On the road, several more broken troops were collected, and hundreds more people were gathered. But with more people, the target was also bigger, and a group of captives set their sights on them and pursued them relentlessly.
Wu Zhikui was chased to the lake. At this time, a fleet of Huang Fei's navy was approaching in the distance. There were hundreds of boats of different sizes and two to three thousand people. Seeing them appear, Wu Zhikui felt that there were twists and turns, and there was no end in sight.
road.
Quickly ask the soldiers to shout to the lake and ask them to paddle over.
Wu Zhikui drew his sword in his hand, "Brothers, reinforcements have arrived, let's fight to the death and kill the Tatars!"
From midnight to noon, Wu Zhikui was in great embarrassment, and his heart was filled with sorrow.
More than a hundred Tatars also saw the navy on the lake, but they still ignored it and rushed over arrogantly. Wu Zhikui raised his sword to fight, but when he turned his head, he found that the hundreds of people who had barely gathered around him suddenly dispersed.
Eighty-nine percent, and only a few dozen people were left around him, but they were also shivering.
Many people fled in all directions, and some jumped directly into the lake.
Wu Zhikui shouted angrily, "Reinforcements have arrived, kill the Tatars!"
But at this time, no one paid any attention to the commander-in-chief.
The navy ship was not far away, but after seeing more than a hundred Tatars on the shore, it actually stopped.
No matter how Wu Zhikui's subordinates shouted, they would not come.
They fired a burst of muskets from a distance, but when they saw that the captives did not retreat at all, but continued to charge towards the few dozen people remaining on the shore, they actually began to turn around and leave.
"Come back, come back!"
"Why the hell are you running?" Wu Zhikui yelled angrily, but he forgot that he ran no slower than the others last night.
Dozens of people around him were desperate when they saw this. Many people did not escape. It was not that they were very brave, but they could not swim. However, when they saw the captives rushing up on horseback, they had no choice but to turn around and jump into the lake.
Wu Zhikui finally turned around and jumped into the lake at the last moment.
The Tatars rushed to the lake and fired arrows at the people in the lake.
The blood rolled and spread on the lake surface, turning the green lake water red.
However, the navy fleet sailed farther and farther without looking back, sailing faster and faster, and finally disappeared.
Wu Zhikui swam hard in the lake, feeling extremely desperate. Just when he wanted to stop swimming and let himself sink to the bottom of the lake, he suddenly saw another bandit coming from a distance, holding a green flag.
Then, without any warning, this newly arrived green camp cavalry force killed the hundreds of Tatar cavalry who had just massacred them. The unprepared Tatar cavalry were beaten to pieces.
The man turned his back on his horse.
Some of the Tatar cavalry rushed forward, angrily drawing their swords and charging towards the Green Camp, while others began to flee.
Wu Zhikui's eyes widened and he couldn't believe what was happening in front of him.
what happened?
Why did the Green Camp bandits actually start a fight with the Eight Banners Tatars?
Then an even more unbelievable fact happened. This green camp cavalry was very powerful and soon surrounded the Manchurian Tatars in a weather-proof environment. In a short time, they had all been killed on the spot.
I couldn't escape even once.
Wu Zhikui could hardly believe his eyes. Suddenly an idea flashed in his mind, and he thought of a possibility. This was definitely Jiangnan Admiral Zhu Wu, and only he could appear here at this time and be so powerful.
Thinking of how he and Huang Fei had ignored Lu Jianguo before, they couldn't help but regret it.
Thinking of this, Wu Zhikui started paddling again and swam hard to the shore.
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"Master Hou, these Tatars are nothing more than that!"
"There are one hundred and thirty-seven Tatars in total, and their heads are all here."
Yuan Zongdi patrolled the battlefield on horseback and looked at the Tatars who could not escape. These people were indeed tough. In the end, even though they knew they would die, none of them surrendered to survive. In their desperate struggle, they caused a lot of damage to the Jinwu Army.
casualties.
The number of cavalry killed in Jinwu's army exceeded that of the Tatars.
"The Tatars are just carrying a head on two shoulders. It's just that they have practiced riding and shooting skills since they were young for many years, and they have fought every year, so they have rich combat experience, and you can see that their armor is also very sophisticated.
"
It can be said that all the people of the Eight Banners are soldiers. Bannermen have regular martial arts assessments. If they pass the examination, they can receive corresponding food and salary. They can also get good things during battles and robberies. In essence, this banner soldier system of the Eight Banners people,
It is not much different from the military household system of guard posts established by Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty.
It's just that after nearly three hundred years of existence, the Ming Dynasty Guards Station had long since been deprecated and the soldiers could no longer use it.
The Eight Banners are struggling to survive in the bitter cold land of Liaodong. Now they are on the rise, so it is normal for them to be strong.
Thinking about it, the rebel army was just a group of hungry people and desperate frontier troops rebelling. At first, they could not even defeat the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. Later, after years of war, they still beat the Ming army to pieces and even lost the capital.
Tomorrow everyone will hang themselves.
"Take off your armor and put it on." Yuan Zongdi said calmly.
He did not dodge all the way, and went straight to Suzhou City. When he saw the Tatars on the way, he immediately surrounded and killed them. Fortunately, there were not many Tatar soldiers. After defeating Wu Zhikui's troops, they began to disperse and pursue. They were harvesting in excitement, but to no avail.
I thought that at this time, a Ming army pretending to be the Green Battalion actually arrived.
The green camp and the soldiers' shaved heads confuse the Tatars greatly, allowing Yuan Zongdi and others to always draw closer to the Tatars without alerting them.
"Report to the military gate. There are many broken soldiers swimming up in the lake. One of them calls himself Wu Zhikui, the commander-in-chief of Su Song."
"Oh, please come and meet me."
Yuan Zongdi didn't pay much attention to Wu Zhikui, and even looked down upon him, but since he met him, he had to meet him no matter whether it was true or false.
Wu Zhikui was brought over wet and in a very embarrassed state. When he saw Yuan Zongdi, he looked carefully at Yuan Zongdi for a long time without recognizing him. He asked tentatively, "Are you Jiangnan Admiral Zhu's men?"
"You said you are General Wu Zhikui, do you have proof?"
Wu Zhikui took out his silver seal from his body.
After reading it, Yuan Zongdi was able to basically confirm that this person was most likely really Wu Zhikui, "It turned out to be Mr. Wu, and the general was affected."
"A defeated general is ashamed to see his army."
Although Wu Zhikui was puzzled as to why these people were flying the green flag and even shaved their heads, the joy they had just slaughtered the Tatars convinced him that they were facing a Ming army. Now after asking about it, the other party's answer made him even more happy.
Unexpectedly, it turned out to be soldiers from Lu Jianguo.
"This town would like to ask General Wu for a favor. Is it possible?"
Wu Zhikui finally learned the identity of this tall and stern general. Yuan Zongdi, the Marquis of Jingxi in the Ming Dynasty, was the former general of the Chuang Army. He is now the commander-in-chief of the Hubei Admiral appointed by Lu Supervisor. He is temporarily acting as the Imperial Guard's pro-army Admiral Ma Jun to lead the Northern Expedition.
cavalry.
A general who was a robber has now become a cavalry general in the Northern Expedition of Lu Jianguo. This is something unbelievable, but Wu Zhikui can't control it.
"Whatever the military gate orders, it doesn't matter."
"This town wants to aggrieve General Wu and temporarily serve as our prisoner, so we can go to Suzhou City together."
Wu Zhikui was suddenly startled and almost ran away. He looked at Yuan Zongdi in surprise, with doubts on his face.