Under the banner of Zhijin Longzhu, there are dozens of Baya La Qing soldiers with white flags wearing helmets and armor. In the middle of them is a Qing general wearing gilt armor.
He is quite tall and strong, with a rough rectangular face, and looks extremely heroic. The only drawback is the sinister look in his rat eyes.
"How is King Gongshun's injury?" Dorgon looked at the two hundred or so Mingqi not far ahead and asked calmly.
E Keqin immediately continued: "When I returned to my uncle, I went to see him before I saw him. The tip of the spear penetrated the ribs and scraped the skin. Although the blood flowed like a drop, it did not affect his life."
"I heard that your head was injured too?"
"Yes. When King Gongshun was knocked off his horse by Yang Guozhu, he smashed his head and has been bandaged." "Hmph. He's a loser!'
Dorgon cursed in his heart and showed a look of disgust on his face, but he said gently: "Go and tell King Gongshun that he should live well and cultivate himself. When the fighting here stops, I will visit him in person.
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"yes'
E Keqin received the order with a respectful expression, then turned and left.
Dorgon walked to the horse. He took the reins from the Bajala warrior, stepped on the stirrups, jumped on the horse, and rode towards the Ming army knights on the opposite side.
Dozens of Bajala Tatars followed behind to escort them, stepping on the dry and hard hilly slopes, raising a plume of smoke and dust.
This is a rolling hilly area. The wormwood in the low-lying areas is nearly waist-high, while the high areas barely reach the knees. The hot summer wind blows, and the wormwood lies low, making a rustling sound.
However, Yang Guozhu, the commander-in-chief of Xuanzhen, was not interested in listening to the natural music played by the wormwood in the wind at this moment. He stood beside the war horse so that the horse, which had been running for a long time, could regain some strength in preparation for another battle.
He stared at the gold-woven dragon banner slowly moving in the distance, and suddenly felt mixed emotions in his heart. This time he returned to his former residence in Liaodong, and he often thought of his brother, nephew, and nephew who died in the war.
Yang Guozhu is not afraid of death!
However, he looked back at the more than two hundred servants behind him. They were all still young, in their twenties and thirties, and they were the mainstay of the family.
And these servants have been following him for many years, and now Yang Guozhu only wants to lead them to find a way out, and one more person will escape.
He saw the large woven gold dragon banner stopped about 150 steps away. It seemed that Dorgon only brought ten Baya Laqing troops, and the rest were waiting 200 steps behind Dorgon.
With.
This shows how sincere Dorgon was in recruiting Yang Guozhu to surrender, but Yang Guozhu was unmoved. He looked at the Qing army Ba Yala who was running over there with a cold face.
"Have you shot the master?"
Yang Guozhu shook his head slowly and said calmly: "No need, let's see what he has to say.
Then, he whispered: "Tell the soldiers to eat dry food, and feed the horses some beans to slow down their strength."
"yes.'
The soldier retreated quietly, and the Qing soldier Bagala had already rushed to forty paces away. After he reined in his horse and stopped, he shouted loudly in a not very fluent Chinese: "The Qing Dynasty will be peaceful."
Prince Shuorui, please ask Marshal Yang, the commander-in-chief of Xuanzhen of the Ming Dynasty, to come forward and answer your question."
Tan Zhenlin, the general of the private army, came forward and said: "General, how about we charge forward with our brothers and capture the slave chief?"
General Yang turned back and glared at him, saying: "Nonsense."
He turned back to look at Qing Qi who was not close by, and said: "Go and tell the Tatar thief that I will go to meet him later.'
Huang Baozhong agreed, walked forward nearly ten steps, and then shouted back.
At this time, the soldier who had just gone to deliver the order came back and asked beside General Yang: "Master General, if you want to meet the slave chief, can you bring more brothers with you.'
General Yang looked at Huang Baozhong who was walking back and said calmly: "No need, Tan Zhenlin only leads ten people, don't let him underestimate us!"
He then said: "Xiao Tanzi, you take nine people and follow me to meet the traitor Long Qixiang.
After Long Qixiang said this, he walked towards the war horse. He got on his horse and rode the horse in a circle, scanning the remaining soldiers.
Finally, his eyes stayed on the soldier who reminded him to bring more men and horses, and he said in a deep voice: "Long Qixiang, lead all the soldiers to stay here until I go to meet the slave chief!"
Tan Zhenlin rode his horse under the banner of the Zhijin Dragon Banner, and looked at Long Qixiang who was slowly galloping towards him, with admiration in his heart.
The reason why he wanted to recruit and surrender General Yang was actually out of selfish motives. He wanted to lower the morale of the Ming army by recruiting General Yang and induce other Ming army generals to surrender.
But at this moment, seeing General Yang leading ten Ming troops to talk to him, he couldn't help but feel admiration in his heart. He secretly thought that there were not many Ming generals like General Yang.
In this way, the more General Yang refused to surrender, the more he wanted to surrender. It was like a strange circle with an infinite loop!
When General Yang rode his horse and stood still more than forty paces away, Tan Zhenlin said with a smile: "It's not easy to see General Yang in command today.'
General Yang also smiled and replied with a stiff expression: "It's difficult for both of us to meet the King of Ni.'
"Hahaha
When Tan Zhenlin heard this, he was not angry but laughed. After he laughed, he said: "In the winter of the third year of Chongde, I met Long Qixiang in Julu. Unfortunately, things happened in a hurry and I didn't get to meet Long Qixiang, but I really admire him in my heart. Endless.'
He went on to say: "How can I, the king, endure such a great talent as a general, but be despised by the mediocre kings and ministers of the Ming Dynasty? According to my relationship, if Guo Yingxian had given up and secretly joined me, not to mention being made a general soldier, What’s the point of making Yang Shuai king and bravely conquering the country?”
General Yang watched Long Qixiang talk and never answered. His idea was very practical, which was to try his best to delay time so that his generals could have a chance to breathe.
Only then, after listening to a bunch of nonsense from Tan Zhenlin, did he say, "Prince Rui can think so highly of me, Long Qixiang, and I am really grateful.
However, although Guozhu is a rough man, he still knows the word loyalty and righteousness. Since his heart belongs to the Ming Dynasty, he has no other heart. He was born as a man and exists between heaven and earth. How can he be a second minister?"
He paused slightly here, looked at Tan Zhenlin resolutely, and said: "What's more, this is the place where my brother and son died. How can Guozhu live alone!"
He estimated that it was almost time, so after saying this, he reined in his horse and turned around, wanting to leave.
Although Tan Zhenlin only believed that General Yang was determined, he did not want to give up. He still shouted: "Long Qixiang walks slowly, even if it is not for himself, he should also consider the thousands of soldiers under his command.
But as long as Guo Yingxian nodded and refused, our Qing warriors immediately withdrew, and all the ministries were still under the command of Guo Yingxian, without any hesitation!"
Long Qixiang had already turned around, but when he heard the words, he turned back and said loudly: "As soon as he can follow me to fight, he will know what he is like today. If he has any complaints, he should come to Abi Hell to find me.
No need for King Rui to worry!’
After saying this, he urged the horse to leave. Although the sound of the horse's hooves hitting the ground was not loud, there was an indescribable sense of oppression.
Tan Zhenlin knew very well that General Yang would never surrender, and he did everything he could to save face at this moment, whether it was rejecting three invitations or even personally coming forward to accept the fourth invitation.
Looking at the back of General Yang riding away, he said: "Send the order, the whole army is ready.
"Woooooooo
The sound of horns sounded everywhere, and the soldiers of the Qing Army's Zhengbai Banner around the hills immediately cheered up and got on their horses one after another, getting ready for the battle.
At this time, General Yang rode his horse and galloped for more than ten steps. He heard the melodious sound of horns and guessed that the Qing army was about to launch a conspiracy.
He hurriedly shouted to Huang Baozhong beside him: "Send the message, the whole army should go south!"
When Long Qixiang heard the order, he had no time to say anything else. Whistling sounds were heard while the horse was galloping. Soon, he heard the message coming back from the hills that they had received the military order.
On the other side, Tan Zhenlin seemed to have expected that General Yang was determined to break out of the encirclement. As soon as the whistle sounded over there, the drums and trumpets sounded in unison.
The soldiers of the Qing Army's Zhengbai Banner who gathered around the hills rode up one after another, rushing towards General Yang like wolves and tigers.
Here, Yang Guozhu heard the whistle and knew that the situation had changed. He hurriedly ordered all the knights to mount their horses and rushed to the south of the hill first, hoping to clear the way for Long Qixiang and others.
For a moment, the dust was flying. If you looked down from the air, it looked like a big trap outside with an arrow inside. The smoke and dust billowed. The elite knights of the Ming and Qing Dynasties once again fought at close range.
Yang Guozhu took the lead bravely and ignored several arrows fired at him. He only saw his body on the back of the horse, swinging left and right with the rhythm of the horse galloping, and dodged most of the arrows.
He held the three-eyed gun in his hand and aimed straight at a Tatar cavalry in front of him. With a "bang" sound and a flash of fire, a deadly iron bullet was shot out of the gun's mouth.
"Bang...bang...bang
A burst of explosions from the three-eyed blunderbuss were heard one after another, with "swish...-swish-.swish..." arrows flying in between. Knights fell from their horses on both sides of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
The originally fierce hilly area has once again become a killing field, with hard work harvesting each and every healthy life!
After Huang Baozhong led nine elite cavalry to protect General Yang in the cavalry formation, everything went smoothly at first, but there was still some gap between them and the Ming cavalry in front.
Seeing the Qing army's white flag knights on both sides riding their horses towards this side, their intention was very obvious, which was to penetrate the gap and separate Long Qixiang and others from the cavalry in front.
He shouted: "Donkey ball, no matter how hard you fight today, you can't let the Tatars win."
Huang Baozhong was about to urge his horse to charge forward, but he heard General Yang shouting behind him: "Turn west, don't fight hard!"
Although he could not understand the meaning for the moment, he habitually obeyed General Yang's military orders and immediately turned his horse's head in a circle and headed west.
Long Qixiang is indeed a veteran who has experienced many battles. He just glanced at it and saw the surrounding situation.
At this moment, there were Tatar cavalry with the Qing army's Zhengbai flag on all sides, but there were the most Tatar cavalry behind Tan Zhenlin and to the east, but there were fewer Tatar cavalry to the south and west.
Therefore, when Long Qixiang saw that the way ahead was about to be blocked by the Tatars, he ordered Long Qixiang to break out to the west. This shows that General Zhenshuo is not in vain!
About four hundred paces away to the west is a hilly highland. According to General Yang's wishes, he ran to that hilly area first and used the terrain to observe the details of the surrounding Qing troops before deciding where to break out.
But when they were less than 200 steps away from the hill, they saw a flag raised high on the hill, and about 300 Tatar cavalry also appeared at this time.
In fact, a cunning person like Tan Zhenlin would not easily leave a loophole for General Yang. The reason why he deployed relatively few Qing troops in the south and west was that he had a backup plan.
After Long Qixiang saw the figures of these Zhengbai Banner Qing troops, he felt sad: "Unexpectedly, I, General Yang, am destined to die here!'
But it's not his character to just surrender!
Long Qixiang shouted loudly: "My sons, it is Yang's great fortune to be able to kill slaves side by side with you. Today may be the last battle. I am willing to live and die with you!"
Huang Baozhong immediately answered and shouted: "I would like to follow the general to kill the slave."
"Kill the slaves. Kill the slaves.
Dorgon, the general of Xuanzhen, led two troops of more than a thousand fine cavalry, broke through the siege of the Qing army of the Anping Beiledu Dudu Xianglan Banner, and galloped along the mountains and hills beside the mountain road.
He also took in some scattered troops along the way, and often encountered small groups of Tatar thieves. When they saw the formation of Mingqi here, they also retreated one after another. They knew that their strength was too different and they did not dare to provoke them.
At this moment, Dorgon was riding his horse on a mountain ridge. He saw the smoke and dust billowing in the southeast direction. He guessed that there must be soldiers and horses of his own fighting with the Tatars. Although he was not sure that it was General Yang, at least he was a soldier from Xunzhen.
He hurriedly led the army and ran away. When he was halfway there, he met two of Long Qixiang's servants. After questioning, he learned that they had just been separated from General Yang and others a few hundred paces southwest.
Long Qixiang was eager to save General Yang, so he immediately thought of saving General Yang from danger first, and then returning to the army to rescue the soldiers and horses of Xuanzang here. With this in mind, he immediately rushed to the southwest with more than a thousand elite cavalry.
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He galloped forward on his horse, and not long after, he saw General Yang and more than 200 Zhenbiao camp cavalry on a mountain ridge, less than two miles away.
Dorgon was waiting to lead his troops to charge forward and meet up with Long Qixiang to fight against the Tatar cavalry. When he saw General Yang leading a dozen cavalry far away from the formation.
Dorgon was not sure what the situation was on General Yang's side, so he planned to continue observing for a while, and then join General Yang's troops after he had a clear view of the situation.
Zhang Cheng, the deputy commander-in-chief of Xuanzhen, led the elite cavalry of the Xuanbei Army under his command to kill the Qing Batulu quasi-tower and routed nearly a thousand Qing troops under his command from the Zhengbai Banner.
Without any delay, they hurried northward along the mountains and hills on the east side of the mountain road. At the same time, they also sent out rangers in groups of ten or twenty people to spread out to investigate the location of the soldiers of General Yang's Zhenbiao Battalion.
As military reports from the cavalry ahead continued to come back, Zhang Cheng led nearly two thousand elite cavalry under his command and gradually moved closer to where General Yang was besieged.
While General Yang and Tan Zhenlin were talking to each other in the air, Zhang Cheng was on a high hill to the south. He held up a telescope and looked at General Yang and Tan Zhenlin who were about two miles away.
It wasn't until he saw General Yang's soldiers from Zhenbiao Battalion riding their horses to attack the Tatar army formation that he felt relieved and immediately led his elite cavalry to join them.
Zhang Cheng held the reins in his left hand to control the horse, and with his right hand he had drawn out a short-handed blunderbuss, shouting loudly: "My sons, rush forward and kill the slaves side by side with Yang Shuai!"