Sure enough, before Wu Sangui could speak, Zuo Liangyu said: "The discipline of Zuo's soldiers is not as good as that of Chang Bo's sergeants. If Duan Hou is left behind, he may mutiny. To stop the enemy's pursuit, we still have to rely on Chang Bo's iron army."
Wu Sangui snorted coldly when he heard Zuo Liangyu's words.
At this time, the word "iron army" sounded so harsh. Zuo Liangyu's military discipline was not as good as Wu Sangui's, so this became the reason for Wu Sangui's soldiers to go up and die.
The Huben Army on the opposite side is a mighty force in the world. When the time comes when the Jiangbei Army retreats, the Huben Army will definitely attack with all its strength. Things will be very difficult after this break. If you are not careful, all the troops behind the break may be folded under the Huai'an City. This
It is an extremely dangerous thing to survive in death.
Wu Sangui and Zuo Liangyu were still able to unite sincerely when they were fighting a smooth battle. At that time, both of them thought about performing well in front of Shi Kefa, so that they could get better rewards after Shi Kefa took over the court.
However, at this critical moment when the army was defeated, Shi Kefa could not suppress the warlord nature of Wu and Zuo. Shi Kefa's method of winning over military generals was not clever. Historically, when Shi Kefa led the troops of the four towns of the Southern Ming Dynasty to resist the Qing Dynasty, the warlords under Shi Kefa
They often merge with each other, and in the end most of them fall to the Qing Dynasty.
At this time, the Jiangbei Army was defeated. God knows whether there is a chance to replenish the damaged troops and horses. Every dead soldier will lose one soldier, and the strength will be reduced in the future. No one is a fool, and he is not willing to die at such a juncture.
Wu Sangui said in a rough voice: "If our soldiers were elite, there would be no..."
However, before Wu Sangui finished speaking, Shi Kefa said: "Uncle Chang, we still have to rely on your troops to cut off the empire this time."
The relationship between Shi Kefa and Zuo Liangyu was much closer than that of Wu Sangui.
As early as the tenth year of Chongzhen, Shi Kefa and Zuo Liangyu defeated thieves together. Their personal relationship was not comparable to that of Wu Sangui. Moreover, Zuo Liangyu not only had a good relationship with Shi Kefa, but also had close contacts with other Donglin Party bosses. Zuo Liangyu
The soldiers and horses are like the "SS" of the Donglin Party.
Normally, Shi Kefa could still put on a calm attitude. But at this critical moment after the selection, Shi Kefa still subconsciously chose to let Wu Sangui's soldiers and horses attack him and die.
After hearing Shi Kefa's words, Wu Sangui's face sank.
Even if Shi Kefa is unable to enter the court as prime minister, Wu Sangui will still have to rely on Shi Kefa for food, grass and military pay in the future. This is not the time to fall out. It would cost about 20,000 soldiers and horses to stop the Tiger and Ben army from pursuing. Compared with the life and death of these 20,000 soldiers and horses,
The food and salaries of the other more than 50,000 people are more important.
Wu Sangui said no more, but he already scolded Zuo Liangyu and Shi Kefa in his heart.
Shi Kefa shouted: "After Chang Bo selected the elite to stop the enemy, he retreated south with me?"
Wu Sangui said with a dark face: "It is a matter of life and death, and I have to personally guard the front to encourage the soldiers. I and General Zuo will leave first."
Shi Kefa was stunned and looked at Zuo Liangyu.
Zuo Liangyu glanced at Wu Sangui calmly and said nothing.
.......
Wu Sangui lay down in the ditch and cursed.
The Huben Army's mortars were too powerful.
Jiangbei Army was bombed for a day, and at least more than 10,000 people were killed. In the beginning, tens of thousands were killed in the indiscriminate bombing, and then they were bombed again in the hour after Zuo Liangyu led 20,000 soldiers and horses.
Thousands died.
Under such severe casualties, ordinary troops and horses would have collapsed long ago. However, Wu Sangui was very strict in running the army. At this time, he was on the front line and held on to the battle. At this time, the main force of Jiangbei Army had already gone south.
To withdraw, Wu Sangui relied on 20,000 troops to hold off the Tiger and Ben troops in the ditch.
The Huben Army released several hot air balloons in the sky, and of course they knew the situation of Jiangbei Army's southward retreat. Seeing Jiangbei Army's southward retreat, Li Xing rushed to pursue Jiangbei Army, and attacked Wu Sangui even more urgently.
On the battlefield, the soldiers of the Huben Army had already jumped out of the trench and bent over towards Wu Sangui's position.
In fact, Wu Sangui's 20,000 soldiers and horses had little morale. Most of the time, they lay in the ditch with their heads clasped to hide from bullets. Occasionally they stuck their heads out to see the situation on the other side. So the soldiers of the Huben Army pressed over and let the 20,000 soldiers from Jiangbei East Town
People are extremely embarrassed.
If you stand up and shoot to block the enemy, you run the risk of being killed by mortar shells. But if you huddle on the ground to avoid the shells, the soldiers of the Tiger Army are about to touch you.
Wu Sangui looked at the approaching Tiger and Ben troops and felt that he could not hold on for much longer. He was already ready to retreat to the second line of trenches to retrieve his horses and escape, and could not help but curse angrily.
"What a thief! Zuo Liangyu is a damned thief!"
Wang Pingfan, the general of the Zuo army next to Wu Sangui, looked at Wu Sangui's face and said: "Commander, Zuo Liangyu is in the army with his wife and concubines. He was struggling to retreat just now. He is still five miles away. There is no one."
Go far away."
Wu Sangui was stunned and looked at the left army general.
"What's the meaning?"
The general raised his hands and said: "Commander, if we forcefully overwhelm the Tiger Army like this, our entire rear army will be annihilated in less than an hour. We might as well open up an opening and let the Tiger Army focus on important targets."
, the pressure on our other places will naturally be greatly reduced..."
"For example... reveal a flaw on Zuo Shuai's side, allowing the Huben Army to catch up with Zuo Liangyu, who is dragging his family with his wife..."
Wu Sangui looked at the general and was silent for a while, then suddenly burst into laughter.
"Okay! What a good plan, no poison or husband!"
"Zuo Liangyu asked our soldiers to die here, so we will let Zuo Liangyu taste the loss of his family in advance."
With a wave of his hand, Wu Sangui said to Wang Pingfan: "Go! Go and evacuate the troops over there! Let the Hu Ben army pass!"
Wang Pingfan smiled and ran quickly to the west.
On the chaotic battlefield, Li Xing looked across the trench with his binoculars.
Suddenly, a messenger ran over from the trench.
"Commander! In the southwest position, all the rear troops of Jiangbei Army suddenly withdrew."
"Evacuated?"
Li Xing was stunned and looked at Li Laosi next to him: "What does this mean? Isn't it a scam?"
Li Laosi pondered for a moment and said: "It's unlikely to be a scam. Our hot air balloon can clearly see that Jiangbei Army has no troops ambushing there."
Li Xing said: "Then the Jiangbei Army in that section could no longer withstand it and collapsed?"
Li Laosi touched the beard on his chin and said nothing.
Li Xing asked the messenger: "What's after that paragraph?"
The messenger replied: "The observers on the hot air balloon passed a message down, saying that behind that section of the trench were Zuo Liangyu's family members and their belongings, and they were walking very slowly."
Li Xing's eyes lit up when he heard the messenger's words.
"If I don't kill Zuo Liangyu now, how long will it take?"
