Lin Fangping jumped off the horse and lay on the ground on the right side of the horse. The side card on his left arm was protected on his chest, and he still held the mace in his left hand.
In his right hand, he held a short-handed blunderbuss. The black muzzle of the blunderbuss was raised upwards and pointed directly at the head of Baya Lajia Lazhangjing Chaohar. Lin Fangping could clearly see the fear in Chaohar's eyes. There is his nostalgia and reluctance for life.
But at this moment, Lin Fangping felt no compassion at all. He shouted: "Go to hell, Tatars!"
Immediately, he pulled the trigger of the short-handed gun without hesitation, but with a soft "pop" sound, the short-handed gun did not respond at all, and did not even emit any fireworks.
"Fuck, misfiring?"
Lin Fangping cursed loudly in his heart.
At this moment, the fear on Chao Hal's face had disappeared, replaced by a ferocious smile. He raised the ax in his hand high, ready to strike down with one strike, which would destroy the Ming army in front of him. The general's body and head are in a different place.
"Hehehe, die... Nikan!"
Chao Hal roared with a smile on his face, and the ax he held high was about to fall.
"boom!"
At this critical moment, there was a loud explosion, and a large cloud of smoke poured into his eyes from bottom to top, choking into his nasal cavity. A blazing bullet also flew away at this moment. It broke through the smoke and shot into Chao Hal's forehead.
A stream of red and yellow viscous juice splashed across Lin Fangping's face. Chao Haer's huge body also hit him at the same time, and he didn't even have time to scream.
Perhaps it was the sound of the gun blasting that disturbed him, or perhaps he sensed that his master was in danger, so Chao Haer's horse also suddenly became violent.
It suddenly stood up, then ran wildly, dragging Chao Haer's huge and lifeless body, and disappeared from Lin Fangping's sight, leaving only a red and yellow wet mark on the ground. .
Lin Fangping also rolled over at this time and stood up. Just when he was looking around, he found that his horse was still far away, as if waiting for its master to return.
It could not stop kicking the ground with its front hooves, and it also made a low neighing noise between its breaths, as if it was a little anxious.
Lin Fangping took three steps and two steps at a time, hurried back, raised his foot and stepped on the stirrup on one side. At the same time, he put the gun back into the gun bag, then grabbed the reins and climbed onto the horse's back. The whole movement was smooth and smooth. Generally, very skillful.
He had just sat firmly on the saddle when he heard a "bang" next to him, followed by a scream. It turned out to be Shi Meng, the commander of the left sentry in the middle, who saw that he was in danger and worked hard to save him.
Although he couldn't feel it before Chao Haer was killed, it was not too late. He just happened to kill a Tatar Baya soldier who was about to attack Lin Fangping, but all his muskets were fired.
"Lin Tou, are you okay?"
Facing Shi Meng's inquiry, Lin Fangping had no time to answer. He waved his hand and asked: "How are you, brothers?"
"It's nothing serious. It's just that the fight was a bit chaotic. I'm afraid I won't be able to rush forward and catch the Tatar Emperor."
Lin Fangping's face was also full of anxiety. He did not feel very sorry that he could not capture or kill Huang Taiji. What he cared about was the more than 600 brothers in his Huwei camp and whether these people could still be alive. Go back to the other side of Xiaoling River.
He suddenly jumped onto the horse's back, stepped on the saddle with his feet, and raised his eyes to look at the battlefield situation. This land with a radius of more than ten miles was already very lively.
To the east were the men and horses led by Niulu Zhangjingzhang Guli, who had been killed in the battle. Led by Dan Dai and E Dui, they were rushing towards the battlefield.
As for Mu Dege and Zhen Te, two men, Bashi Ku, had already accompanied Zhang Guli to death in the battle just now.
Now, Lin Fangping's location has become the core battlefield. Although the Ming army here has an advantage in numbers, they have not been able to break through the defense line of the Tatar Baya soldiers with their numerical advantage and sharp guns.
Once caught in a close combat, the brave Baya La soldiers will not be so easy to deal with!
After all, among the Tatar armored soldiers who were born to be warriors, the selected warriors were all experienced in hundreds of battles. How could they be defeated so easily?
The small phalanxes formed by the Tatars on the left and right wings were at a disadvantage at the moment. After all, both of their small phalanxes only had fifty Tatar soldiers. Under the attacks of a hundred Tiger Guards soldiers, they were already losing ground. Defeated.
The strength of these two square formations was somewhat weak. They were bombarded by the soldiers of the Tiger Guard Camp at close range with muskets, but suffered heavy casualties. Even though they were very fierce and brave in close combat, their numerical disadvantage was too great and it was difficult to gain any advantage.
In particular, the left-wing phalanx attacked by General Qian Su Laohu on the right side of the Tiger Guard Camp was already on the verge of collapse.
Lin Fangping also saw two more Tatar defense lines to the west. Although both seemed to have only more than fifty people, our side had charged continuously today. Not only did the soldiers' physical strength consume too quickly, but even the horses' legs were already a little tired. .
He judged very accurately that according to the current situation, it was difficult to break through the Qing army's defense line and to further attack the slave chief Hongtai.
If they forcefully launch a charge, once the two Tatar cavalry formations behind them are intercepted by them and become anxious, not to mention killing the slave chief Hongtai, if that happens, even their own retreat will become a problem.
After all, this is the inside line of the Tartar thieves. Not to mention that there is a garrison on the side of the Daling River Fort, but there are more than 10,000 troops of the Tartar Prince Su Hauge on the Xiaoling River. If they get the message, it will not take long to rush. Come running.
But on the east bank of the Xiaoling River, we only have more than 600 soldiers from the Huwei Camp, and they are still one person and one horse. If the battle changes, it will be difficult to escape even if they want to.
At this moment, Lin Fangping, the commander-in-chief of the Ming army, made a decisive decision and shouted loudly: "No fighting."
Then, he shouted to Shi Meng: "Send the arrows to notify Temur to break away from the battle. The whole army rushes north. Don't let the battle stop!"
"Yes."
Shi Meng agreed loudly. At this moment, he had put the musket back into his musket bag. He was holding a long-handled hammer in both hands and smashed it hard from left to right. Most of the Tatar weapons met him and were knocked down.
Seeing that Shi Meng had cleared a safe space around him, Lin Fangping also put his mace into his mace bag, took out his carved bow and put a ringing arrow on it. He fully pulled the bow string, looked at the sky to the north and shot it.
The arrow flew away in the wind, and the sound of "Woo...Woo..." was extremely harsh. After penetrating the neighing of the war horses and the love of the wounded, it reached the ears of every soldier of the Xuanfu Army's Tiger Guard Camp.
Immediately afterwards, there were bursts of whistles, and all the soldiers of the Tiger Guard Battalion rushed to the north. They used Shi as the basic unit, including the commander of each Shi company, a total of eleven people.
At this moment, everyone followed their respective commanders, and the commanders were looking for the flag on the back of the team officer, and rushed north following their respective commanders.
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Huang Taiji, the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, rode his horse to watch the battle on a high ground not far away. Surrounded by him were Tazhan, Xihan, Yebilong, Buyan'ehuang and other officers and generals, and on the periphery were five men led by Jueluo Shuerkun. Guarded by ten Bagala warriors.
Compared with the nervousness of others, Huang Taiji seemed very calm.
However, of course he also knew that everyone was so nervous because they were worried about the incoming Ming army and disturbing the holy master, so he did not mention the Ming army monsters.
At this moment, Huang Taiji saw that the Ming army had been blocked by Chao Haer. He hurriedly ordered Ta Zhan to lead Wayinbu's fifty warriors to help in the battle, striving to keep all the Ming army knights.
But when Tazhan and Wayinbu led the fifty Tatars to join the battlefield, they caught up with Lin Fangping to kill Chaohar and had already led the army to retreat north. They could only chase the Ming army. , chasing him all the way up.
It has to be Huang Taiji. After he sent out Ta Zhan, he immediately realized that the Ming army might break out. He immediately ordered Buyan E's son-in-law to lead Jue Luo Shuoerkun's fifty baga soldiers and immediately Heading north in an attempt to block the Ming army's retreat.
"The Southern Army is trapped by Chao Haer. It seems that they can't attack here." Seungjung Seokhan of the Ministry of Industry said while looking at the battlefield ahead.
Ye Bilong also echoed from the side: "Your Majesty is strategizing, and the Southern Army will be able to capture them all."
Huang Taiji's eyes were still focused on the battlefield to the east, and he said lightly: "The hand cannons of the Ming army are very sharp, and they seem to be almost the same as those used by Zhang Cheng's subordinates in the Xuanfu as described by Prince Rui."
Er Bilong hurriedly continued: "Your Majesty, your Majesty, when I watched the Southern Army raise their hands, I saw smoke rising, and no match rope was used to start the fire. The hand cannon seemed to be the same as the three-eyed blunderbuss used by the Ming Army in Liaodong. It’s different.”
Huang Taiji also nodded and said: "Go and send an order to Ta Zhan, asking him to seize a few hand cannons and come back no matter what."
"Hey." After receiving the imperial edict, Ye Bilong immediately rode out without any delay.
Looking at the back of Ye Bilong riding away, Huang Taiji said to Xihan next to him: "Xihan, you serve in the Ministry of Industry, and you were in charge of cannon casting for the Tianzhu Army.
You tell me, can the Qing Dynasty make the hand cannon used by the Ming Army? "
Xihan was stunned when he heard this. He had only served in the Ministry of Industry for less than two years, and he mostly served in the ministry and had never been involved in the affairs of the workshop. Just over half a year ago, he was sent to the Tianzhu Army to supervise the casting. gun.
However, he only had a superficial knowledge of the art of artillery casting and had not done any in-depth research. However, at this moment, the emperor's question had to be answered. Xihan thought about it briefly in his heart.
Then he replied: "Your Majesty, I am supervising the casting of cannons in the Tianzhu Army. The craftsmen mostly use the lost wax method to cast them. I have also asked carefully whether other cannons can be made besides this red cannon.
Those old craftsmen said that most of the artillery and muskets used by the Ming army could be made as long as they were given enough iron materials and time. I think those sharp hand cannons of the Ming army in front of them can be made by those who understand. It won't be too difficult to create in your eyes. "
He saw Huang Taiji nodding frequently, and couldn't help but boldly said: "I saw red-haired, blue-eyed Yi people at the cannon-building camp of the Tianzhu Army. It is said that even this red-clothed cannon is a Yi people from the Ming Dynasty. Learned it there.
There are these Yi cannon makers, but as long as Ta Zhan can recapture a few Ming army hand cannons, why worry that the Qing Dynasty can't imitate them and make them. "
Huang Taiji was quite satisfied with Xihan's answer. He nodded and said, "Okay, that's good."
While the monarch and his ministers were chatting here, the situation on the battlefield ahead changed again.
Under the guidance of the ringing arrows, most of the knights of the Ming Army's Tiger Guard Battalion gathered behind their own sentry commanders. Following the flags behind their own sentry commanders, they turned all the way to the north and charged.
Soon they gathered into one force, and more than 400 of them attacked Huang Taiji's white-armored Baya Guards. Now they had nearly a hundred casualties and a little more than 300 soldiers left behind.
Chang Zhengbiao rode his horse and chased Lin Fangping, shouting excitedly: "Mr. Lin, let's chop off a Tatar's head!"
As he spoke, he raised his right hand and slapped a large cloth bag on the side of his saddle. Lin Fangping looked sideways and saw that the big cloth bag was full and dripping with bright red blood.
He couldn't help but secretly admire Chang Zhengbiao. He was worthy of being a hunter in the mountains and forests, and he could take off the Tatar head in such a fierce battle. He shouted: "Well done Biaozi!"
At this moment, Chang Zhengxiong shouted loudly: "Lin Tou, Su Laohu has been intercepted."
Lin Fangping quickly turned his head and looked around. It turned out that Su Laohu's right side was farther away. When they broke out towards this side, they happened to be intercepted by Ta Zhan and Wayanbu who arrived in time.
Looking at the Tatar Baya soldiers with less than a hundred riders behind him, Su Laohu had more than 30 Tatar soldiers remaining from the small square formation on the left, plus Tazhan and Wayinbudai. The 50 Tatars who arrived were quite stressful.
At this moment, Dandai and Odui's troops, who were chasing from the east, and more than a hundred Tatars were about to join the battlefield. At the same time, another Tatar cavalry was riding towards them from the west. Looking at its direction of travel, it turned out to be heading north with the intention of intercepting our own side.
Lin Fangping was riding on the war horse. He gritted his teeth and said decisively: "Brothers from the Chang family, take people back to rescue Su Laohu, and fight back east together. We will meet up with Li Changsheng first."
After he finished speaking, he turned around and shouted: "Let's catch the Tatar Emperor, do you dare?"
"Dare you dare?" "Fight!" "Fuck you, kill... kill..."
Chang Zhengbiao had already followed Chang Zhengxiong, the commander on the right post of his elder brother, for more than ten steps. When he heard the shouts from Lin Fangping behind him, he couldn't help but feel excited. He shouted to Chang Zhengxiong: "Brother, I will follow." Mr. Lin is going to kill the Tatar Emperor."
After saying that, he turned his horse's head and chased after Lin Fangping. The remaining twenty or so knights in his team, thinking that there was a new military order, also galloped after him.
By chance, Shi Meng, the commander-in-chief of Zuo Sen, saw him. He opened his eyes wide and shouted: "Go back, don't cause trouble. If you disobey the order in front of the formation, I will chop your head off!"
Chang Zhengbiao was shocked when he heard this. He was still a little afraid of Shi Meng. Because he was a stubborn person. In addition to being loyal to Zhang Cheng, he also had the most important military orders. He always had a stern face, so Huwei The generals and generals in the camp all called him Tiehanhan.
After Shi Meng shouted, the passion that had just risen in Chang Zhengbiao's heart disappeared in an instant. He smiled at Shi Meng, then turned his horse's head again and rode towards the right sentry. The team chased him.
(End of chapter)
