Chapter Twenty-Nine: Rushing Out of the Camp
The flames of the sky reddened half of the night sky, and the violent explosion shook people to lose their hearing in an instant, and the horses under the crotches of the horse thieves were still chatting their hind hooves and snorting uneasily, despite the strips of cloth soaked in water in their ears.
Kong Youde's last shot finally hit the warehouse where the gunpowder was stored in the firearms battalion accurately, and the firearms battalion instantly fell into a sea of fire.
With the explosion of the firearms battalion, the efforts of Ao Bai to maintain the stability of the military camp came to naught, and the first to collapse was several Han army flag camps adjacent to the firearms battalion, due to the impact of the explosion, the casualties were very heavy, and many supplies and tents were set on fire and burned. The Han soldiers were panicked, where could they care about anything else, and the order not to leave the garrison without authorization had already been thrown out of the clouds, and they rushed to flee.
The riots spread uncontrollably like a plague, and then the Manchurian Eight Banners military camp also began to appear because of the impact of the collapsed Han army.
Kong Youde threw away the torch and came to Li Xin to wipe the sweat on his face.
"It's done, Mr. Li, please evacuate quickly."
At this time, he still followed Dolgon to call Li Xin Mr., and this time he personally bombarded the firearms battalion, which was considered a complete break with the Qing army, and he had to escape with Li Xin's thigh first and then make a plan.
Li Xinyu immediately waved the Yanling knife in his hand and pointed directly to the west of the camp. The thieves struck their horses and hastened, and they rushed to the west. Kong Youde's face changed, the west side of the camp is an important place for military resources, and all the grain and grass are concentrated here, what is Li Xin going to do?
Just stunned for a moment, Kong Youde was left behind, it is extremely dangerous to be alone in the chaos, in case he is caught by the Qing army, but he will die without a place to be buried, and he has to chase after him in a hurry.
Li Xin went to the west of the camp to prepare to burn the grain and grass of the Qing army, which was not in the plan, originally just wanted to disrupt the Qing camp and then take advantage of the chaos to escape, but the effect of Kong Youde's cannon was too shocking, and the Qing army camp roared was something he did not expect, wouldn't it be a pity if he didn't take this opportunity to expand the results of the battle?
Although the outer wall of the Qing army camp was tall, the fence wall separating the battalions inside was relatively low, and it was relatively easy to dismantle and destroy. Because of the barrier between the camps, Li Xin and his people were not fast, but the rioting Han army helped them a lot.
Since the explosion was on the east side, most of the soldiers in the battalion headed west, and many of the fences were destroyed in the area they passed. The horse thieves mingled with the tide and marched westward.
The Han army banner is several times larger than the Manchurian Eight Banner soldiers, and the Manchu soldiers are afraid of being involved in the chaos, so the vast majority of the Manchurian Eight Banner camps are closed to the camp gate and guarded within the fence wall. This gave Li Xin more opportunities.
Besides, he was in the firearms camp at the time of the explosion, and the horse thieves rebelled as he expected, and it was timely to come to the firearms camp to defend, but he never expected that there were artillery outside the firearms camp.
Looking at the stump and broken arm around him and the strong smell of burnt skin and flesh between the nose and nose, Ao Bai wanted to cry without tears, how did the situation develop to this step? Several of the big Baylors and Gushan Ezhen in the barracks all went to the river with Dolgon, only one Hauge is still unknown in his life, and now he is the only one who can bear this crisis! Thinking of this, he quickly recovered his calm from the shock and panic, the roar of the Han army camp was inevitable, and all he could do now was to stabilize the Manchu Eight Banners and minimize the danger.
Soon, hundreds of armored warriors gathered around Aobai, all of whom were warriors who followed him from birth to death for many years.
"Report! The horse thief robbed the horse and mixed it in the camp roaring Han army and went west! ”
This loss was extremely heavy, and Ao Bai gritted his teeth with hatred for Li Xinzi, and his face changed suddenly when he heard the military report. The location of the west camp stored the food for all the soldiers in the camp, and it would not be a coincidence that this guy went west of the camp, and he must have been fighting the idea of those supplies.
At this time, the barracks were full of fires, and the night was reflected as day, and Ao Bai raised his eyes and saw hundreds of horsemen scattered in the crowd of Han soldiers surging westward. There are countless battalion soldiers in the middle, how can this little person in his hands catch up and stop them?
Eventually, Aobai found out in despair that it was too late to stop the horse thieves unless a miracle happened. But Ao Bai is by no means a person who gives up easily, and the combat qualities and battlefield instincts he has cultivated over the years have made him decide to settle for the next best.
"All arms and legs are complete, follow me!"
The rebels at the forefront of the Ying Xiao Han army finally arrived at the baggage of the western camp, which was guarded by elite armor soldiers, and the wave of impact was stagnant with the heart of fear. Li Xin raised his arms when he saw the situation: "Brothers, Yingxiao deserves to die for his crimes, and he burned the Tartar grain and grass, let's go out!" ”
Before the voice fell, it immediately responded in unison, "Yes! Burn grain and grass to live! This was his horse thief, and the rebels who did not know the truth soon followed.
"Burn the grain! Live! ”
The shouts came and went, and soon resounded throughout the Qing army camp.
The rebels crushed the fence in front of them like a tide and swarmed in, while Li Xin and other horse thieves took advantage of the situation to gather and enter.
Although the elite armor of the Eight Banners guarding the baggage battalion was alone, they were lonely in front of the battalion and chaos, and they were drowned in the rolling flow of people almost as soon as they made contact. With the help of the rebels, the fire quickly burned and could no longer be stopped. Tens of thousands of loads of grain were about to be burned, but the rebels did not stop, but continued to storm the fence, and the baggage battalion was on the westernmost side of the entire camp, and as long as they climbed over the outermost wall, they were free.
Soon the gap in the wall opened, and the crowd swarmed out again, scrambling to be the first.
But Li Xin did not rush out of the camp, but led the horse thieves in a circle in the baggage camp. Eventually, they stopped in front of a simple wooden shed where supplies were stored.
"Smash the door open, and there will be one set of iron armor inside."
Li Xinping had been doing a lot of intelligence gathering in the Qing military camp, and had followed Duoduo to the baggage camp before, and accidentally learned that armor and weapons were stored here. Therefore, this time I came to the baggage camp to set fire, it is better to simply take a few hundred pairs of iron armor, and it is cheap not to pick up nothing, and it is difficult to say whether I can meet this shop after passing through this village.
In fact, dismounting and snatching supplies is an extremely risky act. However, Li Xin calculated that the rampant rebellion would not be calmed down in a short time, and the suppression of the Qing army could not come so quickly. Dorgon did bring a lot of good things this time, in addition to mostly iron scale armor, and a few pairs of delicately crafted Mingguang armor. Lu Jiu brought a pair of Mingguang armor to Li Xin, but Li Xin sternly refused.
"Li Xin governs the army, the top and bottom are concentric, how can you enjoy this thing alone in times of crisis now? I'm enough to wear this scale armor! ”
Li Xin had already worn half of the scale armor with a single flick, this kind of scale armor is a kind of half-body armor, which is extremely convenient to wear, and it is finished by tying several key tie ropes. After a while, Li Xin turned over and got on the horse again.
"Don't be greedy, get on the horse!"
At this time, the nature of the horse thief is fully exposed, and if there is money to rob, his life can be left behind. After the order to mount the horse was issued, there were only more than 100 horse thieves who could get on the horse and prepare for battle. Most people are still grabbing things, including Kong Youde.
Kong Youde laughed at Li Xin's posture, Mingguang armor, as the armor with the best protection effect, can prevent most of the arrows, wouldn't it be a pity not to wear such good armor? Mingguang armor is complicated to wear, but it is difficult to defeat Kong Youde, he has worn this kind of armor countless times before, so this time he is also familiar with it.
The rebels had opened many gaps in the outer fence wall, but there were too many rebels and there was no order, so they were all crowded into the gaps. Some of those who had fallen behind scurried to the north and south like headless flies. Under Li Xin's repeated urging, the vast majority of the people had already mounted their horses and rushed to the outer fence in two columns. The people who were still struggling with luck also panicked when they saw that the brigade had been opened, and they got on their horses to chase after them, and Kong Youde was among the last wave of people.
Li Xin and Lu Jiu came to the wall, and the two of them spun around in place, and then tied one end of the rope hook picked out from the baggage warehouse to the saddle, and threw the end with the hook in the air to the fence wall. With the sound of metal pounding on the fence, Li Xin and Lu Jiu tightened the rope and beat their horses to the east. The war horse was in pain, and its hooves were cut open and ran out. I saw that the fence wall shook a few times, and then a large piece collapsed.
There was a burst of cheers among the horse thieves.
"Everybody get on your horse and rush out!"
Li Xin gave the last order, said that he would not stay any longer, and rushed out first. Outside the fence was a trench about five paces wide, and Li Xin shook the reins, and his war horse leaped over. The horse thieves are all men who fought on horseback, and their riding skills were quite good, and a small trench naturally couldn't stop them, so they jumped over one after another, and even Kong Youde stumbled out.
Li Xinzheng breathed a sigh of relief, but when he saw the chaotic soldiers who had escaped before, he rushed back again, shouting indiscriminately in his mouth, carefully distinguishing them, and his face couldn't help but change when he heard the content of the shouting clearly.
What the rebels shouted was the Han soldiers who were leading the troops in front to intercept the fleeing Han soldiers.
But Li Xin was immediately relieved, the horses in the Qing army's camp were all frightened, and it was impossible to recover to fight in a short time, so the people led by Ao Bai could only be infantry, and his own people were all cavalry, so how could they be afraid of him?
So he waved his hand, "Attack north, avoid the Qing army!" ”
Even though this guy is cunning and takes people around to the west of the camp outside the camp, what can he be?
The horse thieves sped up, and the horse team gradually disappeared into darkness. Lu Jiu followed Li Xin's side, and suddenly said strangely: "Thirteenth brother, listen, is there the sound of a musket!" ”
Although the horse's speed was picking up and the wind was blowing in his ears, he still faintly heard the sound of a musket volley, and when he looked back at the horse, it was really the light of the musket salvo. There is no one else who can use musket salvos here except for the Gaoyang Army in Gaoyang City. And judging by the sound, the neatness of the musket salvo is obviously not as good as the once, and it should be gradually falling behind and appearing chaotic.
"Lu Jiu gave the order, turned, and attacked the Tartar flank."
Lu Jiu disobeyed the order and said: "How can Gao Yangjun have anything to do with us, what can we do to save him?" ”
Li Xin said coldly and undoubtedly: "You and I are both Han Chinese, how can we bear to see our compatriots being killed?" Herald! ”