Chapter 267: Regaining Confidence and Finally Meeting
When everyone rushed to the east gate in a hurry, it was calm here, and there was no scene of corpses all over the ground that everyone was worried about, and I didn't know what Chen Junde was anxious about.
"What about people? Those enemies"?
As soon as Chen Junde arrived at the east gate, he kept looking around, and the dark clouds on his face did not fade because of this intact, but became more intense.
Chen Junde's shout made a burst of hurried footsteps from the city tower, and after a while, Yuan Guigui came to Chen Junde with an unnatural face, and said with a little hesitation: "Just now, a group of Han troops passed, and the last general wanted to put down the city gate and fight with the enemy, but ......"?
Chen Junde asked expressionlessly, "But what?"
"But Dong Kang insisted on letting them go, and the last general was also worried that he would make a big mess in the city gate, so he took the initiative to open the gate and let the enemy out of the city, which was the fault of the last general, and the last general was willing to be punished"!
Chen Junde endured the surging anger in his heart, and squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth: "What did he tell you"?
He ...... He said that if he didn't let those people go, would he still be left for the adults to slaughter?"
"Bastard"!
Chen Junde was so angry that he scolded, and the torches at the city gate illuminated Chen Junde's face in an extremely terrifying way.
"Tie up Dong Kang, this bastard for me, and when I come back, I'll ask him if he wants our brothers!" The enemy fled westward, in case our follow-up troops encountered them, they would be in danger! Go and tell Li Jingsi that from now on, all the big and small things in Kaiyuan City will be under his jurisdiction, and you will follow me to catch up!"
Originally, when Chen Junde was away, Fu Tianqi should be responsible for this matter. At this moment, Fu Tianqi was seriously injured, Wu Xiongwei was still a little troubled in Chen Junde's heart, and the best candidate was Dong Kang, who has always been steady. But at the moment, I don't know what happened to Dong Kang, who was blinded by lard, and the scope is still on the way with the follow-up troops. So retreating to the second, this big responsibility fell on the shoulders of the relatively stable Li Jingsi.
"Yes, sir"!
Everyone gave up their orders, and only now did they understand the reason why their adults were so worried.
Chen Junde, who had just won Kaiyuan City, did not enjoy a trace of peace, and after a lifetime of hard work, he took people to the stars and nights, determined to catch up with the enemy before they met his follow-up troops, and destroy them!
At this moment, Li Shutai, who was on the way to escape, had a gloomy face, looking coldly at his subordinates, who had slowly recovered, and his steps were full of loss that could not be hidden.
Who would have thought that this was just their first battle, and they would end up in a complete defeat under the absolute advantage! Since he first took over Kaiyuan Defense, he has been careful in his management and has not dared to slack off. Embark on training soldiers and studying the art of war, how about a day of relaxation? But it's just a battle, a battle! In exchange for such a result, the ambition in the chest was almost dissipated at this time, just like the deflated military heart.
"Don't be discouraged, master, this battle is all because Lord Yarha was defeated by the enemy first, and we will suffer from these two sides! But our main force is still there, and there is still a chance to make a comeback! As long as the master is still ambitious, the slave is willing to drive the master and the horse"!
As Li Shutai's absolute confidant, Cao Gang hurriedly came to his side and comforted him after seeing the look of defeat in Li Shutai's eyes again.
Li Shutai turned his face to stare at Cao Gang, who looked sincere, took a deep breath, and slowly said after a long time: "Well, I know, with you by my side, we will have a chance in the future." One day I will take revenge and pay back all these shames!"
"The slave is willing to take revenge on the master's blade, cut off the enemy's head, drink the enemy's blood, and kill all the enemies of the world when the sword is unsheathed"!
Cao Gang looked up at Li Shutai with a fanatical expression, this gave him everything now, like a reborn parent.
"Good! You and I will go hand in hand in the future, and I want to see who in the world dares to be arrogant with me in the future!"
After a brief period of discouragement, Li Shutai, who had never been hit, regained his self-confidence and his face was full of spirit. The man whose heart was higher than the sky came to life again, and this blow may only be a test for him to victory, and he will be stronger in the future because of this defeat.
"Which direction are we going?"
Li Shutai looked at the crowded fleeing army and asked Cao Gang, he has always liked to take the initiative, even the direction of escape must be controlled in his own hands.
"Master, let's go in the direction of Tielingwei. There's our army there. Even if the people of the Ming court eat the bear's heart and leopard guts, they don't dare to attack anywhere, Tielingwei is the safest rear, and it is also the place where we can regroup, and the master's father is also there with Yingming Khan."
Listening to Cao Gang's answer, Li Shutai suddenly spoke: "Tieling Wei, this road is not appropriate, order everyone to stop immediately, we have to change directions"!
Absolute obedience is the point that Li Shutai is most satisfied with Cao Gang, this is not Li Shutai just gave the order, Cao Gang ordered someone to tell his order to the whole army, before the panicked Li Jun soldiers after this period of respite, the face has recovered the human color, under the command of their respective generals, the pace of escape slowly stopped.
After arranging everything, Cao Gangfu returned to Li Shutai, who was contemplative, and leaned over and said, "Master, ...... are you?"
If someone else asks a random question, Li Shutai will definitely spare him. Is the decision of the superior official doubted by his subordinates? But if these words came out of the mouth of his confidant, he patiently explained: "These damned deserters, this is to bring us to death!" If you think about it, the enemy tricked Lord Adai into going to Gu'an Fort to rescue Lord Belle, and its purpose is self-evident, that is, to divide troops to attack Kaiyuan City, it can be seen that their troops are bound to be insufficient, and there is no way to defend Kaiyuan City, so it is the best policy to transfer the tiger away from the mountain. But judging from our previous battles with them, the number of troops they participated in the siege was definitely not as large as that of our battalion, otherwise they would not have sent a few people to reconnoiter first, and then there were hundreds of blocking troops, plus the later reinforcements, the strength would never exceed 1,000! Even if they left some soldiers in the camp west of the city, the number of soldiers who were full of them would be less than two thousand!"
Looking at his lord's strategizing expression, Cao Gang nodded convincingly and said, "What the master said is very reasonable, but what does this have to do with our going to Tielingwei?"
"The relationship is too big"!
Li Shutai suddenly turned his head and pointed in the direction of Kaiyuan City behind him, and said: "I never believe that the enemy will dare to attack the huge Kaiyuan City with such a small number of troops!" Even if he succeeds by luck, this is not a one-shot deal, and our army will not see the important town of Liaozuo fall into the hands of the enemy, so we will definitely send troops to take the city. Unless they run away after the fight, they will surely have other reinforcements coming to defend the city. If this had been before, Ben would have eaten his follow-up troops! But now that the army has lost its heart after the defeat, there will be no will to fight, the soldiers have no will to fight, I am afraid that a bunch of dolls are holding slingshots, and these guys who only care about fleeing for their lives will also hug their heads and run away! And to go to Tielingwei, we must pass through Gu'an Fort, in order to avoid encountering the enemy's follow-up troops, so we have to change our path."
Cao Gang said with palpitations: "This ...... This is thanks to the thoughtfulness of the master, otherwise we would have to run headlong into the enemy's army"!
Li Shutai still looked at Kaiyuan City behind him and said unwillingly: "But things have to be thought about the other way around, if they don't chase after them, it means that all their troops are in the captured Kaiyuan City." Then we don't have to run away, send someone to a nearby village to get a tool for camping, rest here for the night, and tomorrow we will go to attack the city and regain everything we have lost!"
"The minions will go and scatter the people, look for what they use, and wait for tomorrow to fight the enemy!"
Li Shutai hurriedly grabbed Cao Gang, who turned around to leave, and said helplessly: "Don't worry, this is just my guess."
After his eyes turned twice quickly, he opened his mouth again and ordered: "If you are like this, immediately order that everyone immediately hide in the deep ditches on both sides of this road, and cover them with snow, and it is forbidden to make a sound." We have to look at the situation first, and if there are no pursuers, we will set up camp again; If there is a chasing soldier coming, let's avoid this catastrophe and go straight to Gu'an Fort, it is estimated that Lord Adai is jumping to his feet in anger there"!
"Meow, the minions obey"!
The next moment, the entire Li army rushed to the deep ditch on both sides of the road. In a moment, the empty road was calm again, and if there were not so many people's footprints on the snow, it would be as if no one had ever passed by.
On the way to Kaiyuan City, a group of people was stepping on the snow and rushing in a long line towards the county seat.
"Hey, Fourth Grandma, you can slow down, the little one has already sent someone to investigate, and when they come back, they will know the situation of the adult, no matter how anxious you are, you can't be in a hurry!"
"Yes, yes! Brother Category is right, Yan'er, you can't be so flustered!"
Sheng Sichao looked at Bai Yan'er covered in snow with a distressed face, this snow is already difficult to walk, plus Bai Yan'er is worried about the Kaiyuan war, her face is full of sweat in the winter, in case it is damaged by the cool wind, this is a fatal event.
"I don't have to worry about my business, an idler!"
Bai Yan'er's blunt answer made Sheng Sichao cry bitterly in his heart, and he was not less angry with her along the way. But he was already used to it, as if it hadn't happened, and still walked around Bai Yan'er back and forth, and kept greeting him softly.
"Fourth grandma, look, there is a fire in front of you"!
Category pointed ahead and said in an excited tone.
Immediately, not far ahead, there was a voice that Bai Yan'er had been looking forward to for a long time.
"Auntie, how are you doing over there"?
"It's him, it's really him, my horse is fine, he's coming for me"!
This aunt made Bai Yan'er's heart tighten, and unstoppable tears burst out of her eyes in an instant.
"I'm going to see him, I'm going to see him right away"!
Bai Yan'er, who was muttering to herself, hurriedly ran forward, she fell to the ground, regardless of her own image, and rushed to the firelight in front of her hands and feet, only the shadow of the young man in white was in her mind, and it was only the middle of the night when she was separated, but Bai Yan'er's heart was filled with thick thoughts.
At this moment, except for the subtle sound of feet stepping on the snow, there is only this true call in the entire night sky.
"Horse, my horse ......"!