Chapter 335: Deserted and Fleeing

Mu Chong cried alone in the woods for a long time, and then stood up and used his long sword to cut off the head of Gong Buban and tie it to the horse, then picked up the spear and went straight to the battlefield where a new round of war was about to start......

After receiving Luo Wensu's message, Mao Gui did not hesitate to dispatch 30,000 reinforcements, divided into several groups and went to the Yuan army camp where Timur and Lao Zhang were stationed.

The news of Gongbuban's defeat soon spread to the Yuan soldiers' camp through the mouths of the deserters who were lucky to survive, and Timur and Lao Zhang were shocked.

"What do you say? 30,000 elite pioneers wiped out? How can it be! Hasn't Gong Buban already defeated the red turban thieves? How could it suddenly be wiped out! ”

Timur's drunkenness was suddenly gone, and he was shocked into a cold sweat.

"Marshal, don't you panic...... Lao Zhang is a Privy Councillor after all, and he is more experienced, so he wants to persuade Timur to calm down first.

"Fart!" Timur also swept all the objects on the table to the ground with a wave of his robe, and said angrily: "Even Gongbuban has been defeated, who of you can defeat this group of thieves who are not afraid of death?" ”

Lao Zhang frowned slightly, then shut up and stopped persuading, he knew better than anyone else the political purpose behind this war.

If Gong Buban defeats the good thing that everyone is happy about, even if Gong Buban fails, it will not be his turn to bear the blame and Timur first, so Lao Zhang simply kept his mouth shut, and let Timur mess around first, anyway, there is his brother in the capital, and there is no need to meddle in his affairs and cause unnecessary trouble.

"Retreat! Fall back! Pass my commander's order, and the whole army will retreat for thirty miles! Timur also panicked and gave the order to retreat.

In this way, the officers and men in the army naturally knew the news of the defeat of Gongbuban, and everyone was in danger for a while.

It took a lot of time to set up the camp and retreat, and the 70,000-strong army was in such a hurry.

Before the Yuan soldiers began to retreat in an orderly manner, the main force of the Red Turban Army led by Liu Futong had already arrived quickly, and began a surprise attack on the Yuan soldiers' camp amid the sound of drums and shouts of killing.

"Marshal first! Big things are wrong! The Red Turban Thieves have already entered! ”

The guards outside Timur's account rushed in to report the news, so that Timur was even more panicked: "Then why are you still stunned?" Retreat! Fall back! ”

One of the leading soldiers in the account, Wan Hu, bit his lip and persuaded: "Marshal, the 70,000 main force of our army has not been damaged at all, and it is not impossible to fight with the red turban thief!" ”

"Nonsense!" Timur also picked up the wine cup and smashed it at him, "Are you as good as Gong Buban?" Even if he is defeated, can you bares win the battle! ”

Wan Hu's head was suddenly smashed with a blood mark, but he still insisted: "The last general is not talented, and he is willing to fight with the thief!" ”

Timur was furious when he heard this, and was about to order the execution of this person, but Lao Zhang preemptively suggested: "Marshal, why don't you just leave the queen behind?" ”

Timur also snorted coldly: "Since you want to stay and die, I will fulfill you!" ”

"Thank you, Marshal!" Wanhu bowed down to salute, and it was not until Timur left with Lao Zhang that he got up and went out of the tent to command his subordinates to fight.

Although Timur promised to stay behind his palace, he only left 5,000 men and horses to resist the Red Turban Army, and he and Lao Zhang led the rest of the men and horses to flee to the north in a hurry.

Liu Futong thought that this battle would be a battle to the death, but he didn't expect that the Yuan soldiers would directly start retreating, and he was surprised and immediately ordered the whole army to charge and fight separately, just to kill and injure the Yuan soldiers to the greatest extent.

The Yuan soldiers of the palace were quite brave in battle, and for a time they barely stopped the frontal impact of the Red Turban Army, and bought some time for Timur to retreat.

It's a pity that the good times didn't last long, and the little morale left by the Yuan soldiers disappeared after Mu Chong arrived.

"The head of the Gong Bu class is here, and you still don't want to surrender?"

Gong Buban was very prestigious among the Yuan soldiers, and after successive victories, he was called by the militants as the "God of War", and at this moment the Yuan soldiers saw that his head was picked by Mu Chong at the tip of the spear, and almost turned his head and fled, and no longer dared to fight head-on.

"Death to the erector!" Wan Hu, who was loyal to the Yuan court, was furious, and held a mountain-opening axe to slash at Mu Chong.

Mu Chong had just avenged his family's revenge, and he was worried that there was no place to show his murderous aura, so he immediately threw the head of Gong Buban away and raised his gun to meet him.

Where can the Yuan soldiers and Wanhu fight Mu Chong, and after only a few rounds, he was hit on the ribs by the iron gun in Mu Chong's hand, and the whole person fell off the horse.

Mu Chong admired this person's bloodiness more, and deliberately spared his life, so he only stopped stabbing him at the jaw with the tip of the gun, and said in a deep voice: "Yuan Court has no way, why should he die?" ”

Wan Hu took a sip and scolded angrily: "The rebellious ministers and thieves are also worthy of insulting my Dayuan!" With that, he sat up and took the initiative to meet the tip of the gun with his throat, and died with his will.

Mu Chong frowned, he didn't expect that there were such loyal people hidden among the Yuan soldiers.

As soon as Wanhu died, the Yuan soldiers behind the palace were scattered on the spot, and the Red Turban Army took advantage of the situation to attack fiercely, and soon captured the Yuan soldiers' camp, seizing countless weapons, grain and grass.

"Keep chasing! Don't let go of Timur first! Liu Futong was bent on expanding the results of the battle, and he was unwilling to let go of this piece of fat to his mouth.

The Red Turban Army pursued desperately behind, and the Yuan soldiers fled desperately in front of the head, so that it caused a comical scene of more than 20,000 rabble chasing more than 60,000 regular troops.

Timur and Lao Zhang also fled under heavy protection, for fear of being recognized by the pursuing Red Turban Army, but they did not notice that there were countless crossbowmen in ambush in the mountains and forests not far away.

Mao Gui was originally a bandit, and he was best at ambushing the army that ambushed the Yuan court, and after hearing the news of Liu Futong's victory, he decisively changed his strategy and divided the 30,000 reinforcements brought from Xuzhou into several batches to intercept the retreat of the Yuan soldiers.

I have to say that Mao Gui's judgment is extremely accurate, the dignified 70,000 imperial army really did not dare to resist head-on, and did not send scouts to explore the way when retreating.

Yuan Bing thought that after escaping into the mountains and forests, he could block the attack of the Red Turban Army, but he didn't know that he had just entered the wolf's den after the tiger's mouth, and after Mao Gui's order, the red scarves that suddenly rose in the mountains and forests were like falling from the sky, building layer after layer of barriers.

Under the front and back attacks, the Yuan soldiers had to stop and fight, and one after another Wanhu and Qianhu were forced to order the palace by Timur, and the Yuan soldiers also suffered heavy casualties.

By the time Timur and Lao Zhang escaped, there were less than 10,000 soldiers behind them, and it was unheard of that the 70,000-strong army with complete regulations had been scattered in a retreat.