Chapter 123: The Golden Armor Is Like a Heavenly God
There is the Tang River in the north of Dingzhou, and there is a stone bridge on the river, connecting the official roads on the north and south banks.
Beside the stone bridge on the south bank of the Tang River, there were nearly two hundred Qing soldiers on horseback, bows and arrows drawn. When they saw the heavy armored shield soldiers of the Ming army on the stone bridge stepping on the stone bridge and moving forward for more than five feet, they fired bows and arrows one after another.
It flies away from the string, and the sound of "ding-dong-dang-dang" is endless.
Most of these arrows were blocked by the shields, and some of them hit the heavy armor. The damage to the sergeants was also limited. The archers hiding behind the heavy armored shield soldiers also opened their bows and nocked arrows at the opposite side of the Qing army.
Riding, for a while, people on both sides were hit by arrows, especially on the Qing army's side. Several horses were hit by arrows and ran away wildly.
"boom!"
There was a gunshot.
The more than 200 light-armored elite cavalry waiting on the official road more than a hundred steps north of the stone bridge were like sprinters who heard the starting gun, hurriedly urging their horses and sprinted towards the stone bridge.
They formed a column. Under the urging of the knights, the war horses flew with all their hooves and galloped with all their strength. The flying dust rose up and floated in the air. Before the dust dispersed, the knights had already rushed onto the stone bridge.
, and headed straight to the south bank of the Tang River.
The Qing army on the other side of the stone bridge was shooting at each other with the Ming army archers. Although their shooting skills were superb, they did not have a large shield to protect them. After a while of shooting from above, the casualties were almost the same.
At this time, they heard the explosion of a firecracker from the opposite side, followed by smoke and dust, and the rumbling of hoofbeats. They had no intention of fighting any more. Several leading Qing soldiers on horseback, blowing several whistles, actually led the army to the south.
Retreat in the direction of Dingzhou City.
The imagined resolute resistance did not appear. Nearly two hundred knights galloped across the bridge on horseback. They picked up the speed of their horses and rushed forward for more than a hundred steps. Then they reined in their horses, slowed down, and slowly stopped.
Although they had stopped, the rumble of horseshoes on the ground was even louder. Hu Dawei, the commander-in-chief of Shanxi Town, led his brigade of cavalry and had already crossed the stone bridge.
The captive cavalry of the Qing army did not run far. They stopped more than 300 steps away. Nearly two hundred elite cavalry of the Qing army dispersed into one piece. They stationed their horses and watched Hu Da me and the others crossing the bridge.
After Hu Dawei led his troops across the bridge, he did not take the initiative to attack. Instead, he quickly formed a fan-shaped cavalry formation to protect the bridge head. More than a thousand cavalry under his command were all arrayed here, fighting with the cavalry 300 steps away to the south.
The Qing army captives and cavalry looked at each other from opposite sides.
After a while, a stronger rumble came from the north bank of the Tang River again, as if thousands of war horses were galloping at the same time. Gradually, thick smoke could be seen billowing into the sky on the official road to the north of the stone bridge.
In the distance, the Qing soldiers who faced Hu Dawei three hundred steps away looked at each other. After a whistle, smoke and dust rose up on both sides of them. There were nearly five hundred soldiers on each side, and they galloped out.
They were also riding two horses. Although there were only about a thousand people, when the horses galloped, they actually had the momentum of thousands of riders.
Hu Dawei couldn't help being shocked, and thought to himself: "If I hadn't guarded the bridge after crossing the bridge and didn't move my troops, I'm afraid that I would have been involved in a melee with the Tatars. If there was another fine Tatar cavalry nearby, I would have been in trouble this time."
I’m afraid I’ll be embarrassed.”
At this time, Yang Guozhu, leading the front cavalry of the Chinese army, had stepped onto the stone bridge. The rumble of hoofbeats was heard, and Hu Dawei roared: "Kill, kill the Tatars..."
Under his leadership, more than a thousand fine cavalry from Shanxi Town rode towards the more than a thousand Qing troops on the opposite side. Hu Dawei deliberately suppressed the speed of the cavalry in the middle, so that the cavalry on both wings could form a wing that rolled forward.
tip.
More than a hundred steps behind them, Yang Guozhu took the lead, leading more than a thousand fine cavalry from Xuan Town to launch a second fan-shaped cavalry formation. Following the Hu Dawei Shanxi Town cavalry, he launched a charge.
The Qing cavalry on the opposite side gathered together and numbered more than 1,200 people. However, they did not confront Hu Dawei. When they saw Hu Dawei leading his troops, they launched a charge.
They whistled, then rode on their horses and continued to run south. From the beginning to the end, they kept a distance of more than 300 steps from Hu Dawei's forward. From a distance, they could be seen jumping back and forth on their horses.
Changing the horse under his crotch back and forth.
Hu Dawei led his army and chased south for more than five miles. He could vaguely see the burned-down houses and shops at the North Gate of Dingzhou City. The captive cavalry turned around here and fled westward.
Hu Dawei, the governor of Hu Dawei, Lu Xiangsheng, had given instructions in the military tent last night: Do not advance rashly.
Therefore, after chasing him here, he stopped his horse. The army was divided into two at the North Pass of Dingzhou City, with the North Pass as the boundary. The two cavalry formed a formation on the left and right.
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Dingzhou magistrate Huang Tingzhi and Teng Xiangwei commander Jin Shitong have been guarding the Dingzhou city wall for several days. As the two people with the highest local administrative and military positions, they have to fulfill their responsibilities.
Fortunately, Dingzhou City is quite tall and strong, and Teng Xiangwei's commander is stationed in the city. Even so, they still have no confidence in whether they can hold on to Dingzhou City.
They have been guarding the city wall in fear for days, but they are unable to do anything to prevent the Qing army from plundering Dingzhou. They don't even have enough troops to defend the city. They have recruited a large number of soldiers and civilians in the city, and they are all day long.
Stay on the wall.
This morning, some soldiers from their subordinates came to report that the Qing army was suspected of breaking camp and heading elsewhere. They were all skeptical. They wanted to send people out of the city several times to visit and repeatedly raised the reward, but no one was willing to go.
Just now, they heard the report that a group of Ming army cavalry was chasing thousands of Qing army cavalry towards Beiguan, so they hurried over to see the authenticity.
Standing on the city wall, looking from a distance, a red cloud rolled forward from the sky, rolling up a cloud of smoke and dust, chasing a large group of Qing army's white flag cavalry in front.
Although they still didn’t know that it was the army commanded by that gentleman, they were definitely the Ming army. The two of them were ecstatic. They saw the red clouds getting closer and closer, driving the silvery white clouds in front of them, like the red sun melting snow.
Advance in vain.
Gradually, more than two thousand Ming soldiers on horseback could be seen clearly. They were divided into two outside the North Pass of Dingzhou. Two armored generals galloped at the front.
Under the reflection of the morning glow, the iron armor on their bodies shone like two golden-armored gods, majestic and majestic.
On the city wall of Dingzhou, there were bursts of cheers, one after another, continuous and continuous. Both the soldiers and the soldiers and the people were extremely jubilant. They jumped on the city wall and even hugged each other to celebrate the retreat of the Qing army.
Huang Tingzhi, the magistrate of Dingzhou, even had tears in his eyes. He had been holding on to his heart for days, but he just put it down at this moment. He leaned on the crenel with both hands and felt that his body suddenly collapsed.
Teng Xiangwei commander Jin Shitong hurriedly supported him and said repeatedly: "Sir, Mr. Huang..."
He hurriedly called several soldiers next to him, brought a chair, gently helped Huang Tingzhi sit down, and then said softly: "Sir, the reinforcements have arrived and the captors have retreated. This is a great joy..."
Huang Tingzhi was sitting on a chair, breathing heavily. He had been holding tight for several days and was able to hold on until now. When he saw reinforcements arriving and the cavalry retreating, he relaxed.
collapsed.
After calming down for a while, Huang Tingzhi stretched out his hand, weakly grasped the sleeve of Jin Shitong, the commander of Teng Xiangwei, and said to him in a weak voice: "Jin...Commander Jin, summon the gentry of the state and city,...this officer...this officer...
The officials are leaving the city to work... to work on the army..."