At the end of Ming Dynasty: I, Sun Kewang!Desperate comeback!

Chapter 5
"My lord, the soldiers have rested for two hours, and the war horses have also been raised to a certain level of power."

The cavalry general Wang Dewang came to Sun Kewang and saluted respectfully.

Sun Kewang heard this and immediately said: "Give me the order to cross the Beipan River first and then rest!"

"Yes!"

Thousands of well-trained soldiers of the front army organized the team in an orderly manner. Sun Kewang got on his horse and shouted: "The whole army set off!"

Rumbling--

Thousands of war horses roared and the earth shook. Thousands of elites followed Sun Kewang and galloped along the road. Soon they arrived in front of Beipanjiang River.

"My lord, the iron chain bridge has been deployed and can be blown up later. During this time, all the personnel coming and going to and from the bridge have been stopped." Liang Cheng, commander of Jin Yiwei, saw Sun Kewang's arrival, and hurriedly led his subordinates to greet him.

Sun Kewang looked at the gunpowder deployed on the cable bridge, and nodded slightly at the broken soldiers and merchants intercepted by Liang Cheng.

"Very good, when we arrive in Guiyang, we will be rewarded for meritorious deeds!"

Liang Cheng was overjoyed when he heard the words, and hurriedly said, "Thank you, my lord."

"Your Majesty, Li Dingguo's pursuers have not yet arrived. Let's cross the bridge quickly."

Sun Kewang looked back, with a thoughtful look in his eyes.

Wang Dewang hurriedly said: "My lord, the 14 army was defeated. I know the lord wanted to gather troops, but he lost his composure. Once Li Dingguo's pursuers arrive, we may not even be able to go back to Guiyang."

Sun Kewang glanced at the soldiers around him and saw that they were all abandoning their helmets and armor, and were traveling lightly. In order to increase their speed, some of them not only lost their armor but also the weapons in their hands. Although such thousands of soldiers and horses were just a hundred soldiers, They are elite soldiers, but their combat effectiveness cannot be fully utilized.

In such a situation, if the [-] cavalry selected by Bai Wen pursued them in order to gather the rout, they would be scattered in just one round.

Seeing Sun Kewang's hesitation, Liang Cheng also said: "Master, for the current plan, it is best to return to Guiyang as soon as possible to regroup. If we delay any longer, we may encounter mishaps!"

After thinking for a while, Sun Kewang said: "Give the order, let the soldiers cross the river first, and go to the Zhacheng Post to sleep well. The orphan will lead [-] riders here to meet my brothers in the front army!"

"Your Majesty! You must not do this!" Wang Dewang said: "The Majesty is a man of ten thousand gold and must not be easily involved in danger. My Majesty, please go to Chachengyi to rest. I will come to support the brothers who are behind you."

Sun Kewang said with a serious expression: "Now that things have happened, Bai Wenxuan and others have betrayed me, Sun Kewang, and only you loyal soldiers are still willing to follow me. Now that the chain bridge explodes, the soldiers behind me who are willing to follow me, Sun Kewang, will have no way out." After retreating, I will personally wait for these loyal soldiers here and let them know that if they don’t abandon me, Sun Kewang, I, Sun Kewang, will never abandon them!”

"My lord..." All the soldiers in the front army were moved.

"Wang Dewang, take your brothers to Zhacheng Station to rest first, eat and sleep well tonight, and raise your horsepower, and wait for Li Dingguo's pursuers to arrive and blow up the chain bridge alone, and then take you home!"

"Your Majesty, I will never obey my orders even if I die!" said a general of the Jiaqian Army who had followed Sun Kewang since childhood.

Sun Kewang waved his hand, and said calmly: "Soldiers, have you forgotten that Gu has received advice from the gods and men in the sky? You can rest assured that Gu will drive out the Tartars, restore the Central Plains, and protect every one of you princes." Bandai! How could he die here?"

The generals of the Jiaqian Army looked at each other. Most of them had been close followers of Sun Kewang for many years, more than ten years, or even more than 20 years. The king's prestige among them was already very high. During the battle a few days ago, he predicted Ma Weixing and others. The people's rebellion added another layer of sacred aura to Sun Kewang in the hearts of these generals, which to a great extent diluted the haze caused by the Jiaoshui defeat.

"Soldiers, this is an order. Now I order you to rush to Zhacheng Station, sleep well, and raise your horsepower!"

Sun Kewang no longer has the king's command arrows and the king of Qin's waist card, but his face is the best command among the most loyal driving army.

"My lord, take care!" Wang Dewang knelt down on the ground, made a prostration, and then left in an orderly manner with thousands of soldiers, leaving only [-] well-equipped elite guards for the safety of Sun Kewang.

"Liang Cheng!"

"My subordinates are here!" The Jinyiwei commander who had been accompanying Sun Kewang with Zhang Hu responded respectfully.

Sun Kewang said in a concentrated voice: "You choose a hundred elites, and a group of five occupies the nearby highlands. If a large group of people arrives, immediately warn the police!"

"Yes!" Soon a hundred elite cavalry, with horses, dry food, and kerosene, boarded the high mountain near the chain bridge.

After Sun Kewang made such arrangements, he divided the remaining cavalry into two groups, each guarding the bridge head and being prepared to blow up the bridge at any time.

The night gradually fell, and in the long moonlight, the three hundred elite cavalry seemed to be facing the enemy. They lit a large number of bonfires and illuminated the area around the chain bridge like daytime.

Until the early morning of the second day, a total of hundreds of former troops broke through the chain bridge.

"Lord!" At dawn, a leading soldier of the former army came to the chain bridge with fifty or sixty riders, and met with Sun Kewang.

Under Sun Kewang's arrangement, these rout soldiers ate enough dry food and the horses fed enough fodder, and then went to Chachengyi, a small town west of Beipanjiang, to rest.

"These people are my base, if I can gather as many as I can, I will gather as many as I can!" Sun Kewang sighed slightly.

However, at noon, wolf smoke rose up all around, obviously the reconnaissance scouts driving the front army issued an early warning.

"Master!" Liang Cheng's expression changed.

"Soldiers, don't panic, wait for the brothers who are scouting ahead."

Sun Kewang looked at the treacherous terrain and the fast-flowing Beipan River, and then at the chain bridge full of gunpowder, feeling relieved.

"It's not that there's nothing to be afraid of taking the Luding Bridge by flying. Besides, the side that defends the Luding Bridge won't want to blow it up."

Sun Kewang looked across the river calmly, reassuring the soldiers of the former army.

Soon, groups of scouts galloped over on their war horses, overjoyed to see the king who had not abandoned them.

After a while, all the [-] scouts crossed the river, and the cavalry of the Bai Wen Xuan Department who were chasing them also came to the bridge.

"Blow up the bridge!" Sun Kewang ordered.

The officers and soldiers of the leading army who had already been prepared lit the fuses one after another, and the entire chain bridge was ignited in an instant.

"Control—"

A cavalryman reined in the horse's head and gave way one after another.

There was a loud bang, and the first barrel of explosives exploded, followed by the second barrel, the third barrel...explosions one after another, and the entire cable bridge was blown to pieces under the power of the gunpowder.

"Let's go!" After the army in front of the driver blew up the chain bridge with gunpowder found along the road, Sun Kewang led his subordinates to retreat quickly without looking back.

(End of this chapter)