Chapter 30 Out of danger
When Mr. Deng Qian saw the Qing soldiers surrounding both sides regardless of their casualties, he knew his current situation and shouted: "Everyone, go!" He could have let the horse run wildly, but he could not leave his brothers behind to escape alone.
"Ta, yeah!" The horse's hooves were fast. Even if the Ming soldiers ran at a speed, they could not match the four legs of the Qing army. When the Ming soldiers heard the sound of close together, they turned around and the horse shadow flashed by, and the Qing soldiers were already in front of them.
With a "swoosh", a Ming soldier holding a musket fell to the ground by arrows. Another Ming soldier was still surprised and a war horse flew past him. The Qing soldier on the horse waved his knife and chopped him down.
"Encircle!" The Qing soldiers shouted. The Qing soldiers cut off the Ming soldiers' retreat route and formed cavalry that surrounded them one by one.
"Shoot! Repel the enemy soldiers!" A shout. The bird gunmen immediately squatted down and they all got angry. The cavalry blocking the road in the front row were all down. However, this would not allow the Qing army to make way, and the Qing army still blocked the road tightly.
More and more Qing troops were chasing them, and the sound of horse hooves became more and more urgent. The two Qing troops could make dumplings for the Ming army.
Mr. Deng Qian understood, and he shouted: "Crush! Brothers, make a strong attack on the enemy! A brother can be considered a brother!" Mr. Deng Qian kept rushing forward towards the soldiers, and he was behind. He cut off the back, even if he died in battle, he would have no regrets.
Duoduo's roar sounded: "No one can be let go! Kill them all!" The cavalry rushed around quickly, and it was not easy for them to escape.
Mr. Deng Qian looked up from afar and saw many cavalrymen coming. He wanted to leave unless he flew with his wings.
I really didn't expect that there were so many Qing soldiers gathering around here, and the speed of the Qing soldiers was marching astonishingly fast.
"Surrender can avoid death!" General Youqing screamed. Mr. Deng Qian and his more than 100 soldiers surrounded them in densely packed enemy troops. They could not escape this situation. There was no way out except surrender. However, Mr. Deng Qian and others were not greedy for life and fear of death!
Mr. Deng Qian sneered and said, "I would rather die than surrender! Blood will not flow dry, and I will never stop fighting! Fight!" Mr. Deng Qian rushed first, and his soldiers followed him.
Of course, the Qing soldiers would not have had close contact with this group of trapped beasts, causing casualties. All they wanted was to use bows and arrows to continuously shoot the Ming army and shoot them all to death.
A large number of Ming soldiers all fell down. Although some Ming soldiers also fired or shot arrows, all they could do was to pull more enemies to be buried with them, but the enemy could move, and the Ming army had nowhere to move and was attacked everywhere.
In the end, more than one hundred Ming soldiers were killed, and only one of them was still standing. This was Mr. Deng Qian, who carried several arrows.
Duoduo shouted at him: "You let Zhang Biwu go. I originally wanted to cut you into pieces, but today I competed with Zhang Biwu and I won! It made him lose his might! I am in a good mood! He will be a betrayal dog from now on! Give you a chance, surrender!"
Someone also spoke out: "Surrender!" Mr. Deng Qian laughed and said contemptuously: "You are delusional! My brothers are all dead in battle. How could I, Deng Dongsheng, surrender? Come on!"
A Qing general asked in confusion: "Are you going to be loyal to the corruption and shaky Ming Kingdom?"
Mr. Deng Qian laughed and said, "I died for the hope of us Han people! As long as we live in Biwu, one day you will end up like me! Haha!"
When the Qing general heard that the fire was coming, he didn't have to ask again. He shouted: "Shoot!" "Shoot!" The arrow shot at Mr. Deng Qian, and Mr. Deng Qian accepted it all. In the end, he just shouted: "Biwu! It depends entirely on you in the Ming Dynasty in the future!"
Zhang Biwu was riding on Wanhu Hou, and he was still breathing, and the soldiers around him protected him all the way. Zhang Biwu seemed to hear Mr. Deng Qian's scream. He looked in the direction he had just said, "Has Mr. Deng Qian not escaped yet? Let's go and save him back!"
As Zhang Biwu said that, he wanted to go back to save the horse, but the soldiers around him led Zhang Biwu's horse and said, "Master Bai, you can't go!" They still called Master Bai because Zhang Biwu used to be Master Bai in Yulin Town.
"Yes! You can't let Mr. Qian and his brothers down! Mr. Qian will definitely be safe! Let's go!" The soldiers said, and kept hugging Zhang Biwu. Zhang Biwu had to go with them.
They soon met with Huang Qi, some of them sent by Yao Dongzhao, and they also wanted to meet Yao Dongzhao quickly to drive the Qing soldiers to no longer pursue them.
Originally, the Qing soldiers were going to pursue him, but when they saw a lot of people gathered, they didn't dare to do anything and retreated. These people were the strong man led by Yao Dongzhao to pick up Zhang Biwu.
Yao Dongzhao asked Zhang Biwu, Lu Xiangsheng and others to go to a safe place and rest first.
It’s just that Lu Xiangsheng’s eyes are out of sight, which is a huge blow to him. He can’t see anything. He even let him command Lu Xiangsheng to fight? How can he go to the battlefield to fight with the enemy?
Yao Dongzhao had to go to the famous doctor, hoping to cure Lu Xiangsheng's eyes as soon as possible.
Zhang Biwu found Yao Dongzhao and said, "Mr. Dunchu, I would like to ask you to continue to lead all the villagers to Jiazhuang and Haoshui Bridge. If you want to do it, do it seriously. You think that Governor Lu has been killed! If Governor Gun was not killed, the court would not let Governor Lu go!"
Yao Dongzhao understood and said, "Okay! Biwu, I know, I will do it! I have prepared the troops, and the Qing army also quit Jiazhuang when they heard that I have also withdrawn from Jiazhuang. I will lead the villagers now! But there are too many people and I think I should not tell the villagers. Only a very small number of them know that their husbands and ancestors are not dead!"
Zhang Biwu nodded, and then he asked Yao Dongzhao to go. Zhang Biwu went to take care of Lu Xiangsheng himself. Lu Xiangsheng was very unstable because of his blind eyes. What he often said was why he was not allowed to die on the battlefield.
Zhang Biwu felt helpless. He fought hard and saved a blind man who had no ambition and lost everything. What's the use? The sorrow is more than a heart of death. If the heart is dead, the one who is saved is also a living dead person!
Zhang Biwu felt equally uncomfortable because he heard the news of Mr. Deng Qian's death. If Mr. Deng Qian had not been to save him, he would not have died. At the same time, Mr. Deng Qian's 1,000 troops were left.
These four hundred people did not leave, and they all gathered in the three palaces, waiting for Zhang Biwu to give them orders. They all were convinced by Zhang Biwu because they also fought with Zhang Biwu's Great Wall.
Zhang Biwu sat steadily, looking at the new tomb that could not be seen at a glance. He knew that they were all people killed after the Qing army invaded. He closed his eyes and hated his incompetence.
Yao Dongzhao came back, and Zhang Biwu came up to ask about his situation. Yao Dongzhao said truthfully.
Yang Tinglin and his subordinates came back to look for Lu Xiangsheng. When they were in the Haoshui Bridge, they found a corpse with the same figure as Lu Xiangsheng, and the person who was lying on it was Yang Lukai.
The body was cut and unrecognizable. She was wearing a white net for her father's mourning on the armor. Moreover, the personal soldiers sent by Lu Xiangsheng to protect Yang Tinglin also confirmed that this was Lu Xiangsheng.
Yao Dongzhao pretended to cry with the people from the three palaces. He could not tell the truth to Yang Tinglin, otherwise it would definitely attract people's attention. Because Yang Sichang and Gao Qiqian's people came here to inquire about the news, there were also spies from the Qing army.
One of the three patrol soldiers sent by Yang Sichang was named Yu Zhenlong, who told Yang Sichang that Lu Xiangsheng was dead. Yang Sichang thought that Lu Xiangsheng would not die, so he would add the charge of cowardly fighting to Lu Xiangsheng and beat Yu Zhenlong, but Yu Zhenlong was still honest. Even if he was about to be killed by three days and three nights, he just said: "The god of heaven is not a loyal minister!"
When Zhang Biwu heard this, he sighed and said, "This Yu Zhenlong is such a good man! If he is not dead, I will definitely take him for himself! What a pity! There are too many disputes between the imperial court!"
Yao Dongzhao was also in a heavy mood and said, "Yes! Without so many disputes between the portals, our Ming Dynasty would not have allowed Jianlu to bully him like this!"
Lu Xiangsheng, who was lying on the couch, sighed. He heard their discussion and said, "Our Ming Dynasty is big and weak, while the Donglu is small and strong. Think about it, when the Ming army is in war, the generals are thousands of miles away, and they are still subject to the emperor. The emperor only relies on a few reports of the pond and Jinyiwei, and the Dongchang report is commanding thousands of miles away. In fact, he is looking at the flowers through the clouds and mist, which is very hazy."
"And it also sent eunuchs to serve as military supervisors, which made the military even worse! The battlefield is changing rapidly. If the strategy cannot be changed according to the changes on the battlefield, on the contrary, it has to report to the emperor thousands of miles and wait for the emperor's instructions to fight. Isn't this delay in the military opportunity? Even if the strategy is not good, it is the emperor's will that cannot be changed."
"What about Jianlu? But the commander can make a quick decision without reporting. Everything is based on changes in the battlefield to formulate corresponding combat strategies, following the principle that the orders of the king outside will not be accepted.
"Our Ming army was arrogant and lazy, and it was difficult to command. The owed pay was extremely serious, and the morale of the soldiers was low. Although the Jianlu land was small and the people were few, they divided the country into Eight Banners, like a large barracks, farming for the people in daily life and soldiers in wartime. The soldiers used their lives, and the top and the bottom were united. Moreover, they were united in the king and the ministers, and they shared the same hatred for the enemy."
"Where is our Ming Dynasty? People's hearts are scattered, everyone is in chaos, soldiers have no fighting spirit, and ministers are fighting for fame and fortune. How can they not be defeated? The emperor is constantly fighting with his ministers, and even the emperor cannot make them surrender. Alas! How can they fight against Jianlu with one heart with one mind?"
At this time, it can be seen that Lu Xiangsheng had lost confidence and he thought there was no hope.
Yao Dongzhao was also shook his head. How could they not know? The commanders of the Ming army were all tied up, and they were constantly afraid that they would be punished by the suspicious Emperor Chongzhen. Emperor Chongzhen was too impatient! He was impatient. Sometimes the measures taken here were not to regulate chaos, but to cause chaos!
Zhang Biwu didn't say much. He leaned against the wall all day long, and Huang Qi was worried about Zhang Biwu. Zhang Biwu was smiling at him and signaling that he was fine.
Chapter completed!