serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 168 Loyal to the Covenant

The heavy rain came and went quickly, and the sound of wind and rain subsided.

Jia Hu looked at all this coldly. The sudden heavy rain saved the Han camp and disrupted the offensive rhythm of the Firearms camp. As a last resort, Jia Hu ordered the old camp to withdraw.

He had just received the news that [-] cavalry led by Uncle Zhongqin, the commander-in-chief of Datong, had been waiting five miles away from various passes on the Great Wall.

As long as Liu Kun defeated the Raksha people, King Zasaktu Khan would take action, and the [-] cavalry of Tuxie Tu Khan's tribe had already moved to the northeast of the Manchu and Qing coalition forces.

Now the gunfire soldiers of the two armies have all withdrawn, waiting for the cavalry to decide the winner.

Someone shouted in a low voice: "The Eight Banners soldiers have moved!"

Jia Hu raised his clairvoyance to look at the Manchu army formation, and saw the soldiers of the Eight Banners rushing towards the battlefield. Their target was the cavalry of the Yongwei Battalion who were fighting with the Raksha people. This is a new force, and Liu Kun can only hope They can stand it.

Turning to the soldiers and horses of Datong and Xuanfu towns again, the formation of Zhelimu coalition forces has appeared chaotic at this moment, and perhaps the winner will be determined soon.

Under the command of the officers, the broken soldiers of the Han army camp were arranged in scattered queues, and the number of them was obviously much smaller.

After a while, all the Han soldiers who were invited by Yongqi came back, with a red handprint on the left face, and rushed to the deputy governor, and asked, "How many people were lost?"

Deputy Dutong: "There is no statistics yet, it should be around [-]."

Dutong snorted coldly, and ordered: "Arrange the formation and prepare to follow the cavalry to launch a chase against the Zhou army."

The Deputy Commander-in-Chief said quickly: "We don't have much ammunition left. It was a mess just now. Basically all the ammunition that the brothers carried with them was thrown away, and they can't be used due to damp."

Without saying a word, an officer hurried over and said, "My lord, the ammunition has arrived."

A cold light flashed in Dutong's eyes: "Bring up the person responsible for transporting the ammunition!"

After a while, more than a dozen Ertars who were in charge of escorting the ammunition came in a line.

Du Tong's cold eyes swept across the faces of several people, and asked coldly: "I have a military order, why did the ammunition arrive at this time?"

The officer replied in a trembling voice: "Qi, qian are all in charge, we went in the wrong direction and spared a lot of the way."

Du Tong frowned: "Did Xue Renli arrange for you to lead the way?"

The officer: "It's arranged, it's a captured Han Chinese."

Du Tong's face changed, and he said loudly: "Go and bring that person here!"

"Hey!" The two guards responded and walked to the rear.

On the grass behind the Han barracks

Wagons and mule carts full of ammunition were parked everywhere.

Pairs of Han people from the labor camp carried boxes full of ammunition and walked past Xue Pan.

Ammunition boxes were piled up on the grass.

The light in Xue Pan's eyes flickered, and then he said loudly: "Pry open all the boxes, quick!"

Pry the box?
All the Han people were startled.

Seeing the guards walking towards this side, Xue Pan's face changed, and he shouted loudly: "If you want to live, listen to me, pry!" As he said, he kicked over a box of ammunition, and took out a box of ammunition from his arms. Pry open the lid of the box with a dagger, and then cut open the paper shell ammunition inside, and all the gunpowder flowed out.

Everyone was shocked, they all stood there, looking at Xue Pan.

Xue Pan turned his head and shouted loudly: "According to military regulations, we will be beheaded. Pry!"

Someone finally woke up and shouted: "This dog traitor is right, let's fight with them. Pry!" As he said, he picked up the ammunition box on the ground and smashed it on the ground. Both are.

Others came to their senses one after another, and began to destroy the ammunition boxes, and the cardboard ammunition and gunpowder scattered all over the surrounding grass.

"Stop!" the two guards yelled.

Many gunners of the Han army camp had already discovered the situation here, and rushed over one after another.

Xue Pan got into the crowd, then blew on the torch and threw it towards the grass covered with gunpowder, shouting: "Run!" and ran to the rear first.

Everyone reacted, cursed and followed him to the rear.

After running not far away, there was an explosion sound from behind, followed by a huge explosion sound. Many people suddenly felt severe pain in their backs and fell to the ground one after another. More people were blown away by the blast wave .

There was an earth-shattering explosion, and a large puff of smoke and dust rose from the grass where the ammunition was piled up, and the raindrops of projectiles gushed out, and the two guards and the gunners of the Han army camp who rushed up were swept away.

On the other side, Jia Hu was watching the fierce battle with his clairvoyance. With the help of the Eight Banners soldiers, the Luocha people rushed out of the encirclement of the Yongwei Battalion and began to cooperate with the Eight Banners soldiers to counterattack. Datongwei and Xuanfu still did not win. Negative to.

Just when Jia Hu was considering whether to let Zhao Yi join the battlefield in advance, he suddenly heard an explosion sound from the front, and turned his head to look, the flames were soaring into the sky!

The soldiers of the Eight Banners who were fighting with the cavalry of the Yongwei Battalion turned their heads one after another. They saw loess and black smoke filling the sky in the direction of the Chinese army.

With the withdrawal of the Eight Banners soldiers, the morale of the Raksha people was immediately lost, and they began to flee the battlefield one after another. Then the Zhelimu League and Mongolian coalition forces also collapsed, and the entire Manchu and Qing coalition forces collapsed completely.

King Zasaktu Khan, who was still hesitating at first, drew out his long knife and roared: "Kill all the Raksha ghosts!" He rushed out first.

The [-] Zhasaktu Mongolian cavalry, who were waiting for work, launched a fierce charge against the fleeing Rakshas.

The Yongwei Battalion, Datongwei and Xuanfu cavalry also took advantage of the situation to attack the fleeing Manchu and Qing coalition forces.

Such a big explosion had already alarmed Zhao Yi who was five miles away. At this moment, the [-] cavalry led by him also covered up and chased the rout from the side.

Eunuch Zhao sat on the horse, stunned by the scene in front of him, couldn't believe it, and asked Fanzi behind him, "We won?"

All the fans replied excitedly: "Yes. We have won!"

Inside the big tent of the Chinese army

Eunuch Zhao sat there with a stern face, looked at King Zasaktu Khan and King Tuxietu Khan who were sitting opposite, and then looked at Jia Hu who was sitting on the main seat.

After a while of silence, King Zasaktu Khan said: "This time we came to visit Lord Hou for two reasons. The first one is about the equipment. Human equipment handed over to us?
What's more, we want to sign a covenant with Dazhou. The three of us will jointly deal with the Raksha people and the Manchus. The three of us in Daligang'ai Ranch will share equally. In addition, we also hope that Dazhou can be in Daligang'ai Ranch garrison. "

Eunuch Zhao looked at Jia Hu suspiciously, what Rakshasa equipment?What Manchu equipment?Shouldn't these be trophies?This is all the property of the Great Zhou court, and Jia Hu can keep [-]% for himself, and the rest must be reported to the court, waiting for the emperor's will.

After hearing what he said, Jia Hu smiled: "Don't worry, this Marquis is the most serious promise, and he will never deny what he promised."

King Zasaktu Khan felt relieved when he heard the words, and looked at Jia Hu gratefully, "I don't know about the alliance?"

Jia Hu: "The Marquis will report this matter to the imperial court and wait for the imperial court's order."

Eunuch Zhao immediately nodded in agreement.

King Zasaktu Khan and King Tuxietu Khan looked at each other, and then they stood up, "We are waiting for good news from Lord Hou." They turned and walked out.

Hearing the sound of footsteps going away outside the tent, Eunuch Zhao finally spoke: "I don't know what the commander promised them?"

Jia Hu said slowly: "It's nothing, just make an agreement with them that after the war, all the equipment of the Raksha people and half of the firearms of the Manchu people will belong to them."

Eunuch Zhao's face changed: "For such a big event, the commander-in-chief should say hello in advance."

Jia Hu: "The army is fierce and the battle is dangerous. If you are not careful, you will lose everything. Besides, until just now, this commander believed that they came to form an alliance."

Eunuch Zhao sighed, looked at Jia Hu, and said, "Do you know what kind of trouble this matter will cause you, Commander?"

Jia Hu smiled slightly: "What's the trouble?"

Eunuch Zhao: "The imperial court has rules, and all seized items must be reported to the imperial court. If it's ordinary property, it's fine, after all, the commander has made great contributions to the Zhou Dynasty. But these weapons and equipment, especially those firearms, were distributed to foreigners. Those officials in the imperial court will not let it go, they will definitely impeach the commander-in-chief."

Jia Hu pondered for a moment, then sighed helplessly, and said, "It's not that I don't know what you said. But the situation at the time couldn't allow me to refuse! Forty thousand cavalry is enough to change the outcome of this battle."

Eunuch Zhao stood up, took a few steps back and forth, and then said: "If the commander-in-chief greets you in advance, the miscellaneous family can take this matter on behalf of the commander-in-chief. Now let's go to the memorial."

Jia Hu was stunned for a moment, not wanting to entangle with him any longer, and then said, "Understood, I will write a detailed memorial to this matter and submit it."

Eunuch Zhao ignored him and strode out alone.

(End of this chapter)