Chapter 189 Sacrifice the spirit of the governor with the blood of the Tartars
At midnight, a ray of sunlight shines into the forest through the gaps between the dead branches of the trees, reflecting the sparse bonfires, and it seems that there is a breath of life in the dense forest.
Hundreds of extremely cold and exhausted soldiers gathered around piles of bonfires, quietly drinking hot water and gnawing on freshly heated steamed buns or dried meat, and then gradually felt the strength re-gathering in their bodies.
Zhang Cheng, accompanied by Chen Zhong, had just visited Zhang Guangda and Wu Zhizhong. Zhang Guangda was doing better. His right eye was shot by a stray arrow from the Qing soldiers when he was breaking out of the siege. His life was safe, but his right eye could not be saved.
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His bleeding has stopped now, but his head is wrapped like a rice dumpling. It’s no wonder that he was in a hurry and wrapped it too thickly, but Zhang Guangda didn’t look sad. He said half-jokingly: “This is so good.
It’s too cold to hold melon seeds in my head. Haha..."
Then, he laughed at himself again: "It's just a pity. I'm afraid you will call me blind in the future."
"Haha, take good care of your injuries. During the Three Kingdoms period, Xiahou Dun was shot in the left eye by a stray arrow. He will not delay his becoming a famous general. Quang Da, take good care of your injuries." Zhang Cheng tried his best to comfort him.
Zhang Guangda was only blind in one eye and his life was safe, but Wu Zhizhong was cut off at the elbow of his right hand, and too much blood flowed out. At that time, he hurriedly applied a lot of golden sore medicine on the battlefield to stop the bleeding.
Already.
But Wu Zhizhong has been unconscious and talking nonsense from time to time. I really don't know if he can survive. Zhang Cheng is even more worried that the wound on the broken arm is too big and excessive blood loss is just one of them.
This wound infection is a major taboo in life, but the medical level and conditions in this era are like this. There is a lot of doing things according to personnel and letting fate.
"Everything has to be left to fate. I hope he can survive on his own!"
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In the dense forest, Zhang Cheng, Chen Zheng, Zhang Guodong and others gathered around. A bonfire was lit in front of them with a pot on top, and some freeze-dried horse meat was cooked in the pot. On a felt cloth in front of the fire,
Grilled hot steamed buns and jerky.
Zhang Guodong, Liu Jinhai and others had expressed their intention to surrender to Zhang Cheng, and Zhang Cheng naturally accepted it happily. After statistics, Zhang Guodong's Supervisor Biao Battalion cavalry broke out 179 people and 231 horses.
Zhang Cheng still asked Mr. Qian Zhang Guodong to lead these people, and said with a smile to him: "Mr. Zhang Qian, please feel sorry for me first, and just be the general manager for the time being."
Zhang Guodong was speechless, but from Liu Jinhai's side, only he, Chen Huzi and seven other family guards broke out. Zhang Cheng organized them into his own escort team, and Liu Jinhai was still the leader of their team.
official.
The situation of Zhang Cheng's outposts breaking through the encirclement was also calculated.
At present, it seems that only the outpost is the most complete. There are more than 200 people in Chen Zheng's post, and 137 people broke out. Hu Dake, the leader of the back post, was killed in the battle, and 117 people broke out.
Led by Commander B, Commander Wang Tieren.
The left sentry commander Zhang Guangda was seriously injured, and the ninety-six knights who broke out from the sentry were now led by the sentry commander Wan Guangjin; the right sentry commander Wu Zhizhong was seriously injured, and 126 knights from his sentry broke out.
For the time being, we are led by Commander-in-Chief Tong Shoushan.
Zhang Cheng's four sentry men and more than 900 elite cavalry were able to break out 478 people. Of course, Zhang Cheng was not included in this. He Biao, the governor of Zhang Cheng's central town, also broke out. However, ten of his men
Only two of the famous Zhenfu sergeants broke out.
Zhang Cheng's bodyguards, including Chen Zhong, only had eleven people left. In addition, those who broke out were four army doctors, eight auxiliary soldiers, two army veterinarians, and three blacksmiths.
In addition, there were 149 people from the Infantry Thousand Headquarters, who broke out with them. Unfortunately, Liang Song, the Infantry Thousand Headquarters, was separated during the breakout. His life or death is unknown. The infantry is now led by Chen Dakuan, the Outpost Commander.
The total number of these people and horses, including Zhang Cheng, was 845. Fortunately, when they broke through, they took all the horses, mules and horses with them and drove them galloping together.
In this way, the momentum is also large, which makes it easier for the Qing troops to intercept and intercept, and it is easier for the soldiers to transfer during the breakout. Now according to statistics, there are 1,279 war horses and 147 mules and horses. This is not included.
Thirty-eight injured horses froze to death last night.
Now, these injured horses are being hacked by big axes, and will soon become food for the soldiers to satisfy their hunger. It can be considered that they have used their remaining heat.
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After a while, the sky became brighter, but the weather was still hazy, the fog was bleak, the cold wind gradually started to rise, the heat in the dense forest was rising, and the smell of meat was tangy.
Zhang Cheng sent a total of eight teams of sentry riders at night to carefully monitor the surrounding area within a hundred miles. Even on the outskirts of the dense forest, there were teams of sergeants hiding in ambush, guarding everything around them.
Zhang Cheng looked at the people around him and was filled with emotion. Perhaps these generals gathered around him today, these eight hundred warriors who have fought for the rest of their lives, will be the foundation for him to settle down and live in this world.
He looked at Zhang Guodong's loss of appetite and said: "Mr. Zhang Qian, don't be too sad about the governor's affairs. Since we are alive, we should inherit the governor's legacy, cheer up, and sacrifice the governor's blood with the blood of the Tartars."
Spirit!"
Zhang Guodong raised his eyes and looked at Zhang Cheng. Suddenly, he stood up and knelt down on one knee in front of Zhang Cheng. He cupped his fists and saluted: "General Zhang, from now on, Guodong is willing to follow the general until death. He will march forward for the general through fire and water.
, life and death without regrets!”
Zhang Cheng looked at Zhang Guodong kneeling there with a sincere face and a sincere tone, and was very satisfied. He stood up and walked forward, held up Zhang Guodong with both hands, and said in a deep voice: "Guodong, get up, you and I are already brothers, there is no need to
So much courtesy.”
Chen Zheng came over, handed a bowl of steaming horse meat soup to Zhang Guodong, and said: "Here, drink a bowl of horse meat soup first, protect your body, and wait until your strength comes back before you can kill the Tatars again."
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While Zhang Cheng and others were quietly dormant in the dense forest for the time being, the Qing army was already clearing the Jiazhuang battlefield. A night of heavy snow covered the entire battlefield, and everything was covered in silvery white.
Even if the sunlight is not very strong, it is particularly dazzling under the reflection of the white snow, but Dorgon issued a death order and must confirm Lu Xiangsheng's life and death.
The Qing soldiers walked in the snow in groups. They cleaned up the corpses of their own people and carried them back to the camp. They continued to carefully examine the corpses of Gu Xuan's army on the battlefield.
Until they found Lu Xiangsheng's "Governor's Seal" wrapped in a square yellow silk cloth more than 300 steps north of Jiazhuang and south of Haoshui Bridge. Although they searched repeatedly, they could not find a body that matched Lu Xiangsheng's characteristics.
In the end, I had to give up. Even if it was still not completely confirmed that Lu Xiangsheng was dead, the governor's seal represented Lu Xiangsheng. Even if he could escape this time, the crime of losing his seal would be enough to displace his head.