Unparalleled Concubine

"Chasing and killing, chasing and killing!"

The soldiers of the Forbidden Army are not low in military quality. Although a large number of casualties in one day and one night made their morale low, when the general order was issued, two soldiers from the Zhechong Mansion were ordered to catch up.

Because of the thunder, they didn't dare to get too close to the Ningzhou Army. They only dared to follow the Ningzhou Army at a distance of dozens of steps and shoot with bows and crossbows to disturb the rhythm of the Ningzhou Army's retreat.

Whenever the army retreats, it is absolutely impossible to withdraw all at once, because if the enemy follows up, the formation behind will be chaotic, and the entire formation will be completely chaotic, and it is very likely that the enemy will kill them all. Nature is no exception.

The Ningzhou Army left about 1 troops in the rear. Among the 1 people, only the generals were from the Ningzhou Army from the southwest. Except for some soldiers from the Firearms Battalion, most of them were recruits recruited along the way. Leading the 1 people in the rear was Li Shuo, the chief general of the Ningzhou Army.

Li Shuo personally commanded these people to come to the rear.

Twenty or thirty throwers are responsible for throwing thunder as far back as possible to block the enemy's pursuit.

At the same time, there are also crossbowmen shooting back to block the enemy's attack.

After going back and forth like this, although the Forbidden Army is still chasing after them, the Southwest Army is still retreating to the Xicheng District in an orderly manner. All state troops escaped!

This time, it is not a matter of crossbow shooting between the two sides.

The two Zhechong Mansions were not reorganized, and there were only more than 2 people in total. These 2 people quickly posted up, biting the Ningzhou Army's team in charge of the rear.

In the night, the efficiency of the bow and crossbow was already poor. After the two sides got close, the bow and crossbow were almost completely useless. Li Shuo also simply drew the knife in his hand and shouted to the people around him: "Hold your head at this time!" One step is a death sentence, and if you fight them, you still have a chance to survive!"

"Welcome!"

The other Ningzhou army officers and soldiers saw that their chief generals had charged into battle in person, and they had no reason to be cowardly. Almost all of them drew their swords and rushed towards the forbidden army.

This is the reason why Li Shuo stayed behind.

The "main force" of the Ningzhou Army suffered heavy casualties. It is impossible for them to leave too many people in the rear, and the recruits of the Ningzhou Army are likely to be defeated by the enemy in a timid battle, which will affect the retreat of the Ningzhou Army.

In this case, only he, General Ningzhou, can stay, which is exciting.

But it is a pity that this is Xuanping Square, at least five squares away from the West Gate. The soldiers of the Forbidden Army are definitely not comparable to those of the Xiang Army. It is difficult for recruits to fight against the forbidden army.

In other words, most of the more than 1 Ningzhou army recruits who were in charge of the rear would die in the capital.

Of course, Li Shuo himself will not die. He has dozens of personal guards around him. If he finds that the situation is not right, he can easily retreat to the rear without any danger to his life.

This battle lasted from the morning until the early hours of the next day.

When the sky was about to light up the next day, Li Shuo, whose face was covered in blood, led more than 1000 soldiers and escaped from the capital in embarrassment.

At this time, the main force of the Ningzhou Army had all withdrawn from the capital. Li Xin personally led 5000 people to meet him outside the city. After seeing Li Shuo, Li Xin personally led people to greet him.

Li Shuo commanded in the city for a day and fought almost all night. He was exhausted to the extreme at this moment. After seeing Li Xin, his body went limp and he almost collapsed on the ground.

Li Xin supported him with one hand, frowned and said, "Is the injury serious?"

Li Shuo shook his head silently, his voice hoarse: "Two minor injuries on the back."

Li Xin looked at his back, and saw two feathered arrows stuck in his back, almost only half an inch into his flesh, so it would not be life-threatening.

Li Shuo was the general of Ningzhou, and he was wearing a serious iron armor. Feathered arrows that could penetrate the iron armor were usually only able to do so with a strong bow of four or five stone.

If it was an ordinary soldier, he would probably die after eating these two arrows.

Li Xin supported his shoulders, frowned and said: "How do you fight, it's similar to Ye Mao."

"You don't have his physique, and if you struggle a few more times, you won't live to be 40."

Li Shuo smiled wryly, and his voice was hoarse: "I am the one who is greedy for meritorious service, and I will try my best to ensure that the remaining soldiers can evacuate safely."

General Li supported him, looked up at the sky, and said in a complicated tone: "We will continue to fight tonight. You have suffered such a serious injury, how can you command the Ningzhou Army?"

Li Shuo took a deep breath, resisting the pain in his back, gritted his teeth and said, "The general's body is injured, but his mouth is not injured, so he can still command."

Li Xin didn't speak any more, but silently supported this cheap brother and returned to the Ningzhou army camp.

At the same time, in Weiyang Palace in the imperial city.

A young prisoner from the Tianmu prison stumbled into the Weiyang Palace, knelt on the ground quite excitedly, and kowtowed endlessly.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty!"

Emperor Yuanzhao was expressionless, and sat in his seat with a calm tone: "Why, the rebels broke into the imperial city?"

In fact, at this time, he already knew the news that the Ningzhou Army had begun to retreat, but he had heard too many bad news that night, and he was already a little nervous.

The young supervisor of the Tianmu Supervisor knelt on the ground, panting heavily, and after a long time, he barely spoke a word of verification.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty..."

"The traitor has been defeated by the forbidden army, and escaped from the capital in embarrassment!"

"There are at least 4 rebels who died in the capital, and most of them are the main force of the rebels!"

Hearing this news, Emperor Yuanzhao, who was sitting upright, suddenly collapsed.

This night, he hardly closed his eyes, and his nerves were tense all the time.

The real "days feel like years".

Now, it's finally over.

Emperor Yuanzhao almost collapsed on the dragon couch, his whole back was drenched in cold sweat.

Chapter 1102 Night falls

The Ningzhou Army suffered heavy losses.

After fighting in the capital all night, at least 3 people from the Ningzhou Army died in the capital. Most of the corpses were brought out during the retreat, and a small part remained in the capital without being taken care of.

However, the losses on the capital side were equally heavy. One or two Zhechong mansions of the left and right battalions of the imperial guards were probably disabled and lost their combat effectiveness.

The Ningzhou Army lost more than 3 people, most of whom were elites, and the Beijing Central Forbidden Army also suffered casualties, about 7 to [-] people. This battle loss ratio is already impressive enough, but it is still far from enough.

There are more than 20 imperial troops in the capital, plus the Hanzhong Army, the Ankang Army, and the three imperial guards directly under the emperor. With the loss of 7 people in the capital, I am afraid that they can still produce 20 million combat power, but the Ningzhou Army With the loss of the main force, especially the firearms battalion, I am afraid that there will be no way to fight today's combat effectiveness in a short time.

But this was enough, and Li Xin never thought that he could take the capital head-on.

When the sky was dark, all the soldiers of the Ningzhou Army returned to the Ningzhou Army's camp, and the Imperial Army in the capital did not chase them out. Instead, under the command of the old general Zhong Xuantong, they began to repair the west gate.

In order to prevent the West City Gate from being blown up again, Zhong Xuantong even considered completely sealing the West City Gate, but there are more than a dozen gates in the capital. After sealing the West City Gate, the Ningzhou Army can still enter the capital through other gates. It is impossible to block all the gates of the capital, so after the generals of the forbidden army got together to discuss, they gave up this idea.

They asked a carpenter to urgently repair the west city gate, and then found a solid mahogany as a new latch.

While Hou Jingde and the others were busy, Li Xin who was in the Ningzhou army camp had already ordered everyone to go back to their tents to rest immediately except for the wounded and the military doctor.