Chapter Forty-Three: The Flag Comes
"This is indeed a trap set by the Ming army for us. General Hao, the inner supporter of the Ming army, we must bring back to the capital, otherwise we will not be able to give your majesty an explanation!" Gu Kecheng turned his head and looked at Hao Yaoqi and said.
This is the difference between the two. Hao Yaoqi was still thinking about how to interrogate Pang Lun, and Gu Kecheng had already found a scapegoat for his military failure this time.
Of course, if Gu Kecheng only had this ability, he would not be able to be the general of the vanguard of the Shun Army.
In fact, just after the camp was released, Gu Kecheng, who had fought with Li Zicheng for more than ten years, had already gained a basic understanding of the situation: there were Ming troops raids on the west, east and south, and his camp was already in chaos. Except for the personal guards around him, other troops could not be collected at all.
Under such a situation, there is no way to know the situation of the Ming army, and it is impossible to turn defeat into victory.
If it were in the past, Gu Kecheng might have fought. When he is now the founding father of the Dashun Dynasty, Li Zicheng is not here, so how could he fight so hard?
Therefore, when Gu Kecheng saw Pang Lun, he suddenly had a plan and forced the other party to admit that he was an insider in front of Hao Yaoqi, and at the same time exaggerated the strength of the Ming army. Then, he would be much less guilty of underestimating the enemy's carelessness and damaging the troops and losing the generals.
As Li Zicheng's confidant, as long as Hao Yaoqi proves that the other party has a way out, it will be an inconsequential punishment to convince the public.
This is not a military issue, but a political issue. To a certain extent, right and wrong, success or failure is not the most important thing, and whoever is standing in the team is often the most important thing.
Moreover, after exaggerating the Ming army's strength, Hao Yaoqi could be persuaded to retreat together, and then the two of them would be grasshoppers on the same rope.
Seeing that Hao Yaoqi had not yet reacted, Gu Kecheng hurriedly said: "General Hao, the situation is urgent now. We have to break out quickly, otherwise it will be too late."
After saying that, Gu Kecheng winked, and his personal soldiers immediately took Pang Lun, and Pang Lun's two personal soldiers were directly killed outside the camp.
Things were going too fast, which made Hao Yaoqi a little confused for a while, but he couldn't take care of that much, so he immediately followed the tent.
Outside the tent of the Shun Army, a group of people had gathered together, and nearly a hundred fully armed soldiers were waiting for the battle. There were still single soldiers and war horses galloping by around them. The Ming army had not yet rushed over.
These are Gu Kecheng and Hao Yaoqi's personal soldiers. They were in the central army camp and were not very shocked. However, some war horses were still very manic. After being held tightly by these ingenious soldiers, they kept neighing and stomping on the ground.
Not to mention anything else, Gu Kecheng and Hao Yaoqi are both very experienced in escaping after the Bengying Camp. When they first started, they were often chased and beaten by the Ming army. Being attacked by the camp was common, so naturally there were countless Bengying Camp.
In this case, the method of escaping is also very simple. Just gather a group of people and rush towards places where there are no officers or soldiers or the strength of officers and soldiers is weak.
After all, they were in chaos, and the officers and soldiers were in chaos. As long as there were dozens of horses and some refugee soldiers were carried, they would not have to worry about not being able to rush out.
"Go, go north!" Gu Kecheng turned over and shouted, and the other soldiers followed one after another.
More than a dozen cavalrymen rode their horses in front of them and kept shouting. Gu Kecheng and Hao Yaoqi were surrounded by personal soldiers. After the nearby scattered soldiers of the Shun Army discovered them, they also joined one after another, and soon formed a defeated army of hundreds of people and broke through to the north.
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Zhou Shixian was wearing a silver-white chain mail. He had just entered the camp of the Shunjun, and was closely guarding more than a dozen fully armed Jinyiwei.
He followed the cavalry of Wu Xingye. The two hundred cavalry in front had already divided into dozens of strands and broke into the Shun Army camp, rushing the remaining Shun Army soldiers to the north.
There were blood-stained corpses everywhere on the Shunjun camp, and several tents were burning, like torches, and the air was emitting the smell of burnt flesh. There were still many injured horses on the ground, and dying horses were neighing, some were still pedaling their four hooves and struggling, and there was a pool of black blood under them.
Occasionally, a few defeated soldiers on horseback appeared around the camp, but they did not dare to approach Zhou Shixian, so they rode their horses towards the uninhabited place in a hurry.
This was the first time Zhou Shixian saw such a fierce war scene, but I don’t know if it was because of his former officer experience or because he was born indifferent to these blood stains. Seeing the bodies of people and horses all over the ground, he did not have the disgusting reaction of ordinary people, and he was even indifferent to the turmoil.
"Dadadada..."
A cavalry with several pennant flags on his back ran towards Zhou Shixian. After approaching, he immediately turned over and dismounted, knelt on one knee, bowed his hand and fisted, and said breathlessly:
"Report to the prince consort, General Wu is fighting a bandit with dozens of troops in front of him, and ask the prince consort to hide for the time being."
After panic at the beginning, many officers organized a counterattack deep in the Shun Army camp, but because of their incoordination, they were defeated by these elite soldiers and generals under Zhou Shixian.
"Has the Shun Army's central tent broken through?" Zhou Shixian looked up at the messy Shun Army camp in front of him, and asked himself as if he had not heard the other party's words.
"General Wu has reached the edge of the big tent. As long as he defeats this Shun army, he can rush in. General Xue's troops should be nearby," the messenger replied immediately.
At this time, the sky was almost bright, and the view on the plain was not bad, but the fireworks generated by the burning of tent clothing made Zhou Shixian unable to observe the battle situation ahead through the telescope.
"Let's go, take my son-in-law over there. You must break through the Shun Army's blockade as quickly as possible and directly drill through Gu Kecheng and Hao Yaoqi's central army camp. If the Shun Army reacts and gathers hundreds of troops, the situation will be difficult to control. You must fight quickly at any cost." Zhou Shixian said, and then he was about to fight forward.
He didn't know that Gu Kecheng and Hao Yaoqi had already broken through the north at this time. The one who stayed to block Wu Xingye was just a confidant general under Gu Kecheng.
"Mr. Concubine, the danger ahead!" A personal guard of the Jinyiwei beside Zhou Shixian immediately reached out to stop him.
"It's not dangerous, I won't go!" Zhou Shixian listened to the shouts of killing from the depths of the camp, pushed away the Jinyiwei who was blocking him, shouting: "Come on the flag!"
Another Jinyiwei who was holding on to the big banner of the word "Zhou" beside him had not yet reacted, Zhou Shixian had already snatched the banner in his hand, then waved forward, pointing the glittering head of the flag gun diagonally to the north.
As soon as his dozen fully armed guards realized, Zhou Shixian had already rode out, as if he was going to charge himself to boost morale.
Chapter completed!