Chapter 575: The Last General Came to Protect King Shun (Part I)
After deploying the military order, Li Xingzhi was also slightly afraid, and he still couldn't underestimate the strategists of this era! Thanks to Li Zicheng, he did not follow Song Xiance's advice, and sent troops to counterattack again after yesterday's defeat, otherwise the Jingbei Army would inevitably be counterattacked by the Shun army in addition to a great victory, and even if he defeated the Shun army himself, the loss would be inevitable.
After Gu Junen returned to the camp, he told Li Zicheng about the past, and repeatedly promised that the Jingbei Army would give the Shun Army a day to prepare.
Li Zicheng has no doubt that he has him, after all, Gu Junen has been following him for a long time, and if he wants to betray him, how can he come back? After seeing that Li Xingzhi gave him a buffer time, Li Zicheng ordered all departments to immediately count the supplies, only bring a little dry food, and not take the rest of the heavy materials and heavy weapons such as artillery, and only evacuate Zhuxian Town after the third watch that night.
According to the previous arrangement, Li Zicheng ordered the party to lead the troops and horses of the headquarters to go to the southwest of Zhuxian Town, and Liu Rukui and Ma Chongxi went to Xincheng, Ma Shouyao went to the Xinghua camp, and he led the rear camp and Gu Kecheng's horse team to the south, and then turned to the west, and ordered Gao Yigong to lead a small number of elites to stay in the camp, and if the official army found the clues, he would immediately set fire.
In order to confuse the officers and soldiers, Li Zicheng followed the example of the ancients from Niu Venus's strategy, and also came to the camp to hang sheep and beat drums, and hurriedly arranged a group of straw men to go to the enemy platform, although he knew that this could not hide the officials and soldiers for long, but at this critical moment of life and death, it was a point to be able to drag it out.
As soon as the time passed, the peasant armies in the camp of Zhuxian Town walked out of the military tent under the reprimand of their respective leaders, with their ranks and horses, just waiting for General Li Zicheng's order.
After Liu Rukui packed up his military horses, he came to Ma Shouyao's side and said in a low voice: "Brother Ma, how can we hide from the scouts of the official army when so many of our military horses have evacuated the camp?" If the official army suddenly attacks when we withdraw our troops, will we still be able to gather the men? ”
"So what do you say? Yuan Zongdi's back camp is right next to us. ”
Ma Shouyao was photographed by Li Zicheng Yuwei, and he was still a little hesitant about what was going on anyway.
"Hold up the bold, starve the cowardly, I think what Brother Liu said is reasonable, let's take advantage of his back camp to leave the village, suddenly launch, we will definitely be able to catch him off guard, take Li Zicheng and ask the prime minister for credit."
Looking at the banner of King Shun in the hands of the soldiers behind him, Ma Chong's likes and dislikes are born to the side of the gall, and the dog and the dog can fight back in front of the battle, why can't we? Li Zicheng Laozi has become cannon fodder to attract the attention of the officials and soldiers, and now he is not returning to the Ming Dynasty anyway, is it difficult to wait for the long knives of the officials and soldiers to be put on his neck?
"This ...... Fighting against the water...... I'm afraid it's a loss of our brother's righteousness! Otherwise, let's wait and see, if the officers and soldiers don't notice, we will evacuate from his military order, if the officers and soldiers have already prepared, we will turn against him. ”
Ma Shouyao hesitated for a long time, but still agreed to Liu Rukui and Ma Chongxi's suggestion, and after finishing speaking, he looked at Li Zicheng, who was reorganizing the army in the distance, and sighed again: "I can't help but break into the king!" ”
Clinker is in the time when everyone is discussing, the Shun army camp suddenly caught fire, close to several ignition points in Beizhai, I don't know whether it is to go to the water or someone deliberately, close to the day of April, although the night is humid, but can not stand, the Shun army camp has been built for a long time, the wood has long been dry.
After the fire was lit, it soon spread in Beizhai, and after only a short while, a raging fire ignited in Beizhai of Shunjun.
"What's going on? Is this the first hand of that dog's day? ”
"Without Lao Tzu's military order, who the hell set fire?"
Li Zicheng, Niu Jinxing, Gao Yigong, Yuan Zongdi, and Ma Shouyao, Liu Rukui and others in the camp of Zhuxian Town were all stunned by this sudden fire.
It's just that Li Zicheng thought that this was a big camp to go to the water, but Ma Shouyao, Ma Chongxi and others thought that someone was rushing to do something in front of them.
The fact is that someone took the lead and decided to surrender to Gu Junen, relying on his identity as Li Zicheng's military advisor, personally led people to ignite a fuse set by Gao Yigong in Beizhai.
Because the east wind was very urgent that night, the so-called fire borrowed the wind, and the wind borrowed the fire, and the fire quickly spread in the Shunjun camp, and the directly burned Shunjun camp was transparent, as if it was daytime.
"Boom, boom, boom......!"
At the moment when Li Zicheng, Niu Jinxing and others were stunned, fierce artillery sounds sounded outside the camp.
Countless cannons rained down on the Shun army camp.
One by one, the cannons roared and smashed through the walls of the Shun army, and the watchtowers and arrow towers were pierced through the keel by the cannons, and fell to the ground with a bang, and the sections of wooden fences were ruthlessly penetrated by the cannons.
"Not good...... Gu Junen, this dog thing colluded with the officials and the army...... Evacuate! ”
Li Zicheng exclaimed, at this time, if he didn't understand that Gu Junen had betrayed him, then he wouldn't be worthy of being the king of Dashun.
"Boom, boom, boom......!"
However, the camp caught fire, and the artillery of the official army was so intensive, which made the Shun soldiers who were already defeated because of the Qinglong back frightened, and where could they still take care of the orders of their respective leaders, and they desperately rushed to the gate of Xizhai Zhai one by one.
The entire west gate of Dazhai is full of crowded people, you push me, I push you, and even many Shun officers and soldiers who were squeezed and had no way out raised their knives and spears in the surging flow of people, and then slashed frantically forward.
The chaos soon turned into a roar, looking at the comrades who were constantly being cut down around him, looking at those comrades whose knives were still dripping blood, listening to the screams and curses coming from around them, more soldiers of the Shun army were so frightened that they pulled out their matching knives at their waists.
At this moment, none of them believe it, even if it is their own team or life and death brothers, they only believe in the weapons in their hands.
"Fight your way out and escape!"
Zhao Feng, who had been a thief for nine years, did not hesitate to cut down a comrade who had squeezed in front of him, his eyes were firmly fixed on the gate that was only two zhang wide, he knew that it was his only way out.
"It's close...... It's closer...... In a hundred or so steps, I'll be able to get out. ”
After slashing and killing seven or eight Shun troops who were scurrying like headless flies, Zhao Feng finally saw the gate that represented an escape opportunity in the dense flow of people.
"Puff ......."
However, just as he squeezed forward, a spear pierced through the armor he had snatched.
"Second brother......!"
The pain in his back made Zhao Feng, who had fallen into madness, feel a thrill all over his body, and his brain suddenly cleared up, he tried his best to turn his head to look in the direction where the spear was stabbed, only to find that his younger brother Zhao Xing was also slashed by two long knives, but he still held the spear stabbed at him in his hand.
The ordinary Shun army was in a mess, slashing and slashing frantically with swords and spears, and the rear battalion soldiers that Li Zicheng relied on were also chaotic, holding swords and spears one by one and strangling them wildly.
The entire Shunjun battalion is like a hornet's nest that has been blown up, no one cares about the military orders of their leaders anymore, even if Li Zicheng's personal soldiers personally suppress it, they can't suppress the red-eyed rebels.