Nineteenth: Burning the enemy camp to annoy the demons

The idea of going to the camp surged in Hongxiunu's heart, but she felt a little unsure. Although he was looking forward to winning in the robbery camp, he thought of the predicament he was still in front of him, and the preciousness of the personnel and combat power in front of him, and he was afraid that he would fall into Liu Sheng's trap when he went to the robbery camp.

She believes that a person like Liu Sheng can't be treated with conventional tactics if he wants to fight him and defeat him. If you rush to rob the camp, if you fall into Liu Sheng's trap, won't that bring irreparable losses to Zhuang Shang? Will it increase the unprovoked casualties of Zhuang soldiers? So, thinking that these red embroidered girls couldn't make up their minds again, they went to find three Taoist people to discuss.

During the discussion, Hong Xiunu was inspired again, thinking that because the officers and soldiers suffered losses in the first night, people like Liu Sheng, who had been in danger on the battlefield for a long time, must be prepared for this first night. So, after some deliberation, she categorically decided not to go to the camp on the first night.

By the next night, she thought about it again and again, thinking that the officers and soldiers would definitely be on guard the next night, so she did not go to rob the camp. On the evening of the third day, she thought that the officers and men who had been on guard for two nights might not be defenseless anymore, so she wanted to rob the camp, but Hong Zhendao said: "If we go to rob the camp tonight, I am afraid that Liu Sheng will still be on guard, and if he is on guard, what if he is on guard and comes to a big encirclement? I think that the officers and men have not attacked again in the past two days, and one said that they have something to do with the defeat of the army and the gathering of the generals, but it cannot be ruled out that the officers and men will spread their nets and wait for us to go and rob the camp." ”

Hong Xiunu thought that what Master Hongzhen said was the same as what she was worried about, so she thought about it and said: "What the mage said is indeed very reasonable, judging from the fact that there is still a huge difference in the number of people between the enemy and us, the master's analysis is very reasonable, and it cannot be ruled out that there will be such a possibility. Judging from the current situation, in the face of such a strong enemy, we are not allowed to make the slightest mistake. As far as our current strength is concerned, we cannot afford to lose once, and we have to choose every time in a foolproof way. There is no other choice. This requires us to defeat the officials and the army with certainty every time. We must win every battle, so that we can deal a heavy blow to the officers and men in terms of manpower and psychology. But now, in this case, I am more worried that the officers and soldiers will be on guard. If we go like this, what are we going to do in this situation? Right now, these forces of ours, once surrounded, will involve all of them. If you are not careful, you will fail miserably. Judging from the situation, although we have defeated the officers and troops on several occasions, the officers and troops still have an absolute advantage in winning compared with us. Danger and failure are always in front of us, and we are not allowed to take risks, we are not allowed to make careless decisions, and we are not allowed to fail because of one negligence. We can't afford to lose, but we can't be afraid to fight. We have to fight, but we must be sure to win and fight, and we must also reduce our own casualties to fight. ”

The Hongzhen Dao people also thought of this, and they were also very embarrassed, but they had no good plan, and said, "Girl, what are you going to do?"

Seeing that the Hongzhen Daoist asked this, the Hongxiu girl felt even more bitter and difficult. She knew that going out tonight would be risky. But if you want to blindly not fight, it will not work. Although this red show girl is a woman now, she already bears a burden in her heart and body that is difficult for a man to bear, so that the heart of a young woman has to think about everything like an old man who is not sparse at this time.

People say that if you think too much, you will lose, but now she must not lose. So, after careful consideration, she decided not to rob the camp on the third night, but instead made a bold decision to the Hongzhen Daoist. Decided to lead a thousand people out of the village quietly and give Liu Sheng an unexpected blow, and the Hongzhen Dao people thought it was excellent when they heard this decision. So, Hong Xiunu led a thousand people out of the village quietly in the middle of the night, and let Hong Siba, Hong Yunxiu and three Taoists lead more than 5,000 people to guard the village.

On the fourth day, the scattered officers and soldiers who were defeated and fled by Hong Xiunu hurriedly came to see Liu Sheng, saying that Hong Xiunu led a large group of men and horses to attack the officers and soldiers who were slaughtering the village, Liu Sheng couldn't help but be furious and said: "No wonder I waited for her for three days, and I didn't see Hongxiunu come to rob the camp. What a brutal village woman thief, okay, if you attack my people and horses in the village, I will come to serve your nest. ”

So, Liu Sheng, who was angry and very angry, immediately ordered an all-out attack and led the Ming army to besiege Hongjiazhuang in an all-round way. The Zhuang soldiers in Hongjiazhuang, under the leadership of Hong 48, Hong Yunxiu and three Taoists, fought to the death. From the morning to the evening, although the officers and men suffered heavy casualties, they were never able to attack Hongjiazhuang. Moreover, because before the officers and soldiers came, those rich people contributed money and grain, and the people mobilized to strengthen the wall of Hongjiazhuang, although it was not very strong, it was not easy to be breached. Therefore, although the officers and soldiers continued to attack Hongjiazhuang in turn, they did not break through the attack for a day.

At night, the officers and soldiers who had not slept well because of the ambush for three nights were too tired to attack Hongjiazhuang in turn for a day, and Liu Sheng saw that the officers and soldiers were very tired, in this case, he was lucky to think that Hongxiunu still did not dare to come to rob the camp, so he did not take too much precautions, and only set up some necessary posts, and most of the officers and soldiers and men went to sleep.

Who knows, his sentry posts are also tired, and they all fell asleep before midnight, and they all blindly thought in their hearts that they were too many red girls to come. How did they know that in the middle of the night, when they were all asleep, Hongxiu Nu led the people to first touch these sentry posts unconsciously, and then ordered people to go to each camp to set fires.

The officers and soldiers all set fire together, and Hong Xiunu led a thousand men and horses to suddenly kill. From the north camp to the south camp, from the east camp to the west camp, the officers and soldiers were in chaos in the camp. The officers and men who were awakened from their dreams in the fire were busy fleeing for their lives before they could put on their clothes. Look at the large camp of officers and soldiers, there are officers and soldiers running around and fleeing for their lives in a panic. At this time, it was really a battle without intention, the soldiers did not obey the general's command, and everywhere it was important to flee for their lives first. Seeing that there is no way to save the defeat of the army, it is the smartest choice to go first, and it is the smartest choice to flee for your life first.

When the soldiers saw that they were about to flee, they fled more urgently. During the escape, the officers and men trampled on each other, killing and wounding countless people. Caught up with the Hongxiu girl and Zhuang Nei, let Hong Siba, Hong Yunxiu and the three Taoists each lead a thousand men and horses to kill, from midnight until dawn. When the battalion of officers and soldiers can be burned, they will be burned, and if they can be killed, the officers and soldiers who will be killed will cry their fathers and call their mothers, and the generals will not lead the troops, and the soldiers will not be able to find the generals, and more than 17,000 people will trample on each other when they retreat and flee dozens of miles at dawn to collect the soldiers and horses, trample on each other, those who were burned to death, and those who were driven to death by the troops led by the Hongxiu girl Hong Siba and Hong Yunxiu, only six or seven thousand miserable troops remained.

Liu Sheng saw that more than 10,000 horses were broken at once, tears flowed from his eyes, and he gritted his teeth and said: "This village woman and thief, she didn't come when I came to rob the camp, she went to rob the people and horses of the village that I slaughtered." I attacked her nest and did not wait for her to come and rob the camp, but she came to rob the camp. A village woman knows the art of war very well, but I was too careless, and she made me underestimate them, so I lost today. ”

As he spoke, he turned his head and saw that Mr. Shen Shi was also behind him, and said in his heart: "I also blamed Mr. Shen Shi for escaping, wouldn't I be caught by him when I fled today?" So, Liu Sheng, who was embarrassed and angry, said to Mr. Shen Shi viciously: "Mr. Shen Shi, I didn't expect you to escape back, how can you still escape back if you are injured?"

Shen Shi was always afraid that the marshal would be defeated and take him out of anger, so he trembled with fright, but he felt that he couldn't help but distinguish, so he answered with a trembling voice: "Marshal, you didn't fight lightly, if there was no horse, I really couldn't escape back, and I couldn't follow the marshal before and after the saddle." ”

Liu Sheng said: "What is the use of a person like you, before and after the saddle? A waste who escapes, it's not good to go into battle to kill, but the escape track is quite good." ”

Mr. Shen Shi was still trembling and said: "Marshal, today, today you don't just talk about myself, all the generals have fled backwards, can I go to battle myself? Besides, I was injured again, in such a situation, I just don't run away and go to fight again, isn't that looking for myself to send him to death? Wouldn't this let these thieves kill one more of our people?"

Liu Sheng said angrily: "People like you, what are you doing with some more? ”

Shen Shi always felt that Liu Sheng's words were even worse, and he was afraid that the marshal would spare his life in anger, so he hurriedly distinguished: "Marshal, look, all the generals, aren't they all the same as me today? Didn't they all flee back? Can you blame them for running away? Wouldn't they all be sent to death if they didn't escape?"

Liu Sheng was said by Shen Shi, and only then did he think that he didn't know how many generals would die in this defeat, and see that the general died and didn't escape back, it was impossible to say to Shen Shi that there was no general who was willing to fight to the death, right? But with a little calculation, he really didn't lose a general. So it suddenly dawned on me that in such a defeat situation, no one of the generals was willing to fight to the death there, and they were all desperately on the run. If you don't try your best to escape, how can you escape back? How can you not break a single general? Will there not be a single one who was killed by the red showgirl? But he felt that something was wrong, and said in his heart: "Since not one of the generals died, could there not be a single one who was injured?" So, Liu Sheng asked again: "Is your general injured?"

But they were all silent, and Liu Sheng was angry when he saw it, and said loudly: "Your general is injured?"

But there was still no sound, and Liu Sheng was even more angry and said, "Aren't any of you injured? ”

The generals had no choice but to say, "No, I was not injured." ”

Liu Sheng looked at them all listlessly, and looked at each of them in an instant like freshly pickled eggplants, and became more and more angry: "Look at what you have become? Defeat will make you like this after a while? Cheer me up, you see, what have become of those soldiers? Not like you? One of you is not dead, and the other is not injured, so you are like this? Look at it again, what is the difference between you and Shen Shizong?"

The generals who asked all bowed their heads and were silent. Mr. Shen Shi was also licking his face there, wanting to laugh but not daring to laugh. Liu Sheng saw that all the generals bowed their heads and were silent, so he said again: "Okay, Hongxiu girl, you thief girl, today's hatred is not snowy, and this humiliation is not repaid, it is difficult to understand the hatred in my heart." I will destroy your Hongjiazhuang, capture you alive, and break your body into thousands of pieces. You will defeat me with 10,000 today, and I will transfer 30,000 to you tomorrow to surround all your Zhuangzi, and see what more curses you have?"

After speaking, he immediately gave an order, ordering the slaughter of the village to quickly transfer back 30,000 people, plus the original six or seven thousand people left in the headquarters, a total of 36,700 people, and as soon as the men and horses arrived on the third day, the vengeful Liu Sheng immediately gave an order and led 36,700 Ming troops to kill Hongjiazhuang again.