Since ancient times, retreat has been the most difficult and complex form of combat. www.biquge.info There are too many armies in history that have not been defeated in head-on battles, but collapsed in retreat for various reasons. On the other hand, if an army can effectively retreat in an orderly manner under the pressure of a strong enemy, then the organization and combat effectiveness of this army must be excellent. As for a certain army that can retreat tens of thousands of kilometers long, the morale and organization are simply open-minded.

Obviously, our Ming army does not have such an organizational degree. If you really have such morale and organization, you won't fall to the point where you are now. Therefore, as the handsome banners of Hong Chengchou and others moved towards the gap, a panicked shout sounded in the entire Ming army. The soldiers were worried that once the big men crossed the gap, the family members who were still fighting would retreat, and then they would be ruthlessly abandoned before they could cross the gap. So they all rushed to the side of the gap. Hong Chengchou's personal soldiers cut a lot of people to save Hong Chengchou and the others and cross the gap. But the chaos of the whole team is becoming more and more difficult to stop.

When Hong Chengchou and the others passed through the gap, those family members who were still fighting with Jianxuan also began to retreat in unison, anyway, the generals had already come out, so what was the point of working hard here for those worthless soldiers? As expected, the breakthrough quickly closed. At the same time, the Ming army was also in chaos, and more people rushed towards the gap desperately, they crowded into a group, pushed each other, and even attacked each other with weapons. Even Jianyan's efforts to close the encirclement were blocked by such a chaotic crowd for a while.

Of course, Jianxuan eventually succeeded in closing the gap again, cutting off almost half of the Ming army in the inside of the long trench. Most of these Ming troops were auxiliaries, and they lost their command altogether - almost all the officers of a slightly higher rank ran out with Hong Chengchou. Now these Ming troops have become complete outcasts. When Jianxuan finally closed the passage, these Ming troops at first looked at the banner of Hong Chengchou from a distance, hoping to see them kill again, although they also knew that this possibility was very small. But these flags went away without stopping, leaving only despair for these auxiliaries.

So some of these Ming soldiers turned around and fled aimlessly, and some simply stayed where they were and didn't know what to do.

However, the Qing army couldn't take care of them at this time. They left only a small number of men and horses here, and the rest of the troops continued to follow Hong Chengchou's troops in pursuit. This was the most terrible way of fighting for the Ming army, because in this kind of battle, the troops who fell behind knew that it was impossible for them to get any assistance from their comrades in front. Any unit that is attacked, if it stops to engage the enemy forces behind, they will be abandoned by the troops in front of them, and they will be treated as gecko tails. They would surely be happy to see these troops and enemy forces desperately and then buy themselves time to escape. And those "gecko tails" will fall into the siege of the superior enemy and be quickly annihilated.

But if you don't stop fighting, it's nothing more than letting the enemy catch up from behind and cut down. Not everyone is Linghu Chong, and they can use any Dugu Nine Swords with their backs to others. Fighting with your back to people is basically a dead end as long as you are caught up.

Today's Ming army is in such a predicament, and their only way is to run faster than Jianxuan, so that they can't catch up at all. Just like a certain legendary army in later generations when it carried out a strategic retreat of more than 10,000 kilometers, it was able to rely on two legs, march hundreds of miles or even hundreds of kilometers a day, and drag those enemies who pursued them to death. Even after the distance between the pursuers has widened the gap between them because of the different speed of pursuit, this team can quickly kill the horse pistol and eat the pursuers who dare to chase too close, so that those pursuers are careful not to chase too fast.

However, it is still the same sentence, if my Ming army wants to have that level, do you still need to transfer in? Do you still need to break through? Go directly to the front, and ensure that you can also beat the fist. Not to mention anything else, an army that can march more than 100 kilometers in the mountains day and night, has no disorder, and can be put into battle immediately after arriving at the place, is almost a god-like existence in this era. Even if they were armed with sticks, they were not something that any army of this era could contend with.

Since this cannot be done, I have only one way, and that is to constantly delay the enemy by sacrificing backward troops in exchange for the opportunity to continue to advance. In this way, the Ming army fled without their lives, and Duoduo and Abatai pursued closely behind, and gradually the queue of the Ming army became more and more scattered. However, Hong Chengchou felt that in the current situation, if there were no more changes, there should be no big problem for them to escape. Because Jianxuan is also a human being, in addition to catching up, they also have to constantly eliminate the backward Ming army. Even if the Ming army that fell behind was unorganized and had almost no combat effectiveness, even if they were all pigs, it would be tens of thousands of pigs. It will take a lot of time and effort to catch these pigs. In this way, how can they always be able to catch up with themselves? So Hong Chengchou is still full of confidence that he can escape. In fact, it didn't take long for his team to leave their pursuers so far away that he even had time to start thinking about how to explain the defeat to the court once he escaped.

"Of course, the sin of defeat is first and foremost Wang Pu's! Just ......"

At this moment, there was a sudden exclamation from the front. Hong Chengchou was startled, and was about to send someone to see what was going on in front of him, but he saw that someone had already come to report: "Supervisor, there is another trench in front, which is better than having a brigade of Jianqi on the opposite side, and they are fighting ......."

At this point, the scout who had come to report was speechless because of nervousness and fear.

"What the hell are they? Say it quickly! The anxious Cao Bianjiao even pulled out the knife.

"They're under the banner of the Chieftain...... replied the scout pale.

The news hit everyone's heads like a thunderbolt. The banner of Huang Taiji is here, that is to say, Huang Taiji is here, Huang Taiji is here, that is to say, the most elite army of Jianji is here to work. Even in peacetime, against such a team, if the number is not obviously superior, the Ming army will definitely not be able to do others, and now all the way around, people are sleepy and lacking, and then against the most elite troops of Shangjian, no matter how you look at it, there is no chance of winning.

"Inspector, let's go to the front and have a look......," Cao Bianjiao said, he was still a little lucky, hoping that the detective was wrong, or Jian Yan was bluffing to scare people.

"Okay, let's take a look." Hong Chengchou also said the same.

Several men rode together to the front of the group, and as far as they could see, there was another trench in front of them, which was not as wide as the previous one, but only about seven or eight feet wide, and only a man deep. If there is no one on the other side, it is not difficult to get through, for example, the horses can jump over such a trench directly. It's just that now behind this trench is full of builders, and I am afraid that there are twenty or thirty thousand people. Hong Chengchou looked at it, these building gizzards really played the banner of Huang Taiji, and looking at the equipment of these building gizzards, they were also quite sophisticated. Hong Chengchou felt cold in his heart when he saw it, and shook twice on the horse, if it wasn't for Cao Bianjiao next to him to support him, he almost fell off the horse.

"General Cao, the ancients, the brave wins when they meet on a narrow road. He also said, 'The mourning soldiers will win', I don't know if you still have the strength to rush with your sons again? After a while, Hong Chengchou asked.

Cao Bianjiao was silent for a while, he knew that it was not easy to charge the battle this time, not to mention that the number of Jianqi on the opposite side was large and extremely elite, and the morale was much higher than that of this side. And the people on his side are sleepy and lacking, and those things used to attack the fortifications, such as shield carts and cannons, have all been lost, how can they rush out? But at this time, whether it is dead or alive is also at this moment. Cao Bianjiao felt that he had only a fateful rush. He looked at the other side, looked at it for a while, then turned his head to Hong Chengchou and said:

"Overseer, look at the man in gold armor under the banner over there, most likely it's the Chieftain. In this battle, if you want to rush, the last general feels that most of the other places can't rush out, so you can only let the other teams attack from other directions first, attract the attention of the chieftain, and wait for the forces around the chief to be transferred a little, and then the last general will lead the elite to attack the chieftain directly. I don't want to be able to kill him, I just want to force him to retreat, as long as the flag of the chief moves on the battlefield, the adults will make people shout 'the chief is dead', so maybe it can create some chaos and let us break through some people to get out. ”

Hong Chengchou knew that it was not easy to lead troops to assault Huangtaiji? Huang Taiji led so many soldiers, even if he mobilized some troops to other directions, the troops around him would not be weakened much, Cao Bianjiao attacked in his direction, and it was more likely that he would be trapped in it and the army would die. Even if he forced Huang Taiji to retreat, causing chaos in Jianji, the situation that appeared was most likely that Jianzhi from other places would reinforce in the direction of Huang Taiji, that is, Cao Bianjiao would have more enemies to face. Even if someone in the Ming army can finally break through, most of the people who break through will not be Cao Bianjiao.

So Hong Chengchou arched his hand to Cao Bianjiao and said: "General Cao is really loyal and righteous, and he is full of courage!" Generals be careful! ”