Please ask me to be the emperor

When Li Zicheng relied on the power of artillery to crush Jierhalang's tribe, one word came to Hong Tai's mind helplessly: The defeat was like a mountain!

Jierhalang's tribe has 5,000 Xilan Banner elites, more than 10,000 Mongolian and Han soldiers, and 5,000 Chinese troops who were cut off by Zhang Fengyi, totaling 20,000 horses.

In ordinary times, there is no need to kill or fight these 20,000 men. As long as they are displayed, they can scare the soldiers and horses of the Ming army to tremble.

Even if someone is lucky enough to defeat these many troops occasionally, he is already a famous general in the world.

However, with such a force, it only took Li Zicheng just one afternoon from launching the attack to completely defeating them.

This is not because Li Zicheng's military skills are far superior to others, but because the morale of Jierhalang's troops has collapsed.

The husband's courage in fighting is also a matter of strength, and then it will weaken again, and it will be exhausted three times.

"Now that Jierhalang's troops have been defeated, I'm afraid their destruction is not far away!" Hong Tai couldn't help but said with a sullen face as he listened to the sound of artillery, fighting and screams outside the city.

"Your Highness. Your Highness, your nose." Bachelor Fan Wencheng opened his mouth upon hearing this, but eventually it turned into a sigh and he reminded him.

"Nose?" Hong Tai was stunned and couldn't help but stretched out his hand to touch it, only to feel warmth.

He took his hand back and saw that it was covered in bright red blood.

"Epistaxis happened again!" Mrs. Hong couldn't help but rub her temples, took the tea cup from which Fan Wencheng poured out the tea, and then put it under her nose to pick up the tea.

Long-term, large-scale, high-intensity combat is a very physical and energy-consuming thing for the commander.

The young and energetic Zhang Shun once overused his brain, and the older and overweight Mrs. Hong reached her physical limit.

Working hard is also hard work, and before he knows it, he is exhausted physically and mentally.

"That's so cruel. I have never seen such a cruel opponent!" Hong Tai shook his head and couldn't help but sigh.

Although the two sides only fought for two days, the real war actually started when Hong Tai arrived in Baoan Prefecture City.

In the constant testing and competition between the two sides, no one knows how many brain cells were lost.

If it were against a mediocre opponent, it would be fine.

However, Zhang Shun was already an opponent on the same level as him, and even better than him, so the energy and physical exertion of Hong Tai could be imagined.

"Let's go, let's go tonight!" Hong Tai hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and decided.

If it were before Jierhalang was defeated, Hong Tai would have thought of escaping unscathed.

But now that Jierhalang and its 20,000 troops are about to be destroyed, Hongtai has deeply realized that the situation is over.

"Which line should we take?" Fan Wencheng asked after hearing this.

"There are still two exits at Mashuikou and Hehekou. Send people to take over immediately." Hong Tai said decisively.

"Let Hauge go to Hehekou, let's go to Horseshuikou!"

The mouth of the Hehe River is nowhere else, but at the mouth of the valley where the Sanggan River comes out of Taihang in the east.

Zhenying Ordai, who "collected" grain and grass for Hongtai's army with a white flag on Gushan'e, entered and exited Beizhi from this road.

It's just that the Hehekou is a canyon created by river water. It is narrow and rugged, making it difficult for the army to pass.

This Hong Tai was experienced in military affairs and knew that once he retreated, it would most likely be the beginning of a rout.

If they take the main road, they can disperse in a rush, and after escaping, they can reorganize their troops.

If we cannot take the main road, it is likely to turn into a situation where the front road is blocked by defeated troops and the back road is chased by "shun thieves".

How many people will be killed by that time, and how many people will be spared by chance? The result can be imagined.

"Your Highness, why don't you go north?" Fan Wencheng hesitated and asked.

To be honest, no matter how carefully Zhang Shun arranged it, he could not completely devour Hong Tai's tens of thousands of troops. Now the issue before Hong Tai was the size of the loss.

Hehekou and Mashuikou are good, but both of them are quite dangerous.

If Hong Tai and Hao Ge can join forces and attack northward, it is impossible to completely block the road to the north with only the 30,000 troops in Zhang Sanbai's hands.

If Mrs. Hong could take the opportunity to escape, given the empty situation in Xuan Dachang, Hou Jin might not be able to accomplish something.

"We have been defeated like a mountain, and now we have no morale. How dare you say anything else?" Hong Tai shook his head, feeling a little frustrated and a little confident.

"When I go to these two places, in addition to getting rid of the contact with the 'Shun Thief' as soon as possible, I also have some concerns in my mind."

"Now that our army has been defeated, the Ming Dynasty is also in danger. As the saying goes, 'the lips are dead and the teeth are cold'. With my own strength, I can't resist the advance of the 'Shunthie' troops. What's the matter with Chongzhen's little son?"

"I predict that the Chongzhen boy will not be willing to fall into the hands of thieves and give up this beautiful country."

"I am ready to rush to the outside of the capital city as soon as possible, make a blood alliance with him, become brothers, and fight against the 'submissive thieves' together."

"If this is the case, I will protect the capital and it will serve as my barrier to Liaodong. Isn't it a strategy to get the best of both worlds?"

"Don't be arrogant when you win, don't be discouraged when you lose, you are truly my Lord!" Fan Wencheng couldn't help being stunned when he heard this, and he couldn't help worshiping excitedly.

If Hongtai's strategy succeeds and the two sides negotiate a peace and form an alliance, Hou Jin may not have no hope of surviving the desperate situation.

The two of them had decided on a plan, and sent someone to inform Prince Su Hauge early on. The two parties agreed to retreat together when the night came.

But after this order reached the ears of Prince Su Hauge, Hauge couldn't help but think: "Now the big thing is over. The road at Hehekou is narrow, so I don't want to pass quickly."

"If I go as Your Majesty says, I will be besieged by 'submissive thieves' and become an outcast in vain."

"So, why didn't I take a step earlier to avoid being mistaken?"

Thinking of this, Hauge couldn't help but privately said to Gushan Ezhen Darhan: "The terrain at Hehekou is narrow and difficult to pass. Zhenglan Banner can make preparations in advance to avoid delaying the trip."

Darhan understood immediately and ordered the elite troops of Xianglan Banner to prepare war horses and armor, pack them up, and then deploy them to the east of the formation.

When Haishi arrived, he claimed that he was "going to explore the road" and took the lead in leading the Zhenglan Banner to retreat towards Hehekou.

At first, no one could react.

However, as Zhenglan Banner's troops became fewer and fewer, someone immediately discovered something was wrong.

"No, this Prince Su wants to abandon us and run away!" Now the situation between the two sides has become clear, and even an ignorant person can see that Houjin's situation is not good.

Now that Zhenglan Qi ran away, the first reaction of others was that Prince Su Hauge was going to leave him and others and escape first.

Someone shouted that it didn't matter, which immediately caused panic among most people in the Haug camp.

"Those who deceive the public with evil words will die! I am here, but the one who dares to speak nonsense." Hauge couldn't help being frightened when he saw this, and quickly led his soldiers to comfort him, but where could he be comforted?

The morale was low caused by the consecutive defeats, because this sudden incident caused the soldiers to collapse.

"Go, go, go quickly. If you don't go, it will be too late, Prince Su!" While Hauge was still yelling at him, people were holding him up and running away.

Are you kidding me? It's already this time, what are you still doing?

It didn't matter if Hauge ran away, other soldiers who were still hesitant to wait and see couldn't help but join the ranks of fleeing for their lives.

Some people even couldn't help but take out their swords and hack away at someone just because they were standing in front of them.

It didn't matter that he slashed. Seeing this, other people around him couldn't help but wake up and quickly slashed and stabbed at the soldiers blocking him with swords and guns.

At this time, before the rebels had time to send out pursuers, Hou Jin's defeated troops started killing each other and became a mess for a while.

Soon chaos spread from the right-wing Hauge camp to the center army. The noise and fighting soon woke up Hong Tai, who had barely fallen asleep.

"What's going on? What's going on? Have the 'Shun Thieves' come here to kill them?" Mrs. Hong couldn't help but turned pale in shock.

"Your Highness, there is a roar in Prince Su's camp!" At this moment, Fan Wencheng ran in in a panic and responded hesitantly.

"Ying Xiao?" Mrs. Hong couldn't help but raise her voice.

Are you kidding me? I won't be screaming in the morning, I won't be screaming in the evening, I'm just screaming at this time.

However, Hong Tai, a once-in-a-lifetime tycoon, immediately realized what this "yingxiao" meant.

"Let's go, let's go too. Let's go to Mashui Kou immediately!" Mrs. Hong couldn't help but make a decision immediately.

The family was unfortunate, and they didn't expect to have such an ungrateful and unscrupulous son!