Wang Wu is ready to commit suicide.
He could not allow himself to fall into enemy hands alive.
If there are more than just Ma Tengyun rebels here, the Ming army may be unable to withstand them with its current strength. There will be nothing to say at that time, and at worst they will die.
Wearing only armor, it would be difficult for him to die. The most likely possibility would be to be captured due to exhaustion.
Wang Wu is not afraid of death, but he is afraid of being tortured by the enemy.
Therefore, he took an insurance policy on himself.
This insurance is the mute Zhu San.
He gently put the dagger seized from Tian Shouyi into the mute's hand, and then pointed at his neck.
That's where his body is weakest.
"Aba Aba..."
The mute was a little panicked. He opened his mouth and said a lot, but he still couldn't express his inner thoughts accurately.
"Obey, this is an order."
Wang Wu shook his head, looking at the mute with a hint of pleading in his eyes.
The mute was stunned, no longer saying "Abba", he silently took the dagger and lowered his head.
Two eyes stared at the big snowball at his feet.
I just waited for boredom to come out.
Ma Sizhong and Zhang Tianfang also heard the horn sound from the opposite side, and they all thought that there might be another rebel army here.
And they were very close. The sound of the horse's horn was a signal to the rebel army.
Although they were not afraid of death, the existence of the two rebel armies caused a stir in the Ming army.
“When we meet on a narrow road, the brave one wins!”
Wang Wu asked someone to bring seven words to "Commander-in-Chief" Ma Sizhong.
"If you advance without retreating, you will die if you die!"
Ma Sizhong replied these eight words to Wang Wu.
Zhang Tianfang didn't have any heroic words over there. He was just studying with a few of his officers how to capture the high slope on the right side of the Ma Department.
Wang Wu waited for the signal on the slope.
According to the prior agreement, as long as the military flag is waved on the slope, it is the time for the Ming army to attack.
While waiting, he looked towards the rear. Tian Wen and Gou Sheng were looking at the team preparing to attack.
Very peaceful.
An emotion was brewing in the calm.
In the crowd, the young Song child was crying while carrying a big flag on his shoulders.
His request for a battle was ruthlessly rejected by Wang Wu.
If the Ming army was really defeated, maybe this kid who was only twelve or thirteen years old could survive.
Wang Wu, after all, is unwilling to cut off people's incense.
"call!"
After taking a deep breath, Wang Wu subconsciously looked up the slope. At this moment, shouts came from the front: "Brothers across the way, we are General Guo Yi and Marquis Gaoling's people!"
The same words were shouted three times to ensure that the Ming army here could hear them clearly.
General Guo Yi is the title of Dashun, but Marquis Gaoling is the title of Ming Dynasty. Both of them appear in one person at the same time.
Wang Wu was not surprised, nor did he feel awkward. At the same time, he also understood the intention of the other party's shouting.
General Guo Yi was targeting the old Shun army, while Marquis Gaoling was targeting the Ming army who were not from the Shun army.
Obviously, Ma Tengyun's people have not figured out the details of this Ming army coming to the Western Front so far.
Therefore, it is always correct to report both numbers.
When Ma Sizhong shouted in front of the opponent's formation, he responded according to the rules, but he asked a group of soldiers to shout in the direction of the horse department: "We in Dashun do not have General Guo Yi with pigtails, and in Ming Dynasty we do not have Gaoling who surrendered to Tartar." Hou!"
I shouted the same thing three times.
The attitude expressed is already very decisive.
The people on the opposite side of the horse department were silent for a moment after hearing this. Then the officer who had just shouted was a little unwilling and shouted again: "The Marquis has indeed returned to the Qing Dynasty, but returning to the Qing Dynasty is the general trend now. The Ming Dynasty has died, and there is no human power." It’s irreversible! Out of the old comradeship, the Marquis doesn’t want to fight with the brothers and cause unnecessary casualties! Therefore, let me tell the brothers that as long as the brothers are willing to follow the Marquis, the Marquis will keep everyone safe. , If you violate this oath, you will die under ten thousand swords!"
After the words fell behind, there were still lingering sounds echoing in the valley. Suddenly, there was silence, and there were no sounds of birds or animals.
No one among the silent Ming army soldiers responded, and no one was shaken.
A military flag appeared on the slope, and the person holding the flag swung it down the slope like an iron tower.
"Good man, if you don't surrender, I will kill you!"
The loud shouts of killing went straight to Yunxiao.
More than four hundred veterans of the Shun Army, led by guerrilla Ma Sizhong, marched forward bravely.
Today's matter is about progress but not retreat, death but not life!
"Follow me if you are not afraid of death!"
Zhang Tian, who was just like the teacher, jumped up with his long sword in hand.
Wang Wu, who was dressed in iron armor, walked to the front of the team with a sword in his hand, looked at the soldiers who were preparing to attack him desperately, and shouted loudly: "They are all one egg, no one is less, no one is more, today, don't talk nonsense. , live and die together!"
After drinking, he waved his sword and stepped forward with his head held high.
For the sake of sacrifice and ambition, I dare to make the sun and moon change the sky!
More than a thousand Ming army officers and soldiers surged up like a tide, causing the horse team that came to reconnoiter and persuade them to surrender to stand up and retreat to the rear.
"Master Hou, the Ming army is coming!"
Without the help of his subordinates, Ma Tengyun knew that the Ming army was approaching. He could see the front clearly through his telescope.
"Are they Suo Yanlong's soldiers or Tian Shouyi's people?"
Ma Tengyun was a little confused, but he didn't think that these Ming troops coming from the western front could break through his troops.
Because this place is not one of his troops.
There is another team.
Not the surrendered army like him, but the Zhenqing army.
Two thousand green battalion troops commanded by Lieutenant General Niu Wancheng under the command of Huguang Admiral Dong Xueli!
Niubu is located in Dachang Town, less than five miles away from Mabu. He can arrive in half an hour at most after hearing the sound of the horn. This means that Ma Tengyun does not need to worry about the Ming army coming from the west. He only needs to hold on here firmly. Just wait for the Green Camp soldiers to arrive and then destroy this Ming army.
However, he, Ma Tengyun, knew in his heart that the Niu Department was nominally a friendly force and reinforcements, but in fact it was his supervising team.
It surrendered to the Qing half a month ago, and the object of surrender was Zhang Changgeng, the governor of Huguang in the Qing Dynasty.
There were more than 5,000 Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers who surrendered with the horses, and more than 1,000 family members, of whom 158 were awarded official positions by the Yongli court.
Zhang Changgeng was overjoyed to learn that Ma Tengyun, an old traitor in the Shun Army, had requested to surrender, and immediately asked the Qing court for him to be granted the title of Commander-in-Chief of the Left to reassure him.
At the same time, the former enemy commander on the eastern front and Huguang Admiral Dong Xueli was notified to order Ma Tengyun to select soldiers to attack Laomukong.
Dong Xueli complied with the instructions. In order to prevent Ma Tengyun from becoming disloyal again, he ordered his subordinate Niu Wancheng to lead 2,000 troops to supervise the battle.
Ming generals Tian Heng and Wan He, who did not want to garrison Laomukong, privately sent people to contact the Xi'an general Fu Kachan on the northern front, and were willing to surrender the heads of Laomukong and Liu Tichun to the Qing Dynasty.
In order to prevent the Huguang troops on the eastern front from meddling without knowing the situation, Fu Lechan specially sent someone to inform Dong Xueli, the admiral of Huguang.
Dong Xueli dared not compete with General Xi'an for credit, but he was unwilling to let the Manchurian soldiers take the credit for capturing the thief Liu Tichun. After much deliberation, he asked Niu Wancheng to supervise Ma Tengyun's troops to move to the western front and try to persuade the Ming army stationed there to surrender.
This was actually what Zhang Changgeng, the governor of Huguang, meant, that he did not want the governor of Sichuan, Li Guoying, to take more credit than him.
But now it seems that persuading them to surrender is impossible, only a fierce battle.
Regardless of whether it was Suo Yanlong or Tian Shouyi who came, Ma Tengyun didn't pay attention. Listening to the Ming army's shouts of killing coming from his ears, he touched the back of his bare head, then his expression turned cold for a moment, and he slowly glanced at the followers. His general who shaved off his hair and became a Qing emperor said coldly:
"I know some of you don't want to kill the Ming army. As long as I don't kill people due to today's situation, others will kill me!"
