The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 319

After a while, another soldier came to report, "Report to General, General Chen has led people to capture and kill the 'Fake King Gui'."

"What?!" Zhong Mingyuan frowned, if Chen Ke killed King Gui, then King Chen's army would surely fight with people like himself forever.He immediately remembered that Su Pin's [-] troops had not been in Fujing in half a day, and he might be going to follow in the footsteps of his son-in-law, so he couldn't help shivering.

Seeing him in a daze, the general at the side hurriedly asked, "General, are we going to help?"

"Help..." Zhong Mingyuan nodded thoughtfully, "I refused to listen to my persuasion before, so I am in today's predicament." He turned to his confidant next to him, and said coldly, "Help! Help send him away Cheng!" Then he ordered again carefully.

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Zhu Youlang took out a piece of paper from his sleeve, and still shouted loudly in front of the battle: "Nowadays, all over Guangxi are going against the law, expressing their allegiance to the imperial court."

He took a quick glance at himself first, and saw the names of dozens of officials and generals on the paper, and almost all of them had expressed their loyalty in the whole of Guangxi except the southeast.

He continued to read: "Qingyuan guarded Zhao Nian with [-] troops, and closed the city to wait for the heavenly army. The chieftain of Encheng made a secret performance and led [-] wolf soldiers to respond to the court. Sicheng Mansion's troops are prepared..."

Suddenly, he felt a commotion in the enemy's formation, and when he looked up, he saw three or four hundred people rushing out from the central army, heading straight towards him.

"Hey, enemy attack!"

Before Zhu Youlang could finish his sentence, the heavy cavalry guarding nearby had already lined up in neat rows, with their steel swords out of their sheaths, ready for battle.At the same time, the carriage he was riding in turned his head to avoid the Dragon Guards.

Chen Ke had just suffered a big loss in front of the Longwei Army's guns and cannons, so he was extremely worried when he charged up this time.When he got closer to King Gui, and saw that there were only four or fifty guards on the left and right, and none of them were holding guns, he felt a little relieved.

He clamped the horse's belly hard, raised his knife and rushed to the front, turned around and shouted, "If you capture and kill the false king, you will be rewarded with a thousand taels!"

The heavy cavalry of the Dragon Guards saw the enemy cavalry coming at a high speed, but they were not in a hurry. It was not until Chen Ke's men and horses rushed out of the formation that the commander of the company, Xie Xifan, waved his sword and said in a deep voice, "Fast forward!"

After the horse had taken more than ten steps, the heavy cavalry followed the company and shouted in unison: "Charge!"

In an instant, more than 40 cavalrymen in steel armor lined up in a straight line and charged towards Chen Ke's team without hesitation.

Chen Ke was taken aback by this momentum, and when he rushed out just now, he ran a little hard, but the war horse started to slow down at this moment.

Gritting his teeth and brandishing his saber, he greeted his subordinates, "No more than forty or fifty enemy troops, follow me!"

But the moment he collided with the Dragon Guard cavalry, he knew that he had kicked the iron plate again-these enemy soldiers were not wearing ordinary armor, these shiny armors were extremely hard, and the saber would almost slide to the side when it fell on it .Even if one was lucky enough to chop more squarely and cut a crack in the steel armor, most of them would be caught by the steel plate, and it was extremely difficult to injure the cavalry surrounded by it.

In addition, the training level of the troops led by Chen Ke was limited, and the queue was sparse, and there was no synergy at all.The heavy cavalry on the opposite side is a standard wall charge, 40 people are like an iron wall, advancing side by side, and the cavalry swords rise and fall at the same time.

With just one meeting, more than 70 enemy troops who were confronting them were all cut down, and only one person on his side was slightly injured because of a horse stumbled.

The heavy cavalry reined in their heads and quickly regrouped.Xie Xifan looked at both sides, and ordered his men to form two teams to intercept the enemy cavalry on both sides.

But before they had time to urge their horses, the hundreds of people brought by Chen Ke had already turned around and fled—the dozens of people just now were strangled in an instant, and the enemy didn't even lose a single hair. How would they fight this battle? ?
However, another 700 men and horses rushed out from the side of Ding Kui's Chu army, seeming to surround Zhu Youlang.

Xie Xifan frowned, ordered to prepare to meet the enemy, then looked back, and saw that the hussars of the Dragon Guards had also begun to speed up, ready to come to help.

However, a scene that everyone didn't expect happened, the people who had just rushed out from Ding Kuichu's side went straight to Chen Ke's team, and without a word, they raised their swords and guns and killed them.

Chen Ke's troops were fleeing in a desperate situation. When they were caught off guard, they turned their backs on their backs and were almost wiped out in an instant. Even Chen Ke himself was shot in the thigh by an arrow, and fell from the saddle to the ground.

Afterwards, the team that intercepted and killed Chen Ke gathered between Zhu Youlang and Ding Kuichu's main formation, and the leader bowed his hands to Xie Xifan after dozens of steps: "General, the younger one is under the command of General Zhong Shen, who was ordered to protect His Royal Highness Guiwang comprehensive.

"General Zhong Shen heard King Gui's warning and knew that Ding Bandit was a traitor, so he resolutely broke with him, and now he is only following the order of the court!"

At the same time, more than 2000 soldiers from Zhong Mingyuan abandoned Ding Kuichu's right-wing defense line, but turned their heads and attacked the Chinese army, shouting along the way: "The imperial court's rebel army has arrived. !"

Just now, the vanguard battalion was strangled in an instant, and Zhu Youlang's declaration before the battle had spread throughout Ding Kui's Chu army. Later, it was heard that Chen Ke's three hundred soldiers were dispersed by forty enemy cavalry, and the morale of the army fell to the extreme in an instant. .

Seeing the "imperial court army" attacking at this time, no one dared to stop them, most of them hurried out of the way, and the more daring ones joined in, shouting "discuss rebellion" together.

A fast horse galloped from the direction of the top of the mountain to Ding Kuichu's main formation. Along the way, he was shocked to see that the army was in chaos. When he saw Ding Kuichu's banner from a distance, he hurriedly shouted: "Master Baodutang! The carriages and horses carrying heavy artillery are approaching." Yamaguchi, it will arrive in another hour."

The next moment, he saw a man in exquisite armor under the big banner with his sword drawn across his neck, sighed, and pulled it vigorously, a puddle of blood spurted out several feet away.

Afterwards, more than ten soldiers surrounded the man, shouted "Master Dutang" a few times, seeing that the matter had come to this point, he had no choice but to throw away his weapons and flee in all directions.

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Zhao Shichao urged his horse to gallop into the formation of the Dragon Guards, approached Zhu Linmi, and saluted with joy on his face: "My lord, the bandit Ding killed himself, and all his men and horses have surrendered."

Zhu Linmi was a little surprised when he heard the words. According to his original thinking, he would have to fire dozens of cannons in all directions before the Gui army began to surrender.

He hurriedly asked Zhao Shichao the details of the process, and he knew that Zhong Mingyuan had defected before the battle and led his troops to attack Ding Kui Chu's army.Ding Kuichu urgently ordered the generals of the rear army and left wing army to investigate the chaos.

Unexpectedly, the two officers had the same thought, they were both afraid that Zhong Mingyuan would kill Ding Kuichu first, and then complain that they were treasonous traitors, using their heads to claim credit for the court.

As a result, one team defected and immediately became a three-team encirclement, and the three teams rushed to Ding Kuichu's place, all shouting that they were "requesting rebellion on behalf of the imperial court".

At this time, Ding Kuichu had nowhere to go even if he wanted to run, so he sent away the guards beside him in despair, and drew his sword to kill himself.

Afterwards, Zhong Mingyuan and other major generals came to visit Zhu Linmi. At this point, since the Hongguang Dynasty, the land of Guangdong and Guangxi, which began to disobey the order of the imperial court, returned to the rule of Ming Dynasty!
(End of this chapter)