Chen Yucheng is a decisive person. He saw that the road was blocked, and without any hesitation, he directly chose to abandon some of the soldiers in the army and ran towards the path on the right side of the official road. From being chased and killed by the soldiers of the Jiangbei battalion to the present, the soldiers he brought have died no less than tens of thousands, plus the soldiers who escaped, there are only more than 10,000 people who follow Chen Yucheng.

Now that they are fleeing separately, all the soldiers are scattered to flee, and the soldiers who follow Chen Yucheng are still decreasing. Chen Yucheng understood this, but he didn't hesitate. If he forcibly broke into the fortifications laid by Li Xiucheng in front, there would be more dead and wounded soldiers, and it was unknown whether he could survive.

Therefore, Chen Yucheng chose to break through from the right side of the official road.

Li Xiucheng was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Chen Yucheng to do this?

Long Xi, Smith, Yang Banhou and Lu Shaochuan all stopped, and the four of them looked at each other, you look at me, I look at you, I don't know whether to continue to chase or not. The road on both sides is narrow, and if you continue to chase, it is not conducive to the army rushing. If you don't chase after you, you will let Chen Yucheng go, not everyone wants to see it.

Lu Shaochuan was stabbed by Chen Yucheng, and his shoulder still ached. He was deeply resentful in his heart, and said loudly: "Kill me, and you must take down the bandit who stabbed me." ”

"Yes!"

The soldiers beside Lu Shaochuan immediately responded.

"Stop, stop chasing!"

Lu Shaochuan ordered, but Li Zhen came over and opened his mouth to stop him.

Lu Shaochuan asked: "Dashuai, the kid who leads the army is decisive and quite strategic, this person is a threat, and he can't be let go at will, otherwise there will be endless troubles in the future!" ”

Li Zhen shook his head and said: "What can be the consequences, this time I will defeat him, and I can defeat him next time." ”

Lu Shaochuan was speechless, still quite unwilling.

Li Zhen continued: "Chen Yucheng fled by small road, and it is impossible for our army to continue to chase after him. Besides, there are still very important things to do next, so I won't care about Chen Yucheng for the time being. In fact, Li Zhen saw Chen Yucheng's decision and admired it very much. Not all of them can do this by decisively abandoning most of their forces and leaving.

Li Zhen made the final decision and directly finalized the matter.

Li Xiucheng walked over, and the soldier next to him was carrying a tall and thin middle-aged man.

This middle-aged man is Xu Yuan, who is guarding the grain.

When Xu Yuan and Chen Yucheng came back with the soldiers together, they killed Li Zhen and returned to the carbine. Li Zhen's army was about to flee, but the food was left. Chen Yucheng led his soldiers to chase after Li Zhen, while Xu Yuan took a small number of soldiers to stay behind to guard the grain, and at the same time counted how many catties of grain there were. After Xu Yuan finished counting, his heart suddenly pulled out the cold.

After he counted it, he found that the grain was not even enough for 10,000 catties. Such a result is definitely not what Xu Yuan needs.

At least, it must be more than 100,000 catties.

Now that there are only a few thousand catties of food, Xu Yuan doesn't know how to go back and explain to Hong Xiuquanbi.

Xu Yuan guarded the grain, hoping that Chen Yucheng would be able to defeat Li Zhen, and even came back with Li Zhen's head. In this way, with Li Zhen as a trophy, he can still pay for it when he escorts thousands of catties of grain back. Xu Yuan waited for Chen Yucheng to come back, but what he was waiting for was Li Xiucheng who rushed over.

Xu Yuan murdered Yang Xiuqing, and the two sides were enemies when they met. Li Xiucheng viciously ordered the soldiers to attack, quickly grabbed Xu Yuan, and then cleaned up Xu Yuan fiercely, venting the anger in his heart.

If it weren't for Li Zhen's interrogation, Li Xiucheng would have killed Xu Yuan a long time ago.

Li Zhen asked, "Battalion Commander Li, who is this?" ”

Li Xiucheng replied respectfully: "Dashuai, this person's name is Xu Yuan, and he is Hong Xiuquan's confidant. Most of Hong Xiuquan's things, Xu Yuan knows. If there's anything you want to ask, you can ask now. ”

Li Zhen nodded, his gaze falling on Xu Yuan's face.

Xu Yuan's face was already red and swollen, and there were footprints, all of which were caused by Li Xiucheng.

Li Zhen asked: "Tell me, how many soldiers are still guarding Nanjing City?" ”

"Hmph, I don't know!" Xu Yuan replied coldly.

Li Zhen was not annoyed, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, and he said unhurriedly: "I don't need you to answer, I know everything." There are no more than 10,000 soldiers guarding the city of Nanjing, and the combat effectiveness of these 10,000 people is not strong, not the strongest elite. Hong Xiuquan's strongest force was led by Chen Yucheng, but now Chen Yucheng's army has failed, and the city of Nanjing is also in danger. ”

When Xu Yuan heard this, his face instantly turned extremely pale.

If Li Zhen besieged the city, the result would be ......

Thinking of the terrifying result, Xu Yuan looked at Li Zhen in horror, the person in front of him was too terrifying!

Li Zhen said a word, and he had already got the information he needed.

Compared with the goal that Li Zhen wanted to achieve, Chen Yucheng was only a small problem encountered in achieving the goal, and compared with the big problem of Nanjing, Chen Yucheng was definitely not comparable, so Li Zhen did not pay attention to Chen Yucheng for the time being, but ordered the soldiers to rush in the direction of Nanjing to prepare for the attack on Nanjing.

……

At night, the cold wind howls.

In the middle of the night, Chen Yucheng had already found a village to rest.

Chen Yucheng had gathered nearly 3,000 soldiers around him, and most of the soldiers had already dispersed, making it difficult to gather. Not only that, but it will take a lot of work to feed these 3,000 people. Chen Yucheng sat by the stove, and next to him sat the middle-level generals in the army. During the daytime battle, most of the mid-level generals in the army were killed, and not many remained.

Chen Yucheng's gaze swept over everyone and asked, "Everyone, if you go back to Tianjing now, what do you think?" ”

Several generals immediately nodded and thought about going back.

However, Chen Yucheng said solemnly: "I must tell you that I will be punished if I go back now." If the King of Heaven is not happy, we may also be destroyed. ”

The general immediately asked, "General Chen, what do you think?" ”

Chen Yucheng said: "Since the beginning of the escape, I have been thinking about a problem. We fought with Li Zhen, Li Zhen did his best, and we did our best. Nanjing's strength is slightly lacking, but fortunately, Nanjing has a strong city, and there are soldiers in the city, so it is certainly not afraid of problems. Li Zhen left the Jiangbei camp with the army under his command, and there was a shortage of troops in his camp. As long as we attack the Jiangbei camp, Li Zhen will definitely suffer a big loss, and maybe we can make a lot of money. ”

"I agree with the general!"

One of the generals immediately chimed in, agreeing with the idea.

The rest of the generals were reluctant to return to Nanjing, and all agreed with Chen Yucheng's proposal.

Chen Yucheng looked at everyone and said in a deep voice: "Let's stay for a day, continue to gather soldiers, and collect more dry food, we must prepare food." Next time, we will quietly appear outside the Jiangbei camp and take the Jiangbei camp in one fell swoop. At the end of September, the Dog Emperor and the emperor's daughters came to the Jiangbei camp, and if we take the Jiangbei camp, the little emperor and the female dependents will be our trophies. When the time comes, you will definitely be able to return to Tianjing in triumph. ”

The words made the surrounding soldiers faintly excited.

The emperor was in camp in Jiangbei, but Li Zhen's army was not guarded, which was definitely a great opportunity. Chen Yucheng determined the next arrangements and ordered all the generals and soldiers to rest.

ps: Fifth shift, call it a day. I want to say that the company will have to work overtime tomorrow and Sunday, but let's continue to work hard to break out.