However, Le Congxun's retreat led to an uncontrollable situation. Originally left by him to temporarily stabilize the people's hearts, the Central Army Daxu had caused several artillery bombardments on the near side, causing the flag officer holding the Daxu to inevitably start to move backwards by himself in panic. Originally relying on the cover and cover of the river embankment, Wei Jun, who was shooting at the enemy across the river, still had a bit of fighting spirit and courage; seeing the Chinese army's Dazhen actually regressing, he couldn't help but burst into an uproar and panic.
Many of the Wei army on the east coast are newly recruited soldiers. Although Wei Bo is good at equipment and training because of Wei Bo's national martial arts atmosphere, he is worse than the original Wei army in terms of experience and courage. The old man has more than one thing. Therefore, the performance is commendable when taking advantage of the trend, but it is easy to get frustrated and start to retreat when confronted with adverse trends and setbacks; therefore, Le Congxun also arranges him in the middle and rear teams for subsequent cover-ups and pursuits.
However, at this moment, when the Chinese army moved into force, these new soldiers of the Wei army who were involved in it would inevitably become the biggest flaw in the own camp. I saw that they had already taken the lead before the generals of the Wei army began to squeeze and maintain order. They turned and ripped off with loud noises, and the generals who were in charge of supervising the war could not even stop them, but were engulfed under the impact. And go.
Then, those Wei Jun veterans who had been fighting on the bank of the Tongji Canal and tried their best to stop the Taiping Army from crossing the river, amid the loud shouts and curses from the rear, they saw the collapsed sand barrier in their own camp behind him. After there have already begun to appear many gaps in fleeing, the morale and fighting spirit can't help but plummet.
Therefore, after stepping on the Taiping army that had blocked the corpse in the Yongji Canal, they carried out a frontal attack with jerk and a licensed knife; they could not help but retreat steadily. At this time, even if Le Congxun, who had consciously turned down the big mistake, turned back under the persuasion of the left and right, and killed the banner officer who had retreated without authorization, it was of no avail, and it was difficult to restore the final decline.
Therefore, when Cheng Gongzuo, the deputy from the upper reaches of the Tongji Canal who was responsible for the division of troops and flanking, was also covered with fireworks and embarrassed and retreated with the remaining cavalry; Le Congxun, who wanted to retreat and reorganize the army and fight again, couldn't help crying loudly. Get up, then help desperately from the left and right, climb up a mount with both hands and feet, and just pat the horse and walk away.
However, when he flew more than ten miles all the way to the city of Neihuang (now northwest of Neihuang County, Hebei) not far from the lower reaches of Yongji Canal, he found that the city gate was already open on all sides and the defenders in the city also escaped first. Le Congxun’s disappearance is missing, and there are only a few poppi rogues who have been robbed by fire on the market; and Le Congxun is only left with a thousand horses; as for the "children" he re-recruited by abandoning his great power. "Jiang", even more disappeared.
Then he didn't dare to stay too much under the low and broken Neihuang on the city wall, and hurriedly searched for some water and continued to flee eastward. Then, the horse went all the way across Dunqiu and Guancheng (now Qingfeng County, Hebei), which were equally defensively empty and insufficient for city defense. Finally, it was in the Changle City (now Hebei) that Leshi relied on to be the hometown of the countryside and rebuilt and strengthened. Nanle County) stopped.
Then, here he gathered the exiled soldiers and Jiankuoqingzhuang into the army, and after annexing the local defenders, he finally restored the number of men under his command to six or seven thousand, and he was known as tens of thousands of horses. The treasury made up the heavy grain and grass, and greatly rewarded his subordinates. Only then did he have the confidence and evidence, so he re-introduced his troops, and headed towards the Daming Mansion (now Daming County, Hebei) where Weizhou was governed.
After all, even though he has been defeated, a defeated general with soldiers in his hands and a defeated general with few major generals in his hands will get completely different results in the famous mansion city with a rich tradition of Weibo Ya soldiers. He only had a lot of years to enjoy when he was in a weak crown. Naturally, he didn't want to die or surrender power. Then he would only find ways to ask those who opposed him to die.
However, when he hurriedly led the troops to the town of Wei County near Daming Mansion (now Daming County, Hebei); he suddenly encountered the starting cavalry of the Taiping Army again; although the opponent had only one regiment (325 members) Sudden riders on the left and right, but did not hesitate to launch a tentative attack on the Wei Jun who had become quite bloated because he carried too much money from Changle.
I saw that they did not directly fight with them at the beginning, but ran horizontally and horizontally along the elongated ranks of the Wei army, forcing them to shrink and settle on the spot; and tested the relative concentration of bow and crossbow shooters. After his position, he began to change his course and approached more aggressively until the relatively weak guards, and the correspondingly slower truck-heavy convoy approached, with an immediate stop fire platoon to knock down the dragged soldiers, and frightened and drove the livestock to break free from the restraints and jump around. .
Then, using these stray livestock as a cover, continuous random shooting harassment and small-scale sudden assaults, the corner flaws exposed by these Wei army troops in the chaos; although the casualties caused are relatively limited to the Wei army as a whole, However, in the panic and exhaustion, it greatly delayed the marching speed, and made him hungry and thirsty to rest and eat for a while.
Therefore, at this time, Le Congxun made a decision that could be called a daze. He once again decided to leave behind the chaotic rear team and some panicked midfielders, and then took the remaining relatively elite half of the soldiers and rushed towards the famous mansion that was already not far away. As a result, just after he ordered his subordinates to break away, those who had been abandoned also collapsed on the spot.
But in any case, these disorganized rear group also blocked and hindered to some extent, the follow-up pursuit of this group of Taiping Tuqi, and let Le Congxun lead the rest of the troops out of the battle. It was just that when he ran a few miles away in the direction of the Daming Mansion where the northeast was located, at this time, with the last bit of the tail of the cold spring, freezing rain suddenly began to fall in the sky.
And this sudden freezing rain not only drenched the man and horse, but also made these hungry and exhausted soldiers reluctant to leave, and had to find a place to shelter from the rain and rest for a while. But this time it was luck that the defeated army led by Lecong Training Institute was finally favored. They soon found a dilapidated large temple building in the rain curtain.
It is the shrine of Di Renjie, a famous minister and elder of the two dynasties, who served as the governor of Weizhou in commemoration of the former Weizhou governor. There is a tiled roof to hide from the rain. And Wei Jun could only eat some dry food to quench his hunger and thirst under the broken roof of the leaky house with dripping water. Then he leaned against the wall and rested on the ground wet for a while.
However, when Le Congxun sat in the main hall of the ancestral temple, in front of the fire that finally rose up, he began to take over his robe and bake his frozen and numb body. After drinking several sips of spirits offered by his subordinates, he It is unavoidable to start to make a secret vow to the shrine that is no longer visible in the dust and mud. As long as he can return to the Daming Mansion to take power, he will not hesitate to rebuild the temple and enjoy the incense as a reward.
However, as if in response to his thoughts and the opposite, the outer rain curtain slowly began to become thinner; and the white curtain of the fish belly was faintly revealed again. However, the next moment, the sudden sound of golden drums, whistle, and shouting to kill, once again pierced the somewhat sparse rain curtain, and pierced the quiet moments of the short rest of the remnants of the Wei army.
"It's a peaceful thief!"
"The enemy is chasing!"
In the midst of a stress response that looked like a frightened bird, these soldiers of Sergeant Wei actually appeared on the spot before they actually received the enemy. Le Congxun, who was too late to put on his robe and armor, also hurriedly surrounded and guarded him. He stepped on the ground and rushed out of the temple. The rain in Lili also completely stopped, revealing the white light of the sky.
Only when he realized something was wrong, he came back to explore and close up again; only to find that the temple had become empty, and apart from the large mess of escaping footprints, there were not many traces of battle; this As a result, he couldn't help but want to vomit blood on the spot. He was shocked by the enemy's bluff and scattered away from the last army.
Therefore, when Le Congxun took the remaining hundreds of muddy guards and hurriedly finished the last part of the journey and saw the walls of the Daming Mansion, he couldn't help but stop. Because, on the head of the Daming Mansion that he saw in his field of vision, there was a banner with the word "Le" that he was not familiar with, but a completely strange "Zhao" flag.
This result made Le Congxun's heart uncontrollable. You know, before he joined the army, he had appointed all the gate guards in the city to relatives from the Le family, and his surname can only serve as a deputy; however, it seems that the news of his defeat is rumored. After returning, the more than ten thousand soldiers who stayed behind in this famous mansion were once again aside from changes and accidents.
At this moment, Le Congxun, who only felt distressed internally and externally and desperately desperate, wanted to cry on the spot; after all, he was just a young man who had just reached the weak crown. It's just that he just started crying right away, but someone else hurriedly said loudly and comforted:
"Why don't the marshal shame about it, there are still tens of thousands of troops led by the king in the south, and there are still intact Bo and Texas states in the east. There is a lot to do!"
Hearing this, Le Congxun suddenly woke up, but he revived and said:
"Thank you for your relief, but the road south is threatening the thieves. We can only go west to Bozhou to gather reinforcements. It is better than the father and the king to join together, thinking that it is rebellious inside and attacking the thieves outside..."
After all, after thinking about it, he still dare not go south to his father's handsome Le Yanzhen's headquarters, because he was afraid of losing his authority and status, and even more afraid that he would be thrown out by Le Yanzhen after losing his master's relationship with the world. Take the righteous scapegoat; it is better to seize the still intact situations in Bozhou, Texas and other places while your own name and identity are still useful.
However, he completely ignored another important thing. After the defeat, he took such a comprehensive consideration from his own standpoint. He basically did not know about Le Yan, who was still under the siege of Linhuang City but was blocked and delayed because of the news. What kind of catastrophic consequences will be brought by the Zhen headquarters. (End of this chapter)