The battlefield, in the eyes of countless people, has countless explanations.

The most heroic one regards the battlefield as a place to kill the enemy and serve the country...... At present, only Lu Xiangsheng and his subordinates see it this way.

Again, he simply likes to kill Jiannu, as for anything else that has nothing to do with him, Li Dingguo is such a person.

These two kinds of people are the most fearless in carrying out military orders, so the battlefield with their presence is always the most cruel and heroic.

The problem that Qian Shaoshao considered was different from Lu Xiangsheng and Li Dingguo, he wanted to kill Jiannu, but the purpose of killing Jiannu was to make Lantian City famous.

In the end, he attracted Jiannu's military power, slowly bled out, and waited until Jiannu was weak before launching a large-scale counterattack, and finally achieved the goal of dominating the world.

As Li Dingguo said, people who want to get a high reward on the battlefield generally do not get a satisfactory return.

Before Battle's army arrived at the Yuetuo camp, the soldiers and horses jumped out to meet it, and the same cavalry, when it was hard to fight, showed its strength and weakness, and the cavalry of Jiannu was like a wooden wedge, and it was hard to get into the cavalry brigade of the Mongols.

Seeing Jiannu's unstoppable appearance in the military formation with a long knife in his hand, Qian Shaoshao couldn't help but pat his forehead and roar loudly.

Fortunately, there were still some people in the army who could command the army to fight, and they threw grenades, threw short spears, and bombarded them with short guns regardless of whether they were enemies or enemies, which stopped Jiannu's attack.

Since the moment the horses stopped, the raid did not exist.

The dense muskets were still very effective against the Jiannu cavalry, especially when the Jiannu stupid ones also sent musketeers to shoot at Qian Shaoshao, the generation difference in this weapon was clearly revealed.

The battlefield was filled with gunsmoke and gunfire, and it was clear that the gunfire on the side of the Mongol cavalry was more intense.

Two walls of people, and the musketeers finally tasted the joy of bullets.

In the long column, someone will suddenly fall down, but the musketeers in Lantian City like to lie on their stomachs, squat, and shoot in three rows while standing, and the standing row of people alternates, only the two rows of people who are lying on their stomachs and squatting will stay put, and after shooting, they will reload and continue to shoot.

The musketeers on the Jianzhou side will stand fearlessly in three rows, one row will finish shooting, the back row will continue to shoot, and the three rows of people will roll and shoot in an orderly manner, but there are more and more people who fall to the ground.

This is the center of gravity of the battlefield, just on either side of the musketeers, four cavalry are engaged in a fierce battle, and the battle situation is in a stalemate for a while.

At this time, the Mongols finally showed the instinct left over from their ancestors who were unparalleled in riding and archery, and only when it came to horsemanship, the Manchu Qing Dynasty, a semi-farming, half-hunting people, could not compare with them.

However, the ferocity and tenacity of the Jianzhou people offset these disadvantages, and they were knocked off their horses by the Mongols, and as long as they did not die, they would hold the legs of the Mongols' horses and create a good opportunity for their companions to kill the enemy.

Amid the sound of gunfire, grenade explosions, shouts and fights, the musketeers' counter-fire was already a victory or a defeat.

When the musketeers of the Jianzhou could no longer form a dense fire, the Chinese cavalry led by Battle overtook the musketeers and began to attack the enemy's vulnerable Chinese army.

The cavalry on both wings saw that the central brigade was attacking, and the cavalry on both wings cheered, while the Jianzhou people who were fighting with them became more and more crazy.

They even abandoned their military formations and advanced to the rear of the Mongol cavalry with their own strong force, leaving their personal life and death completely behind.

"The ferocity of Jiannu has been stimulated."

Zhang Guozhu said lightly to Qian Shao.

Qian Shaoshao looked at the chaotic wings and said, "Since gunpowder has been applied to the battlefield, personal martial arts have become insignificant.

The reason why Jiannu can still dominate for a while now is because the target of the war is the Mongols, a group of ethnic groups that are even more backward than them.

Zhang Guozhu sent your men to eliminate the most ferocious Jiannu and beat their arrogance. ”

Zhang Guozhu gave two orders to the people around him, and then, a group of samurai with short guns on their backs and black armor rode away from the Chinese army.

Battle's cavalry swept towards the walled city, and behind them, a thick group of musketeers also left their positions, and the queue trampled neatly on the ground and slowly approached the walled city.

Qian Shao rarely saw that the army had resumed the offensive, so he lazily said to himself: "In these years, if you want to do things, you can't do it yourself." ”

Seeing that the left and right flanks were unable to win for a long time, and that the Mongol Chinese army had already overwhelmed them, the commander of the former army of Jiannu, Hachichi, ordered the cavalry on both flanks to retreat.

After a few piercing arrows flew into the sky, the Jiannu cavalry on both wings became more and more crazy, and after a fierce attack, seeing that they were still entangled with the Mongolian cavalry and could not get out, after a Jiannu shot a ringing arrow, they no longer retreated, but turned around and met the Mongolian cavalry that was chasing again......

Bachi was furious, and slammed his fist on the walled wall, unable to do anything, and could only watch as those of his fellow tribesmen who took the initiative to meet the enemy and cover the retreat of their comrades were gradually overwhelmed by the Mongol cavalry.

Yue Tuo and Fan Wencheng walked up to the city, Bachi was ashamed, knelt on one knee and said nothing.

Yue Tuo smiled: "You haven't done anything wrong, don't feel guilty, the enemy in front of you once swallowed 1,200 of us in one bite, and it can be regarded as our fierce enemy."

Continue to command the battle, I just came to see the combat power of the people of Lantian County. ”

Hearing this, Bachi was even more ashamed, hugged his fists and said: "Dashuai, Rong Beizhi will take Erlang to charge into battle in person." ”

Yue Tuo smiled and patted Yachi's shoulder and said, "We are not the time for thirteen pairs of armor to raise troops, so there is no need to send a general to fight in person, and do your thing well." ”

After speaking, Yue Tuo and Fan Wencheng set their eyes on the chaotic battlefield.

Tens of thousands of people were fighting, and the sound of killing shook the sky, and there was no quiet place as far as Yue Tuo's vision could see.

"We have almost no generals in Shandong, Lu Xiangsheng is brave, Hong Chengchou is wise, Sun Chuanting is steady, and they are just chickens and dogs in front of the powerful army of our Qing Dynasty.

Unexpectedly, on this stopper, there is still an army that can fight field battles with my Qing army, which is very rare. ”

Fan Wencheng bowed and said: "The reason why the Ming army is weak is because they are soldiers and horses of the imperial court, if the Ming army becomes a private soldier, they will immediately change from dog meat soldiers to tiger wolves."

The reason why my Qing Dynasty is still trapped in the northeast is because of a private army in Liaodong to block them, they are not fighting for the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, but for their own masters and their own land.

I secretly thought that as long as I satisfied the selfish desires of those Ming army generals, they would be able to be used by me.

Give them some sweetness for the time being, just promise him no matter what the conditions are, no matter what the price is, no matter how big the price is, it must be less than the use of military conscription.

It is estimated that at that time, as long as a prison officer is dispatched, they will be able to be captured, and as for the wealth they have accumulated, it will also return, but it will be kept in their hands for a few years. ”

Yue Tuo pointed to the dense Mongolian cavalry not far away and said, "I don't know what benefits Lantian County has given them, so that they can forget their lives so much."

When they fought against Dorgon in the past, they didn't have the courage they have now, do they think that I can't be bullied?

Wen Chenggong, we are now standing on the territory of Zhangjiakou, but you are talking about the affairs of Liaodong, aren't you going to tell me how to deal with Yun Zhao? ”

Fan Wencheng shook his head and said, "For a person like Yun Zhao, who thinks highly of himself, he feels humiliated if he says a word more to us.

For this kind of person, there is no possibility of surrender, only to kill him. What Baylor is currently doing is killing Yun Zhao, so why use a minion to talk too much. ”

Yue Tuo was about to speak, a series of explosions came from the chaotic battlefield, Yue Tuo fixed his eyes, even if he had been fighting since he was a teenager, the scene in front of him still made him gasp.

He never thought that the long whip of the Mongols could still be used as a trebuchet to call, and the gunpowder bags that had been made of linen cloth were actually rolled up by the Mongols with a long whip, and after two laps, and then took off, one by one the gunpowder bags flew to the antlers set up by the Jianzhou people with sparks, and after countless roars, the horses that were more than ten zhang wide were blown up and smashed by the gunpowder bags.

"Retire!"

Yue Tuo whispered to the eight equators.

Bachi did not dare to slack off, and quickly gave the order, and the sound of gongs suddenly sounded on the battlefield, and the archers who were originally stuck in the city went out of the city one after another, and walked forward fifty zhang, ready to provide protection for the Jianzhou people who were about to retreat.

Battle's eyes suddenly became empty, and the Jiannu Gushan Ezhen, who had just fought with him, had already left him three feet away.

Hearing that the people of Jianzhou were beating the gong, he held back the ecstasy in his heart and said to the guards around him: "Order, the whole army attacks!" ”

Battle himself even instigated his war horse to pursue the solid mountain Ezhen, and he very much hoped that these retreating Jianzhou people could be more chaotic, so that he could rush into the city in one go.

Unfortunately, the rain of arrows stopped his horse's hooves, and after three rounds of arrow rain, he could only watch the army of the Jianzhou people retreat back to the camp in an orderly manner.

Battle was frustrated and almost went crazy.

Today, as long as he enters this camp and defeats these Jianzhou people, he will be able to live his happy life under the Yin Mountain with his heart and soul.

can be far away from the man who is as vicious as a poisonous snake.

This was the biggest fear in his heart.

As soon as he saw that man, his body couldn't help but tremble......

Thinking back to the dark days he had spent in Lantian County, Battle wanted to turn around and run away, no matter how many people were around, he never felt safe.

"Battle, why did you stop?"

Qian Shaoshao's feminine and magnetic voice came from behind Battle.

Battle's face trembled under his mask, and he was tempted to say that attacking the tall city in front of him with cavalry was a big joke, and that corpses were to be piled up.

"I brought musketeers, and muskets have a range that exceeds bows and arrows, so ......"

Battle took off his mask, revealing his scarred face, and pointed at the walled city with his long knife and shouted, "Siege!" ”

He didn't know what kind of arrangements Qian Shaoshao had made, he only knew that if he didn't act again, he wouldn't do anything more in his life.

Qian Shao rarely saw that Battle was dispatched, so he said to Zhang Guozhu: "Open fire, count on them...... All of them died in battle, and they could not enter the walled city. ”

Zhang Guozhu glanced at Qian Shaoshao and said, "There are only eight cannons here, and you seem to have assigned most of the artillery to Lu Xiangsheng." ”

Qian Shaoshao said with a smile: "Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong Army will be organized and trained into our own army in the future, so naturally we can't give Lu Xiangsheng all the funeral."

As for the people here, it's not so important to die a little more, you know, the Mongols don't know how precious the land is if they don't shed blood. “

The cavalry attacked the walled city, the artillery sounded behind them, and soon the city was full of gunsmoke, Yue Tuo's banner was cut off by chain bullets and fell from the city, and the Mongolian cavalry under the city seemed to see the hope of victory again, and shouted loudly, and came to the city with a dense rain of arrows, and quickly left after throwing out a powder bag.

With a thunderclap, the walled walls collapsed ten feet......

Under the leadership of Battle, the more fierce Mongols rushed in from the gap in the walled city, and soon, they hurriedly retreated, and after throwing a grenade indiscriminately, they killed it again, and they didn't make much effort, and were once again driven out of the camp by the Jianzhou people, this time, even the war horse under the crotch was gone.

The disarrayed Battle looked back at Qian Shaoshao, who was standing outside the range of his crossbow, and saw that the red flag behind him that had continued his attack had not changed, and this time, he gathered all his guards and once again slaughtered the walled city.

Boom, boom, two loud bangs, and the tall walled city collapsed again with two huge openings.

Seeing that the Mongols in the brigade jumped off their horses and rushed into the walled city, Qian Shaoshao said to Zhang Guozhu: "Lu Xiangsheng's side should have won, right?" ”

Zhang Guozhu said: "The news just came that Lu Xiangsheng abandoned the plan to pursue the remnants of Du Du, defeated the Jiannu who guarded the slave camp, and is making every effort to organize the rescue of the captive Ming people. ”

"What about Li Dingguo?"

"The people have now entered the camp of Jiannu, and are setting fire to the grain and grass of Jiannu inside, it is estimated that they will not stay in it for long, and our men who will receive them have already set off, as long as they blow up the wall on the right as he said, they will be able to get out of trouble by themselves."

"How much time do we have?"

Zhang Guozhu said: "There is still a day's journey to Zhangjiakou from Yue Tuo's nearest reinforcements. ”

"How long does it take for Dolgon to get to Zhangjiakou?"

"Even if he marches in the starry night, it will take four days to arrive, and the first to arrive is the Mongolian Eight Banners stationed in Shajing."

"Will our plan come true?"

"At present, half of it has been realized, Lu Xiangsheng has already rescued the people of Daming, and the plan to kill Yue Tuo has not yet succeeded."

Qian Shaoshao said: "Then urge Battle to continue the attack, even if it is a change, it must hit Yue Tuo hard, in addition, send a message to Lu Xiangsheng and tell him our plan, if he is unwilling to continue to kill thieves, our people will take over him." ”

Zhang Guozhu nodded and sent someone to send a message to Lu Xiangsheng.

At this time, Lu Xiangsheng was sitting on the ground with his brother Lu Xiangxian in his arms and wanted to cry without tears, although the mighty army of rescued slaves around him was leaving quickly, he didn't feel much joy.

The annoying military doctor came over again, looked at Lu Xiangxian, who was tossed by Lu Xiangsheng and began to bleed again, and said to him: "Your brother is not dead, if you pick him up from the stretcher again, he may die." ”

Lu Xiangsheng raised his head and said, "My brother is not dead?" ”

The military doctor carefully put Lu Xiangxian on the stretcher, beckoned two sturdy Ming people to carry him and followed the rest of the military doctors, and then he breathed a sigh of relief and said to Lu Xiangsheng: "There are eleven fractures, nine external wounds, and the arrow taken out is half a catty, and his head is seriously injured, which is the reason why he is unconscious."

When he returns to Lantian City and recuperates well for a month or two, people can live, but there is no guarantee that they can live well.

However, this time he was almost shattered, and if he could walk on his own, it would be a blessing, and he would not be allowed to go to the battlefield again in the future.

Even so, I still admire your Lu family's hard bones. ”

Lu Xiangsheng let out a sigh of relief, looked at the splint on his leg and said, "This time, I, Lu Xiangsheng, owe you a favor from the county honor."

If he wants, I'll always give it back. ”

The military doctor sneered and said, "The day when my county respects you to repay the favor, is it time for you to commit suicide?" ”

Lu Xiangsheng grinned and said with a smile on his dry lips: "When people die, debts are eliminated, this is the most painful way to repay debts." ”

The military doctor smiled: "My county lord has long expected you to do this, my Lantian County has done countless business with people, and it is the most loss for you." ”

Lu Xiangsheng looked at the Yuetuo camp where the fighting became more and more fierce and said to the unknown military doctor: "If we continue to fight, there will be no result, our number is small after all, this time we can take advantage of the strength of firearms, and there will be no such a good opportunity next time."

Tell your commander that it's time to retreat, and if you don't retreat, you will suffer a big loss when Jiannu's reinforcements arrive. ”

The military doctor looked at Lu Xiangsheng and said with a smile: "Do you think that our Lantian County has such a little combat power in Lantian City?" ”

Lu Xiangsheng said: "You still have a strong army that you have not used, do you want to say that your commander is ready to put this army into this battlefield as well?"

Tell you, this battle has been broken, if you used your elite surprise attack at the beginning, or you could take advantage of it, now your elite comes up again, it will become a fuel tactic, you don't have enough time to annihilate Yue Tuo before Dolgon comes to Zhangjiakou, even if you have the best idea, you can't do this.

Tell your boss that it's time to retreat, and that now, there's no point in continuing to fight to remove some casualties. ”

The military doctor rubbed the two soft whiskers that had just emerged under his chin and chuckled, then helped Lu Xiangsheng onto the war horse, and after placing his injured leg, he arched his hand to Lu Xiangsheng and said, "Our original strategy was not Yue Tuo. ”

Lu Xiangsheng is who is it, the young military doctor's words came out, and he immediately said: "Your real elite is to ambush Dorgon? ”

The military doctor shook his head and said: "No, the Zhengbai Banner soldiers under Dolgon's command seem to be more brave than the Zhenghongqi soldiers in Yue Tuo's hands, and the result of the battle with Dolgon is not much different from Yue Tuo, how could a person with such wisdom in our county make such a big mistake."

You must know that the elite of my Lantian County is not easy to get, and it must not be buried easily. ”

Lu Xiangsheng thought for a moment when he heard this, and then arched his hand and said: "I hope you can bury the Manba Banner on the Mongolian steppe."

Thank you for me, the Tianxiong Army is the last remnant of the battle this time, that is, they are fighting with a breath, the people are rescued, and the breath in their chests is also vented. ”

The military doctor waved his hand and said: "Lu Shuai is good, our army will immediately take over the battlefield here, and continue to advance to the Yuetuo camp. ”

Lu Xiangsheng walked very simply, as he said, after this battle, the Tianxiong Army has basically become an empty shell.

The Tianxiong Army, which was full of 16,000 people, now includes the wounded soldiers lying on stretchers, and no more than 4,000 people can return to the Ming Kingdom.

During the long six-month campaign, more than 12,000 people died on the battlefield.

The military doctor looked at Lu Xiangsheng's distant back and muttered: "I really don't know what he thinks about exchanging the lives of the soldiers for the lives of those people...... However, maybe this is the reason why the county is willing to do a loss-making business with him.

Perhaps, he and the county are the same kind of people, but they are not as smart as the county zun! ”

Without the protection of the cavalry and foot soldiers, the unknown medic would certainly not continue to attack with the artillerymen.

Instead, the mules and horses were re-attached to the gun carriage and transferred along a predetermined route, where they were supposed to have a greater role.

Chapter I

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