Text Chapter 887 The Battle of Persimmon Garden

On the right side of the Ming army, Zheng Jiadong's army had the most remaining encirclement, and the greater the number of encirclements, the greater the contact with the Heavenly Mandate Army, and the more fierce the battle would be.

Zheng Jiadong had obviously fallen into a bitter battle, and the soldiers suffered casualties quickly, if it weren't for Sun Chuanting personally beating the drums and cheering, they might not be able to support themselves.

If the Ming army can't support it in the end, it must be Zheng Jiadong's department that will fall first.

In such a stalemate battlefield, if a Ming army is defeated and morale is discharged, the main force of the Ming army will collapse, and Sun Chuanting may not be able to control it.

How to make Zheng Jiadong's department fall quickly?

Li Xin and Gao Ligong have no soldiers in their hands, in order to defeat the Ming army as soon as possible, in addition to this little personal soldier around them, the independent battalion and the Chengtian battalion have already gone to the battlefield, and it seems useless to add this personal soldier!

The Mandate of Heaven Army has no reinforcements, for Sun Chuanting's 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers, the Mandate of Heaven Army has invested more than 40,000 people in two battalions, and it is impossible for the Metropolitan Governor to let the soldiers come to reinforcements for a long distance in such muddy weather.

Li Xin regretted a little, he shouldn't have pressed all the soldiers in order to surround and annihilate the Ming army at that time, Sun Chuanting was not Yang Wenyue, Ding Qirui and the like, he couldn't swallow it in one bite!

However, Li Xin quickly figured out a solution.

Since you can't annihilate Zheng Jiadong's department, then give him a chance to escape!

When people are in a desperate situation, they will seize the only opportunity, give Zheng Jiadong a chance now, I hope he can seize it.

Li Xin summoned a herald and whispered a few words, and the herald quickly ran towards the battlefield.

The battlefield in the east is the right side of the Ming army, the left side of the Mandate of Heaven Army, the closest to Jishan, the Ming army Zheng Jiadong has suffered nearly half of the casualties, and the soldiers are divided into seven or eight encirclements by the Mandate of Heaven army.

Bai Guangen led the fresh army to attack for a while, the soldiers gradually became tired, the casualties were not light, and he seemed powerless to save Zheng Jiadong.

Zheng Jiadong was scolding Bai Guangen, and suddenly found that there was a light in front of him, and the guards had already shouted: "My lord, there is a hole in the north, my lord, go quickly!" ”

"Kouzi? Who broke through? There is a lot of reward for this adult! Zheng Jiadong looked up, the north of the encirclement, directly in front of him, sure enough, there was a gap, the crack was not big, only three or five soldiers could be parallel, in order to defend this opening, there were soldiers on both sides fighting hard.

Zheng Jiadong wanted to see if the rift could be opened bigger, but he was disappointed, the soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven on both sides of the rift were slashing and slashing desperately, trying to plug the rift, and the soldiers of the Ming army were retreating one after another.

As long as there is a slight delay, the rift will likely be closed, and the soldiers will be surrounded by the Mandate of Heaven again!

A drowning person, whether he catches a log or a straw, will not miss a chance.

This time is enough for Zheng Jiadong!

Seeing that the situation was critical, Zheng Jiadong hurriedly urged the war horse to escape from the encirclement, the soldiers followed behind, most of them fled, and the Heavenly Mandate Army, which formed the encirclement, was closely chasing behind, as if staring at this Ming army.

Outside this small encirclement, there is a larger encirclement, and when Zheng Jiadong escaped from the small encirclement, it happened that the outer encirclement was also killed by the Ming army.

God help me!

Zheng Jiadong was overjoyed, how could he let go of such an opportunity? So he shouted loudly and hurriedly led the soldiers out of the encirclement and completely detached from the battlefield.

Zheng Jiadong slowed down his horse, wiped the sweat and blood on his face with his armor, and originally wanted to turn around and come back and continue to join the battle group, but when he saw that a large number of Heavenly Mandate troops were rushing towards him, and there were less than 2,000 officers and soldiers who escaped with him, he didn't feel frightened in his heart, didn't speak, and fled north.

When the soldiers saw that the main general had fled, they were still bound by military discipline, and they also ran away.

The soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven Army did not pursue Zheng Jiadong, but shouted in unison: "The Ming army has run away, and the Ming army has been defeated......"

Bai Guangen originally planned to relieve Zheng Jiadong's troops, but when he saw Zheng Jiadong running away with the soldiers, he was furious: "Lao Tzu worked hard to save you, but you escaped...... Brothers, retreat north......"

Sun Chuanting was sweating like rain to cheer for the Ming army, but he didn't expect the guards to run over and said loudly: "My lord, it's not good, Zheng Jiadong and Bai Guangen have run ......away."

The drums were too loud, coupled with the noise of the battlefield, Sun Chuanting didn't hear it clearly for a while, and the drumsticks in his hands didn't dare to stop, so he gasped and shouted: "Who ran away?" ”

"Back to the Inspector, Jia Dong and Bai Guangen ......ran away."

"What?" Sun Chuanting was shocked, hurriedly handed over the drumstick to the trumpeter beside him, set up his eyelids, and looked north, Bai Guangen's department could still see the tail of the team, and Zheng Jiadong's department didn't even have a shadow.

The battle continued, but the Mandate of Heaven Army, which had a more obvious numerical advantage, attacked the officers and soldiers from both sides......

If they are wrapped up in layers by these soldiers of this Heavenly Mandate Army, I am afraid that Gao Jie, Niu Chenghu, and Zuo Xin will not be able to withdraw if they want to.

Sun Chuanting's heart was cold, his hands were cold, and the hot sweat that broke out when he was beating the drum just now was quickly blown into cold rain by the autumn wind......

He knew that Li Zicheng had always looked down on officers and soldiers, so he ambushed the Heavenly Mandate Army, and the Heavenly Mandate Army did enter the ambush circle, but he didn't expect this to be the result!

In front of the Mandate of Heaven Army, are the officers and soldiers in a situation of rout again?

The drums are still beating, the officers and soldiers are still suffering casualties, and the soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven are thickening the encirclement!

"Master Overseer......"

This shout woke up Sun Chuanting, and he hurriedly stopped the beating, without the slightest hesitation, and let the soldiers ring the gong again......

The Ming army was defeated, the soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven Army shouted and chased after them, just now it was still a melee, and now the Ming army is being defeated on all fronts, it is the time for the soldiers to collect their war exploits!

Li Xin and Gao Ligong chased for 20 miles, killing countless deserters, and did not stop until the Ming army escaped from Jiaxian.

Sun Chuanting cleaned up the remnants of the army, and there were less than 10,000 left, and many soldiers were wounded, food, grass, and baggage were lost, and even the tent where they slept was lost......

Finally found a sheltered col on the side of the official road, Sun Chuanting raised the only big tent and summoned several general soldiers and deputy chief soldiers.

Seeing Zheng Jiadong, Sun Chuanting was immediately furious: "The two armies are in the middle of a battle, and you fled without authorization, resulting in the defeat of the whole army, and the crime is unforgivable, so you dragged it out and beheaded ......"

Zheng Jiadong was shocked, and hurriedly knelt down to the ground, "Master Supervisor, it's not a subordinate, but Xiao Shending escaped without permission, and his subordinates want to recover Xiao Shending's ......"

Niu Chenghu has always been good with Zheng Jiadong in Guangxi, so he said: "Master Inspector, our army is newly defeated, and the army's morale is unstable, but if the main general is beheaded, in case the soldiers flee because they are afraid......

Gao Jie also said: "Master Inspector, since it was Xiao Shending who violated military law, you can behead Xiao Shending to correct military law!" ”

Sun Chuanting knew that Zheng Jiadong had escaped without permission, but now it was really not suitable to kill the main general, so he kicked Zheng Jiadong who was kneeling on the ground, and said angrily: "Xiao Shending is your subordinate, Xiao Shending escaped without authorization, and your subordinates are not strict......"

"Subordinate convicted!" Zheng Jiadong was busy kowtowing like pounding onions.

Sun Chuanting suppressed his anger in front of him, arrested Xiao Shending, tied the rope, blocked his mouth with a white cloth, and cut off his head in public.

Bai Guangen withdrew the army without authorization, and he also had to be punished, and everyone begged for mercy for Bai Guangen, and Sun Chuanting fined Bai Guangen 200 war horses before giving up.

The Ming army rested for the night and ate the remaining dry food on their bodies.

At dawn the next day, Sun Chuanting hesitated for a long time, but still ordered the withdrawal of troops to Tongguan.

The emperor got the Tang report, and the anger of the thunder must be indispensable, and he didn't know how to punish him, maybe put him in prison again......

But Sun Chuanting couldn't take care of it, his morale was lost, and the army had no heart to fight, so he used these remnants of the army to fight the Heavenly Mandate Army, which was sent to death in vain!

The army traveled more than ten miles along the official road, and the rangers sent back a message: the convoy had passed through Ruzhou, but it was intercepted and killed by the cavalry of the Heavenly Mandate Army, and the grain and grass were plundered......

Sun Chuanting almost fainted, his body shook twice on the horse's back, and he almost fell off the horse's back.

Without grain and grass, how can I return to Tongguan? Could it be that the officers and soldiers should also be a back-burner?

It rained lightly in the sky, the official road was half-drenched, very slippery, and if you were not careful, you might fall, and the Ming army didn't even eat breakfast, one by one drooping their heads, hanging their heads, and marching in the rain with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

After traveling for more than ten miles, it was almost noon, the soldiers complained, shouted hunger, the officers couldn't stop it, Sun Chuanting personally beheaded two soldiers, and only then did he suppress the soldiers' grievances.

There happened to be a persimmon orchard in front, but the persimmons on the branches were not yet ripe, and they were still quiet and quiet, and the soldiers couldn't stand the hunger, so they picked the persimmons with their hands, scrubbed them slightly with their sleeves, and even ate the skin.

Gao Jie was worried that the unripe persimmons were poisonous, so he reported to Sun Chuanting of the rear army, Sun Chuanting saw that the soldiers who had eaten the persimmons had no signs of poisoning, so he restricted each soldier to eat only two, and the excess persimmons could be carried with him for today's dinner.

The soldiers climbed the branches one after another, cleaned the persimmon orchard, and left.

It was dark again, and the Ming army was leaning on the dirt slope and big trees to take shelter from the wind, and suddenly heard the sound of the horse's hooves, Sun Chuanting was taken aback, could it be that the cavalry of the Heavenly Mandate Army caught up?

I'm really afraid of something, it's Liu Yunshui, the first battalion of the Mandate of Heaven Army, tens of thousands of cavalry are divided into three ways, attacking the Ming army, the Ming army is tired from marching, and there is no food, and it has already been frightened.

When the cavalry of the Mandate of Heaven approached, they immediately dispersed, and the guards escorted Sun Chuanting, fleeing north along the official road, originally expecting the infantry behind to resist for a while, at least to attract the attention of the Mandate of Heaven Army, who knew that the Mandate of Heaven Army had thousands of soldiers, and directly gave up the infantry and specifically targeted the cavalry of the Ming Army.

Liu Yunshui personally led the most elite first regiment of Lei Wan Army, pursued for a day and a night, and obtained 2,000 war horses, and then he was satisfied with the troops and went south.

When Sun Chuanting's troops arrived at Longmen Pass, they were ambushed and killed by the Shuntian Camp Wang Shaoyu in Luoyang City for a while, and many soldiers and horses were damaged, and when they fled back to Tongguan, there were less than 5,000 soldiers.

Li Zicheng's big tent received several messages one after another, he only read the first one, and knew the overview of the victory of the Heavenly Mandate Army, and the information behind him was not interested, he browsed it again, and he was still going over it casually, but the last message surprised him: Hundreds of thousands of people in the fifth battalion of the left of the revolution are coming from the east, and they have crossed Gushi and Xincai two counties, and are approaching Runing Mansion!

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