Chapter Eighty-Six: He Tengjiao's Choice

South of Zhangshu Town. The Ming army was dispatched, and the men and horses of each department marched south in turn. Thousands of cavalry pressed in the rear.

The cavalry general who pressed the formation was none other than Li Guo.

On that day, after Li Guo escaped, he wanted to defect to Changsha City, but before he came to the vicinity of Changsha City, he had already heard that Zhang Xuanbing was coming to the city. Li Guo has become a frightened bird at this moment, even if Li Guo still has some courage. But Li Guo's subordinates have no courage at all.

When they heard Zhang Xuan's name, their hearts jumped.

I didn't want to go to Changsha to touch Zhang Xuan's moldy head. Li Guo had no choice but to look around, only Zhang Kuang still had a Ming army here, he had no other choice, so he naturally came to Zhang Kuang, and after he came, he found that He Tengjiao was also here.

I couldn't help but settle down a lot in my heart, He Tengjiao still had some ability, and after a few moves, Li Guo temporarily obeyed He Tengjiao's orders.

So He Tengjiao had one of the most important cavalry armies.

If there was no cavalry, He Tengjiao would never have dared to retreat so resolutely.

"My lord, are we really not going to Changsha?" Zhang Kuang said with a little hesitation in his tone.

This is the thing that Zhang Kuang can't understand, or the thing he doesn't want to understand, that is, He Tengjiao withdrew his troops in Zhangshu Town, and did not retreat to Changsha City, but retreated to the south, to Ji'an Mansion, so that the flanks of Changsha City were highlighted.

Isn't Changsha in a desperate situation? Where does this put Longwu in this way?

He Tengjiao said: "In this situation, you have also seen that Changsha City is in danger, once Changsha is lost, will this Zhangshu Town be enough to defend it?" Zhang thief, who has been planning for a long time, will have a thunderous blow. The army of the national dynasty is either in Sichuan, or died under the city of Changsha, and there is only you and me left, how can we throw it away. The best way to do this now is to preserve the troops. ”

"But Your Majesty ----," Zhang Kuang said. He finally asked the question he had always wanted to ask, but had not dared to ask.

He Tengjiao was silent for a while. He was silent for a while before he said: "I have already sent someone to face the saint and persuade Your Majesty to tour the south, although the national situation is worrying, there is still something to be done, and I also ask Your Majesty to move to Guangzhou." ”

He Tengjiao's feelings for Longwu are very complicated.

First of all, when he faced Longwu, he had a sense of superiority, and the kid who saved his life at the time of his words actually became the emperor. He was also respectful to him, although he felt that it was wrong to treat Longwu with such an attitude of superiority. But he couldn't control himself.

In fact, he has always had a thought in his heart, that is, to be able to help the people of the world, who else can he be. It is by no means pinned on the emperor, in his heart, if Longwu is like Hongguang, the government is returned to Aiqing, and the sacrifice is made by the widow, it is not impossible.

This is not He Tengjiao's thought alone, but the idea of the Ming courtiers.

In the trade-off, he also did it for the sake of Daming, not for his own selfishness. After all, Zhang Xuan's southern expedition has almost entered the final stage, and everyone can see that the Ming Dynasty is in Hunan and the control of some prefectures and counties in Jiangxi, and it is impossible to keep it.

Seeing that nothing can be done, what He Tengjiao has to do is to stop the loss.

He is facing Zhang Yingyuan, if he turns to Changsha, under the front and back attacks, the end can be imagined, and then Changsha will fall again, north of the five mountains, the Ming Dynasty will no longer be many soldiers, and even Zhang Xuan can take advantage of the situation to go south to Guangzhou. It's that Daming can't even keep the last piece of territory.

His decision couldn't be more rational. Even in his opinion, it is the only way out for Daming now.

But what would Ryumu think?

Leaving Changsha for Guangzhou?

He Tengjiao is afraid that Longwu will not do this.

People are different, Chongzhen is a real emperor after all. Even from Beijing to Nanjing, there are still a large number of people who support it, but Longwu's throne is not stable, Longwu also knows this, so since he ascended the throne, every time to restore the country's society and revitalize the Ming foundation as the theme, the world regards Longwu as a promising king.

At this time, he abandoned Changsha City, and the soldiers who were loyal to him in the city fled to Guangzhou alone, not to mention whether the Ming Dynasty had the color of cheering up, just such a deed, I am afraid that the prestige of Longwu's painstaking management may not be much real power in the future.

As a politician, if you don't have power, you might as well die.

With this decision, he thinks that he is worthy of the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty, but he is only sorry for Emperor Longwu.

When he made this decision, he was not ashamed at all.

It's just that the fact is that it has to be heard.

The Ming army retreated in a big way, Zhang Yingyuan hurriedly pursued, and was ambushed by Li Guo, and the cavalry of the two sides fought a battle, but Li Guo won a small victory.

The reason why this is the case is that Zhang Yingyuan did not expect that the Ming army would retreat. Second, it is in Zhang Yingyuan's arrangement, although it is a proper situation, the so-called advance can be attacked, retreat can be defended, it is a mediocre situation, that is, the attack is not fierce, and the defense is not strong. When pursuing, the reaction is also a little slow. Zhang Yingyuan only dispatched a small part of the cavalry to pursue, and did not put all the cavalry at hand, after all, the cavalry in Zhang Yingyuan's hands was transferred again and again, but there were still six or seven thousand fine cavalry.

If the two sides fought a decisive battle, Zhang Yingyuan's cavalry might not be Li Guo's opponent, but the incident happened suddenly, and Li Guo had already prepared, and it was simply an ambush. Zhang Yingyuan's pioneer can't cope with it, and he is also cleaning up.

However, Zhang Yingyuan immediately regained his strength and chased after him again.

This time, all the cavalry was concentrated, not even Qin Meng's troops. A group of thousands of people followed the traces of the army's movement and chased after them. Among them, Qin Meng was the most anxious, chased the most urgently, chased all the way, but did not see anyone.

It was as if tens of thousands of troops had disappeared in an instant.

"General, come and see." One of the scouts seemed to have noticed something, and immediately called Qin Meng over.

Qin Meng looked over, but it was a temporarily reinforced dock. The densely packed wharves are like wooden stakes, almost all along the Gan River. Qin Meng only glanced at it and knew that these temporary wharves were not there at all.

Although the Ganjiang River is navigable, most of them are berthed at the ferry. Generally speaking, the number of ships is adapted to the wharf, and it is rare to temporarily reinforce so many wharves, plus the wood is all new and has not even been dried, it seems that in such a humid environment, it will not last for a few months. At first glance, it is temporary.

Qin Meng said secretly: "Could it be that they didn't go west, but went upstream." Go south along the Gan River? ”

Such a scene has already illustrated this point, even if Qin Meng doesn't believe it, it won't work, there are so many people in the Ming army, won't they fly all at once? Only such an idea is most likely.

"However, why did He Tengjiao do this?" Qin Meng frowned, and carefully considered why He Tengjiao did this, but no matter how he thought about it, he couldn't understand that the war under Changsha City was urgent, and He Tengjiao did not go west to support, but went south.

He shook his head and didn't think much about it, at least his task was already secure. He immediately passed the news here to Zhang Yingyuan.

Zhang Yingyuan didn't care what He Tengjiao had in mind, Zhang Yingyuan had accumulated a year's war spirit, and he would never give up because of He Tengjiao's retreat, Zhang Yingyuan immediately urged all departments to pursue fiercely, and asked Nanjing for a sailor. The sailors in Dongting Lake were also mobilized in the Ganjiang River, biting He Tengjiao's tail and heading towards Ji'an Mansion.

This great war is not the end, but the beginning.

It's just that at this moment, this place is already related to Qin Meng.

Qin Meng saw clearly, no matter what He Tengjiao's intentions were, he had already given up the initiative in the war when he retreated, not to mention anything else, when retreating, the morale of the army was very problematic. There must be people who are behind the palace in retreat, and the question is who is behind the palace, and who is willing to die for others.

Again, this is a relatively obvious problem. Such questions abound.

The number of victories and defeats had been determined when He Tengjiao retreated, and the only thing that could be determined was a big victory or a small victory. As for the knife plan, with the quality of the Ming army, it will only defeat the city by deception. It's just self-defeating.

In this way, Qin Meng could return to Zhang Xuan. He did not stop in Jiangxi, but immediately went to Changsha and reported to Zhang Xuan.