12dz Chapter 514 Destruction
Chapter 514 Destruction
Wakda smiled bitterly, looked up to the sky and sighed, "Forget it, my sons have fought with me and shed blood, but now they are powerless to save the situation. Why should I commit more sins?"
Then he shouted to the Qing army behind him: "Those who are willing to follow me and die on the battlefield, step out!"
The scene fell into a dead silence that embarrassed Wakda for a moment. At this time, several Goshhas beside Wakda stood up and shouted: "I am willing to live and die with the prince!"
As long as someone takes the lead, there will always be people following. Everywhere, people expressed their willingness to live and die with the prince, which made Wakda feel a little comforted.
Until there was no more sound, Wakda gathered these assassins together and counted them. He found that there were only more than 300 of them. The rest wanted to surrender to Qian's army.
Wakda looked at these young soldiers, tears streaming down his face, and kept saying, "Good, good!"
As for those Qing soldiers who were unwilling to fight anymore, no one dared to look at the army that was gathering. Yes, they were cowardly. Compared with those brave warriors who would rather die than move forward, they were cowards.
Just as Wakda was gathering his assassins, Huang Cheng was holding a telescope and looking at the Qing army in front of him.
Gulbuha came over and said to Huang Cheng: "General, judging from the situation, the Qing army in Jinzhou City should have escaped. It is estimated that General Zhao has already taken Jinzhou."
Huang Cheng hummed, then put down the telescope and said, "There are no more than 2,000 Qing troops ahead, and most of their armor is damaged. They must have just finished a battle. I just don't know if they are retreating or escaping?"
After saying this, Huang Cheng was about to send the 16-division coalition army to fight and defeat these Qing troops, when Gulbuha on the side quickly volunteered to join the battle.
Huang Cheng pondered for a moment, then agreed to Gulbuha's request, but still repeatedly warned against easily attacking the Qing army in formation, allowing them to harass the enemy with cruising tactics and look for loopholes.
After getting permission, Gulbuha showed joy on his face. Then he led 5,000 Mongolian cavalry and approached the Qing army like a gust of wind.
When Wakda saw the cavalry of the Qian army move, he pointed his long sword and roared: "Kill!"
Wakda did not pursue any tight formation, but just ran wildly towards Gulbha.
Except for more than 300 death warriors, the remaining Qing troops stood still, looking at their former comrades, and left resolutely like moths to a flame.
Gulbuha originally wanted to adopt a cruising tactic, which was the specialty of the Mongolian cavalry. It was to surround the enemy, move quickly, and then harass them with horse archery, waiting for the enemy's mental collapse or the formation to shake, and then make a all-out attack to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop.
But what puzzled Gulbuha was that the Qing army did not form a battle formation, but instead used infantry to counterattack him. What was even more strange was that only that small group of Qing troops rushed over, which seemed to have no more than a few hundred people, while the larger group of Qing troops behind them just stood there as if they were watching a show.
Gulbuha could not help but say, "Strange things happen every year, but today there are especially many!"
However, Gulbuha was too lazy to think too much. What tricks could the Qing army play in this wilderness? Huang Cheng and the allied forces had a large number of cavalry, and there were too many scouts. The scouts were scattered everywhere, making an ambush impossible.
Gulbuha still followed his own rhythm, playing the kite tactic, always keeping a distance from the Qing army, shooting arrows at the Qing army one after another, which made Wakda extremely depressed.
He shouted, "Come on, fight like a real man. You are not a hero if you shoot from behind!"
However, this was obviously Wakda's impotent rage before his death. More than 300 people fell one after another under the siege and shooting of 5,000 rangers. Each fallen Qing soldier had at least three or five arrows on his body.
These warriors who wanted to fight to the death with the enemy failed in the end. Wakda was hit by dense arrows. Although no vital parts were injured, the continuous blood loss left Wakda with no extra strength.
Wakda looked at the battlefield and saw that there was no one standing except himself. He simply sat down and stuck the knife into the ground in front of him.
Gulbuha ordered the soldiers to stop shooting arrows. Looking at the old general, he felt that he looked familiar. Gulbuha rode his horse forward and stopped the horse about twenty steps in front of Wakda.
Only then did Gulbuha see clearly the person in front of him. It was a member of the Qing royal family, Aisin-Gioro Wakda, Prince Duoluoqian.
Gulbuha was secretly delighted. Although the Qing court princes were not as valuable as they were in previous years, it was still a great achievement. He never expected that he could catch a big fish in a small ditch.
There were some in the Qian army who had killed Qing princes, for example, Captain Wu Feng shot and killed Man Dahai some time ago, but no one had been persuaded to surrender. If he could persuade them to surrender, wouldn't he be the only one in the world?
Thinking of this, Gulbuha shouted, "Surrender and you will be spared!"
Wakda sneered and didn't reply.
Gulbuha continued, "The Qing dynasty is about to end, and Mandahai is dead. Did you continue to resist? I am kind-hearted. I see that your hair has turned gray, and I can't bear to see you die like this. At your age, why don't you surrender and find a place to retire?"
Upon hearing this, Wakda used all his strength to spit out a mouthful of thick phlegm. However, he had suffered multiple arrow wounds and had bled too much, so he was out of strength. Wakda tried so hard that he spit on his boots.
However, this action almost made Gulbuha so angry that he said to his subordinates: "No one is allowed to shoot the arrows! I will shoot it myself!"
Then he drew out his horse bow, drew the bow and put an arrow on it, and fired three arrows in succession at Wakda. The first two arrows hit Wakda's neck, and the third arrow hit Wakda right between his eyebrows.
Gulbuha rode his horse to Wakda, jumped off the horse, and after making sure that he was dead, he drew his arrow and cut off his head.
After doing all this, Gulbuha turned his gaze towards the Qing soldiers who were still watching the show. He saw that all the Qing soldiers had knelt down, and no one was holding a weapon, looking as if they were surrendering.
Gulbuha ordered his men to capture all the Qing soldiers, and he happily came to Huang Cheng with Wakda's head.
As soon as they met, Gulbuha said to him: "General, I will fulfill my mission and kill the Qing court's Prince Duo Luoqian in battle!"
Huang Cheng was stunned when he heard this, and asked in confusion: "How do you know it's the prince?"
Gulbuha said confidently: "Because I have seen him!"
Huang Cheng didn't know what to say. Without losing a single person on his side, they actually killed a prince.
In the subsequent interrogation, all the captives said that the person they killed was Wakda, Prince Duoloqian of the Qing Dynasty. At the same time, Huang Cheng also learned that Jinzhou City had been conquered by Zhao Yongping.
The fall of Jinzhou City also meant that the Ningjin Defense Line, which the Qing court had placed high hopes on, was completely lost. The Qian army controlled the Liaoxi Corridor, and the main force of the Qian army was about to attack Liaodong.