Chapter 37: Wrath
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Looking at the backs of these officers and soldiers leaving, Tietou didn't understand why Xiao Tianjian did this, whether he would return to the mountain because of this, and they would become the enemies of the Xingtian Army in the future, after all, these Xuan soldiers were more capable of fighting.
Xiao Tianjian shook his head and said: "Don't worry about this, these soldiers have their own accounts in their hearts, they go to the high and dive this time, and their fate is not necessarily any better, they will not be our enemies in the future!" It's best to let them go back! Pass the order, continue to speed up, and arrive at the north of Shunde Mansion before dark, and pick up Luo Li and Li Xin! ”
Because of this matter, the Xingtian Army, which had been delayed for a little time, immediately began to act again, and at this time, in order to speed up, the infantry and cavalry all went down to the fields on both sides of the road, and at this time, even the people around Shunde Mansion in the land of Jingfu basically escaped, and most of the land was abandoned, so there was no need to worry about trampling on the crops of the common people, and the potholes and uneven official roads were reserved for the use of the vehicles in the army, so that the speed of the march was increased.
At night, Xiao Tianjian had already led his troops to the north of Shunde Mansion five miles away, and at this time the gate of Shunde Mansion had already been closed, the defenders in the city learned of the arrival of the Xingtian Army, as if facing the enemy, the cannons were erected, a large number of bows and arrows, rolling wood and stones were also transported to the city, compared to resisting the Tartars, the officials in the city were more hard, but at this time they also learned that the Xingtian Army had fought a battle between Julu and Tartars, and rescued the Xuanda army under the command of Lu Xiangsheng, However, this still did not change their hostile attitude towards the Xingtian Army, but instead opened up their posture and made it clear that they would not let the Xingtian Army haunt them.
Xiao Tianjian didn't bother to pay attention to them, now anyway, he didn't come to trouble the Shunde Mansion government, and he didn't expect the government to provide him with any help because of his battle, or change his attitude towards his Xingtianjun, this time he went north to do things with his conscience, as for the performance of these Ming magistrates, he didn't bother to pay attention.
But after nightfall, the news sent back by the scouts made Xiao Tianjian's brows furrowed, a scout team under Lin Luo was monitoring the Gaoqi diving station from the direction of Ji Ze, and the official army's night did not collect, the scouts of the Xingtian Army took the initiative to reveal their identities, but the official army's night did not collect but immediately began to shoot arrows at them, and gathered Ye Buhui to try to intercept these scouts of the Xingtian Army, the two sides immediately began to fight, and the Xingtian Army scouts finally broke through and came back, but they were killed two scouts, There were also two scouts who were injured by the officers and soldiers who did not collect the shooting at night, and the angry soldiers and generals of the Xingtian Army all scolded loudly.
Although the returning scout team failed to catch the officers and soldiers who did not collect them at night, the matter was basically clear, and these Guan Ning troops under Gao Qiqian's command did not change their hostile attitude towards them because the Xingtian Army rescued the officers and troops under Lu Xiangsheng's command, which also shows that the officials and troops still adopted a hostile attitude towards the Xingtian Army.
So this time Gao Qiqian suddenly led his troops to move towards the Xingtian Army, Gao Qiqian definitely didn't have any good intentions, he sat back and watched Lu Xiangsheng being surrounded by the Tartar army, but after the Xingtian Army appeared on the battlefield, he led more than 30,000 Guan Ning troops to drive towards the Xingtian Army, instead of taking this opportunity to send troops to attack the Tartars' soldiers and horses, then his idea was very suspicious.
Xiao Tianjian immediately ordered Lin Luo to send more scouts overnight to the direction where the official army was, first, to continue to monitor the movements of this official army under Gao Qiqian, and second, to try to catch a few officers and soldiers at night and not take it back to interrogate Gao Qiqian's plan, now the Xingtian Army is in danger, surrounded by forces hostile to them, Xiao Tianjian has to be careful, of course, he did not forget to send scouts to monitor the actions of the Tartars.
In the second half of the night, Xiao Tianjian once again got the news of a few scouts escorting Xuanda soldiers to throw high dives, and after these scouts entered the night, they sent these Xuanda remnants to the territory of Ren County, ran into an official army, and immediately broke up with those Xuanda remnants, but they did not leave immediately, but observed the situation of this official army from a distance.
However, they saw from a distance that these Xuan soldiers who rushed to the gate of the official army camp did not receive good treatment from the officials and soldiers, and after a short time, a large number of officers and soldiers poured out of the gate, and they did not listen to the explanation of these Xuan soldiers at all, so they tied them up with ropes and brought them into the camp, and at the same time immediately sent a group of scouts in the camp who did not collect at night to search for the Xingtian army.
These scouts of the Xingtian Army were not polite to them, taking advantage of their early discovery that the officers and soldiers did not collect at night, they came to attack first, ambushed a group of officers and soldiers who did not collect at night, beheaded three officers and soldiers who did not collect at night, captured one alive, and then caught up with the main force of the Xingtian Army overnight.
They interrogated the captured Ye Bu on the road, and this Ye Bu could not withstand their torture, and they told the scouts of the Xingtian Army all the orders of Shangfeng like a bamboo tube pouring beans.
It turned out that after Gao Qiqian ordered the division to move to pursue the Xingtian Army, the Guanning Army from all walks of life began to set off towards the Xingtian Army, but they did not expect the Xingtian Army to move quickly, and after the first battle of Julu, they immediately moved westward, resulting in them having to turn around halfway to catch up with the Xingtian Army.
And Gao Qiqian was in the scout of the army encountered, heard that there were Xuan soldiers who escaped from the siege to join him, anxious to know Lu Xiangsheng's situation, so he ordered these Xuan soldiers to be arrested, after entering the camp, these Xuan soldiers tortured the situation of the battle of the giant deer, after learning the news that Lu Xiangsheng died in battle, Gao Qiqian was both happy and worried, happy that Lu Xiangsheng's trouble was finally dead, and worried that Lu Xiangsheng died, he had the responsibility of poor rescue, originally according to his ideas, Lu Xiangsheng's Xuan soldiers are best defeated, but Lu Xiangsheng can escape from the siege without dying, which is the most beneficial for him and Yang Sichang, so that they can sit on Lu Xiangsheng's body for the charges, saying that Lu Xiangsheng's command is unfavorable and he escapes from the battle, so that he has no responsibility, in fact, it is true in history, after Lu Xiangsheng's death, Yang Sichang always refused to admit that Lu Xiangsheng died in battle, and sent people to search for Lu Xiangsheng on the battlefield, and it was a military general named Yu Zhenlong who was sent to find Lu Xiangsheng's body. After Yu Zhenlong found Lu Xiangsheng's body, he reported that Lu Xiangsheng was dead, but Yang Sichang didn't want to know that Lu Xiangsheng had died in battle, so he had people whip Yu Zhenlong for three days and three nights, trying to force Yu Zhenlong to say that he had failed to find Lu Xiangsheng's body, so that Lu Xiangsheng could say that he had escaped from the battle, but in the end, this Yu Zhenlong did not change his words, and replied with a glare: "Heavenly gods, loyal ministers in vain." He insisted that Lu Xiangsheng had died on the battlefield, and only a few months later did the imperial court collect Lu Xiangsheng's body, and before Yang Sichang's death, Yang Sichang did not agree to compensate Lu Xiangsheng's family.
And now Gao Qiqian learned the news that Lu Xiangsheng was "dead", and he also felt the same way, and the two or three hundred Xuan soldiers all insisted on seeing Lu Xiangsheng's "body" with their own eyes, which made him very angry, and ordered to seal his mouth, not to let people say that Lu Xiangsheng had died in battle, and sent the scouts of the Xingtian Army who did not collect them at night to hunt down and escort these officers and soldiers.
Now that the situation has been completely clear, Gao Qiqian simply wants to take advantage of this opportunity to leave the Xingtian army led by Xiao Tianjian here in Shunde Mansion, take the opportunity to attack the strength of the Xingtian Army, and make a great contribution to the emperor, which can also clear him of the charge of leading the troops to supervise the battle this time, after all, defeating the Tartar soldiers is more than the merit of destroying a Xingtian army, in the eyes of the current emperor, it is still greater to destroy a Xingtian army.
After Xiao Tianjian heard this, he was immediately angry with the smoke of the seven orifices, and almost ran away on the spot, so he kicked the charcoal basin in the tent and flew out, scolding Gao Qiqian for not being a thing, and he wanted to wave his master to kill Gao Qiqian, and let out a breath of evil in his chest, if it wasn't for the timely rescue of the guards, the big tent would not have been burned down like this, and Xiao Tianjian could be regarded as calming down for a while.
Although Gao Qiqian's fight is really punishable, with Xiao Tianjian's current strength, he has the power to deal with this group of Guanning troops under Gao Qiqian, after fighting with the Tartar soldiers, the combat effectiveness of the elite corps of the Xingtian Army is so strong, even Xiao Tianjian himself is a little surprised, if he does it with the Guanning army, it is not strange to win the battle, but if he does this, it will undoubtedly make the Tartars happy, whether he wins or loses, it is the result that Dolgon and Yue Tuo want to see, In the end, it is the Tartars who take advantage, it is estimated that the descendants of this group of wild boar skins will laugh stupidly, and the result of a death battle between him and the official army under Gao Qiqian may eventually lose both, and the forces of Dolgon and Yuetuo, who are watching from the sidelines, are fully capable of taking the opportunity to eat both of them after he and Gao Qiqian fight to the death, so that Dolgon and Yuetuo will be equivalent to sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, and reaping the benefits of the fisherman.
It's no wonder that Dolgon and Yueto behaved so abnormally after the Battle of the Giant Deer, they suffered such a big loss, but they were able to endure not chasing him to the death, but actually stopped and began to rest, and now it seems that one of Dolgon or Yueto is indeed a war genius, they can quickly sort out the clues in this complicated situation and make the most correct choice, that is, to wait and see the reaction of this guy.
And Gao Qiqian did not live up to the expectations of Dolgon and Yue Tuo, and sure enough, he made the most beneficial choice for Tartar, that is, to lead those Guan Ning troops under his command to come to him for trouble with the Xingtian Army, for Chongzhen to use such a fool to supervise the army, it really made Xiao Tianjian speechless, no wonder this Zhu Youzhen is tired like a grandson every day, but in the end he still tossed the ancestral business left by his Zhu family to him, just from the perspective of Zhu Youzhen's selection and employment level, he is not unjust in the world.
Now Xiao Tianjian is facing a difficult choice, that is, what should he do in dealing with the matter of Gao Qiqian leading troops to attack, if he chooses the wrong one, then it may be a disaster for them in the Central Plains.
(Today, I would like to thank Jisufala and two brothers from Drunken Landscape for their tips!) Today's three watches! Stay tuned! )