From Mishui to the west, the road leading to Zhucheng passes through a series of hills and ravines.
Most of these hills are the remnants of Mount Tai and Mount Yi, and are spaced at random intervals. The valleys in between are mostly gentle, forming strip plains of varying sizes, with shallow pits and ravines scattered among them.
Qiu Huiluo led more than a hundred elite men and chased them on horseback for a while, then switched to walking. When they were about to catch up with the defeated troops led by Yao Yun, it was already dark.
The temperature suddenly cooled down at night. Although there was no wind, moisture floated in the air, making the soldiers' hair and clothes become cold and moist. Qiu Huiluo planned to follow the deserters and sneak into the cities, so he did not hold any torches along the way, and deliberately threw away many of his military robes and armor, only secretly carrying a short sword.
As a result, it was a bit painful to feel hot while running, and to feel cold all over after taking a short rest.
Some of the red-coated troops who were at the rear were defeated and were not alert when they saw someone coming from behind. They were originally just farmers who rebelled out of despair.
Some people simply sat down or lay down, panting, and asked: "Where is Ding Haijun now?"
Qiu Huiluo was Guo Ning's colleague when he was in Changzhou, but he was not from Changzhou. His ancestral home was Shandong, but he was forcibly recruited to the frontier during the Taihe period. At this moment, he showed off his accent from the Xu and Pei areas and said loudly: "It's amazing! I don't know how many people are behind me. I'll catch up soon." !”
The defeated soldiers lying on the ground quickly stood up and shouted: "Quickly leave!"
After walking for a long time between wild fields and abandoned field ridges, it started to get foggy.
The mist is like an endless veil, blocking the view, covering the hillsides, woods, distant ponds and roads.
Although Qiu Huiluo and others have changed into the uniforms of the red coat army, their fierce and fierce aura is still there. More than a hundred people responded back and forth, as if they were a powerful force, so many people walked and ran, and slowly gathered around the group of people, and they actually seemed to use them as their backbone.
Qiu Huiluo did not refuse. He had already planned that if Yao Yun entered the city and reorganized his defense, he would use these people as cover.
I walked like this for half an hour, one foot deep and one shallow, one foot at a time, and finally stepped onto the road again. In the mist, everyone could vaguely see the walls of Zhucheng. They seemed to hear the chatter of soldiers inside and outside the city gates. After walking a few steps, they even smelled the smell of food.
The defeated soldiers were all overjoyed and ran forward quickly.
Several Ding Haijun officers secretly glanced at Qiu Huiluo. Qiu Huiluo signaled everyone to stay vigilant and quickened their pace slightly.
Are such preparations made in Zhucheng?
After the city's guard general Guo Jiaoer left for Pizhou, wasn't there no one in the city to take charge of the situation?
Taking a few steps closer, Qiu Huiluo even saw soldiers on both sides of the road, armed with swords and guns, lined up on guard.
Who is here to meet the defeated troops? Yao Yun has such ability?
Qiu Huiluo kept walking, but turned towards the forest beside the road and stepped into the cover of the trees. His subordinates naturally followed closely, and several defeated soldiers of the Red Coat Army also followed in confusion.
Immediately, several more subordinates reached into their arms and grasped the handle of the knife, standing behind them as if inadvertently.
At this moment, the sound of fighting suddenly rang out from the direction where Qiu Huiluo came.
Qiu Huiluo was shocked.
But on both sides of the road ahead, the red-coat soldiers who were on alert all smiled, and many even shouted excitedly: "Fourth Lady is taking action!"
The defenders of various cities cheered.
Li Ting complained repeatedly.
His men did suffer some casualties in the previous confrontation with Yao Yun's men. In addition, many of the horses were so tired that they stumbled and broke their legs while running.
After Qiu Huiluo set off, Li Ting spent some time reorganizing his troops, eliminating some of the soldiers who were unable to continue fighting, and arranged for the soldiers to have some simple meals. In addition, he collected all the horses left on the battlefield and fed them some food. Fine material.
Although he is young, he is a veteran in the army. Even if he is eager to make meritorious deeds, he will not neglect it.
When everything was ready, less than half an hour passed before he urged the army to advance.
The previous delay was to give the soldiers room to rest, but the current rush was in the hope of arriving nearby at the same time Qiu Huiluo arrived at Zhucheng.
Ding Haijun's cavalry arrived at midnight, which would definitely cause panic in the city, and Qiu Huiluo could take advantage of the chaos to make a difference. This is the old routine in Tangluo, Hebei Province.
But I never thought that after walking half way, I just arrived at a long and narrow plain, and I heard the sound of clappers on the slopes on both sides, arrows shot down like locusts, and fist-sized gravel crashed down. .
The cavalry chased all the way, and the entire team naturally stretched into a long winding snake. Suddenly attacked by arrows and stones, many cavalrymen fell down in a hurry and unprepared.
Speeding at night, how could the people behind you have time to react?
In the blink of an eye, the rear head collided with the front head, causing a large group of people to roll over. The officer was still shouting, and the horse further behind was tripped again. The horse knelt down on its front hooves, and its rider fell from the front.
There were many fallen men and horses, and they were in a mess. Your spear pierced my horse's back, and my horse's legs broke his ribs. Then there were muffled groans and miserable howls.
Some of the knights also reacted quickly. Many people in the rear immediately rode their horses and rushed into the wilderness. There were also knights in the front who reined in their horses and came back. They drew their bows and nocked arrows to shoot high up.
But what they fell into was a specially arranged encirclement led by Yang Miaozhen and thousands of people!
The bangs kept ringing, and the arrows missed one after another. In this late night, the archers could only see a small part of the lake under the moonlight, not to mention the heavy fog. However, the knights rolled down a little denser, and the archers of the red coat army missed their arrows and aimed at them. When shooting in that direction, almost every arrow hit something.
Several particularly brave Dinghai knights jumped off their horses and climbed up on foot. And they were immediately besieged by several times more red-coated soldiers, and within a moment, they were stabbed to death one after another.
The Red Coat Army is indeed loose. After Yang An'er died, the hearts of most of the soldiers also dispersed.
What's ridiculous is that at this time, the one who helped Yang Miaozhen maintain the last bit of his troops was the Jin army that kept attacking. They regard the disintegrated Red Coat Army as a military achievement, as a source of heads, and as targets for killing.
And this kind of fear that was deliberately aroused also became a temper.
Among the tens of thousands of red-coated troops, there will always be some ruthless people who are desperate to fight; among so many people who have long been in despair, there will always be some who will never let go of their hatred for Dai Jin and will never bend their knees and beg for mercy.
To a certain extent, this defeat allowed Yang Miaozhen to select truly tough steel from countless impurities.
In the past few days, she has been gathering such ruthless people from the defeated soldiers to form a team that dares to fight.
The team she brought to Mizhou was such a team that would not give in even if they were in dire straits. Even though more than 2,000 defeated troops in Zhucheng were reunited, the number of this army was still small.
But they are much stronger than the Red Coat Army imagined by Li Ting and others!
When Li Ting sent his troops south this time, he focused on quick action, swift attacks, and surprise. A normal army would inevitably collapse in panic when faced with such a sudden enemy. What's more, the Red Coat Army knew about Yang An'er's death and knew that the once-prominent Red Coat Army regime no longer existed... They should have collapsed at the first touch.
But Li Ting never imagined that the fourth wife, Yang Miaozhen, would rise up in this situation.
When Yang Miaozhen arrived with his troops, the Red Coat Army had a new backbone!
The Fourth Lady was right, she had fallen to the deepest bottom, the sea of blood had reached her neck, and the Jurchen's knife was already drawn on her forehead! What's the use of being afraid at this time? Since it's useless, what are you afraid of? Anyway, this fight is just for fun!
Then let's kill them quickly... First kill these group of Dingjun thieves who are taking advantage of Marshal Yang's death to reap benefits!
Li Ting reacted very quickly. As soon as he heard the sound of the arrow hitting the air, he turned over and dismounted.
Immediately, his horse was hit by four or five arrows one after another, and died wailing.
He took a few guards to the back of the queue, trying to gather the chaotic knights. With his power, he quickly gathered more than a hundred people and piled the corpses of the horses together as a cover.
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But there were ambushes on the high slopes on both sides of the valley, making it really difficult to hold on. Li Ting often leaned forward to direct, but if he wasn't paying attention, he would be hit by an arrow in his shoulder.
These are not ordinary light arrows or bamboo arrows, but heavy armor-piercing arrows commonly used by the Jurchen Meng'an army to defeat the army.
The three-inch-wide and seven-inch-long cluster of chisel-like arrows instantly pierced through his shoulders and almost came out of his body. Li Ting snorted coldly and staggered back, blood gushing from his shoulders.
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