Chapter 728: Unfulfilled Ambition

Almost all the way to the run, the sergeant, under the leadership of Zuo Liangyu, abandoned the camp and evacuated directly to Zhuxian Town.

Zuo Liangyu, who was frightened, finally asked the sergeants to settle down temporarily, although the army was still in many dangers, but all the sergeants were extremely tired and could no longer hold on, if they continued to evacuate, they were afraid that they would be completely dragged down.

Sun Chuanting has been in a coma, and the marching Lang Zhong has done his best, but the bow and arrow hit the vital point, and Lang Zhong did not dare to pull out the arrow at all, so he could only cut off the arrow feather on the outside and bandage it carefully.

The matter of counting the number of people was immediately launched, and the results obtained made Zuo Liangyu want to cry without tears, an army of nearly 40,000, followed by less than 20,000 people who evacuated to Zhuxian Town, and the general soldier He Renlong disappeared for the time being, life and death are unknown, thinking about the 40,000 army that defeated the Liukou twice a few days ago, and now it has lost more than half of it, and it is still in great danger, all of this seems to be a dream.

The scouts were already on guard all around, and after encountering a heavy blow, the scouts' attitude changed greatly, and they investigated very carefully, they mainly wanted to see if the rogues had been chased over, and after urgent investigation, the scouts did not find the rogues following the pursuit.

Regardless, it was an unbearable defeat.

Zuo Liangyu thought of Sun Chuanting's hesitation and He Renlong's urgency before, it seems that Sun Chuanting has estimated all this, and is reluctant to directly reinforce Kaifeng Fucheng, but He Renlong, who is anxious, can't see so far.

Zuo Liangyu was most worried about Sun Chuanting's injury, and the conclusion given by the marching man was very bad.

It was already dark, Zuo Liangyu was sitting in the room, his brows were furrowed, his face was expressionless, and Sun Chuanting was lying unconscious on the bed.

Footsteps rang out outside the door, and two scouts helped a bloody man into the room. followed by a hesitant look on his face.

Zuo Liangyu took a closer look at the person who was helped in, it was actually He Renlong.

He Renlong was already in a semi-comatose state, and his face was pale.

Seeing that Zuo Liangyu's expression was wrong, he immediately opened his mouth to explain, saying that he was going to clean and bandage the wounds of General Soldier He, but General Soldier He was unwilling. Be sure to meet Master Sun.

While explaining, Sui Junlang began to check He Renlong's wounds with his hands and feet.

This time, He Renlong didn't move, looked at Sun Chuanting, who was lying unconscious on the bed, and lowered his head.

After all the wounds were bandaged, he drank some water, and ate some food in front of him, and He Renlong's spirit recovered a little.

Looking at Zuo Liangyu, who had a sad face, He Renlong spoke in a hoarse voice.

"Mr. Zuo, I caused all this. I will write a letter to the imperial court, the lord was reluctant to send troops in the first place, it was completely correct, I can't detect the wisdom of the lord, and complain in front of the lord, I really shouldn't ......"

"General He, don't mention these things for the time being, after the army has rested a little. Tomorrow, we must continue to retreat to avoid being surrounded by rogue bandits. Now the situation is extremely critical, the adults are unconscious, you and I will work together to escort the evacuation of the army, and strive to make peace with the Chinese army led by Wang Jianjun as soon as possible, so that it will be truly safe. ā€

Sun Chuanting, who was lying on the bed, lowered his ** a few times.

Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong hurriedly walked over.

Sun Chuanting finally opened his eyes. His face was bloodless, his eyes were surrounded by a blue and black color, and his lips were chapped.

Zuo Liangyu helped Sun Chuanting up, picked up the bowl next to the bed, and fed Sun Chuanting several sips of water.

Sun Chuanting was a little anxious. He coughed several times in quick succession, and blood came out of his chest.

Just when Zuo Liangyu was about to call Sui Jun Langzhong, Sun Chuanting shook his head slightly.

"No, no, I—I have something to say."

Zuo Liangyu quieted down, but He Renlong couldn't help it.

"My lord, it was the fault of the last general, which led to the great defeat, and the last general is willing to accept all the punishments......"

"General Soldier He, the matter has come to this, don't say these words, I am the commander, the decision to rush to the aid of Kaifeng Fucheng was made by me, the responsibility is naturally borne by me, just now Zuo Zongbing's proposal is correct, the army is still in danger, although the Liukou has suffered heavy losses, but there are many people, after dawn will definitely pursue to Zhuxian Town, all the sergeants must be evacuated quickly, and the Wang Jian army will make peace, the army is newly defeated, morale is low, you must appease more......"

After saying so many words in one breath, Sun Chuanting couldn't help but cough slightly.

More blood spilled from his chest.

Seeing this scene, Zuo Liangyu finally spoke.

"Your Excellency is recuperating from your injuries, General He and the last general must command the sergeants to evacuate Zhuxian Town in accordance with the requirements of the adults, and make peace with the Wang Jian Army."

Sun Chuanting smiled slightly.

"I'm injured, I know that my time is running out, don't interrupt me, let me finish speaking."

Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong's eyes were slightly red, and they looked at Sun Chuanting.

"After this battle, Li Zicheng will definitely desperately attack Kaifeng Fucheng, Kaifeng Fucheng is dangerous, you must immediately write to the imperial court, and implore the imperial court to send troops from Shaanxi, Shanxi and other places to aid Kaifeng Fucheng, Liukou After this battle, the morale will be greatly boosted, the soldiers in Kaifeng Fucheng are difficult to resist, coupled with our defeat, the sergeants in Kaifeng Fucheng are seen, and they know that their morale is at the lowest time......"

"If my prediction is good, Li Zicheng must have discussed with Zhang Xianzhong, Zhang Xianzhong, who is stationed in Yunyang, should take the Liukou to Kaifeng Fucheng, the Chinese army led by Wang Jianjun is also in danger, if Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong are attacked by the two rogues, I am afraid that it will be difficult for the army to hold on, after you see Wang Jianjun, remind Wang Jianjun to send scouts to investigate Zhang Xianzhong's situation......"

"We lost very badly in this battle, but the losses of the rogues are also very large, I expect that even if they pursue tomorrow, the ability to attack is not very strong, so you can calmly deploy and arrange for the orderly withdrawal of the army, we have already suffered a heavy defeat, don't have any more major losses......"

Speaking of this, Sun Chuanting was silent for a while.

Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong looked at Sun Chuanting and didn't speak, they didn't know what Sun Chuanting was thinking, and what they were going to say.

Sun Chuanting's spirit suddenly improved, and his eyes also had a glow.

"It's a pity, this battle, we originally had the advantage, if we insisted on fighting in Yunyang and completely exterminated Zhang Xianzhong, the current situation would be different, we lost a good opportunity, and we can't find it anymore......

Speaking of this, Sun Chuanting looked at He Renlong and Zuo Liangyu, and opened his mouth word by word.

"People are dying and their words are good, after such a long time, I think that the only one who can really exterminate the Liukou, can completely destroy the Houjin Tartars, and maintain the stability of the Ming Dynasty is the Zheng Jiajun, but unfortunately, the emperor and the court will not believe in Zheng Xunrui and Zheng Jiajun, their fear of Zheng Xunrui even exceeds that of the Houjin Tartars and the Liukou ......"

He Renlong and Zuo Liangyu's expressions changed, they didn't expect Sun Chuanting to say such words, this is a big rebellious word, but they can't refute it at all, from the current actual situation, it is really only the Zheng family army that can completely exterminate the Liukou and defeat the Houjin Tartars.

The color in Sun Chuanting's eyes quickly disappeared, the whole person withered, and fell weakly on the bed, the white gauze bandaged on his chest had turned bright red.

He Renlong and Zuo Liangyu found that the situation was wrong at the same time, and hurriedly called Lang Zhong, who was in the army.

Sui Junlang hurriedly began to check Sun Chuanting.

He Renlong and Zuo Liangyu stepped aside.

A quarter of an hour later, Sui Jun Langzhong stopped any movement in his hand, turned to He Renlong and Zuo Liangyu and spoke.

"Master Sun is deceased......"

The room was instantly quiet, although all this had been expected, but He Renlong and Zuo Liangyu were still unbearable, Sun Chuanting was the secretary of the military department, the governor of the five provinces, and the second-rank member of the imperial court, and he was actually killed in the battle to exterminate the Liukou, which was a heavy blow to the emperor and the imperial court, and it was even more unbearable for the army of more than 100,000 troops.

After a while, Zuo Liangyu showed a hideous look in his eyes, and looked at the army and spoke.

"The news of Master Sun's death is not allowed to leak out, if you say it, I will kill your whole family."

The soldier shuddered for a moment and nodded again and again.

After going out with Jun Langzhong, Zuo Liangyu spoke to He Renlong.

"General He, the news of Lord Sun's death must be kept absolutely confidential, and we will only be able to make this news public after we meet with the Chinese army led by Wang Jianjun, if the news of Lord Sun's death is leaked prematurely, the army is likely to collapse."

"I know, Mr. Zuo, everything should be done according to your arrangement."

Zuo Liangyu saluted Sun Chuanting's body.

"My lord, it is said that it is safe to enter the earth, but in order for the army to evacuate smoothly, only the wronged adults, and the spirit of the heavens must not blame the last general."

At that time, nearly 20,000 troops had breakfast and began to evacuate in the direction of Weishi County, and all the sergeants took the official road.

He Renlong walked in the front, although his body had not yet recovered, Zuo Liangyu was walking in the rear, still broken, and by the time it came, nearly 20,000 troops had all evacuated Zhuxian Town.

When the rebel army led by Liu Zongmin arrived in Zhuxian Town, they saw an empty town.

Liu Zongmin, who was still a little unconvinced, still wanted to continue the pursuit, but the personal soldiers around him came out to dissuade him, according to the arrangement of Li Zicheng and Gu Junen, once the defeated officers and troops evacuated Zhuxian Town, they could not continue to pursue, after all, the officers and troops of the rear brigade were rushing to Kaifeng Fucheng, and in yesterday's battle, the losses of the righteous army were also heavy, and it took a certain amount of time to rest.

After staring at the direction of Weishi County for a long time, Liu Zongmin reluctantly ordered the withdrawal of the army, and then he had to prepare for the battle of attacking Kaifeng Fucheng, yesterday's defeat of the official army, the morale of the righteous sergeants was greatly boosted, and it was the right time to attack Kaifeng Fucheng at this time. (To be continued......)