Chapter Seventy-One: You Shouldn't Choose the North

The three walls were deceived and lured to the enemy, but the Chu army did not succeed, Zhang Shi's heart couldn't help but chuckle, and secretly screamed badly.

Since it is a trick, there is a possibility that the enemy will see through it, if in normal times, it is a big deal to start over, turn around and fight again, but he is now in a hurry to break through, and this time and again in vain delay, the situation will be even more dangerous.

"Blow the trumpet, change your costume and break through!"

With his order, the horn suddenly sounded, and several generals heard the sound of the horn, and immediately according to the pre-battle arrangement, each with their headquarters flashed to both sides, bypassing the spear array of the Chu army and rushed diagonally, and the two hundred cavalry also came back, protecting Zhang Shifang and rushing forward together.

The spear formation can attack and defend well, but the mobility is very poor, if the soldiers of the Chu army spread their legs and chase fiercely, the formation will naturally be chaotic, Zhang Shifang is not worried. While he rode his horse and galloped wildly, he still had time to look around and observe the entire battlefield.

The Chu army hurried from the distant town of Zhangshu, with limited troops and limited time, and it was too late to dig ditches and build walls and build camps for a while, and it was difficult to completely seal the encirclement, so it could only intercept and chase in the field according to the movements of the Qing army...... Zhang Shifang led the rush of the pro-soldier team, which did play a role in attracting the strength of the Chu army, and several other green battalion soldiers under him took advantage of this chaos to run out a lot.

Now that the goal has been achieved, it is necessary to get out as much as possible, and there is no need to fight with the spear array of the Chu army.

Zhang Shifang has superb riding skills, and he took off his clothes while running, and tore off his outer robe with two of the three, revealing the Ming army uniform that he was wearing closely. He was followed by a flag bearer, who also put the flag on his horse's back. Cut the rope, take down the green flag representing the green battalion, and pull a red flag from your bosom. Tied haphazardly to the flagpole and held high.

Break out in disguise!

In a hurry, I couldn't find too much armor of the Ming army, and there were only more than 200 people under Zhang Shizhuo in disguise, but fortunately, it was dark and I couldn't see clearly, as long as the green battalion soldiers in the front row were dressed as Chu troops, they could fish in the water at a critical moment. At the same time, in order to avoid confusion, the disguised green battalion soldier also tied a sweat towel to his left arm. to make it easier for your own people to identify.

The cavalry and infantry covered each other, specifically looking for the weak strength of the Chu army, turning left and right. Rush out and kill. Zhang Shifang looked back from time to time, but fortunately, the spear array that was the most threatening was indeed moving slowly and had not caught up.

Swing a knife and cut off a bamboo. The horses crossed a stream. Zhang Shifang fought and retreated, and fled with his men and horses. Under the layers of interception and killing of the Chu army, the Qing army was completely dispersed, and the green battalion soldiers following Zhang Shifang were rapidly reduced, and the cavalry and infantry were reduced by more than forty percent, leaving only about 1,000 people.

"Fortunately, I finally escaped!"

Rushing through a string of sparkling ponds, the pursuers of the Chu army could no longer be seen behind him. Zhang Shifang reined in his horse and looked back in the direction of the battlefield. His feelings were extremely mixed. Even if I have the happiness of the rest of my life after the catastrophe, I also have the regret of the mistake of command -- I knew that the Chu army was so difficult, and I should not have used my own army to fight hard, so that the casualties were heavy and the gains outweighed the losses.

In the direction of the battlefield behind him, the sound of fighting was still loud, and Zhang Shizuo knew that it was the green battalion soldiers blocked by the Chu army resisting in the corner, and it was estimated that it would not take long before they were all wiped out.

If you go back to the rescue, you may not be able to save it, but you will put yourself in, Zhang Shizhu let out a long breath, and said to the left and right: "Let's go, we can't delay for a moment now, rush to Fengcheng County, and ...... tomorrow morning."

At this moment, there was a sudden and dense sound of horses' hooves in the spurs, and a long dragon of torches approached rapidly in the night, lighting a fire, flickering and dimming, undulating like a wave.

"Hurry up, the western cavalry battalion of the southern thieves is catching up!" Zhang Shifang has been in battle for a long time, and his face immediately changed. Only the cavalry galloping at night will cause this special scene, and in the Chu army, only the well-ridden Xiliang cavalry in the Western Cavalry Battalion dare to let the war horses run so fast at night.

"Master go first! After the end is broken, how much resistance will be there! ”

A general stepped forward, hurriedly shouted at Zhang Shizhuo, and without waiting for his order, he led more than 200 infantry from his headquarters to meet the Chu army.

Zhang Shi's heart was hot, and he was very moved, this army general is a thousand generals of the pro-soldier team, and he is really loyal, and he can fight to protect the lord in a critical moment.

"Let's go!" Although Zhang Shifang was moved, he did not intend to die with him, and fled with the other soldiers.

Drilling in the woods, walking on the hills, picking those small roads that are not easy to walk, the Chu army has too many cavalry, and Zhang Shifang does not have the courage to take the big road again. In this way, many cavalry were left behind, but Zhang Shifang did not look back, and ran wildly all the way.

Suddenly, a whistle sounded in the woods in front of them, the fire flashed, and the guns rang out, and the Qing army was knocked down by a crackle, and Zhang Shifang was also shot twice, but fortunately he was not seriously injured in armor.

"There are also ambushes from the Southern Thieves here!" Zhang Shifang wants to cry without tears, in this wilderness, why is there an ambush everywhere in the Chu army?

At night, I couldn't figure out the reality of the army, no one dared to rush into the woods, and the green battalion soldiers didn't wait for Zhang Shi's order, so they avoided it far away. The Chu army did not give up, and chased out of the woods with a shout, and the morale of the green battalion soldiers was lost, and the fallen flowers were killed.

Under the escort of his own soldiers, Zhang Shifang easily broke through, but there were only more than 200 people left, and they lost their armor, and many people even lost their knives, guns and weapons in their hands, and they panicked in the middle of the night, and finally lost their way, so they had to go down a zigzag river.

The small river must be connected to the big river, and it can always be safer after crossing the river, Zhang Shifang is now a frightened bird, for fear that the cavalry of the Chu army will catch up again. But it backfired, and within five miles of going out, a group of cavalry suddenly appeared on the other side of the river, claiming to be from the Chu Junjiang Cavalry Battalion, and interrogating this side with torches.

Zhang Shifang lied that he was a Ming army, but the other party was noncommittal, but he kept following from a distance on the other side, and sent a few cavalry to leave, apparently to report the news. Obviously, these Ming soldiers did not believe his lies at all, and only stayed on the other side to monitor them because they were worried that Zhang Shifang would attack him halfway.

"Li Chengdong, that old fox, is really cunning, why didn't Lao Tzu think that he shouldn't have chosen the north at all!" Zhang Shifang finally figured it out, although the north is closest to Fengcheng County, but it will also be taken care of by the Chu army, it is obvious that the Chu army regarded the north as the key point of interception from the beginning, and laid down one ambush after another, but he was stupid and threw himself into the net.

Now what?

Crossing the river is definitely not a good idea!

It's even worse to turn back!

Like a rat forced into a corner, Zhang Shifang desperately waits for the final destruction. (To be continued......)