Han’s Son is Not a Slave

Running out of logs!

Running out of stones!

The Qing army was less than thirty steps away from the defense line! Twenty steps! Ten steps! ....

There was no long-range attack weapon that could stop the rear battalion of the Qing army, and finally ushered in a frontal fight under the onslaught of the Qing army regardless of casualties.

The consequences of the extreme lack of weapons emerged at this time. In the face of the Qing soldiers armed to the teeth, the rear battalion soldiers with only a few iron weapons could not suppress the crazy attack of the Qing army.

The first to cross the obstacles and rush to the rear camp line of defense were dozens of Han army flag soldiers in double-layer cotton armor. They did not carry fire cannons, but a long knife in their hands. Just like the Qing army, after rushing up the mountain, they would kill anyone they saw, almost in a few breaths, and dozens of security guards and the Ku army on the face-to-face defense line were all killed and wounded.

However, because the Qing army was full of casualties on the mountain road, and the rear camp blocked the road with a large number of rocks a few days ago, the Qing army could not attack in a swarm, and could only pass through the obstacles in batches to turn up, so although the first The Han army flag soldiers broke through the line of defense, but the Qing army behind could not follow immediately, which made Zhao Sihai, who had already raised his heart in his throat, calm down a little, and immediately brought 30 soldiers and 30 soldiers for use as a reserve team. A security guard rushed to the flag soldiers, and urgently mobilized reinforcements from other directions to try to push back the Qing troops who rushed up the mountain.

It is a pity that the flag soldiers who came up were too brave. Although they were small in number, they were all brave and good at fighting, and the weapons in their hands were too sharp. When fighting in close quarters, the poorly equipped rear battalion soldiers were not their opponents at all. Zhao Sihai led his men to charge several times, and even hundreds of casualties were not able to drive these flag soldiers down, and the Qing army below took advantage of this time to come up one after another. There were many archers among the Qing troops who came up, and as soon as they came up, they shot arrows at the Taiping army.

One of Zhao Sihai's subordinates had just killed a Qing soldier with a spear. Before he could turn around, he heard the sound of "咻", his body immediately stopped, and he looked intently. A sharp arrow hit his chest. Most of the shafts of the arrows got into his chest, and the warm blood dripped down the shafts.

The distance was so close that there was no need for any aiming, and those Qing army archers frantically shot sharp arrows at the soldiers of the Taiping Battalion without any protection. One by one, human lives were being harvested. Zhao Sihai could no longer organize manpower to counterattack those Qing troops, nor could he effectively command the rest of the soldiers, so he could only support the soldiers around him.

With the increasing number of Qing troops attacking, the defense line of the rear battalion was crumbling. Except for the hole that the Han army flag had broken through earlier, several other places were also broken through one after another. Every opening that was breached was covered with the bodies of soldiers from the rear battalion. Many people were shot to death without even having a chance to pull a clear soldier.

More regrets, regrets before death, they have done their best, they are not cowards, they did not run, they tried their best, but why can't the wooden spear in their hands kill those clean dogs and those Tartars!

When I heard the sound of the Qing army's guns in my ears. Zhao Sihai knew that the first line of defense would definitely be untenable. In order to save the remaining manpower, he ordered the Ku army and the men who were recruited to retreat to the second line of defense, while the remaining soldiers and security guards followed him. Hit and withdraw.

The second line of defense was built around the Guifeng Pavilion. There are more than two miles away from the first line of defense, and the only passage between the two is still the mountain road that circles up from the bottom of the mountain, but there is no way to set up ambush or deploy defenders on this mountain road. Because it is a cliff on one side and a steep mountain forest on the other.

When retreating, several soldiers around Zhao Sihai kept running carrying a box. More than once, the soldier carrying the box said something loudly to Zhao Sihai, but Zhao Sihai did not agree to them.

Zhao Sihai could not agree to the request of his subordinates. Although he knew that the thunder in the box could bring damage to the Qing army, it was enough to shock the Qing army, but he also knew that when Xinxing divided the army, Qianhu Zhou Shixiang only gave him two There were ten thunderbolts, and now there are only fourteen in the box, and the remaining six have just blown up in the back mountain.

Until the mountains and rivers are exhausted, Zhao Sihai will never take out the only fourteen thunderbolts left, and even, he has already thought about it, if he really can't wait for Zhou Shixiang's reinforcements, he will not bury his life here in vain. Fourteen thunderbolts were his only hope of survival. Yutai Temple is so big, there may not be a way to survive in the middle of the night.

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On the front mountain, the first line of defense was lost; on the back mountain, the situation was extremely critical.

Song Xianggong's roar could not save the defeat, and the bravery of the security guards could not defeat the Qing army.

"I can't stand it anymore, hurry up, hurry up to protect Master Song and withdraw to the Daxiong Hall, hurry up!"

Zhou Da, Song Xianggong's personal soldier and security captain, saw that his own manpower could no longer stop the Qing soldiers.

"Come on, I will stand here, and I must not let them capture Lord Song!"

After an anxious roar, Zhou Da roared with a muffled roar, raised his knife and killed the Qing army who rushed in. ??

Zhou Da did his duty - to protect the safety of the general affairs lord to the best of his ability. After several knives in his body, he fell to the ground, and after he fell down, he still shouted back: "Lord, go, go!"

Song Xianggong was carried to the front mountain with tears in his eyes. He tried to look back at Zhou Da several times, but in the end he couldn't see anything except the Qing soldiers who came to kill him.

The road leading to the front mountain was crowded with fleeing women and children. They were frightened by the Qing soldiers who were like wolves behind them and shouted loudly. The only way to escape becomes difficult. UU reading www.uukanshu.com

"Let women have children, let women have children!"

Suddenly someone shouted loudly in the night ahead, and then saw a few white-haired old men struggling to squeeze out of the crowd. They did not communicate with each other, but they had a common purpose - to let women and children, let their children. Parents go first.

More and more old people came out of the crowd. They struggled with the pleadings of their relatives and turned back without any hesitation.

The escaping crowd cried, and everyone knew what these old people were trying to do. They were leaving their hope of life to them!

"Grandpa, grandpa, don't leave me, don't leave me!"

"Father, come back quickly, come back quickly!"

"Auntie, you can't go!"

The cry of a loved one touched the hearts of every old man. Their eyes were full of tears, but none of them stopped to go back. Instead, they gritted their teeth and rushed towards the Qing soldiers who were chasing after them with monstrous anger. . (To be continued..)