Zhang Cheng galloped forward and saw Lu Xiangsheng with a few more arrows on his body, a new stab wound on his left rib, and a large piece of linen mourning clothes on his left side was stained red with blood!
Chen Zhong and Liu Jinhai also hurriedly caught up to protect Zhang Cheng and Lu Xiangsheng. Dozens of their riders gathered together and charged northward.
They were like a group of crazy tigers, bumping around in all directions. The Qing cavalry did not dare to get too close, but they did not want to let them escape. Both sides chased each other on the vast battlefield.
"General, it looks like a back sentry over there!"
Guard Lin Fangping pointed to a battle group on the right front and shouted loudly.
Zhang Cheng looked over there and saw hundreds of Qing soldiers and Xuanda sergeants fighting there. He shouted loudly: "Kill over, pull the brothers out, and let's go together!"
He led the crowd to charge over. The Qing army there was mainly infantry, with only about thirty cavalry standing around to block the attack. Zhang Cheng's charge was so powerful that they all fled away.
Rushing into the battle group, they were really Zhang Cheng's back-line soldiers. Zhang Cheng glanced aside and asked: "Where are you?"
The commander of the second sentry commander, Wang Tieren, shouted with grief and anger: "General, our sentry commander was killed in the battle!"
My uncle died in the war, Lin Zhiyi died in the war, Chen An died in the war, and now Hu Dake, one of the four sentry commanders under his command, also died in the war.
In this day, I saw too many generals around me die in battle, especially Zhang Yan. After all, they had been getting along with each other for half a year, and Zhang Yan cared for me like a family member.
Hu Dake was also different from others. As one of his four chiefs, he was one of the people who had the most contact with him during this period. However, Zhang Cheng just nodded at this time without any sadness in his heart.
He shouted: "No matter what, just rush out first."
At this moment, a spear came flying and hit Wang Tieren's horse. The horse under his crotch was frightened and ran forward like crazy. Wang Tieren was not prepared at all. He swayed from side to side on the horse, but did not forget to use the iron in his hand.
Great.
Zhang Cheng and others had no choice but to gallop in pursuit. Wang Tieren's horse ran for more than ten steps before he fell down. Fortunately, Chen Zhong and other knights rushed to protect him. He stood up, grabbed an unmanned war horse, and jumped up.
Jump up.
At the same time, Lu Xiangsheng also fell from his horse. Zhang Cheng was shocked and shouted: "Protect the governor, hurry up..."
More than a hundred knights immediately dispersed into a circle, protecting Zhang Cheng, Lu Xiangsheng and others in the middle, and started fighting with the Qing soldiers on the outside.
Zhang Cheng got off his horse and helped Lu Xiangsheng up, only to see that his chest was stained with blood and blurred, and the linen mourning clothes on his body were almost turning into blood red.
He shouted loudly: "Supervisor... Supervisor..."
Lu Xiangsheng's breath was already weak. He forced himself to stand up and said in a deep voice: "Kill, kill the Tatars..."
Zhang Cheng hurriedly helped Lu Xiangsheng to sit on Wumingji again. He still held the heavy fine iron sword tightly and shouted: "Zhongchen, mount your horse and kill the slave with me..."
More than a hundred people on horseback fought with the Qing soldiers, but the Qing soldiers gathered more and more, and it was difficult to escape for a while.
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Chen Zheng's outpost was being surrounded by Qing soldiers and was unable to break out for a while. When he saw Zhang Guangda leading the left sentry, he hurriedly shouted: "Brothers, kill northwest and join up with the left sentry!"
Soon they gathered together, and Zhang Guangda shouted hurriedly: "Chen Zheng, the general is surrounded in the north. Zhongzi went to rescue him. Come over quickly..."
After saying that, he led the knights in the sentry and rushed towards the northeast. While the Qing soldiers were surrounding Zhang Guangda, Chen Zheng shouted: "Come with me..."
Less than two hundred knights broke through the Qing army and rushed north, leaving Zhang Guangda with less than a hundred men, but they were surrounded by Qing soldiers again.
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On the other side, the troops of Wu Zhizhong and Zhang Guodong were together, with less than 300 horses. They were rushing north, looking for Zhang Cheng, Lu Xiangsheng and others.
Then I heard a cry of killing coming from the left direction. There was a strong Xunzhen accent. Wu Zhizhong shouted: "Mr. Zhang Qian, there are generals and governors over there, let's kill them!"
They fought hard for a while, and finally broke through a bloody path and rushed into the battle group. However, they saw that Zhang Guangda's troops on the left sentry already had less than a hundred people.
Zhang Guangda's face was bright red, and even his eyes were blood red. He shouted: "Old Wu, the general is in the north. I can't get out. Go and save the general..."
Zhang Guodong rushed up, his tiger spear flew forward, stabbed and smashed, his movements were smooth and smooth, and he shouted loudly: "Stop talking nonsense, let's fight out together!"
Wu Zhizhong knew that the number of sergeants on the left post was severely reduced, and they must be a little weak at this time. He shouted: "Huzi, you follow me, let's go rescue the general..."
Nearly a hundred knights on Zhang Guangda's left post had already declared their death, and they only wanted to kill a few more Tatars to make up for their losses, but now they suddenly had hope of survival again.
They immediately became energetic and nearly 500 elite cavalry, like 500 tigers, roared wildly to break through the siege of the Qing soldiers and charged northward.
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Zhang Cheng originally wanted to protect Lu Xiangsheng and break through to the north, break through the Qing army's siege, and escape across the Haoshui Bridge.
But after Lu Xiangsheng remounted his horse, he did not distinguish between east and west. He urged his horse to rush south. He had no choice but to chase after him, shouting: "Chen Zhong, this way..."
The guards hurriedly turned their horses and followed closely. They met a group of Qing cavalry, about sixty in number. When the two sides were more than fifty steps apart, the group of Qing cavalry actually ran away in both directions.
A group of Ming army knights galloped towards them. When they got closer, they saw that it was Chen Zheng's outpost with more than a hundred knights arriving in time.
At this time, Zhang Cheng had chased to the side of Lu Xiangsheng's war horse. As soon as he reached out his hand, he took the reins of Lu Xiangsheng's horse and shouted: "Supervisor, go over here and kill the slave!"
Facing Chen Zheng's outpost, the two sides met and rushed to the west again. Zhang Cheng kept leading Lu Xiangsheng's horse, slowly turning to the north, and rushed towards Haoshui Bridge.
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Zhang Cheng and Lu Xiangsheng led more than 200 knights and rushed north toward Haoshui Bridge. The Qing soldiers were unable to stop them and gave way one after another.
Suddenly, more than a hundred Qing troops rushed forward on horseback. Their bodies were covered with fine blue iron armor, and their tall blue helmets were swaying in the wind and snow.
He shouted and reminded: "Be careful, Ba Ya La of the Zhenglan Banner!"
At this time, a large number of Qing soldiers were chasing Zhang Cheng and others on foot, and to the east of them there were less than a hundred Qing cavalry with horse armor approaching them.
After Zhang Cheng reminded them loudly, everyone slowed down their horses and arranged their formations. What was coming from the opposite side was the Baya La cavalry, the most elite of the Qing army, and they could not ignore it.
Chen Zhong and Chen Zheng rode on Zhang Cheng's left side, Liu Jinhai and other guards guarded Lu Xiangsheng's right side, and the other knights lined up behind them.
The war horse's front hooves dug into the somewhat muddy ground, snoring constantly, and the knights on the horse were also breathing heavily.
Zhang Cheng shouted in a deep voice: "Brothers, this is a life and death battle. Zhang Cheng is willing to live and die with everyone. Kill the Tatars on the other side, rush out, and I will take you home!"