In fact, not only did Gao Qidive, but the faces of the more than ten generals in the big tent also turned pale, and they knew too well what Lu Xiangsheng's death meant.

From the following information, it can be seen that Lu Xiangsheng is powerful. Lu Xiangsheng: The second year of the Apocalypse, successively served as the prefect of the daimyo, the right to participate in politics, the right deputy capital of the imperial history, the prime minister of Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Huguang, Sichuan military affairs, and the governor of Huguang, the left squire of the military department, the title of the military department, the governor Xuanzhou, the daimyo, Shanxi military affairs, and finally led the soldiers and horses of the king of Qin, and recruited more than 10,000 soldiers as a literati to enter the king of Beijing, and then the rule of the soldiers and horses of the king of Qinwang in the world was obedient and convincing. That's a lot of power.

On the other hand, Gao Qiqian is just a clown who relies on Chongzhen's trust to make a fortune, if he loses Chongzhen's trust, the end is worse than a wild dog in a blink of an eye, this is the difference between Lu Xiangsheng and Gao Qiqian.

And Gao Qiqian can drink wine so comfortably with his generals, because their pressure has attracted Lu Xiangsheng, and now that Lu Xiangsheng is dead, fools know that their good words are over.

Just when everyone was in a mess, Gao Qiqian seemed to suddenly think of something, and reached out and grabbed Xiao Anzi's shirt and said viciously: "No, our family doesn't believe that Lu Manzi died like this, maybe he deliberately released fake news to confuse our family, Xiao Anzi, you send someone to check immediately, you must find out whether Lu Xiangsheng is really dead or fake, otherwise it is not clear what our family should do next." ”

"Yes!"

Looking at Gao Qiqian's obviously distorted face, the little eunuch crawled away.

Gao Qiqian's throat seemed to be blocked by something, he wanted to speak but couldn't say it, turned his head and saw the generals who were panicking, his heart was very anxious, although he wanted to reprimand these timid generals fiercely, but thinking that the army still had to rely on these generals to control, he had to forcibly suppress his anger, and endured his anger and said: "Okay, everyone in our family must have heard what we said just now, as the old saying goes, be prepared, whether Lu Xiangsheng is really dead or fake, we have to be prepared, now everyone goes back, Since the Tartars are here, we have to quickly think of withdrawing, as long as we arrive in the capital, we will be safe, but for the sake of the safety of the whole army, our family will personally go to Baoding, let Baoding prepare grain and grass for the needs of the army, Wang Zongbing, you immediately send a team of cavalry to escort our family to Baoding! ”

Gao Qiqian's last sentence was said to Wang Pu, the general soldier of Datong, and everyone scolded in their hearts after hearing it, "This damn eunuch, he is greedy for life and afraid of death and wants to escape, but he still says it so righteously." ”

However, even though everyone was unwilling in their hearts, they could only swallow their anger and respond, and soon, Gao Qiqian took hundreds of guards to escape in the direction of Baoding.

In the camp, looking at Gao Qiqian, who had already gone to the dust, everyone looked at each other, and Ma Rulong, the chief soldier of Jizhen Town, asked Wang Pu in a little panic: "Everyone, Gonggong Gao has left, what should we do?" ”

"What to do!" Wang Pu rolled his eyes, "You ask me, I still want to find someone to ask, Inspector Lu died in battle, Gao Gonggong ran to Baoding to raise food again, there is no leader in the army, what else can we do, according to me, just break up, now if you don't go Tartar is coming." ”

As soon as Wang Pu's words came out, everyone thought that now there is no one in the army of 50,000 who can control the scene, and when the Tartars come to fight, no one will talk happily, so everyone will have to finish playing, and they should go back to their respective homes to find their own mothers.

What the? Just now Gao Qiqian said that he would return to the capital to stand by, don't joke, not to mention that this is seven or eight hundred miles away from the capital, will you meet Tartars on the way, just say that everyone's hearts have long been scattered now, and when they think that Lu Dudu, who was loyal to the country, was also killed in battle, everyone's hearts were cold, is there any point in working for such a court? That's what people are thinking about right now.

"Gone, gone, Lu Dudu is dead, Gao Gonggong is gone, what are we still doing here!" Wang Pu, who was becoming more and more irritable in his heart, waved his hand and beckoned all the guerrilla generals under his command to immediately get up and return to Datong.

As the saying goes, when the trees fall and scatter, the original mighty army of 50,000 will be scattered in less than half an hour, and only some scattered garbage on the ground and yellow and white things everywhere can prove that there was a large army stationed here.

More than a dozen spies of the Qing army came from a distance, and they looked at the already empty rooster from a distance, muttered a few words to each other, and then immediately turned their horses and ran back.

An hour later, a group of Qing troops drove towards the chicken, this army was the Qing army that had just retreated from Jiazhuang, a Qing soldier urged the horse from a distance to run, came to Dolgon's and jumped off the horse, knelt down and beat a thousand queens and said loudly: "Your Excellency Prince Qiqirui, the slave has already inquired, the chickensong is empty, and the Ming army originally stationed here has retreated." ”

Duo Re nodded and turned his head to Duo Duo behind him with a natural look, "Fifteenth brother, look at it, those soldiers of the Ming Kingdom have run away before they see us, it can be seen that there is no one in the Ming Kingdom who dares to fight except for Lu Xiangsheng and Pang Gang, and we have lost this battle a little unjustly." ”

After the previous battle with Pang Gang, Duoduo's original arrogance at this time had been subdued a lot, and he said in a low voice: "Yes, it seems that our luck is really bad, even the only tricky figure left in the Ming Kingdom has been met by us, and now our two banners have suffered heavy casualties, I don't know how to explain to the emperor after I go back." Speaking of this, Duoduo seemed to see Huang Taiji's cold and ruthless small eyes like poisonous snakes, and couldn't help but shiver.

"Hmph, explain what?" Dolgon looked at Duoduo, who had a frightened look in his eyes, and sneered: "It's not just that we have lost our troops, but we don't have to laugh at the second brother, if it is punishment, he should first send his henchman to guard the mausoleum of Emperor Amma."

Of course, Dodor knew who Dorgon was talking about, and he frowned and said, "But the general is too sick to ride a horse at the moment, shall we do this?"

As if seeing the expression of Duoduo behind him, Dolgon said coldly: "There is an old saying among the Han people, no poison is not a husband, and if you want to achieve great things, you have to be informal. ”

Duoduo was silent, thinking that Yue Tuo had become so ill for this time and that he would have to be questioned and held accountable by the emperor after he went back to the south, he was really a little upset for them, but he also thought that Yue Tuo was Huang Taiji's loyal lackey, and the little pity in his heart was soon thrown away.

"Pimple pimple"

While he was talking, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves from behind, and soon two embarrassed-faced Qing soldiers came to Dolgon and said hurriedly: "Prince Qiqirui, there is a Ming army behind us that does not collect at night, and the minions fought with them, and four or five brothers were killed by them!" ”

"What? The Ming army caught up? Dolgon and Duoduo looked at each other, and their hearts were shocked, and they hurriedly asked, "Is it Lu Xiangsheng and them?" ”

"It's not!" The spy hurriedly shook his head: "The only one saw that the Ming army was holding a white flag and wrapped in a white cloth, and after the slave inquired, he learned that Lu Xiangsheng was dead, and the Ming army was wearing filial piety for him!" ”

"Lu Xiangsheng is dead!" Dolgon couldn't believe his ears, he was halfway there?

"What about Pang Gang!" Duoduo on the side asked.

"The minions don't know." The spy shook his head and said: "But the slave just saw it, the chasing Ming army is under the banner of the Qingzhou army, they spread around and don't collect it at night, our people are not good to get too close, but according to the slave's shallow opinion, that Pang Gang should be fine, otherwise they will not catch up." ”

"Well, that makes sense." Dolgon nodded and said to Duoduo: "Fifteenth brother, order the army, speed up, and get rid of the pursuit of the Ming army." ”

"Brother Fourteen, why? Those Ming troops did not know whether they were alive or dead and gave up the camp and came out to fight with us in the field, now is a good time to annihilate them, why should they avoid them? "Duoduo was puzzled.

"Fourteenth brother, now is not the time to cause trouble." Dolgon gritted his teeth and asked in a deep voice: "If my army fights with Pang Gang again, can you guarantee the total annihilation of the Qingzhou army?" ”

"This" Duoduo couldn't help but be dumbfounded for a while, if he fought with the Qingzhou army on this kind of plain terrain now, let alone annihilate the Qingzhou army, it was uncertain whether he could win it.

Looking at the dumbfounded Duoduo, Dolgon lowered his voice and said in a deep voice: "You have to remember that the most important thing for us now is to preserve the strength in our hands, otherwise when we return to Shengjing, we will be in a catastrophe!" ”

Dolgon's cold words shattered the feeling of meritorious service in Duoduo's heart, yes, he and Dolgon's two brothers' positive white flag and inlaid white flag have lost a lot, if they fight with Pang Gang here, will they have a good time after they go back without soldiers? I'm afraid that being deposed as a commoner is already the best ending, and the thought of Amin, who was sent to the far north to hunt wild boars by Huang Taiji after returning from the defeat in Korea, even though it was a hot time, Duoduo still felt a chill.

With Dorgon's order, the Qing soldiers increased their speed, but because the Qing army carried too much baggage, and there were tens of thousands of people, no matter how much the speed was improved, they could move quickly.

Gradually, the Ming army's night failure also came into contact with the Qing army's rearguard troops, but to the Qing army's surprise, the Ming army's night failure did not entangle with them, but bypassed them and went to the front, this phenomenon also made the Qing army's spies puzzled.

(To be continued)