Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 247
Not long after the battle started, Jin Gongyu, the commander-in-chief of Huzhou Town, felt that something was wrong.

There were only a thousand or so Tartars, and they fled all the way here, when they were exhausted, they lay in ambush here in advance to wait for work, and specially chose such a place by the lake, where cavalry could hardly use it.

But when they suddenly launched an attack from the reed marshes, these Tartars not only did not flee in shock as imagined, but gathered very quickly.

The two armies fought together, and the Tartars were extremely sturdy in armor and sharp.

The Tartars did not go looking for horses, but fought on foot in armor.

The Tartars in cotton armor, fearless of death, always maintained a very compact lineup and rushed towards them. As soon as they fought, the Huzhou battalion was suppressed and soon fell to the disadvantage.

The Huzhou Battalion was organized by the rebel army in Zhejiang Township, and it also had more than ten battles, but after all, it was formed by the volunteers in the village, and the approval rate was less than [-]%. Although there are many brave officers, most of the soldiers have no experience in battle. It is rich.

Almost face to face, the two armies collided, and Huzhou Town was suppressed. One after another, the brave Huzhou battalion soldiers were cut down by the Tartars.

The spears, axes, and bones of the Tartars are extremely cruel.

In particular, almost all of these people were wearing armor, which made them even more powerful, and the Tartars' bows and arrows were sharper, and the Huzhou Town camp soldiers kept falling.

The Tartars cooperated very tacitly. The Huzhou battalion soldiers would have to pay seven or eight of them for throwing one of them down. Jin Gongyu couldn't believe the scene in front of him.

Since Jin Gongyu started his army, he has never seen such a vicious enemy. He has fought against the Qing army many times before, but he was not as powerful. After that, the morale of the Huzhou camp today is high, and it should not be afraid of the Tartars.

But who knows, they were suppressed as soon as they fought.

Jin Gongyu gritted his teeth, drew his bowstring and aimed at a Tartar officer, thinking that he would hit an arrow, but was knocked flying by the Tartar, and he shot two more arrows, but only one arrow hit, and was blocked by the armor , barely sticking to it and wobbling.

Deputy Commander Bai Xiangfu rushed over with a knife in hand, "These Tartars are attacking you, get out."

Jin Gongyu hesitated for a moment.

"Brother Gong Yu, the capital prison's plan is for us to lure the enemy, so let's act according to the plan."

When Jin Gongyu came, he thought that with just a few thousand people and thousands of people in Huzhou Town, he could completely ambush and wipe them out, but now he has to admit that he still underestimated the enemy.

"Withdraw!" He ordered helplessly.

The Tartars were still pressing forward, bows and arrows shot non-stop as if they had eyes. Their arrows were fast and accurate, and battalion soldiers were constantly shot and fell down.

The armored soldiers in the front row of the Tartars were even more fiercely attacking all the way, wearing cotton armor and carrying knives and guns.

"withdraw!"

Meng Xian pulled Jin Gongyu back, "These Tartars are not as fierce as usual, hurry up and leave the town, I will come to the rear."

The original plan was to ambush first and then swindle the enemy to lure the enemy, but now the sham has become a real defeat.

When the horn sounded, Jin Gongyu wanted to stay in the rear in person, but Meng Xian, a guerrilla from the standard battalion of the general army, pushed him away and stayed in the rear to cover the retreat.

Zhang Cunren got on his horse, and behind him were about [-] mounted cavalry.

He looked coldly at the defeated Ming army, gritted his teeth in hatred, and raised his spear, "Don't let any one go, crush them!"

The Eight Banners who got on the horse all had fierce eyes. They kicked the horse's belly lightly, and started to speed up after Zhang Cunren.

The horses ran faster and faster, and they quickly passed the Eight Banners soldiers who were still chasing in front, and ran after them.

Zhang Cunren caught up with his horse and flew a Ming army with one shot.

Pick with a gun, chop with a knife.

Three hundred cavalrymen harvested ruthlessly.

Later, more Eight Banners began to lead their own horses, got on their horses, and joined the ranks of pursuit.

Meng Xian is the nephew of Bai Xiangfu, the deputy commander in chief. He is extremely powerful and brave.

At the critical moment, take a battalion of brothers to stay in the rear.

Seeing the Tartars who were chasing after him, Meng Xian led his troops back to the ferry and fought against the water.

He stood upright with his saber horizontally, no longer retreating.

At the ferry, countless battalions were retreating in a panic, and the ferry boats were limited, making it very chaotic.

At this time, the Huzhou camp showed its shortcomings. Many soldiers were frightened by the ferocity of the Tartars.

Some people ignored the commander's order and burrowed into the reeds.

Some people broke away from the team and jumped into the lake to swim for their lives, while others tried to get on the boat.

But Meng Xian stood upright with his sword horizontally, facing the Tartar cavalry who were chasing after him without fear.

"Brothers in Zhenbiao Battalion, fight him hard!"

Zhang Cunren seems to have returned to the Guanning defense line back then, and he swung his troops to charge the bloody battle, but his identity was reversed. Back then, he was a Ming border army under the banner of Sun and Moon, and he fought against the Jianzhou Jurchen Tartars. Now he has become a money-saving rat The Qing army faced the Ming army soldiers.

He was only in a trance for a moment, and immediately gritted his teeth to gather himself.

The cavalry rushed up, and the two men and horses slashed fiercely at the ferry. When they met each other, about a hundred of Meng Xian's Biaoying brothers fell down.

Meng Xian chopped off the leg of a Tatar riding a horse, turned his back on his back, but added a saber on top, hacked the Tartar to death, raised the saber again, "Come again!"

The more than 300 brothers left behind also leaned closer, filling the gaps of the dead brothers, shouting together, "Come again!"

Jin Gongyu was dragged onto the boat by Bai Xiangfu, crossed to the other side, looked back, saw the five hundred Biaoying brothers led by Meng Xian, only a few dozen remained.

But they still stood firmly in front of the ferry, buying time for the brothers.

Jin Gongyu's eyes turned black, and he wanted to get off the boat and fight again, but Bai Xiangfu held him back, "We have already made a big mistake by underestimating the enemy, we can't add to the mistakes."

Jin Gongyu beat his chest with his hands, he chose this place to ambush, he thought that the Huzhou battalion would be enough to wipe out the Tartars, if not because of his conceit, their mission is to lure the enemy, they should choose a better Suitable location, not such a dead place.

"Hurry up, don't let Meng Xian and the others die in vain."

Bai Xiangfu cried for his nephew Meng Xian in his heart, but he could only hold back.

On the battlefield, one mistake means countless lives.

Now their task is to lure the Tartars into the ambush circle in Yongwei Town, instead of being annihilated by the Tartars here.

ferry.

Only thirty or so people remained behind Meng Xian.

Wubai Town Biaozhong Military Camp, this is the elite of Huzhou Town. Although they are not cavalry, they still face the Tartars on horseback. Even if they fall one by one, they still don't turn around and become deserters.

Now, most of those comrades-in-arms fell in front of the ferry in a mess.

"Can you leave your name for the general?" Zhang Cunren shouted loudly, holding a spear in his hand.

Although the fighting power of these people on the opposite side was not strong, he admired their bravery.

"Ming Xian is also a guerrilla in Huzhou Town, Zhejiang Province, Ming Dynasty!"

At this time, Meng Xian had more than a dozen arrows stuck in his armor, but he was still holding on.

"Meng Xian, this department remembers your name. You are a hero. Why don't you surrender to this department? This department is willing to recommend you to the imperial court for the title of general."

"Pooh!"

Meng Xian just responded by spitting blood on the ground.

Zhang Cunren held up his spear, "It's a tough bone, I'll cut off your head in a while and put it on my spear."

Meng Xian also raised his knife, and he looked back at the brothers behind him, "Are you still willing to charge me again?"

"General, there are no men in Huzhou who are afraid of death, kill them."

More than [-] people rushed forward without hesitation towards the Tartars who were dozens of times their own.

In the end, the whole army was wiped out.

Zhang Cunren was disappointed that he didn't find the courageous Meng Xian on the battlefield.

"Probably fell into the lake, sank to the bottom."

"Butang, those damned Ming soldiers have already run far away, we can't get through without a boat, are you still chasing them?"

Zhang Cunren squinted his eyes for a while, then snorted coldly, "You still want to run after provoking me? Chase along the river, there is always a place to cross the river. They don't have horses, so they can't run far. If they catch up, they will kill them all."

They beheaded thousands of people from the Ming army here, but they also killed a small hundred. Zhang Cunren himself was slashed on the face and was very annoyed.

After being bombarded by the cannons of Lu Jianguo in Hangzhou City, he kept suffocating a fire in his heart, and now a group of gangsters appeared out of nowhere, and they dared to break ground and seek death.

The Tartars chased them along the river with their horses.

By the river, corpses were left all over the place.

In the reeds, Meng Xian woke up in the water, opened his eyes and found that he was still lying on the back of a dead horse. This white horse was full of arrows, which was as miserable as him.

Meng Xian was in severe pain, his body was also full of feather arrows, and a big hole was pierced through his abdomen. Even when he moved, he felt pain in his internal organs and he couldn't breathe. He tried his best to get off the horse, but he couldn't stand up anymore. .

After working hard a few times, he fainted again and fell on the dead horse.

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Zhang Cunren's mind was full of killing intent.

But when he chased and chased halfway, he suddenly raised the spear in his hand.

"stop!"

"Ministry?"

The Ming army that angered him was not far ahead, and he could catch up with a quick charge.

But Zhang Cunren ordered the whole army to stop.

"Not quite right."

"These people clearly had a chance to escape just now, they could have fled in all directions, but they kept running along the river..."

"Also, look at the terrain ahead, is it similar to the terrain we were attacked just now?"

Zhang Cunren saw that the sky was getting late and it was already dark, "There is deceit here, and there is an ambush ahead."

"No way, if I ambush, why not ambush in the front? Instead, ambush in two places?"

"Look at that patch of reeds. It's evening now, and it's time for tired birds to return to their nests. But don't you see that the reeds are abnormal? Those birds are circling and singing in the sky. Does it mean that it's hard to return home?"

Zhang Cunren shook his head.

"go!"

After finishing speaking, he gave up the prey that was close at hand, and turned to go north without getting rid of mud and water.

In the patch of reeds separated by a river.

Zhang Quan, the commander-in-chief of Yongwei Town, and Shen Wenzhong, the superintendent of the capital, were leading many troops to ambush. Seeing that the Tartars were about to enter the ambush circle, they turned around and ran away in the distance.

This sudden change caught people off guard.

Zhang Quan saw the duck with its beak flying away, and angrily beat his thigh with his fist.

Jin Gongyu led his troops to arrive, very embarrassed, after some questioning, Zhang Quanqi's lips trembled, "I asked you to make a false ambush in front of me, in fact to lure the enemy, in order to lure the Tartars to pull away Scatter, easy to divide and encircle them, gather and annihilate them. Why do you make your own decisions, but want to annihilate them alone? Those are the Manchu and Han Eight Banners from Hangzhou.

Zhang Quan didn't dare to say that a direct attack would be able to annihilate them, so he came up with the strategy of ambush the Huzhou camp to lure the enemy, that is, to separate and annihilate the tartars, but Jin Gongyu messed up.

Stealing chickens is not enough to lose a lot of rice, not to mention the loss of thousands of people, it also scares the snakes away and scared them away.

"I knew I would have ambushed him, what the hell is this called?"

"The last general is dereliction of duty. I would like to lead my troops to pursue and atone for my crime." Jin Gongyu was ashamed.

"Forget it, what are you chasing after? It's a frightened bird. It runs faster than a rabbit. We have no chance. Clean up the battlefield and treat the wounded," Zhang Quan sighed. Invade Deqing County, take away the green battalion inside, and vent your anger!"

"I'm going to sneak into Deqing County in person and contact the city." Jin Gongyu was ashamed, gritted his teeth, and invited Ying again!

(End of this chapter)