Chapter 62: Passion (5)
"Major General, let's go, let's go!"
Seeing the sea tide like a cavalry coming, and there are more than 200 horsemen with heavy armor, majestic iron horses, in the middle of the rush, although only more than 200 horses, but there is a collapse of the sky, thousands of horses roll flat gang momentum!
The cavalry of the camp, originally spread its wings, surrounded the Ming army of less than two hundred horsemen, was besieging and slashing, both sides were red-eyed, the royal cavalry of the camp had just gained the upper hand, but the Ming army had Wei Yue and other elite cavalry, the whole body was heavily armored, the armor was strong, and the courage and courage to fight, the formation has been maintained very well, so although it is weak, there is no chaos and defeat.
At this time, another 400 cavalry troops came and broke into the camp, and they were in a panic for a while.
Li Shuangxi also deeply regretted that he scattered his subordinates, more than 2,000 horses, if all of them were here, would there be an embarrassing scene in front of him?
Du Xun and the others were watching the battle from behind, but at this time they hurried over, and Du Xun shouted to Li Shuangxi: "The body of the young general's daughter, you don't have to throw it here!" Retreat now, gather the army, and chase after them! ”
"This ......"
Li Shuangxi is also the first time to be the commander of the army, and in recent years, the army has become more and more smooth, and this situation in front of him is also the first time he has encountered it.
Moreover, the defeat under Wei Yue's knife just now also dampened the self-confidence of this young general. For a moment, he also hesitated.
"Young General, if you don't leave, unfortunately folded in the battle, the emperor will also be very sorry, leave a useful and promising body, and raise troops to take revenge."
Du Xun grabbed Li Shuangxi's arm, but he just pulled and persuaded him, and finally dragged Li Shuangxi away from the battle line.
With just such a little effort, the new Ming army that rushed in was already like a tide of rage, rushing in front of the cavalry of the imperial camp of the intruding army in a panic!
Wang Yuan held a sharp axe in his hand, roared, stopped his waist and slashed over, and was immediately cut in two in front of a small colonel who broke into the army, and the blood did not gush out, but splashed everywhere on the horse's body and half of the body, and fell off the upper half of the horse's body, still crying out in pain!
He is so ferocious and violent, who would dare to be sharp? At the moment, everyone is scattered and avoided, dodging and dodging, Li Gong and others, or iron guns, or machetes, or iron whips, or lightning fast, or violent and powerful, all of them are easy!
The prince's inner sword, after all, is the last bit of the essence of this great empire, and the military attaches and their subordinates have been practicing hard for more than half a year, swordsmanship and spearmanship, all of them are exquisite, riding and archery, brave and peerless, this shot is a hard blow to the high-spirited army!
"The officers and soldiers are fierce, the major general has already pulled the flag and left, let's go too."
"This battle is unfavorable, I'll talk about it next time."
"It's so humiliating to lose like this...... I don't see that there are many officers and soldiers, and the total number of officers and soldiers is less than ours. ”
"The young general was pitted by the gelding dog of the Ming Dynasty, and I see that he will suffer this time. We can't follow, the face of the old camp matters! ”
In the middle of the battle array, hundreds of cavalry gathered together, when he was hesitating, there was a cavalry general with his subordinates rushing to the front of the formation, straight to Wang Yuan and others, this person is Li Zicheng's personal soldier, experienced in a hundred battles, I don't know how many gold wounds are in the back of the chest, at this time the voice is like a tiger's roar, the halberd is Zhang, with a thick accent of northern Shaanxi, desperately shouting and scolding to the Ming army.
At the instigation of this man, many of the royal cavalry turned their horses back, raised their spears and knives again, and prepared to fight again.
The peasant army has been fighting for more than 10 years, and has experienced many crushing defeats and hard battles, not to mention anything else, and its ability to defeat without panic and win after defeat is indeed much stronger than that of officers and soldiers.
This man took his subordinates and rushed towards the reinforcements of the Ming army with undeserved courage, just when everyone thought that this person could bring morale, kill and injure many people, and more cavalry would be brought back by this general, Zhu Cihong did not shout, nor spoke, let alone bring many people, but he drew his knife in his hand, urging the horse forward, the horse was fast, like a flash of lightning, and swept past the general who broke into the camp, the man had not time to react, and he had no time to parry, but when he saw the knife light flashing in his neck, a human head had already flown high, Between the slippery necks, but see blood gushing out!
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is mighty!"
The prince's generals and generals were all startled when Zhu Cihong rushed out, and Feng Kaizhang and others were even more frightened. Because of the general on the opposite side, the black face has obviously grown up, and the beard is like a steel needle, at first glance, he is a great general, but he was cut off by the prince in a hurry!
After the "fluke ......" instigated the horses to return to the formation, Zhu Cihong himself was also in a cold sweat, as the crown prince, he was really forced to do this dangerous trick, and besides, after the first battle, it was false to say that he was not nervous.
It's just that at this time, you can't show cowardice, and you still raise your sword to encourage morale.
This time, the morale of the camp has completely crossed!
Everyone was in chaos, they were all pulling their horses to run away, when they were in chaos, of course, they couldn't talk about maintaining a formation, so the two Ming armies converged, slashed and killed, and the defenseless and counterattackable cavalry fell off their horses one after another, screaming again and again for a while, and on the battlefield, there were many dead and wounded.
This time, he chased out several miles, and drove Li Shuangxi and others outside the Zhengyang Gate to see that there were more and more people in the outer city, and the crowd gradually retreated.
"Since the army was raised with my father, there has never been such a humiliation!"
Lying on top of the war horse, surrounded by a group of cavalry and fleeing outside the city gate, Li Shuangxi only felt worried, and his face seemed to be burning.
Although the surname is worry-free, this face is really too big!
After a while, Luo Hu asked, "What's wrong?" "I'm afraid, he won't have a foothold.
And look back, but see that it is still the Ming army iron cavalry with full body chain mail in the relentless chase, Rao is that he has followed Li Zicheng for more than ten years, Tongguan Nanyuan has experienced such a big battle, and there is nothing remarkable, who knows that he led the troops to fight today, it is so miserable, and he really doesn't know why!
It's cavalry against cavalry, stirring around, and there are more people on their side, but they lose inexplicably.
"Gotta think about it!" Li Shuangxi's eyes were dripping with blood, and he said hatefully: "Why are these hundreds of Ming troops so able to fight?" I've got to figure it out. Also, I have to tell Brother Huzi that I will come to the task of leading the troops to chase the enemy. ”
............ "Knock to your Highness!" ”
Killing and retreating soldiers, although the battlefield is full of corpses, there are broken flags and dead horses everywhere, broken spears and long knives and iron whips thrown down, etc., are thrown everywhere. And the blood is flowing everywhere, and those who are lucky enough not to die are also tossing and struggling on the ground, not knowing if they can still earn a life.
The Ming army didn't have to care about those thieves, they just bandaged and cooked for their own people, and the soldiers who died in battle were also moved aside and hired to cook. After the fierce battle, everyone was happy, and it was expected that the remaining enemy was still in the west of Zhengyangmen, and there were still Beijing soldiers and eunuchs in the city to resist, and the enemy army had just entered the city, and they did not dare to let go of their hands and feet.
On the battlefield, several Ming armies converged, and the faces of Gong Yonggu and others inevitably had the appearance of the rest of their lives.
However, after knocking on Zhu Cihong, Gong Yonggu still said bluntly: "The prince is very unwise when he comes back. However, there is no need to talk about it for now, I think it is better to leave quickly after the rendezvous. ”
"The minister's wish is broken!"
Although Liu Wenbing was injured, his spirit was still very strong, and there were only more than ten soldiers left around him, but he still asked for battle.
"Wei Yue, what do you say?" Zhu Cihong looked at this grown man, and after a few battles, he almost didn't sleep, but at this time, he stood like a pine, his eyes were bright, but he was thin and riblined, his two big eye sockets were deeper than those that had been sunken in the past, and the bridge of his nose and eyebrow bones were also higher.
Hearing the prince's question, Wei Yue smiled and said, "When the young master came back, the minister thought it was because the emperor didn't leave." Since he has come back, of course, he has to go back to the city once, and if he doesn't take the emperor away, he must not say that he has succeeded! ”
"Okay, that's right!"
Zhu Cihong greatly appreciated that Wei Yue's subordinates, one hundred and twelve people, had died forty-seven in battle, 15 were seriously wounded, and the rest were all wounded. It was the cavalry of the two bureaus brought by Zhu Cihong and the subordinates of the Tianjin governor, who fought fiercely, and more than 30 people were killed, more than 20 people were seriously injured, and many were lightly injured.
And Gong Yonggu and Liu Wenbing originally had nearly 200 cavalry, but now, they add up to less than 40 people.
Why did you come here with so many casualties? By now, ninety-nine of a hundred steps have passed, and what are you hesitating about at the last step? Immediately, he said: "The two royal relatives entered the city with Gu and entered the palace, we just brought a flag to guard, and the rest, with Wang Deputy Rong to guard the city gate, guard the west direction of Chaoyang Gate, as soon as there is a warning signal, Wei Yue will lead the departments and beat them back!" ”
When he spoke, he was resolute and powerful, alert and concise, everyone listened, and they were all excited, and in the end, Zhu Cihong waved his arms, and everyone bowed down, and said loudly: "Yes, obey His Royal Highness's order!" ”
Returning to the direction of Chaoyangmen for a while, Wang Jiayan and others came out to greet them, and the two old ministers were full of tears, and when they bowed, their emotions were agitated.
"Your Highness just rest assured to enter the city," Wang Jiayan did not hesitate, let alone persuade him, but said: "Your Highness, rest assured, within two hours, thieves will not be able to enter this place, nor will they be able to enter the city gate." ”
"The ministers will wait for a hundred deaths, and they will also wait for His Highness to bring the emperor forward." Li Banghua's expression was extremely pleased, and in the depths of his eyes, there was just a smile in his eyes, he looked at Zhu Cihong, and only said: "The emperor is still twisting, and the minister said something that should be dead...... It's better to tie it up. ”
Such words are of course disrespectful to an emperor like Chongzhen, who is usually even more rigid and impatient, if it weren't for this time, no one would really dare to say it.
Zhu Cihong just smiled and said: "Don't worry, my father will not be unenlightened at this time." I thought, it's time for us to go back! ”
(To be continued)