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Chapter 87 Fiasco
"But... what's going on?" Gao Jie was stunned. The second in command of the dignified Jinyiwei was not in the imperial city to guard the king, why did the leader lead the team here?Even if Tiqi is in charge of the case, there is no need for him to go out in person, right? Return this attire?

Zu Hai looked contemptuous, "Why don't you understand? Let me tell you this, Your Majesty knows everything you did in Xu Si's land, especially the heinous crimes you committed in Yangzhou recently. Let Huang Degong take your Fengyang, knowing that your traitorous nature is hard to change, His Majesty ordered you to set up an ambush here, and you can't escape even if you have wings, it is cheap for you to dismount and go to see His Majesty to accept the crime!"

Gao Jie is not stupid, now he has to believe Zu Hai's rude and ugly words, but he must not admit it, so he pretended to be confused and turned his face down, "Zu Qian's words are wrong, I am not in the capital, so naturally I don't know about the capital, I don't even know why the dignified ancestral matter is willing to be driven by Huang Chuangzi to fight against someone. The grievance between Gao and Huang Chuangzi is up to His Majesty to judge. Please get out of the way, otherwise Gao will know him. However, Gao’s subordinates may not know about it!”

"Bold Gao Jie, you don't cry when you see the coffin!" Zu Hai became angry when he saw Gao Jie playing a scoundrel, and shouted, "The emperor has a decree to take down all these rebellious officials and thieves. Anyone who resists will be killed!"

As soon as the order was issued, Zu Hai's soldiers rushed up with their swords and guns.

Of course Gao Jie couldn't show weakness, even though he didn't know when the emperor stood by Huang Degong's side and wanted to deal with him, but he knew that at the critical moment, he must not admit cowardice, otherwise he would really lose his wings, so he turned his face away and asked for reason He also shouted loudly: "Don't listen to this guy's nonsense. You must have been bought by Huang Chuangzi to spread the imperial decree here and confuse people's hearts. Huang Chuangzi innocently violated my Fengyang and killed my brother. Is it tolerable or unbearable?" ,kill!"

The thousands of soldiers under Gao Jiemo were all his fist generals, although he was skeptical of Zu Hai's words, but Gao Jie was undoubtedly the only one who followed, so the two sides rushed together again.Soldier against soldier, general against general, Gao Jie prides himself on being brave, but he cannot defeat Zu Hai.

After half an hour, Gao Jie did not charge past Zu Hai's line of defense, but the number of troops around him was greatly reduced. Gao Jie saw that he could not charge out, so he did not dare to fight, so he turned back and charged in another direction, but this time he did not charge. No matter how far we went, we met Li Quan head-on with a team of troops, and naturally it was another scuffle.

Before Gao Jie could break out from here, Zu Hai led his men and horses to catch up again. Gao Jie was attacked from both sides, so he had to take the road and flee in another direction.

When he managed to get rid of the pursuers behind him and occupied a commanding height, there were fewer troops around him, and there were still many wounded soldiers who were injured. Only the generals who could conquer battles, including the general Hu Linyi, were left. There are only seven or eight people on the fingers, and in just two hours, the [-] army was defeated so badly?

Gao Jie was neither tired nor thirsty at this time, his eyes were spitting fire, and he looked around. The battle was basically over, the grass in the wilderness, the official road on the river beach, there were many dead and wounded, and blood flowed like a river, but eight out of ten fell to the ground. Nine are his men.

At this time, a scene that made him intolerable appeared. Zu Hai and Li Quan did not chase him any more, but directed their subordinates to gather groups of captives in one place for custody like driving animals. Wan's captives abandoned their guns, their armor was in disarray, and some of them were slightly wounded. They were all disheveled and raised their hands high, being driven away. Under his eyes, it seemed as if they didn't exist at all. Wow, his subordinates, he even saw clearly how many of them were his chief soldiers, deputy chief soldiers, generals, etc.

"Too much deceit!" Gao Jie, who was touched like cheese, was furious, and he wanted to rush down to save these people with a horse in his hand.

"Uncle, don't do it!" But his impulse was stopped by Hu Linyi, the chief soldier, "we still have so few troops left, the enemy is outnumbered, uncle must not be arrogant, now we occupy this small hill, delay time, waiting for reinforcements is the best policy."

"Yes, Uncle, Mr. Hu is not far away from us. When he gets the news, he will definitely fly to rescue him. When the time comes, he should cooperate with others to break out of the encirclement and save himself from danger. It is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge." Another general also said. Follow up.

Gao Jie still calmed down, because he knew that there were no more than 2000 people around him even if he was wounded. If he really rushed down the hill with this defeated general, he would not be able to save those people. If you want to fight to the death, you can't do it, at most, the fish will die and the net will never be broken, and he thinks that the reason why Zu Hai and Li Quan did this is to lure him deliberately, because the hill he occupies is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Thinking of this, he cursed, "Hmph, I'm not fooled!"

A cold smile appeared on Gao Jie's face again. Although the smile was a bit miserable, he was self-satisfied.In front of him, he could persist for a period of time by relying on the favorable terrain, and he looked back at the sky. It was still more than half an hour before dark. If he could persist until dark, Hu Maozhen's vanguard would definitely come back to rescue him, even if the reinforcements did not come With his bravery, he led these more than 1000 people to kill a blood under the cover of night, and then went back to Si to find the Xing family.

After making up his mind to pay attention, Gao Jie's face looked a little better, especially when he thought of the Xing family and the children who were just a few years old. To please women, otherwise Li Zicheng's wife would not elope with him.

Next, Gao Jie rested the more than 1000 people. After driving such a long distance in such a hot weather, they rushed for more than two hours. Attacking, they seized the time to rest and breathe, some sat and some lay down, their hands never took off their blades, and their horses never took off their saddles.

A quarter of an hour later, no one came to attack them, as if they wanted to keep them alive. What made them even more puzzled was that Zu Hai and Li Quan's men started to clean up the battlefield, some buried the corpses, and some guarded the prisoners , and some picked up knives, spears and firearms, and carried cannons, shells, food and other spoils of war.

The most infuriating thing is that some soldiers started to attack the dead and wounded horses. They slaughtered the horses that were alive, and skinned the horses that were dying. They started cooking, and the pots, bowls, ladles, spoons, and grains were all trophies!

"It's too deceiving!" Gao Jie could see clearly on the hillside, but he didn't dare to rush down to do his best. He could only grit his teeth and swear in his heart, "It's still cooking, it's very nourishing! You wait, wait for me!" As soon as the rescuers arrive, I'll settle the score with you!"

(End of this chapter)