"What should I do now?"

Yu Guozhen is concerned and chaotic, while Zhang Zheng is annoyed that he can't complete the task.

Yu Guozhen had not personally visited Tingkou Town, so he did not realize that the dense wooden buildings here would become a mortal danger, and from this point of view, he was negligent, but not very responsible.

The real responsibility is Zhang Zheng.

He was able to perfectly carry out Yu Guozhen's orders, but he lacked a little initiative, so after he arrived in Tingkou Town, he arranged everything perfectly, but he didn't expect that these wooden houses he saw with his own eyes would become a weakness for the enemy to exploit, and once used, it would mean a reversal of the tide of battle!

His reaction was still very fast, and he immediately understood the fire, so he ordered to go, gather people, and summon all the tiger guards scattered everywhere. And the tiger guards are not stupid, most of them saw the fire and began to retreat, only a few fell into the sea of fire and could not get out.

But as the fire spreads, the place where they are currently sheltering from the fire is gradually becoming unsafe. However, the discipline of the tiger guards made them not act rashly in the face of the fire, but just waited for Zhang Zheng's decision.

"Into the water." Zhang Zheng thought about it for a while, but he didn't think of how to turn defeat into victory.

He knew that with such a big fire, Jianyu would definitely not let him get out of the city easily, so the east and north must be surrounded by enemies, so he chose Jiaolai Water in the south. At this time, it is the first month of the year, and it is freezing cold, and although jumping into the water can avoid the fire, it is by no means a comfortable thing.

If you change to another unit, you may have to think about it, and you will not jump into the water until the flames are close. But Tiger Guard was resolute in carrying out the order. In the blink of an eye, Zhang Zheng's nearly 2,000 tiger guards were all in the water, and Zhang Zheng saw that there were still dozens of horses, so he ordered the injured to be carried on the horse, and he should be the first to flow into the water, along the Jiaolai New River, towards the east.

Zhang Zheng trudged through waist-deep water, knowing that this section of the water was relatively deep, and that he had to go a little further upstream, about 300 meters, before there was a sandbar in the river, from which they could wade and escape to the other side of the Jiaolai New River.

But there's no way Jianyu can let them escape so easily!

Although the fire in the city was very large, the Jianyu did not give up monitoring the movements of the tiger guards, and they could not enter the city, but they could monitor the movement on the water from both sides. As soon as the tiger guards entered the water, they were already aware of it, and immediately roared and began to pursue along the riverbank.

"Quick! Fast! ”

Zhang Zheng struggled in the water, and from time to time a tiger guard fell, and his companion reached out and dragged him up. They knew that Jianlu was chasing after him more than three or four hundred meters behind, and if they were slow, they would become a live target for Ren Jianyu to shoot in the water!

But how can a man stagger in the water be faster than a galloping horse on land?

"Team 203, follow my palace, Team 205, cover alternately, and the rest continue!" Zhang Zheng realized this and immediately ordered.

The so-called queen of the palace is to stay behind to attract the firepower of the builders. They jumped into the water, and the gunpowder on their bodies was already wet, where could they still cause effective damage to Jianyu! Zhang Zheng's meaning is nothing more than to use himself to fight for a chance for his companions to live.

When the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty rushed to push their accomplices out of the palace, and they fled first, only Yu Guozhen's tiger guards had the courage to sacrifice themselves to cover their companions. Zhang Zheng gave this order, and suddenly someone came up and grabbed his shirt: "Do you want to be the first regimental leader of the Tiger Guard to die?" Our battalions and teams are not dead yet, when will it be your turn to come to the queen of the palace? ”

Zhang Zheng lifted his hand: "Drag him away, this is a military order!" ”

As soon as the word "military order" came out, in the tiger guard, it means that it cannot be resisted!

The battalion Zheng glanced at Zhang Zheng, and then saluted: "I will definitely take off Yue Tuo's head and send it to you!" ”

After the military order, the tiger guards of the two teams stayed behind, they were not without fear, but at this time, fear was useless.

Because of the winter, they no longer wore iron armor, and the thick cotton clothes were also armor to some extent, but the cotton clothes entered the water, and they immediately absorbed the water, becoming heavy and obstructive. Seeing that Jianyu had reached the water's edge, a burst of random arrows was thrown at them, although because they were still far away, the casualties were not heavy, but Zhang Zheng knew that Jianyu would also choose a sandbar to enter the water next, shoot nearby, and then cross the river to chase and kill!

"I made a big mistake today, I should have thought that the wooden house was very easy to ignite, although I thought that Yue Tuo was going to occupy the city and not destroy the city, but Jianyu launched a madness, and it should not be inferred by common sense!" Zhang Zheng was at the end of the line, he covered his face with his hand, felt a sharp pain coming from his hand, he gritted his teeth, endured the pain, and walked deeper into the water step by step: "If it were me...... If I make it back alive, I'll learn this lesson! ”

"Throw something and swim across the river!"

Zhang Zheng was secretly swearing in his heart, but he heard a familiar voice in the distance.

"Little official!" Zhang Zheng immediately reacted: "It's a little official, when did he cross the river, he picked us up on the other side of the river!" ”

Yu Guozhen did meet Zhang Zheng and others on the other side of the river, and after discovering that Tingkou Town was on fire, his initial thought was to break through the siege of Jianyu and rescue Zhang Zheng from the sea of fire, but then he thought that this might not be effective, but would make himself fall into a bitter battle.

At this time, Mao Yuanyi's role in picking up and filling in the gaps was reflected, Zhang Zheng and others were fans of the authorities, Yu Guozhen was concerned about chaos, and Mao Yuanyi was able to analyze the situation more calmly. He reminded Yu Guozhen at the first time: Jianyu surrounded two directions, and Yu Guozhen had to go west or south, and escape from the fire in Tingkou Town by water.

Among them, the shallow and silted Jiaolai New River is the most likely to be chosen as the direction of escape!

Therefore, Yu Guozhen ordered the whole army to abandon the camp, destroy the bulky items that could not be carried immediately, cross the Jiaolai New River in the shortest possible time, and come to the south bank to meet Zhang Zheng.

At this critical time, the artillery also brought out its own strength to the super level, and as soon as the cannon passed, it hit the most dense place of the Jianyu, and suddenly the stumps and broken arms flew sideways, and the rampant and proud Jianyu shouted and retreated.

At this opportunity, most of the tiger guards were saved across the river.

Yue Tuo came to the bank of the Jiaolai New River, looked from afar, and saw that dozens of fires had been lit on the opposite side, and the new soldiers in military uniforms were busy arranging the defensive camp, he sneered, but he also knew that under the sharp firearms of the other party, it was almost impossible for him to cross the river to chase and kill.

This war should end here.

A very important reason why Yue Tuo was reluctant to entangle with Yu Guozhen any longer was that he didn't know how many reinforcements Yu Guozhen still had. Until now, he estimated that Yu Guozhen should still have about 20,000 troops. And on the other side of the river should be the most elite troops of more than 20,000 people, after the setback of Tingkou Town, the other party can no longer catch up for a while, so he can calmly return to the division.

The shouting and scolding of the captives had gone away, and Zhang Zheng was wrapped in a thick blanket and sat by the fire, but he still felt cold.

A bowl of ginger soup was brought to him, and he took it without hesitation, and was about to drink it, but found that the person who brought the ginger soup was Yu Guozhen.

"Little official!"

He immediately stood up and was about to salute, but he had nothing on him but the blanket he was wrapped in, and as soon as he stood up straight and saluted, he was immediately naked. Yu Guozhen glanced at him dissatisfiedly: "What's the hurry, is it a treasure, a guy like Xiaodouding, dare to show it in front of me?" ”

The tiger guards, whose morale was originally a little low, suddenly burst into laughter, even Zhang Zheng, who was still expressionless after eating the defeat, couldn't help but blush at this time, and hurriedly wrapped himself tightly with a blanket.

"Official, my fault, I didn't realize that Jianyu would attack with fire!" Zhang Zheng said loudly.

His words made everyone silent, but Yu Guozhen smiled slightly: "You are the only one who is wrong, you didn't realize it, didn't I think that Jianyu would set fire?" ”

"Moreover, there are two thousand tiger guards who entered Tingkou Town with you, isn't there no one who suggested that Jianyu would set fire? Everyone is wrong, it's just that the tactics I set, everyone will implement them, and even if there is anything I haven't noticed, everyone thinks it's a flaw that I deliberately sold...... Hehe, I have the greatest responsibility for this. Yu Guozhen raised his voice and said.

Zhang Zheng's face was depressed.

He knew that Yu Guozhen took the initiative to take responsibility, and to a certain extent, it was to protect him and protect his image as a front-line commander. Yu Guozhen did not enter the town, he did not know that the houses in the town were crowded, those old wooden houses were originally extremely flammable, and the Jianyu set the fire insidiously, so the fire spread extremely quickly, and there was not even time to pull down the houses to form a separation zone. The more Yu Guozhen didn't criticize him, the more annoyed he felt in his heart.

However, he is not the kind of waste who can be knocked down with a single blow, and in his frustration, he also secretly vows that he will definitely learn from the lesson and never make the same mistake again.

"Boom!"

Just when Yu Guozhen was about to say something more, he suddenly heard a loud noise, and with this sound, the earth shook, and a cloud of smoke rose and rushed into the air. Yu Guozhen stood up straight, looked at the smoke, and snorted: "If you want to pick up our cheapness, how can it be so easy!" ”

"Is this ......," Zhang Zheng asked puzzled.

"We are in a hurry to meet you, so we will leave some of the supplies of the army in the camp." Mao Yuanyi smiled a little proudly: "I expected that with the greed of Jianyu, I would never let go of the opportunity to pick up cheap, so I suggested to the lord that the two heavy guns and gunpowder that were inconvenient to drag were left in the camp, and then supplemented with mines...... Haha, it's going to be fun to think about! ”

"I don't know what kind of damage the Jianyu has suffered...... If you can blow Yue Tuo to death, that's the best. Zhang Zheng hated the authenticity.

Yu Guozhen also smiled: "That's natural, if you can blow Yue Tuo to death, the rest of the battle will be easy to fight...... Even if we can't eat all of them, it won't be a problem to wipe out another 10,000 or 20,000 people! ”

"It won't be long before the scouts will come to report on the damage." Mao Yuanyi said: "My lord, in my old and foolish opinion, the battle with the Jianyu Right Wing Army has almost been fought, and the rest is how to clean up Dorgon." ”

"Yue Tuo is a general, but it is more difficult to deal with than Dolgon, if Dolgon forces us to this point, I will never think of turning the tide of the battle with a fire attack." Yu Guozhen commented.

Because Zhang Zheng's two thousand tiger guards need to rest physically, and the tiger guards brought by Yu Guozhen are also speeding behind Jianyu, and they are already tired, so Yu Guozhen's plan is also to take a temporary rest for a while. But a moment later, when the scout came back to make an urgent report, Yu Guozhen's eyes flashed with excitement again.

"Yue Tuo is really...... Blown up? He asked aloud.

(To be continued)