Dong Weiguo's breakout order was obviously a little late, not only the infantry of the Fat Army had launched a comprehensive counterattack, but the elite cavalry of the Fat Army had also been killed behind Dong Weiguo's defeated army, in front of the fat army infantry fiercely dancing knives and guns, and behind was the snow sabre cut down by the cavalry of the Fat Army like a storm, the poor Qing soldiers were caught in the middle, unable to advance or retreat, and could not run over, not to mention the breakthrough of the formation, even if they wanted to stay in place and wait for help, there was no hope.

Unable to advance or retreat, one after another of the Qing soldiers either scattered and fled, or knelt down and surrendered, or were cut down by the wolf-like Wu soldiers like pigs and sheep, Dong Weiguo could not restrain these defeated soldiers no matter how much he won the hearts of the army, let alone twist them into a rope as before, desperately breaking out of the encirclement, he could only watch with tears in his eyes as these Qing soldiers gradually disintegrated in the chaos, fell down and knelt down in the earth-shattering crying and fighting, and fled to the depths of the night on the left and right flanks in twos and threes, to gamble to escape the search and killing of the Wu soldiers. Dong Weiguo's eyes were in tears, his heart was bleeding, but he couldn't do anything.

Relying on the desperate protection of the cavalry and his own soldiers, as well as the cover of the night and a little luck, Dong Weiguo finally led more than 100 cavalry to break out of the encirclement, leaving behind the remnants of the remnants of the defeated generals who struggled in the encirclement of the Wu army, and fled to Jiujiang City in the last darkness before dawn. However, the war horses under their crotches attracted the attention of many Wu cavalry - no way, the cavalry was too expensive, Li Xiongfei, the general of the Wu cavalry, personally led more than 500 cavalry to chase and kill, Dong Weiguo had no intention of fighting, but led the crowd to fight and retreat, and fled to Jiujiang City with a whip.

Our Governor Dong's luck is indeed declining enough, in the night was chased by the Wu army to flee for his life, panicked and took the wrong road, fled to the northeast to the Yangtze River, found that the situation was not right and then broke through to the southeast, the Wu cavalry led by Li Xiongfei had surrounded them, around them desperately opened bows and arrows, slashed and killed, and kept shouting, "Surrender or kill!" Surrender or kill! Catch it alive, there are big fish! There are big fish! ”

Thinking of Lu Fatzi's heavy reward after catching the big fish, the cavalry of the Wu army was naturally brave, and they stopped Dong Weiguo's team alive and did not let go, desperately slashing and intercepting, and the cavalry of the Qing army rushed left and right, and was never able to break out of the encirclement. Seeing that the Wu army was getting smaller and smaller, and there were fewer and fewer soldiers around him, Dong Weiguo was becoming more and more desperate, and couldn't help but draw his sword in his hand, and sighed: "Master, it's not that the slave is incompetent, it's that Wu Gou is too cunning." I hope that when they attack the fortification, they will not attack, and if they want to fight a field battle with them, they will not be able to defend the camp, and the minions are really powerless, so they can only apologize with death. ”

After that, Dong Weiguo was about to return the knife to kill himself, but the soldiers next to him hurriedly grabbed him and cried: "Your Excellency, you can't!" That's it! There is still hope for us! ”

"What hope do we have?" Dong Weiguo choked up and said, "Could it be that that idiot in Zhangtai will send reinforcements to meet me?" Rather than being captured alive by Wu Gou and suffering that shameful humiliation, it is better to die early, at least, my family will not be affected by me ....... ”

As he spoke, Dong Weiguo struggled again to cut his neck, and the soldiers next to him were so frightened that they hurriedly grabbed Dong Weiguo again, screaming with a crying voice, "My lord, I can't!" Dong Weiguo struggled desperately to resist, crying: "You let go of me, let go of me, you are saving me now, you are harming me, you are harming me!" ”

"My lord, don't look for a short sight, listen!" One of the soldiers suddenly shouted again, pointing to the southeast and shouting, "Your Excellency, there are soldiers and horses coming again, could it be our reinforcements?" ”

Dong Weiguo calmed down a little, looked up carefully, and found that the torches were waving in the southeast direction, as if an army was rushing towards this side quickly, judging from the direction, it was indeed very similar to the reinforcements sent from Jiujiang City, Dong Weiguo couldn't help but have a glimmer of hope, and muttered in surprise: "How is it possible?" Could it be that Zhangtai's idiot suddenly got his head after taking the wrong medicine? ”

Seeing this glimmer of hope, the Qing cavalry beside Dong Weiguo, which could not support it, naturally burst out with the last strength and once again blocked the charge of the Wu cavalry towards Dong Weiguo. After holding on so hard for a while, when the sky finally showed a glimmer of light, the army that came from the southeast finally appeared in the field of vision of the warring parties, and what made Dong Weiguo and the Qing soldiers cheer was that this team that came urgently was indeed a Qing army reinforcement from Jiujiang City, and judging from the banner, the commander of this army was still Zhao Yingkui, the deputy general of Jiangxi who Dong Weiguo had personally promoted over the years, and Dong Weiguo's hardcore cronies!

The Qing army reinforcements arrived, the battlefield situation was suddenly reversed, the morale of the Qing army was greatly boosted, and the morale of the Wu army was greatly reduced, and Li Xiongfei, who led the cavalry of the Wu army, was also a slippery character, and immediately ordered a retreat when he found that the situation was not good, and broke out of the encirclement before being counter-surrounded by the Qing army, and retreated to the big camp - the main thing was that he did not know that the self-army was surrounded by a super big fish like Dong Weiguo, the governor of Jiangxi in the Qing Dynasty. Dong Weiguo took the opportunity to lead the last thirty or so horsemen to rush into Zhao Yingkui's army, and was fully protected by Zhao Yingkui's team.

Exhausted and rolled off the war horse, sitting on the ground before he had time to pant evenly, Zhao Yingkui had already come over to kowtow and salute, and asked Dong Weiguo with concern whether he was injured, Dong Weiguo gasped and replied: "I'm fine, I'm just very tired, thanks to Deyuan, you arrived in time, otherwise, the official said that he wouldn't want to live today." Deyuan's great kindness, the official doesn't know how to reciprocate. ”

"Your Excellency is overrated, this is what a lowly job should do." Zhao Yingkui said modestly, and urged: "Lord Governor, it's not safe here, and the last general only brought less than a thousand troops, once the Wu Dog army is killed, I'm afraid it will still be impossible to resist." I only ask the Governor to work harder, and return to the city as soon as possible. ”

"Okay." Dong Weiguo agreed, stood up strongly, and asked suspiciously: "Why did you only bring so many troops?" Zhangtai Beizi only gives you such a small army? ”

"Back to the Governor, the lowly duty is to forcibly lead the army out of the city to save you." Zhao Yingkui's voice was low, and he said helplessly: "There are defeated soldiers of our army who fled back to the city, and reported that your Excellency Governor You took the wrong road and came to the edge of the Yangtze River, and Wu Gou is still chasing after him, but I am afraid that the situation is critical." All the generals asked Bei Ziye to send troops to rescue, but Bei Ziye refused to say anything, and insisted that it was the governor, you were playing with Wu Gou, deliberately letting our 5,000 troops die not count, and wanted to trick another army out of the city to send ...... to death. ”

"Later, the last general has no choice." Zhao Yingkui's expression was even more helpless, "I had to bring the people directly under the headquarters, cut the ...... of the gate guards of the city, and forcibly opened the city gate and rushed out to save you." ”

"What? Did you cut down the doorman and go out of the city without permission? Dong Weiguo jumped up violently and yelled: "Are you crazy? Do you know that if you do this, not only will you make me more suspicious, but you will also be dragged into the water, and you will not be able to tell if you are as long as I am with a hundred mouths! ”

"The last general knows, but the last general can't watch you die in vain, Lord Governor." Zhao Yingkui lowered his head and replied: "When I return to Jiujiang City, the last general will naturally go to Zhangtai Bei Ziye to ask for guilt, everything has nothing to do with you, Lord Governor!" ”

"Confused!" Dong Weiguo yelled, "You said that everything has nothing to do with me, so everything has nothing to do with me?" That idiot will listen to your explanation? He has long been jealous of my prestige in the Jiangxi army, can he miss such a good opportunity? Your head, I'm afraid it's me this time, and I'll save it for you! ”

Zhao Yingkui lowered his head and didn't dare to say anything, and his stomach was full of grievances, but fortunately, Dong Weiguo quickly calmed down, and understood that he blamed Zhao Yingkui too much, so he patted Zhao Yingkui on the shoulder and said: "Deyuan, don't blame me for being ungrateful, I also know that you did such a thing to save me, but you should also understand that I am doing it for your own good, you do this, I really can't explain to the court, and you can't explain it." ”

"Your Excellency the Governor, don't say that, the last general came from a humble background, and it was you who promoted the lowly position to the ranks, cultivated and promoted it with one hand, and had the grace to recreate the lowly position." Zhao Yingkui said with tears in his eyes: "For the sake of the Governor, let alone a robbery, it is a matter of breaking bones, and it is difficult to repay the kindness of the Governor." ”

"I understand, I understand." Dong Weiguo patted Zhao Yingkui's shoulder with tears in his eyes, and said helplessly: "You can't stay here for a long time, let's go back to the city quickly, and when I return to the city, I will definitely find a way to save your life, even if it is sent to the capital in a prisoner car, as long as you can save this life, there is still hope for a comeback." ”

Zhao Yingkui tearfully agreed, quickly gathered his soldiers and horses, and hugged Dong Weiguo to return to the city quickly. However, at this time, the scouts who went out of Zhao Yingkui suddenly returned quickly, saying that the fat army had dispatched a large number of foot knights, carrying a large number of siege equipment, and was killing Jiujiang City, and the Wu army's sailors had also been dispatched, and they rushed down the river to the north water gate of Jiujiang. Hearing the news, Dong Weiguo was immediately shocked and exclaimed: "Okay, you Lu Yifeng dog thief, you are really ruthless!" After winning two field battles in a row, we immediately launched an attack on the city, and we really want to kill all the Qing soldiers in Jiujiang! ”

"Your Excellency the Governor, what then?" Zhao Yingkui asked worriedly.

"Go back to the city right now!" Dong Weiguo said decisively: "Our army has suffered heavy defeats one after another, and its morale has been depressed, and with Zhangtai's straw bag alone, it will definitely not be able to hold Jiujiang City!" ”

Zhao Yingkui no longer spoke, but urged the army to escort Dong Weiguo to hurry, and when it was all dark, this loyal Qing army finally arrived at the east gate of Jiujiang in time, and the main force of the Wu army was still three or four miles away, and only a few advance scouts arrived first. Dong Weiguo, Zhao Yingkui and others didn't care to drive away those Wu army scouts, rushed to the city of Jiujiang and shouted loudly, never thinking that their team had just entered the range of bows and arrows on the city wall, and the city wall was full of arrows, which frightened Dong Weiguo and Zhao Yingkui to scatter and retreat urgently.

"Master Pei, you are crazy, why do you want to shoot arrows at us?" Dong Weiguo also said that Zhangtai and the others mistakenly thought that they were Wu Jun disguised, and hurriedly shouted: "Bei Ziye, you can see clearly, it is Dong Weiguo who is lowly, and this army is also all our soldiers of the Qing Dynasty!" Open the gates and let us in! ”

"Ben Beizi has already seen your dirty face clearly!" Zhangtai Bei Ziye poked his head out of the gap in the arrow stack, and shouted vividly: "Dong Weiguo traitor, I can't imagine that you still have the courage to come back!" I still want to help Wu Gou open the city gate again, Ben Beizi is familiar with military books, and he is well versed in Tao Strategy, will he be your thief again? ”

"I ...... I don't! Dong Weiguo was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, and hurriedly shouted again: "Master Pei, you should know the battle situation last night, right?" Although our army did not cut off the head of Lu Yifeng's dog thief, it also caused huge losses to Wu Gou, and until now, do you still believe that the humble position is innocent? ”

"It's strange that Ben Beizi believes you!" Zhangtai Bei Ziye yelled: "You colluded with Wu Gou's traitors, poisoned my Qing Dynasty general Tong Guodong, and instructed your henchmen to kill the door officials, and went out of the city without permission, and now you want to come to Wu Gou to cheat the city, the evidence is conclusive, how long do you want to quibble?" ”

"Then I killed so many Wu dogs yesterday, how do you explain it?" Dong Weiguo laughed angrily and shouted: "Last night, he led the army to attack Wu Gou's camp, although Wu Gou was cunning and refused to go out of the camp for a decisive battle, but our army also killed and injured nearly a thousand Wu dogs, if I was really Wu Gou's internal annihilation, would I be so desperate?" Even if he is a lowly actor and Wu Gou, will Wu Gou be willing to spend so much money to play a bitter trick? ”

"That's just as well." Zhangtai Bei Ziye hesitated a little and began to waver a little. But at this moment, in the middle of the Wu army scouts in the distance, he suddenly rushed out and ran to the near place and shouted: "General Dong, General Dong Weiguo!" You've been exposed! Don't go into the city and die! Wait for our Great Zhou army to come, and then enter the city together, this will definitely not enter the city and die! ”

"Holy!" Dong Weiguo's nose was almost crooked, and he said in his heart that there is really what kind of commander there is, what kind of soldier, why is everyone in Wu Gou so immoral and shameless? At that moment, Dong Weiguo turned around and yelled: "Send some cavalry and cut down that Wu dog for me!" ”

Zhao Yingkui quickly agreed, and quickly sent dozens of horsemen to kill the Wu army scout, and the Wu army scout, that is, Li Ya, the junior colonel of the Wu army who had remediated Kong Sizhen to death in the Wuchang talks, turned his horse and ran, shouting as he ran, "General Dong, don't enter the city!" Mangou already knows that you are our man, and if you go in, you can't open the city gate, you will only die in vain! ”

After a slight delay, the vanguard cavalry of the Wu army had already entered the field of vision of the city wall, and the Zhangtai Bei Ziye, who was already suspicious of Dong Weiguo's loyalty and reliability, was afraid that the Wu cavalry would take the opportunity to seize the door, not only did he dare not order the door to be opened, but he also turned back and shouted at his only henchman in the city, Itambu: "Send someone to guard the city gate, and if someone opens the door without permission, no matter who it is, kill it immediately!" ”

"Zhangtai Beizi, open the door, open the door quickly!" Dong Weiguo was so anxious that he almost didn't cry, and shouted hoarsely: "If you don't open the door, it's too late!" You don't have battlefield experience, you can't defend this Jiujiang City! ”

Zhao Yingkui and the rest of the Qing army soldiers also shouted loudly, urging Zhangtai Bei Ziye to open the door as soon as possible, but Dong Weiguo's words inadvertently stabbed the soft flesh of Zhangtai Bei Ziye's heart, poked his head out and scolded: "Fart!" Ben Beizi is familiar with military books and is well versed in strategy, will he not be able to defend this Jiujiang City? Even if there is a traitor and traitor like you in Jiujiang City, Ben Beizi will defend this Jiujiang City! Everyone, listen to Ben Beizi, the general of the Qing Dynasty An Yuanjing Kou, no matter who it is, once you get close to the city wall, immediately shoot with arrows! ”

At the end, Zhangtai Bei Ziye probably felt that he was not relieved enough, and yelled again: "The red-clothed cannon and the Weiyuan general cannon (sub-mother cannon) are prepared, and Ben Beizi will shoot at the rebels of Dong Weiguo under the city!" ”

"Master Pei! What did you say? Zhao Dengju and Zhang Sheguang and other Qing generals next to him exclaimed.

"Didn't you hear?" Zhangtai Bei Ziye roared with red eyes, "This is the military order of General Ben Bei Ziben!" Violators will be beheaded! ”

"Pierce." Zhao Dengju, Zhang Sheguang and other Qing army generals reluctantly agreed, and Zhang Sheguang deliberately shouted at the city: "Dong Weiguo is a traitor, Bei Ziye has already ordered the cannon!" If you don't get out, I'm going to shoot at you!" Get lost! Get out of here! ”

"Shoot the light brothers......." Of course, Dong Weiguo understood that Zhang Sheguang was reminding himself with good intentions, and he couldn't help but burst into tears when he was moved, and Zhao Yingkui over there was also anxious, and hurriedly pulled Dong Weiguo and said: "Lord Governor, we can't die in the hands of this fool in vain, go quickly, go to Nanchang, go to Anqing, go there to fight again, and come back to find Wu Gou for revenge!" ”

"Dong Weiguo is a traitor! I've already pointed the gun at you, and you won't get out of here! I'm going to light the fire! Zhang Sheguang's crying voice sounded again.

"Hurry up and light the fire! What is this rebel rambling about? The roar of Zhangtai Bei Ziye also echoed on the city wall.

"Zhangtai Xiaoer, you No. 1 stupid pig in Tianzi!" Dong Weiguo couldn't help but scold, "You idiot! If Jiujiang is attacked by Wu dog! You are the first sinner in the battlefield of Northern Jiangxi in the Qing Dynasty! You pig, dog! Pigs and dogs are not as good as fools! ”

"Fire! Kill this dog thief for Lao Tzu! Zhangtai Bei Ziye also roared, and rushed to the fort, grabbed the torch and lit it himself, the line of fire entered the eyes, and the cannon in the city immediately roared, pouring artillery fire on his own army under the city, and the shells fell into the middle of Dong Weiguo and Zhao Yingkui's team and exploded, and suddenly the Qing soldiers suffered heavy casualties, crying and scolding.

"Set up the Governor! Walk! Zhao Yingkui didn't dare to delay, and quickly asked the soldiers to pick up Dong Weiguo and run away, Dong Weiguo didn't struggle, just howled and scolded, "Zhangtai child, you sinner!" Sinner! The first sinner of the Qing Dynasty! Jiujiang is finished, it's over in the hands of you stupid pig! ”

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At the same time, the scouts of the Wu army, led by the bad breed Li Ya, have also reported the situation under the city to Lu Fatzi, who was overjoyed to reward the clever and immoral Li Ya, and hurriedly shouted: "Gao Hongchen listened to the order, immediately led two thousand cavalry for me, to the Jiujiang to Nanchang must go through the road to ambush, Dong Weiguo dog Han Annihilation if fleeing to Nanchang, stop me at any cost!" If you can't cut off the head of Dong Weiguo's dog Han Jian on the battlefield, then I'd rather let Dong Weiguo's dog Han Jian flee to Anqing than let him escape to Nanchang! If the interception fails, let Dong Weiguo and the dog Han flee to Nanchang, and the military law will be engaged! ”

"Order!" Gao Hongchen clenched his fists and agreed, and turned around to lead the troops. Han Daren next to him asked in a flattering tone: "General, Dong Weiguo's dog thief is already a dead dog at the end of his rope, and now that the siege war is in full swing, he urgently needs elite soldiers, so why waste the main force of our army to intercept it?" ”

"You know!" Lu Fatzi's mung bean eyes were puffed up, and he shouted: "Dong Weiguo is so popular with the military in Jiangxi Mangou, don't you see it?" If he escaped to his base camp Nanchang and continued to command the Jiangxi Mangou army, then how difficult will it be for us to fight Nanchang? But if he is driven to Anqing, there are two full dogs of Hilgen and Hargaqi on it, and there is a large group of dogs full of dogs below, he will not be able to show his great skills, on the contrary, there may be a disagreement with other full dogs because of tactical differences! Got it? ”

"The last will understand." Han Daren agreed, but he secretly hated in his heart, "Fuck your mother's fat dog, you will open a dyeing workshop just after giving you a few colors!" Scolding Lao Tzu for knowing a fart? Lao Tzu is a Jinshi background, and he knows a lot more than you, the shabby first show! ”

What really made Han Daren hate was still behind, after the main force of the Wu army came to Jiujiang City, as soon as he set up a position, Lu Fatzi ordered the Wu army's artillery to aim at the city wall for a burst of random bombardment, and further hit the morale and fighting spirit of the Qing army in Jiujiang, and then gave an extremely harsh death order to Han Daren, the siege pioneer! A drum, attached to the city! Ertong drums, ascend to the city! Three-way drums can't go to the city, kill soldiers! Sitong drum can't go to the city, kill the general!

Hearing Lu Fatzi's order, not to mention that Han Daren, who had made a bet with Lu Fatzi before and was forced to serve as the main general of the siege cannon fodder, was colorless, and even the generals of the Wu army present muttered in their hearts, "Our general, the means of cleaning up people are really ruthless, this clearly shows that he wants to march to Han Daren's head." ”

"What are you doing? Why don't you organize a team to set up a siege? Lu Fatzi, who has always been hippie and smiling, rarely showed some serious looks, and shouted at Han Daren: "General Ben has created so many opportunities for you, and laid so many foundations for you, if you can't capture this demoralized and collapsed Jiujiang City today, even if General Ben wants to spare you, the prince is there, I'm afraid he won't be able to spare you!" ”

"Yuan Ren!" Han Daren had no choice but to turn to his younger brother Han Yuanren and shouted: "Organize you and my personal army team, and all of them will be put on the axe to act as the overseer team!" Then send an order to the siege soldiers, and those who take a step back will be beheaded immediately! ”

Note: Zhangtai's bombardment of the army defending the city is by no means an exaggeration, and similar things have happened in history. In the rebellion of the three feudatories, the defenders of Ji'an of the Wu army listened to the rumors of the Qing army and mistakenly believed that the reinforcements sent to Ji'an by Wu Lao Han had surrendered to Mangou, and fired artillery and arrows at the reinforcements. In the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the defenders of Nanjing of the Qing army bombarded the city to practice bravery, and they defeated the only elite soldiers in their own team.

(To be continued)