Chapter 139 The Effect of the Iron Cable

The thin mist was just a tree top. It was entangled and refused to dissipate, especially in this place where water vapor was steaming, which seemed to be filled with smoke. Even the moon in the sky was just a faint halo.

The fight on the ground has reached its climax.

As soon as Duoduo's personal army and Tong Tulai's Han army flag were rotated, they were subjected to strong attacks from the dead army.

Duoduo made full preparations for this rotation and dispatched more than 20,000 people from the southern line to fill the gap.

As a result, before they could fully gain a foothold, the army to die began to attack again.

Duoduo also remained very vigilant about the actions of the army to die in this moment, and also drew more than a dozen of Kong Youde's assistants in case of anything.

Although they were both Han people who defected to Manchuria, Kong Youde was still the king, and the old man who was Chongde in his early years naturally had to gain more trust. To this day, it has been more than ten years since he returned to Manchuria. Although the dozens of subordinates were already incomplete, they still had not broken up and mixed up. They were still Kong Youde's direct troops, but only belonged to the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty. This alone is not comparable to those of the new affiliated troops.

He sent Kong Youde over. Of course, he also had the intention of supervising the formation. However, without waiting for the King Gongshu to make effective arrangements, the new army ahead was defeated and the defeated soldiers had retreated six or seven miles away. Not to mention the front line, even Kong Youde's own dozens of assistants were also rushed by the defeated soldiers.

"Those who retreat will be killed."

With a command, the soldiers under his command acted as the supervisor team. They chopped melons and vegetables like a vicious spirit and chopped countless defeated soldiers, and finally stopped the defeat.

"Add the defense on the spot and drag the dead troops to the death," Kong Youde personally took the initiative and sent a vicious order to the army: "The personal army of Prince Yu is coming in a blink of an eye. No matter what, we must hold on until dawn. If there are any reviewers, we will kill them."

I don’t know if this order has been conveyed, but the army to die has already chased after it.

In the dark night, I don’t know how many people there were on the other side, but I could only hear the sound of shouting and killing.

"Catch Duoduo alive."

"Don't leave a Tartar!"

Only then did Kong Youde realize that the army was so urgent that he could only mobilize his troops in his hands to resist for a while, so as to make time to gather the defeated soldiers all over the mountains and fields.

There were more than 20,000 defeated soldiers alone, and as long as they were collected, they could resist it.

The one who fought the vanguard was still Ding Yi's Ding camp. He chased the new affiliated army for several miles like a duck, and finally encountered a decent resistance: "Kill--"

In fact, the T-Battle camp that rushed to the front couldn't tell how many enemies there were. I even didn't know if it had hit the enemy's main force. Ding Yi and Kong Youde were both eyes dark.

Anyway, as long as there are people in front of you, they will definitely be enemies, and other thoughts are useless, so you can only speak with the fork in your hand.

He pulled out the last iron cucumber from his waist and threw it out. Taking advantage of the firelight in this moment, Ding Yi waved the fork in his hand: "The Ding camp is invincible, kill--"

As soon as Kong Youde's team got into battle, he tightly protected the musket battalion on the shoulders of the T-Battle, which was placed on the shoulders of the team. Even in this random night battle, He Junli's command was still not impatient, revealing the calmness and well-being of the craftsmen: "Front row, release."

"Go forward in the back row and let go!"

The troops under Kong Youde should be considered relatively capable of fighting, but the number of people is too small. More than a dozen Zuojia was in a pile, which was only a little more than the Ding camp. Next to it, there was a musket camp that was eyeing like a precision killing machine, which means that the next big world could not resist it. (This "Assist"-level military unit of the Ming army is definitely not the same as the auxiliary leaders of the Qing Dynasty. There is no accurate information on how big the organization is. However, there is information showing that Yuan was in the same period as Kong Youde.

Chonghuan once mobilized fifty-two sects, with a total of only 10,000 people. Based on this, this sect should be less than the sect leader of the Qing Dynasty, and only about 200 people. Kong Youde's dozens of sects have not been supplemented for ten years and have experienced the Henan War. There must be no 200 people. To be precise, it is no longer considered a military advisor unit. It is a situation of private soldiers. However, this is the author's personal inference. I hope that the readers with information can help supplement it - the author's note)

"Du Shuai, the brothers in front can't stand it..." Those who use the title Du Shuai are all the old subordinates of Kong Youde back then: "Do you remove the brothers?"

"Retreat," Kong Youde cherishes his direct troops very much. He does not spare any effort when driving away the new subordinate troops. When he really wants his troops to face sacrifice, Kong Youde may not retreat slowly than others: "Don't retreat, let the brothers spread to the right..."

In such a chaotic night battle, no one knows the situation of the other party. If they retreat directly, they will definitely be poked by the fork of the army to die, and the losses will definitely be quite large. Kong Youde was trying to let the army to die. As long as it was not a large-scale retreat, even if it was arguing in the future, there would be some disputes. If the army to die and the braided soldiers meet, these people could take advantage of the situation to rewind. Wouldn't this be the deterioration of the defeat into seducing the enemy?

While Kong Youde gave way in an orderly manner, the New Affiliated Army took the opportunity to make great strides and defeat them, and they could no longer be restrained as if they were torrents.

"These new army are really stupid. Let the army to die and chase them." Kong Youde, who did not join forces with the new army, secretly thanked that in many cases, battlefield experience is a decisive force. Kong Youde even foresees the future battle situation: "The more the army to die and the faster it can advance, and the deeper it will advance. Tomorrow, we will definitely face-to-face with King Yu. Then we will rewind and swallow the army to die."

Anyway, your goal of going to the death is Duoduo's braided soldiers and untied the siege of Ningcheng, and the initiative is in the hands of the Qing army.

"What Du Shuai said is very much..." his personal soldiers whispered in a low voice: "The army to die so quickly may not be a good thing, but if they stop rushing, they suddenly turn around as they fight..."

In one sentence, cold sweat broke out on Kong Youde's body.

If the death army suddenly turns around and turns around like this...

The new affiliated army and himself were reversed by the dead army!

If this happens, even though Duoduo's main force will not blow up the light and remove wax, he will be really devastated.

The more Kong Youde thought about it, the more scared he was. The cold sweat on his body was soaked, and he was still comforting himself with words: "It shouldn't be possible. If Prince Yu attacked Ningcheng fiercely, the few troops in the Jing camp would definitely not be able to defend it. Can the army to die be seen that Nandu fall? It must be necessary to reinforce Nandu or attack the flanks of King Yu, which he thought was restrained. After all, he was also a general of the Ming Kingdom..."

"You are handsome, you have to think clearly," the personal soldiers lowered their voices: "It's not surprising that things happen on the battlefield will happen, it's not surprising. This is related to the lives of our brothers..."

"I guess Li Si doesn't have such courage..."

"I dare not say what Li Si is like, but you are so handsome. Think about it. If you change to this matter, what will you do? Are you going to fight against Prince Yu's elite?"

"I'm not that stupid. Of course, I'll eat the dishes on the plate first, no matter what he is, the court is not from the court." Kong Youde has always done this, and he immediately saw the dangerous situation in front of him: "This time, our man seems a little bad, or it's a big problem. No matter what the army goes to the death, save us first. Take advantage of this chaos, quickly inform the brothers below and let everyone continue to move south. If the situation is fine, we will kill back. If it depends on the wrong situation..." In the troubled times, strengthening yourself on the basis of preserving strength is the foundation for survival. He, Li Si, is also a character. Will he not understand this truth? Will he put meat buns and go to Duoduo to force him?

"If the situation is wrong, we guys will not care about King Yu's or King Yu's."

"We are all handsome and wise. I think the posture this time is really... a bit mysterious."

I have to say that Kong Youde, the old fried dough stick, is really good at vision, and the situation is as expected. After the army heading to the death, it teared a huge gap in the outer defense line, it did not continue to break through as people thought, but took advantage of the cover of the darkness and the chaos of the new affiliated army.

The new affiliated army was already a frightened bird, and was returned by the dead army before they could be determined.

The chaos in the night caused a larger defeat. When many new affiliated troops found that they were being driven away by the dead army and were getting farther and farther away from the main force, they surrendered.

The troops who went to the death did not even have time to pay attention to the new subordinates who had surrendered, but just used their forks to drive them out a wider front and kill them from west to east.

When it was dim, Duoduo's entire eastern front was shrouded in chaos and defeat. Before the modern communication and command system, this defeat quickly made its own system even more chaotic, and there was no effective communication between the upper and lower levels.

While the soldiers below were still preparing to resist stubbornly, they found that the commander and the main force had surrendered...

"The Eastern Front is over." Fortunately, he prepared in advance and Kong Youde, who had already moved a few teams further south, had to pin his hopes on Duoduo: "If Prince Yu attacked the south at this time and quickly broke through the Beijing defense line, there might be some remedies, otherwise our men would really be over."

Although the sky is about to brighten, there will be some time before the sun comes out, and the world is covered with green clouds.

The entire Eastern Front could no longer be cleaned up, and it had become a world where the army was going to die. Only Kong Youde's troops retreated unscathed. As for the result of the more than 20,000 new affiliated army, you can know without thinking: either fleeing around or surrendering the army.

"Walking on the darkness..." Kong Youde was still thinking about taking this last chance to go around and go back to Duoduo.

"Every handsome, all handsome..." The scout in front ran away and was so angry that it was already wet with the dew in the early morning on his forehead: "The army to die locked the river surface and was sending the army from the river. There was no way ahead..."

"It's over," Kong Youde fell to the ground as if he was pulled back. It took him a while to recover from the shock. The gratitude and cunning of the show were gone. He said weakly: "Help me up, help me up, and see if there is still a chance."

Several miles ahead, on the green river, bamboo rafts and wooden rafts had already filled the sea of ​​the Yangtze River. Countless boats and boats were shuttled back and forth, and thousands of soldiers in yellow military uniforms were wading down the water. They quickly gathered under the blood flags of the sun and the moon...

In the mist, there were countless rafts, boats and boats. There were tens of thousands of soldiers who had been unloaded to the death. The blood flags of the sun and the moon protected the entire riverside tightly...

"It's really over, it's over," Kong Youde's face looked like earth, barely stood up, sighed a few times before saying, "The army to die is going to lock the Yangtze River. Its main force is on the river, but Duoduo stubbornly thought it was in the southeast direction, ah..."

For a long time, everyone thought that they were facing the main force of the Death Army. Now it seems that the main force of the Death Army has just arrived. The point in the east has already made Duoduo feel embarrassed. If so many people fight on the back of the river and cover up all the way, who can stop it?

"Du Yan, don't worry about Duo Duo, what should you do? They are all old brothers who have been with Du Yan for more than ten years. What can you do is just your word."

Kong Youde shook his head uncontrollably: "Beat? We can't beat people like this; run? The Yangtze River is locked, but it can still fly out..."

All of his subordinates were directly troops, waiting for Kong Youde to make his final decision, at most he would fight a bloody battle with the army to die, and he would die if he could do anything.

"Hey, brothers have followed me for so many years, and I can't end up losing my fate." Kong Youde, in the desperate situation, finally made up his mind and said very decisively: "It's all like this desperate situation, and it will be in vain to ask the brothers to fight. Everyone is waiting here, and I go to the Death Army and say, "I can see if I can find a way out. Anyway, I have a lot of infamy, so I don't care about this more time. If I haven't come back in an hour..."

Kong Youde said sadly: "Don't blame me for being incompetent. If I haven't come back in an hour, everyone will find ways to escape..."

"Du Shuai, our brothers follow you..."

"Don't talk about this, how many people used to do anything in the past?" Kong Youde had made up his final decision, but his heart became much brighter: "If there is really no way out for us man, I'm waiting for you brothers, haha, we will be a hero again in 18 years."

...

As the waves were rising and falling slightly, he went to Zhongsheng Bo's general copy. Master Zhou Wenyuan, Yizhen, was a clean person. Even on this river boat, he still burned the furnace and soaked the sparrow tongue in front of the rain, and decorated the cabin as spotless as a study room.

Zhou Wenyuan held the scroll in one hand, as if he had been immersed in the wonderful articles of the book, and did not look at Kong Youde, who had been tied into the rope at all.

Kong Youde didn't speak, and stood up straight.

After a cup of hot tea, Zhou Wenyuan finally put down his book and said slowly: "You betrayed Wuqiao and slaughtered Dengzhou, and only killed corpses everywhere. Did you ever think of today?"

"Hehe, I thought of it for a long time," Kong Youde did not look shy. Although there were several ropes on his body, he still looked fearless: "There is no one who can do things. If you are afraid of this and that in the troubled times, you might as well die early."

"The tens of thousands of dead souls in Dengzhou alone are enough to cut you ten times..." Zhou Wenyuan said: "What would you say about success, defeat, and defeat, right? But you have surrendered to the Tartars, but there is no way to forgive..."

"It's also the power."

Kong Youde's answer was extremely barbarian, and Zhou Wenyuan laughed: "Today's decline is also a powerful situation?"

"Of course."

"I guess you have seen it too. My army came to my death, and hit Duoduo like a huge hammer. I locked the river with iron chains and boats. The Qing army was destroyed in a daze," Zhou Wenyuan said generously: "It is not sincere to surrender at this time, but it is just because of the times."

"Of course." Kong Youde said loudly: "Whether I say I am a rebel or a thief, I admit it. It is your thing to say whether you want to be a stolen person. Let me give you a happy thing."

"You said too, but I only have a thousand remaining soldiers, and I still care about you in my death?" Zhou Wenyuan said with great momentum: "It would be too cheap to change a way out for just such a small price, right?"

"Duoduo's new army has hundreds of thousands. If you accept me, you should collect the effect of a thousand gold horse bones." I, a big traitor like Kong Youde, can accept the army of death, and others will have no scruples when surrendering: "Besides, I know Duoduo's background, and you can recruit tens of thousands of new army with just a little means. This price is the ultimate I can afford. Even if the army of death has excellent combat power, it is difficult to easily conquer tens of thousands of new army. You can consider the benefits here. Should I take my life or take the new army back..."

Kong Youde, who had upset Shandong back then, was also quite ambitious. At this moment, the loyalty and righteousness of the court were purely nonsense. The words of the two of them were just offensive and defensive, and they were just a weighing of interests and had nothing to do with justice and morality.

In fact, Zhou Wenyuan already had the answer in his mind, but it was just bargaining.

"I can't do anything about recruiting surrender and accepting rebellion. I still need to personally criticize my loyal uncle to be counted," Zhou Wenyuan said: "But what you said is indeed a great help to my death army. If you really make contributions to the death army, I would also weigh the loyal uncle..."

"Come on, take the hole and be virtuous," Zhou Wenyuan shouted: "Let his remaining troops abandon their weapons and tie them up to the front. If there is any bad behavior, kill them on the spot."

"You still didn't believe me."

"Haha, you had already sang a good show of suing in Dengzhou back then. I should be on guard against anything, and you said, "

After sending a decent person to receive Kong Youde's surrendered soldiers, Zhou Wenyuan immediately received a calm and contented expression and began to weigh the interests: "It is not difficult to receive Kong Youde's remnants, how can I deal with it later? There are too many flaws in the layout on the river surface. What if they see that they have born with the second heart? Do you need to kill these collectives..."
To be continued...