Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 197 Fighting against the water, Wang Yan defeated the enemy

On the south bank of the Xinqiang River, two thousand Ming troops, man-sized and strong, watched the battle. He saw Wang Yan leading four thousand warriors and two hundred white-faced scholars, slamming into the green camp like an arrow from the string, and his heart suddenly boiled.

Since the Qing Dynasty entered the pass, the Ming army had not fought a few battles with the Qing soldiers. They defended one place and lost another. Most of the Ming army immediately became terrified when they heard that the Qing soldiers had killed them. Those who did not flee were considered warriors. There are almost no Ming troops who dare to fight the Qing soldiers in the wild and face them head-on.

The courage of the Ming army on the other side made Man Dazhuang and his men sigh, but they only sighed.

The long-term failure made them lack the courage to be brave. They were almost used to failure, so even though Wang Yan made their blood boil, they were still not optimistic.

"General~" Man Dazhuang's personal guard looked at the battlefield that had already been handed over, "What should we do?"

"The Duke of Chu is a hero, and the brothers on the opposite side are also great men~" Man Dazhuang looked at him, hesitating slightly in his heart, "Wait and prepare your warship, if the Duke of Chu is defeated, cross the river immediately to defeat the defeated army Take it across the river with the Duke."

"No~" The guard responded with punches.

At this time, Man Dazhuang's mind was full of worries about the battle situation. Although the difference between the superintendent and the pro-army was there, the Qing army had already left a shadow in the hearts of Man Dazhuang and other Ming army generals. Instinctively thinking that I might still lose.

Man Dazhuang was full of these messy worries, but he ignored the changes on the battlefield. Suddenly, he heard the exclamation of his guard, "Look~ Duke Chu's banner has entered."

When the two armies meet each other, it is as if they must be used on the edge of a knife. The person who serves as the vanguard must be the courage of the army, can improve the morale of the entire army, and have extraordinary force. He can wipe out all the enemy soldiers in front of him and make the army march forward .

Wang Yan, as the king of the country, was the vanguard of the whole army, which naturally made the superintendent's troops fight to the death. Although his martial arts were not invincible, after the cruel training on the battlefield, the ordinary generals were no longer there. Next.

Beside him, Liu Heizi, who was born as a butcher, was holding a big axe, and Wang Shixiu of Qianhu, who was carrying a long spear, guarded his two sides with horses to ensure his safety.

For Zu Kefa and the Green Battalion soldiers, this charge came quite suddenly. The bird commanders and archers were almost unprepared, so they could only draw out their waist knives and rush along with the army.

As the coach of the Qing army, Zu Kefa did not risk his life. Xu Yong, the former general of Zuo Liangyu, came up to him. He held a Zhangba spear in one hand, aimed at Wang Yan, and rode With the horses coming against the wind.

The Zuo Department was said to be 80 in those days. After the First World War in Chizhou, the soldiers were lost and generals were lost.

Now that the 15 troops were selected by the Qing court, the more elite and capable fighters followed Jin Shengheng, the most capable general in the left, and went south to Jiangxi to fight fiercely with the Ming army and southern Jiangxi, while Xu Yong and other troops sent Go to Hubei to defend the place.

At this moment, Xu Yong was holding his remodeled Zhangba spear between his arms. The tip of the spear was one foot long. With the impact of galloping horses, it could pierce through all armor and be invincible.

As far as Xu Yong is concerned, since he has become a traitor of the Han Dynasty, he is naturally unwilling to be just an ordinary general of the green battalion. military exploits.

At this time, he seemed to have seen the scene of the spear piercing through the enemy's body, being savagely poked off the horse, and then being trampled into flesh by the cavalry behind him.

The two horses crossed each other, but Xu Yong didn't feel the resistance of the spear entering his body. Wang Yan's body was on the other side of the horse, and he avoided his impact. Blocking the knife vertically, he grabbed his spear and shouted: "The general of the defeated army dares to come to die!"

Xu Yong missed twice and was yelled at by Wang Yan. He was a little flustered immediately. He couldn't help but get excited, and then remembered that the enemy with scars in front of him was just outside Chizhou City. General with flag.

For a moment, Xu Yong felt timid, "You are Wang Yan?"

At this moment, Wang Shixiu had already rushed over on horseback, and he stabbed at Xu Yong's waist with his gun, while the cavalry of the Qing army who rushed up from behind were swept away by Liu Heizi, and all of them fell off their horses.

Seeing this, Xu Yong was startled. He hurriedly drew his spear, but Wang Yan didn't let go, and took it away with his horsepower. The moment he lost his weapon, Wang Shixiu's spear had already been inserted into his waist. Suddenly, he was knocked off the horse directly.

He flew up, watching Wang Yan holding his eight spears and poking the Qing cavalry behind him off the horse. After a while, his body fell to the ground fiercely, and was then captured by Xie Kuang behind. Stepped into mud with many Ming soldiers.

The vanguards of the two armies clashed, and the Ming army won a complete victory. Seeing this, many sergeants shouted loudly, but Wang Yan had already rushed past the cavalry and entered the green infantry.

Seeing this, Zu Kefa frowned, but fortunately there were many green soldiers, and Wang Yan's cavalry were not heavily armored. After charging for a while, they fell into the formation.

At this time, Wang Yan was forced off his horse by the pikemen of the Qing army, so he abandoned Xu Yong's Zhangba spear, and took up the long saber again to fight on foot. cowardly.

At this time, the Ming army was fighting with their backs and there was no way out, so they all moved forward bravely. In addition, the Yangzhou veterans in the army all had blood feuds with the Qing court, and Wang Yan's 4000 troops were originally stronger than the green battalion in front of him. There were too many elites, they fought with all their strength, and the green battalion in front of them was immediately killed and retreated steadily.

Zu Kefa saw the bright red eyes of the Ming army, rushing into the green camp like wild animals, but the green camp was only serving as soldiers to eat food. When they were the Ming army, they didn't die for the Ming army. Now they are Qing soldiers, unless they raise the flag, what else? Maybe risk your life?
For a moment, Zu Kefa felt that his and Wang Yan's identities had been switched, as if he had become the Ming army who was often defeated by thousands of Qing soldiers.

At this time, he saw Wang Yan getting closer and closer to him, and immediately regretted it in his heart. After the Ming army cavalry on both wings smashed through the green battalion, the [-] green battalion was defeated immediately.

Seeing this, Man Dazhuang on the other side of the river couldn't help staring, and hurriedly called out to his subordinates, "Hurry up~ hurry~ all of you will get on the boat with me, and I will take you to kill the captives and make meritorious deeds!"

When the officers saw that Wang Yan had defeated the [-] Green Battalion with [-] troops, the Ming army was harvesting the lives of the Green Battalion soldiers like chopping melons and vegetables, and their hearts had long been moved.

At this time, they heard the words of Man Dazhuang, and knew that this was going to be a smooth battle, and they were all overjoyed. One by one, they hurriedly scolded the soldiers and told them to board the ship quickly, for fear that they would be late and they would not even have a bowl of soup. .

(End of this chapter)