Chapter 658: Hot Pursuit
There is a big river at the border of Gaoyi and Yuanshi County, Zhang Nai's department camped here, when it was just dark, the officers and soldiers who were unhurried behind the buttocks and followed for an afternoon suddenly moved, and retreated more than ten miles with one blow, although Liu Guochang's department was not seriously damaged, but it had a great impact on the morale of the army, and now the whole army was panicked, and the long night knew when the officers and soldiers would suddenly kill again.
In order to calm the hearts of the army, Zhang Nai ordered Liu Guochang to drive the displaced people to block the guns on the periphery and cast a large number of spies to keep an eye on the movements of the officers and soldiers, but it was reported that the officers and soldiers were closer to the horses, and the two sides had fought more than ten times within five miles.
Zhang Nai sneered and decided that the officers and soldiers were tired and could not chase quickly, so he attacked and planned to disrupt the morale of his army, so he took advantage of his inability to pursue when he was unable to hold back the officers and soldiers to buy time for the main force to break through, so he summoned Gu Kecheng, Wang Genzi, Wu Ruyi, and Liu Guochang to discuss the intention of building a defense line here to drag the officers and soldiers.
The thieves were discussing the room, probing the horses and reporting urgently, and a large number of officers and soldiers were found to be more than ten miles away from the northwest, and tens of thousands of people were estimated, and the thieves were shocked, and Liu Guochang even called Li Yan to come.
Gaoyi County borders Zhaozhou in the northeast, the two cities are only eighty miles apart, and the thief camp is only fifty or sixty miles.
Previously, it was reported that Li Yan's vanguard was only a few thousand, and the main force was unknown in the last dozens of miles, but at this time, it was reported that there were tens of thousands of people, Zhang Nai sneered: "The bullshit is affectionate and righteous, this guy didn't stop because the troops were insufficient, and the reason why he didn't chase was because the soldiers were tired and tired."
There are nearly 10,000 cavalry more than ten miles away due north, and tens of thousands of horses in the northeast are chasing Li Yan in one fell swoop, and even if they run away, they are extremely embarrassed, Zhang Nai and Gu Kecheng and others feel that instead of being besieged by it, it is better to take the initiative to divide troops to attack, and the officers and soldiers in the north are staring closely at the back There are still large groups of men and horses, and he can't move, but Li Yan comes from the northeast, and he can take advantage of his strength to stab him after a long journey.
After the agreement, Wang Genzi and Wu Ruyi led thousands of cavalry to the east, wanting to go around Li Yan's body and worship Guanyin ** flower, wait for it to go away, the night is dark, Zhang Nai has no sleepiness and Gu Kecheng patrol the camp to the northernmost distance and look at the rare lights in the distance, and their hearts are very angry: the righteous army has always been good at fighting, is the ancestor of the field, and has relied on this tactic countless times to escape from death to lay the foundation for more than ten years, but since the little eunuch showed his face, the battle will be lost, and whoever can hold it back, but there is no way, and you can't beat you. Lao Tzu also depends on whether Li Yan, the thief who eats inside and out, can escape the catastrophe.
There was tension ahead, but Chang Yu was very comfortable in the camp outside Luancheng, although he was slapped hard by Li Zicheng before, which made his face swept away and he was angry, but with his mind, he quickly calmed down, and slowly adjusted his state to return to the same state.
The army fought day after day, the state was exhausted and useless, Chang Yu did not think it was too slow to pursue, and camped outside Luancheng as soon as it was dark, and ordered to make a fire to make food, eat and drink enough to rest, and he took his generals into the city to climb high and look far away.
The night breeze is blowing, lukewarm and blowing particularly comfortable, Chang Yu looked at the starry sky and his mind had already drifted to another time and space, in history, Li Zicheng was defeated in Shanhaiguan, and hurriedly led his troops to flee the capital, all the way south to the Qing soldiers in the back of the chase, and successively in Baoding, Dingzhou defeated the thief army, and then chased to Zhendingfu The two armies fought several battles and had their own victories and defeats, Li Zicheng suspected of killing Li Yan and then fought and retreated from Guguanxi to enter Shanxi, and then the sun waned in the western mountains......
And now the trajectory of history has changed slightly, the thief army did not attack the capital, but it is also fleeing south, and there are also chasing soldiers behind, not the Qing army but the officers and soldiers, also defeated in Baoding, and fought several battles in Zhending Mansion, but Li Yan was not killed, and the thief did not flee by the west road, but was forced by Chang Yu to drill into his pocket, and the road home was long and difficult......
After hearing the news that Cheng Ming stabbed the thief army with lightning speed, he immediately retreated, Li Muxian said: "The wind is loud, the grass and trees are all soldiers, don't want to sleep well."
Chang Yu smiled faintly: "In the harvest season, slowly taste the joy of harvest."
"Overseer, aren't you afraid that we have been busy watering and fertilizing for a long time, but the peaches have been stolen by the monkey?" Li Muxian said hehehe, everyone knew that he was implicitly referring to it.
Chang Yu sneered: "The good thing of pies in the world has never been seen in Bendu, not to mention that he is not a monkey, he is just a dog, and dogs only deserve to eat!" ”
Everyone laughed.
Besides, Liu Zeqing woke up in Zhaozhou City and it was dark, and asked the soldiers to learn that the general Yuan Zhongxing had led the main force to rest outside the city, Liu Zeqing hurriedly went to the camp to inspect and mobilize his soldiers to chase the thief.
The iron should be struck while it was hot, Liu Zeqing immediately sent troops to chase the thief, and he didn't even say hello to Li Yan.
At this time, Li Yan looked far away from the city, and gradually disappeared into the night, Tian Xiong looked worried: "General Li, you and Lord Overseer and General Huang have been traveling thousands of miles to kill the enemy for several days, don't the last benefits have been taken away by this guy."
Li Yan snorted and laughed: "Are you really so good at fighting water dogs?" How can there be such a good thing in the world" Tian Xiong frowned and stared: "There are interceptions in front and chasing soldiers in the back, he took advantage of the thieves' embarrassment to encircle and suppress, of course, it gets twice the result with half the effort, this is not a great thing."
Li Yan glanced at him: "You should have heard a saying that the dog jumps off the wall in a hurry."
Tian Xiong sighed, when the dog is in a hurry, it is the most ferocious, and it can give full play to its greatest potential.
Liu Zeqing is an old fritter in the speculative drilling camp, and now the friendly troops are tired and know that their opportunity to make merit has come, and it may be an unimaginable feat, such as capturing and killing thieves, such as cutting off the food and salary of the thief army......
Of course, this old fritter also knows that rewards and risks coexist, and he did not dare to be careless when chasing the enemy in the middle of the night, and he learned that there were friendly cavalry members who were biting the tail of the thief army dozens of miles to the west, and his heart was slightly relaxed, and he ordered to go quickly, thinking of a flank attack from the northeast or a half outflanking a big vote.
In the middle of the night, after traveling dozens of miles, the soldiers and horses were slightly tired, Liu Zeqing ordered to rest on the spot, and reported that the friendly army and the thief army in the west had a big battle, and the thief retreated after breaking more than ten miles.
Liu Zeqing was a little envious and a little disdainful, and said in his heart that the friendly army was not strong enough, and the combat strength was exhausted for days, if it was his own men, he might have been defeated in one fell swoop.
But at this time, the horse probe reported that more than ten miles ahead of the thief army was secretly spied, and the two sides had casualties in a fight, which means that their team had been exposed to the thief army.
What about exposure, although Liu Zeqing is more cautious, but at this time, when he thinks that there are cavalry in the west to distract the attention and strength of the thief army, and the army of the little eunuch is not in a hurry to follow behind, what is there to fear, Lao Tzu just let you watch me beat you!
The soldiers under Liu Zeqing's command were full of chicken blood to be promoted and make a fortune, and after resting for a stick of incense, they pulled out the camp to chase the enemy, wanting to catch up with them in one breath and chop them with a knife.
Chicken blood has a miraculous effect, in the past twenty miles of marching for at least two hours, but now it is only more than an hour, the front is urgent, and it is only more than ten miles away from the camp of the thief army, and the thief army has taken precautions.