678 ashamed of himself, fire cavalry

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Yan Qing looked left and right, and found that except for some soldiers at their two posts not far away, no Tartars had come over, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, he turned his head to look at the road boy and said in a low voice: "Barumon has already led people away, and now there are only two of us left, as well as two posts of the third battalion."

No one will come over for the time being, I'll keep watch outside, you go down and have a look. ”

"Okay." After hearing Yan Qing's words, Lu Tong's eyes lit up and he answered.

Although the two are now the sentinels of the Red Flag in the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, they actually don't have much loyalty to the Tartars in their hearts, and they are really helpless to work for the Tartars.

A few years ago, the family was plundered by the Tartars and lived under the rule of the Tartars.

People don't want to be killed for themselves, they also want to live well, and they also want their families to live, so they still chose to join the Han Eight Banners formed by the Tartars and became the sentry commander.

But the two are not like those traitors who are completely determined to serve the Tartars, in order to get promoted and rich, and obtain more glory and wealth.

The two of them still maintain a minimum conscience in their hearts, and they are not used to the slaughter of women and children by the Tartars.

But they also dare not speak out, under the supervision of the Tartars, they can only order their subordinates to kill Zhang Shoubei's family, and they even feel guilty in their hearts.

However, in private, if they have the opportunity to save some Han people who will be slaughtered by the Tartars while ensuring their own safety, they are still willing to do it.

Yan Qing was sentry outside, while Lu Tong slid down a rope to the bottom of the dry well.

When he arrived at the bottom of the dry shaft, Lu Tong saw a petite figure in the blurred light and rushed towards him.

Until the petite figure approached him, a dagger with a flickering cold light also pierced him.

Peng!

Unfortunately, the dagger was too slow to pierce it, and the road boy easily avoided it, and then reached out to knock it down.

"Ahh

A female voice let out a cry of pain, and only after Lu Tong had fully adapted to the dim light under the dry well did he see clearly that this petite figure was actually a young woman.

Moreover, looking at the robe worn by this young woman, it is not expensive, but it is decent and generous, and she is not a maid at first glance.

"Most of them are the family members of that Zhang Shoubei." Lu Tong thought to himself.

"Wow, wow, wow!"

And the young woman was holding a baby in her arms, and even if the woman fell, she held him to death.

At this time, the woman's eyes full of hatred, through the dim light, stared at the road boy who was only two steps away.

But her hateful eyes were also mixed with a trace of unwillingness and despair.

"After all, it was discovered, God is unfair, even the last trace of blood of my Zhang family will not be left for us!"

The young woman said in despair.

"Who are you from the Zhang family?" Lu Tong finally asked.

"Are you Han?"

Lu Tong suddenly spoke, making the young woman stunned and subconsciously asked.

"Well, I'm Han." Lu Tong nodded and admitted.

"Why, you are not Tartars, why do you kill us, why do you help the abuse, why!"

The woman became emotional and questioned Lu Tong.

Faced with the young woman's questioning, Lu Tong was speechless, what could he say, only silence.

"You group of executioners who help and abuse will not die well sooner or later, and our Zhang family has more than 90 lives, and you two or three-year-old children will not let go.

You are beasts, and I will curse you even if I die and become a terrible ghost...... Whining! ”

The young woman cursed and cursed, and began to cry herself, she was so sad.

In the blink of an eye, a huge family was destroyed in an instant, and it was wiped out, of course she hated it.

"Zhang Shoubei is a hero, I admire him. That's right, we, like the Tartars, are all beasts, and we will go to eighteen layers of hell after death. ”

Lu Tong said in a deep voice.

When the young woman heard Lu Tong's words, she was also surprised, the man in front of her seemed to have no ill will towards her.

The young woman looked at the road boy, but unfortunately the dim light made it impossible for her to see the road boy's face clearly, nor could she see his expression.

"Dead lackeys, kill if you want to kill, my Zhang family has no bad seeds."

This young woman inherited Zhang Shoubei's consistent family style, and did not give in to the enemy, and said resolutely, but subconsciously hugged the child in her arms.

"Hey!"

Looking at the resoluteness of the Zhang woman in front of him, Lu Tong sighed, and suddenly felt ashamed of himself.

Then, he slowly untied his food bag and water bladder from his waist, put them on the ground, looked at the young woman, and said, "Zhang Shoubei is a great hero, and I admire him as a person.

There is some dry food and water here, enough for you to eat for a few days, you don't go out for the time being, the Tartars won't stay long in Zhuozhou City. ”

"Hey! I'm not even as good as a woman, I'm really living in vain. ”

Putting down the food bag and water bladder, Lu Tong immediately rushed down the rope to climb up the dry well, with a wry smile on his face, and whispered to himself.

Seeing the road boy climb up again along the rope, the young woman at the bottom of the well was also confused, and she didn't react for a long time.

After the road boy climbed up the dry well and covered the mouth of the well again, the young woman came to her senses and reached out to touch the food bag and water bladder on the ground in front of her.

made her can't help but put her face on the little face of the baby in her arms, and cried in a low voice: "Woo, Cheng'er, we don't have to die, we are scared to death." ”

The young woman was Zhang Shoubei's daughter-in-law, and she was carrying a baby boy who had just given birth to three months ago.

When the Tartars entered Zhang's mansion and killed people everywhere, Zhang Shoubei's wife hid the mother and son in a dry well.

"Lu Tong, how is it? Who is below? ”

When the road boy climbed the dry well again, Yan Qing, who was guarding near the wellhead, asked in a low voice.

Lu Tong re-covered a stone slab at the mouth of the river, looked at Yan Qing, and said expressionlessly, "There is no one down there." ”

"No one? But just now we clearly ......"

"Brother Yan, there's no one down there, let's go."

Before Yan Qing could finish speaking, Lu Tong looked directly at him and said in a deep voice.

Suddenly, Yan Qing suddenly realized: "Yes, no one, let's go." ”

Immediately, the two quickly left the backyard and took the soldiers outside.

It's just that generals like Lu Tong and Yan Qing who still have a conscience can't change much of the situation in Zhuozhou after all.

At this time, there was still chaos in the city of Zhuozhou, with killings, looting and rape, and everywhere.

Don't think that these are just Tartar soldiers, in fact, there are many soldiers with red flags in the Han army, especially those Han soldiers who are desperate to make dogs for Tartars, and they are desperately arresting and looting everywhere.

Then take their booty and ask their master for credit.

……………………………………

Thundered!

And at this moment, more than ten miles south of Zhuozhou City, the eight thousand elites led by Qi Wei, Han Tong and Zhao Zilong had already rushed over.

Along the way, they encountered several small groups of Tartar cavalry, all of which were quickly slashed by them.

"Report! General, a large force of Ming cavalry came from the south outside the city, and they were killing here. ”

Finally, a Tartar scout who had fled back to Zhuozhou City ran to Haziye in horror and reported.

"The Ming army still dares to come? Look at your cowardice, come and kill you. ”

Haziye looked at the Tartar scout in front of him dissatisfied, kicked the Tartar scout, and scolded angrily.

But then he remembered something, and asked the Tartar scout, "Can you see the banner of the other party?" Is it the officers and soldiers of the Ming Court, or Li Zixiao's 'White Snake Army'? ”

At this time, Huang Taiji served Li Zixiao as their mortal enemy of the Qing Dynasty, and even separately distinguished Li Zixiao's White Dragon Army from the officers and soldiers of the imperial court.

Huang Taiji warned the Tartar generals that if they encountered Li Zixiao's White Dragon Army, they must be cautious and never underestimate the enemy.

"Returning to the general, the other party only played the Ming flag, and did not find the banner of the White Snake Army."

The Tartar scout quickly got up and said.

At this time, Haziye was actually in his heart, secretly relieved.

Although these Tartar generals have always been arrogant and domineering, they have long been disdainful of the Ming army.

However, in the past few years, the Tartars have repeatedly suffered losses in the hands of Li Zixiao, even Dolgon, which makes these arrogant Tartar generals have to be afraid of them.

These Tartar generals are not fools, they disdain the arrogance of the Ming army because the Ming army is really a vegetable, and they have this capital.

However, in the face of the strong enemy that has repeatedly deflated them, these Tartar generals still attach great importance to it.

"Give Batu an order to take 3,000 cavalry out of the city and kill the Ming army that is coming.

Then send an order to Su Saha, tell him to be careful, and once he finds Li Zixiao's White Snake Army, he will report it immediately. ”

Haziye thought for a moment and ordered.

A moment later, a large group of Tartar cavalry galloped out of the south gate of Zhuozhou City.

Of the 3,000 cavalry sent out by Haziye, 500 were the Tartar Red Banner Cavalry, 500 were the Mongolian White Banner Cavalry, and 2,000 were the Han Army's Blue Banner Cavalry.

As for the other Tartar soldiers, they were still arresting and looting in Zhuozhou City, and there was no sign of going out of the city to face the battle.

Haziye also did not give orders to these men and horses in the city, because Haziye thought that only 3,000 men and horses out of the city would be enough to defeat the Ming army that rushed in.

Haziye regarded the White Dragon Army of Qi Wei, Han Tong and others as an ordinary Ming army.

This is not to blame Haziye, who let Qi Wei kill them this time, Qi Wei ordered to remove all the flags of their White Dragon Army, and only played the Mingzi flag.

Qi Wei just wanted to mislead the Tartars and make them think that they were ordinary Ming soldiers.

"Report, the Tartars have sent troops!"

Just as Qi Wei was leading the army to Zhuozhou City, a White Dragon Army scout who came out rushed back from the front at this time and shouted loudly.

"How many?"

Qi Wei waved his hand, ordered the army to stop temporarily, and asked the scout who rushed back in front.

"General Huiyu, there are almost more than 3,000 horsemen, and they are coming along the official road, and it is expected that after a stick of incense, we will be able to meet them."

The scout was hit by an arrow in his left arm, and he covered it with his hand, gritted his teeth and persevered, reporting to Qi Wei.

"There are only about 3,000 people, haha, it seems that the Tartars in Zhuozhou City really treat us as the people of the imperial court, God really helps me."

After Qi Wei heard this, he was overjoyed.

Immediately, he turned his head to look at Han Tong and Zhao Zilong, who came from behind, and said, "Old Han, Zilong, now let's divide our troops here."

You detour and continue to kill Zhuozhou City, and I will take the fire cavalry battalion to the three thousand Tartars who paid the city. ”

"Old Qi, be careful." Han Tong said.

"General Qi, then we will divide the troops." Zhao Zilong was ready to try.

A moment later, Han Tong led a large group of scout battalions of more than 1,000 people to the northwest, while Zhao Zilong led 2,000 cavalry of the 'Flying Dragon Battalion' to the northeast.

However, due to Han Tong's scout battalion, except for the first brigade responsible for frontal combat, the scouts of the other two brigades need to continue to be scattered.

Therefore, in fact, this time Qi Wei, Han Tong, and Zhao Zilong were only able to use more than 6,500 cavalry.

So, in order to strengthen the strength of Han Tong's subordinates, Zhao Zilong transferred 800 cavalry from his subordinates, and after returning to Han Tong, the two soldiers divided into two ways and killed Zhuozhou.

And Qi Wei, who stayed behind, continued to lead the three thousand fire cavalry and went north along the official road to meet the three thousand Tartars who went out of the city.

The White Dragon Army Cavalry led by Qi Wei is Li Zixiao's latest troop this year, and it still belongs to the cavalry.

It's just that their weapons are no longer sabers, changshuo, but flintlock pistols.

To put it bluntly, the so-called fire cavalry is actually to let the musketeers of the White Dragon Army learn cavalry, that's all.

As for what to shoot on horseback, that's just a lot of thinking about it.

The flintlock pistol at this time was not a semi-automatic rifle or an automatic rifle of later generations, and it could shoot continuously without loading.

The limitations of the flintlock pistol at this time were destined to make it impossible for Li Zixiao to establish a real musketeer cavalry.

Therefore, these fire cavalry only learned to ride horses, which strengthened their mobility and flexibility, and their combat methods were still the same as those of the musketeers in the past.

Thundered!

When Qi Wei led three thousand fire cavalry and continued to run north for about half a stick of incense, they saw from a distance a large number of Tartar cavalry appearing on the official road in front of them.

Fortunately, this area of Zhuozhou belongs to the plain terrain, and the enemy can be found from a long distance.

"It's the cavalry of the Tartars, stop advancing, dismount and line up, ready for battle."

Qi Wei used the clairvoyant mirror to see more clearly, and then issued a combat order to the three thousand fire cavalry behind.

"Doot toot!"

As soon as Qi Wei's order was issued, a poignant and sharp voice suddenly floated in the air, and his entourage blew the whistle for emergency response.

Originally, the 3,000 fire cavalry officers and soldiers who had just stopped immediately dismounted, formed a formation in each unit, and walked in the ranks of low-ranking officers at all levels, shouting loudly to the soldiers under their command, and quickly lined up to set up a formation.

"First team, the queue is complete!"

"Second team, finish the line!"

"Third team, finish in line!"

Don't look at three thousand people, it is not a lot, and from horseback riding to parades, it is very troublesome.

But these White Dragon Arms and Cavalry still completed the transformation from cavalry to spear-raising arrays in an orderly manner in a short period of time.

Because, like this, in the state of riding, urgently changing to the state of platoon shooting, they have already practiced countless times.

"Check the chamber and reload the ammunition!"

The generals of each team, without Qi Wei's order, commanded their subordinates.

Before the Tartar cavalry arrived, Qi Wei's three thousand fire cavalry had been divided into three large queues and more than a dozen small queues, lined up in a patchwork array, standing on the left and right of the official road.

They drove all the horses they rode to their left and right flanks, and guarded their flanks.

(End of chapter)