Chapter 941: The Imperial Court is Over
Two hours later, Chongzhen finally heard the good news that the official road had been repaired.
Just as he ordered the convoy to hurry up and continue on its way, Chongzhen had to face a problem.
After two hours of continuous road repair, the entire convoy, except for the officials and the five hundred palace guards, all the garrisons from the local area were exhausted, and there was no way to rush at all.
At this time, Chongzhen's first thought was to abandon these garrisons.
However, when he thought of the situation in which his whereabouts had been exposed in front of the Tiger and Par Army, Chongzhen gave up on this idea.
Because, Chongzhen didn't know what difficulties were waiting for him on the hundreds of miles in front of him.
The Haw Par Army, who has found their traces, is there any conspiracy.
For his own safety, and for the future of the Ming Dynasty and the entire royal family, he will never give up if he can bring these garrisons.
After all, if you have more troops, you will have more self-protection ability when you encounter an attack.
As a result, Chongzhen, who was already in a hurry, had to order the troops to stop and rest for half an hour.
Half an hour later, the convoy, which stretched for several miles, finally moved.
However, the mighty convoy had only been moving forward for half an hour before it had to stop again.
Because, the official road in front of him was destroyed by the Haw Par Army again.
Chongzhen and the entire convoy just stopped and went. Two days passed, and it was less than fifty miles forward.
Just when the convoy stopped again, Chongzhen was also under the protection of the palace guards, and walked to the side of the road to rest.
A thunderous roar, from far and near, slowly reached everyone's ears.
Subsequently. The official road under everyone's feet. It was also accompanied by the constant roar. Began to tremble.
A veteran soldier who was serving beside Chongzhen, as if he was frightened by something, quickly pounced on the ground and pressed his ears to the ground as his face changed drastically.
Soon, the veteran's nervous face turned pale. Under Chongzhen's gaze, he couldn't help but exclaim......
"Cavalry, massive cavalry...... Emperor. At least three thousand cavalry rushed towards us, less than five miles from us......"
Here, and at this time, there is only one person who can dispatch thousands of cavalry at once, and that is the Tiger and Leopard Army.
Therefore, after the veteran's words were finished, Chongzhen's face also turned pale after brushing it.
Then, with a frightened face, he asked incredulously, "How is it possible...... How could the Haw Par Army come so quickly...... Even if they were all cavalry. It's impossible to chase so fast......"
If it is an ordinary cavalry, it will take at least two days to catch up with Chongzhen.
But. It wasn't ordinary cavalry that pursued him, they were the most elite cavalry division of the Haw Par Army and the most elite cavalry regiment of the First Army.
Under the guarantee of one man and two horses, more than 4,000 cavalry, all of whom did not stop their horses, pursued day and night. In the end, he caught up with Emperor Chongzhen more than ten hours in advance......
Of course, at this moment, Chongzhen didn't have time to find answers.
After the veteran's exclamation, not only himself, but also the princes and princesses around him, and even the ministers showed a heartfelt look of horror on their faces. At this moment, these people seemed to have been discussed, and at the same time looked at Chongzhen with their frightened eyes, waiting for Chongzhen to make a decision that would decide their life and death.
Without much contemplation, Chongzhen made the decision to lose the car and protect the handsome.
"I have decided to leave all the garrisons behind me to hold back the pursuers of the Haw Par Army...... The rest, abandon all carriages, and retreat on warhorses......"
Chongzhen's idea was good, but what he didn't expect was that even if he had so many war horses, his prince and princess might not be able to ride war horses......
Either way, though, this decision would allow him to delay his escape from the pursuit of the Haw Par Army.
Just when Chongzhen was riding a war horse, he was crazy all the way, and finally asked the tiger and leopard army to pursue him, and he could no longer hear the sound of horses' hooves. Once again, the sound of the horse's hooves reached his ears. The look of expectation that had just appeared on his face was quickly covered with despair.
As for the thousands of garrisons he had high hopes for, the battlefield collapsed before they really made contact with the cavalry of the Tiger and Par Army.
Faced with this situation, Chongzhen could only keep urging the guards around him to continue to speed up.
However, they are not real cavalry after all, and no matter how fast they are, they can't go much faster.
Soon, the figure of the cavalry of the Tiger and Leopard Army appeared at the end of the official road behind Chongzhen.
"Your Majesty, the cavalry of the Tiger and Leopard Army has caught up, what should we do next......" An exclamation quickly sounded in the mouth of one of the guards beside Chongzhen.
After looking back at the cavalry of the Tiger and Leopard Army that was getting closer and closer behind him, Emperor Chongzhen's heart immediately became desperate.
Yes, it's despair. According to his own speed of escape, it is impossible to escape the pursuit of the Haw Par Army.
After looking at the deep mountains and dense forests around him, Chongzhen, who really had no choice, decided to say without thinking about it......
"Disperse, immediately disperse to the dense forests on both sides of the official road, disperse to break through, and we will converge in the southwest......"
A group of people without any combat experience went into the dense forest, even if the Tiger and Par Army did not pursue and were sleepy
It can trap them to death.
Therefore, after Chongzhen's order was issued, only a small number of people followed Chongzhen and disappeared on the official road.
As for most of the officials, including most of Chongzhen's princes and princesses, they all stayed in the official road with a desperate face.
Waiting to be captured by the Haw Par Army.
Of course, even if Chongzhen fled into the mountains, he could not escape the pursuit of the cavalry of the Tiger and Leopard Army in the end, and finally became a prisoner of the Tiger and Leopard Army.
After all, there were thousands of Tiger and Leopard troops chasing him, and they were all battle-hardened veterans.
After chasing into the dense forest, there was almost no reconnaissance before Chongzhen's escape was discovered......
At this moment, the big tent of the Chinese army where Wei Zheng is located can be described as frequent successes......
As the main force of the Fourth Army hit the south bank of the Yangtze River, on the Yangtze River defense line, one defender after another began to surrender under the front and rear attacks of the Tiger and Leopard Army.
In less than a day, the imperial court's Yangtze River defense line had lost 50,000 or 60,000 people......
At this rate, in a day at most, more than 100,000 new troops on the Yangtze River defense line will be wiped out.
At this moment, Sun Chengzong, who was excited, rushed in again!
Before Wei Zheng could speak, he shouted loudly: "Lord Wang, catch up with Chongzhen, Chongzhen was captured by the first army, and the court ......is finished."
Faced with this sudden good news, Wei Zheng didn't react for a long time.
By the time Wei Zheng finally reacted, all kinds of exclamations had begun to sound around the big tent of the Chinese army. Not only that, but the good news spread like a plague between the enemy and the enemy. (To be continued......)