The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 508
Mu Zhiqing knew that most of Baya La was the guards of the Gyeonggi Army, and some of them served as the personal guards of important generals.

"Since there are Ba Yala soldiers coming and going, there must be a 'big shot' of Jianlu. Could it be that there is an army of bandits around here?"

She immediately ordered Yale, "Scatter people and horses to investigate nearby, pay attention to hiding whereabouts, and don't be discovered by captives."

"As ordered."

Yale first sent dozens of people to search around, and then let Mu Zhiqing's convoy move into the bushes not far away, and led his own people to guard the periphery in case of accidents.

After only one meal, a guard drove back and said anxiously: "Second Miss, there is a brigade of Jianghu on the east side of Cishan Mountain, more than ten miles to the north. The younger ones did not enumerate in detail because they were worried that they would be discovered. But at least there are more than a thousand bandits."

Soon, several people reported back one after another, saying that Jianlu soldiers and horses were found in many places outside Cishan Pass.

Mu Zhiqing was secretly surprised, yesterday General Tie Dake was chasing the main force of Luck Dehun, and he should be at least fifty or sixty miles away at this time.Could it be that Luck Dehun turned back again?But I don't know if General Tie knows about it.

While she was thinking, two Naxi guards rushed over on the same horse. When they got close, they realized that one of them had been shot in the shoulder, and most of his sleeves were stained red with blood.

Yale immediately led his men to prepare for the battle, and after a while no enemy was chasing him, he turned around and asked, "What happened?!"

"Commander," the injured guard said with great pain, "I just saw a thousand or two thousand Ming soldiers rushing into the mountain from the mountain pass on the south side of Cishan just now. Just at this time, I met A Ruocang," he glanced together The returning guard, "I heard from him that a large number of Jian captives were approaching here from the west.

"I saw that the mountain pass of Cishan was narrow, and if the Ming army entered the valley, they would most likely be blocked by captives, so I wanted to warn the Ming army..."

His words touched the wound, and the corners of his mouth twitched in pain.A Ruo Cang continued: "Unexpectedly, the bandits came very fast. As soon as we ran near the mountain pass, hundreds of bandits suddenly appeared and stopped the way. Ye Xi wanted to charge his horse over, but when he was hit by an arrow, he fell off the horse." Next, the little one tried his best to save him..."

When Mu Zhiqing heard this, she hurriedly asked Ye Xi, "Do you see clearly that it's the Ming army?"

The guard covered his wound and said, "Second miss, I've seen that small military uniform many times, and I can't be wrong. By the way, there is a word 'Zhen' on the banner."

"Zhen? Could it be General Zhen?" Mu Zhiqing's face showed anxiety, and she thought to herself, General Zhen is the leader of the Polu camp, and usually fights with His Highness, if she is here, is His Highness nearby?Or, there is His Highness in the team that entered Cishan...

She immediately remembered what the guards had reported before, that there might be three or four thousand prisoners in Cishan area. .If the captives set up ambushes on both sides of the valley...

The more she thought about it, the more frightened she became, and she blurted out: "No! You must go to warn the police immediately!"

Ye Xi tried his best to raise his left hand to stop him and said, "I'm afraid it's too late, only the captives outside the mountain pass just now, there are not a hundred or ten people who can't rush through, and there may be more enemy troops at this time."

Mu Zhiqing swept away the troops she brought - more than two hundred Naxi guards and two companies of Dragon Guards, a total of 40 people.If it is according to what Ye Xi said, I am afraid that people like myself must attack together to break through the defense line of the captive army.

But Ya Le persuaded: "Second Miss, there are too many thieves around here, we'd better avoid them first."

Lian Lian always nodded again and again.

Mu Zhiqing thought about it, if the current situation makes Ya Le and others go to report the news, they must think of my safety and refuse to leave.Then she gritted her silver teeth, grabbed the reins of the horse beside her and rolled onto the saddle, loudly said: "Follow me!"

Yale looked at the direction of her horse's head, and couldn't help turning pale with fright, he pulled his horse and chased after her, and said anxiously: "Second Miss, it's too dangerous, don't..."

"What's wrong, Your Highness may just..." Mu Zhiqing said firmly, "Even if he's not here, and two thousand soldiers of the Polu camp are at stake, I can't sit idly by!"

Yale and all the soldiers had no choice but to protect her in the middle and rushed towards Cishan.

When we got to the mountain pass, we saw no less than a thousand captive soldiers forming an formation in an open place. Fortunately, they came quickly, and the formation of the Qing army was not closed, and there were still several gaps during the period.

Mu Zhiqing raised her eyes again and saw a vague figure swaying in the valley, and immediately pointed to a gap in the Jianlu army formation, "Enter the mountain from there!"

How could Yale dare to let the second lady take risks, and brought dozens of confidant guards to the front, while the dragon guards on both sides drew their cavalry swords one after another.

Fearing that they would alarm the Ming army in the mountains, the Jianlu troops kept their eyes fixed on the front, but they were unprepared for the hundreds of horses rushing out behind them. They didn't realize it until they were [-] paces away, and they were in a panic.

The Ba Yala warlord in the captive army hurriedly drew his sword and shouted, the rear troops of the captive soldiers on both sides turned their heads one after another, blocked the way to the valley with swords, shields and spears, and some people picked up bows and released arrows.

However, what Mu Zhiqing and the others were attacking was the link between the two formations, and it was difficult for the Qing army to defend well under the panic.Yale was like a ferocious cheetah, swinging the scimitar up and down, his movements were extremely precise, all the captive soldiers along the way were cut across their throats by the light of the knife, and the formation immediately loosened.

However, arrows rained down all around, and many Lijiang guards were shot and fell off their horses. Fortunately, there were dragon guards in fine armor guarding the wings, so the casualties were not too heavy.

Waiting for Yale to break through Jianlu's line of defense with all his might, the soldiers with steel swords came after him, and the captive soldiers on both sides were bloody again.

And Mu Zhiqing, under the cover of twenty personal soldiers, quickly passed through the middle of the brigade.Seeing that the enemy's line of defense had been left behind, the guards Lian Lian immediately ordered all the guards to dismount, took off the guns behind them, and laid out a two-row infantry line as Mu Zhiqing's rear.

The soldiers of the Qing army who hurriedly chased them back after a round of volleys, and immediately retreated in disgrace, and the officers of the Jianlu army shouted back and forth to gather troops and prepare to charge again.

Mu Zhiqing couldn't stop swinging her whip and galloped, and ran for another two miles. Finally, a soldier in charge of security from the rear of the Ming Army noticed the person behind her, and hurriedly took her to see General Zhen.

"How is it possible?!" Zhen Zhen glanced at Mu Zhiqing who was out of breath, then looked deep into the valley, and said firmly, "I saw with my own eyes that Luck Dehun rode his horse into the mountain..."

Mu Zhiqing frowned and said: "Then General Zhen, can you see how many troops he brought?"

"Well, since the main general is here, his subordinates should..." Zhen Zhen finally adjusted the focus of the telescope while speaking, and couldn't help but gasp, "This, how is this possible?!"

I saw about [-] Qing army ants gathered outside the mountain pass, and they had surrounded the south side of Cishan Mountain.

(End of this chapter)