Seeing that the artillery of the Ming army had been transported, and the next step was to bombard Yuqianxiaocheng, Cai Yurong immediately implemented the original plan, abandoned Yuqiancheng, and prepared to retreat to Changhua to continue to block the Ming army.

Cai Yurong is going to run, how can Wang Xinyu's military advisor Wang Yuyou let go of this son of a second minister, a traitor who is desperate to do things for the Qing court? In the decisive battle of Lin'an, the cavalry of the Zheng family army has not come in handy, and it is just used to intercept and chase Cai Yurong. Wang Yuyou asked Hu Jing to lead 300 iron horsemen in advance, carry five days' worth of dry food, cross the river from upstream, and then go south along the river, and wait in ambush in the roadside woods.

Due to the cooperation of the mountain soldiers who can fight well and the night is not collected, the Qing army scouts behind Cai Yurong were cleaned up, and the Qing army did not find that the Ming cavalry had smuggled across the river at all.

Hu Jing led 300 cavalry to ambush in the west of Qiancheng for two days and two nights, chewing dry food when he was hungry, drinking water from the stream when he was thirsty, neither lighting a fire to cook nor building a barracks, but lying on the ground in the woods and waiting patiently. After waiting for two days and two nights, I finally saw the movement of the Qing soldiers on the other side.

"The Tartars are crossing the river!" Seeing the Qing soldiers coming out of the hidden city and boarding a raft to cross the river, the scouts reported to Hu Jing.

The three hundred cavalry moved silently to the side of the road outside the woods.

However, it was not the cavalry who took on the task of the first round of attacks, but the soldiers of the Lynx battalion who were lying in ambush by the river. These mountain soldiers are all detours from small roads, and the difficult paths are like walking on the ground for them. More than 500 mountain soldiers waited in ambush in the woods by the stream for two days and two nights, and finally waited for the Qing army to retreat.

Half of the crossing attack, when part of the Qing soldiers crossed the river, and half of the Qing soldiers were still on the opposite bank, the Ming army suddenly shouted and killed from the woods.

Feathered arrows smeared with arrow poison wood poison juice flew like locusts in the sky and shot at the crowd of Qing troops. The mountain soldiers of the Ming army had not yet arrived, and the Qing soldiers who had just come down from the raft were hit by arrows. Covered by these bloody poisonous arrows, the Qing soldiers fell to the shore like harvested wheat.

"Kill the Tartars!" Zhang Liang led the mountain soldiers. Wielding various weapons, he fought into the crowd of Qing troops.

Seeing the six-petal Mingguang helmet of the Ming army on his head, the red battle clothes of the Ming army on the outside of the rattan armor, and the ornaments of the Miao Li Yi Yao people around his waist, someone exclaimed: "Crazy army!" It's the Maniac Army again! ”

Hearing the words "madman army", the morale of the Qing army suddenly decreased, their legs trembled, and they couldn't even hold their weapons steadily.

"Kill!" The Ming army rushed into the crowd of Qing troops and attacked them like crazy. The mountain soldiers only attacked and did not parry, and every move cost human lives. Moreover, these mountain soldiers are all daredevils, they smear the poisonous juice of the arrow poison wood on the blade, as long as the Qing soldiers who are cut down, they all chou convulsions and falls, foaming at the mouth, and they die after a while.

"My lord, there are thieves in ambush on our way out!" A pro-soldier reported to Cai Yurong.

Cai Yurong looked at the other side and ordered: "Although the thieves are fierce, there are few people. As long as we rush hard. Sure you'll be able to rush through! ”

The back road was cut off, not because Cai Yurong was too careless, but because he was in a hurry to retreat and didn't want to fall into the encirclement of the Ming army. Even if he knew that there was danger on his way to retreat, he had to retreat to Changhua County as soon as possible.

"My lord, shall we go back to the city and hold on?" Someone suggested.

Cai Yurong said angrily: "The thief cannon has been transported, where can Yuqian Xiaocheng withstand the bombardment?" Pass my orders. The whole army separated and crossed the river! Must rush past the thieves' interception! ”

"The thieves block the road, our army is in the dead place, if you can't rush away from the thieves. We're all going to die here! It's better to retreat into the city and resist. A pro-soldier begged.

"Bing Shuyun, put it to death and come back to life! Knowing that this is the place of death, the soldiers will rush to kill with all their strength and defeat the thieves! Cai Yurong sneered.

Thousands of Qing troops crossed the river and charged the Ming army.

Seeing that the Qing army was strong and had formed a good formation on the spacious avenue, Zhang Liang knew that it would be a loss to use mountain soldiers to fight the enemy army in a good formation, so he made way and let the Qing army pass.

Originally, the Qing soldiers who were in a dead place and could only survive by rushing over, saw the Ming army blocking the road in front of them suddenly get out of the way, and the Qing soldiers who were full of breath were deflated like a ball pierced by a needle, and the original charge turned into a run for their lives, rushing to the west.

Zhang Liang did not take advantage of the situation to follow the defeated Qing army, but led the mountain soldiers, took the path and pursued in parallel, and from time to time launched attacks on the official road in the middle, biting off a piece of meat from the Qing army.

The task of tailgating the pursuit was naturally left to the cavalry. Hu Jing's cavalry saw the Qing soldiers rushing over, and when all the Qing soldiers had passed, he pointed his spear at the official: "Brothers! Follow me! Kill the Tartars! ”

"Kill the Tartars!" Three hundred cavalry rushed out of the woods and smashed into the crowd of Qing troops from behind.

Every Qing soldier was in a hurry to flee for his life, and no one turned back to resist, and everyone only thought that they could escape faster than their companions. The cavalry likes to chase and kill such an enemy the most, chasing it from behind, the saber is flat, the blade is slightly oblique downward, with the help of the horse, a slight knife, the opponent is either in a different place, or cut in two.

How could two legs run more than four legs, the cavalry followed behind the Qing army all the way to cover and kill, killing the Qing army with a river of blood.

There were cavalry chasing behind, and there were mountain soldiers on both flanks who were pursuing parallel to each other.

"Don't kill me, I surrender!" The Qing soldiers, who couldn't run, threw away their weapons and knelt on the side of the road to surrender.

Some Qing soldiers were chased by the cavalry of the Ming army in a hurry, and fled into the mountains and forests on both sides in a panic, trying to escape the cavalry pursuit with the help of the terrain. But they just happened to bump into the mountain soldiers who were pursuing in parallel, and the result went without saying that they knew that the unlucky ones were directly hacked to death by the Ming army, and the lucky ones were taken prisoner.

The 5,000 Qing soldiers who escaped from the hidden city died and surrendered, and in the end, less than 600 people fled into Changhua City.

When the Ming army evacuated Changhua County before, the walls had already been cleared, and the city walls had also been destroyed by the Ming army, the city was empty, there was no food, there was nothing, Cai Yurong could not find anyone even if he wanted to recruit people to help defend the city. Looking at the dilapidated Changhua City, Cai Yurong didn't know if the only remaining 600 Qing soldiers in his hands could hold it.

"Ming dog! Minggou is here again! A Qing soldier shouted in horror.

Three hundred cavalry and five hundred mountain soldiers had arrived at the city and were ready to attack it.

Seeing that the Ming army was all cavalry and light infantry, without carrying artillery or siege weapons, Cai Yurong laughed: "There are only hundreds of thieves, what can I do?" ”

But Cai Yurong soon couldn't laugh anymore, because he saw that the Ming army escorted more than 1,500 Qing soldiers who had just been captured to cut wood in the woods. Build a shield cart, load sandbags, and prepare to storm Changhua City.

The city wall of Changhua City is not high, it is less than three zhang like the general county seat, and the moat is not deep, at best it is just a small ditch, if the Ming army uses prisoners to fill the river, it will not take an hour to fill a section of the moat.

About an hour later, more than 1,000 Qing prisoners who served as auxiliaries built improvised shield carts.

"Siege!" Hu Jing gave an order.

The cavalry followed the Qing prisoners who were used as cannon fodder, and the mountain soldiers were armed with bows and arrows. Follow the shield cart slowly.

"Hurry up! As long as you break through Changhua, you can become official soldiers, and you will be paid! If there is a person who escapes from the battle, he will not be spared! Zhang Liang was full of grace and power, shouting for the Qing soldiers to capture the city.

The shield cart advanced slowly, and the defenders at the head of the city had neither artillery nor trebuchets, so they could only watch the shield cart approach little by little. When the shield cart approached the moat, the captives removed the sandbags from the shield cart and threw them into the river. The Qing army at the head of the city fired a volley of arrows, birds roared, and many prisoners were shot by arrows and fell down screaming.

These were captured by Qing soldiers who served as auxiliaries. The armor on his body had long been stripped off by the Ming army, and he just wore the uniform in reverse to distinguish between friend and foe. These unprotected captives were shot one after another and suffered heavy casualties.

Some of the bodies fell directly into the moat. Some of the corpses fell by the river, and they were also carried by the Ming army as sandbags and thrown into the moat.

Every captive had nothing but thought of throwing sandbags into the river. So that they can leave the danger zone and have a chance to live. The Qing captives who dropped the sandbags and were lucky not to be shot quickly retreated behind the shield cart, and with the help of the shield cart's protection, they dodged the random arrows shot from the city.

The mountain soldiers counterattacked with bows and arrows, and the Qing soldiers who were shooting arrows and firing birds at the head of the city screamed and suffered heavy casualties.

The first group of wagons retreated, followed by a group of wagons laden with sandbags that were pushed up by the captives.

In less than an hour, a section of the moat was filled.

It stands to reason that at this time, the Ming army should be carrying a simple ladder to attack the city. However, Cai Yurong found that the Ming army auxiliaries were still pushing the shield cart up.

The shield cart pushed over the filled moat, and the captives, who acted as auxiliaries, removed the sandbags from the carts, ran a few steps forward, threw the sandbags at the foot of the wall, and quickly fled from the foot of the wall. Those who didn't have time to run away were hit by the random arrows and projectiles shot from the city's head, and were hit by the rolling wood and stones from the city's head, and fell at the foot of the city wall.

"The thief should fill it with sandbags!" Cai Yurong understood.

The city wall of Changhua was not high, and the city wall of the ordinary county town was the same, generally between two zhang six feet and two zhang eight feet, plus when the Ming army occupied Changhua before, the city wall was attacked by the Qing army's artillery; When the Ming army retreated, it destroyed a section of the city wall, so there were many gaps in the city, and the place where the Ming army attacked was only two feet and three feet, and a large section of the female wall battlements had been destroyed, and it was very easy to pile them up with sandbags.

Under the city, the mountain soldiers of the Ming army stretched out their bows and arrows, shooting rows of random arrows at the head of the city.

Rolling wood and stones were thrown at the city, arrows were shot, and the Qing soldiers who poured the oil and gold juice were hit by arrows and fell on the city.

The auxiliaries at the foot of the city were also killed and wounded, either by random arrows, or by rolling wood and stones, or burned by gold juice, or by pouring fire oil on their bodies, and burned to the ground. The corpse of the auxiliary soldier fell at the foot of the city, and the auxiliary soldiers behind him carried sandbags, threw sandbags on the corpse, and quickly ran away to avoid the fire from the city.

The sandbags at the foot of the walls were piled higher and higher, and soon they were halfway up the walls.

"Kill!" In the other direction, the mountain soldiers of the Ming army rushed over with improvised trench bridges.

Cai Yurong originally had less than 600 Qing soldiers on hand, and he lost more than 100 people in the battle to defend the city, and now there are less than 500 people left, and there are no auxiliaries and people, so it is difficult to see such a long city wall. By the time the Qing soldiers found out that the Ming army death squad was going to attack the city, the Ming army mountain soldiers had already set up a trench bridge and rushed across the moat.

More than 100 Ming soldiers swung the rope, threw the claw hook to the city, and then grabbed the rope and climbed to the city.

"Go over there, don't let Minggou climb up!" Cai Yurong shouted in a hurry.

By the time the Qing soldiers rushed over, more than 100 mountain soldiers had already climbed up to the top of the city, jumped into the battlements, and engaged in fierce hand-to-hand combat with the Qing soldiers who surrounded them.

On the front, Hu Jing pulled out his saber and pointed at the city: "Brothers, follow me!" ”

"Kill!" More than 300 cavalry of the Ming army galloped towards the city wall.

Three hundred horsemen rushed to the bottom of the city, and the horses stepped on the sandbags, jumped up, and galloped up to the top of the city. Hu Jing's horse's hooves were raised, and he kicked over the two Qing soldiers in one fell swoop. The saber in his hand was cut off, and the heads of the two Qing soldiers fell to the ground.

The cavalry rushed through the sandbags, jumped on the top of the city, and slashed at the top of the city. It was impossible to storm the city with cavalry and mountain soldiers, but the lack of strength of the Qing army made it possible to carry sandbags from prisoners. This siege method was invented by the Mongols more than 400 years ago.

Originally, there were not many people, and some of them were attracted by more than a hundred mountain soldiers, and the Qing soldiers in front of them couldn't stop them at all. After the Ming cavalry rushed to the top of the city, the infantry behind also climbed up.

The Qing soldiers at the head of the city suffered heavy casualties, and as the Ming army shouted the slogan of "surrender without killing", the remaining Qing soldiers knelt on the ground and surrendered to the Ming army.

"It's over!" Cai Yurong sat on the ground with his buttocks slumped. He knew that he had not completed the task assigned by Aobai, and he had blocked the Ming army in Changhua for two days, even if he fled back, Aobai would not hesitate to cut off his head. But to let Cai Yurong draw his sword and kill himself, he didn't have the courage.

In the panic, Cai Yurong actually forgot to run away, and by the time he remembered to run, it was too late.

"Caught a Tartar officer!" A group of Ming troops surrounded Cai Yurong.

In the camp of the Ming army, Cai Yurong knelt on the ground and begged Wang Xinyu bitterly: "Don't kill villains!" The villain is willing to surrender! As long as the adult bypasses the villain, the adult can do whatever the villain tells the villain. ”

"This guy is the son of Erchen Cai Shiying, and he can't be let go!" Wang Yuyou said on the side.

"It turned out to be Cai Shiying's son! That's great! I'm going to clean him up today! Can't let this guy die too happily! Wang Xinyu laughed a few times.

Hearing Wang Xinyu's words, Cai Yurong was so frightened that his pants were wet and he collapsed on the ground like a dead dog.

"Leave this big traitor to the mountain soldiers to deal with! They know how to deal with it. Wang Xinyu gave the order.

Cai Yurong was dragged out, and the ruthless mountain soldiers tied the big traitor to the pillar, first cut off his money rat tail, and then used a knife to cut a hole in his scalp, poured mercury, and the whole intact human skin was peeled off intact, and Cai Yurong, who was skinned, let out a heart-rending scream, but he couldn't die for a while, and he screamed for two days before the big traitor died in extreme pain. (To be continued.) )

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