The Qing army standing in the front row on the city wall saw the Ming army officer on the opposite side suddenly pull out the sharp knife, and took a step back at the same time, and hurriedly shouted loudly and fiercely. This was not only a threatening warning, reminding the other party that it was not easy to mess with, but also to give himself courage.

This Ming army officer surrendered to Liu Tichun in Yunyang not long ago. Seeing that the Ming army near the valley had occupied a favorable terrain, it had driven the Wuchang soldiers out of the city road. He felt that the situation was beneficial to his side and wanted to make some military achievements. The officer danced the steel knife in his hand into a ball of sword flowers, and moved forward slowly while dancing the knife.

Several soldiers behind the officer were his subordinates since Yunyang. When they saw the commander's majestic, they were also brave. They followed the commander's back and shook the gun bar hard, making a threat of "hey" and "hey".

The sword light rolled in front of me, and several spears flashed like a letter from a poisonous snake, and the Qing soldiers were timid in their hearts. The voice suddenly lowered octaves, and they couldn't help but retreat.

"No retreat!" A Qing army officer who was in power behind the army was immediately anxious when he saw this. Once the momentum was suppressed by the Ming army, it would be easy to retreat step by step. Although the Qing army officer and his subordinates were transferred from other counties, Zhongxiang City was neither their hometown nor anything to defend, but if he was defeated back to the city tower like this, he might be beheaded by the General Hanyang.

The Qing army officer waved the sword in his hand and strode forward.

Seeing the leader so brave, the morale of the Qing soldiers was greatly boosted, and their voices suddenly became louder. They no longer continued to retreat but gestured at the opposite side with long spears. Every time they shot into the air, they would make a loud roar.

The two armies kept a distance of about five meters and stabbed each other. The two officers fought alone between the military formations like literati in the pre-Qin era.

The two officers stood up, gritted their teeth, looked ferocious, and used all their strength to slash the sword in the air. The two of them had been fighting for a long time but the winner was still higher and higher. The cheers behind each other were getting stronger and stronger. Although they were both a little tired, they knew that they would never take a step back at this time, otherwise they would be overwhelmed by the other's momentum.

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The General of Hanyang had already seen that the attack on the gap was not going smoothly. After learning that the opponent had elite archers pressed the formation, the General of Han did not hesitate and ordered: "Personal barracks advance."

The envoys sent to the prefect and county magistrate have been gone for a long time. The general estimated that when the Qing army began to shrink to the south of the city, it would not take long for the Ming army to surround the city. If the army in the gap is not captured, there would be no passage to leave the city. At present, there are not many Ming troops outside the city, but once they understand the intention of the Qing army to break through the gap, they will definitely quickly surround it. Now there are only hundreds of war soldiers in the gap. If they can't take it down now, how can the Ming army's reinforcements be fought?

Although the Wuchang soldiers were not as elite as Wu Sangui and Zhao Liangdong's army, they were at least provincial-level troops. However, they were unable to break through the gap in the defense of the Ming army's scattered soldiers and brave men. The general was very dissatisfied with this. Especially during this period, Zhou Peigong was still chattering around.

"Master Wang, is Mr. Wang going to give up Zhong Xiang? This is inappropriate!"

"Master, why is this gap so difficult to fight? Did the thief deploy elite soldiers?"

"If the Governor asked me to take care of you, I would throw you in the yamen and hold on with the county magistrate!" The general was anxious because everything went wrong, but on the surface he would not be rude to a young juren, especially this scholar named Zhou was a scholar in the imperial examination in the Qing Dynasty and a juren in the Qing Dynasty. He might be a Jinshi in the Qing Dynasty in the future, not to mention Hu Quancai valued it.

"There are no elite soldiers, just some mobs." The battle at the gap in the distance was not clear, but the generals of the combat on the city wall still saw it. The armored soldiers transferred from other counties against the former Green Camp soldiers who had just surrendered to the Ming army. This kind of battle between third-rate troops could be fought for a day without a winner. Although it was not clear why the commander of the Ming army allowed such third-rate troops to defend an important gap, the generals knew very well that this was giving him a chance to escape. He had ordered the recall of the Qing soldiers on the city wall and free up an attack passage for his personal military camp.

The general planned to take a two-pronged approach to let the personal barracks launch an attack from the city wall and under the city wall at the same time, and the road on the city wall was launched first. Because the city wall could greatly enhance the courage of soldiers, even third-rate troops could sometimes increase their courage and give a heavy blow to the elite enemies. The enemy guarding the city wall near the gap had a psychological advantage, and the general suspected that this emotion brought the additional combat power to the Ming army at the gap, allowing them to temporarily block the Wuchang army's attack. However, once the Qing army attacked from the city wall, it was different. Although the city wall was very narrow and could not expand its strength, the opponent did not have a geographical advantage to strengthen his courage, and the elite and the weak troops would be judged immediately.

The gold began to sound on the city tower. Seeing the Qing army on the city wall retreating quickly, the general was anxious to order a team of hundreds of swords and shield soldiers to climb the city to prepare for attack. The hundreds of soldiers in the personal military camp were led by a thousand general and two generals, and three officers came to the city tower to take the orders from the general.

"Give you a stick of incense to defeat the thieves and take down the gap." In front of everyone around, the general shouted to these three subordinates. After hearing the general's order, the three of them slapped their chests together, and then led their troops forward with great confidence.

The reason why so many sword and shield soldiers were sent forward was to deploy the walls on both sides after taking the gap to ensure that the Ming army could not regain the passage. Otherwise, with the performance of the Ming army opposite, the general felt that the sword and shield soldiers of the three or fifty personal barracks could kill them and run away with their heads. When they took the city wall, there was no need to attack the gap from the front, and the Ming army would not be given the opportunity to kill and injure the soldiers of the personal barracks.

When all the Qing soldiers on the city wall retreated, General Qian immediately waved his long sword and rushed into the passage between the two walls first. Many personal soldiers and swords and shield soldiers had already taken off their shields on their backs, divided into two teams, and followed General Qian on the city wall. All the Qing soldiers did not say a word, holding a knife in one hand and a shield in the other, running forward in similar postures.

On the right side of these Qing soldiers, there was a third team of Qing soldiers. The sword and shield soldiers did not squeeze into the passage on the city wall together. They took the lead and leaped on the wall at the connection between the city tower and the city wall, jumped on the wall inside, and then jumped on the wall, and quickly caught up with the Qianmao in front and advanced with the commander. The Qing soldiers behind him also followed him one by one, jumped on the wall, and followed closely behind the wall.

After seeing the confrontation of Qing troops retreat, the Ming army immediately cheered for victory. But after not long after being happy, the sword and shield soldiers attacked from the passage and the walls and quickly approached the Ming army. These Qing soldiers did not shout threateningly from afar, and the Ming army's roars failed to slow down their approaching pace. In a blink of an eye, the Qing soldiers came to a stalemate between the two sides.

"kill!"

As General Qian pressed the long sword raised above his head and pressed down, the soldiers of the personal soldiers behind him shouted loudly, as if they were thunderous.

The Qing soldiers in the front row used their shield to block the spear that was stabbing over, and then slashed at the Ming army in front of them; the companions behind them did not wait. When the Qing soldiers in the front row slowed down and started fighting, the Qing soldiers in the second row used the gaps in the front row to flew to the front and slashed at the Ming army behind. When these Qing soldiers swung their swords, the Qing soldiers following from behind squatted down as soon as they came up and slashed on the Ming army's calves.

Next to the passage, the leader saw a gap, shouted loudly and soared into the air, drew a sword light in the air, and suddenly jumped into the back of the Ming army. The Qing soldiers behind him continued to run forward and also jumped into the gap opposite, and the Ming army on the city wall was in chaos.

The Ming soldiers were constantly chopped down and chopped over, but they could hardly stop the Qing army from continuing to advance. Some Ming soldiers were desperate by the sword lights from all directions, so they had to jump onto the battlements to avoid danger. Then the sword light chased after them, forcing several Ming soldiers to jump off the city wall.

The formation behind the Ming army was relatively loose. Seeing the Qing soldiers coming in a fierce manner, the Ming soldiers in the distance suddenly became turbulent. Some auxiliary soldiers were lifting stones from under the city wall, and they also looked panic. They stopped their work and began to look around.

"The general's personal soldiers are indeed invincible." Seeing the progress of the Qing army, Zhou Peigong was surprised and happy. The situation seemed to have been deteriorating sharply since the war started today. The General of Hanyang always ignored his problems, which made Zhou Peigong even more worried. But now he finally saw a clear good omen. At this offensive speed, it would take no time to regain the gap in the city wall.

"Haha, Mr. Zhou praised it." Although it was expected, the General Hanyang was also happy to see his subordinates' progress very smoothly.

He had no chance to see the personal guard of King Pingxi, but when the famous general Zhao Liangdong came to Hong Chengchou to serve, the General Hanyang had the honor to see the other party's personal guard camp. His voice and military appearance really made him envious. For this reason, the General Hanyang was once very modest and respectfully asked Zhao Liangdong about the way to train troops.

Perhaps it was because the general of Hanyang had a good attitude and the gifts were not light, so Zhao Liangdong shared a lot of experience in training with him. However, the general knew that although his personal military camp adopted some of Zhao Liangdong's secret training techniques, it was definitely far from comparable to the other party. The soldiers in Zhao Liangdong's personal military camp were all from Shaanxi. All officers were experienced in a lot of battles, and those who had been to the battlefield three times could not be considered veterans.

The Hanyang General's personal soldiers had only a dozen officers on the battlefield two or three times. The soldiers could be called veterans after taking the battle once. The rest were at most suppressing tax-resistant people, or killing people during the massacre of the city. The general himself speculated in private that even if he met the elite guards of the Ming General of Kui Dong, his personal soldiers might be at a disadvantage in the distance, but it would be more than enough to deal with these three-lumen army.

"The enemy is a mob." Today, the general made mistakes repeatedly and made many ugly things in front of this juren who did not understand military affairs. Now he has finally shown his skills. He is eager to save face and cheer up the friendly troops on the city tower. He pointed to the gap and said shamelessly: "If you meet Li Dingguo, I will take it seriously. However, against Liu Tichun, Hao Yaoqi and others, my sons of this general will not be a problem to fight ten."

From a distance, some Qing troops jumped onto the battlements and ran forward. Zhao Tianba felt that most of the Ming troops there could not resist. So he leaned the iron bow against the wall and took two steps towards a long spear not far away. But looking at the two walls, he felt that the passage was too narrow. Zhao Tianba stopped and touched the hilt of the sword at his waist.

"Okay, okay, do you have to take any credit?" A hand came from behind and pressed Zhao Tianba's shoulder, and at the same time, Zhou Kaihuang complained.

After holding Zhao Tianba, Zhou Kaihuang did not move forward but ran towards the gap. After getting off the city wall, he pulled his mount tied to the bottom, and at the same time he called out to Wu Baoping not far away: "Wu San, come and help!"

Zhou Kaihuang pulled hard in front, and Wu Baoping pushed hard from behind, and finally pulled Zhou Kaihuang's mount onto the city wall. The auxiliary soldiers hurriedly gave up the way, and then saw Wu Baoping throwing a big banner from under the city wall, and Zhou Kaihuang held it steadily in his hand.

After pulling off the flag from the pole, Zhou Kaihuang hugged the long and thick flagpole and flew onto the horse.

"Everyone goes away!" Zhou Kaihuang roared.

Zhou Kaihuang activated his mount and accelerated continuously on the narrow city wall. When the Ming army turned around and fled, they saw a knight coming towards him, they moved away from both sides. Some people climbed up the walls beside them, and some people pressed their backs tightly against the wall, feeling the war horses pounced over in front of their noses with the sound of wind.

After running past dozens of Ming soldiers, Zhou Kaihuang kicked the horse hard again, galloping on the city wall as if on the flat ground, and rushed into the Qing army. At the same time, Zhou Kaihuang swung the flagpole into a big circle and smashed the Qing army on the battlements out of the wall. The Qing soldiers had nowhere to avoid it, and were swung the flagpole of Zhou Kaihuang in a row.

The Qing army on the passage instinctively dodged the tall horses that were hit by. Zhou Kaihuang simply set the war horses and controlled them to circle in the place. He stepped on them in the hands of the Qing sabre and shield. In a blink of an eye, several people were stepped on by the horses and screamed loudly.

Zhou Kaihuang danced the flagpole while riding his horse back and forth. The Qing soldiers around him were either killed or injured, and none of them were spared.

The leader of the Qing army, General Qian, avoided the horse's legs that were stepping over between his hair and beard, and was already scared to sweat. He moved and turned around, looking for an opportunity to attack the horse's legs and abdomen, but Zhou Kaihuang's weapons were full of wind and could not find any flaws. He bent over and pounced. General Qian, General Qian, avoided the danger of broken tendons and fractures, jumped onto the safe high-level wall, ready to attack again. But he was about to turn around to check the movements of the Ming army knight, when Zhou Kaihuang's flagpole suddenly swung over and hit the Qing army's Qian's waist. He screamed and his body flew out of the city wall uncontrollably and landed on the ground outside the wall.

At this time, the two Qing army commanders, one left and one right, rushed towards Zhou Kaihuang. One of them lowered his head and flashed when he swung the flagpole in Zhou Kaihuang. He heard that the Qian of the person behind him was beaten to fly out, and he took the opportunity to rush to Zhou Kaihuang's horse and slashed the knife. At this time, the flagpole had already stretched out and there was no time to retract it. Zhou Kaihuang lowered his head and roared at the face of the enemy who was close to him, which shocked the Qing army. Zhou Kaihuang instantly flew out and kicked the Qing army's officer hard in the chest, kicked him backwards and rushed into the air, hitting the wall behind him, flipping over, and then following his commander and fell out of the city wall.

The Qing army leader who came up from the right had already seen Zhou Kaihuang's bravery. Although there were many Qing soldiers, no one could go forward. He jumped onto the wall outside, and raised his knife to chop. Zhou Kaihuang shouted again, kicked the war horse hard with his right leg, and at the same time pulled the horse's head to the right. The war horse stood up, and his front legs poked out, kicking the Qing army leader out of the wall.

When the mount was raised, Zhou Kaihuang's left leg used to kick people had not been retracted into the stirrups. He used a flagpole to lay a steadily on the horse's back without sliding down.

Zhou Kaihuang turned his horse's head and ran back to the way he came.

Just now, after seeing Zhou Kaihuang show his power, trampling over or knocking down the city wall, the Ming soldiers who were retreating on the city wall also stopped, watching the battle and shouting repeatedly. Suddenly, seeing Zhou Kaihuang running back, the Ming soldiers were stunned, and the subsequent cheers were interrupted.

"Will such a war god run away?"

Just when the Ming army was in amazement, Zhou Kaihuang turned his horse and quickly accelerated toward the Qing army ahead. While stepping on four or five enemy soldiers to the ground, he swung three enemy soldiers down the city wall.

Zhou Kaihuang did not stay in the enemy formation for the second time like the first time, but turned around and left without hesitation after the momentum was exhausted. The Ming army watching the battle on the walls already knew that the war god was definitely not running away.

Sure enough, Zhou Kaihuang faced the Qing army for the third time, accelerating, charging... seven in seven out and seven out.

The hundred sword and shield soldiers who climbed the city wall were killed and injured forty or fifty people by a knight from the Ming army, and the rest escaped from the city wall and returned to the city tower.

The Qing soldiers around the city tower were as if they were facing a great enemy, and their swords were unsheathed towards the passage of the city wall. There was only a Ming cavalry on it. He held the flagpole in his hand horizontally and stood like a mountain, making the city wall look like an insurmountable chasm. The Qing soldiers on the entire city tower lost their courage to attack, but instead were full of attention to guarding him to take the city tower.

Just when the general heard the general boasting that his personal military camp was fighting against ten, Zhou Peigong was still full of joy, thinking that he could take down the gap in the city wall in a blink of an eye, but unexpectedly, he was blocked by such a Ming army. A word appeared in Zhou Peigong's mind - to fight against hundreds.

"Ah, ah, it's not just a fight against a hundred," Zhou Peigong lamented: "The one hundred sword shield soldiers sent out have been killed, and it seems that the other party still has enough energy!"

"One horse is a thousand!" Although Zhou Peigong was reluctant, he had to admit that only this word could describe the majestic enemy cavalry in front of him.

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