The official army did not pursue far, they stopped, Cao Bianjiao did not kill them all, the soldiers and horses in his hands were limited, and he did not have the ability to do so, the war ended at dawn, the land returned to tranquility, and on the banks of Rushui, there were scattered stumps and broken arms, thousands of dead and wounded, for them, they were all miserable.

"The reason why I didn't continue the pursuit was because I was worried about Li Zicheng's army in Suizhou, although our surprise attack was successful this time, just now, I got the news that Li Zicheng had captured Guide Mansion, and there was a meaning of moving troops to attack Chenzhou, Runing Mansion could not be defended by us alone, and there was no danger to defend here, so we could only unite with Inspector Sun."

"So fast?" When everyone heard Cao Bianjiao say the news, they were also very shocked, Suizhou is an important place in the Central Plains, and it was lost in less than ten months, and if you come to attack Runing, it will only take ten days, although there is still a Chenzhou in front of you, but Li Zicheng's mighty army of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses can last for a long time.

"At present, we have no ability to exterminate Li Zicheng, after he occupies most of Henan, he has nearly one million troops, even if he cuts out the old and weak, the elite soldiers will not be less than 200,000 people, the situation in Henan is erosive, it is no longer a battle or two can be recovered, the court is urging every day, let us send troops to exterminate Li Zicheng, but the food and ordnance are not given to us, what do we take to fight Li Zicheng, how many times has he Li Zicheng failed, but after each failure, it will rise again, and it is more powerful than once, This time it's even worse, what about us, can we lose, as long as we lose, we will be punished immediately! ”

Everyone lowered their heads, what Cao Bianjiao said was the truth, this is not false, the emperor is strict in government, and they all understand this matter. Since the beginning of the suppression of bandits, Chen Qiyu, Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chuanting, that one ended well, Chen Qiyu is still in exile, Lu Xiangsheng died in battle, not even a posthumous mourning, Sun Chuanting was imprisoned for a few years, and now Zhu Youzhen really can't find anyone to fight with Li Zicheng, so he will be released, otherwise Sun Chuanting will definitely die in prison.

"Immediately send someone to Chenzhou, inform the Chenzhou garrison, and tell them that it is not feasible to defend, if you can fight, you will fight, and if you can't fight, you should keep the army and horses and try again, I will lead the army to be stationed in Yingzhou, and I can meet them."

"Big brother, the imperial court asked us to join Sun Chuanting to exterminate Li Zicheng, we only fought a battle in Runing and left, and afterwards the court pursued it, I'm afraid we won't get any benefits!" Cao Dingjiao also persuaded with a little worry.

"Pursue it, I must be responsible for the soldiers under me, I can't let them die for an inviolable situation, they follow me, although they have the heart of death, but I can't let them die in vain, Zuo Liangyu's method is also a way to live!"

Cao Bianjiao will not know that the front is a dead end, and go up to make up, he is not an ignorant person, at this time foolish loyalty is stupid, he does not have the rigid spirit of these scholars in the Ming Dynasty, knowing that he can't do it, maybe it is a kind of fearless courage, but it is useless, it is better to save his strength and stand by.

"Playing to the imperial court, in this battle, we defeated Li Zicheng's general Hao Shaoqi and the old Hui Hui Ma Shouyi and others who fled before, killing tens of thousands of enemies, and our army also suffered heavy losses, losing six or seven thousand people."

"Cao Shuai ......" At this time, Yang Wenyue and Kang Shide also came to the formation with their front and back feet, both of them were covered with blood, and it could be seen that they had also gone through a tragic battle this night, but they were not tired, but a little excited.

"Two, the war is over, Cao is about to withdraw, just got the report, Li Zicheng personally led an army of 300,000 to come, although we have hit this division hard, but it is difficult to resist Li Zicheng's hundreds of thousands of troops, this commander has decided, give up Runing, retire Fengyang, there is no room for loss."

"Cao Shuai wants to withdraw?" Kang Shide also asked very unexpectedly, it was too unexpected, this time they won a big victory, they should have taken advantage of the victory to attack, at this time Cao Bianjiao retreated, they obviously didn't expect it, but thinking of what Cao Bianjiao said, they can understand.

"Two, you are all people who have fought a lot with Li Zicheng, are Li Zicheng's soldiers and horses still the same as before, in the battle of Tongguan Nanyuan, Sun Chuanting beat Li Zicheng with more than 10,000 soldiers and horses Nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses lost their armor and abandoned their armor, Li Zicheng only fled with eighteen horses, at that time, they were just a group of rabble, vulnerable, but now, are they still a rabble, are they still vulnerable? When we fought the 5th Left Battalion, we only lost a few hundred men, but now, I have lost thousands of men and horses in this battle! This time Li Zicheng walked out of the Shangluo Mountains and Forests, but in a year, he gathered hundreds of thousands, and when he surrounded Kaifeng, there were countless people who rebelled, and not only the unarmed people were no longer the unarmed people, but also the rebels and guards in various places, which made Li Zicheng's forces more powerful, and we could not easily exterminate him. ”

"Cao Shuai, how do you explain to Inspector Sun?" Yang Wenyue asked.

Cao Bianjiao has also already thought of countermeasures, and replied: "Inspector Sun is only afraid that he has to go out of the customs, I heard that Inspector Sun has a small savings after a few months of rest, and the recruits are still being trained, but the imperial court continues to urge Inspector Sun Chuanting to march, and Inspector Sun is also helpless to send troops!" And I guess that Inspector Sun will win the first battle, and Li Zicheng's army is now winning a big victory, the momentum is flourishing, and the arrogant soldiers will be defeated, but then they will be defeated, Li Zicheng After a battle, he will find out the details of Inspector Sun, and it will not be difficult to deal with him when the time comes! ”

Cao Bianjiao knows Sun Chuanting's difficulties, Sun Chuanting is from two Jinshi, unlike him, but Sun Chuanting's little power, there is no way to defeat Li Zicheng, and the situation in the Central Plains has been rotten, otherwise there would be no defeat of Zhu Xianzhen.

After the fall of Kaifeng, Hou Sui also wrote a letter to persuade the imperial court to abandon the Central Plains, concentrate on defense on the outer defense line, recuperate, and even make peace with Li Zicheng, but Zhu Youzhen categorically refused, and directly sent Hou Sui to prison for punishment.

"Two, how are you prepared, it is time to make a decision, whether to follow the commander and retreat to Fengyang, or stay and fight to the death with Li Zicheng, it is all up to the two of you to decide!"

"Willing to follow Cao Shuai!" Kang Shide and Yang Wenyue also looked at each other at the moment, they also knew that they couldn't do anything, and they had thought about repaying the country with death, but when they heard Cao Bianjiao's words, they heard something else, fighting to the death is useless, it is better to keep a useful body and try to do big things.