Chapter 570: The golden cicada sheds its shell
Taking advantage of the fact that the Qinglongbei official army was collecting prisoners and cleaning up the battlefield, Song Xiance summoned the remnants of the leaders of the rebel army into Li Zicheng's big tent.
"This time, we were defeated, but since the incident, we have not only experienced this defeat, we were cornered by the officers and soldiers in the carriage gorge, and we have not regrouped as well, and the officers and soldiers who were killed turned on their backs, as long as our brothers do not vent their hearts by themselves, I believe that we will be able to escape."
In the camp of Zhuxian Town, Li Zicheng waved his fist and roared hoarsely at the leaders and leaders of the various departments who had been summoned by him.
However, despite Li Zicheng's desperate efforts to boost morale, Ma Shouyao, Liu Rukui, Dang Shousu and other leaders of the rebel army were like frosted eggplants, unable to lift any spirit.
The psychological shadow brought to them by today's battle is too great, the official army barely exerted any strength, and the fight has already been defeated, and even Liu Zongmin was cut off by the official army, and then fought to the death with the official army, wouldn't it be self-defeating?
"Brothers, since the establishment of our rebel army, we have encountered countless setbacks, but didn't we all survive that time? Now we have just encountered a little difficulty, although we lost in the field battle, but he Li Xingzhi's Shandong army is not invulnerable, the Donglin Party in the southern capital is ready to move, and the Jiannu of Liaodong is eyeing Shenyang, that is, within the Beijing Division, the officials who are not satisfied with Li Xingzhi are also countless, as long as we survive this difficulty, it is not impossible to revive the momentum of our righteous army, and now King Shun intends to distribute all the gold and silver of the army, and I hope that all the brothers and King Shun will work together to tide over the difficulties. ”
Seeing that the leaders did not react at all in the face of Li Zicheng's encouragement, Song Xiance had to cheer up and come up with the only way to inspire people in any era.
"Uh......, King Shun and Mr. Song are not our brothers who are unwilling to contribute, we lost this battle too badly, it doesn't matter if the brothers live or die, anyway, all these years, they have enjoyed everything, but the sons and daughters below may not have the courage to fight, otherwise, let's evacuate Zhuxian Town as soon as possible, otherwise once the officers and troops are surrounded on all sides, I can't say that the soldiers in the camp will immediately collapse!"
Dang Shousu thought about it for a while, and saw that Liu Rukui, Ma Shouyao and others were still silent as if they had lost their souls, so they had to bite the bullet and say what they meant.
He has to say that Dang Shousu was originally a native of Heyang, Shaanxi, and Ma Huihui was also a local smuggler of salt, and after the army uprising, because he and Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng were both Shaanxi villagers, so they won the trust of Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng, and had a lot of prestige in the righteous army, and was one of the people with the heaviest military power in addition to Liu Zongmin, Gao Yigong, Li Guo and other generals of the Shun army.
“……!”
Li Zicheng couldn't respond for a while, what Dang Shousu said was not completely unreasonable, many leaders of the rebel army because of the righteousness of their comrades, and then used silver to envelop them, maybe they could improve their morale a little, but can ordinary soldiers do it? They defected to the rebels just for three meals and clothing, and after this defeat, would they die for themselves for a few taels of silver?
"What General Party said makes sense, but Song didn't mean to fight to the death with the official army in Zhuxian Town, but the official army must have been filled with scouts outside the camp at this time, and withdrawing the army now is tantamount to self-destruction."
Song Xiance's meaning is obvious, the withdrawal of the army must be withdrawn, otherwise when the official army is integrated and besieges Zhuxian Town, the Shun army will really be dangerous.
"Then according to the Song military division, when should we withdraw the army?"
Yuan Zongdi, who has not spoken, spoke, Yuan Zongdi is also a general of the Shun army, has always been known as Lao Cheng's respect, and was appointed by Li Zicheng as the general of the right battalion system, and his status is only under Li Guo.
Song Xiance hesitantly glanced at Li Zicheng and the leaders present, and said: Song has two plans here, and King Shun and the leaders can consider it.
Li Zicheng frowned and said: "Military advisor, when is it now, don't sell the guanzi anymore, and ask the military advisor to make it clear." ”
"The officers and soldiers have surrendered so many of our prisoners, it stands to reason that we should take advantage of the opportunity for them to clean up the battlefield and counterattack in the past, and we will be able to take them by surprise, as long as our army wins a small victory, the morale of the soldiers can recover some, and then we will break through at night, I don't know if the general dares to lead the army to counterattack?"
"This ......? Strategist...... What else is there to do? ”
After Song Xiance finished speaking, all the leaders of the rebel army from Li Zicheng to Li Zicheng were stunned, they were all defeated like this, and they still sent troops to counterattack? If the officers and soldiers were prepared, I am afraid that they would have been defeated even faster.
Gu Kecheng, the deputy general of the horse team who finally escaped from the battlefield, turned even pale, went out to counterattack, and lost what Song Xiance said, not to mention anything else, as far as the cavalry of the horse harrier is not something that our righteous army can deal with, if you go out now, wouldn't you kill yourself?
"There are no less than 200,000 soldiers captured by the official army today, so many prisoners are in the official army camp, it is impossible for Li Xingzhi not to send people to watch, the king can choose capable warriors at night to create a momentum outside the official army camp, disturbing them not to be at peace, if the prisoners they have taken the opportunity to make trouble, then our opportunity has come."
Song Xiance took a deep breath, he knew that after the victory of the official army, Li Xingzhi must have wanted to exterminate the Dashun army in one fell swoop, and now the scouts of the official army may have been sent, Zhu Xianzhen and Zhou Zuo are afraid that they have been closely monitored by the Jingbei army.
"Brother Song, the back of the green dragon is with Tugang, and the official army camp is located behind Tugang, how can we harass others? In my opinion, it is better to distribute all the silver, evacuate the camp tonight, and the king will only bring elite military horses, and the rest of the leaders will unify their departments, disperse and break through, and then select the brave men to break through the king's banner, so that we will definitely be able to get out of danger safely. ”
Niu Jinxing saw that Li Zicheng's face was cloudy, and spoke again, he insisted that it was necessary to evacuate the camp today, but he could not withdraw all at once, but he had to adopt the strategy of dividing the troops into multiple ways and the golden cicada coming out of his shell.
"Alas...... The Song army's strategy is good, but when we are defeated, I am afraid that the soldiers will not dare to go out of the camp to engage the officers and soldiers. ”
Li Zicheng sat down in a daze, he naturally knew that Song Xiance's suggestion was a calculation to survive in the death, if the operation was good, it was possible to turn defeat into victory, but he didn't dare to bet, today's defeat made him full of fear of the Jingbei Army from the heart.
Niu Jinxing's strategy made Li Zicheng's eyes shine, he knew that the plan to use the golden cicada to get out of the shell was to exchange the remaining more than 100,000 troops in the camp of Zhuxian Town for the survival of himself and his elite military horses, but he was not good at revealing his thoughts, who called himself the king of Dashun?