On the log, several monks waved their swords to block the arrows, but they did not dare to move their bodies at all. If they moved, they would fall into the ditch!
Although most of the bows and arrows were blocked, a few arrows still hit them. Two monks were hit by arrows in vital parts and suddenly fell into the ditch. Even Xinyan was hit by an arrow in the shoulder and his body tilted suddenly, but he reacted very quickly.
, unexpectedly jumped from the log, chased the clouds and the moon, and landed firmly on the edge of the ditch.
Xinyan didn't care about the arrow wounds on his body. With the arrow on his shoulder, he roared angrily, waved the Vajra Zen Staff, and swept down the officers and soldiers in front of him! The other monks also landed on the ground, assisting Xinyan, and together with more than a hundred people
The officers and soldiers are fighting together!
The deputy Qianhu became angry and ordered the archers to attack those hateful monks desperately. Xinyan and others were already having a hard time dealing with the enemies in front of them, and there was no room to dodge the bows and arrows. In the blink of an eye, several people were hit by several arrows, and their whole bodies were covered.
The blood was flowing, but it still stood firm, blocking the way of the officers and soldiers!
Although there were only a few of them, the officers and soldiers were unable to take a step forward. They could only watch the Ming army build a bridge and a large group of soldiers and horses rushed over!
At this time, the guards and horses also arrived! But Wang Xian's army had already come over and killed the remaining enemy soldiers. Then they turned their backs to the pontoon bridge and formed a solid line of defense. They attacked the enemy with bows, arrows and muskets. Against the enemy who rushed over, there were
With long spears and horse-cutting knives at their service, the guards and horses were firmly blocked from the defense line!
Behind them, several more bridges were erected. The army was hurrying up and crossing the bridge continuously. More and more Wang Xianjun soldiers joined the battle group, completely stabilizing the defense line!
At this time, Xu Huaiqing and his five thousand cavalry also crossed the river, gave Wang Xian a heavy fist on his horse, and led his men to kill in the northeast direction!
Mo Wen organized the soldiers to use the minimum number of troops to entangle the enemy guard, and mounted as many cavalry as possible to intercept the enemy's follow-up troops that were already close at hand!
Only when the cavalry rides on the horse can they exert their power as the king of the battlefield!
With Mo Wen around, Wang Xian could temporarily ignore the battle situation and come to the front of the senior brothers.
I saw Xinci sitting on the ground with a sad face, and Xinyan lying in his arms. There was blood all over his body, his breath was weak, and he was on the edge of death.
"Senior brother..." Wang Xian was extremely sad. He never expected that just as he stepped into the capital, he would suddenly lose several senior brothers. Especially the cold-faced and warm-hearted senior brother Xinyan, who has been silently guarding him for many years.
I don’t know how many times I protected him from danger. Who could have imagined that I would have to say goodbye forever.
Wang Xian knelt beside Xin Yan and said with tears in his eyes: "It was me who was so carried away by the victory that I underestimated the enemy and rushed forward. I am the one who harmed you..."
Xinyan struggled to break out a smile, and hissed: "Junior brother, you don't have to be like this, this is war..." As he said that, a look of satisfaction appeared on his face and he said: "Master's disciples, after all, the six roots are impure.
, the ancient Buddha of Qingdeng passed away while seated, why not die on the battlefield like this, wrapped in horse leather..."
After saying that, Xinyan closed his eyes and lost all breath.
Xinci and others looked sad, clasped their hands, silently recited Buddhist scriptures, and sent their senior brother on his last journey...
At this time, Mo Wen had already commanded the cavalry, overpowered the guard's horse, and drove them into the trench like dumplings. The soldiers who had dismounted to block the attack seized the opportunity to break away from the battle group and mount their horses one after another. There was no time to give them too much
Overwhelmed with grief, Wang Xian and others shed tears, took the bodies of Xin Yan and several senior brothers and mounted their horses.
Zhang Fu arrived with his army. Wang Xian and his cavalry troops had got rid of the entanglement of the remnants of the guard and were far between Zhang Fu's army and the capital!
Wang Xian hid his sorrow in his heart, pointed at the tens of thousands of troops in the distance, and shouted to his soldiers: "Tangle them here!"
The soldiers responded enthusiastically. Although there were many enemy troops, the situation was no longer as dangerous as before. The mobility of the cavalry was far beyond the reach of the infantry! They had a hundred ways to torture these officers and soldiers until life was worse than death!
In fact, there was no need for Wang Xian to worry about it. Zhang Fu would never pay attention to the five thousand cavalrymen who were rushing away. From the moment he saw Wang Xian's figure, there was no one else in his eyes. He drew his sword and pointed forward.
, roared with ferocious eyes: "Kill him!" Before he finished speaking, he led thousands of cavalry and rushed towards Wang Xian. The infantry soldiers followed closely and launched a fierce attack on Wang Xian.
What greeted them was undoubtedly an overwhelming rain of arrows and muskets. The officers and soldiers fell one crop after another like harvesting wheat. However, Zhang Fu ignored them and continued to charge forward with his troops. He was about to rush forward.
Wang Xian's army retreated like a tide, while continuing to shoot at them with bows, arrows and muskets. No matter how brave Zhang Fu was, he could not touch Wang Xian's shadow and was hit by an arrow in the knee.
"General!" The soldiers saw that he was hit by an arrow and hurriedly surrounded him, but Zhang Fu pushed him away. He stretched out his hand to hold the arrow shaft and suddenly pulled out the long eagle-feathered arrow!
In the shocked eyes of all the soldiers, Zhang Fu's eyes were blood red and he shouted heartbreakingly: "Keep chasing!"
Inspired by the general, all the soldiers cheered up and continued to pursue the enemy. Wang Xian's cavalry still unswervingly pushed the enemy forward and retreated, using only bows, arrows and muskets to injure the enemy. Although it caused a lot of casualties, Daxing's cavalry
The troops arrived one after another, but there were more and more officers and soldiers, still clinging to them!
Wang Xian led them in circles in Daxing County, but he did not dare to get too close to the north. Although he did not know that Zhu Zhanji would lead troops to reinforce him, after the painful lesson just now, Wang Xian no longer dared to do anything.
Careless! He wants to protect his army as much as possible, so he can't let them take any more risks...
But no matter what, in this vast North China Plain, Wang Xian's cavalry always has room to move around, and the risks they bear are far less than those of Xu Huaiqing who went north...
Thinking of Xu Huaiqing, Wang Xian was stunned. Looking at the hard-fought situation here, I am afraid that Tongzhou will definitely not be as optimistic as expected...
Wang Xian clung to Daxing's army, while Xu Huaiqing led five thousand cavalry and drove straight in. In a blink of an eye, they arrived at Mafang Temple, twenty miles away from Tongzhou, and saw groups of official and army scouts. Further forward, there were even more
The sky is full of smoke and dust, it is obvious that the number of enemy troops is beyond imagination!
"General, it's broken." The Jin Yiwei who came to join us confirmed Xu Huaiqing's worries: "Yesterday, Yang Rong and Li Xian led an army of 100,000 people, drove away 200,000 civilians, and rushed to Tongzhou overnight to transfer grain and grass to the capital."
Xu Huaiqing and the generals beside him suddenly became clouded. His deputy Zhang Dahai gritted his teeth and said: "Yang Rong, this old fox, has ruined our major affairs!"
Although they had expected that the imperial court might have started to transfer grain and grass to Tongzhou, they never expected that it would be such a huge formation - escorted by a hundred thousand troops, which would turn the entire journey into an iron wall! I'm afraid that two hundred thousand civilians would transport it.
It takes less than three days to move all the grain from Tongzhou!
"General, what should we do?" The generals all looked at Xu Huaiqing, because according to Shangfeng's order, if such an extreme situation occurs, they should evacuate without hesitation...
Xu Huaiqing's face was as dark as water and he said: "What should I do? Mix it with garlic!"
The generals have been fighting with him for many years, and they know that this is the mantra that their generals are prepared to fight for.
"If the army is allowed to transport all the grain and grass in Tongzhou back to the capital," Xu Huaiqing glanced at his soldiers with a gloomy voice and said in a loud voice, "we will definitely lose the whole war!" He raised his eyebrows and gave a heavy thump.
He said in his chest: "This is why the father-in-law sent us here!"
The breathing of the soldiers under his command gradually became heavier, and the fear and hesitation on their faces gradually receded. They heard their general roar: "I fought hard for this job! So I will finish it even if I die!" As he said that, Xu Huaiqing faced him.
The Jin Yiwei said in a deep voice: "Tell the Lord for me, I, Old Xu, are going!" After saying that, he clamped his legs on the horse's belly, raised his gun and shouted: "If you are a man, follow me!"
Xu Huaiqing doesn't have as many principles as Wang Xian, and he doesn't understand Mo Wen's mysterious ways of commanding troops. He only has eight simple words: "Share joys and sorrows, live and die together." But simplicity does not mean that it is not easy to use, and it is even more suitable.
He has been adhering to these eight words for many years and has never violated them at all. The soldiers under his command have long regarded him as a father and brother, and are willing to follow him through fire and water!
Seeing their general rushing out, the soldiers also rushed to follow him and killed him in the direction of the rising smoke!
When the army scouts saw Xu Huaiqing's soldiers and horses, they did not expect them to be enemy troops at all. They foolishly stepped forward and asked, "Which unit are you from?"
Before he could finish his words, he was crushed into pieces by the rolling cavalry. Only then did the scouts in the distance realize that something was wrong. They quickly fled and reported separately to the capital and Tongzhou.
Xu Huaiqing ignored those scouts and led his troops straight into the middle of the official army!
Yongtong Bridge is eight miles east of Tongzhou and thirty miles west of Beijing. It is the choke point from Tongzhou to Beijing. Usually, grain ships enter Beijing from the Yongtong River under the bridge. Now it is freezing cold and the river is frozen.
The grain transport convoy can only cross the bridge by land. Because the bridge deck is narrow, there is only room for two grain trucks to go parallel on the bridge, which naturally causes congestion. A large number of grain trucks gathered on the west of the bridge waiting to cross the bridge.
At this moment, more than 10,000 officers and soldiers were stationed here, vigilantly guarding this chokepoint, and angrily dredging the bridge. However, even if the civilians listened to them, the animals pulling the carts were not afraid of them, and they screamed
The bridge was blocked even more.
Just as the chaos was turning into a pot of porridge, suddenly another scout came galloping in panic and reported sternly: "The enemy is coming!"
In an instant, the soldiers and civilians on and off the bridge were all stunned. They all looked in the direction in which the scouts were running. Sure enough, they saw an iron cavalry carrying billowing smoke, heading towards them to kill them!
"Oh my God!" The first farmer to turn around dropped his cart and ran away. The next moment, all the farmers ran away in panic. The carriages and horses transporting grain were staggered all over the ground.