Chapter 2049: Life and Death, Victory and Defeat

Zhu Gaoxu's role is undoubtedly revealed at this moment.

He led the rangers to bite the tail of the coalition forces.

He shouted for a fierce battle, and the main force behind him continued to accelerate, trying to cut off the coalition forces from both wings.

But Pugu did not hesitate to cut off his tail to survive.

Arrows rained down from the top of the city, and then the city gate slammed shut...

The remaining more than a thousand coalition troops were abandoned in this way.

"return to!"

Zhu Gaoxu regretfully retreated with his men, and then used arrows to slowly grind away the enemy troops who were in a dilemma.

The abandoned enemy soldiers looked up and begged. After being indifferent on the city, they cursed Pugu for his ambition and Wu En for his weakness and incompetence.

So the city responded, arrows raining down.

This forced them to fight back against the Ming army.

Desperate counterattack!

The main force of the Ming army that had just arrived easily cut up these coalition forces and then ate them bit by bit.

Pugu hurried to the top of the city. Looking at this scene, he couldn't help but said in disappointment: "An army that has lost its confidence is no better than a group of farmers."

Wu En said numbly: "Are you going to defend to the death?"

"The Ming army only has 13,400 people and no firearms. What are we afraid of? I have just sent people to Samarkand. I believe that Meergan will not give up such a good opportunity to gather people's hearts. He will come to reinforce us, and then we Kill these Ming troops..."

Pugu's deep voice made the people around him gradually give up their fear.

"Although we have fewer troops than the Ming army, we are defending the city. If the Ming army wants to attack the city..."

Pugu hit the city with a heavy punch and said solemnly: "Without thirty thousand people, the Ming army would not even be able to enter the city even if they are all dead!"

Wu En seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, but still hesitated, so he asked: "What if the demon god comes?"

Pugu looked at the frightened officers on the left and right, and said displeasedly: "If he wants to come, he will definitely come with him instead of dragging him behind.

Otherwise, if we had really tried to escape just now, we would have left at most three thousand people behind, and we could have escaped by relying on our familiarity. "

Wu En's expression gradually returned to normal, and then he said: "Take good care of the granary, it is our life. As long as there is food, the Ming army will use their lives to fill it!"

This is a prince who is frightened by the Ming army, no, to be precise, this is a prince who is frightened by Fang Xing.

Not seeing Fang Xing was the reason why Wu En felt at ease and Pugu was lucky.

If Fang Xing came in person, Pugu would abandon Wu En without hesitation and run away with his men before.

Run away without looking back!

Wu En regained his energy and his mind became much more flexible. He said: "We can't defend, otherwise if the Ming army comes to reinforce us later, we will be dead!"

The coalition forces outside had been destroyed, and the remaining people were dragged behind by the Ming army. Then groups of Ming soldiers broke away from the group and wandered around.

This is to prevent the coalition forces in the city from escaping!

"What a courage!"

When he saw that the Ming army was setting up camp about five miles away from the city, Wu En couldn't help but slap the city head and said, "Attack at night! At least try it out."

Pugu nodded, he could not defend the city to death, otherwise his morale would be greatly reduced.

He thought for a while and said: "It won't work tonight. The Ming army will be heavily guarded. Try tomorrow night. Even if it doesn't succeed, the Ming army will be afraid of fighting with us in the dark. It's not a big problem!"

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Zhu Gaoxu was very angry. After dismounting, he rushed to the prisoners with a whip and whipped them.

The prisoners did not dare to hide, because the beating meant they would survive.

"They were discovered! A bunch of idiots! Idiots!"

A group of prisoners were squatting with their heads in their hands as Zhu Gaoxu whipped them, and Chang Jianxun was already here.

He knelt in front and said, "Your Highness, I am guilty."

The forward rangers he led were discovered in advance by coalition scouts, which led to the failure of Zhu Gaoxu's raid plan.

Zhu Gaoxu walked over angrily, holding his riding whip high, but in the end he did not whip it.

"idiot!"

Zhu Gaoxu kicked Chang Jianxun down, turned around and said, "Keep an eye on the city. The prisoners will be questioned immediately."

The fatigue after the long journey immediately appeared. Zhu Gaoxu was not young after all, and his hair was a little gray.

He sat down on the ground, and Chang Jianxun brought dried meat and wine bags with an annoyed look on his face.

"Your Highness, Pugu is very cautious."

Chang Jianxun didn't dare to make excuses for himself, otherwise Zhu Gaoxu could beat him to death.

Zhu Gaoxu drank a few gulps of wine in one breath, put down the wine bag, looked towards the city and said: "Wu En is timid, no, he is scared. He is scared of being beaten by Fang Xing. Pugu... Fang Xing didn't say that this person is worthy of being beaten." Whether he calls himself an abandoned son or not, that depends on his courage."

"Your Highness, he didn't run away. Will there be reinforcements?"

"There's a fart!"

Zhu Gaoxu took a bite of the dried meat and cursed: "Idiot! If there are reinforcements, he only needs to lead us to run over there, and then we will be hunted down in turn!"

"Meierqian is currently thinking about killing his brothers and unifying Harie. Unless he has foresight, he will be alone here."

Zhu Gaoxu ate like a wild beast. He flapped his cheeks a few times and swallowed the dried meat.

At this time Yang Qing came over, saluted and said: "Your Highness, we have lost more than 400 people."

Zhu Gaoxu smashed the dried meat in his hand at Chang Jianxun and cursed: "Go! Go and restrain those brothers yourself!"

Chang Jianxun left sadly, and Yang Qing advised: "Your Highness, Sir Chang is not to blame for this. Those scouts split up in multiple directions and were attacked along the way. The Niujiaohao can notify the companions to report the news..."

Zhu Gaoxu glared and said, "I know, but he was caught twice when he led the troops to fight!"

"In order not to expose his identity, I can only watch him lead the troops!"

Zhu Gaoxu became more and more angry. Yang Qing said embarrassedly, "Your Highness, that was chaos..."

Zhu Gaoxu was furious, and Chang Jianxun went to the front.

The remains of the Ming army who died in the battle were piled on the ground. A team of cavalry had set off and they would bring back firewood.

Chang Jianxun stood on the side, dumbfounded. He was just a young soldier during the Jingnan Campaign and had not seen much cruelty in the battle.

When he was inexplicably taken in as a guard by Zhu Gaoxu, he was just a person with great martial arts at that time.

Just a guard, not a warrior!

In today's battle, he showed his true form.

If Zhu Gaoxu had not personally charged into the battle and led the troops to cover the rear, the vanguard cavalry would probably not have been able to save him.

The firewood was brought back, Chang Jianxun built the firewood pile, and then put the remains on it.

Lighting the fire, the remains were gradually enveloped by flames in the thick smoke.

This was Zhu Gaoxu's punishment for him, making him feel guilty during the burning process.

Failure is not terrible, what is terrible is to forget the reason after failure.

"Your Highness, I was wrong."

Chang Jianxun, who was black and smelled of smoke, knelt down to plead guilty.

Zhu Gaoxu had finished dinner and was drinking, his eyes were fierce.

"What's wrong?"

Chang Jianxun bowed his head and said, "I was only concerned about... only concerned about being refreshing, but forgot..."

"I didn't care about this at the time."

It was already dark, and under the light of the fire, Zhu Gaoxu waved to the back, and a team of soldiers in black cotton jackets quietly touched up.

These secret guards will provide protection for the army.

Of course, this is obviously not enough, so Zhu Gaoxu immediately ordered two thousand cavalry to be on duty.

"I'm going to sleep, watch out!"

Zhu Gaoxu didn't want to explain too much, he felt that this emotion should not belong to him.

After entering the tent, he lay on the thin blanket and muttered, "Fang Xing just likes to make trouble, which makes people feel a little bit unbearable..."

Snoring sounded, and the camp gradually became quieter.

In the past, the generals never cared about life and death, but only victory and defeat!