Text Chapter 913 The Hind Hand of the Heavenly Mandate Army
Zuo Liangyu hurriedly finished the army, and less than five miles away from the camp, he encountered the rout of the Ministry of National Security above, asked about the situation, and unconsciously scolded Fang Guoan.
If Fang Guoan was in front of him, Zuo Liangyu couldn't wait to slash him with a knife!
20,000 soldiers scattered and fled in the blink of an eye, with countless casualties, will Fang Guoan lead the troops?
Li Zicheng is cunning and abnormal, he doesn't dare to provoke him easily, even Fancheng and Xiangyang have given up, what are you Fang Guoan, you want to make meritorious contributions in front of Lao Tzu? Do you have the ability to make meritorious deeds?
From the mouth of the defeated soldiers, Zuo Liangyu learned that there were tens of thousands of people in the Mandate of Heaven Army, no wonder Fang Guoan was defeated!
Zuo Liangyu had to accept this reality, the combat effectiveness of the Mandate of Heaven, he had fully seen it in Yanshi, Zhuxian Town, especially in Weishi County, and the combat effectiveness was not an ordinary horror.
Among all the rogues, he only retreated from the Mandate of Heaven Army, and under the city of Xiangyang, he occupied the benefits of the Han River, but he was unwilling to fight to the death with the Mandate of Heaven Army!
Zuo Liangyu regretted a little, maybe he shouldn't have returned to Huguang for Li Banghua's 200,000 taels of silver and fought against the Heavenly Mandate Army.
Ao, he is obviously pretending, he is all a fool like Fang Guoan, he lost five or six thousand soldiers last time, this time he should not be allowed to lead the troops to be stationed near the river embankment......
In front of them was another rout, and it seemed that there were quite a few of them, hundreds of them.
The first person, riding a big horse, wearing a helmet and armor, saw Zuo Liangyu's banner from a distance, had turned over and dismounted, bent his legs, walked a few steps to Zuo Liangyu, leaned down and cried: "The villain has the responsibility of the adult...... "kept knocking on the ground with his head, crying louder and louder, saliva and tears mixed with snot, and the viscous liquid was dragged to the ground, moistening a large piece of dust.
When Zuo Liangyu saw Fang Guoan, he suddenly became angry, took out his horsewhip, and threw it on his face, "Lost soldiers and generals, do you still have the face to come back?" ”
"It's all the fault ......of his subordinates," Fang Guoan didn't dare to wipe the blood off his face, and hurriedly said, "But...... My lord, the Mandate of Heaven is chasing after you......"
"Chased over?" Zuo Liangyu was shocked in his heart, and then remembered that the defeated army had just said that tens of thousands of troops of the Heavenly Mandate Army had landed on the river embankment, and he whipped Fang Guoan's back again, and said angrily: "You are the one who attracted the Heavenly Mandate Army!" ”
Fang Guoan's injustice, he took the initiative to attack Qizhou that day, isn't it your military order? Even today, he did not provoke the Mandate of Heaven Army, which suddenly fired artillery at the camp from the river and then landed...... He was scolded in his heart, and said: "The villain is guilty, the adult should think about how to deal with the Heavenly Mandate Army first......"
"I have an army of 100,000, but I can't deal with the tens of thousands of Heavenly Mandate troops?" Zuo Liangyu couldn't admit it in his mouth, but he was thinking quickly in his heart.
Do you want to resist for a while, or do you retreat to the camp?
For Li Banghua's 200,000 silver, it is really not worth fighting with the Mandate of Heaven Army, the Mandate of Heaven Army is endless, and there are so many of their own troops, once there are a large number of casualties......
Zuo Liangyu hesitated, and he already had plans to withdraw from the army.
At this moment, another group of routs fled, and behind the rout, there were countless Heavenly Mandate troops, and under the sunset, these soldiers were covered with blood and looked very hideous.
Zuo Liangyu was shocked, the Heavenly Mandate Army chased after him so quickly?
If you retreat now, the 100,000 army will also be the fate of rout, so it is better to fight to the death, and wait until the Heavenly Mandate Army is defeated, and then slowly withdraw to the camp.
Even if you withdraw from Jiujiang tomorrow, you must beat the Heavenly Mandate Army back today!
Zuo Liangyu drank Fang Guoan and asked him to get up, but he set up an attack formation, the Heavenly Mandate Army is only thirty or forty thousand people, as long as their momentum is suppressed, they can be invincible, there are still tens of thousands of troops in the rear camp, and it should be stable to defeat these Heavenly Mandate troops in front of them.
I don't know if the Mandate of Heaven Army has a backhand......
Fang Guoan hurriedly gathered thousands of defeated soldiers and reorganized them on the right flank of the army.
Zuo Liangyu didn't care whether the Heavenly Mandate Army had follow-up reinforcements or not, and when the soldiers relined the formation, at this time the Heavenly Mandate Army was already a mile away, he glanced at Fang Guoan who was not far away, raised his waist knife, and shouted: "Attack with all your strength and defeat the Heavenly Mandate Army!" ”
"Stamping...... Kill ......"
The 100,000-strong army roared angrily, and the sound shook for nine days, and the formation of the Heavenly Mandate Army was stunned, and then rushed towards the Ming army.
The soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven only had four regiments of the Fengtian Battalion and the Independent Battalion, and the soldiers of the seventh battalion were all in demand and did not participate in the pursuit, and their number was less than half of that of the Ming army.
Although the soldiers had a sense of terror, under the supervision of the officers, they still faced the 100,000 troops of the Ming army.
150,000 soldiers on both sides launched a large-scale melee in the open space west of Jiujiang City and north of Huangshui.
Although Fang Guoan gathered thousands of soldiers, he did not participate in the battle for the time being, and the speed of rectifying the defeated troops was naturally much slower than Zuo Liangyu's deployment of the army.
At the moment of the great enemy, the Mandate of Heaven Army temporarily forgot its fear, and raised its swords and guns one by one to pounce on the Ming army, although they suppressed the fear in their hearts, but the numerical inferiority could not be made up for the time being, and they were gradually wrapped up by the Ming army.
Zuo Liangyu didn't expect that the battle would go so smoothly, at this time, he was ready to be completely annihilated, if he could completely annihilate this stream of rogues, the imperial court should give him food and salary, right?
The sky was getting dark, Zuo Liangyu was in reverie, and followed the guard beside him: "My lord, it's already dark, do you want to light a torch and fight at night?" ”
"It's dark?" Zuo Liangyu looked around, the battlefield was getting more and more blurred, although he shouted to kill, but the figure could no longer be seen clearly.
He was shocked in his heart, such a good situation, could he give up because it was dark?
The night is long and there are many dreams, and after dawn, the Heavenly Mandate Army wakes up, who knows what will happen? Li Zicheng of the Mandate of Heaven has always been cunning and sinister......
At this time, the main force fighting in the front also sent a herald to ask if the battle should be fought, and if it was a night battle, it was necessary to light torches, otherwise, the troops could only be temporarily withdrawn and a decision would be made after dawn.
Zuo Liangyu doesn't like the night, but he will not give up the good situation of annihilating the Heavenly Mandate Army, and after thinking for a while, he still decided to ignite the night battle.
The soldiers could not rest or eat, but the Mandate of Heaven army in the encirclement was probably even more difficult, not a matter of hunger, but of a rout, and the fate of being killed after the rout.
Zuo Liangyu went to give an order, as long as this Heavenly Mandate Army was completely annihilated, the reward of the imperial court would be given to the soldiers who fought tonight.
The Ming army was encouraged, the soldiers rose more and more, and the "reward of the imperial court" was likely to be another blank check, but the battlefield was very stale, either you died or I died, even if there was no reward, the army could not be withdrawn at this time.
Zuo Liangyu drank water on horseback, ate a few more mouthfuls of dry food, and threw the rest of the dry food to the guards, I don't know if he was excited or too much anticipation, he has no appetite now.
Zuo Liangyu's only hope is to defeat this Heavenly Mandate Army as soon as possible!
The firelight flickered on the battlefield, but Zuo Liangyu couldn't see the movement on the battlefield clearly, but from the moving torches, he could barely judge that the encirclement was getting thicker and thicker, and this Heavenly Mandate Army seemed to be difficult to fly.
Zuo Liangyu didn't dare to be careless, he was afraid that the reinforcements of the Heavenly Mandate Army would appear on the battlefield at night, so he sent a herald to Zuo Mengeng in the rear battalion, ordering him to be ready to attack at any time, in case reinforcements appeared in the Heavenly Mandate Army, he must rush to the battlefield as soon as possible to intercept the reinforcements of the Heavenly Mandate Army.
The shouts and screams kept coming from the firelight, Zuo Liangyu was already numb, the shouts should be the officers and soldiers also cheering each other up, and the desperate screams are probably the last swan song left in the world by the soldiers of the Heavenly Mandate Army before they ascend to heaven, right?
Zuo Liangyu has been sitting on the horseback for more than three hours, the problem of back pain, it seems that he has committed it again, he was about to dismount and rest for a while, suddenly heard a rapid sound of horses' hooves, a soldier came to Zuo Liangyu's side, turned over and dismounted, knelt down, and shouted: "My lord, the rear camp was attacked by the Mandate of Heaven, the officers and soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and the camp was in danger...... Little Zuo asked Zuo ......"
"What?" Zuo Liangyu suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, but he quickly understood, I am afraid that it was the stragglers of the Heavenly Mandate Army who attacked the camp at night, because it was dark and he couldn't see the situation clearly, Meng Geng was afraid, so he exaggerated the degree of threat, so he said angrily: "Nonsense, the main force of the Heavenly Mandate Army is surrounded here, how can there be any heavy troops?" ”
"My lord, it is indeed a heavy soldier of the Mandate of Heaven Army, although it is dark and I can't see it clearly, but the camp is surrounded by people from the Mandate of Heaven Army, at least tens of thousands of ......"
"Didn't the main force of the Heavenly Mandate Army conquer in Huguang, how did you come to Jiujiang?" Zuo Liangyu climbed down from the horse, grabbed the herald, and whispered: "Tell me carefully, what is going on with the rear camp?" ”
"Back to my lord, what the villain said is all the truth, and he doesn't dare to deceive the adult," although the herald was afraid, he did not change his words, "My lord, the Mandate of Heaven army still uses artillery to bomb the camp......"
Zuo Liangyu listened attentively, and seemed to faintly hear the sound of the explosion of the flowering bomb, and was secretly frightened in his heart, wanting to return to the army to rescue the camp, but there was no army in his hand, did he want to withdraw the army here?
In such a good situation, he just gave up, he was really reluctant.
Zuo Liangyu remembered what Li Shimin said in his later years: It is better to give birth to a son like a sheep than to have a son like a wolf!
If Meng Geng is an excellent general, relying on the large battalion, he will naturally be able to block the attack of the Heavenly Mandate Army, as long as the war here is over, and the officers and soldiers will roll back at that time, it is likely that many Heavenly Mandate troops will be annihilated......
It's all because I spoil Meng Geng, and I know lying on a woman's belly all day long!
Zuo Liangyu was in a dilemma, thought for a long time, and finally decided to withdraw the army, annihilating this Heavenly Mandate Army, the Heavenly Mandate Army will grow stronger, if something happens to Meng Geng...... He is just such a son......
He was about to give the order to withdraw the troops, when he suddenly heard a "bang" sound from the front, and at the front of the battlefield, the torches of the officers and soldiers moved to both sides......
Zuo Liangyu broke out in a cold sweat again, the Heavenly Mandate Army really had a back hand!
Could it be that these soldiers in the array were bait sown by the Mandate of Heaven?
Thinking about it like this, I was even more scared in my heart, the Mandate of Heaven Army used tens of thousands of soldiers as bait, first defeated Fang Guoan's 20,000 soldiers, and then dragged the main force of the officers and soldiers, and then divided the troops to storm the rear camp of the officers and soldiers......
The Mandate of Heaven won't even give up the bait!
Good Li Zicheng, this is a calculating army of 200,000, no wonder the Mandate of Heaven army has been standing still in Jiangbei for a month......
The clothes inside Zuo Liangyu's armor had already been soaked with sweat, and when it was blown by the wind, countless chills suddenly appeared......
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