After dealing with these vermin, Liu Yu prepared to continue south.
However, before he left, Liu Yu captured all the pleasure boats on the Qinhuai River.
All the honest and upright officials, including their maids, were taken away to fill the Forbidden City after returning to the capital.
The famous Eight Beauties of Qin Huai were naturally taken away by Liu Yu.
Of course, he only took five with him. They were Li Xiangjun, Gu Hengbo, Dong Xiaowan, Bian Yujing, and Liu Rushi.
As for the remaining three people, Ma Xianglan had been dead for more than 40 years. Chen Yuanyuan did not mention that Kou Baimen had died of illness a year ago.
Liu Yu was already very surprised to be able to take away five people.
He had thought that the Eight Beauties of Qin Huai were all married, but after checking, he found out that they were all on the pleasure boat and were not married.
What else is there to say? A child makes a choice, I, Liu Yu, want it all.
Following that, Liu Yu led the 300,000 strong army to continue south.
Suzhou Prefecture, Songjiang Prefecture, Hangzhou Prefecture, Shaoxing Prefecture…
The 300,000 strong army crushed everything in its path, wiping out all the gentry in its path.
However, the commoners along the way were very excited. This was because Liu Yu would order officials to divide the land and register the new land.
In the face of such a situation, what else could the gentry do? Run!
If he didn't run, he would lose his life.
He took the gold and silver and ran away. He didn't want anything else.
A large number of gentry ran to Fuguang Cloud to hide. Some people were extreme and even took their families out to sea.
As for those who escaped, other than those who had committed heinous crimes, Liu Yu also cared about the rest.
Anyway, they couldn't take much money with them. Those who took all their belongings couldn't run away.
Just as Liu Yu led his army to sweep across Jiangnan and happily raided their homes, the Manchu and Mongolian cavalry arrived outside Datong City.
Looking at the tightly shut city gates of Datong, the Manchu and Mongolian cavaliers left after making a round.
They were originally here to take advantage of the situation. Seeing that there was no loophole to exploit, the Manchu and Mongolian cavalrymen left. They were prepared to loot the surrounding area before attacking the city.
In the end, after walking around for a few hundred miles, there was no one around.
Sensing that the situation was not right, the Manchu and Mongolian cavalrymen prepared to retreat and regroup with the main force behind them.
"After running a few hundred li in two days, our men and horses are exhausted. It's a good time to attack.”
Cao Yu had been keeping an eye on the Manchu and Mongolian cavalrymen for a long time, but he was not in a hurry to make a move. Instead, he waited for two days.
Now that the other party wanted to retreat, Cao Yu seized the opportunity.
"Eat military rations and drink water to settle personal problems. Check the crossbow and arrow box.”
The divine crossbow cavalry soldiers quickly resolved their personal problems. They ate their rations, took their divine arm repeating crossbows, and rode off.
Da da da da…
The Manchu and Mongolian cavalrymen slowly retreated.
In the end, he heard the sound of hooves coming from afar. He turned around and saw the divine crossbow cavalry.
"It's the Han Dynasty's crossbow cavalry. Didn't they go to Jiangnan? Why are you here?"
The leader of the Qing cavalrymen looked at the crossbowmen not far away and said in shock.
"We were fooled. The Han Dynasty's crossbow cavalry didn't even go to Jiangnan.”Another person said.
"Retreat, quickly retreat. Don't fight with them.”
"We can't escape. We can't outrun them. If we run into cavalry archers, we will die.”A Mongolian cavalier general shook his head and said.
Yuan Meng wasn't familiar with crossbow cavalry, but in terms of cavalry archers, they were the strongest in the world.
Yuan Meng relied on the powerful mobility and attack power of the cavalry archers to fight all over Asia, even to the Rhine River.
Therefore, no one knew better than the Mongolians how terrifying the cavalry archers were.
If he ran, he would definitely die.
If you encounter cavalry archers, you better hope that your horse is faster than the enemy's horse. Otherwise, you can just wait for death.
"Retreat first. If it really doesn't work, we'll fight them again.”
The Manchu general had given the order, but he did not want to fight.
Following the order, the 80,000 cavalrymen began to pick up speed and charged into the depths of the prairie at their fastest speed.
Cao Yu led the 20,000 crossbowmen and followed closely behind, closing the distance between them.
The Qing Cavalry were panicking. There were 20,000 Crossbow Cavalry chasing after them.
This was especially true for the other party's horse, which was faster than theirs.
The two sides galloped on the boundless prairie.
The chase lasted for an hour.
At this time, the Manchu cavalry was about to enter the shooting range of the divine crossbow cavalry.
"Turn around and kill the enemy. Surround the two flanks and shoot with bows and arrows. Charge!”
Seeing that he couldn't escape, he turned around and counterattacked while the horse power was still there.
Seeing this situation, Cao Yu did not say anything and immediately ordered the attack.
"Five consecutive shots, release!"
The God's Arm Repeating Crossbow had 20 arrows in a quiver and could be fired continuously.
When the 20 arrows in the quiver were emptied, he could change the quiver and load the bowstring, and he could fire another 20 arrows.
Swoosh swoosh...
The 20,000 crossbowmen each fired 5 bolts. A total of 100,000 bolts turned into a rain of arrows that rained down on the Manchu and Mongolian cavaliers.
Every time they shot an arrow, the divine crossbow cavalrymen would raise the crossbow in their hands and raise the angle.
This way, the five waves of arrows could cover a larger area.
Soon, the Manchu and Mongolian cavaliers fell off their horses in groups.
The soldiers under the rain of arrows would be hit by the arrows unless they were lucky enough to explode.
The only difference was the number of arrows and whether the location of the arrow was fatal.
Some unlucky ones were even shot more than ten times and turned into porcupines.
After a wave of arrows, more than 20,000 Manchu and Mongolian cavaliers were killed. There were also close to 10,000 injured and pierced by arrows.
"All troops, move to the left. Target the enemy cavalry on the left flank.”
Cao Yu ordered again.
The essence of the divine crossbow cavalry was the same as the cavalry archers, which was to fight a wave and then run. After pulling away, they would fight another wave.
The Manchu and Mongolian cavalrymen split into two groups, trying to surround them.
Cao Yu led the team to the left, attacking the enemy's left wing while pulling away from the left.
Swoosh swoosh...
Another wave of three arrows rained down.
"Everyone, turn around and target the enemy's central army. Fire three consecutive shots!”
Swoosh swoosh...
The divine crossbow cavalrymen changed direction and once again shot out three consecutive arrows.
"Forward charge, free fire, normal fire!”
Swoosh swoosh...
The 20,000 crossbowmen continued to fire, killing all the Manchu and Mongolian soldiers that were charging at them.
When one of the quivers was empty, there were already people around.
Only a few thousand of the Manchu and Mongolian cavalrymen were left. They had been scared out of their wits.
Cao Yu looked at the thousands of people fleeing in all directions and shook his head helplessly.
He hadn't even exerted his strength, and the enemy had already fallen.
I wasted the Zhuge Repeating Crossbow that my lord lent me. I only fired less than thirty arrows, and then I couldn't find the enemy.
"Dismount, stab those who are not dead, and take the intact horses away.”
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