Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume 9 The Great Tribulation

Chapter 2 Ji Liao Tiger Ben Battle General

Section 4 Occupy the Lower City (3)

Lingshi City.

"That's how you fight! 20,000 troops, let the Hanwei army be completely wiped out in two days, and only more than 3,000 defeated troops remained? A bunch of rubbish! Wait for the breaker to cut off your heads! ”

Li Guo's face was flushed and angry and he roared, and Hao Shaoqi on the side also glared angrily at Li Dang and Liu Tichun, obviously also complaining about the successive defeats of the two, but he just said it directly because of his bad face.

At this time, Li Dang raised his head and said with a bitter face: "General, it's not that General Liu and I don't do our best, but that the artillery of the Hanwei Army is too sharp, and those cannons are not only very numerous, but they also fight like angry thunder, and the soldiers can't resist it at all!" In the battle of Lingshikou, the artillery battalion of the Hanwei Army directly swept away the head of Guancheng, and more than half of the 4,000 soldiers were killed and wounded on the spot, how can such a battle be fought? ”

Liu Tichun also said: "Yes, General, the artillery of the Hanwei Army is indeed very sharp, and their firearms are also equally powerful, even those soldiers of the Hanwei Army in close combat can be used as ten, and the soldiers of the Righteous Army have really done their best!" It is not a crime to wait for us to be defeated! ”

Li Guo couldn't help frowning when he heard this, and said sharply: "According to what you say, wouldn't the Han Wei Army become a heavenly soldier and a heavenly general?" Won't we be able to win? Is it that in the face of the Hanwei army, he can only look at the wind and flee! ”

Li Dang and Liu Tichun both lowered their heads when they heard this, and their faces were red and they stopped talking.

Hao Shaoqi was a little breathless when he heard this, stood up and said loudly: "General, I don't believe that the Han Wei army is really so strong, if this is the case, then the Han Wei army will not have destroyed the Tartars outside the pass long ago?" ”

After finishing speaking, Hao Shaoqi hugged his fist towards Li Guo and said: "Please allow the general to lead the army to meet the Hanwei army for a while, I want to see if the soldiers and horses of the Hanwei army really have three heads and six arms!" ”

Li Guo didn't agree immediately, but groaned, and said after a while: "It's better to be cautious in this matter, since the Han Wei Army is famous, I don't think it will be for no reason, so let's not fight hard with the Han Wei Army, we must use stratagem to win!" ”

Hao Shaoqi said impatiently: "How to use the plan? It won't be long before the Hanwei army will come to the city, and then we will be surrounded by tens of thousands of Hanwei troops in the city, how can we use strategies? ”

This is exactly what Li Guo is worried about, in the face of the 60,000 Hanwei army's step-by-step advance, in the face of his own army's successive defeats, Li Guo felt an unprecedented sense of crisis and pressure, and at the same time felt a deep powerlessness to the war situation, feeling that he could no longer grasp the trend of the war, and could only follow the tide and resign himself to fate under the fierce offensive of the Hanwei army.

Li Guoshen took a deep breath, stabilized his mind a little, and said: "I have already sent a fast horse to inform the general of our situation here, and before the general gives us a new order, we can only defend the Spirit Stone City!" Therefore, judging from the current situation, if there is no strategy available, then we will defend the city to the death and defend Lingshi City with more than 20,000 troops, I don't believe that the Han Wei army can easily break the city! ”

As soon as these words came out, Li Kang and Liu Tichun all exclaimed with pale faces: "General, don't do it!" ”

Then, Li Dang continued to say loudly: "General! The firearms of the Hanwei army are very sharp, if our army sticks to the city, it will be like the two battles of Lingshikou and Shihuiqiao, and will be bombarded by the firearms of the Hanwei army as a target. At that time, our remaining more than 20,000 soldiers and horses will definitely be defeated by the artillery of the Hanwei army, this is the way to defeat! ”

Liu Tichun also shouted: "Yes, General, we must not fight with the Hanwei Army again!" You must know that the 100,000 soldiers and horses brought up by the general are all old battalion soldiers and horses that were finally pulled up, and the loss is a little less, we can't fight hard, we can't fight the Hanwei Army! ”

Hearing this, even Hao Shaoqi was a little hesitant, just frowned and looked at Li Guo, but Li Guo looked very entangled, and muttered for a long time before saying, "Then what should I do?" Do you want me to abandon the city and flee without a fight? ”

At this moment, a personal soldier ran in quickly, hugged his fist at Li Guo and said: "General Qiyu, General Chuang sent someone to send an urgent order, ordering our army to immediately abandon Lingshi City, and the whole army immediately went south to Yindi Pass, and General Tian Jianxiu turned around, and jointly refused to defend Guancheng to block the advance of the Han Wei army. ”

Hearing this, everyone, including Li Guo, was relieved and let out a long breath: Now we can finally withdraw the army with dignity!

"Since there is an order for the general to break into, then I will obey the order! After passing the order, the army immediately began to assemble, and two hours later, the army went south out of the south gate and marched to the Yin Di Pass! ”

With Li Guo's order, Li Kang, Liu Tichun and Hao Shaoqi all took action, and began to gather their soldiers and horses, and the army of more than 20,000 thieves in Lingshi City quickly assembled, like a stream converging into a river, and finally converged into a gray-black ocean in the area of the South City Gate. (The dress of the army of thieves in the late Ming Dynasty was generally gray-black)

Seeing this, Li Guo sighed slightly in his heart, he never expected that he would withdraw his troops to the south in such a disgraced manner, and he was just about to sigh in his heart, when he suddenly saw a team of scouts coming quickly, his expression was very panicked, obviously something big happened.

"Report to the General! The Han Wei Army is killing here, and it is less than ten miles away from Lingshi City! The front army of the Hanwei Army is thousands of iron horsemen, and they are killing at a rapid pace! ”

Li Guo couldn't help but be shocked when he heard this, and Li Kang, Liu Tichun, and Hao Shaoqi were also extremely shocked, and they all looked at Li Guo, not knowing what to do.

Li Guo frowned and thought about it, knowing very well in his heart: if the army went south regardless of it at this time, it would not be long before it would be caught up by the iron cavalry army of the Han Wei army, and if the infantry army that abandoned the city and fled was raided by the elite iron cavalry of the official army, it would be a bloody massacre! He and his remaining army of more than 20,000 people will definitely die without a place to be buried!

So, Li Guo said to Li Kang, Liu Tichun, and Hao Shaoqi with a pale face: "The military situation is urgent!" I need someone to stay behind and lead the army to defend Lingshi City, so as to delay the pace of the Han Wei army to the south and buy time for the main army to retreat! ”

The three of them were silent when they heard this, and everyone knew very well at this time that the people who stayed behind were definitely dead. Therefore, everyone was thinking and waiting, and the atmosphere instantly became very awkward.

After a long time, Li Dang and Liu Tichun were still silent, but Hao Shaoqi suddenly laughed and said, "I haven't fought with the Han Wei Army yet, how can I just withdraw like this?" Just let me lead my troops and horses to stay here to defend the city after the break, maybe Lao Hao and I can still win a battle and hit the Hanwei army hard! ”

Li Guo couldn't help but be very moved when he heard this, and said excitedly: "General Hao! Then please! ”

Hao Shaoqi waved his hand indifferently, just laughed loudly, and did not speak. And Li Kang and Liu Tichun were ashamed, bowing their heads and saying nothing.

Seeing that the time was urgent, Li Guo didn't say much, and after leaving 5,000 soldiers and horses for Hao Shaoqi, he immediately led the remaining 18,000 troops to withdraw from Lingshi City and marched towards the Yin Land Pass in the south.

After the main army withdrew, Hao Shaoqi ordered all the four gates of Lingshi City to be blocked with big stones, and then announced to the five thousand rogue soldiers who stayed together that as long as they could hold Lingshi City for three days, they would allow the rogue army to live happily in the city for ten days, and money and women could be picked at will!

As soon as this order was given, all the five thousand rogue soldiers fell into the final madness and began to actively prepare for the battle to defend the city, wanting to use their blood and courage to make tens of thousands of Han Wei troops sink here.

However, the illusion of Hao Shaoqi and the 5,000 rogue soldiers did not last long, and the 60,000 Hanwei soldiers who arrived later surrounded Lingshi City in a blink of an eye, and then Liu Yunwei gathered the pacesetter battalion and the two artillery battalions under the jurisdiction of the Yue Cavalry Battalion, a total of 60 big Buddha cannons, 80 tiger cannons, and 15,000 bird guns, and launched a fierce attack on Lingshi City.

Hao Shaoqi and the five thousand thief soldiers were like immature grasses under the fierce blows of the storm, swaying helplessly, ruthlessly destroyed, and it didn't take long for them to fall forever and become corpses everywhere.

With Li Tianhao's roar, only an hour later, a total of 15,000 soldiers from the A and B battalions of the Yuecai battalion roared onto the top of the city, and the soldiers rushed into Lingshi City from the four city walls at the same time.

At this time, Hao Shaoqi did not run away, but held a knife in one hand and a flag in the other, roared loudly and charged forward, leading the remaining more than 100 rogue soldiers around him to launch a final charge towards the thousands of Yue cavalry battalion soldiers in front, and in a blink of an eye, they turned into dead corpses. Hao Shaoqi was even more unfortunate to meet Li Tianhao, who personally led the army into the city, and was slashed to the ground by him, and died of anger on the spot.

After the fierce battle, Li Tianhao said to Liu Yunwei with an unhappy face: "Inspector Qiyu, the main army of thieves has run away, the thief leader Li Guo, Li Kang, and Liu Tichun are all gone, and the thief leader Hao Shaoqi was cut down by the general. ”

"Do you know where the army of thieves is fleeing?"

Li Tianhao said: "I have already asked a few captured bandit leaders, and the thief leader Li Guo led the main force of the thieves towards the Yin Di Pass in the south. ”

Liu Yunwei did not hesitate when he heard this, and immediately ordered Guo Yi to lead Long Xiang Tieqi to pursue southward, and instructed Guo Yi to chase after him until the Yin Di Pass!

At the same time, Liu Yunwei ordered the main army to rest in Lingshi City for a night, and then wave his army south to attack Yindi Pass early tomorrow morning.