The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 178
"Didn't it mean that Jianlu had surrendered?"

Cao Hongzu was shocked when he heard the words, and hurriedly asked his own soldiers to fetch his saber and armor, and thought to himself: Could it be that building a slave is a false surrender?Or mutiny?Or was Jiang Zhengxi afraid that I would steal credit, and colluded with the slaves to harm me?
But no matter what the situation is, it is extremely critical for him.

When he put on his helmet and put on his horse, news came that the rear army had collapsed.In a short time, many soldiers escaped from the rear, saying that tens of thousands of captives robbed the camp, and they were so fierce that they were absolutely invincible.

The soldiers of Cao Hongzu's army were all terrified when they heard the news, the name of Jianlu's brutality had long been deeply buried in their hearts, and soon there was a commotion in the camp.

When Cao Hongzu gave the order to meet the enemy, he failed to gather the troops for a long time.

In this era, the communication ability is low, and the army is called by the signal, so the night battle is a test of the training level and discipline of the soldiers.However, Cao Hongzu's guards were extremely low in both aspects.

More and more soldiers escaped from the rear, and soon there was a dense sound of gunfire near Cao Hongzu's Chinese army camp.

In desperation, Cao Shoubei had no choice but to command the [-] or so troops gathered around him to meet the enemy, hoping that the other soldiers would also rush forward when they saw the general's fearless aura.

But when he turned his head after rushing hundreds of steps, he saw that there were only a hundred torches left by his side, not only did no one respond, even most of the soldiers who had gathered just now dispersed.

Except for his personal guards, the soldiers in the battalion either shrank in place or retreated in the opposite direction.

He heard the sound of gunshots and shouts of killing getting closer, he knew that with these hundreds of soldiers fighting the main force of Shangjian captives, he would be killed, so he had no choice but to sigh, turned his horse's head and fled north.

When Cao Hongzu rushed forward, no one paid attention to him, but when he fled, the soldiers followed up with a whoosh, and some even ran faster than him.

The large group of people fled in a panic, with the sound of gunfire and screams behind them, and an unknown number of enemy troops followed, and the chaos became a mess.

In fact, Fan Shaozu's thoughts were all on the rations, and he had no interest in Cao Hongzu's men.After he broke through Cao's rear guard and robbed the grain and grass, his men and horses escorted the grain carts and returned by the same route.

On the contrary, the defeated Cao Hongzu's army thought that the enemy was still chasing after them, so they kept shouting and firing guns behind them until they fled to their own camp.

When the soldiers of the Chinese army heard the sound of the guns, they thought it was an enemy attacking the camp. They were so shocked that they raised their guns and threw them randomly into the night, but shot many of the fleeing rear troops to death.

The screams of the soldiers who were shot deepened their fear, and the firecrackers were fired more and more diligently.Until they fled with Cao Shoubei, these fearful soldiers kept firing lead bullets at the "chasing soldiers behind them".

In the darkness, these thousands of people ran wildly and trampled on each other, causing heavy casualties, so the screams were always heard.

……

Although it was late at night, Boluo didn't feel sleepy.

At lunch time yesterday, Dahasu fled to his camp with only a few followers, saying that the Jian'an had been lost four days ago, and all the defenders of the city had been wiped out.

According to Dahasu's description, the Ming army besieging Jian'an gathered three to 4000 people to feign an attack at the west gate, but broke through the east gate in the middle of the night with lightning speed.Judging by the speed of the Ming army's siege, there were at least three or four thousand troops attacking the east gate, which means that its total strength may be nearly ten thousand.

In addition, the siege enemy also mobilized more than [-] cannons to bombard day and night.

All of the above are enough to prove that this must be the main force of the Ming army. It should also be the team that attacked Xianxia Pass and defeated the Shifu Department before.

Dahasu also said that he fled all the way, and the cavalry of the Ming army was always chasing after him.Therefore, Boluo judged that the main force of the Ming army must have pursued from Jian'an all the way to Yanping.

He stared at the map and thought to himself, the southerners are really treacherous, they made peace with me openly, but secretly wanted to take advantage of my unpreparedness to attack with the main force.

He also remembered that the Ming court hadn't delivered food and grass for six or seven days, which made him more convinced that his judgment was correct-the Ming army was planning to use food and grass to drain my morale.

It’s just that these southern barbarians didn’t know that my main force had gone west to Shanguan. Boluo smiled coldly. The connection with the land is severed, and Fujian is left alone.

When the food and grass from Yingbeile are replenished, this small Nanman court will definitely not be a match for the tens of thousands of Jianzhou warriors.

He had already ordered all the battalions to be on alert, trying to buy time for Yingbeile.Although most of those who stayed in Yanping were "weak troops", with the strength of the Ming army, it would not be difficult to hold them back for six or seven days.

At this time, he thought of some things that need to be strengthened, and said to Zhang Yingmeng who was waiting on the side: "The wall at the mountain pass in the north should be increased by three feet. Send an extra battalion over Xiaoliuxi. Also, in the past few days, all [-]% reduction in military rations..."

"Whoo."

Boluo was about to say more, when he heard the sound of horseshoes approaching outside the tent, and then a cavalryman hurried in and said: "Report to the general, the scouts found a large group of enemy troops heading northward, and it seems that they are still meeting people." war."

This is the Ming army named Cao, but who is it fighting?Before Boluo could think about it, another scout came to report that a group of soldiers and horses were also found approaching our camp six miles to the east.

"Send more people to investigate!"

"General, it's not good!" A strong man with a scar on his face raised the curtain to enter the account, saluted hastily, and said anxiously, "There are only a few hundred people left in Fan Shaozu's camp, and his soldiers said that he led a large group to rob Cao Hongzu's camp. !"

"You bastard!" Boluo slapped the wooden table hard, and said angrily, "I have repeatedly told you not to leave the camp without authorization!"

He suppressed his anger, bowed his head and thought to himself, if Fan Shaozu went to rob the camp, then it would be him and Cao Hongzu who were fighting in the north.Night battles are prone to chaos. Seeing that the main force of the Ming army is approaching, it is necessary to keep Fan Shaozu's 5000 troops.

He then said to Zhang Yingmeng: "Immediately order 3000 troops to go to the north side to meet Fan Shaozu."

"Whoo!"

Seeing that Zhang Yingmeng led away, Bo Luo couldn't help frowning again. If Fan Shaozu went to attack the camp, where would the thousands of soldiers from the east come from?

With the exception of Fan Shaozu, his own army is in the battalion, so this team can only be the Ming army.He nodded secretly, coming in the middle of the night, there is absolutely nothing else but robbing the camp.

Since he had been thinking about the main force of the Ming army going south from Jian'an all night, he subconsciously thought that it was probably the Ming army that had arrived.

It only took five days to come here from Jian'an, and these southerners are fast enough.Fan Shaozu, this trash, why did he add trouble at this time!
Thinking of this, he immediately said to his soldiers: "Erdenbu, I ordered you to lead 4000 people to the east side of the camp to fortify, and never allow the southerners to enter my camp! I will raise my own soldiers to You are behind it."

"Whoo!"

"By the way, take the three cannons that were left in the camp with you."

"Whoo!"

　Thank you, Jie, for your generosity. Thank you very much for your support and love. I am so grateful!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)