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Chapter 1222

On the log, several monks waved their weapons to block the arrows, but they did not dare to shake their bodies at all, as long as they moved, they would fall into the ditch!
Although most of the bows and arrows were blocked, a few arrows still shot at them. The two monks were hit by arrows and fell into the ditch suddenly.Even Xin Yan was hit by an arrow in the shoulder, and his body swayed suddenly, but he reacted very quickly, and he jumped from the log, chasing the clouds and the moon, and landed firmly on the edge of the ditch.

Xin Yan didn't care about the arrow wound on his body, and with the arrow on his shoulder, he roared angrily and waved the Vajra Zen staff, sweeping away the officers and soldiers in front of him!The rest of the monks also landed one after another, assisting Xinyan to fight with more than a hundred officers and soldiers!
Furious, Deputy Qianhu commanded the archers to attack those nasty monks with all their might, Xin Yan and the others were already struggling to deal with the enemies in front of them, there was no room for them to dodge the bows and arrows.In a blink of an eye, several people were shot with arrows and blood flowed all over their bodies, but they still stood tall and blocked the way of the officers and soldiers!

Although there were only a few of them, those officers and soldiers were unable to move forward. They could only watch helplessly as the Ming army built a bridge and a large group of soldiers and horses rushed over!

At this time, the guard horse also arrived!But Wang Xianjun had already come over, killed the remaining enemy soldiers, turned his back to the pontoon bridge, formed a solid line of defense, and attacked the enemy with bows, arrows and muskets.The enemy army who charged over was served with long spears and sabers, and the guards and horses were firmly blocked from the line of defense!

Behind them, several bridges were erected. The army was rushing to cross the bridge continuously. More and more soldiers of Wang Xianjun joined the battle group, completely stabilizing the line of defense!

At this time, Xu Huaiqing and his [-] cavalrymen also crossed the river, immediately threw a fist at Wang Xian, and led his men to kill in the northeast direction!
Mo Wen organized the soldiers to entangle the enemy guard with the least force, and mounted as many cavalry as possible to intercept the enemy's follow-up troops that were already close at hand!
Only when cavalry rides on horseback can they exert their power as kings on the battlefield!
With Mo Wen here, Wang Xian can temporarily ignore the battle situation and come to the group of senior brothers.

I saw Xin Ci sitting on the ground with a sad face, Xin Yan lying in his arms, blood all over his body, his breath was weak, and he was on the verge of death.

"Senior brother..." Wang Xian was extremely sad. He never expected that he would suddenly lose several senior brothers just after stepping into the capital.Especially the cold-faced and warm-hearted Senior Brother Yan, who has been silently guarding his side for many years, protecting him in danger many times, who would have thought that he would say goodbye forever.

Wang Xian knelt beside Xin Yan, two lines burst into tears and said, "I was the one who was overwhelmed by the victory, I underestimated the enemy and rushed forward, I was the one who killed you..."

Stern but struggling to break out a smile, he hissed: "You don't have to be like this, this is war..." As he spoke, a satisfied expression appeared on his face and said: "Master's apprentices, after all, the six roots are not clean. , The ancient Buddha of Qingdeng sits and dies, it is better to die on the battlefield like this, Ma Ge...wrapped corpse..."

After finishing speaking, Xin Yan closed his eyes and was completely out of breath.

Xinci and the others mourned, clasped their hands together, and silently recited Buddhist scriptures, sending their senior brother off for the last time...

At this time, Mo Wen had already commanded the cavalry, smashed the guard horses, and drove them into the ditch like dumplings. The soldiers who had dismounted to stop them before seized the opportunity to break away from the battle group and mounted their horses one after another.There was no time for them to mourn too much, Wang Xian and others wept, took Xin Yan and the bodies of several senior brothers and rode away on horseback.

Zhang Fu led the army to arrive, Wang Xian and his cavalry unit had already got rid of the entanglement of the remnants of the guards, and they were far away between Zhang Fu's army and the capital!

Wang Xian hid his sadness in his heart, pointed to the tens of thousands of troops in the distance, and shouted to his subordinate soldiers: "Take them here!"

The soldiers responded loudly, although there are many enemy troops, the situation is no longer as dangerous as it was before.The mobility of cavalry is far beyond that of infantry!They have a hundred ways to torture these officers and soldiers to death!

In fact, there is no need for Wang Xian to worry about it at all, and Zhang Fu will never pay attention to the five thousand cavalry who rushed away. From the moment he saw Wang Xian's figure, he no longer saw anyone else in his eyes. He drew out his sword and pointed forward. , roared ferociously: "Kill him!" Before he finished speaking, he led thousands of cavalry to rush towards Wang Xian, followed by infantry soldiers, and launched a fierce attack on Wang Xian!

Undoubtedly, what greeted them was overwhelming rain of arrows and muskets. The officers and soldiers fell crop after crop like they were cutting wheat, but Zhang Fu ignored them and still led his troops to charge forward.However, Wang Xian's army retreated like a tide, generally retreating, while continuing to shoot at them with bows, arrows and muskets. No matter how brave Zhang Fu was, he still could not touch Wang Xian's shadow, and instead shot an arrow in his knee.

"General!" Seeing that he was hit by an arrow, the soldiers rushed to surround him, but Zhang Fu pushed him away.He stretched out his hand to hold the shaft of the arrow, and suddenly pulled out the long arrow with carved feathers!
In the shocked eyes of all the soldiers, Zhang Fu's eyes were blood red, and he roared heart-piercingly: "Keep chasing!"

Encouraged by the chief general, all the soldiers cheered up and continued to pursue. Wang Xian's cavalry remained steadfast in the enemy's advance and retreat, only using bows, arrows and muskets to kill and wound the enemy.Although a lot of casualties were caused, Daxing's army arrived one after another, but the number of officers and soldiers was increasing, and they were still biting behind them!

Wang Xian took them around in circles in Daxing County, but he didn't dare to get too close to the north. Although he didn't know that Zhu Zhanji would lead the army to reinforce him, after the painful lesson just now, Wang Xian no longer dared to have any more main idea!He wants to preserve his army as much as possible, so he can no longer let them take any risks...

But no matter what, on the vast North China Plain, Wang Xian's cavalry always had room to move around, and the risks they took were far from being comparable to those of Xu Huaiqing who went north...

Thinking of Xu Huaiqing, Wang Xian was stunned for a moment. Looking at the situation of the hard battle here, I am afraid that the Tongzhou side will definitely not be as optimistic as expected...

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Wang Xian entangled Daxing's army, while Xu Huaiqing led [-] cavalrymen and drove straight in. In a blink of an eye, he arrived at the Mafang Temple [-] miles away from Tongzhou, and saw the scouts of the official army in groups.Going forward, the sky is full of smoke and dust. Obviously, the number of enemy troops is beyond imagination!

"General, it's broken." Jin Yiwei, who came to join the meeting, confirmed Xu Huaiqing's worries: "Yesterday, Yang Rong and Li Xian led an army of 20 to drive away [-] civilians. They rushed to Tongzhou overnight to transfer food and grass to the capital."

Xu Huaiqing and the generals at the side suddenly became cloudy. His lieutenant Zhang Dahai gritted his teeth and said, "Yang Rong, this old fox, ruined our big event!"

Although they had expected that the imperial court might have begun to transfer grain and grass in Tongzhou, they never expected that there would be such a large formation—a hundred thousand troops escorting them, which would turn the whole process into an impregnable fortress! With 20 civilians transporting, I am afraid that the grain in Tongzhou will be moved in less than three days!
"General, what should we do?" The generals all looked at Xu Huaiqing, because according to Shangfeng's order, if such an extreme situation happened, they should withdraw without hesitation...

Xu Huaiqing's face sank like water, "What should I do? Mix it with garlic!"

The generals have fought with him for many years, and they know that this is the mantra that their own generals are going to use desperately.

"If the officers and soldiers are allowed to transport all the food and grass in Tongzhou back to the capital," Xu Huaiqing glanced at the soldiers under his command, Hong Sheng said, "We will definitely lose the whole war!" He said in his chest: "This is why the father-in-law sent us here!"

The soldiers under his command were breathing more and more heavily, and the fear and hesitation on their faces gradually receded. Their general roared angrily: "This job was earned by me with all my might! So even if I die, I will finish it!" Xu Huaiqing said to the front Jin Yiwei said in a deep voice: "Tell the father-in-law for me, I will go!" After saying that, he clamped his legs into the horse's belly, raised his gun and shouted: "If you are a man, follow me!"

Xu Huaiqing doesn't have as many principles as Wang Xian, let alone Mo Wen's mysterious way of commanding troops. He only has eight simple words 'share weal and woe, live and die together'.But simplicity does not mean that it is not easy to use, and it is even more suitable for the appetite of the soldiers. For many years, he has always adhered to these eight words and never violated them. The soldiers under his command have long regarded him as a father and brother, and they are willing to follow him through fire and water!
Seeing his own general rushing out, the soldiers also rushed to follow closely behind, and killed in the direction where the smoke rose!
When the officers and soldiers saw Xu Huaiqing's soldiers and horses, they didn't expect them to be enemy troops at all, so they stupidly stepped forward and asked, "Which part are you from?"

Before he finished speaking, he was crushed into meat paste by the rolling iron cavalry. Only then did the scouts in the distance realize that something was wrong, and they hurriedly fled and reported to the capital and Tongzhou separately.

Xu Huaiqing ignored those scouts at all, and led his army straight into the middle of the officer's army!

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Yongtong Bridge is eight miles away from Tongzhou in the east and thirty miles away from the capital in the west. It is an important throat from Tongzhou to Beijing.Usually, grain ships enter Beijing from the Yongtong River under the bridge. If it is cold today and the river freezes, the grain transport convoy can only cross the bridge by land.Because the bridge deck is narrow, only two grain trucks can run side by side on the bridge, so it is naturally congested, and a large number of grain trucks gather in the west of the bridge waiting to cross the bridge.

At this moment, more than [-] officers and soldiers are stationed here, while vigilantly guarding this throat, while dredging the bridge deck angrily.However, even if the peasants listened to them, the animals pulling the carts were not afraid of them, they yelled and kicked, blocking the bridge even more.

Just as the chaos was turning into a pot of porridge, suddenly another scout galloped in embarrassment and reported sharply: "The enemy army is coming!"

In an instant, all the soldiers and civilians on the bridge and under the bridge were all stunned. They all looked in the direction of the scouts, and they saw an iron horse, wrapped in billowing smoke, killing them!
"Oh my god!" The first man who turned around left the cart and ran away with his head in his arms.The next moment, all the civilians ran away in panic, the carts and horses transporting food were crooked all over the ground, and they even rushed the officers and soldiers into chaos!
(End of this chapter)