Chapter 166: Miserable

On December 30 of the fifth year of Chongzhen, outside the city of Suidezhou, fifty miles, a small mountain pass.

It has come to Yinshi, the cold winter season, the climate is particularly cold, but today is the Chinese New Year's Eve, every family has to have a reunion meal, that is, the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, so from the time of the child, you can hear some sporadic firecracker sounds, such firecracker sounds have not appeared for many years, and they appear again during the Spring Festival, at least indicating that the people's lives are gradually stable.

There was not a single sound around the col, and the north wind blew through it, making people feel more and more cold.

No one would have thought that there were more than 7,000 soldiers in ambush here, and no one would have thought that there would be a tragic battle that shocked the Ming Dynasty in the small mountain pass through the official road.

Zheng Xunrui's appearance was very calm, just like the previous battles, his face was calm, but there was a chill in his eyes, Yang He, Hong Xingui and Hong Xinyu and others beside him, although there was no smile on their faces, they did not appear nervous.

There must be people who are nervous, Yang Tingshu, Zhao Danyu and Liang Xingli and others in the Chinese military tent, it is obvious that they are nervous, although they are far away from the battlefield, Yang Tingshu keeps walking around, always unable to calm down, Zhao Danyu and Liang Xingli can't sit still, but they are trying to control their nervous feelings.

The most surprising thing was that Liu Zeqing actually felt nervous and his face turned pale.

Liu Zeqing couldn't help but be nervous, Zheng Jinhong led only 1,100 foot soldiers, facing 3,000 Liukou foot soldiers, and also had to deal with the Liukou who might break through in the direction of the exit, the pressure can be imagined, could it be that Zheng Xunrui is so confident, only arrange 1,100 foot soldiers to wait here, according to his understanding, such an important battle, should be dispatched part of the Yulin border army to participate, but he also thought that the combat effectiveness of the Yulin border army is average, and the news of this battle is strictly confidential, if the Yulin border army is mobilizedThe news will leak out soon.

At that time, the scouts reported that the 3,000-strong army of the Liukou had approached the small mountain pass.

The atmosphere suddenly became tense, and these 3,000 men were to be let go, but they could not be alerted in the slightest, lest they delay the fighters and lose their best operational plan and deployment.

At the end of the day, 3,000 people from the Liukou front army entered the small mountain pass.

The voice of the voice came, and even could be heard very clearly, this was the marching Liukou talking, there were also orders and shouts, asking to speed up the pace of the march, after the three thousand Liukou entered the small mountain pass, they did not stop too much, the speed of the march accelerated, it can be seen that they are very cautious, they must arrive at Suidezhou City as soon as possible, and attack as soon as possible.

The 3,000 men had not yet completely walked out of the small mountain pass, and the liukou came again to report that the Chinese army, more than 12,000 people, had accelerated the speed of the march, and they would definitely arrive at the small mountain pass within half an hour.

The order to prepare for combat was quickly conveyed.

At two o'clock, the Chinese army of Liukou began to enter the small mountain pass, the first to enter was more than 3,000 foot soldiers, followed by 3,000 cavalry, the cavalry guarded a lot of grain and grass and other materials, and the last one was 6,000 foot soldiers.

There were several flags in the middle of the procession, and the flags were all guarded by troops.

Needless to say, Gao Yingxiang must be among the three thousand cavalry.

The team lit up the surroundings with countless torches, and this magnificent fire dragon could be seen from afar.

More than 12,000 people all entered the small mountain pass, and the foot soldiers in front of them were not far from the exit.

Arrows shot out instantly, and a rain of arrows headed towards the moving fire dragon.

The sudden rain of arrows was dense, and it instantly made the fire dragon vibrate.

There was a scream, but instead of dispersing, the ranks quickly concentrated in the direction of the troops, and some torches fell to the ground, presumably left behind by the fallen men who had been shot by the arrows.

The arrows fired from all directions made the gradually concentrated rogues have nowhere to hide, more people fell to the ground after being hit by the arrows, and more screams appeared.

Just as the rogues were about to start their defenses, the dull sound of horses' hooves appeared.

All 6,000 cavalry of the Zheng family army were dispatched.

Zheng Xunrui charged at the front, but his front and back were all strong personal soldiers, and Hong Xinyu was only leaning on the side.

Zheng Kaihua, who was slightly nervous, was even more nervous at this time, after all, it was the first time to participate in such a brutal battle.

The team of rogues quickly dispersed, but they were targeted by the ubiquitous bows and arrows, the bows and arrows shot at this time were extremely strong, and with the rain of arrows coming, a group of rogues fell, and even the rogue cavalry who began to fire bows and arrows were not spared, and many people fell on their horses screaming miserably.

The rogues were divided into two directions, the rogues in front began to charge in the direction of the exit, and the rogues in the back evacuated in the direction of the entrance, and they needed to evacuate the col as much as possible to avoid being trapped in the col.

Some of the rogues who had not yet had time to evacuate were stabbed by spears and long-handled eyebrows, and fell to the ground without the strength to fight back, and some of them were trampled by horses' hooves and rolled around on the ground, with loud screams in their mouths.

All this qiē was too sudden, the rogue was obviously unprepared, with three thousand cavalry as the core, the rogue thought that he could organize an effective resistance, but when the two armies began to fight, they found that the organization of a qiē was in vain, the impact of the other party was too strong, it was not something they could stop at all, and the speed of the other party was extremely fast, after firing the bow and arrow, he was immediately able to transfer the place and attack in another place.

Finally, the duel between the cavalry began.

Zheng Xunrui personally killed several Liukou's foot soldiers, the battle has been in full swing, he issued any orders at this time, the effect is not very large, all the combat deployment, has long been implemented, there is no zài to make any changes, the Liukou's team is too large, the cavalry is surrounded in the middle, although the loss of the infantry is heavy, but the loss of the cavalry is not very large, this is beyond Zheng Xunrui's expectations, at this time it is necessary to tear a gap, so that the cavalry duel begins.

The cavalry led by Yang He and Hong Xingui tore a big hole in the foot soldiers of the Liukou in the shortest possible time, and the only thing they saw in this big hole was blood.

The foot soldiers of the rogues no longer dared to resist the attack of the cavalry, although they were ordered to block it, but they could not stop it, and they could only lose their lives, so many brothers in front of them had fallen, they did not dare to continue to moth to the fire.

Hong Xingui first fought with the opponent's cavalry, he was holding a spear, and the twelve bridges of Hong Fist were extremely skillful, and the opponent's cavalry barely resisted, and was picked off the horse.

More Hongquan Twelve Bridge moves were unleashed, and the cavalry of the Liukou let out bursts of screams and fell one by one.

Zheng Xunrui was not able to confront the cavalry of the Liukou, and neither was Zheng Kaihua, they were closely guarded by their own soldiers, and the cavalry that occasionally rushed over without a brain was solved by the soldiers neatly, and they didn't even need Hong Xinyu to do it himself.

Zheng Xunrui thought about ordering his own soldiers to participate in the battle, but he also knew that the possibility was not very high, and the duty of his personal soldiers was not to fight, but to protect his safety.

Zheng Kaihua's face was pale, the previous excitement had long been gone, the cruelty and bloodiness of the battlefield was not something that he, a young man who participated in the battle for the first time, could fully bear, all the food he ate had been spit out, and there were still stains on the corners of his mouth, but no one laughed at him, at the age of sixteen, he was a scholar, and he was able to fight on the battlefield, which was very good.

The cavalry of the Zheng family's army, from the beginning of the battle, has a great advantage, and several orders from the rogues make their attacks more handy, especially the concentrated measures of the rogues, which allows the cavalry's attack to be carried out on a large scale, and every round of arrow rain, there are a large number of rogues screaming and falling, which is a great blow to the morale of the rogues.

This way of guarding the core cavalry made the losses of the rogues more and more heavy, and by the time they understood, it was too late, and the situation on the battlefield was irreparable.

But Zheng Jinhong and Liu Zeqing were not so easy.

Countless rogues came in the direction of the exit of the col, they were in order to be able to live, in order to be able to escape from the death zone, in their opinion, to be able to break out of the col means to be able to live, at least to be able to get out of the battle.

Countless rogues fell under the dense rain of arrows when they rushed over, and there were corpses all the way, but there were still countless rogues who came desperately in the direction of the exit.

The attack of the cavalry of the Zheng family army was mainly concentrated on the Liukou cavalry, and did not pay much attention to the foot soldiers, which led to most of the pressure on the 1,100 foot soldiers led by Zheng Jinhong.

The preparation was adequate, and the foot soldiers carried a large number of bows and arrows, leaving the rogue's foot soldiers with little chance of approaching.

The rogues, who had gone one after another, were already red-eyed and rushed in the direction of the exit.

Zheng Jinhong and Liu Zeqing were also red-eyed, and they desperately wanted to defend it.

It was also at this time that the 3,000 foot soldiers of the Liukou Front Army, who had already left the small mountain pass, also launched an attack in the direction of the exit of the small mountain pass.

Attacking from both sides, we must find a breakthrough.

Zheng Jinhong opened his mouth to Liu Zeqing with red eyes.

"General Liu Bing, you lead six hundred brothers to block the rogues in the small mountain pass here, I lead five hundred brothers to kill them, and we must completely defeat the rogues outside, otherwise the two sides will attack, once they will reconcile, we will not be able to hold it."

Liu Zeqing also discovered this problem, but he couldn't imagine that Zheng Jinhong would dare to launch an attack on 3,000 Liukou with only 500 soldiers, which required great courage and self-confidence.

The battle came to this point, there was no time to hesitate, Liu Zeqing understood very well, he nodded.

"Understand, I will definitely hold it, you have to be more careful."

Zheng Jinhong rode his war horse and charged at the front, while the rest of the sergeants followed him, shouting and rushing towards the Liukou foot soldiers......

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