"Ah?" Fang Zhuo, the commander of the left-wing cavalry, said in surprise: "Master Xia, are we running away now? Aren't we going to save them?"
Xia Zi spat and said: "Look at the current situation, how can we save it! The left and right formations have been completely overwhelmed, and the central formation has also retreated. Without the cover of the left and right wings, it will not last long.? "
"Although the team guarding the cannon at the back is still intact, the number is only 5,000, and they are not from the same guard. It is impossible to form a complete formation in the hurry. In addition, they have also witnessed the army in front.
The collapse makes people panic, so it is absolutely impossible to hold on!"
"So our best way now is to preserve the cavalry in our hands and withdraw to Jinan City."
After listening to Xia Zi's explanation, Fang Zhuo, the commander of the left-wing cavalry, understood that there was nothing he could do to save the situation now. He sighed: "Why are we defeated like this?"
Xia Zi sneered and said: "If someone hadn't rebelled, how could the battle have been fought like this? The Chinese army has a large formation with tens of thousands of horses. Even tens of thousands of cavalry cannot be defeated in a single charge!" Then Xia Zi turned the horse's head.
He left with the cavalry.
Fang Zhuo was stunned for a moment, then understood what Xia Zi meant, and followed with his cavalry.
At this time, the original Chinese army formation was completely disorganized. Xie Cheng, the Shandong capital commander, had only a dozen personal guards in front of him, and the others had fled in all directions.
At this time, Chief Su personally led more than a hundred cavalry to Xie Cheng's small group of people. However, Chief Su did not direct the cavalry to attack Xie Cheng's group of people. Instead, he got off his horse and walked to
In front of Xie Cheng, he said with a smile: "General Xie, if it weren't for you, we would have died without a burial place today."
Yes, the person who rebelled against the imperial court and followed the rebels was Xie Cheng. Last night, Xie Cheng sneaked out of the army's camp with a personal guard and came to the rebel camp, saying that he would follow the King of Qi to rebel.
Luo Ren, Chief Su and others were so surprised that they couldn't close their mouths. However, Xie Chengcheng stood in front of them. If it was a cruel trick and there was no general in charge who came in person, wouldn't he be afraid of trapping himself here?
Therefore, Lu Yuan and others believed in Xie Cheng's sincerity. Instead of escaping that day, they led troops to confront the counter-rebel forces of the imperial court led by Xie Cheng the next day. Chief Su personally led the cavalry to attack the Chinese army's formation.
Then the Chinese army's formation collapsed all at once as Xie Cheng said the day before. Then they took the opportunity to lead the cavalry to attack other infantry camps. After that, the counter-rebel army completely collapsed. They won a great victory.
At this time, Chief Su came to Xie Cheng, and Xie Cheng immediately said to him: "Let the cavalry disperse quickly and don't let all the defeated troops run away. If they all run away, they can be used to fight again once they return to Jinan for reorganization."
, but if we keep them and then break them up and reorganize them, we can use them to fight. In this way, our total force will be fifty or sixty thousand. In the entire Shandong Province, except for the three guards of King Lu in Yanzhou and the five thousand households in Jinan City, as well as
The imperial court does not have a complete army at the guard post of Denglai Second Prefecture."
"The troops of the Second Denglai Prefecture are all on the Jiaodong Peninsula. They cannot interfere with the battle situation in Luxi in a hurry. Before leaving Jinan, I ordered the Second Denglai Prefecture to stay on the defensive, which can delay it for a while."
"Now after a little reorganization, we will immediately march west to attack Jinan City. The five thousand households in Jinan City are not from the same guard. In addition, people in the city must be panic-stricken, so we can definitely capture Jinan City!"
"With the capture of Jinan, the whole of Shandong has been thrown into chaos, and there is a lot to be done."
Speaking of this, Xie Cheng asked again: "It's just that I didn't see His Highness King Qi yesterday because I was anxious, but why didn't I see His Highness King Qi today? Could it be that His Highness is still in Qingzhou in the future? That's unlikely, right? Could it be? His Highness King Qi is ill? What is going on?"
Chief Su thought that since Xie Cheng had joined the gang, it would be impossible to hide it from him for a long time, so he said half-truthfully: "To be honest with General Xie, in fact, His Highness the King of Qi himself was unwilling to rebel. It was Lu Yuan and Luo Ren who He kidnapped the King of Qi and started a rebellion in the name of the King of Qi."
Xie Cheng was shocked. He had never thought that such a thing would happen and was speechless for a long time.
In fact, Chief Su also had an unanswered question in his mind. After Xie Cheng's expression seemed normal, he said: "General Xie, why did you rebel? It is obvious that General Xie is now a hereditary commander. After the rebellion, it is very likely that the marquis will be hereditary, so why rebel again?"
Xie Cheng gave a bitter smile and said: "I originally thought it was His Highness the King of Qi who rebelled. Although the rebellion of the three guards of the King of Qi was almost impossible, but with the addition of the soldiers from Shandong Dusi under my command, it was a narrow escape. Although there was a possibility of failure, Sex is still high, but there is hope for success."
"And the reason why I have to hold on to even this small hope of success is because my son was killed by Yunxi!"
"Ah!" Chief Su said in surprise: "General Xie, do you still have a son?" Everyone knows that Xie Cheng only had one daughter who died of illness not long after getting married. Why did a son suddenly appear?
Xie Cheng himself said: "To tell you the truth, he is my illegitimate son. Four years ago, when Yunxi inspected the north, didn't he deal with a large number of officials who had amassed money in the name of King Lu in Yanzhou? This illegitimate son of mine was there. The three guards of King Lu of Yanzhou were officials, and then they were disposed of by Yunxi."
Only then did Chief Su understand the reason for the matter. Xie Cheng continued: "I originally thought of assisting King Qi to ascend the throne of the Ming Dynasty, which would be regarded as revenge. Although the hope is slim, there is still hope. But now, Qi The king is actually being held hostage by you."
"The vassal kings in various places are still very powerful now. If King Qi ascends the throne, they may not be too opposed. But if King Qi is just a puppet, then the vassal kings everywhere will definitely not support it. After the death of Empress Lu, the Lu family Continuing to control the Han Dynasty, King Liu Fei of Qi raised an army first, and then cooperated with Zhou Bo and others to eliminate Zhu Lu Zhengben and trace his origins."
Xie Cheng thought for a moment and said: "Now we can only continue to use the banner of King Qi, and we must not let the princes in the world know about it."
After talking about everything, Xie Cheng, Chief Su and others immediately stopped talking about these things that had little to do with the situation at hand, and asked the soldiers of the three guards of King Qi to intercept the defeated troops. Because of the cavalry, and the east side was There was a river, and the other three sides were open plains with nowhere to hide. Except for a few soldiers who successfully escaped, the others were either killed or intercepted. They had a total of more than 22,000 soldiers.
After Xie Cheng sorted out the gathered defeated troops, he immediately sent the army to march towards Jinan City again. The opportunity must not be missed before it comes again. Jinan City must be captured quickly, otherwise even if there are five times the number of people waiting until Jinan City has returned to stability, We can't say that we can definitely capture the city of Jinan with our military strength. As for the reorganization of the defeated troops, we can definitely do it during the attack on Jinan.
