Chapter 245 Ambush from All Sides
Zhu Jun's troops retreated for only ten miles before two thousand on the left and two thousand on the right. The two armies rushed out and shouted "kill" at Zhu Jun's troops. The new recruits under Zhu Jun, who were already engulfed by the shadow of defeat, were extremely panicked. Zhu Jun did not bother to train the new recruits and directly ordered the Imperial Guards to take action to kill the two ambushes.
Fortunately, this ambush was not blessed by Li Zicheng's monarchical talent, and Zhu Jun led his men to attack and directly dispersed them.
"We can't panic. If we panic at this time, we will die. The enemy can't penetrate the shield guard's defense. The biggest possibility is that they will bypass and head straight for our central army. We must find a place to rest!"
Zhu Jun thought extremely calmly about the situation he was facing. The enemy was surrounded by ambushes from all sides. If the imperial court really sent some random people over this time, he might really be in trouble. However, it was simply a dream to think that he, Zhu Gongwei, could be defeated by such means.
After Zhu Jun led his troops for a few more miles, two more troops rushed out, shouting and killing at Zhu Jun, and this time there were more of them.
Zhu Jun once again led his men to disperse the two armies. Without the internal energy leaving the body, no one could stop him.
His expression became more and more solemn. The enemy's numbers were increasing. He might have received wrong intelligence. The Dashun army had at least hundreds of thousands of men. He was really in danger this time.
The biggest problem for him at the moment is how to stabilize the morale of the troops. He must find a place where they can take a short rest, but the nearest place in this direction is more than 30 miles away. There may be three waves of ambushes behind it. This is going to be very troublesome.
It’s not that Zhu Jun was pessimistic, but he had already anticipated what would happen next. The most terrifying thing about the ambushes from all sides was that the continuous ambushes would make the enemy at a loss as to what to do. In the end, the soldiers would not know their generals, and the generals would not know their soldiers, and the only way out was defeat.
Even if Xiang Yu had fallen into this trap and been forced into a desperate situation, of course he would not be afraid. Just like Zhu Jun now, it was just a few waves of ambushes. There was nothing to be afraid of.
But it's the same principle as using this method to force to death or surrender the soldiers around Xiang Yu. Just because the commander is not afraid doesn't mean the soldiers won't be afraid either.
In the event of defeat, ambushes continued to appear, and their number increased. A simple means of psychological pressure was enough to break the minds of these recruits.
If Zhu Jun had not been an excellent commander and had not had much experience in losing battles, these new recruits under his command would have started to regress long ago.
Zhu Jun was in a dilemma. He couldn't just abandon all the new recruits and break out with the imperial guards. Wouldn't that be cowardly?
The short distance of thirty miles seemed like a chasm in Zhu Jun's eyes. What was being tested now was not his own ability, but the endurance of his soldiers.
And they must not stop to rest. Once they stop in such a place, Luo Shan will catch up with them and attack them from both sides. These new recruits will be completely doomed. There are 20,000 new recruits. If they were to die in his hands, he would have no choice but to commit suicide.
Luo Shan led his troops to chase after him. He really had no way to deal with the shield guards, so he could only shake them off and chase Zhu Jun. Zhu Jun was too strong. He must not give up this opportunity, which he had gained by using two internal energies to leave their bodies.
If they really let Zhu Jun take a break, they would be completely doomed if he found them .
He knew very well that Zhu Jun was definitely training his troops, which was why he was forced to this point by two people with internal energy leaving their bodies. If Zhu Jun had taken a break, he and Li Zicheng would have been doomed.
When he saw that the four armies had been defeated and then gathered their soldiers for the ambush, he was not surprised.
"What are the losses of the enemy?" Luo Shan asked, looking at the leaders of the two ambush troops he had arranged.
"Reporting to the general, we were scattered as soon as we were attacked. The enemy did not suffer too many casualties, and even their formation was not scattered."
After hearing the leader's words, Luo Shan's fear of Zhu Jun increased even more. If he were in Zhu Jun's position, his soldiers would have been in disarray at this point. He did not expect that Zhu Jun could still maintain order in the army.
However, he did not expect that the previous waves of ambushes would cause any trouble to Zhu Jun. His opponent was commanding a large army, and a small force could not stop him. The highlight was the last ambush. As long as he could catch up, he would win.
Soon he saw the leader of the third wave of ambush troops, and it seemed that he had definitely been crushed by Zhu Jun.
"How?" Luo Shan asked impatiently.
"The enemy troops are still not dispersed." After hearing the leader's words, Luo Shan was surprised.
"This shouldn't be the case. We've already been ambushed six times. How is it possible that we still have this sense of order?"
"Keep chasing!" Luo Shan frowned. Could the other party be the kind of general who often loses battles? But I have never heard of a general in the current dynasty who has ever lost a battle.
Of course, Luo Shan had no way of knowing that Zhu Jun happened to be a big boss who often suffered defeat, and was also the kind of lucky big boss who could find someone to kill the enemy after the defeat, so Zhu Jun's defeat was generally unknown to outsiders.
Moreover, even if a battle is won, no one will record other people's mistakes. Everyone writes in a positive style of the Spring and Autumn Period. Unless they are writing a military book, ordinary people will not make other people's defeats known to the world.
As the sky darkened, Zhu Jun's expression became more serious. If they were ambushed at night, their army would be defeated.
He had to find a way to quickly break through the defense line and find a place to rest. As soon as he entered the city and finished resting, he would immediately kill these rebels.
"Divide the troops!" This was the only solution Zhu Jun could think of in the end. The twelve cities he had conquered before were all far away from here, and the nearest one was blocked by others, so he had no choice but to go there.
Zhu Jun had 7,000 veteran soldiers, 20,000 regular soldiers, and more than 30,000 militiamen recruited locally, a total of more than 50,000 people close to 60,000. He simply disbanded the troops, then sent away all the grassroots officers and let his deputy general take charge of gathering them in another city.
He left a total of 15,000 troops as bait to attract the enemy's attention. The most reasonable phenomenon after the ambush was that the soldiers would be scattered. It was impossible for the enemy to let him go and chase the soldiers.
After watching the deputy general and others leave, Zhu Jun mounted his horse with murderous intent. Without the new recruits as a burden, he wanted to see what these rebels could do.
Just as Zhu Jun expected, the last wave of ambush troops consisted of more than 20,000 people. It was definitely planned by Luo Shan. When they captured the eleventh city, they should have received the news and started to gather here, otherwise his scouts would not have failed to discover them.
But just a bunch of soldiers are just a bunch of soldiers, and it’s just a dream to think of stopping him.
Zhu Jun broke through the last wave of ambush with lightning speed and successfully defended the city before Luo Shan could catch up .
