Not far to the north of Boye County, Li Weiqun and three other rebel cavalry were covered in wounds, and blood was still pouring out of Li Weiqun's abdomen.
If the Qing general He Luohui had not been overly cautious, the four of them would have died under the encirclement of the Manchus. But even if they were lucky enough to escape, what could only four seriously injured cavalry do?
Heavy snow fell from the sky, eliminating traces of the four of them escaping. However, it also caused Li Weiqun to completely lose his sense of direction. His eyes were now black, and he didn't even know where he was, and whether he would rush into the Qing army's siege.
What about on the Internet?
I only hope that the few detectives who evacuated in advance can pass on vital information to Li Laiheng in time.
"Boss Li, can you still hold on?"
Li Weiqun's subordinates looked at him with concern, focusing all their attention on the wound on his abdomen. It was a wound cut by a Manchu with a saber. It was only bandaged hastily, and it is still red from time to time.
The blood came from the bandage, and the bandage soaked with blood showed a dull deep purple color.
Even if he moves even slightly, the wound on his abdomen will cause severe pain to Li Weiqun. What's more, the four of them are still galloping on their horses, and the horses are galloping in the snow. Every step forward aggravates Li Weiqun's pain.
He held back the pain and said with a smile: "Little Ghost Zhou, what are you afraid of? Where are we now? Are we going south or north?"
The cavalryman, who was called Zhou Xiaogui by Li Weiqun, wiped the snowflakes from his face at this time, revealing a face that was younger and more immature than Zhang Pikui when he first went into battle.
His name was Zhou Chang, and he lost his father when he was young. When the Chuang Army swept across Huguang, Zhou Chang was selected by Li Polu to join the cubs because he was smart and literate. Because of his outstanding performance, he was promoted to Suiying School in advance.
Studying, so he is not as old as Zhang Pizhu when he first went into battle, but now he is already a sentry commander in the army.
Zhou Chang judged the direction based on the starry sky that was mostly covered by clouds, and analyzed: "We are close to Boye County... We are getting further and further away from Baoding, but we are closer to Gu Sima and the others."
Li Weiqun pressed the wound and said in a deep voice: "The Qing army took a roundabout way. Perhaps the original goal was to flank the Chuang army. But now Zhang Ruxing has fallen into the hands of the enemy. Zhang Ruxing is just a surrendered general. We can't expect him to do it for the great cause of the Chuang army."
Be loyal and unyielding, and would rather die than surrender. If Zhang Ruxing informs the Qing army about breaking into the artillery mark, the Qing army will definitely concentrate its forces to attack the artillery mark quickly."
Zhou Chang nodded and said, "Yes! If Gu Sima had not been prepared, he might have been caught off guard. All the artillery of the invading army was lost. Not only would they lose their offensive power, but the morale of the front line would also be greatly affected."
"We must notify Gu Sima of this matter immediately!"
Zhang Ruxing, the commander-in-chief of Tongzhou in the Ming Dynasty, briefly surrendered to the Chuang army and was quickly captured by the Qing army. This figure, who was originally on both sides of the fence, learned from He Luohui that the Qing army had become the Ming army's "borrower"
The "Eastern Division" borrowed in the "Assist in Suppression" plan immediately changed ships and informed the Qing army of the news that they had been ordered to go south to urge Gu Junen and Li Shiwei to dispatch artillery.
Ah Shan and He Luohui were originally ordered to make a detour, with the purpose of crossing the Baiyangdian on the ice and attacking the rear of the Chu army. They did not expect to suddenly capture a general of the Chu army and learn such important information. This "unexpected surprise"
", immediately changed the direction of the Qing army's advance, causing them to turn their troops towards Boye County.
At the same time, Gu Junen and Li Shiwei, who were originally ordered to gather stragglers in Boye County, originally planned to set off for Baoding during the daytime the day before.
However, because it was going to snow heavily, Gu Junen considered that marching in such heavy snow, not to mention the difficulty of towing artillery, would those straggler soldiers be left behind again? Therefore, the departure was delayed until now due to the weather.
Li Weiqun's cavalry team played an important role in communicating between the northern and southern battlefields of the Chu Army. It is impossible to overestimate Li Weiqun's contribution at this time.
The few exploratory cavalry they had withdrawn to the north had successfully conveyed the news of the Qing army's detour to Li Laiheng, causing Li Laiheng to make a prompt decision to send reinforcements southward.
Li Weiqun himself broke out with Zhou Chang and three other subordinates after a deadly battle. They lost their way in the heavy snow for a while, but because Zhou Chang was a "top student" trained by the army and could identify the direction through the stars, he actually found his way again.
Let a group of people like Li Weiqun find the positions of Gu Junen and Li Shiwei before the Qing army's troops!
Gu Junen didn't just stay in Boye County stupidly. He was more or less worried that if he landed here due to the weather, would it affect the overall situation?
Because of the heavy snow, news communication was not smooth everywhere, so Gu Junen specially organized several teams to station in the north of Boye County, so as to keep abreast of the situation in this area at all times, so as to avoid being caught off guard when something serious happened.
As a result, Li Weiqun quickly contacted a group of soldiers stationed in the north by Gu Junen. Seeing the seriously injured appearance of Li Weiqun and others, the army immediately knew that there must be a war in Baoding, and the situation was extremely serious, otherwise it would not have happened.
As for reaching this point.
"Send them back to Boye quickly and notify Gu Sima!"
The speaker was Cao Benrong, who was a member of the Army Corps under Gu Junen. Cao Benrong was born in a Huanggang gentry family. When Li Laiheng acquired Wuchang Mansion from Zhang Xianzhong, Cao Benrong was studying Yangming Xue Xue at Wenjin Academy in Wuchang.
Because his family had already established many contacts with the Chuang Army at that time, and there was even a lot of people helping Ken Deji to run shops. After Wuchang was occupied by the Chuang Army, Cao Benrong simply passed the Jiefu Examination presided over by Xie Mingxian and became one of the cadres of the Chuang Army.
Cao Benrong was diligent and studious since he was a child, well versed in classics and history, and had a reliable background, so he was selected to join the Army Department to study military affairs.
When Gu Junen arranged the investigation in the north, he asked a department manager under Cao Benrong and Li Shiwei to take charge of the specific affairs. Cao Benrong knew the priority of the matter. Seeing that Li Weiqun was seriously injured, he left Li Weiqun to rest in the inn and led Zhou by himself.
Chang and three others rushed to Boye to explain the situation.
But Li Weiqun objected: "Although there is heavy snow in the fields, the Donglu are strong and powerful, and their troops are no better than the Ming army. Even if it is difficult to travel in heavy snow, they will definitely attack Boye all the way. It is difficult to protect Boye, let alone the post station outside the city? Cao Shenjun is the best
Send the station staff back to Boye as well!"
Cao Benrong was born in the first year of Tianqi. Although he grew up with the defeats of the imperial army and the victories of the Eastern captives, he was from Huguang, thousands of miles away from Liaodong, and did not regard the Qing army as a real threat at all.
Li Weiqun, who had participated in the Battle of Dangshan, had no deep understanding of the enemy.
While Cao Benrong hesitated, Zhou Chang said sincerely: "Cao joins the army and it is the commander-in-chief's request to ensure that the artillery mark is not lost. Which one is more important, the commander-in-chief's request or Gu Sima's request? We must not affect the overall situation."
"This... okay. You all follow me, and all the station staff will withdraw to Boye. Is the Qing army really so powerful?"
Cao Benrong still couldn't help but ask. Li Weiqun covered his wound, took a breath of cold air in pain, and then said: "Invade the army with foot soldiers and three walls of cavalry. They are all considered the strongest. But the Qing army
On foot and cavalry, they are no worse than Ting Jun and Three Walls. Think about it, Cao Canjun is so powerful."
Cao Benrong finally said with emotion: "We must return to Boye quickly, we must make Sima prepared!"
The Hutuo River in the south of Baoding was also completely frozen, and the official road in North Zhili was also blocked by heavy snow.
The earth turned into a vast expanse of white, shining like silver. All the bare branches looked like blooming pear blossoms. These thousands of pear blossoms not only decorated the branches, but also danced all over the sky.
Boye City looks far away in the snow, yet so close at the same time, almost giving people the illusion of a mirage. The usually flying dust and reed swamps in North China are now covered with dry white cedars.