When Wang Wu led the soldiers of the front battalion to destroy the Qing army's Muzha defense line, the silent Ming army brigade behind him was waiting anxiously.

Because the sky was not yet bright, except for the left and right two battalions in the rear, which were ready to step forward at any time to reinforce, the rest of the Ming army could not know the accurate battle situation on the front line.

Yuan Zongdi, who led the second group of military and civilian transfers, looked at it several times with a clairvoyant mirror, but it was difficult to see clearly because it was dark.

I heard that the Qing army on the other side of the defense line first fought for a while, and then the sound of guns became thin.

The shouts of killing never diminished.

Whether it's a good thing or a bad thing, I can't say for the time being.

Zhu Shenglang, the king of Anton beside him, sat straight on the ground like a nobody, and the package under his buttocks was all the belongings of him, the king of the county.

Not far away, Zhu Jingli, the king of Han, was talking to his two children.

King Han was originally the ninth grandson of King Zhu Song of Han Xian, the son of Taizu, but it was a branch of the Han Domain, and it was impossible to inherit the Prince of the Han Domain.

When the anti-Qing movement in Shanxi was surging in the eighth year of Yongli, Zhu Jingli was elected as the "King of Han" by Yu Yin and Han Zhaoxuan, the leaders of the righteous army, and since then he has been calling on the people in the north to restore their sight as the king of Han, until the defeat came to Hao Shaoqi's army.

Han Wang's wife Zhang was captured and killed by the Qing army in the sixth year of Yongli, and the current wife is the side concubine Yu who fled from Shanxi to Hubei with him.

Yu has a son for King Han, but he is still young, only eight years old this year.

The daughter was not born to the Yu family, but to the late Han princess Zhang, fifteen this year.

King Han didn't say anything to the Yu family, only holding his son with one hand and his daughter with the other.

Yu has been in exile with her husband for more than ten years, has experienced too many dangers, and has also broken through the ghost gate two or three times, and she is no longer a weak woman.

She knew better than anyone else what was going on at this moment, so she didn't need her husband to say anything to her.

Between husband and wife, there has long been a tacit understanding.

After touching a small half a pillar for about a while, King Han reluctantly let go of a pair of children's hands, glanced at Yu Shi and nodded slightly and went to Yuan Zongdi.

Behind her, Han silently stuffed a vial her husband gave her into her arms.

In the bottle, there is poison.

A poison that is enough to kill the mother and son (daughter).

As the daughter-in-law of the Zhu family, she knows what to do if the worst happens.

Hao Shaoqi, who was responsible for bringing the headquarters pad, was still on the yellow lawn, and he didn't know the situation ahead.

Just now, a guard team sent to the west reported that they had found traces of the Qing army, and it seemed that they had come from Lao Mugang.

There are not many people, and it may be a reconnaissance unit of the Qing army that came over from the Western Front.

Even so, it also made Hao Shaoqi uneasy.

If the blockade line of the Huguang Green Camp cannot be broken in time, the Qing army in Sichuan in the west and the Qing army in Shaanxi in the north will follow Lao Mugang, and what awaits the Ming army will inevitably be the annihilation of the whole army.

In a hurry, he didn't send anyone to urge.

He knew that the soldiers were fighting hard!

To urge or not to urge, they are all desperate.

Liu Heng of the rear camp.

Dozens of wounded soldiers, unable to move because of their injuries, were placed in several wagons.

At first glance, the horses pulling the cart are not the kind of pack horses, but all war horses.

It was a war horse captured from the Qing army, including the deputy general of the Huguang Green Battalion Niu that Wang Wu had ridden.

Yesterday afternoon, Wang Wu asked several horses to be handed over to the rear camp to haul the wounded.

And personally met with the wounded one by one, comforting them to recuperate with peace of mind and not to think too much.

He will never abandon any of his brothers who will fight to the death with him!

Zhang Beiqiu, Zhushan, who was shot by Manchurian soldiers with big arrows in Mashi Bay, was one of them.

At this time, Zhang Beiqiu, who was half leaning on the carriage, was also in a hurry, he really wanted to go ahead to go with General Wang Wu and Erhezi to work hard together, but now it is difficult to even walk, and it is just a burden for the brothers to go.

can only helplessly look anxiously towards the battlefield, hoping that the brothers can break the Qing army.

In sight, but nothing can be seen.

There was only a faint sound of shouting and killing.

Dozens of zhang away, Wang Liu, Wang Wu's righteous brother, was also very worried about his fifth brother, and it was difficult to stand there.

Seeing this, Liu Heng couldn't help but pat Wang Liu's shoulder, so that he didn't have to worry too much.

Although the battle situation is unclear at the moment, there is no news of defeat in front, indicating that the Yaowu brothers are fighting with the Qing army, which will be useless.

Wang Liu knew this truth, nodded and said with some worry: "Little grandfather, if my fifth brother can't break through the defense line of Qinggou, won't we be able to get out?" ”

Liu Heng glanced at the little palm flag that his father liked very much before his death, and smiled: "What, are you afraid?" ”

Hearing this, Wang Liuliu was stimulated, and said with a red face: "What did the little grandfather say, if I, Wang Liu, am afraid, I won't follow the grandfather to kill the tartars!" ”

"I know you're not afraid, okay, go around and see, don't anything happen."

Zhang En, who was transferred to the post of deputy general and the sentry officer of the rear battalion, came over and asked Wang Liu to take people on a patrol, especially his family and the people accompanying the army, to prevent anyone from messing up the team for fear of disorder.

This is going to be a mess.

After Wang Liu left, the smile on Zhang En's face faded.

Liu Heng's expression was also very solemn.

The two knew from Yuan and Hao Ershuai about the strength of the Qing army's defense line, although the Yaowu brothers said that those carts could help them resist the Qing army's arms, but whether this tactic was useful or not, no one had verified it.

Therefore, they are worried that if it is useless, this breakthrough is likely to repeat the mistakes of the past.

And they no longer have any capital to stick to.

If there is no food, even if you would rather die than surrender, what can you do!

At this time, the officers and men of the former battalion, who were struggling to destroy the Qing army's defense line, were in a great crisis.

The green battalion soldiers, who were blocked by the wooden stakes and could not approach the Ming army, were so smart that they brought a large number of door panels from the wooden barricades one by one and put them on the wooden stakes.

After that, the door panels were laid forward one by one as if the floor was being laid, so that several "smooth roads" were formed on the wooden stakes that were difficult to stand on.

Taking advantage of these passable passages, the Green Battalion quickly launched an attack on the Ming army.

At the same time, reinforcements from the Qing army also arrived.

A green battalion a few miles away on the left flank rushed over as soon as they heard the trumpet warning.

There were about five or six hundred people.

There is a high probability that more Qing troops are rushing here to help.

Not only is there not much time left for Wang Wu, but the difficulties have also increased.

The Qing troops who used the door panel to cushion their feet were extremely careful, holding shields in one hand and spears in the other, and after approaching the Ming army, they kept poking and stabbing the Ming army from the gap in the wooden fence.

Although the Ming soldiers who approached the defense line were wearing armor, more than a dozen Ming soldiers were stabbed in the head and neck by the Qing soldiers and killed on the spot.

The spears that kept poking down from the stakes also slowed down the speed of the Ming army's cutting of the stakes, and many of the Ming troops who were originally cutting down the stakes with all their might had to turn to deal with the condescending Qing army.

Archers and musketeers on both sides are firing at each other.

In both the Ming and Qing dynasties, soldiers continued to fall.

But the situation was in favor of the Qing army, because their purpose was not to allow the Ming army to destroy the stakes.

As long as the Ming army could not destroy the stake defense, the victory would be theirs.

And the Ming army can't open the passage here, and no matter how many Qing troops are killed, it's useless!

Wang Wu was anxious, and there was no better way at this time.

Under the cover of Xu Lin and the dumb man, he continued to grit his teeth and swing his axe to chop the stake.

It's just that the continuous slashing has made his right arm sore and weak, and his movements are obviously not as fast as before, and the force of the axe falling is much weaker.

This is not only the case for Wang Wu, but also for other soldiers wearing iron armor.

Wang Wu knew that he couldn't do this anymore, so he planned to let the blind man Wansi and Tian Wen's two sentinels replace them.

Otherwise, he would have died of exhaustion.

Just as he was about to order a replacement, a sudden change occurred.

A spear suddenly drilled out of the gap a few centimeters in his left hand, and pierced his left hand holding the stake impartially.

The incomparably sharp spearhead penetrated the underside of Wang Wu's left palm, and blood flowed immediately.

"Ugh!"

Under the great pain, Rao is Wang Wu couldn't help but roar in pain, and swung an axe to cut off the spearhead.

Like a beast, he stretched out his injured left hand, grabbed the broken spear shaft violently, and then dragged it hard in front of him.

This drag is huge!

The green battalion soldier who was holding his feet on two wooden stakes to carry out a sneak attack instantly asked Wang Wu to drag him over.

But separated by a few wooden stakes, the axe in Wang Wu's right hand couldn't cut anyone at all.

"Fuck it!"

Wang Wu angrily scolded, abandoned the battalion soldier who attacked him, and ignored his bleeding left hand, jumped on a shield cart blocking the side and tried to climb the stake.

However, his body in iron armor is too heavy, and he can't go up on his own!

In a hurry, he shouted: "Who will help me up!" ”

"General, I'm coming!"

Hearing Wang Wu's voice, Jiang Tianshi, who was fighting with the Qing army on the wooden stake, rushed over and supported Wang Wu's legs at the same time with another personal soldier who was behind the shield car.

"Up!"

The red-faced two people gritted their teeth and squatted up at the same time, and they stubbornly supported Wang Wushengsheng, who was wearing iron armor, to stand up.

The waist of Wang Wu, who leaned out, was level with the top of the stake!

Wang Wu, who suddenly appeared from below, frightened the green battalion soldier who attacked him, and subconsciously poked the half-cut spear in his hand towards Wang Wu's chest.

Poke is poke hit!

But he seems to have forgotten that the other party has iron armor on him!

Seeing that the big axe in the opponent's right hand had been raised, the battalion soldier who was not in good consciousness instinctively threw away the spear shaft, turned over and rolled to the side.

As a result, it was stuck by several wooden stakes.

"Turtle son, Lao Tzu hacked you alive!"

Wang Wu, whose left hand was really painful, violently spoke, and his whole body slammed towards the stake, and the big axe in his right hand instantly slashed towards the door of the green battalion soldier who was stuck.

With a "bang", Wang Wu's upper body slammed into several wooden stakes.

Although he was protected by iron armor, the impact of the moment the stake came into contact with the iron armor also made his chest hurt.

It's like a broken rib.

Another "goo"!

The big axe slammed into the door of the stuck Green Battalion soldier!

The sharp axe was forced by gravity to split the face of the battalion in two from its forehead.

The two eyes instantly drifted to the sides a few centimeters.

Cruel and terrifying!

While supporting his body with both hands at the same time, the Ming soldiers below Wang Wuchao roared angrily: "Get on the stake!" ”