Chapter 367: Breaking the Tail to Survive
Chapter 367: Survive with a broken tail
After everyone left, Qi Meilai said in his ear: "Brother Lei, this time we are afraid that we will offend Leader Lu to death." ”
"I'm afraid of a ball, he doesn't have a good heart, hum..... In a hurry, Lao Tzu transferred to Li Yangchun's account, where is it mixed or not? ”
Lei Ren patted his chest, not taking it seriously. He has never had any pressure on who to mess with, let alone consider loyalty, he really can't, it's okay to find a place to continue to be his own overlord mountain bandit. It is precisely because of this mentality that Lu Weiliang and others really have no problem with Lei Ren.
The stone village quickly changed hands, which was a heavy blow to the entire Dusong Pass defense, and without the stone village, half of the natural danger was lost. Therefore, Lu Weiliang had to strengthen his vigilance and concentrate the people on the periphery in the central Dazhai. The stone village was lost, and the soldiers and horses who attacked and harassed the periphery were meaningless. After nightfall, Lu Weiliang did not feel sleepy, lying on the couch and turning over and over, a pair of eyes opened and closed. How did the officers and soldiers sneak up to the stone village? If you don't figure it out, the same thing will happen here.
Silent all night, the nervous peasant army waited for the next day's fierce battle, but until the end of the day, there was no sign of officers and soldiers. There was no movement in Dusongguan Dazhai, but the West Tianmu Mountain was not very calm. Just yesterday, 30,000 soldiers and horses of the Beijing battalion, under the leadership of two commanders, Jin Shifeng and Qiao Beiming, surrounded Wanqiu Town at the foot of West Tianmu Mountain. At this time, there were less than 1,000 peasant troops in Wanqiu Town, and in the face of the attack of 30,000 soldiers and horses of the Beijing battalion, how could they resist it? In just one hour, Jingying took Wanqiu Town.
Wanqiu Town fell, and the soldiers and horses of the Beijing camp were stuck in Gao Yingxiang's throat like a sharp blade. Prior to this, Tianmu Mountain, Yuqian, and Lin'an were like a huge grinding plate, relying on a large number of troops to support each other and keep the officers and soldiers out, but now, Wanqiu Town, which was in the central position, was taken by the officers and soldiers. The most direct impact of the fall of Wanqiu Town was to strangle the connection between Lin'an and Tianmu Mountain, and Gao Yingxiang could no longer transfer troops to Tianmu Mountain as easily as before.
Lin'an, Gao Yingxiang sat in the chair with a golden knife, and there were only him and Niu Jinxing in the main hall of Nuoda, looking deserted. Because there are no outsiders, Gao Yingxiang doesn't have to maintain his image, he held the handle and scolded and said: "What is the matter with the officers and soldiers who ask for it?" Isn't the main force of the Beijing camp in the area of Huizhou Mansion? Why did you suddenly occupy Wanqiu Town? Why didn't we find out before? ”
30,000 soldiers and horses of the Beijing battalion, this is a huge army that people can't ignore. Not to mention 30,000 soldiers and horses, even 30,000 pigs passing in front of you can scare many people to death. However, when the 30,000 Beijing camp entered Zhejiang, the scouts did not react to this, and those spies seemed to be deaf and blind. Niu Jinxing found a chair, sat down with a trembling half of his buttocks, and saw that Gao Yingxiang was angry, he instinctively stood up, because he couldn't think of a reason, so he stood there with a wry smile on his face, a little at a loss.
"Mr. Niu, tell me what you think, these 30,000 soldiers and horses of the Beijing battalion are a big trouble!" Gao Yingxiang knocked his forehead hard, Deqing fell, the Living Yama King defeated Li Zicheng several times in a row, and the pressure on Yu Hang's side increased suddenly. I was planning to retreat here in turn, but the Beijing camp attacked Wanqiu Town again, and the bad news came out one after another, which made people overwhelmed. It seems that since the Living Hades began to attack, everything has changed.
Niu Jinxing thought carefully for a while, and said with a wry smile: "King Chuang, if his subordinates are not mistaken, when Xu Hongji went to the Huizhou area, he didn't take everyone away at all, and some of the soldiers and horses should have stayed in Ningguo Mansion." When the living king of Hell passed through Ningguofu, they followed the Xuanfu soldiers and horses into Zhejiang. Later, the Living Yama King Lianke Wukang and Deqing, all our attention was on the Living Yama King, this army should have been under the cover of the Living Yama King, quietly from the north of Huzhou, through Anji Prefecture, sneaked into the Lingshan. Since we entered Zhejiang, we have never paid attention to the situation on the Lingshan side. They have been lurking in Lingshan until recently, because our army was preparing to retreat, relaxed their guard, and then suddenly killed out of Lingshan and attacked Wanqiu Town. ”
Everything is just a guess of Niu Venus, but it's already eight or nine. Because if these 30,000 Jingying want to suddenly appear in Wanqiu Town, there is only one way. Blame Scouts? Who would have thought that the Xuanfu army would be followed by tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the Beijing camp? As long as there is a living Hades, everyone's attention is naturally on the Xuanfu army of the Living Hades. Moreover, I would never have thought that Xu Hongji would dare to play like this.
Hey, it's the Living Yama again, this bastard is simply the nemesis of the rebel army, no wonder the Living Yama has always been unhurried before, and even stopped and stopped, this is deliberately covering the 30,000 Beijing camp. 30,000 Beijing camps, but not 300 people, along the way, the movement is definitely not small, but if you have the heart, ask the local people in Guangde, it is impossible not to find any problems, but unfortunately, no one thinks about this. It was only at this time that Gao Yingxiang remembered one thing.
It was still half a month ago, and a group of lost people who had wandered in Guangde returned to Lin'an, and the leader of the squad had reported that a large number of officers and soldiers had appeared in Guangde. Not only Gao Yingxiang knew about this, but Niu Jinxing and others also knew about it, but everyone didn't take it seriously, because during that time, the follow-up soldiers and horses of the Living Yama King also happened to beat Guangde, so they naturally thought that it was the Xuanfu soldiers and horses of the Living Yama King.
Now think about it, the so-called large number of officers and soldiers, the eight achievements are the soldiers and horses of the Beijing battalion. The soldiers and horses of Xuanfu were divided into several groups, and the soldiers and horses of the Beijing camp were mixed in the middle, making it clear that it was a mixture, and in the end, it really let the living king of Hades go with him.
"It's careless, there have been some signs before, but none of us care. None of this matters, the key is how we should get Wanqiu Town back, if we don't repel these 30,000 Beijing battalion soldiers and horses, we don't want to have a peaceful birthday! ”
Gao Yingxiang said with a sad face, this place in Wanqiu Town is too fatal. Now that the retreat is imminent, the 30,000 Beijing battalion is on the side, and as soon as they retreat, these officers and soldiers will definitely pounce on and bite people, and when the time comes, they will rush to the battle, which will be even more troublesome. Even if the Beijing camp didn't react, what about Li Zicheng in the Yuhang area when he retreated west? Once this Beijing battalion of soldiers and horses moves south from Wanqiu Town, it can cut off Li Zicheng's retreat at any time.
Gao Yingxiang is not a benevolent person, but he is really reluctant to let him abandon Li Zicheng's army. Not only because of Li Zicheng's identity, but also because Li Zicheng's army can fight well.
Niu Jinxing has been following Gao Yingxiang for a long time, how can he not know the other party's thoughts, just after a little consideration, he said: "King Chuang, for the sake of today's plan, I can only urge General Li to withdraw to Lin'an as soon as possible, and we have to postpone the retreat here." It is necessary to regroup the troops and horses and repel the officers and soldiers of Wanqiu Town. We can inform Tianmu Mountain, and then transfer troops from the submarine, and the two armies will besiege Wanqiu Town, and we are not afraid of defeating the officers and soldiers. ”
"That's it!" Gao Yingxiang let out a long sigh. After leading the troops for many years, he profoundly understands a truth, the fighting spirit is like a breath, this breath is not easy to lift, it is very fast, and it is even more difficult to lift it again. Not long after the order to retreat was handed down, the leaders of the various departments were busy scavenging things one by one, preparing to run away, and now they were asked to assemble and fight a tough battle with the soldiers and horses of the Beijing camp, which was very difficult.
Yu Qian, a large number of soldiers and horses began to advance in the direction of Tianmu Mountain, and the garrison on Tianmu Mountain also slowly withdrew, and the two peasant armies converged in the area of Dongliu River, and the troops pointed directly at Wanqiu Town in the east. Not to mention how the officers and soldiers of Wanqiu Town prepared to meet the enemy, but it was said that Li Zicheng in Yuhang was already difficult to ride a tiger at this time.
The stone village fell too quickly, the officers and soldiers had approached the central village, and the brothers on Dusong Pass were targeted by the officers and soldiers. Not only that, the living king Tiemo also left Deqing County, and his generals Zhou Dingshan and Olge have come to the periphery of Yuhang with the advantage of cavalry. Although you haven't launched an attack on Yu Hang yet, no one can stand someone playing with a knife in front of you at every turn.
The cavalry had already approached Yuhang, but they just didn't attack the city, and Li Zicheng had a headache. As he was in the room discussing things, a minion shouted from outside the door: "Report, general..... The Living Hades are here...... He shouted to him under the city, and told you to go out to meet him......."
“????” Li Zicheng's mouth was half open, a little unresponsive. Did the Living Yama come to Yuhang in person? Still shouting outside the city, what the hell does he want to do? Yuhang is not an easy place to defend and difficult to attack, why doesn't the Living Yama King attack directly?
When I came to the city, I saw a line of cavalry in the distance, and a black-armored man was holding an iron bucket and shouting at Yu Hangcheng. After listening carefully, Li Zicheng shivered, his eyes widened, like a bloodthirsty beast.
"Li Zicheng is a child, Grandpa Tie is here, why don't you go out of the city and surrender quickly? As long as you are willing to surrender, you will not be blamed for the past...... Li Zicheng is a child, surrender quickly, surrender without killing ......."
Of course, it was not Tiemo himself who shouted, but Li Zicheng knew Tiemo, and that guy was hiding in the cavalry, and the person who shouted was the Mongolian strong man Olge. Li Zicheng wants to kill people, he has never been teased like this in his life, but there is a voice in his heart that keeps telling him that he must be calm at this time, once he rushes out to fight, he will definitely die.
Li Zicheng was angry, but he hadn't lost his mind yet. East of Yuhang, it is just suitable for cavalry maneuvering, so when you go out to fight, you are in the hands of others. But the opponent's cavalry, if they attack Yuhang, will inevitably suffer a lot of losses, perhaps this is the reason why the Living Yama King does not attack Yuhang. After all, it is definitely a very stupid thing to use cavalry and infantry pairs.
The soldiers and horses of Hangzhou seem to be more willing to be shrunken turtles, which is also a good thing, if the soldiers and horses of Hangzhou are willing to be cannon fodder, it is really a headache.
"Hey...... Living Hades, you are also a good man in the north of Jin, how did you become a girl now? What to shout, if you want to fight, just rush over, Hugh has to be disgusting, Li is waiting for you here, if you have the ability, you can come over......"
Li Zicheng left these words, and then turned around and left the city. Outside the city, Tie Mo crooked his mouth and said disdainfully: "This Li Zicheng is not fooled, hehe, attack Yuhang, if Lao Tzu's men are enough, they still need to play tricks with you?" ”
Zhou Dingshan shrugged his shoulders and turned his face to the side, the superintendent is too whimsical, and Li Zicheng is not stupid, plus is your agitation method too obvious? As long as they are not fools, who will be fooled?
Li Zicheng returned to his residence, and Tiemo consciously lost interest and withdrew with others. But for Li Zicheng, the threat is real, and he must retreat as soon as possible. But the men and horses on Dusong Pass could not withdraw immediately, and the stone village was taken away by the officers and soldiers, and once they evacuated, the officers and soldiers would soon be able to bite it.
Li Yan didn't say a word, thinking about how to solve the dilemma in front of him. Feeling Li Zicheng's gaze, he arched his hand and said: "General, for now, we can only let Brother Lu figure out a way by himself, as a last resort, we can only learn from geckos to break their tails to survive." In the face of the approaching king of the living Hades, if you don't give up something, it is impossible to withdraw from the battle safely. ”
"This ..... Hey, that's all it takes......"
Li Zicheng smiled bitterly, in fact, he regretted it a little in his heart, why did he have to guard the Dusong Pass in the first place? How good is it to give up some of the baggage and flee back to Lin'an? Although it is very unbearable to do this, it will be ridiculed, but it is better than being bitten by the living Hades.
What happened in Yuhang was not a secret, and Li Zicheng's letter was also sent to Lu Weiliang. Lu Weiliang retreated left and right, leaning on the low table alone, with a complicated expression on his face.
Li Zicheng made it clear that if the Dusongguan army wanted to evacuate, it could only rely on itself. Lu Weiliang can't blame Li Zicheng, because the situation is changing too quickly, the living Hades are approaching Yuhang, and Wanqiu Town is taken away by officers and soldiers.
It's just a piece of stinky cow dung, and if you still put a lot of troops into Dusong Pass, it will only turn Dusong Pass into a meat grinding battlefield, which is really not worth it.
Dawn came soon, but the night in Lu Wei's conscience had just fallen. Before the time came, the peasant army in the Dazhai of Dusongguan suddenly gave up its defense and withdrew towards the bottom of the mountain. Because it was a hasty evacuation, it was naturally impossible to leave Dusong Pass in a short time, which led to the fact that when Liu Guoneng's army pounced, there were still some people trapped in the Dusong Pass village and could not be withdrawn.
At the bottom of the mountain, Lu Weiliang put his hands behind his back, clenching them tightly, no one noticed that his hands were trembling slightly, and his palms were already full of sweat. Looking at Dusongguan Dazhai, who had disappeared without a trace, he said with a painful expression: "Set fire!" ”
Just two words, as if he had taken away all his strength, he turned around, not wanting to say another word. He was afraid of the next sentence, and swallowed back what he had just said.
The fire burned without warning. In the area of the Dusongguan hills, there are many plants and trees, the wind is howling in the first month, and in the blink of an eye, the fire spreads, enveloping the entire western hills, and the thick smoke is billowing out, covering half of the sky. From a distance, it seems that dark clouds are avoiding the sun, and bad luck is everywhere.
This fire not only cut off Liu Guoneng's pursuit path, but also cut off the livelihood of some peasant soldiers.
Some of those who fled, were engulfed in fire, while others, in the despair of being abandoned, were either killed or surrendered.
Liu Guoneng wiped the blood-stained steel knife, and a hint of admiration flashed in his eyes, "Lu Weiliang, ruthless and decisive enough, Liu, it's better to do it!" ”