Chapter 69: The Power of "Power"

Li Chengdong's withdrawal was very slow. Firstly, the soldiers had just finished the battle and had no rest. They couldn't keep up with their physical strength, and they also brought about more than 2,000 wounded soldiers. They couldn't even think about it.

Chen Jitai left all the wounded soldiers in Sanshui, so his actions naturally became much lighter.

One of the two armies was burdened and the other was lightly equipped, which greatly facilitated Chen Jitai to faithfully execute Zhu Youlang's emperor's order. His army was like a dog-skin plaster, and he could not even expose it.

When Li Chengdong was in a big army, he fell from behind and stopped. He also stopped burying the pot and making rice. He came to the door and wanted to fight him. He ran to the night and set up a camp to rest. He asked the soldiers to cheer up loudly, and the war drums shook the world.

The military strategy says: "If it is empty, it is real, and if it is real, it is empty." Li Chengdong couldn't figure out Chen Jitai's routine and didn't know which move was empty or which move was real, so he was always shocked and didn't sleep well all night.

As soon as dawn, he actually heard the firecrackers set off in the Ming army's barracks, and could vaguely hear the Ming army shouting: "It's the New Year! It's the New Year!"

Li Chengdong felt a stern heart, and then he realized that today is the New Year, the first day of the Lunar New Year.

The first day of the Lunar New Year in the fourth year of Shunzhi and the first day of the Lunar New Year in the first year of Yongli.

Looking at his soldiers again, when he heard the Ming army's shouts, his faces showed a sense of homesickness.

The wounded soldiers were full of the camp, the soldiers were as eager to return home, and their morale was extremely low. How could they fight this battle?

Li Chengdong retreated all the way, and his mood was also from regret to irritability and from irritability to fear. He felt as if he had walked into a quagmire with no edges. It took a lot of effort to pull his feet out of the mud every step. Moreover, it was unpredictable whether there were traps under the calm water surface of the road ahead.

However, he knew that Zhu Youlang had changed from passive to active and had fully grasped the situation. In such a good situation, would that shrewd emperor easily let himself back to Huizhou?

No need to think about it, the answer is no.

So, what would Zhu Youlang do?

He made Chen Jitai continue to harass himself, with the purpose of not being able to slow down our return speed. If he doesn't do it well, he will attack him when his army is exhausted. At that time, he will have to be passively beaten.

The "folks all over the world" strategy has been used? Will there be ambushings on all sides below?

Thinking of this, Chen Jitai was really scared.

To retreat quickly, only by using fast to control slowness can one quickly get rid of the fate of annihilation.

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There is nearly a hundred miles from Sanshui to the east gate of Guangzhou. This distance takes about one and a half days according to the usual marching speed.

Chen Jitai was worried that he would be wiped out and ordered his troops to force his troops to march. He arrived at noon on the first day of the first day and joined Meng Wenjie's troops.

After the two armies merged, Li Chengdong was confident after nine thousand soldiers and horses. With these soldiers and horses in hand, the Ming army was not afraid of any conspiracy.

"The Jurchens are not satisfied with ten thousand, and they are invincible." This is the most basic common sense, and everyone in the world knows it. I guess even if Zhu Youlang has the courage, he would not dare to make up his own army. Unfortunately, he forgot that his more than ten thousand troops were Han people, not Jurchens, so how could he have invincible?

Li Chengdong appointed Meng Wenjie as the vanguard and Li Yuanyin as the rear guard. He also sent someone to issue military orders to Du Yonghe of Huizhou, ordering him to guard Huizhou and be ready to respond to the army at any time.

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The Qing soldiers retreated, the siege of Guangzhou was untied, and the people in the city cheered and ran around to tell each other.

Zhu Youlang was prepared for a long time. On the one hand, he ordered Chen Zizhuang and Chen Bangyan to issue a Jianyuan announcement to appease the people. On the other hand, he ordered Zhang Jiayu to gather his troops, open the east gate, and personally lead his troops to pursue Li Chengdong.

The reason why Zhu Youlang wanted to be in charge of the army was because Lin Cha, Zhang Jiayu and Chen Jitai were not subordinate to each other. This annihilation battle must be made at any time based on the battlefield situation. If others take action, they will be afraid that they will not be able to suppress them. Only when he is in charge of the army can he coordinate all parties and not lose opportunities for the fight.

Those who followed him to the war include Zhang Jiayu, Wang Fuzhi, and Wu Bai Xing, Zhang Hu, Zhang Bao, Dai Yilan and her more than 40 strong soldiers to protect each other.

Guangzhou City was headed by Chen Zizhuang, Chen Bangyan was deputy, Chen Shihao and Lin Jue's troops were used as guardian forces to drive them.

As soon as he left the east gate, the pursuit army led by Chen Jitai and Zhang Biao also arrived. Chen Jitai led the "Four Great Hells" and his second son Zhongwu to come to pay homage.

Zhu Youlang had removed his casual clothes and changed into a bright yellow dragon robe, with a winged crown on his head, a straight waist, and a very majestic look. He sat on the jade chariot.

The so-called jade chariot is not worthy of its name at all, because there is no jade, it is just a carriage led by a horse. In order to distinguish it from other carriages, it is also convenient for him to review memorials on the carriage, and a carriage was installed on the carriage, and the outside of the carriage was covered with yellow silk.

This is Chen Bangyan's idea. He believes that the emperor must have the emperor's majesty. Now the conditions do not allow luxury, but what should be had must be.

Zhu Youlang adopted his suggestion.

Although the jade chariot was simple, Bai Xing and others were around to lead the guards to guard them tightly. The civil and military ministers stood up, and they looked very centered on themselves, feeling very young.

"Long live my emperor!"

Chen Jitai and others took off the weapons, handed them to the guards, and looked at the chariot and bowed.

Zhu Youlang looked at Chen Jitai coldly, but he was about to use the "pressure" again without saying anything.

This silent pressure is very effective. Chen Jitai and the "Four Great Hells" knelt on the ground. Because Luo Zhaocheng was stationed in Sanshui, the "Four Great Hells" temporarily became the "Four Great Hells".

There was no sound around. All he saw was the land in front of him. All he heard was his heartbeat. He didn't feel anything at first, but he was soon overwhelmed by this silent pressure. Coupled with his guilty and unpredictable attitude towards the emperor, the few people felt their heartbeats getting faster and faster, and cold sweat quickly flowed down their foreheads.

"Chen Jitai, are you guilty?" Zhu Youlang used "pressure**" for about half a minute. Seeing that Chen Jitai and others were sweating on their foreheads, he spoke slowly.

He didn't plan to endure it anymore, he had to exude his anger.

Although it was only half a minute, Chen Jitai felt that three or five years had passed. Although the emperor asked for guilt as soon as he spoke, he sighed: "Here, he finally came. Come on, come on, it's better to come sooner than later."

"I know I am guilty of my crime." Chen Jitai replied in a trembling voice.

"Before you have made a contribution, I will be awarded the title of Zhongyong Bo, the top of civil and military officials in the court. I am very generous to you. But I don't expect you to be crazy and want to rebel. Where is your loyalty and where is your courage? At the root of this, I am still afraid of the great power of the Qing army and thought that I could not compete with the Qing army with only thousands of soldiers in the country, right?" Zhu Youlang angrily scolded.

"I am guilty of death, and I am also deceived by Pan Duoshou and Ruan Youwen. After hearing their bewitching, please let the emperor observe clearly..." Chen Jitai was so scared that he almost became incontinent when he heard this heart-killing words. He touched the ground with his head, making a sound, and he still tried to defend himself.
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