Valley Emperor

According to common sense, local county magistrates and magistrates are all the herdsmen on behalf of the emperor, and have the responsibility of guarding the land and the people. Therefore, in the history books, you can see that many generals abandoned the city and fled, but they can still live. Very nourishing, and even relying on the army under his hand to make the court extremely jealous, and then promoted to become rich and even rebelled.

However, it is rare to see local civilian officials running away when the enemy is attacking the city and still alive and well.

Many civilian officials would rather choose to commit suicide than run away when the city is broken. This is not because of his own fear of death, nor because of how loyal he is to the dynasty, but to protect the family and children, and also because of contemporary universal values. of public opinion.

He committed suicide when the city was broken, that is, sacrificing himself for the country to serve His Majesty, a great loyal minister!

But if you run away, then I'm sorry, the court will cut off your head and charge your wife and daughter into the Jiaofang Division.

That is to say, if the local officials of Xu County and the others want to give up the county seat of Zhengtai, then they need to bear the responsibility from the court, and this kind of responsibility is light, lose their office, and even lose their lives and even affect the family.

This is why, after Xu County Cheng and the others were silent for most of the day, no one dared to give an important reason for escaping, not because they were afraid of opposition from other people present, but because they were afraid that the court would hold them accountable.

But now, someone has pointed out another way to them, that is, go to Fucheng and ask for help!

On the surface, this method seems to be nothing. After all, everyone is not stupid. You say that when you go to rescue soldiers, you are going to rescue soldiers? I still slap you when I look back.

But at this moment, the situation in Zhengtai County is a little different. Under normal circumstances, the county magistrate Su Jiakang should be in charge of Zhengtai County, but at this moment Su Jiakang is not there. Not only is he not there, but he also The main defensive forces in the city have taken away more than half of them.

That is to say, it is not Xu Xiancheng and the others who have caused the current crisis in Zhengtai County, but Su Jiakang.

The more critical point is that the magistrate of Zhengtai County is Su Jiakang. He is the top leader. If Zhengtai County is breached, he is the biggest responsible person, and the court will definitely pursue him.

And Xu Xiancheng is just a second-in-command, and the others are not worth mentioning.

In this situation now, because of Su Jiakang's unauthorized actions, he took away the troops defending the city, which led to the destruction of Zhengtai County, but Xu County Cheng was not afraid of danger. Recover Zhengtai County, and annihilate those hateful pseudo-Tang thieves along the way.

Who would dare to say that he is not?

Maybe the court will reward him greatly!

As for whether he ran after the city was broken or before the city was broken, who cares!

Therefore, Xu Xiancheng thought about it for a while, and finally nodded: "The situation is critical now, we must request reinforcements from Fucheng as soon as possible!"

As soon as Xu Xiancheng said these words, everyone else said, "Your Excellency is wise!"

"It's really a blessing for tens of thousands of people in Zhengtai to have adults here!"

After everyone boasted, they quickly dispersed, and they would immediately bring their family and children to the 'fucheng to invite troops'.

And Xu County Cheng is even more in the lead. His family is not in Zhengtai County, but in his hometown. To put it bluntly, he is a naked official. Therefore, after deciding to go to Fucheng to recruit troops, he quickly gathered his personal entourage and more than 50 people. The soldiers of the famous guard station ran directly across the street, then exited the city through the east gate, and ran away in a hurry.

At the same time, Li Xuan and others outside the city are also continuing to retreat. These more than 500 people are still carrying a large army of luggage. More importantly, they are still in a formation to attack the city just now. , it is not so easy to adjust at this time and half.

You can't say retreat, the big guy turned around and ran away in a hurry, that's not called retreat, then collapse!

The retreat is organized and requires alternate cover, and each unit also needs to maintain a complete organization and establishment.

When the new army of the Tang Dynasty organized to retreat, the cavalry team led by Cao Mingda was already rushing back and northwest. His cavalry team was completely used as a reconnaissance cavalry at this time. At the same time, it is also necessary to check whether there is a Ming army ambush in the northwest.

When the time comes, he will smash into the ambush of the Ming army, and he will die very badly.

Time passed bit by bit, and it didn't take long for Cao Mingda to rush to Li Xuan himself: "Report to Your Majesty, there are many Ming troops in the northwest!"

"Ming Jun? How many?" Li Xuan's face became more gloomy after hearing the news. This Ming Jun not only appeared behind him, but also appeared in the northwest direction. Damn, are they all in his stomach? Ascaris, know that he plans to retreat to the northwest?

Cao Mingda said: "There are at least three hundred, and it's less than three miles away from us!"

At this time, not only Li Xuan, Fang Dongquan, Wang Danxu, and the others also turned gloomy. It's over. This is surrounded by the Ming army, and it is still a typical three-queue siege. The northeast direction is Zhengtai County, and the southwest direction is It is the main force of the Ming army led by Su Jiakang, and there are also three hundred Ming troops in the northwest.

As for Dongfang, that is the direction to Fucheng. Even if he runs away, Li Xuan cannot escape to the hinterland of the Ming army in the direction of Fucheng. That is courting death.

Li Xuan looked around, then set his eyes on Zeng Ziwen and said, "If we attack with the whole army, can we break through the obstruction of the three hundred enemies in the northwest? Can we break through the encirclement of the Ming army before the Ming army in the rear catches up?"

Zeng Ziwen said: "With our army's combat strength, especially the combat strength of my musket team, it is not a big problem for the three hundred Ming army, but it takes time to arrange the troops, and I'm afraid that I won't be able to take it down for a while!"

Fighting, there is definitely no problem, and the probability of winning is not small, but the problem is that the Ming army is not stupid, and it will not decide the winner and lose with you at once. , the main force of the Ming army behind them will catch up, and everyone will have to die by then.

After Li Xuan heard this, his brows furrowed even tighter: I'm afraid I'll be planted in Zhengtai County this time. Unfortunately, his Great Tang career has not yet officially started, and he has only been in this era for more than a year. , but now I'm afraid it's over.

Li Xuan's face is not good-looking, Fang Dongquan and the others are all gloomy faces, they also know the danger of being surrounded.

At this time, Cai Erhu, who has always been inconspicuous among the crowd and rarely expressed his opinion in military decision-making, suddenly showed a hint of doubt, and then pointed to Zhengtai County not far away: "Look, they are this What's the matter? Are they going to kill them out of the city?"

Following his prompt, Fang Dongquan and others also turned their attention to Zhengtai County!

I don't know when, there was no one on the top of the city of Zhengtai County, but this is not important, the important thing is that the city gate that was once broken by Cao Mingda and the others, but was later re-closed by the Ming army was once again slowed down. Slowly open!

Li Xuan frowned and squinted: "Could it be that the Ming army in the city is going to attack, with the intention of attacking him with Su Jiakang in the rear? If this is the case, then I will die!"

At this time, another reconnaissance cavalry quickly arrived in front of Li Xuan and said: "Report, the two hundred puppet frontmen in the rear are less than three miles away from our army, and it is expected to arrive in a moment!"

"Your Majesty, we can't wait any longer, we have to leave immediately, and the food and grass will be lost if we lose it, leaving the green hills without worrying about no firewood!" Qian Mengjiu on the side said anxiously!

Zeng Ziwen also said: "Now the situation is urgent, we really can't wait any longer!"

At this time, Li Xuan looked at the city gate that was slowly opening. Although there was not a single Ming army there, it might not be long before hundreds of thousands of Ming army swarmed out there!

After taking a deep breath, he nodded slightly to the captain of the guards beside him, and at the same time slowly pulled out the decorative saber around his waist.

The long sword in his hand was held in his hand, and the cold light on it made everyone around him see it clearly!

When the captain of the guard team around him saw Li Xuan's actions, his face also became more cautious, and then he waved his hand, and suddenly more than ten guards in the guard team got on their horses and surrounded Li Xuan in the middle.

These personal guards also pulled out their long knives one by one, showing a chilling look!

Even if Li Xuan did not speak, the guards of the guards did not speak, but Fang Dongquan and the others saw that their emperor was going to bring the guards into battle in person.

Or it's not right to fight, it should be to escape!

Because when Li Xuan is required to go into battle in person, it can only be the most critical breakthrough, because to break through is to escape in other words.

How can you escape without going into battle in person? Could it be that he foolishly stayed in the encirclement and let his subordinates break through and run instead of him?

At this time ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Butcher Chen also said to the personal soldiers around him: "Bring me my sword!" Then to the soldiers of the heavy armored sword and shield team under his command: "Brothers, put on armor!"

After he finished speaking, he turned to Li Xuan and said, "I am willing to open the way for Your Majesty!"

Li Xuan did not speak, but nodded slightly. Butcher Chen strode out immediately and walked to the front of the Heavy Armored Sword and Shield team holding his pig-killing knife aloft: "Brothers, it's time for a **** battle, wait for a ruthless kill. Damn, fight a **** path for His Majesty!"

Wang Danxu, Fang Dongquan and several other generals on the side also turned on their horses at this time, and then led their respective teams to prepare to break through.

The movement of the new Tang army outside the city is quite fast, especially after abandoning all the baggage such as food and grass, they can break through lightly and will not be dragged down by the baggage.

At this time, the thick gate of Zhengtai County was finally completely opened. Li Xuan turned his head to look at the gate of Zhengtai County. The next moment, he saw his mouth open slightly, and many expressions flashed on his face.

Soon he saw him say a few words to the messenger beside him, and then he saw him raise the sword in his hand, shouting loudly: "Kill!"