Chapter 180 The Battle of Biti Pavilion III

It cannot be said that Zhou Chang's prediction was inaccurate, because he soon fell into a bloody mess.

Because the few cavalrymen in Korea were dispersed by the Qing army in just one round. In a flash, the nebula dispersed. Before Zhou Chang even had time to react, he found that there were only a few dozen cavalry left to protect the King of Han.

In any case, the Lee family of North Korea has been in the country for more than 200 years. How can there not be a few brave men around him? It may not be possible to find an army that can fight in an organized manner, but there are dozens of master guards. But this is

Dozens of people can't save the situation.

The situation was precarious for a while. The King of Han and Zhou Chang were protected in the middle, while the Qing cavalry came from all directions.

Within a moment, Zhou Chang was covered in blood.

It was not Zhou Chang's blood, but the blood of the guards around him. King Han was so frightened that he could hardly hold on to the reins. Zhou Chang was decisive, took out his blunderbuss, took out a shot, and killed a Qing Dynasty soldier.

The army cavalry shot to the ground. Zhou Chang quickly loaded the gunpowder.

This gun was specially obtained from the Manufacturing Bureau when Zhou Chang was preparing to come to North Korea. He practiced it every day to protect himself. Normally, he could reload it in a matter of seconds, but at this time, his hands were unable to move.

I was trembling and couldn't do it well no matter what.

At this moment, his eyes lit up. It was the light of a sword.

The light of the knife arrived first, and the blade followed the light and struck at Zhou Chang's head. The light of the knife fell right between Zhou Chang's eyes. Zhou Chang only felt his eyes light up. He couldn't see anything but the blade. Suddenly

Hearing the bowstring snap, his vision suddenly went dark, and a Qing soldier fell from his horse beside him, causing his mount to panic.

Only then did he realize that more than a hundred cavalry were coming to kill him, and the leader was Ma Sanbao, whom he had met several times. He immediately shouted: "This is the King of Korea."

Ma Sanbao had been stationed on Ganghwa Island for a while. Although he was not familiar with Zhou Chang and King Han, he knew them both. At this moment, he was a little unrecognizable. The King of Joseon, who was usually very elegant, looked pale and hurried like a dog.

Zhou Chang was covered in blood, and there were traces of blood on his face, which seemed to be splashed on it.

As soon as the identity of the two men was confirmed, Ma Sanbao immediately knew the importance. Without saying a word, he ordered his soldiers to guard Zhou Chang, King Han and others in the middle, and they all broke out of the siege and headed towards Seoul.

A few miles to the southeast, he heard the cry of killing. Ma Sanbao looked at it from a distance and immediately felt relieved.

Because although Ma Sanbao couldn't see clearly, he could still hear the roar of artillery fire, so he knew that the Qing army had not broken the formation. In this case, it meant that there was no danger for the time being on the Yue King's side. Ma Sanbao did not dare to stay, but he could only see the Qing army at a glance.

Where the formation was weak, he galloped forward, using himself as the front arrow, to break through the formation forcefully.

The Qing army was all cavalry and did not pay attention to the formation. Plus Ma San

Bao appeared suddenly, and before the Qing army had time to respond, Ma Sanbao had already arrived in front of Zheng Chenggong's military formation.

With the sound of the trumpet "Woooo.", the Qing army temporarily retreated.

The tide of the Qing army receded, and the Xia army became quiet in front of the formation.

Ma Sanbao looked at this moment and saw that there was a very clear boundary on the ground, just a few steps away from the formation. Outside this distance, there were mostly sparse corpses of the Qing army, but within this boundary, there were layers upon layers of corpses.

There were piles of corpses of Xia and Qing troops, as well as the corpses of war horses.

Ma Sanbao immediately understood that this place was the original line of the Xia Army, but the Qing army came too suddenly. The two sides fought hand-to-hand here and forced the Xia Army back.

With just this trace, Ma Sanbao could imagine how brutal the fighting was before. The more so, the more Ma Sanbao felt guilty.

"General Ma." A soldier came over and said, "The prince has summoned you."

Ma Sanbao, King Han and Zhou Chang visited Zheng Chenggong together.

In times of crisis, the true colors of heroes can be seen.

Where Zheng Chenggong was, there were several wooden boxes as a high platform. Zheng Chenggong was sitting on a chair, looking relaxed and at ease, as if he was not surrounded. He met three people. He first asked about King Han's situation. His voice was extremely warm, but Han Chenggong's voice was very warm.

The king was in shock and couldn't say what he said. Zheng Chenggong felt relieved. However, he didn't say anything in his words. He just comforted King Han and ordered the guards on the left and right to go down and rest.

In fact, he was just under house arrest. If something changed, he said he would kill the King of Han and then hurry up. He was determined not to let the King of Han fall into the hands of the Qing army.

Zheng Chenggong's eyes fell on Ma Sanbao, his voice turned stern, and he said: "General Ma, do you know your guilt?"

Ma Sanbao's face was filled with shame. He suddenly fell to his knees on the ground, bowed his head and said, "I will eventually realize my crime, but I just want to die."

Zheng Chenggong felt that it was extremely difficult to handle. If he had been someone other than Ma Sanbao, Zheng Chenggong would have given the order and pushed him out to behead him in public without any hesitation.

But if you don't look at the monk's face or the Buddha's face, Ma Sanbao is Zhang Xuan's confidant after all. It would be easy for him to kill Ma Sanbao today, but he doesn't know if Zhang Xuan will think that he has other intentions. This will be difficult to handle. Zheng Chenggong thought about it

After a moment, he said: "As a vanguard, you lead the army in.

If you are surrounded, you should be executed for your crime. However, I think you have made a contribution to saving the King of Han. Now when you are employing people, I will spare you this time. I promise you to take the blame and make meritorious service. After the war, if you have meritorious service, your merits and demerits will be offset.

If you don't succeed in fighting again, don't blame me for being ruthless."

Ma Sanbao gritted his teeth and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, if there is another mistake. You don't need to say anything, I will come to see you." This sentence is true. For Ma Sanbao, today's battle has been extremely unbearable. If

For the second time, he couldn't even face himself, regardless of punishment.

"Prince," Zhou Quan

Bin stepped forward and said: "The Qing army is coming to attack."

Zheng Chenggong immediately focused his attention on the Qing army that was about to arrive. He stood up, took out his telescope, and looked around to watch the battle. Because there were boxes on the ground where he was, he stood up, much higher than the ordinary soldiers, and his line of sight was not clear.

be obscured.

Take the entire battlefield into your eyes.

However, he saw Qing troops coming from all directions. The smoke and dust raised by countless war horses were like four yellow walls, blocking Zheng Chenggong's sight. However, he saw countless figures below walking towards Xia Jun, but Zheng Chenggong took a closer look.

, and suddenly cursed in his heart: "Despicable."

Because the people walking in the front were not the Qing cavalry, but the densely packed Korean people.

Zheng Chenggong immediately knew that the Qing army was preparing to use Korean civilians to resist the Xia army's firepower.

Zheng Chenggong immediately made a calculation in his mind. After leaving Seoul, almost all the soldiers marched lightly. They only had the food for the day and only carried some gunpowder with them. There were no cannons at all, and some were only those that could keep up with the march, such as the Crouching Tiger Cannon.

Just this kind of small cannon.

Each gunman carries enough gunpowder to shoot more than two hundred times.

It's not that I can't bring any more, but it's useless to take more.

If it is fired more than 200 times in a short period of time, the gun must have exploded. There is no exception. If the battle lasts for a long time, you can naturally collect it from the baggage area at the rear.

Can these Korean people offset more than two hundred salvos?

In the absence of gunpowder, Zheng Chenggong was not sure whether his troops could withstand the attack of the Qing cavalry.

There are not many soldiers around him at the moment, probably about 30,000.

Not only Xia Jun's men, but also Zheng Chenggong's personal guards. Zheng Chenggong's personal guards have always been direct members of the Zheng family. After all, no matter how big-hearted Zheng Chenggong is, he cannot leave his own safety in the hands of others. He must take control of it himself before he can rest assured.

However, Zheng Chenggong did not include his personal guards in his combat strength.

It's not that there is anything wrong with Zheng Chenggong's personal guards. On the contrary, Zheng Chenggong treats his personal guards extremely well. Among these personal guards, there are many children of the Zheng family. Although their training is generally not as good as that of the Xia army, on the basis of salary, Zheng Chenggong

The descendants of the family are the backbone, and they are determined to fight for Zheng Chenggong to the death.

But for Zheng Chenggong, if the fight reaches the point where even his personal guards go to the battlefield, the situation is almost over.

Zheng Chenggong looked away, and then saw that the rear was empty, and there seemed to be no soldiers. Naturally, he knew that it was a trick of surrounding three and missing one. As long as the Xia army's formation moved, the Qing army would be able to better seize Xia's army's weaknesses.

location.

Zheng Chenggong naturally would not let the Qing army get what they wanted.
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