Zhang Cheng's breath gradually became evener, and his complexion gradually returned to normal. He sat on the saddle and said to Chen Zhong beside him: "Let's see how the injured brothers are doing. Make statistics on the battle situation and report back to me."
Chen Zhong said: "Yes." He turned around, mounted his horse, and rode away with several guards.
Zhang Cheng then ordered Chen Zheng to keep an eye on the knight who was hit by Chen Zhong's mace and vomited blood, and try to prevent him from dying. The knight's internal organs had been damaged by the mace, and he would definitely not survive, but
He couldn't die for a while, but he couldn't be forced to ask him about the situation of the Tartars in Mafang Village.
After a while, Chen Zhong and the sentinel Hu Dake rode back together. Hu Dake was still holding a small braid like a mouse tail in his hand, with a bald head attached to it. It was the last one who escaped to the north.
The Qing soldier wore a human head on his waistcoat.
"Master, we have all been dealt with. Not one of the ten Tatars has escaped." Hu Dake came to Zhang Cheng and dropped a bloody Tatar head. He turned over and dismounted and continued: "I wanted to catch a living person."
, How can I imagine that this guy is so fierce that he injured three of my good soldiers, and in the end I had to kill him."
Zhang Cheng nodded to him and asked with concern: "How are the injuries of the brothers?"
"It's okay, it's just a skin injury." Hu Dake answered, then approached and asked with concern: "Brother Zhong said that the boss is injured?"
"It's okay, it's okay." Zhang Cheng replied, then turned to look at Chen Zhong and asked, "How is it?"
Chen Zhong cupped his fists and replied: "Reporting to Mr. Qian, our unit killed nine captives and captured one alive in this battle. He was seriously injured and may not live long. Five captives and war horses were captured and nearly 100 coins were found."
Two hundred and fifty taels, two of our troops were killed and seven wounded, one of whom was seriously injured."
Zhang Cheng thought for a while and said to Chen Zheng beside him: "I have ordered your outpost A and B teams to stay here and rescue the injured brothers. You must keep an eye on the captives and keep their mouths shut. You must not teach them."
He is dead."
Chen Zheng responded: "I accept your orders."
Zhang Cheng continued: "Every unit will rest for a while and set off after a cup of tea. You can take the lead with our troops in the middle and Chen Zheng behind them, letting everyone out in the night. This place is not far from Ma Fang.
, must not be careless and disturb the Tatars."
Everyone took the order and went to make arrangements. Zhang Cheng, accompanied by Chen Zhong, went to visit the four injured people. Only the one with the arrow in the abdomen looked the most serious. At this time, like the other three, they had all stopped.
There was no bleeding, but the arrows were only cut with a sharp blade, and they could only be taken out after returning to camp. After a brief soothing, they were ready to set off.
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More than four miles north of Mafang Village, a not very wide road runs through a willow forest, barely enough for four horses to walk abreast. Thirty-three knights, wearing helmets and armor, galloped southward.
It was the Zuo Shao B Team A of the Cavalry Qian Headquarters under the command of General Zhang Yan of Xuanfu Town who was responsible for exploring the road ahead. In order not to collide with each other, they rode in parallel and were roughly divided into three waves, with ten cavalry in each of the two waves.
, in the middle were thirteen knights, more than forty paces apart from each other. About half a mile behind them, the sound of hoofbeats rumbled, and more than eighty knights were also galloping towards them.
The sun drew an arc from the horizon, and now hung lazily in the western sky. The feeble sunlight shone on the yellow leaves that had begun to fall off, reflecting a golden light, but they had no intention of watching, and they were in a hurry to fight.
As they hurried on, the first wave of ten Ming army cavalry had already entered Liulin on horseback.
It turned out that Zhang Guangda led the left sentry and found no trace of the Qing army's sentry cavalry near Tangshan, so he followed Zhang Cheng's military order and led his troops to assemble in the direction of Mafang. As a result, he met the messenger sent by Zhang Cheng halfway.
He immediately gathered his troops, still with one team in front. He personally led most of the troops behind and rushed straight to Ma Fang. He originally thought that the Qing troops would gather in Ma Fang to rest at this moment, but he was worried that Zhang Cheng would lose something in Ma Fang.
, not daring to consider the strength of the horse's legs, he tried his best to drive the horse under his legs and gallop all the way.
The second armor of the Zuoshao B Corps, led by Liu Quan, the captain of the team, rode their horses about fifty paces behind the first armor and galloped into the road among the willows.
Autumn has already begun in October, and the cold wind is howling, especially in the north.
The icy cold wind blew wildly at the yellowed dead branches and leaves, colliding with each other. The sound of "wow...wow...wow..." resounded all over the place.
The sound is particularly loud, interspersed with the sound of the cold wind blowing the pages, intertwined into a beautiful movement.
Some withered willow leaves have accumulated on the road, and the horses' hooves make a crisp sound of "click...click...click...click..." one after another, forming a continuous sound.
There were no frightened birds in the willow forest. They must have all flown south to spend the winter. There were no small animals scurrying around. Except for the sound of the cavalry marching, there was no other movement. It was as quiet as a dead land.
terrible.
To be on the safe side, Liu Quance shouted an order on his horse: "Pull forward and backward, keep a horse's distance, pass quickly, and pay attention to the movement in the forest!"
The originally compact cavalry team became looser under his orders, but the speed of movement accelerated. There was still no sound in the willow forest, but it gave Liu Quan a strong sense of oppression, which made the hairs on his back stand out.
stood up.
He couldn't help but shiver all over his body, feeling vaguely uneasy. His eyes turned like a revolving lantern, carefully observing the deathly silent willow forest next to him.
As soon as the peripheral vision of his left eye swept across the willow forest to the east, he suddenly saw a few cold stars appearing among the golden patches illuminated by the sun.
"Whoosh...whoosh...whoosh..." Immediately afterwards, the sound of arrows piercing the air was heard coming from the forest.
"Enemy attack..."
Liu Quan discovered the enemy's situation and shouted loudly to remind the knights of Erjia. He immediately turned his head and looked carefully at the willow forest to the east, only to see a cold star heading straight towards his door. He instinctively flashed and
An arrow grazed his left ear and took away a piece of flesh from his earlobe. Donating blood immediately stained his left shoulder red.
"ah…"
Then there was a scream. A knight in armor on the right side of Liu Quan, slightly one horse head behind him, was shot by a heavy arrow through the ear guard, penetrating from the left ear and out of the right ear. After only half a cry, he fell off the horse.
Down, there was no sound, the war horse lost control, raised its hooves and galloped forward, leaving its owner behind and escaping from danger alone.
"Dismount and kill the slaves." Liu Quan continued to shout loudly.
At the same time, he immediately turned over and dismounted, not forgetting to hit the horse's butt hard with the three-eyed musket to inflict pain, so that he could sprint out of this dangerous road. He dismounted and rolled towards the willow forest on the east side of the road, and then became invisible.
Behind the willow tree, he picked up the three-eyed gun in his hand, but he didn't dare to make any rash moves. He didn't know how many ambushes there were in the forest and where they were.
When a slightly fat knight turned over and dismounted, he was hit by an arrow in his right calf. Before he could scream, another arrow flew out and penetrated his throat through the gap in the gorget. He lay straight.
Where, he left forever the brothers he spent time with day and night.
Just as the knights in the second armor turned over and dismounted, the forest floor that was originally covered with a thin layer of dead branches and leaves was suddenly lifted up, with dead yellow willow leaves all over the sky, and a Qing army vest wearing only light armor howled strangely.
He suddenly jumped up from the ground, and before the knight walking at the end could react, a heavy mace hit his chest, and the knight fell to the ground.
The Qing army vest kicked hard on the ground with both feet and flew up again. The mace hit the helmet of the fallen Ming army knight hard. The black helmet was hit and flew far away, and the knight's head also flew away.