Chapter Ninety-Three: Here We Go Again
And in order not to repeat Liu Rukui's path, he also took the initiative to go to the rear army, in order to be farther away from the Ming army, so that there should be no danger to his life.
The army of Bai Heming suddenly stagnated and waited on the spot, and soon after, groups of defeated troops on the battlefield appeared in front of them.
These defeated soldiers either belong to Wu Ruyi's or Liu Rukui's, but no matter who they were in charge of before, their images are almost the same now, that is, they are very embarrassed.
The weapons in their hands have long been lost, and some of them have been scratched by tree strips because they are running too quickly, and their clothes are ragged, and they are running in a hurry, and their faces are pale, giving people a feeling that they will fall down at any time.
So many defeated soldiers walked past the 20,000 troops led by Bai Heming, but all the soldiers of the Dashun Army who saw this scene had a somewhat ugly face at this time.
How could the front be so badly defeated, and how powerful was the Ming army they were facing?
Others can't stop it, but if you replace them, can you block it?
One question after another popped up, but no one explained anything to them, many people began to beat drums in their hearts, and the morale of the army began to decline rapidly invisibly.
Bai Heming, who was riding on a horse, naturally saw this scene, and he could even imagine what kind of bad impact such a scene would have on his army, but he couldn't do anything.
Don't say it, even if he gives an order not to let these defeated soldiers pass by the army he leads, no one will listen. Even if such an order is given now, it seems that it is already a little late.
The morale of the army had been affected, and in his ears, he could already hear the sound of some fiery guns from time to time.
"Are you coming?" I couldn't help but feel a slap in my heart, although I haven't seen the figure of the Ming army, but I don't know why, this time he is beating a drum in his heart, and his mood has become very restless.
This is a long time since I have felt like this, or when I followed Li Zicheng before, I was always defeated, and I would be a little scared when I saw the Ming army, but later, after the Ming army was defeated by them, this feeling disappeared.
Just today, this feeling is back, not to mention, but even more than the previous sense of fear.
"General, are we still going to stay here?"
Just when Bai Heming was thinking about these in his heart, and his face became a little ugly because of this, a lieutenant general beside him suddenly opened his mouth, startling him.
"What are you shouting, Lao Tzu is not dead yet." The frightened Bai Heming scolded as soon as he opened his mouth.
The adjutant general was very aggrieved, his voice was very small just now, okay, how did it become a shout.
"By the way, what did you just say?" Bai Heming was nervous, and he didn't hear what the deputy general said at all, so he asked.
"General, the situation doesn't seem to be good, everyone else has fled backwards, so we're still here, and then..."
The adjutant general didn't say what he said, but he believed that the general must have understood what he meant.
"Let's take a look at the situation first, let's see how many people are coming from the Ming army. By the way, inform the old battalion brothers, withdraw when the situation is not good, don't think about charging, the new firearms of the Ming army are powerful. Bai Heming obviously thought of something and whispered.
Liu Tichun reacted quickly and left first. In addition, his army had just been severely damaged two days ago, and although the number was replenished, the strength was too far behind. He said that he would go back to report the situation of the war to King Dashun, so he would go back and not be punished.
It's different for itself, his army has never lost a battle, and its strength is still good. If he also withdrew, Li Zicheng would definitely not be able to spare him, and he would be scolded and fined for silver, and if it was heavy, it would not be impossible for him to be taken off the position of general.
Bai Heming, who couldn't leave, could only stay first, but he was ready to fight with the Ming army and leave.
As long as the Ming army is handed over, it will be equivalent to having a sufficient reason to withdraw at that time. This is not cowardice, but can't be beaten, such things have often happened before, and Li Zicheng is not punishing himself.
Bai Heming is playing his own little ninety-nine. He never thought that under such psychological thoughts, he could still win the battle?
People are all changeable, from poor to rich, from soldiers to generals, the mentality of some of the current generals of the Dashun Army has changed. The idea of going up when you see the benefits and withdrawing if there is no benefit has begun to arise in the hearts of many people, and many people have begun to do so.
Zhu Changwu didn't know that Bai Heming's heart had changed.
For him, it doesn't matter if he changes or not, and you're no match for me anyway.
Zhu Changwu is confident, but not arrogant. Although he knew that he had the most advanced weapon in the world in his hands, he would dare to show his sword when he encountered any army, and he was confident that he could win. But he is not without shortcomings.
For example, the number of quasi-dragon soldiers is still too small.
Completely pointing at more than 200 people, you can defeat hundreds of thousands of thieves, and that can only exist in your mind to think about it.
Even if hundreds of thousands of sheep were to be driven by more than 200 people, it would be impossible to get them into the sheepfold.
Knowing that he would not be able to achieve this goal, Zhu Changwu's idea was very clear from the very beginning, that is, to smash Huanglong directly, and only need to repel Li Zicheng.
Setting such a goal is still because Zhu Changwu understands history. I'm afraid that Li Zicheng himself would not have thought that this time the dispatch of troops would be so smooth, before that, he had little confidence in taking the entire city of Beijing, that is, because there were too many rebels in the Ming Dynasty, and they were the internal response, so they completed the seemingly impossible task.
Just knowing that Li Zicheng didn't have much confidence or ambition to win the Jingshi, Zhu Changwu was even more confident that he could force him away. What he has to do is to show an extremely strong side, and Li Zicheng, who was originally hesitant in his heart, is very likely to withdraw from the army, retreat to Shanxi, and go to his base camp in Shaanxi.
After knowing the opponent's hole cards, you will naturally be full of confidence when you start doing things. Zhu Changwu chased these deserters of the Dashun Army at this time, in order to find Li Zicheng's main camp, and then kill them there, showing his strong firepower output ability.
The goal is there, and the start is also good, after resting for a while, Zhu Changwu took more than 200 quasi-dragon soldiers to catch up with Hu Yunfeng's department, which has become a vanguard, like chasing ducks, following behind the fleeing Dashun army, chasing all the way.
"Childe, which direction will Li Zicheng be?" Riding a war horse and constantly overtaking the Ming army around him, Ji Jinkai found an opportunity to ask Zhu Changwu.
"I don't know, but there's always nothing wrong with following these deserters, and they'll tell us what they want to know." Zhu Changwu said very confidently.
If it were him, of course, after the defeat, he would also want to find the main force of the army, as if only by doing so would he be safer.
"Understood." Ji Jinkai also laughed, he also agreed with this judgment, since this is the case, then continue to chase it.
After several consecutive victories, many of the war horses of the Dashun Army were left on the battlefield, and now they were all requisitioned by the quasi-dragon soldiers, and they kept rushing forward instead of their legs.
While riding a horse, Zhu Changwu did not forget to remotely control the unmanned reconnaissance plane to probe the surrounding situation, their firepower output ability is very strong, but once they accidentally fall into the enemy's encirclement, it will also be a very troublesome matter.
"Hehe, move to the southeast, there is the main force of the Great Shun Army there." Soon, Zhu Changwu found something, and said with a smile on his face.
The so-called main force of the Great Shun Army refers to the 20,000 Great Shun Army commanded by Bai Heming.
It was said that it was 20,000, but now it has already exceeded that number. Many defeated soldiers who fled back from the front line were too tired to run, and after seeing the main force of the Dashun Army here, they naturally joined it.
Although they don't know if such a move means that they are safe. But after all, there are so many people here, and it's good to give yourself courage.
Zhu Changwu changed direction, and Hu Yunfeng's subordinates behind him immediately followed. There were too many enemies killed along the way, and many soldiers had ears hanging from their bodies. It's just that who would think that there will be too many military merits, after seeing the general suddenly change direction, some smart people quickly followed, and they were looking forward to more and better gains.
"General, the Ming army is coming, coming at us."
Another scout galloped back on horseback, and when he came to Bai Heming, he could still see a nervous and even frightened look on his face.
It was really the defeat of the Dashun army too quickly, and along the way, this scout had seen too many scenes of his own soldiers dying on the battlefield. Seeing so many people killed in battle, it is impossible to say that he is not afraid at all.
"Are you coming? Inform the army to prepare for the attack. Ordered the archers to gather and shoot at me whenever they saw the Ming army. Bai Heming was also shocked after hearing this, the speed of the Ming army was faster than he expected, it seems that Liu Rukui's department is completely wasted, but he doesn't know if he can stop it.
Bai Heming didn't have much confidence in this battle, but fortunately, he was ready to retreat if the situation was not good.
Anyway, so many people were defeated by the Ming army, and there are not many more of them.
At the sound of Bai Heming's order, two thousand archers of the Dashun Army stood in the front row.
Once the waiting Ming army appeared, they would block the opponent's offensive with arrows, as long as they could curb the pace of the Ming army's advance, and after the two sides entered a confrontation situation, they would have the opportunity to compete with the Ming army.
This kind of tactics is not only used by the Dashun army, but also by the Ming army, and even in Jiannu.