Section 464 The Battle to Break the Siege (II)

Shang Wentian looked at the hilt of the spear stuck in his chest in disbelief, and then raised his hand and pointed at me in front of him, opened his mouth to say something, but he couldn't say it after all, and then rolled off the horse. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

I looked at the corpses on the ground, but for some reason I didn't feel a sense of joy after victory.

When I returned to the forest, Hua Rong and the other three generals had gathered the surrendered Qing soldiers.

I asked, "How many brothers have we lost?" ”

Hua Rong replied gloomily: "Just after the counting of the various departments, a total of two hundred and twenty-seven brothers died, and three hundred and nine were so seriously injured that they could no longer advance. ”

I didn't expect to lose so many brothers in Lianyunzhai, and I couldn't help but feel sad: "It's my responsibility to lose so many brothers." ”

Hua Rong comforted: "Don't blame yourself for the lord of Dazhai, how can there be immortals in war?" Our brothers had been preparing the Horse Leather Shroud since the day we went up the mountain. What's more, more than 2,000 people died on the other side, and our victory in this anti-ambush battle was quite beautiful. ”

I said, "The dead brothers should be buried on the spot, and the brothers who could not participate in the next battle should stay and recuperate from their wounds and return to the village in the future." Brother Hua, you can name more than 400 brothers to stay and take care of them. ”

Hua Rong frowned and said: "We originally had few troops, is it ...... to leave another four hundred people?"

I shook my head and said, "I just looked at it, and the injuries of these brothers are too serious. Moreover, we can't stay in the town to seek medical treatment, we can only sleep in the wilderness in this barren mountain, and someone must stay and take care of us. ”

Hua Rong saw that the owner of Dazhai insisted on this, so he no longer insisted.

Accompanied by the soldiers, I went up to the group of captives and asked, "Who of you has the highest rank here?" ”

A square-faced man with a big shoulders and a round waist strode out of the crowd, straightened his chest and said, "My name is Zhou Tong, and I am a pipe band in the green camp. Of the rest, I am the highest-ranking soldier. If you want to kill, you will kill, why be so verbose! ”

I was dumbfounded, "Who's going to kill you?" I told you to take a good inventory of the deployment, and then let you go. ”

A group of Qing soldiers thought that they would definitely die, who thought that the other party would let them go, and everyone showed an unbelievable look on their faces.

Xu Ning hurriedly said: "Dazhai master, you can't let it go!" ”

Hua Rong also said: "This long-distance attack was a surprise. If the captives are released, what will they do when they go back and report the news? ”

I patted the two of them on the shoulder and said with a smile: "This group of ambush soldiers are all foot soldiers, and only a few officers have war horses. Shall we just take all the war horses away? Can't our four-legged horses outrun their two-legged horses? ”

Mu Feng said: "Dazhai master, even if they don't have time to go back to report the news." It's hard to guarantee that we won't be attacked from behind! ”

As soon as these words came out, Lianyunzhai spoke out one after another.

I smiled wryly, "What do you say you should do?" ”

The generals glanced at each other, Xu Ning gritted his teeth, stretched out his hand and made a gesture across his neck.

My mind flashed over the massacre of prisoners of war in Hangzhou that day, and I shuddered and shouted, "No! ”

It was the first time that the leaders of Lianyunzhai were angry when they saw me, and they were silent at the moment.

I took a deep breath and said, "Have you heard of the killing of prisoners in Hangzhou a few days ago?" ”

The leaders shook their bodies, Hua Rong closed his eyes and sighed: "I entered the city to inquire about information that day, and I witnessed it with my own eyes on the city wall on the edge of the urn city...... Alas, when the Qing soldiers entered the customs, they didn't kill us Han people! ”

"But these are the Han people of the Green Camp." "Everyone has the right to live, especially since they are defenseless captives. I will never allow that day to happen again! ”

Hua Rong said: "But, what if they turn against the water? ”

At this time, Zhou Tong walked over with several Qing soldiers who seemed to be heads.

He asked me, "Master Dazhai, you really don't kill us?" ”

I nodded solemnly.

Zhou Tong and the soldiers suddenly knelt down in unison with a "plop", and said, "More grace from the master of the village not to kill." Our brothers hereby swear to leave the ranks of the Qing army from now on! If you break your oath, the sky will thunder! ”

As soon as the words fell, nearly 3,000 soldiers of the Green Battalion knelt down in unison and launched a poisonous oath together.

I helped Zhou Tong up, then turned to Hua Rong and the other leaders and said, "Now, what do you brothers think?" ”

Hua Rong looked at Zhou Tong and the others: "Our Dazhai master is kind-hearted, I hope your brothers can do what they say." ”

I asked, "So what are your plans for the future?" ”

Zhou Tong and others said: "The hometowns of our thousands of brothers are all in the area of Thunder God Island in the East China Sea, if they weren't fooled, who would have come all the way here to fight and die?" We will recuperate in the nearby mountains for a few days, and then find a way to return to our hometown after we have recovered from our injuries, so that we can continue to fish and cultivate the fields in the future! ”

I nodded and said no more.

Without my orders, Zhou Tong and the others marched towards the mountains after handing over all the war horses.

I left more than 400 men to take care of the wounded soldiers in the village, and I led 2,000 cavalry to continue to advance.

By noon on the second day, the troops had successfully reached a hill outside Hangzhou.

I rode up the hillside, looked at the dense white camp tent under the valley in the distance, and after a while, I locked my eyes on a camp area in the east, and said with a smile: "Brother Hua, come and see if there is the main tent of the Qing army?" How many people are in it? ”

Hua Rong and the others looked at it with concentrated eyes, and nodded after a while: "What the master of Dazhai said is not bad, it is the main account of the Chinese army." Looking at the size of the tents, there were about 20,000 people. ”

I said while observing: "There are a total of eight gates in this Chinese army village, let's enter from the east gate, and then take advantage of the chaos to go straight to the Chinese army camp to get the head of the enemy's commander." I have agreed with Ye Taishou and them in advance that once the enemy camp catches fire, they will be killed from the city. ”

Hua Rong gave an order to the rear, and more than 200 cavalrymen took out a flag from the package and hung it on the big gun.

Hua Rong said with a smile: "The master of Qiyu Dazhai has made some small preparations in advance. As soon as these flags were hoisted, the enemy could not have dreamed of how many men and horses we had come. ”

"Brother Hua really has you, so let's go now!" After speaking, he took the lead and rushed down the hillside.

The 2,000 cavalry avoided the other camps and rushed straight to the Chinese camp of the Qing army like a tide.

The commander of the Qing army was sitting in the camp tent, waiting for Shang Wentian to come with the head of the leader of Lianyunzhai to return to his life.

The Lianyunzhai cavalry took a group of two or three people, picking the enemy's big and small leaders to slash and kill.

The soldiers of the Qing army were very tired from attacking the city last night, and they were now taking a lunch break, and when they heard the shouts of killing all around, they didn't even have time to put on their pants and ran out, and they all did the ghosts of the cavalry of Lianyunzhai.

The Lianyunzhai cavalry slashed and killed the enemy while setting fire to the camp.

Hundreds of flags embroidered with white clouds on a black background fluttered everywhere in the camp, and the chaotic Qing generals had no idea how many men and horses were coming. (To be continued.) )