Chapter 1081: Reinforcements Coming West

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The fleeing enemy is retreating from the battlefield to the river. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info and threw at the feet of Chengxiang Baylor, nothing else, but a green rebel flag with fennel written on it. Apparently, the rebels fled for their lives and threw the flag, so the flagpole hit Chengxiang Baylor's shoulder, and the flag wrapped around his head, and that was it.

Seeing all this clearly and clearly, Lord Belle's soul can be considered to be completely back in place.

"Hahahaha! A flag for the rebels! How did this come about? Did I pay for it? This should be considered a capture of the flag, right? Maybe a reward. Haha, you bastards, count yourself lucky, my horse is not obedient, or hehe! In the past, I always thought that I was more thoughtful and less courageous, but in fact, it was only because I didn't know myself yet. That's not how I am. It seems that marching and fighting is better than eating pastries, and Lord Belle and I can still come in handy. He was boasting about this, when suddenly, a group of fennel cavalry rushed towards Cheng Xiang.

Cheng Xiang was startled, and just raised the short knife, but these fenren cavalry ignored him, but rushed past him with a gust of wind.

Cheng Xiang immediately understood that it was a cavalry team of cadres who were in hot pursuit, and these people were fleeing for their lives. If it weren't for the ironclad knights led by Lu Mingyun who rescued him, Cheng Xiang would have died under the hooves of their horses. The ironclad knights led by Lu Mingyun first packed up the fleeing enemies they were pursuing. Then he turned around and joined forces with the other two lines of friendly forces to attack the fleeing defeated troops. When the rebels saw this, they all ran into the water. These people who escaped from under the sword found their way to death in the swamps and deep pools. Those who knelt and begged for mercy were mutilated and died under the steel sword. The rebels suffered a terrible and utter defeat, and the worst defeat was on the dike. As soon as everyone crossed the embankment, they were surrounded and annihilated by the semicircular fire conceded by the cadres. Those who did not cross the embankment were killed under the continuous fire of the Krupp cannons, the Gatling guns and rifles of the dry rifles. The rebels of the Men could neither advance nor retreat at this time, because their leaders were still urging reinforcements to advance forward, thus blocking all their escape routes. They suffocate each other, they trample each other to death, you pull him, he pulls you, or fall into the water, or jump into the water, and drown alive in the water. At this end of the river dam, the defeated soldiers of the black pressure were fleeing for their lives, and on the other side of the river, new troops were opening up. In the middle of the embankment, people and horses are sleeping, and corpses are piled up like mountains. I could only hear the moans and screams of people, but I could not hear the words of people. Everything was like madness, horrible, chaotic, messy. The entire pond was filled with floating corpses, and the water overflowed ashore.

Whenever the artillery team is silent, the levee itself becomes a cannon port. The men and horses and the militia swooped down, and as soon as they reached the semicircular position, they fell under the swords of the cavalry of the cadres who were waiting for them, and the Krupp cannons roared again, and once again rained down the bullets of steel. Reinforcements from the Fenren rebels were thus blocked on the embankment. The bloody battle raged for several hours. Enraged, the leader of the rebel army, foaming at the corners of his mouth, will not give up, and will not stop driving thousands of men and horses into the huge mouth of death, without sparing!

Tieliang went out of the city, and on the side of the embankment, he was dressed in iron armor, mounted on horseback, and looked down from a high hill. His expression was serene, and he surveyed the entire embankment, the pond, the riverside, and the countless soldiers and horses of the rebel camp shrouded in a pale blue mist in the distance.

It's almost starting to get dark. In another hour at most, the sun will set. The small patches of clouds floated high in the sky, so light and bright, like a fluffy white flock all over the sky, but after the sunset, they gradually turned red and purple, and then disappeared in the space in clusters. All this indicates that tomorrow will be another good sunny day. The torrent of the rebels storming the levees gradually stopped, and the troops who had made the surprise attack were now withdrawn in shameful disgrace.

They are pinning their hopes on tomorrow. But tomorrow is not yet here, but today is a day of chaos and defeat for the rebel leaders. The men and horses they lost, not counting the militia groups, just the most elite warriors from all over the country were reimbursed by thousands. Some of them were killed on the battlefield, some drowned in the river, two thousand were captured (and subsequently executed), twelve captains were killed, and many more were petty leaders.

The cadres in Hami City are holding a celebration banquet to congratulate Jie. The captured military flags were thrown one by one in front of the feet of the majestic commander Tie Liang. The people who beheaded the generals and captured the flag were ordered to come in person to report the merits, so that about twenty people came to Tie Liang's face. When Cheng Xiang approached, he threw the military flag he had won in front of Tie Liang's feet, and because of the force, he broke the flagpole at once. Tie Liang felt a little amused and left him behind.

He had already heard of the "ability" of Baylor from the Jianrui Battalion.

Tie Liang asked, "Did you hand over this flag?" ”

"If you go back to your lordship, it is paid by your subordinates." Cheng Xiang's face didn't turn red this time, because his words were not lies.

"You're still pretty good." Tie Liang teased him quietly.

"My subordinates are just ordinary pawns, but I'm just very lucky, and my subordinates are proud to serve in front of adults."

"Good job." Tie Liang stepped forward with a smile, patted him on the shoulder, and took a fine silver-encrusted Chinese scimitar from the loot he had captured and rewarded him.

Although he felt a little ashamed, his heart was happy.

Lu Mingyun looked at all this, and a smile appeared on his face. The smile was only faintly visible. He didn't say anything. Even later, he neither talked to Tie Liang nor anyone else about Chengxiang's pustuated appearance before the battle. After all, he has been a friend and comrade for many years, and it is rare for him to make a meritorious service once.

In a bloody battlefield like today, daring to rush forward is already remarkable.

Night has fallen, and thousands of bonfires have been lit. Pillars of smoke soar into the sky. The soldiers fought for a day, but they were tired. In order to recuperate, some were eating, some were drinking, and some were lying there, staring blankly at the moon in the sky.

Lu Mingyun couldn't help but stare at the moon. The moon is like a silver ship, sailing among the brilliant stars above the barracks. It was almost the same moonlit night, and he and Orjin were lying on the grassland, gazing at the moon together......

He suppressed the strong longing and fell asleep by the campfire.

Soon, the bonfires went out one by one. Silence envelops the camp. But the crescent moon casts her silver glow, caressing the sleeper. Quietly everywhere. Only the loud snorts and the shouts of the barracks sentries broke the silence of the night. But sleep did not make the heavy eyelids of the soldiers close for a long time, and almost the first dark shadow of the night was wiped out at dawn, and the bugle sounded in all corners of the barracks.

Tie Liang inspected various positions and saw that although the soldiers were tired, their morale was not low, and he felt a little settled in his heart.

Hami City has plenty of food and grass, a lot of weapons and ammunition, enough to hold on for a long time, but if the troops have no morale, no amount of weapons and supplies is useless.

Now there is still half a month left before Lin Yiqing wants him to stick to it.

Will reinforcements arrive in time?

Tie Liang didn't know that at this time, the reinforcements were coming to Hami at a speed he couldn't have imagined.

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