Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 718

On Ma'anshan, the last two peaks controlled by the Ming army, the middle Ming army that fled from Dashengguan was scattered all over the mountain.

The two peaks still under the control of the Ming army have been cut off by the Qing army. Nearly [-] Ming troops have been separated. The two hills are each packed with nearly [-] defeated troops, and the secret is numb.

At this time, the soldiers were huddled together, standing, standing, lying down, lying down, or leaning on tree stumps. There was silence, and the formation had long been lost. The arrogance of the Chu-Gan battle.

The soldiers were holding blunderbuss, knives and guns, leaning against the trees and sitting on the rocks, their eyes were dull and lifeless.

The Qing army came too suddenly, the central army was defeated too quickly, and the camp was intruded by cavalry in a blink of an eye. The army had no time to move the food, grass and luggage, so they could only run away, throwing away all the heavy objects on their bodies, and ran fast. They are all here, and most of the slow runners have died on the road to defeat.

At this time, the army had already been out of food for two days, and many soldiers had not eaten a grain of rice or touched a drop of water. Despair, hunger, thirst, and fear slowly eroded the spirit of this elite soldier.

I think back to when I swore to the east from Anqing, the drums were beating, the flags were flying, the horns were fluttering, the three armies roared, and the momentum was like a rainbow. The halberds are heavily guarded, the murderous aura locks the sky, and a mountain of soldiers rolls towards them.But now, the wounded soldiers mourn and cry, the army mourns, the golden drums and banners are thrown all over the ground, the clouds of sorrow fill the nine heavens, and the defeated army sits everywhere.

In the south of the Yangtze River, there are vast plains and few famous mountains. Ma'anshan is not a high mountain, but there are temples on the top of the mountain.

At this time, Jin Shenghuan was sitting on a stone pier outside the east wing of the temple. His helmet was gone, his belt was a little loose, and a few strands of hair were scattered, covering his face. Beside him, there were still a few soldiers standing. Some of the armors were worn across the body, and some armors were missing a large piece. The traces of the armor being scratched by knives and guns can be seen everywhere.

All the warriors had pale faces and chapped lips.

There were no less than twenty people in the whole courtyard, and there were defeated soldiers all over the ground outside the courtyard, but with so many people, the whole temple was surprisingly quiet. say.

At this time, a team of fire soldiers came over with a pot of steaming soup, with oily flowers floating on it, some foam floating on it, and a big bone in it.

This broth should be fragrant, but horse meat is sweet, sour, cold in nature, and has a certain degree of toxicity. It will foam when boiled and emit a foul smell, which makes ordinary people stay away from it.

But in the absence of food, how can I care about these.

After the pot of soup was put away, several generals gathered around, took the big bowls, shook off the foam, and made a bowl each.

There was a deep scar on Li Yuanyin's face, and the blood was black on his face for a long time. He picked up a bowl and was about to drink it, but seeing that Jin Shenghuan didn't move, he handed the bowl of soup to him, "Du Zhen , take a sip, you haven't eaten for two days."

Jin Shenghuan raised his head and glanced at Li Yuanyin, his chapped lips moved, but he didn't pick up the soup bowl, but said in a hoarse voice: "Give it to the brothers!"

After finishing speaking, Jin Shenghuan lowered his head again. This defeat hit him too hard. He originally wanted to be the pillar of the Ming Dynasty, to be called the pillar country with Wang Yan, and to earn a prince, but now Trapped in a jeopardy.

Lucde was dead because of him, and it was impossible for him to surrender even if he wanted to.

Jin Shenghuan thought that he was originally a hereditary military household and belonged to Yang Sichang's camps. When the Qing army was trapped in Liaodong, his whole family was captured and entered the customs alone. official.

During the Hongguang Dynasty, he rebelled with Zuo Liangyu and denounced Ma Shiying.After Zuo Liangyu's death, he followed his son Zuo Menggeng to the Qing Dynasty and served as the general army in Jiangxi. He was defeated by Dahai and was named the Duke of the state.

His life had just entered the climax, but it stopped abruptly at this moment, and he fell into a dead end. How could he not be hurt.

Seeing that he was extremely depressed, Li Yuanyin couldn't help persuading him again: "Duzhen, if you don't eat, how can you have the strength to kill the enemy..."

Jin Shenghuan suddenly stood up, but suddenly said angrily: "Didn't you hear the order from this town? I told you to drink it for the soldiers!"

He yelled loudly, and all the more than ten generals who were drinking soup were stunned. The soldiers outside the yard were all startled by the sound and looked sideways.

Li Yuanyin was yelled at by him, neither persuading him nor not persuading him, finally sighed, and went out of the courtyard with a bowl in his hand. Seeing this, all the generals couldn't drink any more, so they poured the soup back into the pot one after another and ordered the fire head The army was carried out and distributed to the soldiers on the front line.

It was Li Yuanyin who was walking to the gate of the courtyard, but a general hurried in and nearly bumped into him. When he saw that it was Li Yuanyin, he didn't say a word, so he hurried to Jin Shenghuan and said anxiously: " The governor town is not good! Gao Jinku and others on the opposite hill rushed down the mountain and went to clean up."

Jin Shenghuan and the generals in the courtyard, including Li Yuanyin who walked to the gate of the courtyard, all heard the words clearly, and their expressions changed immediately.

There are only two hills left in the Ming army, Wang Deren and others are guarding the opposite hill, and Jin Shenghuan guards the emperor who has vomited blood and fainted, guarding this hill.

The two mountains are protected as horns, and they can still hold on for a while. Now that people on the opposite mountain are starting to defect, it will inevitably shake the morale of the army, which is already on the verge of collapse. I am afraid that they will also defect to the Qing court.

Gao Jinku and others were captured by the Ming army during the Battle of Ganzhou. At that time, because Jiangxi was the front line against the Qing Dynasty, and the Ming army was seriously short of troops, it was necessary to reorganize these captured green battalion soldiers and generals into the Ming army so that they could quickly To get a soldier capable of fighting and stabilize the situation in Jiangxi, so most of the generals of the green battalion captured in Ganzhou were appointed.

In the past two years, the Ming army has achieved a good momentum, and Gao Jinku and others started the Ming army with peace of mind. But now that they are in a desperate situation, these people immediately lose their hearts and choose to surrender to save their lives.

Jin Shenghuan's pale face turned gloomy, he immediately grabbed the saber beside him, and was about to go out, but at this moment, a servant suddenly ran out of the East Wing, and when he saw Jin Shenghuan, he wept and choked up, and said, "Duke , Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I'm afraid it won't work, so go in and have a look."

Many generals in the courtyard were suddenly struck by lightning, the Ming army was defeated like this, the army still did not disintegrate, it was not because Jin Shenghuan commanded the army well, but because the emperor was still in the army.

The emperor is the son of heaven, acting on behalf of heaven, as long as the emperor is there, the soldiers still have hope in their hearts, but if the emperor dies, it means that heaven has given up on them, and this hope will be wiped out.

Jin Shenghuan turned pale when he heard this, he couldn't care about the rules at this time, he hurried into the room, Tang Wang and an imperial physician were kneeling beside, Emperor Longwu was lying on the bed, his face was thin, his face was pale, and his lips were bloodless , there were some blood stains on the front of the white skirt, and Yin Hong's blood was contained in a basin beside the bed.

Seeing this, Jin Shenghuan couldn't help feeling sad from his heart. In all fairness, Emperor Longwu treated him very well. As a rebel general, he became the Duke of the country. Emperor's favor.

Seeing the emperor's appearance, he took a few steps forward, knelt down in front of the bed, his voice choked up, "Your Majesty~"

(End of this chapter)