Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 215 Annihilation of the Five Thousand Cavalry of the Zhunta Department (Fifth Change)

"Master Hou, do you think that bastard Zhunta will enter the entrance of the temple? This group of beasts burned, killed and looted all the way. If I don't kill them, my hatred will not be extinguished!"

A sentinel from the Second Corps of the First Army of the Guards asked Ning Wuhou Zhou Yuji.

The [-]st Battalion of the Cavalry of the Second Corps of the Miaodaokou Guards is the closest to Guting Town.

But Zhou Yuji did not let the first battalion of the cavalry rescue Gutingkou, but continued to lead them to gnash their teeth and continue to lurk in the dense forest on both sides of the temple road, waiting for the Zhunta Department to enter the ambush circle.

"Yes, if they want to go south to attack me in Xuzhou, they have to cross the river, and to cross the river they can only go to Dushan Lake and Weishan Lake to search for civilian boats!"

While Zhou Yuji was talking, he heard the sound of horses honking from the inner side of the mountain, and suddenly a sentry came to report: "Master Hou, the Tartars are here!"

"Sure enough!"

Zhou Yuji muttered to himself, and then decisively ordered: "Notice, wait for half an hour for all the Tatars to enter the temple entrance before sending out the signal flare! At that time, the infantry ambushing on both sides will launch an attack immediately!"

Zhunta and his [-] cavalry did not notice that tens of thousands of Han Jiaerlangs full of hatred were aiming at them with flintlock guns, and there were [-] cavalry behind them and [-] cavalry waiting in front of them. them.

It is now April, and besides the cool breeze in the green Jingugou area, there are singing, swallows and dancing.

Zhunda and other Tartars are mostly cavalry who have fought for many years, but most of them have only fought outside the customs. In addition, they don't think that the Ming army will have the determination to fight against them, so they are not very vigilant in this mountain environment. heart of.

But in a short while, the entire forest was full of gunshots, and the bullets of the flintlock guns crackled in the forest.

Ha Ling, a white-armored soldier who followed Zhunta in the front, was holding a snatched Han woman on his horse. When he followed the sound and turned his head to look, a bullet directly overturned his inspiration. In a moment, he fell to the ground.

Longla, the red armored soldier, instinctively pulled out the knife that had just killed countless Han people. He was looking around when he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his abdomen. Immediately afterwards, his mount fell to the ground, and he fell down. His knife, which was stained with Han blood, also fell to the ground.

The rest of the Tartars were also shot one after another. These Tartars who came all the way from Baoding never expected to encounter an ambush here, and the firearms of these people were so sharp.

Zhunta also realized that he had been ambushed, and angrily wanted to kill this group of Ming troops who were relying on the terrain to shoot, but he also understood that the only thing he could do now was to leave this valley immediately, and the three sharp arrows came from Zhunta's hand came out of the string, and it flew into the forest with a whistling sound.

A soldier of the Guards was accidentally shot by an arrow, while Qin Minping, commander of the First Battalion of Infantry of the Second Guards Corps, raised his hand decisively and aimed at Zhunta's arm and fired a shot.

Zhunta was shot in the arm immediately, and he grinned his teeth in pain, but he still endured the severe pain and led the cavalry behind him to gallop towards the mouth of the valley.

At the same time, a total of more than [-] flintlock guns on both sides of the guards were still biting this group of Qing cavalry fiercely.

Initially, the [-] Qing cavalry were still orderly, but as more and more Tartars were shot and more and more horses were wounded and ran wild or fell down, this team of Qing cavalry began to become chaotic. stand up.

The infantry battalion of the Guards kept harvesting the lives of these Tartars. These beasts who owed countless lives to the Han people along the way have thoroughly learned the lesson of blood at this moment!
Zhunta escaped with only a thousand cavalry, but as soon as he left the vast area at the mouth of the valley, the cavalry of the second cavalry battalion of the Guards cavalry was rushing towards Zhunta, the thousand remnants of cavalry. .

Although they had just been ambushed and panicked, these old Tartars, who were skilled in bowing horses and had killed countless people, still rode their horses bravely and charged towards the more than [-] cavalry of the Second Battalion of the Guards Army.

The two streams of iron fought together, fighting back and forth on the field beside the Sishui River, when suddenly a corpse fell down, staining a pool of emerald green river red.

Somewhat startled, Zhunta hurriedly turned his horse's head around the Jingoukou and headed towards the Miaodaokou, trying to retreat. At this moment, he also began to realize that Xuzhou's border was not as easy to fight as he imagined. It seemed that the Ming army had already ambushed here heavily armed.

There are only more than [-] riders who retreated with Zhunta.

These six hundred or so cavalry are almost all armored soldiers, and even many of them are Qing army officers above the rank and file. In the past, they were capable soldiers who could fight a thousand troops by themselves, but at this moment, most of them also showed signs of panic. They all went deep into the hinterland of the Ming army and fought for so long without getting a moment's rest. They were not only panicked but also very tired.

At this time, the first battalion of the cavalry of the guards who were waiting for work also came over, blocking the way of the remaining cavalry such as Zhunta.

Rao Zhunta, the [-] cavalry of the Qing army under his command, was brave and good at fighting. He was able to break out from Jingoukou, and he could also break out from the encirclement battle of the second battalion of the Guards. The [-] fresh troops of the first battalion, even the iron cavalry of the Qing army, could no longer be capable of fighting.

Zhou Yuji straddled the horse with the spear in his hand, without saying anything, he lifted the spear, pinched the horse's belly, and shouted: "Kill!"

In an instant, the soldiers of the [-]st Battalion of the Guards Cavalry galloped out of the flat land on the side of the temple road with their horses and whips. The sound of beating drums shakes the vegetation and frightens the birds and beasts.

At this time, Zhunta only knew that he was in a desperate situation, so he could only grit his teeth and rode his horse towards the [-]st Battalion of Guards Cavalry to kill the generals. Together, the clanging sounds of blades colliding, the sound of sharp arrows piercing armor, and the sound of three-eyed bludgeon stabbing, one after another.

When the sun set on the western mountain and only the glow of the sun was left on the Weishan Lake not far away, there were only three riders around Zhunta, and his right arm had been cut off, and he fell to the ground and could not stand up.

The other two Tartar cavalry still stubbornly rushed towards the guards. Zhou Yuji stabbed with a spear and directly wiped the tail of a Tartar's money rat, which fell directly to the ground, revealing a light. With a bald head, another Tartar was stabbed under the horse with a backhand shot by Zhou Yuji.

Seeing this, the tartar who had lost his money rat tail hurriedly fled from Zhou Yuji's flank. The cavalry behind Zhou Yuji hurriedly chased after him, but Zhou Yuji stopped him: "Let him go, otherwise how will Abate know that he has attacked me rashly?" The consequences of the land of Xuzhou!"

Here, Zhunta gritted his teeth and sat up. Knowing that he could not escape, he gritted his teeth and picked up the knife to commit suicide. However, Zhou Yuji had already released the spear from his hand, and directly knocked the knife in Zhunta's hand away:

"Take him down! Escort him back to the camp! Immediately clean up the battlefield. An hour later, we will enter Pei County overnight to rest. The third cavalry battalion (Type B battalion) mobilizes boats overnight, and we will cross the river directly tomorrow morning and head straight for Huai'an!"

(End of this chapter)