Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 45: Big Eyes and Small Eyes

Jia Zhuang, men, women, old and young, no one sleeps.Most of them, however, were ordered to stay at home.Only a small number of people welcomed Lu Xiangsheng back behind the gate of the village.

The strong crossbow shot the ground, and only two-thirds of the soldiers of the Ming army returned from the battle. Just like this, many people were supported or carried by their colleagues.Every soldier who entered the Zhuangzi sat down on the ground as soon as they reached a safe place, panting and wheezing, obviously exhausted and exhausted.

The soldiers who had been waiting for a long time hurried to help their comrades.Those who need to be treated for treatment, and those who need to rest, have already been prepared.

"Where is Master Lu? Is Master Lu safe?"

People kept asking, with worry.

"My lord will be outside the village after the break."

Hearing this news made me feel relieved a lot.However, when Lu Xiangsheng finally entered Zhuangzi, the people who greeted him were startled.

Lu Xiangsheng was seen covered in blood, with several arrows stuck in his body, not including the broken arrow shafts.

"My lord, how are you?"

Looking at the crowd around him, Lu Xiangsheng threw the curly-bladed sword on the ground with a "bang" sound, then let go, and his own guards went to support him, while he himself said a little tiredly: " I'm fine, did Zongbing Yang break out?"

That's right, Ning Wan, I actually guessed right, Lu Xiangsheng broke out with great fanfare, just to cover Yang Guozhu's breakout.

Hu Dawei, who was in charge of keeping an eye on the situation in Jiazhuang, heard this, and immediately told him: "My lord, don't worry, the general will watch, he should have broken out!"

Hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng breathed a sigh of relief: "The sacrifices of the soldiers are worth it!"

Speaking of this, he paused and then ordered: "Everyone go to rest, the next battle will be more intense!"

Mr. Jia, who had been silent until now, couldn't help but shed tears and said: "Your Excellency, for the sake of the people of Jiazhuang, you go to such great lengths to defend Jiazhuang with your precious body. Old man... On behalf of the fathers and fellow villagers of Jiazhuang, I kowtow to you!"

After saying this, he knelt down on the ground.Several Jiazhuang squires behind him also knelt down to kowtow to Lu Xiangsheng.

Lu Xiangsheng actually had a chance to live, but he wanted to share life and death with his subordinates, so he gave up!
Withdrawing into Jiazhuang, although there is a place to rely on for defense, but because of this, the people of Jiazhuang are in danger, and Lu Xiangsheng is unwilling to act alone regardless of the life and death of the people of Jiazhuang, insisting on staying and sharing life and death.

Such officials are rare throughout history, let alone at the end of this dim Ming Dynasty.

But there is a saying that goes well, heroes come out of adversity, and true friends come out of adversity.At the end of the Ming Dynasty when all horses were silent, Lu Xiangsheng was one of them. He loved soldiers like his sons and the people like his sons!In addition, Li Dingguo is also one of them. He loves soldiers like his son and loves the people like his son.

For such an official, the common people are naturally very grateful.

Besides, when Lu Xiangsheng saw Mr. Jia and others about to kneel to him, he showed a trace of shame instead, and quickly stepped forward to help him up. At the same time, he said sincerely: "I am ashamed of you fellow villagers. The emperor entrusted me with such a heavy responsibility, but I failed to do so." Defeating the Manchu Tatars has caused you, my fellow countrymen, to fall into a trap. After all, I read the books of sages and received their teachings, so how could I abandon my fellow countrymen!"

He had figured it out a long time ago, the only way to keep Jia Zhuang was to let Man Qing retreat.As for defeat, he has no extravagant dreams and is unrealistic.It is not very sure that the Manchus will retreat, but there is hope after all, so this strategy was adopted, even if Jiazhuang's defensive force was weakened again, Yang Guozhu must be covered to break through.

Soon, Jiazhuang returned to calm.The people on duty, braved the severe cold, to monitor the movement of the Manchu Tartars; those who were not on duty, rested quickly, and prepared for the fierce battle after dawn.

Time passed slowly, no matter what, the sun rose as usual, rising higher and higher, and on the cold ground, the crowd started to get busy again like ants.

At noon, when the tents of the Chinese army in the Qian camp were lifted up, there was another burst of noise.

Although Yang Tinglin is a civil servant, he has a loud voice.He jumped up and said loudly: "Director Gao, it's been a few days, but our army has only advanced five miles! Even a snail is probably faster than this speed! You are not afraid of not being able to rescue in time, and killing you." Lu Shangshu?"

Gao Qiqian looked a bit haggard, with panda eyes, as if he didn't sleep well at night.Hearing Yang Tinglin's question, he was about to say something, but the generals on both sides had already shouted and answered for him.

"Master Yang put it bluntly. There is a hundred thousand Manchu troops in front of us, more powerful than ours. It is a miracle that we have not been defeated!"

"Yes, we persist until now, is it easy?"

"Master Yang, you can go out and have a look. We really have to do our best. If something happens to Master Lu, the emperor will punish us, so admit it. We really have to do our best!"

"..."

Not only them, even Gao Qiqian, after hearing what they said, sighed and said: "This battle is really difficult, it's not that we can't save it, it's really impossible to save it!"

In Gao Qiqian's military career, it was the first time he had fought against the Qing army for so long.You know, this is a field battle, not a city defense battle.He knew that these subordinates of his were indeed doing their best than before.Who made the Manchu Qing army strong, there is really no way!
Because of this, thinking about the emperor's will and worrying, Gao Qiqian never had a good sleep at all.As soon as he fell asleep, he had nightmares. Either he dreamed that the camp was attacked by the Qing army, or that Lu Xiangsheng was killed and he was buried with him.

At this time, he had actually given up on rescuing Lu Xiangsheng in his heart, because in his opinion, it was impossible for him to defeat the Manchu Qing army in front of him.Although it is an exaggeration to say that the Manchu Qing had [-] troops, there must be [-] to [-] after all!

Gao Qiqian's abacus at this time was also thinking that Yang Tinglin, a civil servant, would say something nice for him afterwards, maybe the emperor would really believe that he had done his best, and he would not need him to be buried with Lu Xiangsheng.

At this moment, Wang Chengen arrived here.

Gao Qiqian asked about the reason for his visit, and couldn't help crying secretly.He hurriedly said the current situation, although it was a bit exaggerated, but basically it was not deceiving, Yang Tinglin added on the sidelines, and finally Gao Qiqian said: "My lord, our family is really helpless in the current situation. It's gone!"

When Wang Chengen heard this, he couldn't help being very surprised.He didn't expect that such a situation would happen here.If Gao Qiqian just said that, he wouldn't believe it.But if the civil servant under Lu Xiangsheng and Yang Tinglin, who was at odds with Yang Sichang, both said the same, then there would be nothing wrong.

He had never had such an experience before, nor did he have the ability to command and fight. Hearing this, he remembered how much the emperor attached to Lu Shangshu, and his mission when he came here, and he couldn't help becoming anxious: "What should I do?"

A group of people, there is nothing they can do.You look at me, I look at you, big eyes and small eyes, but there is nothing to stare at!
If you fight, you can't fight; if you retreat, you can't retreat.It feels like this group of living people are going to be suffocated to death!

　Thank you for the injustice of mortals, the world has my rewards!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)