"What? Say what you just said again." Ma Yinglong felt that he must have heard wrong. How could such a thing happen to him? He asked the visitor in a tone that left no room for doubt.
The messenger did not hesitate and quickly repeated what he had just said clearly, word for word.
After listening to the messenger's retelling, Ma Yinglong involuntarily took two steps back.
"How many Qing troops are ambushing the front troops?" Ma Yinglong asked anxiously.
"I don't know exactly how many Qing troops there are. But Mr. Mu and his companions roughly estimated that there should be more than 3,000 to 4,000 men and horses." The messenger soldier answered truthfully after recalling it for a while.
"That's okay." Ma Yinglong seemed relieved when he heard that there were not many Qing troops in the ambush.
Although Ma Yinglong mobilized more than 80,000 troops to deal with this Qing army, the only ones that could really fight were the 30,000 people in the vanguard. Among the 30,000 horses, there were less than 20,000 people following Ma Yinglong here.
If the Qing army's large forces were here, then Ma Yinglong would have to worry about whether he could cope with these Qing troops.
After all, the Qing army could induce them to ambush with a "rout", which means that in the battle with the Qing army just now, they did not defeat others at all. The Qing army has made no contribution since the end and is just acting for them. Just look.
"General Yu..."
"Return to Hailifan, the end will be here." Yu Yan, who seemed not to have expected that things would develop like this, bowed and bowed.
"You immediately mobilize five thousand men and horses to support the troops in front. After I have reorganized the army, I will go over to support you. Even if you couldn't defeat the Qing army in the past, you must still hold them back. We will strive to defeat the Qing army in one battle. Thousands of troops and horses have been wiped out." Ma Yinglong gave the order.
"Yes, Hai Lifan, General Mo will go and mobilize the troops right now." Yu Yan said nothing more, saluted Ma Yinglong again, then turned and left.
Looking at Yu Yan's quickly leaving figure, Ma Yinglong felt a little at ease. The men and horses in front, plus the more than 5,000 troops that Yu Yan was asked to lead now, totaled more than 8,000 and nearly 9,000.
Even if the Qing army had four thousand men in ambush and was very powerful, even if their nearly nine thousand troops could not defeat them, they would not suffer a disastrous defeat.
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"Lord Gui, the reinforcements of the rebel army are here." Looking at the five thousand returning troops rushing to rescue, the Manchu and Qing cavalry commander Anjia Daci, who was encircling the point for reinforcements on the road, quickly ran to Zhangjia . said in front of Agui.
"Okay, great, I'm just afraid they won't come." Zhang Jia and Agui looked excited.
"Go ahead and tell them, once they enter our attack point, immediately rush out and kill them without leaving a single piece of armor behind."
"My subordinate understands, let's do it now." After Anjia Daci said this, he hurriedly left.
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At this time, Yu Yan, who was completely unaware, rushed with more than 5,000 soldiers and horses to rescue the besieged team in front.
In the rush along the way, Yu Yan didn't even think about whether the Qing army was encircling the point for reinforcements. He didn't even send a few more scouts to explore the road ahead, and just marched over in such a hurry.
A mature general would naturally understand that it is a taboo to march in a hurry without scouts to explore the road, but Yu Yan did not have such awareness.
He believed that his more than 5,000 soldiers and horses were enough, and it was impossible for the Qing Dynasty to have more people than them ambush here. And if there are not as many people ambushing here as they are, then there is no reason for them to be afraid of the Qing army. Doesn’t that disgrace the warriors of Allah?
And since their uprising, they have been suppressing the Manchu army. It's not that they don't need scouts, but the long-term victory made Yu Yan feel that the strength of the returning army was too strong and unnecessary.
Soon, five thousand soldiers and horses led by Yu Yan entered the Qing army's attack point.
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"Boom...boom..."
Suddenly, the sound of horses galloping came from the quiet ground. The huge cavalry ran, making the ground seem to be shaking.
"Is this?" After a moment, Yu Yan, who had commanded the cavalry, immediately understood what happened.
"Everyone immediately stopped to defend..."
Although Yu Yan issued orders quickly, the five thousand soldiers and horses he led were also quite elite. But the army is in a state of rapid march. How can it stop with just an order?
There is too little time left to return to the army and adjust. After all, the roar of horses trampling the ground was heard, indicating that the opponent's cavalry was very close.
Soon, the returning army, who was still in a state of adjustment, saw the appearance of the Qing cavalry.
In order to give the army time to adjust, the 500 Hui cavalry who followed Yu Yan had no choice but to rush forward in an attempt to stop the Qing cavalry that was rushing towards them.
However, when these 500 cavalry faced the three thousand elite cavalry led by Zhang Jia and Agui, they were defeated in one blow and could not make any trouble at all.
After they had a head-on confrontation with the Qing cavalry, there were only less than a hundred cavalry left out of the five hundred. The remaining returning cavalry were quickly wiped out by the pursuit of the Qing cavalry.
"Kill..."
After facing off against the returning cavalry, the Qing cavalry adjusted their formations again and turned to charge towards the returning infantry.
"咻咻咻..."
After a round of archery exchanges between the two sides, the Qing cavalry quickly broke into the returning infantry with the speed of their horses.
Under the energy brought by the horses, the Qing cavalry who entered the Hui army were like a fish in water. Wherever they waved their sabers, they were filled with the fallen corpses of the Hui army.
After a while, the relatively tight formation of the returning army was cut into pieces by the invading Qing cavalry, and they came out into chaotic and disorderly teams.
Infantry and cavalry battles are different. The cavalry is scattered, and they can still travel to the edge of the battlefield as rangers to fight with the infantry. However, if the infantry and cavalry are in conflict and the formation is scattered, they will only be slaughtered.
"Kill, the warriors of Allah have no fear..."
Looking at the formation that was about to be unable to hold on any longer, Yu Yan was encouraging loudly.
"The Hailifan army is right behind. They will arrive soon. Please support me..."
"Pfft...chih..."
Only a few dozen breaths later, all three thousand cavalry led by Zhang Jia and Agui rushed into the returning army's formation.
The battle lasted not long, but the arrows in the quivers hung on the Qing army's horses had long been shot, and even the smooth sabers in their hands were covered with blood. The intensity of the battle is self-evident.
Yu Yan, who has always been proud and complacent, soon understood what it means to encounter a pack of wolves and a pack of sheep. I thought they were wolves, but they turned out to be sheep.
"Impossible, this must be fake. How could these Qing troops be driving the Han people away? There must be something wrong." Looking at the situation on the battlefield, Yu Yan couldn't help but question.
