Chapter 380: Defeat
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At this critical moment, Zhou Ti shouted loudly: "If you die, you will die. You guys will follow me and cut off the rear." After shouting, he stopped, turned his horse's head, and faced the charging Zuo Guangxian's men alone.
The cavalry took the lead and charged away.
Affected by Zhou Ti's momentum, the blood of all the generals beside him suddenly surged. They all stopped, roared, and followed Zhou Ti, charging towards the advancing Zuo Guang.
"kill!!!"
Pei Xiaoer, who was in the middle army, noticed the situation behind him. When he saw Zhou Ti's army turned around and got into a melee with Zuo Guangxian's cavalry, he wanted to stop the army, turned around and fought with the officers and soldiers behind him.
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Pei Zhuer hurriedly stopped Pei Xiaoer and advised Pei Xiaoer, who was already extremely grieved and angry, "General, leave quickly, otherwise Zhou Ti's death will be in vain."
"Exactly, the general is related to the entire Pei family army, and there must be no mistakes." Luo Shijin also urged urgently.
At the same time, Hu Zhonglong, Li Yinbin, Xu Yingxian, Lu Huashun, Hu Shi'an and other generals tried to persuade him.
However, Pei Xiaoer rebuked him righteously: "Although you and I are superiors and subordinates, we are actually brothers. How can I see my brother in jail and run away in a hurry? What's the point? If you don't go, I will go by myself.
Get out of my way."
After that, he pushed aside the few generals who were blocking the way, and then drew his sword to help Zhou Ti.
Seeing that he could not persuade Pei Xiaoer, Pei Zhuer winked at the other people. After they understood, he said to Pei Xiaoer: "General, please forgive me for being rude."
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Immediately, Pei Zhuer waved his hand, and several soldiers swarmed up and lifted Pei Xiaoer up directly. Seeing that Pei Xiaoer was under control, Pei Zhuer immediately ordered his deputy: "Quick, continue to retreat eastward."
Subsequently, the army abandoned Zhou Ti and other troops who were entangled with Zuo Guangxian, and quickly retreated towards the east.
This time, after Zhou Ti was killed by his surname, the Pei army retreated very quickly. Zuo Guangxian, who was in the melee, could only watch Pei Xiaoer's army go further and further away, and could only put out his full heart.
All the anger was vented on Zhou Ti and others.
Soon, the army crossed the long-frozen Bao River, passed through the ruined wilderness, and retreated to thirty miles west of the city. It was already dark. No matter how capable the officers and soldiers were, they would not be able to march all night to get here.
, then lit the torch and stopped for a while to rest.
Pei Xiaoer also slowly changed from the anger just now to silence. At this time, the army had stopped to rest, and a group of soldiers also put Pei Xiaoer down.
Pei Zhu'er came to Pei Xiaoer, knelt on his knees and said: "General, the general disobeyed orders and acted without permission. Please punish the general."
Pei Xiaoer looked coldly at Pei Zhuer who was kneeling on the ground without saying a word.
"General, General Pei was afraid of the situation and had no choice but to do it. Please forgive me, General." Hu Zhonglong, Li Yinbin, Xu Yingxian, and Lu Huashun saw Pei Zhu'er like this, and they all walked to Pei Xiaoer and knelt down silently.
Next, intercede for Pei Zhuer.
Logically speaking, Pei Xiaoer should not punish Pei Zhuer in this situation, but in this situation, if he does not punish Pei Zhuer, will other soldiers think that retreating is Pei Xiaoer's original intention?
While other generals were fighting head-on with the officers and soldiers, their general fled in panic with the remaining people. What would this make the soldiers below think? Wouldn't the image that Pei Xiaoer had worked so hard to create collapse in one day?
So will the Pei Jiajun, a force that was founded in its own right, fall apart?
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Therefore, this pot can only be carried by Pei Zhuer, and only in this way can the impact be minimized. As for the true image, is it important? It is not important at all.
"I have said before that we, brothers, have grown up in humble beginnings. We do not seek to live together but to die together in this life. If you do this, wouldn't you be doing me injustice?" Pei Xiaoer said in a dignified manner, with a sincere expression.
, He said this, not only to Pei Zhuer, but also to other generals and the soldiers around him.
"In view of the fact that Pei Zhu'er disobeyed orders and was good at making decisions in battle, the commander was imprisoned. According to the military discipline of our Pei family army, he shall be executed according to the crime." Pei Xiaoer said very slowly, so that every soldier around him could understand clearly.
Sure enough, when they heard that they should be executed for their crimes, the officers and men felt awe-inspiring in their hearts. The hasty intention of fleeing just now was wiped away. Even Pei Zhu'er, who had been leaning on the ground, trembled slightly.
Soon, several generals under Pei Zhuer's command began to intercede for him, "General, the Pei family's army is really excusable in taking such a policy. Please forgive me, General."
"General, the Pei family's army has made great contributions to our Pei family's army. I hope that the general will spare him this time for the sake of General Pei's past achievements."
All the generals had different opinions. Even the soldiers surrounding Pei Xiaoer knelt down to plead for Pei Zhuer when they heard that their admiral Pei Zhuer was going to be executed.
Thousands of troops knelt down in unison, and the ground was covered in darkness. The scene was particularly spectacular.
Seeing this situation, Pei Xiaoer looked up and sighed, "That's all. At this time, the fault is mine, so how can I blame it all on you? For the sake of so many people interceding for you, I will spare you."
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"Thank you, General." Pei Zhuer kowtowed quickly to express his thanks.
"However, you can be exempted from death penalty, but you cannot escape from living crime. You are exempted from your status as the admiral of the Yongwu Army, demoted to a soldier, and still included in the ranks of the Yongwu Army. Are you convinced?"
"General, no, I am convinced. I would like to thank the general for not killing him." Pei Zhu'er kowtowed and thanked him.
Seeing that Pei Zhu'er escaped from death, Luo Shijin and other generals were relieved and stood up from the ground one after another. The soldiers on the side cheered even more when they heard Pei Xiaoer's verdict.
After this encounter, the panic and frustration of the immediate escape was relieved for the most part, and the soldiers regained their confidence again.
"Luo Shijin, you will temporarily take over the post of admiral." Luo Shijin performed admirably in this battle. Besides, there are three general soldiers of the Yongwu Army. Pei Xiaosan is not here. Zhou Ti is in jail and does not know whether he is alive or dead.
Luo Shijin is the only one left. If he doesn't promote him, who else can he promote?
Lifting up Luo Shijin, who was about to kowtow and thank him, Pei Xiaoer immediately ordered: "Shijin, go quickly and check our remaining soldiers to see how many are left, how many are injured, and how many can still participate in the battle.
Report it to me as soon as possible."
"This is my humble duty." Luo Shijin clasped his fists and left.
After Luo Shijin left, Pei Xiaoer noticed Pei Zhu'er who was hiding aside, looking a little lonely, and he wanted to step forward to comfort him, but he just thought that he had just been demoted, so he had to step forward to comfort him at this time, which would fall in the eyes of other soldiers.
I was afraid that there would be another disturbance, so I could only resist looking at him, turn around and walk to a higher place to identify the terrain.
Pei Zhuer had been secretly watching Pei Xiaoer. When he saw him leaving, his face changed instantly. The loneliness he had just felt disappeared. Instead, he was arrogant. It was not like he had just been dismissed, but as if he had made a great contribution, walking in the military camp.
, all the soldiers he saw saluted him, as if he were still the admiral of the brave army.
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After a while, Luo Shijin came back and found Pei Xiaoer to report: "General, we still have more than 6,700 people, but these people are only slightly injured at most, so they will not be delayed from going to the battlefield."
In fact, if you think about it, they had just fled all the way for more than four hours, covering a distance of fifty or sixty miles. With such a long distance, even if there were seriously injured people, it would be impossible to keep up with the troops.
"This is good news," Pei Xiaoer said, "It's winter now, and the weather is freezing. If we stay overnight, I'm afraid the soldiers will have to freeze out. In addition, the soldiers' physical strength is severely exhausted.
, we can’t build a camp again, I think we can rest for a while and then continue on our way, and try to get into Chenggu City before resting, what do you think?”
Luo Shijin thought for a while, nodded and said: "I think it's feasible. This place is not far from Chenggu County. We have three thousand soldiers left in Chenggu. If we join them as soon as possible, we can be stable as soon as possible."
"Okay, in that case, let me tell you to rest for half an hour. After half an hour, we will continue on our way. Let's rush to Chenggu County and rest again." After thinking about it, Pei Xiaoer added.
"Send someone to go ahead and tell the defenders in Chenggu County to prepare meals, hot water, shelter, and ginger soup. Let the soldiers all drink a bowl of ginger soup to go away the cold. It is easy to consume too much when traveling long distances.
Typhoid fever.”
Chapter completed!