Traveling through the Ming Dynasty, as soon as you open your eyes, you will die

Chapter 190 Yuan Zongdi’s method of breaking out of the encirclement

Yuan Zongdi and Li Jin barely scraped together an army of more than 100,000 men, of which 50,000 were old cavalry. Of course, in the eyes of rogue bandits, no matter men, women, old or young, as long as they are in their own ranks, as long as they have a stick or a stone in their hands, they are soldiers.

With an army of 100,000 in hand, Yuan Zongdi felt confident again.

Now, the choice before him was to retreat or defend.

Retreating, now is no longer to retreat to Shaanxi, but to retreat to Taiyuan, Shanxi, and continue to defend Shanxi with Hao Yaoqi to protect the foundation of Shaanxi.

Taiyuan City is high and deep, and the Taiyuan Basin is surrounded by steep mountains. It was because of this terrain that the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty besieged Taiyuan for ten years.

It is precisely because of this topography that Taiyuan was able to avoid the war during the war at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, and ultimately the largest population was preserved. There is a story about the great population migration in Shanxi under the big locust tree.

As long as he retreats into the Taiyuan Basin, he will be like a nail in Shanxi, waiting for King Chuang to counterattack.

But there is a drawback here, that is, as long as you give up northern Shanxi, you are giving up Hao Yaoqi's back. Hao Yaoqi will be attacked by the Ming army, and he will be attacked from both sides. He will be destroyed in a matter of days.

But by staying here, he can protect Hao Yaoqi's back, but he will be the first to bear the brunt of the 200,000 Ming army. Then, the first person to perish is his own Xiao Yuanying.

When we were in a dilemma, the Chinese army suddenly came to report: "No, two generals, Wu Sangui suddenly commanded 50,000 Guan Ning cavalry. He ignored the towns along the way and went directly to Taiyuan."

After hearing this information, Yuan Zong was the first to stumble and almost fell. He quickly held on to the table, closed his eyes and regained consciousness, and then asked with a trembling voice: "When did this happen?"

"Not so long ago."

"Isn't there anyone stopping along the way?"

The Chinese army was embarrassed and replied: "With fifty thousand Guan Ning, no one dares to fight in the field to meet its sharpness."

Li Jin gritted his teeth: "Wu Sangui is so good. He dares to enter Taiyuan alone regardless of his retreat and without fear of being intercepted. I happen to be here to cut off his food route and trap him to death."

The Chinese army smiled bitterly and shook its head: "In the villages and towns along the way, under the organization of the armed workers' team, the people all brought food and supplies to meet the army. Wu Sangui didn't worry about the supply of food and grass materials at all."

Li Jin sat down on the ground.

Li Jin and Yuan Zongdi looked at each other, and finally Yuan Zongdi made a decisive decision: "Abandon Datong Mansion, let's go south. One step ahead of the enemy, withdraw to the inner Great Wall, defend with the Great Wall, join forces with Hao Yaoqi, and wait for King Chuang or Gao One rescue."

As soon as the military order was given, the entire Datong Mansion immediately became chaotic.

A hundred thousand troops looted Datong Mansion without any scruples. Carrying a large amount of gold, silver and grain, they packed up countless people and rushed toward the Inner Great Wall in overwhelming numbers.

Upon hearing that Yuan Zongdi had escaped, Lu Mou immediately ordered the entire army to pursue him.

Qi Fei's 20,000 cavalry were the first to dispatch. He must block Yuan Zongdi as soon as possible and prevent him from retreating into the Inner Great Wall to join Hao Yaoqi.

The horse galloped and caught up with Yuan Zongdi's team in an instant.

However, facing Yuan Zongdi's bandits, Qi Fei was dumbfounded. Yuan Zongdi had so many men and horses that the sea of ​​​​people could not be seen at a glance. The entire grassland plain area was densely packed with people. The old man screamed, and the child cried shockingly.

This sea of ​​​​people is estimated to be between 500,000 and 600,000 people. Even if everyone stretches their necks and waits for you to chop, if one person chops twenty or thirty people, it will still exhaust them to death.

Charge, do whatever it takes to trap them, and wait for the follow-up infantry to arrive.

Then Qi Fei discovered that he couldn't charge.

Because outside this huge sea of ​​people, they are all old people, women and children. They were connected by ropes one after another, and behind them were the fierce bandits escorting them forward.

If someone refuses to leave, just kill them.

Faced with Qi Fei's predicament, the bandits laughed loudly: "Aren't you officers and soldiers? Haven't officers and soldiers always had a good style of killing people? What's wrong now? Have you become the king's master? Can't bear to do it? Come on, chop them down Kill."

Qi Fei is furious, but you have to endure your anger.

"Go to the front and intercept them."

Twenty thousand cavalry rushed to the front of the bandits.

As a result, Qi Fei was even more dumbfounded.

There was darkness ahead, and more people were driven forward. Although they kept calling for help, Qi Fei was helpless. The sea of ​​​​people was advancing, Qi Fei could only be forced to retreat step by step, and there was nothing he could do to retreat.

Xinming's military discipline told him not to kill people, but his conscience told him not to kill people.

A few years ago, my own regent, in order to save the people, did not hesitate to lure the enemy himself and almost died in the wilderness. At this time, who dares to massacre the people?

"Yuan Zongdi, you are not a human being. If you were a man, just let the people go and fight to the death with me." Qi Fei was forced to retreat while shouting an invitation to fight.

Yuan Zongdi, who was wrapped in the crowd, responded loudly: "I know that I can't defeat you, and I will not try to let the people go. However, I tell you, as long as I retreat to the Inner Great Wall, I will let all the people go." .Tell me, do you dare to stop chasing?"

Qi Fei was speechless.

At this moment, a big black horse like black satin, followed by a free and white horse, galloped over: "What's going on? Why not-"

Lu Mou was riding on his horse and yelled at Qi Fei, but when he saw the bandits' team, he shut up.

Faced with this situation, he was helpless.

"Yuan Zongdi, come out to me."

Yuan Zongdi was wrapped in the crowd and said with a smile: "Are you the King Ding who would rather be your own bait and save a hundred thousand Han people? I have admired you for a long time. But I will not go out."

Lu Mou was so angry that he almost vomited blood: "You, Li Chuang, shouted to protect the people during your uprising. Is this what you mean by protecting the people?"

"I am the protector of the people, but unfortunately, I cannot defeat you. If the prince also loves the people, then if you let our army enter the Inner Great Wall, I will let your people go now."

Lu Mou hesitated.

Just when he was hesitating, a scream suddenly came from the crowd. The sea of ​​​​people suddenly collapsed, and the collapse spread rapidly in the blink of an eye.

A horrific stampede occurred.

Lu Mou's eyes were bloodshot: "Okay, Yuan Zongdi, I will release your army to the Inner Great Wall, you release the people, and we will have a battle of life and death on the Inner Great Wall."

"Do you keep your word?"

"I keep my word."

"Okay, then I will let the people go now, and we will fight until the end of the Great Wall."

"Okay, stop talking nonsense and release them quickly. If you don't, more people will die."

Yuan Zongdi nodded and began to wave his flag.

The flag waved, and the bandits who were guarding the people immediately let them go and gathered under Yuan Zongdi's flag.

"Fly together."

"exist."

"Evacuate the people, quickly."

Qi Fei led his troops to evacuate the people.

Yuan Zongdi came to Lu Mou.

Lu Mou looked at him coldly: "He is still a man and has a conscience." Then he sneered and asked: "Aren't you afraid that I will regret it?"

Yuan Zongdi laughed and said nonchalantly: "King Ding has always loved the people and been honest. I believe that King Ding will give you a thousand pieces of gold. Besides, if you break your promise and fight with me, my fifty thousand cavalry will fight to the death before the people are far away." Catch up with the people, kill them all first, and make you pay a heavy price for your self-destructive promise."

Lu Mou was speechless.

Finally, he said: "I will keep my promise. I think you are also a man and a hero. You have also seen that the Ming Dynasty has come back to life, the emperor's order has benefited the world, and we are realizing the world you want. Can't you Surrender to me and put an end to this suffering in which you and my brothers are killing each other?”

After saying this, Lu Mou's eyes were filled with anticipation.

(End of this chapter)