"General, it's bad, a large group of rebels are coming from behind us!"
While Zhu Yuanzhang and Huang Wushan were observing the battle situation on a high ground, a soldier hurriedly came up to report.
Upon hearing this, Huang Wushan glared at the soldier with dissatisfaction, and then respectfully said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Your Majesty, do we want to fight?"
Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Tian Xiong and others who were retreating steadily, and said solemnly: "Do you think how long it will take to defeat Tian Xiong and others?"
Huang Wushan said without hesitation: "If we attack with all our strength, we should be able to capture him within half an hour!"
Zhu Yuanzhang glanced behind him, shook his head and said, "That's it, withdraw!"
"withdraw?"
Huang Wushan looked at Zhu Yuanzhang in surprise and said, "Are we going to retreat like this?"
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "Yes, retreat now, otherwise if we are caught by the rebels, it will not be that easy to retreat!"
Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang's decisive words, Huang Wushan was ready to pass the order, but in the end he still said reluctantly: "Your Majesty, we are currently in a fierce battle with Tian Xiong and others. If they retreat suddenly, they will definitely take advantage of the situation to counterattack."
"In addition, the rebels are coming with force. If they see us retreating, they will pursue us with all their strength. Even if your Majesty is ambushed by then, I'm afraid..."
"Who said we had an ambush?"
Zhu Yuanzhang interrupted Huang Wushan's words with some displeasure, and said in a deep voice: "You only have three thousand soldiers and horses on this trip, don't you know?"
Huang Wushan originally thought that Zhu Yuanzhang was suspicious of him, so he asked his troops to be the vanguard to test.
At this moment, he was shocked to hear that he only had three thousand cavalry, and he felt a surge of anger in his heart.
However, he immediately thought of Zuo Xianmei's instructions, and suppressed his anger, but still couldn't hide his anger and said: "Your Majesty, you were planning to use three thousand cavalry to defeat Tian Xiong's ten thousand troops?"
Zhu Yuanzhang sneered: "Didn't you see before that we are about to succeed?"
Hearing this, Huang Wushan became even more angry. He nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, we are indeed almost successful!"
"But, didn't you expect that Liu Fangliang would come to help?"
"Especially since you are here, Liu Fangliang will surely lead his army. Could it be..."
"Huang Wushan!"
Zhu Yuanzhang shouted angrily and said with a cold face: "What, are you teaching us how to fight?"
Huang Wushan couldn't help but feel a little suspicious when he saw that Zhu Yuanzhang showed no fear among his guards, and the guards behind him also looked calm.
He was stunned for a moment, and finally he knelt down unwillingly and apologized: "Your Majesty, the general lost his sense of control for a moment, please punish me!"
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Huang Wushan coldly for a while and said in a deep voice: "That's all, it's your first offender. For Zuo Xianmei's sake, we'll spare you this time!"
"You should give the order immediately, I'm afraid it will be too late!"
After Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, he turned the horse's head and galloped forward.
At the same time, another twenty riders emerged from the darkness and chased Zhu Yuanzhang.
When Huang Wushan saw this, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
You must know that he had already asked his personal guards to check the surroundings, but he did not expect that so many people were still hidden.
If he had dared to take action just now, he would have been dead before he even got close to the other party. Read the book
Thinking of this, he glared at the guard captain with some dissatisfaction, and then said to the orderer: "Quickly go and convey the order. The whole army will take turns to cover and leave the battlefield. Wait..."
"General Huang, Your Majesty asked the last general to tell you that after leaving the battlefield, you can only move slowly and never retreat quickly!"
Just when Huang Wushan sent the order, a guard in Jinyi suddenly rode up and shouted loudly.
Huang Wushan was stunned when he heard this, and then looked forward with some confusion.
However, Huang Wushan was indeed a capable general. Although Zhu Yuanzhang's order was very abrupt, under his command, nearly two-thirds of the troops safely left the battlefield.
Just when he was about to let the remaining troops retreat, Liu Fangliang's army suddenly pressed forward.
When Huang Wushan saw this, he knew that the other party had seen through his plan.
, and at the same time secretly rejoiced.
If Liu Fangliang had pressed forward with his entire army from the beginning, he would have lost at least half of his troops by now.
It turned out that although Liu Fangliang was eager to capture Zhu Yuanzhang, he was worried that he would fall into the opponent's plan, so he only made tentative attacks before.
Later, when he discovered something strange, when he was preparing to attack with his entire army, most of the opponent's troops had already left the battle.
Just when he was about to lead his army in pursuit, he discovered that the opponent's speed was not very fast.
He immediately thought that Huang Degong and others had not been seen in this battle, and he couldn't help but feel suspicious, so he stopped Zhang Nai and others who were about to catch up.
At this moment, Tian Xiong and Ma Degong also came with their troops. Seeing Liu Fangliang stopping Zhang Nai, they did not come to meet him, but directly led their troops to pursue him.
Because Tian Xiong and others had good relations with the leaders of the miscellaneous troops, Liu Fangliang was afraid that too much stalemate would affect the morale of the army, so he asked Zhang Nai and Gu Kecheng to lead the troops to follow him, while he and Dang Shousu led the troops to move slowly. To avoid being ambushed by the other party.
Unexpectedly, they passed through several dangerous places without seeing any ambush, which made them even more suspicious.
At this time, Dang Shousu suddenly stopped and said, "Brother Mingyuan, something seems wrong about this matter!"
When Liu Fangliang heard this, he also stood on his horse and said, "I also think this is a bit strange, but I don't know what Chongzhen's intention is!"
Dang Shousu was silent for a while, and then suddenly shouted: "No, I'm afraid that Chongzhen's attack on Tian Xiong is a lie, but cutting off our retreat is true!"
Liu Fangliang shook his head and said, "I made arrangements before I came here. If the Ming soldiers attack, there's no way I wouldn't know about it!"
"Furthermore, Huang Degong also knows our true strength and will never lead his troops to sneak attack on those miscellaneous troops. What's more, the mountains here are crisscrossed. With their troops and horses, there is no way they can stop us from going south!"
Dang Shousu shook his head and said, "Brother Mingyuan, what you said is wrong!"
"Although you rely on our old brothers to fight the war, the main reason why you are so powerful this time is because of those refugees and surrendered generals. If we lose their support, we will be unable to succeed."
"Furthermore, I just saw that Tian Xiong and others seemed to be dissatisfied with you. Maybe Chongzhen's real intention was not to capture and kill Tian Xiong and his group, but just to cause conflicts between us. Otherwise, if his entire army attacks, Tian Xiong will Others will definitely not be spared, so..."
After listening to Dang Shousu's story, Liu Fangliang sighed softly and said feebly: "If he really did this, it wouldn't be a bad thing!"
Dang Shousu saw Liu Fangliang's expression was different, and he was surprised and said with a little anger: "You don't want to use those soldiers as bait, do you?"
Liu Fangliang nodded and said, "I have this idea!"
As soon as he spoke, he saw an angry look on Dang Shousu's face, and hurriedly explained: "It's not that I'm heartless, it's just that those people are too greedy. If I have to increase my momentum, I will never associate with them!"
Seeing that there was something wrong in Liu Fangliang's words, Dang Shousu couldn't help restraining his anger and said with some surprise: "Brother Mingyuan, we recruited troops like this before, there is nothing wrong with it..."
"No, it's different!"
Liu Fangliang interrupted Dang Shousu's words, shook his head and said: "Last time I came to Hebei, the people were very happy, but when I sneaked here this time, only very few people responded."
"After further investigation, I found out that Chongzhen had allocated land to the people, and many people had settled down. If it hadn't been for the outbreak of the plague, no one would have followed me in the uprising!"
"In desperation, I had no choice but to join forces with some bandits to increase my momentum. I never thought that they were different from the previous bandits. Although they cannot be said to be extremely evil, most of them are greedy and lustful people..."
When Dang Shousu heard Liu Fangliang's story, his face was full of solemnity.
