Chapter 27: The Trap
He chased him and fled, and he couldn't escape.
This sentence is very appropriate for Su Yan and Ma Degong at this time.
Under the pursuit of the Qing army, Su Yan took the remaining soldiers to pretend to be panicked and fled "embarrassed", and every few miles he ran out, he asked his subordinates to throw away some gold and silver baggage, which stimulated the Qing army's desire to pursue.
The pursuit continued until dusk approached, and Su Yan finally led the Qing army headlong into the ambush circle of the outer house.
The army ran to the shore of the big lake, then stopped retreating, under Su Yan's order, turned around and lined up to meet the enemy, quite a back-to-back battle posture, at the same time as the army was arrayed, Su Yan couldn't help but look at the dark mountains and forests on the right, at this time the sun was setting, the sun no longer shone on the mountains and forests, and the mountains and forests in the shadows were like a huge mouth with fangs, ready to devour outsiders who broke into the territory at any time.
When the army was finished, the Qing army rushed into this narrow plain, and Ma Degong, who was the leader, saw that the road ahead had been blocked by the big lake, and the thief army lined up with his back against the big lake, only when the other party was desperate and crashed into a desperate road, he laughed loudly:
"A group of rabble, God doesn't want to help you, today is your burial place!"
When the words fell, he waved his hand, and the Qing army, which had been in a chaotic formation because of the pursuit, quickly relined its formation, and with the sound of the military horn, it stepped towards Su Yan's side with heavy steps.
Looking at the slowly approaching Qing army formation, the spearmen who had only been broken during the day couldn't help but feel a little afraid, they nervously clenched the spears in their hands, as if they could gain courage from the spears, and at the same time kept swallowing their saliva, if there was no way to retreat, and there were loyal warrior battalion sword and shield men behind them to supervise the battle, they would definitely find an opportunity to escape.
The plan to lead the Qing army into the ambush circle was only known to Su Yan, Lin Zhong and Lin Xingzhu, and the soldiers at the bottom were completely ignorant of this, the only thing they knew was that although Lin Zhong's troops followed south, they stayed at the key pass of Tianma Mountain and did not continue to advance.
And Ma Degong had also learned the news from the captured soldiers before, and since Lin Zhong's troops did not follow south, he did not take this matter to heart.
In Ma Degong's view, infighting among the rebels is already commonplace, not to mention between the rebels, even when he was still in the Southern Ming Dynasty, all the military horses within the court would also have infighting, Su Yan and Lin Zhong most likely had some differences, and then they parted ways.
It's a pity that Lin Zhong didn't go south, otherwise he would have been able to wipe out these two groups of rebels, and when he thought of Lin Zhong, who had fought with him many times, Ma Degong felt a little regretful.
In front, the line infantry deployed in the front line opened fire again, and the fierce gunfire made Ma Degong, who was sitting firmly in the army, much more curious about Su Yan, and he looked at the young leader who was riding a horse and standing under the military flag on the opposite side with an inquiring gaze, and the more he looked, the more he felt that the scale armor on the opposite side was so familiar.
Soon, he recognized the scale armor.
"Damn, that's Wang Manhan's armor?" Ma Degong's eyes widened, and he pointed at the scale armor on Su Yan's body in disbelief, and exclaimed.
The soldiers and lieutenants around him hurriedly followed his fingers and recognized the armor, and several angry curses immediately sounded around Ma Degong.
Although he was mentally prepared for Wang Manhan to be killed, when he saw Su Yan wearing armor that should have belonged to Wang Manhan, Ma Degong couldn't help but feel angry.
His anger didn't last long, because just as the Qing army's vanguard was about to meet the rebels' hand-to-hand army, the vision suddenly changed!
Bang –
A tiny firework suddenly rose from the mountain forest on the left side of the battlefield and exploded in mid-air, instantly attracting the attention of everyone on the battlefield.
At the same time, countless torches were also lit up in the mountains and forests, and the light of a large number of torches even illuminated the entire mountain and forest as if it were daytime, and above the mountains and forests, a "Pingdingbo" flag and a "forest" flag were held high, and Lin Zhong's familiar face appeared under the military flag, and it was also reflected in Ma Degong's stunned pupils.
"It's a trap!"
Ma Degong reacted instantly, and hurriedly turned his horse, and without thinking about it, he was about to order Mingjin to withdraw his troops, but at this moment, he turned his head to look behind him, and found that a team appeared behind him at some point, this team held high the military flag of the "Zhongjun Battalion", and everyone was equipped with rattan long knives, who was the leader not Lin Xingzhu?
"Kill! Kill the clear dog! ”
Lin Zhong shouted, and then led his subordinates to roar down the mountains and forests, and killed the Qing army on the plain, and at the same time they rushed out, a rain of burning arrows also rose from the mountains and forests, and crossed a beautiful arc in the twilight, fell into the Qing army's formation, and immediately shot dozens of people.
Lin Xingzhu also led his three hundred rattan soldiers to surround him, intending to surround more than 2,000 Qing troops in this narrow plain, seeing that there were enemies in three directions, and the sky was dark around, he couldn't tell how many enemies surrounded him, and these experienced Qing soldiers began to panic.
Ma Degong saw the anxiety of his subordinates, and he shouted loudly: "Don't panic, line up to meet the enemy!" Rush out with Ben! ”
After the words fell, he took the lead and rushed towards the Chinese military camp with the smallest number of people, and the Qing army in the brigade had the intention to follow, but where would Su Yan and Lin Zhong give them a chance, they both ordered the whole army to attack and fight with the Qing army.
At the same time, Lin Zhong also sacrificed the magic weapon made by Su Yan, under his order, the soldiers of the righteous army lit the fuse one after another, and threw the thunder the size of an adult's fist into the Qing army's formation, and the thunder fell from the sky like raindrops, and exploded in mid-air before it hit the Qing army, and the iron nails and ceramic fragments inside were like scattered flowers of the heavenly maiden, enveloping the Qing soldiers in all directions.
For a while, the screams were continuous, and countless iron nails and ceramic fragments splashed over the Qing army's military formation, easily cutting through the exposed skin outside the armor, and most of the iron nails shot into the faces of the Qing soldiers without the slightest protection, directly making the other party lose their combat effectiveness, covering their faces and screaming.
The explosion of the earth-shattering thunder and the casualties caused a huge blow to the morale of the Qing army, coupled with the shouts of killing around the sky, which made the Qing army's will to fight rapidly decline, and they were defeated and retreated again and again.
At this time, Lin Xingzhu saw Ma Degong killing him, immediately took a bow and arrows, aimed at Ma Degong's body and shot out, the black iron arrow shot out as quickly as lightning, and it was difficult to catch under the cover of night, and when Ma Degong found the iron arrow flying towards him, it was only less than a zhang away from him, Ma Degong was horrified, and quickly dodged to dodge, although he escaped the shot, the iron arrow penetrated the armor and smashed his shoulder blade.
Ma Degong screamed and almost fell off the horse, but fortunately, his own soldiers quickly supported him to avoid the tragic end of the fall.
This scene was also witnessed by many people, and I don't know who shouted first, and soon, all kinds of voices on the battlefield converged into one sentence:
"Ma Degong is dead, surrender quickly!"