Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1123: Battle of Zhenjiang

To the west of Zhenjiang, thirty miles away.

In the wilderness, more than 6 troops meandered, and the team stretched more than ten miles long. Infantry, cavalry, and carts were mixed together, and they fled in a hurry.

The rebel soldiers dragged their weapons and military flags, and many of them took off their armor and threw them on the carts, while the soldiers driving the carts vigorously waved their whips, beat the mules and horses, and urged the carts to move forward.

The official road was covered with dust, and the wheels were rolling eastward. In the rice fields on both sides of the official road, there were also soldiers running fast.

"Hurry up! Once you reach Zhenjiang, you'll be safe!" The generals on horseback urged the soldiers when they saw the exhausted soldiers running around.

King Lu, Jin Shenghuan and other generals stood on the soil slope next to the official road with melancholy faces, looking down at the soldiers retreating in a hurry, and nervously looked west from time to time.

They have already got the exact news that the chasing cavalry is exactly the rampaging horse army that has been sharpening their knives in Huguang for four years.

This horse army, which was trained with all its strength to fight against the powerful enemies in the north, turned out to be against them in the first battle, and Prince Lu of Ming Dynasty actually became their sharpening stone, which is ironic to say the least.

Since Guan Ning surrendered to the enemy, there was no large-scale organized cavalry in the Ming Dynasty, and the imperial court spent millions of silver taels every year to finally build such a cavalry to fill the gap in the Ming Dynasty's cavalry.

Thirty thousand cavalry, this was a fatal blow to the rebels. They retreated from Nanjing to Hangzhou. The closest route was to go south to Liyang, pass through Yixing and Changxing, and enter Huzhou, Zhejiang. Surrounded in the middle of the road, King Lu could only walk along the waterway, and if he was overtaken, he could escape by boat.

The army was about to reach Zhenjiang. With the support of the city, they could rest safely for one night. The next day, they jumped to the east bank of the canal and could escape the pursuit of the cavalry. King Lu looked around anxiously. He looked east at Zhenjiang City. Looking west towards the direction of Nanjing, his face was full of anxiety.

"Catch up!" On the slope, Xiao Qihui and others suddenly exclaimed.

King Lu looked west when he heard the sound, and he saw a cavalry group of more than a thousand cavalry behind the tail of the army, wrapped in billowing dust, and came to kill them.

The rebels, who were already exhausted and fleeing, fell into chaos immediately. Many soldiers who had lost their strength were frightened by the cavalry. Like a gust of wind, I rushed up, and I was immediately terrified.

The rebel soldiers couldn't help cursing in their hearts, Gou Ri's bandits and troops have already surrendered, and they are still going after their motherfuckers, this is going to kill them all!

The fierce general Zhao Shenkuan had a ferocious face, holding a cavalry spear as usual, galloping ahead of thousands of troops, the horses galloped, and the cavalry ran into the tail of the deserters in an instant, Zhao Shenkuan rode forward and stabbed a fleeing infantryman to the ground. Immediately, he set his sights on the next target, which was a Thousand Household Officer of the Military Guards.

A thousand cavalry rushed into the rear of the rebels, and the rebels behind immediately rushed forward in panic, which caused panic among the rebels in the middle.

"What should your Highness do?" Xiao Qihui asked anxiously, if he didn't react, more than 6 people would be disrupted by these thousand cavalry, causing a rout, and it would become the laughing stock of the world!
King Lu watched the situation at the rear with a gloomy face, "Jin Duzhen, take someone to block it!"

Jin Shenghuan didn't talk nonsense, his military guards were walking behind, he immediately clasped his fists, pulled out his horse and rushed down the slope, and the more than 400 cavalry stationed below immediately followed him, going against the direction the soldiers were fleeing, towards the rear Gallop, to stop the officer who crashed into the rear.

Jin Shenghuan raised his gun on his horse, with a murderous look on his face, and the cavalry behind him clenched their weapons tightly. One of the cavalry took out a horn and blew it while galloping. It was the horn of the assembled cavalry, and the knights of the armed guards who rushed forward in panic, reined in their horses one after another.

The Wuwei Army also has more than a thousand cavalry, but they did not form a single army, but were scattered in each battalion, serving as guards or scouts at ordinary times.

While Jin Shenghuan was galloping, cavalry from the Wuwei Army kept gathering towards him along the road, and after a while, there were more than 1000 cavalry behind him.

Seeing Jin Shenghuan going to meet the chasing cavalry, the King of Lu let out a heavy breath, and then ordered: "As soon as the vanguard of the pursuers arrives, Wang Shixiu's brigade and cavalry will definitely arrive in a blink of an eye! We are still more than 30 miles away from Zhenjiang. Zhenjiang will be overtaken by them!"

On the soil slope, Xiao Qihui, Wang Yi and others had their faces heavy. Everyone knew what this meant, and a bloody battle was inevitable.

"Your Highness! Fight them!" Ruan Jun's face was grim, and he suddenly raised his arms and shouted, but Feng Jing's face turned pale.

"Yes! At this point, there is only one fight to the death!" If you can't run away, you can only fight hard, Wang Yi clasped his fists solemnly.

The generals of the Zhejiang army around them all looked determined. They were not like the officers and soldiers below. In the words of the court, they were all villains, and they were the backbone of the army following King Lu.

In the city of Nanjing, there were nearly a thousand Japanese soldiers, all of them were clansmen, descendants of Taizu, but they were all killed.It has been nearly 300 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, who would dare to do such a rebellious thing, the heart of the king thief Sima Zhao is clearly revealed, Gao Yigong of Gou Ri said he would kill them all, these bandits killed people, their hands are too fucking black up.

If everyone falls into their hands, they will definitely not be able to please them. Under such circumstances, rebellion will arouse everyone's resistance.

King Lu looked around the crowd, his face full of fear, "Give the order, the army is in formation, ready to meet the enemy!" As he spoke, he pulled out the sword from his waist, and the sun shone on the sword, shining with silver light, "Generals, The imperial family rises and falls, and if we fight again, the lonely king and all the generals will encourage each other!"

"The Imperial Palace of Zhongxing, I will fight to the death with His Highness!" At that moment, Xiao Qihui, Wang Yi and others clasped their fists together, their armor clattered, and everyone looked murderous.

A shrill and sharp horn sounded, and the flag waved on the head slope, conveying the order of the army to line up on the spot. However, the generals wanted to fight, but the soldiers just wanted to go home. When they retreated from Nanjing, their morale had already plummeted. .

Many soldiers wanted to continue fleeing, but they managed to stop their eastward flight only after the officers shouted them down and even slashed them with swords.

Nearly 6 horses, like a cart moving forward, slowly stopped, and panickedly lined up in the wilderness. The soldiers put the cart horizontally in front of the formation, and began to cut down trees and play with the horses.

Zhao Shenkuan led the cavalry and charged at the rear of the rebel army, as if he had entered no one's land. He heard the horns rising and falling in the rebel army, and immediately looked vigilantly at the rebel army. The rebel troops in front and in the middle had stopped and lined up on the spot In the formation, only the rebels behind were still in chaos because they crashed into it.

"Look, General!" At this moment, a hundred householders beside Zhao Shenkuan suddenly shouted.

Zhao Shenkuan looked for his reputation, and saw a group of cavalry among the rebels galloping towards them.

The first general, with silver armor and white helmet, wearing a white cloak, carrying a spear, and riding a white horse, looks exactly like Chang Shan Zhao Zilong in the Romance of Storytelling, whoever it is, Jin Shenghuan.

Seeing this, Zhao Shenkuan snorted coldly, raised his spear, and galloped forward. The cavalry behind him followed closely after seeing this, and screamed excitedly, this is to confront Jin Shenghuan who is famous in Chu Gan.

Jin Shenghuan obviously only mentioned Zhao Shenkuan's intentions, he is also a well-known person in the world, how could he be afraid, immediately with a spear, he accelerated the speed of the horse, and there was a strong killing intent in his eyes.

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