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Chapter 453

One Ye Bushou asked, "General, we finally snatched these things from the Tatars. If we leave like this, wouldn't we throw them to Jiannu again?"

"We can grab it back if the things are gone! If the people are gone, there will be nothing!" Han Dashan ordered decisively.

Han Dashan remembers what Li Guodong often said, "If people have lost their land, they will all live; if people have lost their land, they will all live, and they will all live." As long as they have the power of life, what else can't be recaptured? Even the land can be thrown away, let alone wealth. If the things are thrown to Jiannu, if Jiannu comes to snatch them away, it will become their burden and they will lose their mobility.

But Han Dashan was worried that if the Qing army was not deceived, they rushed directly at him and wanted to block the charge of more than 1,000 people with just one hundred people, they could only station on the bridge.

Han Dashan and his elite soldiers crossed the Jianba Bridge on the Liangshui River and scattered caltrops on the bridge deck. After crossing the river for more than a hundred nights, they immediately checked the bows and arrows and prepared to use their bows and arrows to stop the Qing army's attack.

No matter whether he uses a cavalry bow or a stair bow, his range is higher than that of ordinary Qing soldiers. However, bows and arrows have one weakness and cannot shoot arrows for a long time. After all, human physical strength is limited. Han Dashan doesn't ask everyone to shoot a hundred arrows. He just needs to be able to hold the Qing army and wait for Li Guodong's reinforcements to arrive.

The Qing cavalry rushed over and saw discarded vehicles, property, food and livestock all over the ground. The Qing soldiers dismounted and prepared to take back the things.

Haning wrinkled a moment and stopped the Qing soldiers who were preparing to push the cart: "Kill Mingdog first, then catch Nikan, and finally grab the things back! Use Nikan to transport the vehicles! Otherwise, we will drive the car in person and the speed will be slow. Mingdog cavalry will have the chance to harass our army!"

When the Qing army arrived at the bridge, they looked from Han Dashan and saw that the opposite bank of the river was covered with Qing cavalry, but the bridge was so narrow that more than a thousand Qing cavalry could not all come onto the bridge, so the Mongolian Eight Banners cavalry rushed to the bridge shouting.

"Let me go!" Han Dashan roared.

More than a hundred elite soldiers pulled their bows and arrows at night, and their fingers loosened, and the light arrows splashed away like rain. The Mongolian Eight Banners cavalrymen rushed in front were overturned and fell down one after another.

The Mongolian Eight Banners cavalry, who were not shot, rushed to the bridge deck, but who knew that the war horses under their crotch suddenly made a sad neigh, and all of them fell down one after another.

"Iron caltrops! Retreat quickly!" A Mongolian Eight Banners Niulu Zhang Jing shouted.

The Mongol Eight Banners cavalry on the bridge deck ran back, and the Mongol Eight Banners cavalry behind them were still rushing forward without knowing the depth. As a result, their own troops collided one after another. The people on the bridge deck were overturned, and many Mongol Eight Banners cavalry fell into the cold cold water. The weather was cold and the river water was approaching the freezing point. Some Mongols who could not water fed a few mouthfuls of ice water and sank directly into the bottom of the river. The Mongols who knew water struggled to climb ashore. Although the thin cotton armor and leather armor on their bodies could not withstand the shooting of arrows, they would not have killed their lives when they fell into the water. If the heavy thick armor of the Manchu Eight Banners fell into the water, even if the water was good, they would have sunk to the bottom of the river.

The Meng Eight Banners cavalry who climbed ashore were trembling with coldness, their wet clothes were pressed against their bodies, and when they were blown by the cold wind, it felt so uncomfortable.

"Minggou sprinkled caltrops on the bridge deck. Our heavy cavalry couldn't rush over, so they all dismounted and crossed the river with shields!" Haning roared and gave the order.

The Man Eight Banners heavy cavalry of Alihachaoha camp dismounted one after another. Although they were not heavy infantry of Gabushxianchaoha camp, the Qing army's Man Eight Banner heavy cavalry were heavy cavalry on horseback, and after dismounting, they could be used as heavy infantry.

Groups of Qing soldiers were wearing double thick armor and holding iron shields, walking towards the bridge deck step by step.

Han Dashan did not order arrows to be fired, because except for a few archers like him who had passed through Yang with hundreds of steps, the rest of the bows and arrows were almost immune to these Qing soldiers.

Looking at the Qing soldiers wearing thick armor and holding shields on the bridge, Han Dashan pulled his bow and aimed at the eyes of a Qing soldier. His fingers were relaxed, and a heavy arrow roared out. After flying fifty steps, it accurately pierced into the Qing soldier's eyes! The sharp arrow drilled out from the back of his head. The Qing soldier didn't even hum and fell backwards.

Han Dashan opened his bow and arrow again. He held his breath and aimed at the eyes of a Qing soldier. After a few breaths, a heavy arrow shot out. The arrow was stuck on the bridge of the Qing soldier's nose. The arrow penetrated the skull of the Qing soldier. Then Han Dashan opened his bow and arrow again, took a deep breath, held his breath, and flew out, accurately shot through the cheeks of a Qing soldier, shooting from his cheeks and penetrated the skull. Although his archery skills were extremely accurate, and each arrow shot could take the life of a Qing soldier, he was the only one who was shooting arrows. In order to accurately shoot, the speed of fire was extremely slow, so he could not stop the Qing soldier from crossing the river. As the distance approached, the other Ye Bushu began to shoot arrows, and the arrow was shot without any slightest.

The Qing soldiers began to clean the caltrops on the bridge. Han Dashan and others could only watch the Qing army clear the caltrops, and there was no way to stop them. Only Han Dashan and another Ye Busuo were shooting arrows. The two shot over more than ten Qing soldiers, but for the Qing soldiers with more than 300 heavy armored soldiers in the Eight Banners, the loss of more than ten people was not hurt at all.

Mongolian cavalry archers on the other side kept rushing to the shore and shot light arrows at Han Dashan. However, for the Ming army, who was also wearing thick armor, the light arrows were just tickling.

"Brothers, retreat! Keep your horsepower, and when Jiannu crosses the bridge, we will attack them!" Han Dashan gave the order.

The three hundred Qing army's Manchu Eight Banners heavy cavalry were dismounted and used as infantry. At this time, if Han Dashan and his 100 cavalrymen set aside and charged against the Qing army again and again, the one hundred cavalry could completely kill all the three hundred full-month Balkan heavy infantry who had crossed the river.

Who knew that Han Ning had seen through Han Dashan's tactics? He sent a command: "Clearn the caltrops, go back immediately, ride a horse across the river!"

As long as the Qing army also got on the horse, the heavy infantry of the Ming army would not have much advantage over them. Even if the speed failed to increase to the highest level when crossing the river and was hit by the Ming cavalry, the heavy cavalry would suffer a loss if they hit the heavy cavalry, and the speed would only take advantage if they were fast, but they could not make up for the gap of three times the number of people.

Han Dashan discovered that the Qing army had cleared the caltrops and did not rush across the bridge on foot, but ran back to lead the horse. He knew that the Qing army was planning to rush over. Once the Qing cavalry rushed across the bridge, his 100 people could not resist the encirclement of the three hundred Eight Banners heavy cavalry and the seven hundred Mongolian Eight Banners light cavalry.

"Look at if the people have gone far away?" Han Dashan turned around and asked if he would accept him.

"I haven't walked far yet." Ye Bushu said.

"Brothers, prepare the gunpowder bag and fight with Jiannu!" Han Dashan gave the order.

Ye Bubu took out the gunpowder bag, opened the fire tank, lit the fuse, and prepared to throw out the gunpowder bag when the Qing cavalry rushed across the bridge. But the cunning Aning put the Korqin Meng Eight Banners light cavalry in front of crossing the river. If Han Dashan and the others used the gunpowder bag, the first thing they could blow up was the cannon fodder Meng Eight Banners, but they could not hurt the real Man Eight Banners. After the explosion retreated the Korqin Mongols, the Qing army Man Eight Banners heavy cavalry rushed to the front, and Han Dashan and the others had no gunpowder bags to use.

"Stop Jiannu! You can't let them cross the river!" Han Dashan roared.

For more than a hundred nights, the light cavalry after row after row of light arrows were shot out, and the Mongolian Eight Banners light cavalry who rushed across the bridge were all caught in the arrows and fell off the horse. However, there were too many Mongolians, and the bows and arrows could not completely stop the Mongols from crossing the river. Soon, the Mongolian Eight Banners crossed the bridge. After the Mongolian Light Cavalry crossed the bridge, they immediately spread out to both sides and surrounded the two wings that were not stopped at the 100 nights. While approaching, the Mongolians shot rows of arrows.
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