East Factory Governor

Chapter 535

The army was caught off guard by a fiasco.

He Renlong took advantage of the dark night and led more than [-] remnants to break out of the siege by chance, while Zuo Guangxian was seriously injured in the breakout, and his life and death are currently uncertain.

In addition to He Renlong, several generals in the army also led their troops to break through successfully. After all, the tactical literacy of the rogues is not that high.

After He Renlong broke through the siege, he didn't dare to run to Xi'an. He was afraid that there would be ambushes on the road, so he chose to run to Lantian County first, and then decide where to go according to the situation.

In this battle, He Renlong's 5000 men and horses only broke through more than 7000 people. The Ming army killed more than 5000 people and captured more than [-] people.The rogues only lost more than [-] people, and achieved an out-and-out "great victory"!
What is even more distressing is that the more than [-] soldiers of the Ming army who stayed near Weinan City did not know what happened in the dark night. Then he hurriedly pulled out his camp and withdrew towards Xi'an, but Li Zicheng had already expected this move. He took a shortcut and intercepted on the road, and wiped out about [-] Ming troops!
After this battle, Li Zicheng's reputation was at the peak of the sky, and the name of "Crossing General" resounded all over the world, everyone knew it, and there was even a faint tendency to overshadow Gao Yingxiang.

When Qin Shuhuai led his cavalry to Xi'an a day later, he had already received the news that the Herenlong tribe in Weinan had been encircled and wiped out, with a total loss of more than [-] troops.

Qin Shuhuai sighed deeply, the disappearance of [-] troops was simply a drudgery for the government army that was in short supply.

At this time, He Kegang's troops also arrived near Weinan, and he also got the news of He Renlong's fiasco, so he directly led his troops to Lantian County and "picked up" He Renlong from Lantian to Xi'an.

After arriving in Xi'an, He Renlong, who knew that he had made a big mistake, took off his shirt and left his upper body bare. Then he was tied up, and a long stick for execution was inserted into his back. People and dragons, cut and make a decision", came to the governor's yamen to look for Qin Shuhuai.

His hair was disheveled, his eyes were red, and when he saw Qin Shuhuai, he knelt down with a thud, and shouted with tears, "Master Hou, I will apologize for my crime! I will only ask for death to comfort my brother who died unjustly!"

Qin Shuhuai looked at him coldly, without saying a word.

Some of the generals nearby were all terrified and guessed that this big defeat must be carried by one person, so that they can explain to the court and the soldiers.Therefore, it is difficult to guarantee that Lord Qin Hou will kill people to sacrifice the flag this time.

What's more, He Renlong also lost Master Hou's brother-in-law and his favorite general, how could Master Hou easily spare him?As for Madman He, you know that those two are important people in front of Lord Hou, how could you let them go up the city wall?You don't care if you don't want to die in the war, and don't think about whether others want to live?
Hey, there is no one around Lord Hou who has friendship with He Renlong. I think we will not speak for him. We can only do our best to plead for him. At least we know that He Renlong is not greedy for life and afraid of death. People, there are not many strong generals like Daming, if you just see him beheaded like this, I will feel sorry.

At this moment, Meng Hu knelt down first, and said to Qin Shuhuai, "Master Hou, the final general thinks that General He is indeed to blame for the defeat of Weinan, but it is because General He defended Xi'an alone from more than [-] bandits in the past. Come on, I beg Lord Hou to spare General He from dying!"

He Kegang also immediately said, "Master, what General Meng said is very true. Besides, General He's original intention was to go to Lijiapo to ambush the enemy army from Shangluo. From a tactical point of view, General He's decision was not a big mistake. The defeat in Weinan Speaking of which, the biggest responsibility lies with the general. If General He had learned the news that Li Zicheng had left Ankang in advance, then this defeat would be out of the question. However, although the general sent two groups of horsemen to inform General He, none of them The call has arrived, so the defeat in this battle is not the fault of General He, but the fault of the last general, please punish the last general, Lord Hou."

Zhang Xiao also said, "Master Hou, General He was a resounding man with [-] troops to intercept [-] to [-] bandits that day. Although the defeat in this battle was extremely tragic, it was not entirely the fault of General He. Please look into it carefully. !"

Seeing this scene, Wang Datong, Zhiren and other martial artists who were present also stepped forward one after another, and said to Qin Shuhuai in unison, "Please forgive the leader outside the law!"

The reason why they did this was because they had heard He Renlong's name "He Crazy" before.Although the martial arts people were dissatisfied with the imperial court, they admired the outstanding generals in the Ming army. For example, Zhao Shujiao had a good personal relationship with many martial arts people, and Zhiyun was Zhao Shujiao's good friend.

He Renlong never expected that so many people would intercede for him.

These people have basically never met each other, and some of them only met once at most. I thought that according to the usual practice, they would definitely have nothing to do with themselves, and some people would even plan how to take over the remaining soldiers and horses under their own hands. , but did not expect that they were all pleading for themselves.

The people around Lord Qin Hou are indeed a group of loyal people who care about Daming. They know that I, He Renlong, is loyal to Daming and the emperor, and they know it!

This is enough!

All of a sudden, all kinds of feelings came to my heart!
He choked up and said, "He...thank you all! It's just Weinan's disastrous defeat, and He couldn't escape the blame even if he had all kinds of reasons. Earlier, the left deputy commander proposed to withdraw to Xi'an first. If he listened to him, there would be no This is a defeat, but He is self-willed and sticks to his own opinion, and this is the defeat of Weinan. Therefore, He deserves to die! I only hope that Lord Hou can punish He and comfort the spirits of the tens of thousands of brothers who died in battle!"

He Kegang and He Renlong are both generals who have led the army for many years, and they felt quite empathetic, and said, "Master Hou, the general thought..."

Qin Shuhuai waved his hands gloomily, and said, "Okay, there's no need to say any more."

The room was dead silent.

Qin Shuhuai had already made a decision in his heart.

Naturally, he didn't want to kill He Renlong. Who hasn't miscalculated when marching and fighting?Although He Renlong caused a disastrous defeat, if he was killed right away, then all the generals under him would only seek stability and lose the courage to take risks, so where would there be surprise attacks and tricks?In other words, doesn't he often take risks himself?It's just that he was lucky and won the bet every time.

But for such a big defeat, if there is no punishment, or if the punishment is light, there is no way to explain to the court and the grassroots officers and soldiers, let alone establish an atmosphere of severe rewards and punishments.In addition, He Renlong's self-willed temper really needs to be dealt with, otherwise he will make the same mistake next time, and he will be to blame!

Thinking of this, Qin Shuhuai said to He Renlong, "He Renlong, this Marquis knows that you are not afraid of death in a war, and you are called 'Crazy He'. In the Battle of Hancheng, you stopped Gao Yingxiang's 7 people with a mere [-] troops. You can be called a fierce general in the world! But why are you getting timid now?"

He Renlong's eyes were filled with tears, but he didn't know what Qin Shuhuai meant, so he could only say in pain with a distorted face, "The sinner...the sinner..."

(End of this chapter)