Fu Zonglong was led by his own soldiers on horseback to flee.
Along the way, he didn't say a word, and his whole person lost his energy.
Because of his wrong command, the Ming army failed to exert its due strength and fled in defeat. What is important is that the Ming army, the largest and most powerful Ming army on the ground in Shandong, was destroyed in his hands.
The soldiers protected Fu Zonglong as he fled westward.
Not only were they fleeing westward, Wang Chengyin also fled westward with his own soldiers. As for the infantry on the right, he abandoned them all.
As long as he keeps his own soldiers and servants, he can gather as many infantry as he needs in the future. The soldiers and servants are his foundation.
Both parties fled westward and slowly converged.
"What's going on, Supervisor?" Wang Chengyin saw Fu Zonglong with a dull look in his eyes and stepped forward to ask.
The soldier who was riding with Fu Zonglong said: "The Central Army was defeated, and the supervisor became like this. General Wang, where should we go next?"
Fu Zonglong was obviously at a loss for ideas, so the soldier asked Wang Chengyin.
Among them, apart from Fu Zonglong, only Wang Chengyin has the highest status. With Fu Zonglong's current situation, Wang Chengyin has become the backbone of everyone.
"You can't stay in this place. The tiger bandit's cavalry may catch up at any time. Go to Qingzhou Mansion and find a way back to Jinan Mansion. As long as you get to Jinan Mansion, you will be safe." Wang Chengyin said.
When he left Jinan Prefecture with the army, he left Zuo Liangyu in Jinan Prefecture to take charge.
Even though the people with the tiger character flag are in Jinan Prefecture, he believes that as long as he returns to Jinan Prefecture and joins Zuo Liangyu, he will not only be able to regain some of his strength, but also make a fortune from Jinan Prefecture even if he cannot hold Jinan Prefecture in the end. On leaving.
The group of people who gathered together took a breath and continued to run for their lives.
boom! boom! boom!
However, within a few miles of their walk, they were immediately bombarded.
"The tiger thief is coming!" The sound of cannons woke up the soulless Fu Zonglong, and he was seen looking around.
"Ahead, the tiger bandit's soldiers and horses are found ahead." A soldier shouted.
Right in front of the road, they saw a tiger-shaped flag army blocking their way. At the same time, the artillery in front of the formation kept bombarding in their direction.
"Retreat, retreat, change direction." Wang Chengyin immediately ordered his own people, and he was the first to turn the horse's head.
The soldiers and servants who followed him reacted very quickly and changed their directions one after another.
Fu Zonglong's soldiers were a little slower.
At this time, Fu Zonglong came to his senses, and naturally he still had to obey Fu Zonglong's orders.
"Follow General Wang and the others." Fu Zonglong told the cavalry around him.
At this time, he couldn't think of any better ideas, so he could only place his hopes on Wang Chengyin.
"General, the supervisor and his people have followed." A soldier under Wang Chengyin said.
Wang Chengyin said something bad when he heard this.
If Fu Zonglong did not follow him, he felt that his hope of escape would be greater. After all, Fu Zonglong was the governor of Shandong and would be more attractive to the people of the Tiger Flag.
However, he never thought that the people in Tiger Character Banner didn't know Fu Zonglong was here at all, and even if they chased him, they would definitely chase the team with the largest number of people.
Fu Zonglong came to Shandong from Shuntian to take office, and he did not have many soldiers around him. On the contrary, Wang Chengyin, as a general and deputy general, had many soldiers and servants around him.
Even if he and Fu Zonglong were separated, Tiger Flag would most likely give priority to pursuing him.
However, Fu Zonglong's people and Wang Chengyin's people were all together, so there was no need to divide the troops to consider who to pursue.
"It's not that easy to escape." Sun Chuang, who was on the side of the Tiger Flag, saw the Ming army change direction, with a hint of sarcasm on his lips.
He knew clearly that the people coming were all cavalry, but he still dared to let people block him here. Naturally, there would not be ambushes in this direction alone.
boom! boom! boom!
Not far away, the sound of artillery was also heard in another direction, and at the same time, there was also the sound of gunfire mixed in.
"Order the car formation to move forward and find a way to intercept all the Ming army's deserters here." Sun Chuang ordered to his team.
A thousand-man team of the Tiger Character Banner was ambushing around here, and the team was divided into two by him, with one troop each on the west and north sides.
He was in the west, and now there was gunfire from the north, proving that the Ming army was completely surrounded.
The chariot formation was specially designed to deal with cavalry.
Since there was a cavalry group on the main battlefield, Sun Chuang brought a car array to deal with the possible arrival of Ming military attachés and their servants.
Wang Chengyin and his servants were suddenly stunned.
It was completely unexpected that in such a small area, Tiger Character Banner would actually arrange two ambush troops.
At least a dozen riders died in the two shellings just now.
"Retreat, retreat, retreat, retreat to the south."
Fu Zonglong ordered everyone to start retreating to the south.
He didn't want to attack the vehicle formation. Using a small group of cavalry to attack the vehicle formation was completely seeking death, even if the number of ambush troops under the tiger-shaped flag was not large.
"You can't retreat, you have to break through. If you stay, you will die. There is no way to the south." Wang Chengyin said with red eyes.
He is also a veteran on the battlefield, and he knows in his heart that the only way to escape is to fight hard. If he retreats, he will only be surrounded and eventually become a prisoner.
"There is an interceptor in front of us. It's difficult to get through. Let's go around to the south first. We are all cavalry and move fast. The rebels may not be able to catch up." Fu Zonglong said to Wang Chengyin.
Wang Chengyin curled his lips when he heard this and said: "The longer we delay, the more dangerous we will be. Don't forget, there are pursuers behind us. If we don't run away now, we won't be able to escape. As long as the commander follows the general, the general will Promise to take the Governor out, if the Governor insists on going south, then he will have to find his own way."
Although Fu Zonglong was a drag, he felt that by bringing Fu Zonglong back, at least someone would bear the responsibility for the defeat. But if Fu Zonglong had to seek death on his own, he would have no choice but to go his own way, and he would not accompany him.
Fu Zonglong hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "Listen to General Wang, and then leave it to General Wang."
At this time, he felt that he still believed that Wang Chengyin could escape better.
"Attention, everyone, charge at both sides of the tiger-thief car formation. Don't be reluctant to fight, don't look back. If you get past, you will have a way to survive. If you don't charge, we will all die. Now listen to the general's order and kill!" Wang Chengyin shouted in his mouth, Under the escort of the soldiers and servants, they began to rush forward.
Fu Zonglong hesitated for a moment and said, "Let's follow."
With Wang Chengyin fighting in front, he only needed to follow Wang Chengyin closely, and he could probably escape together.
The soldiers intercepting the Tiger Flag in front began to continuously bombard and fire guns to block the Ming cavalry rushing over.
But the reloading speed of the cannon takes time after all. Even if it is loading quickly, the cavalry still rushes forward quickly, causing the cannon to lose its deterrence and can only rely on firecrackers to attack the enemy.
