Poor Ma Sanbao didn't know why he was beaten.

After the cane was thirty, Xia Guoxiang slowly approached.

"General Ma is not strange, it's not that the minister of state doesn't intercede for the general, but that the prince was already angry at that time, and he pleaded for mercy, which not only couldn't help the general, but made the general suffer more...... I hope the general will understand. ”

Looking at the serious Xia Guoxiang, Ma Sanbao really believed it, he rubbed his buttocks, shook his head and said: "Don't blame the forehead, only blame Ma for being too talkative." ”

Xia Guoxiang sighed and said: "I'm afraid General Ma doesn't know that the prince has already negotiated with Emperor Jianxing, as long as the prince returns to Ming, the official position and title will remain unchanged, and he will also be awarded the title of General of Pingxi...... General Ma, do you understand? ”

Ma Sanbao opened his mouth wide in shock, daring to love, the prince had already had a plan, so ...... What a fart?

But he only dared to think about it in his stomach, and Ma Sanbao didn't dare to say it after all.

Xia Guoxiang saw that Ma Sanbao came to his senses, and gently patted Ma Sanbao's shoulder, "The general should go back and raise it, if the overall situation is decided, the prince will not treat you badly...... Don't say anything you shouldn't say. ”

After speaking, Xia Guoxiang left leisurely.

Ma Sanbao raised his hand depressedly and slapped himself, "Tell you to talk more!" ”

……。

Runing House, shopping mall.

Li Dingguo's face was solemn.

It's not that the mall can't hold it.

It is not that the request for help was refused, on the contrary, the reinforcements of the three routes are all advancing westward, and the nearest Jianyangwei has reached the irrigation and is only a day's journey away from the mall.

But even so, Li Dingguo still couldn't be happy.

The reason is actually simple, for a will.

In the seventeenth decree of Emperor Yongli, he reprimanded Li Dingguo for being passive and slacking off the war, and did not follow the holy decree to go north, and also led outsiders from the Jianxing Dynasty into Huguang and Henan, and asked Li Dingguo where his father was?

Can Li Dingguo not be depressed?

All-out north?

At this time, the mall is surrounded on three sides, and if you go out of the city, it is almost the same as going all out to seek death.

At this time, if you don't ask for help from the Jianxing Dynasty, which is close at hand, who will you ask for help?

The emperor was temporarily stationed in Wuchang Mansion, but there were more than 10,000 troops around him, and it was the kind of forbidden army that looked good-looking and had benevolent combat strength.

Zhu Youlang is actually a "Mingjun", and he has a fight with his cousins.

Zhu Youlang, who was "house arrested" by Sun Kewang for more than three years, has never forgotten that he is the co-lord of the world, he is not only thrifty, but also diligent, although he can only govern to the eunuchs and maids in the palace, but this cannot erase his original intention.

In fact, for Zhu Youlang, whether he is under house arrest by Sun Kewang or now the king of Jin, he can't face his subjects, but he still wants to show his talents, such as ...... Royal Driver's Expedition.

To recover the lost land, restore our temple, revitalize China, and so on, Zhu Youlang had to repeat to himself countless times a day.

But the key to the matter is who ascends to the throne.

If you can't even protect the throne, how can you govern, how can you recover the lost land, restore our temple, and revitalize China?

Therefore, everything can be indisputable, but this is the only one that cannot be indisputed!

Half of the country is no longer the Qing court, and Zhu Youlang has to consider that if the Northern Expeditionary Army occupies the first opportunity, then the position of the Taihe Palace of Shuntianfu belongs.

In this royal expedition, Zhu Youlang vowed to reproduce Taizu's martial arts.

After this will was sent, Zhu Youlang personally led the army north.

Can Li Dingguo not worry?

When the emperor came, he was afraid that he would not help, and he added to the chaos.

It's not disrespectful, it's that Li Dingguo is busy guarding the city at this time, how can he have the time to welcome and wait for the emperor.

……。

Irrigation has become a river of blood.

After two days of fierce fighting, the blood of the casualties of the soldiers on both sides, nay, and three sides, stained the river red.

Sun Kewang, who was coerced by 6,000 horsemen, had to use his strength to eat milk and be cannon fodder and horse pawn.

Originally, fighting across the river, as long as the disparity in strength was not too great, it was basically not a problem to hold for ten days and a half months.

But in today's battle, where there are no muskets and artillery, in this way, the river that spans too small can basically be ignored.

Think about it, when the rain of shells falls, who else will stay on the bank of the river, waiting to stop the enemy army crossing the river?

In other words, the range of muskets and artillery pushed the original line of defense back.

What made Sun Kewang extremely disturbed was that the full cavalry that supervised the battle faithfully carried out Azig's order, that is, to supervise the battle, and he didn't help, just watching from behind.

After two days of fierce fighting, Sun Kewang lost more than 3,000 people, and at this rate, in another four or five days, his own troops were afraid that they would be defeated without a fight.

I have to find a way, Sun Kewang thought with annoyance.

But the west side is a shopping mall, and there is a full riding blockage, so it can't be considered.

There is also fighting in the north, and if you retreat (flee) north, whether you meet the Qing army or the Ming army, you are looking for death.

Then, there is only to the south, but to the south is Huguang, which has already belonged to the Great Western Army, can you go?

Sun Kewang's eyes suddenly lit up, now the main force of the Great Western Army is all in the mall, and even Li Dingguo is there, it is the opportunity for Huguang's troops to be empty, and at this time, turning to Huguang is equivalent to picking up a big bargain.

But how to deal with the full rider behind him?

Sun Kewang, whose eyes lit up just now, fell into contemplation again.

……。

If the shore of the irrigation is a fierce battle, then the battle of Gushi is a vicious battle.

Chi Erhan was angry, and he almost went to the battlefield with a knife.

The firepower of the First Army, in the entire Northern Expeditionary Army, was the best.

But after all, there is no repeating pistol equipped, and the military workshop can't make so many.

And the enemy army is all cavalry, the real elite of full cavalry.

In such an encounter, even if Wu Zheng commands it, I am afraid that he will not be able to predict who will win and who will lose.

Chi Erhan met his toughest opponent, the agility of the enemy cavalry, so that the musket salvo effect was almost zero, even if the artillery (tiger squat cannon) was covered, the enemy cavalry could dodge and swim away at the first time.

As soon as the cannon fire stopped, the scattered enemy cavalry counterattacked like hungry wolves.

The officers and men of the 1st Army had to use bayonets to defend themselves against the enemy with the help of fortifications.

But in this way, it is equivalent to fighting the enemy with his own weakness, and Chi Erhan was so anxious that his hair was smoking.

"Last stand!" In the interval between the fierce battles, Chi Erhan, who was not good at words, said to his subordinate generals in a deep voice, "The prince ordered that the mall should be reinforced at all costs, and now Jianyangwei and Zuo Ying are already fighting by the irrigation side, if we retreat, this cavalry will go south along the river, and the consequences will be unimaginable...... I don't ask for anything else, just one word, follow me! ”

Ji Erhan created a miracle.

That is to counter-charge with infantry against cavalry.

Actually, it won.

This battle was fought miserably, and the elite of the 8,000 First Army under Chi Erhan was less than 3,000 after the war.

And 10,000 enemy cavalry, also suffered more than 4,000 casualties, if according to the battle damage, Chi Erhan is defeated.

But the enemy cavalry retreated in the end, and that was Chi Erhan's victory.

The soldiers of the First Army all believed in Wu Zheng's saying that those who regard themselves as dead people can often survive.

Under the inspiration of Chi Erhan's leading soldiers, every soldier really regarded himself as a dead man, and at the moment of contact with the enemy, he took the initiative to detonate the grenade and died with the enemy.

But that's not the key to Chi Erhan's victory.

The key to real success is Liu Fang.

To be precise, it was Liu Fang's "army" that flanked the enemy from the flank in time when the First Army was about to collapse.