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Chapter 244 The drama of defeat
"Don't worry Futai, the general will send troops right away." Xu Yong responded calmly and walked out.

He summoned his cavalry guerrilla Zhang Peng to him and told him: "When you lead the cavalry to prevent the Wei bandits from landing, you must remember: only send troops when you have an opportunity. If you can't find an opportunity, just withdraw it."

They all worked under Zuo Liangyu. Zhang Peng, like Xu Yong, understands the importance of preserving strength. He smiled knowingly and said, "Don't worry, the commander-in-chief, the general will understand."

After Zhang Peng left, Xu Yong took his servants to inspect the infantry battalions under his command, and asked the generals of each battalion to preserve their strength after the war.

When he returned to his tent, Xu Yong also had a sad look on his face.

He was thinking about what would happen if this battle was defeated.

Should he lead his troops to surrender?

If you want to invest, what time should you choose and what price should you pay...

Huang Jie led the Shengjie Guard across Nangou and landed at a small wharf called Huangjiawo. Although the piers and other wharf facilities had been demolished by the Ming army, it was naturally easier to land here than elsewhere.

As soon as 200 people landed, a scout came flying back to report.

"Brigade, a Ming army cavalry is coming from the west, estimated to number 3000 to [-] people!"

"cavalry?"

Huang Jie frowned after hearing this.

The most feared thing about landing operations is encountering cavalry.

Because the cavalry is fast and can attack gun positions, if they really risk their lives to block the attack, they will have to pay a considerable number of casualties to complete the landing.

In addition, although their Shengjie Guards are now equipped with many guns and cannons, they have almost no heavy infantry and only wear a fine cloth armor. If they want to fight against the cavalry, they must make more sacrifices.

Thinking of this, Huang Jie immediately called the brigade deputy Guo Hao and said: "I will lead a team to resist the Ming army cavalry in a while. You step up and let the follow-up troops land.

Remember, you must hold this landing point no matter what, and wait for the Tiger Guards and other large forces to land to support. "

Guo Hao said: "You are the brigade commander. You should be responsible for commanding the rear. Just leave the frontline matters to me."

With that said, Guo Hao immediately ran to the front to direct the gunners to deploy the Tiger Crouching Cannon.

Huang Jie hesitated for a moment and did not fight again. Instead, he stepped up and directed the subsequent teams to land.

Not all places on both sides of the Han River are convenient for the army to land. They passed Nangou and sailed for several miles, and the place called Huangjiawo was the most suitable place.

In order to facilitate the landing of the large forces behind, it is very important to seize this place.

Zhang Peng led his cavalry to the vicinity of Huangjiawo and was delighted to see that less than a thousand of the Wei army had landed.

But when he saw hundreds of tiger squatting cannons already arranged from a distance, he felt a little frightened.

After a moment's hesitation, he sent a thousand cavalry to try to attack the Wei army's position.

Here, Guo Hao led hundreds of victorious guards, and he felt frightened when he saw thousands of Mingqi rushing towards them.

Even though they have hundreds of squatting cannons, their array is very thin.It barely lists three rows of musketeers and two rows of sword players.

Fortunately, there is a river beach of nearly a hundred paces in front of them, which acts as a natural speed bump. As long as the cavalry rushes in, they will be slowed down.

Seeing that the Ming Cavalry was getting closer and closer, Guo Hao couldn't help but warned him again: "The gunners have been stabilized by me. We must wait until the enemy cavalry approaches [-] steps before firing!"

He just finished his instructions and stayed still.

I saw the Ming army cavalry rushing in a very scattered formation to a place [-] steps away from the artillery position. As if performing horsemanship, they made smooth turns and galloped southward!
After coming back to his senses, Guo Hao couldn't help but ask the battalion commander next to him, "What's wrong with these Ming soldiers? Are they planning some conspiracy?"

The battalion commander was also confused and said hesitantly: "Are you afraid of our Crouching Tiger Cannon?"

Guo Hao touched his helmet and was puzzled, but he still warned cautiously: "Stay vigilant. Once the Ming army rushes within two hundred steps, fire immediately!"

"Yes!"

The Shengjie Guards were ready, but after a thousand Ming army cavalry had finished charging, no one came within three hundred steps, let alone two hundred steps.Zhang Peng felt embarrassed watching from behind, and gave the returning cavalry commander Qian a lesson.

"I asked you to rush forward and give it a try, but you retreated without firing an arrow. How are we going to explain to the town when we go back? What should Futai do if he learns of this?"

Mr. Qian tentatively asked, "How about I lead the team to charge again?"

Zhang Pengyi set up a pergola and looked out, and found that in just a short time, the Yi army had landed thousands of people, and there were more and more tiger cannons and musketeers in front of the position, so he said: "Forget it, just withdraw - tell me Brothers, we escaped from defeat, so we have to pretend to be more like ourselves."

Upon hearing this, Mr. Qian showed an "I understand" look in his eyes and responded loudly: "I understand!"

tea shop.

Ming army camp.

Wang Yongzuo stood on the gate of the village, stretched his neck and looked eastward, expecting to get news of victory.

In his opinion, given the terrain in this area, it should not be difficult to use cavalry to block the Yi army's landing.As long as the Yi army cannot land in this area, Yun County will be able to defend it.

Unexpectedly, his neck was sore from looking at it. He didn't see the Xinqi who came to report the victory. Instead, he saw the cavalry fleeing back in panic with their flags disheveled.

When Zhang Peng led the cavalry to the village gate, Wang Yongzuo asked urgently: "What's going on?"

Zhang Pengyi had several arrows stuck in his body, and one of them was even red. His face was covered with sweat and mud, and he gasped: "Futai, when we rushed over, the thieves had already landed thousands of people, and they were still setting up by the river. position.

The general led the cavalry in a desperate charge, but could not even get in from the outermost perimeter, and instead lost dozens of cavalry.well! "

As he spoke, Zhang Peng sighed and lowered his head in shame.

The servants next to him were all in a miserable state, and some were even hit by arrows. They looked like a defeated army.

Wang Yongzuo looked at the cavalry team downstairs at the village gate. He always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't figure it out for a while.

At this time, Xu Yong came over after hearing the news. He first asked Zhang Peng and others to return to the camp to rest, and then began to persuade him earnestly.

"Futai, now that the Wei thieves have landed on the south bank of the Yangtze River, it will be difficult to defend the tea shop camp. Why don't we withdraw to the county seat before the Wei thieves arrive and defend the city."

Wang Yongzuo knew some military strategies. Hearing this, he said angrily: "There are more than 1 officers and soldiers in the tea shop camp. Why can't we defend it? The rebel army has just arrived and we have lost one camp before engaging in battle. How can the county behind us be able to defend it?" How many days will you stay?!”

"The general is just talking about the situation." Xu Yong frowned, "The thieves have many and sharp guns. If we stick to the camp, we will only be beaten. It is better to withdraw first, save the useful ones, and then take action."

"This court sees that you are greedy for life and afraid of death!" Wang Yongzuo felt that he could no longer coddle Xu Yong, and said sternly: "Without an order from this court today, no one is allowed to evacuate, everyone will defend this place!"

Xu Yong instantly had the urge to pick off Wang Yongzuo's head, but he resisted in the end.

He hasn't made a decision yet whether to vote or not.

Although the Kuei tribe was very powerful and had almost no defeat against the official army, the Ming Dynasty was still a behemoth, with 10,000+ elite border troops outside the pass.

In his opinion, it would be a bit unsafe to invest in this team now - the most important thing is that the price has not been negotiated with the team.

Of course, in his opinion, there is no need to follow Wang Yongzuo to death even if he does not surrender - he will certainly not hesitate when it is time to escape.

With these thoughts in mind, Xu Yong lowered his head under Wang Yongzuo's stern gaze and said: "I will obey your orders."

After saying that, he left with his servants and pretended to inspect the defense affairs in various parts of the camp...

In the afternoon, tens of thousands of troops from the Kuei tribe drove from the shore and formed an array three miles east of the Ming army camp in Tea Shop.

Thousands of boats have also sailed here. Looking from a distance from the shore, the sails and boat shadows seem to cover the several miles wide river.

When hundreds of silver-grey army guns were launched from the Yibu army formation to the east, the atmosphere in the Ming army camp became so tense that it seemed to freeze.

　Make up one more.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)