Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 882 Shameless

Fighting and stopping all the way, we walked for a long time for dozens of miles, and when we came to the front line, it was almost dark.

In the twilight, Lu Xiangsheng could see that the front line was in complete chaos. The fire at the material transfer base set on fire by the Qing army had not been extinguished. Countless precious materials turned into black smoke pillars and stood like huge towers on the Liaohe Plain. spectacular.From time to time, terrifying explosions roared from the center of these black smoke columns, and the smoke columns lit up for one, and then returned to darkness.Some Ming army soldiers and civilian husbands rushed into the sea of ​​flames madly at the risk of being killed by explosives and shells, and snatched out the supplies that had not been completely burned, even a bunch of hay or a cotton coat.And more Ming soldiers looked dull, shivering in the cold wind with their weapons in their hands. If it weren't for their eyeballs, they would turn around and show a trace of fear when they saw the corpses all over the ground. They are considered dead.Some officers were yelling fiercely, telling the sleepwalking soldiers of the Ming army to dig their nests before the cold and dark night in the Liaohe Plain came, but few people obeyed their orders. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that they have fallen into the trap carefully prepared for them by the Qing army. Tens of thousands of Qing troops are staring at them, and the Guan Ning army has rebelled. What's the use of digging a nest when Guan Shan returns to Guannei? It's just lingering!

Seeing Lu Xiangsheng leading a group of elite infantry and cavalry galloping forward, the eyes of the panicked Ming army officers and soldiers flickered, and they surrounded them one after another, yelling:
"Master Hou, you're here! How's the situation going?"

Lu Xiangsheng smiled and said, "What else can I do? Jiannu came out like a mad dog to bite everyone, trying to destroy the supplies our army had hoarded on both sides of the Liaohe River. The attack was really fierce! But Lu didn't make it easy for them either. There are probably thousands of Jiannu lying on the banks of the Liao River now."

The eyes of the soldiers of the Ming army lit up, and a bearded man said: "Master Hou is really good. Even with a group of peasants, Jiannu can be beaten to death! I didn't make Jiannu feel better, they thought Swallowed our army in one gulp, and broke several big teeth!"

Lu Xiangsheng said: "I have seen it all, you are all doing well."

With such a compliment from him, these Ming soldiers who were originally sluggish couldn't help straightening their chests.A lieutenant who had been shot in the shoulder bared his teeth and said, "It's not for the bragging of the last general. If it weren't for the shitty Guan Ning army, Jiannu wouldn't be able to do anything to us! The shitty Guan Ning army, a bunch of wolves, As long as one of us can return to the pass alive, we must not let them go!"

Lu Xiangsheng patted the lieutenant general on the shoulder and said: "Okay, don't say anything unnecessary, rectify your troops, treat the wounded, collect food and fodder, and make preparations to break out. I will take you home. "

Hearing the word "go home", Ming Jun's eyes lit up again, and he asked cautiously, "Can we... can we go back?"

Lu Xiangsheng said: "It's definitely possible. Please cheer me up! Especially you officers and generals, how do you lead the troops? Fortunately, you are not my subordinates, otherwise the boss's army sticks would have been beaten one by one! Give me a beat Get up and get ready, if anyone procrastinates when receiving an order, don't blame Lu's knife for not recognizing anyone!"

The soldiers of the Ming Army burst into laughter. The officers threw away their whips and military sticks, picked up their shovels and dug fiercely on the ground that was as frozen as iron plates, helping the wounded soldiers dig their nests. It also ignited the light of hope. Those who lost their weapons looked around for their own weapons. Those who did not lose their weapons either dug their nests or rushed into the flames to rescue supplies.

Come back home!

Break out of the siege, escape this icy purgatory and go home!
There is no rhetoric, no feelings for family and country, the greatest wish of the soldiers of the Ming army is as simple as that, they just want to go home!

There are two ways to go home. One is to fight to escape the siege and step on the enemy's bones to sing triumphantly. Get a small official and return to your hometown.The latter is obviously less risky and more profitable, but no one will choose it. In the hearts of these ordinary Ming soldiers, there are two things that are more important than life.

One is "ancestor".

One is "backbone".

What is an ancestor? It is a model for future generations of a family.Since ancient times, in the minds of the Chinese people, what kind of ancestors should have what kind of descendants, the descendants can only do better than the ancestors, they can't do worse than the ancestors, even if they can't do better than the ancestors, they can't give The face of the ancestor is smeared, otherwise he will not be able to enter the ancestral grave after he dies, and the descendants will not be able to lift their heads because of such an ancestor. I didn’t see that because hundreds of thousands of Zhao troops were buried in the First World War in Changping, Zhao Kuoju’s family took the surname Zhao Ashamed, have they changed their surnames to Ma?
What is the backbone? The beggar refuses to accept the food that the rich throws on the ground like a dog and then starves to death. This is the backbone!During the famine years, someone stole a load of grain from a neighboring village. After the incident, the clan elders beat him to death in public, and then compensated the neighboring village tenfold for the loss. In the end, almost two or three hundred members of the entire clan starved to death. This is what happened. backbone!The price of backbone is very high. The price of people boasting "spine" is often their own, or even the life of the whole family. However, if a person, a country, or even a family has no backbone, is it okay?
The soldiers of the Ming army didn't understand any major principles. They only knew that the imperial court had treated them well these years. They had fed them well, dressed them warmly, and exempted their families from taxes. They should repay it with death.Surrendering to a foreign race, using the emperor, exchanging the lives of hundreds of thousands of fellow countrymen for prosperity and wealth, that is shameless, that is spineless, even if you really become a high official, you will have no face to go home, let alone enter the ancestral grave!
Either follow Su Yihou's battle flag and fight a bloody road to break out of the encirclement, or they all die here, there is no third way to choose!
Lu Xiangsheng traveled all the way, cheers thundered everywhere he went.Listening to the bursts of cheers from the Ming army camp, Huang Taiji's face became extremely gloomy. He stared at Zu Dacheng and Wu Xiang, and asked word by word: "How do you do things? Forget it, even Lu Xiangsheng is safe and sound!?"

Cold sweat broke out on Zu Dacheng's forehead, and he said: "Supposedly it shouldn't be, the slaves sent the most elite dead men, and Zu Kuan had a deep friendship with Lu, so he suddenly launched an attack, Lu Xiangsheng definitely has no reason to survive... ..."

Huang Taiji said angrily: "The problem lies with Zu Kuan! Just now Wu Changbo said that he rushed straight to Qi Jia, and he was about to succeed. But at this moment, hundreds of Zu Kuan's subordinates rushed out and beat him. He was caught off guard, causing him to succeed and fail!" At this point, this fat man with a deep city could no longer suppress the anger in his heart. He waved his riding whip and shouted: "Two people who must be eradicated, neither one of them was killed. How did you do it? Did it!”

Zu Dacheng, Wu Xiang and others were so frightened that they didn't dare to breathe, they knelt down and kowtowed to plead guilty.

Fan Wencheng smiled calmly, and said: "Your Majesty, the Ming army has now been caught in the net of our Qing Dynasty, and the retreat has been cut off by the Guan Ning army. Even if Lu Xiangsheng survives, so what if Zhu Youjian survives? Wings, you can't fly out of our army's sky and earth net!"

Huang Taiji said irritably: "Although this is the case, my heart is not at ease if these two people will not die for a day! I don't have time to waste time with them in the Liaohe Plain. According to the news from the secret work in the pass, the Heluo New Army has already carried out General mobilization, the three legions all marched northward, and the Sichuan Army has already arrived at Daming Road! Once these two elites arrive in Beizhili, it will be even more difficult for the Qing Dynasty to take down the entire Beizhili!"

Fan Wencheng said: "Your Majesty, you are overthinking. At this time, the weather is freezing and the roads are difficult. Even if the Ming army reluctantly marches northward, the speed of travel will be extremely slow! In addition, the canals are frozen, the Bohai Sea is frozen, water transportation and sea transportation are impossible. , the local officials along the way refused to provide food and fodder, and the Heluo new army had to carry a lot of luggage, how fast could it go? My Qing Dynasty could calmly pack up Lu Xiangsheng and Zhu Youjian and then enter the pass calmly, sweeping through Beizhili. There, the Pianshi who entered the Central Plains through the Eight Paths of Taihang has already razed Heluo and Daming Road to the ground!"

Huang Taiji also realized that he seemed to be too impatient. The death trap he carefully set up was so thorough. The timing, location, and harmony were all on his side. There was absolutely no reason for the decaying Ming Dynasty to survive!So what if the Sichuan army went north? What if all the Heluo new army went north? The most convenient water transportation and sea transportation were cut off. The Qing army was drowned!This is the reason, but he is still worried. His worry comes from the performance of the Tianxiong Army today.Tens of thousands of Qing troops and Guan Ning troops stormed the Tianxiong army, which was only in the early ten thousand. They attacked six times in a row, but they were beaten back unceremoniously by the Tianxiong army every time. Thousands of people were killed and injured. Hollow infantry phalanx!The powerful firepower, tenacious will and steel-like discipline of the Tianxiong Army all made him shudder.In just a few years, the Tianxiong Army has grown so strong that the Ten Thousand Tianxiong Army is so difficult to deal with. If the [-] Tianxiong Army and the [-] Heluo New Army are all mobilized to fight the Qing army , does the Qing army have any chance of winning?
Will his ambitious plan to destroy Daming and replace him really succeed?
It was dusk and the wind was biting.In the snowstorm, Huang Taiji went crazy.

At this time, Lu Xiangsheng had already arrived at the camp of the Chinese army, and he heard the eunuch's shrill and hoarse screams from a long distance: "Don't make any more excuses for our family, and immediately send all the Tianxiong troops over to protect the eunuchs." Master, if there is a mistake, our family will immediately bring out Shangfang’s sword and take your head!” The sound was like pulling a steel wire, and it made Lu Xiangsheng’s eardrums hurt, who else could it be if it wasn’t Gao Qiqian? Lu Xiangsheng shook his head and smiled wryly , this dead eunuch fights like a piece of shit, but he is majestic in front of his own people!
Then came Li Chongshi's voice: "My lord, this is a desperate place for military strategists. Our army should break out of the siege as soon as possible, and it is not appropriate to stay here for a long time! Our Tianxiong army is positioned forward, just as the forward of the army, breaking through the enemy's encirclement, and breaking through in the direction of Fuzhou. They were transferred to protect Jijia, I'm afraid..."

Gao Qiqian's voice became more and more sharp: "What are you afraid of? What else is more important than fierce driving? If the emperor loses a hair, you warriors, can you afford it! Send your troops here immediately Protect Jijia, don't make mistakes!"

It seems that this dead eunuch has frightened away today's bloody battle, no matter what, he will transfer the third regiment of the Tianxiong Army who is confronting the main force of the Qing army and is on the axis battlefield to protect Ji Jia, and also protect himself by the way .This dead eunuch wished to transfer all the Ming troops to build a fortress of human flesh around him to ensure his safety. He even forgot that the army must be squeezed into a fist that can be punched at any time to be effective. No matter how many people there are in the pile, it is just a pile of dead meat and a clump of weeds.

Lu Xiangsheng took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down, but the anger boiled in his chest like magma, and he couldn't suppress it no matter how hard he tried.

It was this dead eunuch who was so eloquent, talking about the attack on Shenyang as if he would destroy the dead, coquettishly, and all he contributed to this death expedition!

It was this dead eunuch who was self-willed, arrogant, unable to listen to his opinions, and insisted on going his own way, leading the army into such a desperate situation for military strategists!

He led the army into this death trap. Not only did he not think about how to find a way out for the army, but he also commanded the army randomly, lest the army would not die fast enough and die badly enough!
Shameless!
What's the use of keeping such shameless people!

(End of this chapter)