Chapter 252: Sad, hateful, pitiful

After a few rounds, the Qing cavalry almost all had infantry battles. Gunpowder weapons disturbed the horses too much, especially Jiaozhou camp, a musket that they had never seen before. Moreover, when they were fighting with short spears, there were more people stealing Lengzi and stabbing horses than stabbing people. After several twists and turns, the Tartar cavalry simply fought in infantry battles.

Whether it was cavalry or infantry warfare, the Jurchens had never lost to the Ming army, which gave them great confidence. However, although the infantry warfare only lasted for a moment, the Ming army holding short spears seemed to be in a disadvantage.

Everything in today's battle was too weird. It was only when Wei Li and others turned around and ran away that everything became normal. However, these Tartar cavalry chased after a few steps and stopped. They didn't have much strength to continue fighting, so it would be fine if they scared the other party.

A short encounter, a close battle, and without the spirit of dying, it is impossible to win. In the past, the Qing army had the advantage in this, but today it was reversed.

The Tartar cavalry were now a little relaxed, thinking about how to return to the camp or find a place to rest. And today's encounter had to be fabricated a reason to get away with it.

Who would have thought that those Mingjuns who were on the horse did not run far away, but instead went around in a circle and came back halfway.

This time, the cavalry was so arrogant that Wei Li and his men extended the short spears in their hands as much as possible. These Tartar soldiers were stunned for a short time, and they all turned around and ran away with a strange scream.

This scene suddenly changed from a hand-to-hand combat just now to a one-sided massacre. After four of them were stabbed to death by a short spear, the remaining Qing cavalry also wanted to turn around and fight to the death, but the number of people in the Jiaozhou Camp was already higher than that of them, and there was no suspense in the subsequent battle. The Tartars, whose physical strength and horsepower were exhausted, could not escape the pursuit of the soldiers of the Jiaozhou Camp.

At this time, there was only a little light in the sky. Wei Li was immediately gasping for a long time, and he had not woken up from the desperate excitement and excitement he had just tried.

"Teacher Wei, we have made great contributions. No matter how you say you have to be promoted to the team when you go back, maybe it's possible."

When Wei Li heard this, he couldn't help but grin and smiled happily. Without a few laughs, the joyful expression on his face immediately disappeared. He saw a companion crawling on the horse, his body twitching constantly, but he couldn't stand up. Wei Li hurriedly drove the horse before the exam.

When I got in front of me, I found that the fur of the companion's jujube horse turned purple under the sky light, and blood was flowing down.

Wei Li hurriedly dismounted, rushed to the front, patted him with his hands, and the companion's body slid to the other side. Wei Li hurriedly grabbed it with his hands. But he saw that the companion had a large wound on his left chest, bleeding down the fur of the mount. This may have been the time when he was attacking, and it was fatal.

Since the Jiaozhou Camp was established, there have been few casualties in the battle. Although there are few people in today's battle, there have been few casualties, so few that the officers and soldiers could not feel it. However, there are only 30 people participating in the battle today, but half of them died after Wei Li and his team came out.

"Damn, wake up, aren't we going to eat the stewed lamb pancake?"

Wei Li shouted there in a crying voice, and the tears of the remaining people could not stop flowing, but someone still said:

"Tao Wei, go quickly. Since the Tatars' whistle detective is here, the army will not be far away. We are like this now, and people will not be able to stand at a disadvantage."

Wei Li wiped his face with his sleeve, shook his head in the cool breeze, and thought about it for a while before speaking:

"Since the horses are here, maybe the army of the Tartars is nearby. The third and fifth brothers, cut off the Tartars' heads and tied the dead brothers to their mounts. Let them go back to the camp tomorrow, and the three of us will walk to the west for another day."

The two women who were captured by the Tartars seemed extremely frightened. For them, they fell into the hands of the Tartars and the government troops were just ruined by that kind of beast, and they were most afraid that they could not escape death.

However, these five sad officials were not as they expected. After untiing the ropes on their bodies, they did not do anything beastly. They just asked them to help cook and asked a few questions in a low voice.

The two young women were residents of a village dozens of miles away. During the day, they were rushed into the village by more than a dozen Tartar cavalrymen. These Qing cavalrymen held an exit and let the whole village walk out of the house and hand over all the gold, silver and wealth.

The men and women in the village did as they were trembling. After these Tartar cavalry gathered their property, they began to slash and kill with swords and kill from the beginning of the village to the end of the village. No one resisted. The two women were arrested for lewdness and were probably unable to escape the end of death.

Although Wei Li was immersed in the grief of his comrades' sacrifice, he was still very surprised by the village's non-resistance. There were about 200 young and strong people in the village, and there were about 400 elderly, weak, women and children. Perhaps civilians would suffer serious casualties and injuries when fighting professional soldiers.

But if you fight with a farm tool stick, you won’t be able to kill the whole village without any resistance and be massacred by more than a dozen Tartar cavalry. Of course, Wei Li didn’t know anything and didn’t read too much. Of course, he didn’t know that such a situation could be seen everywhere in various countries when the Mongols and Yuan dynasties were raging the world.

Ridiculous, hateful, sad, pitiful, this is the evaluation of those villagers. Wei Li didn't have any extra energy to care about it. He just gave all the gold and silver that the Tartars robbed over, and asked his companions to entrust the two women on the way back to the barracks the next day.

The next morning, Wei Li and two companions set out together and started searching westward. The road was even more desolate than the previous day, and there was no one at all. When we arrived near Zhaozhou, we finally saw traces of the army stationed. However, it should have been two days ago, watching the signs of the army's actions, and it should have been to the south.

If you continue to follow, you will be back to the military camp for more than three days. Such information is no longer of great value. Wei Li and his companions hurried back to the military camp.

On the ninth day of the 12th month, Wei Li returned to Jingzhou. Dezhou Camp had issued a commendation document and was promoted to the commander of the horse team. If he was appointed as the infantryman, he would be the deputy general of the thousand general, and the other soldiers would each have rewards.

The information from the Qing army heading south was also sent to Li Meng in the Dezhou camp. The Qing army heading south was heading south, and it had been two days' journey. Where were they going?

Could it be that the Qing army was really the same as beforehand, which was to plunder gold, silver and treasures in Northern Zhili and not to go to other provinces, but this judgment was not very convincing. However, it was not realistic to leave Dezhou to pursue him. After all, it was still a lack of troops. If you want to pursue him, the entire Jiaozhou camp would have to be dispatched. But in this case, Dezhou is empty. The Dezhou area is the gateway to the northeast of Shandong. The general Qiu Lei's troops were already going to Pingyuan and Yucheng. After the Jiaozhou camp left like this, it was completely empty.

At present, according to the military newspapers from Northern Zhili, the Qing army is still divided into multiple routes. Although Hejian Prefecture and Cangzhou have never been harassed by the Tartars, this possibility is not impossible. On the battlefield, even a little possibility must be considered. Moreover, the order given by the court to Li Meng was to defend the Shandong local area and attack rashly, and there was no justification in terms of the situation and the law. At present, it could only be to defend Dezhou.

This is indeed a very depressing thing for Li Meng's Jiaozhou Camp, but since he followed the imperial orders to come to Dezhou to garrison, he had to follow this rule.

However, Governor Yan Jizu and Army Supervisor Liu Yuanbin were very happy. The Tartars were the best in Northern Zhili. The farther they were from Shandong, the less responsibilities they shouldered. Shandong Governor Yan Jizu also wrote a letter to the capital to report the situation he found here, which also demonstrated his contribution.

On December 11, 11th of the 11th year of Chongzhen, in Lu Xiangsheng's military camp, strictly speaking, the military camp was only a few hundred steps away from the battlefield. The Qing army chased after it on Laba day. Lu Xiangsheng had the idea of ​​using his army to attract the attention of the Qing army and reduce the pressure in the capital.

Moreover, since they swear to leave the capital, they have been following the Tartars army and cannot catch up. They seem extremely passive. This encounter between the two sides is also an opportunity.

Lu Xiangsheng knew that the Qing army opposite was about 10,000, and he had the power of the general, and the three soldiers led by Yang Guozhu and Wang Pu, totaling more than 8,000. The Guanning soldiers led by Gaoqiqian dozens of miles away were more than 30,000, which totaled 40,000.

Four times the enemy's army, and they are fighting on the inside, with a great chance of victory. Who would have thought that when the war started, Gao Qiqian, thirty miles away, would not move his troops, and only Lu Xiangsheng's more than 8,000 troops and most of the Qing army opposite him faced head-on.

The sound of killing hundreds of steps away was shocking the sky. Governor Lu Xiangsheng of Xuanda was no longer surrounded by his personal soldiers. He was sent to the front line to fight. Lu Xiangsheng was wearing armor, and was still wearing a coat outside and holding a big knife in his hand. Although he was the general commander, he also had the awareness of fighting in hand at any time.

However, the food and salary supply had been cut off for three days. Now the Ming officers and soldiers who were fighting to the death in front were fighting hungry and did not lose their disadvantages. This was all inspired by the commander's heroic fighting spirit.
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