Chapter 184 Kill the Tartars and Save the Governor
In Julu, north of Jiazhuang, by the Haoshui Bridge, white snow has covered the Haoshui River on both sides of the bridge.
But in the land south of Haoshui Bridge, it was muddy, with snow mixed with mud and dyed bright red by blood.
The sound of fighting continued, and screams and wails could be heard everywhere. By the Haoshui Bridge, groups of Qing soldiers and Xuanda sergeants were entangled together, one group in the east, one group in the west, and one group in the south.
In fact, these were just sporadic melees. The Xuanda troops who broke out from various camps were divided and surrounded by Qing troops, holding on to the final battle.
This kind of battle is neither for victory nor for breaking out, but is governed by a very simple desire, that is, to kill one or more enemies before one falls, and to refuse to surrender.
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Lu Xiangsheng's servant Gu Xian had been following Lu Xiangsheng on horseback. He was wounded in more than ten places and fell off his horse. He lost consciousness, but no one noticed him.
It's not that everyone doesn't want to find out, it's that the scene is too chaotic, everything is messed up, the skylight is getting darker and darker, and even from a distance, you can't see your face clearly.
After a moment, Gu Xian suddenly raised his head. He opened his blood-red eyes, but he could no longer see his master and supervisor, Lu Xiangsheng.
At this moment, a group of enemy cavalry ran past him. He casually grabbed a waist knife from the ground and threw it hard at a running Qing soldier, stabbing the Qing soldier in the head and face.
With a scream, the Qing soldier fell off his horse, "I've made another profit!" Gu Xian roared indistinctly in his throat, fell down, and never moved again.
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Only Lu Xiangsheng, Yang Lukai and dozens of other cavalrymen were left beside Zhang Cheng. They were surrounded by groups and piles. Qing soldiers and Xuan soldiers were fighting in a melee everywhere, and it was impossible to see the faces of those people clearly.
"General, General..."
Chen Zhong led Lin Fangping and more than ten cavalry guards to rush out from a fighting group on the left, called Zhang Cheng from a distance, and headed straight for him.
His eyes never left Zhang Cheng, but when he rushed out just now, he was met by three teams of Qing soldiers, each with three to four hundred people. The two sides immediately started fighting.
Seeing Zhang Cheng and Lu Xiangsheng stabbing each other left and right with a clamped knife stick, hitting them up and down, and flying their swords, the Qing soldiers were invincible and rushed straight past them.
He led the guards, but Zhang Guangda's left sentry was intercepted and fought by a group of Qing soldiers. Looking around, he saw Chen Zheng leading the outpost to protect Liang Song's more than a hundred infantry and cavalry, who were surrounded by Qing soldiers at the rear right.
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Chen Zhong hurriedly shouted: "Zhang Shao, I'm going to chase the general. Over there, pull out Chen Zheng's outpost and kill...kill..."
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Over there, Wu Zhizhong led the last wave of right sentries to rush out. The Qing soldiers in front had already formed a melee with Xuan Da's army and horses who had rushed out first. He saw two groups of people and horses fighting in a melee on the right, one of which was red, so he led his men
Ride and rush to the rescue.
The three-eyed blunderbuss had been discharged long ago. He didn't have time to reload it, so he held it in his hand, swung it like a sledgehammer and smashed it open.
There were about 400 Qing soldiers in that group, among whom there were only about 30 cavalry, and the rest were infantry. Seeing the 1,780 cavalry coming from Wu Zhizhong's side, I panicked and was easily killed by them.
When Wu Zhizhong rushed into the Qing army, he saw that it was Zhang Guodong, Qianzong, who was supervising the Biao camp under Lu Xiangsheng, leading less than 200 cavalry. They must have rushed all the way here, and were surrounded by Qing soldiers, unable to escape for a while.
He rode up to Zhang Guodong and shouted: "Mr. Zhang Qian, work together to fight out. Go north and cross the west side of the bridge. There are few Tatars there..."
Without waiting for Zhang Guodong to reply, Wu Zhizhong jumped on his horse and rushed northward after shouting. They joined forces and ran northward. The Qing soldiers were unable to stop them, and their few dozen cavalry did not dare to pursue them.
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When Zhang Cheng heard Chen Zhong's shouts, he reined in his horse and looked back. He saw ten people on horseback coming from the rear left. He raised the knife stick in his hand and asked loudly: "Where are the others?"
Chen Zhongben stepped forward and replied: "Zhang Huzi went to save Brother Zheng, I didn't see the others."
"No matter what, protect the governor and kill first..."
Just when Zhang Cheng said this, he heard a faint voice shouting from in front: "Supervisor... Supervisor..."
He turned around and saw a group of Qing cavalry rushing towards them, surrounding Lu Xiangsheng. His servant Liu Jinhai and others were separated from the outside and were charging hard and shouting loudly.
"Kill the Tatars and save the governor!"
Zhang Cheng shouted loudly and rushed over. He swung the knife and stick in his hand and hit the head of a Qing cavalry horse. The horse let out a mournful cry, raised its front hooves slightly, and fell to the ground like a hill.
The Qing soldier rolled off his horse, and he reacted quickly. The moment the horse fell, he kicked off his legs, and he bounced off the saddle. As soon as he landed and stood firm, he was about to pursue Zhang with a long knife.
Sincerity.
Behind him, Chen Zhong rode his horse forward. With the force of his horse, he swung the mace forward from behind. With a "bang" sound, the Qing soldier's head burst open, blood and brain matter splattered everywhere, like a piece of wood, standing straight.
He fell to the ground and made no sound again.
Zhang Cheng didn't stop at all, stabbing forward diagonally with his knife and stick, using his horse power to rush forward, and stabbed another Qing soldier off his horse. He rushed into the Qing army's formation and saw a Qing general wearing pure blue.
Iron armor, a spear in his hand was stabbing Lu Xiangsheng in the chest.
"Supervisor..."
A heart-rending roar came from Zhang Cheng's mouth, and everyone around him was startled.
He was more than ten steps away from Lu Xiangshang, and there was no way to save him. Zhang Cheng's heart was instantly filled with grief and anger. He felt completely frozen, as if he had lost everything in an instant, and there was an empty feeling all over his body.
At this moment, Lu Xiangsheng's pastoral officer Yang Lukai rushed forward, pressed his hand on the saddle, and pushed hard with both feet at the same time. He jumped up from the horse and flew in front of Lu Xiangsheng, blocking the life-threatening blow for him.
One shot.
The Qing general saw that Lu Xiangsheng was dressed differently than ordinary people, so he guessed that he was no ordinary wise general. He wanted to kill him, and thought he wanted to take credit for it. This shot was a full-strength stab from a galloping horse.
The tip of the spear immediately penetrated Yang Lukai's back, and an arrow of blood sprayed on Lu Xiangsheng's thin face. His eye sockets, already sunken due to fatigue, were filled with splashes of blood and were slowly dripping.
When Lu Xiangsheng saw Yang Lukai died tragically to save him, he grinned and roared: "Beast!"
He looked like a deadly Yama coming out of hell. The Qing general opposite was so frightened by his terrifying image that he was embarrassed and didn't know how to deal with it.
Lu Xiangsheng roared and charged forward on his horse, slashing the Qing general's neck with all his strength with his fine iron sword, slashing a long gash diagonally from his neck down to his right ribs.
The Qing general was still stunned. He opened his mouth suddenly, and blood gushed out from his mouth. His entire upper body split open and he fell backward. Those unknown things on his chest were mixed with bright red blood and splattered everywhere!