Chapter 420: Once the strong man is gone, he will not return!
As soon as Chang Pingchang's words came out, it immediately caused many people to frown, because if you think about it carefully, there is really such a possibility, and it is extremely likely!
And once this happens. The consequences are terrible!
Tens of thousands of people have to enter the city through the small city gate, no matter how fast they are, and the whole process takes time.
And if you enter the city, you will have to walk for several miles on your side, and this formation will not be able to maintain the current tight formation, and when the time comes, more than 2,000 pseudo-Tang thieves will rush over from the flank and rear positions, and the scene will be extremely tragic if you imagine it.
No, we must not let these pseudo-Tang thieves go around to their flank and rear positions!
At this time, many senior generals of the Ming army came up with this idea!
Zhu Zhihai also frowned slightly, Nima, these pseudo-Tang thief armies are really difficult to deal with, there are only more than 2,000 pseudo-Tang thief armies, just let yourself have such a headache, if more pseudo-Tang thief armies come, wouldn't it be more troublesome at that time.
He knew that the number of the puppet Tang thief army had expanded to more than 10,000 people!
According to the news reported by the remnants of the Ming army on the North Road, the puppet Tang thief army had twenty or thirty kilograms of heavy artillery, at least 100 artillery pieces ranging from hundreds of kilograms, at least 5,000 firecrackers, and 1,000 elite cavalry, with a total strength of more than 15,000 people.
Although Zhu Zhihai can also guess that the fiasco of the Ming army on the North Road will deliberately exaggerate the number of pseudo-Tang thief troops in order to cover up his defeat.
But even if this number is reduced, it is still very likely that the total strength of the puppet Tang thief army will reach 10,000 people, and as for the sharpness of firearms, this is something he has known for a long time.
But he couldn't understand how these pseudo-Tang thief armies conjured up thousands of elite cavalry, and they were able to cooperate with their infantry to defeat the more than 1,000 cavalry of the Ming army on the North Road.
You must know that even in the Ming army of the West Road led by him personally, there are not thousands of elite horsemen!
There are more than 38,000 people in the entire Ming army on the West Road, and only his Fubiao has 500 elite cavalry, and the other guards will have some cavalry more or less, but there are dozens or more than 100, but these cavalry can only be said to be mounted infantry, and it is okay to act as scouts, but let them fight on horseback, they will definitely be beaten into slag by professional cavalry.
Just like the Ming army on the North Road gathered all the horsemen on horseback, although they pieced together more than a thousand horsemen, they were not the same and suffered a crushing defeat.
Could it be that the thousands of cavalry in the puppet Tang thief army were also put together in this way?
But if it was a patchwork of mounted infantry, how did they defeat the more than 1,500 cavalry of the Ming army on the northern route in the cavalry charge?
He doesn't understand this!
In fact, Zhu Zhihai still underestimated the courage of the Ming army on the North Road to exaggerate the enemy's strength, and the cavalry of the Datang New Army who participated in the battle at that time was only 300, and they were forced to say that they were thousands of elite cavalry.
Therefore, even if Zhu Zhihai is smaller, it is estimated that the pseudo-Tang thief army will have five hundred or even eight hundred elite horses, which is no less than the number of his own elite horses.
If you encounter the main force of the pseudo-Tang thief army at this time, I am afraid that it will be difficult to fight, and you must enter the city as soon as possible!
Zhu Zhihai's head turned around with many thoughts, and finally said: "The main force is ready to enter the city, and another department will be sent to contain them."
Contain? After the break?
As soon as they heard these two words, many of the Ming army generals who were low looked nervous!
The main force enters the city, that must be a good thing, but who stays to contain the puppet Tang thief army and cut off the army?
This containment and breaking often means letting others go and leaving them to die!
Moreover, the puppet Tang thief army is so strong, Chang Pingchang took 5,000 people to attack just now, and in the end they were all defeated and returned, with no less than 400 casualties before and after.
After this is left behind, it is a task of nine deaths and nine lives, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is sent to death!
Everyone present naturally didn't want to die!
So they lowered their heads very consciously one by one, even the stupid commander who said just now that he was going to lead his headquarters to pursue the puppet Tang thief army avoided Zhu Zhihai's gaze.
Seeing that they shifted their eyes one by one, and did not take the initiative to ask for war like before, Zhu Zhihai's expression wrinkled slightly.
These slippery heads, when they have a chance to make credit, are all rushing to ask for battle, and now they are going to let them fight a tough battle, so they all become shrinking turtles!
The dynasty has raised troops for a hundred years, and it has raised such a group of waste, this group of cowardly and fearful of the enemy, and the official wants to participate in them ruthlessly.
Zhu Zhihai now wants to scold, and even wants to shout: I will be pulled down and cut by this official!
But reason told him that he couldn't do anything, and this battle had to rely on these rude warriors who didn't take the overall situation into account at all and sacrificed their ego's consciousness!
He took a deep breath and silently said in his heart: Don't give these martial artists general knowledge, anyway, they will either die on the battlefield next, or they will die at the hands of this official! Sooner or later, they will be dead people, and you don't need to be like them!
After taking a few deep breaths in a row, Zhu Zhihai endured the anger in his heart, and then looked left and right, ready to choose a few suitable candidates to serve as the queen of the break.
Chang Pyeongchang? No, it's not that he can't do it, in fact, this person still has the ability, although he failed to defeat the position of the puppet Tang thief army just now, but he can be regarded as preserving most of the troops and withdrawing.
And it can be regarded as daring to fight and kill, and the war behind still needs to use such a stunned Qing, and he can't let him die in vain under the pseudo-Tang thief army.
When he thought about it, he was actually taking those broken soldiers as sacrifices!
The people present are not stupid, even if they have no military talent, but they all know that after this break, they will be sent to death, and they will take the initiative to ask for war.
When Zhu Zhihai's eyes came, they all lowered their heads.
However, Zhu Zhihai has already made up his mind to pay attention, after he chooses someone to decide, whoever dares to disobey the order and disrespect will immediately pull it out and cut it.
He is a dignified governor and a feudal official, and cutting a general is like killing a chicken, there is no difficulty at all, and there will be no psychological barriers.
After inspecting the circle, he finally set his eyes on a middle-aged commander, and the man saw that Zhu Zhihai's gaze fell on him, and he didn't leave for a long time, and his legs and feet immediately became a little weak.
And when he heard: "Lord Fang, after you lead the troops and horses of the headquarters, this official will give you another three thousand young people!" ”
Zhu Zhihai chose this person, the reason is relatively simple, this person is the commander of Xinglongwei, and the more than 1,000 guards led by him are all scum, and his combat effectiveness is worrying, and he will not feel a pity if he sacrifices.
As for the three thousand young men who were assigned to him, they would not let everyone die even more, so he Zhu Zhihai frowned. When the commander of Xinglongwei heard this, his legs, which were already a little weak, could no longer support the weight of his body, and he fell to the ground with a direct shake, and said in his mouth: "My lord, my lord, the subordinates are all old and young and weak, and they are absolutely unable to bear such a heavy responsibility!" ”
Nonsense, it's because your troops are all old and young that you can be cannon fodder!
This reason is not good!
So Zhu Zhihai didn't speak, just looked at him like this!
And this Xinglongwei commander saw that Zhu Zhihai didn't speak, but directly changed from lying on his stomach to kneeling on the ground, and then shouted in his mouth: "My lord, it's not that the lower officials don't dare to go, but it's really powerless!" ”
Hearing that this person continued to quibble, Zhu Zhihai immediately said: "Bold, dare to disobey orders!" Left and right, pull him down and cut him down! ”
As soon as these words came out, Zhu Zhihai's personal soldiers immediately stepped forward quickly, and then took off the helmet of the commander of the Xinglongwei and dragged him out!
The commander of the Xinglongwei kept struggling: "My lord, spare your life, my lord, there is still a family in the lower ranks, and you can't die!" ”
"My lord, spare your life."
"Adult, the small one is willing to lead the army to go, and please give the small one a chance, and the small one is willing to go!"
Zhu Zhihai said slightly at this time: "It's late!" ”
Zhu Zhihai's personal soldiers continued to drag the Xinglongwei commander out, and after the man was dragged out, he continued to shout, not enough was no longer begging for mercy, but turned into nonsense:
"The surname Sun, even if Lao Tzu dies, he will become a ghost!"
"Lao Tzu is a hereditary guard commander, who has served the imperial court for generations, and has killed countless enemies, you dare to kill me!"
"I'm an official of the imperial court, you can't kill me......"
"Lao Tzu ......"
The last sentence was not shouted, because at that time, Zhu Zhihai's personal soldiers had already cut off his head cleanly!
Then walk into the tent with a bloody head!
When many generals saw this head that was still oozing warm blood, they didn't dare to speak, and the timid ones were even weaker in their legs and their faces turned pale.
God, most of them have not seen the heads of their colleagues so closely after they have been in the military for so long.
They had heard of this kind of thing countless times, but they never thought it would happen in front of their eyes!
At this time, Zhu Zhihai set his eyes on another elderly general: "Lord Shen, you are the commander of Xinglongwei, but you are willing to lead the headquarters to break off, and the official will send an additional 4,000 young people!" ”
This old Xinglongwei commander is almost sixty years old, and this age can be regarded as real old age in ancient times.
Otherwise, I wouldn't have said anything about the year of the sixtieth year!
At this time, this person obviously has not recovered from the shock that his top boss was slashed by Zhu Zhihai, and now when he heard Zhu Zhihai say this, he was slightly stunned at first, and then dry, and his wrinkled face instantly became bloodless.
After swallowing his saliva, he wanted to speak several times, but he didn't say it, and finally gritted his teeth, and then came out and said: "The lower official obeys the order!" ”
Can you say no?
If you don't want to, you will be the same as his top boss, and Zhu Zhihai will be directly cut by Zhu Zhihai!
Even if it is dangerous and the casualties will be very heavy, it is difficult to say whether he will die or not, and it is okay to escape first when the time comes.
But if you refuse now, you'll die immediately!
In the face of Zhu Zhihai's oppression, he had no choice but to agree to come down!
When he walked out of the tent, his figure looked a little lonely, and the other Ming generals behind him saw it, and they all had a sad mood of a rabbit and a fox.
Looking at his back, a middle-aged scribe staff member standing behind Zhu Zhihai also sighed lightly, if someone who is familiar with the officialdom of Xingquan Mansion is here, he will definitely recognize that this scribe is the previous Song Zhiwen's confidant master: Wu Nuanzhi.
At this time, he muttered in a voice that only he could hear: The wind is sluggish, the water is cold, and the strong man is gone, and he will not return!