Chapter Twenty-Three: Losing Both Sides (Asking for Recommendations)
Cheng Xueqi's eyes rolled around, and he said secretly: This Qing demon claims to be his own official, and the general and deputy general will come as soon as he opens his mouth, he must be a big official! Stabilize him now, don't let him escape, and capture him alive when he joins up with reinforcements!
"General! What you're saying is true! This is a third-grade official, and my ancestral grave is smoking! I never dreamed of such a good thing! You wait for me to persuade my subordinates to surrender. ”
Jiang Zhongyuan looked at Cheng Xueqi who turned around with a mockery, and thought secretly: "Dare to play tricks in front of this official, stabilize him for the time being!" If you attack him again, he will be able to capture this person alive. ”
Cheng Xueqi returned to the formation and told Ding Ruchang: "There is a Qing Demon official in front, you send people to lurk in the south, the Qing Demon and the others will lose the battle, and they will definitely retreat in the direction of Nanchang, don't let him escape!" ”
Ding Ruchang said with a smile: "Don't worry, my lord, I have sent someone to inform the division commander, I believe that reinforcements are on the way, and none of these demons can escape." ”
"Yu Ting! You're just too cautious, but you're doing it right this time! Cheng Xueqi shook his head, not knowing whether to reward him or punish him.
Liu Changyou, Wu Enze and the others had gloomy faces when they saw Jiang Zhongyuan coming back, and they didn't dare to say more, so they all stood and listened to the instructions.
"Each of you will return to the camp, and in a quarter of an hour you will all attack, and you will definitely leave no piece of armor left behind the short-haired ones in front of you." Jiang Zhongyuan estimated that the time was almost up, and commanded.
"Compliance"
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Ding Ruchang had been watching the movements of the enemy army in front of him, and when he saw them lining up to attack, he immediately said to Cheng Xueqi: "Fang Zhong, it's not good, the Qing demon has moved, it seems that he is here to fight us!" ”
Cheng Xueqi watched the meeting, and secretly said that he was such a cunning demon! Twice as many troops as me, and cheating! Hurriedly shouted at everyone to retreat and meet the enemy with his newly created tactics of lying on the ground.
Jiang Zhongyuan saw the short-haired hair in front of him running north, and hurriedly asked Chu Yong to speed up and rush forward.
A gust of wind blew, and suddenly saw the short hair in front of him disappear, and many Chu Yong, who were chasing in front, became confused and scared.
Cheng Xueqi, who was lying on the ground, put his ears close to the earth and estimated the distance of the Qing army.
Suddenly he jumped up and shouted:
"Flag"
All the soldiers of the Han army suddenly jumped up from the ground, erected hundreds of battle flags that had already been prepared, and rushed towards Chu Yong, who was stunned in place, with a shout.
Jiang Zhongyuan was furious, he didn't expect that the boat would capsize in the gutter today! reprimanded the left and right to meet the enemy, and led his own soldiers to meet the enemy first.
"Kill"
"Kill"
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The two armies are one with few people and high morale, and the other side with many people but excessive fright; Fighting each other together, for a while, there was no winner or loser, and gradually fell into a stalemate.
Cheng Xueqi was secretly anxious, he used the tactics of lying on the ground to fight with the green battalion soldiers, and he won many battles! I didn't expect this guy to be so able to fight, and he could still hold on to this day after being suddenly attacked.
When did such a nervous hillbilly appear on the side of the Qing Demon! It seems that we have to retreat temporarily, the number of Qing demons is superior, if we are surrounded, then there is a worry that the whole army will be annihilated!
Thinking of this, Cheng Xueqi gradually killed Ding Ruchang's side and shouted: "Yu Ting! If you continue to fight like this, you will definitely lose! Hurry up and lead 100 people to the rear to rest for a while! Wait until our army breaks through and stop the pursuers for me! ”
Ding Ruchang led the beckoning reserve to retreat to the rear, preparing to repel the enemy.
Watching Chu Yong fall one by one, Jiang Zhongyuan regretted it, he didn't expect that honest young man to be so cunning and lay a trap so easily.
It was forced to calm down, Jiang Zhongyuan looked at the situation on the battlefield, and saw that his formation was chaotic, and many stragglers were squeezed outside, shouting and cheering!
Jiang Zhongyuan was angry and said to the two brothers who followed behind: "Jiang Zhongyi! Jiang Zhongjun, you go back to the rear to collect You Yong, raid the short-haired rear formation, and you must annihilate all the short-haired here!
"Compliance"
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Ding Ruchang gasped, picked up the water bladder and drank a few sips of water, and said to the soldiers around him: "Brothers, don't worry, the division commander's reinforcements will arrive soon, and this group of demons can't escape." ”
A pro-soldier took the water bladder, pointed to his back and said, "How can this group of Qing demons fight so well!" I just killed 3 of them, and I was slashed myself, damn it, I thought he was dead! Unexpectedly......" remembered the enemy soldiers who were going to die with him, and he was terrified.
"Deputy battalion commander! It's not our reinforcements coming from behind, it seems to be the reinforcements of the Qing Demon! ”
Ding Ruchang looked back suddenly, it was indeed the Qing Demon, and hurriedly cheered everyone up, "Don't be afraid, there are less than two hundred people, it must be the Qing Demon in front who wants to sneak attack us, brothers follow me to kill, I don't think they can be killed in the rear." ”
Liu Changyou cut down a Han army in front of him, and said to Jiang Zhongyuan: "My lord, it can't go on like this, it will change later, we don't have reinforcements nearby, and the short-haired army can be killed at any time, so it's better to go to Nanchang as soon as possible!" ”
Jiang Zhongyuan was silent, in terms of bravery, this group of short hairs did not seem to be inferior to them Chu Yong.
Why can nearly half of the short hair casualties be supported? By the way, they must have reinforcements coming, thinking of this answer, Jiang Zhongyuan secretly rejoiced, "Pass the order, the army will cover each other, gradually break away from the short hair, and retreat south!" ”
When Wu Enze heard that he was going to withdraw his troops, he found Jiang Zhongyuan and complained: "In one more hour, we can defeat them, why do we have to withdraw our troops!" ”
Liu Changyou saw Jiang Zhongyuan's gloomy face and explained: "We just received news that short-haired reinforcements are coming from the north, and the people who come are not good, I'm afraid they are blocking us, so my lord ......."
Jiang Zhongyuan interrupted: "How many casualties have we suffered? ”
Wu Enze lowered his head and said sadly: "More than 700 brothers died in the battle, and more than 300 were injured!" ”
The atmosphere suddenly became heavy, counting from Chu Yong's first battle, the total casualties were more than 1,000 people, and there were only more than 200 casualties in the battle of Changmao in the Lingyidu battle, but I didn't expect that the head was broken and bleeding when I just fought with the short-haired small army today!
Jiang Zhongyi remembered that the enemy in the future would be these short hairs, and said worriedly, "I heard that there are 5 or 60,000 short hairs in Anhui and Jiangxi, and our more than 3,000 people alone will not help!" I think it's still converging with Mr. Zhongyue's reinforcements to support Jiangxi! ”
Everyone understands his potential meaning, Jiang Zhongyuan can be the governor, Liu Changyou can be the governor of Zhizhou, Wu Enze has the title of Zhizhou....... all rely on Chu Yong, if Chu Yong is annihilated by the short hair, then they will become rootless drifters and do nothing.
Jiang Zhongjun also felt that the wealth and glory of the Jiang family were all pinned on Chu Yong, and persuaded: "Big brother, what the second brother said is right, the imperial court now relies on us, so give you a promotion, if Chu Yong doesn't exist, how can those civil officials allow a martial artist to be in charge of a province!" Let's hurry up with Mr. Zhongyue and then recruit troops in Nanchang to fight with Shorthair! ”
Liu Changyou said: "But Mr. Zhongyue has just left Hunan, I don't know when I will be able to rush over, and Nanchang is close at hand, as long as we enter Nanchang City, we can control the situation in Jiangxi!" Resist the shorthair's assault! ”
Jiang Zhongyi listened to what he said for the sake of the imperial court, regardless of the honor and disgrace of the Jiang family, and argued with Liu Changyou regardless of respect and humility, "Joke, you have seen the power of short hair just now, and Xiang Rong's 100,000 army is still vulnerable, just us...... The remnants of the defeated army will not be swallowed by Shorthair! ”
Liu Changyou and Wu Enze were no matter how stupid they were, and at this time they also understood what the Jiang brothers meant, and they all looked at Jiang Zhongyuan with embarrassed faces.
Jiang Zhongyuan weighed the pros and cons, and felt that it was best to go to Nanchang quickly, so he reprimanded his two younger brothers and said, "Shut up! You two step aside! How can you be so rude, Wu Fentong and Liu Fentong are your superiors! Quickly admit my mistake to the two adults, and I have decided to leave camp and go to Nanchang immediately! ”
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Lin Qirong looked at Cheng Xueqi and Ding Ruchang, who were dejected in front of him, and decided to reprimand them, "You attack without a military order, and you should be killed according to the law!" ”
Cheng Xueqi was taken aback, he used to be laughed and scolded at most for doing this kind of thing, but this was the first time he heard it, and he pretended to be calm and said: "Commander Qiqi, there will be an important military situation in the end!" ”
"Say" Lin Qirong was expressionless, as if he could behead the two of them at any time.
Cheng Xueqi became more and more frightened, taking the content of his guess as a fact, and even guessed: "The last general found out that the enemy who came was an enemy we had never encountered, saying that they were a green battalion, but the banners they fought and the clothes they wore were like village warriors, saying that they were village warriors, but they were all not afraid of death!" The last general has never met such an enemy! The last general predicted that if this group of enemy troops grows stronger, it will definitely be a problem for my great henchmen! So I led my troops to fight to the death with them, but I didn't expect ......"
Li Qirong said angrily: "I didn't expect that I was almost wiped out!" ”