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On the battlefield, the importance of the commander of an army is naturally self-evident.

This is like a company, whether it is forward or backward, loose or rigorous, the attitude of the main leader determines the attitude of the company.

At this time, the strength of the Caishi Army and the Qing Army was half a catty, and neither of them had the ability to eat each other in one go.

At this moment, being able to defeat the opposing general in the shortest possible time has become the fastest way to end this war.

Both Zhang Mu and Shi Tingzhu were clearly aware of this.

They each led their own elites, and in the open space in the center of the war, they collided violently.

Zhang Mu's entourage was about 200 people, and Shi Tingzhu's entourage was slightly less, about a little in his early 100s.

In terms of numbers, Zhang Mu has a slight advantage.

However, the Qing army was brave and like a beast, and although the Caishi army was well-trained, it could not take too much advantage.

"Kill! Kill all these Tartars! ”

"Sons, kill all these bright dogs!"

All of a sudden, in this small open space, the war horses neighed, the flesh and blood flew sideways, the fierce shouts, and the desperate screams instantly turned this land into a human purgatory.

It was just a face-to-face charge, and dozens of people had already fallen under their horses.

Zhang Mu's eyes were blood-red, staring closely at Shi Tingzhu not far away, and the steel knife in his hand was still dripping with hot blood.

These dogs are really tough!

If they continue like this, even if they can defeat them, I am afraid that even the sons under their command will suffer heavy losses.

If you want to end this battle in the shortest possible time, the best choice is to kill the Qing army commander in front of you!

After thinking about it, Zhang Mu's knife edge was already aimed at the direction of Shi Tingzhu, he was like a cheetah at this time, and when the time came, he would launch the most deadly impact on his prey.

Shi Tingzhu is also holding back a fire!

These relatives under his command are all veterans who have followed him for several years, or even more than ten years, and they are like brothers. But they haven't had time to follow the glory and wealth of their children and grandchildren in the second half of their lives under the Qing Dynasty, but they are folded here in vain!

How could Shi Tingzhu be willing?

The two sides don't need words at all, their eyes are paired, and the fierce sparks are enough to be fatal!

In a moment, Zhang Mu took the lead in moving!

He raised the steel knife in his hand, lifted the reins of the horse violently, and the war horse under his crotch also gained human nature, and his front hooves jumped high, like a whirlwind, heading straight for Shi Tingzhu!

"Look for death!" Shi Tingzhu sneered slightly!

At the same time, he lifted the reins of the horse, shouted, and rushed straight in the direction of Zhang Mu.

If it is on the battlefield in peacetime, the main generals of the two sides will generally maintain restraint, and it is difficult to have a chance to really meet!

But at this time, Zhang Mu and Shi Tingzhu are both brave people, and they also have strong confidence in their own strength!

Coupled with the quick solution, they invariably chose the simplest and most brutal solution.

In an instant, the two sides had converged.

Zhang Mu raised the steel knife in his hand, and with the impact of the war horse, he slashed horizontally with one blow, and directly hit Shi Tingzhu's left neck!

Although Shi Tingzhu's figure is not as tall as Zhang Mu, he is very stout, with a pair of iron arms, as if he has the strength of a thousand catties!

He saw Zhang Mu menacing, but he couldn't avoid it, he shouted, raised his knife and pushed it towards Zhang Mu's knife edge.

"Snort~!"

In a moment, a long line of fire was drawn in the air, and the two of them staggered and stared at each other's eyes.

Zhang Mu didn't expect Shi Tingzhu to have such great strength, but Shi Tingzhu didn't expect that the seemingly young Ming army guerrilla in front of him would be so difficult.

The air only stayed for about a second.

Immediately, the two exerted their strength almost at the same time, and they intersected at a distance.

At this time, the pro-soldiers on both sides have already received the fire, and the Caishi army has the advantage in numbers, but the Qing army is victorious and brave, and the two sides are fighting in the dark for a while, and others are afraid that they can't even insert a needle!

In a short time, Zhang Mu and Shi Tingzhu had already passed dozens of moves, and both of them had hung up their colors.

Zhang Mu's chest was split by Shi Tingzhu, the flesh and blood surged, the blood flowed, and Shi Tingzhu was not much better, his right arm was hit hard by Zhang Mu, I am afraid that it has been dislocated, and the calf of the left leg was also picked open by Zhang Mu, and Bai Sensen's bones were exposed.

Shi Tingzhu was already out of breath at this time, but he scolded in his heart, "This Ming dog is really cunning!" Specifically picking on the weakness of his limbs, he is not afraid of losing with himself at all! But he is already in his forties, but he is only in his early twenties, and if he continues to fight like this, he will definitely lose! ’

Thinking about it, a fine light suddenly flashed in Shi Tingzhu's eyes, and he slashed violently and went straight to Zhang Mumian's door.

Zhang Mu didn't dare to be careless, and hurriedly raised his knife to block.

But at this moment, Shi Tingzhu suddenly lifted the reins of the horse, and the horse's head suddenly turned around, and he galloped backwards rapidly.

"Dog offal, want to run?" Zhang Mu couldn't help but be furious, and pulled out his horse and chased after him.

But before Zhang Mu could chase more than a dozen steps, Shi Tingzhu suddenly turned around violently, and suddenly exerted force, and the steel knife in his hand seemed to have eyes, and came straight to Zhang Mu's chest!

Zhang Mu couldn't help but be shocked, he didn't expect Shi Tingzhu to be so despicable!

But at this time, Shi Tingzhu moved too fast, and Zhang Mu almost had no time to react.

It's too late, it's too soon.

Feeling the cold approaching, Zhang Mu didn't have time to think about anything else, instinctively turned to one side, relying on his legs to clamp the horse's belly tightly, as if 'drifting', and his whole body leaned to the left side.

Shi Tingzhu didn't expect that Zhang Mu would be able to avoid this blow, but he sneered slightly, and didn't stop at all, and the steel knife in his hand stabbed into the head of Zhang Mu's horse.

"Shh~~~~~h The war horse screamed in pain, and the blood on the horse's head splashed everywhere like a fountain.

Shi Tingzhu smiled gloomily, pulled out the steel knife violently, and slashed down towards Zhang Mu's face with a swing of the knife.

The war horse was already dead, but fortunately, Zhang Mu reacted quickly and jumped two steps away, so that he was not crushed by the corpse of the war horse.

But Shi Tingzhu's blow came too quickly, and Zhang Mu didn't have much time to react.

On the battlefield, there are horses and no horses, the gap is simply too big.

In this situation, how dare Zhang Mu fight hard with Shi Tingzhu? One rolled on the spot, slashed straight at the back hooves of Shi Tingzhu's war horse.

Shi Tingzhu smiled fiercely.

His war horse is a treasure of the Mongolian princes, and he has followed him for nearly ten years, and he is extremely humane.

Seeing Zhang Mu's yin move, Shi Tingzhu pulled the reins of the horse violently, and the war horse suddenly jumped high, and the huge hooves of the horse stomped fiercely towards Zhang Mu's chest.

Zhang Mu couldn't help but be shocked, but at this time, both of them had already distanced themselves from their own soldiers, and it was impossible to ask for help.

At the moment of crisis, Zhang Mu had no other choice.

He did not retreat, but advanced, clenched the steel knife in his hand, and in a tumble, the steel knife stabbed Shi Tingzhu's horse belly.

"Click!" With a crisp sound, Zhang Mu's shoulder had been trampled on by the hooves of the war horse, and his bones were afraid to shatter.

But at the same time, the steel knife in Zhang Mu's hand was like a rifling knife, from front to back, Shengsheng cut a long cut in Shi Tingzhu's horse's belly.

Blood, intestines, fell straight onto Zhang Mu's face.

But after eating Zhang Mu's knife, Shi Tingzhu's war horse did not die immediately, but jumped up and down like crazy, breaking free from its most sluggish life energy.

Shi Tingzhu also panicked at this time, he never thought that Zhang Mu was so not afraid of death and wanted to die with him!

But it's too late to say anything at this point!

The war horse had lost control, and Shi Tingzhu was already injured, and in a few jumps, Shi Tingzhu had already fallen off the horse, and then fell to the side with a bang.

Shi Tingzhu had already been smashed, and he had just opened his eyes, but he saw Zhang Mu carrying a bloody single knife, smiling towards him.

Shi Tingzhu couldn't help but be shocked!

At this moment, where did he care about any other face, and shouted loudly: "Someone! Save me, save me! ”

Zhang Mu scolded with a cruel smile, "Dog Tartar!" What the fuck are you yelling about! Today next year will be your death day! ”

But perhaps Shi Tingzhu's life should not be extinguished, and at this time, a white-armored soldier not far away had already noticed the situation here.

He opened his bow fiercely and shot an arrow, shooting straight at Zhang Mu's chest.

Zhang Mu didn't dare to be careless, and hurriedly rolled sideways to avoid it.

But it was during this time that the white-armored soldier galloped over, put Shi Tingzhu on his horse with one hand, and quickly galloped towards the east.

"Withdraw~~! Remove!!! ”

In the camp of the Qing army, I don't know who shouted first, for a moment, they didn't dare to entangle with the Caishi army anymore, like a tide, desperately fleeing towards the east.

"General, you're fine, are you?" At this time, Hao Da and the others pulled out and ran quickly to Zhang Mu to investigate Zhang Mu's injuries.

Looking at the sons and daughters under his command who were covered in injuries and tired, and then looked at the back of the Qing army rushing away in the distance, Zhang Mu couldn't help but scold fiercely, "I'm fine!" It's a pity, what a good opportunity! Cheap these dog tartars! ”

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In the camp of the Caishi Army, Zhang Mu's injuries were no longer serious.

Although the wound on his chest was bleeding a lot, it was only a skin wound, protected by armor, and did not hurt the bones.

At the shoulder, although he was trampled by Shi Tingzhu's war horse, because Zhang Mu avoided it quickly at that time, the war horse did not fully exert its strength, and it was no big problem, and it could be healed after recuperating for a while.

However, although it was late at night, Liu Ruyi came to Zhang Mu's tent in person, first, to investigate Zhang Mu's injuries, and second, to learn more about the war.

"General, the Qing army's combat power is really strong! Although we have 3,000 men, we have 1,000 more than the other side, but when we really fight, we can't take advantage of it at all! If we want to kill one of them, we will have to sacrifice at least one or two brothers! This, this is just the flag of the Han army! I don't know what kind of combat power the real Tartar will be! ”

At this time, the casualties of this battle have been counted, although more than 700 Qing troops were killed, but the Chinese cavalry battalion paid the price of more than 1,000 deaths!

Zhang Mu was in a very low mood, obviously, this night battle had a great impact on him!

Liu Ruyi's face didn't show too much expression, and the result of this battle was actually expected by Liu Ruyi.

Cavalry is not the strong point of the Caishi Army, and being able to fight to such an extent tonight is already a great victory for Zhang Mu!

If you want to fight against the Manchu Qing at this time, firearms are still king!

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