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

Chapter 883 Capture the Army
Inside the large tent, a few tallow candles as thick as an arm added some light to this cold winter night. The wind blowing in from outside the tent made the candle light fluctuate, flickering and flickering. It is also unpredictable:

Gao Qiqian's hair was disheveled, his complexion was pale, his triangular eyes, which always had a somewhat sinister look, were wide open, and the muscles on his cheeks were raised high, twitching slightly.The dead eunuch is now like a poisonous snake being pushed on the chopping board, struggling to twist his body, trying to catch someone and bite him hard.He was stern, yelling loudly, gesticulating and ordering the generals of the Ming army present to obey his orders, taking advantage of the last moment to show off his prestige, no matter how absurd his orders were—of course, he absolutely would not He will think that his order is absurd. In his opinion, his command is absolutely correct, and the only one who is wrong is the whole world.That's right, now the dead eunuch's heart has collapsed. He was still singing and fighting against Jiannu in the morning, sweeping Panjin and Shenyang just around the corner. He never expected that when he was full of ambition, ambushes and Guan Ning's army rebelled. Huang Taiji sneered and told him: You stupid pig, you fell for me!Such a blow made this arrogant and self-abased dead eunuch unbearable, and he collapsed all of a sudden!Of course, he cared more about his own life than his wounded self-esteem. After being surrounded, his first reaction was to call the Tianxiong Army over to protect Jijia, and protect himself by the way. As for commanding the army to break through, he didn't even think about it. Pass!

Wu Sheng's forehead was scratched by Liu Ya during the day's fierce battle, and now his forehead is still wrapped in gauze, and the oozing blood has soaked a large piece of the gauze.He ignored Gao Qiqian's roar, just stared at the map, frowning, as if he wanted to find a way out for the army on the map.It was the same with Li Chongshi, the two of them chatted from time to time, they were both concentrating on doing their own things, that dead eunuch? Don't bother him!

Li Weiluan looked angry, staring at Gao Qiqian, his fists were slapping.Just because of this dead eunuch's blind command, his troops lost 2000 people in the fierce battle during the day!These are the elite soldiers he had managed to gather, and the entire Dongjiang Army only had 2000 soldiers capable of fighting. How could he not be angry when he recruited [-] soldiers at once!What made him even more angry was that this dead eunuch brought the Ming army into a desperate situation!Originally, if the main force of the Dongjiang Army stayed in the Liaodong Peninsula, even if the battle failed, the Dongjiang Army could act as a countermeasure and launch a feint attack on Shenyang to support the retreat of the Ming army in the direction of Lushun. At least half of the main force of the Ming army would be able to escape!However, this dead eunuch didn't know if he ate too much fat pork. He was blinded by lard, thinking that it was easier to fight Jiannu than Denglai rebels, so he actually forcibly ordered the main force of the Dongjiang Army to cross the sea to Tianjin to gather together with the army Out of the Northern Expedition!Fortunately, the Dongjiang army has not been able to play any role along the way. Now the main force is caught in the sky, and the Liaodong Peninsula has no support. Wait for death!
The generals of the Changping Army, the Linqing Army, and the Banjun from Shandong and Henan provinces all looked terrified and at a loss.It has to be said that the cultivation of military talents in the middle and late Ming Dynasty was really bad. "It's so handsome.These generals may be somewhat bloody, and it is absolutely unambiguous to ask them to go to the battlefield desperately, but when it comes to strategizing and looking for opportunities, don't expect them to be of much help. According to their thinking, this is the business of civil servants. The old man only knows how to cut people, but he can't play with these tricks.What's frustrating is that the civil servants are worse than them. Although they don't have the ability to strategize, they still have practical experience and the courage to fight bloody battles. I stared.

Chongzhen sat in the most conspicuous position like a statue, with a lot of snow flakes on his cloak, his face was pale, his lips were tightly pressed together without saying a word, and he remained motionless, if not for the occasional blinking of his eyes, the eyes Turning around, it's really easy to mistake him for a zombie.Gao Qiqian collapsed, and Chongzhen also collapsed, even more completely than Gao Qiqian.He has to bear most of the responsibility for the current desperate situation of the Ming army. If he hadn't been suspicious, if he hadn't raised troops out of anger, if he hadn't refused to accept Lu Xiangsheng's suggestion, why would the Ming army have fallen into such a desperate situation!The betrayal of Guan Ningjun was the heaviest blow to him. Guan Ningjun, who was supported by the whole country of Ming Dynasty, could betray him without hesitation and seek refuge in Jiannu. Who else can he trust? Who else can he rely on? of?
Lu Xiangsheng strode in.

Seeing him coming in, Gao Qiqian, who was roaring, froze there as if he had been stabbed, and the dim eyes of the generals of the Ming army lit up with surprise, and they all stood up and bowed their hands: "Master! You are here! !"

Lu Xiangsheng bowed his hands to them as a salute. Before he could speak, Gao Qiqian slapped the table and shouted: "Bold Lu Jiandou, who allowed you to leave the defense area and come here without permission? The military resources at Liaohe Ferry were destroyed What to do? What to do if the way of retreat is cut off? Do you still have the emperor in your eyes, and do you still have the commander-in-chief of our family!"

Lu Xiangsheng clenched his fists hidden in his sleeves, and said coldly, "Returning to my lord, the Liaohe Ferry was attacked by tens of thousands of Jiannu cavalry when the last general came over. Thousands of soldiers fought desperately. Withstood Jiannu's attack, the last general was able to escape..."

Gao Qiqian slapped the table loudly, with a sharp voice: "The Liaohe Ferry was attacked by Jiannu, you should stick to it and wait for reinforcements! The supplies and weapons there are piled up like a mountain. If there is any loss, the army will have to freeze to death and starve to death." Death, you are considered to be experienced in hundreds of battles, can't you even figure out this point!?"

Lu Xiangsheng stared into his eyes, and asked word by word: "Then, my Lord Superviser, how do you use thousands of squadrons and civilians to defend the ferry that doesn't even have a soil barrier, block the whirlwind-like slave cavalry, and keep the mountain of military resources? "

Gao Qiqian was suffocated, and the generals of the Ming army pouted in disdain.This dead eunuch simply doesn't hurt his waist while standing and talking, and he doesn't even look at what kind of miscellaneous goods Lu Xiangsheng has under his command. To build the fence, more than ten thousand cavalry of the Qing army came rushing in, determined to win, but still want to defend it like this? Death is almost the same!It was already a miracle that Lu Xiangsheng was able to escape safely!

The damned eunuch will command blindly!
Probably because he realized everyone's disdain for him, Gao Qiqian became more and more angry, rushed to Lu Xiangsheng, pointed at his nose and shouted: "Are you questioning our family's command!?"

Lu Xiangsheng said: "The last general dare not." Suddenly he struck out like lightning, grabbed Gao Qiqian's neck and pinched it, smashing the cartilage of his neck to pieces.In an absolutely impossible situation, Gao Qiqian's eyes that were already wide enough widened even wider, bulging from their sockets, staring at Lu Xiangsheng, his throat rattling, unable to utter a word.

Lu Xiangsheng tossed it casually, throwing it aside like trash, and said, "I don't have time to question your command either!"

He suddenly launched an attack and killed the commander-in-chief of the three armies in one fell swoop, which was really shocking, but the generals of the Ming army present were very calm and did not react, as if they saw Lu Xiangsheng pushing away the person who occupied his position, that's all.Chongzhen's eyelids twitched, revealing a somewhat horrified expression, and immediately returned to numbness.On the other hand, Gao Qiqian's confidantes jumped up with pale complexions, pointed at Lu Xiangsheng and shouted: "Lu Jiandou, you are so courageous! You want to rebel, don't you!?"

Lu Xiangsheng ordered coldly: "Pull it out!"

Immediately, a dozen soldiers of the Tianxiong Army rushed over viciously, picked up those guys and dragged them out.Those usually majestic and supercilious guys struggled desperately, screaming: "The emperor save me! The emperor save me!" However, no matter what they shouted, Chongzhen did not respond.

After a few gunshots, the world was quiet.

Lu Xiangsheng didn't make any unnecessary movements. He asked someone to drag Gao Qiqian's body down and sat down beside Chongzhen. He took the water from Wu Sheng and asked in a deep voice, "How's the situation?"

Wu Sheng said: "It's terrible!"

Lu Xiangsheng asked, "How bad is it?"

Wu Sheng said: "The Guan Ning army suddenly rebelled, and the disparity between the enemy and us has been reversed. Now Jiannu has cast a net and surrounded our army heavily. It took more than ten thousand deaths and injuries for our army to repel them! Now the way forward Cut off, countless military resources have been put to the torch, the morale of the army has been shaken, coupled with the freezing weather, our army has fallen into a desperate situation!"

Lu Xiangsheng asked: "How many supplies and troops are there now?"

Wu Sheng said: "After a fierce battle, my Denglai new army lost thousands of people, and the rations I carried with me were only two cans and seven or eight biscuits, which were only enough for two days!"

Li Weiluan said: "My Dongjiang army is the same. There are only two cans and seven or eight biscuits left! It's freezing cold, and I will only eat more than usual. ate up!"

Li Chongshi said: "My army is better. Each person still has four cans, ten biscuits, and two bags of kumiss. If we save some food, we can last for four days."

The situation of the second-line troops such as Changping Army and Linqing Army was even worse.They are the second-line troops, and the supplies are naturally not comparable to these elites. In addition, those soldiers eat all their stomachs, and they don't have much food left in their hands.In a word, the current rations of the Ming army can only last three days at most. If they don't get replenished within three days, they will starve to death!

Lu Xiangsheng pondered for a moment and asked, "How many bullets are there? How many shells are there?"

Li Chongshi replied: "Each soldier still has sixty bullets and six grenades. Only three 36mm thunderbolt guns have been brought up, and each has only twenty shells. There are sixteen [-]mm thunderbolt guns, each with three Ten rounds of shells and none of the eight-and-a-half-centimeter howitzers were brought up. They were either destroyed or all fell into the hands of the Guan Ning Army gang... There were only six rocket launchers. It didn't work. But there are very few shells, and they will be gone after three rounds. The shotguns are complete, a total of [-], and none of them is missing, but the shells..."

Needless to say, after a hard fight, the shotgun shells were worn out to the point where they were no longer sufficient.

Lu Xiangsheng sighed: "It's my fault. I misjudged the situation from the beginning, and I didn't make all the preparations, so I got so passive!"

Wu Sheng said bitterly: "Master Hou, don't say that! It's all caused by Gao Qiqian, a stray dog. If he didn't command blindly and advance greedily, why would the army fall into such a desperate situation!"

Lu Xiangsheng shook his head and smiled wryly, looked around at the generals, and said word by word: "We must break through immediately. If we are trapped to death by Jiannu, we don't need Jianu to do anything. The wind and snow in Liaodong alone can bury us all!"

All the generals were stunned and asked in unison, "Where are we going to break through?"

Lu Xiangsheng said: "Now that the Guanning army has rebelled and cut off the army's return route, we can't go back to Jinzhou, let alone Beijing. Only by putting them to death and breaking through in the direction of Gaizhou will there be a chance of survival! "

Li Weiluan said sadly: "But now the main force of my Dongjiang army is here, and there is no response at all to break through Gaizhou..."

Lu Xiangsheng said: "There is no need to respond, just split a bloody alley and kill him! Wu Sheng!"

Wu Sheng stood up: "The end is here!"

Lu Xiangsheng said: "You command Denglai's new army to break the rear. Before you fall, even if you smash them with stones or bite them with your teeth, you must stop Jiannu's pursuers for me!"

Wu Sheng bowed his hands solemnly: "I will obey the general's order!"

Lu Xiangsheng's eyes fell on Li Weiluan: "The Dongjiang Army is the leader! I don't think anyone knows the terrain of this area better than you."

Li Weiluan solemnly said, "Obey!"

Lu Xiangsheng looked around at the generals, and said in a deep voice: "Everyone go back, clean up military discipline, collect military supplies and weapons, and distribute all edible things uniformly. All the wounded and dead mules and horses will be slaughtered and distributed to the soldiers! The solid ammunition of yours is handed over to be melted into shotgun and bullets. When facing the slave cavalry on the Great Plains, your bronze cannons are useless, but your shotguns and rifles can give them a fatal blow! After tomorrow morning, I will Lead the Tianxiong Army as the vanguard and break through the enemy's ice wall defense line. All departments must follow up in time. We are fighting against God for time. If we can't reach Gaizhou before our limited ammunition and food are exhausted, we will all be killed. There is no place to die!"

All the generals were awe-inspiring again, and they all stood up: "I obey!" They bowed their hands and saluted, and then went down to make preparations.

Only Lu Xiangsheng and Chongzhen looked at each other sadly and remained silent for a long time.

(End of this chapter)