Chapter 376: We Were Beaten

At this time, Cao Wenzhao was blocking the road, and it was right to pursue the main force of the peasant army at all costs, and suddenly let the soldiers and horses of all units rest in Banbi Village, which was simply a delay in the fighters.

If the person leading the troops was someone else, Gao Yingxiang would definitely laugh happily three times, but the other party was the living Yama King Tiemo, so he had to think about it more. The living Yama is hated, but there is no doubt about one thing, in terms of the attainments of using soldiers, the living Yama does not follow the rules, is unconventional, and his decisiveness is still above Cao Wenzhao, such a person will do stupid things to delay the fighter?

Spies from all sides came out together, but the news sent back was surprisingly unanimous, that is, Tiemo's Xuanfu army really stopped in the area of Banbi Village, and there was no intention of playing tricks at all.

Southeast of Jiuhua Mountain, Shidi Town. Gao Yingxiang kept slapping the table anxiously, his forehead wrinkled, "Tell me, what does this guy want to do?" ”

Li Zicheng and the others all had bitter faces, who knows what kind of medicine is sold in the gourd of the Living Hades? Everything was normal before, but since he left Hangzhou Mansion, this guy has changed his normal, chasing slowly, like a lazy donkey grinding, sometimes everyone even wonders if the living king of Hades has a conflict with the imperial court, and deliberately did so.

Everyone is thinking, but no one can say why. Niu Jinxing has been silent, and after feeling Gao Yingxiang's gaze, he had no choice but to arch his hand and say: "King Chuang, his subordinates have an immature idea, Niu asked everyone a question, since the Living Yama King defeated Deqing City, in the past nearly a month, have you ever seen that artillery team that has repeatedly performed miraculous feats on the battlefield?" ”

"Huh?" Everyone was suddenly a little stunned, especially Li Zicheng, who thought about it carefully and couldn't help but show a look of shock, "This ..... It's been a long time since I've seen the living Hades use artillery, and at first I thought it was because of inconvenience and stayed in the rear, but now that I think about it, something seems wrong. ”

Xu Beichuan felt even more trembling, he was in Tongling, but the dog's brains that were bombarded by this artillery were about to come out.

"This ...... This...... Mr. Niu, do you mean that the Living Yama King has quietly transferred this terrible army of soldiers and horses to the area of Jiuhua Mountain? Xu Beichuan's face was pale, and his voice was a little trembling.

Niu Jinxing nodded with a wry smile, "Niu has this guess, otherwise, he can't explain why the Living Hades King is suddenly so lazy and procrastinating." I can't explain why Cao Wenzhao has the courage to rush to the Jiuqu Broken Intestine Road with a weak force as a roadblocker. ”

"If Niu guessed correctly, the Agni Camp should not have arrived at the predetermined position now, and it is not completely ready. The Living Yama King stopped in Banbi Village, just because he didn't want to put too much pressure on us, and wanted us to hide in the area of Jiuhua Mountain for a few days. Perhaps, in two days, the Agni Battalion will reach the predetermined position, and Xu Hongji's Beijing Camp will join forces with Cao Wenzhao again, and at that time, the Living Yama King will definitely pounce on him like a mad dog! ”

After listening to Niu Jinxing's narration, Xu Beichuan and others were in a cold sweat. Gao Yingxiang was also panicked, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this possibility was very great.

"Mother, don't care" Gao Yingxiang suddenly burst into a foul mouth, and he said with a dark face: "No matter what the plan of the Living Hades is, we can't delay it any longer, as long as we break out of the Nine Curved Broken Intestines Road as soon as possible, all the plans of the Living Hades will be meaningless." ”

Gao Yingxiang's words are very reasonable, but if you think about it carefully, it is very unreasonable, it is difficult to live the king of Hades, but Cao Wenzhao and Zhao Shujiao are not easy to bully. Nine twists and turns, which means that you can rush through. Gao Yingxiang is under a lot of pressure, and Tiemo, who is in Banbi Village, also has a lot of pressure, on the surface, there is no offensive pressure in the short term, but who can guarantee that Cao Wenzhao's side will not go wrong?

Xu Zhixin sat in a chair, her beautiful eyes glancing at Tie Mo from time to time. Coming all the way from Hangzhou Mansion, I am more and more impressed by Tiemo's ability. This person seems to be bold, but he is not reckless, and many times he plans and then acts. After a long time of contact, his understanding of Tiemo has deepened, and seeing that Tiemo has been frowning, Xu Zhixin asked in a low voice: "Worried about the matter of Jiuhua Mountain?" ”

"Yes, General Cao Bing, General Zhao General Bing, and General Qin General Soldiers have never encountered such a tough battle, and I am worried that Gao Manzi will jump over the wall in a hurry, if he crosses Jiuhua Mountain at all costs, I am afraid that it will be difficult for Cao Zongbing to hold on!" When it came to the troubles, Tie Mo looked distressed, "By the way, where is Grandpa Xu?" ”

"I just got the news, I have bypassed the southern part of Chizhou Mansion, and it is expected to reach the northern part of Jiuhua Mountain in two days" Xu Zhixin did not hide it at all, after all, the military situation is urgent, and there is no room for half a point in the pool, this is not the time to be careful. Regarding the affairs around Jiuhua Mountain, Xu Zhixin also has her own opinions, "In my opinion, most of the Gao barbarians will be desperate, and those thieves are not stupid, we are stationed in Banbi Village and do not move, they must have sensed that something was wrong." The key to idleness is how to find a way to help a group of Cao Wenzhao and those people, if we let the rogues break through the Jiuqu Broken Intestine Road, then all our plans will be in vain. ”

Xu Zhixin is not a person who is overly obsessed with success or failure, but this action is too important for the Wei State Mansion. As long as this battle is won, unimaginable benefits will be obtained, and the government will not need to look at the faces of the six cabinet ministries for the next twenty years. The Sixth Ministry has been from the military quartermaster to the neck of the Guogong Mansion, and sooner or later it will take the life of the Guogong Mansion. Although with this funding, the fundamental problem still cannot be solved, but twenty years is enough to do a lot of things.

The corners of Tiemo's mouth moved, and he looked at Xu Zhixin with deep meaning, it seems that the Xu family wants to win this battle more than anyone else. However, Tie Mo didn't break Xu Zhixin's thoughts, but said lightly: "Tie has sent cavalry to bypass from the north, I hope I can catch up." But we need to be careful, and if the barbarian suddenly goes crazy and turns around and hits us, then we're out of luck. ”

Xu Zhixin rolled her eyes angrily, but she didn't know whether to scold or praise. Tiemo is really crazy enough, secretly transferring the cavalry, but making a posture of resting the army. At present, the Xuanfu army in half of the village is a very empty fat man, if Gao Yingxiang has a whim, he wants to take the life of the king of Hades, and sends a dozen troops, which will definitely be exposed, and at that time, Xu Zhixin can only flee with Tiemo.

"How long are the eyes? What's the use? Gao Manzi really wants to bring troops to fight, do you think we can stop it, it's better to think about the way back in advance" Xu Zhixin rarely teased, but that childish posture had another style in Tiemo's eyes.

"What are you afraid of, the legs are on us, we want to run, but he can't stop us. However, Gao Manzi is now thinking about how to cross Jiuhua Mountain, Tie Mou borrowed his courage, and he didn't dare to turn around and fight with me" Tie Mo looked confident, if he didn't have this confidence, he wouldn't dare to secretly transfer a large number of cavalry. Ren Gao Yingxiang wanted to break his head, but he probably didn't think that he had already let the cavalry turn north before he crossed the Foggy Mountain, and it was estimated that those thieves really thought that they were sleeping in Banbi Village at this time.

Standing still? How can it be? The soldiers and horses of the various departments are stretched, and the elite soldiers and horses in their hands are hiding in Banbi Village to watch the scenery, not to mention that Xu Hongji is not happy, and he is not reconciled.

On the thirtieth day of the first month of the fourth year of Chongzhen, the wind was still a little cold. On this day, Li Zicheng got up early and took Zheng Guosong and others to Kangezhuang Village, not far south of Jiuhua Mountain. Looking at Jiuhua Mountain, which was close at hand, Li Zicheng had a headache, and never thought that this Jiuhua Mountain would become an obstacle for the peasant army. In the past, the peasant army liked mountains and forests the most, and once they drilled into the mountains, the officers and men would have no choice. But this time, I really couldn't go directly to Jiuhua Mountain, because the army transported too many materials.

After a trip from Hangzhou Mansion, coupled with the materials looted from Nanzhili before, King Chuang now has countless materials in his hands, and these things are the capital for the righteous army to settle down in the future. Li Zicheng didn't agree with this approach too much, and he had suffered many losses in Yuhang and Jiaxing Mansion before. The Living Hades is not a good type, and he took advantage of the fact that his march was slowed down by supplies, but he found a lot of opportunities. It's the same this time, if you don't give up these huge supplies, why do you have to take the nine-curved road?

The war is imminent, Li Zicheng wants to find another way to pass through Jiuhua Mountain, but this kind of thinking can only be a pipe dream, "Hey, if King Chuang can give up some of the supplies, our army will be inserted from Jiuhua Mountain, and what ability can those people of the Living Yama King stop us?" ”

There are so many valuable materials, it is inconvenient to transport, and you can only take the official road, but there is only this nine-curved road in the area of Jiuhua Mountain. There are some locals in the army, and they all know how difficult this road is, and it is twisting and turning, like a crawling snake. Leaning on Jiuhua Mountain and approaching, it may be blocked by someone at any time. Li Zicheng always believed that the biggest advantage of the righteous army was mobility, and since it was wandering, it could not bring too many cumbersome materials.

Of course, these are Li Zicheng's thoughts, but Gao Yingxiang has his own ideas, this kind of thing, Li Zicheng can only think about it himself, and he doesn't dare to say it explicitly. Seeing that Li Zicheng's mood was not high, Zheng Guosong comforted in a low voice: "General, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, Cao Wenzhao's soldiers and horses are complex, they are not subordinate to each other, and the troops are far from enough, so we may not be able to cross Jiuhua Mountain." ”

"That's the truth, but Ben Jiang is always a little worried about the living Hades, will that guy really stay in Banbi Village and stay still?" Speaking of iron ink, Li Zicheng's brows furrowed, and he fought with the Living Hades countless times, and was almost calculated every time. So far, Li Zicheng has a bit of a psychological shadow, "Hmph, according to the general's idea, first concentrate the forces to drive the living Hades away, and then say, it's not a good thing to have him behind him." But...... King Chuang didn't want to do that....."

Lu Weiliang shook his head and smiled bitterly, "It is understandable for King Chuang to do this, the most urgent task of our army at present is to pass Jiuhua Mountain, turn around and fight with the living Hades, the risk is too great." If we are bitten by the living Hades, we will not be able to withdraw even if we want to. Anyone else would make the same choice as King Chuang. ”

There is a way that the ass decides the head, sitting in Gao Yingxiang's position, thinking about the problem must be different from others. These materials were obtained by King Chuang with great difficulty, and King Chuang did not get so many good things to be a rich man. Everyone could vaguely feel King Chuang's thoughts, but no one dared to mention it. With these money and materials, choose a place to make a good living and operate, maybe King Chuang will really become the real "king".

At the beginning of the day, a herald rushed to his horse, and after reining in his horse, he hurriedly said: "General Li, Zhao Shujiao suddenly sent troops to Nanao Village and launched a sneak attack on our department. King Chuang ordered you to immediately lead troops to reinforce Nanao Village, beat the officers and soldiers back, and join forces with Wang Yan's leader to capture the Jiuqu Broken Intestine Road. ”

Li Zicheng and the others were really taken aback, at a glance, no matter how you look at the situation, it should be the righteous army that is in the offensive position, why did Zhao lead the sect to attack first? Li Yan frowned calmly and muttered expressionlessly, "It is worthy of being a person from the border army, and it is really slippery.....

The officers and men took the lead in attacking, but on the surface they did not see any benefit, and if they did not do well, they would be severely assembled by the rebels and beaten up. But Zhao led such a fight, and in the long run, it completely disrupted the rhythm of the various departments of the righteous army.

According to the predetermined plan, Wang Yan's headquarters moved north from Nan'ao Village, while General Li's headquarters attacked Qin Liangyu's garrison in a northwest direction through Kanggezhuang Village. Zhao led such a fight, Wang Yan did not deal with it enough, and King Chuang could only let General Li go to Nanao Village to deal with the trouble first. Unconsciously, the offensive rhythm of the various units of the rebel army has been affected.

Nanao Village, located in the southwest direction of Jiuqu Broken Intestine Road, was supposed to be a bridgehead for attacking officers and soldiers, but at this time it was a chaotic scene. Wang Yan was not psychologically prepared for the attack of the officers and soldiers at all, and naturally there was no discipline to deal with it, and after fighting for half an hour, the entire Nanao Village military camp was burned in half, and Wang Yan's face turned green, "Gather the soldiers and horses, Lao Tzu won't believe it, and the surname Zhao really dares to fight us?" ”

Wang Yan was also a bachelor, and when he saw that the camp was destroyed, he simply ignored it, and ordered the leaders of all departments to gather their troops and horses and beat them at the officers and soldiers who were attacking and harassing the periphery. Sure enough, after the peasant army swarmed out, Zhao Shujiao didn't think about it, and directly ordered a retreat. How could Wang Yan let these people go, if he watched Zhao Shujiao lead people to withdraw, then would he want Wang Yan's face to go?

At the southern end of the Jiuqu Broken Intestine Road, the officers and soldiers fled northward, while Wang Yan led tens of thousands of peasant troops in hot pursuit. After chasing for a long time, some people ran fast and some people ran slowly, and the team naturally lengthened, and even divided into several sections. It's a pity that Wang Yan, who was angry, didn't notice this, and was bent on cutting off Zhao Shujiao's head.

About five miles away, seeing that he was about to reach Zhangjiaying Village around the corner, suddenly a cannon rang out, and the sound of neat firecrackers sounded, and the cavalry under the command of Zhao led the command also cooperated with the firecrackers to counterattack. Wang Yan was caught off guard and wanted to transfer troops in a hurry, only to find that many people had fallen behind. In desperation, Wang Yan ran back in disgrace, but fortunately, Zhao Shujiao did not dare to chase after him for the sake of safety.