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

Chapter 415

One after another, people fell down one after another, and the ground was covered with blood and wounded.The experience that they had never had before made it useless for these people who charged, even the elite old battalion soldiers in the dedicated battalion, and many of them were beaten.

Some people were still howling and rushing forward, while others were screaming and wanting to retreat, and the charging thieves were in a mess for a while.And the platoon of guns on the opposite side was still ringing continuously, and every time it sounded, it made the thieves even more confused.

Ai Nengqi's body was splattered with blood, and he didn't know if it was his own or someone else's. He yelled at his subordinates: "Continue to charge, no one is allowed to retreat, let me charge..."

At this moment, there was another volley from the opposite side, and several of the twenty guns hit Ainengqi's body, spurting several waves of blood mist around his chest.Ainengqi stood blankly for a while, before he staggered and fell forward, making a heavy slamming sound.

"No!"

Zhang Xianzhong roared, he saw all the battle just now, the most elite fighters in his battalion, led by his adopted son Ainengqi who is famous for his bravery, launched a deadly attack on the officers and soldiers on the opposite side.

Under such an offensive in the past, even Yang Sichang's elite servants, Zuo Liangyu, fierce as a tiger, He Renlong and others would also feel fear.

However, right under his nose, they fell under the firearms of the officers and soldiers one by one. They died worthlessly, and they couldn't even touch their firearms. Grinding teeth and hating?
But at this time, not to mention the stunned veterans beside Zhang Xianzhong, even Li Dingguo and Sun Kewang were also dumbfounded. What kind of firearms did the officers and soldiers use, so powerful?

It's not that I haven't seen the bird guns of officers and soldiers before. How can there be such powerful officers and soldiers in front of me?

Sun Kewang secretly wiped the cold sweat off his forehead. He had clamored to lead some people to kill those officers and soldiers, but luckily he didn't go, otherwise Ai Nengqi's end would be his own.

The sharpness of the officers and soldiers on the opposite side moved everyone in the Xianbu, and they had different thoughts. At this time, the sword and shield soldiers who attacked the officers and soldiers, after Ainengqi's death, could no longer bear the fear in their hearts, and fled back screaming one by one. .

Zhang Xianzhong gritted his teeth, before he could continue to make a decision, several orders came from the opposite side, those bird gun soldiers, holding fire guns, slowly approached their side, looking at their black muzzles, everyone in the Xian Department burst into commotion.

Ma Wu, the general who broke through the world, roared: "Commander, the officers and soldiers are coming up, should we let the brothers continue to charge up, or let the archers come up?"

Zhang Xianzhong gritted his teeth, and told the soldiers to continue to charge forward, they couldn't even touch their firecrackers, and sent archers up, could they beat those officers and soldiers' blunderbuss soldiers?
Zhang Xianzhong has experienced countless wars, big and small, and he has never felt that the current battle situation is difficult.

He looked ferocious, and was about to send people to continue to rush up, when suddenly, someone shouted loudly: "Someone has escaped."

Zhang Xianzhong was startled, he turned his head abruptly, but to the south of the army, there were several people desperately waving their whips, riding their horses towards the south gate, intending to escape from the city from there.

In the original battle, among the more than 1000 people who gathered on the South Street, except for those elite cavalry who got off their horses and prepared to shoot arrows or fight hand-to-hand, the rest were all on horseback.Everyone saw clearly the battle just now, they were all fearful in their hearts, and the officers and soldiers rushed forward, thinking of the terrible firearms, many people's hearts became warm, and they already thought of running away.

At this time, seeing someone running away, they immediately mobilized the crowd, and some people continued to flee on horseback.One stone stirred up thousands of waves, first in twos and threes, then dozens of people pulled out their horses and left the city, and the rest of the people panicked, and the situation became chaotic.

Zhang Xianzhong was furious, but also felt cold in his heart, he never thought that he rushed to Xiangyang day and night, it was so smooth before, why did it become like this in the end?
It's all the officers and soldiers, and the man named Wang Dou!

The sound of rumbling horseshoes sounded, Zhang Xianzhong looked around in surprise, but saw the blunderbuss soldiers retreating over there, and the cavalry of the officers and soldiers rushed over again. They rode in a row of five, holding long spears. , dazzled everyone's eyes.

"Kill the thief!"

The galloping horses and the dancing swords rolled over. Seeing this, the soldiers of the dedicated battalion were even more frightened. There was a loud bang, regardless of what instructions Zhang Xianzhong would give, they all ran away, scrambling to rush out of the south gate.

Zhang Xianzhong was so angry that he almost vomited blood, his long beard trembled, and he roared with red eyes: "Why is this, why is this, I don't accept it!"

At this time, the general situation was over, and seeing the officers, soldiers and cavalry charging closer and closer, Li Dingguo shouted to Zhang Xianzhong: "Father, hurry up, leave the green hills here, don't be afraid that there will be no firewood, don't let the soldiers collapse here!"

Sun Kewang also grabbed Zhang Xianzhong's horse and roared: "Father, let's go, let's rush out of the city."

It was a miserable day for the archers who dismounted to shoot arrows before the dedication of the camp, and the shield soldiers. They put their horses behind and could not find them if they wanted to escape.Seeing the cavalry of officers and soldiers rushing towards them, their own side collapsed, they panicked, or yelled and fled into the side alleys, or squeezed desperately towards the rear.

With a bang, the cavalry of the Shun Township Army had crashed into them, and many of them were thrown blood and flew away, or rolled on the ground, and were finally trampled into flesh by the rolling iron cavalry.

After the leading cavalry of the Shun Township Army rushed them through a bloody alley, they continued to chase and kill the thieves on horseback, leaving them to the cavalry who came after them.

The soldiers in the Xianying camp had no ability to resist at all. They were hit by the cavalry or horses of the Shun Township Army, stabbed with guns, or hacked with knives. They died here one by one. on the street.

Zhang Xianzhong saw that his eyes were tearing apart, and his eyes turned black. These were the elite of his battalion, so they died in vain.

He didn't dare to stay, and if he hesitated any longer, he would have to stay on the street. Under the protection of his two adoptive sons, he gathered some elite volunteers and rushed out of South Street and out of Xiangyang in a state of panic. Go to the south gate.

Li Guangheng led the two chief cavalry in pursuit, but Wang Dou didn't pursue him. Surrounded by the guards, he looked at the south gate coldly for a while, and said, "Follow me to Prince Xiang's Mansion."

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When the bandits entered the city, King Xiang of the Prince Xiang's Mansion, and Zhang Kejian, the deputy envoy of military preparations, were all terrified. Seeing more and more bandits and cavalry gathered outside the palace, they trembled with fear.

Suddenly hearing that General Wang Dou, the general on the East Road of Xuanfu Town, came to help, everyone couldn't help being surprised and happy. Wang Cheng, the magistrate of Xiangyang, said: "Heaven sent strange soldiers, heaven sent magical soldiers, General Wang led the army to help, and the officials are here to congratulate the prince. It's a big disaster." If you don't die, you will have a future blessing!"

King Xiang said: "Okay, okay, I have heard of this Wang Dou's name, I heard that he is a tiger general, and the Holy Majesty once bestowed on him the word 'bravely crowning the three armies'."

Zhang Kejian, the deputy envoy of military preparations, said: "It is true. General Wang defeated slaves in the battle of Julu and Pinggu. In the battle of Zhuozhou, he even beheaded the slave chieftain Yuetuo. Thieves, let alone."

For a while all the officials praised Wang Dou's ability. As civil servants, they were also the dignitaries of one family and one family, so they were naturally well-informed and knew about Wang Dou's various achievements.At this time, it is even more fuel-rich, praising Wang Dou desperately, which is also a kind of psychological comfort.The more powerful Wang Dou is, the more he can drive the thieves out of the city, and the better if they can be eliminated.

This was indeed the case, Wang Dou led troops and horses, swept all the way from the North Street, and then all the bandits in front of the palace retreated, and fought fiercely on the South Street.Soon the thief was defeated and fled out of the city in embarrassment. When the news came, the palace wall of the palace was full of cheers.

Soon, Wang Dou led the guards to the Wangfu Square.

The Xiangwang Mansion was originally in Changsha, and it was moved to the southeast corner of Xiangyang City in the first year of Zhengtong. The building is grand in scale and extraordinary in momentum.After Wang Dou came to the square, the gate of the palace opened soon, and King Xiang, his two sons, the civil and military officials of the palace, and all the officials of Xiangyang City came out to welcome him.

King Xiang was very old, with gray hair and beard, and was wearing a yellow robe. Wang Dou saluted, "The future is late, and the prince was surprised."

King Xiang personally helped Wang Dou up, and said in tears, "Aiqing came just in time, she is really the pillar of the country!"

Zhang Kejian, the deputy envoy of military preparations, said: "General Wang, what is the situation with the thief now?"

Wang Dou said: "The thieves fled outside the city, and the last general sent his troops to pursue them. They can't escape."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, as long as the thief escaped, Xiangyang City was safe and sound.

Wang Cheng, the magistrate of Xiangyang, had lingering fears: "General Wang came just in time, if he came a step late..."

These words made everyone present terrified. Indeed, if Wang Dou came one step later, the consequences would be disastrous.

Wang Doudao: "It's really a coincidence. After the great victory in Luoyang, the last general wrote according to Yang Ge's department, and Xing Chi came to help. As soon as he arrived in Xiangyang, he encountered a thief entering the city. This is the death of the heavens and offering a thief!"

Everyone was stunned: "Luoyang victory?"

Wang Dou explained: "A few days ago, our division won a great victory in Luoyang. The army of [-] intruders was defeated, and only a few cavalry fled into the mountains."

"This."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, the news was too shocking, everyone had heard that Luoyang was besieged by an army of thieves, but they did not expect to be defeated by Wang Dou, what a brave general.Moreover, he saved King Fu first, and then King Xiang. He is really a tough firefighting team.This luck is also very good, the two rescues of the vassal kings were all in time, what a lucky general.

King Xiang and all the officials are even more intimate. At this time, the bandits are outside, and with the experience that the city was almost destroyed just now, with such a brave general as Wang Dou and the general Fu, everyone will feel at ease.They all kept praising Wang Douzhen as the most important general of the country, and wherever they went, all the thieves were scattered.

At this time, the era of gentlemen and martial arts has long passed, and even with Yang Sichang's honor, he has no way to deal with warlords such as Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong. The safety of the king and his officials is in his eyes.Xiangyang's officers and soldiers broke up, and everyone felt at ease if Wang Dou was able to garrison the city.

Wang Dou said: "My lords, don't worry, the thief has already become a frightened bird, and he can't escape. When the final general enters the city, he knows that the thief will be defeated, so he sent two thousand fine riders across the river to intercept Zhang Gongci and other places. Presumably soon, the head of the thief will be fetched."

Seeing everyone's mouths wide open in amazement, Wang Dou paused, and said again: "At the end of the day, there are hundreds of fine cavalry in Xiangyang City, plus my guards, Xiangyang City is as solid as gold..."

Then everyone looked at the capable cavalry behind Wang Dou, and they all sighed in their hearts: "They are all tigers and wolves, no wonder they beat up the thieves just now, if Xiangyang has such a strong army, how can they be afraid of those soldiers?" Rogue?"

Everyone was even more relieved. King Xiang was old and had just been frightened. Now that he had calmed down, he felt exhausted. He turned back to rest in the palace and invited Wang Dou to a night banquet before leaving: "...the widow has a banquet in the palace, thank you The general has saved me, the general will definitely come."

Afterwards, everyone returned to the Bingxian Mansion to discuss affairs, and Wang Dou was invited to sit in a high position.

At this time, all the thieves from all schools broke up and fled out of the city.After the bandits retreat, Xiangyang City has a series of things to do, search and suppress the remaining bandits in the city, suppress the criminals who take advantage of the fire, appease the frightened people, recruit the scattered officers and soldiers, and so on.

To appease the frightened people and recruit the scattered officers and soldiers, this is the job of the officials in Xiangyang City.

As for hunting down thieves, maintaining order in the city, and the defense of Xiangyang City, I asked Wang Dou to handle it.

Wang Dou didn't refuse either, he had three troops left in Xiangyang City, and a team that was hidden in the city before.So he used a total force of four teams to guard the four gates, and a total force to search and suppress the remaining rogues in the city.The rest of the guards, as well as members of the Central Military Department, followed Wang Dou up to the West Gate Tower.

At this time the sky was bright, looking at the land outside the city, Wang Dou was full of pride, thinking: "I have come to Xiangyang for one purpose, I don't know the other purpose, Gao Shiyin, Wen Fangliang and others who are in ambush, can kill Zhang Xianzhong ?”

(End of this chapter)