Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 21
The Loyalty Battalion crashed into Xu Jun's formation suddenly, and the horses jumped over the simple horse posts, knocking off several Xu Jun's sword and shield hands in an instant, and a thousand cavalry rushed into the formation.

Flesh and blood splattered, Xu Jun was already exhausted, and his formation was disordered, how could he stand up to the cavalry charge, a large formation of more than [-] people was killed by the Zhongyi Battalion in a short time!

"Fix the formation! The army speeds up and resumes its formation!"

The moment the cavalry pierced through the formation, General Xu shouted loudly and ordered the soldiers to resume their formation, but before they arrived, they quickly filled the gap that had been opened, and the other two cavalry teams of Gao Jie's troops rushed into the formation one after another .

If the infantry did not form a large formation, it would be impossible to withstand the impact of the cavalry. With the same blood dripping, the same stumped limbs and arms, Xu Jun's large formation was pierced by the cavalry again.

While the other two teams were attacking the formation, Wang Yan's Zhongyi Battalion reorganized their formation on the outside line, and then rushed towards the formation violently again.

"Don't panic, form the formation! Form the formation!"

Xu Dingguo looked at the chaotic army, and his face was already in a big cold sweat, but Wang Yan and the other two thousand households took turns to attack, and he was never given a chance to form an formation again.

The soldiers who dared to stop the cavalry were either cut down to the ground or trampled into a pulp by the horses. The blood and corpses brought Xu Jun to the brink of collapse.

Wang Yan followed the army and jumped into the formation again. A thousand households who were trying their best to command Xu Jun to restore the formation just now were cut off by him in an instant, and the blood spurted out, making the soldiers around Xu Jun terrified.

I don't know which soldier dropped the spear in his hand first, turned around and fled north, which instantly triggered a chain reaction of the surrounding Xu Jun.

After a loud "crash" sound, facing the cavalry rushing again, Xu Jun's soldiers couldn't bear it any longer.

Xu Jun's formation, which was already chaotic, was immediately smashed to pieces by the routs. Xu Dinguo rode on the horse, hacking and killing the routs non-stop, and roared in Jiesteri. "All the troops are not allowed to panic! Runaways! Immediately beheaded!"

Although Xu Dingguo and his personal guards tried their best to prevent the soldiers from fleeing north, it was said that the army was defeated like a mountain. The fleeing soldiers of Xu Jun, from the initial few hundred, swept the entire formation in an instant.

Panic spread, and the army suddenly felt like an avalanche. Xu Dingguo and his personal guards continued to hack and kill, but they couldn't stop Xu Jun's defeat.

Seeing the defeated soldiers fleeing to the north all over the mountains and plains, Xu Dingguo couldn't help but let out a long sigh. Nearly ten thousand troops were destroyed, and he couldn't help feeling disheartened.

"Xu Thief!" While Xu Dingguo was feeling dejected, a loud shout suddenly came from a distance, waking him up.He searched for the reputation, but saw a hundred paces away, a young general, surrounded by many knights, rushed towards him.

For a while, Xu Dingguo was frightened out of his wits. He didn't dare to stay. He pulled the reins, turned his horse's head and fled northward.

"Hugh left Xu Dingguo!"

"Whoever takes the head of Xu thief will be rewarded ten gold, and the official will be promoted to one level!"

To behead Xu Dingguo, Wang Yan is the benefactor of the entire Gao Jie tribe, how could he let go of such an opportunity.Therefore, he locked Xu Dingguo, followed closely behind, and chased after him.

Xu Dingguo felt a bitterness in his heart when he heard the shouts behind him, he was not a good deputy general in Henan, what kind of Qing court should he vote for!

There is no medicine for regret in the world, so Xu Dingguo could only gallop with remorse. He no longer extravagantly hopes to get a high position in the Qing court in the future, but only wants to save his old life, and he is satisfied.

Leading the Zhongyi Battalion, Wang Yan chased Xu Dingguo all the way, and soon overtook the defeated Xu Jun's infantry, but he didn't intend to stop.

Li Chengdong's army came later to take care of the rout, and he had to kill Xu Dingguo to count as a great achievement, and he would be able to gain a certain position in Gao Jie's remaining troops in the future.

Xu Dingguo ran wildly all the way, with only a dozen personal guards left around him, but he couldn't get rid of the cavalrymen of the Loyalty Battalion who were chasing after him. However, he was not desperate in his heart. As long as he persisted until dark, he still had a chance to escape.

However, nine out of ten things in life are unsatisfactory.

Before Xu Dingguo voted Qing, he may not have read the almanac, nor consulted the Great Immortal to calculate the good and bad luck. It seems that nine out of ten it seems that they have been discussed, and today they follow one after another.

On the only way Xu Dingguo fled, the thousand cavalry who had detoured before had been waiting for a long time.

Looking at the cavalry in front of him blocking the way, Xu Dingguo's liver and gallbladder were torn apart. In a panic, he accidentally fell off the galloping horse.

Seeing this, his personal guards pulled the reins one after another, causing the horse to stop.

In a short time, Wang Yan's cavalry had already caught up and surrounded them.

Xu Dingguo's personal guard Dao was also loyal, one by one quickly got off his horse, helped Xu Dingguo who was vomiting blood from the fall, surrounded him, and drew out his sword to protect him.

"Thief Xu! Capture him before you put your hands up!" Wang Yan shouted sharply while riding a war horse, pointing at Xu Dingguo with a saber in his hand. "Do you want me to do it myself?"

Xu Dingguo fell off his horse and broke several ribs. The pain distorted his expression, and at the same time made his mind clear.Now that the matter has come to this point, Xu Dingguo knows that struggling is useless, but it is obviously impossible for him to be captured without a fight.

Gao Jie died at the hands of Xu Dingguo, and Gao Jie's tribe hated him to the bone. If he fell into their hands alive, his life would be worse than death.

Hearing Wang Yan's scolding, Xu Dingguo let out a sad smile on his face. He looked around at the guards around him, and suddenly put a knife on his neck. "I'm dead! You can surrender, don't lose your life."

"General!"

Amid the exclamation of all the guards, Xu Dingguo committed suicide.

From a senior officer of the second rank to a lieutenant general of the first province, it is a pity to end up like this with a single thought?

"General~" Xu Dingguo was ruthless to Gao Jie, and he was even more ruthless to himself. He cut his throat with a knife, and blood gushed out like a fountain. Seeing this, the guards burst into tears.

"Since Xu thief has subdued the law, are you willing to surrender?" Seeing Xu Dingguo's body collapsed, Wang Yan said.

These personal guards wept bitterly around Xu Dingguo's body. After hearing Wang Yan's question, they looked up at each other and said in unison: "I don't want to surrender, I am willing to die with the general!"

Hearing this, Wang Yan couldn't help being a little surprised, a little incomprehensible, and even a little annoyed. "Xu Dingguo recited the Ming Dynasty and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and forgot his ancestors in several books. Why did you sacrifice yourself for these Han thieves!"

"I and others have taken refuge in the general, and the food and clothing at home are all given by the general. Parents, wives and children are all raised by the general!" Hearing this, a personal guard replied. "Dayi is far from us. We know how to repay the kindness, but we understand it. How can we not repay the favor of others!"

While speaking, the guard was already holding a knife in his hand, and after speaking, he cut his throat and killed himself like Xu Dingguo, and the other guards followed closely behind. In a short while, more than a dozen people died.

Wang Yan saw what was happening in front of him, his face was extremely gloomy. The soldiers did not know that there is a country, that there is national righteousness, and that since ancient times Han and traitors are not at odds, I am afraid that many ministers did not take these things to heart. Otherwise, why since the Manchus entered the customs, What about the countless descendants?

Even the members of the Loyalty Camp around Wang Yan, how many of them stood with him because of Daming?Among them, the degree of loyalty to Wang Yan is probably much higher than that of loyalty to Daming!
The vast majority of the common people, the vast majority of ordinary soldiers, did not know what the country was or what the righteousness of the nation was. They believed that the entry of the Manchus into the Customs was nothing more than a change of emperor, and that they would pay their food and grow their land without any influence or responsibility.

This is also the reason why as soon as the main general surrenders, he can drive nearly ten thousand people under his command to surrender to the enemy!

Looking at the dozens of corpses lying on the ground, Wang Yan felt extremely heavy. At this moment, he felt unprecedentedly lonely.

After a big victory, he didn't have any joy of victory.

"Cut off the head of Xu Dingguo, and bury the rest on the spot!" After a while, Wang Yan said helplessly: "Let's go! Join Sun Qianhu, and then go straight to the Yellow River!"

Liu Shun got off his horse and beheaded Xu Dingguo's head with a sword. He wrapped it in a cloth and hung it on his waist. Then he followed Wang Yan's horse and went to join Sun Chengwu's thousand cavalry.

Sun Chengwu asked about the battle, and when he learned that Xu Dingguo was beheaded by Wang Yan, he immediately praised him.

At this time, Wang Yan also learned from Sun Chengwu that there were more than 1000 Qing soldiers and more than 20 large ships on the Yellow River, and they were preparing to accept Xu's army to cross the river.

The two decided to impersonate Xu Jun and rape the Qing soldiers.

In the land of Henan in the first lunar month, the nights were very cold. Wang Yan and Sun Chengwu traveled lightly and could not spend the night in the wild, so they continued to ride horses while the sky was still dark.

On the way, the two discussed the specific tactics for tomorrow. Because Wang Yan had already achieved the great achievement of beheading Xu Dingguo, he decided to hand over the credit for raiding the Qing army to Sun Chengwu, and the Zhongyi Battalion assisted a thousand cavalry under his command in the raid.

When it was getting dark, Wang Yan and the others rushed to Lankao County, eighty miles away from the Yellow River, and wanted to station there, but the officials in the city were unwilling to let the army enter the city.

When Sun Chengwu heard about it, he was furious and threatened to send troops to attack the city.

Wang Yan's anger was extinguished only after he talked badly, and the officials and gentry in the city also made compromises. Although they did not allow the army to enter the city, they were willing to provide camping supplies and food for the army.

It was night, Wang Yan arranged the night watchmen and prepared to rest, but he couldn't fall asleep for a long time.

The scenes that happened today kept reappearing in his mind, the precarious Ming Dynasty!Outside, Manqing looks like wolves and tigers, but inside, the hearts of the people are lost. How can we save you?
There was nothing to say all night, after dawn, after breakfast, the army set off again, but Wang Yan let Qian Yifeng lead 100 men to stay outside Kaolan City.

Seeing that the army had left, the officials and gentry in the city went to the city to check, but they saw that at the city gate, the supplies sent out of the city yesterday were neatly put away and piled up on both sides of the city gate.

Seeing this, the officials and gentry were extremely surprised. Looking at Qian Yifeng and others who were still carrying quilts, tents and other things, they couldn't help asking: "Which team are you waiting for?"

"Loyalty Camp!" Qian Yifeng raised his head and replied.

"This is Master Wang!" Seeing this, an old man couldn't help but reddened his eyes.

(In the real history, after killing Gao Jie, Xu Dingguo managed to escape from the Yellow River and voted for the Qing Dynasty. For the needs of the plot, the author had to use his dog's head, so he could only be written to death.)
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