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Chapter 305 Wu Sangui's trick (1)

Zheng Hongkui and Zu Keyong lost the battle, and more than half of the 1 horses were lost. He felt that he had sinned a lot and was ashamed of His Majesty, especially Zu Keyong, who was too remorseful. The lowly position disobeyed orders and acted without authorization, which led to today's defeat, and all the crimes are borne by the ancestors, please the general governor to do it according to the law, and apologize to His Majesty."

Zheng Hongkui looked dejected, "Get up. You and I have lost the holy hope. Let's plead guilty to His Majesty together. The enemy is now, and Wu Sangui is chasing us. We should first think about how to resist the enemy. If you go further down, you will arrive at His Majesty's camp of the Chinese army in another twenty or thirty miles. There are Tartars in the front and Tartars in the back, and this is not far from Zhengzhou, and there is also a Tartar camp there. Your Majesty Didn’t this little force fall into the siege of the Tartars? Your Majesty was afraid of such a passive situation when the troops were divided into three groups. Now it’s all destroyed in the hands of you and me. It's not enough!"

"The governor is right. Everything is Zu's fault. Since the governor did not punish Zu's crime, Zu decided not to take a half step back. He vowed to fight Wu Sangui to the death and forgive the crime."

"Zheng Mou also has this intention, and he can't take half a step back." Zheng Hongkui nodded, determined to die, and decided to fight Wu Sangui here.

However, at this time Zhu Yousong's decree arrived, and the second general quickly accepted the decree. After hearing the decree, the second general was stunned. Zhu Yousong did not blame them for their defeat in the imperial decree. it is good.

The second general felt that he had made a mistake. His Majesty was too lenient. He lost the battle and lost troops, which led to such serious consequences, but His Majesty didn't say a word, and let the defeat continue. Is this really His Majesty's intention?

The two thought it was unbelievable, but when they learned from the official, that when they were defeated, the imperial camp and the Zhongzhen camp won the battle. Ten thousand Tartars were defeated, and now there are only more than 1000 Tartars left. Trapped on a mountain lingering on his last breath, the arrogant Oboi was beheaded by Zhu Yousong by the Yi River, and now let them lure the enemy deep in order to draw Wu Sangui.

"My Brave Majesty..." Zheng Hongkui and Zu Keyong kowtowed, surprised and happy, but also ashamed, and immediately obeyed the order.

After the decree officer left, Zheng Hongkui and Zu Keyong immediately gave up their plan to fight to the death, and fled in embarrassment with more than 4000 remnants and defeated generals.

Guns, knives and war horses, gongs and drums, tents, pots and pans, food and grass carts, and even silver bags, etc., the things thrown by the Ming army on the road can be seen everywhere.

Wu Sangui's forward troop pursued and searched for spoils at the same time, and chased for several miles.

The leading generals of the vanguard were Wu Yingguang and Ma Bao. At this time, Wu Yingguang laughed triumphantly, "The Ming army is frightened by us. Come on, pass on the general's order and pursue it with all your strength!"

"Wait a minute, general." Ma Bao stopped him. "The more the Ming army ran, the more they were in a panic. Now they dare not fight with a knife or a gun. It is suspicious. The camp of the Chinese army of the false emperor Zhu Yousong is not far ahead. Whether there will be fraud here or not, it is better to tell the prince to make a decision."

Wu Yingguang disapproved, "Oh, Ma Bao, you are like my uncle, are you overly cautious? They lost so badly in the battle of Dakuling, and they couldn't beat us. They didn't run with their lives. Could it be that they are waiting to die here? Is there any deceit, why bother? My uncle has to follow this order when he comes, wouldn’t it be a waste of opportunity to wait here?”

"No, the general's words are wrong. The false emperor Zhu Yousong is not a fuel-efficient lamp. Have you forgotten the defeat of Jiujiang? Zuo Menggeng has more than 30 horses, and there are two pro-Tartars, Nikan and Boluo, to help out. As a result, the entire army was wiped out, the past is not forgotten, and the teacher of the future, it is still prudent."

This Ma Bao was not simple. He became Wu Sangui's Marshal 20 years later. Later, Wu Sangui fought against Kangxi, proclaimed himself emperor in Hengzhou, and established the Great Zhou. Ma Bao became one of the pillars of the Great Zhou regime.

He just turned 20 years old this year, but Ma Bao is already courageous and resourceful. Wu Sangui especially thinks highly of him. After Dakuling's victory, Wu Sangui ordered Wu Yingguang to take five thousand cavalry as the front to pursue the Ming army. He took more than 1 horses and infantry as backup, and Wu Sangui specifically told Wu Yingguang to ask Ma Bao more in case of trouble.

Therefore, Wu Yingguang didn't dare not listen to Ma Bao's words, "Well then, it's up to you, come on, stop the pursuit."

Wu Yingguang ordered the team to stop and looked at the vast mountains on the left in front of them. Below the mountains was a sheep-gut-like official road that stretched into the distance.

Seeing that it was approaching noon, Wu Yingguang felt a little bored, so he called the soldiers over and asked them if there were any village shops nearby.

A soldier told him that there was a village on the mountainside a few miles ahead.

Wu Yingda was overjoyed, and said to Ma Bao: "General Rong Ben washed it, and there are some delicious or good-looking ladies, bring some to comfort us."

Ma Bao looked at the terrain here, and hurriedly stopped him, "No, general, this place is very close to the Ming army, general, don't act without authorization and miss a big deal, the prince's team can arrive at most in two hours."

Ma Bao blocked him everywhere, which made Wu Yingguang very dissatisfied, and secretly said, who do you think you are?My uncle sees that you have two tricks, let you be my lieutenant general, that is a compliment to you, but you can't find Bei, and you are not polite at all to point fingers in front of me, am I the general or you?A little kid, what do you know, do you really think of yourself as an onion?
So Wu Yingguang glared, showing a domineering air, and shouted: "Ma Bao, what do you mean? I only know that there is a prince, but I don't know that there is a general?"

"The last general dare not." Ma Bao blushed, lowered his head, and bowed his hands in salute.

Wu Yingguang didn't pay any attention to him, and after he finished beating Ma Rufei, he ran down with a personal soldier.

Looking at his back, Ma Bao shook his head and sighed, seemed to have thought of something again for a long time, and ordered, "Come on, send a few brothers to the vicinity to find out if there is an ambush by the Ming army."

The orderly promised to arrange to go.

Then there was the wait, the long wait.Wu Yingguang never came back, and the spy Ma Bao sent out to investigate did not come back.

One hour passed, it was past noon, the official road in front was empty and lonely, and there was still no one. Ma Bao was impatient, so he waited for a while, but there was still no sign of Wu Yingguang.

At this time, one of the secret agents sent came back, saying that Oboi did not obey the order of Prince Ying, and left Luoyang without permission to fight with Zhu Yousong. In the battle of Yihe, he was defeated by the Ming army. After losing his troops and generals, the remnants were trapped more than 30 miles ahead. On a mountain ridge, there is danger at stake.

Ma Bao was shocked, he didn't speak for a long time, even a mighty general like Oboi was defeated?Should we save it or not?Why hasn't General Wu come back yet?

Ma Bao was in a hurry, and was just about to take people to the village in front of him to have a look, when Wu Sangui led a team of people and drove there.

Ma Bao hurriedly came to see Wu Sangui to explain the situation, Wu Sangui was stunned after hearing this, and then scolded: "This beast!"

After scolding, Wu Sangui also felt the seriousness of the problem. He looked at the terrain in this area and found that it was not very dangerous.

(End of this chapter)