Chapter 127: Surrender
Chapter 127: Surrender
"Boom" "Boom" ......
On both sides of the exit of the carriage gorge, the boulders kept falling, and the rogues who walked in front were stoned to death dozens of times when they boarded, and the rest saw that the situation was not good, and they fled backwards one after another, squeezing back and forth, and it was people who turned over on their backs, so it can be said that if there were officers and soldiers at this time, it would be a great victory
Li Zicheng, Li Yan and others immediately realized that this was a ploy of the officers and soldiers, and hurriedly stabilized the morale of the army, and it took a long time for the panicked soldiers to be stabilized, but the boulder in front of them still kept falling, and soon the road out of the valley was blocked
Seeing such a situation, everyone knows that if they want to rush out from the front, there is no hope, the boulder is blocking the way, it is estimated that they can barely climb over, and the strong bows and crossbows of the officers and soldiers waiting for them cannot rush out at once, and they will not all become live targets for the officers and soldiers if they go out one by one
Li Zicheng looked at Li Yan and Niu Jinxing beside him and said, "Two gentlemen, what do you think should be done now?" ”
Li Yan thought for a while and said, "For the sake of today, I can only go back, the entrance is wider than here, and I can probably rush out desperately."
Niu Jinxing also nodded and said: "Now there is only this way, I only hope that the officers and soldiers at the entrance have not been encircled, and there are not many soldiers and horses."
"Okay" Li Zicheng beckoned, ordered the soldiers to turn around, the front team changed to the back team, the back team changed to the front team, and walked back
The rogues are a little panicked now, there is no way forward, and they don't know if there is a door to the back, so they can only follow the boss, one step at a time, fortunately, there is a lot of food and grass, and they can't be starved to death inside
The army marched backwards, from dawn to the afternoon, and when they were still a few miles from the entrance, they suddenly heard a loud "rumbling" in front of them, which was the same sound they had heard when they had tried to get out of the valley
Won't it be blocked again?
This time, not to mention that the minions have no bottom in their hearts, even Li Zicheng and his generals have no confidence Li Zicheng ordered Gao Yigong to lead people to rush over first to take a look, the team of people, rest in place, eat some dry food After a while, Gao Yigong rushed back and conveyed a bad news to everyone, the entrance was the same as the exit, blocked by boulders, and it was very painful to want to go over
After listening to the report, Li Zicheng was a little stupid, but he beat his spirit, knowing that now is not the time to be depressed, he must find a way to break through the siege and sit and wait for death, it is really not good, so he will rush first, probably there are not many officers and soldiers outside, we can still have a chance to eat, everyone rests in place, sleep when it is time to sleep, and keep waiting until two o'clock, Li Zicheng gathered people and horses to get up, ordered Hao Shaoqi to be the vanguard, led 3,000 troops, and forcibly climbed over the boulder to kill
Hao Shaoqi is one of Li Zicheng's fierce generals, and no one remembers his real name, because he has always fought bravely and is accustomed to cutting generals and capturing the flag, so everyone gave him such a nickname
Hao Shaoqi led 3,000 people, by the moonlight to the sealed valley mouth, climbed up along the boulder, but did not wait to rush down, I saw a series of feather arrows towards this side Hao Shaoqi and the warriors who rushed up before, was immediately hit by the arrow, tossed backwards, this guy's life is also big, the right chest was hit by an arrow, when it declined, fortunately it was supported by himself, so he picked up a life and other Liukou who went up, some of them had a good life, they did not die, and some of them had a bad life, and they were indirectly hit by three or four arrows, and went to the Lord of Yama to give a speech
At the moment of climbing up, Hao Shaoqi saw clearly, the officers and soldiers outside were neatly lined up in a phalanx, just blocking the road, the front and back, left, right and right were all archers, not to mention rushing down, as long as they showed their heads, they could be shot into hedgehogs This is not flat ground, the front one fell, and the one behind could take advantage of the archers who did not have time to open their bows and arrows again, and continue to rush forward, such a large pile of stones, three people high, it takes a little effort to climb up
It was this kung fu that above the head, there was a series of arrows that rained down, which was the arrows shot down by the soldiers above the valley mouth, and there were so many rogues crowded down the dense layers below, and the officers and soldiers who came forward almost didn't need to aim, and they could shoot at the crowd to get a harvest
A series of screams sounded, dozens of lives were hit by arrows, the big guy saw this situation, who dared to stay here, he could only flee backwards, although Hao Shaoqi was unwilling, but he couldn't be a target here, gritted his teeth, led his troops to flee inside, and asked Li Zicheng for his guilt
Li Zicheng can't blame him, this kind of difficult situation, no one has to be beaten back, there is no way, I can only think about good strategies anyway, there is a lot of food, and I am not afraid of being trapped
The rogues shook and guarded in the carriage gorge for seven days, the weather was cold, but they were still able to settle, and they were not afraid of anything in the cold days when they had food, and no one could drink much water, and the water carried by the army could last for two more days if they saved a little drink
However, the weather was not beautiful, and suddenly it snowed, and there was water with snow, but after a snowfall, it was twice as cold in the gorge of the carriage, and many of the rogues could not hold on, and many of them were frostbitten
In such a situation, it will definitely not work, Li Zicheng held an emergency meeting and asked everyone to come out with a way, even if it is to fight out, it is better than waiting for death like this
The generals under his command, how can they come up with any way, they all said one by one, it really can't work, then fight, since horizontal and vertical is death, it is better than such a nest of death
Compared with the generals, Niu Jinxing and Li Yan are obviously much calmer, but Li Yan doesn't seem to think of any good ideas, but he just feels that it is not appropriate to fight hard, but at this time, he heard Niu Jinxing say: "General, go out and fight hard, it is really a good strategy, I have a blow, which can probably turn the army into safety, and turn defeat into victory."
"Oh? What are the military strategies, teach me quickly? Li Zicheng hurriedly said
"Surrender," Niu Jinxing said in a calm tone
"Surrender?" Li Zicheng gasped and said: "I'm afraid this won't work, there were too many people who surrendered by fraud before, and they surrendered and reversed, this time, we have become a turtle in the urn, I'm afraid that the official army will not agree to our surrender at all."
This is the truth, in the past, the rogues often surrendered, can you use this trick repeatedly, really being an official of the court is a fool, in fact, the current situation, the rogues have no power to fight back at all, they can be destroyed indirectly, why surrender
"Having said that, but the matter is man-made, I know that most of the court officials are greedy for money and unjust, and only give a lot of money, and they should be able to succeed Niu Moucai, I am willing to go to the official army camp in person, with a three-inch tongue, and then increase the gold, so that the Ming court officials allow us to surrender" Niu Jinxing said confidently
"If this is the case, Li will never hesitate to pay attention to gold and silver, we now have a lot of gold and silver wealth in hand, even if it is all dedicated to the officials and soldiers, it is okay to allow us to surrender, and we will do whatever it takes" Saying that, Li Zicheng stood up and gave a deep salute to Niu Jinxing, "There is Mr. Lao"
"It's okay, it's okay......" Niu Jinxing smiled lightly
"Don't let go of the arrows, I have something important to ask to see the commander of your army"
Niu Jinxing held a white flag alone, turned over the stone pile, and when the officers and soldiers saw that he was alone, they didn't let go of the arrow and asked him what was wrong, Niu Jinxing replied, "I have important military information, and I want to report to your army commander in person."
When the soldiers saw him say this, they told him to come down and escort him to the camp of the Chinese army
At this moment, Chen Qiyu, the governor of the three sides, had already led the army to arrive, and he joined forces with Zuo Liangyu's soldiers and horses, which can be described as a strong army, even if he really released the exiles, he could be annihilated
Chen Qiyu is very satisfied with the results in front of him, this time the imperial court has just promoted himself to the governor of the three sides, and he has achieved such a great victory, and when the report is reported to the imperial court, it will definitely shock the government and the opposition, and this is not alone in protecting his own Hong Chengchou
He was now drinking tea in the tent of the Chinese army, imagining the scene after the good news was sent to the Beijing Division, and there was a soldier outside the tent who reported that a person came out of the gorge of the carriage, saying that there was an important military situation to face Lord Chen
Chen Qiyu is already winning, it is estimated that there are ten people who come to surrender, he made up his mind first, if the rogue wants to surrender, it is firmly unable to agree If there is really any important military situation, then I will listen
So, Chen Qiyu asked the soldiers to bring people in, and after Niu Jinxing entered the account, he looked calm and comfortable, bowed and saluted, "The late Niu Jinxing sees the handsome"
"Heh......" Hearing this, Chen Qiyu chuckled lightly and said: "As a person who reads Teng, he doesn't know the courtesy, righteousness and shame, and is willing to be a coward, at this moment, when he sees the governor, he dares not to kneel, you are really bold to hear that you have an important military situation to tell the governor, what kind of important military situation, let's listen to it, if it is really important, the governor can not only not pursue your crime of rebellion, but also be able to give another heavy reward."
"My lord, the late born from the rebellion, is really helpless, because of the coercion of the rogues, only had to be born in the rogue army for a few months, these rogues are for the sake of livelihood, have to become thieves of the people, if you can eat, it is never dare to rebel, against the court of today's late life came, from the tens of thousands of people inside, I hope that the adults can allow them to surrender, to appease of course, please appease the court, can not be for no reason, the people inside said that if the adults each appease a person, they will offer five taels of silverNiu Jinxing said calmly again
"If you want to surrender, you will be appeased by the imperial court......" Chen Qiyu sighed, originally he had made up his mind and firmly refused to surrender, but he heard that for every person who was appeased, the liukou would offer five taels of silver, and his belief was suddenly loosened and hesitated for a moment, Chen Qiyu asked: "How many liukou are still in the carriage gorge?"
"If you go back to your lordship, there are still 30,000 people," Niu Jinxing said
30,000 Chen Qiyu counts, one person is five taels of silver, and 30,000 people are fifteen taels of silver, which is not a small number
This Chen Qiyu is also considered to have a brain disease, and he doesn't want to think about it, if he annihilates all the rogues, isn't all the silver in it also his, this gold and silver thing can't be eaten, and it won't grow wings and fly away
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