Chapter Eighty-Four: Breakout
As soon as Gao Junshan returned to the barracks from Zhang Xianzhong, he received information from Feng Shuangli.
Feng Shuangli's intelligence said: In addition to Zuo Liangyu's 30,000 elite soldiers, 50,000 troops of Shanxi General Chen Hongfan, Henan Governor Xuanmo 50,000 horses, Huguang Governor Tang Hui's 30,000 horses, Liaodong General Soldier Zu Kuan 8,000 troops, Yingtian Governor Zhang Guowei 10,000 horses, and Shanhaiguan General Yang Qi's 9,000 troops have recently gathered in Nanyang, with a total strength of about 200,000.
Gao Junshan knew that this was a strategy used by the Ming court to suppress and appease, using large soldiers to force the rebels to surrender. The soldiers and horses assembled in Nanyang were obviously against Zhang Xianzhong, and he also understood that there would inevitably be a big battle between himself and the Ming court. The most important thing now is how to persuade Zhang Xianzhong not to rush forward blindly.
The enemy has gathered nearly 200,000 troops near Nanyang, and what worries Gao Junshan the most is that he doesn't know the layout of these soldiers and horses, so now he can only send more people and horses to investigate, and then rely on the biosensors on his watch to judge the enemy's movements.
In Henan, which is no more sparsely populated in the northwest, the reliability of his biosensor is greatly reduced than in the northwest, because it is located in the Central Plains and has a large population, and the sensor cannot distinguish between soldiers and civilians.
Gao Junshan informed Cao Wenzhao of the situation in Nanyang, and asked him to make adequate countermeasures, and then concentrate the four battalions around him as much as possible, so as to facilitate mutual coordination in the event of an enemy.
Regarding the situation of the enemy army in Nanyang, he was limited to Liu Hongru, Bai Wenxuan, Zhou Shichen, and Sun Kewang, and too many people knew that it might cause panic and be detrimental to the stability of the army's morale.
The next day, Zhang Xianzhong successfully took Xinye, Gao Junshan did not go to the banquet, he was worried that when he walked into Xinye, he would be wiped out by the Ming court together with Zhang Xianzhong, although he knew that Zhang Xianzhong in history surrendered to the Ming court, and now the fact is that Zhang Xianzhong has become a fish on the board of people. Because of his crossing, the events changed by the butterfly effect are vivid, and he will not gamble with his life that Zhang Xianzhong will not die.
"King Qin, we should leave this land of right and wrong as soon as possible." Liu Hongru reminded.
Gao Junshan is still hesitating, he still has to look at the problem from a historical point of view, the trajectory of history will not be changed so easily, Zhang Xianzhong He will definitely be able to escape this catastrophe, this is what he hopes, so he decided to fight to rescue this dying-based rebel army.
It was not until the evening that several expeditions sent out came back, Gao Junshan basically understood the distribution of the Ming court army according to the information he had discovered, combined with the distribution of the red dots on the dial, he drew the enemy's deployment, and then convened Liu Hongru, Bai Wenxuan, Zhou Shichen, and Sun Kewang for a meeting.
The meeting was short, and the main topic was to determine one's own line of attack and the direction of retreat. The source of the enemy's deployment is extremely secret, so Zhang Xianzhong cannot be informed of them, and as far as Zhang Xianzhong's personal character is concerned, he will not believe it if he tells him that you have fallen into the siege of the official army.
The next day, Zhang Xianzhong personally led the army to attack Nanyang, Gao Junshan got the news, ordered the troops to set off immediately, according to the plan, Bai Wenxuan, Sun Kewang each led 3,000 heavy cavalry, responsible for rescuing Zhang Xianzhong in the siege, Gao Junshan and Zhou Shichen in the periphery to respond.
The situation evolved quite seriously, Zhang Xianzhong's siege troops were surrounded by 200,000 officers and troops under the city of Nanyang, Zhang Xianzhong in Ma Yuanli, Zhang Hualong, Wang Shangli, Ai Nengqi, Li Dingguo, Wang Ziqi, Dou Mingwang and other generals under the escort, desperately broke through, fortunately, Bai Wenxuan, Sun Kewang arrived in time to protect Zhang Xianzhong with them.
Zhang Xianzhong's troops were rushed to pieces by the official army, Zhang Xianzhong was hit by an arrow in the forehead in the process of escaping, and an arrow in the chest, Zuo Liangyu chased Zhang Xianzhong after Zhang Xianzhong, fortunately Sun Kewang fought hard for him to resist, he got rid of Zuo Liangyu's entanglement, and led more than 100 remnants of the defeated army to escape from the encirclement.
Gao Junshan took Zhang Xianzhong and them to the barracks of the "Zhou Shichen Camp" for healing, Zhang Xianzhong was helped off the war horse by his entourage, and Zhang Xianzhong, who was very weak, couldn't stand up straight, and moved more than ten steps tremblingly, he really couldn't hold on, and sat down against a big tree.
Zhang Xianzhong's injury was not light, the arrow in his forehead was very close to his left eye, the arrow was no longer there, leaving a deep pit on his forehead, and his left eye could not see because of this, the arrow in his chest was still inserted in his chest, he pulled out the arrow on his chest with all his strength, and put the bloody arrow on the branch casually, panting and saying to his subordinates: "You, you, all have to thank the King of Qin, it was he who put you ...... Rescued. ”
Gao Junshan comforted on the side: "Eight kings, recuperate from your injuries in peace, don't talk too much." ”
Zhang Xianzhong smiled reluctantly: "Brother Junshan, I, I can't do it, my brothers will ask you to ......"
Zhang Xianzhong began to cough again and again when he said this, and several knife wounds on his body also began to bleed.
Xu Yixian was secretly wiping his tears, and several important generals such as Ma Yuanli, Zhang Hualong, Wang Shangli, Ai Nengqi, Li Dingguo, Wang Ziqi, and Dou Mingwang silently surrounded Zhang Xianzhong's side, all of them like knives.
After Zhang Xianzhong's coughing stopped, he continued: "I, I don't, it's okay, you, follow, follow King Qin, ...... well."
Before Zhang Xianzhong finished his last sentence, he died.
"Dashuai!"
"Dashuai!"
"Dashuai!"
……
Zhang Xianzhong's subordinates burst into tears, crying and shouting, desperately calling Zhang Xianzhong, refusing to accept the fact that Zhang Xianzhong was dead.
At this time, Bai Wenxuan and Sun Kewang, who were in charge of the broken end, returned here covered in blood.
Sun Kewang shouted loudly: "Why don't you leave? A large number of officers and soldiers will be killed immediately! ”
Ai Nengqi impulsively drew his sword: "I fought with them to avenge my father!" ”
Ai Nengqi was about to rush out as he spoke, Li Dingguo was just a young man, and he also followed Ai Nengqi enthusiastically.
Gao Junshan shouted: "Stop them for me!" ”
Ma Yuanli and Wang Shangli immediately stepped forward and stopped the two.
Xu Yixian said to several of Zhang Xianzhong's old generals: "Did you hear what the marshal said before he died? ”
Ma Yuanli, Ai Nengqi and the others all nodded and said, "I heard it." ”
Xu Yixian said: "Now that the handsome man has ascended to immortality, the enemy is current, what should we do?" ”
Wang Shangli immediately replied: "Follow the will of the commander and follow King Qin!" ”
As soon as Wang Shangli mentioned this, all the generals said that they would follow King Qin.
Xu Yixian said: "Then what are you waiting for, don't you want to see the lord?" ”
Only then did the generals come to their senses and worship at the foot of the high mountain, willing to take the head of the high mountain horse.
Gao Junshan was so happy in his heart, he thought, Zhang Xianzhong, Zhang Xianzhong, it turns out that you have struggled all your life, and you are working for me!