Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 376 Dead End 1
It began to rain again.

The rainfall in Jiaodong Peninsula seems to be particularly abundant this year. It has been in late August, and it is still one after another, endlessly, and it is very cold. Exposure to such cold rain, even hard-nosed people can't stand it.

On the official road from Laizhou to Dengzhou, tens of thousands of rebels are stumbling and staggering towards Dengzhou.Bouts of cold rain drenched them into drenched chickens. The road surface was slippery and muddy, and they were about to slip a lot after walking for a while. Almost everyone turned into mud monkeys. Many people simply threw away their weapons and armor. In this way, they still can't walk fast, cursing, complaining, one after another, their panic and panic, it can be said to reach the extreme, and they are completely different from the siege of Laizhou across the Jiaodong Peninsula.

Kong Youde turned a deaf ear to the cursing and complaints of his subordinates, and only cared about riding his horse, leading the few remaining cronies on the road.The Battle of Shahe was a disastrous defeat. Twenty thousand elites were lost in one day. Li Jiuzheng's whereabouts were unknown, no one was alive or dead, and even he was almost captured. He escaped by jumping into the river by luck and returned to Laizhou camp alone.Although he had saved his life, he was already frightened by the beating. He knew that fighting against the elite court army with the Heluo New Army in the wilderness was purely courting death, so it was better to retreat back to Dengzhou City as soon as possible.As for what to do after returning to Dengzhou, he didn't know.At this moment, the hero who ascended to Lai and turned this fairyland into a mountain of corpses and blood is full of confusion and fear. He thought about surrendering to the officers and soldiers, he thought about sailing to the old Dongjiang, he even thought about going east to Japan, However, after careful scrutiny, it is sad to find that these strategies are completely inoperable. The court has already started a real fire, and he must be destroyed. It is impossible for the Dongjiang Army to take the risk of confronting the court. The remnants of the defeated general, thank God for not handing him over to the court for reward!As for traveling east to Japan...he didn't even know which route to take, to feed the fish?

The world is so big that there is no place to call home!
Kong Youde was in a gloomy mood. Back in Dongjiang Town, he, Geng Zhongming, and Shang Kexi were called the "Three Mines of Dongjiang". He traveled across Liaodong and Liaonan. Lushun, North Korea and Hou Jin fought fiercely and made military exploits repeatedly. What a prestige and joy it was!But in a blink of an eye, the head of Mao Wenlong, who had been kind to countless Liao people in rebuilding, fell to the ground, and he also became a traitor to the imperial court... It's good fortune to make people, it's good fortune to make people!

"If I knew this earlier, I might as well have died in Liaodong!" Thinking of this, he smiled bitterly.

At this time, a lieutenant came galloping on a horse with his whole body wet, and shouted in panic, "General, officers and soldiers...the officers and soldiers are launching a fierce attack on Laiyang, Pingdu, Huangxian and other places, and the progress is extremely fast!"

Kong Youde smiled wryly: "Our main force has been disabled by them, and there are only a thousand or hundreds of old and weak soldiers left behind in these counties. Their progress is naturally fast! Leave them alone, speed up, and return to Dengzhou as soon as possible. The day is safe! Dengzhou City is high and deep, and there are countless heavy artillery, which is enough to make the officers and soldiers lose their teeth. If it is not possible, we can retreat to the water camp and escape by boat!"

A small number of cronies rode over to issue orders, and the rebels who heard the order responded feebly, barely speeding up.

The Battle of Shahe had broken the backbone of the rebels. Kong Youde did not even dare to try to defend the cities of Huangxian, Laiyang, Zhaoyuan, and Pingdu, and led the main force to flee to Dengzhou.His move made the rebels panic, and they felt that a disaster was coming. People kept deserting and joining the ranks of people fleeing to Dengzhou. The defense forces of these cities were naturally extremely weak.Naturally, Zhu Dadian, Gao Qiqian and others would not let go of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and took the opportunity to command the Ming army to launch a fierce attack on various cities occupied by the rebels.The Ming army, which was originally a mess, seemed to have been transformed. It became extremely brave and high-spirited to fight. They didn't even need the necessary siege equipment. They just fought with ants and moths, eager to capture the rebels in these cities one by one and stuff them into them. Chew it to pieces in your own mouth, and then swallow it all to the bone!The rebels have never encountered such a desperate army. They were beaten out of their bodies. Laiyang came down with a drum, Huangxian came down with a drum, Zhaoyuan came down with a drum, Pingdu came down with a drum... The good news is snowflakes. Then he flew to the capital. Needless to say, Chongzhen was very happy now.

Of course, the officers and soldiers are not in harmony now.In the sequence of regaining the lost ground, there was no sign of the Heluo New Army at all. It was not that the Heluo New Army did not want to participate in the battle, but that Gao Qiqian did not give them a chance to go to the battlefield at all. They could only stay in the rear, Watching Wu Sanji, Liu Zeqing, and Deng Ke perform.Fortunately, otherwise, the rebel army would definitely lose faster and worse at this time.

However, the Ming army only cared about regaining the lost ground, but did not send the main force to pursue Kong Youde who fled to Dengzhou. No one thought about the consequences after the state.Kong Youde gathered the defeated soldiers while fleeing, and when he approached Dengzhou, he actually had [-] cavalry, [-] infantry, plus the six or seven troops left behind in Dengzhou, he was confident that he would continue to deal with the court for a few more moon.Judging from the retreat he personally commanded, he is still very talented in military affairs. Although the rebel army was chaotic, it did not collapse. From this point of view, he can be regarded as a good general. There is reason to feel sorry for the enemies of the empire.In any case, he still managed to bring out the tens of thousands of troops from the Jedi, which was surrounded by enemies. Now they are only ten miles away from Dengzhou City.

Looking at the Dengzhou City Wall looming in the drizzle, the rebels cheered resoundingly, and Kong Youde secretly heaved a sigh of relief. Thank God, he finally returned to Dengzhou.But at this moment, there was a sudden sound of hooves, hundreds of cavalry came galloping, mud and water splashed Lao Gao, the face of the rebel general changed slightly, Kong Youde squinted his eyes and saw that the cavalry's armor was not in order, and their clothes were dirty and tattered , embarrassed, he breathed a sigh of relief again, thank God, his own people!

It really is one of our own.

"Brother Kong Xian! Brother Kong Xian!"

Li Jiuzheng's loud voice came over. The rebel commander was covered in blood, his helmet was gone, and he was in such a panic that he yelled from a long distance, his voice trembling, as if a tiger behind him was chasing him.

Kong Youde rushed to meet him, and asked loudly, "Marshal, what's the matter?"

Li Jiucheng reined in his horse in embarrassment, his chest rose and fell sharply, like a bellows, and he cried out: "Brother Kong Xian, I finally see you. I thought I would never see you again in this life!"

Kong Youde said sadly: "The subordinates almost never see the commander-in-chief! Commander-in-chief, where have you been these few days? Why haven't you heard from you?"

Li Jiuzheng said with fear: "Don't mention it! That day in Shahe, our army suffered a disastrous defeat. I led more than a thousand cavalry to break out of the siege. Those black dogs were chasing after me. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't get rid of them! It was hard to get rid of them!" After walking for a while, I wanted to turn back to Laizhou camp. Who knew there were officers and soldiers everywhere. After killing one of them, the gang of black dogs caught up again. I had no choice but to continue to escape... I don’t know for a few days How did I survive!"

Kong Youde's expression changed slightly: "The commander-in-chief means that those black dogs have been chasing the commander-in-chief?"

Li Jiuzheng said bitterly: "Isn't that right! Like maggots attached to bones, you can't get rid of them no matter how you shake them. If they fall on my hands, I will..."

He hadn't figured out how to deal with the Heluo New Army that nearly killed him, but a long and distant sound of the conch was faintly heard in the distance, which made everyone's heartstrings tense.They are very familiar with this peculiar sound of the trumpet, because at the banks of the Shahe River, those terrible cavalrymen, with their thick and long horses, swept towards them like a hurricane with such a sound of the trumpet. The land floods swallowed them up in large swaths. Such a terrifying scene would never happen again even in hell. These days, this scene woke them up from their nightmares countless times!

Now it seems that they are going to relive the nightmare again!

"Ugh——"

After a while, the Conch rang again, much louder this time, the ground trembled slightly, a black wave came over from behind the horizon, and the iron armor and the spearhead shone chillingly in the drizzle.

Lancers of the Heluo New Army!

They are coming!

Li Jiucheng looked horrified: "They... they're here again! They're here so fast!"

The rebel soldiers exclaimed in horror: "It's those black evil spirits! Those black evil spirits are here again!"

"Run, or you will die!"

It has to be said that the Lancers of the Heluo New Army had a great reputation. As soon as they showed up, the rebels fell into panic, and some even fled towards Dengzhou despite the leader's scolding.When they got closer, they could already see clearly that it was indeed the black-clothed Lancers who had become their nightmare. These guys were wearing steel helmets, iron armor, and hideous iron masks. Dressed in a black military uniform, with those icy eyes, he looked like a group of evil spirits who came out of hell and started killing people.It's no wonder that the rebels are afraid of them to the bone. Facing such a terrifying army, who can not be afraid?What made the rebels most desperate was that this time there were as many as [-] people in the Heluo New Army, and everyone rode horses!

Seeing such a gorgeous lineup, Kong Youde and others felt dizzy and almost fell off their horses.My God, just a few days ago, only [-] Lancers plus [-] Chasseurs defeated the [-] rebels. Now [-] are here all at once, and they are still killing people!

Kong Youde was the first to react.He roared at the panicked rebels: "Array! Arrangement! Archers are in front, spearmen are in the back, and cavalry are coming to the wings! What are you still doing? Waiting for them to rush over and pierce you to pieces Skewer!?"

Li Jiuzheng also came to his senses, waving the long knife in his hand and roaring: "Form up! Form up quickly! Why panic, Dengzhou City is behind us, why panic! Form up quickly to block the attack of these black evil spirits Shocking, retreating into Dengzhou City step by step, we have a chance of life, otherwise there is only a dead end!"

Amid the roars of the marshal and the general, the rebels were pale and hurriedly arrayed.The shield hand held a large shield as high as 1.3 meters and went to the front row to squat down to form a shield wall. The archer held a wet step bow and held a sharp arrow that was also wet in his hand, and walked to the shield in several rows. Behind the hands, the spearmen also squatted down in several rows. The back row put their spears on the shoulders of the front row.The cavalry was distributed on both wings, snorting uncomfortably at the rapidly approaching Heluo new army, and the cavalry on horseback had to find a way to calm them down. Once more than 1 people form an formation, it is still very impressive. Being in it, the panicked rebels finally regained a little courage.

However, can such an army formation really withstand the sharp-edged Heluo new army?

The answer will be revealed immediately.

(End of this chapter)