Chapter 103: The ditch rejects the enemy
Liu Neng rode his horse and galloped on the mountain road, whipping the war horse under him with a horsewhip, and he didn't even dare to twist his head and fled on his horse.
Before he could patrol the compound of the old inspector, hundreds of Tartar cavalry were killed, and he had to hurry back to report the news and tell the inspector and the elders of the town.
But the Manchu cavalry came too fast to know if it was too late.
"Dududu" was in a hurry, Liu Neng blew the whistle in his mouth vigorously, and the sharp whistle echoed in the mountain road.
"Not good! It seems to be a whistle! Two miles away, Wei Yang was sitting on a stone resting, listened carefully, his expression changed, he hurriedly jumped on the war horse, turned around and ran west. In order to ensure that the news can be transmitted safely, the night when going out to spy is generally in a group of two, about two miles away from each other.
"Dudu Dudu....." Wei Yang whistled vigorously in his mouth, the war horse hit fast, and rushed out of the mountain road, and a few people who traveled between Sicheng and Xishan Town raised their heads in surprise, looking at this night that was flying like a horse.
"The Tartars are here, hurry up and go home and pack up!" Wei Yang yelled at them, slowed down his horse, and carefully walked around the crooked ditch to the gate of Sicheng.
The gate of Sicheng had already been opened, and groups of soldiers rushed up to the wall with weapons.
"Did the Mantars really kill you?" Chen Yue asked Wei Yang, who jumped off the war horse.
"I heard Liu Neng's whistle to call the police, it was indeed full of Tartars!" Wei Yang nodded vigorously.
"Well, inform the people of Xishan Town, according to the prior arrangement, either retreat to Sicheng, or flee to the mountains, and no one is allowed to stay in Xishan Town!" Chen Yue nodded, turned around and ordered.
"Yes, sir!" Chen Yan, who was guarding the side, agreed and ordered his subordinates to ring the gong.
"Knock knock, knock knock......" The rapid sound of the gong suddenly sounded, rippling in the sky above Sicheng, and then spreading.
The people of Xishan Town raised their heads in horror and listened carefully, knowing that this was the agreed alarm from Mantar, so they immediately ran in a panic, and hurriedly ran home with their wives and children to take refuge.
The grain has long been buried deeply, as long as you pack up the money and soft money, lead the cattle and sheep, and take your wife and children, you can escape. Having experienced a full Tartar robbery, they are already very experienced in escaping.
After all, there are more than 200 officers and soldiers of the Inspection Division, most of whom are still children of the town, and the inspectors are brave and invincible, and they will definitely protect themselves.
There were also many people who chose to flee west into the mountains, fearing that Sicheng would not be able to hold it and would be killed by the vicious Mantars......
"Second brother, follow me up the mountain!" Liu Laosan shouted at Liu Laoer.
"No, I have to go to Sicheng, where the dog is a soldier. Let the eldest and his daughter-in-law carry the child up the mountain with you. Liu Lao Er led one of his own goats, and after thinking about it, it is safer to have two ways to divide the army, so that at least some people can survive.
"Alas, don't let the dog be a soldier, you have to be!" The third child stomped his feet and hurriedly walked west with his things on his back, and Liu Laoer's eldest son and daughter-in-law also followed.
To the west of the mountain, to the east of Sicheng, the whole town was in chaos, and there were panicked people everywhere, dragging their families and mouths, holding their children and grandchildren, carrying packages on their backs, and leading cattle and sheep.
"Raise your shields!" As soon as Liu Lao Er led the goat out of the town, he heard someone shouting, and hurriedly untied the shield behind him, and raised it in front of him with one hand. This shield was funded by the inspector and made of hardwood from the mountains, and almost every family has a few of them, and it is said that it is a strong bow that can protect against full tartars.
Shrinking his body and carefully protecting the goat behind the shield, Liu Lao Er looked out from the lookout hole dug in the middle of the shield, and saw hundreds of Tatar cavalry appearing in the mountain road, many people were bending their bows and arrows to shoot this side, and the arrows were like raindrops.
"Do" sounded in his ears, and a feather arrow shot on the shield, which frightened Liu Lao Er, and couldn't wait and see anymore, and hurriedly led the goat along the crooked road between the ditches.
Just run into Sicheng, Liu Lao Er said to himself.
In Sicheng, Liu Neng almost rolled down the war horse, only feeling as if he was rolling between life and death, what had just happened was like a nightmare to him, it was so terrible.
The arrows chased him like raindrops, shooting on the ground in front of him and behind his horse, and several Mantar cavalry shouted and roared behind him, so frightened that Liu Neng didn't even dare to turn his head back, and fled by his own neck holding the war horse. Fortunately, with a round shield on his back, and a leather armor issued by the inspector every night, Liu Neng was able to escape a few miles away, and in this way, several feather arrows were also shot on the butt of the war horse, perhaps it was the severe pain that inspired the fierceness of the war horse, and he fled all the way back.
"Get up!" Wei Yang kicked Liu Neng with his foot, looking at Liu Neng's unharmed appearance, and then looking at the few feather arrows pierced in the butt of the war horse, he couldn't help but secretly admire the good luck of his companions.
"This horse has been shot with a few arrows, and it must be healed quickly, otherwise it will bleed too much and it will be wasted."
"Ahh Liu Neng was taken aback, hurriedly got up, and pulled the war horse to look for Wang Xiang.
"Chong Mantar put a few firearms and pick up the villagers to come in." Looking at the Mantar cavalry who were wantonly firing arrows on the side of the mountain road, Chen Yue commanded.
"Why don't you give them a few shots?" The gunner Chen Goudan on the side said excitedly.
"No, the tiger squat cannon can't reach that far, and it can't be put now, I'm going to save it until the end to give them a good look." Chen Yue flatly refused. Chen Goudan sighed regretfully.
Some of the people of Xishan Town have already passed through the winding road between the ditches and entered the city, and some are walking between the ditches.
And the Manchu cavalry at first tried to urge the horses to cross the ditch that was not too wide, and to kill the fleeing people, who knew that the road between the ditches was full of deep pits with large cups, and it was no problem for people to walk up, but the horses' hooves would fall into the pit as soon as they stepped on it, and then the consequences of the broken legs of the horses.
When several war horses screamed and broke their legs, and the cavalry on the horses were thrown out, Niu Lu Ezhen decisively stopped the team and ordered his men to stop chasing and killing the fleeing Ming people, but instead shoot with bows and arrows from a distance.