Chapter 61 The Unexpected Battle Situation (2)
After being so trampled by the official army, the rebels were even more defeated, and countless people trampled on each other. In the end, less than half of the rebels who had left the camp had fled back to the military camp. If it weren't for Li Yuanyin's few soldiers, he would have dared to chase and kill them all the time. After destroying the remaining rebels on the periphery, the rebel camp was closed. Li Yuanyin made various provocative actions around the rebel camp. Seeing the rebels waiting with bows and arrows, he left happily.
Li Chengdong stood on the hillside and was stunned. He had never thought that this test would turn into a great victory. When would Zuo Liangyu's army become so weak? A thought flashed through his mind. If his five thousand troops rushed over just now, would he break Zuo Liangyu's camp?
Then Li Chengdong shook his head himself. This was too unrealistic. Haodai's first rebel battalion had more than 100,000 people, not to mention that Jiujiang City and Right Battalion could provide reinforcements at any time.
"Sir, the last general is back." Li Yuanyin excitedly rode his horse to Li Chengdong.
"Okay, thank you for your hard work, you can go down and rest first." Li Chengdong nodded, but was thinking hard in his heart. The combat power of the rebels was so weak, was it because the other party had a conspiracy or something happened?
The next day, Li Chengdong, who tasted the sweetness, sent Li Yuanyin to lead a thousand cavalry to fight in front of the rebel camp, and led 4,000 people to follow behind quietly. Once yesterday's situation occurs again, he will lead the army to attack together without hesitation, even if he cannot break the opponent's camp, he will also cause heavy losses to the opponent.
However, in the face of the provocation of the government army, the rebels ignored it, closed the camp gate, and just pressed the horn with bows and arrows, preventing the government army from setting fire, and completely posed as a turtle with its head-shrinking appearance.
Li Chengdong had no choice but to send a scout to report to the rear. After receiving Li Chengdong's report, Wang Fu was puzzled. One thousand cavalrymen killed thousands of people outside the opponent's military camp and left calmly. This was incredible.
"Emperor, could the rebels deliberately show weakness and want to lure the emperor to lead the army to Jiujiang to fight to the decisive battle?" Yan Yingyuan immediately proposed a possibility.
It is possible to deliberately show weakness, but watching thousands of soldiers be killed without rescue, it is too harmful to one's morale. If the subordinates are centrifuged, it may not be worth the loss.
"Gao Aiqing, what do you think?" Wang Fu asked Gao Jie. If we talk about the experience of war, Gao Jie is still the richest among the generals who went to war this time.
Since Li Chengdong, Li Benshen and Bai Yongfu obeyed the order to pay homage to the emperor, Gao Jie had lost the bargaining chip to compete with the emperor. Gao Jie made up his mind and tried his best to keep a low profile. When he saw the emperor ask him, he quickly stood up: "Go back to the emperor, I think what Lord Yan said is reasonable."
"Is that true?" Wang Fu always felt something was wrong in his heart.
"Your Majesty, I don't know how to fight, but I also know the difference between a strong city and a hard-working army expedition. Regardless of whether Zuo Gui has conspiracy or not, as long as the emperor keeps Anqing tightly, Zuo Gui will definitely be defeated after a long time." Qian Qianyi said.
Some days ago, many important officials of the Donglin Party were expelled. Qian Qianyi lived a low-key life for a while, for fear that the emperor would not like him and drove him out of the court. Later, he became active again when he saw that the emperor had no intention of this.
Of course, Wang Fu knew that it was safe to stay in Anqing, but if Zuo Liangyu didn't move for a month, he wouldn't be able to move for a month. Isn't this waiting for the Tartars to deal with him? It would be better to take a risk. He had a vague idea in his mind, it would be impossible to have a huge change in Zuo Liangyu's army.
"I don't care whether Zuo Ni has a conspiracy or not, I can't wait. I will pass on my will. The army will set out tomorrow and fight to the Jiujiang River with all its might to wipe out Zuo Ni!" Wang Fu's hand drew a semicircle in the air, with a firm look.
"The emperor thought twice!" Qian Qianyi was shocked.
However, Gao Jie, Li Benshen, Yan Yingyuan, Bai Yongfu and others stood up with a loud voice: "I will obey the order."
Qian Qianyi looked at the group of military generals awkwardly, and Wang Fu smiled: "It's nothing, Qian Aiqing should go down and prepare."
Wang Fu sat on the carriage covered with yellow umbrellas. Looking around, there were flags flying everywhere, and tens of thousands of troops were walking forward. There was no other sound except the sound of horse hooves and the marching sound of the team.
It was the time when late rice was about to mature. Countless rice ears on both sides of the road had already hang down, and they turned golden in the sun. In about half a month, these rice fields could be harvested. Judging from the heavy ears of grain, Jiangnan is undoubtedly another bumper harvest year.
Although he knew that Zuo Liangyu had hundreds of thousands of troops, the emperor was in the army, and the morale of Yulin Guard and former Gao Jie's subordinates were both high. After the Ming Dynasty's 280th year of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor was in charge of the army. How could it be a mere rebellion that could be stopped?
If we say that the one who has the least confidence among all of us is Wang Fu. Although Wang Fu believes that both Gao Jie's original subordinates and his Yulin Guard, who had just formed an army, would definitely be stronger than the rebels. As the saying goes, more ants are bitten to death. Judging from the current situation, Zuo Liangyu's army still has at least more than 250,000 troops, and he has a full plan, but only 50,000 people.
The five-to-one military force is. If it is under Anqing City, even if the military force is even more disparate, Wang Fu doesn't have to worry too much. However, he didn't expect that he would go to fight Zuo Liangyu in the field, and might even attack the city. Is he crazy or stupid? Just a guess that is not very reliable?
No, it was because he really had no time. Doergun was watching the entire Central Plains coldly in Beijing. He was ready to go south at any time. If he couldn't even deal with Zuo Liangyu, what would he do to fight Doergun? Only by defeating Zuo Liangyu in the shortest time, regardless of his reputation or the morale of the Ming Dynasty, would it rise sharply. In this way, whether it was Doergun's sent Wu Sangui, Kong Youde or himself, he would face a small court that was divided and only knew how to fight for power and profit, but a southern court with strong unity.
At this time, Wang Fu completely forgot his original plan to escape, otherwise he would not have to pacify Zuo Liangyu when the Qing army headed south, and he would have to escape if he could not fight.
Well, how can a real man be determined to save his life? Instead of living a cowardly life, it is better to have a grand event. If he fails, he will be virtuous. Wang Fu sighed and the carriage continued to move forward in a squeaking sound.
"Report, Your Majesty, this place is only fifty miles away from Jiujiang. Please ask for instructions in front of you, will you set up a camp?" A Yulin Guard rode his horse to the emperor's carriage and reported.
"Transfer my order, set up a camp, and send someone to contact Li Chengdong immediately."
"Yes." The Yulin Guard immediately turned his horse's head and ran forward, shouting: "The emperor has an order to set up camp, and the emperor has an order to set up camp."
The moving team stopped immediately and began to look for camping places on the flat ground. In order not to exhaust the army, Wang Fu ordered to walk only about thirty miles a day, and at this speed, it would take two days to reach Jiujiang City.
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Chapter completed!