Chapter 116 Final Battle 7
Zhou Shixiong could not accept the idea that fame was more important than life, but in the Ming Dynasty, it was a universal value, and from the ministers and the people pursued a moral bottom line that was not violated. In the Ming Dynasty, not only did he not be an official, but he would also be ridiculed by the villagers and could not be buried in the ancestral grave after death. This is a punishment from life to death. Who dares not pay attention to it? Man Gui believes that he made this level of mistake, and there is no other way to go except to use death to cleanse the crime!
Sun Zushou, Wu Weiying and Xue Bao seemed to understand Man Gui's thoughts very well, and received the order respectfully, then summoned the personal soldiers and soldiers to gather together, waiting for Zhou Shixiong to take them away, and never argued about whether to leave again.[]
Although Zhou Shixiong did not understand, he could do as long as he achieved his goal. The only trouble was that he did not want Man Gui to die. Man Gui's death might be a powerful weapon to attack Gao Qiqin, or it might be useless. Zhou Shixiong didn't care. He didn't need to use these things to attack Gao Qiqin. If Emperor Chongzhen did not help him uphold justice, Zhou Shixiong would solve it himself. Time travelers never value rules, especially rules that were unfavorable to them.
"Mr. Man, it is not worth it to deal with a few traitors, and I have a way," Zhou Shixiong wanted to persuade him, and Man Gui bowed again, "The commander-in-chief is the current manager of the cavalry barracks. The cavalry barracks are in such a situation. The fault of the cavalry barracks is not to go back alive to discredit the cavalry barracks. Please helplessly!" When Man Gui talked about this, Zhou Shixiong didn't know how to persuade him last year, so he had to accept Man Gui's request.
In order to avoid being discovered by the soldiers of the cavalry camp, Man Gui summoned all the servants to isolate the ordinary soldiers and several generals' personal soldiers. Then Zhou Shixiong sent a signal to ask the people on Shigang to put down the rope ladder. Sun Zushou and others led the soldiers and servants to climb up Shigang to evacuate.
Zhou Shixiong was the last to leave. He held the rope ladder and looked at Mangui. Mangui saluted Zhou Shixiong solemnly, "The general is easy to go all the way, don't let those thieves escape the punishment of heaven."
"Don't worry, I will use their heads to pay tribute to you." Zhou Shixiong nodded solemnly. At this moment, Zhou Shixiong had only respect and admiration for Man Gui.
When Zhou Shixiong climbed onto Shigang, Peng Wuyi put away the rope ladder, and 400 guards divided 200 people to carry Wu Weiying, Sun Zushou and others' personal soldiers. The remaining 200 people were responsible for opening the way and quickly evacuated to Baoqiu Bridge.
Not far from Shigang, there was a sudden shout of killing in front of him. Zhou Shixiong, who fell afterwards, was shocked, "It's broken!" Although all the horses' hooves were wrapped in cotton cloth, there was still a big difference between the two people and one person on board. It was the heavy sound of horse hooves that alarmed the Jiannu Scout Cavalry. Two Jiannu Scout Cavalry composed of forty or fifty people quickly surrounded him and blocked the Ming army while sending people back to report the news.
"Run over at full speed." Zhou Shixiong and his personal guards had good shooting skills, but they couldn't even see far at night. No matter how good the shooting skills were, they were useless. When Zhou Shixiong saw that he could not quickly eliminate the Jiannu's detective cavalry, he immediately ordered a breakout at full speed, and at least he had to rush back to the camp before Jiannu was surrounded.
In the quiet night, there was a sudden shout of killing sound, and it could be heard from miles nearby. Teams of Jiannu Scout Cavalry gathered from a distance, trying to leave the Ming army behind. If it were not for Sun Zushou and others' personal soldiers and servants, with the level of Zhou Shixiong's personal guards, even if they could not completely wipe out these Jiannu, they could easily stick out. Now in order to protect these people to retreat, Zhou Shixiong had to divide the two hundred single guards into two teams, one team opened the way in the front and the other team behind the back. Zhou Shixiong himself used crossbows as firepower support in the center of the team to help the forward and defenders deal with the difficult Jiannu.
Zhou Shixiong and others were stealers, so of course they would not hold on to the open fire. Jiannu was a border guard and raised fire to illuminate without any scruples. Zhou Shixiong's target was these people holding torches. When Jiannu, who had been holding torches in succession, was killed by Zhou Shixiong, Jiannu would no longer dare to raise fire to illuminate so arrogantly, and could only pursue the Ming army with his voice.
The war horse rushed up a mound. Zhou Shixiong saw two fire dragons appearing in the Jiannu camp, heading towards him. "Grandma, come whatever you are afraid of!" Zhou Shixiong estimated that there were at least two thousand fire dragons, and the consequences would be unimaginable once they caught up. Fortunately, they were not far from the camp, and as long as they worked harder, they would be able to safely get on the base.
Suddenly, there was a fire under Shigang, and some noisy sounds were heard. The two fire dragons chasing Zhou Shixiong quickly turned, gave up chasing Zhou Shixiong and rushed towards Shigang. "It's Lord Man." Wu Weiying, who had never spoken since leaving Shigang, said with great certainty as he looked at the firelight in the distance.
"Is it because Lord Man discovered that Jiannu sent troops to pursue us?" Sun Zushou's question was actually the answer. Everyone knows that there is only one reason. Man Gui is covering them.
Zhou Shixiong was once again dissatisfied with the weak combat power of the Ming army. If the combat power of the cavalry in his hand was similar to that of Jiannu, why should he save people by smuggling so much? He directly attacked the Jiannu camp. Even if he could not defeat Jiannu, it would be fine to rescue the remaining soldiers of the cavalry camp. Zhou Shixiong suddenly remembered a sentence, "You have to be strong yourself if you make a blacksmith." This is a sentence that his father often mentioned in his previous life. Every time Zhou Shixiong was tired of standing and practicing boxing, his father would say this.
When I first learned to tame beasts, my dad told Zhou Shixiong why he wanted to practice boxing. "If you have the ability to fight with lions and tigers, you can save your life even if you can't win. You can't be afraid of them when taming them. A tamer who is afraid of wild animals is not a qualified tamer."
As Zhou Shixiong grew older, he found that his father's words were too reasonable. No matter what he did, as long as you have enough talent and knowledge, you will not be afraid to compete with anyone. Just like Zhou Shixiong, he is the most dissatisfied with the head of the director in the zoo, but his superb animal-taught skills forced the head of the director to accommodate him. Even if Zhou Shixiong did something extraordinary, the head of the director could only endure and dare not punish Zhou Shixiong too much. Isn't Zhou Shixiong relying on his strong ability?
In terms of overall strength, Jiannu and the Ming Dynasty were 108,000 miles apart. Even if they were only compared to the army, Jiannu was far from comparable to the Ming Dynasty. However, in the brave competition between soldiers, the Ming Dynasty and Jiannu would lose one by one, or even be able to compare. If Jiannu only fought against the Ming Dynasty based on his current population, he would have to struggle in the Liaodong area within a few hundred years, because their people were not as large as the Ming Dynasty, but they would always be the winners of local wars.
As the fire in the Crescent Bay soared into the sky, fewer and fewer Jiannu were intercepting Zhou Shixiong and others. After losing dozens of personal guards, Zhou Shixiong safely returned to Baoqiuqiao Camp. Not long after, thousands of Jiannu appeared near the camp, and the number of people reached 10,000 after dawn. Zhou Shixiong knew that Man Gui was finished.
The news that the Ming army established a camp on the Baoqiu River made Huang Taiji furious again. Well, how many times did he get angry during this period? "Why didn't the Ming army establish a camp? He dragged these useless slaves out!" Huang Taiji really wanted to find Ajige as a scapegoat, but he could only send the fire to his subordinates. The order to shrink the scope of the investigation was given by him. Ajige had people who were not the two yellow flags, and without his order, he had no right to mobilize the vanguard camp, and he would not be able to rely on him if there was any problem.
Last night, the Ming army used some methods and silently escaped hundreds of troops. Huang Taiji immediately ordered Ajige to lead the troops to pursue him. As a result, the Ming army in Crescent Bay suddenly launched an attack, using the battle jacket as a fire to ignite the big cart that surrounded them, and made a breakthrough. Ajige gave up the pursuit and turned around to siege the Ming army. Even if Huang Taiji had any objections, it was hard to blame him. After all, it was safer to do so.
This time, the Ming army was determined to break through. After burning the chariot formation, he fled in the dark. Of course, Huang Taiji did not want to let a Ming army go. But when the Ming army established a large camp at the head of Baoqiu Bridge, the estimated number of people was no less than 10,000, he could only shrink his troops and split half of the troops to monitor the Ming army's camp. After dawn, he ended his pursuit of deserters and came to Baoqiu Bridge.
From the Ming army captured, I learned that the Ming army defeated under the Crescent Bay was the cavalry camp that captured several cities in succession, and they were also the ones who defeated the elite of the Yellow Banner. Although Huang Taiji was a little puzzled by the fact that the Ming army was sometimes strong and sometimes weak, it was always good news to defeat the Ming army that caused heavy losses to the Jin Kingdom.
Now this time Huang Taiji is a little confused about what to do. Watch the Ming army's flag, which contains the Beijing camp and the Imperial Horse Supervisor, which shows that this is a miscellaneous army. This also shows why the Ming army set up camp here but did not attack the Dajin army. Huang Taiji has experienced the combat effectiveness of the Ming army and is vulnerable.
The reason why Huang Taiji could not decide whether to leave or stay was precisely the banner of the Imperial Horse Prison in the miscellaneous army. The Ming army, which almost destroyed the two red flags, was fighting against the banner of the Imperial Horse Prison. He had just defeated a strong Ming army. If he didn't try the combat power of this Ming army, Huang Taiji was unwilling to leave just like that.
But the problem is still very troublesome. Without artillery, cavalry attacking the Ming army camp, this is a very idiotic behavior. Huang Taiji cannot do it and must find a way to force the Ming army to fight. Huang Taiji thought for a day and ordered people to send a letter to the Ming army camp. If the Ming army did not go out of the camp, the Great Jin Dynasty would execute all the captured Ming army. If you still didn't go out of the camp after killing the Ming army, the Great Jin Dynasty would continue to kill the people of the Ming Dynasty until the killing was completed.
Zhou Shixiong regretted it very much. If he had known this was the case, he would only bring the guards to come. How could there be such trouble if he saved Sun Zushou and others and left immediately? The fight was very simple, it was just a matter of one sentence, but what did he use to fight? The troops of the two sides were no different, and the combat power was several times different. As long as the Ming army responded to the battle, it was almost certain that the Ming army would be defeated. Is it okay to not fight? It seems that as long as Zhou Shixiong was willing to bear the charge of not saving his life, he would do nothing and wait for someone to rescue him. Nothing was wrong.
Zhou Shixiong threw the challenge book to Fang Zhenghua and Heiyunlong to see what their reaction was. After reading it, Fang Zhenghua looked ashen but said nothing. Heiyunlong stared at his big red eyes and said, "Master General, don't be afraid of death!"
ps: I'll go to the mat tonight, I hope all lovers in the world will eventually become brothers and sisters!!!
Chapter completed!