Chapter 250: Let's Come
Just when Shi Kefa was thinking about how to calculate Zhou Huchen, Zhou Huchen also got the news that Zhou Yuji led the army up.
The pursuit once again turned into a physical competition, and the effect of Zhou Huchen's physical training was now vividly exerted, and before Zhou Yu could lead more foot soldiers to meet, the enemy's foot soldiers were chased down.
The first to collapse were the newly attached Han troops, who first stopped running, threw away their weapons, and then knelt on the ground with the strength of zuihou to prevent being thought to be resisting.
Most of these newly attached Han troops wore the uniforms of the Ming army, and some of the first to surrender wore the uniforms of Jiannu, in fact, there was no difference, Zhou Huchen's foot soldiers would not continue to kill them, Zhou Huchen wished that they would throw away their weapons and surrender, and it was not Zhou Huchen's decision to live or die in the future.
There were many auxiliaries who followed, and they knew what to do with the captives.
For those of the Eight Banners Army and the armies of Mongolia and Korea, this is a road to death, and Zhou Huchen will not keep them, which is already Zhou Huchen's habit.
These people also understand, so it is inevitable to turn around and resist, Zhou Huchen also did a decent job, and the soldiers lined up and advanced, not in person, but in shooting.
Some people keep surrendering, and some people keep dying in resistance, this is the scene of this kind of pursuit battle, and as Zhou Yuji's large army catches up, this situation spreads rapidly, and a greater wave of surrender comes, and the killing is becoming less and less
Baita River.
Yu Dahu has already gotten the news from the mouth of the scout that Jiannu is retreating, what does this mean? It shows that the marshal has already defeated the Jiannu army, and Yu Dahu needs to block it. Xu Ziqiang had no objection, Weng Zhiqi's subordinates had no objection, and just like that, an army of 15,000 foot soldiers appeared in front of Duoduo.
It was well past noon, not far from the Baita River, and Duoduo was hungry and tired. The constant detours and harassment of the enemy cavalry left Duoduo and his men physically and mentally exhausted. Duoduo understood the meaning of the Ming cavalry, and they wanted to hold themselves back until the arrival of their large army.
Duoduo could not annihilate these cavalry of Zhou Yuji, their forces were weaker than his own, but these cavalry were too cunning, except for some small battles, these Ming cavalry had been wandering. During the wandering, these Ming cavalry constantly harassed with short guns and grenades, and the casualties and exhaustion annoyed the Duoduo cavalry. If you can't catch up, you can't kill it. The cavalry followed in Duoduo's footsteps like kraft candy, leaving him without a moment of peace.
This is simply a boundless bad battle, Duoduo still doesn't understand that Weishenme will be like this, the powerful and invincible Jianzhou Xiong soldiers were defeated like this, and the defeat was confused. The officials and soldiers who surrendered kept saying that the Ming army in the south was very weak, and as long as the Qing iron cavalry arrived, they would definitely open the city and surrender one after another. In Henan, in Xuzhou and Huai'an, it is indeed the same, but now. The battle with Zhou Yuji completely subverted this statement, and it had already put Duoduo's army in danger of being wiped out. Where is this newly established Nanming so weak? It's just that most of them are very weak, and Duoduo always feels that the Qing Dynasty has been fooled by those Ming court officials who surrendered?
Unlucky to drink water and stuff your teeth. Duoduo was convinced.
At the critical moment when he was about to turn the corner of the Western District, an army stopped in front of him, this army was not much, more than 10,000 people.
Of course, Duoduo was not afraid of 10,000 foot soldiers. But the current situation does not allow him to entangle with these foot soldiers, and Zhou Yuji's father and son behind him should be about to come up, and Duoduo doesn't want to die here. I don't want to throw the army into a mess.
Geng Zhongming, the king of Huaishun, felt very aggrieved because Duoduo asked him to lead the army to contain the Ming army that stood in the way. Geng Zhongming still has more than 3,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners Han Army, in addition to the generals and war horses, there is no cavalry, these more than 3,000 foot soldiers are Geng Zhongming's dependence, which is equivalent to his life!
But can these 3,000 people contain more than 10,000 troops? In particular, this is still Zhou Yuji's army, and I don't know how many have followed behind, isn't this tantamount to sending yourself to death?
Geng Zhongming argued on the basis of reason, and Prince Yu Duoduo showed him face - in this way, Kong Youde's 4,000 people were also pulled into the water by Geng Zhongming.
Eight thousand foot soldiers, led by the two princes, met him, and Duoduo began to move westward.
Liu Qi saw his blocking force, he knew that it was Yu Dahu, this Jiang Shanghu who was favored by Zhou Huchen was really powerful, not only killed the enemy's water army, he appeared in the most correct place at the most correct time, which undoubtedly added fuel to the fire for Duoduo.
The distance between the two armies was not far away, and when the distance was just shortened, Geng Zhongming and Kong Youde were depressed to find that these Ming troops would play with artillery, and they all used flowering shells.
Yu Dahu had more than 100 mortars in his hands, and he put them all out.
A familiar artillery roar, Geng Zhongming and Kong Youde tragedy, the loss of morale and confidence of the soldiers is equivalent to the loss of bravery, after a burst of artillery bombardment, the once very strong Geng Zhongming and Kong Youde's Eight Banners Han Army retreated. Fortunately, Geng Zhongming and Kong Youde sat in the back and did not die under the terrifying artillery.
It is natural for soldiers to fight, and this is originally a matter of duty, but now Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming have a real understanding of the people of Jianzhou -- at critical moments, these "aliens" are always cannon fodder, cannon fodder that can be discarded at any time.
Think about what the Jianzhou people did in places like Liaodong, how many Han Chinese did they kill over the years? I'm afraid it's not less than a few million.
Isn't it to survive by serving the people of Jianzhou? But now, Geng Zhongming and Kong Youde found that there was no hope for their survival, their families and property were in the north, and their soldiers were gradually decreasing.
Duoduo's cavalry was far away, and behind them were the soldiers of the Eight Banners and the Eight Banners, and the hearts of Geng Zhongming and Kong Youde were completely cold.
Is it okay to surrender then?
Of course you can, but it depends on luck, once you surrender, it depends on how Zhou Yuji treats them, if Zhou Yuji doesn't provide them with protection, the fate of the two can be imagined.
The cavalry of the Ming army came, and they roared past Geng Zhongming and Kong Youde, ignoring them at all, and the infantry of the Ming army also turned a blind eye to them, and followed their cavalry closely and chased after them.
Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming saw clearly that these people who defeated them were not soldiers at all, and most of them didn't even have armor. Although the clothes are very consistent, they should belong to the category of people in the category of civilian training, some of them wear military uniforms, but they always feel like soldiers, but they are not soldiers, how can there be so many terrible artillery, it is incomprehensible!
Who knows what's behind him, except that the rout is Zhou Yuji's pursuers, where can he flee to? The two found that they had no way to escape, and it was very unrealistic to continue to flee, as long as the Ming army in front of them turned back, it would be destroyed, but in this Jiangnan water town is full of enemies, there is nowhere to hide, how to survive?
No one paid attention to it, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming simply got together and began to discuss.
"Or will it fall?" The first to speak was Kong Youde:
Geng Zhongming was already dumbfounded, he didn't know what to say, so he responded casually: "If it falls, it will fall."
This is a slim gamble, it depends on luck, Zhou Yuji and Jianzhou people have been fighting for many years, and the hatred has accumulated too much, and the two have few opportunities.
What can I do without gambling? It's hard to save your own life, what's the use of taking care of your family, Kong Youde's decadence is fully revealed: "Kneel down to the river!" Waiting for the rout of the army to come, waiting for Zhou Dashuai"
It was already early in the afternoon, the earth-shattering noise came, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming lowered their heads, and the two of them led their subordinates to move with difficulty, in front of the Baita River, you can faintly see countless large and small boats in the Baita River (to be continued......
PS: At the end of the fifth volume, the following is the sixth volume; Power over the world.
Let's enjoy the court and life! It's going to be cool! Of course, war is no less than that!