Time passed quickly, and the Qing troops who withdrew from Bao'an County fled more and more quickly, and the Flying Tiger Battalion pursued more and more closely. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info The two armies have run far one after the other, and before they know it.

During this period, some Qing cavalry or fell behind due to lack of horsepower, and were eliminated by the cavalry of the Flying Tiger Battalion who chased after them. At a glance, all the white cotton armor he was wearing was on his body, and the ride he was riding was also excellent, and it should be the descendant of Shen Zhixiang, the Duke of Shun of the Qing Dynasty stationed in Jingzhou. The number has almost been figured out, about more than 1,000 horsemen, compared to the Ming army, at an obvious disadvantage.

This situation made Shi Youliang even more excited, and repeatedly urged to speed up, just hoping to bring these more than 1,000 good horses into the camp as soon as possible.

Thousands of cavalry chased after me like this, and everywhere they passed was filled with dust and smoke.

In the queue of the Flying Tiger Battalion, Chen Youlong paid attention to the movements of the Qing cavalry in front of him, and at the same time vigilantly observed the surrounding terrain and landforms.

At present, the fleeing Qing cavalry and the pursuing Flying Tiger Battalion are all on the official road by the river. The official road is quite spacious, with the rushing Yangtze River on the west side, and some gentle hills or bushes, woods, or the occasional open space on the east side.

As the pursuit continued, Chen Youlong found that the vegetation on the west side of the official road became more and more dense, gradually from the original barren grassland to the bushes and then to the woods. Subsequently, the trees in this forest also became taller and denser, and the area near the official road that could be used for one's own maneuver slowly shrank little by little, invisibly.

Thinking of the various abnormalities he had seen before, Chen Youlong became more and more sure of the suspicions in his heart, and thought of what might happen next. I couldn't help but feel a chill down my back.

"Lord Shi, stop! Stop it! Chen Youlong, who was in a hurry, couldn't care about anything else, and tore his throat and shouted forward. And not only shout yourself. He also asked the officers and soldiers of the surrounding D team to shout along.

Everyone shouted in unison, and the sound was not loud, but it was still faint and faint in the rumbling sound of horses' hooves.

Shi Youliang was not unaware of it, and the changes in the surrounding terrain were also seen by him, and at this time, he heard someone behind him shouting to stop, and realized that the situation might be a little wrong.

But when he noticed it, Shi Youliang didn't take it too seriously. There is no surprise like Chen Youlong at the moment. As he said before, he didn't believe it, and the Qing army in Jingzhou, including those who fled in front of him, was only more than 7,000 people. Even if you set a bird trap, your own 4,000 horsemen can also wash it to pieces. So he didn't give the order to stop, but just ordered the soldiers to pay attention to the side of the official road.

There were also many officers and soldiers in the first three thousand corps of the Flying Tiger Battalion who were alert, but Shi Youliang did not order to stop. Naturally, they can't stop. is still catching up.

Chen Youlong shouted with the people around him for a while, but it was useless.

"Pass my order, Team D stop!" Chen Youlong gritted his teeth and finally made up his mind.

"Your Excellency?"

"Stop!"

Chen Youlong's headquarters cavalry was also well-trained, and it didn't take long for the horses to neigh, and then gradually stopped.

Walk and stop, in an instant. The main force of the Flying Tiger Battalion distanced itself from Team D, one mile or two miles......

After stopping. Chen Youlong's heart was a little calm, and he looked around, only to see that not far from the east of the official road was a relatively lush forest, and there was a fork in the road twenty or thirty steps ahead, branching out from the official road and going straight to the depths of the woods. This fork in the road is not as wide as the official road, but it is still no problem to accommodate a few hundred people nearby.

Seeing this, Chen Youlong had an idea in his heart, and asked Gao Anping to give such and such an order. Gao Anping got the order and divided four or five hundred cavalry to leave.

......

On the other side of Bao'an County, on the edge of the Yangtze River

Lu Qiwu personally went to the front to look at the flags, weapons, carts and other things discarded by the Qing army, and carefully looked at the captured Qing soldiers for a while, and his suspicions rose sharply. After pondering alone for a while, suddenly, like Chen Youlong, a chill on his back penetrated through the bone marrow.

"Tell the general, where are you a soldier?" Lu Qiwu walked up to a Qing soldier and asked, his tone was normal, but the Yin Owl's gaze made the Qing soldier numb and trembling.

"Back... Back to the adult, the villain is... It is a soldier of the Jingzhou Green Battalion. ”

Lu Qiwu sneered, and suddenly shouted: "Pull it down and cut it!" ”

A few of his own soldiers stepped forward and dragged the Qing prisoner out, and before he could utter a complete sentence begging for mercy, he raised his knife and fell.

The human head fell to the ground, and blood splattered five steps.

Lu Qiwu didn't look at it, came to another Qing soldier, and asked, "Where are you a soldier?" ”

"Big... Adults, villains... The villain is indeed ... It's Jingzhou green... The soldier of the Green Battalion "saw the corpse of his companion still spurting blood in the cavity, and the soldier's tongue began to tie knots.

"Excellent! Chopped! ”

The sword flashed, and another head fell to the ground.

When Lu Qiwu walked in front of the third Qing soldier, before he could speak, the Qing soldier peed his pants, collapsed to the ground, his face was pale, and he stammered: "My lord... Spare your life! The villain is a kind of... Farming, home... Wang, who lives in the north of Jingzhou City... Wangjia Village. A few days ago, there was... An adult came to our village and gave the villain two taels of silver and... and this garment, saying that he asked the villain to do it for him... Get something done. ”

"What about these two?"

"They... They and the villain belong to the same village, and the adult commanded... Commanded, if caught, said... said that he was from Jingzhou Green Camp. Otherwise, kill... Killed the villain's entire family. My lord, please... Please let the villain go! ”

After hearing this, Lu Qiwu was like a basin of ice water poured from head to toe in the moon, and he stayed for a moment before waking up like a dream, and scolded anxiously and hatefully: "Damn, it's bad now!" Someone, pass on my order, and gather the whole battalion! ”

"My lord, the boat is ready, but is it not the river?"

"it! Assemble, to the north! ”

"Yes!"

......

On the edge of the woods, Chen Youlong finished ordering Gao Anping, and then looked up, only to see that the main force of the Flying Tiger Battalion and the fleeing Qing army had disappeared, leaving only bursts of dust and smoke floating in the sky for a long time.

Chen Youlong was about to give the order to continue moving forward when several cannons suddenly rang out in the distance. Immediately after, the sound of killing shook the sky.

Hearing this, Chen Youlong felt as if he had been hit by a thunderbolt, and shouted urgently: "Hurry up!" Hurry up! Lord Shi, they are in danger! ”

The remaining four or five hundred horsemen of the D team were ordered, like arrows from the string, rushing northward.

......

Rewind time a little bit

The fleeing Qing cavalry climbed a gentle slope and turned through the woods before disappearing, only to hear the rumbling hooves of horses fading away.

Before long, several cannon shots were heard in the woods on the east side of the official road.

In an instant, the ambushes in the woods were exhausted, the banners were raised, the shouts shook the sky, and the arrows rained down.

The cavalry of the Flying Tiger Battalion, who were caught off guard, were either killed on the spot, or trampled to death by the horses that could not be restrained behind them. The previous cheers in the queue immediately turned into exclamations.

There really is an ambush!

At the top of the gentle slope ahead, a group of Qing soldiers appeared, throwing down a burst of rolling logs and stones, which made the momentum of the Flying Tiger Battalion stagnate. Afterwards, another Qing soldier next to him will quickly push out wooden frames or bags of sand filled with boulders from the bushes and woods. The accumulation is getting more and more, completely blocking the way to the Flying Tiger Battalion.

There is a slope from the official road to the edge of the woods, and the Qing army flags in the woods are dense, and the cold light of long and short weapons is dotted, and there are trees to block it. If the Flying Tiger Battalion charged into the woods and sought to break out, it would inevitably suffer heavy losses.

The road to the north was blocked, and the east and west sides could not go, and the ambushed Qing army chose such a good place, which was really painstaking!

Rao is Flying Tiger Battalion is usually well-trained, but at this time, the momentum is gone, and it is a multi-sided enemy, and there is not much room to play. In particular, the officers and soldiers on the outside of the queue were shot off their horses one by one by the rain of arrows from the Qing army.

The Qing archers did not know how many, and the arrows were shot continuously, black and oppressive like heavy rain, and the range gradually extended forward, from the outside of the Flying Tiger Battalion to the center. Immediately afterwards, the sound of the fire gun also came, crackling like fried beans, and some war horses were frightened and let out a mournful scream.

Being in such a dangerous place, many officers and soldiers of the Flying Tiger Battalion had more or less panicked expressions on their faces, but the foundation they had usually practiced was still there, and they subconsciously raised the small round shield hanging on the horse to protect the vital point, and returned fire with the crossbow in their hands, while waiting for the order of the officer.

On the other hand, Shi Youliang was not shocked and laughed: "Hahaha, I haven't seen you for many days, but the courage of these rats has fattened a lot!" Dare to come and fight grandpa's ambush! Today's grandpa doesn't care about it, and he will settle it together in the future! Pass my order, the rear team becomes the front team, don't pay attention to the ambush in the woods, just rush back along the way! Violators of orders will be engaged in military law! ”

Shi Youliang's composure gave the officers and men a lot of confidence, and the brief order pointed out a clear goal for the officers and men.

The effects of the strict training and strict restraint on weekdays are evident at this time. Despite the incessant attacks and casualties, the cavalry of the Flying Tiger Battalion stumbled and turned their horses' heads, although they were not in a panic.

Arrows are like flying locusts, lead is like rain, the sound of fried beans is like a bang, and the sharp and dense arrow roar is mixed together, and it is endless. In the woods, the shouts of the Qing army's ambush soldiers became more and more intense and arrogant.

More and more large weapons, heavy crossbows and guns, were pushed out and fired at the cavalry companies of the Flying Tiger Battalion near the official road. The cavalry on the horse was constantly knocked off the horse, especially the heavy arrows and lead bullets that carried the spear, and those who were hit had no reason to survive. It is not uncommon for soldiers to have their entire heads blown off, or to be shot through with men and horses.

Shi Youliang's military order was issued, and all the soldiers naturally obeyed, and the soldiers outside the queue raised their shields one after another to cover, and the whole army urged the war horses together, ignoring the attack from the woods for the time being, like a stream of iron, just rushing south along the way they came. (To be continued.) )

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