A Journey Through the Worlds of Film and Television

The enemy was in a hurry.

After crossing Tieling and heading north, they encountered a group of Tatar cavalry of about 20 people before they went far. The horses of this group were still carrying large and small bags of goods. It was obvious that they had just robbed some village.

Lu Cheng waved his hand, and dozens of cavalrymen rushed out with Lu Cheng without hesitation.

The group of Tatar cavalry saw that there were only 30 or 40 people on Lu Cheng's side, and they were not afraid. They rushed over with a howl.

As the distance between the two sides closed, Lu Cheng, who was in the front, drew his bow and shot an arrow at the other side.

This time, maybe he was lucky, or maybe the other side was more crowded. Lu Cheng hit a Tatar with one arrow and shot him off his horse. As for whether the one that was hit was the one Lu Cheng aimed at, it didn't matter.

After shooting the first arrow, Lu Cheng almost didn't pause, and didn't even draw the arrow from the quiver. An arrow appeared in his hand out of thin air, and he used the bow as an arrow again and shot it at the enemy.

At this moment, both sides were fighting, and no one noticed the details here.

The second feather arrow hit a warhorse on the opposite side, and the third feather arrow immediately fell into the air, and the fourth feather arrow hit an enemy again.

At this time, the opponent's arrows had also been shot.

Lu Cheng had also put away his bow, drawn his saber, and blocked the flying arrows.

At the same time, the forty cavalrymen on both sides of Lu Cheng also shot the first round of arrows, and people on both sides were shot.

At this time, Lu Cheng and Ding Xiu had already rushed into the enemy's army. Lu Cheng first chopped an enemy to the left with a knife, and then chopped an enemy to the right with a knife, beheading him directly.

Ding Xiu followed closely and knocked an enemy off his horse.

When Lu Cheng's cavalry came into contact with the enemy, the enemy had lost seven or eight cavalry, and the 2-to-1 ratio became 3-to-1.

After Lu Cheng and Ding Xiu killed their way through the enemy formation, they immediately turned their horses around and charged back.

Soon, all the Houjin cavalry were killed. Three of the cavalry brought by Lu Cheng also died and six were injured.

Lu Cheng immediately treated the wounds of the injured cavalry, disinfected and sterilized them, applied ointment, and bandaged them.

One of the more seriously injured was slashed by the enemy, leaving a cut several inches long, which looked very bluffing. Fortunately, the hemostatic medicine prepared by Lu Cheng was very effective, and the soldier's injury was quickly treated.

There were casualties in the first battle today, so Lu Cheng naturally knew that he had to say a few words to stabilize the morale of the army.

But Lu Cheng didn't say anything nonsense, but directly asked people to collect all the property on the Tartars, and found that there were thousands of taels of silver, dozens of taels of gold, and some antique calligraphy and paintings.

Obviously, this group of Tartars made a fortune, probably by robbing a rich man.

Lu Cheng spread out the silver directly in front of everyone and asked people to bring over the bodies of the three dead soldiers.

"Everyone has behaved very bravely today. Now the silver is here. We have made a fortune. But unfortunately, three of our brothers have died. Before distributing the silver to everyone, we must first distribute the pensions of these three brothers.

Everyone came from the capital, and their families must be in the capital. Does anyone know the family situation of these three brothers?"

"I know, his name is Zheng Sanbao, and his family lives in Liutiao Village in the south of the capital. He is from the same hometown as me. He has a younger brother and an old mother..."

"This one is called..."

After confirming the family situation of the three dead soldiers, Lu Cheng directly took out three hundred taels of silver and put it aside: "These three hundred taels of silver are the pensions of these three brothers. After returning, I will send someone back to the capital to deliver these pensions to their respective homes. If Lu can return to Kyoto in the future, he will personally go to their homes to express his condolences!"

Seeing that the dead still had a pension of one hundred taels, everyone felt that death did not seem so scary.

Although these people are soldiers from the capital, their families are not rich, otherwise they would not come out to serve as soldiers.

Although the Ming Dynasty also has pensions for soldiers who died in battle, how many of them can actually be implemented?

Then, Lu Cheng raised his hand and waved to the six injured soldiers: "These six brothers have performed very well, and they are all injured. First, give them five taels of silver each. Do you have any objections?"

"No!"

The injured immediately became excited and came forward to receive the silver.

After each of them received the silver, Lu Cheng patted

He patted each of their shoulders and said comfortingly: "Don't worry, you were injured and bled for me, Lu Cheng. I will pay for all the expenses of your treatment."

Then, Lu Cheng began to call out names: "Li Youfu, Wang Tiezhu, Zhang Dasheng... You guys successfully shot the enemy. Although you didn't kill the enemy, you also caused damage to the enemy. Each of you will be rewarded with two taels of silver."

Several people immediately stepped forward excitedly to receive the silver. Lu Cheng noticed that one of the soldiers didn't even have a purse, so he patted him on the shoulder: "Go back and prepare a purse quickly, preferably a big one. Don't look back and put the silver in your arms again. I got lost."

"Yes, sir."

Then, Lu Cheng began to call out names: "In the battle just now, Ding Xiu killed five enemies, Wang Tiezhu, Bao Dahu, and Zhang Quansheng, each killed one enemy, five taels of silver per head, come forward to claim the reward!"

"Thank you, sir!"

Then, Lu Cheng spoke again: "This battle was quite intense, and although some brothers failed to successfully injure the enemy, they also participated in the battle. Therefore, I decided to give each brother who came today another two taels of silver."

Those who had not been given silver just now immediately became excited and came forward to claim the reward.

After distributing the silver to everyone, Lu Cheng pointed at Ding Xiu and said, "See? Ding Xiu is not even 18 years old this year, and he has received dozens of taels of silver in two days. He can buy a yard and marry a beautiful wife when he goes back. You must practice hard when you go back, learn archery and swordsmanship well, and you can kill more enemies."

At this juncture, no matter what slogans you shout or what great principles you talk about, it is not as practical as distributing silver.

After all the distribution, there are still more than 700 taels of silver and dozens of taels of gold, as well as various properties.

Lu Cheng pointed to the property on the ground and said, "See? There is still so much silver here, waiting to be distributed to everyone. As long as everyone continues to participate in the battle, I will continue to give everyone silver."

After speaking, Lu Cheng asked people to collect the horses on the scene, and then selected several uninjured soldiers, and returned to Shenyang City with several wounded and three bodies of fallen soldiers.

The remaining 25 cavalrymen, plus Ding Xiu and Lu Cheng, totaled 27 people, and there were 10 spare war horses.

After the repairs, Lu Cheng continued to lead his men northward. After walking more than ten miles, when he was about to turn around a hillside, Lu Cheng suddenly found something wrong. He immediately asked Ding Xiu to hide in the woods beside him, and ran to the hillside alone to investigate.

Soon, Lu Cheng found a thousand-man Later Jin army in front of him, including about 400 cavalry and 600 to 700 infantry, heading south.

After seeing the situation clearly, Lu Cheng called Ding Xiu over: "Ding Xiu, take two people and return the same way immediately to inform General He Shixian behind to prepare for defense. It would be great if we can choose a favorable terrain for an ambush."

"Sir, why don't you send someone else? I want to stay with you and continue to kill the Tartars."

It's only been two days, and Ding Xiu has earned dozens of taels of silver. This silver is so easy to earn that of course he is reluctant to leave.

"What are you killing? There are more than 1,000 people. Even if we rush up, we will just die. You go and notify General He immediately to see how he plans to deal with it. After getting his reply, come back and tell me."

"Yes, I'll go now."

After Ding Xiu left, Lu Cheng did not choose to attack. He had just observed that this team should be sent by the Later Jin to sweep. If they can be severely damaged or annihilated, it will definitely have a great deterrent effect.

Afterwards, Lu Cheng kept a distance from the Later Jin army, always observing their movements, and sent people to inform He Shixian every once in a while.