"Didn't you say that the captives had been surrendered?"

Cao Hongzu was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly asked his soldiers to get his sabre and armor, and secretly wondered in his heart: Could it be that Jiannu is a fraudulent surrender? Or a mutiny? Or is Jiang Zhengxi afraid that I will rob me of merit and collude to build slaves to harm me?

But in either case, it is extremely critical for him.

By the time he put on his helmet and armor and mounted his horse, news of the collapse of the rear army had already arrived. In a few moments, many soldiers fled from the rear team, and they all said that tens of thousands of captives had robbed the camp, and their momentum was very fierce and invincible.

The sergeants and soldiers of Cao Hongzu were all frightened when they heard the news, and the name of the fierce and brutal Jianyu had long been buried in the hearts of these people, and soon, there was a restlessness in the camp.

waited for Cao Hongzu to give the order to meet the enemy, but he couldn't gather the people for a long time.

In this era, the communication ability was low, and the army was called with the banner as the signal, so the night battle was extremely challenging for the training and discipline of the soldiers. And the level of the guards under Cao Hongzu is extremely low in both aspects.

More and more soldiers fled from the rear team, and the sound of dense firecrackers soon appeared near Cao Hongzu's Chinese camp.

Cao Garrison had no choice but to command the three hundred or so men gathered around him to meet the enemy in the direction of the enemy, hoping that the other soldiers would also rush up with him when they saw the fearless momentum of the main general.

But when he turned his head to look after rushing out of hundreds of steps, he saw that there were only more than a hundred torches left on his side, and not only did no one respond, but most of the soldiers who had gathered just now were scattered.

With the exception of his own guards, the battalion sergeants either cowered in place or retreated in the opposite direction.

He heard the sound of guns and shouts of killing getting closer and closer, and knew that with these more than 100 personal soldiers, the main force of Shangjian was no different from sending him to death, so he had no choice but to sigh, turn his horse's head and flee north.

When Cao Hongzu rushed forward, no one paid attention to him, but when he fled, the soldiers followed him, and even ran faster than him.

The large group of men and horses fled in a panic, and the sound of fire and screams behind them was loud, and I don't know how many enemy troops followed, and the end was a mess of porridge.

In fact, Fan Shaozu's mind was all about this military ration, and he had no interest in Cao Hongzu's men and horses. He broke through the rear team of Cao's garrison and grabbed the grain and grass, and then escorted the grain cart back the same way.

However, those defeated Cao Hongzu's rear army thought that the enemy army was still chasing after them, so until they fled to their own camp, they were still shouting and shouting, and from time to time they released their guns behind them.

When the sergeants heard the sound of guns, they thought that the enemy was attacking the camp, and they were so shocked that they raised their guns and threw them into the night, but they shot and killed many of the fleeing rear soldiers.

The screams of the bulleted soldiers deepened their fear, and the firearms were fired more and more diligently. Until they fled with Cao's garrison, these apprehensive soldiers continued to shoot lead bullets at the "pursuers behind them".

In the darkness of the night, these thousands of people rushed to the wolves, trampling on each other and suffering heavy casualties, and the screams were always in the ears.

……

It was late at night, but Bolo didn't feel sleepy.

At lunchtime yesterday, Dahasu fled to his camp with only a few followers, saying that Jian'an had been lost four days earlier, and the troops defending the city had been destroyed.

According to Dahasu's description, the Ming army besieging Jian'an gathered three to four thousand men to make a feint at the west gate, but broke through the east gate with lightning speed in the middle of the night. Judging by the speed of the Ming army's siege, the number of men and horses attacking the east gate was at least three or four thousand, that is, its total strength was probably nearly 10,000.

In addition, the besieging enemy mobilized more than twenty cannons to bombard day and night.

All of the above is enough to prove that this must be the main force of the Ming army, and it should also be this team of men and horses who attacked Xianxia Pass and defeated Shi Fu before.

Dahasu also said that he fled all the way, and there were always Ming cavalry chasing after him. Therefore, Bolo judged that the main force of the Ming army must have pursued all the way from Jian'an to Yanping.

He stared at the map, and secretly said in his heart, the southerners are really treacherous, and they are talking about peace with me in the open, but behind the scenes, they want to take advantage of my unpreparedness to sneak attack with the main force.

He also remembered that the Ming court had not brought grain and grass for six or seven days, which made him even more convinced that his judgment was correct—the Ming army was planning to use grain and grass to drain my morale.

It's just that how did these Nanban know that my main elite had gone west to Shanguan, Bo Luo smiled coldly, and when they reacted, Prince Ying ...... No, Imbele has already captured Shanguan and Liu Guangbi to gather troops, and the connection between Fujian and Jiangxi will be cut off, and Fujian will be a lonely place to die.

When the grain and grass on the side of Imbel are replenished, this small Nanban court is definitely not the opponent of tens of thousands of Jianzhou warriors.

He had already ordered all battalions to be put on alert and try to buy time for Imbele. Although most of the people who remained in Yanping were "weak troops", with the combat strength of the Ming army, it was not difficult to hold them for six or seven days.

At this time, he thought of some things that needed to be strengthened, and said to Zhang Yingmeng, who was waiting on the side: "The wall at the mountain pass in the north should be increased by three feet. Xiaoliuxi transferred an extra battalion of men and horses over. Also, in the past few days, the grain and rice of the whole army have been reduced by 30 percent......"

"Huh."

Before Bolo could say anything more, he heard the sound of horses' hooves approaching outside the tent, and then a cavalryman hurriedly came in and said, "Report to the general, the horses have found that the enemy army is speeding north, and it seems that they are still engaged with men." ”

This may be the Ming army surnamed Cao, but who is it fighting against? Before Bolo could think about it, another scout came to report that a troop of soldiers and horses had been found coming towards our camp six miles to the east, and it was difficult to judge the number of people in the night, but at least it was above three or four thousand.

"Send more people to investigate!"

"General, it's not good!" A strong man with a scar on his face lifted the curtain into the tent, made a hasty salute, and said hurriedly, "There are only a few hundred people left in Fan Shaozu's camp, and his soldier said that he led a team to rob Cao Hongzu's camp!" ”

"This bastard!" Bolo slapped the wooden table and said angrily, "I have repeatedly told you not to leave the camp without permission!" ”

He forcibly suppressed his anger and bowed his head to himself, if Fan Shaozu went to rob the camp, then it would be him and Cao Hongzu who were fighting in the north. Night battles are very easy to cause chaos, and seeing that the main force of the Ming army is approaching, it is necessary to keep Fan Shaozu's 5,000 men and horses.

He then said to Zhang Yingmeng: "Immediately order 3,000 men and horses to go to the north side to pick up Fan Shaozu." ”

"Huh!"

Seeing Zhang Yingmeng taking the order, Bo Luo couldn't help frowning again, if Fan Shaozu went to attack the camp, then where did the thousands of soldiers and horses on the east side come from?

His own army is in the camp except for Fan Shaozu, so this team can only be the Ming army. He nodded secretly, this night came, there was nothing but robbery.

Because he had been thinking about the main force of the Ming army going south from Jian'an all night, he subconsciously thought that it was likely that the Ming army had arrived.

It only took five days for Jian'an to come here, and these southerners were fast enough. Fan Shaozu, this waste, how can he make trouble at this time!

Thinking of this, he immediately commanded his own soldiers: "Erdenbu, let you lead 4,000 men to the east side of the camp to fortify, and you must not let the southerners enter our camp for half a step!" Ben will take his own soldiers behind you. ”

"Huh!"

"By the way, bring the three cannons that remained in the camp with you."

"Huh!"