Chapter One Hundred and Thirty Six: Chasing the Soul Killing Zhang Jintai
A few miles south of Dafu Fort on the banks of the Nuer River in the southwest of Jinzhou, Liaodong Province, the Ming army's Xuanfu town sentry cavalry was fighting with a Qing army's Manchurian Zhenghuang flag sentinel detectives.
At this time, Zhang Jintai, a young general under the command of the Xuanfu general of the Ming army, fell off his horse. He turned over extremely quickly and was facing off on foot with Zhang Jingdasu, the Qing army's Manchuria Zhenghuang Banner Gebushe Xianchao Ha camp.
The two of their horses fled far away amidst bursts of neighing. Their weapons were thrown off in the previous fight, but the remaining weapons were all on top of their horses.
There was a "swipe" sound.
The young general Zhang Jintai suddenly drew out the Jie Shou knife he carried on his waist. The Qing army's Ge Bushian Zhang Jingdasu did not panic. Although he got up a little slower, he also drew out his Shun Dao at the same time.
The weapons held by both men are actually daggers, short weapons commonly used by soldiers from both sides in the Ming and Qing Dynasties for close combat.
The two sides glared at each other angrily, and Zhang Jintai secretly calculated the best attack distance in his heart.
He was about to make a move when he suddenly heard a roar coming from the right rear, followed by a heavy sound of wind coming towards his rear. Zhang Jintai subconsciously dodged to the side.
The iron bone flower that flew towards him hit him hard on his left shoulder and back. He immediately felt pain in his heart, as if all his internal organs had been displaced. Zhang Jintai opened his mouth wide in pain and spit out a mouthful of blood.
It splashed out.
He was furious in his heart. Although he could not turn around to look for the Tatar who threw iron bones, Zhang Jintai vented all his anger on Dasu Zhangjing in front of him!
Although angry, Zhang Jintai is extremely calm. Although he lacks battlefield fighting experience, since he moved to Dushikou Fort in Xuanbei with Zhang Cheng, in addition to practicing fighting skills with the guards, he also practiced fighting skills with his eldest brother Zhang Chengfang
Take the boy camp into the mountains to hunt.
Just like the Tatars lived by fishing and hunting before joining the army, even now when there is no war, they still organize large-scale hunting for military training.
The same was true for Zhang Chengfang, Zhang Jintai and others. After being taught by Lin Fangping, Li Changsheng and others a few times, they were able to organize hunting independently. They once hunted a white-haired tiger on a snowy night and even skinned the tiger skin and presented it to Zhang Cheng.
I saw Zhang Jintai's eyes were like fire, and his movements in his hands were not slow at all.
He lifted his sword and raised his hand. Under the sun, the light of the sword flashed, and behind him, another Tatar soldier, dripping with blood, rushed towards him quickly. There was an unbelievable look in his eyes, and he covered his hands tightly.
Holding his throat, he knelt down weakly on the ground, struggling endlessly.
Dasu Zhangjing, who had been glaring at Zhang Jintai, saw this opportunity. Like an agile and vigorous leopard, he suddenly jumped up and rushed towards Zhang Jintai.
The strong wind and sharp shadows made Zhang Jintai narrow his handsome eyes subconsciously.
Suddenly, he flicked his wrist hard, and several sharp curved claws flashing with cold light suddenly popped out from his two wrist guards. The curved claws seemed to be made of fine steel, shining with a penetrating cold light.
If Zhang Jintai is lucky enough to watch a later movie, he should know that the weapon hidden in his wrist guard is quite similar to the wrist claw of an alien!
Of course, Zhang Jintai himself would not agree with this, because he has already given his wrist claw an extremely resounding name, "Soul-Chasing and Life-Destroying Claw!"
There was a sound of "dang", and Zhang Jintai raised the wrist claw of his left hand to block Dasu Zhangjing's inevitable knife.
His right hand thrust upwards like lightning, and the sharp steel claws penetrated directly from Dasu Zhangjing's throat. Then, the tip of the claws with a cold light penetrated from Dasu's entire face.
And out.
In just an instant, multiple bloody holes appeared on Dasu Zhangjing's face.
At the same time, his body began to shake violently, and his eyes bulged deeply, staring intently at Zhang Jintai's very handsome, yet slightly childish face in front of him.
Blood clots gushed out from his mouth, as if he didn't expect that he, who had gone through hundreds of battles and had made countless achievements, would die here, at the hands of such a childish Zhang Jintai!
But the truth is often cruel. Whether you are willing to accept it or not, the truth is always the truth. It is there, making your doubts weak and helpless.
Zhang Jintai looked at him with cold eyes, twisting his right hand slowly, and Da Su Zhangjing's body shook more intensely.
It wasn't until Zhang Jintai's entire head and face was turned into almost a puddle of rotten flesh by Zhang Jintai's soul-seeking claws that he remained still, only occasionally twitching feebly.
"You damn Tatar, how dare you fight with me?"
Zhang Jintai coughed hard, picked up Da Su Zhangjing's body like a broken bag, and threw it to the ground aside.
He turned back to look at the situation on the battlefield. It was almost over, and only a few Tatars were still weakly resisting.
The five people who were originally guarding the war horses and wounded soldiers, including the smoke gun, blacksmith and lock, saw that the two sides were fighting together. They also took advantage of the situation and rushed out, rushing over to join the fight.
The addition of five new troops greatly increased the panic of the remaining Tatars. They had no fighting spirit and morale, and they only resisted in order to survive. Every moment longer was counted as a moment.
Suddenly, a Tatar soldier wanted to ride away. He tried his best to beat the tired horse, but he saw Li Changsheng riding close to him, raising his hand and firing a gun.
After the explosion of "Boom!"
The Tatar's body flew backwards from the horse's back, then fell heavily to the ground, never breathing again.
Since then, all the Manchurian Zhenghuang Banner Tatar soldiers have been killed and wounded, and the war here can be considered over.
However, although his side had won a complete victory, Li Changsheng was a little unhappy.
This time, he personally led the left sentry brothers out of the sentry. There were all 107 brothers who came, plus himself and young general Zhang Jintai, and the right sentry officer Temur led four mengqi brothers.
He was accompanied by a total of one hundred and fourteen people.
When he returned from the sentry inspection, he had already suffered 26 casualties. When he met the Qing army Dasu Zhangjing, except for the five men who left behind the pipes and guns to guard the wounded soldiers and horses, there were 83 soldiers who had stayed away all night.
The warriors went to battle with him.
Calculated in this way, in the fight between him and the Manchurian Zhenghuang Banner sentry of the Qing army, he wiped out fifty-seven Tatar horsemen and captured more than a hundred war horses.
However, the final number of casualties on our side in this battle was as high as forty-eight.
Even though many soldiers were injured and fell off their horses, the number of dead in battle reached twenty-one, and twenty-seven were seriously injured.
As for the remaining people, most of them were injured in one way or another. Except for the five people who had been looking after the wounded soldiers and horses, there were very few people who were not injured.
This shows how tragic this battle was.
Although it is not a battle of thousands of troops and horses, it is still very brutal, even far more than a battle of battle!
Seeing the blood and corpses all over the ground, he couldn't tell the difference between the enemy and ourselves for a moment. They were everywhere, completely mixed together. Zhang Jintai couldn't help biting his lower lip.
At this time, the sentry officer Wan Guangjin came over, clutching his chest. Team leader Liu Shouzhu accompanied him, also with his head sullen, and even more limping when walking.
When he was fighting just now, he was hit by the mace of a Qing army soldier. Although he used his shield to block the attack, most of the force was removed, but the remaining force still left him seriously injured.
Li Changsheng's eyes turned red when he saw the brothers Ye Bushou who were gathering around him one after another. He resisted the tears from falling and said in a slightly deep voice: "Come on, pack up quickly. I'll leave as soon as possible."
This is a wrong place!”
Everyone around them nodded silently. Many brothers who had known each other day and night were gone like this, and everyone felt uncomfortable.
The current area, after all, is a place where Tatars have frequent activities, and it is still in danger. If there is another large group of Tatar sentries passing by here, the situation will become even worse.
They stopped inking, and immediately moved quickly to collect the bodies of the fallen soldiers, and carefully helped the wounded to their horses. Those who were no longer able to ride were also tied tightly.
Some Tatar horses of various colors that could be gathered were also quickly gathered in. At this time, the Ming army did not gather around them. On the contrary, the horses were the most numerous, but the number of wounded also increased a lot.
Zhang Jintai's horse "White Dragon" has also been recovered, as well as the horse of the Tatar leader Dasu Zhangjing in the vanguard camp, which is also a fat, strong and excellent war horse.
At this moment, Temul, the sentinel of the right wing of the Tiger Guard camp, also asked from the Tatar who was still alive for a while that the leader of the team was none other than Zhang Jingdasu of Manchuria's Zhenghuang Banner Gebushe Xianchao Ha camp.
Zhang Jintai learned that the leader of the Qing army he killed was actually the commander of the Qing army's sentry cavalry. He couldn't help but feel ecstatic. Although he pretended not to care, the joy in his heart was already beyond words.
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When Li Changsheng heard about this, he hurriedly ordered everyone to keep Da Su's body tied to a spare horse all night, and to take it back to the general for a look.
At the same time, he also ordered everyone to not only cut off the heads of the Tatars, but also try their best to collect armors and weapons, especially the armors worn by the five Gebusxian Chaoha camp Tatars, and those of the Tatar Baya soldiers.
Don't leave your armor behind either.
After giving these instructions, his eyes couldn't help but rest on Zhang Jintai. Overall, Li Changsheng was very satisfied with his performance today.
It can almost be said that he has watched Zhang Jintai grow up since he was a child. Naturally, he also longs for him to make achievements in front of the battle and grow into a powerful assistant to his general in the future.
However, Zhang Jintai was extremely excited every time he faced a war. Although it was a good thing to dare to take the lead, Li Changsheng was also worried that every time he did this, he would eventually suffer a big loss on this point.
"It seems that we still need to report this matter to the general!"
Zhang Jintaice cracked his mouth while standing on his horse. He still felt a burning pain in his left shoulder and back. He didn't know if the bone there would be broken.
At this moment, everyone had simply cleared the battlefield and mounted their horses. They all looked at each other in silence.
Seeing that Li Changsheng's expression seemed a little sad, sentry officer Wan Guang Jin Ce immediately stepped forward and said in a deep voice: "Master Li, there is no need to be sad. Brothers have expected that such a day would come sooner or later when they joined the army.
They were born in Xuanbei and were lucky enough to follow my general. The spirits of the fallen soldiers will always be remembered in the merit books and remembered by future generations. The orphans and their dependents will also be taken care of by the military government.
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Unlike other places, if you die, you will die, so who has thought about what will happen after he is left behind?"
Upon hearing this, Qianzong Li Changsheng nodded fiercely, exhaled a long breath, and shouted loudly: "Let's go back to the camp!"
Suddenly, Wan Guangjin's expression changed drastically, and he shouted: "There are Tatars coming over from the Nervhe River..."
For a moment, all the captains of the Ye Bu Shu team who had telescopes took out their telescopes and looked over there endlessly.
Sure enough, on the downstream side of the Nerv River, in the direction from Jinzhou, there seemed to be a large plume of smoke rising into the sky, rolling around.
After Li Changsheng looked at it, he couldn't help gritting his teeth and said: "Indeed, judging from the style of your armor, there is no doubt that you are a Tatar sentinel."
Although it is not yet certain how many men and horses the incoming Tatar sentry scouts have, after our own battle, not only the physical strength of everyone is weak, but also the leg strength of the war horses has not been restored.
However, we had many horses on our side, so we could change horses and fight again. However, the short blunderbuss that everyone relied on as a sharp weapon almost all fired once, and there was no time to reload the gun.
If so, wouldn't we suffer a loss if we fight the Tatars again?
At this moment, bench Zhao Xingguang also shouted loudly: "There is also smoke and dust ahead..."
Li Changsheng was shocked when he heard this. He quickly turned around and raised his telescope to look. After a while, a smile appeared on his face and he said: "It's the brother from the right sentry in my department. He must have got the message and returned to the army to rescue me."
wait."
He then shouted: "Quickly, sound the blunderbuss and guide the right sentry Zuo Qinghe in the direction, lest they accidentally enter the front of the Tatar army."
The signal cannons used by Huwei camp at night are all specially made. The special smoke and distinctive sound of the signal bombs fired can be seen from a long distance.
The blunderbuss fired by the Huwei camp will explode twice in the air, emitting special smoke of different colors. Red indicates that this is a battlefield, green indicates that it is safe and passable, and black indicates that the situation is unknown.
It is not appropriate to move forward.
After all, due to the limitations of technology and raw materials of this era, it is very difficult to do this. Although the smoke it emits is easy to identify, it is also easy to disperse and cannot stay in the air for a long time.
After several strange sound of "... bang... bang... bang..." several strange muskets were heard.
Li Changsheng immediately ordered Liu Shouzhu to lead the slightly injured Yebushou men, guard the wounded soldiers and some captured soldiers, and quickly retreat towards the right sentry Zuo Qinghe River.
And he, together with Sentinel Wan Guangjin, led the soldiers who had not gathered for more than thirty nights, and formed a circular formation here, also with many horses forming a circle.
Fifteen of them dismounted, holding long blunderbuss, and poked their muzzles out of the gaps in the circular formation, ready to shoot.
The remaining Yebushou, led by Li Changsheng and Wan Guangjin, were nervously and orderly loading their short muskets with ammunition in preparation for the upcoming battle, and then mounted their horses to fire slaves.
Zhang Jintai is also loading his short gun carefully. It can be seen that his movements are very skillful, which shows that he usually works hard. Moreover, his ears are still shaking from time to time, and he seems to be listening intently to his daughter He'an.