Chapter 318: The Old Man Asks to See
"Chengyanghou, where are we going now?" Just as he was thinking nonsense, a subordinate next to him was asking.
Zhang Wu came back to his senses in grief, he sat up, and a large number of officers and soldiers jumped down from the river opposite.
A wave of Sichuan troops chased to the river and began to draw their bows and shoot at the river.
At this time, there was a Sichuan general who seemed to be stretching out his hand to stop it, probably explaining that people would not fight Ming people and the like, anyway, the official army was defeated, and there was no need.
The Sichuan army gave up.
The Sichuan army behaved quite benevolently, and Yu Tongyuan just wanted to shoot him just now.
But Zhang Wu didn't think so, he was crazy in his mind, when the court came back, Lao Tzu would kill all these Sichuan troops.
"Let's go, Izukawa." Zhang Wu hurriedly got up.
Chongqing can't go, if Qu Neng turns back, Chongqing is Qu Neng's henchman, and if he wants to go back, he will throw himself into the net.
Wait, clan brother Zhang Peng (Zhang Hao's father is still in Chongqing.) )
Zhang Wu is about to cry, the two most outstanding clansmen of the Zhang family will be lost in Sichuan.
And from then on, they Zhang family only had one man, Zhang Wu.
Afterwards, Zhang Wu and others learned that Qu Neng had guarded Sichuan for more than ten years, and his subordinates had countless henchmen, and before the rebellion (the night before the army left Chongqing), he had secretly tested his subordinates, and all the generals and unwanted generals sent by the imperial court after the Jingjing were all left in Chongqing at the last moment when the army left Chongqing, Qu Neng found an excuse to stay in Chongqing, and then they were all killed by the people of the Han King of Chongqing.
When Zhang Wu jumped into the river, Song Sheng was looking around with an incredulous expression.
The previous hour the officers and troops were still fighting impressively, although the rebel artillery was quite fierce, but after all, there were many officers and soldiers, and there were also artillery firebacks, and they could withstand it, but He Fu's side first had a heavy defeat in the cavalry, and then Qu Neng fought back again, and the situation reversed instantly.
In particular, Qu Neng's 50,000 Sichuan army rebelled before the battle, which was simply fatal.
When Song Sheng saw Qu Neng's reversal, he knew that something was wrong.
The chaos soon swept across the entire official and military camp, and the sound of the defeat of the officers and soldiers everywhere affected the morale of the officers and soldiers.
Song Sheng is also an experienced person, and he knows that this battle cannot be fought.
There are more than 200,000 people in total, and more than 50,000 are anti-water, unless the Jade Emperor descends to the earth.
He, like Zhang Wu, was very unwilling, very unwilling, and unconvinced.
Song Sheng has experienced hundreds of large and small battles in his life, and he has never lost a battle so quickly.
Especially in a big battle like this, hundreds of thousands of people, how can the winner be decided so quickly?
The main force of his rear officers and troops did not go to the designated place, and before they could completely set up their positions, they were already defeated in front.
I don't accept it, Song Sheng's heart is dripping blood.
"Xining Hou, it's too late to go." Just when Song Sheng was unconvinced, some generals around him hurriedly reminded him.
Hurry up, not only to go, but also to take the elite? Song Sheng finally came back to his senses.
Failure is inevitable, and no matter how unwilling or unconvinced, it is impossible to save the situation.
Now it's still time to think about how to bring back the elite.
"Order all the cavalry to come to the rear, Song Changfeng."
"The end will be."
"You take 20,000 foot battalions to break off, even if the whole army dies in battle, you have to block the rebels."
"Oh" Song Changfeng is his nephew, and he has no opinion when he hears the words, with a resolute look on his face, he turned around and greeted him with soldiers and horses.
He led 20,000 men to break the rear and buy time for the cavalry to retreat.
His 20,000 people had not been involved in the battle before, and now they had just set up a formation, and the defeated soldiers on He Fu's side ran over crying wolf.
Song Changfeng was furious and ordered them not to attack their own big array, but the defeated soldiers did not stop at all, and rushed back while shouting that the official army was defeated.
Song Changfeng immediately ordered to shoot with arrows, crackling, the scene was screaming, and many of the defeated soldiers on He Fu's side were shot dead.
This stabbed the hornet's nest, and there was a roar on the other side, attacking them in turn.
The two sides suddenly became a mess, and the scene became even more chaotic.
Song Sheng couldn't care about the chaos in front of him, he led the cavalry to retreat step by step, leaving the battlefield as soon as possible.
It took nearly half an hour, and the remaining more than 30,000 cavalry finally gathered around him, and a large number of infantry battalions, some of which were still concentrated, and some of them did not participate in the battle, and had dispersed and fled in all directions.
Song Sheng stood on a low hillside, looking ahead.
The huge battlefield ahead was full of squatting or sitting people, and groups of officers and soldiers were surrendering.
Song Changfeng's 20,000 soldiers and horses were surrounded by the rebel regiments, and the more they fought, the fewer they fought, and the more they surrendered.
"Qu Neng, Qu Neng." Song Sheng looked up to the sky and roared, his eyes turned black, and he almost fell from his horse.
When his army of more than 200,000 people set out, what a beautiful scenery, it was only less than a day, and only more than half of it was left.
In addition to the more than 30,000 cavalry, it is still a question whether the rest of the infantry battalion can be brought back safely.
"Old General."
"Xining Hou." The generals around him looked at him anxiously.
"What about Ho Fu?" Song Sheng turned around and asked at this time.
Immediately, someone said: "He Fu seems to have been beheaded by the rebels." "He Fu's defeated army fled just now, it is said that he has been beheaded, and I don't know if it's true or not, anyway, He Fu's banner has fallen.
“?” Song Sheng looked incredulous, but he didn't say anything.
He stared at the front, and there was already the sound of artillery in front at this time, as if the rebels had moved the artillery forward, and it was facing Song Changfeng's soldiers and horses, and Song Sheng knew that Song Changfeng might not be able to withstand it for long.
He flicked his whip fiercely: "Go." The whole army turned their horses and ran in the direction of Neijiang.
He ran first with more than 30,000 cavalry, followed by the infantry, and the rebels knew that they could not catch up with their cavalry, so they just chased the infantry.
Song Sheng didn't care about the infantry anymore, and fled to Neijiang in one go.
This is the retreat that Song Sheng had thought of before, and there are several river crossings and bridges on the Neijiang River, such as the Zhenmu Town Division, Anrenyi, and Yinshan Town Division.
Originally, he wanted to cross the river and run to Chongqing, but now Qu Neng is reversed, and he estimates that Chongqing is not safe, so he decided not to cross the river anymore and run directly in the direction of Chengdu.
That night, when they arrived in Weiyuan County, there were no official troops and rebels on this side, and they had repeatedly surrendered several times before, and the official army came to surrender to the official army, and the rebels came to surrender to the rebels.
As soon as Song Sheng arrived now, they surrendered to the official army again.
But Song Sheng wanted food, but found that there was no food.
The local county magistrate cried that the rebels had come before, gave them a large sum of silver, and took away all the grain stored in the county.
Song Sheng was furious and forced the county order to let the county squires donate some grain.
There is no way, Song Sheng didn't want to do this, but now he is carrying more than 30,000 cavalry like a lost dog, if there is no supply, I don't know if he can take it out of Sichuan.
Early the next morning, Song Sheng continued to run in the direction of Chengdu with the stolen grain.
Two days later, Song Sheng and more than 30,000 horsemen came to the city of Chengdu.
Unexpectedly, from a distance, he saw a huge 'Han' flag fluttering in front of him, faintly, and saw that there seemed to be an acquaintance at the head of the city.
Song Sheng came to the city in shock and anger, and when he looked up, he saw a familiar person standing at the head of the city, and when he saw Song Sheng, the other party also laughed: "Xining Hou, you are one step late, I arrived before you, hahaha." ”
"Peace?" Song Sheng didn't expect Ping An to be here.
After the Jing disaster, Ping'an disappeared, and it turned out that he had taken refuge in the King of Han.
He suddenly thought of something, and said sharply: "Is Sheng Yong fighting with us in Zhongjiang?" ”
Ping'an said with a smile: "It's not unjust to lose to Sheng Yong, come down, Xining Hou, you are so old, why are you sending Zhu Di to death." ”
"That King Ming is tyrannical and cruel, and has no humanity, why do you bother to damage your reputation?"
Song Sheng said angrily: "If it weren't for Qu Neng's rebellion, how could Sheng Yong defeat me." ”
Ping'an disagreed, and said lightly: "The old general should have seen it after entering Sichuan, the righteousness of the Han King, the people's aspirations, and the county governments have opened their doors to cater to it. ”
Song Sheng was silent, his two sons married Zhu Di's two daughters, and he couldn't descend if he wanted to.
Ping'an seemed to guess what he was thinking, and hurriedly said: "King Han said that only the first evil will be punished, and the two younger sisters, of course, have nothing to do with King Ming. ”
The implication is that Song Sheng's family will not be pursued.
Of course Song Sheng will not believe it easily, the key is that except for two nephews and a grandson, most of the family members are in Jingshi, how can he descend.
He glared at Ping'an: "You laughed too early now, who wins and who loses, I don't know, there are still millions of troops in the imperial court, go." ”
With that, he raised his whip and turned away with his subordinates.
At this time, Song Sheng already knew that Sichuan could not hold it, so he had to leave quickly.
He left with his front foot, and a sentry rode behind him came to make an urgent report, and Ping'an chased him out of Chengdu with 20,000 horsemen, following behind them, but did not come up to attack.
Song Sheng's mind was very chaotic at this time, and he said in his heart that he didn't like Zhu Di's style very much, and Zhu Di killed him after the success of Jingnan, and he was extremely cruel, he couldn't get used to it.
But the two sons married Zhu Di's two daughters, and Song Sheng couldn't help it.
Song Sheng actually wanted to remain neutral, and it was difficult to be Jing back then.
The imperial court wanted to recruit him to fight Zhu Di, but Song Sheng kept an eye on it, and deliberately walked slowly, Jing Nan finished fighting, and his soldiers and horses had not yet arrived.
It's not that he doesn't want to help the imperial court, nor does he want to help Zhu Di, he just wants to remain neutral, he doesn't want to make mistakes, and stabilize the wealth of the Song family.
Fortunately, he was lucky at that time, Zhu Di won, because he was slow to send troops and did not participate in the Jingjing, he was appreciated by Zhu Di.
Unexpectedly, it has only been a few years, and there is an important decision in front of him.
"Old general, where do we go out of Sichuan?" At this time, the general came over to ask.
Song Sheng was stunned, and the route out of the river quickly flashed in his mind.
They came from Hanzhong, and of course it was best to go to Hanzhong when going out of Sichuan.
Moreover, Hanzhong is the only way to attack Sichuan, and when the time comes, the soldiers and horses will be left in Hanzhong, and the imperial court can fight back at any time in the future.
Once occupied by the rebels, the situation of the Three Kingdoms and Shu was formed, and it was not easy for the imperial court to enter Sichuan in the future, and it was not easy to walk the eight hundred miles of Qinchuan and the Meridian Valley Road.
"Let's go, get out of Hanzhong." Song Sheng made up his mind to pay attention, and the whole army went to Nanjiang County, and then entered Hanzhong from Nanjiang.
That night, Song Sheng's entire army was stationed outside Zhongjiang County.
Song Sheng knew that Ping'an was following behind with 20,000 cavalry, even if Ping'an just followed and didn't beat him, he should have wanted to force them to leave Sichuan, and he was also afraid of his more than 30,000 cavalry, so he ordered to be stationed on the spot, and beware of night attacks.
The main force of the Han Wang's army is a hundred miles away, it is impossible to catch up, only 20,000 horsemen are safe, and Song Sheng does not take the initiative to attack, which is already considered to give him face.
After dark, there were cronies outside to spread the word, and some old people asked to see them.
“?” When Song Sheng heard the words of the deceased, his scalp was numb.
He hesitated, but ordered to be summoned.
Unexpectedly, when he saw someone coming, Song Sheng was taken aback, and it was actually safe.
"You-you-——" Song Sheng was shocked, frightened, and angry.
(End of chapter)