According to common sense, the local county order, the prefect of a landlord is a herdsman on behalf of the Son of Heaven, and has the responsibility of guarding the land and the people, so in the history books, it can be seen that many generals can still live a very nourishing life after abandoning the city and fleeing, and even rely on the army under their hands to make the court extremely jealous, and then promote officials to make a fortune and even rebel.

However, it is rare to see local civil officials flee by themselves when the enemy army is attacking the city, and they can still live and nourish themselves.

Many civil officials chose to commit suicide rather than run away when the city was broken, not because he was afraid of death, nor because of how loyal he was to the dynasty, but because of the preservation of the family, and also because of the public opinion caused by the universal values of the time.

When the city is broken, he committed suicide, that is, he was martyred for His Majesty's loyalty, a great loyal minister!

But if you escape, then I'm sorry, and when you turn around, the court will cut off your head and put your wife and daughter into the sect.

That is to say, if local officials such as Xu County want to give up Zhengtai County, then they need to bear the responsibility from the imperial court, and this kind of accountability will be lost at the least, and even the family will be killed.

This is also why after Xu Xiancheng and the others were silent for most of the day, no one dared to say an important reason for escaping, not because they were afraid that others present would oppose it, but because they were afraid that the court would be held accountable.

But now, someone has pointed out another way for them, that is, to go to Fucheng and ask for help!

On the surface, this method doesn't seem to be anything, after all, everyone is not stupid, you say that you go to move the rescuers is to move the rescuers? I'll click you back like that.

But at this moment, the situation in Zhengtai County is a little different, under normal circumstances, it should be Su Jiakang, the county commander, who is sitting in Zhengtai County, but at this moment Su Jiakang is not there, he is not only not there, but also took away more than half of the main defensive forces in the city.

In other words, it is not Xu County that is causing the current crisis in Zhengtai County, but Su Jiakang.

A more critical point is that the county order of Zhengtai County is Su Jiakang, he is the number one, if Zhengtai County is breached, he is the biggest person responsible, and the court will definitely chase him to the head if he wants to be held accountable.

And he, Xu Xiancheng, is just a second-in-command, and the others are even less worth mentioning.

Now in this case, because of Su Jiakang's unauthorized action, he took away the troops defending the city, which led to the destruction of Zhengtai County, but he Xu County Cheng was not afraid of danger, and after the county was captured by the thief army, he decisively went to Fucheng to move troops, and then recovered Zhengtai County, and by the way, exterminated those hateful pseudo-Tang thief army.

Who would dare to say that he is not?

Maybe the court will reward him greatly!

As for whether he ran after the city broke or before the city broke, who cares!

Therefore, Xu Xiancheng thought about it for a while, and finally nodded: "Now that the situation is critical, we must ask Fucheng for reinforcements as soon as possible!" ”

As soon as Xu Xiancheng's words came out, everyone else said: "My lord is wise!" ”

"With adults here, it is really a blessing for tens of thousands of people in Zhengtai!"

After everyone boasted, they quickly dispersed, and they were going to immediately take the family to 'Fucheng to ask for troops'.

And Xu Xiancheng is the first to take the lead, his family is not in Zhengtai County, but in his hometown, to put it bluntly, he is a naked official, so after deciding to go to Fucheng to ask for soldiers, he quickly gathered his personal entourage and more than 50 guards and soldiers ran directly through the street, and then went out of the city from the east gate, and ran away.

At the same time, Li Xuan and the others outside the city are also continuing to retreat, these more than 500 people, and they are also carrying a large army with many baggage, and more importantly, they are still in a siege formation just now, and it is not so easy to adjust it for a while.

You can't say retreat, the big guy just turned around and ran away, that's not called retreat, then collapse!

The retreat is organized and requires alternate cover, and the units also need to maintain complete organization and formation.

When the new army of the Tang Dynasty organized a retreat, the cavalry team led by Cao Mingda was already rushing backwards and in the northwest direction, and his cavalry team was already completely used as a reconnaissance cavalry at this time, and it was necessary to investigate the details of the Ming army in the rear, and also to find out whether there was an ambush of the Ming army in the northwest.

Lest you run into the ambush of the Ming army at that time, and you will die a miserable death.

Time passed bit by bit, and it didn't take long for Cao Mingda to suddenly ride his horse and gallop in front of Li Xuan: "Your Majesty, there are a lot of Ming troops found in the northwest!" ”

"Ming Army? How many? After Li Xuan heard the news, his face became even more gloomy, this Ming army not only appeared behind him, but also appeared in the northwest direction, by the way, could it be that they were all roundworms in their stomachs, knowing that they planned to retreat to the northwest?

Cao Mingda said: "There are at least three hundred, less than three miles away from us!" ”

At this time, not only Li Xuan, Fang Dongquan, Wang Danxu and their faces also became gloomy, it's over, this is surrounded by the Ming army, and it is also a typical siege of Sanque Yi, this northeast direction is Zhengtai County, the southwest direction is the main force of the Ming army led by Su Jiakang, and there are also three hundred Ming troops in the northwest direction.

As for the east, that is the direction of going to Fucheng, even if you escape, you can't escape to the hinterland of the Ming army in the direction of Fucheng if you kill Li Xuan, that is looking for death.

Li Xuan looked around, then turned his gaze on Zeng Ziwen and said, "If our whole army attacks, can we break through the blockade of the three hundred enemies in the northwest?" Can you break through the encirclement of the Ming army before the Ming army in the rear catches up? ”

Zeng Ziwen said: "With the combat strength of our army, especially the combat power of our musket team, it is not a big problem for the three hundred Ming army, but it takes time to arrange the troops, and I am afraid that it will not be able to take it for a while!" ”

Fighting, there must be no problem, and the odds of winning are not small, but the problem is that the Ming army is not stupid, and it will not be separated from you at the same time.

After Li Xuan heard this, his eyebrows furrowed even tighter: This time I am afraid that it will be planted under the county town of Zhengtai County, but it is a pity that my great cause of the Tang Dynasty has not yet been officially launched, and it has only been more than a year since I came to this era, but now I am afraid that it will be over.

Li Xuan's face was not good-looking, and Fang Dongquan and the others all had gloomy faces, they also knew the danger of being surrounded.

And at this time, Cai Erhu, who has always been inconspicuous among the crowd and rarely even expresses his opinions in military decision-making, suddenly showed a trace of doubt, and then pointed to Zhengtai County, which is not far away: "Look, what's going on with them?" Are they going to fight out of the city? ”

With his prompt, Fang Dongquan and the others also set their sights on Zhengtai County!

I don't know when, there is no one on the head of the city of Zhengtai County, but this is not important, the important thing is that the road was once broken by Cao Mingda and them, but then the city gate that was re-closed by the Ming army was slowly opened again!

Li Xuan frowned and squinted his eyes and said secretly: "Could it be that the Ming army in the city is going to attack, intending to attack Su Jiakang in the rear before and after?" If that's the case, it's heaven and I! ”

At this time, another scout cavalry quickly arrived in front of Li Xuan and said: "Report, the two hundred puppet Ming forwards in the rear are less than three miles away from our army, and they are expected to arrive in a moment!" ”

"Your Majesty, we can't wait any longer, we must leave immediately, those grains and grasses will be lost if they are lost, and the green mountains will not be left without firewood!" Qian Mengjiu on the side said with an anxious face!

Zeng Ziwen also said: "Now that the situation is urgent, we really can't wait any longer!" ”

At this time, Li Xuan looked at the city gate that was slowly opening, although there was not a single Ming army there yet, but maybe it wouldn't be long before hundreds of Ming troops would swarm out there!

He took a deep breath and nodded slightly to the captain of the guard beside him, as he slowly drew the decorative saber at his waist.

The long sword in his hand was held in his hand, and the cold light on it made the people around him see it clearly!

After the captain of the guard team beside him saw Li Xuan's movements, his face also became cautious, and then he waved his hand, and suddenly more than a dozen guards in the guard team turned over and mounted their horses, and surrounded Li Xuan in the middle.

One by one, these personal guards also pulled out their long knives, revealing a solemn expression!

Even if Li Xuan didn't speak, the guards of the guard team didn't speak, but Fang Dongquan and the others could see that their emperor was going to personally lead the guards into battle to fight.

Or it's not right to fight, it's supposed to be an escape!

Because when Li Xuan needs to go into battle in person, it can only be the most critical breakthrough, because the breakthrough is to escape in other words.

How can you run away if you don't go into battle in person? Could it be that he stupidly stayed in the encirclement and let his subordinates break through and run instead of him?

At this time, Butcher Chen also said to the soldiers beside him: "Bring my knife!" Then he said to the soldiers of the heavily armored sword and shield team under his command: "Brothers, put on armor!" ”

After saying that, he turned to Li Xuan and said, "The minister is willing to open the way for Your Majesty!" ”

Li Xuan didn't speak, but nodded slightly, and Butcher Chen immediately strode out, walked to the front of the heavy armor sword and shield team and held his pig-killing knife high: "Brothers, the time for a bloody battle has come, wait for the one who kills his mother fiercely, and kills a bloody path for His Majesty!" ”

Wang Danxu and Fang Dongquan on the side and several of their generals also turned over their horses at this time, and then led their respective teams to prepare to break through.

The movements of the Datang New Army outside the city are quite fast, especially after abandoning all the baggage such as grain and grass, they can completely break through with light equipment and will not be dragged down by the baggage.

At this time, the thick gate of Zhengtai County was finally completely opened, Li Xuan turned his head to look at the gate of Zhengtai County in time, and the next moment he saw that his mouth was slightly wide open, and many expressions flashed on his face continuously.

Soon he said a few words to the herald beside him, and then he raised his sword in his hand and shouted, "Kill!" ”