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Chapter 1000 Xiangyang Decisive Battle (4)

Jirgalang's horse was much better than ordinary Qing army horses. When he saw that the momentum was wrong, he ran away the first one.

Unexpectedly, Wang Fuchen discovered a guy with bright armor running away on a fast horse. The Fang Tian Hua Ji in his hand pointed in the direction of Jirgalang: "Don't let that captain run away! Grab him!"

Eighteen scattered soldiers with light and fast horses immediately rode their horses to chase them out. Although these scattered soldiers were also organized by the Dragoons, they were different from ordinary scattered soldiers. Ordinary scattered soldiers rode Mongolian horses, while scattered soldiers were equipped with the best war horses.

Jirhalang led nine Goshkhas to gallop, but saw eighteen Ming troops catching up.

"Your Majesty, go away! Minggou is catching up!" a Goshha shouted.

Another Goshha shouted: "Your Majesty, please leave quickly, the servant will take someone to stop Minggou!"

Except for two close-kowsha who continued to escape with Jirgalang, the other seven stopped their horses and rushed towards the eighteen scattered soldiers who were chasing them.

The distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer. The Ming army scattered soldiers took off the double-barrel muskets from the saddle, and the Qing army Geshha took off the bow and arrow. When there were only fifty steps left on both sides, the double-barrel muskets in the hands of the Ming army scattered soldiers fired, "bang bang bang" a row of guns, and the smoke filled the guns. These scattered soldiers could accurately hit the target on the bumpy horse's back. Eighteen scattered soldiers fired thirty-six projectiles, and five of the seven Goshhas on the opposite side were beaten into blood-blooded sieves and fell from the horse's back.

The remaining two Goshhas shot arrows with bows, and were blocked by the scattered soldiers with shields. When there were only twenty steps left between the two sides, Goshhas attacked with throwing weapons, and were dodged by the scattered soldiers or blocked with sabers. The goshhas shot with short guns, knocking all the last two Goshhas into a horse's nest.

The seven Goshhas who were broken behind were killed, and the eighteen scattered soldiers chased each other. The Don hippo under their crotch had good endurance and fast speed, and soon approached Jirgalang.

The last two Goshha turned around and tried to stop the scattered soldiers of the Huai Army.

Eight stragglers went to deal with two Goshha, while the remaining ten continued to chase Jirhalang.

"Kill!" Two Goshha waved his sword and rode his horse to the Huai Army's scattered soldiers.

Eight Huai army scattered soldiers drew their sabers and rushed towards the two Qing soldiers Goshha. When the two scattered soldiers in front passed by, the sabers in their hands were slashing towards the Qing soldiers with the help of the war horses. The first scattered soldiers galloped past, and the sabers collided with the sabers of the Qing soldiers. Only a "dang" sound was heard, and the sabers in the Qing soldiers' hands broke!

The Huai Army's swords were the most exquisite, which were crude steel made from Foshan Iron and Steel Plant. They were forged by water conservancy machinery. They were tough, extremely strong, and extremely sharp. When the swords in the hands of the Qing soldiers were touching with the swords like the Huai Army, both sides rode horses and were extremely fast. The collision between the swords and the swords broke the Qing soldiers' swords.

After the second scattered soldier rode his horse, the sword flashed and the head of the Goshha rolled to the ground.

Another Goshha had a good knife in his hand, but after being hit by three consecutive skirmishes, the knife was also broken, and then he was stabbed by a skirmisher.

Ten scattered soldiers who continued to chase Jirgalang soon caught up with him, three of them had bullets in their short guns. When they were only fifteen steps away from Jirgalang, only a few guns were heard. A blood mist sprayed on Jirgalang's horse, and a sad neigh was heard. The war horse fell heavily and threw Jirgalang out on the horse's back.

Ten skirm soldiers rushed up, one of them fired the last bullet and hit Jirgalang in the waist.

It hurts so much! Jirgalang fell to the ground, and the bullet penetrated his waist. The severe pain made him completely lose his ability to resist. He could only watch the Ming army tied up himself.

Seeing that Jirgalang's five thousand elite cavalry rushed out, almost all the troops were wiped out in a blink of an eye. Even Jirgalang himself was captured, and only more than 30 people fled back. Hong Chengchou was shocked. He knew that his infantry would not dare to move after he lost his cavalry. Otherwise, during the infantry movement, the cavalry would kill him, and the infantry would not have time to form a formation and would face one-sided massacre!

Hong Chengchou ordered to build fortifications based on the slopes of hills and stand for help.

"If we had known it would have become like this, we might as well stick to Xiangyang!" Tong Tu Lai said.

Hong Chengchou shook his head and stroked his beard: "How can it be the same? He defended Xiangyang, just waiting to be trapped to death! Even if our reinforcements come, we cannot go out of the city to meet them! Now we are guarding the hillside. As long as our reinforcements arrive, we will be on the high ground, killing down from the hillside, and attacking Mingdo in and out of the reinforcements, and winning in one fell swoop!"

"Minggou is really hateful! Intercept it halfway through our army's retreat!" Tong Tulai said hatefully.

"I have said a long time ago that when dealing with Li Ergou, I have to go there, but if I am not careful, I will lose everything! Prince Zheng was too aggressive and was captured by someone." Hong Chengchou said. He also knew that Jiergalang might not be killed when he was captured. However, Hong Chengchou must not be captured. If he was captured, what awaited him would be a life worse than death.

Therefore, there was a bottle of crane red hidden on Hong Chengchou. As long as the Qing army could not resist it, he would drink crane red without hesitation and end his life.

Hong Chengchou is a person who is very afraid of death, but he also knows that Li Guodong convicted him, at least the serious crime of Lingchi's execution! Anyway, it is all death. Instead of being cut into pieces for three days and three nights, it would be better to drink a bottle of crane red and settle it on the spot.

Launch an attack on the cavalry of the Huai Army? Don’t joke. Infants need to advance towards the cavalry, they need to advance in line. The formation will not be chaotic during the advancement, otherwise it will be a head for people. What’s more, the infantry advance towards the cavalry, and the cavalry can run away when they see the situation is not good. The Qing army cannot do anything that will not be chaotic in the formation when chasing the cavalry all the way. If it can be done, it will not be the Qing army, but the Red Army.

Hong Chengchou could only stand firm and wait for assistance, and more than 200,000 Qing troops were blocked on the mountain by 15,000 Huai Army cavalry.

"Sir, sir, it's not good!" Green camp general Li Yong hurriedly reported, "Minggou infantry has arrived!"

Hong Chengchou climbed up to the observation deck, picked up the telescope, and looked down at the mountain. He saw a dark Ming army coming down, with about 50,000 people, including 10,000 cavalry, and the rest were infantry artillery. The military uniforms of this newly arrived Ming army were bright, mainly bright red, with black and white stripes on the uniforms and trousers, and the hats and boots were black, which looked very eye-catching. Among the ten thousand cavalry, five thousand were horse-riding musketeers wearing bright red military uniforms, two thousand were cavalry in green military uniforms, and three thousand were cavalry in plate armor. However, the ten thousand cavalry soon left with the 15,000 Ming cavalry who had pursued the Qing army before, leaving only 40,000 infantry artillerymen at the foot of the mountain to block Hong Chengchou.

"Minggou Cavalry is gone, probably to intercept our reinforcements. There are only 40,000 Minggou infantry left at the foot of the mountain. Lord Hong, we can go down the mountain to attack at this time!" Tong Tulai said.

Hong Chengchou stood on the top of the mountain, standing high and looking far away. He picked up his telescope and saw the dust running by the cavalry gradually fading away. He stood on the top of the mountain for about an hour and saw that the flying dust had reached more than twenty miles north and gradually disappeared from his vision.

At the foot of the mountain, Li Guodong rode on a sweaty horse, and several soldiers took Jirgalang to him.

Li Guodong just glanced at it and ordered: "Take him down and detain him! When the battle is over, send him to Haikou to mine. After a few years of labor reform, then send him to immigrants on the other side of the ocean."

There were more than 200 captured Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners soldiers, except for the seriously injured, all of them were taken down to be detained, and the seriously injured soldiers were all dealt with with one knife.

From a future strategic perspective, Li Guodong tried not to kill or kill less. Unless it was some guys who committed serious crimes or big traitors, they would take it down and slash them. As long as there were still useful people, they would stay to prepare for future immigration.
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