.

Today's Evil Axe Mountain, the blood shed, and the lives left behind are all for the loyalty to the monarch and the country!

The mighty Ming army rushed down from the mountain.

Kill the Houjin Tartars scattered on the mountainside.

Someone rushed too quickly, and he slipped and fell directly under his feet, but the next moment he stabilized his body and killed again.

As soon as someone ran out of the rocks, he was shot by the Tartar's bow and arrow, but he still rushed with his sword.

Someone grabbed the long knife of the Tartar and stuck it in his stomach, hoping to hold off the enemy in front of him for a few seconds.

Some people are still fighting with long knives and bleeding their own blood.

This is the Ming army, the Ming army that is bound to go into a desperate situation, and the Ming army who knows that they can't survive, but they also want to run up and cut a knife.

Cao Wenzhao looked at the mighty sons and daughters around him, looked at the sons who fell one by one, and looked at the sons and daughters who died together with the Houjin Tartars, endured the blood in his heart, and slashed and killed.

People will die eventually, but it is worth dying for the country.

The long knife has been cut, Cao Wenzhao has been stabbed again, is he going to die?

Looking at the horse chopping knife in front of him, Cao Wenjing was miserable, but the next moment, a small soldier in front of him blocked the knife for him.

The creep's head flew by, with a smile on his face.

This little soldier is actually a teenager who has not started a family.

Cao Wenzhao roared, and killed again with red eyes.

The Ming army was finally outnumbered, and the mighty team finally went down the mountain.

But people really can't outrun horses, and those who run can't stop the knife that pursues them.

Up and down the mountain along the Evil Axe Mountain, there are the corpses of the Ming army.

Cao Wenzhao stood on the ground and looked around.

I can't go back to heaven today!

The rivers and mountains of the Ming Dynasty are so beautiful!

Looking at the Houjin cavalry running back and forth at the foot of the mountain, Cao Wenzhao's mouth spewed blood.

Desolate.

Finished?

But it's really a good son!

Fighting, or slaughter.

Staining the mountain of evil axes with blood.

30,000 Ming troops will die here.

However, the faithful are blessed by God.

In the distance, under the belly of the fish.

The sound of galloping horses' hooves sounded.

The black-pressed cavalry slashed towards the mountain of evil axes.

The big "Tang" character made Cao Wenzhao, who was standing on the high mountain, see it at a glance.

Reinforcements?

Reinforcements!

The cavalry galloped and directly divided into two groups, one to kill the land of five hundred personal soldiers where Azig was located, and the other to kill the Houjin cavalry brigade that was chasing the Ming army.

Behind the cavalry were the infantry, galloping infantry.

These infantrymen did not suppress their speed, but the sound of pace adjustment sounded step by step, and they came towards the mountain of evil axes.

Tang Xidong is here!

When the Ming army was about to be exhausted of casualties, the fast horses finally caught up.

A force of 1,000 cavalry went straight to where Azig was, and a group of cavalry directly intercepted the pursuing Houjin brigade.

Tang Xidong's cavalry was all equipped with short guns, the same flintlock pistol system, short guns for long-range shooting, and slashing sabers for close combat.

Before the battle was engaged, gunshots were fired.

Kill the backward golden cavalry.

The marbles of the short guns can penetrate the plate armor of the Houjin cavalry, but when they pass through the plate armor, the force is removed, and it can only hurt the enemy, and it is difficult to kill the enemy.

To kill an enemy, you need to swing a knife and slash to kill.

The cavalry staggered, and both sides constantly slashed and slashed.

Every man fell to the ground.

But compared with the cavalry led by Cao Wenzhao, Tang Xidong's cavalry was still stronger.

A wave of rushing killings, heavy casualties.

Tang Xidong's 5,000 cavalry suffered 500 casualties, but the Houjin cavalry also lost more than 100.

The cavalry rushed to kill not to kill the enemy, but to stop the enemy, in order to block the pace of the Houjin cavalry chasing and killing the Ming army.

The three thousand cavalry turned their horses' heads again and faced the Houjin cavalry.

Then he began to make a continuous detour around the Houjin cavalry.

Relying on the fire of flintlock pistols, constantly disrupting the enemy soldiers.

Not far away, where Azig was, Tang Xidong's cavalry kept biting the other party, not letting Azig leave easily, and after killing more than 100 enemies and injuring hundreds of themselves, they began to shoot around Azig's own soldiers.

Finally, Tang Xidong led the Luoliangshan Company to arrive.

As soon as Tang Xidong's cavalry saw the arrival of the company, they directly turned their horses and began to run away into the distance.

The neatly arranged companies, in a semicircle, headed towards the opposing cavalry.

"Shoot!"

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

Smoke rose and a dense burst of flintlock gunfire rang out.

Tang Xidong has already confessed that he doesn't shoot people and shoots horses directly.

To shoot a horse is to keep people, without a war horse, no matter how fierce the Houjin cavalry is, it is also a group of hungry wolves without teeth.

Dense gunfire continued.

The Houjin cavalry began to rush towards the musketeers with bullets.

In just 100 steps, more than 10 breaths can be reached.

But it was just over ten steps that the Houjin army fell again with three hundred horsemen.

This was a sudden encounter, and Tang Xidong didn't have time to form a car formation and formulate tactics.

The Luoliangshan Company could only rely on its usual tactics to face the cavalry of Houjin.

After more than 300 casualties, the Houjin cavalry finally rushed into the musket team thirty paces away.

Seeing that the musket team was about to be rammed by the cavalry, there were casualties.

In the musket team, smoking homemade grenades flew out.

Grenades smashed into the cavalry group.

Just when the most powerful cavalry rushed in front of the musketeers.

The grenade exploded.

An explosion frightened the horses of the Houjin cavalry, which was an explosion under the soles of their feet.

Another three or four hundred horsemen were overturned and dismounted.

But the most prominent Houjin cavalry had already rushed into the musket team.

Seven or eight veteran members of the Luoliangshan Company were directly knocked into the air and scattered towards the rear.

There were casualties in the Luoliangshan Company.

"Scatter!"

Orders came from the ranks again.

In an instant, the musketeers scattered in all directions.

Take the squad as the system and form a team.

After a company of three horses wounded twenty or thirty people, the company finally dispersed.

Then there's free fire.

Dense gunfire rang out again.

There were constantly cavalry falling.

It was not short that the members of the Luoliangshan Company were rushed into the air and smashed to the rear.

It was a bitter battle.

The unprotected musketeers confronted the Houjin cavalry in an encounter.

The gunfire continued.

After 3,000 gold cavalry, under the shooting of the musket team, there were finally only 1,000 people left.

Just when the Houjin cavalry began to gather the cavalry, the cavalry not far away came again.

This time, the Tang cavalry, who had the advantage in numbers, finally had a big kill on the Houjin cavalry.

After one round of impact, there were only six hundred left in the Houjin Cavalry.

Turning around again, it's another round of killing.

The cavalry rushed through, and the lone hundred and so Houjin cavalry were surrounded by muskets.

Again formed a semicircular company of Luoliang Mountain and began to shoot.

More than 100 cavalrymen fired three rounds and fell to the ground one after another.

More than 3,000 cavalry were wiped out in a short period of time.

But at the same time, the Luoliangshan company also lost 800 people, and the cavalry lost 1,000 people.

This is also a huge casualty for Tang Xidong, which is enough to make him feel distressed for a long time.