Liuhe fell, Nanjing shook, the official army quickly transferred troops and horses from the nearby states and counties to encircle and suppress, the official army was strong, and it was impractical to fight Yangzhou again, so Zhang Xianzhong waved his hand on the map, and the whole army retreated westward.

After withdrawing from Liuhe, Zhang Xianzhong first led his troops to attack Luzhou, who knew that Luzhou's city defense was strong and could not be attacked for a long time, and then turned to attack Anqing and Hezhou, but they failed to defeat it, but lost a lot of people and horses. In desperation, Zhang Xianzhong had no choice but to withdraw the siege to attack Chuzhou, and he deserved to be unlucky, just two days after the siege, Zuo Liangyu's 100,000 troops were killed.

Under the fierce offensive of the official army, the Xiying rebels could not resist and suffered heavy casualties, and Zhang Xianzhong fled in embarrassment with the remnants of the defeated army.

Because the rebel army has always been a mobile battle, relying on the food to seize the official warehouse after capturing the city to solve the supply problem, now it has failed to take several cities in a row, and there is a big problem with logistics supply. Under the blow of Yang Sichang's combination of four positive six corners and ten sides of the net, Zhang Xianzhong was like a lost dog, beaten everywhere, and had nowhere to live.

By August, Zhang Xianzhong and the Xiying Righteous Army finally entered the Huguang territory, but they were intercepted by Xiong Wencan, and the army was sharply reduced to 70,000. Fortunately, Xiong Wencan was bent on appeasement and was unwilling to kill them all, so Zhang Xianzhong was able to escape.

After breaking out of the encirclement, Zhang Xianzhong ordered the whole army to rest in place, and summoned the main generals of the Xiying camp to spread out the battle map on the roadside, and everyone gathered together in a circle to discuss the next countermeasures.

"Fuck! Wherever I go, this official army will follow! With a piece of dog skin plaster, you can't shake it off! After losing the battle, facing the officers and soldiers who were chasing after him, Zhang Xianzhong couldn't help but burst into foul language.

Feng Shuangli also reported to him worriedly: "Jing Shuai, the military rations are running out, the brothers are starving these days, people are sleepy and lack of horses has reached the limit, and now there is Zuo Liangyu's army following behind, but what should I do?" ”

Seeing that all the generals fell into silence, and no one spoke, Dingguo stretched out his hand and pointed in the direction of Nanyang on the map, and proposed to Zhang Xianzhong: "Father, I heard that the troops in Nanyang City have been empty recently, so it is better for us to take Nanyang in one go to solve the urgent need of insufficient supplies." ”

Zhang Xianzhong followed the direction of Dingguo's finger, moved his gaze, looked at the map and thought for a moment, and asked uneasily: "Dingguo, is this news accurate?" ”

"After getting the news, the child couldn't rest assured, and asked Chen Xi to dress up in disguise, and went to investigate again, it's true!" Dingguo patted his chest and assured Zhang Xianzhong.

"If that's the case, you might as well give it a try." There is no endless road, and now there is no better choice than going to Nanyang, Zhang Xianzhong immediately agreed.

"But Nanyang is a strong city after all, we can only outwit it, not storm it." Zhang Kewang interjected.

"It's not that hard! Let the brothers all change into the captured official and military armor, and under the banner of Zuo Liangyu, they can take Nanyang without much effort. After saying that, Zhang Xianzhong's face suddenly showed a sly look.

A few days later, Zhang Xianzhong personally led the Xiying Righteous Army, disguised as an official army, swaggered to Nanyang City, and stationed outside the South Gate, preparing to wait until after dark, and then wait for the opportunity to seize the city.

Chen Zhenhao, the prefect of Nanyang, heard the report that Zuo Liangyu had led the troops outside the city, and hurriedly took the gentry in the city out of the city to reward the army.

Hearing that Governor Chen was out of the city, Zhang Xianzhong took the case, and was overjoyed: "Okay, I thought I would wait for it to get dark and then go into the city, but I didn't expect your kid to send it to the door by himself!" If you are captured, why can't you take Nanyang? ”

Zhang Xianzhong immediately ordered to arrange a knife and axe hand outside the big tent of the Chinese army, and then walked quickly outside the tent.

As soon as he came out of the tent, he saw Dingguo hurrying over and said, "Father!" This Chen Governor's Mansion can't be moved for the time being! ”

"How so?" Dingguo's obstruction surprised Zhang Xianzhong.

Dingguo then explained to Zhang Xianzhong: "Father, you think, this Nanyang Mansion is the fief of the Tang Dynasty, although there was the abolition of King Zhu Yujian Qin last year, but the court has changed his brother Zhu Yuzhen as the king. If a prefect dies in troubled times, the emperor may not punish the crime, but once the feudal domain is lost, it is a capital crime, how can the garrison in the city be willing to be the prefect of a district and lose his life? ”

After listening to Dingguo's words, Zhang Xianzhong was a little hesitant for a while, and at this moment, Wang Shangli, the head of the old camp, strode over and reported in a low voice: "Chen Zhenhao, the prefect of Nanyang, took dozens of gentry in the city to escort a total of 15 carts of money and food for the army. ”

Zhang Xianzhong touched his nose, looked at Dingguo again, and finally slowly put his hand down: "Let's let the knife and axe hands withdraw!" I'm going to meet the prefect! ”

When Zhang Xianzhong walked out of the gate, the Chen prefect and the gentry had been waiting outside for most of the day, at this time it was the scorching summer season, under the scorching sun, the group was sweating profusely, and their clothes were wet from the inside out.

Seeing Zhang Xianzhong's lofty spirit and piercing eyes, Governor Chen decided that this person was Zuo Liangyu, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "Chen Zhenhao, the prefect of Nanyang, meet Lord Zhentai!" ”

Zhang Xianzhong's gloomy face suddenly changed to a smiling face, held Governor Chen's hand, and said politely: "Lord Futai is polite, I Lao Zuo is a rough person, and what I admire most in my life is you scholars who know books and are courteous!" Hurry up inside please! ”

Zhang Xianzhong instructed Dingguo to pull 15 carts of money and grain into the back village and put it into storage, and then enthusiastically took the hand of Governor Chen and welcomed everyone into the big tent of the Chinese army.

"Lord Futai, please take a seat!" Zhang Xianzhong dragged Chen Zhifu to the handsome case, and Chen Zhifu hurriedly waved his hand when he saw this: "No!" Cannot! Never! Lord Zhentai is a first-grade chief military officer, and a fourth-grade prefect in Xiaguan District, how can he trespass? ”

"Let you sit, you sit! If you push it again, I'll be angry! Zhang Xianzhong's eyes widened, and Governor Chen's whole body was full of excitement, and somehow his whole body instantly softened, and he sat down on the central handsome case.

Zhang Xianzhong then stepped down from the handsome case, sat aside, and invited all the gentry to sit together, and ate and drank the wine and meat on the case.

I never thought that at this time, Zuo Liangyu led the vanguard of 10,000 cavalry into the Nanyang territory, and instead of seeing Zhang Xianzhong's soldiers and horses outside Nanyang City, there was an official army camp under the banner of Zuo Liangyu, which made Zuo Liangyu feel very strange.

Zuo Liangyu raised his horsewhip, pointed to the camp in front, and asked Zuo Menggeng on the side: "Menggeng, have you heard that which part of our men and horses are stationed in Nanyang?" ”

Zuo Mengeng scratched his head and thought for a long time, but still shook his head in confusion: "The child has never heard of it." ”

Zuo Liangyu held his chin and thought about it, obviously within a radius of dozens of miles, there was only his own way, where did this group of officers and soldiers of the Zuo Battalion come from?

Zuo Liangyu was suspicious in his heart, waved his hand to summon a herald, and ordered: "You go to that camp and ask for me, who is the commander of the army?" Let him come to me! ”

Let's say that Zhang Kewang, standing outside Zhang Xianzhong's Chinese army tent, listening to the laughter of drinking and eating meat inside, his heart was quite unhappy, he immediately pulled Dingguo aside, and complained in a low voice: "I said second, what did your kid say to his father, why did you still give them delicious food and drink?" If it was Lao Tzu, who had just ambushed some knives and axes outside the tent, he directly clicked a knife and chopped up all these pigs and dogs, and then carried the prefect's head to the city, why worry about not taking Nanyang? It is really uncomfortable to have to fix these mothers-in-law's things! ”

Dingguo was about to explain to Zhang Kewang, but saw Qi Sansheng running over in a hurry.

"General Qi, what's wrong?" Seeing Qi Sansheng's expression, Dingguo knew that things had changed, and hurriedly asked.

When Qi Sansheng saw Dingguo, he panted and said urgently: "It's a big deal!" Zuo Liangyu's army is only twenty miles away from here! Just now, an official and military herald came and said that he would summon our commander to meet with us in the left camp! ”

"Birds! That's good, let's meet Li Kui this time! If the dog prefect was slaughtered with a knife in front of the tent just now, at this moment we have already entered Nanyang Mansion, condescending, why are we afraid of Zuo Liangyu? Zhang Kewang complained again angrily.

The military situation was urgent, Dingguo didn't care about listening to Zhang Kewang's complaints, and immediately walked into the big tent of the Chinese army, and came to Zhang Xianzhong is whisper, Zhang Xianzhong's face changed instantly after hearing it.

Governor Chen was drinking happily, and suddenly saw Zhang Xianzhong's expression was different, and he couldn't help but ask with concern: "Lord Zhentai, what happened?" ”

Unexpectedly, Zhang Xianzhong stood up straight, stepped forward in two steps, and drew the sword from the sword stand next to the screen behind the handsome case, but when he saw a flash of cold light, a bloody human head rolled down to the center of the Chinese army's big tent.

All the gentry were already eight or nine points drunk at the moment, and their drunken eyes couldn't see what this black thing was, and they also said that the official hat of the lord of Futai was blown away by the wind, and they all laughed together.

Before the laughter fell, dozens of guards had already swarmed into the big tent of the Chinese army, raising their swords and killing them all.

Looking at the scene of blood flowing everywhere, Zhang Xianzhong quickly turned his head and shouted at Dingguo: "Quick! Kill the herald! Don't let it slip away! ”

After ordering Dingguo, Zhang Xianzhong summoned Zhang Kewang in again, and asked him to quietly order the soldiers of each regiment to roll up the flag and immediately go around the city.

Zuo Liangyu was sitting on horseback and waiting for the herald to come back, but he saw a sudden chaos in the camp outside the city, as if there were signs of fleeing from the camp.

"Not good! These are thieves! Follow me! Don't let go of the thief's first dedication! Zuo Liangyu roared loudly and took the lead in rushing out of the battle formation.

Seeing that the cavalry of the official army was killed in an instant, the Xiying Righteous Army suddenly fell into chaos, and in the midst of thousands of troops, Zuo Liangyu saw Zhang Xianzhong riding on a black horse and wearing a white felt hat at a glance.

Seeing Zuo Liangyu killing towards him, Zhang Xianzhong panicked, hurriedly turned the horse's head, and urged the horse to flee.

"Anti-thief Hugh run! Eat me with an arrow! Zuo Liangyu opened his bow and took an arrow, aiming at Zhang Xianzhong is an arrow of "whoosh".

Zhang Xianzhong heard the sound of the bowstring, and subconsciously looked back, but was hit by an arrow in the center of his eyebrows. Zhang Xianzhong shouted, endured the pain and pulled out the arrow, not wanting Zuo Liangyu's second arrow to hit his right shoulder, Zhang Xianzhong was in pain, and almost fell off the horse.

Zuo Liangyu saw that Zhang Xianzhong was hit by an arrow, afraid that he would escape, so he immediately hung the bow on the saddle and urged the horse to chase forward.

The officers and soldiers were inferior, and they were quickly distanced, and only Zuo Liangyu rode the "Jade Flower Skull" and gradually caught up.

Finding that there was only Zuo Liangyu left behind him, Zhang Xianzhong shouted: "Bird! I'm fighting with you! ”

I saw Zhang Xianzhong suddenly rein in the horse and turn around, holding the "heaven-given flying knife" and rushed towards Zuo Liangyu, but before he could rush to Zuo Liangyu, the black horse suddenly stepped on the air with his front hooves, and suddenly fell down, Zhang Xianzhong was caught off guard and leaned back.

Seeing this opportunity, Zuo Liangyu raised his knife without saying a word, Zhang Xianzhong was shocked, and hurriedly turned his head sideways to dodge, the blade swept past his left cheek, drawing an inch-long hole, and immediately blood flowed.

Zuo Liangyu saw that the first knife failed to hit Zhang Xianzhong's vital point, and was about to cut the second knife, but at this critical moment, Zhang Kewang and Dingguo arrived in time with dozens of guards.

"Second child, protect your father and go quickly! I'm in the way here! Zhang Kewang shouted at Zhang Dingguo, and then rushed forward with all the guards, desperately blocking Zuo Liangyu.

"Big brother be careful!" Dingguo responded, and immediately grabbed the horse's belly of "two buckets of gold", blocked Zhang Xianzhong with a gun, and escorted him to the path.

Seeing the cooked duck fly away like this, Zuo Liangyu was angry, but Zhang Kewang's moves in front of him were all fighting for his life, even if Zuo Liangyu was good at martial arts, he couldn't repel it for a while, and could only watch Zhang Xianzhong gradually run away.