After hearing the news of the emperor's appearance, several generals rushed over immediately and listened to the report together with Li Guo. When they heard that there were people wearing bright yellow clothes, their hearts beat hard, although there was no
Li Guo was so manic, but he still couldn't hide the surprise and excitement in his heart.
But when Li Guo was about to send troops, they stopped him: "General, we must first know whether there is really an emperor in that team? And we have not discovered Guan Ning's army. If the other party
Setting up an ambush, we..."
After the few of them said this, they didn't dare to speak anymore. It was their limit to question Li Guo. If they told the consequences of this move, they would definitely slap him in the face. Besides, he was in an extremely irritable mood now.
If his words were even slightly inconsistent with his wishes, he would immediately be scolded or even whipped.
"Liu Ming! Tell me, general, how far is the emperor from us?" Li Guo directly yelled at one of the generals. The sudden shout immediately stunned the general.
But he reacted quickly, took a few steps forward and said, "Report to the general, we are twenty miles away."
"Twenty miles."
Li Guo pulled the reins, paced back and forth, with a ferocious look on his face, and then said loudly: "Twenty miles! It will take at least half an hour for my army to catch up. Tell me, if the number of people in the army is small during this half hour,
What if the emperor's team escaped? If there is an emperor inside and all the ministers of the Ming Dynasty are there, and the large team is just a few soldiers, tell me, if the emperor escapes, are you responsible?"
These roars immediately frightened the generals who were older than Liu Ming. They immediately lowered their heads and did not dare to speak out to refute. The other generals no longer had any objections when they heard such roars.
"Now! Listen to my order, the army will chase that small team at full speed, with the infantry and archers following behind, and the cavalry and my general in full pursuit!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Guo led his cavalry in that direction, waving his whip wildly and chasing after him.
One of the generals saw Li Guo being so impulsive and wanted to step forward to dissuade him, but was stopped by another person: "If you continue to stop him, it is very likely that you will be the first to die under the sword of one of your own people."
After hearing such realistic and cold words, the general looked at Li Guo and his army walking away, feeling extremely worried: "Then what do you think we should do?"
"Immediately send someone to tell the king that General Li will not listen to our dissuasion and insists on pursuing. We will follow with 20,000 infantry. As long as we inform the king of this matter, even if there is an ambush, it has nothing to do with us."
After hearing this, the others had no choice but to agree, and were scolded, whipped, and so humiliated. At this time, Li Guo no longer had prestige in their hearts, and for a moment, they even hoped that Li Guo would be defeated.
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"Report! A large group of cavalry was spotted ten miles away!"
A detective horse galloped back panting to report. The army immediately pulled out another horse and asked it to change horses. After drinking some water, he immediately got on his horse and galloped away.
At this time, Zhu Ling and others were still advancing unhurriedly. They had already traveled twenty-five miles, but the team sent out to lure the enemy had already traveled more than thirty miles and was approaching forty miles.
"The farther that team goes, the better our situation will be." Zhu Ling's heart was as calm as a lake at this time. Since the last time he fought desperately to kill the enemy, the fear of the battlefield in his heart has dissipated a lot.
"I am afraid that the intruder will directly attack us. Even if the possibility is very small, we cannot regard it as impossible." Wang Jiayan gave a correct view. Indeed, no one can guarantee that the intruder will definitely attack us.
To pursue that small team and abandon the big team, if they dedicate part of their force to surround them, they will simply fall into the enemy's net.
"Master Wang, there is no need to be so discouraged. Our team also has a thousand people, with chariots in formation, and sufficient firearms and ammunition. It is not that easy to eat us in one bite."
Wu Linzheng followed behind and immediately retorted, saying that he had a natural belief in Zhu Ling, not to mention that since there was no turning back after leaving the city, even if he encountered the most difficult situation, he could never decide his own death.
"Wang Guoxing, what do you think?"
After hearing too many arguments between these two people, Zhu Ling really needed to listen to other people's opinions at this time, and only Wang Guoxing here knew some about the art of war.
"I think the intruder army will never come to pursue us." When His Majesty was discussing with several adults just now, he listened attentively and kept thinking on the way.
However, he did not expect that His Majesty would actually ask for his opinion.
"Why are you so sure?"
Only then did Zhu Ling reveal a faint smile, it seemed that Wang Guoxing's idea was exactly what he wanted.
"I believe that the Chuang army experienced the last defeat and was eager for a big victory to restore the morale of the army. They have surrounded the capital for so long. In their opinion, King Qin's army has probably approached the capital. Time is running out, so they are left with no choice.
There are only two, either attack the city or retreat."
"What does Commander Wang say have to do with why the intruders didn't pursue us?" Wang Jiayan looked confused. He still couldn't understand the matter. There were so many intruders that he would have divided his forces to stop them because he couldn't be sure at all.
Which team the emperor is in, if you let any team go, wouldn't it be a failure if the emperor is among them?
"Sir, please wait until I finish speaking." Wang Guoxing faced Wang Jiayan with great respect, and then continued: "The intruders will not attack the city. The reason is very simple, because the imperial court has negotiated a peace with them. If they attack the city without authorization, they will be punished by the world.
They will be despised by others and will be very unwilling to retreat."
"Because Liu Zongmin is in our hands." Wu Linzheng said at the right time.
"Master Wu is right." Wang Guoxing bowed slightly to Wu Linzheng and said, "The intruders urgently need to capture your majesty alive in exchange for Liu Zongmin, or even the capital."
"If they divide their troops to attack our team, after all, we have more than a thousand people and cannot easily capture it. But if they send out to pursue the large army, there are not many people and cannot threaten that team. If they escape, they will
Missed the opportunity. I believe that they will chase that team first, but will send a part of the army to monitor us."
At this point, Zhu Ling agreed with him in his heart and said: "What Wang Guoxing said is very reasonable. They have to bear too much and don't want to fail again. They will not take risks, and neither will I."
meeting."
"I ordered the team to walk so slowly just to make them think that team was my team heading south. No one could have imagined that I would be so calm and wait for them to come instead of running away. They felt that I couldn't afford the gamble. They were wrong.
Well, if I couldn’t afford the bet, the Ming Dynasty would have died on the day of the peace talks.”
"Your Majesty is wise!" After hearing this, all the ministers immediately shouted respectfully.
Li Guo could vaguely see Zhu Ling's team, but he did not order the team to stop, but continued to chase that team crazily. In his eyes, this huge team could never be that big.
Fast, and they are all cavalry. As long as they catch the team, they can quickly turn back and destroy the team even if they are blind.
He didn't even arrange for anyone to monitor the team's movements.
Yang Kuo, who had received the news about the horse exploration, immediately ordered the army to divide into two parts, each with 4,000 men, and began to slowly surround Li Guo, cutting off their retreat from the rear.
When Li Guo discovers that there is no trace of the emperor in that team, he will definitely turn back in anger and fight back immediately. But all Yang Kuo needs to do at this moment is just to wait quietly for Li Guo and lead the exhausted army to return.
At that time, the army immediately rushed out from all sides and surrounded it. When a well-prepared, well-equipped and energetic court elite faced an invading army running back and forth with average equipment and no energy, at that moment
The slaughter will be deadly.
Li Guo led the army as he watched the team not far away getting closer and closer. The joy in his heart became more and more intense, and he waved his whip more quickly. The army behind him had been running around for such a long time. His mouth was already dry, and the horses under his crotch were already dry.
I was also a little tired, but when I saw the emperor's southbound team not far away, the intense fatigue in my heart was suppressed again.
"Brothers, follow me and kill them. Anyone seen wearing bright yellow clothes or Ming court official uniforms will be captured alive. Everyone else will be killed! No matter how you become a marquis!"
After shouts of ecstasy, the speed of the invading army suddenly exploded. Although the team running in front was speeding up, it was still much slower than it.
The moment the army came into contact with the team, the long sword fell on them instantly, leaving almost no one behind. After the army completely submerged the team, Li Guo came back to his senses and hurriedly shouted: "
Bring over all the people I just told you to capture!"
After the words fell, no one responded. After a moment, there was still silence, as if there had never been a second team here.
Li Guo couldn't believe it. He immediately returned to the place where the team was killed. He dismounted and turned around to check one by one. Only then did he realize that none of the killed people were wearing bright yellow clothes, and not even one of them was wearing bright yellow clothes.
There are no people in official uniforms.
The next moment he discovered that many people inside were actually eunuchs!
"Impossible! How could this happen?" Li Guo suddenly panicked, his steps became much more chaotic, and he kept shouting, completely unable to believe that such a scene was happening.
The surrounding intruders also had helpless expressions on their faces, and they all looked at Li Guo and stood there.
Recalling the report of the messenger, Li Guo really wanted to kill that guy with a knife at this moment. He was so angry that he almost lost his temper. But he also remembered that there was another imperial team, and a little more hope ignited in his heart, and he immediately got on his horse and rode high.
He said: "Brothers, follow me and fight back. The emperor must be in that team! Fight back!"
Less than a moment after arriving here, they quickly turned back with the army, without giving the army a moment to breathe.
When Yang Kuo stood in the distance and watched Li Guo leading the army back, he couldn't help laughing: "This intruder is really stupid. Come here, tell everyone to put on their armor and mount their horses, and destroy this intruder for me!"
[Author’s digression]: What’s the next step? Naturally, keep running.