In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 161 Harm others and harm yourself

The night was deep, and the lights in the Ming army's camp were still brightly lit. Except for the guards and sentries patrolling back and forth, almost everyone fell asleep.

But at this time, Dongying and Xiying suddenly became noisy, with heads turning and torches swaying, immediately breaking the tranquility in the late night.

Such a movement, not to mention waking up Lu Xiangsheng, Hu Dawei, Yang Guozhu and their soldiers who were all in the same camp, even Jiannu, who was more than ten miles away, noticed something unusual in the Ming army's camp.

"What's going on?" At this time, Lu Xiangsheng had just slept with his clothes on for a short time. When he was woken up, he thought it was Jian Nu who had come to attack him at night, so he immediately rushed out with a knife.

The guard outside the door didn't know what was going on, so he could only reply: "Returning to the supervisor, the movement first came from the East Camp and the West Camp."

At this time, almost all the Ming troops in the South Camp, North Camp and the Central Camp were awakened. Some rushed out with weapons, while others were at a loss and talked with each other.

"Quick, go to Dongying and Xiying immediately to check whether Jiannu has launched a night attack."

"I am ordering all the soldiers to prepare for battle and not to make any noise or move around at will!"

The situation was unclear, so Lu Xiangsheng had to first order the soldiers in the Chinese army camp to prepare for war, and then send people to inquire about the situation.

His face was very ugly. There was such a big commotion in Dongying and Xiying, but Wang Pu and the eight guerrilla generals didn't even send anyone to report the situation.

Damn it, what if there was a roar in the middle of the night?

The camp of 15 people covers a very large area, larger than an average county town. It was not until half a quarter of an hour later that the sentry hurriedly came to report.

"Superintendent, it's not good. The troops in the East Camp and the West Camp are retreating. Most of them have left the camp and gone south. My subordinates have not found General Wang and other generals..."

"what?"

"It makes no sense..."

Lu Xiangsheng was shocked and angry. He still didn't understand what was going on. That Wang Pu dared to lead his troops to escape overnight without authorization was simply lawless.

"Sir, what happened?" Zhang Han also hurried over at this time.

Lu Xiangsheng had no choice but to hold back his anger and explained to him. Zhang Han was also stunned after hearing this.

The two armies were so close. Even if they wanted to withdraw during the day, they had to retreat slowly and step by step. What's more, it was still late at night and they suddenly withdrew without discussion. Zhang Han immediately realized the seriousness of the matter.

If Wang Pu and the eight guerrilla generals escape, the left and right wings of the entire camp will be directly exposed. Once Jiannu takes the opportunity to launch an attack, the consequences will be disastrous.

No, Yang Guozhu in the north was fine. He just sent someone to ask what happened.

But Hu Dawei in the south was stunned when he saw the large number of torches and the crowd rushing south.

The Ming army in the south camp was even more panicked and at a loss. If Hu Dawei hadn't tried his best to maintain order, many of them would have simply followed and ran south.

Fortunately, Lu Xiangsheng was used to big scenes and quickly calmed down. He knew that whether he chased Wang Pu and the others back or retreated, it would lead to a complete rout of the entire army, so he immediately ordered Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei to hold on. Camp until dawn.

Obviously, a veteran general like Lu Xiangsheng, who was well versed in the art of war and experienced many battles, would not just run away like Wang Pu and others, even if they wanted to retreat.

If the soldiers don't know the generals, and the generals don't know the soldiers, that's not a retreat, that's a rout.

At this time, everyone in Jiannu's camp had already gotten up and was quickly gathering in formation.

Obviously, in the middle of the night, no matter what happens on the other side, the first priority is to assemble the troops.

"Report!"

"Your Majesty, we have found out clearly that the Ming army is retreating."

"What, retreat?"

Almost all the Eight Banners generals were shocked.

Why retreat so easily? Even if you want to retreat, you can't retreat in the middle of the night!

Huang Taiji also looked in disbelief and didn't understand what the Ming army was doing.

Because he planned to withdraw in a few days, he planned to let Dorgon withdraw first, and then the army slowly retreated eastward, merged with Azigh, and returned to Liaodong before it snowed. Otherwise, even if the people had food and meat to eat, the war horses would have to All starved to death on the grassland.

Who would have thought that the Ming army would take the initiative to withdraw, and withdraw so suddenly, choosing to withdraw at night.

"Your Majesty, what on earth is this Ming army doing? Isn't it some kind of conspiracy?"

"It's very possible. After all, they should still have plenty of food. We haven't attacked them for two months. How could they suddenly retreat at this time? There must be a conspiracy!"

Abatai and others all said with determination.

The situation was unclear, and it was the middle of the night, which could easily cause chaos, so Huang Taiji did not dare to attack rashly. After all, the cavalry was greatly restricted at night.

At this moment, Tan Ma came to report again.

"Your Majesty, the Ming army is only evacuating from the East and West camps. There is no sign of retreat from the North and South camps!"

"How is this possible? If we want to evacuate, the South Camp should evacuate first, right?"

This time everyone was not surprised, but as if they had seen a ghost.

Huang Taiji's eyes lit up. No matter what, with the withdrawal of the Ming army's east and west battalions, the north battalion was at least directly exposed to their front.

At this time, it is extremely easy to be ambushed if you pursue the retreating Ming army, but there is no such risk in directly attacking the Ming army's camp.So he immediately ordered: "Abatai, you lead five thousand cavalry and ten thousand Han soldiers to attack the Ming army's west camp immediately."

"Yang Guli, you lead five thousand cavalry and ten thousand Han soldiers to attack the Ming army's Dongying."

"Du Du, I'm glad you two led [-] cavalry and [-] Han soldiers to attack Beiying directly!"

"twitter!"

The four of them answered quickly, then ducked out of the tent, ordered their troops and horses, and rushed out of the camp.

"Kill..."

A quarter of an hour later, the Ming army's North Camp was attacked, and two quarters of an hour later, the East Camp and the West Camp were also attacked.

At this time, Wang Pu and eight guerrilla generals had already led 4 troops, carrying torches, and crossed the south camp and headed south.

Although Huang Taiji still had [-] Jurchen cavalry in his hands, for safety reasons, he ultimately did not choose to pursue Wang Pu and others. The Jurchen cavalry had suffered too many losses, which made Huang Taiji extremely cautious. Not willing to take risks.

Originally, even if Wang Pu left, Lu Xiangsheng still had [-] troops and [-] young men, which was more than enough to hold the camp.

It's a pity that Wang Pu withdrew suddenly, leaving Lu Xiangsheng no time to adjust and shrink the defense line of the camp and rearrange his troops.

In addition, people were panic-stricken, so Jiannu quickly broke through the Dongying and Xiying. Lu Xiangsheng had to defend the Chinese army camp.

However, Yang Guozhu was attacked from the front and his left and right wings were directly exposed. He did not hold out for long before he suffered heavy losses and had to retreat to the Chinese army camp.

Abatai and Yang Guli took the opportunity to attack Hu Dawei in the south camp. As a result, Hu Dawei had to take some of his troops back to the Chinese camp, and the remaining troops fled directly south.

Only then did Jiannu stop the attack, and at this time the fish belly white was also awakened in the sky. Huang Taiji basically grasped all the situation on the battlefield. Without any worries, he immediately sent out the last [-] cavalry to hunt down Wang Pu and others.

Although Wang Pu and his men ran for the rest of the night and had already traveled forty or fifty miles, it only took less than half an hour for the [-] Jianu cavalry to catch up in the morning.

At this moment, all the more than 4 people were herding sheep, and there were people everywhere. Even after dawn, Wang Pu just wanted to run into the valley early. He was afraid of delaying time, so he didn't gather his troops before retreating.

Now looking at the Jiannu cavalry chasing after them, it was too late to gather their troops and horses, and all the Ming troops were frightened and ran southward desperately, losing almost everything they could.

No matter how hard two legs fought, they couldn't defeat four legs. This kind of sheep-herding retreat would only end in a one-sided massacre once they were chased by cavalry.

Wang Pu and other generals with horses saw that something was not going well, so they immediately ran away with their guards.

For a time, nearly [-] Ming troops were killed in the wilderness beside the river in a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood. It was too horrible to watch.

In the end, including Wang Pu and other generals, there were only more than [-] personal guards, and they successfully escaped into the valley.

"Brother Wang, I was really hurt this time!"

"If I had known that we would retreat with Governor Lu, I'm afraid we wouldn't have suffered such heavy losses!"

"Hey!"

The eight guerrilla generals looked at their few remaining men, all wanting to cry without tears, and began to complain one after another.

"I didn't expect that the man named Lu didn't evacuate with him. How shameful!"

After a while, Wang Pu felt itchy with hatred when he saw that he only had less than [-] soldiers and horses left.

He never expected that even Hu Dawei would not retreat with him.

If they withdraw, Jiannu will definitely take the opportunity to attack the camp. If they don't follow suit, is it possible that they can still hold it?

"Everyone, although we have suffered heavy losses, we are finally safe. We can just go back and recruit some soldiers and horses, but they did not retreat with us. At this time, we must have suffered heavy losses and were surrounded by the Jiannu slaves. Can we finally withdraw and return the favor?" Two things to say!"

Seeing that everyone was resentful towards him, Wang Pu could only comfort him, and he was also comforting himself.

But everyone didn't buy it. This kind of harm to others and themselves was really not done by human beings. At this time, everyone's intestines were filled with regret.

It wasn't until the Jiannu cavalry retreated that everyone dared to continue rushing toward Yanghekou along the foot of the mountain.

In the Chinese army camp to the north, after fighting for most of the night and hastily setting up the defense line, everyone sat on the ground and took a nap while holding their weapons.

Although all the young people with food and supplies are in the Chinese Army Camp, which is also the largest in area, it still seems very crowded with an increase of nearly 2 people.

The key is that the main camp of the Chinese army is connected to the surrounding camps, which means that there are no trenches, no earthen walls, and even no horse piles.

If not for the fact that Tianxiong's army was not afraid of death last night and killed Jiannu so much that he did not dare to attack again, I am afraid that not even the Chinese army's camp could have been saved.

This is the benefit of having a strong army.

No matter how dangerous the situation is, it can ensure that the army will not be defeated in one fell swoop.

At this time, all the carriages were blocked from the outside, and Jiannu's cavalry could not rush directly into the camp, giving the Ming army a chance to breathe.

"Sir, the battle losses have been calculated. In the battle last night, our Tianxiong army lost more than [-] people, and there are still [-] left. General Tiger still has nearly [-] soldiers. General Yang suffered the heaviest loss, with only [-] left. Eight thousand."

Zhang Han said with a heavy face.

Seeing that nearly a centaur was lost, Lu Xiangsheng was so angry that he gritted his teeth and wanted to skin Wang Pu and cramp him.

If we were willing to listen to his arrangements and retreat calmly, how could we have suffered such huge losses?
(End of this chapter)