After more than two hundred years of ups and downs, the frontier war has never been interrupted, strong as Altan Khan, cunning as a wolf, as vicious as Tusi, the Ming army has faced countless enemies. But there is no one who can compare with the ferocity of the old slave, according to Liaoshen, the entire thousands of miles of fertile land in Liaodong have fallen into the hands of the old slave, and Shanhaiguan is close at hand.

Emperor Zhu is afraid that he will not even be able to eat, and no one will be able to feel at ease among those civil and military officials.

No one can afford such a painful failure.

Yang Lian and Yuan Yingtai died one after another, and the civil officials are still like this, not to mention these warriors. Chen Ce saw through this, he was a guest soldier, and the responsibility was not great, if he could die in Liaodong, his family would not only not be implicated, but also inherit the hereditary position. If you run back, I'm afraid you'll lose your head right away!

Both horizontally and vertically are dead, of course, there is a way to save his life, that is, like Li Yongfang, to be a shameful traitor, obviously Chen Ce will not do it.

"Master Zhang, at such an age, it is already a great luck to be able to die on the battlefield. The mountains and rivers are broken, and the people of Li are suffering, in fact, it is more difficult to live than to die! ”

Tong Zhong sighed: "What the boss said is that Tong has also passed the year of destiny and is willing to die with the boss." However, Lord Zhang is young, and he still has to keep his useful body. If Lord Zhang can lead the troops to recover Liaodong, he can go to the edge of the Hunhe River, give us three glasses of water and wine, and talk about how the Lord has made immortal achievements, I am so grateful (endless!) ”

Tong Zhonghua said and bowed to the end, and the big guys listened to it, and they couldn't help but turn around and wipe their tears.

Chen Ce gritted his teeth and said, "Some people want to die, but some people want to live, and they can't let the Tartars end up in a nest." Master Zhang, we have all singled out some subordinates and handed them over to you, please be sure to take them out! Rotten, kneel down for you! ”

"Hurry up, please!" Zhang Ke hurriedly supported Chen Ce. He said with a solemn expression: "Old Chief Soldier, Zhang Ke swears to the sky here that he will definitely bring his brothers out alive, and one day, he will kill back to the Hunhe River and use the blood of Jiannu to pay tribute to the spirit in the sky!" ”

"Okay, I believe in Lord Zhang!" Chen Ce excitedly took Zhang Ke's hand and said ruthlessly: "Don't delay the time, big guy, before dawn." A decision must be made! ”

It's dawn, and Jiannu is coming. There are only three hours left for the big guys. The people present suddenly fell silent, their subordinates were meat and the back of their hands was also meat, and it was too difficult to decide who would leave and who would stay.

Of course, everyone also knows that if they hesitate, more than 10,000 people are tied together, and if they are attacked by Jiannu, there is only one way to die. A decision must be made.

The first to stand up was Qi Jin, whose elegant face was full of fortitude.

"Since the Jiajing period, the Qi family army has fought in the south and the north to fight against the Japanese invaders. Northern Imperial Tatar, great feats! We must repay the grace of the court, and we must leave the seed to avenge the death of our brother! There are no brothers in the family. Those who have not yet married, those under the age of sixteen, all stand up! ”

Qi Jin finished speaking. The soldiers present lowered their heads and clenched their fists hard, and none of them wanted to stand up.

"Zhou Dunji!" Qi Jin shouted loudly.

Zhou Dunji was struck by lightning, tears slipped from the corners of his eyes, fighting with Jiannu, and adding swords, he was not afraid, but at this time he cried like a child.

"My lord, I am willing to fight to the death, even if you kill me, you will not be a coward!"

"Fart!"

Qi Jin couldn't help but spit out dirty words and scolded: "Something that is not angry!" Haven't you heard that it is harder to live than to die, and the burden on your shoulders is heavier! ”

Qi Jin said this, the tears in his eyes couldn't be stopped, he patted Zhou Dunji on the shoulder, and said seriously: "In the future, listen to Lord Zhang's instructions and take care of our brothers." ”

"My lord, I'll listen to you!"

"Alas, silly brother, I can't save my life, what's the use of listening to me! The defeat of Liaodong was not because our warriors were incompetent, but because they were defeated in the hands of civilian officials. Only Lord Zhang, only him! Have the ability to resist the civil officials, and have the ability to protect you! ”

Qi Jin said, as soon as Zhou Dunji was pulled, two proud men knelt in front of Zhang Ke and kowtowed three times silently.

"Master Zhang, they will entrust you!"

Zhang Ke nodded vigorously: "Brother Qi, don't worry, from now on, the Qi family army and the Yizhou soldiers are brothers!" ”

Qi Jin showed a relieved smile and hurriedly got up to select the soldiers. There were more than 3,000 Zhejiang soldiers in total, more than 1,000 were killed or wounded in the battle, and less than 2,000 remained, Qi Jin finally picked out 800 people and handed them over to Zhang Ke.

On the other hand, the Sichuan army was also in the midst of saying goodbye, and Tong Zhonghua walked in front of the Qin family brothers.

"Both of you, you are both Tusi soldiers, you have suffered heavy casualties in the previous battle, and you are loyal to the court. You all follow Master Zhang, and leave a useful body to serve the court! ”

"Hahaha, killing the enemy for the country is right in front of you, don't wait until later!" Qin Bangping smiled heartily: "Lord Commander, it is enough to let Minping take two thousand white poles, and the last general is willing to lead the horse for the adult and fight with the old slave, I don't know if the adult dislikes it?" ”

Tong Zhong burst into tears, grabbed Qin Bangping's arm, and kept shaking.

"Don't dislike it, don't dislike it!"

"Big brother!" Qin Minping stood up suddenly, and said with a tiger face: "Big brother, I'll stay, you can take people away!" ”

"Ridiculous!" Qin Bangping shouted angrily: "As an elder brother, how can you let your brother die!" You are still young, you have outlived your eldest brother, and you can see the day when we will take revenge! ”

Qin Bangping grabbed his brother's shoulder, wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, and said in a trembling voice: "Go back, when you see your sister, just say that the eldest brother has not embarrassed the Qin family, and the white pole soldiers are not ashamed!" ”

Qin Minping's eyes were blurred with tears, and he was reluctant to give up, but he still nodded silently.

……

In the eastern sky, the morning star is hanging high, getting closer and closer to dawn, and the night of listening to the news around is constantly reported, and the slaves and horses are impermanent, and the hearts of the big guys are extremely heavy.

Just when the division of troops was about to be divided, He Shixian turned around sharply and suddenly found that Li Bingcheng and Zhu Wanliang were gone, and their family members had disappeared without a trace.

"Hmph, the two rats, they were afraid that Lao Tzu would not succeed in causing them, so they ran away first!"

Yu Weiliang said with a smile: "Sai Weng is not blessed if he loses his horse, under such a drastic change, he is probably a dead end if he escapes." If you want to live, you have to hug Yeongzhen's thighs! ”

"Don't laugh, let's say goodbye to a few adults."

After Zhang Ke finished speaking, he lifted a jar of wine and tore off the cover. The strong aroma of the wine comes out of the bottle, and the spirit is lifted. Starting with Chen Ce, Tong Zhonghua, Qi Jin, and Qin Bangping ......

Zhang Ke silently walked in front of everyone, poured them a bowl of wine, opened his eyes wide, and engraved every loyal and brave man in his heart.

"Princess, don't say goodbye!" Zhang Ke smiled bitterly: "It's all in the wine!" ”

"Yes, it's all in the wine!"

Everyone threw their necks together, drank all their drinks, and laughed.

"Lord Zhang. Hurry up, even if we fight the last drop of blood, we will drag the serf to the house! ”

Zhang Ke sat on the horse and clasped his fists at Chen Ce and the others.

"Let's go!"

All the Yizhou soldiers who left Hunhe with Zhang Ke followed, and He Shixian and Yu Weiliang's subordinates also followed after eliminating the old and weak. Then there are 2,000 white pole soldiers and 800 Zhejiang soldiers. All the people combined, about 6,000 people, these people also represent the last essence of the Ming army.

It's easy to fight to the death. But it was even more difficult to bring so many people back safely.

And their enemy is not just Jiannu, along the way, Yu Weiliang lowered his head and kept sighing.

"Brother Yongzhen. If you lose the city and lose the land, the court will definitely investigate the responsibility, and if you want me to say that we should bring all the heads of the Jiannu, especially the Derge. It's okay to redeem the merits. ”

"How do you know that I didn't bring it, I have already had Jiannu's left ear cut off and put it in several sacks. Brother Yu wants to take some wine, it is estimated that it is better than pig ears. ”

Wow!

Yu Weiliang almost vomited, his ears were treated with lime, not to mention eating, it was disgusting to think about it.

"Yongzhen, are you still in the mood to joke? If I were Huang Taiji, I would definitely regard you as the number one against whom, and immediately send men and horses to seize Haizhou Gaizhou, especially along the Sancha River, all of them will be blocked, and we will not be able to return to Guangning! ”

Hearing Yu Weiliang's words, He Shixian also reacted, yes, it is not so easy to escape.

"Yongzhen, have you figured out where to go? If you want me to say that the Sancha River is too dangerous, it is better to take the Liaohe Loop! When you came, didn't you just walk the Liaohe Loop, which was close and safe. ”

Zhang Ke smiled bitterly: "Uncle He, when I left, I spent money to sell the road, but I am afraid that when I go back, the road will not be sold!" ”

The Mongolian tribes have always been greedy for money and profit, bullying the weak and fearing the hard.

After the great victory of the Jin Dynasty and the defeat of the Ming Dynasty, how could they risk the danger and let Zhang Ke pass, maybe they would take the opportunity to sneak attack and swallow the Ming army.

You can't go on the Sancha River, and you can't go on the Liaohe Loop!

Isn't it that the road to the west is all blocked, He Shixian only now feels the severity of the situation, they are simply caged birds, and it may be more difficult to escape than to fight desperately!

Wu Boyan also followed at this time and said, "My lord, since we can't go west, can we go south?" All the way to southern Liaoning, from where you take a boat back to Jinzhou? ”

Good idea!

There are Jinzhou Wei and Fuzhou Wei in southern Liaoning, and Dengzhou and Laizhou in Shandong can be reached by sea route, as well as Tianjin, let alone back to Liaodong.

Wu Boyan thought that he could get Zhang Ke's approval, but what he waited for was a long silence, and Zhang Ke was noncommittal.

"My lord, is it not a good way to be humble?"

"You can think of it, and so can Jiannu. Besides, the territory of southern Liaoning is small and ships are scarce, and when the imperial court sends Shandong sailors to pick us up, we may have been wiped out by Jiannu at that time! ”

Yu Weiliang said: "That's right, Liaodong has been defeated, and the imperial court will definitely lose its square inch, pointing to the imperial court purely looking for death!" ”

It's not okay to go to southern Liaoning, so what's the way, if you want to go north, it's the old nest of Jiannu.

Zhang Ke's brain was also spinning, a smile suddenly appeared on his face, and he pointed to the east with his hand.

"Let's go there!"

"My lord, that's North Korea!" Wu Boyan screamed.

Zhang Ke said with a smile: "That's right, North Korea is a subject country of my Ming Dynasty, and it won't be difficult to borrow some ships and food from them!" ”

"Wonderful!" Yu Weiliang stretched out two thumbs up.

"Yongzhen's trick is too high, Jiannu will definitely block the route back to Daming, but who knows that we will do the opposite, go home from North Korea, let the old slave be like a ghost, and drink Yongzhen's footwashing water!" (To be continued......) R1292