"Shang Zhixin's formation will kill Duolong here. Who dares to fight to the death? Wow!"
Shang Zhixin was shouting at the top of his lungs, while dancers and spears were rushing back and forth among the crowd of Qing soldiers outside Wuhu City. It was as if he was in a deserted land. The more than 100 Shang family cavalry who followed him had originally gone into battle with great hatred for the Manchu Dynasty and determination to die. When they saw Shang Zhixin being as fierce as a tiger rushing into a herd of sheep, they all turned into soldiers and descended the mountain. Like a ferocious tiger, he rode a war horse, roaring and charging into the crowd, almost pouncing on him and biting someone.
These are more than a hundred armored lancers!
Moreover, the Qing army was caught off guard. They were originally ambushing in Wuhu City or behind the banks of the Yangtze River and the Yangtze River. They did not form a spear formation that could resist the cavalry charge, and they did not expect that the Geng family (Shang family) cavalry was so brave. , and suddenly fell into great chaos.
And where has Duolong seen such a battle? How could this Shang Zhixin be more vicious than Ao Bai? When he captured Obei that day, the number one Manchurian Batulu didn't do this either! Moreover, he was also clamoring to kill him with a formation, Duolong. There was clearly no formation slaying, so how could he talk nonsense?
"To control multiple armies, we can't let Shang Zhixin continue to talk nonsense like this!"
When Duolong didn't know what to do, Li Guangdi beside him finally made a suggestion!
Duolong turned around and glanced at him: "I also know that I can't let him yell blindly, but he doesn't listen to me!"
"Zhijun, you should show up and take command!" Li Guangdi said loudly, "We who were hiding outside the city were caught off guard by Shang. Leader Mang couldn't control the troops for a while. If the Geng family army's brigade took advantage of the situation and killed them, If you cross the floating bridge, the consequences will be disastrous!"
As he spoke, Li Guangdi raised his hand and pointed at the eight thousand Geng troops who were approaching quickly on the official road on the south bank of the Yangtze River!
Duolong looked in the direction of his finger. It was a good thing that he didn't look, but at the first glance, his hair stood up. He only saw large groups of heavily armed Geng Jun infantry and cavalry, rushing towards the pontoon bridge on the long river. They didn't look like they were coming to the battlefield, but more like they were coming to pick up money. There are 4,000 Eight Banners soldiers here in Wuhu. ah! Are you so vulnerable in their eyes?
When Duolong was stunned, Li Guangdi had already reacted and shouted loudly to Duolong's Goshiha: "Hurry up and help the Duolong Army stand up. Hurry up and put up the festival and recognition flags of the Duolong Army!" Come and shout with me: Multiple armies are here! The traitors should stop being so rampant!"
There were still a few people among the Goshihars under Duolong who knew that the situation was critical. Without waiting for the frightened Duolong to react, they rushed over to straighten his lying body and raised his face again. Duolong's recognition flag and the Governor's Day flag, and then a group of Goshiha shouted together: "The multi-system army is here! The traitors should stop being rampant!"
At this time, the Eight Banners soldiers who had been ambushed outside Wuhu City finally recovered a little. It turned out that Duolong, a corrupt official, did not let Shang Zhixin hack him to death, and he did not escape from the battle. He seems to be quite calm and can be supported by others to stand on the city wall. I wonder if he fell off his horse during the fight with Monk Zhixin and injured his legs and feet?
Shang Zhixin was rampaging among the Qing troops and was ready to kill. Suddenly he heard "Duo Zhi Army is here", and he followed the sound and found Duo Long!
Duolong was hiding on the city wall. How to fight? The war horse can't charge forward! Shang Zhixin thought about it: Oh, yes, I have learned archery!
Remembering that he could also shoot, Shang Zhixin quickly put the carbine on his shoulder (the carbine was tied with a rope and could be carried on his back), then rode his horse towards the city wall, took out his bow and arrows, and when he saw that the distance was almost the same, he stretched out his bow. The arrow was aimed at Duolong, and it hit Duolong right in the heart!
Duolong felt something hit his chest. When he looked down, he suddenly found an arrow hanging on his official uniform. He was immediately frightened and felt a warm and wet sensation in his crotch. He was so shocked that he couldn't speak. There was only one thought in my mind: It’s over! An arrow pierced the heart and killed him!
When he thought that he had been shot to death, Doron suddenly lost the energy to run away and call for help. If someone hadn't been supporting him, he would have collapsed to the ground.
However, Duolong, who was hit by an arrow, did not cry or run. He stood there as if nothing had happened. His festival and recognition flags were still fluttering in the wind, which also boosted the morale of some Eight Banners soldiers below the city - - This Duolong looks very "bearish", but unexpectedly he still has the air of a general at the critical moment. Even though he was taken as a target, he was still calm and composed without any fear!
When Shang Zhixin saw that Duolong was not knocked down by the arrow, he knew that this guy must be wearing armor under his official uniform, probably more than one layer! So you can’t shoot in the body, you have to shoot in the face! This is called shooting someone in the face first!
Thinking of this, he took out another feather arrow and shot it at Duolong's big face. He missed!
Although Duolong's face is quite big, it is much smaller than his body. Moreover, Shang Zhixin's archery skills are actually not that good. He is not at the same level as Wang Fuchen, Wang Zhongxiao and others who are "Lu Bu". The arrow that hit Duolong's body just now was also blind, and now it is even more difficult to shoot him in the face. Maybe it's over. Several arrows missed in succession!
The Shang family cavalry who followed Shang Zhixin became a little anxious when they saw that their master had not even shot a few arrows at Duolong, so they all took out their bows and arrows to help Shang Zhixin shoot with him.
For a moment, it was like a rain of arrows!
And Duolong was already "dead". "Dead people" cannot move and are not afraid of death, so he just stood stiffly while Gong Shangzhixin and others continued to shoot.
But those archers seemed not very accurate. They shot dozens of arrows at Duolong, but none of them hit Duolong's big face.
However, Duolong's behavior of not being afraid of death greatly inspired the messy Eight Banners soldiers under the city wall. Immediately, a large group of people's fighting spirit was rekindled, and they rushed towards Shang Zhixin who was walking around and shooting arrows under the city wall.
And Duolong's Goshiha also reacted at this time, and also picked up his bow and arrow and shot at Shang Zhixin and others below the city.
Arrows were flying up and down the city, and the shooting was so lively, but it didn't cause many casualties.
On the one hand, the people on both sides were not very accurate in shooting arrows, and on the other hand, both sides were covered in armor. So you come and go, just feeling lonely. However, a few of the war horses ridden by the Shang family were not armored, and the arrows shot from the top of the city were pierced into their flesh, causing them to scream miserably.
Faced with arrows whizzing by and horses being hit by arrows from time to time, Shang Zhixin no longer dared to approach the city wall to shoot Duolong, so he had to put away his bow and arrows and continue to attack the Qing infantry. But at this time, there were already several "groups" approaching him with spears.
Although it was not a spear formation, Shang Zhixin still did not dare to charge forward forcefully, so he had to lead his cavalry to bypass these "groups" of spearmen, and this time around, the momentum was lost.
While Shang Zhixin and his men were approaching the city wall, firing arrows and walking around the Qing army's "lance group", the Qing army's ambush on the north bank of the Yangtze River, which was in chaos, also slowed down and began to form square formations that could resist the cavalry. The ambush troops in Wuhu City also rushed out of Wuhu City carrying long spears, muskets, and pushing cannons.
Of course, the Jiangning garrison flag army also had cavalry. They were also hiding in Wuhu City. They were originally intended to hunt down the Geng army who was ambushed and fled, but now they also rushed out together.
Now Shang Zhixin and the others were in a tough fight. After all, they only had more than a hundred riders, while the Qing army in Wuhu had more than 4,000 people!
But Shang Zhixin and others were also willing to risk their lives and did not consider escaping at all. They just rushed to the left on the north bank of the Changhe River. Although the Qing army had the advantage in numbers, they turned the ambush into a surprise attack. The scattered ambush troops fell into chaos. They were just fighting in groups and it was difficult to form a joint force. Therefore, they could not take down Shang Zhixin's hundreds of cavalry for a while. .
And just when the battle on the north bank of the Changhe River was about to last for a while, Liu Jinzhong had already commanded eight thousand Geng troops to rush to the edge of the Changhe Floating Bridge!
Mang Yitu, who had gathered three to five hundred people around him, had been paying attention to the situation on the Changhe pontoon. Now he saw that the enemy group was about to rush over, so he had to give an order to the Qing army below who had not stabilized yet - to quickly withdraw into Wuhu City. !
While leading his men to rush to the south bank of the Changhe pontoon bridge, they should form an array to resist to some extent!
A fierce battle between the two sides began immediately on the north bank of the Long Bridge!
The one leading the charge on Liu Jinzhong's side was not his old troops, but the flag army of Qian Xushun Duke Mansion led by Shang Shuying and Deng Guangming himself. Leading the charge of 200 cavalry was Deng Zhong, Deng Guangming's nephew!
Just like Shang Zhixin, he was wearing heavy armor and holding a spear. He rushed across the long bridge at the lead and crashed into the Qing army's infantry formation. Then his cavalry also stepped up without hesitation!
These were originally a little afraid of the Jiangning Banner Army, but what was ambushing outside Wuhu City was obviously not the Banner Army, but the weak Jiangnan Green Battalion—all wearing Green Battalion uniforms! Moreover, an ambush of two to three thousand people was thrown into chaos by Shang Zhixin's more than a hundred cavalry. This is a "weak chicken"!
So what are you afraid of? Just rush!
Mang Yitu also got on his horse at this time, carrying a long spear and leading a group of soldiers to charge forward, and they fought with Deng Zhong, and they were inseparable!
Not long after the two sides fought, Shang Shuying and Deng Guangming had already rushed up with their troops. These were a small number of 800 people, 200 of them were cavalry, and the rest were infantry wearing heavy armor. They were extremely capable of hand-to-hand combat. , now it was a smooth battle, and their wife personally led the charge. Naturally, everyone worked bravely, and soon the Qing army was forced to retreat steadily, and they were about to seize the bridgehead.
Mang Yitu also knew that the pontoon bridge must not be damaged, so while resisting the fierce general Deng Zhong, he loudly ordered the people around him: "Quickly, go and call for support."
What answered him was a harsh sound of gongs: "Dang, dang, dang."
Ming Jin retreats his troops!
The voice came from behind Mang Yitu. Duolong actually ordered a retreat!
Mang Yitu was already thinking of killing Duolong, but when the other Qing troops heard the gong, they all rushed towards the gate of Wuhu like an ebbing tide. Mang Yitu had no choice but to lead his soldiers to fight and retreat. Finally, relying on four legs to retreat faster than two legs, he rushed into Wuhu City. After entering the city, he immediately got off his horse and galloped away. After climbing the city wall, following Duolong's identification flag, he found Duolong, who had been protected by the Tengpai Corps.
Seeing Duolong, who was looking merciless and smelling like urine, Mang Yitu became furious. He didn't care about his official status and just asked loudly: "Why do you want to withdraw the troops at the expense of money?"
Duolong didn't argue with him. He just raised a trembling arm, pointed to the north, and said in a trembling voice: "You, see for yourself."
Mang Yitu looked in the direction of Duolong's finger, and his color suddenly changed.
All he saw was the sky in the north was filled with smoke and dust, and it was obvious that a large group of people were coming towards Wuhu!
"This is. Is this the Governor of Liangjiang's supervision and Jiangning's group training?"
"Not entirely," Li Guangtong, who was with Duolong, said, "Geng Jingzhong's 9,000-strong army circled to the north of Wuhu. The Jiangning regiment collapsed and fled to Jiangning City. Geng Jingzhong's men took the opportunity to capture many of the troops. They had no choice but to go to Wuhu, and Geng Jingzhong's people also followed. Mang Xieling, what should we do now?"
"Now."
As soon as Mang Yitu opened his mouth, a burst of earth-shaking cheers suddenly sounded from the south of Wuhu City: "Victory! Victory."
Mang Yitu turned around and saw that the Geng Jiajun infantry at the head of the group, wrapped in red cloth, had already crossed the pontoon bridge and drove to the south bank of the Changhe River!
They obviously also saw the smoke and dust in the sky north of Wuhu, and knew that the Qing army in Wuhu was already under attack from both sides!
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter." Mang Yitu said, "There are still a thousand banner troops under Ejunmen's command, more than a thousand uniform troops for your supervision, a thousand Jiangning garrison camp, two thousand Jiangning regiment training, and eight banners in the city. There should be a thousand more family members, and a total of 6,000 troops can still be defended.
In addition, Wuhu is close to the Yangtze River, and the dock is right outside the west gate, so it will not be surrounded! We can send someone to ask King Kang of Jiujiang for help, and then send a message to Shi Junmen of Guazhou, asking him to lead the navy ships to Wuhu to pick us up. "
Duolong nodded numbly: "That's all we have to do."
The city of Jiangning is full of people, and the general's office is stationed in Jiangning.
General Echu of Jiangning received an urgent military report sent by someone from the Taiping Prefecture. He was completely stunned. He just sat in his lobby and kept asking the people below: "Enemy, where is the enemy? Where is the enemy? ?”
A deputy commander of the Jiangning Banner Army replied with sweating profusely: "General, the enemy is still far away, and the enemy is still in Wuhu. The large army has 12,000 people, and it is not easy to be eliminated."
Echu, who was already old and his beard and braids were already gray, sighed, shook his head and said: "I shouldn't have asked Xiao Duozi (Duolong) to send troops. I should have gone in person. I watched Xiao Duozi When he grows up, he is completely different from his mother. He is not the material to lead troops in war! Wuwu."
This old man was crying!
This old man was an "old evil man" who followed Dorgon from outside the customs. When Zheng Chenggong reached Nanjing on his Northern Expedition, he led troops from Jingzhou to support him and defeated Zheng Chenggong. He was a ruthless man who could fight.
But ruthless people will also grow old!
However, contrary to the expectations of Echu and his men, their real enemy was not in Wuhu, but on the Qinhuai River!
Yes, it’s on the Qinhuai River with Ten Miles of Fireworks!
On an extremely luxuriously decorated boat, accompanied by beauties, they were about to enter the water gate of Jiangning City.
Because Jiangning City is currently on high alert, sentries have also been set up at Shuimen, and ships entering and leaving must be inspected.
A foreign affairs committee general from the Jiangning garrison led two soldiers to board the boat carrying the most dangerous enemy of the Qing Dynasty, Prince Zhu San. Then he saw three men dressed as military attachés sitting in the boat, each accompanied by a beautiful woman, drinking wine and listening to music. One of them was a high-ranking official of the second rank, and he was accompanied by a pretty, pretty girl with a bit of fairy spirit.
The other two were both sixth-rank officials. One was accompanied by a pretty little beauty, who was playing the piano and singing. At a glance, he knew that she was a famous prostitute on the Qinhuai River. There was also a sixth-grade official who was a handsome young man in his twenties, holding an extremely voluptuous and graceful "big beauty" in his arms. He seemed to have had a few too many drinks and was a little drunk. He touched her in an irregular manner with one of his big hands. Touch it. And the woman wasn't angry, she just giggled and didn't know which brothel she was from? Several people in Jiangning's city guard camp were drooling at the sight.
As soon as the sixth-grade military attache who seemed to have had a few too many drinks saw someone intruding, he immediately got angry with the force of his drink: "Gangs, who are you? How dare you disturb Mr. Chen from listening to music? Do you know who he is? ? He is General Chen of the Sea Route Assistance and Suppression Town, an old friend of the Liangjiang Multisystem Army! This time he is here to send beauty to the Multisystem Army."
"Uh-huh!" Mr. Chen, that is, Chen Yonghua coughed, "Zhongshan, don't talk nonsense and just dismiss it!"
"Hey!" The young military attache who was called "Zhongshan" by Chen Yonghua stood up unsteadily with the support of the "big" beauty, then swaggered to the foreign affairs commander, took out a waist badge and handed it over.
The foreign affairs committee member took a look at the badge and saw the words "Assist and Suppress Navy Chief Qian Li" clearly engraved on it.
(End of chapter)
