Mengjin City Zhixian Yamen Hall

The fair and honest plaque that originally hung above the lobby has been removed and replaced with a washbasin-sized plaque with the words "Juyi Hall" written in black block letters.

Gao Yingxiang sat on the first seat of the hall, and the left and right were filled with the leaders of the thirteen families and thirty-six battalions.

At this time, they had long since lost the high-spirited expression they had when they conquered Mengjin City a few days ago, and instead had a slightly frightened, uneasy, and decadent expression.

"Brothers!"

Gao Yingxiang's voice was much lower than usual.

"Our spies have already sent news that the commander of the Jiangning army, that is, the fifteen-thousand-strong army led by the Duke of Xinguo, will arrive in Mengjin tomorrow, and we will face an army of twenty-five thousand imperial courts, I wonder if you have any good strategies to retreat from the enemy?"

There was silence in the hall, and no one spoke for a long time. Yesterday's battle shocked everyone too greatly, and nearly 100,000 troops were dispatched, and before the battle, there was still a plan to defeat or even annihilate the Jiangning army that would commit a crime in the future.

You must know that their strength is ten times that of the other side!

Of course, more than half of the old and weak women and children stood up, but even so, there were as many as forty or fifty thousand young and strong people left, but they were beaten to a mess by the Jiangning army, and they never dreamed that the homeless campers who originally served as cannon fodder not only did not achieve the expected results, but became the culprits who disrupted their own military formation.

In the end, the battle ended with their defeat, and Luo Rucai, He Jin and other people who served as the main attackers suffered heavy losses, and the horses returned a little better.

This battle also completely calmed down the minds of the originally arrogant rogues, and they realized that the reason why they were able to gallop across Shaanxi and Shanxi, and even break into the boundaries of Henan, and even had a chance to approach Luoyang for a while, was not that they were powerful, but that the officers and soldiers and the government were too incompetent.

Of course, it's not uncommon to lose battles. In fact, they basically fought with the guards or garrisons in those places, and the rogues were also defeated and won less, and they couldn't escape, weren't they driven out of Shaanxi by Lu Xiangsheng a few months ago?

However, this time it was different, a Jiangning army had been stationed outside Mengjin City, and even the wharf by the river was under the supervision of the Jiangning army, and they probably couldn't leave by boat like before.

"How...... No one wants to speak? Seeing the people who didn't say a word, Gao Yingxiang's anger couldn't help but grow, "Aren't you all quite capable of talking about each of you, why are you all dumb today?" ”

Seeing Gao Yingxiang angry, everyone did not panic, although nominally Gao Yingxiang was their boss, but in fact, the rebel army was just a temporary alliance, and Gao Yingxiang was only the leader of the alliance they elected.

Seeing that everyone was still silent, Gao Yingxiang's face darkened.

Just as he was about to get angry, Li Zicheng, who was still sitting at the back of the tail, spoke when he saw this, "King Chuang, for the sake of today, it is no longer possible for us to trap Mengjin again, we had better withdraw before Yang Feng arrives." ”

"Withdraw...... Do you know what you're talking about? ”

As soon as Li Zicheng's words were finished, a dissatisfied voice sounded, and the person who spoke was none other than Luo Rucai, nicknamed Cao Cao.

Luo Rucai, who had lost most of his troops in yesterday's battle, was in a very bad mood, and the smell of gunpowder was naturally very strong when he spoke.

"Not to mention anything else, there are still nearly 100,000 brothers in Mengjin City now, how can they withdraw overnight, not to mention that the Jiangning Army is around us, maybe there are also their spies in Mengjin City, as long as we make a move, they will be noticed immediately, how can they honestly let us leave?"

"yes."

The surrounding leaders also discussed, the matter was clear, once the Jiang Ning army found out that they had the intention of escaping, they would definitely attack the dock as soon as possible, and it would be difficult for them to leave at that time.

"That's why we should go!"

In the face of everyone's discussions, Li Zicheng still insisted on his own views.

"If we retreat to the other side of the river, we can still have a chance of life, but if we continue to stay here, there is only a dead end, so let's decide for ourselves where to go!"

Everyone looked at each other.

They didn't understand these truths, but this determination was too difficult to make, and before they could speak, Li Zicheng's faint voice sounded again.

"I've already calculated, we still have more than 100 ships on the dock, although most of them are small boats, but they can also carry seven or eight thousand people at a time. I think that as long as we are prepared and all the boats cross the river at the same time, there is still a good chance that they will reach the other side safely. ”

At this time, everyone's hearts also began to turn rapidly, Li Zicheng was right, the first batch of people who escaped had the greatest chance of success, even if the Jiang Ning army reacted, they would not be able to take them, and by the time they chased and killed, they had already withdrawn to the other side of the river.

Gao Yingxiang sighed lightly, "Zicheng, even if the first batch of retreating brothers can reach the other side safely, what will the brothers behind do?" ”

Li Zicheng said lightly: "The brothers in the back can only resign themselves to fate!" ”

"Tut-tut......"

Looking at Li Zicheng, who had no expression, Gao Yingxiang felt a burst of emotion in his heart, it has only been a few days, and the guy who was just a team officer before can now tell the life and death of tens of thousands of people in an understatement without changing his face.

"If this son doesn't die, he will definitely be a hero in the future!" Gao Yingxiang secretly made a conclusion to Li Zicheng in his heart.

He glanced at everyone and asked, "Okay, Zicheng has already said his thoughts, who of you is for and against?" ”

…………

While Gao Yingxiang and the others were arguing, the men and horses led by Yang Feng had already come to a place about thirty kilometers away from Mengjin City.

"Report!"

A spy came to Yang Feng, held an envelope above his head and said loudly: "Grandpa Qiyuguo, this is the information sent by General Yan Di!" ”

On the side, the free family Ding took the information and handed it to Yang Feng, Yang Feng checked the fire paint of the envelope before tearing the envelope, he read the information at a glance and handed the information to Gou Xingma on the side, nodded with satisfaction: "Yan Di did a good job, he was able to achieve such a big victory in the first battle with his troops, which is worthy of praise!" ”

It's just that Gou Xingma is not as optimistic as Yang Feng, but he is a little worried: "Grandpa Guo, although Lao Yan won the battle, he secretly released tens of thousands of prisoners, which is a big taboo!" ”