Outside the city of Deqing. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Getting the news that Qian Biao had led his troops out of the city to break through, Yang Wu couldn't help but smile bitterly, this Qian Biao could really escape, and the speed at which he made a decision was inevitably too fast.

The sixty-mile journey from Huzhou to Deqing was completed by the Huainan army in only half a day, although the speed was very fast, but the soldiers were too tired.

Fortunately, there is the slogan "Capture Qian Biao alive" to inspire, and everyone can still barely support it.

"Your Highness, the remnants of the enemy in the city have been cleared, now do you continue to pursue Qian Biao or take a rest first?"

"Let's get some rest!" After thinking about it, Yang Wu felt that it was better to be safe.

At this time, not to mention the fatigue of the army, just for the sake of hurrying quickly, the army could only march along different roads, some had already arrived under the city, some were still a few miles away, and on the whole they were still in a state of marching, and their distribution was extremely scattered.

After all, Deqing is not far from Hangzhou, and Hangzhou is likely to send reinforcements.

What's more, it is most appropriate to let the cavalry do such an errand as a pursuit of the enemy army.

With the issuance of Yang Wu's military order, the army began to camp outside the city, and Yang Wu was stationed in the city with a small number of troops.

South of the city.

Fang Yongzhen's way of breaking through was almost to give up resistance and resign himself to fate. However, he made this choice out of helplessness, if the whole army formed a formation to break through together, he could still have a trace of counterattack power in the face of Huainan cavalry pursuit, but that would also greatly reduce the speed of the breakthrough, if he waited until Yang Wu's main force caught up, he would still not be able to stop it.

What's more, the goal of the whole army to break through together is too big, and it is not easy to escape from Ascension, so it is better to disperse the breakthrough at the beginning and let him divert the attention of the Huainan army to cover Qian Biao's breakthrough.

His plan was largely successful, and a large number of Huainan cavalry were following him in pursuit.

The topography of Deqing is mountainous on the east and west sides, but flat land on the north and south sides. Therefore, after Fang Yongzhen led the army to break through, he immediately went into the mountains and forests, using the terrain here to delay time as much as possible.

On the other side, Qian Biao broke through with nearly a thousand people, and there were not many enemy cavalry behind them, only more than a hundred, but it was these more than 100 people, also under a charge, that scattered his brigade.

Looking at the enemy troops galloping in the chaos, Qian Biao couldn't help but smile bitterly, and then shouted loudly to the surrounding guards: "Disperse, disperse, and run for your life!"

Qian Biao dismissed most of the guards around him, leaving only the three most trusted people, took off his armor, drove away the horses that sat down, and turned to burrow into the mountains and forests. At such times, it is not very useful to keep too many guards around, but it will attract the attention of the enemy because the target is too big.

And now, he pretended to be an ordinary soldier, and the target was much smaller, after all, the enemy army was only more than a hundred people, and thousands of people on their side scattered and fled, and the enemy army could not pursue them one by one, so they could only choose targets with many people.

Speaking of which, he is still very experienced in how to escape in the chaos of the army.

He remembered a little back then, when he was still young, the world was in turmoil, the price of salt was soaring, and the people in the village could not afford to eat salt, so Qian Biao took dozens of village boys out to sell illicit salt.

At that time, he was often arrested by the officers and soldiers, and the situation was even more dangerous than it is now.

However, relying on his rich experience, he still escaped the pursuit of the officials and soldiers again and again.

It's a pity that decades have passed now, and he is no longer the young man he was back then, and he has only been running for a while, and he is already tired.

"King, rest for a while, the enemy is not chasing after you." The guard advised.

"We can't rest, just to take advantage of the fact that the enemy hasn't paid attention to us for the time being, and run as far as possible." Qian Biao panted, and continued to flee for his life with the support of the two guards.

At this time, he still looked like a high-ranking prince, but like those bandit leaders who lost the battle, he fled for his life in a hurry. However, it was his way of escaping regardless of his prestige that allowed him to avoid the initial pursuit of the Huainan cavalry.

With the passage of time, the situation of each way of chasing and killing gradually became clear, and it was confirmed that Qian Biao was not among the two Zhejiang armies that broke through at the beginning; Then, when it was almost dark, in the third way to break through the enemy army, the person who was captured and thought to be Qian Biao was also captured, but after identification, it was found that this person was not Qian Biao, but Fang Yongzhen, a general under Qian Biao.

At this time, the attention of all cavalry was focused on the fourth way to break through the enemy army. However, at this time, it was getting dark, and more than an hour had passed since the enemy troops who broke through on the fourth road were dispersed, and it was too difficult to find Qian Biao.

In Deqing City, Yang Wu listened to the reports of all parties and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

This time, I went south tiredly, but in the end, I didn't get any credit, and almost all of it fell into the hands of Shi Yan and Hou Zhan.

As the commander of the army and the heir of Huainan, he doesn't mind this credit, but the generals under his command, such as Wang Maozhang and others, have very ugly faces.

"Your Highness, there is a report from the front, our cavalry forward has engaged an enemy army, the enemy is not only numerous, but also the army is in good formation, our army has suffered a small loss in a hurry, and now it has temporarily withdrawn. May I ask Your Highness, what should I do now? At this time, a messenger came to report.

"Where did the fighting take place?"

"Twenty miles away from Deqing City, close to the location of the main road."

"It should be the enemy sent by Hangzhou to meet it!" Yang Wu judged.

"Your Highness, should we go up and destroy them?" Wang Maozhang suddenly became interested, and his eyes shone brightly. The other Qin Pei and the others also looked eager to try.

Yang Wu smiled bitterly and said: "Twenty miles away, it is dark night, and the situation of the enemy army is unknown, so I rushed over like this, and I didn't know if I encountered an ambush." ”

Wang Maozhang couldn't help but stagnate, he also knew that his proposal was a bit reckless.

"Let the striker temporarily stop his actions and try to deal with the enemy as much as possible, Qin Pei, you lead five thousand people to rush over first to see the situation. The rest of the army will rest on the spot and make a decision tomorrow after dawn. ”

In addition, people were sent to the villages and towns around Deqing overnight to issue notices and arrest Qian Biao. Whether it is the people or the officers and soldiers, there are those who capture this life, and the reward is ten thousand dollars, and the official is promoted to three levels! There is a person who provides information about this person, once confirmed, the reward is 3,000 yuan, and the official will be promoted to one level......" Yang Wu announced loudly.

Now at this time, the army has achieved a complete victory, and the 30,000 people who went north have been completely wiped out, Cheng Ji, Du Jianwei, and Fang Yongzhen, the three generals under Qian Biao are either captured or killed, after this battle, Qian Biao has been greatly injured, and there is no need to risk a night melee with the enemy.

As for Qian Biao, it is already dark now, and it is difficult to continue the search, so he can only wait until dawn. Whether or not you can catch him when the time comes will depend on luck.

In the darkness of the night.

Qian Chuanying's face was extremely ugly, he didn't expect that he had marched rapidly all the way, and he still failed to reach Deqing before the enemy's main force, and now he encountered the enemy army twenty miles away from Deqing, which means that the enemy army is likely to have occupied Deqing and is pursuing the remnants, otherwise the enemy army would not have to run so far.

"Third son, what should we do with the current situation?" The generals looked very bad when they saw Qian, but they still asked cautiously.

"What else can I do? Even if my father was unfortunately killed by the enemy, I would like to lead the army to fight the enemy army and avenge my father, can I still go back like this? Qian Chuanying scolded loudly.

He knew that the general's thoughts were nothing more than seeing that the enemy army was large and his own side had too few troops, he wanted to withdraw to Hangzhou in timidity.

The generals were thought by him, and couldn't help but blush: "How dare the last general retreat like this, what the last general means is that we are close to the river here, and there are naval warships to rely on, so it is better to hold on to this place for the time being, so that we can contain the enemy army and create opportunities for the king to break through; Second, if the king has a case, it will be safer for us to retreat. After all, over there in Hangzhou, I still expect you to go back and preside over the overall situation! ”

Qian Chuanying was so angry that she trembled, her eyes were red, and she scolded loudly: "Preside over the overall situation of a fart, if my father is gone, there is still a fart in Hangzhou that needs to be presided over!"

At this time, because he was worried about Qian Biao and ignored the old man, Luo Yin, who came with the army, suddenly spoke out and persuaded: "Third son, don't be angry, in the old man's opinion, it is more secure to stay here for the time being." ”

After all, Luo Yin is a respected old man, and Qian Chuanying can only say in a deep voice when he hears it: "Why is it safer to stay here?" ”

"The third prince is concerned and messed up. The third prince imagined, if the king had fallen into the hands of the enemy at this time, then what was the point of our army rushing forward in such a hurry except to send him to death? If the king has not fallen into the hands of the enemy, then he cannot rush to Deqing. ”

Qian Chuanying was stunned: "Why is this? ”

Luo Yin said: "The more anxious our army is, the more the enemy will know that the king has not returned to our army, and the more they will intensify the search near Deqing; On the other hand, if our army is not in a hurry, or if we take some measures to make the enemy mistakenly believe that the king has returned to our army safely, then the enemy's search will be reduced, and the hope of the king breaking through will be greater. ”

"In addition, what the generals said just now is not only safer to stay here and hold on, but it will also be more convenient to retreat in the future, which is originally a fact, and the third prince does not need to be angry."

After listening to Luo Yin's words, Qian Chuanying calmed down and pondered for a long time, then sighed and said, "Now I can only do what Mr. said!" ”

Immediately, Qian Chuanying ordered to shrink his forces, rely on naval warships on the bank of the river, build a camp, and defend it. At the same time, a banquet was held in the camp tent of the Chinese army to entertain the generals of the army, and the soldiers were rewarded, and the news that Qian Biao had returned to the army was spread all over the place, and a soldier who looked similar to Qian Biao was found, and asked him to dress up as Qian Biao, so that the soldiers could see it from afar.

For a time, the cheers in the camps of the two Zhejiang armies shook the sky, and they all thought that Qian Biao had returned safely.

Later, after Qin Pei led the army to arrive, he deliberately let the Huainan army capture some prisoners back during the battle.