When night fell, by the moonlight, Chen Yilong, the deputy general of the official army, led more than 1,000 horsemen, quietly opened the east gate of Chengdu, and touched the outside of Zhang Xianzhong's Chinese army camp.

"It must be the sacrificial thief and the other thieves who are gathering here, and today is the right time to catch them all!" Thinking of this, Chen Yilong couldn't help but be overjoyed, and immediately turned over his horse, raised his horsewhip, and shouted, "Brothers, kill with me!" ”

Chen Yilong was eager for meritorious service, and rushed to the front first, followed by a thousand officers and cavalry, roaring towards Zhang Xianzhong's Chinese army camp.

A non-commissioned officer of the West Battalion, who was patrolling in front of the battalion, suddenly saw the official army attacking, and hurriedly beat the gong and shouted a warning: "The official army is coming!" The officers and troops are coming! ”

Before the West Camp soldier shouted a few times, Chen Yilong Pegasus was already close to him, and a spear instantly pierced his throat, and as the head of the gun was pulled out, a stream of blood gushed out, and the West Camp soldier fell to the ground and convulsed a few times, and suddenly lost his breath.

Chen Yilong was very excited, brandished a spear, struggled to open the wooden fence in front of the walled gate, and rushed straight into Zhang Xianzhong's Chinese army camp, and then saw the Chinese military tent full of human figures, stepped forward and opened the tent with a shot, and jumped in.

Entering the tent, Chen Yilong found that there was no one inside, and the figures he saw before were just clay statues. Chen Yilong was horrified, hurriedly turned his horse's head and retreated, glanced around, and saw that in addition to the men and horses he brought, there was no trace of the enemy in the camp.

"Not good! Hit the trick! Evacuate! Chen Yilong shouted at his subordinates.

However, the front team on this side had just turned around, and the officers and cavalry who had not yet had time to enter the village did not know what was going on, and still continued to rush into the gate of the village.

"Shoot the arrows!" A voice suddenly sounded in the darkness, followed by the sound of breaking the sky.

Before the officers and cavalry could react, the arrows were already whistling like locusts, and a rain of arrows fell in the camp.

"Quick! Disperse! Chen Yilong was frightened and wanted to break out, but the horses were neighing in front of the walled gate, and the people and horses were staggered, and there was no way out.

Then there was a flash of white smoke, and the soldiers of the Western Battalion shot at the crowd with the captured three-eyed guns, and immediately many officers and cavalry were beaten into sieves with men and horses, and the screams were endless, and those officers and soldiers who were injured and fell to the ground were trampled to death by the frightened war horses in the dark.

At this moment, accompanied by a terrible horn sound, Dingguo rode out of the dark on the "Erdoujin", and took Chen Yilong with a gun: "Come and leave, Xiying Zhang Dingguo is here!" ”

Hearing Zhang Dingguo's name, Chen Yilong panicked, suddenly lost his center of gravity, fell straight from the horse, and was trampled on the head by the horse's hooves that followed behind, and his brain burst to death on the spot.

Seeing that the main general fell from his horse, the rest of the remaining officers and soldiers discarded their blades one after another, dismounted and surrendered to the Xiying Righteous Army.

When it was dawn, none of the 1,000 officers and soldiers who went out of the city to sneak attack came back, and Liao Daheng suffered a big loss this time, and immediately became honest, and from then on he concentrated on sticking to the city, and no longer dared to attack easily.

Seeing that the official army was tightly guarded, and they couldn't take Chengdu for a while, Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai led the army around the city to the north and took Deyang.

On December 20, the rebel brigade successfully arrived on the bank of the undefended Mianyang River.

Stationed at the head of the pontoon bridge, Zhang Xianzhong asked Dingguo Road: "How far is the official army chasing the soldiers from here?" ”

"Father, according to the scout's report, the official army forward is less than half a day's journey away from us." Dingguo clenched his fists and said.

Zhang Xianzhong immediately looked up at the volunteers who were quickly passing through the pontoon bridge, raised his whip and pointed to the pontoon bridge: "After a while, all the men and horses have crossed the river, immediately burn the pontoon bridge for Lao Tzu, and see how the officers and soldiers should cross the river!" ”

"No!" Dingguo agreed, and then watched Zhang Xianzhong turn around and leave.

After Zhang Xianzhong left, Dingguo immediately called Jin Tongwu and asked him to lead people to prepare for burning the bridge as soon as possible.

The two were talking, when they suddenly heard a childish voice behind them: "Daddy! ”

Dingguo's heart moved, and he turned his head sharply to see that it was Xianglian holding his one-year-old son Pu Xing, who was sitting at the front of the carriage, staring at him affectionately.

Dingguo hurriedly said a few more words to Jin Tongwu, then jumped off the "Erdoujin", ran quickly to the carriage, took Xiao Puxing from Xianglian with a smile, and lifted him high above his head and turned around several times: "Good boy, you've grown so big, Daddy can't hold you anymore!" ”

"Brother Ning Yu, you've lost a lot of weight these days!" Xianglian looked at the dark and emaciated man in front of her, and couldn't help but say distressedly.

Dingguo then gently put down Xiao Puxing, handed it to the hand of the pro-soldier Dachun, and then jumped into the carriage, sat down on the vacant seat next to Xianglian, grabbed Xianglian's hand, rubbed it back and forth for a while, and sighed: "Madam, Madam, I, Zhang Dingguo, really can't stand you!" ”

"It's all a family, why are you so polite? As long as you're safe and sound, I'll be satisfied. Before the meeting, Xianglian thought about countless topics in her heart and wanted to say to Dingguo, but when it was time to meet, she was condensed in a thousand words, and she didn't know what to say.

The two of them stared at each other affectionately so quietly, as if at this moment, only each other was left between heaven and earth.

At this moment, Jin Tongwu hurriedly flew over: "Boss! The oil has been poured out, can you set fire to the bridge now? ”

Da Chun stood aside with Xiao Puxing in his arms, and when he saw Jin Tongwu coming over with a big grin, he hurriedly kept glancing at him.

Jin Tongwu looked at Da Chun's frowning and winkling eyes strangely, turned his head and suddenly saw the familiar covered carriage, and then he suddenly realized, quickly covered his mouth, and stopped his horse.

Dingguo had already heard Jin Tongwu's voice, so he immediately let go of Xianglian's hand, jumped out of the carriage, and shouted at Jin Tongwu: "Old Jin, inform the brothers, set fire immediately!" ”

"No!" Jin Tongwu responded with a clenched fist, and quickly turned the horse's head to give the order.

Dingguo turned his gaze back to Xianglian again, and said softly: "Madam, the bridge is about to be set on fire here, take Pu Xing and set off quickly!" ”

Xianglian nodded sensibly, took Xiao Puxing from Da Chun's hand, and said reluctantly: "Brother Ning Yu, take care of yourself!" ”

"Daddy, don't go!" Xiao Puxing also seemed to feel the atmosphere of separation, and stretched out his little hand and kept swinging towards Dingguo.

With tears in her eyes, Xianglian hugged Xiao Puxing and got into the carriage, and the carriage immediately set off. Looking at the carriage that was gradually moving away, Dingguo couldn't help but feel a sense of loss in his heart.

After crossing the Mianyang River, the rebels soon conquered Zitong again, and stationed troops here to recuperate.

Due to the destruction of the pontoon bridge, the more than ten officers and soldiers who followed had to look at the river and sigh, and waited until three days later the officers and soldiers gathered the ferry boats and began to cross the river, and the righteous army had already finished resting, turned around to capture Yanting, and then crossed the Jialing River from Zhaohua County, and went to Bazhou through Yilong.

On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, under the order of Zhang Xianzhong, Dingguo personally led 800 elite horsemen from the western camp wearing official and military uniforms, waving the banner of the superintendent Yang Sichang, and took advantage of the time when the officials and people were sending firecrackers to the New Year, and came to the city of Bazhou.

Although he had seen Yang Sichang's banner of superintendent from afar, the city gate official still unceremoniously stopped Dingguo and them, and shouted: "Stop! Show your passpass! ”

"Bold! Are you blind? Can't you see the banner behind us? We are the soldiers of the Governor, and we are coming to Bazhou on business, if you dare to stop it again, be careful of your dog's head! Jin Tongwu followed Dingguo's side and yelled at the city gate official.

Who knew that the city gate official didn't eat this set at all, and said without accommodating: "The responsibility of humility is on your body, and there is no pass token, even the king of heaven is not allowed to enter the city!" ”

Seeing that Jin Tongwu was about to draw his sword to face him, Dingguo hurriedly grabbed his arm, turned his head and bowed to the city gate official and said, "Little brother, our brother has a hot temper, don't be like him." ”

With that, Dingguo took out a pass token from his bosom and reached out to hand it over.

The city gate official took the token, meticulously inspected it, and after confirming that it was correct, he raised his head again, and looked everyone up and down by the light of the fire, and then returned the pass token to the given country, and waved his hand as if it were routine: "Okay, let's go in." ”

Dingguo took the pass token, turned around and greeted with a voice: "Everyone follow me into the city, move quickly!" ”

Immediately, the elite cavalry of the Western Battalion, disguised as an official army, held torches high, lined up in a neat queue, and amid the sound of firecrackers, Yuguan walked into the city gate.

The city gate officer looked at the cavalry of the official army that was passing through the city gate, and always felt that something seemed to be wrong, so he raised his head again and took a closer look, only to find that although these people were wearing the red fat jackets of the officers and soldiers, and the hats were also red hats on their heads, the lower half of their bodies were all coarse cotton pants and black cotton shoes, which were not the attire of the officers and soldiers at all.

The city gate official frowned, and just wanted to stop this group of people for re-interrogation, but suddenly saw a cold light flash.

The poor city gate official didn't have time to say a word, his head had already flown away from his body, rolled in the air, and finally fell to the ground, and the headless body spurted out a fountain of blood, and then fell to the ground with a bang.

As soon as Dingguo made a move, the soldiers of the West Battalion behind him also drew their swords and cut down more than a dozen defenders in the city gate cave to the ground and seized the city gate. Immediately, everyone rushed into the city without stopping and went straight to the state office.

Under the cover of the rumbling firecrackers, the soldiers and civilians in the city did not notice the change in front of the city gate at all, and Dingguo was able to quickly pass through the city, and came to the front of the office without encountering a little resistance.

"Brothers, dismount with me and rush in!" Dingguo put the plum blossom spear on the saddle, then drew the saber from the scabbard, jumped off the horse, and rushed into the office first.

Zhizhou Luerdun was in the flower hall in the backyard at this time, eating Chinese New Year's Eve meal with his family, and when he exchanged cups, he suddenly saw a personal soldier with a bloody face, stumbling into the flower hall, and crying in a trembling voice: "Big ...... My lord! Thief...... The thieves are coming! ”

Before the words fell, he saw Dingguo and Jin Tongwu holding bloodstained sabers in their hands, and broke in from outside with more than a dozen soldiers from the Western Battalion.

Jin Tongwu didn't say a word, he raised the knife in his hand, chopped off the head of the pro-soldier, and threw it on the dining table, and a bloody human head rolled in front of Lu Erdun with bones.

Lu Erdun and his family were so frightened that their legs were weak, and they knelt down in front of Dingguo with a plop, kowtowed and begged for mercy: "The strong man spares his life!" Brave man spare his life! ”

"Someone! Put Lurdun in prison, and after the eight kings enter the city, they will make a plan! Seeing the old and young people in this house, Dingguo was a little unbearable, and immediately waved his hand behind him, and immediately two strong men stepped forward, put up Luerdun's two arms, and dragged them out of the flower hall amid the crying of his family.

was captured alive by the Xiying Righteous Army, as well as fellow acquaintance Zhang Lianyao and Instructor Qian Xiangke.

When the rebel brigade entered the city, Zhang Xianzhong immediately ordered the three people including Zhizhou Luerdun to be hanged in prison, and then searched for bacon and shochu from the state government office, and held a feast in the flower hall of the back house, and summoned the generals to drink bitterly to spend the New Year.

Since it was the Chinese New Year's Eve, and because the soldiers took Bazhou without blood today, Zhang Xianzhong ordered the ban on alcohol to be temporarily lifted, and the whole army drank to their heart's content.

I never thought that the ban on alcohol would be opened, and many soldiers of the righteous army drank alcohol, and used the strength of alcohol to make trouble in the city, and it was not uncommon to humiliate and loot, and the rich gentry in the city were frightened, and they dragged their families and took refuge in the city overnight.

In the process of patrolling the city, Dingguo was heartbroken when he saw this scene, and immediately rushed back to the state government office and broke into the flower hall in the backyard to meet Zhang Xianzhong.

At this time, the night was getting deeper, and the generals dispersed one after another, and only Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai raised their glasses to drink in the flower hall. Seeing that Dingguo hurriedly broke in, as if he had something important to report, Luo Rucai immediately said that he was not strong enough to drink, and got up to say goodbye.