Han’s Son is Not a Slave

Zhao Xiaomei was much luckier than her parents and elder brothers. She did not die, but survived.

After controlling most of the hillside in the north of Xiaobei Mountain, the Qing army no longer drove the cannon fodder up the mountain, because these poor cannon fodder were no longer needed to block their guns in the next battle, nor did they need the cannon fodder to pacify the fortifications of the Taiping Army for them. Keeping them would get in the way.

On the top of the mountain, the Ming army was still resisting, but the Qing army did not think that the remaining Ming army could save the situation without reinforcements. Their persistence is only out of fear.

"The trapped beasts are still fighting" - Xian Guoan gave these four-character comments to the Taiping Army on Xiaobei Mountain.

The development of the battle made the Admiral of Guangxi very happy. He was glad that his patience in the past half month was not in vain. He was glad that he would once again defeat the Ming army of Guangdong and gain control of the highland north of Liuzhou City, so that he would be able to control the highland in the north of Liuzhou City. Gain more initiative in war. Although the intensity of this battle was far beyond his imagination, and the cost of casualties was high, as long as the Ming army in Liuzhou City was successfully locked, Lian Guoan would not care how many people died. Left and right, it was not his headquarters that died.

Liuzhou City successively sent two groups of reinforcements to rescue Xiaobei Mountain. The first group was Brigade C led by Li Changrong, deputy general of the tenth town, and the second group was Brigade B of the fourth town and Guangxi Xinyi Brigade, which was adapted from the Qing army. .

The Brigade C led by Li Changrong was not very effective. The brigade was formerly a volunteer recruited by Guo Zhiqi, a scholar from the Ministry of the Cabinet, who was recruited along the coast of Guangdong. Never had the experience of fighting with cavalry, and the weapons and equipment are also much worse than Laosi Town of Taiping Army. Therefore, no matter how Li Changrong supervised and issued strict orders, the C brigade could not break through the interception of the Qing army cavalry, but suffered heavy losses and could only be defeated and returned to Liuzhou City.

The uncharacteristically frantic interception of the Qing army's cavalry made Shao Jiugong realize that the battle in Xiaobei Mountain must have reached a critical time. It is very likely that the defenders on the mountain could no longer hold it, and even the ultimate goal of Lian Guoan was not Liuzhou City, but Xiaobei Mountain. So he no longer hesitated, and immediately sent Brigade B and Xinyi Brigade from the fourth town of the headquarters out of the city to reinforce Xiaobei Mountain.

The Second Brigade had nearly 6,000 soldiers. Although the Second Brigade in the fourth town had not participated in the Chaohui War, it was also a strong brigade who had experienced the battles of Shenwan and Guangzhou. No matter its strength and equipment, it was not comparable to the general Qing army. Although the Xinyi Brigade was adapted from the soldiers of the lower army, the officers were all recruited from the Taiping Army. Even if they were just formed, those soldiers were green battalions before the lower troops, and they were still somewhat capable of fighting, so Shao Jiugong gave reinforcements this time. With confidence, I thought that the Qing army could not intercept it.

After the two brigades left the city, Wang Youxi, the deputy general of the fourth town, was in charge of unified command. After the army left the city, Wang Youxi took the Brigade as the vanguard and charged the entire brigade's firearms forward. As expected, the Qing army cavalry did not dare to intercept it and retreated step by step. In just half an hour after leaving the city, the B brigade advanced for more than four miles, and it was within reach of Xiaobei Mountain.

But then, Wang Youxi found that he couldn't take a step forward. The Qing army transferred a large number of artillery pieces, and the Taiping army without the cover of artillery on Xiaobei Mountain could only passively withstand the attack of the Qing army's artillery fire. The artillery fire alone is not enough. Even if the casualties are bigger, they can always rush up the mountain. The problem is that the Qing army has a large number of firearms, and the tactics are so similar to their own firearms. At first glance, they think that the firearms on the opposite side are trained according to the Taiping army's infantry code.

Wang Youxi organized several attacks, but they were all repelled by the Qing army's firearms (cannons, guns) and cavalry. Under the leadership of the officers, Xinyi Brigade also rushed up to reinforce Brigade B. The two sides fought fiercely at a distance of only two or three miles from Xiaobei Mountain.

In terms of battle losses, the casualties of the Taiping army were a bit large, but the casualties of the Qing army were not small. However, mentally, the Taiping army became more and more frightened and anxious, while the Qing army was extremely relaxed, because they only needed to stop the Taiping army, but the Taiping army had to break through the opponent's interception and attack Xiaobei Mountain . If the reinforcements can't go up the mountain, the battle will be meaningless, it will be a failure.

Wang Youxi's voice became hoarse, and the gunpowder smoke made him cry, but he couldn't take a breath or drink, because he knew that the defenders on Xiaobei Mountain couldn't give him much time. Breaking through the face-to-face Qing army, the fall of Xiaobei Mountain could happen at any time.

They all rushed to the bottom of Xiaobei Mountain, there is no reason why they can't rush up!

Wang Youxi gritted his teeth and shouted an order to spread out as much as possible the troops. Those soldiers who were injured by the cannonballs could not take care of them. Now the only way is to rush up the mountain with all the casualties.

But he could not have imagined that the artillery of the Qing army was firing so fast that the formation would spread out, and their artillery fired again. There were also a lot of shells, and the casualties were still not small. A wave of cannonballs came over, and dozens of large and small iron **** smashed into the formation. The officers at all levels were not frightened by the Qing army, nor did they flee in a panic, but tried their best to control the formation and continue to move forward.

At this juncture in the battle, everyone knows what retreat means, but the Qing cavalry can't wait for them to collapse on their own!

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Zhao Xiaomei, who survived the disaster, was spattered with blood and had wounds on her body and legs. Like other women, she was not lucky or excited at all to survive, and she was mechanically driven from here to there by the Qing soldiers as before.

Just like being kicked out of the military camp and heading up the mountain, Xiaomei Zhao was still twitching when she went down the mountain. Suddenly, she saw a group of Qing soldiers no longer rushing up the mountain, but slashing at something among the piles of corpses. It looks like chopping melons in a melon field.

The little sister was stunned for a moment, not understanding what the Qing soldiers were cutting on the corpse, but she quickly found out what the Qing soldiers were doing. They cut the heads down from the corpses, and cut off the heads of Ming soldiers without braids. The little girl was so frightened that she closed her eyes, even if the Qing soldiers cut off dead heads, it made her feel extremely terrified.

The Qing soldiers who were vying to beheaded were very happy, very crazy, and even had a dispute over the ownership of a head. They couldn't help arguing, because the heads of these Ming troops represented whether they fought bravely, and whether they fought hard or not. More importantly, these heads can be used to accumulate credits in exchange for silver. Those vying for the head are all those green battalions adapted from the Ming Dynasty army, and few Han troops participated.

On a hillside with sparse trees, a sign was erected with three characters inscribed "Where to receive the reward". Qian Zong Liu Qi was in charge of checking the heads, and several head managers took a group of people to record, and someone was specializing in giving out money.

There was a long queue in front of the reward place, some carrying a string of human heads, some in baskets, and some on the tip of a spear. Those bloody, grinning, and appalling heads, in the hands of the soldiers, were as ordinary as radishes, which really made Zhao Xiaomei feel horrified in the distance.

After Liu Qi checked the head in a soldier's basket, he asked what the name of the man was.

"The little one is called Xia Dabao!"

"Remember, Xia Dabao, there are two heads, and one is Chief Qian."

Liu Qi nodded, and then someone sang a promise: "Xia Dabao, two heads, one thousand heads. Twenty taels of silver..."

Xia Dabao happily took the reward silver and put it into his pocket, then took a handful of grass, wiped the blood on his body with force, took a pot of arrows and walked up the mountain again, he was going to earn more reward silver for himself.

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"The headmaster said that the commander is the reincarnation of Grandpa Yue, and the Tartarians are afraid when they see our soldiers. The state religion, we Luojiao people must enter the National Martyrs' Shrine..."

Sun Zheng, a 19-year-old soldier from Xiangshan, had his eyes tightly closed. He dared not open his eyes because he was afraid of seeing himself being pierced by a Qing soldier with a spear. But he is not afraid of death, he has to do his duty, he must complete his mission. Even if he died, he would die like a soldier of Grandpa Yue.

Sun Zheng's body was picked up by the three Qing soldiers with spears, and the remaining consciousness made him mutter to his mother who loved him the most.

He looked at the three clear demons below with contempt, and tried to struggle to show his unyielding and anger, but his body seemed to be convulsing, and his hands and feet were twitching constantly. No matter how hard you try, you don't move. The spear in the chest stabbed the lobes of the lungs, causing bubbles to appear in the throat, and blood bubbles formed one after another along the mouth. Under the direct sunlight, the blood bubbles instantly became bright and colorful, like a rainbow in the sky after a heavy rain.

The Liuzhou city wall in the distance suddenly became very huge, so big that it seemed as if the sky and the earth were connected to it.

"His grandmother's dead Qing Yao~www.NovelMTL.com~ whispered a **** to Qing Yao, and the corner of Sun Zheng's mouth smiled strangely, and the smile stayed on his young face forever.

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Wu Mazi pushed the spear forward casually, and the two Qing soldiers who were nailed together fell backwards. On the slope, dozens of Qing soldiers fled down. They ran very fast, lest they be chased by the Taiping army behind. However, there were no chasing troops behind them at all. The Taiping army was exhausted and exhausted, and it was impossible to chase after the Qing soldiers.

On the small slope, hundreds of Qing soldiers fell to the ground, and the victory was great, but Wu Mazi was not at all excited and excited, because he saw that as these Qing soldiers rushed to the top of the **** retreated, there were more down the slope. Qing soldiers rushed up. And there were only three or four hundred people left by his side.

Looking at these remaining subordinates, Wu Mazi felt very emotional, these soldiers are all good, they are brave soldiers. I was not like them back then. Speaking of which, I used to seem to be greedy for life and fear of death.

The commander said that as long as officials are not afraid of death, soldiers will not be afraid of death. (To be continued.)