Tian Heng was really lucky to have saved his life. If it had been a little later, he would have ended up in a miserable state.
Tian Heng, who was tired of running for his life, didn't know that Wan He was dead, and thought that Wan He was loyal enough to drag the Ming army behind for him.
There were about seven to eight hundred rebels who escaped, most of them were Tian Heng's subordinates.
Every one of them was like a lost dog, and many even gave up their armor, clothes, and weapons in order to escape.
The military flags were also lost, and a group of defeated soldiers were like frightened birds.
There is some movement behind, which can scare the shit out of the person in front.
It doesn't look like an army at all, but more like helping bandits who are fleeing.
Not even as good as a bandit.
Tian Heng didn't care about gathering the defeated troops, reorganizing their morale before fighting, etc. He just took the lead and ran away.
The sky is big and the earth is big, but it is not as big as a small life.
The Ming army was really frightened.
After running for seven or eight miles in one breath and confirming that there was no Ming army pursuing him, Tian Hengfang breathed heavily and ordered to rest on the spot.
The mountains are no better than the plains, and running so far in one breath is indeed tiring.
If we don't take a break, I'm afraid many people will run away to death.
He also asked people to collect the escaped soldiers.
He didn’t want to know the specific casualties, he had eyes to see.
"Sir, where are we going?"
Chief Qian Xu Ming, who ran out together, led his people to find Mr. General Bing, who had been running in front.
"Where to go?"
This question stumped Tian Heng.
The fact that the Ming army can emerge from behind them means that the area around Laomukong and Cizhulong must be captured by the Ming army.
Therefore, if you escape along this road, you may be intercepted by the Ming army's remaining troops.
If the pursuers come up again by then, they will really have no chance of escaping.
After thinking about it, Tian Heng felt that instead of continuing on the main mountain road built by Liu Tichun's army and civilians, he should take the trails of nearby villagers to Zhushan County.
It's more painful, but it's better than losing your life.
Zhushan City is the residence of Fu Kachan, the Manchurian Xi'an general. In addition to a large number of Manchurian Eight Banners soldiers stationed there, there are at least 10,000 Shaanxi Green Camps.
Absolutely safe.
However, the nearest trail is near Laomukong, so whether Tian Heng wants to or not, he has to take people to the "transit station" of Laomukong first.
Now we can only bet that the Ming army does not have too many soldiers and horses left in Laomukong, otherwise it will be really troublesome.
After making up his mind, Tian Heng asked the escaped officers under his command to quickly reorganize the team and organize the soldiers who still had weapons to go ahead. This way, if they encounter the Ming army, they can at least fight, and they will not be scattered in a rush.
An officer hesitated for a moment and reminded the commander-in-chief, Commander-in-Chief Wan, that they hadn't run out yet, should they wait a moment?
Tian Heng continued on his way as if he hadn't heard anything.
Loyalty comes back to loyalty, but he wishes that Wan He would always be behind him.
At worst, you won't be able to escape, and Brother Tian will burn more paper money for you next year.
On the way, Tian Heng thought about whether the Ming army that appeared was Suo Yanlong's soldiers, but he couldn't be sure after thinking about it.
The final conclusion reached was that regardless of whether the Ming army came back from the Western Front or not, he would go out first.
Even if the Qing Dynasty no longer wants to see him because his strength has been damaged and they have been defeated, they still want to go out.
Because if you stay, you will definitely die!
Liu Tichun's death will make the Ming army fight against him!
After being on tenterhooks for a while, the escaping rebel team finally saw Lao Mikong, which was still smoking in the distance.
The fire was set by them.
"Take someone over to have a look."
Tian Heng was also cautious and asked Xu Ming to take people to Lao Mukong to investigate the situation, but found that there was not even a ghost in Lao Mukong.
This made Tian Heng overjoyed and concluded that Suo Yanlong took all the soldiers to the back village in order to save Liu Tichun, leaving no one behind at all.
"Walk!"
After passing Laomukong without any danger, Tian Heng became more confident and ran directly along the mountain road to Cizhucong.
I didn't want to run into trouble this time.
A group of soldiers and horses in front were approaching them.
Tian Heng's face suddenly changed. He regretted that he should not have underestimated the enemy. He was worried about whether to fight with the Ming army and rush out, or to quickly turn back to Laomukong and escape from the trail. A sharp-eyed soldier shouted excitedly: "Sir, It’s a Manchurian soldier!”
"Manchurian soldiers" is the honorific title given to Manchurian soldiers by Han officials who surrendered to the Qing court.
A few years ago, when the Ming army was heavily encircled and pressed, people who were demoted were often sent dozens of urgent documents to Beijing, imploring the Qing court to "send real Manchu troops to the city as soon as possible!"
Over time, "Manchurian soldiers" replaced "real Manchuria" as the collective name for the Eight Banners soldiers.
However, most of the time the "Manchu soldiers" sent by the Qing court were from the Eight Banners of Mongolia and Han.
As the surrendered troops, Tian Hengbu also called the Eight Banners soldiers this way.
The word "Tatar" is no longer heard in the army.
"Manchurian soldiers?!"
The shouts of the soldiers made Tian Heng shiver for no reason, not from fear, but from surprise.
Then he quickly stepped forward and took a closer look. Sure enough, it was a group of Manchu soldiers with red flags!
In an instant, I felt like I saw a savior, and I couldn't wait to lead people to run over.
It was really a joy to welcome the Manchu soldiers.
The opposite side is indeed Manchuria.
The twelfth Manchurian leader Naha tribe with a red flag.
They were the Manchu soldiers who "swept holes" in the Baijiachi area under the orders of Vice-Capital Du Min.
Almost at the same time, the Manchurian soldiers also discovered Tian Hengbu on the opposite side.
Leader Lengli immediately reported this situation to Zuo Lingnaha behind.
Naha, who was sitting on the horse, immediately raised his head and looked into the distance: "Is it the Ming army?"
Leng Ge shook his head and said: "There is no flag, so you can't tell!"
Naha ordered his armored men to be on alert.
After a while, a knight from the cavalry school in front shouted: "Sir, the soldiers and horses in front have braids!"
"Have braids?"
Hearing this, Naha's brows suddenly raised, and he drew his sword without hesitation and ordered: "It's the Ming army! Kill and avenge Lord Dutong!"
"kill!"
Hundreds of Manchurian armored men were in a turbulent mood, and they attacked the fake braided soldiers on the opposite side with unstoppable momentum.
The eyes of the Manchu soldiers who escaped from the Cizhu Cage could even burn.
........
Dozens of miles away, Lieutenant General Wan Cheng of Huguang Green Camp Niu, who had lost track of the Ming army, also fell into deep confusion.
Because not only did he lose track of that bastard Wang Wu, but he was also sneak-attacked by a group of Manchurian soldiers, who then stopped them as enemies.
Although the opponent only had more than a hundred people, they were able to block Niu Wancheng's thousands of people by virtue of the favorable location.
This made Niu Wancheng extremely confused.
In order to avoid misunderstanding, he quickly sent Song En to report his identity, and at the same time ordered that no one was allowed to fire on the Manchurian soldiers without his order.
Not long after, Song En returned to the lieutenant general and shook his head without saying anything.
Seeing this made Niu Wancheng anxious: "You didn't say I was Niu Wancheng from Huguang Green Camp!"
"My lord, I have spoken out of humble position!"
Song En looked helpless.
"Tell me, why are they still stopping me!"
Niu Wancheng was inexplicably angry. What did the Manchurian soldiers do? How could the floods wash away the Dragon King Temple?
Song En said bravely: "Sir, the Manchus said it was you who they beat!"
"Um?"
Lao Niu was stunned: What the hell is going on!
