My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 972: Trapped in a desperate situation
"Hold on, hold on!"

Zhang Fu roared loudly while holding a long knife, and tremblingly wanted to step forward to kill the enemy, but was blocked by his followers. After all, at Zhang Fu's age, he could not even hold the knife steadily, how could it be possible? Can you stop those fierce Wala cavalry?

Kuang Ye and others, who were civil servants, also picked up the knives and guns on the ground at this time, and each of them showed a look of determination. Even the old Zhang Fu was holding the knife desperately. Although they were civil servants, they were younger than Zhang Fu after all. Even if you die, you still have to support a few people.

The hundreds of veterans around were facing the charge of hundreds of cavalry, and the defense line was also in danger. People kept falling, and people kept rushing forward to rescue them. However, as the casualties increased, the defense line could be destroyed at any time. break through.

At this critical moment, suddenly a Ming army was seen charging towards them. When the Wala cavalry encountered them along the way, they were beaten and fled in all directions.

The hundreds of tiled cavalry that besieged Zhang Fu saw the overwhelming force of the Ming army charging towards them, and they immediately and wisely ordered their withdrawal. After all, their number was too small and there was no need for a head-on confrontation with the large Ming army.

"General Guo, help!"

Kuang Ye saw Guo Mao in the army at a glance, and immediately shouted loudly, and the others also showed their joy at surviving a desperate situation.

Guo Mao also saw Zhang Fu and others, and immediately commanded the army to go forward and take them into his own army.

"General Guo, why are you here?"

Zhang Fu asked immediately when he saw Guo Mao.

"My lord, you don't know something. Since the chaos in the army, Magukou has been attacked by the Oara people in turn, and there are also Oara people coming from behind to kill me. I think the situation is not good, so I can only abandon Magukou, but I didn't expect to meet here. to you."

Guo Mao immediately explained that Magukou could no longer be defended, and he did not want to stay there to wait for death, so he led his men to find a way to survive, but found that the entire army was in chaos and there were Ora cavalry everywhere. He originally wanted to find Zhu Qizhen, because when he thought about it, Zhu Qizhen must have a lot of troops around him. When the troops were united, the chance of breaking out of the siege would be greater, but he did not expect to meet Zhang Fu and the others.

"Your Majesty has been separated from us, and we don't know where your Majesty is. For now, it's best to escape from here as soon as possible!"

At this time, Grand Scholar Cao Ding said, in this situation, they could no longer take care of Zhu Qizhen, and they should take care of themselves first.

Everyone else nodded after hearing this. Zhang Fu sighed secretly when he saw everyone's attitude, and finally said: "Huailai County is only twenty miles away from us, and the three thousand battalions that were evacuated before went to Huai Lai. Come to the county, we can retreat over there, so our chances of escaping will be greater!"

"It makes sense, then let's go to Huailai County!"

Guo Mao was the first to agree, and the others were all civil servants. At this time, they all expressed their trust in Zhang Fu's judgment.

So Guo Mao gave an order, and thousands of his men protected Zhang Fu and others, and fought all the way to the southeast. On the way, they encountered Oara cavalry from time to time to intercept them, but most of them were small in number and were quickly repelled by them. Moreover, they Gathering some defeated troops along the way, the strength of the troops snowballed, and tens of thousands of people soon gathered.

However, the Ora people also quickly noticed Guo Mao's army. They finally defeated the Ming army and would never give them a chance to organize themselves. So a few thousand Ora cavalry came to kill them soon.

Facing a strong enemy, both Zhang Fu and Guo Mao knew that they must not entangle with each other now, otherwise more Wala cavalry would come and kill them, and they would not be able to escape even if they wanted to. So Guo Mao ordered to set up several lines of defense to stop the Wala people's pursuit. He personally led the main army and accelerated the evacuation to the southeast.

This method was very effective at first. The pursuing Wala people were held back by the Ming army behind them, and for a while they were unable to catch up with Guo Mao's main army.

However, Guo Mao's army only withdrew a few miles before being chased from the side by another group of Wala cavalry. Although this cavalry only had more than a thousand people, it suddenly held back Guo Mao's army, and the rear The Ora cavalry also broke through the defense line little by little. Finally, the two Ora cavalry joined forces and launched a siege on Guo Mao's army.

Although Guo Mao's troops are superior, his men are all infantry, and most of them are temporarily gathered defeated soldiers. Some of them have even lost their weapons, and their courage has long been frightened by the Wala people. Therefore, seeing the Wala people now When the cavalry came, many people were so frightened that they retreated. It was not until Guo Mao killed several deserters with his own hands that he temporarily stabilized his position.

"General Guo, there is a hillside in the northeast. The terrain is relatively dangerous. Let's retreat there quickly to stop the charge of the Ora cavalry!"

Zhang Fu saw that the situation was not good and immediately shouted to Guo Maosheng.

"My lord, if we go up the hillside and the enemy surrounds us, we will be unable to fly!"

Guo Mao turned his head and glanced at the hillside in the northeast, and immediately said with an ugly face. In fact, he had also noticed this hillside just now. However, if the army defended the hillside, although it could effectively block the cavalry charge, it would also put them in a desperate situation. among.

"If we don't go up the mountain and our defense line is breached, the army will be defeated by then. If we retreat to the hillside now, we can at least delay it for a while."

Zhang Fu said loudly again.

Guo Mao also understands this truth. After all, the defense line has only been temporarily stabilized. However, as the casualties of his men are increasing, and the morale of the army is already unstable, if someone takes the lead in escaping, and the Walas take advantage of the opportunity to come in, they will These tens of thousands of people will only repeat their previous fate.

"Okay, pass on my order and the army will retreat to the northeast!"

Guo Mao was also very decisive and made his choice immediately.

Following Guo Mao's order, the army quickly retreated to the hillside. It was said to be a hillside, but it was actually a highland covered with rocks. Various yellow shrubs and weeds grew between the rocks, and there were no roads at all. , the cavalry will be greatly restricted in this kind of terrain.

Sure enough, after Guo Mao and the others retreated to this hillside, the Wala cavalry launched several attacks against them. As a result, they suffered great losses on the terrain before they could reach the front. Many cavalrymen were killed by rocks or plants. They tripped and fell, and for a moment they fell on their backs. In the end, even if a lucky cavalry rushed to the front of the Ming army's formation, their morale was greatly reduced, and they were easily beaten back by the Ming army.

General Wala, who was commanding from behind, saw this situation and knew that attacking again would only bring him losses, so he decisively changed his tactics and turned from attacking to encircling. Thousands of cavalry surrounded the entire hillside. Guo Mao, Zhang Fu and others If you can't get down, the Wala people can't kill them.

However, the initiative was still in the hands of the Ora people, because there was no food or water on the mountain. When they became hungry and thirsty, they would naturally have no choice but to go down the mountain. What would greet them then was the massacre of the Ora people.

(End of this chapter)