After defeating Ma Shouying, Zhu Cihong ordered the army to continue the pursuit, and he entered Yingshan City.

After seven or eight days of driving in the Yinghuo Mountains, Zhu Cihong only felt that his body was going to be moldy, and after taking a hot bath in the city, he suddenly thought of one thing, and hurriedly asked people to find Yang Qili, the head of the Longxiang Group.

After seeing Yang Qili, Zhu Cihong suddenly asked: "Didn't you say that Zhang Xianzhong was in the Yingshan area?" What about them? ”

Yingshan and Huoshan are connected together, at the junction of Henan, Huguang and Nanzhili (Anhui part) three provinces, a radius of hundreds of miles, known as Yinghuo Mountain in history, Huoshan is close to Fengyang Mansion, occupied by the five battalions of Gezuo, Yingshan is close to Wuchang Mansion and Luzhou Mansion, and is occupied by Zhang Xianzhong.

Yang Qili said: "Your Highness, the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo has always been acting with Zhang Xianzhong in separate forces, and the night ahead is not clear about the movements of the thieves. ”

Zhu Cihong felt that something was wrong, he always thought that Ma Shouying fled to the Yingshan area to meet Zhang Xianzhong, but he didn't expect Zhang Xianzhong to be near Yingshan, so where did they go? Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai also have 100,000 horses, so many people are hiding?

After a while, Xu Sheng walked in and said, "Your Highness, Jinyi Wei is in a hurry!" ”

Zhu Cihong opened it and looked at it, and then his face changed slightly.

According to the intelligence, Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai attacked Anqing a few days ago, and Shi Kefa defended tightly and did not let Zhang Xianzhong succeed in the sneak attack.

Later, the deputy general Cheng Long led the Suzhou soldiers and the general Pan Keda led the Anqing soldiers to defend the camp, and Zhang Xianzhong sent 3,000 liukou to rob the camp of the officers and soldiers, but they were defeated by the officers and soldiers.

Cheng Long and Pan Keda led the army to pursue because of the victory over the enemy, and were besieged by tens of thousands of troops led by Zhang Xianzhong.

The thieves braved the heavy rain to launch a general attack on Cheng Long and the 6,000 officers and soldiers of Pan Keda's department, and in the rain battle, the officers and soldiers failed to break through the siege several times, and more than 40 generals including the general Pan Keda were killed, and the deputy general Cheng Long and the guerrilla general Chen Yuwang committed suicide, and the 6,000 officers and soldiers were wiped out.

Zhu Cihong was silent for a long time after reading the information, and Sun Yingyuan and Huang Degong were also shocked after reading it.

Especially Huang Degong, he still remembered that when he first arrived in Fengyang, Cheng Long and Pan Keda first quarreled with him, and then began to drink and fight at the banquet, but he didn't expect that in just a few months, the two of them died.

Sun Yingyuan comforted Zhu Cihong and said, "Your Highness, fortunately, Anqing has not been lost." ”

Zhu Cihong was silent, and suddenly said after a while: "The thief was trapped in the Yingshan area, how did he lead an army of 100,000 to Anqing?" ”

From Yingshan and Huoshan to Anqing, either go to Lu'an Prefecture, or go to Susong County and Taihu County, Lu'an Prefecture is garrisoned by Huang Degong, where there was also a big battle with the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo, obviously did not see Zhang Xianzhong's men and horses appear.

This shows that Zhang Xianzhong's men and horses can only break through from the area of Susong and Taihu Lake and attack Anqing Mansion, Susong and Taihu County are defended by Zuo Liangyu, the general soldier stationed in Jiujiang Mansion, and Zuo Liangyu claims that he has an army of 200,000, how can he not hold it.

Zhu Cihong knew that he said that he had an army of 200,000 to brag about and wanted to attract the attention of the imperial court, but Zuo Liangyu said that there were also **10,000 horses in his hands, and there were 20,000 or 30,000 people who could fight, but now he let Zhang Xianzhong's men and horses cross the border, it seems that Zuo Liangyu chose Wendou.

On the second day, Jinyiwei sent information again, Zhang Xianzhong gave up attacking Anqing, and instead attacked Luzhou, and 100,000 troops besieged Luzhou City.

Zhu Cihong was faintly worried in his heart, if Luzhou was breached, it would be troublesome, Luzhou Mansion was next to Fengyang Mansion, and Fengyang Mansion was only defended by 30,000 Tuntian soldiers, even if he returned to the army to rescue now, it would be too late to go back to Luzhou City, and it would be at least a few days from here to Luzhou City, and the mountain road was difficult to walk....... Hope Yang Yufan's

20,000 horses can withstand it.

Zhu Cihong ordered: "Order Yang Tinglin to lead the Tuntian soldiers of Fengyang Mansion to rescue Luzhou, search for the remnants of the thieves in Huoshan and return to Fengyang Mansion immediately, and the Tianwu Army will continue to pursue the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo!" ”

The 5th Battalion of the Left Wing can only run to the area of Wuchang Mansion, and there are tens of thousands of horses and horses of Liu Liangzuo stationed in Wuchang Mansion, as long as the 5th Battalion of the Revolution is slightly blocked, the more than 10,000 people of the 5th Battalion of the Left Movement will be cornered.

Now there are only 5,000 old battalion soldiers left in the 100,000 horses of the 5th battalion of the Revolution, and three of the five leaders have also been killed.

Zhu Cihong looked at the map, and was still a little uneasy, and ordered the soldiers and horses of the three towns in Wuchang Mansion to gather in Xishui County to intercept the old battalion soldiers of Ma Shouying who might want to go down the mountain.

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Under the city of Luzhou, the mighty Liukou people and horses will be surrounded by Luzhou City, and in the Chinese army of the Liukou, the big banner of "Zhang" and the big banner of "Luo" flutter in the wind, and it is majestic.

Under the banner, Zhang Xianzhong rode on a tall war horse with a black and shiny coat, his yellow face and long beard, a white felt hat, a linen arrow jacket, and a sharp sword hanging from his waist.

At this time, Zhang Xianzhong's resolute eyes were staring at the Guancheng in front of him, and a gust of autumn wind blew, puffing up the big red cloak behind him.

Behind him are four young generals and the old battalion guards, these four young generals are his four righteous sons, Sun Kewang, Liu Wenxiu, Ai Nengqi, Li Dingguo, of course, they are all surnamed Zhang now, and they have not changed back to their original surnames.

After watching it for a long time, Zhang Xianzhong said to a middle-aged man beside him who looked elegant: "Master Cao, the situation is not very good, we have been fighting for two days, and we haven't taken Luzhou yet." ”

This Cao Ye is not surnamed Cao, his name is Luo Rucai, nicknamed Cao Cao, he is cunning and resourceful, capricious, and it was Luo Rucai's idea that the thirteen righteous armies jointly fought to capture Fengyang.

Luo Rucai is good at reconciling the relationship between the various departments of the thieves, and everyone is willing to cooperate with him, and Zhang Xianzhong is even more willing to be close to him, and he will take action with him.

Luo Rucai said: "The defender of the city is Yang Yufan, the general soldier of Fengyang, who is indeed a strong opponent and cannot be underestimated, but after two days of strong attack by our army, Luzhou City should not last long, and it will definitely be taken today." ”

Zhang Xianzhong nodded and was about to speak, when a rough voice sounded: "Yellow Tiger, how can the siege be so easy to fight, you are in a hurry!" ”

The person who spoke was called Liu Guoneng, nicknamed Chuang Tian, he was tall, wearing an iron helmet and thick armor, and he looked very fierce.

Liu Guoneng was once one of the thirteen rogues who invaded Fengyang, although he was with Zhang Xianzhong, but Liu Guoneng has always had a dislike for Zhang Xianzhong, worried that Zhang Xianzhong would be angry with himself and swallowed his own people.

Zhang Xianzhong glanced at him and said, "You're not in a hurry, but you have to think of a way, what kind of bullshit is here!" ”

Liu Guoneng smiled and said: "This time, our righteous army annihilated the officers and soldiers in Anqing, and captured a total of dozens of artillery, and there are more than a dozen Hongyi cannons that are so awesome and coaxing, and it is not enough to directly bombard the city wall with artillery!" ”

After listening to him, the generals around him praised in unison: "Liu Ye is wise." ”

Luo Rucai also said: "Yes, use artillery to attack the city, this method is good, after the order, the army will push the artillery up, hit the city wall, and the others are ready to attack the city!" ”

Zhang Xianzhong was slapped in the face on the spot, and he was a little unhappy in his heart, and just wanted to say a few words to Liu Guoneng, only to hear Luo Rucai say again: "Brother Huanghu, when the siege army needs you to cheer up, don't be like him!" ”

Zhang Xianzhong snorted lightly, rode his horse forward a few steps, and no longer paid attention to everyone.

On the city wall of Luzhou, Yang Yufan, the chief soldier of Fengyang, looked at the endless army of thieves, and felt bitter in his heart, the thieves outside the city were afraid that there were 100,000 soldiers and horses.

There are only 20,000 defenders in Luzhou City, and after two days of fighting, more than half of them have been damaged, and the remaining thousands of people have to be distributed around the city, and the troops are very sparse, and I am afraid that they will not hold out tomorrow.

Zhang Xianzhong rode his horse to the front of the formation, drew his sword and shouted loudly: "Break the city with all your strength, after entering the city, you will be full twice a day, the horse army and the old battalion will supervise the formation, and those who dare to retreat will be killed!" ”

"Break the city!"

"Break the city!"

Tens of thousands of rogues shouted with their weapons raised, very excited, the temptation of food was invincible.

Zhang Xianzhong drew his sword and shouted: "Attack, break the city!" ”

The trumpets sounded in the rogue, and there was a commotion in the array, and tens of thousands of troops broke away from the main formation, shouting to start the siege.

Looking at the scene under the city, Yang Yufan's face was ugly, and suddenly he picked up the binoculars and looked carefully into the distance, only to see that dozens of artillery pieces had been launched in the Liukou array.

Putting down the binoculars, Yang Yufan sighed and said: "My Yang family has been loyal to the country for generations, and today, I will die here!" ”

After speaking, he passed down the military order: "Prepare for battle!" Defend Luzhou, people are in the city, and people are in the city! ”

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"Kill the officers and soldiers!"

The overwhelming rogue instantly filled the outside of Luzhou City, a large number of rogue robbers carried bags containing soil to fill the moat, and the city was also full of ladders, and dozens of cannons not far away were ruthlessly pouring cannonballs on a corner of the city wall.

The officers and soldiers on the city wall even saw the rogue with twisted faces on the cloud ladder, their foreheads were sweating, and they threw gold juice, rockets, 10,000 enemies and other sharp weapons to the city.