Chapter 12 The Eve of the Great War

Lu Xiangsheng led the remaining thousands of soldiers and horses to the Jiazhuang area north of Julu County in the bitter cold wind. After arriving here, he was already tired. Lu Xiangsheng looked at the hazy sky, and his mood could be said to be extremely low.

Along the way, they only walked more than 30 miles a day, but it was not easy for this Ming army. Since they followed Lu Xiangsheng into the defense, they have lacked enough supply, and they have also followed Lu Xiangsheng to fight with the Tas, losing a lot of people. Now they The weight is basically gone. Even the mules and horses used to pull the cart have been killed and eaten by the soldiers. All day, they have been hungry and marching with Lu Xiangsheng. It is very rare for them to walk out of 30 miles. If Lu Xiangsheng hadn't been good to them, they would have coaxed them long ago. It was scattered, but these remaining generals were precisely because they respected Lu Xiangsheng as a good official. In addition, Lu Xiangsheng did not hesitate to distribute all the silver gifts given to him by the emperor to his generals. Therefore, even at this point, most of the soldiers still followed Lu Xiangsheng and refused to escape.

Lu Xiangsheng looked at the soldiers under his command and generals were depressed one by one. Although he was anxious, there was nothing he could do. As a senior official, he could not let the soldiers eat. He also had to take them to march against the cold wind, track the soldiers and horses of the Tartars, and seek to fight to the death with them. So at this time, Lu Xiangsheng did not I want to criticize these soldiers again.

And he has an ominous hunch today, because more and more Tari man's whistles began to appear around their soldiers and horses, far behind or around them, looking at their Ming army with cold eyes. Although Lu Xiangsheng can't see their expressions, he can also be far away. Feeling the coldness in their eyes from afar, Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei sent Yebuqi many times to expel these Tart sentrymen who fell around them like lone wolves. However, these Tarman sentries saw that the Ming army did not rush to them at night, so they sneered and fought with them at all. They didn't fight with them at all. When the night did not return to the team. Then they appeared around the officers and soldiers again, and continued to stare at Lu Xiangsheng's soldiers with cold eyes.

When he arrived here, there was still no news from Gao Qiqian. Although Lu Xiangsheng knew that Gao Qiqian was not far away from him at this time, and the distance between the two armies was only 50 miles at most. If Gao Qiqian was willing to join forces with him, he should have moved to Julu County to join him, but it has been sent so far. He didn't collect it at night, and he didn't find that Gao Qiqian sent people to meet them, let alone sent them a grain of grain, so Lu Xiangsheng had been completely desperate for Gao Qiqian for a long time.

The whole army was filled with a feeling of despair, but just because of the respect of the officers and soldiers to Lu Xiangsheng, the man and horse had not dispersed, but continued to follow Lu Xiangsheng and slowly moved in the cold wind.

"The whole army is stationed! Let's camp here!" Lu Xiangsheng calmed the expression on his face as much as possible, and raised his right hand to stop the march of the soldiers and horses.

The exhausted officers and soldiers immediately stopped and began to camp with hunger. However, although the terrain in this area is more conducive to camping, because the officers and soldiers have not had a full meal for many days, they are unable to harvest enough wood to form a solid barracks, and it is cold winter. During the twelfth lunar month, the ground was frozen hard, and the officers and soldiers did not have the strength to dig open the frozen ground and tie the camp firmly, so they were busy for a long time before they rushed to tie a camp. As much as possible, some vehicles among the generals were placed around the camp and used as camp fences.

As soon as the army stopped, a large number of officers and soldiers were sent out by the officers to collect some grass roots and wild vegetables around the camp, and took them back and put them in the pot to boil a little grain into the belly. Lu Xiangsheng resisted the hunger and patrolled in the camp, constantly Cheer up the officers and soldiers and visit the frostbittened officers and soldiers in the army. The red cloak on his body has already been given to a frostbitten wounded soldier by him. There is only a hemp coat worn in the armor. When the cold wind blows, he can't help but want to tremble. It was his practice that he won. In the hearts of the officers and soldiers, the officers and soldiers silently watched Lu Xiangsheng patrolling the camp and saluted him with a face of respect.

"Adult! The situation doesn't seem to be right. The whereabouts of the Tari army have been found around us. I feel that a large number of Taritan soldiers are gathering here. I'm afraid we are surrounded by the Taritans!" Hu Dawei, as an old general, although he was defeated by Xiao Tianjian many times, it did not affect his judgment on the battlefield. When he saw Lu Xiangsheng return to the account, he followed Lu Xiangsheng into the Chinese army account and said to Lu Xiangsheng with a fist.

Lu Xiangsheng nodded slightly and said, "You're right. I have already seen that the Taran is coming towards us! I'm afraid it will start as soon as tonight!"

Hu Dawei said urgently, "In this case, why don't you move in the direction of Jize, but stop instead? After all, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under the command of the high supervisor are not far from here. It will be safer for us to meet them!"

Lu Xiangsheng smiled bitterly and said, "I'm afraid it's too late!" At the end of today's day, we have only walked more than 30 miles. Now all the soldiers are hungry. At this time, this place is still nearly 50 miles away from the location of Gaoqi Diving. We don't have time to get to them! If we are still marching after dark, once the thirrations attack us, we will have no power to counterattack! So in this case, it's better to stop and let the soldiers refresh their spirits and fight to the death with the sergeants!" As he spoke, Lu Xiangsheng's face showed a resolute expression again.

Hu Dawei looked at Lu Xiangsheng's face, clenched his fist, and said with a sad and indignant face, "What is this? The adults led me to chase and block the Jiannu everywhere, but the high supervisor always refused to join us with the army and refused to send us a little military food. Now that the taris have arrived here, but he still sit idly by. Is it true that he will kill us to death? This...this...this...alas!" Speaking of this, the tiger was so angry that he didn't know what to say. He turned around and punched the column of the big tent heavily, which made the Chinese army's big tent tremble.

Lu Xiangsheng doesn't know how to persuade the tiger's power. Although the tiger's power is not very strong, he is also loyal to the court. After this period of time under his command, he is also very brave, and he is also dedicated to restrain soldiers. However, up to now, Gao Qiqian and Yang Sichang's approach has made them loyal. The ministers are all cold, and now they are trapped in the Jedi. It is already valuable that Hu Dawei, Yang Guozhu, Zhang Yan and other troops can stay and not run. Although his performance is a little inconsistent with his identity at this time, what can Lu Xiangsheng criticize him?

Before long, Yang Guozhu, the general Zhang Yan, the shepherd Yang Lukai and other generals also gathered in Lu Xiangsheng's tent one after another. Everyone had a sad and indignant expression on their faces, and many people began to show their faces. Even these military generals are now one by one. Hungry, not to mention the officers and soldiers below. On this day, basically no one ate a decent meal, just by one breath.

After everyone discussed for a while, Lu Xiangsheng had no choice but to arrange a few primary schools again. After nightfall, he rode horses in the direction of Jize to find a high diving. Please rise high and quickly and meet towards their side. Once the tars are launched, they can fight inside and outside and hit the tars. Maybe there is still this battle. The hope of victory. This time, Lu Xiangsheng even asked the primary school to tell Gao Qiqian directly that if he did not send troops to help, he would impeach him as a director, which was also a last effort.

At night, several ordered primary schools carried Lu Xiangsheng's handwritten letter on their backs and went out of the camp to the chickens south of Julu County. Soon they disappeared into the night. Lu Xiangsheng then turned back to the camp and continued to patrol all parts of the camp.

Although the tents of Lu Xiangsheng's army are still complete, and the soldiers can avoid the cold at night, this season is already dripping water into ice. Even if they hide in the tents, they are freezing to death. What's more, the soldiers have no food in their stomachs, which is even cold and uncomfortable. They can't sleep at all. Although they don't have military generals. That's how we understand the situation at present, but there is also an ominous hunch that they can still feel the atmosphere before the war.

After Lu Xiangsheng camped, all kinds of artillery carried by the generals were arranged around the camp as much as possible. At the same time, he also assigned the military generals their respective directions. Even the gunners arranged their positions one by one and made preparations as much as possible. Unfortunately, it was because of the fundamental supplement, during this period After the continued march, there was not only a shortage of food in the army, but also few gunpowder cannons and bows and arrows left. Even if all of them were taken out, they seemed to be very weak.

Although Lu Xiangsheng has been fighting everywhere over the years and likes to fight with the enemy in the field, at this time, he also knows that with this little force at hand, he has no chance of winning to let go of the field with the surrounded by the besieged Tarit soldiers. In addition, the soldiers and generals have not had enough food, and their combat effectiveness has dropped very much. Ben was unable to fight any head-on battle with the Taran soldiers, so he had to take this defensive approach to kill the Tarans as much as possible.

If Lu Xiangsheng, like other officials, gives up a large number of infantry from this place with the elites in the minority army, it is still very likely to leave here. Although Dorgun has mobilized a large number of soldiers and horses, he has not yet completed the final encirclement of them, and he is still very hopeful to escape, but if he If he does so, he will not be Lu Xiangsheng.

With the advent of night, more and more Tatar soldiers began to appear around Lu Xiangsheng's barracks. They slowly gathered, disarmed from afar, lit a bonfire around Lu Xiangsheng's camp, and stared at Lu Xiangsheng's camp surrounded in the center.

This night, Dorcon and Yue Tuo did not launch an attack on Lu Xiangsheng's battalion. After all, it was very difficult and dangerous to organize a large-scale night assault in this era, so they finally chose the time of the attack in the early morning.

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