In the afternoon, Zhang Feng and the others had left the Langfang area for more than an hour, and the news finally reached the capital and arrived at Chongzhen. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

At this time, Chongzhen was reviewing the chapters, and there were still a few plates of delicate snacks on the table, but Chongzhen didn't move, the war was so bad, even Lu Xiangsheng was killed in battle, and Chongzhen had no appetite to eat.

Outside, there was a slight but slightly hurried footsteps, followed by a gentle knock on the door, as if afraid of disturbing Chongzhen, as soon as he heard this familiar voice, Chongzhen knew that this was Wang Chengen, Chongzhen thought in his heart, it seems that there is some bad news.

"Long live the lord, the secretary of the military department, Chen Xinjia, Lord Chen, come to see you!"

Chongzhen sighed softly, put down the red pen, closed the fold and said slowly: "Let him come in." ”

With permission, Chen Xinjia gently pushed the door in, and after shouting "Long live" on the ground, Chen Xinjia stood up when he heard Ping.

There was no need for Chongzhen to ask, Chen Xinjia said slightly excitedly: "Your Majesty, great news, great news!" ”

Chongzhen's mind involuntarily appeared with a person, and he couldn't help asking, "Is it that General Zhang has won the battle again?" ”

Chen Xinjia nodded excitedly and said, "Your Majesty, it is General Zhang." This morning, the Manchu Iron Cavalry 5,000 elites as the vanguard, under the leadership of Hao Ge, arrived outside Langfang City, Zhang Zongbing and Tartar fought a frontal field battle outside Langfang City. ”

Chongzhen knew the combat effectiveness of the Manchu Iron Cavalry, Chongzhen said movingly: "Chen Aiqing, five thousand Manchu elite iron cavalry, also led by Haoge, the two armies fought in a frontal field, and General Zhang defeated the five thousand Manchu elite cavalry?" ”

Chen Xinjia said: "Your Majesty, not only is it a defeat, General Zhang annihilated all the 5,000 Manchu iron cavalry, and none of the Tartars could run away, and even Haoge died!" ”

Even as an emperor, when he heard such news, Chongzhen couldn't help but let out a soft "ah", and it took several seconds to come back to his senses.

Chongzhen said: "I don't dare to imagine, I can't imagine that I will annihilate all the five thousand elite iron horsemen of the Manchu Qing Dynasty!" Chen Aiqing, how did General Zhang annihilate this Manchu iron cavalry, do you know? ”

Seeing Chongzhen looking at him with blank eyes, Chen Xinjia poured out all the little news he knew, "Your Majesty, I heard that this army of General Zhang is different, it does not use swords or armor, and uses all muskets. ”

Chongzhen said curiously: "Is it an arquebus?" Is it the same as the Divine Machine Battalion? ”

"This, this ......" Chen Xinjia hesitated, Chen Xinjia really didn't know what Zhang Feng's musket was like, and whether it was the same as the arquebus of the Shenji Battalion.

However, Chongzhen was happy, he didn't care about these at all, and said happily: "General Zhang is really a tiger general, less than 2,000 people have annihilated 5,000 elite cavalry of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, rare, very rare!" ”

Zhang Feng invisibly rose another level in Chongzhen's mind, and Zhang Feng himself didn't think that he would get such high praise from Chongzhen.

On the official road leading to Tianjin Wei.

The soldiers were marching rapidly, running forward, the line stretched for at least two miles, and many of them were already sweating profusely and panting.

Zhang Feng often practiced the Five Elements Exercises, but he was already sweating on his forehead, and his breathing was a little heavy.

If it is an ordinary person, it must have been tired and lying down, but fortunately, the soldiers are well-trained, and they used to conduct physical training when they were in Songjiang Prefecture, and ten kilometers of armed cross-country are common.

Wang Chao ran over with the courage to pant and said loudly: "Chief soldier, we have been running for another hour, do you want to take a break, many people have begun to lose it." ”

Zhang Feng took a look at the sky and roughly estimated the time, he was very worried, but seeing that everyone had been running for another hour, it was really difficult to support, so he said loudly: "Rest in place for a quarter of an hour, and after a quarter of an hour, continue to march rapidly." ”

"Oops, I'm tired!"

"No, just eat some dry food and drink some water."

“……”

Hearing the order, everyone stopped, began to rest in place, regained strength, and some of the fighters drank a little water and ate a little.

Zhang Feng led by example, did not ride a horse, and ran forward on two legs like everyone else, so that many soldiers were convinced, and even if they were tired, they did not complain, and persevered.

"Commander, drink a little water."

Wang Chaoyong brought the kettle, Zhang Feng was not polite, drank a few sips, and then said: "Commander Wang, tell everyone that the situation is very urgent, even if you run to death on the road, you have to run for me, in case we are caught up by the Manchu cavalry, we will die." ”

Wang Chaoyong said: "Chief soldier, it seems that this is the only way, our two legs have to outrun the four legs of the Manchu cavalry, and we can only keep running until Tianjin Wei." ”

Langfang is more than 100 miles away from Tianjin Weizu, even if it is a rapid march without stopping, it will take at least four hours, after all, people are not machines, they need to rest, plus rest time, it is estimated that it will take at least five or six hours.

It would be nice if there were carriages, there would be enough carriages and it would not take so long, at the beginning, hundreds of carriages set off from Tianjin Weihao, along the official road, less than three hours to Langfang, loaded with materials on the same day, and then returned to Tianjin Wei overnight along the official road.

In two hours, we ran dozens of miles, about half of the distance, and as the physical strength gradually consumed, the rest of the distance will become more and more difficult.

In addition, Zhang Feng is a little worried, two hours have passed, and the Tartars should have known the news, if the Tartars no longer go to Langfang at all, but directly take a shortcut to chase over, then whether he can return to Tianjin Wei before the Tartars catch up, this is an unknown.

A quarter of an hour later, everyone regained their strength a little, and began the rapid march again, still running forward, heading in the direction of Tianjin Wei.

………

On the official road leading to Langfang, the dust is billowing, and the momentum is amazing, and many ordinary people see this scene, and immediately run as far as they can.

On the official road, it was full of Manchu cavalry, and they couldn't see the end at all, and they were marching along the official road, and the Manchu generals such as Dolgon and Yue Tuo were riding on war horses and were also heading in the direction of Langfang.

The battle of the first two days was still echoing in the minds of the two of them, almost annihilating Lu Xiangsheng in one fell swoop, Lu Xiangsheng also died in his own hands, and then turned back and struck a blow, galloped dozens of miles, and defeated Guan Ning in one fell swoop, so that there was no strength to resist himself near the capital.

With such a big victory, Dolgon was in a very good mood, and said to Yue Tuo: "At this time, Hauge's five thousand elites should have finished the work. ”

Yue Tuo nodded, but the worry in his heart was still not completely dissipated, Yue Tuo did not speak, thinking in his heart, Haoge's five thousand elites should have arrived in Langfang early this morning, it is already afternoon, and there should be news.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for a Manchu Tartar to gallop in the distance, then turned over and dismounted in front of Dolgon and Yue Tuo, and said miserably: "Master, our five thousand elites are all finished, all over!" ”

Yue Tuo said in his heart, he didn't think about it, his worries were verified, and Haoge was really finished.

Dolgon asked in a deep voice, "What's the matter, say!" ”

This Manchu Tartar explained the situation, Dolgon's face instantly became gloomy, and his face was very terrifying, not only were all five thousand elites finished, but even Haoge was killed in battle, where is this Ming army sacred.

This group of Ming troops must die, Dolgon thought so, and immediately shouted: "Immediately turn around, do not go to Langfang, immediately take a shortcut to Tianjin Wei, we must catch up with this group of Ming troops, I want to kill them all, avenge our dead warriors!" ”

"Kill them all!"

"Revenge!"

“……”

Many Manchu Tartars shouted loudly, and the team quickly turned around and began to march in the direction of Tianjin Wei. In this way, a lot of travel is saved.

Yue Tuo saw the team turning, and couldn't help but suggest: "Fourteenth uncle, the five thousand warriors we died in battle are still outside Langfang City, and there is no one to collect the corpses, do you want to send one to Langfang." ”

Dorgon nodded, "You go, bring ten thousand elites." ”

About 10,000 people continued to march towards Langfang under the leadership of Yue Tuo, while the army of the Manchu Tartars, under the personal leadership of Dolgon, roared and rumbled, and pursued Zhang Feng.

On a small bag far away from the Tartars, the alert cavalry released by the Tartars did not go so far, in the woods on the hill, there were a few horses, and the leader was Guan Peng, seeing that the Tartars began to divide into two ways, Guan Peng immediately knew the intentions of the Tartars.

Guan Peng said loudly: "Xiao Liu, Xiao Zhang, go after the chief soldier immediately, and you must report the situation to the chief soldier." ”

"Yes!"

The two intelligence team members immediately mounted their horses and galloped in the direction of Tianjin Wei.

………

It's getting dark, it's already dark early in winter, it's getting dark early, and it won't be long before it's completely dark.

On the official road leading to Tianjin Wei, a long line composed of torches was moving, which was naturally Zhang Feng's team, everyone marched overnight with torches.

The march that lasted for several hours was already halfway there, but it was getting dark, and everyone had to take up torches and hurry in the night, not daring to stop at all.

It was impossible to eat, everyone could only eat a little dry food, rest for a while, and then continue the march, and now everyone had only one purpose, which was to run into the Tianjin Wei before the Tartars pursued them.

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