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Chapter 880 The generals were timid, and the governor escaped
In the burning shop twenty miles south of Xiangcheng, less than [-] Ming soldiers gathered here, busy repairing gaps in the walls of the village, gathering firewood, drawing water, and preparing to bury pots for cooking.

Fu Zonglong, governor of the three sides, and Yang Wenyue, governor of Baoding, both have a common idea at this moment.

They insisted that He Renlong, Li Guoqi and other generals were strong soldiers and horses, and they escaped first, so they must have suffered little loss, and they would never escape too far, presumably as far as Xiangcheng.

After all, in today's Ming Dynasty, even though the court has been somewhat weak in controlling these generals, it is still a felony to fall into the head coach, and they will never completely abandon the two governors as a last resort.

And now the Huoshao shop has thousands of soldiers from the two governors' standard battalions, plus thousands of soldiers from the Zhenbao General Soldier, and deserters gathered along the road. It's nothing to hold on for a day or two big question.

At that time, how could He Renlong, Li Guoqi and others who had fled to Xiangcheng be willing to risk defeat to the commander and sit back and hope that they will not be saved?
Therefore, they will inevitably return from Xiangcheng to rescue each other. When the time comes, they will attack from inside and outside, and join forces to fight against the bandits.

As the fleeing officers and soldiers arrived one after another, each battalion set up an area to defend, and repaired the collapsed walls of their respective defense areas. At the same time, they buried pots and lit fires, and began to cook.

Fu Zonglong and Yang Wenyue patrolled the places side by side, and after questioning several relatives under their command, they learned that apart from the more than 5000 people from their own team who came to the Huoshaodian, there was also the General Soldier of Zhenbao Hu Dawei. In addition to the thousands of troops gathered along the way, it is estimated that the whole division still has [-] troops.

After Fu Zonglong and Yang Wenyue got off their horses, they walked into a long-abandoned temple in the burning shop.

Half of the verandah of the temple has been destroyed, the courtyard is full of weeds, and the broken stone tablet is on the ground. After they entered, they first let the soldiers stand in the distance to guard them, and the two of them had a secret conversation.

Fu Zonglong, the governor of the three sides, first said: "Du Yang, the students are now punished for crimes. They are ordered to go out of Beijing to be the governors of Shaanxi and the three sides. The emperor wants the students to lead the Guanzhong soldiers to come to Henan to suppress the bandits.

How do you think that in today's battle, the army was defeated, it is really shameless to face Huang Enhaodang, and the people of Li people in Guanzhong and Central Plains. "

Yang Wenyue quickly comforted him and said: "Why did the supervisor say this? Victory and defeat have been a common occurrence in military strategists since ancient times. Why should the governor be sad? For several years, whenever the officers and soldiers encountered bandits, they always panicked and fled. Therefore, the students often advocated being cautious." , dare not easily fight with the bandits."

Fu Zonglong couldn't understand what he meant, but the matter has come to this point, it is useless to talk too much, so he sighed and said: "It's not that the students are unwilling to be prudent, it's because the emperor is too hasty.

Zong Long knows that fighting may not be meritorious, but if he does not fight, he will definitely be punished. However, he must choose one of the two dilemmas. Therefore, the student decided to fight. He would rather die on the battlefield than die in Xishi. ! "

When Yang Wenyue heard the words, he also felt that what he said just now was a bit too much, so he hurriedly comforted Fu Zonglong and said: "Yuan Xian's difficulties, and servants are also well aware. Up to now, we can only stay here and wait for help.

Fortunately, just now in the melee, the soldiers around you and me did not break up. There are still more than [-] troops here. Although there are many infantry, it is still useable to hold the position. As long as you and I command calmly and encourage the soldiers to work hard Loyalty, one heart and one mind, it doesn't matter if you stick to it for a few days.

In addition, Governor Ding is close to Shangcheng and Huangchuan, and Zuo Kunshan is also east of Xinyang, not far from me. It is expected that they will come to help our army quickly.

In case they don't come, it's not too late for our army to retreat after a short rest, and retreat in the direction of Xiangcheng, not to mention He Renlong, Li Guoqi's second commander, and Baoding deputy general Zhang Dechang and other generals who fled not far away. It should be near Xiangcheng.

Tonight, the two of us flew to the emperor to report the critical situation of the defeated army, and at the same time flew to Xiangcheng, Xun He and Li Ershuai returned to the army to rescue the Huoshaodian, and at the same time, we also flew to the governor Ding and Zuo Zhen to rescue each other. "

Fu Zonglong's mood has recovered at this moment, and he is not as excited as before. He nodded and said, "That's exactly the idea. Brother Douwang, let's deploy the military now.

After the arrangement here is complete, the two of us will fly to the court separately, without joint names. "

Yang Wenyue also said: "Now our troops are not as strong as before, and we should re-mark the camps and flood areas. There are fewer soldiers and horses in the northwest around the governor, so the southeast area will be guarded by Governor Fu, and the guarding of the village in the northwest will be left to the students. How about the Baoding soldiers and horses?"

What he said is also true. Most of the Shaanxi soldiers and horses brought by Fu Zonglong followed He Renlong and Li Guoqi and fled away. Only his soldiers and horses from the standard battalion were around him. Besides the standard battalion, Yang Wenyue was surrounded by the general soldiers of Zhenbao Huda. Wei's soldiers and horses.

Fu Zonglong looked at Yang Wenyue affectionately, expressed his gratitude to him for his kindness, and said: "Well, I have roughly divided the defense in this way, and only need to make a little adjustment.

I will follow the agreement just now, while making some adjustments, I will immediately order everyone to dig a trench, and the gaps in the wall will be repaired overnight. "

The two of them were talking, there was another killing sound outside the burning shop, it turned out that there was a group of bandits chasing outside the village.

At present, Yang Wenyue was going to deploy and defend everything, while Fu Zonglong immediately went to the stronghold to watch, only to see that there were not many "thieves" coming, only more than a thousand thieves were chasing them, but they were still far away from the officers and soldiers. To attack the fire shop.

Fortunately, many small cannons were not all abandoned during the retreat. Fu Zonglong immediately ordered the soldiers to fire the cannons. For a while, the cannons were loud and smoke rose.

I saw a bandit general rushing back and forth in the smoke, waving a small flag, and then bursts of gongs sounded, and the bandit retreated slowly.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Fu Zonglong hurriedly ordered the officers and soldiers to dig the trench as soon as possible, and try to dig the trench as deep and wide as possible.

And use the cut branches to temporarily make horses, and block all the intersections leading to the village, so that the cavalry of the bandit army cannot charge directly.

In order to boost morale, Fu Zonglong also let go of the governor's airs, and personally dug trenches and carried the soil to show that he shared the joys and sorrows with the soldiers. This is something he has never done since he was an official.

If the situation today had not been extremely critical, I am afraid he would not have lowered his posture so much, and personally dug the trench and moved the soil in order to boost morale.

Of course, he was just pretending, and he was replaced by other generals in a short while, but even so, the morale of the army was greatly boosted, and their enthusiasm was in full swing.

After being busy for a while, Fu Zonglong returned to his central army, and when he was preparing to draft a memorial for the emperor, he realized that his Shangfang sword and imperial edict were lost.

It turned out that during the melee in Mengjiazhuang, his Shangfang sword had already been lost, because the trusted Chinese soldier who carried the Shangfang sword for him was shot to death by the thieves' random arrows in order to protect him from escaping. The edict given to him was also lost.

Only his governor's silver seal was tied around his waist, which was lucky enough to be preserved.

It was indeed a lot of hesitation about how to word these things, how to describe them without being divorced from reality, and without adding to the guilt for myself.

After a long time, Fu Zonglong couldn't help but let out a long sigh, and seemed to have some thoughts, and then he began to draft the memorial for the emperor himself.

In the battle of Mengjiazhuang, even the few staff who followed him in charge of copywriting were dead or lost, and the only one who survived was seriously injured.

Therefore, even though he was old and dim-sighted, he had no choice but to pick up the pen himself.

Just after writing a few sentences, Yang Wenyue came to see him again in a hurry, and said to him: "Fu Du, according to the students, it is still not suitable for us to stay here.

Just now when the bandits chased after them, they only rushed for a while and then retreated. They must be testing our army's defense, and wait for the follow-up troops of the brigade to arrive before attacking with all their strength.

Now it is known that the thief will be Li Guo, a "tiger". This person is the nephew of the thief Li Zicheng. He is very brave in battle and should not be underestimated.I thought that if the army of thieves arrived, they would definitely surround the burning shop. At that time, if they tried to escape, they would be too late.

I heard that there are tens of thousands of thieves on foot and horses, and the group is still behind. If they wait for their army to fully arrive, and we will be surrounded on all sides, wouldn't we be sitting in a burning shop waiting to die?
Go, go, go fast! "

But Fu Zonglong said firmly: "Yang Du, I have made up my mind, it is better to die inside the fire shop than to die outside the fire shop. Now, Yang Du just wants to go to Xiangcheng or Shenqiu.

From my point of view, we can neither reach Xiangcheng nor Shenqiu, as soon as the army leaves Huoshaodian, they will be defeated in the wilderness.

Therefore, I have decided that I would rather die here than run away! "

Yang Wenyue saw that he had made up his mind, and it was difficult to persuade him, so he had no choice but to say: "As the governor of Baoding, Wenyue will never abandon the governor and run away alone. Regardless of life or death, I will be with the governor, please rest assured. "

After Yang Wenyue finished speaking, he retreated to his station to organize the defense, while Fu Zonglong continued to write the memorial.

After he finished writing, he couldn't find anyone to copy it, so he had to call a young staff member randomly and copy it again. Although he knew that this staff member's handwriting was not good, he had no other choice.

At the same time, he personally wrote a letter to He Renlong and Li Guoqi, earnestly telling them to return to the army quickly to rescue the burning shop, and promised that after this battle, he would ask the court for their merits and rewards.

After finishing writing, I simply looked it up again, and saw that there was nothing to modify, so I handed it over to the Chinese army, and asked him to send people to Xiangcheng or Shenqiu overnight to find He and Li Ershuai.

Then, he picked up the pen again, and was about to write another letter for help to the supervisor Ding Qirui. At this moment, there was a sudden noise of people outside, which seemed very chaotic.

He couldn't help but turn pale with fright, the brush fell on the ground without realizing it, but he didn't care about it, Fu Zonglong quickly ran out of the room, looked at the situation, and asked loudly: "What's the matter? What's the panic?"

It turned out that after Yang Wenyue returned from Fu Zonglong's place, he found that his Baoding soldiers and horses gathered here and there, and they all gathered together and chattered.

He immediately issued an order that everyone strictly guard their respective positions, and they are not allowed to leave the defense without authorization, but this military order has just been passed down, and the chaos in the camp has become even worse.

Suddenly, a group of people escaped southeast across the ditch, and then a second group followed.

Yang Wenyue knew that this was a critical moment of life and death, and he could not tolerate any hesitation, so he immediately issued a strict order: Anyone who escapes without authorization, the leading officer, will be beheaded.

His Shangfang sword was not lost when he was retreating. At this time, he also quickly took it out of the yellow satin sheath, and drew the sword out of its sheath to show that he could follow suit.

But at the moment people are flustered, but no one listens to his military order, and no one is afraid of his Shangfang sword, seeing the soldiers and horses become more chaotic, and more people flee.

Zhang Guozhen, his lieutenant general of the Chinese army, ran up to him and begged in a panic, "Minister, let's go, let's go! The morale of the army is out of control, don't die here in vain."

Yang Wenyue asked angrily, "What's going on?"

Deputy General Zhang said anxiously: "All the officers and men thought that defending here would lead to death, so they fled one after another because they didn't want to defend here. Please get on your horse as soon as possible, and the general will protect you and escape to Xiangcheng."

Yang Wenyue said angrily: "This governor will not leave. I have agreed with Governor Fu to guard this place together, waiting for reinforcements to arrive. Now that I have just spoken, is there any reason to abandon Governor Fu and run away?
If so, how can I be worthy of Du Du?

How to face the imperial court and the mighty grace of the emperor? "

But Vice General Zhang said: "Du Yang, things are happening suddenly now, and we can't keep guard. If you want to leave a little later, you may not be able to leave. Besides, the people and horses have moved now, and there is no way to stop it.

Please get on your horse quickly! "

Yang Wenyue was furious: "Use Shangfang's sword to kill several generals, and see who dares to escape?"

When the generals of the surrounding battalions heard this, they kept saying: "I can't kill it, I can't kill it. The morale of the army has changed. If this is the case, I'm afraid it will cause even bigger troubles..."

Amidst the commotion, several relatives surrounded the governor Yang Wenyue at the same time, they exchanged winks, Vice General Zhang stepped forward to hold Yang Wenyue, and another general also held him from the other side.

The other participating generals and guerrillas urged together: "Please get on the horse... get on the horse..."

While persuading them, they lifted the governor Yang Wenyue abruptly and put him on the back of the war horse. Yang Wenyue didn't know what they meant, but being held up by the generals and unable to resist, he could only let him manipulate him.

Now, Yang Wenyue saw that the general situation was in such a state, so he had no choice but to sit on the back of the war horse. He sighed and thought to himself: "This is so sorry to Fu Yuanxian."

Just as he stretched out his hand to grab the bridle, there was a Guerrilla behind him on his horse's buttocks, and gave him a severe whip. The horse, suffering from pain, immediately galloped eastward.

His relatives surrounded him and rode out of the burning shop together. Thousands of soldiers followed closely behind and fled in a crowd.

Hearing that Yang Wenyue had escaped, Fu Zonglong stomped his feet and asked loudly, "Where is Hu Dawei? Where is Hu Dawei now?"

A general beside him hastily replied: "Baoding Tiger Commander saw Yang Du fleeing, and led his troops to the northeast to chase after him."

Fu Zonglong seemed to be hit by five thunders. He was stunned on the spot, looked up at the sky, and shouted: "God! God!"

He didn't say anything more, his mood was confused, his legs were trembling, and he could hardly stand up. He was already confused about what to do.

At this moment, Lord Ren, the accompanying military supervisor, and General Chen, his deputy general of the Chinese army, came to him together, and at the same time advised him to lead the army to flee in the direction of Chenzhou.

Fu Zonglong didn't seem to hear it, and asked blankly: "What are you talking about? What are you talking about?"

They had no choice but to say it again, and at the same time, other relatives were talking nonsense, urging him to lead the army to flee to Chenzhou first, and then make plans, and there must be no delay.

(End of this chapter)