Chapter 182 Young Heroes
Almost at the same time returning to Xi'an Prefecture, Sun Chuanting heard a shocking news: "The Huguang Army, with Hou Xun as the commander and Zuo Liangyu as the chief general, was attacked by the rebel army from both sides in Yan'an Prefecture. After a big battle, the Huguang Army suffered heavy losses. Hou Xun was shot by a wandering arrow and was slightly injured. Zuo Liangyu protected Hou Xun and killed in the chaos. After rectifying the troops, he did not even return to Xi'an, and went directly to Xiangyang."
Sun Chuanting was very calm after hearing the news, because this was the ending he had already planned. Although Zuo Liangyu was brave, he was definitely not a desperate general. When he encountered danger, he was the first thing he thought of was himself. Moreover, after this battle, it was estimated that the Huguang soldiers he had worked hard to manage would suffer heavy losses. How could Zuo Liangyu come to Xi'an again in this situation? Naturally, he had to take the opportunity to preserve his strength. In Sun Chuanting's opinion, it would be great that Zuo Liangyu could not take the opportunity to annex the Sichuan soldiers to strengthen his strength.
"Oh, it's all my fault that I believed Zuo Liangyu, this idiot. He couldn't see the enemy's tricks. He watched the other party increase his troops on the battlefield without being indifferent. Otherwise, why would our army have this? It's all my fault that I believed Zuo Yi. If he hadn't fled first, our army would have a low-end chance, at least we wouldn't have been defeated to such a level?"
Sun Chuanting looked full of regret, coupled with the losses of Zuo Liangyu's army, the Ming Dynasty's official army lost 70,000 to 80,000 people in this battle. The Shaanxi soldiers recruited by Sun Chuanting had tried his best to lose all of them. His train battalion had completely collapsed before it was formed.
After that, even if Sun Chuanting tried his best, he would never gather so many troops again.
"Now, the safety of my Ming Dynasty depends on the Ma Luan of the Ma Luan of the Tongguan who has left the remnants of the remnants. Although Cai Maode is loyal and brave, the Shanxi soldiers have become frightened birds and are unlikely to resist the thieves. Once Shanxi is lost, the thieves can directly rush the capital from Shanxi. In this way, my Ming Dynasty is really over. It seems that I can only find a way to let the thieves vent their anger on the Henan soldiers. In this way, the Ming Dynasty may have a chance to breathe their breath."
So Sun Chuanting decided not to return to Xi'an, but to go directly to Tongguan. He believed that as long as he did not die, the thieves would not be at ease and would definitely chase him and fight him. In this way, the anger of the treacherous army naturally moved to Ma Luan and Henan.
However, at this moment, there were only bursts of shouts of killing from behind, and one of them shouted loudly: "The one in front is Sun Chuanting. The King of Breaking has an order. Capture Sun Chuanting, reward tens of taels of gold, and be named General!"
Sun Chuanting was shocked when he heard this. He never expected that the rebel army would chase after Xi'an Prefecture, and this was already the hinterland of Xi'an Prefecture. How dare the other party go deeper alone?
But Sun Chuanting had no choice but to ride his horse helplessly, trying to get rid of these bandits, but the other party was chasing him. Sun Chuanting didn't eat for a day and a night, and the war horses under his seat were tired, which led to the distance between the bandits and the soldiers getting shorter and shorter, and it seemed that they would not take long to be caught up.
Sun Chuanting knew that he was still unable to escape today, so he thought that instead of being caught up with the bandits and being humiliated and killed, it would be better to stop himself and get off.
So Sun Chuanting pulled out his sword from his ribs and sighed: "How unfair God is, I will not achieve great success. Don't be proud of the thief. On the way to the underworld, I, Sun Chuanting, wait for you to be with you."
After saying that, Sun Chuanting was about to commit suicide.
At this moment, a rumbling sound of horse hooves came from the south. One of them shouted loudly: "Is the one in front of him? I'm late, I hope the supervisor will forgive me!"
When Sun Chuanting heard this, he was shocked. He knew that he must have come from the Ming Dynasty, but he looked in the sound and saw a young face, but he did not recognize it.
But he saw Gao Jie not far away and said, "Supervisor, this person is no one else, he is the brother of Henan Governor Ma Luan!"
But Sun Chuanting stared at him and said, "Don't talk nonsense. What is Governor Ma's identity? How dare you call him brothers?"
Then Sun Chuanting rushed forward and said loudly: "If you have the help of the Governor Ma, I will be ashamed of you."
Ma Mingfeng said solemnly: "Why did General Sun say this? This is not the fault of the generals. The bandits are cunning, the generals are uneven, the soldiers are not strict in military discipline, the food and grass are not good, and all kinds of problems are different. If you don't care about anything else, the generals can come back alive. This is the blessing of my Ming Dynasty. As long as the generals fail, I will have hope."
"Hehe, I am really too proud of myself. Although there are reasons for this battle, I have to ask myself, and there are also problems with me. This is beyond doubt. Moreover, in this battle, I will still bear the main responsibility. If it is not for my use of the unhuman, if it is not for my uncautious handling of things, I may not have lost this battle. Alas, I am a sinner of my Ming Dynasty."
Sun Chuanting shook his head and smiled bitterly, muttering to himself.
While the two were talking, the cavalry brought by Ma Mingfeng had already retreated the chasing enemy like a strong wind sweeping away the fallen leaves.
Ma Mingfeng was following Sun Chuanting and was about to leave, but he saw the shouts of soldiers, whipping, crying of children, and pleading from the old man not far away from the front.
Ma Mingfeng immediately stopped seeing this scene and ordered Liu Zhaolin to come forward to ask what had happened.
A moment later, Liu Zhaolin came forward and said, "Sir, the cavalry almost stepped on a child. The cavalry in front saw that the child was blocking the way and was about to hit the child with a whip, but a young man caught the whip and reported that he was about to kill the young man with a knife. The child's grandfather begged to the cavalry, hoping to spare the young man."
"Oh? Where is this young man? He dared to save people from the officers and soldiers. This courage is not simple." Ma Mingfeng said in admiration.
Liu Zhaolin bowed and said, "The last general has brought that young man."
Then Liu Zhaolin ordered people to bring the young man up.
Ma Mingfeng looked at the young man and found that the other person had thick eyebrows and big eyes, wheat-colored skin. Although he didn't look very good, he looked very energetic.
But now this young man is a little nervous, but pretends to be calm, which looks quite interesting.
Yu Shima Mingfeng said, "What is your name for this young man? Whose person? He dares to save people under the whip of officers and soldiers, and he is very brave!"
The young man looked a little hesitant, but then he still said loudly: "My name is Zhao Liangdong, from Ningxia, Gansu. He had previously entered Yan'an Prefecture and plundered everywhere because of a trespass. So he entered Xi'an Prefecture to take refuge with his blind date. He just saw that the officers and soldiers were frightened and ran around indiscriminately. He was angry for a moment and stepped forward to grab the whip. All the sins were all on me and had nothing to do with that child. Please punish the villain and let the child go."
Chapter completed!