Chapter 112: Yao Ying's Death
When Sai Shang'a turned around and saw that it was Yao Lao, he forced his anger to press his anger, and he would have taken it down with the crime of disturbing the morale of the army long ago. But there was still some unkindness in his mouth: "Why is Counselor Yao here?" The gate of Yong'an City is open, and our achievements are at this time! How can I withdraw at this time? "In the past, he called Yao Ying Yao Lao, but now he directly calls Yao Staff Officer, which is to remind him of his official position and not to do anything arrogant, after all, he is the person in charge of the army.
"Xia Guan feels that there must be fraud in this, so I have come to remind Lord Shoufu that you must not fall for the tricks of the bandits." Yao Ying grabbed Shoufu's horse rope and didn't let him go.
"Staff Officer Yao has credentials." Sezanne said coldly.
"No, but 。。。。。。" Yao Ying has no direct evidence.
"Since I don't have the credentials, just based on your family's words, let my army run in vain in this dark night? Missing this opportunity in vain? Yao Ying, you are too bold! Saishana was a little angry and put up his first assistant's shelf, and in front of everyone's eyes, if Yao Ying's empty words changed his previous battle plan alone, then where would his face be as a first assistant? Will anyone listen to his orders in the future?
Yao Ying knew that this was not a good time to persuade her, and some of them were too bad for Shoufu to save face, but the lives of the three thousand soldiers were more important. He turned his heart sideways, knelt on the ground and said loudly: "Xiaguan has a reluctant request, please pretend to withdraw the army from Lord Shoufu, if the Taiping army comes to chase, it means that Xiaguan's prediction is accurate, and there is already an ambush army in Yong'an City." If the Taiping Army didn't come to chase, it means that Zhou Xineng has indeed succeeded, and it's not too late for us to turn back, and then the lower officials will take the blame and make amends to Lord Shoufu in front of the soldiers of the whole army, and let the adults deal with it! ”
Sai Shang'a didn't expect Yao Ying to dare to make a military order in front of the whole army, he looked at Yao Ying carefully again, and saw that his face was serious, and he didn't think it was a lie. After getting along for so long, he also knew that Yao Ying was serious and resourceful, and he still had to take his words seriously.
"Okay, since Yao Lao gambled his life so much, the old man depends on you. The rear of the whole army was changed to the front army and withdrawn from here. In the face of Yao Ying's death, Sai Shang'a felt that his words were also reasonable, anyway, it was just a little later, and he would listen to Yao Ying again.
Yao Ying is indeed well versed in human psychology, if the Qing army is on the periphery of Yong'an, the Taiping army will not usually chase after it. But now that the Qing soldiers are under the city, seeing that the cooked duck is about to fly, Dongwang and Yang Xiaoshan did not calm down.
"It's broken, how did the Qing soldiers turn back, it's hard for them to find our flaws?" Yang Xiuqing was a little impatient.
"Maybe the Qing army suddenly ran out of courage to enter the city." Yang Xiaoshan guessed on the side, no one would have thought that someone would dare to stop the Qing army at this time.
"Fire, shoot me! Let the North King hurry up and lead someone to chase it! Yang Xiuqing ordered, the fat in the mouth suddenly retracted, it was very uncomfortable, even if it couldn't be wiped out, at least it had to lie down a layer of skin, everyone stayed up all night guarding the Qing army for so long, how could they have to change something in return.
As soon as the cannon sounded at the gate of Yong'an City, Sai Shoufu's face changed greatly, as if he had been beaten with a dull stick. He knew that he was wrong, there was indeed an ambush in Yong'an City, and he fell for the long hair. He had mixed feelings, and when he turned around, he saw the Taiping army rushing out of the city gate, making a deafening killing cry, and he had already fought unintentionally. He hurriedly shouted: "Quickly retreat, hurry back to the camp." ”
The Qing army was like a frightened bird, the originally neat queue suddenly became a mess, the establishment of the troops was all chaotic, and the orderly retreat turned into an escape.
The Taiping army was mainly infantry, with very few cavalry, and some people could fight on horseback even if they could fight on horseback. At night, he still has to carry torches on his horse, and he is even more unable to fight. Only the old cavalry was able to stabilize his body on his horse and fight with the clamping force of his legs. Therefore, the Taiping army wanted to leave all the cavalry of the Qing army with little hope.
Yang Xiaoshan also knew this, he took more than 200 people to kill those cavalry who fell behind, not to mention that there were many people in the Qing army who were not good at riding, and the road was not easy to walk, and it was easier for horses to lose their front hooves at night. And Wei Changhui, who has been chasing the main force of the Qing army, has many pursuers, but he has not gained much, after all, people have four legs, and no matter how slow they are, they can't catch up with two legs.
Liu Zongbing took more than 30 personal soldiers to break in the back, these personal soldiers were skilled in horsemanship, and they also cooperated with each other quite tacitly, blocking the east and killing in the west, Wei Changhui suffered a lot, and never failed to intercept the main force of the Qing army.
Even so, the Qing army lost 500 men and horses in one night, and the losses were not small.
Cezanne finally returned to the camp under the protection of the people, and he was still in shock.
"Hey, thanks to Yao Lao's timely blocking, he didn't make a big mistake, if these three thousand cavalry really entered the city. Not only are the lives of the soldiers not guaranteed, but their own lives must also be put into it. "Sezanne is remorseful.
"Come on, take me to Yao Lao's place, I want to apologize to him personally." Saishana was full of guilt for Yao Ying and felt that he should apologize in person.
When he came to Yao Ying's residence, one of his personal soldiers was coming out of it, and he wiped his tears and said sadly: "Yao Lao is no good, he was injured by a cannonball, and he was bleeding from the seven orifices and only hanging in one breath, I was thinking of coming out and asking Lord Shoufu to come and have a look." ”
Sai Shoufu was surprised, Yao Lao was actually seriously injured, what can I do, the usual affairs are handled by Yao Ying single-handedly, otherwise I would really have to exhaust myself to death.
Yao Ying was already angry when he was lying on the bed, after all, he was old, his bones were a little loose, and the guys around him were fine, only he was injured by the cannonballs of the Taiping Army, if it wasn't for the guards desperately bringing him back, he wouldn't even be able to see the face of Shoufu.
"Yao Lao, I'm here." Cezanne said bitterly, his rash actions not only lost 500 cavalry, but most importantly, he was about to lose one of his most effective advisers, which was too great.
"Lord Shoufu, the lower officials can't salute you." Yao Ying's face was pale, and the blood on the side of her mouth had not yet been wiped dry.
"You need to recuperate, don't get too tired." Sezanne comforted.
"My internal organs are bleeding, I can't survive at this age, and I know my body best." Yao Ying coughed several times in a row.
"Hey, I'm sorry for you. If there's anything you need me to do for you, just ask, and I'll do my best. Sezanne couldn't bear to say.
"The lower official had already made a will before coming to Guangxi, and the affairs of the family had already been arranged, so I wouldn't bother the adults. Xia Guan's heart is just worried about the tens of thousands of troops of our court in Guangxi. Maybe it's because of the light back, Yao Ying's face seems to be a little better.
"Please!" Saishana was moved, and he knew that Yao Ying wanted to give him another advice at the last moment of his life.
"We can no longer think of ways to deal with Yong'an's bandits. There are high-ranking people in this gang of long hair, only our more than 40,000 people will never be able to break through Yong'an, Lord Shoufu don't be afraid of losing face, after I die, you have to pull down your face and ask the emperor for money, food, and people, if you can't do it for five times, ten times if you can't, if you can't do it, you will be twenty times, and use Yang to deal with their conspiracy, until you form a crushing trend for Long Hair. Yao Ying took a breath and continued: "Adults, you must remember that you must not let go of these long hairs. Once the long hair escapes from Yong'an, it will definitely set off a bloody storm, don't look at the fact that there are only more than 20,000 people now, and it is likely to be ten or even a hundred times the current scale in the future. Once the long hair grows bigger, it will definitely shake the foundation of my Qing Dynasty, and it is unknown whether he will replace him one day. ”
Sai Shang didn't expect Yao Ying to think so highly of Long Hair, and even said something disobedient, and was speechless for a while.
"Lord Shousuke, remember my words, and fight with the emperor more 。。。。。。。。" Yao Ying had finished what she wanted to say, and finally didn't catch it in one breath and fell on the bed. He has been doing things for the Qing Dynasty all his life, and he can be called a man who has done his best to die.
Sai Shang'a looked at Yao Ying's corpse and cried silently, "Old Yao, don't worry, the old man has already lost any face, I will definitely remember your words." ”