Lu Xiangsheng's roar finally made the chaotic military camp stop, although Lu Xiangsheng governed the army strictly, but always shared weal and woe with the soldiers, and had a high prestige in the army, the soldiers who were ready to raise the camp saw Lu Xiangsheng, and suddenly had no idea, carrying the armor and equipment, and couldn't help but look at each other, all of them drooped their heads, and didn't know how to reply.

"Where is Wang Pu, come out and answer!" Lu Xiangsheng held the hilt of his sword and shouted loudly.

The soldiers parted the road, and a white-faced ironclad general slowly rushed to the front of the battle under the escort of his own soldiers.

"Wang Pu, the enemy is now, but you want to withdraw your troops and return to the west, what do you want!"

Wang Pu, the chief soldier of Shanxi Datong, is more than 30 years old, different from Lu Xiangsheng and the generals such as Hu Dawei and Yang Guozhu standing behind him, but there is no trace of wind and frost on his face, a white face, a short beard, at first glance he looks like a civil official, but the spotless iron armor on his body adds some heroic temperament.

"Why did Lord Governor say this, although Wang Pu is not talented, he also knows that the crime of escaping from the battle is absolutely unaffordable!" Wang Pubian said and took a scroll of paper from the hands of the soldiers behind him. "This is the document of the Ministry of War, not only sent to the commander's big tent, but also to the hands of the lower officials!"

"Shanxi Tang News, Tartar west to Shanxi, Taiyuan is in danger! The military department ordered the commander to rush to the aid immediately, why did the commander not obey the order. If the commander refuses to return to the division to rescue Shanxi, this officer, as the chief soldier of Datong, has the responsibility of defending the territory, not to mention that the military department has already issued a document ordering us to wait for reinforcements. May I ask the commander, what is the string of this official? ”

Wang Pu's voice was very loud, and after saying this, he also showed the documents in his hand to the army. Then he looked at Lu Xiangsheng coldly. A few days ago, Lu Xiangsheng had just been reprimanded by Emperor Chongzhen for his ineffective operation. Failed to alleviate the offensive of the Qing army, and had already ordered the withdrawal of the sword of the monk Fang in the military department. At this moment, Lu Xiangsheng only has the title of a supervisor, and for Wang Pu, there is really nothing to be afraid of. What's more, with the documents personally signed by Yang Sichang of the Ministry of War in hand, is Lu Xiangsheng qualified to disobey?

Lu Xiangsheng's face instantly turned blue. And Zhu Ping'an, who was not far behind him, heard it clearly. The news from Yin Shigang has been verified again, Lu Xiangsheng and Yang Sichang, Gao Qiqian have a big difference, Yang Sichang and others in order to make their strategy be implemented, do not hesitate to hinder Lu Xiangsheng in many ways, first with Gao Qiqian as the supervising army. took away the command of the Guan Ning Army, and then took Liu Yuliang as the inspector, and once again charged Lu Xiangsheng.

The retreat of the Datong soldiers and horses in front of him seems to be the third move carefully concocted by Yang Sichang.

As we all know, the Qing army went south, and its main force has been wreaking havoc in Beizhili, and they will not be stupid enough to go out and gnaw this hard bone with a mouth full of teeth for the Beijing division with thick walls and heavy troops. Their goal is to defend the empty Nanzhili or Shandong. Anyone with a little common sense can see this.

The so-called news that the Qing army was moving west to Shanxi and that the soldiers were approaching Taiyuan. It was just a suspicious ploy by the Qing army to harass the Western Front with small groups of rangers.

The total number of troops that the Manchus could mobilize was now only more than 100,000, and the force of the invasion this time reached 100,000. In addition to defending the homeland, the remaining troops also had to guard against the tribes that the Mongols had not joined, as well as the North Korea, which had just been forced to sign an alliance under the city and had been wanting to return to the Ming Dynasty. Where did the spare power come from to fight on three fronts at the same time.

As the chief soldier of a town, Wang Pu even ignored these common senses. This shows that Yang Sichang wants to use him as a pawn. Weaken the forces in Lu Xiangsheng's hands to prevent Lu Xiangsheng from starting a decisive battle with the Qing army. In order to clear the way for his peace talks, he can then eradicate Lu Xiangsheng, an important minister who refuses to obey orders, in one fell swoop on the charge of ineffective combat.

Zhu Ping'an waved his hand quietly, and Wang Jinfa came over in understanding. "Order Yue Jinfeng, the auxiliary battalion to continue to build a camp, and the rest of the battalions will all be dispatched to block the return route of the Datong Division, if they dare to break through, first do a few who are not afraid of death, in order to set an example!"

Wang Jinfa hesitated, "Uncle, our army is new, and we haven't received the approval of the Inspector, will it be ...... to do this!" ”

The corners of Zhu Ping'an's mouth squeezed out a grim smile, "Let it go, I have my own measure!" ”

"Understood!" Wang Jinfa didn't dare to persuade again, so he turned his horse around and returned to the camp to deliver the letter.

If you are not afraid of god-like opponents, you are afraid of pig-like comrades-in-arms. It is really appropriate to use this sentence to describe Lu Xiangsheng in real history. The white filial piety belt swayed in the wind, gently brushing Lu Xiangsheng's angular face like a chisel and axe from time to time.

In the middle of May, his father died of illness, and as a son of man, he just hurried back to see him for the last time, and was recalled to the army by five successive edicts of the imperial court, and then faced an uncontrollable situation. On the one hand, the main force of the Tartars ravaged the Beizhili Plain, but on the other hand, there were many constraints from all sides of the imperial court, which dragged Lu Xiangsheng to exhaustion. In the two months of the Beizhili battle, the soldiers were exhausted, and the food and supplies became a dead letter, but the general soldiers of Hu Dawei and Yang Guozhu did not say anything, which has always been the case in the Ming army. But this Wang Pu complained many times in front of Lu Xiangsheng.

Now as soon as he received the official document from the Ministry of War, Wang Pu immediately felt as if he had received a holy decree, and without even saying hello, he was going to lead his 8,000 troops back to Shanxi. Although Lu Xiangsheng has an army of 30,000, but in fact, there are only 16,000 soldiers who can fight, and Wang Pu's Datong soldiers account for nearly half.

Lu Xiangsheng hesitated, and Wang Pu opened his mouth again, "Commander, this official is under the orders of the military department. It was the fault of the official who did not report to the governor in advance, and the official specially apologized to the commander. "Wang Pin didn't get off the horse, he just bowed his hand to Lu Xiangsheng." However, Wang did not dare to disobey the order of the Ministry of War, and asked the commander to get out of the way, so that I could wait for the road to go, so as not to miss the big thing and not explain it to the above! ”

Lu Xiangsheng didn't speak, but Yang Tinglin behind him was furious. "Wang Pu, you thief, now that the war is in full swing, you want to pull out the camp and return to the west, where will you put the Governor in general, and where will you put this full camp of soldiers and the important affairs of the court?"

Wang Pu smiled coldly and shook the official document in his hand again, "Lord Yang, you can see clearly. This is an order issued by the Ministry of War, and there is also the seal of Lord Shangshu! If Wang does not comply. It's a disobedience to the order, how do you want me to explain to the court? ”

Yang Tinglin was speechless for a while.

As soon as the words fell. The camp was lively again, but unlike the chaos just now, this time the sound was extraordinarily rhythmic. The team of thousands of people stepped on the same pace, leaving the camp in unison, and the moment their feet hit the ground, the ground trembled slightly.

In less than a quarter of an hour, Zhu Ping'an's more than 1,000 men and horses were firmly blocked in the middle of the official road, cutting off the road of Datong's soldiers and horses returning to the west.

At the front, three hundred musketeers, lined up in three columns. Behind him were two spear formations. Hundreds of Zhang Dagou's cavalry shouted and rushed out of the camp and circled around Datong's soldiers and horses. The soldiers and soldiers of Datong panicked and retreated one after another. At this time, most of the 8,000 Datong soldiers and horses had never left the camp, and as soon as they were forced by the cavalry, they were suddenly in chaos, trampling and crowding each other, and the entire camp was turned upside down.

Seeing this, Yue Jinfeng, who was in the spear array, immediately pursed his lips and said to the fat man Hong beside him: "I am brave in the Jin army. The world is famous, I don't want this Datong soldiers and horses to be so weak, it's really a shame for my Sanjin children! “

Hong Fatzi slapped the heavy armor on his chest, and couldn't help laughing: "Lao Yue." But you forgot, the adults have long mentioned that the elite of today's Jin army and Shaanxi army. They are all thieves in Shangluo Mountain! These Datong soldiers and horses are simply here to make up the numbers, and look at the virtue of the chief officer. You can see what the soldiers and horses under his command look like. In my opinion, there are many people. It can't withstand a charge from the big dog horse team! I don't know how these people managed to escape from the Tartars' knives! ”

Wang Pu's face changed, "Lord Commander, what do you mean by this, don't you want to force my Datong military horse to stay?" ”。

Lu Xiangsheng was also surprised, and turned around to look at Zhu Ping'an, "Lord Zhu, this is your soldiers and horses, right?" ...... are you? ”

Zhu Ping'an bowed and saluted, and said loudly: "Commander Qi, Wang Pu escaped from the battle, the crime is not forgiven, and the subordinate officials ask the Governor to enforce military law." His subordinates are bewitched by him, and it is not appropriate to know the guilt, appease the army, and order them to return to the camp! ”

"Oh?" Lu Xiangsheng was stunned for a moment and looked at Zhu Ping'an, "Master Zhu, you must know that Wang Pu has ...... in his hands!" ”

Before the words fell, Zhu Ping'an raised his hand, and Qiu Ze in the musket camp immediately raised a musket and put it on the shoulders of the soldiers in front of him, and the fire rope was quickly ignited.

There was a loud "bang", and before Wang Pu, who was surrounded by everyone, had time to see what was happening, a blood flower bloomed between his eyebrows, Wang Pu's body shook twice, his eyes were wide open, and he made a "ho-ho" sound in his mouth, and then turned over and fell off the horse.

At this moment, the entire camp instantly quieted down, and everyone's eyes followed Wang Pu's figure, and at this moment, everyone's breathing suddenly stopped.

Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but pull the reins of the war horse under his crotch, and the horse's front hooves were raised high, making a "hoo-yo" cry, and it turned around twice, and then it quieted down.

"He killed the adult!" With a terrible shout, the Datong military horse suddenly broke out into a burst of exclamation, Wang Pu's own soldiers turned over and dismounted, surrounded in front of his corpse, one of them used his hand to test Wang Pu's breathing, and found that he had already died of exhaustion.

"These Zhongdu military horses have killed adults, brothers, once the adults die, we will have no way to live! Killing the lord of the capital will avenge your lordship! ”

Wang Pu's family suddenly became irritable, and with a sad and angry face, he drew his sword and killed Zhu Ping'an.

The family is the private soldier raised by the general of a town. Usually equipped with the best armor and equipment, the salary is also paid in full, all of them are carefully selected brave people, only loyal to their own masters, and ignore the orders of the imperial court, which is also the product of the corruption of the military household system and the recruitment system in the late Ming Dynasty, and also indirectly formed the pattern of the military generals in the Southern Ming Dynasty.

Facing one hundred and ten people with teeth and claws, Wang Pu Jiading who came to face him. Lu Xiangsheng was stunned for a moment, then became furious, and was about to open his mouth to stop it.

Zhu Ping'an, who was next to him, waved his hand again with an expressionless face. The musketeers in the first row had already been prepared, and by this time they had already lit their arquebuses, and a moment later a whole row of white smoke mixed with flames erupted. A series of loud noises shocked the entire barracks.

After the sound, the white smoke was gradually blown away by the wind, and two-thirds of the one hundred and ten Wang Pujiading had fallen, and the rest were frightened by the loud noise, holding the blade in their hands, looking at the corpses of their companions on the ground, and not knowing what to do for a while.

The sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded, and Zhang Dagou led the cavalry to wave the long knife in his hand to kill the general, and with the ups and downs of the knife light, dozens of human heads rushed into the air with blood light.

There was a terrible silence in front of the gates of the camp. (To be continued......)