Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 668

When the matter developed to such an extent, Cao Wenzhao was helpless.

For the current Cao Wenzhao, the current war is nothing more than self-deception.

At the same time, in a valley far away from Cao Wenzhao, Sun Chengzong stood on a small hillside, shouting hysterically: "Press all the soldiers and horses to me, press all the soldiers and horses to me! Go up, go up."

In front of Sun Chengzong is a valley, and the road in the valley is narrower than the terrain in front of the line of defense Cao Wenzhao attacked.

In the valley at this time, more than 8000 people were charging forward.

At the front of the valley, there are three impregnable lines of defense.

A battalion of guards stood guard here, and they kept attacking the soldiers and horses rushing here.

On the ground of the valley, an unknown number of corpses were lying, and the sound of gunfire and artillery in the valley kept ringing, just like a firecracker battle during the New Year, without stopping for a moment.

The soldiers and horses that were charging in the valley were attacked by the soldiers on the defense line and couldn't move an inch. The soldiers and horses that were charging had already shown signs of decline, and even deserters appeared.

Seeing this, Sun Chengzong kept yelling loudly, "Press everyone up, press up, break through the defense line, break through the defense line, as long as we break through the defense line, we will win."

At this time, Sun Chengzong had already fallen into a demon, and in order to fulfill the oath he made to Chongzhen, he couldn't care less.

Although Sun Chengzong is a famous general in all battles, under this level of attack, Sun Chengzong's mentality also collapsed.

It's not that Sun Chengzong's psychological endurance is not good, but that this level of attack is simply not something the old Sun Chengzong can bear.

What's more, the soldiers and horses in Sun Chengzong's hands are already the last power of the court. Sun Chengzong deeply understands what kind of blow it will be to the court if the soldiers and horses in his hands are gone.

Sun Chengzong didn't dare to think about that, he just wanted to break through the front line of defense.

Cao Bianjiao rushed in front of Sun Chengzong and shouted: "My lord, you can't charge anymore, you can't charge anymore. If you let the brothers charge up again, I am afraid that all the brothers will be gone. This is a bottomless pit. We only have the There are less than 7000 people down, and if these 7000 people rush up again, I am afraid they will all be gone, all gone."

Cao Bianjiao was so anxious that he kept persuading Sun Chengzong.

Of course Sun Chengzong could understand what Cao Bianjiao said, but now that Sun Chengzong's eyes were red from fighting, how could he care about so many things?
"Go away, we have only one way to go, and that is to break through Zhao thief's defense line. Only by breaking through Zhao thief's defense line can we have hope. If we can't break through Zhao thief's defense line, we are all over, all over "Sun Chengzong pointed at Cao Bianjiao's nose and roared fiercely.

The spittle star sprayed Cao Bianjiao's face, "Give me an order to press all the soldiers and horses on me, hurry up."

Sun Chengzong pointed at Cao Bianjiao and shouted loudly.

Cao Bianjiao was unmoved, and kept persuading, "My lord, the matter has reached this point, and it is irreversible. We have already dispatched 8000 people, but these people can't even get close to the defense line. It's useless to press it up, it's useless."

"Dang!"

Sun Chengzong pulled out the waist knife from his waist and pointed at Cao Bianjiao, "Are you going? You go to me quickly, and you pass on my military order to let everyone rush up!"

The waist knife in Sun Chengzong's hand pointed at Cao Bianjiao, and he kept roaring at Cao Bianjiao with a ferocious face.

Cao Bianjiao looked at Sun Chengzong who had fallen into madness, and had no choice but to pass on Sun Chengzong's order.

A few quarters of an hour later, all Sun Chengzong's soldiers and horses rushed into the valley.

However, even if there were these people, it would have no effect on the entire battle situation.

At this time, the valley has become a purgatory. The soldiers who rushed into the valley did not last long before they were smashed by artillery fire and bullets.

After almost half an hour, the soldiers and horses in the valley finally couldn't hold on anymore.

The collapse began, and the soldiers and horses in the valley rushed back.

The artillery fire began to extend, still bombarding these soldiers relentlessly.

Sun Chengzong looked at the fleeing soldiers and horses, and roared frantically, "Incompetent, rush up for me, incompetent, rush up for me, rush up for me!"

After Sun Chengzong finished speaking, he ran down the hillside and rushed towards the valley, waving the waist knife in his hand.

Cao Bianjiao didn't react for a while, but when he did, Sun Chengzong had already rushed down the hillside.

Cao Bianjiao hurriedly chased after him.

"Rush for me, rush for me, don't back up, don't back up!"

Sun Chengzong stood at the entrance of the valley, shouting non-stop at the fleeing soldiers.

But the army was defeated like a mountain, how could Sun Chengzong's voice be heard by these defeated soldiers at this time?
At this time, the defeated soldiers were already filled with fear, and Sun Chengzong's voice was like deaf ears.

What's more, there was continuous artillery fire. Sun Chengzong's voice didn't last long before being covered by the explosion of artillery fire.

Cao Bianjiao came behind Sun Chengzong with his personal guards.

Cao Bianjiao looked at Sun Chengzong who had fallen into madness, hugged Sun Chengzong from behind, and dragged him to the side.

At this time, the rout soldiers have not completely retreated. If the rout soldiers retreat completely, then the rout soldiers will escape for their lives, regardless of who Sun Chengzong is.

If one is not good, Sun Chengzong might be stepped on by these rout soldiers.

"Let go of me, you traitor, let me go!" Sun Chengzong kept struggling in Cao Bianjiao's arms. He wanted to break free from Cao Bianjiao's hands, but his strength was not as strong as Cao Bianjiao's. He was killed by Cao Bianjiao Hugging tightly, there is no way to break free.

"My lord, we are defeated, we are defeated, let them retreat, let them retreat." Cao Bianjiao kept shouting in Sun Chengzong's ear.

Sun Chengzong didn't listen to Cao Bianjiao's voice at all, and kept struggling.

Seeing this, Cao Bianjiao said, "My lord, I have offended you!"

After Cao Bianjiao finished speaking, he let go of Sun Chengzong.

When Sun Chengzong saw Cao Bianjiao let go of him, he rushed forward.

But before he could rush out, Cao Bianjiao slapped him on the neck.

A sense of dizziness hit, and Sun Chengzong fell to the ground when his eyes went dark.

Cao Bianjiao hugged Sun Chengzong directly, then carried it on his shoulders, and ran back surrounded by his personal guards.

……

When night fell over the land, the sound of gunfire and gunfire had dissipated.

In an open space in Zhuolu Mountain, a tent was set up.

There were more than a dozen fire piles outside the tent, and three to five hundred dejected soldiers squatted beside these fire piles.

These soldiers were the defeated soldiers gathered by Cao Bianjiao after they escaped from the valley.

In the big tent, Sun Chengzong who was lying on the bed woke up leisurely.

Cao Bianjiao stood by the bed, looked at Sun Chengzong who woke up, and said, "My lord, are you awake?"

There was a table next to the bed, and the candles on the table were quietly burning.

The fire light reflected on Sun Chengzong's face, making Sun Chengzong's face flushed red.

Sun Chengzong looked at Cao Bianjiao standing in front of him, his eyes widened, and suddenly a mouthful of blood spit out from Sun Chengzong's mouth.

"My lord!" Cao Bianjiao exclaimed. "What's the matter with you, my lord?"

Sun Chengzong spat blood on Cao Bianjiao's body, Cao Bianjiao didn't care about it, hurriedly found a towel, and wiped the blood on Sun Chengzong's face and the blood stained on the bed.

"You, you, why are you doing this?" Sun Chengzong glared at Cao Bianjiao and roared angrily.

Cao Bianjiao knew what Sun Chengzong was talking about.

Cao Bianjiao said: "My lord, the battle has been completely defeated and it is irreparable. If we continue to attack, it will be futile."

"How do you know it will be in vain? As long as our army breaks through the defense line, everything will be possible!" Sun Chengzong shouted.

Cao Bianjiao fell into silence, and after a long time, he said, "My lord, this is self-deception."

"You!" Sun Chengzong narrowed his gaze, staring at Cao Bianjiao.

After a while, Sun Chengzong's momentum gradually weakened.

Immediately, Sun Chengzong turned around and stopped talking.

The big tent fell into silence again.

Cao Bianjiao looked at the guard standing beside him, "Take care of your lord, I'll go out for a while."

"Obey!" The guard next to him replied.

Cao Bianjiao walked out of the big tent. He stood at the door of the big tent, glanced at the fires scattered around the big tent, and let out a sigh of relief.

"I don't know what the consequences will be when I go back. I'm afraid the knife will be unavoidable." Cao Bianjiao shook his head with a wry smile.

Cao Bianjiao understood that the people like himself had lost the last power in the hands of the imperial court. After returning, Chongzhen would definitely not spare them easily.

In the next few days, Cao Bianjiao kept gathering the defeated soldiers. In five or six days, he gathered a total of about a thousand people.

Originally there were [-] soldiers and horses, but only these [-] people remained.

Among them, more soldiers and horses were lost in the valley. As for those who escaped, most of them fled, and the number of soldiers and horses that could be gathered back was really not many.

In the past few days, Sun Chengzong didn't eat or drink, no matter what Cao Bianjiao said, Sun Chengzong just didn't eat or drink.

Sun Chengzong also developed a high fever, and his body was on the verge of collapse.

A few days later, Cao Bianjiao headed for the capital with the sick Sun Chengzong and the rout soldiers gathered.

Zhang Dong's soldiers and horses deployed outside Zhuolu Mountain did not enter the mountain to pursue them.

For Zhang Dong, Sun Chengzong's army has collapsed anyway, and they can't afford any big storms. Even if they flee, they can only flee to the south and east, which will not affect Xuanzhen. His credit is enough, so there is no point in chasing him or not.

When he was about to withdraw from Zhuolu Mountain, Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao met together.

The total number of soldiers and horses on both sides is only about 8000.

Cao Wenzhao didn't send out all the soldiers and horses in his hands, and together with the rout soldiers gathered, there were almost 7000 people.

And Cao Bianjiao also has a thousand people here, so there are about 8000 people in total.

When he came out, Sun Chengzong led a total of nearly 10 people, but now, there are only so many people left.

Even if there are 1 people left, there will be no one in ten.

These more than 8000 people are also facing a real problem, that is, there is no food.

Before the decisive battle, Sun Chengzong had asked people to take out all the food, and now they don't have much food to eat.

In desperation, Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao could only let their soldiers hunt in the mountains.

However, if the number of people is small, this way of living can still be used, but when the number of people is too large, it will not work.

Because of the defeat and lack of food, deserters inevitably appeared in the army.

Moreover, the phenomenon of desertion has intensified. Although Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao kept suppressing their soldiers and horses, it was still useless.

Even in the past few days, the soldiers and horses under him have been a little disobedient.If it continues to be suppressed, there will be a mutiny if it is not done well.

Cao Wenzhao knew what this meant, so the intensity of the suppression was also reduced.

Cao Wenzhao was riding on a war horse, looking downcastly at the road ahead.

A gust of autumn wind blew the yellow leaves off the trees.

The yellow leaves fluttered in the autumn wind, and fell to the ground one after another.

A yellow leaf fell on Cao Wenzhao's shoulder. Cao Wenzhao reached out and picked up the yellow leaf, and put it in front of his eyes to study it carefully.

After a long time, Cao Wenzhao sighed and said, "My Daming is like this yellow leaf, without any vitality."

After finishing speaking, Cao Wenzhao threw back the yellow leaf in his hand, then waved the whip in his hand, and urged the horse to go forward.

The yellow leaves fell to the ground and were trampled into the mud by the soldiers marching behind.

The yellow leaves will turn into fertilizer and nutrients to nourish the earth.

Next spring, the trees on this land will regrow new green leaves.

……

Sun Chengzong's illness became more and more serious, and he became dizzy. He was in a coma for two out of three days.

Cao Wenzhao knew what this meant, and when he was about to leave Zhuolu Mountain, Cao Bianjiao stopped.

In the big tent, Sun Chengzong was lying on the bed, his body was covered with a thick quilt.

Sun Chengzong's face was full of lifelessness, and Sun Chengzong had reached the point where his oil was exhausted.

Sun Chengzong was already very old, and now he encountered a big defeat. In a hurry, the illness dragged down Sun Chengzong's body in an instant.

In front of Sun Chengzong's bed, Cao Wenzhao, Cao Bianjiao and Sun Chengzong's personal guards stood there.

Sun Chengzong who was lying on the bed suddenly turned rosy. This was the most sober day for Sun Chengzong in the past few days.

Sun Chengzong's consciousness became much clearer. He sat on the bed and looked at Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao standing in front of him.

"Da Ming is powerless to recover, even if Taizu is alive, he cannot be saved.

This battle is my fault, I underestimated Zhao thief's strength.

However, if you don't attack Xuanzhen when Zhao thief is attacking Huguang and Shandong, it will be a catastrophe for the court when Zhao thief is free.

This decision of mine is correct, and the mistake lies in the disparity in strength between the enemy and us.

You two have been with me for many years, and I know your abilities very well.You are still young, you shouldn't blame me.

I won't live long. After I die, just bury me in this Zhuolu Mountain. I don't have the face to go back.

After you go back, put all the blame on me, you shouldn't blame me! "

(End of this chapter)