The end of the world begins with the king

Chapter 731
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"General, please send reinforcements quickly..."

"Let them stand!"

"General, our army has retreated, and the third line of defense has been lost!"

"Tell Zhao Wanxian that if he doesn't take back the front line, I will kill him!"

Behind the imperial army formation, Lu Liqing received various news and made a decision immediately.

It has been more than half an hour since the beginning of this decisive battle, and there is basically no good news from the front line.

If it was an ordinary person, his heart would have collapsed long ago, and his command would be at a loss, leading to the collapse of authority.

Therefore, Lu Liqing is indeed very capable. He has been making the last effort until now, and the Yong army who wanted to cross the river was blocked.

Of course, he knew very well in his heart that it was basically impossible to stop Yong Jun.

What disappointed Lu Liqing the most was that his idea of ​​using his "20" army to consume the Yong army and reduce the pressure on the capital as much as possible was basically a failure.

The imperial court side suffered heavy losses, but the Yong army suffered little casualties.

"General, the Central Route Army has collapsed, and Commander Wang has died in battle!"

On the hillside, Lu Liqing froze in place as if he had been hit hard.

In his defensive plan, the most important thing is the central army.

And half an hour ago, the Central Route Army had retreated to the third line of defense, and it could be said that it had reached the point where there was no way to retreat.

Now the defeat of the central route army will directly lead to the collapse of the overall defense line, and even Lu Liqing is helpless.

Immediately afterwards, another scout rushed over and reported: "General, Du Lingwei fled across the board, and all the supervising troops died in battle..."

"General, Habayashi guards are defeated..."

Then, more and more bad news came.

At this time, Qiu Youxian, the servant of the Ministry of War, came over on horseback, and he himself brought a group of soldiers to serve as the supervising team on the battlefield.

Now that they have been defeated everywhere, the so-called defense line has been abolished, and now it is time to adjust the strategy.

Walking in front of Lu Liqing, Qiu Youxian said in a deep voice, "General, the line of defense has been defeated, it's time to make a decision!"

Thinking about defeat before thinking about victory is the basic quality of a qualified general.

In addition to setting up three lines of defense, before the battle, Lu Liqing also thought about a "rescue" plan after the failure.

"Order all ministries to retreat to Yongshun Mansion!"

Yongshun Mansion is located in the east of Jishui, only more than 80 miles away from the capital.

From Lu Liqing's point of view, after securing Yongshun Mansion, it could restrain the Yong army to a certain extent and buy more time for the emperor in the capital.

As for whether the effect is good or not, it can only depend on God's will.

If the Yong army ignored the Yongshun Mansion and went straight to the capital, then he could only lead the defenders in the city out of the city and attack the Yong army from behind.

Dozens of messengers left quickly after receiving the order, and Lu Liqing also led nearly a hundred of his own soldiers, and evacuated eastward together with Qiu Youxian.

At this moment, on the land west of Jishui, all the routs are fleeing, and the two-level organizational system of the guard is almost completely chaotic.

In most cases, Baihu led his remnant soldiers and ran around in the mountains and woods.

The soldiers of the Yong army, who were like wolves and tigers, were like a nightmare in their hearts, and they had completely lost their courage to fight.

Lu Liqing's military order no longer has any coercive force at this moment, only those who are willing to continue to work hard will heed the call and go to Yongshun Mansion.

Fortunately, Yongshun Mansion is east of Jishui, which coincides with the fleeing direction of the defeated soldiers, so many people are willing to heed the call.

Because he was riding a horse, it only took Lu Liqing half an hour to rush to the outside of Yongshun Mansion.

It was still calm here, but the city was on alert at this moment, this was all arranged by Lu Liqing in advance.

Taking a detour to the east gate, Lu Liqing wanted to enter the city from here, the other three gates had already been blocked.

But as soon as he approached the east gate, he saw a scene that made him uncomfortable. He saw that the city gate was opened and the suspension bridge was lowered.

"Wu Shengchang is such a bastard, how dare he open the city gate privately!"

Lu Liqing attached great importance to the defense of Yongshun Mansion, so he let the deputy general Wu Shengchang preside over it.

When the two parted, Lu Liqing repeatedly warned Wu Shengchang to guard the city.

Now it was not time to gather the rout, but he even opened the city gate privately.

The next moment, Lu Liqing saw something that annoyed him even more.

I saw three carriages driving out of the city, and dozens of soldiers followed.

"Stop them!" Lu Liqing ordered his soldiers.

His personal soldiers immediately rushed to the horses, easily stopped the three carriages, and then forced them all back to the suspension bridge.

"Presumptuous, you dare to stop our carriage!"

Hearing this angry voice, Lu Liqing understood the situation.

I saw him let everyone get out of the way, and the horse came to the front.

"Where are you going, sir?"

The curtain of the carriage was raised, Ding Youcheng, the eunuch of the supervising army, poked his head out, and said coldly, "Where is our family going, it has nothing to do with you!"

Lu Liqing said in a stern tone: "You are the supervisor of the legion, and you are a member of this legion. I am the chief general. Do you think it has something to do with me!"

Looking at it like this, Ding Youcheng, who was the supervisor of the army, wanted to escape, which in Lu Liqing's view was unbearable.

Originally, the morale of the army was already unstable, and it was extremely difficult to defend the Yongshun Mansion. If even the eunuch who represented the emperor's army had escaped, how could Lu Liqing ask other people to defend the city.

I only heard Ding Youcheng say: "General Lu, our family doesn't quarrel with you, and I don't care about this matter with you today, how about it?"

Hearing these words, Lu Liqing couldn't help but sneered, and then said: "You go back to the city now, and I can pretend this never happened!"

Going back to the city and defending with Lu Liqing to the death, in Ding Youcheng's view, he would definitely die. Of course, he didn't want to stay here and wait for death.

"Your surname is Lu, don't be ignorant!"

When he finished speaking, several Baihu led his subordinates and began to run towards the suspension bridge.

This matter must be resolved as soon as possible, otherwise, if the "broken soldiers" see it, it will cause the army's morale to be disrupted after all, and the so-called defense will be in vain.

"I'll give you one last chance, go back!" Lu Liqing's words were already murderous.

But at this time, staying is a dead end, how could Ding Youcheng be afraid of Lu Liqing.

"Get out of the way!"

Hearing this, Lu Liqing no longer wanted to argue, and immediately ordered: "Come here, drag this runaway eunuch down and chop it up for me!"

The surrounding soldiers were already on fire, and they rushed forward without any hesitation when they heard this, and dragged Ding Youcheng out of the carriage.

At the same time, a woman's scream sounded in the carriage. This was Ding Youcheng's "married" wife.

"help me……"

At this moment, Ding Youcheng was really scared, so he called for help to his guards, who were the guards he bought with a lot of money.

But with Lu Liqing at the scene, his calls for help were meaningless, no one dared to move at all.

"General, Rao..."

Before he could finish his begging for mercy, the soldiers beheaded him, and his "wife" was also executed.

At this time, more and more rout soldiers came and saw Ding Youcheng who was already dead.

Lu Liqing came to the top of the tower and shouted to the people below: "If you run away, you will be executed regardless of your official position!"

"Everyone, enter the city!"

The rout soldiers entered the city one after another, and more and more rout soldiers came. In a short while, more than 2000 soldiers entered the city.

Of course, the more soldiers in the city, the better, but Lu Liqing also understood that the Yong army might follow at any time, and it was impossible for the rout soldiers to keep marching into the city.

Just as Lu Liqing was thinking, he only heard Wu Shengchang's voice behind him: "General, Ding Youcheng forced thousands of households in the east gate to open the door with the order of the imperial envoy, and the humble official didn't know about it!"

Lu Liqing already knew about this matter.

So he didn't care about this at all, but asked: "Do you think we can keep it for a few days!"

After a few breaths of silence, Wu Shengchang spoke his mind.

"General, you and I both know that it is useless to stay here!"

Sighing, Wu Shengchang said: "Yong's army can cross this city and directly attack the capital, but we can't organize a large army to go out of the city to fight against Yong's army!"

"Yeah yeah!"

So what are you doing here?Is it for survival?Or are you still resisting to deceive yourself?
For a while, Lu Liqing couldn't tell the difference.

(End of this chapter)