Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 464
In an instant, the pontoon bridge was destroyed, which made the green battalion soldiers on both sides of the Mulan River pale with fright.

Combined with the gunfire from the west, anyone with a little brain can tell that Tan Tai must have been ambushed ahead, and they are also within the Ming army's calculations.

On the east bank of Mulan Creek, the more than 3000 Qing soldiers who had not yet crossed the stream couldn't help but feel grateful, while the 4000 people who had crossed the stream went from being quiet to an uproar in an instant, and the atmosphere of terror and anxiety spread rapidly.

Although Mulan Creek is called a stream, it is actually very wide. Gan Hui led a warship and destroyed the pontoon bridge. The bows, arrows and guns on both sides of the river could not hit the warship. Gradually causing some damage to the warship, the sailors in the warship stepped on the wheels quickly, and the warship quickly left, but they did not go far, and they rushed back again when the Qing soldiers were ready to cross the river.

Zhang Cunren called Tian Xiong, Ma Degong and others to his side. Before he could speak, Tian Xiong said first, "My lord governor, what should we do now?"

Generals Tian and Ma, as those who sold out their former masters, were more concerned with their own interests, and naturally had no loyalty to the Qing court. Follow the Qing court all the way to Hei.

Ma Degong's eyes protruded, and he was obviously frightened: "My lord, we have been ambushed, and the pontoon bridge must be rebuilt."

Although these two people did not clearly express their intentions, judging from their expressions and tone of voice, one could tell that the two wanted to retreat. In fact, they were not just two people. Human nature seeks advantages and avoids disadvantages. More than ten thousand green battalion soldiers sensed that they had fallen into the Ming army. Instinctively want to escape from this place of right and wrong first.

Zhang Cunren was in doubt. The Ming army's ambush obviously knew in advance the route, time, and strength of their troops. From the beginning, it was a trick. This made him a little frightened, but as the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, he couldn't Since he was in disarray, at this point in his mind, he was calming down: "A good fighter should not worry about victory, but about defeat. The Ming army has already taken the lead. The governor must guard against it, but the generals don't have to worry about it. Wang Yan's troops are only more than 3. People, we have more than 2 people on the west bank, and the Ming army does not have an absolute advantage, so it is not so easy to eat us!"

Zhang Cunren first gave many Qing generals a reassurance, comforted them with kind words, and did not urge the green battalion to move forward, lest the army mutiny.

In fact, he himself understands very well that the current dangerous situation of the Qing army, not to mention Tan Tai's situation, but the tens of thousands of green battalion soldiers around him, chasing after the cavalry all the way, and they have all become tired soldiers by now. The army is waiting for work, and it is an ambush. No matter what he thinks, it is more ominous than good, so he is actually in favor of retreating. However, if the organization is well organized, it is called retreat. If the organization is not good, it will be a rout.

"The Ming army ambushed us here, obviously Quanzhou has been captured by them long ago, our army's previous plan must be changed." Zhang Cunren said in a deep voice: "General Ma's words are correct, the pontoon bridge must be rebuilt, now the generals obey orders! "

"Zha~" The governor was not in chaos, and all the Qing generals found the backbone, saluted in unison, with a look of solemnity on their faces.

Zhang Cunren glanced at the generals, and said seriously: "Ma Degong obeys the order. The governor ordered your troops to block the river with artillery and rush to repair the pontoon bridge. Tian Xiong obeyed the orders. The governor ordered your troops to immediately go to Tuling to rescue the general and take the remnants of the army. Come out, and the rest of the generals stand in line against the water to prepare for the attack of the Ming army."

"Zha~"

At this moment, a defeated soldier appeared from the west. A defeated soldier was brought to Zhang Cunren and asked about the situation ahead.

Even if he didn't say anything, Zhang Cunren could easily tell from his expression, from the way he threw away his helmet and armor, that Tan Tai's [-] cavalry were probably all gone.

"How is the situation of the general?" Tan Tai was the general who conquered the south of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. If he died, Zhang Cunren would have no good fruit to eat.

"Our army's [-] green battalion is in front, and the [-]-eight flags are behind. Not long after entering Tuling, we encountered a volley of artillery from the Ming army, and arrows and bullets rained down. Our army hurriedly withdrew, and someone in the army shouted With the death of the general, he was immediately disintegrated..."

Hearing this, Zhang Cunren understood that the situation was not optimistic. There is no doubt that this ambush by the Ming army was carefully prepared, and its purpose was to eat up the main force of the Fujian Qing army.

To the east of Tuling, Tian Xiong led [-] green battalion soldiers to meet the defeated army. In the wilderness, the Qing army's infantry and cavalry scattered all over the place mixed together and fled in a hurry.

The mountain road was difficult, and the Qing army fled in a hurry to avoid arrows. Many people lost their horses, most of them discarded their long weapons, and a considerable number of people even took off their cotton armor. fast.

Looking at the defeated troops, Tian Xiong quickly reined in the reins to stop the troops, so as not to be coerced by the defeated troops and flee.

At this time, a group of defeated soldiers ran to him, and he hurriedly asked, "Where is the general?"

"As soon as the battle started, the general was shot to death by Liu Ya."

"Don't talk nonsense, the general told me to retreat, Tonggu Shan'er should really be behind."

The defeated soldiers have different opinions, which shows the chaos on the battlefield. Tian Xiong looked at the miserable appearance of the defeated army. Tan Tai's 7000 troops must have been beaten terribly by the Ming army. Some of them said that Tan Tai was dead, and he didn't want to venture forward any more, and the most important thing was to quickly retreat to the east bank of Mulan Creek.

At present, Tian Xiong was about to let the army go back, but a group of mixed cavalry in red armor and yellow armor came running wildly in the distance. Seeing this, the defeated army immediately exclaimed, "It's the general and Gu Shan Ezhen."

Tan Tai and A Shan were not dead, which made Tian Xiong happy. He was able to take these two people out. When the Qing court lowered the guilt, the punishment he received would undoubtedly be a little lighter.

At this time, he hurriedly let the army go up to meet him, but suddenly he saw at the end of his field of vision, between the sky and the earth, a faint red line slowly appeared, and as time passed, that red line became thicker and thicker. It extended infinitely toward the left and right wings, and finally transformed into thousands of figures.

They were unhurried, pushing the defeated army forward, shooting in an orderly manner, and the exhausted defeated army pushed over like a mountain top.

"Although there are two or three households in the Tang Dynasty, the old rivers and mountains will be restored!"

The Ming army in the brigade was marching in a dense formation like a forest. The banners waving in the wind covered the whole earth, and the rows of sharp spears pierced the sky.

The sword and shield players in the front row, beating their shields and wielding their sabers, formed a thick wall, rolling forward, closely following the defeated army, and crushing them all the way.

"Catch up, run!" A cry of exclamation sounded, and Tian Xiong's response did not bring any sense of security to the tired defeated army. They had already been frightened by the Ming army, and ran away.

Tan Tai and A Shan, who had discarded their helmets and armor, did not stop. They actually led a hundred cavalry, bypassed Tian Xiong, and ran past the six thousand green battalion soldiers~

Seeing this, all the green battalion couldn't help being stunned, this was too immoral, but they didn't have time to sigh, the Ming army had already overwhelmed them, leading more than a hundred cavalry, galloping ahead of thousands of troops, the iron gun in Lu Shikui's hand had long since passed away. Drink the blood of the enemy.

Under his command, there is no one general, and behind him, the bright array also uttered a loud cry, suddenly ran wildly with full feet, and ran towards Tian Xiong's troops.

Tian Xiong saw it, good guy, there are at least 6000 to [-] Ming troops, and he has [-] troops, how can he withstand it, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

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