"That's good." The veteran of the Ming army gave a thumbs up, looked at the people around him with a smile, and said: "Look, the Tartar is so vulnerable, it's not terrible at all." ”

"yes, yes!" There are still a few people whose faces are pale, and it is estimated that there is less blood.

"There's no need to cut off the head, the selected armor, and the silver taels on the Qing soldiers." The veteran stopped a righteous man, who was picking up a short axe and gesturing at the corpse, "Remember, the smuggler!" The veteran's face became stern, "I will be rewarded for a while, if I can't control my hands, get back to me immediately, so as not to lose my life." ”

"Yes!" Wang Zhan agreed happily, picked up a helmet and hung it on his waist, reached out to touch a corpse, and then threw the broken silver into the helmet.

"Alright, act in groups, be careful." The veteran's eyes flashed with appreciation, and his tone softened a lot.

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One is prosperous, then it is declining, and three is exhausted.

After this heavy setback, the Qing army no longer had the desire to attack and no hope of a breakthrough. Of course, they didn't know that the casualties of the Ming army were also very large, and this time the counteroffensive was even explosive and shooting, and the timing was right, and the momentum was so fierce, showing that the Ming army still had a lot of spare strength, which completely shattered their confidence. Even watching some volunteers cleaning up the battlefield and searching for wounded soldiers from a distance, they were indifferent, and they no longer had the courage to rush forward.

Winter is dark early, and there is already a hazy night coming, is it now to turn around and detour, or to rest and adjust? Eshen had not yet made a decision, but found that many of the soldiers were exhausted, and without waiting for the order, they had already gathered the firewood and sat down to rest.

When did strict military discipline become so lax? Eshen frowned angrily, and he was about to be furious. Deputy Dutong Buyantu reached out and ripped off his clothes and glanced at him.

"How?" Eshen and Buyantu stepped aside. Puzzled, he asked.

"The army's morale is in turmoil, those Han soldiers-" Buyantu shook his head and said: "In today's battle, the losses of the Eight Banners are not small, if it provokes a mutiny, won't the enemy take advantage of it." ”

"When did the Eight Banners of Manchuria become afraid of the Han soldiers?" Eshen was deeply dissatisfied. He looked around viciously, and then his face became solemn.

Piles of fires were burned, and the fires were surrounded by soldiers, but if you look closely, you will find that the Han soldiers have unconsciously gathered together, and they have distanced themselves from the Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners.

Sure enough, there was a different heart. Eshen gritted his teeth and forced himself to calm down. If in peacetime, these Han soldiers naturally don't put it in his eyes, but after the war. The Manchurian soldiers suffered a lot of losses and were very tired. Moreover, there is still a Ming army on the opposite side, and it is definitely not the time to use strong means to rectify the interior.

"And let them be proud for a while." Buyantu smiled coldly and said: "Secretly arrange it, pull out the camp in the middle of the night, whether they are fighting or surrendering, let them go!" ”

"Cheap them." Eshen stomped his foot in hatred. "That's it, bunch of rubbish. It's a drag with them. ”

……………

The night was dark, the moon was hiding somewhere, and the mountains, rivers, and trees could not be outlined at all. The wind was whimpering, sad and desolate.

Piles of bonfires were boiling with water. There were Ming soldiers sitting around, and in the distance, several sentries were circling around the fire in front of the corpse's pillow, beware of the enemy's sneak attack.

The construction of the third breastwork was completed, and the people who had worked hard were rewarded with silver. This is unprecedented. Working for the army, and pay, has never been a thing. Even the Ming army gave a few dead horses to the people and let them boil the broth.

"My lord, the wounded have been sent by the people to the nearby villages, and the gentry have brought food, enough to eat for two or three days." Ma Chenliang finished arranging all the miscellaneous matters and returned to Li Chengjue's side to resume his life.

"Two or three days is enough." Li Chengjue stretched out his hand and motioned for Ma Chenliang to sit down, "It's hard work, sit down and rest." ”

Ma Chenliang first looked into the distance, then sat down according to his words, and asked, "My lord, I wonder if this Qing army will attack again?" ”

"I'm not afraid to attack." After Li Chengjue finished speaking, he thought about it again and said: "The extermination army must divide its troops to pursue, but there is a lack of horses in the army, and it is estimated that there are not many people chasing ahead." In this way, even if they catch the tail of the Qing army, they will not attack lightly, but will have to see the right time. As soon as our army blocked it here, it bought time for the infantry of the exterminating army; If the Qing army wanted to turn around and detour, the friendly troops chasing in front did not need to be intercepted, and flanked on both sides of the road, and the Qing army would inevitably suffer heavy losses. ”

Ma Chenliang secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Even if these Tartars run away, where can they go?" This Jiangnan has been recovered, can you survive in Hangzhou? ”

"If you don't get to the Yellow River, you won't give up, and you will jump a few times when you die." Li Chengjue motioned to his soldiers to scoop a bowl of hot soup for Ma Chenliang, and said with some disdain: "Or do you still think that the north can come to help the troops and reconquer the south of the Yangtze River!" ”

"Dream on!" Ma Chenliang took the hot soup, took a sip, his intuition was full of spicy mouth, and he immediately knew that there was a chili pepper in it, and his stomach was hot, and he couldn't help but praise: "This chili pepper is really a good thing, I haven't tasted it for a long time after staying here for a long time." ”

"Alcohol is not allowed in the army, and in this cold weather, chili peppers are the best to drive away the cold." Li Chengjue nodded with a smile and said, "The people in Guangfu District are planting more and more, and there are even a lot of dishes with chili peppers in the restaurant. I just love the taste, it's so spicy. ”

"Jiangnan will soon be recovered, and depending on the population and resources here, it will soon recover." Ma Chenliang drank the hot soup one by one, and his body, which was still a little cowering because of the cold, slowly straightened up, and said with emotion: "But after more than three years of work, when I was in Yunnan Province that day, it was something that I dared not think about. ”

"Oh, you're an old man from Yunnan Province?" Li Chengjue was slightly taken aback.

"It's not an old man, he served before His Highness recovered Kunming." Ma Chenliang said modestly, but his face showed a bit of pride.

"That's the old seniority, too." Li Chengjue glanced at Ma Chenliang and thought: His Royal Highness misses the old love very much, this guy's future should be good, since he is familiar with this place, maybe he will be an official here!

"I don't dare say that." Ma Chenliang unceremoniously scooped up a bowl of hot soup by himself, and said while drinking: "Your Highness is benevolent and misses the old feelings, but if you feel great, it will be annoying." As for official fortune or something, everyone has their own fate. Just go with the flow. ”

Li Chengjue fell into deep thought, and for a long time he arched his hand and said, "That's right, I have been taught." ”

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Before midnight, the camp of the Qing army was in chaos, and people shouted and neighed. There was a lot of hustle and bustle. The Ming soldiers on duty hurriedly sounded the gong, and the Ming soldiers who were sleeping and resting hurriedly got up and stood guard.

"Listen, is it the sound of muskets?" Li Chengjue took off his helmet and listened carefully.

The people around them were quiet, listening carefully, faintly, faintly audible in the wind and noise, probably because they were far away.

"It's the musket that's going off!" One of the generals nodded heavily, his face beaming with joy. "So, it's the friendly forces catching up?"

Li Chengjue pondered for a long time and said: "Our army does not have many troops, and it may be bad to attack rashly. However, the friendly forces have arrived, and our army can make a flanking attack, so that the enemy will be chaotic without a fight. The main force stayed here to defend, and sent veteran officers to shout bravely with the righteous people. Feint to attack. If the Qing army counterattacked, it could be retreated. Received by the main force. ”

To make such a steady arrangement and push the righteous people to the front, Li Chengjue also had no choice. The Ming army did not have many troops, and the casualties had reached more than 700, that is, there were still 1,200 or 300 combatable soldiers left. If the whole army strikes. In the event of defeat, this position of the Qing army is in danger of being lost. In order to be on the safe side, in addition to sending some officers, Li Chengjue also transferred 200 musketeers so that the Yimin Township could be brave and courageous.

In fact. The Qing army was already in disarray, and the original plan of retreating in the middle of the night by Eshen and Buyantu was all in vain due to the sudden arrival of the Ming pursuers and the exchange of fire with the rearguard troops.

The morale of the army is already extremely unstable, it is difficult to break through in the front, and the back road is blocked, even the Eight Banners of Manmeng are panicked, not to mention those green flag Han soldiers.

"Get out from behind." Eshen brandished his weapon, loudly inspired, and gathered the trustworthy Manchurian Eight Banners.

There is no problem with his judgment, the Ming army has few horses, and the number of people who catch up will not be large, if he rushes with all his strength, there is still a glimmer of life. Breaking through the enemy position in front of him, Eshen didn't even think about it, it was a waste of time, and when the enemy's infantry caught up, it would be impossible to escape.

The drums of war sounded, "Rush! Kill! The shouts sounded on the Ming army's position, and I don't know how many figures were shaking, and I didn't know how many Ming troops were rushing over. Boom, boom, boom...... The roar of the firebolt rang out, and the light flickered, dazzling the human eye.

The Qing army was even more chaotic, and before the battle was engaged, many Green Flag Han soldiers were already running away and screaming, chaotic and chaotic, like a bombing camp. However, some of the Green Flag soldiers gathered into a regiment under the command of the officer, but they neither rushed forward nor retreated, and slowly retreated to the woods and hillsides on the side of the road.

"Whole team, rush and kill!" Eshen and Buyantu led a sentry of men and horses, howling and galloping back and forth, slashing and slashing the soldiers who were running around, and more and more Eight Banner generals gathered around, and then rushed towards the back.

"Ahh......h

"Kill the Tartars, make meritorious contributions anyway!" The shouts were close at hand, and a group of hundreds of green flag soldiers gathered shouted loudly as they fired their bows and arrows.

"Damn it—" Eshen wanted to turn around and kill all these capricious and fallen Green Banner soldiers, but Buyantu snatched the reins and continued to run.

"It's too late, Lord Toto." Buyantu hurriedly shouted, "Hurry up, don't get entangled." ”

Eshen gritted his teeth, resentful, when did these cowardly Green Flag soldiers dare to wave swords and guns at the Eight Banner Soldiers?

Bows and arrows, javelins, throwing axes, spears...... The Eight Banners marching towards the gallop will attack more and more weapons, and people are constantly knocked off their horses, or horses neighing and falling to the ground, throwing riders to the ground.

The Eight Banner generals, who were once majestic and made the Green Flag soldiers dare not look up, did not even look back at this time, and rushed forward vigorously.

"Kill, kill the Tartars!" More and more green flags and Han soldiers, who were usually docile, were agitated, taking advantage of the fact that the Eight Banners were busy breaking through the siege, and taking advantage of the fact that the Eight Banners had no time to take care of others, and launched an attack on the Eight Banners generals. Many of the Eight Banner soldiers who were scattered and responsible for the ammunition pressure and failed to gather into the brigade were swept into the crowd, some were dragged off their horses by the Han soldiers, and some were surrounded by the Green Banner soldiers and stabbed indiscriminately, screaming and dying.

Eshen galloped in the cavalry group, the wind whistling past his ears, and in a trance he felt that he was charging towards victory, as long as he broke through the pursuers in the rear, he was the victor. He can take these Eight Banners soldiers to Hangzhou...... And then he didn't think about it, and he didn't dare to think about it.

The rout of the rearguard was ruthlessly dispersed, and Eshen didn't care whether they lived or died, those who stood in the way, died! The figures on the road are becoming more and more sparse. He clenched the hilt of his sword, and soon he was going to fight his pursuers to the death, right?

The vanguard of the Ming army pursued 13,400 people, because the Qing army of the three major groups in Zhejiang was stationed in Quzhou, Lishui, and Wenzhou respectively, forming a defensive line against the Ming army in Fujian Province. The Ming army was dispatched from Xianxia Pass and Fenshui Pass, and was close to the Qing army in Quzhou, near Jiangxi Province, and Wenzhou, near the coast, and it was easier to pursue them when they retreated. Only the Qing army in Lishui, the Ming army was far away, so Ma Bao, the king of Wei, pulled out all the horses of the whole army to the second division, and they were responsible for the pursuit.

The cavalry of the Ming army, which numbered more than 1,000 people, traveled day and night. Interspersed between Quzhou and Lishui, along the way with the guidance and help of the common people, more than 200 horses were killed, and finally caught up with the Qing army here.

Although the Ming army was afraid that the Qing army would escape, they immediately launched an attack on the rearguard of the Qing army. To their surprise, the Qing army collapsed at the slightest touch, and a large number of Han soldiers and Green Flag soldiers surrendered. From the mouth of the captive. There are friendly forces in front of you, offensive and defensive battles during the day. The Qing army suffered heavy casualties. These Qing soldiers were already discouraged, and many people began to flee, and when they saw the pursuers, there was no way forward, and then they were blocked, and their fighting spirit was immediately lost.

Now that the friendly forces are already in front of the block. The generals of the Ming army were not in a hurry to attack, but used their troops to cut down trees and pile rocks and set up roadblocks. After all, it is indeed very risky to attack several times the enemy with more than a thousand tired soldiers, and there are Manmeng Eight Banner soldiers. The defensive positions must not have been arranged well in a hurry. The generals of the Ming army arranged their soldiers in the slopes and forests on the side of the road, stretched the battle line, prepared to flank the attack, and inflicted maximum damage on the enemy.

As soon as the arrangement was completed, the Eight Banners roared over, and they all rushed into the ambush circle in this area.

The road ahead was dark, with scattered tree branches and stones sticking to mud and ice, and the galloping speed of the Qing soldiers had to be slowed down.

As soon as they approached, the vanguard Qing soldiers stopped one after another, although this roadblock was shabby, but it stretched for a mile, and if you want to cross the horse, you can't. Moreover, on the opposite side of the barricade was a crowd of black pressors, but the costumes were green flags and Han soldiers, waving weapons and shouting bravely.

Eshen urged his horse to catch up, and he hated the capricious Han soldiers who saw the wind and steered the rudder, and loudly ordered the soldiers to bypass the official road. In his opinion, these rats don't need to fight, as long as they rush through these barricades, they will naturally flee from the wind.

The official road has this name, naturally because it is flat and spacious, whether it is a galloping horse or a vehicle passing, it is unhindered. But to get around the roadside, ditches, low trees, weeds, and shrubs must not be able to pass quickly and you cannot ride on horseback.

The Qing soldiers dismounted, some of them as vanguards, and handed their horses over to the watchful eyes of others, and they had just walked two or three hundred steps through the weeds and bushes, and a roar sounded from the slope.

"There is an ambush ......"

Accompanied by a terrible shout, there was the explosion of rows of firearms, and under the glow of the guns and fire, hundreds of Ming soldiers suddenly stood up from the weeds on the slope and fired in four lines in turn, shooting lead bullets mercilessly at the Qing soldiers.

"Press up, rush up." Unable to tolerate the advance being pushed back like this, and now he had to rush through, he hissed and gave orders, and sent more soldiers to flank the Ming army from the flank.

More and more Qing soldiers crowded in front of the rudimentary barricades, and some of them began to clear the obstacles, pushing stones away and throwing broken branches and trees to the side of the road.

The platoon guns rang out incessantly, and the screams and shouts converged, and the Qing soldiers, whose attention was attracted, did not notice that there were more Ming troops watching them from the sloping mountains and forests.

A sharp whistle sounded, and rows of Ming troops poured out of the mountains and forests, with thousands of people, stretching out for a hundred meters, and after rushing out of the mountains and forests, they shot a row of bullets at the Qing soldiers on the official road.

On the official road, people immediately shouted and neighed, and one by one the Qing soldiers fell off their horses, and those horses that were shot were even more neighing and running and jumping in pain, which caused the Qing soldiers to fall into chaos.

The dense men and horses barely had to aim, and the Ming soldiers were lined up, shooting fiercely according to the whistle in the white smoke that was rising. More Qing soldiers fell to the ground, screaming, neighing, resounding. In particular, the frightened, undead horses ran and jumped, adding to the confusion on the road.

"No—" Eshen hissed and screamed, and he saw the head of the deputy capital Buyantu bloom, and brains and blood splattered out, and the warrior of the hundred battles did not even draw his bow and arrows, but died under his horse.

Blood flowers are blooming, people, horses, on this hundreds of meters long official road, the crowded Qing soldiers were blinded by this sudden attack. The corpses of men and horses were everywhere, as well as the wounded groaning and wailing in pain, and the Qing soldiers who were looking for a hiding spot in panic.

Every row of firebolts rang out, men and horses fell, and there was a scream. The condescending Ming soldiers opened heavy fire on the dense crowd of horses, dispersing the Qing troops and making it difficult for them to assemble for a counterattack. In the same way, because there were many people around him, he immediately became a target of attack.

A cloud of blood mist burst from the chest of the captain of the pro-soldiers, and he fell to his knees at once, looking down at his chest as if he couldn't believe it. He tried hard to cover the wound, but the hot blood continued to overflow from his fingers, and it was useless to cover it. (To be continued......)