Chapter 195: Hao Shaoqi's death

"General Chen and General Jiao said that as long as you are willing to surrender, they will definitely guarantee the safety of your lives. And it was reused by the Ming Emperor. Please think about it. The messenger said cautiously.

Temporarily, Chen Youlong and Jiao Lian couldn't find any powerful envoys, you must know that it is a very dangerous thing to send an envoy to the enemy camp in this year, don't forget that Qu Shiyun has just killed a messenger.

Therefore, he temporarily found a man to be a messenger. It's not distressing to be killed.

Hao Shaoqi didn't speak, but said to the people around him: "What do you think? ”

On top of this matter, Hao Shaoqi did not dare to express his opinion easily.

Although he can convince the upper and lower levels by force, he knows very well that he does not have deep roots in this cavalry. Before such a life-and-death decision, it is not good to be their master, so you have to ask the opinions of the people below, and if you don't communicate with the people below, it is useless for him to agree or not.

"General Hao, we will never agree, everyone's family members are either in Nanjing or Xijing, and they all have wives and children, even if they are for them, they can't surrender."

"Yes. The general treats people well, even if we die here. When that kid in my family grows up, he will also be taken care of by the general. ”

For a while, a lot of people spoke.

There will be no surrender by a unanimous vote.

These people are the diehards of the Luo father and son. Luo's father and son are also the best for them, after entering Nanjing, the nobles in Nanjing, even if they are not swept away, are not much, and most of the fields and properties of these nobles have been confiscated.

What happens after confiscation? Of course, it's divided.

Even Zhang Xuan knew in Ningbo that he had divided the fields of the guard to stabilize the morale of the army. Luo Rucai is old and strong, how can he not know this truth? He did more than Zhang Xuan, the so-called grabbing money and land. Snatch. Zhang Xuan still has some moral bottom lines in his heart, and Luo Rucai has no more at all.

Therefore, the female dependents and maids of the nobles who were raided from their homes, and even the palace maids in the palace at that time, as well as some women on the Qinhuai River, all belonged to Luo Rucai's cronies. Even because of the number of people, one batch could not be completed, and it was also done once in Wuchang, but this time it was the original land of the Chu Wang's family.

Now two years have passed, and most of the soldiers' children have them.

When you don't have children, you might surrender.

After all, Luo Rucai only had 3,000 people at the beginning, and in the rapid expansion, they were also inclusive, although they were Luo Rucai's old foundations, but many of them were also the Ming army or other righteous army before. But for the sake of the wife and children in Nanjing and Xijing. At this time, they also have to grit their teeth and not surrender.

At this time of crisis, Luo Rucai's methods back then also showed their power. Even in the midst of a desperate situation, not many people wavered.

Of course, it is not without wavering, after all, not everyone sees death as home. It's just that everyone is conformist, and everyone wants to fight to the end, and they can't say anything.

Hao Shaoqi was a little shaken in his heart at this moment.

After all, Hao Shaoqi's sense of belonging to Xia Jun has not yet reached the point of life and death. But seeing that this was all the same, he sighed slightly in his heart, turned his head to the messenger and said, "Go back and tell him that you only need to take the sword and speak." ”

The reason why Hao Shaoqi wavered.

One of the reasons is that the general trend is difficult to beat.

As a general, Hao Shaoqi still has a little bit of a view of the overall situation. He saw very clearly, even if the Ming army won a complete victory in this battle, it couldn't change the strategic contrast between Ming and Xia. At best, this battle is just a return to the past.

Why should Hao Shaoqi defect to a defeated regime for the sake of greed for life and fear of death.

The second reason is that he can't grasp the thoughts of the people below.

As a general, he knows too well the difference between leading troops to vote and throwing alone. If you bring troops to vote. Hao Shaoqi can still grasp some autonomy, if he comes alone, he is just a clear guest.

It was not what he wanted.

In this case, it is dead. Why be a three-surnamed slave when you are dying. followed Gao Yigong from the camp to the Ming army, and after defecting from the Ming army to the Cao camp, there was already one and two, and he didn't want to have three or four more.

"Yes. Be. The messenger crawled away.

Not long after Hao Shaoqi refused the envoy, a large group of foot soldiers came, accompanied by many archers and even artillery. The infantry lined up on the western flank, ready to attack. On the bank of the river, in this land of eggs, there is not much room for maneuver.

Hao Shaoqi sighed, turned around and saw the Li River behind him.

It seems that because of the ups and downs of the terrain, the Li River has become turbulent here, and there are many large and small stones in the middle, and the water is still clear, but it doesn't look as good as the ferry. Moreover, on the river, there are dozens of boats dragging up and down, and there are a lot of people on each boat, about 1,000 or so, each equipped with bows, arrows, spears, and short spears. Hao Shaoqi ordered: "Whoever thinks you can swim across the Li River, go into the water." Not counting deserters. If someone can swim over, meet the general. I told the general that I Hao Shaoqi would never live up to it, and he treated him leniently that day. ”

"General, we are willing to live and die with the general." Someone said loudly.

Hao Shaoqi said: "Say what? What's the use of dying here? If you really take me to heart, try to survive the Li River. Tell the general about this and let him avenge me. ”

"Yes." About two or three hundred people felt that their swimming skills were good, gave up their horses, and jumped into the Li River.

In fact, Hao Shaoqi also knew that swimming through the Li River, under the situation that someone was blocking the river, it was almost a life of death.

He didn't look at the soldiers who entered the water. He turned over on his horse, patted the horse's neck, and said in the horse's ear, "Old man, this time we are all going to be planted here." Then he raised his head and said in a loud voice: "When the eldest husband dies on his horse, how about the brothers and I rush again?" ”

"I am willing to die with the general."

There were only a few hundred horsemen, all of whom mounted their horses and rushed westward.

It has always been taboo for soldiers to storm the cavalry in a tight military formation, but at the moment none of them care about this. Hundreds of horsemen rushed into the Ming army's formation in a daze, and Hu Yiqing immediately ordered the subordinates to open fire one after another, bows and arrows, and firearms for a while.

However, he came in a hurry and did not bring any heavy firearms. As a result, long-range firearms of all kinds are inevitably somewhat inadequate. So at a very close distance, it only shot over more than 100 people, and the rest crashed into the Ming army.

For a while, people turned on their backs.

Hao Shaoqi relied on his superb equestrian skills, and he was not hurt at all, and he broke into the infantry phalanx, and long knives flew everywhere he passed. Blood splattered.

At this moment, Hao Shaoqi used twelve points of strength with each knife. You must know that in the midst of the chaos of the army, the most important thing is to keep yourself strong, because no one knows what will happen. Only by giving yourself some strength can you reflect in time.

But Hao Shaoqi didn't even care about this, it was clearly a desire for death.

Gradually, the shouting and killing sound slowly subsided.

Hao Shaoqi looked back, but found that most of the soldiers who followed him had already died. Even if he didn't die in battle, he fell off his horse and was captured. Countless people rushed towards Hao Shaoqi alone. Hao Shaoqi, even if he has three heads and six arms, can't stop these people.

In this world, there are only 100 enemies at most, and there are no 10,000 enemies at all.

Countless spears stabbed at Hao Shaoqi's horse, and Hao Shaoqi's mount hissed and fell to his knees. Immediately threw Hao Shaoqi to the ground, and then countless soldiers rushed over. These people can see that Hao Shaoqi is already at the end of his crossbow. is so crazy, just to grab credit.

No matter when, it is a first-class achievement, which is enough to make a pawn rise to three levels in a row.

Hao Shaoqi drew his knife in his hand and killed several people in a row, but he could no longer stop the sea of people.

"I killed Hao Shaoqi."

A soldier with a bloody face raised a head in the air. Throwing out large swaths of blood, he yelled almost madly.

On the head of Hao Shaoqi, his eyes were round, almost dead.

With the death of Hao Shaoqi, the battle on the west bank of the Li River finally came to an end. However, Hao Shaoqi's final counterattack also caused the Ming army to suffer a lot of losses. However, it was worth it for them, and this was also the first time since the start of the war that the Ming army had won the general of the Xia army.