Daming: Stealing Chen Yuanyuan at the beginning

Chapter 338 Beauty Saves Heroes

Zheng Chenggong's aggressive advance underestimating the enemy not only brought huge losses to the Ming army, but also put himself in danger.The [-] soldiers he managed to gather were surrounded by the Qing army.

The soldiers around were either killed by arrows or burned by the flames. The smell of scorching pervaded the air, and the screams were soul-stirring.

It was a hasty fight, but with few enemies and many enemies, the three thousand Ming troops became meat on the chopping board, ready to be slaughtered.
Zheng Chenggong himself was in a desperate situation and could not break out.Fortunately, he loves soldiers like a son on weekdays. At the critical moment of life and death, soldiers guard him one after another, and many of them use their flesh and blood to resist swords, guns, swords and halberds for him.

Zhang Shangxian believed that Zheng Chenggong was a big fish, pointed at him from a distance and said: "Whoever can kill this man will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver!"

The Qing soldiers went berserk and rushed straight to Zheng Chenggong regardless of everything.In their eyes, Zheng Chenggong has become a pile of white money that is within reach.

"Could it be that I'm going to die here?" Zheng Chenggong was full of anxiety and helpless, really desperate.

At this moment, a clear and clear angry shout was suddenly heard: "Thief, don't be rampant!"

As soon as the words fell to the ground, a feathered arrow flew over and killed several Qing soldiers who were standing in front.

Zheng Chenggong turned his head and looked, it turned out that Princess Changping led thousands of people to join the melee.I saw her directing the soldiers to fight bravely, while bending her bow and setting her arrows, the bow was like a thunderbolt, and the arrow was like a rainbow piercing the sun.

At this time, it was You time, and a round of sunset was hanging in the sky.

The setting sun is like blood, and Princess Changping stands between the sky and the earth, her whole body is shrouded in the glow of the sun. The big bow she holds in both hands is like a full moon, which makes people think of the hero who bends the bow and shoots the big eagle.

Zheng Chenggong was stunned. He had accidentally seen Princess Changping dancing a sword in Yangzhou, and he believed that she was extraordinary.

Later, Princess Changping came to serve in the naval barracks, and she always carried a big bow by her side, but she never had the opportunity to see her use it.Now seeing her so heroic and heroic, and seeing her so superb archery skills, Zheng Chenggong was astonished.

"It's really my Hua Mulan of the Ming Dynasty!" Zheng Chenggong thought so, and at the same time inspired great courage and pride.

He waved his long knife and said, "Break out!"

Immediately took the lead and rushed back to where Princess Changping was standing.Zheng Chenggong rushed out here desperately, while Princess Changping rushed in bravely. The two sides worked together to quickly kill a bloody road, and Zheng Chenggong finally escaped from the encirclement.

But the defeat is set, and it cannot be saved by manpower.Princess Changping shouted: "Soldiers, retreat to the south!"

Half of the fleet in the Dagu River turned around and headed south, while the other half burned blazingly in the river bend.Nearly tens of thousands of soldiers of the Ming army died. In such a situation where everyone is in danger, it has become an extravagant hope to be able to retreat safely, let alone organize an effective counterattack with manpower.

Therefore, at the order of Princess Changping, the soldiers no longer hesitated, and without any desire to fight, they ran to the south for their lives.

How could Zhang Shangxian let go of such a good situation and not care about the situation in the river bend, and gave a death order to pursue and fight fiercely.

I don't know how long and how far I ran, but it was already dark, and the Ming army still couldn't get rid of the entanglement of the Qing soldiers.

Zheng Chenggong was angry and angry, and said: "The Qing army is like a dog skin plaster, and it can't be peeled off. If we don't take off a layer of skin, when will we get out of the predicament? I think we still have to stop the soldiers from blocking. Your Royal Highness, what are you doing?" Lead the large army to retreat south, I will bring 2000 people to break the rear!"

Princess Changping said: "Uncle Zhongxiao's thoughts, I understand, you want to restore the lost face. But according to my observation, the Qing army is equipped with fierce fire oil tanks, and our artillery is all on board, and the firearm battalion is still in Dagu. How can Heli compete with the Qing army?"

"Hey, it's all my fault!" Zheng Chenggong stomped his feet and sighed with embarrassment.

In desperation, had to continue to retreat.After running for more than 20 miles, a small hill suddenly rose up ahead, which was not very tall and steep.

In the past, this kind of inconspicuous hill was not worth mentioning at all, but the Ming army was in turmoil and fled for such a long time.

"Quick, quickly climb over the hill!" Princess Changping was very anxious, urging the soldiers to speed up.

The footsteps of the Qing army were heard in the distance, and they were only one mile away from the hill.When I was anxious, I suddenly heard the loud sound of "moo" coming from the north, and the light of the torch shot up into the sky, which made people even more at a loss.

A general standing on the hill suddenly shouted happily: "Your Highness, Uncle Zhongxiao, our reinforcements came from the north. Ah, I see a war elephant!"

"War elephant?" Princess Changping pondered for a moment, and said overjoyed, "It must be General Weng who has come, okay, it's saved!"

Princess Changping guessed right, it was indeed Weng Zhiqi who led the troops to rescue.

It turned out that according to the previous plan, Zheng Chenggong led the navy to Jiaozhou Bay. When sending troops ashore, they had to join Weng Zhiqi's cavalry to attack Laiyang.

But Zheng Chenggong had to perform in front of Princess Changping, greedy for meritorious service, and divided his troops many times, resulting in a big defeat.

Fortunately, Weng Zhiqi got the report from the spies, and immediately led the cavalry battalion to rush forward, and ran for hundreds of miles, and finally killed Zheng Chenggong's army before it was wiped out.

His Majesty the Emperor handed over two hundred war elephants in the army to the cavalry battalion, and Weng Zhiqi brought fifty war elephants this time.The elephant ran amok, which immediately drove the Qing soldiers out of their wits, and the cavalry stalked and killed them from behind, unstoppable.

Zhang Shangxian knew that he had lost his opportunity to fight, so he led his troops back without saying a word.In the darkness of night, the Ming army was afraid of being ambushed, so they did not dare to pursue them.

At dawn, the Ming army retreated to the confluence of the Dagu River and the Xiaogu River.Zheng Chenggong gathered his subordinates, and after counting, he found that more than 1 people had been lost, more than 60 warships had been lost, and countless equipment had been lost.

He stood dejectedly by the river, looking at the surging river, feeling depressed.At the same time, he was so ashamed that he raised his hand and slapped himself hard.

Weng Zhiqi said: "Uncle Zhong Xiao, although victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs, this defeat was all caused by your own will. This general will truthfully report to His Majesty, and you should think about how to tell Your Majesty yourself."

"The responsibility lies with me. I will never refuse. I will apologize!" Zheng Chenggong said.

Princess Changping said: "The matter has come to this point, it is useless to talk about it. As for how His Majesty will deal with Uncle Zhongxiao, that is His Majesty's business. What we have to do is to make amends and make amends."

Zheng Chenggong straightened his clothes and solemnly bowed to Princess Changping.Said: "Thanks to His Royal Highness for saving me, otherwise I would have died under the knife. Your Highness's great kindness, I will never forget it!"

Straightening up, he gritted his teeth and said angrily: "If Zhang Shangxian is not captured alive, I will never get rid of the hatred in my heart! Your Royal Highness, General Weng, make a rectification today. Let's continue to attack Laiyang City. I will definitely do my best next time."

Weng Zhiqi nodded and remained silent.

However, Princess Changping saw many black wooden boards floating on the river surface. She knew that they were the remnants of the burned warships in the bend of the river. At the same time, she also saw the bodies of several Ming soldiers floating in the waves, and she couldn't help but feel lingering fear.

"I'm afraid it's not that easy to attack Laiyang City, it's another fierce battle!" Princess Changping thought to herself.

(End of this chapter)