Chapter 167: Life and Death
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On the opposite side of the Jin army's position, the faces of the three Jia Lazhangjing were a little unsightly.
From the formation of the phalanx of the Immortal Battalion, as well as what happened to the Golden Sentinel Scouts before and after, they already knew that this Ming army was a hard bone.
Originally, they wanted to use the rout of Zhang Pan's troops to impact a wave of phalanx formations, so as to open the gap in the phalanx, but they didn't expect that the reaction of this Ming army was so strong, and the warriors under their command suffered heavy losses.
In particular, their firearms are extremely sharp, which is completely different from ordinary Ming troops.
In such a situation, even if they wanted to retrieve the corpse of their companion, it would not be possible.
They could only watch as the Ming army gathered the rout and cut off the heads of their companions.
A man in his early forties with red flag armor Lazhang Jing said: "This Ming army is so sharp, we must think of ways to eradicate them, and we must not stay." ”
Next to him, a blue flag armor in his early thirties, Lazhangjing, shook his head, "The warriors under your command have already suffered too many casualties. We have too few troops at this time, and it is really unwise to attack it. ”
Another red flag Jialazhang Jing said: "Then what should I do? Do you just watch them leave? This is truly a disgrace to my Golden Warriors. ”
Zhenglan Banner's eyes narrowed slightly, "You can't attack by force, but you can't make them so comfortable." In this kind of weather, they can't go fast. Let's follow them closely and wait for the main forces of the two masters to come. ”
Although Liaonan is the sphere of influence of the red flag, the blue flag of Jia Lazhangjing is Mang Gurtai's right-hand man, and he is also Mang Gurtai's distant cousin, according to his seniority, Yue Tuo still has to call him uncle.
Seeing that he had spoken, the two red flag-inlaid Jia Lazhangjing were not easy to refute, and they both nodded.
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At this time, the Immortal Battalion had already cleaned up the battlefield that had just been battled.
Although the sons had done their best, the pikemen fought against the cavalry with their flesh and blood, and casualties were inevitable.
In less than a few minutes of skirmishing, at least 40 pikemen were killed on the spot, and the rest survived with wounds.
Fortunately, the Changsheng Battalion defeated the charge of the Houjin cavalry, and the biggest threat had been eliminated, and the Changsheng Battalion had more time to rescue these wounded soldiers.
At this time, although he couldn't see the sky clearly, at least three hours had passed since Li Yuanqing went out to fight from the Gaopo camp, and the sky was dark, and it should have been almost two or three o'clock.
Today is due to the weather, and the main force of Houjin can't rush too fast, but no one knows what the weather will be like tomorrow and whether it will be clear.
Li Yuanqing didn't dare to slack off, rested for a while, and directly ordered the rear team of the phalanx to change to the front team, turned his head, and quickly retreated backwards.
The defeated soldiers of Zhang Pan's department also learned to be obedient, and they no longer dared to force themselves into the phalanx of the Changsheng camp, they crowded on both sides and in front of the phalanx, and retreated in the direction of the high slope camp.
After that, the main force of the Jin cavalry was not slow, and always kept a distance of about a mile from the phalanx, like a pack of wolves staring at their prey, and refused to disperse.
Taken by the deterrent power of the cavalry, Li Yuanqing did not dare to let the sons and daughters of the Changsheng Battalion go too fast, and every hundred steps, he had to stop and rest for a while, reorganize the formation, and inspire the morale of the army.
This time, the speed of the team cannot be improved at all.
It wasn't until it was dark that Zhang Pan's rout escaped smoothly, and the phalanx came to the bottom of the Gaopo camp.
Chen Zhong hurriedly led the army to meet him, set up a formation, and welcomed Li Yuanqing and his sons into the camp.
When he arrived here, Li Yuanqing breathed a sigh of relief and asked the sons and daughters to enter the camp in an orderly manner according to the order of each department.
From the morning to the present, although there is not much walking, the phalanx team cooperation is already tiring, plus this weather, it is Li Yuanqing, and his physical strength is also a little exhausted, not to mention the soldiers?
"Yuanqing, are you okay?" Chen Zhong finally waited for the phalanx formation to disperse, and hurriedly rushed to Li Yuanqing, asking worriedly.
Li Yuanqing smiled tiredly, "It's okay." Eldest brother. How's it going over there? ”
Chen Zhong couldn't help but smile bitterly, "He has no face to see you." Let's go back to the camp first. ”
Li Yuanqing nodded and quickly returned to the camp.
Zhang Pan had already come to the camp, but at this time, he really didn't know how to face Li Yuanqing, but the ugly daughter-in-law always wanted to see her in-laws, Zhang Pan was also a man, and when he saw Li Yuanqing walking into the tent, he actually knelt down on one knee, "Yuanqing, I ......"
How could Li Yuanqing dare to accept such a big gift from Zhang Pan? Hurriedly helped Zhang Pan up, "Brother Zhang, my brother." Don't say anything. Let's eat first, the brothers are tired of the day, drink some hot water to warm up and then do the work. ”
Zhang Pan nodded vigorously and shook Li Yuanqing's big hand vigorously.
Even if there is a deep estrangement, at this moment, most of it has been melted away.
In such weather, it is impossible to cook good food, but Li Yuanqing has already issued a strict order that all officers and soldiers must drink hot water, otherwise, military law will be involved.
So, all the firewood in the camp is used to boil water.
The soldiers drank hot water, gathered around the fire in twos and threes, although they could not completely dry the wet clothes, but the warm feeling made everyone's faces bloody, and the fatigue of the day also dissipated a lot.
The Ming army returned to the camp here, and the Houjin army was not easy to entangle, and most of the main forces also returned to the camp to rest, but they still left more than 100 sentry scouts.
It's just that these sentinels have already suffered the loss of the immortal camp, and they don't dare to go forward so far, they only dare to watch from a distance, hugging their horses tightly, hugging in the rain and shivering.
After a simple dinner, Li Yuanqing, Chen Zhong and Zhang Pan had a simple discussion.
To this extent, time is life, and it is necessary to arrive at the seaside fleet in the shortest possible time, otherwise, once the main force of Houjin chases over, the Da Luo Immortal will not be able to save the three.
In order to preserve the main force, even if you pay some casualties, you can only grit your teeth and accept it.
Chen Zhong and Zhang Pan both agreed with Li Yuanqing's plan, but after the three departments stayed and broke off, there was a disagreement.
Chen Zhong and Zhang Pan received Li Yuanqing's great favor and wanted to stay and break the queen, but Li Yuanqing knew that the two of them had no effect after staying and breaking off, and once they waited until dawn, they could only become the whetstones of the Houjin cavalry.
The three departments add up, the number of people exceeds 8,000, and it is difficult to achieve it if they want to break through together, the goal is too big.
This place is at least fifty or sixty miles away from the seaside camp, and if it is the elite of the various departments, it does not take much effort to rush to the seaside camp before dawn, but if you add auxiliaries and baggage, it is difficult to achieve.
Seeing that he was still entangled for a while, Li Yuanqing simply said: "If you want to go together, you have to die together." Two big brothers, let's abandon all baggage, as long as people, nothing else. We still have a lot of grain and grass, all of which were thrown into the trench and burned together, and this line of fire can temporarily stop the Houjin army for a while. Let the auxiliaries and wounded soldiers go first, and all the soldiers of our three divisions will stay and go together after the break. ”
Chen Zhong also understood what Li Yuanqing meant, and immediately made a decision, "That's it." ”
Zhang Pan's arrogance finally returned to his face, "Yuanqing, your department is tired today, so you are ahead." I broke off with Lao Chen. ”
Li Yuanqing nodded emphatically, "Then I will leave everything to the two elder brothers." Let's do it. ”
Soon, the whole camp was up and running.
Each soldier, except for his own weapons and armor, and all other irrelevant items such as grain, grass, tents, bacon, etc., were thrown into the trench.
With the light of the fire burning from the trench, a brilliant line of fire was formed on the entire high slope, separating the Ming army from the Later Jin army.
Before the Jin army could react to what was happening, the Ming army had already run away.
The situation has reached such a point that all the property is no longer a problem, and only people are the most fundamental of the three parts.
Only when there is hope will there be hope and the possibility of continuing.
Although it was dark and the ground was very muddy, all three men received the simplest and most direct order, that is, there was only one purpose, to run westward to the sea.
As a last resort, the various ministries can disperse and flee, first to the beach, and then wait for rescue.
Although the Houjin cavalry was sharp, in such weather, the visibility was extremely low, and it was not so easy for them to pursue.
At the very least, the line of fire built by these grains, grasses, and sundries will have to burn for an hour.
At the beginning, the three departments were still very nervous, for fear that the Houjin army would chase after them, but after running out of three or four miles, the line of fire showed no sign of stopping, but it burned more and more.
Li Yuanqing made a decision immediately, what else is going on? Run.
The main forces of the three warlords instantly increased their speed and kept rushing towards the west sea.
The potential of people in a desperate situation is huge, and at dawn, when Li Yuanqing and the main force of the Changsheng battalion rushed to the temporary camp by the sea, more than 2,000 auxiliary soldiers had already run back here, and in a short time, the main forces of Chen Zhong and Zhang Pan also arrived one after another.
A simple count, there are still more than 7,500 people in the three departments at this time, and there are only less than 500~ people, whose whereabouts are unknown.
The three of them couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly asked everyone to quickly retreat to the camp and began to board the ship in an orderly manner.
About half an hour later, the sky has begun to brighten, and the Houjin army chasers have just arrived, but unfortunately, the Changsheng battalion has already been formed, and the main forces of Chen Zhong and Zhang Pan are also lined up on both sides, and these Houjin cavalry has no chance.
They shouted angrily, but they didn't dare to rush into battle easily, so they could only use words to attack and launch a 'fierce offensive' against the three departments.
It's a pity that the sea breeze is very strong and the sky is gloomy, and the three departments can't hear what they are scolding at all, and looking at the weather, I'm afraid there will be a bigger storm coming soon.
How could Li Yuanqing follow these Tartar inks? Quickly command all units and board the ship in an orderly manner.
Not long after, a storm fell from the sky, and the whole world was chaotic and confused, and it was impossible to distinguish who was who.
At this time, the main forces of the three departments had not yet boarded the ship, but fortunately, there were still many simple shacks left before on the side of the temporary camp, and Li Yuanqing hurriedly beckoned all the troops to go in first to avoid the rain.
In this kind of weather, even if this place is only more than twenty miles away from Changsheng Island, the fleet is obviously unable to go.
Li Yuanqing had no choice but to stabilize his temperament for the time being, and ordered the soldiers to use the simple defensive measures of the camp to guard against the charging of the Houjin cavalry.
But in such a state, the raindrops are bigger than soybeans, and the wind has to be seven or eight magnitudes, even if it is the size of Schwarzenegger and O'Neill, in this state, it cannot exceed the laws of nature.
These Houjin cavalry didn't want to rush to the camp, they simply hated their father and mother for having two legs, and they couldn't even take care of the war horses, so they looked for a place to hide from the rain.
The storm lasted until noon, when it eased slightly.
On Li Yuanqing's side, even if there were temporary shacks for defense, the storm was too big, just like an earthquake and a tsunami, and the camp was full of chaos.
Fortunately, the people who stayed behind were all soldiers, all of them were strong and strong, and they were organized and organized, and under the orders of the officers of various departments, there was no commotion~ chaos, and the overall situation was quite complete.
The flotilla was also not much damaged due to its leaning in the bay.
But the Houjin cavalry not far away was unlucky, the battle had not yet been fought, but the war horses had been swept away by the storm and killed more than 100 horses, and the casualties were countless, which were several times greater than the casualties that hit the phalanx of the Changsheng camp before.
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