The rest of the Jiannu cavalry could no longer care about snatching the corpse of Lord Huerhan, and it was important to flee for their lives, so they turned their horses around and ran back and forth.

The team of bird gunners in front of the Yaowang Temple had already loaded the ammunition at this time, condescendingly, igniting the fire, "bang" loud, the fire burst out, the smoke was filled, very powerful, but this round of shooting was completely ineffective, Zhang Yuan obviously saw a Jiannu cavalry shot in the back shoulder, but the projectile seemed to fail to penetrate its armor, the Jiannu snorted, leaned on the saddle, and still galloped wildly-

"Whoosh", a feather arrow shot out, sticking to the back of the Jiannu cavalry who had just been shot, but it hit the neck of the mount under its crotch, the mount hissed in a long voice, and in an instant the person stood up, the Jiannu cavalry slid down from the horse's buttocks, but his left foot was still hanging on the stirrup, and he was dragged by the horse and ran a few steps before he tore off, and when he was about to stand up, he was caught up by a Jinyi guard lieutenant and cut off his calf, and fell to the ground with a scream.

It was Keguang who bent the bow and shot the arrow, he took the hemp back bow that Mu Jingyan was lying on the side of the car to control the string and shoot angrily, and the person shot the horse first, and the Jurchen archery skills of this Yehe Department were very good.

Zhen Zidan failed to kill and injure a Jiannu, and was eager to make meritorious service, shouting: "Catch up and annihilate all the Jiannu." He took his mount, turned over his horse, and beckoned his lieutenant to follow him after him.

When the Jiannu cavalry came, there were thirty-two horsemen, and there were still nearly twenty horsemen who fled at this time, they came like a swift wind, and they fled quickly, and they were more than ten zhang away in the blink of an eye, with the foot strength of these brocade guards, they must not be able to catch up, and the musketeers were all foot soldiers, unable to pursue, relying on these brocade guards who would only make knives to chase, but I was afraid that there would be no return.

Zhang Yuan shouted: "Zhen Qianhu, don't chase." ”

Zhen Zidan took the lead. It's been chased. The rest of the Jinyi guards did not dare to lag behind. They all rode their horses to chase after them, and at this time, the fleeing Jiannu cavalry had approached the bend of the mountain road, two of them turned around on the horseback and released arrows, chasing Zhen Zidan in the front fell off their horses, and the other Jinyi guards did not dare to chase anymore.

Those Jiannu cavalry did not flee, but reined in their horses one by one, and shot at those brocade guards with bows and arrows. This time infiltrated the Ming Dynasty Liaodong Dusi territory is the elite cavalry in the Eight Banners Army, just galloping down the horse and letting the arrows have a very accurate lethality, at this time immediately lead the bow, when the arrow is really not missing, the front of the Jinyi guards have been hit by the arrow and fell off the horse, the soul behind is frightened, quickly turn around and run back-

The sound of hooves suddenly rose, and the twenty horsemen who had fled for their lives chased after them at this time, releasing arrows while chasing, and there was a great tendency to shoot all these dozens of brocade guards.

The situation is critical. If Zhang Yuan was so frightened that he hurriedly retreated to the Yaowang Temple, the balance of victory and defeat would immediately flip over. These Jiannu cavalry can turn defeat into victory with a single charge, and such scenes as the Liaodong War in the late Ming Dynasty are not uncommon.

Zhang Yuan said in a loud voice: "Lu Mi Gong, don't panic, wait until the thief gets close before shooting." ”

About 20 Lumi guns were loaded with projectiles, and the musketeers stared nervously at the retreating Jinyi Wei and the Jiannu who followed them.

Those Jiannu cavalry saw that the defense line built by the Ming mission with horse-drawn carriages was not chaotic, and knew that the firearms of the Ming army were waiting for them, so they did not dare to chase anymore, and shot a round of carved arrows and then turned their horses back, and soon disappeared in the back mountain col.

Zhang Yuan ordered the musketeers to be on guard against the Jiannu cavalry and then kill back, and the rest hurried to treat the wounded, Zhen Zidan's reckless pursuit caused Jinyiwei to suffer heavy losses, five people were shot by sharp arrows and died on the spot, another seven were seriously injured, and four people were shot by arrows from their mounts under their hips, and the mounts turned them off their horses and fell and were injured; In addition, the Jiannu cavalry shot and wounded eleven musketeers and Jinyi guards when they charged before, and when they rushed to the front of the carriage defense line, four more Jinyi guards were killed by the tiger tooth knives of the Jiannu cavalry, and six people were injured, in this short tea time, Jinyi Wei died 12 people and injured 21 people, and the musketeers killed 4 people and injured 9 people, two of them were wounded by the musket explosion, one blew off three fingers, one was cut by the iron piece of the barrel of the gun, and Ma Kuoqi was also wounded by an arrow.

Nineteen of the thirty-two Jiannu cavalry who came to attack retreated safely, and the losses of the Ming mission in this encounter were far heavier than those of Jiannu!

"Master Zhang—"

Zhen Zidan sheathed the ground, stood up with a pale face, only then did Jiannu return the horse with an arrow, as fast as lightning, finally Zhen Zidan has been practicing martial arts for many years, and his adaptability is better than ordinary people, and he flashed to the left by feeling, and the original arrow shot at the junction between his left shoulder blade and collarbone, the pain was cone, and he fell and injured his left leg when he got off the horse.

Seeing that Zhen Zidan saved his life, Zhang Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and walked over to Zhen Zidan, he was not Zhen Zidan's top boss, and Zhen Zidan was not lightly injured, so it was inconvenient to blame him at this time, so he hurried to treat Zhen Zidan's injuries.

Of the thirteen Jiannu cavalry who were killed here, seven were shot by muskets and fell off their horses, another five were killed by Mu Jingyan and the Jinyi guards who rushed to the carriage formation, and one died under the arrows of Keguang.

Zhang Yuan walked up to Zhen Zidan, only to see that the arrow with the carved arrow was deeply pierced into Zhen Zidan's left shoulder blade.

Three feet away from Zhang Yuan's back, a "dead corpse" of Jiannu lying on the ground slowly moved, this Jiannu did not die, nor was he seriously injured, he was shot by Lu Mi Gong when he was shot by Lu Mi and fell down and fell unconscious, at this time he came to his senses and realized his own situation, the Southern Dynasty sergeant was searching the corpse of his companion, and it would soon be his turn-

A brocade-clad guard muttered and cursed and walked over and kicked the "corpse", trying to make the "corpse" face up so that it could be searched, but suddenly saw the "corpse" leap up, snatched his embroidered spring knife, and plunged it into his chest.

Seeing that the sword was successful, this Jian Nu immediately rushed towards Zhang Yuan's side, he had already seen that Zhang Yuan was the leader, and killing or capturing Zhang Yuan alive was his goal.

In addition to a few brocade guards who followed Zhang Yuan, there were only Wang Zongyue and Sheba, Wang Zongyue was a little forward on Zhang Yuan's right, Sheba was on the left back side of Zhang Yuan's body, Sheba was the first to be alert, her thin body turned around lightly like a tanuki, and the narrow-bladed knife was already in her hand, blocking the Jiannu's crazy counterattack, and the sound of blade exchange was piercing-

Wang Zongyue stretched out his hand to support Zhang Yuan's right elbow, Zhang Yuan involuntarily retreated seven steps, away from the Jiannu, Zhang Yuan shouted: "Stay alive." ”

Wang Zongyue agreed, his Tai Chi gun has not had a chance to be used, at this time shrugged up, the spear stabbed out, accurately pierced the right leg of Jiannu who was fighting with Sheba, almost at the same time, Sheba's narrow-bladed knife also pierced the chest of this Jiannu, Wang Zongyue hurriedly shouted "Stay alive" It was too late.

Mu Jingyan ran over, he couldn't help but feel afraid, he didn't expect that there would be a slave who cheated to death, if this hurt Zhang Yuan, then the general trend would be gone, the thieves were fierce, they were really careless, only then did they admire Wang Zongyue's steadiness without leaving Zhang Yuan's left and right, as well as Ma Kuoqi and Sheba-

A careful search of Jiannu's body revealed that there was another Jiannu who had only been lightly injured by a musket, but had fallen heavily and woke up a little later than the previous Jiannu who intended to attack Zhang Yuan, and had been tied up by two brocade guards.

Ke Guangxian was very strange, he had been guarding next to the corpse of a Jiannu, and he did not let Jinyi Wei search the corpse, Jinyi Wei knew Zhang Yuan, and when Zhang Yuan walked back, Ke Guang first pointed to the corpse and said: "Lord Zhang, this Huerhan is Tong Nuer's righteous son." Keguang, who has always been silent, has a happy face.

The previous battle situation was urgent, Zhang Yuan heard the Jiannu cavalry crying "Lord Huerhan" and did not have time to think about it, then he heard Ke Guangxian say this, he remembered, in July last year, there was a letter from Li Weihan, the governor of Liaodong, saying that Nurhachi's adopted son Huerhan killed more than 50 Han people under the pretext that the people of the Ming Dynasty crossed the Jinshitai boundary monument to Jianzhou to cut wood, Li Weihan strictly ordered Nurhachi to hand over Huerhan, but Nurhachi only captured 20 Jurchen tribes who were enemies of Jianzhou and killed them under the city of Fushun.

Zhang Yuan looked at the corpse of Huerhan on the ground, looking like he was in his forties, with a broad face and short beard, and long hands and arms, he should be Nurhachi's right-hand man, otherwise Nurhachi would not accept him as a righteous son, Zhang Yuan said to Ruan Dacheng and others who came out of the temple: "This Huerhan was the culprit who killed more than 50 Ming people outside Fushun City last year, and today he died in the hands of Mu Baihu and died under Phoenix Mountain. ”

Keguang said first: "Lord Zhang, Huerhan is also one of the five ministers of governance established by Tong Nu'er last year, and he is more noble than Nalan Bakshi. ”

"Five Ministers!"

Zhang Yuan raised his eyebrows, with a look of surprise, the five ministers were the important heroes second only to the four Baylors at the beginning of the founding of the Later Jin Dynasty, Zhang Yuan knew the important position of the five ministers in the Later Jin, but he couldn't remember exactly which five people, but he didn't expect that the Huerhan who died in front of him was one of the five ministers, and with this one person, then the sacrifice of the Jinyi guard and the musketeer today is not too aggrieved.

Nalan Bakesh, who was in the prison car, couldn't help but cry bitterly when he heard that Huer Khan had died here, and he was still hoping that this captain of the army would save him and kill the Ming and Korean envoys to take revenge.

Hong Ji, Hong Xin and others congratulated Mu Jingyan on his great achievements, Mu Jingyan is now a test hundred households, this time he killed the important ministers of Jiannu, he will definitely be promoted, and it is possible for a thousand households or even a thousand households.

The rain had stopped a long time ago, and the red sun was shining as if nothing had happened, Zhang Yuan interrogated the Jiannu cavalry who was wounded by a musket in Yaowang Temple, at first the Jiannu cavalry did not speak, and when he saw Nalan Bakesh in shackles, this Jiannu cavalry was shocked and asked: "Lord Erdeni, why are you here?" ”

But it turned out that Huerhan they did not know about the coup d'état in North Korea, this time infiltrated the Ming territory was not to rescue Nalan Bakesh, they came to rob, Jianzhou from last year began the snow and flood, so that the Jurchens died a lot, no food and no clothing to rob the Han people on this side of the eastern border wall of Liao, this is the consistent style of Jiannu, Huerhan, who inspected Kuandian, heard that there was a caravan following when the Ming mission went to North Korea, so he thought about waiting for the mission to return to the middle of the loot, make a fortune, but unexpectedly sent his life here.

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