At dusk, the south bank of the Daqing River.
Jing Sergu, the Niulu Zhang with a red flag in Manzhou, paced back and forth irritably, roaring loudly at the subordinates around him from time to time.
After being ordered to go north by the general, each banner packed up the plundered people, money, food and materials and loaded them into vehicles, and followed the main force of troops and horses to march north. All the seizures with red flags were escorted by Niuluzhangjingseergu.
When the army marched to the bank of the Daqing River, the bridge across the river was in disrepair. The army had not passed very far before danger appeared. Each department of the Qing army had to show its magic, either riding horses and swimming across the river, or using the cowhide they carried. Raft over, or swim directly over. Anyway, the weather this year is hot and rainless, and the water volume of Daqing River is already very little.
However, the more than 300 people led by Sergu were unable to cross the river. After all, they were escorting the capture of Manchuria with a red flag. The more than three hundred Qing troops were fine, but the thousands of captive Ming people and dozens of carts of money, food and supplies were unable to swim across and had to wait for ships to transport them.
In this way, Du Du ordered Sergu to lead his troops to stay here, and sent people to search for ships to cross the river, and then chase the main troops.
"It's been a day, where is the ship!"
After waiting for a long time, Bashiku, who was sent out to look for ships, came back sweating profusely, but failed to find even a single ship.
"Sir, there are no people in this area for dozens of miles, let alone ships. It's hard to find a small one."
Sergu roared angrily: "Without a boat, what will happen to these prisoners, money and food? Throw them all into the river!"
"Sir, let's build a bridge. Although it's slower, it's better than waiting."
Sergu thought for a while and said: "Okay, go cut down the trees and build a bridge immediately!"
More than three hundred soldiers with red flags were busy. Under the scorching sun, these Tatar soldiers were shirtless, sweating profusely, cutting down trees, and then throwing the trees into the river. Some Tatar soldiers who knew how to swim jumped into the river and dug up sections of wooden stakes. Insert it into the river bed and build the wooden bridge bit by bit.
Sergu found a shady place and sat under a big tree. He also took off his armor, but he was still sweating profusely. There was a pig tail dragging on his bald head, and beads of sweat kept leaving his braid. A pool of sweat soon accumulated on the ground.
At this time, Nabo Shiku ran over and said with a flattering face: "Look, sir, the bridge piles have been completed one after another. If you wait a little longer, we can start laying the bridge slabs."
"Well, hurry up."
"嗻!"
Nabo Shiku said: "Sir, we haven't left Shandong yet. Should we send some scouts out to prevent the Ming army from raiding?"
Sergu disagreed and said: "What are you afraid of! Liu Yan and Lu Xiangsheng's troops have returned to Jinan Fucheng. Apart from them, how can other Ming troops have the courage to launch a surprise attack?"
"That, that's true."
"The rest of the Ming army are all soft-legged shrimps and are nothing to worry about."
"Best regards, sir!"
Sergu looked at the sky, and then said: "Go over there and find some beautiful men and women."
"hey-hey!"
Bashiku said with a lewd smile: "I understand, sir. I'll do it later."
Then Bashiku walked towards the place where the people were being guarded, and shouted to a few prisoners: "You guys, hurry up and set up a tent for me, hurry up!"
When Bashiku came to the place where the people were guarded by the river, thousands of people suddenly became commotion, and many women lowered their heads and huddled behind their companions.
Bashiku looked around, and then found a few young and beautiful girls in the crowd. He pointed at the crowd, and then a few foot soldiers behind him rushed into the crowd, roughly dragged a few girls and walked out. .
"Help!"
"Dad, save me!"
The people around him stepped forward to stop him, and more people looked at all this with fear in their eyes.
"Bastard Aha, you're looking for death!"
A grunt was hugged by the leg by the old man next to him. The old man kept begging for mercy, hoping to let his granddaughter go.
However, this move angered the Qing army's infantry. The infantry pulled out a pick knife and cut the old man's head with one blow. Blood splattered everywhere. The people around him were sprayed with hot blood on their heads and faces, and they were suddenly frightened. The people screamed and backed away.
The girl who was dragged by the armor let out a scream and threw herself on the old man's headless body, crying miserably.
"Go away!"
Bujia ignored it, grabbed the girl's long hair, and strode out. The people along the way no longer dared to stop her, either angry or sad. Everyone looked at the wailing girl, and no one stopped. Dare to step forward.
Suddenly, there was a roar in the distance, and the infantryman looked to the south in surprise, only to see an army of iron cavalry appearing on the periphery at an unknown time, charging towards them at full speed.
"Ming Army!"
At this time, there were only a dozen Tatar soldiers with red flags on alert outside. Seeing thousands of Ming army cavalry, they were stunned and shot a few arrows, then turned and ran away.
Nabo Shiku yelled, and ran away in panic with the Tatar soldiers who were robbing the beautiful women. They gathered people and horses along the way to prepare to form a formation to resist.
Thousands of people were dumbfounded when they saw this. Where did these officers and soldiers come from? How dare they attack these Tatar soldiers?
"Wan Sheng!"
Suddenly, a commoner raised his arms and shouted, and then thousands of people cheered. The dozens of Tatar soldiers guarding them yelled angrily and kept beating the people around them with their weapons.
"Folks, the army is here and they are fighting against the dog Tatars!"
“Kill the Tartars!”
Thousands of people saw the Ming army coming, and they immediately felt confident. They immediately surrounded dozens of Tatar soldiers with red flags. Although the people were unarmed, they were beaten and kicked, and after paying the price of hundreds of people, , actually knocked down all the dozens of Tatar soldiers. After being punched and stamped on, the dozens of Tatar soldiers turned into dozens of fishy pools of rotten flesh and blood.
At this time, Chief Qian Xu Ming led more than a thousand cavalry battalion soldiers to rush in and directly penetrated the temporary camp of more than 300 Qing troops, giving these Qing troops no chance to successfully form their formation.
At the same time, three thousand cavalrymen led by General Lu Huaiying, who was supervising Biao Camp, came straight towards thousands of people and rescued them on the spot.
General Xu Tonghui led two thousand cavalry from the Fubiao Battalion to rush to the other side and began to surround and annihilate more than a hundred Tatar soldiers with red flags guarding money, food and supplies.
Sergu was dumbfounded as he watched thousands of Ming army cavalry approaching. Especially when he saw the flags of the new Lingshan Guards, the Governor of Shandong, and the Governor of Shandong, he immediately exclaimed: "Lu Xiangsheng, Liu Yanbu!"
Sergu didn't have the courage to fight at all. There were only more than 300 people, even if they were all vests and white baga soldiers, it was difficult to fight against the thousands of elite cavalry of Lu Xiangsheng and Liu Yan.
So amid the intensive sound of gunshots and fighting, Sergu gave the order to retreat. The remaining more than a hundred Tatar soldiers with red flags gathered on their horses. It was impossible to cross the river at this time. Sergu made a prompt decision and led the remaining soldiers to flee towards the west.
However, before everyone ran far, they saw a large army appearing in front of them, forming a strict square formation and pressing towards them. The flag was clearly that of the left camp of the new Lingshan Guard Army.
In the south, more officers and soldiers of the new Lingshan Guard Army also formed a phalanx to fight. At this time, Sergu's troops had been completely surrounded. There was no way to go from heaven to earth. Everyone's face was very ugly, and they all looked at Sergu.
"Go north and swim across the river!"
Everyone rushed to the Daqing River on horseback. A dozen Tatar soldiers who were running slowly were killed on the spot by the bird gunmen from the Zhongying camp. The fierce sound of the bird gun made Sergu and others feel scared. I didn't dare to look back at all, I just rode my horse as fast as I could.
When Sergu got off his horse and came to the river, there were only sixty or seventy people left around him, and his subordinate Bashiku had also disappeared. He didn't know whether he had been beaten to death or had gone elsewhere in the chaos. .
At this time, everyone did not speak. They took off their armors one after another, even discarded their weapons, and then jumped into the river like dumplings in a pot.
Immediately afterwards, Teng Jianghe, the right commander of the Central Battalion, arrived with his troops. More than 400 soldiers saw the armors and clothes on the ground, as well as dozens of Tatar soldiers splashing in the river. They all laughed and pointed. It seemed like they were watching the fun.
Sergu looked back and saw hundreds of Lingshan Guards' new troops laughing wildly on the shore. His face suddenly turned red and white. He followed the banner master to fight in the north and south. What a scene he had never seen before. , I have never been so embarrassed like today, like an animal, being teased by the Ming army!
However, Sergu's hands and feet did not stop, but moved a little faster, because Teng Jianghe had already assembled more than two hundred gunmen from the right commander to line up, and then aimed at the Tatar soldiers in the river and started firing volleys.
"Ready! Release!"
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
"Load!"
"put!"
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Round after round of volleys suddenly made the river splash, as if it was boiling.
Sergu and dozens of Tatar soldiers who were swimming had nowhere to hide, so they were shot and killed in the river. In the blink of an eye, the river was dyed red with blood, and dozens of people, including Sergu, sank into the river one after another. , disappeared.
Upon seeing this, Teng Jianghe said with regret, "What a pity. Dozens of heads have sunk."
At this time, the battle was over. Liu Yan led the Lingshan Guard battalions to rest on the spot, and then rode their horses to the river.
General Lu Huaiying appeased the people and sent people to count the people. On the other side, General Xu Tonghui was also leading people to count the seized money, food and materials.
Liu Yan rushed over on horseback, and Lu Huaiying and Xu Tonghui both came over, their faces full of joy.
"Haha, Commander Liu is here. Look, this is another great victory!"
Xu Tonghui also smiled and said: "Commander Liu, look at these seizures and population..."
Liu Yan looked around, and then asked in a low voice: "I wonder how the two generals are doing with their inventory?"
Lu Huaiying and Xu Tonghui looked at each other, and then Lu Huaiying took the lead and said: "There are more than 7,400 people captured by slave thieves here. It will take time to find out the specific situation, how many men, women, and children there are. Further inventory.”
Xu Tonghui said: "All the people's treasures and treasures looted by the slaves and thieves are here. Time is limited. Now we only count more than 129,000 taels of silver, more than 300 taels of gold, 194,000 shi of grain, and the remaining cloth, jewelry, and clothes." There’s no point waiting for supplies.”
Liu Yan nodded, looked at the expectant expressions of Lu Huaiying and Xu Tonghui, and said with a smile: "We captured more than 220 heads of slave thieves in this battle. I think they are all counted on the two generals."
"Haha, how can this be so embarrassing?"
"Commander Liu is so righteous, I admire him so much, I admire him so much!"
Liu Yan exchanged some greetings with Lu Huaiying and Xu Tonghui, and then said: "As for the money and food, I, the Lingshan Guard, don't want it. However, the two generals have worked hard and made great achievements. Each of them will give some back, which can be regarded as a reward for the soldiers. Count the rest and take them with you. How about we go back and do the business?"
Lu Huaiying and Xu Tonghui suddenly became excited. Liu Yan was so generous. They were thinking of asking Liu Yan to keep some money together. Now that Liu Yan has directly stated that he does not want money, what does he want?
Lu Huaiying asked: "Then what does Commander Liu mean? With so much money, it doesn't hurt to take some."
Liu Yan said with a smile: "Forget the money, but I want to take those captured people back to Lingshan Guard. The two generals should know that our Lingshan Guard has few people with thalassemia, and we need these people to open up wasteland and cultivate land."
Lu Huaiying said: "Commander Liu, don't worry. After returning, I will definitely suggest to the governor that all these people be moved to Lingshan Guard for resettlement."
Xu Tonghui said: "At present, the area around Jinan City is being poisoned by an army of slaves and thieves. Naturally, it is impossible to resettle these people. Being able to move to Lingshan Guard can be regarded as a contribution to the country. After I return, I will also suggest it to Mr. Futai. Commander Liu will Don’t worry.”
Some people died, but not completely...
