I Xiaoxiong

Chapter 188

"I did the massacre of the city, and you still want to surrender?"

The cold voice was full of chills.Hearing this, the orderly and the generals around him trembled.

Because in the past, although Fu Jinchuan had a great reputation and killed hundreds of enemies in wars, he was not a bloodthirsty person.Even in the northwest, there was no such thing as extermination of the descendants of foreigners.

Now they are so ruthless against the rebels, everyone knows that it must be related to the Luzhou incident.

"Great Governor, I have something to say."

Staff member Zhang Gao got off his horse and bowed to speak.

"Say."

"Great governor, although the rebels are in chaos, their mastermind should be held accountable for the Luzhou incident, and not all of them should be implicated. There are 10 rebels, and it is impossible for all of them to participate in the Luzhou incident. At this time, the overall situation is uncertain. Metropolitan Governor Ming Jian."

After Zhang Gao finished speaking, Wang Linhuai, the envoy of the Longwu Army, also dismounted from his horse and said: "Governor, the main force of the rebel army is still alive, and we will not allow surrender today. It will definitely make the main force of the rebel army determined to fight to the end. It will be difficult to defeat the rebels, please learn from the governor."

Fu Jinchuan looked at the two people in front of the horse, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Decree, tell the person who surrendered that as long as he participated in the massacre of the city in Luzhou, he should jump into the river and wash away his sins!"

"Remaining people, surrender."

It was cold and the sun was setting, and the river was icy cold. People who had fought for a day were already extremely weak. If they jumped into the river, they would basically die.

Zhang Gao and Wang Linhuai wanted to say something, but Fu Jinchuan waved his hand, and the two could only swallow their words.

Fu Jinchuan is not someone who does not listen to advice.But there are not many people in the world who can persuade him to change the things he is sure about.

In Shouzhou City right now, there is none.

At this moment, the battlefield was full of chaos.The corpses of the rebels were everywhere, and all the siege equipment of the rebels were burned. Everywhere under the city of Shouzhou was full of flames.

Not all the reinforcements entered the city, and their camp had already been set up in the afternoon by the Zhengyang defenders less than ten miles west of Shouzhou City.

This is also arranged in advance.

Lei Bo, Fang Guoxing and other generals of the city's defenders got out of their cars to greet them, and tents and food for [-] riders were also prepared in the city.

The common people and wealthy households in the city also welcomed the arrival of the reinforcements very much, and many wealthy households specially provided wine and meat to serve as soldiers.
After all, they all knew what happened after Luzhou City was broken.

As for the leader of the army, the governor of Yangzhou, the Marquis of Wu'an, the civil officials below the governor, including the gentry in the city, specially hosted a banquet to entertain them.

Fu Jinchuan drank a few bowls of wine with all the people at the banquet, and ate some meals. When it was almost time, he took a group of generals to the Sima Mansion to discuss the war.

On the side of the rebels, the central army tent is still brightly lit.

Everyone's faces were ugly, and it seemed that there were only two options before them: early death or late death.

They already knew the result of today's battle. The 7000 men who faced the Zhengyang army, plus the 2 men who took part in the siege today, except for more than [-] people who fled back to the camp, the direct loss of troops today was more than [-] people.

As for how many of them died in battle, how many surrendered, and how many were defeated and disappeared, no one can calculate clearly.

In addition, the loss of more than [-] people in the siege earlier, the original [-] army, now only has more than [-] people left.

In terms of military strength, they have an advantage, but there are still nearly [-] people in Shouzhou City, and a rough estimate of the reinforcements should be [-] cavalry.

In this kind of open plain, with more than [-] infantry and [-] and a half cavalry, it is extremely difficult to defeat the [-] elite cavalry of the official army.
"We can only fight." Xue Julin finally broke the silence in the big tent seeing that everyone was silent.

"Our army still has more than [-] people. If we manage it properly, we may not be able to fight with the official army, and then rely on the advantage of the navy to gradually retreat."

Zhao Deyu looked at Xue Julin and said, "Does Governor Xue have a plan to defeat the enemy?"

Xue Julin said: "I don't dare to talk about defeating the enemy, but there is a strategy for our army to retreat from Feishui to Luzhou and Chaohu area."

Let's talk. He stood up, pointed to the map and said: "My camp is only five or six miles away from Shouzhou City, and it is even closer to Feishui, only two or three miles away. It is absolutely possible to dig deep from my camp to the west, and dig all the way. Arrive at the edge of the Feishui River, then set up horses to resist the enemy's cavalry with a deep wall, and then retreat calmly from the main army with the Feishui at its back."

Li Zichun said: "But the officers and soldiers will never sit back and watch our army dig trenches."

Xue Julin nodded and said: "It's natural, so we need to dispatch an elite team to block the Northern Army's iron cavalry while digging trenches."

Everyone understood when they heard it.

At present, what the official army relies on is the unparalleled speed and impact of the cavalry in the plains. In fact, the strength of the cavalry is not as large as that of the rebels.

However, there is no doubt that the rebels are definitely not opponents of the official army when they go out to fight in the field.

However, according to Xue Julin's plan, one needs to go out of the city for field battles to withstand the onslaught of the officers and soldiers, and then provide time for the rebels to dig trenches, set up refusal horses and build tunnels.

"There is one more thing. The food and grass in our army's current camp is less than ten days old, so we must return it as soon as possible."

At the end, Xue Julin added.

"I am willing to lead [-] elite soldiers out of the city to set up an array to stop the cavalry of the official army."

Li Zichun got up and answered, his tone was very firm.

He naturally knew that this was almost a mission to escape death, but at a time of crisis, the bravery of the warriors still made Li Zichun choose to "do his part".

Xue Julin nodded: "Tomorrow there will be Dudu Li leading an army of [-] troops to line up against the water. Dudu Liu will lead the army to quickly dig trenches and guard the gate of the Shouzhou camp. I will lead the army of the Anfeng camp myself. To support the whole army. What does the prince think?"

"Just as Governor Xue said."

Zhao Deyu nodded in agreement, he was almost at a loss now.

"The military affairs here are all under the command of Dudu Xue, and I can trust Dudu Xue alone."

When Xue Julin heard this, he immediately fell to the ground and bowed, "The final general will receive the favor of the prince for knowing him, and he will do the work of a dog and horse. Please rest assured, the prince will be able to return to the south of the Yangtze River safely."

When everyone heard this, they saluted together.

"Well, I will wait for the good news from you all."

After everyone retreated, Zhao Deyu saw that only his third son, Zhao Chengqi, was left in the military tent, and then he sighed and said: "I will die soon."

"Aye, why do you say that?" Zhao Chengqi has been well-clothed and well-fed since he was a child. Although he has roughly studied civil and military skills, he is still incapable of proficient in civil and martial arts. He knows something about the current situation, but it must be embarrassing for him to say one, two, three. him.

Zhao Deyu shook his head and said: "Fu Jinchuan is the most brave man in the world. If there is God's help in using troops, I saw with my own eyes that he led only four people and dared to break into my tens of thousands of troops. Dozens of people are fearful of the enemy, although Xue Julin's strategy is very comprehensive, but where can this retreat strategy go?"

"After all, it is under the whole world, could it be the king's land?"

"Even if you occupy Hongzhou and Raozhou, you can only linger on your last breath"

".It's Aye who got your brothers involved."

(End of this chapter)