After resting for the night, the new army made a long march and reached Huang'an in one day, where the peasant army was weaker in defending the city and attacked the city with little effort. Wang Boda still left a battalion of guards to echo Macheng, and took the remaining six battalions all the way to the west, took Yingshan lightly, and went straight to Suizhou.

At this time, Suizhou was under pressure from Zhu Hao's two regiments, and the new army had been besieging the city for three days, the artillery was non-stop, and many city walls were blown up.

The main force of the peasant army He Yilong stationed in Suizhou sent people out of the city several times to fight with the new army, but they were all defeated and lost thousands of people.

He Yilong saw that the new army was not tightly surrounded, and hurriedly sent several spies to ask the nearby peasant army for help. He couldn't understand what the new army wanted to do, and seeing that the city was difficult to protect, he sent someone to Luo Rucai, who occupied Zhangcheng in the west, for help, and promised to give 50,000 taels of silver after the siege was lifted.

In a large mansion in Zhangcheng.

Luo Rucai sat in the hall, frowning and looking at the distress letter in his hand. He was nicknamed Cao Cao, about thirty years old, with a fair face, quite shrewd, and belonged to a relatively resourceful and overall view of the peasant army.

At this moment, the peasant army in Huguang was roughly divided into three divisions, Zhang Xianzhong on the Echuan side, Luo Rucai near Xiangyang and He Yilong in the Macheng area of Suizhou, Luo Rucai sat in Zhangcheng, and the purpose was to contact others to attack Xiangyang Mansion together.

"Brother, do you think this He Yilong will be saved?" After a while, Luo Ru said to a thick-bearded man next to him. This person's nickname is Chaotianxing, and he is the first fierce general under him, and the second person in the peasant army of Luo Rucai's department.

"Big brother, Suizhou is hundreds of miles away from us, and besides, we don't have any friendship with He Yilong, so what should he do?" The sound of the chaotic star urn is angry.

"You can't say that, brother, He Yilong's department occupies eastern Hubei and is an important stronghold of the righteous army in Hubei Zhibian, which makes it difficult for the imperial court to sleep and eat, if He is wiped out by the official army, then the east of Huguang will no longer be owned by my righteous army, and the plan of the righteous army to enter the south of the Yangtze River will be blocked!" Luo Rucai is worthy of the name of Cao Cao and is quite knowledgeable.

"I heard from He Yilong's people that the Ming army besieging Suizhou has very strong combat effectiveness, if we go to save him, won't we have a hard fight with the enemy?" Mixed Sky Star Road.

"I also know this, it seems that the generals of this Ming army are not ordinary, and they seem to be waiting for me to come to the door. Except for Hong Chengchou, I have never seen such a big official army. Hmph, brother, you immediately mobilize 20,000 horses to rescue Suizhou! Luo Rucai made up his mind coldly.

Luo Ru had just rebelled and stood on his own, and the strength in his hands was not large, but this time he dispatched 20,000 people, and transferred half of the troops at hand at once, and he also saw that he attached great importance to this Suizhou siege!

Chaotianxing didn't talk nonsense, he had always carried out Luo Rucai's orders to the letter, and ordered 20,000 horses and horses to kill Suizhou with He Yilong's envoys.

I have to say that the development speed of the peasant army is really Zhu Hao's can't catch up, Chaotianxing all the way to the east, like locusts transiting, just arrived in Suizhou, the original 20,000 soldiers and horses have expanded to 50,000! Although most of them were peasants dressed in tatters and holding sticks and iron forks, they looked quite bluffing in the black.

On a small hillside outside Suizhou City, Zhu Hao held a telescope and observed for a long time, and said with a smile to Zhang Huangyan beside him: "Xuanzhu, it seems that I made a mistake, I didn't expect this peasant army to get more than 50,000 people. ”

"There are only more than 50,000 people who have fled, and 50,000 sheep when they fight." Zhang Huangyan pouted and said, with the strength of a newborn calf.

"Xuanzhu, you have been observing my new army for a long time, if it is commanded by you, what are your chances of winning, and how many men and horses do you need?" Zhu Hao said suddenly.

"If I command it, there is an eighty percent chance of winning, after all, I don't know much about the troops, but my nephew has something unclear, please ask my uncle for advice?" Zhang Huangyan thought for a while.

"Tell me about it."

"Uncle has been besieging the city for a few days, and I can see that you want to besiege the city for reinforcements, but how can you be sure that the thieves from the west will definitely come?"

"You don't know this, the reason why I besieged the city and sent reinforcements was not for these small fish and shrimp around Suizhou, but for the big fish in the west, but I knew that Zhang Xianzhong would definitely not come, but Luo Rucai would definitely send someone to rescue, so I waited for work, even if I couldn't hold Luo Rucai himself, I could hit him hard, and I could complete the task of this expedition. Luo Rucai is not simple, Suizhou has an important strategic position, and he will never sit idly by. Zhu Hao explained with a smile.

"Oh, I see!" Zhang Huangyan nodded thoughtfully.

"Another point, the reason why I temporarily set the battlefield in Suizhou instead of Zhangcheng is that I don't want to get too close to Xiangyang, otherwise those bigwigs in the city will give a few orders, and we will return in vain this time, and you will understand these things in the future." Zhu Hao said solemnly.

"Yes, nephew understands!" Zhang Huangyan couldn't help but sincerely admire this uncle who was four years older than him.

The two returned to the barracks, Wang Boda had already arrived, and Zhu Hao summoned a meeting of officers above the battalion commander to arrange the battle.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Luo Rucai's reinforcements have arrived in Suizhou, just three miles west of the city, but this time there is no Luo Rucai's banner, this commander thinks that it should be the second master of the mixed star, this person has no resourcefulness, our army can win in one battle, according to the old plan, I personally led the first regiment and the second regiment as the main force to meet the enemy head-on, Boda led the third regiment and the fourth regiment to detour behind the enemy, the cavalry battalion monitored the city He Yilong, if the chaotic star wanted to escape into the city, let him in, if the chaotic star was defeated and fled westward, the cavalry battalion immediately attacked, all understood?"

"Yes, Dashuai!" The generals agreed in unison.

The camp of the peasant army in the west of the city.

The soldiers of the peasant army were talking and laughing together, without any solemnity before the war.

"Report to the master, the small camp of the discovered officers and soldiers is five miles in front of us, as if the other party has discovered us and is moving towards us." A little minion came to report.

"How many times have the fuck told you, we're in the army now, and you're going to call me General!" Chao Tianxing scolded, "How many people are there in the Ming army? ”

"Five thousand, to say the least."

"It's only 5,000 people, and my army has drowned them with a mouthful of spit, it seems that this Ming army general is not good. Small, line up to meet the enemy! "Chaotian Xing didn't care.

The whining horn sounded, and the camp was suddenly in chaos, with shouting and screaming everywhere, the shouting of officers, and the sound of hip-hop and angry scolding.

Seeing this frowning old Gao, Chaotianxing finally assembled the team, and when Chaotianxing looked up, a group of troops wearing dark green military uniforms faintly appeared in front of him. Chao Tianxing carefully observed the Ming army in front of him, and suddenly sighed in his heart, and a sense of foreboding emerged, the official army in front of him was neatly arrayed, and thousands of people did not make a single noise, which seemed to be solemn and had a sense of oppression.

Looking back at the 50,000 "army" behind him, Chao Tianxing froze down, drew his sword and pointed forward, and shouted: "Brothers, kill the dogs of the court!" Kill! ”

When the backbone minions heard the order, they immediately shouted and shouted and shouted that the soldiers below began to charge, and for a time the shouts shook the sky, 50,000 people charged together, the momentum was amazing, and the dust was raised in an instant, and countless peasant soldiers with sticks, hooks, forks, and heads wrapped in white cloth ran forward happily, and some people were still giggling and laughing while running, and Zhu Hao was depressed for a while, what kind of army is this!

"Pass my order, the artillery withdraws from the battle, the infantry comes forward to block the enemy, pay attention to saving ammunition!" Zhu Hao changed his mind after seeing the other party's chaotic formation.

"The enemy is at a distance of two hundred meters, the infantry is ready, one hundred and fifty meters, open fire!" Zhang Huangyan replaced Zhu Hao as a temporary commander, and when he saw the peasant army entering the firing range, he decisively gave the order to open fire.

"Papapa" Dense gunfire rang out, the musket team showed great power, and the dense rain of bullets instantly covered the peasant army running at the front, and a large piece of hula fell!

A large-scale army charge is not so easy to be defeated, and the huge inertia is such that the soldiers behind do not realize what is really happening in front. It wasn't until after the five rounds of guns that the newly recruited peasant army soldiers in front were killed and wounded, revealing the old troops of Chaotianxing, that they reacted, this sound was the firearm of the Ming army!