Water Margin people

Saladin looked at the river covered by flood with a gloomy face. He was prepared for the flood, but it was released too early. More than 2,000 guards under his command died in the flood.

"Where's the enemy!"

Saladin shouted at the guards who were escaping, saying that he wanted to see Zhang Qing's body.

"I don't know, the enemy has gone to the other side!"

The guards pointed across the flood and said.

"Everyone, cross the river! I want to see the enemy's bodies!"

Saladin roared, it was because of Zhang Qing's sudden appearance that the slaves caused a chaos and attacked the original defenders, causing him to send his guards down.

Now not only are the slaves still alive, but so many of his own guards have also been killed. This account must be settled.

"Lord Saladin, the flood is raging now. It is too dangerous to cross the river! The enemy may have been washed away by the flood."

Several generals looked at the rushing flood and asked, how can we cross the river at this time?

"Follow me across the river from upstream! I must see the enemy's body!"

Saladin grabbed a general by the collar and shouted, it is impossible that all the enemies were washed away by the flood, there must be people supporting them on the shore, if they don't cross the river now, the enemies will run away.

The generals had no choice but to follow Saladin up the mountain, where they would cross the river.

Zhang Qing was waiting anxiously at this time. Although he had responded to the soldiers who had raided the river, the soldiers who had gone to blow up the dam had not returned yet.

"It should be okay!"

Several soldiers whispered that after the dam burst, the entire water system was in chaos, all the dams collapsed, and floods rolled down from the mountains.

Zhang Qing just looked in the direction of the mountains.

"General, should we leave? The enemy may come back!"

A guard spoke up.

"Wait a little longer! They will come back!"

Zhang Qing shook his head and said that he would not leave until his men came back. His men did not have the habit of abandoning their comrades.

"General, there are hundreds of slaves down there!"

A soldier came running to report.

"slave?"

Zhang Qing then looked towards the river.

"These people must have escaped by crossing the river last night. They were lucky enough not to be washed away by the flood!"

The guards looked at the slaves lying on the shore, gasping for breath, their faces filled with fear of having survived a disaster.

"Bring them here!"

Zhang Qing gave the order.

The soldiers quickly brought the slaves over.

"General, spare your life!"

The slaves knelt down in front of Zhang Qing, and their heads banged loudly.

"You built those dams?"

Zhang Qing looked at the slaves and asked.

"Yes, but we were all forced! They forced us!"

The slaves hurried to explain.

"Saladin wants to kill you to silence you, did you know that?"

Zhang Qing said.

The slaves nodded repeatedly. They knew about this, otherwise how could they be driven into the river? Everyone knew that the dams were not strong. As more and more water accumulated, it was only a matter of time before they collapsed.

"we know!"

The slaves nodded in a flurry.

"I was the one who had the dam blown up, but you should know that if it weren't for us, you wouldn't even have a chance to survive!"

Zhang Qing looked at the slaves again and said that there were some things that did not need to be concealed. Although the deaths of these slaves were related to him, the slaves should not feel resentment but should be grateful instead.

"Yes, it was the General who saved us!"

The slaves said sincerely that if Zhang Qing had not appeared, they would all have died, but because of this commotion, at least 30% of them survived, and there were even more slaves who had not come over, and those people were also saved.

"Then go and spread the kindness of our Qi State."

Zhang Qing looked at the slaves and said, "Thank you, General!"

When the slaves heard that Zhang Qing was going to release them, they immediately kowtowed to express their gratitude.

"General, let them go?"

A personal soldier asked.

"Why was Saladin able to mobilize so many Arabs? Because he has a good reputation! I want him to be ruined now!"

Zhang Qing nodded and said that to deal with Saladin, they could not just use military force, they also needed to gradually reduce his reputation among the people and not allow him to have the possibility of making a comeback.

The slaves left, and Zhang Qing continued to wait.

After noon, a group of soldiers hurriedly ran over here.

And further away, smoke and dust were rolling.

"The general and his men are back, and the enemy is chasing us!"

The soldiers on high ground immediately sounded the alarm.

"Prepare for battle!"

Zhang Qing immediately mounted his horse and called out to the soldiers.

The soldiers reacted quickly, mounted their horses, took up their guns, and lined up, ready for battle.

"Kill with me!"

Seeing that the returning soldiers were about to be caught up, Zhang Qing immediately led the cavalry to charge.

The pursuing Arab cavalrymen raised their scimitars and shouted as they chased and killed. There were thousands of them.

"The general is here!"

When the fleeing soldiers saw Zhang Qing and his men coming, their sad expressions immediately turned into joy.

"Bang bang bang!"

After a burst of gunfire, Zhang Qing led his men to knock off the horses of the Arabs who were chasing in the front.

But when the Arabs saw that there were less than a hundred enemies, they were not afraid of any guns and continued to charge, waving their scimitars.

"You really are not afraid of death! Save people first!"

Zhang Qing shouted to the soldiers around him.

The soldiers immediately divided into two teams, one team fired to stop the enemy, and the other team rescued their companions.

"go!"

As the soldiers mounted their horses, Zhang Qing turned around and left without hesitation. They were too few in number, and although their guns were powerful, they were finding it difficult as the number of enemies increased. If the enemy really got close to them, they would be in danger.

The Arabs shouted and continued to pursue, and they even began to fight back with bows and arrows.

"Dynamite!"

Seeing that the enemy was chasing him closely and very fast, Zhang Qing immediately called out to his soldiers.

The Arabs' war horses are very sophisticated and can charge very fast.

The soldiers immediately took out the explosives, lit the fuse and threw them backwards.

The fuse burned slowly, but the Arabs had no scruples at all, as they had no idea what explosives were.

"Boom boom boom!"

When the explosion sounded, the Arabs and their horses were blown away. The power of explosives is incomparable to that of firearms.

The horrific explosion brought with it a terrible gust of air. The war horses were frightened by the explosion and no longer cared about the knights' control, running around in panic.

For a moment, the Arabs' formation was in chaos, their horses collided with each other, and many people were thrown off their horses.

By the time the Arabs recovered, Zhang Qing had already led his men away.

"Why are you being chased by the Arabs?"

Seeing that it was safe, Zhang Qing looked at the soldiers and asked, they should have left after blowing up the dam.

"The dam collapsed too quickly, and the place where we kept the horses was also affected by the flood. Some of the horses ran away, and some died. We had no choice but to walk back."

"Everything was going well and we were about to return, but a group of Arab cavalry showed up out of nowhere."

The soldiers drank some water, took a breath and said.

"Where did the Arab cavalry come from?"

Zhang Qing frowned. These things don't happen without reason. (End of this chapter)