Chapter 1061: Decisive Battle - Blocking
"Run! Come on! Salha shouted loudly as he led his soldiers to run.
After witnessing the astonishing scene of the Buddhist monks, his army had completely collapsed, and even if he could find a way to bypass that camp and attack Quanningwei, it would be impossible to win, so he had only one purpose at this time: to bring this army back, to bring it back to the camp, and to bring it back to the front of the 1st Great Khan.
The soldiers he is now commanding are the most elite soldiers in Samarkand, although the morale is declining now, as long as he can bring it back, a strong army will reappear after the morale is reorganized, so he must bring this army back under his command.
But it's not easy to escape. The morale of the Ming generals led by Ji Xi was extremely high, although they had consumed a lot of physical strength when defending the camp just now, they seemed to be tireless at this time chasing after the Xilu, biting their tails tightly, and killing the fallen Xilu soldiers from time to time.
Salha could clearly hear the excited shouts of the pursuing Ming army that made him feel very humiliated, and he also clearly knew that Ji Xi only had a few hundred people in his hands, but he did not stop at all to eliminate these hundreds of people. The morale of the soldiers was so low that it was impossible to carry out such an order, but it would cause the army to be completely dispersed, so he could only grit his teeth in his heart and hate the Ming army while leading the soldiers to escape.
Although the morale of the Ming army led by Ji Xi was high, after all, the number was too small, and they were all infantry, so even if they kept pursuing, they couldn't kill many people. Soon, Salha saw the camp he had passed through on his way to Quanningwei, which had not been attacked.
Salha breathed a sigh of relief and wanted to shout, "Soldiers, we're about to leave this camp and return to our camp!" Boost the morale of the soldiers, but at this moment, the guard post, which had been carefully guarding against the siege of the city and did not have the slightest intention of attacking, suddenly opened half of the gate of the camp.
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Qin Sen put down the clairvoyance in his hand, a little hesitant.
He had just seen a soldier of the Western Captives coming here from the northwest, and he looked very embarrassed; There were about a thousand Ming troops chasing behind, which showed that this army must have lost the battle and had to retreat.
He had the idea of stopping the Western captives. It can be seen that at least the war in the northwest direction has ended, and even the war of the entire Chinese army camp has ended in the Ming Dynasty.
But it's also dangerous. Blocking the way for so many Western soldiers to be defeated and escaped, the Western Prisoner will definitely want to break through in a hurry, and the loss of the whole army will be very great at that time, and he will also have to worry about his life. He couldn't help but recall that when he was in the capital, he mentioned to his father and second brother the reaction of his father and second brother when he wanted to come to the northwest to fight, thought of his mother's expression when she cried, and thought that he had to make them agree, so he couldn't help but swallow the words.
Moreover, Qin Sen glanced sideways at Chang Jizong. Chang Jizong is the most promising one in the Chang family so far, and if you want to die here, the Chang family has to fight with their family. Even if his second brother is the commander of the Jinyi Guard, he may not be able to withstand it. Moreover, there is no need to offend the Chang family for no reason.
He was hesitating, and Chang Jizong, who was standing beside him, suddenly said: "Commander Qin, I see that these tens of thousands of soldiers from the Western Captives are trying to escape, and there are still Ming soldiers chasing after them, so it can be seen that our army has thwarted the Western Captives' attack camp, and Your Majesty should be fine." At this time, the order should be given to leave the camp and block the retreat of the western captives. ”
"Chang Commander, there are only 1,000 Ming soldiers pursuing behind, and there are more than 20,000 Xi captives who are fleeing, how dare a thousand people pursue so many people? The war may not have become clear. Qin Sen said.
"There must be soldiers behind who are not chasing!" Chang Jizong said categorically: "The opportunity must not be lost, and it will not come again, this is a good time to destroy the Western Prisoners, how can there be any reason to retreat?" ”
"But," Qin Sen still hesitated.
"Nothing." Chang Jizong turned his head to look at Qin Sen. "Qin commanded the envoys, the imperial court will not treat any soldiers who serve them badly, and the court will give preferential care to the war dead, so that his wife and children will have no worries about food and clothing." Speaking of this, he remembered that Qin Sen's department was a guard from Yongming, and changed his words: "If there are people who die in battle and have no adult brothers, I ask Your Majesty to transfer them to the guard house in the Central Plains, and they will not suffer from cold." ”
"You don't have to worry about my safety." Although Chang Jizong's ability to fight was limited, after so many years of experience in the imperial court, in the guard, and the words and deeds of his family, he quickly saw that Qin Sen was another worried. "My Chang family is by no means a stingy person, how can I entangle your family because of the common things of the soldiers."
Hearing Chang Jizong's words, although Qin Sen was still a little worried, he had no room to shirk, turned his head and commanded loudly: "Soldiers! Xilu has been defeated, Your Majesty has turned the corner, the defeated soldiers of Xilu are about to flee from the camp, the rest of the guards are in pursuit, the soldiers follow me to cut off the retreat of Xilu, and completely annihilate the enemy! He shouted as he jumped down from the barracks, put on his armor and picked up his sword and gun.
When the soldiers heard that Xilu had been defeated, they immediately had high morale and wanted to go out of the camp to fight Xilu. The soldiers guarding the camp gate opened half of the door, and Zhao Xing and Chang An led the troops to rush out first, fighting with the Xiyu.
Salha's heart sank when he saw the Ming army killed out of the camp, but he immediately reacted and shouted loudly: "Soldiers, if you defeat the Ming army in front of you, you can go back and return to the camp." Kill! And took the lead in taking out a steel knife to fight with the Ming army.
Although the morale of the soldiers who fled with Salha was low, the desire to live at this time overcame the low morale, and all the soldiers tried their best to fight the soldiers of the Yongming Left Guard in order to return alive.
The war was at a fever pitch from the start. On the one hand, they want to fight their way out, and on the other hand, they want to block the enemy's way back and make great contributions, and they will not retreat. The Ming army was small, and it was originally a loss, but the road next to the camp was not wide, so it could withstand it.
The pursuers led by Ji Xi also caught up and fought with the last Xilu. Unexpectedly, the Western Prisoners, who had been slaughtered by them along the way, also began to resist at this time, and thousands of people turned around and shouted to kill. Seeing this, Ji Xi and Shang Lie's guards were afraid that the two of them would lose, so they escorted them backwards.
The rest of the pursuing soldiers were quickly repulsed by the Western Prisoners. Originally, they had little strength left along the way, and they were all supported by one breath, but at this time, the morale of the Xiyu, who was eager to escape, was obviously higher than them, and they successfully repelled them.
Under the escort of the guards, Ji Xi saw that the pursuers he led were repelled by the Western Prisoners, and he was furious in his heart, and said to the guards: "You don't have to protect Lonely, hurry up and help Zhu Suohai and Li Mingfang repel the enemy soldiers." ”
"Your Highness, we can't carry out this order of Your Highness." The leader of his guards said: "Your Highness's safety is the most important, how can we give up Your Highness to fight the enemy!" ”
"It's an order! Must be executed! ”
"Even if His Highness wants to cut off the minister's head later, the minister will never obey the order!" The leader of his guards said categorically.
Ji Xi was helpless, so he could only be dragged away by the guards and look at the battlefield in front of him.
I don't know how long later, he suddenly heard a huge cheer from the camp in front of him, and immediately said worriedly: "Could it be that the Xilu has already broken away from the blocking of the Yongming Left Guard?" ”
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Qin Sen and Chang Jizong were indeed about to be unable to stop Xiyu. Even though the road was narrow, and it was late at night, and the light was dim and could only be illuminated by flashes of lightning from time to time, their men were much smaller than Salha's soldiers, and the soldiers who were originally guarding them under the camp made the disadvantage even more obvious, often one soldier had to deal with two Western soldiers, and the soldiers suffered heavy casualties.
Chang An used the means of exchanging injuries for his life, and he desperately suffered a knife to hack the Xilu in front of him to death, and hacked the other two enemies to death with the help of his subordinates, just at this time a lightning flashed, he saw where Zhao Xing was, and hurriedly led his subordinates to run, and hacked to death a Xilu who was about to attack Zhao Xing from behind, leaned over and shouted: "Zhao Xing, the brothers can't hold on, retreat quickly!" ”
"But the commander has not yet given the order to withdraw the troops." Zhao Xing said hesitantly.
"What are you waiting for the commander's order! By the time he had given the order, we would have become a corpse long ago! Chang An said again. From the very beginning, Qin Sen gave the order to intercept it, and he felt bad that he might not be able to stop it; But firstly, this was the order of the commander, and he did not dare to disobey it, and secondly, he was also lucky, thinking that the western captives might be desperate to surrender directly when they saw them, so they came out together.
But I didn't expect that not only did the Xilu not surrender, but they didn't even try to make a detour, and fought directly with them. Watching his subordinates die in battle one after another, he had already scolded Qin Sen's ancestors for eighteen generations in his heart, and made up his mind to withdraw. In his opinion, Silu was in a hurry to flee for his life, and he would definitely not pay attention to those who escaped from the camp and no longer hindered their way of life, and he would be able to live.
Zhao Xing also hesitated. He didn't want to die, or no one wanted to die under normal circumstances. At this time, they are not trapped in a desperate situation, they will die, as long as they escape back to the camp, they can live, who wants to die?
But this is a crime of battlefield disobedience and the possibility of losing his head, and he does not dare to give it lightly.
Just as he was thinking, Xi Lu rushed up again, and he fought hard to kill two people, but the guards next to him also killed two people in order to protect him. Seeing this situation, Zhao Xing finally made up his mind to withdraw. Even if he was later executed for battlefield disobedience, his guards would always survive. These guards have been with him for a few years and have a deep affection, since they are dead no matter what, it is better to let them live.
Zhao Xing was about to say the order to withdraw. But at this moment, the sound of horses' hooves stomping on the ground suddenly sounded.