Ming Taizi's Total War

Chapter 183 Break through the siege
Looking at the dozen or so warriors who stood up in front of him, Dotuan nodded in relief, and said to them, "You are all good guys, you are all warriors of the Qing Dynasty."

"It's not too late. It's going to be dark soon. I ordered someone to bring some jars of wine, as well as sauced beef and pig's head meat. Let's go on the road after eating."

Although what Dotuan said was very unlucky, breaking out of Zhu Cihong's siege and delivering letters to Tongguan and the capital was indeed a near-death event. Most of them might die, so there is nothing wrong with using the word "on the road" not suitable.

Just after Dotuan finished speaking, someone brought tables, wine and meat. Dotuan did not leave, but ate and drank with them, and toasted each of them with a bowl of wine.

In this era, there is no such thing as riding a horse without drinking, and drinking without riding a horse. Dotuan and the others put their heads on their belts, and the Eight Banners Xiaoqi, who had fought more than a dozen battles at least, didn't care much.

Fortunately, what they drank were low-alcohol grain wine or rice wine, with a very low alcohol content. Even ordinary people would not get drunk after drinking a few bowls, let alone these big-bodied warriors.

These people had a bowl of wine and a mouthful of meat, and they finished eating in a short while. Although Dotuan ordered the people to bring a lot of wine and meat, it was still too little for the warriors in the army who had a huge appetite.

But Dotuan is not going to let them eat any more. If they eat too much, it will affect their activities. It will be difficult to ride out of the encirclement after riding a horse. Besides, they usually eat two meals a day, and they don't like to eat so much. .

"Now that you have enough food and wine, you are ready to go." Dotuan stood up and said to them seeing the leftovers on the table.

"The people on my left will take this letter in my hand and go to Tongguan to find Prince Yu, and the people on my right will take this letter in my hand and go to the capital to find the emperor or the regent." Duotu Ann took out the letter that Hauge had handed to him from her bosom.

It was full of Hauge's request for reinforcements. Although Hauge was unwilling to say a word, but today, he can only bow his head and ask these people for help.

These people have been prepared for a long time. Now that they heard what Dotuan said, they took the letter tacitly, and put on a full set of armor with the help of the auxiliary soldiers. Each of them led four horses. , in order to maintain the highest mobility and rush to Tongguan or the capital at the fastest speed.

Under the cover of night light, Dotuan opened the city gate and let them out.

They were very lucky. At this moment, the siege camps outside the city were busy setting up tents and sorting out ordnance. They did not send many people to keep an eye on Huaiqing City, but they actually gave them the opportunity to escape.

But they couldn't always be so lucky. At that time, there were very few roads between cities, and Zhu Cihong often set up more than one road card for insurance.

A group of people who went to Tongguan to find Duoduo met the second road card unfortunately.

After hearing the sound of horseshoes, the soldiers on Luka quickly grabbed their spears and fought in the middle of the road. Because they couldn't see who was coming, they didn't dare to set up their guns, but stood them on the ground.

"Who are you, stop quickly." Luka's officer said to the horses, it was too dark at night, and coupled with malnutrition, his eyesight was very poor in the dark, and he couldn't tell the horses that were running. Is the group an enemy or a comrade?

The other side was silent, and the only answer he had was an arrow.

I didn't know that the Eight Banners Xiaoqi picked up his bow and arrow, and shot the arrow at the neck of Chief Luca. The sharp arrow pierced his neck on the spot, forcing him to fall backwards with a huge kinetic energy.

"The chief is dead."

"They are the enemy."

"Fight back."

In the dark night, people suddenly found that their chief was dead, and they were in a mess. However, many people reacted and pointed their spears forward to defend against the invading enemy.

There are still many Ming army spearmen who can't see the enemy clearly, they only know that they are all riding horses, so the Ming army standing on both sides of the road kept waving their spears towards the center.

A few unlucky Eight Banners Xiaoqi were swept down by flurry of spears on the spot. The war horses and spare horses under their crotches felt the master's fall, and stopped quickly.

Although these Eight Banners Valiant Riders brought dozens of horses and their momentum was very large, but after all, their numbers were too small to match the swarming Ming army.

After all, these Ming troops were carefully trained and supported by Zhu Cihong, and their morale was not the same as that of the former Ming court frontier troops. Although these Eight Banners soldiers were well-equipped, all of them had a lot of fighting spirit.

Besides, there was a refusal horse on the road card, and there was a long spear array. Soon these Eight Banners Xiaoqi were all wiped out, and only a young Eight Banners Xiaoqi rushed over on a horse.

After breaking through Luka, he didn't dare to stop, and ran to the southwest direction desperately. He ran from night to dawn, and the running horse was foaming at the mouth, and finally came to the edge of the Yellow River.

The young Eight Banners soldier found a ferry, forced the boatman to send him across the Yellow River with a saber, and then walked for a full day, with blisters on the soles of his feet when he walked straight, and finally came outside Duoduo's camp.

"Who are you?" The soldier guarding the camp gate became suspicious when he saw the young man coming alone, so he asked him.

"I am Prince Su's soldier, the prince sent me to meet Prince Yu." The young man replied in mite.

Hearing the young man's fluent mite language, the soldiers guarding the gate knew that he must be a bannerman, so they let him in to see Duoduo.

As soon as he saw Doduo, the boy knelt down in front of him and wept bitterly, wiping his tears and saying, "My lord, send troops to save Prince Su."

"We were surrounded by the Ming emperor in Huaiqing. The inner three floors and the outer three floors were all Ming troops."

"Seven or eight of us came out to deliver the letter. After breaking through Luka, I was the only one left. If we don't send troops to support, I'm afraid Lord Su will be in trouble." The young man told his story.

"Haoge? Didn't that kid feel very comfortable in Huaiqing? Why was he beaten up by the Ming people so quickly and retreated into Huaiqing City?" Duoduo said with a playful smile.

He, Duduo, has always been at odds with Hauge, but now that he sees Hauge in trouble, it would be fine if he celebrates unhappily.

"My lord, the reason why lord Su is guarding Huaiqing is not to give you a way out, otherwise what if someone cuts you off." The young man was very thoughtful, knowing that it would be of no benefit to Duo Duo if Huaiqing fell, so he persuaded.

"Hmph, I didn't ask him to go to Huaiqing."

"Don't tell me, it is impossible for me to rescue Huaiqing. I am his uncle, and he can't command me. Unless the regent orders, I will not move a single soldier." Duoduo's eyes were cold.

From Duduo's tone, he didn't care about Huaiqing and Hauge at all, even though he was Hauge's uncle.

(End of this chapter)