The great hero of the Silk Road, starting from a farm farmer

Chapter 93 Abandon Ningxi Acropolis and return to Dachuan Ferry!

"Master Yang, have you been in touch with the officers and soldiers in Ningxi City?" After entering the battle, Song Yingkui hurriedly asked Yang Shunan what he had observed!

"We couldn't get in touch at all. We traveled westward for nearly fifty miles, and we were full of Xifan soldiers along the way. We finally met a few officers and soldiers, but they were defeated. I heard from them that the city of Ningxi was in chaos. After hearing the news that Haishibao was likely to fall, they broke out and headed west. The guard of Ningxi City took people to persuade them, but they detained them. They wrapped them up and went back to Hexi along the Qilian Mountain Road. Now that there is no general in Ningxi City, it is already in chaos! "

The news brought by Yang Shunan is even worse. Ningxi City will be in chaos without a fight. The unreliable Hexi Army not only put down the pick, but also detained the chief general of the Wazhou Army and ran away. What is this called?

"Which rout soldiers did you see?" Song Yingkui wanted to ask the rout soldiers in person to learn more about the situation.

"They were scattered on the way back!"

No wonder I didn't see anyone other than my own people, so they were dispersed again.

Unable to meet anyone who knew the situation better, Song Yingkui could only analyze the situation based on what Yang Shunan said.

The defender of Ningxi City was coerced, and the Zheng army was defeated fifty or sixty miles away. According to this situation, Ningxi City may have fallen, and the main force of the Zheng army at the forefront may have been defeated.The current situation?What should be done?
"Master Song, what should our volunteers do? Why don't we retreat eastward during the night?" Wei Dadao beside him was also stunned by the news, and he came up with a bad idea in a daze.

"No! Now there are foreign soldiers outside our formation, and there are also foreign soldiers on the way back. Marching in the middle of the night is more dangerous than good! Tonight, we will guard the camp area carefully, and we will make a fuss at dawn tomorrow. Order, all The volunteers are divided into two groups, and the vigils are rotated! Tomorrow, the officer will lead the brothers to find a way out." It is definitely not the right idea to lead a group of volunteers to walk through an environment full of enemy troops in the middle of the night, Song Yingkui hurriedly issued an order Stabilize the morale of the army.

Leaving aside whether I can lead everyone to find a way out tomorrow, I am the backbone of everyone at this time, so I must show my confidence.

After arranging Wei Dadao and Yang Shunan as the on-duty commanders in the first half of the night, Song Yingkui returned to the tent to sleep on his own.The situation is critical, I haven't closed my eyes since last night, so let's get some energy first.

Jin Zhang was sleeping in a daze when a grenade sounded suddenly.After being awakened, he hurried out of the tent to check the situation.It turned out that the outsiders couldn't bear it anymore and gathered some soldiers and horses to rush to the camp. Yang Shunan led someone to throw a grenade over with a catapult.

"Hey! We still have this kind of artifact in our formation, and the idiots dare to make a mistake!" Wei Dadao was shocked when he saw the effect of the grenade explosion for the first time.Watching the grenade knock down a few foes in the distance, his imagination is lacking. With such a thing, how can the foes hit it?
My family knows their own affairs, and there are not many grenades left in the formation. Now the biggest function of this thing is to scare people.

Seeing that Fanzi was startled by the grenade and retreated a long distance, Song Yingkui was about to go back to sleep.Suddenly there was the sound of horseshoes outside the formation, and when the opponent came in, they saw clearly that the flag was actually Zheng Jun.

The cavalry team that came over did not stop, and rushed straight to the front of the camp before standing on their horses.

"Hey! You are my Dazheng's volunteers?" A leader shouted immediately.

"It's Zheng Yunliang who is righteous and brave! I don't know who you are?" The clothes and banners are all Zheng Jun, and the appearance is also like Zheng Jun, so Song Yingkui started talking.

"Hey! You gang of thieves are brave. Grandpas couldn't wait for food on the front line. The city was broken by the Tibetan soldiers. You are so comfortable in this place. Quickly open the gate and let the grandpas in to avoid the Tibetans!" Sure enough, Zheng Jun was brave, and the officer who spoke was even more impolite, pointing at Song Yingkui with his whip and cursing.

"Can you speak human words? Report your army number, dismount your horses and line up, abandon your weapons and enter the camp! Otherwise, don't blame me for being ruthless!" I don't even look at your current situation, it is obvious that a group of defeated troops, unexpectedly Dare to speak like that, Song Yingkui suddenly became angry.

With a whoosh, the other party took out a bow and arrow and shot an arrow at Song Yingkui. The arrow went straight into the felt armor and was blocked by the iron plate inside.

Grandma, if something goes wrong, you will turn your face, right?Song Yingkui, who was shot with an arrow, was furious, and raised his gun to shoot at any officer.The distance between the two sides was about [-] meters, and a shot hit the general in front of him, killing him in the head.

"Send the order to open the gate of the camp! Master Wei, ride with me for a while, I want to see what kind of guts these routs have!" Seeing that the leader of the other party was beaten to death by himself, the routs froze on the spot, Song Yingkui panicked. Gained courage, and prepared to personally go there to subdue these three NO.50 defeated troops.

Seeing Song Yingkui leaving the gate of the camp with a musket in hand, the frightened defeated army quickly dropped their weapons, got off their horses and knelt down on the ground.

"Lead the horses, pick up the weapons and line up to enter the camp. Look at you, do you still look like my Dazheng army? Enter the camp to have a meal, rest in peace, and tomorrow I will go to battle with the general to kill the enemy." He pointed his gun and knelt down After arriving at the defeated army on the ground, Song Yingkui asked them to line up to enter the camp after uttering a harsh word.Without the courage of the army, it would not be a big deal to let them into the camp.

It was Ye Lu who came one after another with several groups of defeated troops. At dawn, there were more than 200 defeated troops in the camp alone. I don't know if these people can be useful, but they looked at Song Yingkui with a little fear in their eyes. The defeated army officer whose head was shot last night was still lying upright outside the camp.

In the morning, when the cooking pot was being arranged, another group of Zheng soldiers came from outside the camp.The soldiers who came this time were relatively large in size and neatly lined up, and they also carried the flag of Deputy General Tao of Wazhou.Could it be that Tao Kedao, the deputy general of the Wazhou Army, led his troops to break through here?He hurriedly sent Wei Dadao out of the camp to negotiate.

Sure enough, it was Tao Kedao himself who brought people here, and Song Yingkui hurriedly let people into the camp.After Tao Kedao entered the camp, he saw the grain piled up in the camp at a glance, and then he praised Song Yingkui, saying that Yiyong saved the grain, and now these defeated soldiers have the hope of returning to Wazhou.

After Tao's army had a full meal in the camp, Tao Kedao called Song Yingkui, Wei Dadao and others to discuss the next military affairs.

What else is negotiable?Both Ningxi City and Haishi Fort were lost, and the only way out for the thousand or so soldiers was to break through and reach Chuandu Pass.

In the afternoon, the volunteers of the Fifth Battalion followed Tao's army and broke out in the direction of Dachuan.Along the way, they encountered resistance from the Xifan army and were repelled by Tao's army. It took only five days to reach the Dachuan Ferry.Fortunately, the castle at Dachuan Ferry is still in the hands of Zheng Jun, and he has escaped so far.

Tao Kedao was a well-known general. After the Dachuan defenders saw him, they hurriedly asked him to lead troops to camp outside the ferry fort, and sent people to bring food to reassure the army.As for the next arrangement, it is natural that it needs to be reported to Wazhou City, and the real bigwigs in Xisu Province will negotiate a charter to arrange the funeral.

After nearly a year of fighting, Ningxi City and Haishi Fortress were finally destroyed, and thousands of troops were destroyed. Only the deputy general Tao Kedao led more than 1000 people to retreat to Dachuan. This battle can be said to be a crushing defeat for Zheng Jun. soldier.

But Tao Kedao himself, Song Yingkui thinks he should be fine, he is not the leading general of the front line, he can bring more than 1000 new troops back, it is considered a great achievement.Now Wazhou City, which is short of major generals, needs this new force to stabilize the morale of the army and the people. How could it be possible to be confused and pursue his crimes?
(End of this chapter)