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Chapter 189 Using the blood of the Tartars to worship the spirits of the governors
At the hour of the hour, a ray of sunlight shines into the forest through the gaps between the dead branches of the trees, and against the sparse bonfires, it seems that there is a breath of life in the dense forest.

Hundreds of extremely cold and exhausted soldiers gathered around piles of bonfires, quietly drinking hot water, gnawing on the freshly roasted steamed buns or dried meat, and gradually felt the strength gathering in their bodies again.

Accompanied by Chen Zhong, Zhang Cheng had just visited Zhang Guangda and Wu Zhizhong. Zhang Guangda was better. His right eye was shot by the arrows of the Qing soldiers when he was breaking out of the siege. His life was safe, but his right eye could not be saved. .

His bleeding has stopped now, but his head is wrapped like a rice dumpling. It is also because he was anxious at the time, the wrapping was too thick, but Zhang Guangda didn't look sad. He said half-jokingly: "It's so good, I can't freeze my head. Haha..."

Then, he laughed at himself again: "It's just a pity, I'm afraid you will be called blind by you in the future."

"Haha, take good care of your wounds. During the Three Kingdoms period, Xiahou Dun was also shot in the left eye by Liu Ya, so that he will not delay his becoming a famous general. Quanta, let's take good care of your wounds." Zhang Cheng tried his best to comfort him.

Zhang Guangda was only blind in one eye, and his life was fine, but Wu Zhizhong's right elbow was cut off at the same time, and the blood flowed out too much. At that time, he also hurriedly applied a large amount of golden sore medicine on the battlefield, and the bleeding stopped. up.

But Wu Zhizhong was in a coma all the time, talking nonsense from time to time. I really don't know if he can survive it. Zhang Cheng was even more worried. The wound on the broken arm was too big, and excessive blood loss was just one of them.

This kind of wound infection is the taboo of life, but the medical level and conditions in this era are like this, there is a lot of doing one's best and listening to fate.

"Everything is up to fate, I hope he can survive on his own!"

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In the dense forest, Zhang Cheng, Chen Zheng, Zhang Guodong and other people gathered around. A bonfire was lit in front of them, and a pot was used to cook some freeze-dried horse meat. Grilled steamed buns and jerky.

Zhang Guodong, Liu Jinhai and others had already expressed their intention to seek refuge with Zhang Cheng, and Zhang Cheng readily accepted it. After statistics, Zhang Guodong's command of the Supervising Battalion cavalry broke out 170 nine people and 230 horses.

Zhang Cheng still asked Chief Qian Zhang Guodong to lead these people, and said to him with a smile: "Mr.

Zhang Guodong had nothing to say, but from Liu Jinhai's side, only he, Chen Huzi and other seven personal guards broke out, so Zhang Cheng incorporated them into his guard team first, and still took Liu Jinhai as their team leader. official.

And the situation of Zhang Cheng's various outposts breaking through has also been counted.

At present, only the outposts are the most complete. There are more than 130 people in the Chen Zheng post, and 110 and seven people broke out; Iron Man leads.

Zhang Guangda, the chief of the left sentry post, was seriously injured. The 96 knights who broke out from the post are now led by the chief commander of the sentry, Wan Guangjin; General Tong Shoushan led.

More than 900 fine cavalry under Zhang Cheng's four sentinels, only 470 and eight people broke out. Of course, Zhang Cheng was not counted in this, and He Biao, the governor of Zhang Cheng's department, also broke out, but ten of his subordinates were soldiers. , Only two broke out.

Including Chen Zhong, there were only 11 of Zhang Cheng's guards. In addition, there were four army doctors, eight auxiliary soldiers, two army veterinarians, and three blacksmiths who broke out.

In addition, there were 140 nine people from the headquarters of the infantry [-], and they broke out together. Unfortunately, Liang Song, the commander of the infantry [-], was lost during the breakout.

These people and horses add up to 840 five people including Zhang Cheng. Fortunately, when they broke through the siege, they drove all the horses, mules and horses to gallop together.

In this way, the momentum is also great, it is easier to rush and intercept the Qing soldiers, and it is more convenient for the soldiers to transfer during the breakout. Now, according to statistics, there are 270 nine horses and 140 seven mules and horses. 38 horses.

Now, these wounded horses are being hacked with big axes, and they are about to become food for the soldiers, so it is considered that they have exerted their residual heat.

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After a while, the sky was bright, but the weather was still hazy, the fog was bleak, the cold wind gradually picked up, the heat rose in the dense forest, and the meat was fragrant.

Zhang Cheng sent a total of eight teams of sentry cavalry to watch carefully within a hundred miles of the surrounding area. Even in the outskirts of the dense forest, there were teams of sergeants in ambush, guarding everything around.

Looking at the people around him, Zhang Cheng felt filled with emotion. Maybe these generals gathered around him today, these more than 800 warriors who have survived a hundred battles, will be the foundation for him to settle down in this world.

He looked at Zhang Guodong's loss of appetite, and said: "Mr. Zhang Qian, don't be too sad about the matter of the governor. Since we are alive, we should inherit the legacy of the governor and cheer up. Use the blood of the Tartars to sacrifice to the governor. spirit!"

Zhang Guodong raised his eyes to look at Zhang Cheng, and suddenly he got up and knelt down on one knee in front of Zhang Cheng, clasped his fists in salute, and said, "General Zhang, from now on, Guodong is willing to follow the general under his command until death , life and death without regrets!"

Zhang Cheng looked at Zhang Guodong, who was kneeling there with a sincere face and a sincere tone, and was very satisfied in his heart. He stood up and walked forward, supported Zhang Guodong with both hands, and said in a deep voice: "Guodong, get up, you and I are already brothers. So much courtesy."

Chen Zheng walked over, handed a bowl of steaming horse broth to Zhang Guodong, and said, "Come on, drink a bowl of broth first, protect your body, and kill the Tartars when your strength returns."

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While Zhang Cheng and others were temporarily dormant in the dense forest, the Qing army was already cleaning up the Jiazhuang battlefield. The heavy snow overnight covered the entire battlefield, and everywhere was covered in silver.

Even if the sunlight is not very strong, it is still very dazzling under the reflection of the white snow, but Dorgon issued a death order and must confirm whether Lu Xiangsheng is dead or alive.

Teams of Qing soldiers walked in the snow. They cleaned up the corpses of their own people, carried them back to the camp, and kept rummaging through the corpses of Xuan Dajun on the battlefield.

Until they found Lu Xiangsheng's "Governor's Great Seal" wrapped in yellow silk cloth in the north of Jiazhuang, more than 300 steps south of Haoshui Bridge. Although they searched repeatedly, they did not find a body that matched Lu Xiangsheng's characteristics.

In the end, he had to give up. Even if it is still not completely confirmed that Lu Xiangsheng is dead, the seal of the governor represents Lu Xiangsheng. Even if he escapes this time, the crime of losing his teacher and losing his seal is enough to decapitate him.

(End of this chapter)