Chapter 933: Break an arm
Wu Sangui looked at the burning pontoon bridge and was speechless for a long time, the 50,000 Ming army retreated to Chongqing, they are fighting snakes and not dying, and there will be endless troubles.
At this time, the Jin army did not drive the Ming army out of Sichuan in one go, and the Jin army completely offended the Ming Dynasty, and Sichuan will inevitably contain a large number of Jin troops in the future, and the strategy of Jin's westward expansion may also be affected.
"Lord Wang, what now?" Hu Guozhu looked at the burning pontoon bridge and was a little overwhelmed.
Originally, after the Ming army retreated to the south bank, the Jin country was not easy to deal with, and now let them ambush Aobai successfully, and beheaded the first warrior of Dajin, the decadent atmosphere brought about by the defeat of the Ming army in Hezhou will inevitably dissipate some and re-invigorate a trace of morale, so that the Jin army wants to attack across the river, it is unlikely.
"What else can I do? Wait for the Ming army reinforcements to enter Sichuan, and then counterattack! Wu Sangui said something angry, but he was angry in his heart, Ao Bai not only harmed himself this time, but also harmed Jin Guo, and also harmed him.
The generals listened to the words and looked at each other, Wu Sangui sighed, "The most important thing at the moment is how this king will explain to the emperor!" ”
Ao Bai is the front army, he is the rear team, responsible for the reception, now the front army's Ao Bai is dead, he didn't even snatch the body back, how can he make Hao Ge satisfied, Ao Bai is Hao Ge's closest confidant.
Wu Sangui stood at the ferry, looking at the burning pontoon bridge, feeling melancholy, and at this time, Haoge, who led the army behind, also thought that he had encountered a rout.
Ao Bai and Wu Sangui set out overnight to pursue, and Hao Ge asked the soldiers to have breakfast early before chasing south when it was about to dawn.
In Haoge's view, Ao Bai and Wu Sangui chasing and killing the Ming army should be a foolproof behavior, after all, these two people are one after the other, together with more than 20,000 people, even if they are ambushed, the Ming army will not be able to eat it for a while, and when his army arrives, he will definitely be able to defeat the Ming army after a long battle.
Although Haoge's abacus sounded, he didn't expect that the two people did not come together according to his orders, but opened a distance of more than ten miles, giving the Ming army an opportunity.
At this time, 30,000 gold troops, lined up in a neat queue, marching on the official road, Haoge gold helmet and gold armor riding in front, behind is a royal flag Daxu and the Son of Heaven honor guard, the flag is like a cloud, the pennant flag dances in the wind, the back of the gun halberd is like a forest, and the cold light is shining up and down.
It can be seen that Jin Guozuo watched the tiger fight and worked hard to expand westward, and indeed received certain results. Looking at the equipment of the army, you can see that the treasury of the Jin Kingdom is full, the army is well-equipped, and life is much better than that of Dorgon.
Originally, Haoge could enjoy such a day for a few more years and further accumulate strength, but his ambition was inflated, overestimating himself and underestimating the Ming Dynasty, but he suddenly plunged himself and the Jin Kingdom into a quagmire.
At this time, the army was walking on the official road to the south, and suddenly a crowd of people appeared, sparse in front, and the further back, the denser it became.
Most of these people have no weapons in their hands, and they support each other and walk quickly to the north, and from time to time someone falls down, and the people next to them stand up, and they go forward with a deep foot and a shallow foot, and the one on the horse also bows his head, and his expression is very embarrassed.
Haoge was thinking that if he could inflict heavy losses on the retreating Ming army this time and kill and wound most of the 50,000 Ming troops, he might be able to take advantage of the situation to rush across the Yangtze River, occupy Chongqing, and complete the previous strategic goal, but at this moment, when he looked up, he saw the oncoming rout.
Hauge was stunned for a moment, but when he looked closely, his face immediately sank, and then he waved his hand suddenly, and the whole team immediately stopped.
Before the rout, they met Wu Sangui, and their hearts had settled down, and at this time, when they met Haoge's men and horses again, they raised their heads and looked at them, and then ran quickly to meet them.
In a short time, the rout ran in front of Hauge, and when they were separated by more than ten steps, they stopped one after another, and then fell to their knees without making a sound.
Looking at this miserable appearance, everyone knows that they have suffered defeat.
Hauge saw that many of them had deep eyes and high noses, and his heart was immediately shocked, "Are you Aobai's subordinates?" ”
Among the 10,000 cavalry under the command of Aobai, many of them were Hui men and horses captured by Hao Ge during his expedition to the west.
"Back to Your Majesty, I waited for all the former soldiers to break through!" Someone replied, the more he spoke, the quieter he became.
Hauge was shocked, and glanced at them, and the routs lowered their heads as if they had done something wrong.
"Didn't I ask Ao Bai to be careful about the ambush, and let Wu Sangui answer later?" Hauge said angrily, "What about Aobai? Let him come to me! ”
The kneeling rout was silent, Hauge was stunned when he saw this, and an ominous feeling hit his heart, and he said angrily: "Didn't you hear my question? ”
Several full generals in the rout raised their heads in horror and looked at each other, one of them suddenly howled and cried, and knocked his head to the ground again and again, "The emperor, the protection of the ministers and other ministers are all unfavorable, and the main and deputy generals have been killed by the Ming generals, woo..."
When he said this, the general of the defeated army next to him was also busy crying and kowtowing, "The ministers should die, the ministers did not protect the main general, and asked the emperor to atone for their sins..."
Hauge sat on his horse, and when he heard the news, he was immediately furious, and almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood. For a moment, he felt that it was dark in front of him, and his body shook on the saddle, so startled that the guards quickly turned over and dismounted, and helped him off the horse, and Hauge relieved himself.
Among the Manchus of the Jin Kingdom, people like Zilharang were all people who had abandoned him, and it was only because of Dorgon's suppression later that Zilharang regained his support for him.
At the beginning, he failed to compete for the throne, Dolgon held great power, and many people who supported him slowly defected and threw themselves under Dolgon's wave, or in order to protect themselves, and gradually distanced themselves from him, only Aobai, Sonny and others supported him from beginning to end, it can be said that Aobai is closer and more important to her than Zilharang.
Now the defeated army said that Ao Bai was dead, and he also took another general's table Butai, Hauge never expected that such a situation would occur, he was supported by the guards, and couldn't help beating his chest with his fists, and shouted in pain: "Break my arm, kill me!" ”
At this time, a group of generals of the Jin Kingdom were also shocked by this news, Ao Bai has been advertised as the number one warrior of the Jin Kingdom, and he actually let the Ming army behead him, which will have an extremely bad impact.
Everyone was shocked, but now they didn't have time to think about the impact of Aobai's death in battle, so they first gathered around to persuade Hauge to mourn.
Haoge listened to everyone's gossip, and soon his heart changed from grief to resentment, he picked everyone away, walked in front of the rout, and then roared angrily: "Where is Wu Sangui? Didn't I ask him to answer the prayer? What about his people? ”
"King Pingxi, go and seize the corpse of Dutong and chase down the Ming army!" Someone in the rout said.
It is impossible for any regime to be monolithic, there is also a struggle within the Jin State, Wu Sangui is responsible for responding, but the person he takes over is dead, and Haoge inevitably thinks that Wu Sangui is not doing his best.
Sonny, who was standing next to him, saw that Haoge seemed to be about to spill his anger on Wu Sangui, but he frowned, walked quickly to Haoge's side, and hurriedly whispered: "Your Majesty, the matter is still unclear, and the King of Pingxi cannot be held responsible!" ”