After hearing Li Laiheng's question, all the Ming army generals acquiesced.
Li Laiheng glanced at them, and suddenly his voice became stern again, and he shouted loudly: "Since you join the army, you must have the understanding of keeping your head in your waistband. If you are afraid of death, why do you join the army? Are you here for fun or for fun? "
"On weekdays, you despise those civil servants the most, saying that they are greedy for money and disdain them, don't you?" When Li Laiheng said this, he pointed at them and suddenly roared, "But don't you know? Former Song Yuewu Mu once said It has been said that civil servants love money and military generals are afraid of death. This is the same shame! If you are afraid of death, how can you have the nerve to criticize and laugh at others? "
In the camp, only his voice was roaring. The other soldiers either looked up at him or lowered their heads in silence.
"If we abandon our comrades this time, we can survive, but..." After Li Laiheng said this, he patted his chest hard and slapped it on the armor, making a "clang, clang, clang" sound, and shouted loudly, "Won't your conscience hurt? Even if you are not punished, will you be indifferent to being pointed at and poked in your spine every day?"
Hearing this, one of his guards suddenly said loudly: "The emperor will never tolerate running away from the battle and abandoning friendly forces!"
Li Laiheng turned to look at him, then turned back to look at the others, and shouted again: "I have been fighting on the battlefield since I was a child. I don't know how many lives I have in my hands. Even if I die in battle now, it is enough. Eighteen years After that, I became a hero in the Ming army again! I tell you, I can die, but I don’t want to be called a coward to my grandson!"
"Commander, it's done!" Someone couldn't stand hearing it anymore. It was too harsh, so he loudly responded, "My subordinates would rather die fighting than scolding me to death!"
"Yes, I don't know what to do when I go back! It's so embarrassing!"
"..."
Seeing that his subordinates finally did not disappoint him, Li Laiheng felt a little relieved, so he stretched out his hand to signal, and after getting a little quieter, he said loudly: "I have never been able to speak. There is nothing to be ashamed of. Just say it! But, as a person The general is afraid of death, so I feel so embarrassed!"
"How can an ant still live an ignoble life? This is bullshit. At least in the army, this is bullshit! If you are afraid of death, you will not join the army. If you join the army, you will not be afraid of death!" Li Laiheng said and shouted, "Do you understand?"
"Understood!" This time, most of the soldiers responded together, the momentum became louder, and morale improved significantly.
After the words fell, someone in the crowd, who didn't know it was the soldier, suddenly added: "I think the commander is very good at talking, he said it all to my heart!"
Hearing this, many soldiers burst into laughter, and all their despair disappeared without a trace!
"Flattery!" After hearing this, Li Laiheng laughed and scolded, then his expression became serious again, and he said loudly, "Your Majesty is wise and powerful, and our Ming Dynasty is extremely powerful. No matter what, we can't disgrace our Ming army, and we can't disgrace our hussars." The face of the battalion! Who are we, the Hussars Battalion, the Emperor’s Royal Forest Army! Even if we all die in battle here, we must let those barbarians know that the Ming Dynasty only has soldiers who died in battle, and there are no cowards who run away!"
Hearing this, almost all the soldiers stood up straight and responded equally seriously.
"Yes, Ming Dynasty only has soldiers who died in battle, not cowards who ran away!"
"Even if you die, you can't ruin our Ming Dynasty's reputation!"
"You talk about drinking the blood of Xiongnu when you are thirsty, but you are hungry for Hulu meat when you are ambitious!"
"If we die, the emperor will definitely take revenge on us!"
"Mother, we'll see you later at the Hall of Loyalty and Martyrs. Then we'll have a big piece of meat and a big bowl of wine. Don't let the other heroic souls despise you!"
"..."
The officers and soldiers of the Ming army were all talking in different tongues. Everyone had different experiences and cultural accomplishments, so they spoke differently. However, there is only one central idea. As a soldier of the Ming Dynasty, we can only fight to the death!
"Okay!" Li Laiheng listened for a while and then yelled, "Check the weapons and equipment, eat all the remaining food, have a full meal, stop running around with those barbarians, fight them to death, see In the end, who’s standing!”
"Yes, fuck them until they die! Fuck them until they die!"
"The Ming Dynasty will be victorious!"
"..."
The soldiers of the Ming army talked one after another, encouraged themselves, and began to prepare for a decisive battle with the Ottoman Empire's pursuers.
If possible, Li Laiheng would certainly not choose to fight to the death. It is really impossible to continue fighting guerrilla warfare. Whether it is war horses or ordnance, the land is almost exhausted.
Rather than delaying until the end and bringing yourself down, it is better to hit those barbarians harder while you still have some strength!
………………
On the second day, Li Laiheng and his soldiers moved to the bottom of a valley. This area is close to the plain area of the original Bukhara Khanate. It is considered a transitional area to hills and is a good ambush location.
As long as the Ottoman Empire's pursuers enter the valley, the Ming army will have a geographical advantage by rushing down the valley.
Everyone, including Li Laiheng, had already eaten the last bit of food. They also adjusted their weapons and waited silently for the appearance of the Ottoman army.
"Bahhhh..."
The rapid sound of horse hoofbeats sounded, and a sneak peek revealed that Ye Bu, who had lured the enemy, was withdrawing. Behind them were the probing horses of the Ottoman Empire. There were about fifty people in number, about five times the number of the Ming army who stayed here all night.
When the Ming army passed through the valley at night, they did not stop. Otherwise, the ambush might be discovered by Ottoman's scouting horses.
After many days of continuous pursuit, the Ottoman Empire's detectives thought that this time the Ming army was also escaping and circling, so they did not expect that the Ming army would ambush in the hilly areas here, so they directly pursued the Ming army without retreating at night. .
Li Laiheng and others all calmed the horses and remained motionless, waiting quietly for the Ottoman Empire's pursuers to appear behind them.
After about a quarter of an hour, Li Laiheng lay on the ground and felt the ground begin to shake faintly. With many years of experience in the cavalry career, he knew immediately that this was a harbinger of the arrival of a large number of cavalry.
After a while, the ground shaking became more and more intense! In the end, it was almost as if the earth dragon had turned over!
Such a big movement meant that the number of enemies was very large, far exceeding Li Laiheng's previous estimate. Suddenly, his heart sank.
Although he was determined to fight to the death, if possible, he would of course want to lead his soldiers to win the battle. But based on the current estimated number, there are too many enemies. This battle is really the last one!
With this thought in mind, he turned around and looked around to the left, right and behind him, and saw that all of his soldiers had determination on their faces, no fear at all, and they were obviously ready to die.
Well, in this case, we must let these barbarians know that if they want to destroy themselves, they will have to pay a heavy price! With this in mind, Li Laiheng peeked at the position in front where the enemy was about to appear.
The place where he was was on the highest slope of the hills here. He had a good view and could see far away, all the way to the mountains in the distance.
After looking at it, Li Laiheng finally saw it. Groups of Ottoman cavalry emerged from the mountains in the distance, swarming out from behind the mountains, like a long dragon, rolling forward along the official road, which was in the valley.
After walking for a long time, I still haven’t seen the end of the queue. Li Laiheng made a rough estimate. The number of Ottoman cavalry chasing him this time was at least 10,000. It seemed that they had really spent a lot of money.
Even this may be an overestimation. Judging from the obvious trembling of the earth, the number of cavalry is really difficult to estimate!
As for Li Laiheng himself, apart from the fact that the wounded soldiers did not play, the number was less than 4,000. If you want to deal with the pursuers behind you, you will have to fight to the death.
With this thought in his mind, he kept an eye on the movements of the Ottoman cavalry, looking for the best moment and point to attack.
Suddenly, one of Li Laiheng's personal guards shouted in surprise: "Commander, look over there, why are those Ottoman Empire scouts back?"
"Yes, it's strange to see them looking like they are running for their lives!"
"Could it be that after Lao Wu and the others fought to the death, they frightened these barbarian explorers?"
"..."
When Li Laiheng heard this, he turned around and looked behind him. Sure enough, he saw on the official road in the valley that the previous group of Ottoman Empire's scouting horses were beating their horses like crazy and running back. No, they were running back!
"What is going on?" Li Laiheng was a little dumbfounded when he saw this. It feels like these barbarians have seen some savage beast, right?
At this time, one of the guards suddenly speculated excitedly: "Could it be that the Governor's reinforcements have arrived?"
As soon as he said this, he was immediately rejected by his colleagues.
"How is it possible that the governor-general has so few troops and can defeat the Ottoman Empire's Northern Route Army so quickly?"
"Although I would also like to have reinforcements, this is impossible. The main force of the Ottoman Empire comes from the Northern Route Army."
"..."
The soldier who guessed actually knew that they were right and didn't want to talk anymore. But suddenly, he pointed over there and said: "What, Lao Wu and the others are really so fierce, they actually chased and killed these Ottoman Empire's scouts?"
Everyone looked and saw that, sure enough, a group of cavalry coming out of the valley far behind them was not the same Ming army that had lured the enemy just now. But now it was reversed, and they were hunting down the Ottoman Empire's scouts, who were several times their own size.
"..." Immediately, all the soldiers of the Ming Army had great respect for the extraordinary performance of Lao Wu's team that never stopped. It was so fierce!
Li Laiheng sighed in his heart, even if this is the case, so what? This battle is still impossible to win, there are simply too many enemies.
Thinking about this, he wanted to turn around and continue to observe the enemy's movements. Suddenly, the head couldn't turn around and just stayed there!
