Zhang Cheng drew his bow and nocked an arrow on the wall of the village. With a sound of "Boom!", a powerful arrow shot out. Immediately, a Qing soldier carrying a long ladder fell to the ground, but other Qing soldiers immediately took over the position.
The long ladder rushed over without stopping and was set up on the wall of the village.
"Bang bang bang..."
A cloud of smoke rose from the wall of the village, firecrackers exploded continuously, and dozens of large and small artillery roared continuously. When the smoke filled the air, Zhang Cheng saw about fifty steps away, the Qing army Niu Lu Zhangjing commanded a group of soldiers with red borders.
Elite soldiers in armor rushed in.
He raised his foot and kicked on the chest of a Qing soldier who had just climbed up the long ladder to the village wall. The Qing soldier let out a long roar and flew down from the village wall. Zhang Cheng stepped aside and hit the Kaiyuan Bow with a powerful arrow.
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He stood firmly on the village wall with his feet shoulder-width apart, right foot behind, left foot in front, toes turned in, holding the Kaiyuan bow in his left hand, holding the arrow feathers firmly with the thumb and index finger of his right hand, and placing the arrow in the trough.
stuck on the bowstring.
Zhang Cheng tilted his head slightly and looked directly at the Qing army Niu Lu Zhangjing. He raised his arms, bowstring was fully drawn, his eyes, arrows, and Niu Lu Zhangjing formed a straight line. With a sound of "咻!", the powerful arrow flew away from the string.
The Qing army hoisted a red flag, Ba Ya La Niulu Zhang Jing Tan Bai couldn't believe it and covered his throat, and with a "pop", he knelt down on the ground.
He was wearing fine mercury armor and had a collar around his neck, but he was unable to block the sharp arrow shot by Zhang Cheng. His eyes were full of disbelief and reluctance.
Tan Bai knelt on the frozen, hard ground, letting the cold wind blow and snowflakes falling on him. He felt nothing on his face.
In the future, the Ministers of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Personnel of the Qing Dynasty repeatedly defeated the Ming armies Zhao Guangfeng, Fan Zhiwan, Wu Sangui, and Bai Guangen, and also annihilated Tan Bai of Zhang Xianzhong's tribe, and died silently.
When he was dying, he looked at the extremely handsome Ming Dynasty general on the wall in front of him with his eyes that had lost all vitality. He still shot sharp arrows. His archery skills were beyond his imagination, and each one of his flags hit Ba Ya
La Bing was shot to the ground by him.1
"I can't believe that I died like this..."
This was Tan Bai's last thought before he died.
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Lu Xiangsheng and Hu Dawei led their troops and horses to charge and kill. The Qing soldiers retreated slightly. Hu Dawei ordered Hu Zichen to lead a cavalry to quickly bring out the horses, mules and horses, and go out to the south gate to meet at Jiazhuang.
Taking advantage of the Qing army's slight retreat, Lu Xiangsheng was in front, and Hu Dawei led the Shanxi soldiers behind him to rush out of the south gate of the camp. Over there, they saw Yang Guozhu's general Guo Yingxian leading hundreds of knights in formation.
And the Qing cavalry came in formation from the west. Hu Dawei hurriedly rode forward and asked: "General Guo, where is Yang Jun's gate?"
Guo Yingxian shouted in a rough voice: "The Tatars have already invaded and the camp cannot be defended. I will stop the Mongolian Tatars here. You retreat first."
Lu Xiangsheng rushed forward at this time, and Yang Guozhu also rode out from the north gate of the camp. When he saw Lu Xiangsheng, he shouted: "Supervisor, there are too many Tatars. We have suffered too many casualties. Without reinforcements, I'm afraid we won't be able to hold on."
Already."
Lu Xiangsheng looked at Yang Guozhu, who was covered in blood, and said solemnly: "It's getting dark. Let's kill the Tatars here first, and then everyone retreats to Jiazhuang."
There were about two thousand people on their side, almost all of them cavalry. Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei's subordinates and some others were blocking the Qing army in the camp. Hu Dawei shouted: "Kill him, his head will only be as big as a bowl if it falls off."
I'm so scarred, I'm going to fight the Tatars today!"
It was time to risk death and survive. At this moment, everyone was prepared to die, but they were no longer afraid. They roared, urged their horses, and rushed towards the Mongolian cavalry coming from the west.
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The Jiazhuang camp was also in an extremely critical situation. When Lu Xiangsheng led the army to rescue Hu Dawei, the defense line of Jiang Mingwu, the general of Shanxi Town in the north, was also on the verge of collapse. He had been struggling to support it.
He repelled the Qing army several times and suffered heavy casualties among his own men. When he sent people to find Lu Xiangsheng for help, he caught up with the Qing army pouring in from the gap opened by artillery.
Chen An led his troops to block the gap and just killed the Qing soldiers. On the other side, the Qing soldiers climbed up the village wall. The pastoral officer Yang Lukai led a group of sergeants and was fighting hard to force the Qing soldiers back.
He hurriedly ordered another team of General Qian Zhang Guodong to ride up the village wall to assist in the battle. However, after the number of troops here was reduced, the Qing soldiers rushed up again. This time was different from the past. They were all dressed in silver and fine armor, howling and killing.
Come.
On the other side, the Qing troops who climbed up the village wall were all heavily armored warriors. Yang Lukai was forced to retreat continuously, and there were more and more Qing troops. Although Zhang Guodong led a team of fine cavalry to reinforce, they could only hold on and not retreat.
Unable to force the Qing soldiers back behind the village wall.
At this moment, Jiang Mingwu's soldiers came to ask for help. Chen An knew that the situation was over and Jiazhuang could no longer hold on. He was worried about Lu Xiangsheng's safety, but he did not dare to retreat.
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Outside the west gate, Lu Xiangsheng galloped up on his horse. The fine iron sword in his hand danced like a tiger, killing countless people.
Hu Dawei, holding a tiger spear, also charged beside Lu Xiangsheng. The Mongolian cavalry retreated one after another. Lu Xiangsheng shouted: "Hu Junmen, go back to Jiazhuang, you go to support General Jiang, and Yang Junmen goes to rescue General Zhang Yan."
.Go back to Jiazhuang!"
Everyone galloped on their horses and entered Jiazhuang from the west gate. They met Jiang Mingwu's general Qian. When he saw Lu Xiangsheng, Hu Dawei and others immediately reported: "The Governor, Commander Hu, and the Tatars climbed the wall to attack Jiazhuang."
, the north gate cannot be defended."
Hu Dawei said nothing and shouted: "Let's go and kill the Tatars back."
He led Hu Zichen and rushed to the north gate on horseback.
Here, Yang Guozhu rode his horse to the side of Lu Xiangsheng's war horse and said with concern: "Supervisor, you must take good care of your body and try your best to keep your body useful!"
Lu Xiangsheng raised his voice and said: "Generals behead and warriors die, right now!"
After saying that, he led hundreds of fine cavalry under his command and rolled straight away in the direction of the east gate.
Yang Guozhu had no choice but to turn south to assist Zhang Yan's troops in defending the south gate.
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Zhang Cheng killed Niu Luzhang with one arrow. After Jingtan worshiped, he opened his bow from left to right. Many Bayala warriors of the Qing army were killed and wounded by him. They fell one after another. He shot more than ten arrows in a row. Finally, his arm strength was weak, so he took the bow.
Carry it on your back.
It happened that a Qing soldier climbed up the wall of the village and was wielding a big ax to chop down Zhang Cheng's soldiers. He ducked down, picked up a shield, rushed forward and hit the Qing soldier's waist.
The Qing soldier staggered and stumbled to the side. Zhang Cheng took a step forward and picked up the three-eyed gun on the ground. He didn't have time to shoot, and he swung it like a hammer and hit the head of another Qing soldier who had just climbed up the village wall.
The Qing soldier tilted his body and fell down with a scream. Zhang Cheng placed the shield in his left hand flat, with a three-eyed gun on the shield. He aimed at the Qing soldier who was coming up and fired the gun. Before he could scream, the Qing soldier fired.
It was blasted and flew backwards.
At this time, a Qing soldier from the side rushed over and raised his hand to send a Tieguduo flying towards him. Zhang Cheng also threw out his three-eyed blunderbuss and knocked the Tieguduo away, and casually grabbed the knife stick leaning against the crenel.
He held a shield in his left hand to block the long knife struck by a Qing soldier, and then stabbed his body with a sword-stick in his right hand. As soon as he pulled it out, he smashed it hard again, flattening the head of a Qing soldier and saving a bodyguard.