Zhang Yi and Huang Long left the camp and hurried to Ankang, which was also planned a few days ago, as long as the peasant army rushed out of the carriage gorge, each battalion would assemble separately, and then join forces to attack Ankang County.

Because these tens of thousands of horses only brought out short weapons, horses and siege equipment, so after Zhang Yi and Huang Long came to the city, they met Gao Li and others, took out a big order, and asked them to deceive and open the city gate.

So more than a dozen peasant soldiers dressed in the clothes of the official army, holding a big order, without much effort, deceived the city gate, killed the generals, and then the army poured in, Ankang is a small county, and the defenders in the city are not even a thousand people, but in half an hour, the peasant army completely occupied the city.

Because the peasant army had been trapped in the carriage gorge for a long time, and when they came out this time, all the grievances in their stomachs were sprinkled on the people in the city, so the chickens and dogs jumped in the county, and the cry shook the sky. Those big ones are even more unlucky. Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng's men and horses can still talk about military discipline, and the other battalions don't care so much, except for the poor people in the city who have not been looted, and the other households with a little bit of property have been looted. He also killed quite a few people.

Zhang Yi listened to the cries in the city, shook her head gently, and was very unhappy in her heart.

At this time, he was sitting in the county office, discussing the next move with a few palms, Gao Yingxiang had expected that Chen Qiyu had suffered a big loss, and he would not give up, and as soon as Ankang was lost, he would definitely lead the whole army to encircle and annihilate the peasant army. Therefore, Ankang could not be defended, and he had to loot supplies and weapons as soon as possible, and then leave.

Everyone agreed, Zhang Yi said: "This time you have been trapped in the carriage gorge for so long, and when you came out of the canyon, you only brought some short weapons, so you can't beat the official army, the current plan, you can go to Xi'an first, let the Qin army replenish some equipment and horses for you, and take a breather." ”

Zhang Xianzhong said: "Let's all go to Xi'an, if the official army comes to besiege it in a big way, won't it be boiled by others?" Luo Rucai was also a little worried: "Our righteous army has always divided its troops and attacked together, and the four sides started to fire, which made the officers and soldiers take care of one thing and lose the other. I and the Eight Kings were under the city of Xi'an, and we suffered this loss. ”

Zhang Yi smiled: "At this time and then, the Qin army has recovered its vitality, Xi'an City is impregnable, and there is plenty of grain and grass in the city, which is a good place to recuperate." When we get there, we just wait for you to nourish your spirits and make great efforts, and then we will split up and attack him, and give him a blossom in all directions, and when the time comes, we will be able to expel the officers and soldiers from Guanzhong. ”

Li Zicheng nodded again and again: "What Mr. Zhang said is very true, we have been fighting almost every day for a few months, the officers and soldiers have chased our heels and runs, not to mention the loss of men and horses, and the materials are seriously discarded, so it is not a way to fight like this." can only save lives, not talk about development and growth. If we want to fight hard with the officers and soldiers, our bodies must first be hard. At the moment, there is no overnight food in the army, and everyone is panicking. ”

Gao Yingxiang stood up: "It's so decided, pass the order, quickly pack up, take away as much as possible the materials in the city, go out of the city before dawn, let's go to Xi'an." ”

Zhang Yi stood up and arched his hand: "King Gao Chuang, there is a little suggestion below." Gao Yingxiang smiled: "Mr. is our benefactor, just say anything." Zhang Yi said: "Can you take a step first and go to Xi'an City to report a message, and let them answer it." After all, you have very few horses, and you have many family members, so you can't go fast, and if you are caught up by the official army, if there is no one to answer you, you will be very passive. ”

Gao Yingxiang was grateful: "What Mr. Zhang said is exactly what I want to say. It's just that it's inconvenient for me to speak, since Mr. is interested, please feel free. I sent someone to escort Mr. In fact, I haven't told Mr. yet, there are a few Qin soldiers in our army, and only one is left at the moment, and those people have climbed out of the valley to find the Qin army to save us. It's just that Mr. came quickly, and before the Qin army's men and horses arrived, he rescued us first. ”

Zhang Yi was stunned: "You guys have already connected with Qin Jun?" ”

Gao Yingxiang nodded: "Your King Qin has already sent them, so our battalions of men and horses are about to enter the customs." I think at this time, the men and horses of the Qin army have already come this way. ”

Zhang Yi was very happy: "Without further ado, I'll leave." ”

Gao Yingxiang sent someone to find the Qin army, and sent his own henchman general, Huang Long, rescued by Zhang Yi, as an accompaniment, plus ten personal soldiers, a group of thirteen people, rode fast horses and headed towards Xi'an.

Sending Zhang Yi away, the peasant army began to pack up, Gao Yingxiang sent scouts to inquire about the movements of the officers and soldiers, and after a while, someone came to report that Chen Qiyu had led all the men and horses to leave the mouth of the carriage and came in the direction of Ankang, only forty miles away.

Gao Yingxiang hurriedly ordered to go out of the city immediately, take away what could be taken, throw away what was not easy to take or could not take, and set off lightly.

With this order, the peasant army began to withdraw from Ankang County. Gao Yingxiang let the infantry go first, and sent the cavalry to break off, these cavalry were not many, only more than 200 people, led by a man named Hao Dayong, because their horses were left in the carriage gorge, and these hundreds of horses were snatched from the county town.

Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng walked at the back of the brigade, glancing in the direction from which the officers and soldiers were coming from from time to time, and sometimes they climbed the high slope and looked into the distance. I saw that the torches dozens of miles away converged into a piece, like stars in the sky, and I don't know how many.

Both of them knew in their hearts that this was the second time they had played the court. There won't be a third time.

In the future, the battle will either be won or lost, and it is no longer possible to use fake surrender to hide the world.

The peasant army accelerated forward, and Gao Yingxiang ordered the archers and shield bearers to be transferred to the rear as he walked, a total of 2,000 archers and 3,000 iron troops. If the cavalry can't stop the official army, then these archers and shield bearers can also block the cavalry of the official army.

At this time, the sky was already bright, and the large group of men and horses walked among the mountains and fields, like a long dragon, with no head in front and no tail in sight. The rising sun sprinkled a layer of flush on the withered weeds, which made the mountains and forests suddenly have a little vitality, and the air was clear and cold, which made people refresh, and even the mules and donkeys were refreshed, and from time to time they spewed out a snort, and the sound echoed in the mountains and forests.

When the team walked out of about thirty or forty miles, Gao Yingxiang heard the faint neighing of war horses in the distance, and he knew that it was the cavalry he had left behind, and he had exchanged hands with the officers and soldiers.

Gao Yingxiang gave the order to march quickly and quickly to the north.

All the soldiers began to run, the families of the soldiers, the men followed, the women got into the wagons and donkey carts, and the whole procession moved at a fast pace.

Ran out of ten miles again, suddenly there was a sound of horses' hooves behind him, listening to the sound of only a few horses, Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng looked back together, only to see three horses running behind, the people on the horses were all dressed as peasant soldiers, and the first one was Hao Dayong, who was already full of blood, and he didn't know whether it was his own blood or someone else's blood splashed on it.

Gao Yingxiang reined in his horse and waited for Hao Dayong to come to him, so he asked, "Dayong, how is it?" ”

Hao Dayong took a breath and said: "His grandmother's, Chen Qiyu is desperate this time, he has to kill us all, he gave an order, kill one of our people, reward one or two silver, I heard that many of these officers and soldiers took our silver, and they will not kill us, but Chen Qiyu's order, those people's eyes are round, my more than 200 brothers have been fighting with them for a long time, and now there are only three of us left." ”

Li Zicheng asked, "What about the officers and soldiers?" When will it be opened? ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he knew the answer.