The Second Master of the Red Chamber

Chapter 361

Time went back to Zhanghe Beach two hours ago.

Although Princess Zhaoyang's strategy successfully lured away a large number of "Tatar" cavalry, the remaining enemy soldiers and horses were still not what the remnants of the camp could contend with.

Although Xiang He and others actively organized the defense, the battalion with a sharply reduced number of fighters was already weak in defense. In addition, the opponent might be annoyed by Princess Zhaoyang's breakout, and began to launch a fierce attack regardless of the cost.

As a result, in less than a stick of incense, the defense of the entire Zhanghe Beach was basically paralyzed.

More than a thousand non-combatants gathered at the highest point trembling with the wooden sticks, shovels, pots and pans just distributed.

And the remaining soldiers were also fighting and retreating, with despair on their faces.

There are many who have chosen to charge suicidally, brazenly going to die under the enemy's saber!

"It's over..."

Xiang He let out a final sigh, and suddenly snatched the long knife from the soldier beside him, and wanted to kill himself on the spot to thank the emperor for his kindness!

"My lord, look quickly!!!"

A civil servant with sharp eyes suddenly saw smoke and dust billowing from the east, stepping through the cold wind all over the sky, and in the blink of an eye, he was behind the local army formation.

The sound of shouting and killing all over the sky, and the change of the enemy formation in the farthest distance from advancing to defensive, all indicate... reinforcements have arrived!
"It's the Imperial Envoy!"

A general shouted sharply, his voice filled with tragic joy.

He raised his long knife and shouted loudly: "Boys, the Imperial Envoy has come back to save us, kill us!"

Up and down the Zhanghe beach, there was an infinite vitality suddenly, and everyone looked up.When they saw that it was indeed all the soldiers and horses of the Beijing camp, they were immediately overjoyed and cheered loudly.

"It's the imperial envoy, it's really the imperial envoy!"

Xiang He also slowly put down the knife in his hand. He watched the cavalry in the distance who had already started to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy, and tears welled up in the corner of his eyes.

I haven't cried for many years, but today, I actually cried twice. This old man is really ashamed.

Hastily wiped his eye sockets, and then told the generals on the left and right in a serious voice: "Quickly, organize the rest of the people, we should cooperate internally and externally, and kill these thieves!!"

When Jia Lian was in the Ministry of War, he insisted that the court allocate one-third of the cavalry for him.

Later, he took out [-] war horses from the guerrilla general Xie Jing.

As a result, among the soldiers who followed him out, the number of cavalry exceeded one thousand.

This is already a very luxurious figure!One must know that the entire Royal Horse Garden has less than [-] military horses!
The Great Wei also relied mainly on infantry.

Only important northern towns like Ganning Pass will have a large number of cavalry equipment.

A thousand cavalry galloped forward, and the momentum brought by them was very huge.

It was so vast that all the Wei officers and soldiers at the Zhanghe stall thought it would be easy for Jia Lian to deal with the remaining enemies in front of him.

Therefore, all the remaining soldiers on the river beach, including some officers and soldiers who were not seriously injured, all took up their weapons, rushed down with boundless momentum, and fought with the enemy again.

Times change.

How did the Tatar soldiers who surrounded the Wei camp on the river beach and strangled comfortably before expect such a situation?

In addition, they don't know the exact number of soldiers and horses that the other party came to help. In terms of momentum alone, they won't be surprised if they have tens of thousands of people!
Therefore, most of them panicked.

So much so that from the very beginning of the battle, they were completely inferior and could only be beaten passively.

The enemy general saw that the situation was not good, and also saw several vanguards from the other side interspersed, and the soldiers pointed directly at his place.

Although he had many subordinates, he couldn't organize a strong resistance for a while.

If you delay any longer, you will definitely be beheaded by the opponent under the chaos.

When it breaks, it breaks.

Anyway, there are only a few remnants of soldiers left in the camp of the Wei State, there is no need to be buried with them, so they decisively turned their horses around and retreated!

The battlefield is changing rapidly. Seeing the general fleeing, the three armies no longer have the heart to fight, and choose to flee for their lives.

The cavalry is still good, and there are more than half of the chances of escape.

As for those pawns who are not good at defense, they can only resign themselves to their fate.

The battle of Qingjiao continued for another quarter of an hour.If it wasn't for Jia Lian's order not to pursue, and with Zhu Dahe's lessons learned before his eyes, the officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp who were already somewhat red-eyed would have killed at least half of the fleeing enemies!
"grown ups!"

On the river beach, seeing the end of the battle, the people who had escaped from death erupted into applause.

When Xiang He and the others saw Jia Lian coming up surrounded by a crowd of murderous officers and soldiers, they trotted forward to meet him.

At this moment, when everyone saw Jia Lian, it was like seeing the savior, their reborn parents.

Especially when he saw the blood-stained shirts of Jia Lian and his guards around him, he was secretly in awe, so they smiled carefully.

Jia Lian only glanced at them, and said: "It's too late to gossip, bring people up!"

Then Xiang He and others saw a dozen Tatar soldiers brought up by Jia Lian's personal guards and knelt in a row in front of the beach.

"Tell me, who are you, whose subordinates are you, and who are you instigated to attack my camp!"

Following Jia Lian's questioning, Ah Qin, who was dressed as a soldier, immediately imitated Jia Lian's tone and asked in Mongolian.

After two breaths, seeing that none of them spoke, Jia Lian gave the guard next to him a look.

Zhao Sheng immediately took a vigorous step, raised the knife in his hand and dropped it, and a human head flew high...

Such a horrific and bloody scene, even Xiang He and others who had just witnessed the brutal battle, turned pale with fright, and couldn't help backing away again and again.

This is still the case for Xiang He and others, let alone other Tatar soldiers.

Without any hesitation, they kowtowed and begged for mercy one by one, and answered the questions one by one.

"We are all Oirats, soldiers under General Abu's command. This time we are ordered by General Abu to capture Princess Wei."

"General Abu is a trusted confidant of our third prince. The general said that forming an alliance with the state of Wei is a cowardly and misleading act of the Great Khan. His Royal Highness the third prince has made a perfect plan for Oala. As long as Princess Wei enters the royal court , just grab it..."

"..."

Hearing these people's answers, everyone was dumbfounded.

Xiang He and others never expected that these Tatar cavalry were fake Oara people!
Thinking about it, it is true. This is the hinterland of Oara. It is not bad for Tatars to send a cavalry army thousands of miles away. How could there be such Tatar troops one after another, and there are so many infantry!
All of a sudden, emotions such as shock, indignation, and fear came one after another.

Jia Lian was not in the mood for interrogation here, and he got the answer he wanted. He did not relax, but became more and more nervous.

"Where is the third prince of Wala?" Jia Lian pressed Xiang He.

Xiang He hurriedly replied: "Before we couldn't hold on, Her Royal Highness broke through with only a small number of troops in order to buy us time.

The third prince of Navala...also, also went with the princess..."

Without Jia Lian's glare, Xiang He himself has realized the seriousness of the problem.

Oh my god, if these things are caused by the third prince of Navala, then Her Royal Highness, wouldn't it be dangerous!

"This stupid and arrogant woman!"

Jia Lian cursed secretly, then got on his horse, and in an instant, he swept away with the soldiers and horses who had just experienced the battle.

"Whoo~"

Looking at his colleagues with pale faces, Xiang He suppressed his anxiety and said, "I hope Master Jia can create another miracle and bring the princess back safely, otherwise..."

After thinking about the unbearable consequences, Xiang He and others realized that it seemed that surviving might not be a good thing.

(End of this chapter)