While he was hesitating, Chang Jizong, who was standing next to him, suddenly said: "Commander Qin, I think these tens of thousands of Xilu soldiers are trying to escape, and there are soldiers from the Ming Dynasty chasing them. It can be seen that our army has defeated the Xilu attack."
The camp, Your Majesty should be fine. At this time, we should order the camp to block the retreat of the Western captives."
"Commander Chang, there are only a thousand soldiers of the Ming Dynasty pursuing them, and there must be more than 20,000 fleeing Western captives. How dare a thousand soldiers pursue so many people? The battle may not be clear yet," Qin Sen said.
"There must be soldiers behind us who are not chasing us!" Chang Jizong said categorically: "The opportunity must not be missed before it comes. This is a good time to destroy the Xilu. Is there any reason to back down?"
"But," Qin Sen still hesitated.
"It's nothing." Chang Jizong turned his head and looked at Qin Sen. "Commander Qin, the court will not treat any soldiers who serve for him badly. The court will give preferential treatment to those who died in battle, so that his wife, children, children and young children will have no worries about food and clothing."
Here, he remembered that Qin Sen's headquarters came from the Yongming Guard Station, so he changed his words: "If someone dies in the battle and has no adult brothers, I ask your Majesty to transfer them to the Guard Station in the Central Plains to prevent them from suffering from cold and exhaustion."
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"You don't have to worry about my safety." Although Chang Jizong's fighting ability is limited, but after so many years of experience in the court, in the guard, and the words and deeds of his family, he quickly saw Qin Sen's other worry. "I often
I am definitely not a stingy person, so why would I get involved in your family just because of military matters?"
After hearing Chang Jizong's words, Qin Sen was still a little worried, but he had no room for evasion. He turned around and shouted loudly: "Soldiers! The Xilu have been defeated. Your Majesty has turned the corner. The defeated soldiers of the Xilu are about to
Escape from the camp, and the rest of the comrades in the guard are pursuing me. The soldiers will follow me to cut off the Xilu's retreat and annihilate all the enemy troops!" He shouted as he jumped down from the camp, put on his armor and picked up his sword and gun.
When the soldiers heard that the Xilu had been defeated, they immediately went out to fight with the Xilu with high morale. The soldiers guarding the camp gate opened half of the door, and Zhao Xing and Chang An led their troops to rush out first and fight with the Xilu.
at.
When Salha saw the Ming army fighting out of the camp, his heart sank, but he immediately reacted and shouted loudly: "Soldiers, if you defeat the Ming army in front of you, you can go back and return to the camp. Kill!" and took the lead!
He took out his steel sword and fought with the Ming army.
Although the morale of the soldiers who escaped with Salha was low, the desire to survive at this time defeated the low morale. In order to return alive, all the soldiers also tried their best to fight against the soldiers of Yongming's left guard.
The war became intense from the beginning. On the one hand, they wanted to find a way out, and on the other hand, they wanted to block the enemy's return route. They both fought to the death and refused to retreat. The Ming Dynasty had few soldiers and was originally at a disadvantage.
The road is not very wide, so it can withstand it.
The pursuers led by Ji also caught up and started fighting with the Xilu who were running at the end. Unexpectedly, the Xilu who had been slaughtered by them all the way began to resist at this time. Thousands of people turned around and shouted to kill them.
When Ji and Shang Lie's bodyguards saw this, they were afraid that the two of them would be wrong, so they escorted them back.
The rest of the pursuing soldiers were quickly repelled by the Xilu. Originally, they had very little strength left after running all the way, and they were relying on their breath to support themselves. However, the morale of the Xilu who were eager to escape at this time was obviously higher than them, and they succeeded.
repel.
Under the protection of his bodyguards, Ji watched the pursuers he led being repelled by the Xilu. He was furious and said to the bodyguards: "You don't have to protect me. Go and help Zhu Suohai and Li Mingfang repel the enemy soldiers."
"Your Highness, we cannot carry out this order from Your Highness." The leader of his guards said: "Your Highness's safety is the most important. How can we abandon Your Highness to fight the enemy!"
"This is an order! It must be carried out!"
"Even if His Highness wants to chop off my head later, I will never obey the order!" The leader of his guards said firmly.
Ji had no choice but to be dragged away by the guards and looked at the battlefield in front of him.
I don't know how long it took, but he suddenly heard a huge cheer from the Xilu camp in front of him, and immediately said worriedly: "Could it be that the Xilu have already broken through the obstruction of the Yongming left guard?"
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Qin Sen and Chang Jizong were indeed almost unable to stop the Xilu. Even though the road was narrow and it was dark late at night and they could only rely on the flashes of lightning from time to time, their number was much smaller than that of Salha's soldiers.
Coupled with the Xilu soldiers who were originally guarding them under the camp, the military disadvantage was even more obvious. Often one soldier had to deal with two Xilu soldiers, resulting in heavy casualties among the soldiers.
Chang An used the method of exchanging wounds for lives, and he stabbed the Xilu in front of him to death, and with the help of his subordinates, he hacked to death the other two enemies. At this time, a flash of lightning flashed, and he saw where Zhao Xing was.
, hurriedly led his subordinates to run, and hacked to death a Xilu who was about to attack Zhao Xing from behind. He leaned over and shouted loudly: "Zhao Xing, brothers can't hold on any longer, retreat quickly!"
"But the commander has not yet issued the order to withdraw the troops." Zhao Xing said hesitantly.
"Why are we waiting for the command from the commander! We will have turned into corpses by the time he gives the order!" Chang An said again. He had felt bad about Qin Sen's order to intercept from the beginning, thinking that he might not be able to stop it; but once he came,
This was the commander's order, and he did not dare to disobey it. Secondly, he was lucky, thinking that the Xilu might surrender in despair when they saw them, so they came out together.
But he didn't expect that the Xilu not only didn't surrender, they didn't even try to take a detour, and fought directly with them. Seeing his subordinates die one after another, he had already scolded all the eighteen generations of Qin Sen's ancestors in his heart.
He searched it all over and made up his mind to withdraw. In his opinion, the Xilu were eager to escape and would definitely ignore the people who escaped from the camp and no longer blocked their way of survival, so he could survive.
Zhao Xing also hesitated. He didn't want to die either, or in other words, no one wanted to die under normal circumstances. They were either trapped in a desperate situation or they would die if they didn't fight hard. They could survive as long as they escaped back to the camp, so who would want to die?
But this was disobedience on the battlefield, and he did not dare to give it easily because it might cost him his head.
Just as he was thinking about it, Xilu rushed up again. He tried his best to kill two people, but two of the guards beside him also died fighting to protect him. Seeing this situation, Zhao Xing finally made up his mind to withdraw. Even though he was later killed by
Even if he disobeys orders and is executed on the battlefield, his guards will always survive. These guards have been with him for several years and have developed deep feelings for him. Since he himself is going to die no matter what, it is better to let them live.
Zhao Xing was about to give the order to withdraw. But at this moment, the sound of horse hooves on the ground suddenly sounded.
"The whole army attacks!" Cao Xing shouted loudly.
"Yes!" "Yes!" "Yes!" Countless soldiers in the darkness agreed and drove their horses forward.
Cao Xing led the soldiers of the left and right guards of the government army south to rescue His Majesty. When he was about to arrive at the remaining five Shangzhi Guard stations, he received an order from Xu Huizu to rescue the Quanning Guards.
After Xu Huizu finally thought about it, he only issued this order to the left and right guards of the Fu army. Firstly, the left and right guards of the Fu army had horses and were the fastest. If they couldn't rescue them in time, the other guards would be in vain; secondly, the left and right guards of the Fu army were the fastest.
Because the horses were placed in Quaning Guard, the guards were most familiar with the road to Quaning Guard; thirdly, they had horses in their hands. If the Westerners had frightened the horses when they arrived, they could use horses against horses.
Counteract the consequences of the enemy's frightened horses.
Cao Xing led his troops to Quanning Guard. The entire Quanning Guard was already empty. He was frightened out of his wits. But when he thought about it carefully, he saw no horses running around. Just as he was wondering, he saw a few people walking out of the camp.
Soldiers wearing Ming Dynasty military uniforms.
Cao Xing immediately ordered that several of them be captured and interrogated. These few people might be spies.
After interrogation, Cao Xing confirmed that they were soldiers of the Quaning Guard, and learned what Xu Youde was doing with his troops. Cao Xing scolded Xu Youde, but at this time he could not stop him, and under Song's persuasion, he wanted to lead his troops.
Return to Xu Huizu's place and wait for orders.
But he passed the monk's camp on the way, and after asking, he learned what happened. He was very curious about Fang Zheng's ability to be struck by lightning, but after learning that the Xilu soldiers had escaped along the way, he temporarily put it aside and led his soldiers to pursue him.
I came over and arrived just in time.
When Ji heard the galloping cavalry shouting in Chinese, he burst into tears of joy and said loudly: "The cavalry is chasing us, and we will definitely annihilate the Xilu! You can find a drum for me, and I want to beat the drum to cheer!"
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Ji was so happy, and Salha's mood was of course at the bottom. Twenty thousand of their soldiers were crowded on a narrow path, with no place to hide. It was basically foreseeable that they would be trampled to death by the horses of the Ming army.
He couldn't help but feel despair: 'Does it count that the Buddha has blessed them once, and he has to bless them a second time?'
They really have no way out, not even surrender. The sky is now dark and no one can be seen clearly. Unless the whole army surrenders, the Ming army may surrender. As long as some people resist, the Ming army will only regard them all as enemies in order to reduce losses.
, even if the horses galloped back and forth to destroy them all.
But such a desperate situation also completely aroused his emotions. He shouted loudly: "Soldiers! Turn around and fight with the Ming army! Even if they are all killed, the Ming army will not be able to make it easy!" His guards also shouted loudly at the same time.
Shout out.
When the soldiers of the Xilu army heard this, they also aroused the last bit of their ferocity. They shouted and turned their heads, ready to fight the Ming army for the last time. The soldiers fighting with the Yongming left guard also gritted their teeth to prevent them from retreating. See
Get up and drag them to death together.
At this time, the remaining infantry led by Zhu Suohai and Li Mingfang had retreated, and the cavalry and mounted infantry led by Cao Xing immediately rushed over to trample the Xilu.
It is almost impossible for the infantry to win against the cavalry without forming a formation, and this time was no exception. The Xilu at the back was trampled under the horse's hooves almost instantly, and was trampled before he could even scream.
Turned into a pulp, not to mention alive, not even the whole body could be obtained.
But Xilu didn't care about this at this time. Even if one person after another was trampled to death by horse hooves or hit by the horse's head, countless people still rushed up with knives and guns in their hands until they were beaten to death.
There were also a few Westerners who shouted "surrender" loudly, hoping to save their lives. But these were in vain. How could Cao Xing and Song Dare to stop and accept the surrender? Not to mention that the situation was so chaotic at this time that they could not hear the voices of those who surrendered.
Shouting, he could only regard all the people in front of him as resisting Xilu, and use his horse to eliminate them. Many people who wanted to surrender were also trampled to death.
The remaining people who had come with any luck suddenly realized that they had no chance of survival. With a fierce look in their eyes, they also picked up swords and guns and rushed forward.
The fighting with their lives by the soldiers of the Xilu finally played a certain role. Some horses were hacked and killed by the swords. They fell to the ground and threw the knights on their backs off, and fell to death immediately; some were also killed by the Xilu's swords.
He was stabbed with a spear and died with a groan.
More importantly, as more and more Xilu died, the ground gradually became uneven with piles of corpses, and it became increasingly difficult for the horses to attack. It was already difficult for Cao to move forward before the Xilu were cut through.
Xing knew that the biggest advantage of cavalry over infantry was speed. If it lost speed, its combat effectiveness would be worse than that of infantry, so he ordered the entire army to retreat. The sound of gongs suddenly sounded on the battlefield.
But the result of the annihilation of the Xilu army seems to be difficult to change. The Ming army's cavalry will attack again immediately, and such a short time is not enough to organize a defense line.
Salha himself simply turned his head and started fighting with the soldiers of Yongming's left guard, no longer looking at what was happening behind him.
After Cao Xing retreated, he allowed the soldiers under his command to rest for a while, then rearranged themselves into neat formations and attacked the Westerners again.
The remaining Xilu howled like beasts and waved their weapons to block the Ming cavalry. Like the last attack, most of the Xilu were trampled to death by horse hooves or hit by horse heads, but these people used their own
The body slowed down the Ming cavalry, so Cao Xing still failed to penetrate the Xilu and had to retreat again.
After returning, Song said to Cao Xing: "Let the soldiers rest for a while. We have just attacked Xilu twice in a row. The soldiers have exhausted a lot of energy."
"I also know that they have spent a lot of energy," Cao Xing also gasped: "But they must be eliminated as soon as possible. These are not the only people in Xilu. There must be reinforcements, but they are just to prevent being attacked when they attack the camp.
We realize that there are not many soldiers sent, and we will definitely send out troops to support them after the attack on the camp is successful. We must destroy this group of Xilu before their reinforcements arrive."
"But how can the soldiers still have the strength to destroy these Xilu when they are so exhausted?"
"Our soldiers are very tired, and the Westerners are even more tired! Our soldiers can't get a rest, and they can't get a rest either! No need to say more!" Cao Xing said. Song opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't raise any objections.
After a short rest, Cao Xing led the soldiers to attack the Xilu again. This time the attack finally went smoothly, and the remaining Xilu no longer had much strength to stop them. Although they wanted to stand up and wave the sword in their hands one last time, they could only
He could watch himself being trampled to death by horse's hooves.
Cao Xing finally led the cavalry to penetrate the Xilu, adjusted his formation and rushed back immediately. But at this time, reinforcements from the Xilu arrived.