Liu Yan held up the spear in his hand, shouting and rushing to the front of the cavalry of the new army in Xiahezhai, he was wearing a royal armor, shining, and a flying cloak, majestic and unstoppable.

Behind Liu Yan, President Bai Xu Ming led people to carry a banner with the word Liu, and he also yelled excitedly, but he still looked at Liu Yan in front of him from time to time, worried that Liu Yan would make some mistakes.

The various guards behind Liu Yan were even more cautious, and the sunlight was cast on Liu Yan much more than elsewhere.

At this time, thousands of Xuanda iron horsemen, led by Lu Xiangsheng, rushed forward. The Qing soldiers in front had already fled, and they were just here to test this time, not really want to fight. Obviously, their temptation this time poked out a big basket.

Of course, this Qing army will not fight to the death with the Ming army, and when they saw most of the Ming army rushing towards them, they immediately withdrew their troops.

And the Qing soldiers who were fighting with Wang Pu's subordinates, after receiving the order, also pulled out their horses and ran. Although Wang Pu and the other Datong Town cavalry were tired, how could they let go of this good opportunity to pursue in front of them?

Seeing a large number of reinforcements rushing behind him, everyone was even more courageous, Wang Pu's face was full of blood, looking a little hideous, he saw that a big victory was about to arrive, so he shouted excitedly: "Sons, pursue, kill slaves!" ”

Wang Pu waved his horse lance vigorously, urged the war horse, and led the army to catch up.

The sound of hooves on the battlefield was like thunder, and if you could look down from the air at this time, thousands of horses were galloping on the ground, forming a large puff of smoke and dust. Running at the front was the white flag armor Lazhangjing who had not yet fought, and their hundreds of horses were running fast, and the cavalry on the horses were jumping from time to time to change horses.

Behind them were hundreds of horses that were sparsely pulled and formed out of formation, and from time to time someone fell behind, it was the hundreds of Qing cavalry who participated in the battle and fled.

Immediately behind them was a large group of Ming cavalry with red flag-colored armor, which was the cavalry of Datong Town led by Wang Pu. Finally, thousands of war horses rumbled after them, and the dense sound of horses' hooves seemed to shake the earth. At the front of thousands of horses, Lu Xiangsheng's figure wielding a fine iron long knife was particularly eye-catching.

Soon, in front of the county seat of Qingdu, the defenders of the city were still trembling under the siege of the Qing army, but at this time they saw two large groups of Tartar soldiers retreating and fleeing, and they didn't look at the people in the city, and fled to the south of the city without stopping, and the defenders on the city were all stunned.

Before the defenders could wake up, they heard the deafening sound of hooves, and a large group of Ming troops chased after them, led by a tall and handsome general, dressed in gorgeous armor and bright red cloaks, fluttering in the wind. His whole body almost stood up on his horse, and the lance of the horse in his other hand seemed to pierce the clouds, and his eyes were deep, just a silent leader in pursuit.

Behind him was a large banner and the same Ming cavalry who were sinking like water. Kankan turned the city wall, and the general shouted: "Soldiers, kill slaves!" With a wave of the horse lance in his hand, a violent shout sounded behind him at the same time: "Kill slaves, kill slaves!" ”

Although many of the soldiers' horses were so tired that they were foaming at the mouth and panting like oxen, countless soldiers from Datong Town were still rolling behind the general.

There was a cheer on the city wall, looking at the heroic posture of the Ming general, the magistrate and the local officers and soldiers who were guarding the city couldn't help but sigh: "What a Changshan Zhao Zilong." ”

Before their sighs fell, a large group of Ming cavalry chased after them. A pursuit battle came to an end, and the Ming army won a complete victory!

After the soldiers of the various departments returned to the camp one after another, the Ming army camp was naturally a place of joy, and the battle beheaded more than 350 Qing soldiers, captured more than 380 Qing horses, and the weight of armor, swords, guns, and baggage.

After returning to the camp, Lu Xiangsheng celebrated the achievements of the soldiers of Datong Town, not to mention that everyone in Datong Town was happy, and Wang Pu, the chief military officer of Datong Town, was also proud.

Most of these military merits are counted on his head, and they are hard-fought Tartar heads, and they are no longer the previous ones who killed good and risked their merits.

Speaking of which, when Wang Pu led the army into battle, he only beheaded more than 100 levels of the Qing army, and most of the heads of the rest were obtained from pursuit. After Lu Xiangsheng and Wang Pu and others chased not far from Qingdu County, they no longer pursued the enemy, after all, the horses of the Qing army were better, and everyone couldn't catch up even if they wanted to.

In this battle, Wang Pu suffered more than 200 casualties, almost as high as 20%, and most of them were his family members, such a large casualty made Wang Pu's heart ache, fortunately, with these military exploits, Wang Pu thought it was worth it.

At the same time, Wang Pu's command also killed more than 200 war horses, and most of the captured Qing army war horses were supplemented by Lu Xiangsheng.

"Today's great victory, I proclaim the great soldiers, and beheaded three hundred She, this governor has sent a message to the saint, and it is expected that the saint will be overjoyed when he hears the news. In today's battle, it was Wang Zongbing who led the Datong soldiers to sacrifice their lives and forget their deaths to win the first merit, and the rest of the generals fought bravely, so they won this. Come, generals, a toast to today's shortcut! ”

Everyone in the tent raised a glass together, everyone was happy, although the military merit was divided by Wang Pu, but everyone also got dozens of heads, and everyone had a harvest. More importantly, after today's victory, the fear of the enemy and the cowardice among the officers and men of Xuanda have been reversed a lot.

Wang Pu's face flushed with excitement, he was proud, and shouted: "This is all the teachings of the governors, and the last general will only remember the truth of serving the country loyally!" ”

Lu Xiangsheng laughed with satisfaction, and he said: "Starting from General Wang, and then to today's victory, it shows that my Ming soldiers only need to sacrifice their lives to serve the country, and those captives are nothing to fear!" ”

Everyone shouted: "Be loyal and fearless, kill the enemy and serve the country." ”

Then there was jubilation in the heart, and after the victory, everyone was free to go, drink tea, and eat meat.

Liu Yan looked at the cup with everyone, and Wang Pu, who was making a lot of noise, also smiled, a male lion leading a group of sheep can be better than a sheep leading a group of male lions, with the encouragement of Lu Xiangsheng to become a pioneer, coupled with the encouragement of his own example, the abundance of grain and grass, Lu Xiangsheng, the hero of Qingdu in history, only beheaded more than 100 levels, and today it has risen to more than 300 levels. Even an escaped general like Wang Pu dared to fight bravely. Liu Yan sighed that the officers and troops of the Ming Dynasty were not unable to fight, but could only sigh......

Liu Yan was groaning here, and Lu Xiangsheng said loudly: "Today's victory, lift the siege of Qingdu, take advantage of this sharp spirit, I declare that the official army will rest in Qingdu for a day, and tomorrow I will pull out the camp and go to Dingzhou, lift the siege of Dingzhou, you still need to rise up and continue to go to Gaoyang to relieve the siege of Sun Ge Lao!" ”

The iron armor clanged, and all the generals stood up and shouted: "I am willing to follow the command of the governor and serve the country by killing thieves, and I will not hesitate to do this!" ”

Lu Xiang raised his voice and was about to say something, when he suddenly heard a sound of blowing and beating outside, and was coming to the camp. Then a guard rushed into the tent and shouted: "Report to the governor, Qingdu Zhixian, lead a cadre of squires and people in the city, carrying pigs, sheep, wine and rice, saying that they are here to sacrifice the army." ”

Lu Xiangsheng smiled, after he led the army to lift the siege of Qingdu today, the county governor of Qingdu had personally gone out of the city to thank him, but he didn't expect that now the labor army is coming.

Listen to the sound of firecrackers and gongs and drums outside, the sound of blowing is getting closer and closer, look around the generals in the tent, they are all happy, the people have always fled when they see the soldiers, this kind of spontaneous reward is too rare, everyone's psychology is warm, Lu Xiangsheng said with a smile: "The people of Qingdu are treating the army, the generals, this is with the governor out of the camp to wait, the army and the people are happy." ”

There was jubilation in the camp that day, Qingdu was a small county, and there could not be a lot of grain and grass sent, only a few hundred stones, and dozens of pigs and sheep. However, the people of Qingdu are grateful from the bottom of their hearts, and their sincere thanks still make the hearts of the Xuanda soldiers warm. For the first time, many people realized what they should and should not do as officers and soldiers.

Qingdu Zhixian also warmly invited Lu Xiangsheng to enter the city and station, but Lu Xiangsheng politely refused. That night, Lu Xiangsheng set up a banquet in the camp tent to entertain the people of Qingdu Zhixian County, and made an exception to allow the generals to drink some wine. At the banquet, the squires of Qingdu were full of praise for Wang Pu, the chief military officer of Datong Town, and even praised him for having the demeanor of Changshan Zhao Zilong, and Wang Pu couldn't stop laughing.

After the banquet, Liu Yan returned to his camp with a smile on his face, and recruited Xu Ming, Chen Xun, Wang Bo, Wang Yue, Miao Shao, Zhang Yi, Shen Tuo, and seven hundred generals, as well as a general manager and picketers to celebrate. At the banquet, everyone looked like they wanted to talk, and Liu Yan was full of doubts.

Finally, Xu Ming stood up and said, "My lord, in today's battle, I and everyone have some opinions about adults. ”

Liu Yan frowned: "Opinion? ”

Now that Liu Yan is in the new army of Xiahezhai, it can be said that he is becoming more and more authoritative, and no one dares to doubt him.

The first time he heard that the soldiers under his command had an opinion on him, Liu Yan was indeed a little surprised, and he said in a deep voice: "Okay, if you have anything to say, don't hide it!" ”

Xu Ming coughed, plucked up his courage and said, "It's the adults who are fighting today, and they are at the front." This matter could have been handed over to his subordinates, so why should he charge ahead? In case an adult has an accident, what should we do in front of the thousands of households in Xiahe Village? ”

The rest of the people immediately got up and echoed, and Chen Xun also hugged his fists and said: "My lord, Mr. Xu Bai is reasonable, my officers and soldiers of the new army in Xiahezhai are willing to die for the general, why did you rob the brothers of the opportunity to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions?" ”

Liu Yan couldn't help but be stunned after listening to everyone's words, and then he felt that at some point, a solid interest group had formed around him.

This group is headed by himself, and his every move is related to the safety of the group, and he shares honor and disgrace. Yes, soldiers can die in battle, as long as they are there, their families will have pensions, and there will be fields, so they can live a life of food and clothing.

Without them, the group can still operate, but they can't have any accidents, otherwise everything around them, everything in front of Xiahezhai will disappear. In the hearts of his subordinates now, his own life has been more important than everything they have.

Liu Yan sighed, indeed, the training and combat of the new army in Xiahezhai on weekdays are as cold and rigorous as a robot, and everything is as planned. Perhaps, from today onwards, it is impossible for such a joyful tactic to appear on oneself.

So Liu Yan said in a deep voice: "All the generals, please get up!" This official will keep it in mind! ”

When Chen Xun, Xu Ming and others saw this, they were all overjoyed and bowed again.

A few days later, on the edge of the Tang River, it was the middle of winter, and the surface of the river, which was about 100 meters wide, had frozen, but the ice was not thick enough for people and vehicles to pass. The boats along the river have been burned by the Qing soldiers, and only a local stone bridge called Dingzhou Bridge can be passed from Qingdu to Dingzhou, but at present, this stone bridge has been occupied and defended by the Qing army with white flags.

The thousands of troops with white flags besieging Dingzhou were very surprised when they heard the report of the sentinel and the report of the defeated troops with the white flag in Qingdu. There are more than 10,000 reinforcements from the Ming State from Qingdu, unlike the Ming army in other places, most of them are cavalry, and they dare to fight, led by Lu Xiangsheng, the secretary of the Ming State Military Department, with the spirit of the new victory, the army is not trivial.

Both the white-flagged Duoduo and Abatai were cautious about this. In view of this, after discussion, Duoduo and Abatai decided to defend the Dingzhou Bridge, and they also wanted to send hundreds of the most elite Baya soldiers with white flags to block this Ming reinforcement in the territory of Qingdu.

Some people died, but not completely......