Chapter 241: Life and Death

"Report!"

A lieutenant hurried into the tent.

"A large number of thieves appeared in the east, and the clouds covered the sun......"

All of a sudden, Wang Shi cheered up, bit the corner of his lip lightly, and he couldn't help sneering.

He has figured out the path of the thief army.

The purpose of the constant harassment of the army was to make the army tired, and the next thing should be a fierce battle.

These damn thieves!

Fortunately, he has not been greedy for merit, but has tried his best to deal with the thief army, otherwise, things may have to go to the worst.

"Report ......"

Another lieutenant hastily entered the account: "Liu Qianhu came to report that the thief army attacked our army's grain road......"

Call......

And this time, Wang Shi could no longer be calm, the whole person was trembling, these rebels were simply hateful.

What is the grain road, this is the source of life for the entire army.

That's it......

Wang Shi has always attached great importance to the grain road, so he almost removed the most elite military horses to guard, and released a large number of scouts, once there is an enemy situation, he can immediately warn.

But why...... Why is there an army of thieves in his rear?

His face was pale, he looked at the captain who came to report viciously, and asked through gritted teeth: "Why is Guerrilla Zhang so careless, where did the thief army come from?" ”

"It's Toast Shuidong Toast Liu Yanzhen!"

Wang Shi shuddered.

Shuidong Toast.

Not all the Tusi in Guizhou have joined the rebellion, there are also a lot of Tusi, serving the imperial court, since Wang Shi took office, the first thing is to appease the Tusi, and ordered those who are loyal to the imperial court to lead the troops to help the war, the Tusi of Shuidong, the Sinicization is very deep, and it was changed to the Han surname very early, and he prides himself on being a Han person.

Wang Shi has always been relieved of them, but he never imagined that they rebelled.

At this critical moment, they directly defected, and they ...... and the guerrilla general Zhang Jin, who happens to be in charge, is the grain road.

Wang Shi couldn't believe it.

How could Liu Yanzhen rebel?

How can it be?

Over the years, there have been several Tusi rebellions, and the Shuidong Tusi officials have not hesitated to stand on the side of the imperial court, and they have never had any dissenting intentions, they are the model of Yungui Tusi.

Wang Shi's eyes were red, his face was blue, and he was clutching the case with both hands, once the grain channel was cut off, the thief army was in front of him, how to fight? If there is no food, it is a dead end, and this is going to be completely finished.

Tens of thousands of troops are here, and there are more than 10,000 people who have been requisitioned, are they all going to be buried here by themselves?

Suddenly, Wang Shi was excited, and he remembered one thing, this was two months ago, that Shuidong Tusi official drank with himself.

At that time, everyone was very happy with wine, and Liu Yanzhen, the toast, seemed to be a little drunk, but he suddenly asked himself, I heard that the imperial court was going to change the land and return to the stream, I don't know if the prince has heard of these things.

I didn't care about it at the time, I just smiled and said to him, it's just gossip, how can you take it seriously.

That Liu Yanzhen...... He didn't mention it again.

Don't......

Wang Shi opened his eyes suddenly, Jingshi ...... Such a confidential decision, the news actually leaked, those idiots in the military department!

Changing the land and returning to the stream involves the fundamental interests of the Tusi, so it is not difficult to imagine that even the most loyal to the imperial court, Shuidong Tusi, led the clansmen to fight back.

"The Ministry of War, it must be the Ministry of War!" Wang Shi has heard of this, and deep in his heart, he also agrees with the change of the land and the stream, whether it is loyal to the court of the Tusi, or not loyal to the court of the Tusi, in fact, in his opinion, there is no difference, as long as the arms of these natives are still in the hands of private individuals, the court is in Yungui, and they have to be constrained by these Tusi, and if they want to completely stabilize the southwest, they must change the land and return to the stream.

Wang Shi couldn't help but shudder again.

He is so cautious, step by step, even if he drives the troops here, there is no fault at all, he thought that even if there are natives attacking, what is it, as long as the Ming army guarantees its own battle, any attack by the natives is just an itch in the boots, but he still ......

"Order, the rear team will change to the front team, and the rear team will be the vanguard!" He took a deep breath, but he knew very well that by then, how many people would be able to return to Guiyang City alive, only God would know.

As soon as he thought of this, a heavy sadness blocked his heart, and Qian Yue died of loyalty, and he ...... I think he must be a defeated general, can he still live alone?

Let's bring people back first, as much as you can bring back, and the rest...... More on that later.

"The thieves from the east have attacked."

"Let the deputy chief soldier Deng Tong take the front camp to the rear and tell him that if he is alive, his family will not want to live, and he will never take a step back if he does not fight to the last person!"

Wang Shi issued one order after another, he had no intention of fighting a decisive battle with the rushing thief army, and now the most important thing is to take advantage of the last bit of food in the army, return to Guiyang as soon as possible, if one person can live, one person will live, then this front battalion must be sacrificed, and Deng Tong, the deputy commander-in-chief, must also die in battle.

He gave the order viciously and asked people to prepare.

He hurriedly began to write this letter only halfway through the song, roughly explaining the current dilemma, and finally came to a conclusion: "Guizhou Province, erosion is only today, Guiyang around the villages and states will be lost, the old minister is guilty of death, never dare to live alone in the world, willing to wear the sin, and take the children back to Guiyang first, implore Your Majesty, and then choose a good general, when the time comes, the minister should be thanked for his death." ”

He took a deep breath, calmed down, handed over the song to the guards, let people break out overnight, and ordered.

"Do everything you can to send an order to Guiyang, tell them that if you don't see the army of your own officer, you must not open the city gate, and you must not send a soldier to help our army, Guiyang, it is already the last hope of my Ming Dynasty in Guizhou, and we must not allow any mistakes, even if we are here, all of them are destroyed, Guiyang, we must not send troops to rescue, those who violate my orders, behead!"

Can't send reinforcements, you can only rely on yourself, the rear camp may be wiped out, what you get is only a little chance for the three armies to retreat, you can't go back, you can only die, but Guiyang has to stay, there are still many monks and lay people, once the city is broken, there will be no recovery!

In the end, it was all shouting and killing, and the rebels seemed to expect the official army to retreat with all their might after running out of food.

It's just that they didn't expect that the retreat of the officers and troops was not just a large-scale rout, but a very orderly retreat of the battalions alternately, which made this battle extremely tragic.

The deputy commander with the soldiers and horses was surrounded by the thieves, and almost every few moments, a large number of people died under the bow and arrow, with unwilling howls, mixed with the last nostalgia for this world, and let out a roar of rage.

Deng Tong already understands his fate, and he must hold on until he breathes.

When the governor ordered him to break the throne, he knew that he had no other choice.

He is a veteran of Guizhou, has been stationed in Guizhou, inherited the hereditary military position of thousands of households, and since then, with military merits, he has become where he is today.

But all this came to an abrupt end.

"Fuck it!" Deng Tong was on the mound, looking at the thief army all over the mountain, and spat at the foam.

"Hate only hate, before leaving the city, didn't you stay on Xiao Taohong's belly for a few more cups of tea......" He was heartbroken, pulled out his knife, and shouted loudly.

"Don't be in a hurry to shoot arrows, don't be in a hurry to shoot arrows, these traitorous dogs are close to shoot again, we are not robbing military merits now, and there is no happiness to enjoy if we rob them, today is a dead death, we are here, it is the queen of the palace, it is to gain time, to fight for a little vitality for the army, to Lao Tzu to guard it, if you can't hold it ahead, you will withdraw to the second line, and if you can't hold it again, continue to retreat, don't rush to send your life out."

Then, he seemed to feel unwilling again: "Damn, Wang Shi and I X your ancestors, why is Lao Tzu the queen of the palace!" ”

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The captain who gave the order hurried to Wang Shi, who was preparing to retreat.

"Report, the prince, Deputy General Deng is already determined to fight to the death, and he will definitely protect the safety of the army and try his best to gain time......

Wang Shi nodded heavily, and then a pair of eyes fell on the captain, and said lightly: "After telling him, will the old man ask for credit for him?" ”

"Got it!" The shouting was loud and noisy, and the captain yelled, "He said don't forget ......"

"Forgot something?" Facing a deputy commander-in-chief who was about to die in battle, although it was the last moment, Wang Shi still wanted to carefully write down the last instructions of this deputy commander-in-chief, so he stared at the captain and asked word by word.

"He said that when he was dying, he could recite poetry...... "The captain yelled hysterically: "He said that the soldiers around him would not be able to run away even if they were afraid, and they were afraid that this poem would not be able to be transmitted, so he had to ask the prince to play it on his behalf." ”

"What!" Wang Shi felt crazy, and his brows couldn't help frowning, what? At this time, you are still in the mood for poetry.

"Loyalty runs through the day, and he is straight to rely on Canghao...... The deputy commander-in-chief told me a thousand times, don't forget this, he will definitely read it when he dies in battle......"

“……”

"Withdraw!" Wang Shi turned over and got on the horse, this poem is somewhat familiar, it seems to be ...... I heard about it in an epitaph somewhere.

But now...... There is no room for him to think about it anymore, retreat is the most important thing at this time, and the rest can be ignored for now. Wang Shi took a deep breath, looked back, and looked at the countless military horses, which were already fighting together, and the surrounding area, the mighty Chinese army, had also been pulled out, and countless dejected military horses were flowing in the direction of Guiyang, slowly moving forward.

Wang Shi looked up at the sky, his heart ached at the moment, he couldn't help but close his eyes, it was really a hundred secrets, and he was ......... I should have thought that the damn military department must be unreliable, so cautious, but still...... Negligent......

It's just this negligence, but it is thousands of lives, thinking of this, he felt that he couldn't breathe, opened his eyes suddenly, looked at the place of the scuffle again, and finally gritted his teeth fiercely: "Go!" ”

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