Chapter 196: Sad Soldiers

Sometimes, the less you want something to happen, the more it will happen.

At this moment, Zhu Yong, Duke of Chengguo, looked extremely pale.

the reason is simple.

After the Battle of Maoerzhuang, Chengguo Gong Zhu Yong pursued Wa Ci. When he found out that Wa Ci's herd was in Jininghaizi, he led a large army to attack the place. However, he only got tens of thousands of horses.

At that time, Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, felt that something was wrong.

Many people think that nomads do not need logistics, but they are totally wrong.

Even if the nomads conquer the south, they still need logistics.

Under normal circumstances, they would drive cattle and sheep with the army from a hundred to two hundred miles away. Cheng Guogong followed Emperor Taizong in the Northern Expedition and had rich experience.

As soon as he took one look at this so-called herd, he knew something was wrong.

There are too few herders.

Immediately, smoke and dust rose from all sides, and a large group of cavalrymen appeared.

Duke Cheng Guo was naturally awe-inspiring and unafraid.

He led the cavalry and fought fiercely with Yexian's troops. Both sides were anxious for a while, as if it was a replica of the Battle of Mao'erzhuang. Both sides were equal in killing and wounding. It all depended on their endurance.

Which side cannot bear the casualties first, which side collapses first, and the remaining side is a separate pursuit.

But when the battle was fierce, another army of Wa Ci joined the battlefield and immediately suppressed the Chengguogong headquarters.

However, the Ming cavalry was much tougher than the Waqi cavalry. Facing cavalry that was almost twice their size, the Ming cavalry still fought fiercely for a whole day until the two sides retreated at dusk.

Duke Cheng Guo took his troops and set up camp by the Haizi Lake in Jining.

Just counting the number of people in each department, the casualties were extremely heavy. There were more casualties than in the Battle of Maoerzhuang.

What's more important is that he is trapped here.

Although the lake in Jining Haizi is not big, it is not small either. This lake is also seasonal. It is summer now, when Jining Haizi is full of ocean.

Jining Haizi is in the north, and Wasi's army is in the south. The Ming Dynasty's 150,000 cavalry sent out from the fortress, the soldiers and horses left behind at Mao'erzhuang, as well as the wounded and soldiers who had died in the battle.

Today there are still more than 110,000 cavalry.

But each person only brought enough food for ten days.

It is impossible to hide this issue from the other party.

Because Cheng Guogong's army rushed to attack, they did not bring any baggage. Therefore, they had to carry their food with them. Just look at the corpses of the Ming army soldiers who died in the battle to know how the army's food reserves were.

Ye Xian didn't have to fight the Ming army at all, he just defended for more than ten days and let the Ming soldiers eat all the horse meat, and they became soft-footed shrimps.

Wouldn't it be allowed to be slaughtered by others?

Duke Cheng called all the generals together.

Everyone looked at the bonfire in silence, and no one spoke for a while. The sound of groans came from far away, but the wounded could only let out their last groans due to the lack of medical treatment.

This moan spread far in the dark night.

Cheng Guogong said: "I have reflected on it, and I have been defeated step by step, just for today. The one who appears today should be Azizhiyuan."

In Duke Cheng's opinion, tens of thousands of lives were invested in luring them to this place in the first place.

After all, the Battle of Maoerzhuang was a real defeat. The Light Army beheaded tens of thousands of people, not to mention those who were not beheaded.

It was precisely this battle that gave Duke Cheng Guo the wrong information, which made him confidently head north again, feeling that even if there was an ambush by Wasa, there would be no problem at all.

But I never expected that the massive Southern Expedition, no matter how many troops it was divided into, was all a false move, and it was really about annihilating the Ming Dynasty, a heavily armed group.

Duke Cheng Guo was remorseful and regretful, but he also knew that this was not the time to regret. He had to take these cavalry back, otherwise the Ming border would fall into complete passivity.

Cheng Guogong said: "Everyone knows the current situation. It is impossible for an army to come to rescue us. Even if someone comes to rescue us, we will not be able to wait for you for a day. The only way is to use Qi tomorrow to break through the thorns."

We will return to Maoerzhuang. Although Maoerzhuang is small, it has food."

"The army can hold on for half a month. Mao'erzhuang is only a few dozen miles away from the border wall. But if we wait for the large group of infantry to respond, we won't be afraid of the Waqi cavalry."

"We will think about revenge when the time comes."

"But now we need someone to be the vanguard."

Duke Cheng Guo told the most uncomfortable thing.

It's easy for him to say that if the Waci cavalry's main formation was so easy to break through, they wouldn't have fought all day today without shaking the Waci headquarters.

Tomorrow's battle will be extremely brutal.

As the vanguard of the charge, he almost suffered a narrow escape.

Whether others can go back is still unknown, but as a pioneer, you are determined not to go back.

"I'll come." The two people said at the same time.

But it was Song Ying and Wu Kezhong.

Song Ying looked at Wu Kezhong and said: "General Wu's troops are mostly light cavalry, so we should do this with heavy weapons." Song Ying said: "I am old and have experienced everything in the past few decades, but these people

They are all the seeds of the Ming Dynasty’s army, so they cannot be destroyed here.”

"Tomorrow, I will connect my horses with iron ropes and rush straight into the enemy's formation. Even if the entire army is dead, I will still create a gap in the army. Please rest assured."

Song Ying was very senior. When Xuanzong died, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager left Song Ying to control the capital and balance the situation.

Moreover, Song Ying was not from the Jingnan Group. His ancestor was a founding hero. He was also very low-key in the military. He was no younger than Duke Cheng.

It's just that he has a close relationship with the royal family, and there is an emperor and princess named Renzong in his family. However, he has no combat experience. For most of his life, he relied on his relatives to get by.

However, there is no problem with his loyalty to Ming Dynasty.

Duke Cheng Guo stood up, saluted Song Ying, and said, "Thank you, General Song."

Wu Kezhong said: "Then I will cut off the queen. I think that if I come to my three thousand camp, Qingqi is the most suitable to cut off the queen. But I have one thing to ask the Duke."

Duke Cheng Guo also needed someone to break up the rear. Don't look at what Wu Kezhong said was easy. How could Duke Cheng not know that under such circumstances, it was strange that Wa Ci could let them go so easily. Although the forward who opened the way had a narrow escape, but

It is never safe to cut off people and horses. If someone is willing to take the responsibility, he will naturally be willing to agree to his conditions. He said: "Speak."

Wu Kezhong said: "My younger brother Keqin is also in the army. I hope the Duke can take him away."

"Brother." Wu Keqin was right behind Wu Kezhong, and he immediately said: "I won't leave."

Wu Kezhong said sternly: "Do you have the right to speak here? Shut up."

Wu Keqin also knew that according to military law, his brother had the qualifications to speak in a meeting of this level, but he did not.

Wu Kezhong continued to say to Duke Cheng Guo: "I know that it is difficult to force others to do something difficult, but my third brother is far away in Gansu and has never been in the capital. He is not enough to support the appearance. My son is only in his early twenties. He doesn't know how high the sky is. I always

We need to leave one person for the Wu family to support the family."

Zhu Yong, Duke of Chengguo, felt pity in his heart after hearing this.

He knew his outcome very well. Wu Kezhong died in battle. The emperor would not embarrass the Wu family. He had also heard of Wu Jin's reputation as a hard-working Saburo, so he was a little reckless. But who was not like this when he was young?

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Even when Zhang Fu was young and fighting desperately on the battlefield, he was not necessarily very wise and wise.

But the Chengguo Duke's Mansion was finished.

Regardless of whether he can return alive or not, His Majesty gave him so many troops and horses, and such high courtesy, but he was beaten like this, losing so many troops?

Needless to say, he himself felt a little ashamed and helpless.

In the future, the Chengguo Palace will definitely have a difficult time. Wu Kezhong still counts on his younger brother to support the family, but who does Zhu Yong only count on?

I'm afraid that the British Duke Zhang Fu will also be implicated by him.

Zhu Yong, Duke of Chengguo, thought of this, and said in a sad tone, "Okay, I agree to this condition, and the same applies to you all. If the father and son are in the army, the son can be transferred to the army, and if the brother is in the army, the younger brother can also be transferred to the army."

In the army."

"Early tomorrow morning, General Song will be the vanguard, General Wu will be the rear, and we will fight our way south. Let's go home."

All the generals stood up in unison and said: "As ordered."

A feeling of mourning spread in the army. Every soldier who received the order prepared carefully, but only took away the last chance of survival.
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