I Xiaoxiong

Chapter 197 Is a person who is about to die good in his words?

Zhao Deyu stayed on the building boat at night, and was awakened by the cry of "the ghost of Luzhou, come to claim his life".

"Ghost, ghost, Luzhou ghosts come to claim their lives"

"Don't be alarmed, my lord. It should be a night attack by the army, using the name of ghosts and gods to gain momentum."

Wang Tingshan, the commander of the navy, hurriedly tried to comfort him, but Zhao Deyu still had a look of panic on his face. He was staring at the direction of the camp. Occasionally, in the midst of lightning and thunder, he could still see officers and soldiers wielding knives.

"They are here to ask for my life." Zhao Deyu murmured in a low voice, his eyes glazed over. Seeing this, Wang Tingshan hurriedly asked Zhao Chengqi to help Zhao Deyu into the cabin.

At the same time, the navy and the infantry on board were strengthened.

And the [-] Luzhou warriors led by Lei Bo shouted repeatedly, "Death" and other words, and the rebels panicked and resisted.

And because there was no armor at night, countless rebels were beheaded to the ground during the chaos.

In addition to the heavy rain, the Golden Drum Banner completely lost its effect. Instead, the officers and soldiers shouted "Ghost of Luzhou, come to claim your life"

The officers and soldiers relied on slogans to move closer after dividing the troops, and after entering a camp, they divided the troops.

Even if Xue Julin, Liu Taiqing and the rebel generals rushed to the whole team, they could only gather the soldiers of the Chinese army battalion in the end, barely resisting the onslaught of the main army.

The battle lasted for almost the destiny. Although the officers and soldiers were seriously exhausted, their morale was still like a rainbow.

After smashing the four camps of the rebels, thousands of them were directly beheaded, and there were even more soldiers who panicked, trampled on each other, and threw themselves into the river in fear, resulting in countless deaths.

Seeing that the sky was clear, Lei Bo quickly gathered his soldiers and began to retreat.

Although Xue Julin and Liu Taiqing on the rebel side guessed that the opponent had fewer troops, they were still unable to organize a pursuit.A cowardly army is a bit reluctant to defend the camp. As for going out to fight those "evil spirits"?
What a joke.

"It's really useless to fight this battle."

Liu Taiqing was very annoyed watching the retreat of the officers and soldiers in coir raincoats and bamboo hats.

Xue Julin also didn't say a word.

Xue Changqing opened his mouth and said: "Great Governor, the last general asks for orders to pursue him."

"Pursuit? What do you use for pursuit? Cavalry?"

Xue Julin asked back.

The rain stopped.

The rebel camp was full of broken limbs and broken arms, and the blood and muddy water mixed together, making the whole tent smell a bit fishy.

"Immediately pull out the camp and retreat to the south."

The officers and soldiers walked very slowly on the way back, many soldiers collapsed to the ground, and Lei Bo also generously ordered to stop on the road to recuperate.

A school lieutenant under him also advised: "Rest here, will the rebels come after you?"

Lei Bo didn't speak, and his cousin Lei Cheng said directly: "Pursuit? The rebel gang of bastards dare to pursue? Then we will chop him back and forth."

Lei Cheng, who had a family feud, beheaded dozens of rebels in the night battle, and the well-forged horizontal knife was cut to the point of sharpness.

Lei Bo also smiled when he heard the words.

On the way back after repairing, he got up and ran into Liang Dai and Zhou Shize's troops who were coming out of the camp to meet them.

"General Lei, the governor ordered me to come to meet him. Congratulations to the general for his meritorious service."

"Liang Yuhou is polite."

After traveling for more than ten li, I rushed back to Daying.

Fu Jinchuan and Zhao Yuanzhang led a group of generals to welcome the victorious army in front of the camp gate.

However, after Xue Julin and Liu Taiqing collected the defeated soldiers and counted them, they realized that there were more than [-] people who were directly beheaded on the spot overnight. Ten thousand troops.

Fortunately, the last [-] troops finally arrived in Luzhou.

However, the plan of Liu Taiqing and Xue Julin was not even mentioned in the military meeting.

After all, at this time when morale was low, everyone wanted to get to their hometown in Jiangnan as soon as possible.

As for Huainan?I don't want to come to Jiangbei in this life.

After following the rebels, the official army also rushed to Luzhou a day later, camping seven miles north of Luzhou City.

On the rebel side, only more than ten thousand people entered the city, and the rest of the troops were stationed along the shore of Chaohu Lake in the south of the city, ready to board a boat and flee at any time.

Standing on the city wall of Luzhou, looking north at the army camp, Zhao Deyu sighed again and again.

"Why is the imperial court pressing on every step of the way, refusing to let me wait?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone was speechless.

When is it, how did the prince say such a thing?Rebellion is something like this, as long as you do it, you still expect the court to let it go?

What kind of dream is this?
Gu Xianglin and Qian Luo, who are well aware of the current situation, and Xue Julin, Liu Taiqing and other generals, are helpless about the status quo.

There is only one word, retreat.

As for wanting to turn defeat into victory and turn the world around with a clever plan, this kind can only appear in the story of the storyteller in Shangjing.

In the current situation, as long as the general of the army is not stupid, there will be no chance for the rebels to come back.

On the second day, Wu Wang Zhao Deyu fell ill because of the fright of being attacked by the officers and soldiers at night a few days ago, or because of the cold wind blowing over the city of Luzhou.

He was still seriously ill, with a persistent high fever, babbled nonsense, "ghosts" and "demanding for his life", and refused to stay in Luzhou City no matter what he said.

He could only board the ship under the escort of his personal guards.

Fortunately, military affairs have always been taken care of by Xue Julin, but enough boats for the rebels to cross the river have not yet been collected, and some need to be dispatched from Hongzhou.

So the army will not be able to retreat for a while.

As for the withdrawal of troops, this kind of thing is unthinkable.Because even if the one who withdraws first escapes temporarily, the part that stays behind will definitely not agree.

Being left at this time almost means being abandoned.

If it was before, the rebels still had some morale, but now, they have lost all fighting spirit and morale.

No one wants to be left behind, forcibly using military orders is very likely to cause mutiny.

Lying on the hospital bed on the upstairs ship, Zhao Deyu was pale and shivering constantly.

Until this moment, he didn't really feel any regrets.

Too late to regret.

Sorry for the first time.

What destiny?
At this moment, he thought of his eldest son, Zhao Chenghao. Among all the sons, only the eldest son had veiledly advised him not to do these things.

But he didn't care about these things at all.

Bewitched by the phrase "The destiny is in Wu", he delusionally tried to seize the big position.

Thinking about it now, it's a fool's dream.

He only saw that the hearts of the people in Jiangnan were useful, he also saw that many people were depressed, and he saw that the Emperor Daojun ignored political affairs. No, now that he thinks about it, the Emperor Daojun did not ignore political affairs, but he was well versed in political affairs. Your Majesty.

But now I understand, isn't it a bit late?
"Cheng Jun, call some governors, Gu Changshi, and Qian Canjun."

"promise."

The nephew Zhao Chengjun, who was waiting on the sidelines, responded, and then went out of the cabin and ordered the soldiers to find everyone.

After more than half an hour, all the talents were due, and they went in together. Seeing Zhao Deyu's appearance on the hospital bed, they all understood what they were going to do.

"It's the loneliness that hurts the gentlemen."

Zhao Deyu's voice was very weak, and everyone was quite sad when they heard it.

"Where is the prince talking? I have received the great favor of the prince, and I will go through fire and water for the prince. Now it is just bad luck. When I return to the south of the Yangtze River, I will make a comeback."

"Yes, what is the lord talking about, what is the matter or not? I waited to join the lord, but I wanted to do something. Now it is success or failure. How can the lord implicate us?"

Everyone's relief relieved Zhao Deyu, who was already dying.

It has to be said that this prince can still win the hearts of the people, but it is a pity that the situation he has to face is to compete with the entire Jin court in the south of the Yangtze River.

If it is really the time when the dynasty collapses, the unification of the world is unknown, and it is not difficult to imagine a separate regime in the south of the Yangtze River.

But how many heroes will be trapped to death if one is not at the right time?

(End of this chapter)