Chapter 418: Pursuit
Hongji is Li Zicheng, or Li Zicheng's original name, Gao Yingxiang is also ruthless, at this kind of critical time, after sending his eldest nephew to break off, it can be regarded as having an explanation to the shopkeepers, and Li Zicheng is also heroic enough in this regard, or he also knows that he has no choice, and immediately led his six thousand men and horses to rush up, first blocking the rout of the front line, and then catching up with Kong Youde, who had just received the order, brandished a big sword like a nervous disorder, and rushed over with cavalry, and fought in an instant. There are even some desperate horses who go to fight Kong Youde's horse team, and the momentum is very fierce.
Li Zicheng himself found Kong Youde, in terms of the level of force value, the two of them are half a catty, Kong Youde is a few points better in ruthlessness, Li Zicheng is better in strength, and he is more able to fight with the other party, and Cheng Hao caught up with Geng Zhongming next to Kong Youde, and it didn't take long to take advantage of Geng Zhongming, so that Geng Zhongming couldn't raise his head, and after a few rounds, it was full of dangers.
Fortunately, Xue Wu came up in time, replaced Geng Zhongming, and blocked Cheng Hao, who was wielding a spear, and after a while, Wang Jian also led his troops to kill him, and the big axe of the mountain was unceremoniously cut over, and at the same time stared at Cheng Hao's lips, hoping to hear something there, not long after his wish came true, Cheng Hao was attacked by the two, and suddenly he couldn't support it, and shouted very dissatisfiedly: "Xuzhou soldiers have a great reputation, and they are two enemies and one, does this talk about the rules of the rivers and lakes?" Aren't you really afraid of the world's heroes laughing? ”
"Ahh Wang Jian and Xue Wu shouted with a smile at the same time: "Just wait to say this, grandpa is an officer and soldier, who will tell you the rules of the rivers and lakes!" ”
This sentence is very famous in Xuzhou, the initiator is of course Song Qing, he is mainly used to emphasize that the war does not talk about the rules, winning the battle is the best rules, who wins the rules and other creeds, I didn't expect to make this sentence itself become a classic. He is very loved by the majority of officers and soldiers in Xuzhou, and they all want to shout such a voice after going into battle.
Now Xue Wu and Wang Jian shouted out, Cheng Hao was almost half angry, he was the purest Jianghu person, both in the past and now, he followed Li Zicheng and became one of the leaders of the peasant army, but Cheng Daxia still didn't realize that he had joined a struggle for power that was not very strong at the moment, and still felt that he was a hero who killed the rich and helped the poor, in fact, the entire camp is almost this self-positioning. Everyone still thinks that the Jianghu people are more suitable for their identity, no one thinks that they will be able to completely defeat the imperial court in the future and establish a new imperial court, etc., they are still in the stage of being hunted down, and these things are a little too unrealistic to consider now.
Therefore, being teased by Xue Wu and Wang Jian together, Cheng Hao's anger exploded instantly, but the martial arts of these two people in front of him were very good, and he could barely win against Wang Jian if he was alone. Xue Wu didn't treat me at all, now that the two of them are comparable to Song Qing, he can't beat each other at all, and there is naturally no way to talk about punishment.
Moreover, the current situation does not allow him to do any punishment. Because Song Qing and the army had already been killed, and the peasant army had completely collapsed after Gao Yingxiang and other big leaders withdrew, except for being ordered in danger. Li Zicheng's department, who knew that he was going to break off, had already been beaten off the most fighting spirit in front of him, and now they only knew that Lu Dao was scattered and fled. Dodging those Xuzhou soldiers who were several times more ferocious than them, the resistance of the entire peasant army had almost stagnated, falling into endless darkness, and Li Zicheng obviously didn't plan to stay here for long, he just wanted to delay time for Gao Yingxiang's brigade, now that the goal had been achieved, it was time to retreat.
Cheng Hao didn't want to leave just yet, but he also knew what the consequences of Lu Dao continuing to stay, seeing that Li Zicheng's side had begun to leave the battlefield, he had to glared at Xue Wu and Wang Jian fiercely, and then beckoned his subordinates to come up to block the two killing gods, and he turned his horse's head and quickly evacuated, but what he didn't expect was that Xue Wu and Wang Jian didn't plan to let him go, and also called his own personal soldiers, blocking Cheng Hao's personal entourage, and he continued to pursue with weapons, just like the situation on the entire battlefield.
The peasant army was completely defeated, although the large army led by Gao Yingxiang and other big leaders was evacuated safely, but more than 200,000 people fought 10,000 Xuzhou soldiers, and they also fought like this.
Song Qing rode on the horse, forcibly suppressed his desire to lead the team to charge, and ordered left and right: "Immediately go everywhere to send orders, let them scatter all those rogues, if they are too far away, you don't have to chase them, separate those who can't run for me, and then kill the leaders who lead the team, and kill the rest if they dare to resist, put down their weapons to avoid death, don't care about cutting off people's heads, these rogues' heads are worthless, don't expect to take how many military merits they can make, and it is still useful to bring them back to Xuzhou to open mines!" ”
A series of orders were issued, the Xuzhou soldiers quickly began to act, the pikemen had already used short guns at the moment, a group of rushed into the middle of the scattered rogue team, and killed those guys who obviously looked like the leader, and then stopped those ordinary rogues, let them put down their weapons, lie on the ground, and dare to resist and stab them to death, the rogues don't seem to have any intention of resisting, even if there is no leader with them, they are always very cooperative to throw away their weapons when they encounter this kind of thing, The whole person was lying on his stomach as if he was throwing himself to the ground, without the slightest intention of jumping up, but it saved many Xuzhou soldiers a lot of things and completed the capture as quickly as possible.
Subsequently, Song Qing asked Kong Youde to continue the pursuit with the cavalry, they were not going to pursue Gao Yingxiang's brigade, but Li Zicheng and Cheng Hao, Song Qing did not plan to destroy Li Zicheng here, otherwise many things will be difficult to do in the future, and this kind of thing is sometimes inevitable, but he also has a strong desire to directly kill the king of Chongzhen who forced Emperor Chongzhen to death in the future, so he sent Kong Youde to pursue with the cavalry to see if he could change the course of history at this time.
Two contradictory emotions, and did not affect his thinking, what he did was completely resigned to fate, if Li Zicheng ran out of the city, it would naturally be similar to the history he was familiar with, if Li Zicheng was killed by Kong Youde's cavalry, it was also God's choice, but it was another choice in this time and space, anyway, Song Qing's career is now on track, if history changes, the next step is to deal with it, even if Li Zicheng is dead, Maybe there will be Wang Zicheng and Zhao Zicheng appearing, as long as the weather during the Xiaoice River period does not change, the peasant army will not be cut off from keeping up, and will continue to appear in an endless stream.
Of course, this kind of dispensable emotion will not appear in Kong Youde, he has been waiting for this opportunity for too long, not that he intends to make any contributions, so as to restore his official identity in the Ming army, this identity he and Geng Zhongming have long been indifferent, now they are mixing well in Xuzhou, there is no need to care about that kind of identity, he just wants to fight a good battle, the current Kong Youde is in the golden age of his military general's life, and he takes people to mine in Xuzhou all day long, although it was later changed to a big training, But he was still bored and couldn't stand it, and he was extremely eager to be on the battlefield again, wielding his broadsword and galloping around with his soldiers and horses.
Now this wish has finally come true, even if there are only a thousand cavalry under his command, it is enough for him to be satisfied, after all, this is his first major battle after leaving Denglai, although the opponent is weaker, but the number of good guys is not too small, and the fight is also very enjoyable, not to mention that he is now in the position of pursuing the enemy, the mood is very different, riding on his beloved war horse, waving the big knife in his hand, Kong Youde has regained a lot of the feeling when he followed Mao Wenlong to fight.
Compared with him, Geng Zhongming's mentality is much more peaceful, he is not a person who likes to fight, but prefers a comfortable and quiet life, of course, the premise of this comfortable and quiet is to live a rich life, eat and drink without worry, all this can be achieved in Xuzhou, Song Qing seems to value him and Kong Youde very much, even if it is just for them to lead the beggar army to repair houses and open mines, but they also have to come over every once in a while to see, this kind of treatment is not like treating a general at all, it is more like treating his own friends, or even his right-hand man, This kind of treatment made Geng Zhongming very satisfied, and he became more and more comfortable with life in Xuzhou, and his fame was gradually worn out in this situation.
But after all, he is a veteran general who has been fighting for many years, and he has a very strong talent, Xuzhou has always been the most diligent place in the entire Ming Dynasty, to a certain extent, put the military regulations that the Xuzhou soldiers have already adapted to in other places, I am afraid that there will be a mutiny and something like that in two days, in this big atmosphere, Geng Zhongming still maintains his ability as a general, although the interest is not very strong, but there is no problem with Kong Youde, just like now.
The pursuit of the Xuzhou soldiers did not last too long, because Song Qing had already seen that Li Zicheng could not be killed, the future king of Chuang's ability to escape was indeed very strong, no wonder the Jedi who was trapped in the Chezhou Gorge could come out alive, and the thousands of soldiers and horses under his command seemed to be the most elite in the entire peasant army, even if they escaped, they were not scattered, but they have been following the banner of the generals, although there is no order at all, but at least it can order the forward troops to stop the pursuit, all withdraw to rest, and at the same time arrange people to move in the direction of Xuzhou as soon as possibleto bring up the next batch of gunpowder.
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