Valley Emperor

When Cao Mingda retreated with his cavalry, Butcher Chen also led dozens of people to give support and cover, and the Ming army rushed out to chase and kill again.

You must know that the defeat of most battles occurs in the process of retreat, and a slight inadvertent tactical retreat will turn into a strategic defeat.

And once a rout occurs, no matter how strict the military discipline is, how strong the beliefs are, and how high the quality of the soldiers is, they are no match for an instinctive survival psychology, which makes it impossible to reverse the situation.

Even a general at the level of a military **** can only sigh with admiration in the face of such a rout.

In order to prevent the retreat of the cavalry squad from turning into a rout, and then causing the entire troop turmoil, the necessary cover must be provided.

Not only were the melee troops led by Butcher Chen to provide cover, but the musketeers were also on guard at this time. The guns of the musketeers were always aimed in the direction of the city head. Once someone from the Ming army on the city head dared to shoot arrows, A salvo of dozens of muskets was immediately ushered in.

However, Wang Danxu, Butcher Chen and their worries did not appear. The Ming army at the gate of the city had already collapsed, and they could stop the troops from counterattacking or even chasing. As for the Ming army at the top of the city, those ordinary soldiers and young men were powerless. As for those who The archers who were able to counterattack, they were already afraid of being attacked by the musket team of the Datang New Army before. This emerging archery would attract a salvo from the Datang New Army, so that they did not dare to lean out to fight back.

It can only be the same as before, hiding behind the battlements and launching an effective counterattack. If the Ming army has hundreds of archers, the projectile counterattack is carried out in such a situation that no one can see it. Then the results of the battle under the arrow rain will definitely not be small.

But the key point is that there are not so many archers in the Ming army. Archers have always been an extremely scarce army. It is difficult to cultivate and the number is small.

For example, there are not many archers in the new army of the Tang Dynasty, and there are only forty people in the new army of the Tang Dynasty.

The Ming army is not as good as it is. Although the proportion of archers is higher, it is in the regular army. At this time, in Zhengtai County, the regular guard army is only more than 200 people, and there can be 20 to 30 people. A person who knows how to bend a bow and archery is already very good, plus the few people in the youth who can shoot arrows, there are only fifty or sixty people in total.

And these archers had suffered a lot of casualties after being attacked several times by the Datang New Army Musket Team.

There are only a few dozen people shooting aimlessly at the sky, and it is impossible to form a large rain of arrows to cover and shoot, so the hit rate is naturally not as high as there.

Cao Ming came quickly with the people just now, and he didn't go too slowly. He quickly evacuated from under the city wall and returned to his own array.

Fang Dongquan looked at his old subordinate at this time with a gloomy and terrifying expression. He stared at Cao Mingda for a long time and said, "Just now, because of your greed for merit, you almost ruined my Great Tang's military strategy, you Apologize to Your Majesty yourself!"

Although Cao Mingda was on his way back, he had thought that his own attack this time might lead to trouble, but at the last moment he resisted the thought of capturing Zhengtai County and led people back. At most, he chased the Ming army for dozens of meters on his own initiative, accidentally chased the city gate, and accidentally knocked down the city gate.

In the past, he had acted without authorization many times, and he had never been really punished that time.

But now he looked at the face of Fang Dongquan, the old boss, but he had a bad premonition in his heart. This time, he was afraid that he would really cause trouble.

Fang Dongquan, the old boss, said that he naturally did not dare to neglect, and soon he rode his horse to the top of the hill.

He was already on his knees a few meters away from Li Xuan, and said at the same time: "This minister is guilty, we shouldn't be greedy for a moment's merit, and I ask your majesty to punish!"

While speaking, he also took off his helmet, a behavior of taking off his official hat.

Looking at this Cao Mingda, Li Xuan's face was still not very good-looking. It was because of this Cao Mingda's unauthorized actions just now that he almost took down the town of Zhengtai and made things too big for him.

However, looking at his willingness to accept the crime, he resisted greed at the last moment and led the army to obey the order to retreat, which made it difficult for Li Xuan to really do too much. After all, the Tang Dynasty is now The start-up of a dynasty requires talents from all walks of life.

Li Xuan needs Liu Bagou, Qian Mengjiu, Wang Wenhua and other civil servants, and he also needs strategic talents like Zeng Ziwen, and he also needs people like Butcher Chen and Cao Mingda.

So Li Xuan would not really kill this Cao Mingda, but even if such a person is brave, he would not dare to reuse it. Who knows if he will cause any more trouble next time.

After he glanced at Cao Mingda, he immediately said: "Cao Mingda disrespects orders, acts without authorization, and immediately removes the post of captain of the cavalry team!"

Cao Mingda, who was still kneeling on the ground, was slightly taken aback when he heard this. Obviously, he did not expect that Li Xuan would directly revoke his position as captain, but after being stunned for a while, he did not say anything, but Said: "Chen thank the Lord Longen!"

Just when Li Xuan had just revoked Cao Mingda's post, suddenly there was a scout cavalry running wildly from the outside. The scout cavalry had just reached the top of the mountain, and after turning over and dismounting, he kept walking and ran directly in front of Li Xuan with a hint of panic on his face. : "Your Majesty, there are a large number of fake Ming thieves in the back five miles of our army, with a strength of no less than a thousand people!"

As soon as these words came out, the hilltop fell into silence in an instant, and only the sound of breathing increased from the crowd.

After counting the interest, Qian Mengjiu on the side stood up and said, "Can you see clearly, there are really as many as a thousand people? Is it a regular army or a young man?"

The detective ran so fast when he came back to report the letter that his breathing was still a little difficult, but he still said: "Yes, there are at least a thousand people, and they are all regular troops, not young and strong!"

To distinguish whether the soldiers in the Ming Army are regulars or young men and even whether they are elite or not, it is actually very simple. You can tell by looking at their clothes. Those wearing tattered military uniforms must be ordinary guard soldiers, and those wearing neat military uniforms and even cotton armor. It is the elite of the guards, that is, various low-level officers and even personal soldiers.

As for the soldiers with weapons and no uniforms, it goes without saying that they are young men who were recruited on a temporary basis.

And there are no military uniforms, not even standard weapons. At most, there is only a pole or a little mess of the Ming army with their own weapons. Those are 100% long husbands.

More than a thousand Ming soldiers appeared in his side and rear position, which is not normal no matter how you look at it!

How is this possible? The Ming army in Zhengtai County was only about 1,000 regular troops. There were several hundred in Longhua Town. At this time, there should be several hundred in Zhengtai County. The rest of the Ming army were rumored to be taken away by Su Jiakang. .

Even if Su Jiakang brought all the Ming troops out of the city, there would be at most four or five hundred people. How could there be as many as a thousand.

Moreover, according to the consistent configuration of the Ming army, there will definitely be a large number of young men and long men behind the regular army. There are more than two thousand people.

After Li Xuan heard the words of the scout, his face changed several times, from panic at the beginning to calm, it only lasted for a few seconds, and after a few seconds, he looked up at the scout and said: " Can we find out which Ming army the Qing Ming army was? Who led it? Where are its forwards and main forces located, and how far is it from our army?"

Although Li Xuan did not speak quickly, he asked many detailed questions in a series of questions.

When the detective heard Li Xuan asked in person, he naturally did not dare to hide anything, and immediately said it one by one, and he also knew that the situation was urgent. nonsense.

After Li Xuan asked clearly, he fell silent again.

And Qian Mengjiu and Zeng Ziwen looked at each other at this time, and they both saw worry from each other!

Just now, the detective said that there is a flag of Wang in the incoming Ming army, and if nothing else, this 'king' should be Wang Zhitan of Qianhu of the Fairy Stone Qianhu Institute. In addition to Wang, there is also a flag of the word Chen, and there are no senior generals surnamed Chen in the existing Fairy Shi Qianhu Institute and Tongan Qianhu Institute in Zhengtai County. It can be seen that this general surnamed Chen must be from other The place just got here.

In addition to these generals' flags, the scouts also saw the honor guards of the top three jinshi and seventh-rank civil officials, which means that the Ming army in the rear is really led by Su Jiakang, because in this one-third of an acre in Zhengtai County, the jinshi Su Jiakang was the only one of the seven-rank civil servants.

Only Su Jiakang can use this kind of honor guard!

Is it a coincidence that Su Jiakang led the army and suddenly appeared behind him?

Absolutely impossible!

Su Jiakang and the others may have been in ambush nearby, and they started to attack after the new army of the Tang Dynasty began to attack the city. They presumably wanted to attack the new army of the Tang Dynasty before and after. There is a situation of siege.

This shows what?

This shows that all this is a conspiracy~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Su Jiakang did not take anyone to the mountain, and the Ming army in Longhua Town is probably just a cover.

All this is to lead himself and others to Zhengtai County, and then surround and annihilate.

This time, the big thing is not good, if you don't do it well, you and others will probably be smashed in Zhengtai County!

At this moment, the expression on Li Xuan's face continued to maintain a frowning state. After being silent for more than ten seconds, he suddenly said, "Immediately order the entire army, prepare for the battle immediately, and prepare to move in!"

Qian Mengjiu asked, "Your Majesty, where are we going?"

Li Xuan looked up to the southwest, which was the direction of Huangzhu Mountain, but he quickly turned his head to look northwest, and raised his hand to point: "Let's go to the northwest, Yangjia Village!"

After that, he looked at Qian Mengjiu, then showed a smile and said, "Don't worry, I will take you back to the mountain." After speaking, he paused, then took a deep breath and said, "Go back alive!"