Chapter Fifty-Eight: Escape
Shi Jin rode on the tall red horse of the hot coal, and Shi Jin saw Tong Guan running away and hurriedly shouted: "Traitor Tong Guan, where are you going to escape?" Hurry up and die! ”
The other leaders also shouted: "Hugh the sect and leave Tong Guan!" ”
Of course, Tong Guan will not be so stupid, and he will not do whatever the enemy says.
Tong Guan not only didn't stop, but the frequency of throwing the horsewhip was faster!
Shi Jin actually knew that the enemy would not obey his orders, and his opening was just to make the enemy more nervous and run forward harder, don't stop and resist!
Tong Guan didn't dare to stop at all, he just wanted to break through and escape.
The Liangshan army pursued and killed relentlessly, and the pursuing officers and soldiers could only flee in a hurry.
Shi Jin chased after him with people, and at the same time arrested the fleeing officers and soldiers along the road.
When Yumei and Bi Sheng escorted Tong Guan to escape from the south gate, the escaped captives Shi Xiu, Zheng Tianshou, and Wang Ying came over with people at this time.
Now there are less than a thousand people around Tong Guan, and Shi Jin behind them is in a hurry to catch up, where does Tong Guan dare to stay and fight with Shi Xiu and them.
Yumei stepped forward with her own people to resist, "I'll resist them, Lord Cardinal, you go quickly!" ”
Tong Guan was not polite when he heard it, and slapped his horse and ran away.
The flying dragon general who can do it in front of the emperor naturally has good martial arts, he rode a frost flower horse, made a big sword, and killed Shi Xiu.
Although Yumei rides a horse and her martial arts are higher than Shi Xiu, Shi Xiu has three of them.
Shi Xiu, Zheng Tianshou, and Wang Ying surrounded Yumei, and the four of them circled, each practicing martial arts.
After fighting for twenty rounds, seeing that he couldn't take down his opponent, Shi Xiufa was ruthless.
Taking advantage of the time when Yumei was dealing with Zheng Tianshou and Wang Ying, Shi Xiu's body sank, rolled to the ground, approached Yumei's mount, and with a wave of the knife, he cut off one leg of the war horse that Yumei was sitting on.
The horse wailed and fell.
Yumei, who was struggling to kill the enemy, was immediately thrown down from his head, and before he could get up, Zheng Tianshou and Wang Ying took the opportunity to hug him, pressed Yumei to the ground, and captured him alive.
Shi Xiu stood up and saw that Yumei was captured alive, he shouted loudly: "Yumei has been captured, surrender quickly, otherwise there will be no mercy!" ”
Those soldiers who were still resisting heard the shouts and turned their heads to see that Yumei had been captured alive by the thieves. They gave up their resistance, and let the thieves seize their weapons and take them into custody.
Yumei led someone to stop Shi Xiu, and Tong Guan smoothly turned around and ran towards the south gate.
Less than a stone's throw away, an army rushed out of the stabbing slope, Bi Sheng immediately danced his sword, and when he was about to rush out to meet the enemy, he saw that the person who came was the soldiers and horses of Xin Xingzong, the commander of the Chungju soldiers and horses.
Xin Xingzong also saw that it was Bi Sheng, and hurriedly shouted: "How is Lord Cardinal?" I heard that some thieves have entered the camp, and the cardinal is in danger, and he is rushing to the rescue with people! ”
Bi Sheng hurriedly shouted: "Lord Cardinal is behind, you and I will quickly escort the Lord out of the rear camp." ”
Xin Xingzong hurriedly shook his head and shouted: "No, Qin Ming's thieves set fire everywhere in the back camp, and now the back camp is burning and the smoke is billowing, let alone breaking through, it is difficult to even get close." Before I came, I saw that Beizhai was still the banner of our army, and I could break through from there! ”
At this time, there was not much time to think about it, and when he heard that the banner of Beizhai had not yet fallen, Bi Sheng hurriedly shouted: "Okay, just break through from where and take the road to Jeju!" ”
Xin Xingzong and Bi Sheng escorted Tong Guan to Beizhai.
This time, there were no more obstacles, and their breakthrough was very smooth. Bi Sheng and Xin Xingzong led people to protect Tong Guan and broke out from the north gate.
After seeing Tong Guan jump out, Shi Jin asked Lin Chong to lead people to continue chasing and killing Tong Guan, and he stayed to deal with post-war matters.
Tong Guan ordered the Chinese army to assemble, and when the officers and soldiers on the left and right flanks ran over, they found that the commander Tong Guan had run away.
Without the commander in chief, these officers and soldiers were confused.
Some officers and soldiers wanted to escape, some officers and soldiers clamored to save the commander-in-chief, and some officers and soldiers were still preparing to resist the Liangshan army.
Without a unified command and disorganized, these officers and soldiers were no match for the Liangshan Army at all.
As soon as Shi Jin rushed with his people, these officers and soldiers immediately bombed the camp and fled for their lives.
There are still scattered officers and soldiers in the barracks to resist, but they no longer affect the overall situation.
Shi Jin sent someone on horseback to inform Qin Ming and the others, asking them not to set fire again, and now hurry up and lead someone to extinguish the fire.
It's just that the fire in the rear camp is very large, and it is impossible to extinguish it, so you can only salvage some military funds and then set up a separation belt.
He also had to send someone to inform Zhu Wu and Wu Yong, who stayed in the rear, that they should hurry over to deal with military affairs.
Fighting fires, taking prisoners in custody, taking care of supplies, and taking advantage of the chaos of the officers and soldiers in the province to snatch them, etc., a lot of things to be busy.
What's more important is to win the battle, in addition to the need to watch prisoners and count supplies, another important thing is to clean up the battlefield.
On May day, the weather started to get hot. If the dead bodies are not disposed of and buried, there is a high risk of causing a plague.
Even modern plagues are a big problem, let alone in ancient times, when medicine was not developed, and it could cause the death of entire villages and cities.
Shi Jin alone can't handle these things, and he must let Zhu Wu and the others help.
Shi Jin sat in the tent of the former Tong Guan's Chinese army marshal, Tong Guan fled in a hurry, his things didn't have time to pack up at all, and now they are all cheap Shi Jin.
Hearing the news that the camp had been conquered and Tong Guan had fled, Zhu Wu and Wu Yong hurried over.
With their help, this military affairs have become in order.
In addition to the leaders of the chasing soldiers, the leaders who stayed in the camp to deal with the battlefield all came to pay tribute one after another.
Although it was only a military camp, although three-quarters of the grain and grass were burned, the salvaged grain and grass were still considerable.
What's more, a large number of camp tents, swords, guns and armor were hoarded here, especially 3,000 pairs of heavy armor, which was a big surprise for the Liangshan army that lacked armor!
Under the sudden attack of Liangshan, many officers and soldiers were killed and captured before they had time to put on their armor.
Now it's all cheap Liangshan Army.
In addition to the supplies, the seized property was also considerable.
Tong Guan is accustomed to buying people's hearts with money, and the Western Army he relies on will not be stingy.
Encircled and suppressed Liangshan, he didn't think that he would fail at all, and this time he took 20,000 copper coins and 5,000 taels of silver, ready to reward the soldiers.
But what he didn't expect was that he would fail.
Now these gold and silver are cheap to come in and reward.
Of course, these are small numbers compared to the captives.
Tong Guan led an army of 50,000 to encircle and suppress Liangshan, and was attacked by the Liangshan army at night.
He fled with only a few men, and in addition to the officers and soldiers who had escaped and died, nearly 15,000 people were taken prisoner.
Hearing that so many officers and soldiers had been captured, Shi Jin and Zhu Wu were very happy.
With these captives, as long as most of them can be co-opted, Liangshan's strength can be greatly improved.
Shi Jin and the others were happy, but Tong Guan was full of anger.
Like a dog, being chased and killed by a gang of thieves, Tong Guan was so angry that he wanted to tell his subordinates to stop and fight to the death with the pursuers.
But the reality is that he can only endure his anger.
Even if there are Xin Xingzong's men and horses, the officers and soldiers who are now following him are only in their early three thousands, and the thieves behind him are at least four or five thousand.
And more importantly, from yesterday to now, the officers and soldiers have not rested well. Many of the infantry were so tired that they fell directly to the ground and could not get up again.
For those tired officers and soldiers, Tong Guan can't do anything now.
Those Liangshan thieves are chasing after them, and if they stop, they are afraid that they will become their prisoners.
Those tired and paralyzed officers and soldiers, Liang Shanjun will not care, at least not now.
Anyway, they're all tired, it's not too late to catch them later, it's important to catch up with Tong Guan now.
fled for nearly twenty miles, and now only three hundred cavalry are left with Tong Guan.
However, the gang of thieves was also tired of chasing all the way, and Mingjin withdrew his troops.
Seeing that the Liangshan army had finally retreated, Tong Guan breathed a sigh of relief, he reined in his horse, watched the pursuers move away, and looked back at his men, all of them were exhausted, and they were in a hurry to escape all the way, their clothes and armor were messy.
Tong Guan looked in the direction of Caozhou, he angrily threw his horsewhip on the ground, and roared angrily: "My Tong Guan has been fighting horses for ten years, but I didn't expect to be the thief today, and the three armies will lose their troops and generals!" ”
Bi Sheng and Xin Xingzong hurriedly bowed their hands and said: "Don't be angry, Lord Minister, today is just a small defeat in the enemy's tricks. As long as the adults return to Beijing to rectify the military horses, they will definitely be able to eradicate the thieves. Take revenge! ”
Tong Guan shouted: "If you don't kill Shi Jin and Qin Ming, how can you eliminate the resentment in my heart!" After returning to Beijing, he packed up his soldiers and horses, and he was bound to bulldoze the thieves in Liangshan! ”
Just as Tong Guan was shouting for revenge, suddenly a drum beat behind a small hill, which shocked Tong Guan and almost fell off his horse.
There was a hurried sound of horses' hooves, and soon Tong Guan could see clearly that it was the banner of Liangshan.
The cavalry battalion, which had not been dispatched, roared with their sabers at this time.
Luan Yanyu shouted loudly: "I, Luan Yanyu, have been waiting here for a long time on the orders of my eldest brother, and the traitor will not be arrested soon!" ”
Seeing that Liang Shanjun was still ambushed here, Tong Guan was suddenly frightened.
Just as he was frightened and hesitating, he suddenly struck out a military horse from the oblique side and shouted: "Lord Cardinal, don't panic! Song Jiang is here! ”