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Hong Niangzi suddenly drew her sword, pointed it at Qin Mu's throat and said, "Qin Mu, if you dare to order the massacre of these unarmed people, I will kill you first."
"Put away the sword!" Qin Mu shouted, his eyes shooting at Hong Niangzi like knives. Hong Niangzi snorted coldly and stubbornly refused to put away the sword.
Qin Mu ignored her and gave a loud order: "Liu Yongzhi, listen to me. Take 3,000 soldiers and horses and get ready. Once the people get close, you must immediately attack with the five-point plum blossom formation and protect the people as much as possible in the formation. Fight and retreat."
“Yes!”
Liu Yongzhi knew clearly that it would be a life-and-death situation for him to lead 3,000 troops to attack under the impact of the superior Tatar cavalry and protect the civilians without the support of guns, artillery and arrows from the rear. However, he still resolutely took on this difficult task.
"Wanshan, go and tell the Tartars that I want to have a talk with Ajige on the battlefield."
“Yes!”
Afterwards, a war horse galloped out from the Qin army formation, and the big man on the horse was Niu Wanshan. At this moment that concerned the life and death of 20,000 troops, he rushed towards the Qing army, with a tragic and heroic manner like the whistling wind and the cold Yishui River.
When they were a hundred steps away from the Qing army, Niu Wanshan shouted loudly: "Qing general Ajige, listen, our Governor Qin has something to say to you. If you have the courage, go to the open space between the two armies and meet with our Governor Qin."
The Qing army looked at Niu Wanshan as if he were a fool, and when they heard his shouting, they burst into mocking laughter.
Even Ajige's aide Fan Zha said proudly: "Your Majesty, this just shows that Qin Mu has run out of tricks. Your Majesty doesn't need to pay attention to it."
Ajige smiled and said to his attendants, "Bring me my bow and arrows."
The people around him presented bows and arrows, and Ajige immediately drew the bow to full moon, pointed the arrow at Niu Wanshan, and prepared to shoot him to death in front of the battle.
Niu Wanshan suddenly shouted, "Ajige, don't be so arrogant. Let me tell you. Shang Kexi's army has been annihilated, and the Tartars in Xiangyang City have also become our prisoners. My governor Qin warns you that if these 1,000 people are in trouble, all the prisoners will be killed, and 10,000 heads will be used to commemorate the martyred people."
Ajige seemed to have been greatly insulted. He roared, loosened his fingers, and the arrow whizzed straight towards Niu Wanshan.
Niu Wanshan blocked the arrow with his shield, and then shouted: "Ajige, you can believe my words or not, Shang Kexi and others will be brought here tomorrow, and you will have your chance then."
After Niu Wanshan finished speaking, he rode away. Ajige became suspicious. Fan Zha said hesitantly, "Your Majesty, King Zhishun has experienced many battles. Even if the situation is unfavorable, it is impossible for the whole army to be annihilated. Qin Mu is clearly stalling for time."
"How long has it been since we received any news from Xiangyang?" Ajige suddenly asked.
"Four... no, including today it should be five days."
"Is it four days or five days?" Ajige was furious, and an ominous premonition came over him.
"Five days. Yes, five days."
"Why don't you send someone to find out the news about Shang Kexi? What a bunch of idiots." The ominous premonition in Ajige's heart became stronger and stronger. He immediately ordered Tong Dai to stop driving away the people, and then sent someone to invite Qin Mu to meet him.
He was filled with a strong sense of impatience. Not counting the Han army flag, Shang Kexi's detachment had a total of 6,000 Manchu and Mongolian flag soldiers. He himself had lost nearly 3,000 Manchu and Mongolian flag soldiers under the city of Hanyang these days. If Shang Kexi's entire army was really wiped out, the total loss would be nearly 10,000.
You have to know that the Qing Dynasty only had 100,000 Manchu and Mongolian bannermen. If this is true, it would be strange if Dorgon didn't peel off his skin in the future.
Qin Mu brought the Niu Wanshan brothers to the open space between the two armies. Ajige also brought two guards with him. He stared at Qin Mu with arrogance, as if he wanted to tear him apart in one bite.
"Qin Mu, don't think you can make me give up with just a few sweet words."
Qin Mu replied calmly: "I had some extravagant hopes, but once I saw you, I knew that you, Ajige, were cruel and brutal, and had lost all your humanity. It would be difficult to get you to stop before you saw the captives."
Ajige laughed and said, "If that's the case, why are you still talking nonsense?"
"I just want to tell you that blood debt must be repaid with blood. I will pay you back double for the number of people you killed in the Ming Dynasty. If these one thousand people die today, you will see tomorrow that two thousand Tartars will be castrated first, and then their eyes will be gouged out, their ears will be cut off, their noses will be chopped off, their ten fingers will be chopped off, and all their teeth will be pulled out... In short, I will make them suffer all kinds of torture. But don't worry, I won't kill them. When the time comes, I will let them go back and let Dorgon see the consequences of slaughtering the people of the Ming Dynasty. Ajige, if you don't believe me, just wait and see."
"What a joke! Haven't I killed enough Han people?" Ajige sneered with extreme disdain.
"So, one day you will enjoy such torture."
"You're looking for death!" Ajige suddenly shouted, squeezed his feet against the horse's belly, and rushed forward with his two men, swords drawn. Judging from the degree of tacit cooperation among the three men, this was definitely not an action that Ajige acted on impulse. It was obvious that he had been planning to plot against Qin Mu for a long time.
"Your Excellency goes first."
Niu Wanshan roared, and immediately rushed forward with his brother Niu Wanchuan, "Here!" Niu Wanshan's lance smashed Ajige's horse's head with a force as powerful as thunder.
The Tartar on Aji's left swung his mace with all his might. There was a clang of metal clashing, which made people's ears numb. Niu Wanshan's horse lance was smashed to the side.
Niu Wanchuan was also fighting with another Tartar. The heavy golden mace in his hand was waving like a sword, and the strong wind blew the grass debris on the ground into flying everywhere. The Tartar who was fighting with him was carefully selected by Ajige. His martial arts were also extremely amazing. He wielded a thick-backed broadsword. Every time the weapons of both sides collided, sparks flew and the force was like thunder and lightning.
At the same time, thousands of Tatar cavalrymen rushed out and galloped wildly. For a moment, smoke and dust rolled and the earth shook. When Qin Mu saw this, he immediately turned his horse's head and galloped away.
Ajige was like a roaring lion, whipping his warhorse and chasing relentlessly;
Judging from his physique, Ajige was as strong as an ox, and he had grown up on horseback. It was difficult for Qin Mu to be his opponent. What was even more terrible was that thousands of Tatar cavalrymen came together to attack him...
In the Qin army formation, furious curses rang out like waves, but because of the chariot formation blocking the way ahead, Su Jin's cavalry could not rush to the rescue for the time being.
Just when everyone was anxious, a war horse neighed, and a red shadow rushed out like a flash of light. The rouge horse she was riding raised all four hooves and leaped over the wall of the carriage, galloping towards Qin Mu.
But she was too far away from Qin Mu, and she was so anxious that she shouted, "Little thief, don't you have a rainstorm needle on your arm? Shoot him!"
Qin Mu heard her shouting from afar and nearly fell off his horse. This silly girl, I lied to her last time and she really thought I had some powerful weapons.
Seeing the ferocious Ajige getting closer and closer, almost reaching his horse's head and tail, with the frantic horse hooves splashing up a trail of dust, Qin Mu suddenly turned around and raised his arms, "Watch out for the flying knife!" Ajige subconsciously crouched down, but Qin Mu had nothing in his hand.
"Let's see what tricks you can come up with. Prepare to die." Realizing that Qin Mu had run out of tricks, Ajige could not help but laugh wildly toward the sky and once again urged his horse to chase after him.
Qin Mu suddenly shouted again, "Look at the flying knife!" Ajige was happy and laughed wildly... "Ah!" He just laughed and found a black shadow whistling towards him, and he rushed towards the black shadow. Bang! The hilt of a sword hit Ajige's nose heavily, and his wild laughter suddenly turned into a scream.
The bridge of the nose is a very vulnerable part of the human body. Ajige was hit hard, his whole head was buzzing, his eyes were dim, and he felt that countless stars were flying in front of his eyes. He couldn't help but pull the reins hard, and the warhorse neighed... ... .
"Your Highness, be careful!" Ajige, who was dizzy, suddenly heard the anxious shouts of his men. He instinctively hid in the stirrup. A lance brushed past his body and hit the horse's head heavily. The entire horse's head was instantly cracked, and blood spurted out like a fountain. The horse fell to the ground with a bang before it could even utter a scream.
Niu Wanshan cried out in regret. He only had one chance on the galloping warhorse. By the time he had rushed out more than ten feet and finally stopped the warhorse, Ajige had already been helped onto his own horse by his men.
Qin Mu stopped at this time, and seeing that thousands of Tartar cavalry were approaching, he couldn't help but exclaimed that it was a pity. It would have been great if Ajige could have been killed.
"Little thief, are you okay?" At this time, Hongniang rushed over and looked at Qin Mu anxiously.
"What did you call me? A little thief?"
"I..." Hong Niangzi's face felt inexplicably hot, and she still managed to retort, "You are the little thief. Why didn't you shoot him with the Stormy Pear Blossom Needle just now? You didn't have any, did you?"
“Who said I didn’t… ”
"Sir, the enemy is coming, run!"
"What do you mean by running fast? It means retreating!"
No matter whether to run or retreat, thousands of Tatar cavalry are charging towards them, and not running will mean waiting for death.
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