Iron blood Suiming

As the iron cavalry approached, the flag of the Chinese Army waved again, and the captain of the artillery waved the flag suddenly. Immediately, the matchlocks on the [-] tiger squatting guns were ignited. Fan-shaped pounced on the Ming army's iron cavalry.

As if they were suddenly wiped out by magic, the Ming army within [-] feet was swept into limbs and rotten flesh by [-] projectiles. Under the explosion of a large amount of gunpowder, each projectile did not kill and injure just one person. Instead, it goes through many people and horses continuously, rushing until the kinetic energy ends.

With just one round of firing from these eighty cannons, nearly 1000 or two hundred Ming army cavalry were wiped out, allowing the Ming army who rushed to twenty feet to retreat to a safe distance of forty feet.

Wu Sangui was about to go crazy. With blood-red eyes, he reined in the charging horse and shouted: "Ming Jin, Ming Jin, retreat quickly, retreat quickly." With so many cannons and firearms complementing each other, Wu Sangui understood that his cavalry was It is absolutely impossible to break through the forty feet, so we can only retreat first, wait for the infantry to come, and then make any calculations.

As I said just now, once the cavalry charged, they didn't just retreat. When they heard the order to retreat, the already timid cavalry of the Ming army immediately reined in and turned around.But how could the guards of the Rouling Mountain let them go, seeing the Ming army turning around, Li Jianguo ordered the whole army to shoot continuously, and the tiger squatting guns fired continuously.

A large amount of gunpowder concentrated and released thick smoke. It was very lucky for the fleeing Ming army cavalry. The smoke greatly reduced the accuracy of the Ming army. The escaped Ming army cavalry only lost more than [-] yuan under cover. The rider escaped the attack of the Lingshan Guards.

In this battle, the Ming army left more than 4000 corpses and fled in embarrassment. The Lingshan Guards only died one person.An arrow shot out and hit the head of a musketeer of the Lingshan Guards, killing him immediately, and it was impossible to save.

Seeing the Ming army's iron cavalry fleeing, Li Kaiguo sighed. He is a fake cavalry, but he can't chase after him on horseback. The iron cavalry of the Ming army pulled back a city.So he slowly ordered the soldiers to clean up the battlefield.Then he slowly ordered the soldiers to get on their horses and move forward, and then went to fight the ten thousand Ming infantry.

He kept receiving news from the scouts that after the Ming army's iron cavalry fled wildly for more than ten miles, they joined up with the infantry that caught up behind them, and only then did they stop their defeat.

Li Jianguo sneered slightly.In the previous battle, he had already tested the power of the Ming army's iron cavalry.to be honest.If it weren't for the power of the tiger squat gun, it would be impossible to prevent the cavalry from rushing into the formation with flintlock guns alone.Just now I was a little overbearing, if I had dug some horse pits and clothed some horse ropes in advance, I would not have been forced so close by the Ming army.

But now the Ming army's iron cavalry and infantry join forces.It is only comparable to his current military strength, of course he will not be afraid of fighting.Li Jianguo jumped on his horse and shouted loudly: "You did a good job just now, except for one brother who lost his life. The other brothers were not injured. If this is the case, do you dare to fight with me again and kill the Guangming Army?" ?”

The 4000 Lingshan Guards immediately shouted loudly: "Kill the Guangming Army, kill the Guangming Army." Following the roar of the sky, the morale of the soldiers of the Lingshan Guards was high, and the casualty rate was more than [-]. Who is afraid of whom? ah?

Li Jianguo was very satisfied, waved his hand abruptly, and shouted: "Go forward, kill the Ming army."

The soldiers of Lingshan Guard shouted: "Go forward, kill the Ming army!" Following the striker's reins, [-] cavalry rode forward. Anyway, the Ming army cannot escape the infantry, so they can walk slowly.In fact, this kind of slowness was intentionally caused by Li Jianguo. He always felt that things were not that simple, so he deliberately delayed the time and waited for information from scouts from all sides.

But no matter how slow they were, they still met the Ming army half an hour later. Ten thousand Ming soldiers were setting up camps and digging trenches in an orderly manner. They knew that the Lingshan guards had horses and they couldn't escape, so they simply set up camp and waited.Seeing the Lingshan guards approaching, the Ming army did not panic, but also pushed out a tiger squatting cannon from the fence. Li Jianguo counted more than 40 of them.

Li Kaiguo's eyes shrank. The Ming army actually had so many tigers crouching, and they really came prepared.At this moment, a scout rushed from behind the formation covered in blood, and the Lingshan Guards hurriedly made way for him. The scout rushed all the way in front of Li Jianguo, knelt down on the ground with a plop, and was about to open his mouth when Li Jianguo had already opened his mouth. Jumping off the horse, he asked, "What's going on?"

The scout was full of nervousness, and hurried forward and whispered in his ear: "My lord, we have been fooled. The soldiers and horses in Hebei are only twenty miles away from us. There are about 4 soldiers and horses. The villain only sees a word Shen. Under the banner of the general army. Among them, there are about [-] main troops of the Ming army, and more than [-] are the township regiments."

As soon as he finished speaking, two more scouts came up covered in blood, and when they saw Li Jianguo, they shouted: "My lord, there is an urgent military situation, please hear it immediately." Li Jianguo looked at the panic on the faces of the two, Instead, he took a deep breath and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I have Ben Fu here, and Ben Fu will support me when the sky falls, so you don't need to listen, you just talk."

The confidence on his face infected the Lingshan Guard soldiers who were nervous by these three scouts. Yes, there is an adult here, so what is there to be afraid of?The two scouts also calmed down, and said: "My lord, I don't know what happened, forty-five thousand Ming troops suddenly appeared forty miles behind us, and they attacked our Lingshan Guard, and then fled to Zhucheng, and then The Ming army that disappeared again."

Hearing that so many Ming troops suddenly appeared on the back road, the soldiers of the Lingshan Guard suddenly felt heavy.Li Kaiguo suddenly laughed when he heard this, and said: "Okay, that's very good. It's really a big deal. So many soldiers can appear silently. It's really a skill. You, tell me the news about the Hebei soldiers and horses." As he spoke, he pointed to the scout who came first.

When the soldiers of Lingshan Guard heard that there were [-] Ming troops coming, they all felt heavy.The first thousand households Qu pointed to the calculations and said: "My lord, at this time our army is being attacked on three sides. The north is blocked by the Ming army camp in front of us, the south is surrounded by Fujian soldiers and horses, and the west is blocked by Hebei soldiers and horses. You want to surround us. But why is there no Ming army in the east?"

The [-]th household smiled and said, "The scouts from the east haven't returned yet. I bet there will be Ming soldiers waiting. The Ming soldiers lured us to this plain with the intention of besieging and suppressing us. How could there be no soldiers and horses?"

Sure enough, what he said was right, and scouts from the east also ran over in panic, saying that [-] Ming troops under the banner of the Beijing camp had blocked the way to the east.

The sixth thousandth household glanced at the third thousandth household.I saw that his face was also pale, and he was about to make fun of him, but when he thought of the 17 Ming army surrounding them, his heart was extremely heavy. He wanted to say something, but found that there was nothing to say, so he could only look away. Invest in Li Kaiguo.

In fact, all the soldiers, like him, set their sights on Li Kaiguo. At this time, they can only count on Li Kaiguo.I saw Li Jianguo's expression was composed, and he looked confident.All the soldiers who saw his face clearly had a glimmer of hope, that your lord has an idea.

Sure enough, Li Jianguo already had an idea, and he asked the scout from the west, "Is the canal only ten miles away from us? Where has Empress Yi'an's fleet arrived?"

The scout immediately replied: "The fleet is going down the river, and it is already fifteen miles away from the Cuilou section."

Li Kaiguo laughed loudly and said, "Then what are we waiting for? What are we doing this time? Isn't it just robbing a ship? The whole army obeys the order. Follow Ben Fu and go to the canal to rob a ship." Hearing his order.The flag soldiers waved their flags immediately.Orders were sent around on horseback.At this time, the Lingshan Guard, who was already a trapped beast, received an order from the commander. Although Li Jianguo didn't say anything to boost morale, his words, deeds and orders showed that he knew what he knew and had a plan in mind. Get down, and follow Li Jianguo on his horse and gallop to the Grand Canal.

Wu Sangui and General Shen of the Shenji Camp.Li Bao, the eunuch of the supervising army, watched the Lingshan Wei army heading southwest through the fence. The eunuch Li Bao smirked and said, "It's the luck of the traitors of Li Guo that they dare not come to hit the firearm array of Zajia. Ah, General Shen. You Say, what is this thief going to the southwest for? There are 7 people from Hebei waiting for him there." The eunuch spoke in a high-pitched voice, and always dragged on for a long time, which made Wu Sangui feel numb. .

General Shen has already gotten used to it, he laughed and said: "Eunuch, you are a nobleman who forgets things, just now you said that Li Guo dared not come to our firearms array, so you would rather fight to the death with the people in Hebei, right? .”

Wu Sangui didn't think so, he interjected: "No, Li Guo's soldiers and horses are all musketeers, and he has 7 cannons, so it is impossible for him to let our few soldiers and horses not fight, and go all the way. Hit [-] horses in Hebei."

Hearing Wu Sangui's words, Li Bao's eyes flashed with blackness, and he said with a smirk, "Oh General Wu, you think too highly of Li Guo, your cavalry killed 4000 people, all of them were shot by firearms. But when it comes to firearms, how can the firearms made by a little Lingshanwei compare with our Shenji Battalion? We are a new camp trained by the emperor, and all firearms are newly built. Look, just the artillery is our Shenji Battalion. There are two hundred gates, and countless bird guns..." Before he finished speaking, Wu Sangui turned and walked away with a livid face.

Li Bao was furious, stretched out his orchid fingers, and shouted: "General Shen, look at this little bastard, he wants to take credit because he is all cavalry. Who knows that if he didn't get the credit, he would be beaten to death by Li Guo, if it wasn't for him Let's stand behind, this little bastard has already fled back to Liaodong,..."

General Shen quickly stopped him and said, "Elder-in-law, keep your voice down, you bastard is screaming, be careful, I know."

Speaking of Wu Xiang, the commander-in-chief of Jinzhou, Li Bao suddenly became dumb. Although Wu Xiang is just a commander-in-chief, he is also the commander-in-chief.Wu Xiang is the commander-in-chief of Liaodong. Unlike their Beijing camps, the emperor values ​​them and has a lot of troops in his hands.If Wu Xiang really found out and played a book, then his little supervising army of Shenji Battalion must have no good fruit to eat.

Although I was scared in my heart, I must not lose in my mouth.Li Bao stomped his feet suddenly, and said angrily: "Forget it, for his father's sake, the Zajia doesn't get along with that little Za... Generals have the same knowledge, General Shen, shall we break out of the camp and stare at Li Guo? We won the merits with the soldiers and horses from Fujian, and our Shenji Battalion will have no face to go back to Beijing to meet the emperor."

General Shen shook his head, with a serious expression on his face, he said in a low voice: "Eunuch Li, listen to me, this soldier of Li Guo is definitely a hard stubble, I don't know why he moved to the southwest, It’s definitely a good thing we didn’t fight him to break through from Hebei soldiers and horses.”

Li Bao trembled, and said in surprise: "Really? It's not Wu Sangui, a bastard... useless?"

General Shen's face was full of seriousness, and he said in a low voice: "We still wait for the Jingwei to come and join forces together. We don't want meritorious service, but we want to be innocent."

Li Bao nodded again and again, deeply convinced, he has been involved in palace affairs for a long time.I know that it is not a good thing to make meritorious deeds now. In the current Ming court, if you make a small contribution, I am afraid that some people will be jealous. In troubled times, it is better to protect yourself.Therefore, the Shenji Battalion stood still and waited for the Jingwei from the east to join forces to encircle and suppress.

What is very strange is that they are the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion escorting them, and they don't even know the whereabouts of Empress Yi'an. They don't know that Li Jianguo actually led the army to rob the fleet.

The Lingshan guards let their horses run with all their strength, and finally they were about twenty miles away from Cuilou.Catch up with the convoy.The thunderous sound of horseshoes alarmed the Ming army escorting the ship, and immediately a large number of Ming troops poured out of the cabin.The guard general Jin Wu's face changed drastically, and he shouted, "Hurry up, pull the boat to the west bank and protect Empress Yi'an."

The canal here is no more than 50 meters wide.Don't talk about guns and artillery, it's archery.It's also easy to hit.Jinwu guards are also equipped with bow and arrow muskets.There is no cannon, because the recoil of the cannon is too great, and a cannon mounted on a flat-bottomed boat sailing the canal can overturn the boat due to the recoil.

Therefore, seeing that the Lingshan Guards Brigade had surpassed the fleet, and the follow-up cavalry was still advancing along the river bank hundreds of meters away, General Jin Wu was terrified.This is more than 1 cavalry. Although they are on land and they are on the water, the river is too narrow.Just do anything to block the progress of the fleet.

So he hurriedly said to Yiqianhu: "Fire the trumpet quickly, let the soldiers and horses in Hebei run faster, and come to rescue us."

The soldiers and horses in Hebei are only ten miles away from the west bank of the canal. According to the plan, their soldiers and horses do not need to cross the river. They just need to guard the river on the west bank of the canal to prevent the Lingshan guards from passing through, so they have been advancing slowly.

But as the cannon continued to lift off, Xia Zhong, the commander in chief of Hebei, broke out in a cold sweat. Others didn't know, but he knew that this was the distress signal from Queen Yi'an's fleet. If something happened to the queen, his whole family would not have enough brains Chopped.He led the forward [-] to run to rescue the queen, and the deputy general led the army to continue to block the road to prevent the Lingshan Guards from escaping.

It's a pity that it was too late at this time. The cavalry of Lingshanwei lined up along the river bank, stretching a distance of nearly three miles. Eighty tiger squatting guns lined up, aiming at the five dragon boats in front, only Seeing the command flag waving, eighty tiger squatting cannons fired at once, and the five dragon boats were smashed to pieces in an instant, turning into broken planks on the canal. The tiger crouching gun that was set fire was sent to the west.

Li Kaiguo sneered and said, "Go, tell them to come over and surrender immediately, otherwise these five dragon boats will be their end."

Immediately the shouting soldiers with loud voices began to shout.General Jin Wu gritted his teeth and was furious, and ordered: "Didn't I just say that the boat should be docked to the west bank? Don't you grandma don't want to live? Please Queen Yi'an go ashore. Let's go to the Hebei Army. As long as we reach them, we will be safe." gone."

After receiving the order, the fleet immediately approached the west bank. Unfortunately, the canal was only 50 meters wide, and the entire river course was within the range of the tiger squatting cannon. Even if it approached the west bank, it could not escape the artillery fire.

Li Kaiguo chuckled, and said, "I don't know how to live or die, pass down the order, and leave the dragon boat with the queen's flag in the middle unbombed, and the other boats are all sunk by me."

The Lingshan Guards immediately began to move. The tiger crouching cannon weighed only 30 kilograms, and it was extremely convenient to move. Before the dragon boat reached the west bank, eighty cannons roared in unison, and another five dragon boats were bombarded and sunk. die.Seeing the muzzle of the cannon turning and aiming at other dragon boats, the Ming army could no longer bear the fear of death. Countless Ming soldiers dived into the water and swam to the west bank. Even General Jin Wu was pushed into the water by his personal guards.

General Jin Wu had just entered the water, before he opened his eyes, the dragon boat he was riding in was blown to pieces, and he did not survive after jumping into the water. He was hit in the back of the heart by two scattered projectiles, and the passive energy in his body was a mess , die with peace.

Cannon blasted four rounds, except for the dragon boat with the flag of Empress Yi'an, all the dragon boats were turned into pieces of wood. Three thousand Ming troops were killed and wounded. The only dragon boat left was like a stripped beauty. People do nothing.

At this time, Lingshan Guard soldiers who could swim had already swam to the side of the dragon boat. The eunuchs and maids on the boat watched the Lingshan Guard soldiers climb up naked in fear, but no one dared to move.

Not long after, the dragon boat was forced by Lingshan Guard soldiers to sail to the east bank. Li Kaiguo looked at the dragon boat on his horse and said with a smile, "Guess, is there Queen Yi'an on board?"

The three thousand households had long been short of breath. Before they became soldiers, they were just ordinary people. Where had they seen such a legendary ruler as the queen?So the thousandth household excitedly said: "My lord, if there is really Empress Yi'an on board, and if we hold her hostage, no Ming army will dare to attack us." The third and sixth thousandth households also nodded repeatedly.

Li Jianguo shook his head and said: "The answer is not what you asked, forget it, you guys can't figure it out even if you think about it." He said this nonsense, ignoring the three idiots who were trying to figure out the meaning of what he just said. Cai, drove his horse forward, came to the side of the dragon boat, and shouted loudly: "Is Queen Yi'an here?"

Following his voice, a court lady came out of the pavilion on the dragon boat and said in a crisp voice: "The Empress has a decree, please invite Li Guo, the governor of Shandong, to come on board and have an audience." (To be continued...)