On the peak on the left side of Yaoshan Mountain Road, the conduct officer Li Jiwen looked nervously at the opposite side. From the peak on the right, there were shouts from time to time. They were the voices of more than a thousand soldiers and horses from the Qianhu Station in front of Xiahe Village. At this time, there was no need to stay up all night. He went to investigate, and Li Jiwen also knew that the Qing soldiers must have killed him!
"My lord, the soldiers from all departments have been assembled. Please give me the order."
Hu Zongming was a little impatient at this time and came over again to urge.
Li Jiwen glanced at Hu Zongming, and finally sighed, the battle was still lost.
So Li Jiwen nodded, and under the protection of Hu Zongming, he mounted his war horse and led his troops to prepare to retreat to Qingzhou City for garrison.
"I don't know what the superior officials in Qingzhou City will do to me when I go back this time."
Li Jiwen felt despair when he thought about his future official career. He secretly thought that it would be better for him to directly run into the Qing army and die in battle, and still gain a good reputation as a "martyr for his country".
Suddenly, the soldiers and horses in front began to run back, and they crowded together with the soldiers and horses of Zhongqianhu Institute led by Ji Xianhai in front, and suddenly became a mess.
"The army is marching without any rules. How unbecoming is this! Send someone to reprimand him immediately..."
Li Jiwen scolded dissatisfiedly, and suddenly heard words such as "The Qing army has arrived" and "The army has been defeated" coming from the front, and his face suddenly became very ugly.
Hu Zongming saw the opportunity quickly and hurriedly grabbed the reins of Li Jiwen's horse and said loudly: "Sir, there are Ji Qianhu and Tang Qianhu in front of you. I'd better protect you and leave first."
"Well, that's right!"
At this time, Li Jiwen had already put aside the idea of "fighting and dying for the country". Under the protection of Hu Zongming and his troops, he directly bypassed the front army and ran down the mountain in embarrassment.
At this time, the soldiers and horses of Jiaozhou Guard Qianhu Station and Zhongqianhu Station were still in chaos in front. Defense Officer Ji Xianhai and Guard Officer Tang Jingming were still maintaining the situation. They suddenly discovered that Conduct Officer Li Jiwen was supposed to be supervising the battle from behind. The commander's flag was nowhere to be seen, and the two men immediately began to curse and hurriedly led their troops to run away.
The Qing army Zhuanda did not expect that there were so many Ming troops in the mountains on both sides. There were three or four thousand people, but they were easily dispersed by his more than thirty cavalry. At this time, the Ming troops here did not fight. And the collapse spread all over the mountains and plains, making the Qing army Zhuanda and a group of vests and coats howl loudly with excitement, forgetting the previous beatings by Liu Yan's troops.
"Haha, this is what Akito should look like!"
Zhuanda of the Qing army led his troops to charge and kill for a while. The spear in his hand was stained red with blood. He was tired of hacking at the ordinary Ming soldiers who were fleeing for their lives. Instead, he led his troops to look for big targets in the crowds and mountains and forests. These more than thirty Qing cavalrymen were skilled in riding skills and could gallop very fast in the mountains and forests, and soon caught up with Li Jiwen's troops.
"That's a Ming army commander, follow me and kill him quickly!"
Regarding the official positions of the Ming army, the Qing army was also very clear about it. After all, these Tatars were originally foreign Hu people who were accepted by the Ming Dynasty, and they had been guarding the border for the Ming Dynasty in Liaodong for a long time. They were rebels of the Ming Dynasty, so they naturally knew the rank of the Ming army. system.
So the Qing army Zhuanda led his troops to chase after him. At this time, Li Jiwen and Hu Zongming found the Qing army's cavalry chasing after them. They were frightened to death. The accompanying Dunjun and servants also screamed and ran away in the blink of an eye. A lot.
Fortunately, the servants Li Jiwen brought this time were all well-fed with money. Facing the pursuit of the Qing army, most of the servants were able to protect Li Jiwen and continue to run away.
Soon everyone came to a cliff, where the terrain was steep and easy to defend, so Li Jiwen hurriedly directed everyone to rely on the terrain to block the Qing army.
Those servants were all carrying bows and arrows, and they were firing their bows and arrows from a high position, which actually prevented the Qing cavalry behind them from rushing up easily. Li Jiwen took advantage of this moment and said loudly: "Put up my flag!"
"My lord, you must not do this!"
Hu Zongming hurriedly stopped him: "Those Tatar soldiers may rush away and leave. Sir, please don't reveal your identity!"
"Confused!"
Li Jiwen scolded: "Look, those Tatar soldiers have dismounted and are preparing to fight on foot. They must have seen that there is a high official among us. Are they willing to give up? If we raise the banner of our official, maybe we can still cause a rout." With our troops and horses, we still have a glimmer of hope!"
Hu Zongming hurriedly set up the flag. When he looked back, he found that thirty or forty Qing troops had dispersed and were charging forward with all their strength.
"Shoot the arrows, shoot the arrows!"
Hu Zongming roared in fear. At this time, Li Jiwen and Hu Zongming were surrounded by hundreds of people, including more than a hundred well-equipped servants, but they were surrounded by more than thirty Qing troops on the cliff. This scene was really weird.
At this time, on the cliff, all the soldiers with bows and arrows were struggling to release arrows, but those Qing soldiers were carrying round shields, especially the dozen or so vests rushing at the front, each wearing two layers of heavy armor. , the arrows fired by the Ming army basically had no results, they just heightened the atmosphere.
"put!"
The two sides were thirty steps apart. The Qing army gave an order, and more than thirty Qing soldiers began to fire. More than thirty arrows fell into the crowd at various angles, causing a scream.
The Qing army mostly used strong bows and heavy arrows, and specifically aimed at the enemy's face, neck, heart and other parts. Once shot by the Tatars, it was basically a narrow escape.
In this round of shooting, more than 20 people in the Ming army were shot and killed, and almost all of them were servants, which immediately caused the morale of the Ming army to fall to the bottom.
When Li Jiwen saw this, he also fell into deep despair. Then he drew his sword and shouted at Hu Zongming: "We are in a desperate situation today. We must fight to the death, otherwise you and I will die without a burial place!"
Hu Zongming's eyes were red, and he was forced to show a trace of blood. He said loudly: "Okay! I will follow you and fight to the death."
At this time, the Qing army had already rushed forward. Li Jiwen and Hu Zongming mustered up their last courage to supervise the battle from the front. They commanded hundreds of servants and Dunjun troops to fight without retreating for four battles. They even ended up in a draw with the Qing army. The two sides were in a stalemate for a while. Below the cliff.
Almost at the same time, Liu Yan led the rear sentry, middle sentry, left sentry, right sentry and personal guard sentry to the peak on the right side of the mountain road. After weighing the situation, Liu Yan still left the cavalry sentry led by Xu Ming in the mountain road to guard the wounded, and replaced the rear sentry led by Wang Yue.
At this time, looking at the corpses on the ground, especially Zhang Hailin's corpse in the grass, Liu Yan's face looked extremely ugly.
Although Liu Yan knew that the Ming army was unable to fight, he never imagined that more than a thousand people would be bullied like this by more than 30 Qing cavalry. Not only were the soldiers killed heavily, but even the generals were killed. Such an army It is made entirely of sand and will fall apart when the wind blows!
"You haven't replied yet?"
Liu Yan asked in a serious tone, and Miao Shao said: "Not yet, but it should be soon. It's not too far from the mountain on the left."
As soon as he finished speaking, several people who stayed overnight came on horseback, bringing bad news to Liu Yan: the Qing army cavalry had defeated the conduct officer Li Jiwen's troops, and now Li Jiwen's flag was on the left side of the mountain. On a cliff, they were being besieged by a Qing army cavalry of more than thirty people.
Liu Yan frowned and asked, "How many soldiers and horses might you see around Mr. Li?"
"A few hundred people or so."
Miao Shao, Wang Yue, Wang Bo, Zhang Yi, and Shen Tuo all showed a trace of contempt after hearing this. Even if hundreds of pigs were cornered, they could knock down more than thirty Qing troops and trample them to death. A hundred fully armed soldiers were surrounded and beaten, which is ridiculous even to say it.
Liu Yan also frowned, but there was no time to think too much at this time. Zhang Hailin, the defense officer, was already dead, and another conduct officer must not die. This battle was a real defeat, no matter how much gains were made!
"Every sentry is immediately on alert and marching towards the left wing!"
Liu Yan gave the order, and the sentries began to march in groups, and soon they came to the left-wing mountain. Li Jiwen's big flag was still planted on the cliff. The weather was hot and windless, and the big flag seemed to be beaten by frost. Like eggplants, drooping feebly.
When Liu Yan heard the sound of fighting in front of him, he couldn't help but feel relieved. It seemed that although Li Jiwen was not good at leading troops, he still had some elite soldiers around him. After all, he could sit in the seat of the conduct officer without some support around him.
"The sentries were immediately deployed, from left to right, in order, the rear sentry, the middle sentry, the left sentry, and the right sentry. The guard sentry was the reserve team. The entire army pressed forward. We must wipe out this group of Tatar soldiers!"
Liu Yan gave the order, and more than 900 people in the five posts were quickly deployed. Each post lined up according to the infantry drill, with spearmen and sword and shield men in front. After the gunmen had finished loading, they followed closely behind, with one The flag is a small formation, and several small formations form a large horizontal formation.
"attack!"
Seeing that the horizontal formation was taking shape, Liu Yan ordered an attack. More than 900 people advanced in unison. The drum and trumpeters of each department blew the horns to boost morale with powerful beats and at the same time control the speed of the army.
On the cliff, Qing army Zhuanda, Li Jiwen, and Hu Zongming discovered the approaching Liu Yan's troops almost at the same time. Both sides were surprised.
"It's Liu Yan and Liu Baihu!"
Li Jiwen laughed excitedly and said: "Let me tell you, Liu Baihu has thousands of elite soldiers, how could he be defeated by more than a hundred Tatars? These Tatars must have slipped through the net, and our army will win this battle!"
When Hu Zongming heard this, he immediately realized that Li Jiwen was describing the defeat of his troops as a battle to hunt down the enemy's fish that slipped through the net, so he echoed: "Your Excellency, you used the risk of your own life as bait, and this is how you attracted the Tatars." The soldiers' ability to slip through the net will be admired by my subordinates!"
"Um!"
At this time, Li Jiwen was in a good mood. Although one or two thousand soldiers and horses were defeated, they were ordinary Dunjun soldiers, and they would not feel bad if they died. As long as his servants were there, everything was fine.
Just when Li Jiwen's mood improved sharply, the Qing army's Zhuanda's mood plummeted to the bottom.
"It's the Ming army from Shandao!" 33
"quick……"
Before the Qing army Zhuanda finished his sentence, Liu Yan issued the order to fire a volley. More than 400 gunmen opened fire at the same time. The unprecedented intensity of firepower enveloped more than 30 Qing troops in an instant. , those brave and skilled Qing army vests had cut down countless Ming army soldiers, but they were still unscathed, but at this time they were beaten into pieces by the Ming army in the distance.
The same was true for Zhuanda of the Qing army. Not only was his body wearing three layers of heavy armor pierced by lead bullets in more than a dozen places, but his bare head was also hit by two lead bullets. His face was covered in blood and flesh, and it was no longer visible. The original ugly appearance.
After a burst of smoke, more than 30 Qing troops fell into a pool of blood. The more than 300 Ming troops who survived on the cliff looked at Liu Yan's troops in stunned silence. Li Jiwen and Hu Zongming subconsciously swallowed their saliva and thought to themselves: "Is this still the Ming Army?"
Liu Yan, on the other hand, looked at the corpses of the Qing soldiers happily, and said to himself with raised corners of his mouth: "This is the best way to be happy, this is the battle I want!"
Some people died, but not completely...
