() Bringing a head back is naturally less time-saving and labor-saving than escorting a captive back, so Xie Erjian ordered Li Zixin to be cut without hesitation. Not only Li Zixin, but even the more than 200 White Lotus Sect disciples who were captured were corrected on the spot. After all, there were only 2,000 people in the Shenji Battalion of the surprise attack on Bansheng City, and it was impossible to retreat with these captives, which would undoubtedly be tantamount to looking for death.

Half an hour later, the Bansheng City that Zhao had spent several years of hard work to build fell into a raging fire, the housing department was burned down, and the tens of thousands of Han people who took the initiative to join Zhao were dispersed, after all, they were all Han people, and it was impossible to kill all of them.

However, before dispersing these Han people, Qi Jingtong and Xie Erjian severely reprimanded them, and finally promised that as long as these Han people were willing to return to their original hometowns of the Ming Dynasty, they would guarantee that the local government would not blame them for the past, and the houses and fields would be returned to them for living and farming.

This policy was not decided by Xie Erjian and Qi Jingtong without authorization, but a plan that Xu Jin had already formulated.

This policy of combining grace and power was undoubtedly extremely effective, and those Han people were terrified to see hundreds of White Lotus disciples being bloodily beheaded, and now they heard that they could return to the Ming Dynasty without asking for their crimes, and most of them expressed their willingness to return to their hometowns.

What else can I do? Winter is about to fall, and now Bansheng City has been burned down again, and you can only wait for death if you stay, it is better to return to your hometown before the cold winter comes, at least there is a broken house in your hometown to shelter from the wind and snow.

Next, Xie Erjian ordered to send three days' rations to each of these Han people, and then disperse them, there was only so much he could do, as for how many of these Han people could eventually return to their hometowns, he couldn't care so much.

"Liu Dali!" Xie Erjian beckoned and called Liu Dali to him.

Liu Dali seemed to know what Xie Erjian was going to say, he arched his hand and said: "General Xie, the little one also understands the current situation, and it is estimated that the cavalry of my answer is about to be killed, so you can't take care of us!" ”

Xie Erjian couldn't help but glance at Liu Dali again, and said with a little approval: "Liu Dali, you kid is quite clever, that's right, it is impossible for us to escort you back to the south, but we can buy you some time." Now you immediately retreat in the direction of Horin with 5,000 Hannu, where someone will pick you up, and by the way, take away those materials that can be taken, burn all those that cannot be taken away, and the captured horses and weapons will also be yours. ”

Liu Dali said happily: "Thank you to the two generals!" ”

"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up, it'll be too late if you don't leave!" Qi Jingtong said in a deep voice.

As soon as Qi Jing's voice ended, a scout of the Shenji Battalion who had been sent to the periphery to guard galloped back and reported in a loud voice: "General, a cavalry of the Tartars has appeared thirty miles away, and it is estimated that there are two or three thousand horsemen. ”

Thirty miles away, the cavalry arrived in half an hour at most, and Liu Dali did not dare to delay at the moment, and immediately led thousands of Han slaves to bring all the materials that could be taken away, and those who could not be brought were thrown into the fire and burned, and then led the horses, cattle and sheep to retreat in the direction of Helin.

Seeing Liu Dali lead thousands of Han slaves away, Xie Erjian and Qi Jingtong immediately ordered the Shenji campers to get on their horses and prepare for battle.

Qi Jingtong licked his lips excitedly, and said with a cruel smile: "Brother, the real battle has only begun now, let the Tartar cavalry taste the power of our Shenji Battalion, Wan Sheng!" ”

"Wan Sheng!" The elites of the Divine Machine Battalion all raised their flintlock pistols and roared, and their fighting spirit was extremely high.

Drive......

Xie Erjian and his horse galloped to the north first, and the two thousand soldiers of the Shenji Battalion lit torches and rode their horses behind.

At this moment, if you look down from the sky from a bird's eye view, you can see that the fire in Bansheng City is soaring into the sky, burning half of the sky, and in the northwest and northeast directions of Bansheng City, there are three fire dragons in the shape of "Pin" to Bansheng City rushing rapidly, and the Shenji Battalion is facing the fire dragon due north at this time.

The distance of more than ten miles is a blink of an eye for the cavalry, not to mention that the two cavalry are still rushing towards each other, so it is just two teas of kung fu, and the Shenji battalion and the cavalry of the Tartars meet.

It is said that after receiving the report of the Ming army's attack on Bansheng City, I immediately sent three cavalry to reinforce it. Since it is not clear how many people the Ming army came this time, for the sake of the safety of the base camp of the sweat account, I did not dare to come out, but sent three cavalry, a total of 9,000 people, obviously with the intention of testing the truth.

Therefore, the Tartar cavalry encountered by the Shenji Battalion at this time only had three thousand horsemen, but these three thousand cavalry were not trivial, they were like a violent beast pounced on the Shenji Battalion, and two hundred meters apart, the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion could feel the terrible impact of the oncoming one.

Xie Erjian and Qi Jingtong took the lead, looking at the Tartar cavalry who rushed over head-on, they couldn't help but secretly sweat, the Mongolian cavalry is the best in the world, this sentence is really not covered, look at this indomitable momentum is not comparable to the cavalry of the Ming army, even the Shenji battalion is inferior by two points.

At this time, the two cavalry were getting closer and closer, and when the distance was reduced to about ten hundred and twenty meters, Xie Erjian's pupils suddenly contracted sharply, and he shouted: "Shield!" ”

The Shenji Battalion is usually well-trained, and as soon as Xie Erjian's word "shield" was shouted, everyone hung up their flintlock pistols, quickly picked up their shields and blocked them in front of them, and at the same time squeezed their horses to make the formation as dense as possible, so that they could effectively protect the war horses under the crotch and the robes behind them.

As soon as the Shenji Battalion made a defense, a wave of sharp arrows was thrown down overwhelmingly, tuk tuk tuk ...... The terrible rain of arrows washed the shield array of the Shenji Battalion, and dozens of brothers were killed and injured by arrows on the spot, after all, the gap in the shield array on the horse was relatively large, and it was impossible to be absolutely tight.

"Guns!" Xie Erjian hung the shield that had been shot like a hedgehog to Victory, and shouted loudly again.

At this time, the distance between the two sides has been shortened to eighty meters, and they have entered the effective range of the flintlock guns, and the opportunity is a little long, if the Tartars are allowed to come back with another wave of projectiles, the casualties of the Shenji battalion will be even more heavy.

Xie Erjian gave an order, and all the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion hung up their shields, quickly raised their guns to hook the board machine, and even saved their aiming, and shot at the dense cavalry team of the Tartars.

The commander of the Tartar cavalry croaked strangely, and the Tartars also quickly raised their shields, and they also raised them diagonally, probably thinking that the Ming army would also give them a round of projectiles, but the cups were gone, and the Ming army on the opposite side was not bows and arrows, but flintlock muskets.

Bang bang bang......

A rain of bullets shot straight ahead, and hundreds of horsemen who ran in front of them were harvested like wheat on the spot. The commander of the Tartar was lucky, he was unscathed in the dense bullets, but he was also scared enough, what kind of damn thing did the Ming army use?

The Tartars have been fighting with the Ming army for decades, and they naturally know the Ming army's firearms, but the Ming army's firearms have to be ignited to be excited, which is not only time-consuming, but also has a very poor accuracy, and the firing range is not so far, it is generally used by infantry formations, and I have not seen any Ming cavalry that can use firearms on horses.

Indeed, it is very difficult to use the fire gun on a horse, just imagine that it is difficult to light the lead of the fire gun on the back of a bumpy horse, and it is even more difficult to do it with a little less riding skills, let alone distract from igniting the fire when the cavalry on both sides is charging at high speed, even if the lead is lit by luck, the probability of hitting the enemy with a fire gun held in one hand is terrifyingly low, it is better to use a bow and arrow.

However, the Shenji Battalion is using a flintlock pistol that can be held with both hands at the moment, and the accuracy and range are not comparable to that of the firebolt, and the most powerful thing is that it can be activated by directly hooking the plate machine without ignition.

Therefore, the Tatar cavalry in front of him suffered a loss and ate in the "soil buns" without knowledge, and hundreds of people were put down in one face, plus the dense gunfire was a little scary, the Tartar horses were not used to it, and they were so frightened that they all closed their hooves and slowed down, and the formation of the entire charge was suddenly chaotic.

Xie Erjian and Qi Jingtong were overjoyed, and hurriedly took this opportunity to order the reloading of ammunition, and soon, the second wave of bullets rained down on the head of the Tartars, killing and injuring hundreds of people.

At this time, the Tartars finally reacted, no longer gave the Shenji Battalion a chance to reload ammunition, and raised their swords and horses to kill, at this time the distance between the two sides was less than fifty meters, and it was only a few seconds.

Xie Erjian and Qi Jingtong hung up their flintlock pistols, the former drew his sword, the latter raised his gun, and faced the tartar fearlessly!

"Kill!" Everyone in the Shenji Battalion changed into waist knives, and rushed behind the second general with a rainbow of momentum.

The Tartars were originally superior in numbers, but after being harvested in two waves, there were only about 2,000 people left, and the formation was chaotic, and the momentum was greatly reduced.

Bang Peng......

The two cavalry collided, and the flesh flew sideways in an instant, and the fighting of cold weapons was always the most bloody and bloody, but when I saw the head rolling, the severed limbs and stumps fell to the ground.

The Shenji Battalion, under the leadership of Xie Erjian and Qi Jingtong, two tiger generals, successfully chiseled through the Tartars' team, but it also paid a great price, with nearly 100 casualties.

"Kill!" Qi Jingtong was so good at killing that he picked up the bloody gun and turned the horse's head to kill back, Xie Erjian couldn't pull it back, so he could only take the brothers to kill it again.

After several rounds of killing, the Tartar cavalry was finally cut into pieces, Qi Jingtong picked off the corpse of the thousand-commander with one shot, and laughed and said: "Happy, the combat power of the Tartar cavalry is nothing more than that!" ”

As soon as Qi Jing's voice fell, another fire dragon appeared in the northeast, and the sound of horses' hooves was like a shower.

Xie Erjian said in a deep voice: "Old Qi, withdraw!" ”

"Brothers, change horses!" Qi Jingtong shouted, and all the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion immediately flew to change horses and galloped to the southwest.

Liu Dali and they estimated that they hadn't gone far, so Xie Erjian didn't run in the direction of Helin, but led the pursuers to the southwest, and if they couldn't do it, they went to Yulin, Shaanxi, which was also one of the plans they made before sending their troops. Fupin Chinese