Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 428
Zhao Kang, who was lying on the tree, watched all this nervously. The sudden appearance of the fishing boat also surprised him inexplicably, but when he saw them demolishing the pontoon bridge, Zhao Kang knew that these sailors were planning to cut the Tartars to pieces. Can't help but be anxious.

The tactics of the sailors were correct, but in that case, wouldn't the Tartars be blocked on the other side? If the Tartars couldn't cross the river, the cavalry would be lying in ambush here for nothing.

Of the three pontoon bridges, one was demolished and two were burned. In the end, only a thousand or so cavalrymen crossed the small river and faced the camp across the river, in vain.

At this time, the Tartar camp also started to catch fire. It is not known whether it was set by the Ming army or the Tartars themselves. Zhao Kang thought it was more likely to be the latter.

The fact is also the same. One of Xiergen and Oboi was responsible for the retreat, and the other was responsible for the retreat. When the organization was in place and the retreat could be orderly, Xiergen set off a big fire to stop the Ming army from pursuing. The effect was good, and the result was clear. The army successfully retreated to the river, but they were dumbfounded when they saw the destroyed pontoon bridge.

Hauge was on the other side, staring at the sailors with flaming eyes, shouting hoarsely to the archers to shoot arrows.

But the sailors are like water ghosts, except when they come out of the water when they take a breath, they are underwater most of the time.

Scientific experiments of later generations, heavy machine guns shoot water targets, bullets will lose kinetic energy if they exceed one meter, bows and arrows, it is a myth that they can enter the water one foot, so unless they can catch the time to change the water, the bows and arrows of the Qing army are completely against them The sailors swimming in front of them had no choice but to watch them swim to the mouth of the river like fish, and then come up to the sea boats that stopped in the Yangtze River.

Standing on the ship, Jiang Fan opened his arms and saw the pontoon bridge on fire. He couldn't help but feel excited. When the general led the merchant ship to burn the bridge, he immediately called over: "Well done, Shi Lang!"

"Attack, attack! Rush forward, kill all the tartars, and capture Hauge alive."

Zhao Kang jumped directly from the tree, and then shouted to the cavalry to set off immediately, and the five-mile journey would arrive in the blink of an eye.

But it was enough for the Qing army to find them, and immediately cavalry faced them, and the two sides strangled together at once.

The cavalry who had lost their speed fought together, and the intensity was not as fierce as that of the infantry. After a pair of piercings, the casualties on both sides were less than 300 people.

Zhao Kang continued to rush through the Qing army formation, turned back and killed him immediately.

At the same time, his eyes scanned around, hoping to find Hauge's flag, but at this time the ghost would fly the flag, and it was almost impossible for him to find Hauge among the chaotic cavalry.

At this time, on the other side of the river, the Ming army finally resumed its offensive, bypassing the burning camp, and began to wipe out the Qing army along the river.

The Qing army huddled on the bank of the river, facing the approaching Ming army step by step, finally someone gritted their teeth and jumped into the river.

Although I don't know how to swim, this is a small river, and there hasn't been much rain recently, and the water level is not high.

The Qing army could walk over on the bottom of the river, and the deepest part of the river was only submerged to their chests.

After discovering that the water was not deep, more Qing soldiers began to jump into the river, and some even jumped into the river on horseback.

Horses are naturally good at swimming, so these Qing soldiers crossed the river safely holding the horse's neck.

Zhao Kang faced a choice, continue to fight with the Qing army here, let the Qing army cross the river, or directly attack the Qing army crossing the river, regardless of these guys trying to escape, Zhao Kang is sure that Hauge is among them.

Is Hauge or the elite of the [-] Banners important? I believe that individuals will choose the latter, but for Zhao Kang personally, beheading the [-] Banners is the credit of the entire army. If Hauge can be captured, That is his own glory.

Under the repeated conflict in his heart, he remembered the order his cousin gave him, that Hauge must be captured alive.

"Cousin, I'm sorry, I'm a worthless thing!"

Thinking of this, Zhao Kang immediately called the nearby cavalry to gather to him, and blew the bronze horn hanging on the saddle. Soon, his own cavalry gathered towards Zhao Kang.

Zhao Kang sighed and pointed at the bank with his knife. There were already Qing troops who had just swam across the river, and most of the cavalry rushed over in a dense formation.

These Eight Banners soldiers who swam across the river and thought they had escaped from the sky suddenly faced the crushing of nearly a thousand cavalrymen, and they really had no ability to resist. As more and more Qing troops crossed the river, groups of three or four gathered to resist.

Zhao Kang felt that the pressure was getting bigger and bigger. The Qing army was like cotton. There were still more to kill, and more and more to kill. Clean feeling.

The war horse under Zhao Kang's seat, Kui Yuyu, snorted and panted non-stop. Zhao Kang also felt that the arm that kept swinging the knife was a little hard and sore, and the knife was curled up in his mouth. Qing army.

Zhao Kang suddenly felt defeated. He failed to ambush Hauge, and failed to attack the Qing army. He was extremely depressed.

At this time, he suddenly felt the ground shaking. He was very familiar with the sound. It was the formation of a large cavalry charge, but there was a large cavalry there, and the Qing army was all huddled on the river bank.

I couldn't help but look back, and saw a line of dark soldiers, all gray armor, lined up in a tight formation, people next to people, horses next to horses, two cavalrymen knocked their knees together, and the first row held long spears , moving forward flat, the second row is three steps away from the first row.

In addition to your own cavalry, who else can have this formation?
The cavalry formation trained by Yang Chao is actually just an immediate transformation of the infantry phalanx, and it must also be rigorous.

Zhao Kang knew the truth. In terms of riding skills, the Ming army could not catch up with the Qing army in this lifetime, so it could only rely on formation.

This kind of dense formation that cannot pass through a horse hits the enemy like a wall hitting it. It is the horse version of the wall formation, but the effect is still good. If you fight with the Qing army, you can at least receive a one-to-one ratio. War ratio.

Although he didn't order his cavalry to cross the river, Zhao Kang still felt a burst of excitement when he saw the cavalry suddenly appearing here. The Eight Banners soldiers of the Qing Army.

Obviously, the escaped Eight Banners were blocked by these cavalry.

This feeling that I thought I was lost, but suddenly came back, is really exciting, like winning a leopard in a casino.

After Zhao Kang's spirit was stimulated, he immediately began to organize, and his cavalry used their last energy to start marching towards the south.

"The governor has an order to capture Hauge alive! The governor has an order to capture Hauge alive!"

Already surrounded by the cavalry of the Ming army, Hauge's knife rested on his neck, Sizhou was still his loyal guards, each of them had a slightly aged face, with determination and fortitude, Hauge knew, These people will fight until the last moment, even if Hauge commits suicide, these people will still fight. This is the guard formed by Huang Taiji back then. It is a pity that each of them is nearly 30 years old, or even over [-] years old. Maybe it is not Hauge. , They will spend their old age in Beijing.

"The governor has an order to capture Hauge alive! The governor has an order to capture Hauge alive!"

Hearing these two words without listening, Hauge couldn't help crying and laughing. He didn't expect that one day Hauge, the son of Huang Taiji, and the grandson of Nurhachi would be captured alive by someone.

Suddenly he was about to wipe his neck, but stopped suddenly, Dudu?Isn't that Yang Chao?

He suddenly wanted to see this Yang Chao, the famous general who had beheaded Duoduo, and he really wanted to know why his soldiers were completely different from other Ming soldiers.

The guards around them formed circle after circle, but the Ming army outside peeled them off layer by layer like peeling onions.

Hauge suddenly put down the knife in a daze, and shouted: "Hauge is here!"

The Ming army outside was stunned for a while, but they continued to assassinate at random. At this time, the Ming army had dismounted. After they surrounded Hauge, they dismounted and fought on foot. Obviously, their combat power in foot combat far exceeds that in horse combat. Hauge They even think that their martial arts are comparable to the Bayara guards.

And the combat experience is even richer, the formation is not chaotic at all, the assassination is very methodical, it seems that there are three people in a group, and the direction of the spear is completely different, one stabbing the head, one stabbing the chest, and one stabbing the abdomen, making people unable to resist.

"I'm Hauge! But you will come out and answer."

Hauge yelled loudly, which made his guards slowly stop, and the Ming army also slowly stopped. At this time, there were only less than a hundred people around Aoge.

"You are Hauge?"

A famous general came over and asked while riding a horse. It could be seen that this famous general was very young.

"That's right, this king is Hauge, Prince of the Great Qing Dynasty. Please use your name as a famous general."

"I'm Li Yuanyin, under the superintendent's tent, the personal soldier Qian Zong!"

"Governor, is that Yang Chao?"

"That's right, the governor is Uncle Zhongyi, Uncle Yang. You barbarian, you are so rude, how dare you call Uncle Zhongyi by his name!"

Haoge laughed loudly: "Ming general, I ask you, what is the reason for Yang Chao to capture me alive?"

Li Yuanyin barbarian: "Uncle Loyalty has his own deep thinking. I advise you to hurry up and catch him. Surrender can save you from death."

Hauge sneered: "Death? Do you think this king is afraid of death!"

Li Yuanyin said: "Are you going to surrender or not?"

Hauge said, "How about surrendering, so what if you don't surrender?"

Li Yuanyin said: "Surrender can avoid death, and you soldiers can also survive."

Hao Ge sneered: "Do you think Yang Chao can let me go, let go of my soldiers?"

Li Yuanyin said: "Loyalty and righteousness, benevolence and righteousness, punish the first and evil, and leave the rest alone!"

Hao Ge said: "You think I will believe it, if Yang Chao has such a stomach, this king will admire him."

Li Yuanyin became impatient, and he began to suspect that Hauge was delaying time.

Hao Ge said: "Forget it, Yang Chao is nothing more than wanting to humiliate the king, but the king also wants to see him."

After finishing speaking, he still put the knife on the ground, and then said to his guards: "You are all warriors who follow Father Khan. This king has been humiliated, so I can't drag you down. Go and follow Father Khan Que."

After Hauge finished speaking, most of these veterans who had been fighting with Huang Taiji since their teens didn't make a sound, they pressed the knives on their necks one by one, kissed their necks lightly, and fell down slowly one by one up.

Li Yuanyin couldn't help being moved. He looked at Hauge who walked gently past the corpses of his subordinates and walked up to his horse, and he was a little flustered. The horse felt his emotions and swayed uneasy.

"Take Hauge down!"

Li Yuanyin yelled, and his subordinates immediately pushed Hauge to the ground regardless of this.

Li Yuanyin looked at the Qing soldiers who committed suicide one by one, and was inexplicably touched at this moment.

"Press Hauge down, and bury these Tartars."

"Burn them, burn them, if you respect them as a hero, then burn them, so that their souls can float to Liaodong."

Hauge lay on the ground and yelled loudly, almost touching the ground, and didn't look up, because there was already a puddle of water under his face.

Li Yuanyin nodded: "The barbarians don't say that it is safe to go to the soil, so let's burn it."

At this time on the river beach, Zhao Kang led cavalrymen one by one to charge back and forth. He had changed three horses and killed an unknown number of people. Less than [-] people from the Qing army swam across the river, and most of them were killed by Zhao Kang's cavalrymen. Back and forth tortured to death.

Without Zhao Kang's order, Li Yuanyin made it clear that the lieutenant general of the cavalry would transfer 1 people to the river. It was these 1 people who blocked Hauge, and it was these 1 people who arrived in time and were about to escape. Qing army.

Seeing that the Qing army on the river beach was almost killed, leaving pools of blood, staining the river beach red, small streams of blood gathered into streams, and slowly flowed towards the river, staining the river water piece by piece, just like the river surface. Groups of lotus blossoms formed, and then the lotus flowers spread slowly, like red clouds floating on the water, and finally twisted and spread under the impact of the water flow, and gradually faded...

Zhao Kang glanced at the other side of the river. The battle was settled earlier than this side. There were dead bodies lying on the river bank. These people were crowding into the river until they died. Unfortunately, they had no chance to enter the water. Of course they waited on the side of the water. Yes, it won't be a good result.

It was finally resolved, and all of them were killed. Except for a few who fled, all the invading Qing troops stayed here.

Zhao Kang had already got off his horse, and was sitting on the ground panting for breath. His knife was set aside, and it was already full of gaps and completely blunt.

"Sir, fortunately not humiliated!"

Hearing a voice, he saw a man excitedly sending a tartar in front of him.

When Zhao Kang saw this tartar, he was tall and tall, with a square face, and he looked simple and honest, but there was a look of arrogance on his face.

"This is Hauge?"

Zhao Kang asked the smiling Li Yuanyin.

Li Yuanyin nodded: "It's Hauge."

Zhao Kang nodded: "Congratulations."

Li Yuanyin was puzzled and said: "Your Excellency is joking, the order to capture Hauge is all due to your leadership."

Zhao Kang snorted and said, "You bastard, you are a slippery one. You capture the one you capture. What else can I do to fight you? After this battle, you should be promoted to lieutenant general. Remember, from tomorrow on, teach Lao Tzu's Art of War!"

Zhao Kang finished cursing angrily. After blocking Hauge just now, Zhao Kang led his people to fight back without saying a word, leaving Li Yuanyin with a small number of soldiers to surround and annihilate Hauge. In fact, he had already deliberately given the credit to Li Yuanyin, because He really has no face to grab.

"Okay, sir, if you want to learn, just summon the bid at any time."

Li Yuanyin said with a smile, it was the first time he was not angry when someone called him a thief.

(End of this chapter)