Zu Dale led the cavalry of the ancestral family to meet the blue flag army of Prince Daishan of Hou Jinli, and after a round, it was a rout and fled, and more than thousands of cavalry were crushed at the touch of a button, and fled in the wind.

As a result, all the archer battalions that were covering the flanks were slaughtered by Houjin, and the deputy commander-in-chief Zhao Shujiao died thirty miles outside Shenyang.

"Zu Dale fled, and Zhao Shujiao died?"

More than ten miles below the city of Shenyang, the entire army began to camp in the Ming army.

When Xiong Tingbi in the big tent received the news, he suddenly felt a violent pinprick in the back of his head, and then suddenly felt a sweet throat, and a salty blood was about to gush out from between his chest and lungs.

In a panic, Xiong Tingbi covered his mouth and nose with a brocade handkerchief, but a stream of blood still seeped out of his fingertips.

With a click, the Liaodong Jingluo stretched out his hand and pressed the chair tightly, his body was shaking slightly, and the entire yellow rosewood chair seemed to be crumbling.

When all the people in the tent saw this, they were terrified.

In front of the battle, the coach can't have an accident!

"Your Excellency!" Yuan Chonghuan, who was sitting in the first place, hurriedly stepped forward and wanted to reach out to help.

"I'm !! nothing" Xiong Tingbi stretched out his hand and stopped Yuan Chonghuan: "Go immediately!" ”

I saw Xiong Tingbi wave his hand, and the blood in his mouth was swallowed alive, this Liaodong Jingluo looked hideous, pointed at Yuan Chonghuan and said: "Lead the marshal to guard, and immediately bring the ancestor Dale to the tent!" ”

Xiong Tingbi was obviously furious, and he was extremely angry.

"Yes!" Yuan Chonghuan bowed his head and immediately turned to leave, but when he passed by Zu Dashou's side, he paused for a moment.

In fact, the eyes of the vast majority of generals on the spot had already fallen on Zu Dashou, and no one in the entire Liaodong knew that Zu Dale was Zu Dashou's cousin.

Xiong Tingbi, who was sitting on the chair, was also looking at Zu Dashou at this moment, his face was already a little gray, and while covering his mouth and nose with a handkerchief, he said in a deep voice: "General Zu, what do you think should be done in this matter?" ”

On the surface, Xiong Tingbi was asking Zu Dashou's opinion, but in fact, he was really probing his attitude.

After all, the ancestral family is the main force in this Liaodong War.

What can be done, this is also Xiong Tingbi's own choice.

The Hong En in the hall is all looking at the ancestor Dashou.

The big war is coming, and you can't be at odds!

was questioned by Xiong Tingbi here, Zu Dashou's face was as usual, as if he was not affected by the news of the rout before the battle, and he still said unhurriedly: "After being dealt with by the military law of Lord Liu, Zu Dale has no objection, but the killing of generals before the battle is not good for the morale of the army." ”

"Huh?" Xiong Tingbi frowned.

Zu Dashou's face was straight: "The last general thinks that he should be allowed to make meritorious contributions this time, and if he really wants to be investigated, he can only deal with it impartially after the war."

"However, if I don't kill this bureaucracy, I'm afraid that the army's morale will be unstable!" Xiong Tingbi looked at Zu Dashou fixedly.

Zu Dashou was just about to continue to speak, only to hear the noisy voices of the people outside, and Yuan Chonghuan had already escorted Zu Dale, who was tightly bound.

There was a plop, and there was a puff of smoke and dust in the tent.

At this moment, Zu Dale has been undressed and kneeling on the ground.

"Zu Dale, you escaped from the battle, causing the flank army to be wiped out, are you guilty?" Xiong Tingbi leaned forward, his voice was fierce, and he looked at Zu Dale who was kneeling under the tent.

"My lord, Dai Shan has already brought someone to kill him!" Zu Dale did not answer Xiong Tingbi's words, but spoke: "The last general is willing to make meritorious service and lead his men and horses to fight the Jurchen cavalry again!" If he loses again this time, he will end up on the battlefield and will never steal his life! ”

Zu Dale knew that if he opened his mouth to beg for mercy, Xiong Tingbi would definitely not let him go easily, and it was only right to use Dai Shan as pressure to let Xiong Tingbi throw a mouse trap.

"If I don't kill you, it's not enough to set the heart of the army, if I don't kill you, won't General Zhao die in vain?" Xiong Tingbi shook his head, this Liaodong Jingluo had already regretted it at this time, why should he be so anxious, being led by the nose by the Jurchens, waiting for the three armies to encircle is not a victory in hand?

The current situation is really not good!

"Someone!" Xiong Tingbi beckoned and called the soldiers outside the tent.

"The subordinates are here!"

"Pull out of the tent and cut it!" Xiong Tingbi closed his eyes, waved his hand, and still announced Zu Dale's death sentence.

"Lord Jingluo!"

Sitting on the side, Zu Dashou Huo Ran, who had never spoken, got up: "Dai Shan has already led the army to attack, and it is unknown how many enemies there are in Shenyang City. ”

"Ahem, ahem, ahem!!" Listening to Zu Dashou's words, Xiong Tingbi's face flushed, and he turned extremely pale: "You want to disobey?" ”

Zu Dashou didn't speak, just looked at Xiong Tingbi quietly: "My lord, this matter should be planned for the overall situation!" ”

As soon as Zu Dashou's words fell, more than half of the generals in the entire tent stood up and echoed: "My lord, for the sake of the overall situation, you can't easily cut the generals!" ”

Obviously, in the entire big tent, or in other words, half of the generals and above in the Liaodong army are inextricably linked to the ancestral family.

Of course, Qin Erbao and Lu Xiangsheng and others are not among them, their backer is Wang Qi, and they don't need to be attached to their ancestors, but Qin Erbao and Lu Xiangsheng were jealous of Xiong Tingbi and were stationed in the Right Route Army, and they were not in the account at this time.

In the entire Ming Middle Route Army, the situation was already precarious.

Almost instantly, the atmosphere in the entire tent became eerie.

Xiong Tingbi, who was sitting on the top seat, looked at the several generals who got up and echoed Zu Dashou's expression, his eyes swept over, full of anger.

And Yuan Chonghuan subconsciously put his hand on his waist and held down the sword, as if the next second, it was a military tent in the bloodstream.

Xiong Tingbi's two guards glanced at each other, not knowing what to do with Zu Dale who was kneeling there.

At this moment, the voice of the guard suddenly sounded outside the tent: "Report!" General Qin and Lord Lu of the Right Route Army arrived with their troops! ”

Click!!

The sweat on Xiong Tingbi's forehead was low: "Hurry up and let General Qin and Lord Lu enter the account!" ”

With the arrival of Qin Erbao of the Right Route Army, the tense atmosphere in the entire tent finally eased.

Dadada!!

Qin Erbao and Lu Xiangsheng, dressed in black armor and white jade goggles, entered the tent, and did not look at Zu Dale who was kneeling on the ground, but stood in the tent with expressionless faces: "The last general, Qin Erbao (Lu Xiangsheng), meets Master Jinglue!" ”

"Sit down!" Xiong Tingbi saw Qin Erbao, as if he had seen a relative, and he was still a general trained by Lang Guogong: "General Qin, the enemy army on the right has been cleared?" ”

"Fengji Fort, Fushun Place, Anding Mountain, there is no trace of any Jurchens, according to the investigation, all of them have been cowered in Shenyang City," Qin Erbao sat down, first opened his mouth to answer Xiong Tingbi's words, and then looked at Zu Dale who was kneeling on the ground, and said: "The last general heard that Daishan has led the army to attack, so didn't Master Zu go to stop his people when he was stationed ten miles away, what are you kneeling here?" ”

Qin Erbao's words are really murderous.

Not only was he mocking Zu Dale for his incompetence and inability to resist the Jurchen soldiers and horses, resulting in the death of Zhao Shujiao and the annihilation of the archer battalion.

It is also to express dissatisfaction with Xiong Tingbi's selection of personnel.

Sure enough, as soon as the words fell, Xiong Tingbi didn't speak, kneeling on the ground, Zu Dale, who was full of anger and had nowhere to vent, immediately jumped up as if he had been stepped on his tail, and scolded Qin Erbao angrily:

"What does the matter of the Middle Route Army have to do with you? You are a slave, but it is just luck, you have won a few military merits with Wang Qi, one person has attained the Tao, the chicken dog ascends to heaven, in less than a year, you have been promoted from a house slave to the general army all the way, what? I thought that with my back to Wang Qi, I would dare to point fingers at my ancestral family! Dog minion, are you worthy? ”

As soon as Zu Dale's words came out, even Zu Dashou, who had always been expressionless, changed his face suddenly: It's okay to scold Qin Erbao, but it's not a trivial matter to get involved with Wang Qi.

"Come on, drag Zu Dale out!" Zu Dashou spoke directly, wanting to stop his younger brother's nonsense.

"How can there be infighting in front of the great enemy? Zu Dale is just messing around, take it down! Xiong Tingbi also spoke, wanting to turn the discussion back to the topic.

Scold!!!

As soon as Xiong Tingbi's words fell, he saw a flash of brilliance in the tent, and then the sound of a sharp blade coming out of the sheath.

When Zu Dashou saw this, his eyes were horrified, and he hurriedly opened his mouth to stop it.

And Yuan Chonghuan, who was the closest, was so shocked that he didn't have time to react at all, so he could only exclaim to stop it.

"Be merciful!"

"No!"

In front of everyone's eyes, Qin Erbao had already burst out, the long knife in his hand was raised flat, and the swing of his arm was extremely small.

With a thud, the knife fell.

Grunt, Zu Dale's head had fallen from his neck, and he rolled all the way to the front of the tent before stopping, the blood and water all the way were viscous, and until this time, Zu Dale's eyes were still round, as if he didn't believe that he would be directly hacked to death by Qin Erbao.

"What are you, and you dare to say sarcasm to the prince of the dynasty?" Qin Erbao's expression was indifferent, and he put the long knife back into its sheath.

"Qin Erbao, you dare." Zu Dashou trembled all over, and he was so angry that he was about to draw a knife from his waist and fight with Qin Erbao.

Seeing this scene, Xiong Tingbi, who was in the upper position, was also dizzy for a while, and finally, with a sweet throat, a poof, a mouthful of old blood spurted out directly, and then fell straight back.

"Lord Jingluo!" Yuan Chonghuan was shocked, but he was powerless to stop the chaos in the tent, and hurriedly stepped forward to check Xiong Tingbi's injuries.

For a time, there was chaos in the tent.

"Report !!"

At this moment, a report suddenly came from outside the tent: "Oh no, the horse has to be reported, the gate of Shenyang City is wide open, tens of thousands of Jurchen soldiers and horses are coming towards our army, and in the east direction, there are big drums and blue flag Jurchen cavalry appeared, coming to the left of our army, in addition, the blue flag soldiers and horses are coming from the southwest, and the three roads are about to surround our army!" ”

As soon as this news came out, the entire tent fell silent.

Military affairs are in front of each other, and personal grievances should be put aside first.

However, this news made everyone's faces turn pale.

Why do Jurchens have three ways?

Shenyang City all the way, Daishan all the way, and where did the road come from?

"It is very likely that the left army of Luo Cheng and Man Gui has been wiped out by the Jurchens, and the third road is from the west, originally stationed in Liaoyang City, Zhenglan Banner, Wei Qi!" Yuan Chonghuan was the first to react, the new Liaodong envoy only felt that the sky had fallen, and today's changes were really magical.

The generals in the tent were silent, and they all looked at Xiong Tingbi, who had passed out on the ground and had not moved.

The battle is imminent, the enemy is surrounded by three sides, and the two roads are fighting in the general tent, and at the same time, the commander is fainting to death - the battle of Vajin, is it going to be defeated again?

Could it be that the ending of Salhu is going to be staged again?

Yuan Chonghuan only felt a twitch in his heart, once this incident happened, then none of you in Liaodong could withstand the anger of the imperial court and the scolding of the people of the world.

"Let's withdraw the army first," Lu Xiangsheng, who had never spoken since entering the account, finally spoke, although the Ming God of War in later generations was young at this time, but there was no panic and helplessness, facing everyone's glances, he said calmly: "There is no commander in the army, and the army is not aligned, so you can't fight again!" The Jurchens did not know the situation in our army, and the last general proposed that the middle route army should retreat first, and the right route army should return to Fengji Fort by the same route, and I led a cavalry to break the rear to confuse the Jurchens so that they would not dare to pursue."

"Withdrawal?" Zu Dashou frowned and looked at Lu Xiangsheng: "Do you know how much silver and manpower the imperial court has spent on cutting gold this time, and the enemy is currently dead!" How can you easily withdraw from the army? ”

Zu Dashou's heart was crackling, the head of the ancestral family knew very well that the withdrawal of the army was certain, but he still had to make an appearance, in case he was settled afterwards, as long as he said this, the responsibility in the future was all Xiong Tingbi and Qin Erbao, as well as the young general Lu Xiangsheng, and it had nothing to do with himself and the ancestral family!

"Master Zu, let's retreat first, as long as we preserve our strength, we can cut gold again in the future, and we must not let the battle of Salhu repeat!" Yuan Chonghuan also agreed with Lu Xiangsheng's words at this time, the army was already in civil strife, and the commander passed out directly, this matter must not be fought again, and a little risk cannot be taken!

"Ahem, ahem, ahem!!"

As soon as Yuan Chonghuan's words fell, on the other side, Xiong Tingbi finally woke up leisurely under the emergency rescue of the doctor.

"Lord Jingluo!"

"Are you awake, sir?"

"Help your lord sit up!"

The highest official in the tent woke up, and everyone stopped arguing, and gathered around one after another to look at Xiong Tingbi.

As long as Xiong Tingbi speaks, at that time, the imperial court will only hold this Liaodong strategy accountable, and no one else will have to be responsible!

"How's it going?" Xiong Tingbi opened his eyes with great difficulty, didn't look at the others, and asked Yuan Chonghuan directly.

"It is very likely that my left army has been completely annihilated, and the current situation is not good for the Jurchen three-way army," Yuan Chonghuan looked sad, lowered his head, and his tone was even lower.

"This cough cough cough," Xiong Tingbi's every breath seemed to burn his throat, and it was extremely difficult: "This is not a crime of war, it is really the will of heaven." ”

Everyone was silent, and their expressions were different.

"My lord, what should I do?" Yuan Chonghuan asked what everyone wanted to ask.

That's the point!

Slowly turning his neck, Xiong Tingbi's eyes swept over everyone one by one, with helplessness and regret, and after a while, he said with difficulty: "Withdraw, withdraw the army!" ”

"The matter of withdrawing the army will be handed over to Yuan Chonghuan with full authority!" As soon as the words came out, Xiong Tingbi's cloudy eyes were tightly closed, and he stopped speaking, and at this moment, he seemed to be extremely old.

Half a lifetime of hard work, all in vain.

(End of chapter)