A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 271 Reinforcements
Wang Dou ordered Han Zhong to lead a thousand troops to support Yang Guozhu's left wing, Li Guangheng to lead a cavalry army of 600 auxiliary soldiers, and Gao Xun's total of more than [-] people to support Hu Dawei's right wing.Wen Fangliang moved to the headquarters, and Zhong Tiaoyang's battalion team guarded the front.

Next to Lu Xiangsheng, Wang Dou led his own guards, and Ye Bushou, the battalion, stood with the rest of his Tianwei Army. Lu Xiangsheng was already making the final preparations. His personal general, Chen An, carefully put on the armor for him. It is linen filial piety.In order to prevent mistakes, Lu Xiangsheng also tied his governor's seal behind his elbow.

Wang Dou was also making final preparations. He put on his eight-petal iron pointed helmet, his fine steel armor, iron gloves on his hands, a thick leather shield in his left hand, and his fine iron spear in his right hand. The cloak and cloak that might hinder the killing of the enemy were thrown aside.

Since Chongzhen seven years ago, it has been a long time since he has fought in battle, Wang Dou is not afraid at all, instead he feels his whole body is boiling with excitement.

Lu Xiangsheng held his fine iron broadsword weighing tens of catties in his hand. Hearing the shouts of killing from three sides getting closer, he smiled at Wang Dou and said, "Guoqin, today you and I will fight the enemy side by side and fight together!"

Wang Dou said: "It is Wang Dou's fortune to be able to kill the thief together with the governor!"

Lu Xiangsheng laughed loudly, staring at Wang Dou: "Guoqin, the luckiest thing about Lu is that he met you in Xuanfu Town."

Wang Dou also looked deeply at Lu Xiangsheng: "Wang Dou came to Daming, the luckiest thing is that he also met the governor. Today is the death in battle. I, Wang Dou, have no regrets!"

The two stretched out their hands and held each other, both laughing.

Everyone around also laughed.

"Brothers!"

They embraced each other, Chen An and Wen Daxing embraced, Xie Yike embraced Chen Ying, Long Er embraced Yu Maoer, at this moment, they let go of their hearts and no longer concealed their emotions.Their loud laughter overwhelmed the shouts of killing around them.

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There was a loud bang from the row of guns, and dozens of heavy armor with blue flags wearing blue armor with red borders on the outside rolled to the ground. Sound back.

Yang Guozhu's left-wing defense line, Jierhalang's large number of sergeants with the Lanlan Banner, and several Eight Banners Mongolian troops following behind have poured in densely.Dense layers of shield vehicles were pushed in from the passages of the first earth wall, and on both sides behind the shield bodies, there were also a large number of heavy armors of various banners holding heavy shields, and archers of various banners with bows and arrows.

The main barracks of Yang Guozhu's Xuanfu Town had already retreated into the second earthen wall to hold on. The Qing army shot a rain of arrows.The firearmsmen who supported the standard camp yesterday also continued to fall.Most of the fighters of the two battalions had iron masks on their bodies, either iron armor, leather armor, or armor inlaid with iron cotton, but at such a short distance, it was useless.

Many heavy armored troops of the Qing army also stormed from the four passages. Yang Guozhu and the Chinese army general Guo Yingxian led their family members to fight bloody battles with the enemy at the passages.
The passages of the second earth wall were crowded with people, both the enemy and us, and the artillery had long since lost its effect.All the killer teams of Yang Guozhu's main barracks lined up behind the passage, fighting fiercely with the enemy with their own waist knives, hooked guns, stick guns, and boring palladium.

At this time, the auxiliary soldiers of the main barracks also waved their weapons forward in groups, and Yang Guozhu personally led the few remaining servants to support them everywhere.The two sides are fighting for blood, to see who can consume more support.

Yang Guozhu didn't know the number of casualties in his own army. Perhaps there were thousands of casualties in the whole army. The soldiers had already performed super-intensively and could no longer support it.

Han Zhong led the army to arrive. Hundreds of firecrackers under his command stepped forward and fired fiercely. Three rows of firecrackers passed by. The Qing army was caught off guard. The densely packed Qing army archers in front of the earthen wall were killed and injured more than [-] people. , They fled back rolling and crawling, and were suffocated by the fierce offensive.

Han Zhong's spearmen and sword-and-shield soldiers also quickly took over the defense of various passages. Their sword-and-shield soldiers threw a piece of javelins, nailing to the ground a group of Qing army shield soldiers and spearmen who poured in.Several captain spearmen rushed forward with their spears straightened, and immediately drove out the Qing army's heavy armor that had poured in from various channels.

Yang Guozhu heaved a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Wang Dou supported him, otherwise his left wing would have collapsed.

At this time, Jierhalang had already entered the earth wall to command personally. Under his orders, the Qing army quickly came to their senses. A few or twenty steps.When the firecrackers of the B department fired another round, those light armored archers under the cover of the shield car came in waves of dense arrows.

The two sides fired at each other. Although the guns of the Shunxiang army were powerful, they were inferior to the Qing army's bows and arrows in terms of firing rate.At such a short distance, the sharp arrows of the Qing army could penetrate the heavy arrows, and their arrows were only accurate and ruthless. One after another, the gunmen of the Shunxiang Army were knocked over by their armor and fell to the ground.

Some gunners of the Shun Township Army had no masks on their faces, and they were hit by arrows in the face. At such a short distance, even sergeants with iron masks had no protective effect.After their masks are shot away, they may cause even more damage...

The Tartars bowed fiercely, and the firearmsmen of the Zhengbing Battalion and the Supervising Biao Battalion, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, summoned up their remaining courage under Yang Guozhu's order, and rushed forward one after another.

The two sides were red-eyed, the left-wing defense line was completely shrouded in thick smoke, the shouts and killings were loud, interspersed with random flying arrows, the huge roar of the Shunxiang Army firecrackers, the earth-shattering sound of the three-eyed blunderbuss, the Lumi blunderbuss and The sound of self-generating gunfire, and the sound of rockets...

"Old Yang, it seems that today we are really going to be brave."

Seeing the continuous casualties of the soldiers in the Ministry, the doctors couldn't save them.The Qing army's offensive at the earth wall of the passage became more and more violent. Looking out from the earth wall, there was a dark sea of ​​people outside, and the Qing army seemed boundless.

Han Zhong's face twitched a few times, and he said with emotion to Yang Tong beside him.

Han Zhong is usually careless and fearless, but today he said such a thing, which shows that the situation is critical.

Yang Tong stood beside Han Zhong. After yesterday's battle, the two captains of spearmen in his headquarters had been abolished, and the firearms also lost a lot.He has a total of more than 300 people, and there are many missing troops, but there is nowhere to add them.

After listening to Han Zhong's words, Yang Tong said relaxedly: "If you die, you will die. I, Yang Tong, am not very good at ordinary times. If I can look like a man when I die, it is not in vain to come to this world for a while."

His expression was flat when he spoke, and his tone was equally calm.

After hearing what he said, Han Zhong glanced at him in surprise. He noticed that Yang Tong, who was always nodding and bowing in front of people, now had an indescribable aura.

Han Zhong suddenly felt that he didn't understand Yang Tong.Speaking of which, although Yang Tong is an old man from Huodun, Han Zhong usually doesn't think highly of Yang Tong, especially likes to joke about his two front teeth knocked out by Wang Dou. up.

He patted Yang Tong's shoulder with emotion, and said: "Brother, we die, and if we can follow the general to this status, even if we die, it's worth it!"

He glanced back at Wang Dou's Central Military Headquarters, and laughed boldly: "As long as the general survives, our mother-in-law and cubs in Bao'an Prefecture will be taken care of. After death, we can still enter the Baozhong Shrine. Incense offering... worth it, worth it!"

He laughed loudly, and stretched out his hand to Yang Tong: "Good brother!"

"Brothers!"

Yang Tong's hands were also closed.

The two looked at each other and laughed, and the sound spread far away.

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Gao Xun drew his bow and drew an arrow, and with a sound of "咻!", a powerful arrow shot out, right at Hongqi Ba Yala Niu Luzhang Jing Tanbai clutching his throat in disbelief, and slowly knelt down on the ground.He has excellent mercury armor and protective gear around his neck, but none of them can block a sharp arrow shot in front of him.

Tan Bai knelt down slowly. In the future, the Minister of the Ministry of War and the Minister of Officials of the Qing Dynasty, who repeatedly defeated the Ming army Zhao Guangzhang, Fan Zhiwan, Wu Sangui, Bai Guangen and Tan Bai who wiped out Zhang Xianzhong's troops, died silently like this.When he was dying, he saw the extremely handsome general of the Ming Dynasty in front of him, shooting sharp arrows continuously.

His archery skills are superb, and the Bayara soldiers in the banners were shot to the ground one by one by him.Beside him, there was a burly general of the Ming Dynasty, roaring like thunder, waving a big gun in his hand, and the soldiers in the banner were picked or shot to death by him.

"I never thought I'd die like this..."

This was Tan Bai's last thought before he died.

Gao Xun and Li Guangheng fought desperately, Gao Xun's two teams of firecrackers assisted in defending Hu Dawei's right-wing earth wall, and Li Guangheng's cavalry also split half, holding firecrackers and shooting against the wall.The rest of the cavalry, holding spears and knives, fought the Qing army in various passages.

Like Yang Guozhu's left wing, Hu Dawei retreated to defend the second earth wall. His army also suffered heavy casualties and was unable to fight again.Because of the addition of Li Guangheng and Gao Xun's new force, it was able to stop the collapse at the last moment.However, there were too many Qing troops, and under the cover of shield chariots, they attacked wave after wave.

The supporting Shunxiang army suffered heavy casualties, especially Gao Xun. Most of his troops were recruits. Although they participated in the defense of the Julu camp these days, the sergeants did not have much fear of the Qing army psychologically, but their combat skills were still a bit poor.After the support, Gao Xun's two captains of spearmen and two teams of firecrackers quickly lost nearly half of them.

On the right-wing defense line, the officers headed by Hu Dawei, Gao Xun, and Li Guangheng had already fought bloody battles with the enemy in various passages, but there were too many Qing soldiers, one wave was retreated, and another wave was replaced.

Hu Dawei was soaked in blood all over his body, many of his soldiers had already died in battle, and it was very easy to kill the wave of Zhenghong Banner Baya La soldiers in front of him.He shouted to Li Guangheng: "Mr. Li, the slaves and thieves are powerful, and our army is outnumbered. We need to ask the governor for help again."

Li Guangheng shook his head bitterly: "The governor and the general have no more reinforcements. Now the front line of defense has less than 2000 people, and the general is afraid..."

Hu Dawei was stunned for a while, and the veteran smiled bitterly: "Forget it, my Hu family has been loyal to Daming for generations, so let's die here today!"

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On Yang Guozhu's left flank defense line, Yang Tong and Han Zhong died in battle. When they were about to die, their faces were full of relief, especially Han Zhong, who still kept laughing.The wounds on the two of them were numerous, full of dense arrows and javelins, or cut off gun shafts, and blood soaked through the armor.

The expressions of the two were very calm and peaceful, and there was no meaning of pain or sadness.On the passage in front of them, Shen Shiqi, who was automatically promoted from deputy general to general, fought the enemy like a lunatic. On the other passage, Yang Guozhu and the Chinese army general Guo Yingxian were also fighting desperately.

Behind them, Zhong Xiancai, who had just voluntarily been promoted to Chief Qian, held the bodies of the two of them, weeping bitterly.Looking at the sea of ​​Qing soldiers still coming in front of him, he murmured: "Is there really no reinforcements?"

Seeing the influx of Qing troops, Shen Shiqi and others were unable to catch them, so Zhong Xiancai suddenly drew his weapon and yelled heart-piercingly, "My sons, kill the slaves!"

Dabo's Shunxiang army followed behind him, and everyone shouted hoarsely, their eyes were firm, they were not afraid, their overwhelming shouts rolled across the earth like spring thunder.

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On the front line of defense of the Shunxiang Army, a large number of Zhengbai Banner and Xiangbai Banner Qing troops also poured in. They used layers of shield vehicles as cover and entered behind the first earth wall passage.There are five or six floors of dense shield vehicles in front to resist the artillery fire, and then drive a large number of handymen to clean up the mud bags in the earth wall, ignoring their heavy casualties, and provide a smooth road for the shield vehicles to move forward.

The artillery volley of the Shunxiang army could not destroy all these shield vehicles, and there was no place to set up artillery, so their shield vehicles continued to push forward and quickly forced them up.Just like the defense lines on the two wings, after those shield chariots pushed closer to more than ten steps, they fired their arrows at once, causing serious casualties to the gunmen of the Shun Township Army.

They had many archers, and they were covered by shield vehicles. The few hundred guns remaining in the front line of defense could not stop their progress at all.A large number of shield soldiers of the Qing army rushed to the various passages, Wang Dou ordered Zhao Xuan to lead the gunners of the battalion to retreat to protect the precious artillery force.

Afterwards, the two sides started a series of hand-to-hand battles and battles in various passages. Qing soldiers continued to pour in, and then they were driven out, then poured in, and then drove out.

Lu Xiangsheng had already fought Wang Dou himself, and Lu Xiangsheng's big sword danced like a tiger and a tiger, killing countless people.Wang Dou held a gun in one hand and a shield in the other. With the shield in his left hand, he blocked the long knives and heavy axes from the Qing army, and then the spear in his right hand pierced through their bodies, or shot them with heavy iron guns, smashing them into meatloaf.

"Happy, happy!"

The corpses on the passage in front of him were already densely packed. I don't know how many belonged to the Qing army, and how many belonged to the Ming army. Blood was flowing everywhere.

Another wave of the Qing army was killed and retreated. Wang Dou and Lu Xiangsheng looked at each other and smiled. Wang Dou gave Lu Xiangsheng a thumbs up and praised him for his strength.

Lu Xiangsheng also laughed, and gave Wang Dou a thumbs-up. His body was covered with blood, some of which belonged to him and some belonged to the enemy.

He holds a long knife in his hand, and he is majestic.

The Qing army seemed timid and hesitated to enter. At this time, Wang Dou also received a notification from Zhong Xiancai: "Mr. Han Qian and Mr. Yang will die in battle!"

Wang Dou's eyes turned red, seeing the large group of Zhengbai flags and heavy armor pouring in after hesitating for a long time outside the wall, he shouted loudly and rushed away.

"Protect the General!"

Xie Yike and Wang Dou's guards stood on both sides of him regardless of their own safety. For the guards, they could die, but the general couldn't.When they died, the general had to take care of them, but when the general died, it was all over.

Lu Xiangsheng also rushed forward brandishing a broadsword. Behind him, his relative Chen An followed closely, as well as the head shepherd Yang Lukai, servant Chen Ying and others.They have the same thoughts as Wang Dou's guards, they can die, but the governor cannot die.

"kill!"

"kill!"

"kill……"

I don't know how long and how many waves were killed, Wang Dou's guards fell one by one, Xie Yike had countless scars on his body, Zhong Tiaoyang also fell to the ground with serious injuries.Beside Lu Xiangsheng, Chen An died in battle, Yang Lukai died in battle, and Chen Ying also died in battle.

He didn't know how many people he had killed. In the end, he was so weak that he was stabbed into the body by several spears of the Qing army.With all her strength, Chen Ying split a heavy armor inlaid with a white flag in two with a long saber in her hand.He laughed loudly: "That's enough for me, I killed more than a dozen tartars, father, mother, eldest sister, second sister, and younger sister, have you seen it? The dog has avenged you...revenge..."

He died laughing, the smile still on his face.

"kill!"

With a sweep of the shield in Wang Dou's hand, the white flag on the left was divided into Pashku and he vomited blood and flew away.The iron spear in his hand slammed down, smashing a Qing soldier in front of him into a meat paste, and his long spear stabbed out again, piercing a white flag Niu Lu Zhang Jing and a vest behind him into skewers and hanging on the gun.

Not far from Wang Dou, Lu Xiangsheng swung his saber wide open and closed, and each Qing soldier was split in half by him, blood mist flying...

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In the large formation of the Qing army one mile away, Duoduo's face was ashen, and he murmured: "The casualties are too great, the warriors are too casualties... This, this is going to continue?..."

The banner owners around him were also as humanless, especially the Mongolian banner owners of the Eight Banners, their eyes were staring straight.

Dorgon's face was ashen, he gritted his teeth and said: "Continue to attack, one by one to fill in one by one, now is Shen Shizhong, before sunset, we must capture the Xuanda camp!"

He was a little crazy: "Order all the banners to send all the Ba Yala soldiers in the battalion up, and those who dare to retreat, kill them all, kill them all..."

At this moment, a burst of cheers erupted from the camp of the Ming army: "Long live!"

Then Dorgon heard countless Eight Banners soldiers exclaim: "Ming reinforcements are here!"

It seems that countless Qing troops are commotioning: "The camp on the left, the camp on the left..."

Dorgon turned his head abruptly, and couldn't help being stunned, only to see a sea of ​​flames erupting from the Qing army camp over there, with thick smoke rising into the sky.What surprised him even more was that an unknown number of cavalry were rushing over there, and they charged straight from the Qing army formation on the left, invincible, and no one could stop them.

Dorgon saw that the soldiers on the left wing could not stop fleeing, and under the strong attack, the Qing army over there had already been exhausted.At this moment, when they saw the reinforcements from the Ming army coming, they immediately let out a sigh of relief, and everyone ran for their lives in fear.The wave of people rushed closer and closer, and it seemed that they could see a heroic woman rushing to the front, with a fiery red cape fluttering.She rode on the horse, pointing the spear in her hand.Behind her, there were again large groups of roaring cavalrymen.

Dorgon murmured: "Impossible, how could they have reinforcements, only Lu Xiangsheng and Wang Dou dared to fight in Ming Dynasty..."

Duoduo anxiously said: "I was ordered by the general, the reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty are here, I don't know how many troops they have come, hurry back to the camp, and be careful not to change!"

Dorgon's complexion changed several times, and finally he sighed: "Retreat!"

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The Xuanda camp was full of cheers. At this most difficult moment, the sudden arrival of reinforcements made everyone excited.The Qing soldiers attacking the camp were all terrified, and when they heard the sound of Ming Jin withdrawing the troops, they immediately retreated like a tide.

Wang Dou also shouted joyfully: "Minister, the reinforcements are here, the reinforcements are here..."

He looked at Lu Xiangsheng and was stunned for a while. Lu Xiangsheng beside him was pale and seemed unable to stand upright. He whispered: "Wang Dou, help me..."

Wang Dou took a step forward and supported Lu Xiangsheng's body.Then Wang Dou felt cold all over his body, he suddenly saw a long spear stuck in Lu Xiangsheng's heart, although the barrel of the spear was broken, the tip of the spear had penetrated deeply into his body.

Wang Dou said: "Minister, you...you..."

I was at a loss for a while, I didn't know what to do, I wanted to pull out the gun, but I didn't dare.

Lu Xiangsheng finally couldn't stand it any longer. He sat down and smiled at Wang Douqiang: "Wrapping a corpse in horse leather and dying in battle is exactly what I want. Don't be sad, Wang Dou... Most of the slaves are still there, you have to persevere... "

Big cold sweat broke out on his head, and his whole body twitched, apparently unable to hold on.

Suddenly he remembered something, grabbed Wang Dou's hand, and said anxiously: "Guoqin, Guoqin, promise me, promise me..."

Having said that, he didn't continue, he was completely out of breath.

Wang Dou couldn't bear it any longer, tears welled up in his eyes: "The governor..."

He fell on Lu Xiangsheng's corpse and wept bitterly.

(End of this chapter)