Amidst the howling of the cold wind, corpses were lying everywhere outside Jiazhuang, frozen to death. In Jiazhuang, many young men and soldiers of the Ming army who died in battle were already lying in the open field. All over the place, no one bothered to sort out their remains.
There are many areas of damage on the wall, but every damaged area is blocked by a door. Across the wall, the Ming army officers and young men were holding long weapons such as spears to poke at the Tatars who were constantly coming up. To be precise, they were the two Tatars and the Mongols. As for the real Tatars, they are caught among these people and only attack suddenly.
But it is these real Tatar attacks that are the most threatening. Many of the damaged walls of Zhuangzi were broken by them and they invaded Zhuangzi. If Lu Xiangsheng hadn't led his guards to sit in the small village of Jiazhuang, driving the Tatars out in time every time, Jiazhuang would have been defeated long ago.
However, the fiercest battle was not here, but in the mountains outside Jiazhuang.
At this time, a large flag with the word "tiger" on the mountain still stood stubbornly on it, making a hunting sound in the cold wind, announcing that the mountain was still in the powerful hands of the tiger.
However, there were originally about 70 Ming army soldiers on Tushan, but only about 30 were left, and more than half of them had been killed. But even so, everyone is still persisting in the face of the densely attacking enemies.
They used the corpses of their comrades and enemies to replace the sacks that had been hooked down by the Tatars, and re-formed obstacles to prevent the Tatars from ascending the mountain, and to guard against bows and arrows shot from below. But the bows and arrows on his side have long been used up.
On the top of the mountain, Hu Dawei's armor had already hung seven or eight arrows, but he had no time to take care of it at this time. His hands, which were swollen from the cold, were holding a spear tightly. Every time he thrust out, there was an outcrop. The Tartar was stabbed in the head. Even if the Tatars try to fight off with swords, guns and shields, the huge force can still push the Tatars down. Other soldiers, like their commander, worked hard to defend the most important earth mountain in Jiazhuang's defense system.
The fierce battle has been going on for a long time, and some Ming army soldiers are already a little unable to do what they want. The spear thrust out was not that fast. The Tatar in front of him turned into a real Tatar at some point. Suddenly he bit down on the single sword, freed his hand, grabbed the gun head, and pulled hard. Suddenly, the Ming army soldier staggered and was dragged over by the Tatar. In the blink of an eye, a gap in the defense line was revealed.
Seeing this, the Tatar laughed ferociously, jumped onto the defense line made of corpses, grasped the single sword again, and was about to jump down and tear open the gap in the Ming army's defense line.
When the Ming army soldier saw it, his face suddenly showed a hint of determination. Without any hesitation or words, he took advantage of being dragged forward and hugged the Tatar who had just jumped up. The two of them just hugged each other and rolled down the mountain. The Tatars behind them who were attacking from behind couldn't stand, and many of them fell down.
There were seven or eight wounded Ming army soldiers behind Tushan. Seeing this, they gritted their teeth and stood up. One of them had his left arm slashed by a Tatar, so he held a single sword in his right hand and filled the empty space without saying anything, continuing to fight where his comrades had fought.
No matter inside or outside the village, the focus of attention is on this earth mountain. Seeing the situation on the mountain, Lu Xiangsheng, with his left hand hanging on his shoulder, picked up a big knife with his right hand and immediately started to order people.
"Sir, you can't go out!" Seeing this, one of the guards quickly dissuaded him, "Your hand is already injured. If you go out, you won't be able to rush through!"
Lu Xiangsheng had already supported Tushan once before, and in that battle, his left hand was injured.
At this time, after hearing this, he pointed with the tip of his knife and said: "If Tushan doesn't support us, we will fall soon!"
He could see that even the wounded soldiers were now rushing to defend, which showed how critical the situation was.
At this time, Hauge in the distance saw the Qing warriors leaping up the mountain from time to time. Although they were eventually defeated, he knew that the fact that the warriors of the Qing could leap up the mountain like this meant that the defensive potential of the mountain had been destroyed. Once they are exhausted, it is estimated that it will not take long for the Qing army to conquer the mountains.
However, at this time, he did not look proud. This battle in Jiazhuang was really beyond his expectation. Although he understands that a trapped beast still fights, this trapped beast is so good at fighting that he can only fill it with human life.
But fortunately, no matter what, Tushan will finally be captured. Once Tushan is captured, the already somewhat dilapidated Jiazhuang can also be captured quickly.
"It's almost there, at least half an hour left!" Turge, who was with Hauge, also breathed a sigh of relief, "This Lu Xiangsheng's head is really difficult to cut off!"
But at this moment, the rapid sound of horse hooves came. Being able to reach the coach's side without any obstruction, you can tell where the person is coming from without even looking.
But they did not expect that an unexpected military order was passed to them: "The general has ordered to retreat immediately and join the main force for action. Anyone who dares to delay the military aircraft will be severely punished by military law!"
Both Hauge and Turge were stunned. Afterwards, Turg did not hesitate and immediately obeyed the order.
However, Hauge looked at Tushan, feeling very unwilling in his heart, and immediately shouted: "If there is any problem, we must retreat immediately, I will take Jiazhuang soon!"
However, what answered him was the repetition of military orders, and the team of messengers staring at him eagerly.
During this period, the Manchu and Qing armies had strict orders and mountains of military orders. Once they took it seriously, no one dared to disobey it. Just like the bloody battle of Hunhe River, the wild boar Pinurhaci killed several Tatar generals at once who disobeyed military orders.
At this time, Dorgon knew that Hauge might not be reconciled if he had not captured Jiazhuang, so he issued a strict order not to give him another chance.
Hauge is not a brainless person. He understands that even if he is Huang Taiji's son, if he really wants to die in military law, his death will be in vain. Even if he settles the score afterwards, he is already dead after all. Therefore, knowing that there was no need to discuss, he could only look reluctantly at Tushan and Jiazhuang, who were still fighting fiercely, and then shouted angrily: "Ming Jin withdraws the troops!"
On Tushan Mountain, a group of white-armored soldiers mingled among the two Tatars and had reached the last line of defense of the Ming army. They are like tigers in the jungle, just lurking, waiting for an opportunity.
Suddenly, at the defense line, another Ming army soldier rolled down the mountain with a Tatar in his arms. At this time, gaps were exposed in the defense line. When the leader of the white-armored soldiers saw it, he waved his hand, and the group of white-armored soldiers rushed towards the newly exposed gap like evil tigers.
But at this moment, the sound of the Manchu and Qing Tatars retreating was heard. Suddenly, these white-armored soldiers seemed to be held by invisible reins.
Each of them was puzzled as to why they would withdraw their troops at such a critical moment. They glanced at each other and saw a wounded Ming soldier blocking the gap. They gritted their teeth and retreated, shouting loudly: "Retreat!"
The other Manchu and Qing Tatars were also puzzled and very unwilling. After all, if they fought for a while, they would be defeated. But at this time, a military order to withdraw their troops came. However, the military orders were overwhelming, and they could only feel unwilling to do so. They did not dare to disobey the military orders and had no choice but to retreat from the battlefield!
The officers and soldiers of the Ming army, whether in Jiazhuang or Tushan, all collapsed to the ground and took the opportunity to breathe. However, when they saw that the entire Qing Tatar team began to withdraw from sight, after being stunned for a moment, they finally became ecstatic.
"We won?"
"we won!"
"The Tatars retreated, we won, we won!"
"Wan Sheng!"
"..."
The cheers that reached the sky scared away the cold wind that was still raging just now. Everyone's heart is hot and boiling! Their blood is boiling!
Jiazhuang was finally defended! We persisted until victory!
