Chapter 172, Desperate Valley 4

Li Zicheng's intention was not to fight a decisive battle here, but to rush out of the way, let the people behind pass, and then everyone entered Shaanxi together. Therefore, he ordered his subordinates to go to Gao Yingxiang and let him advance at full speed, march on the flanks of his own men and horses, covered by his own men and horses, and rush through the official army Dazhai.

After the herald left, Li Zicheng personally went into battle, led his men and men to start a melee with the official army, and did not take a step back.

Gao Yingxiang got the news of Li Zicheng, and immediately ordered the troops to move forward at full speed, the cavalry to whip, and the infantry to run, and at the same time asked people to tell Zhang Luo and the others in the back to speed up as well.

He knew that if he could rush over quickly, Li Zicheng's men and horses would be able to lose less.

Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng are relatives, and the two are also good friends, and they have done this kind of covering battle, and they have done it to each other, without any intention of preserving their strength, which is very different from the official army in this regard.

Li Zicheng commanded the men and horses to resist the impact of the official army, and on the other hand, he observed the situation behind, and after a while, Gao Yingxiang came over with tens of thousands of men and horses, Gao Yingxiang ran to Li Zicheng's side and shouted: "Zicheng, you withdraw first, I will block the official army." Li Zicheng shook his head: "That's not good, my people are fighting with the official army, and they can't retreat, if they order a retreat, it will cause chaos, and at that time, the official army will rush, and the losses will be great." You and Cao Cao and them should withdraw first, and set up a formation ten miles away in the north, and then they will answer me. ”

Li Zicheng is brave and brave, but his mind is very clear-headed, he knows that his men and horses are entangled with the official army, and it is very difficult to get out, so he can only fight and retreat, so he can't get rid of the official army. That's why Gao Yingxiang rushed over and answered himself.

Gao Yingxiang didn't understand that the two had the same mind, so he didn't say anything anymore, and quickly passed through the official and military camp with his own people.

After Gao Yingxiang's men and horses passed, followed by Zhang Luo's people, Zhang Xianzhong greeted Luo Rucai and Li Zicheng, said hard work, and whipped through.

The officers and soldiers saw clearly the intentions of the peasant army, and rushed up with shouts, wanting to rush away from Li Zicheng's men and horses and block the passage, but Li Zicheng's men and horses were extremely brave and fought to the death.

After fighting for a while, Zhang Luo and his men and horses almost all passed, Li Zicheng felt that it was time for him to retreat, so desperate, his men and horses also lost a lot, not to mention that the officers and soldiers gathered more and more, killing one layer and rushing up another, like waves rolling, wave after wave.

The officers and soldiers also understood that it was impossible to encircle the peasant army again, and they could only encircle and annihilate Li Zicheng's army at the moment, so they began to make detours in all directions, wanting to cut off Li Zicheng's retreat and advance.

Li Zicheng saw it clearly, and immediately ordered the troops to retreat northward, leaving a part of the troops to be led by himself.

Li Guo ran over, his clothes were all splashed with blood, and shouted: "Uncle Li, you withdraw first, I'll cut it off." Li Zicheng scolded: "Fart, I want to withdraw, the army's morale is disheartened." Do you understand. You and Liu Fangliang will withdraw with the infantry first, and I will take the cavalry, so we will catch up. ”

Li Guo knew his uncle's temper, and he didn't have time to argue at this time, so he had to find Liu Fangliang, the two of them took the infantry, killed and retreated, the officers and soldiers did not let go, and followed closely behind, Li Zicheng saw it, rushed over with the cavalry, and intercepted between the officers and his own infantry, which made the infantry retreat calmly.

But in this way, only Li Zicheng was left in the battlefield with more than 2,000 cavalry, and he had to face tens of thousands of officers and horses.

Li Zicheng was not afraid at all, and led the cavalry to rush left and right in the enemy formation, looking for the weak point of the enemy's army. The officers and soldiers couldn't stop him and retreated one after another.

Suddenly, I heard the sound of a horn, and countless officers and cavalry rushed over from a distance, with a big flag in the army, and a big left character written on it. Li Zicheng knew that this was Zuo Guangxian's man.

Zuo Guangxian fought with the peasant army many times, and was a relatively tough opponent, Li Zicheng looked at his cavalry, there were at least 3,000 people, once his 2,000 men and horses were entangled by him, plus tens of thousands of infantry, it would be difficult to rush out. So he ordered to turn around and go north, break through the interception of the official army with all his might, and go to join Gao Yingxiang.

Two thousand cavalry rushed to the north like a giant dragon, and the infantry of the official army could not stop it, so they had to release arrows, and after a rain of arrows, the peasant army fell hundreds of people, but the people behind still rushed up, and the infantry of the official army were frightened and fled in all directions.

At this time, Li Zicheng was still in the last quarter, and the officers and soldiers continued to surround him, Li Zicheng and dozens of his own soldiers formed a team, shooting with arrows at a distance, cutting with weapons when they were close, killing dozens of people in a row, seeing that their two thousand cavalry had rushed through the camp, they just put their minds at ease, but they were not afraid to rush out of a biao official cavalry from the oblique spurs, and surrounded themselves with dozens of personal soldiers.

This Biao official army is the men and horses who have just made a detour to outflank them, about a few hundred people, surrounded Li Zicheng's dozens of people, and began to attack, the cavalry on both sides against the cavalry, because they were too close, the bows and arrows had lost their effectiveness, and the two sides slashed and stabbed and killed in one place.

Although the official cavalry did not know that he was a general, they knew that there must be officers in it, and they would not retreat from the battle, and the two sides were in a stalemate, Li Zicheng and they could not kill them, and the officers and soldiers could not annihilate them.

The situation is too unfavorable if it goes on like this, Li Zicheng knows that as long as the opposing infantry surrounds him, his dozens of horsemen and horses will be eaten by others immediately, so he shouted, urged the horse with his sword, and rushed upward against the shining swords and guns in the hands of the officers and soldiers in front of him.

Seeing that Li Zicheng was fierce, he was knocked off the horse, and hurriedly went to the side of the horse, dodging the horse's head. At the same time, the Pu knife in his hand was hung with the sound of the wind, and slashed Li Zicheng's chest.

Li Zicheng didn't have a frame, but he just came to an iron plate bridge on the horse, his body bent down, the back of his head was attached to the horse's buttocks, and the knife grazed the tip of his nose, almost breaking through the oily skin.

The tooth general cut a knife into the air, and he knew that it was not good, he used too much force, and his body had already leaned forward, Li Zicheng didn't even have time to sit upright, and the flower horse sword in his hand stabbed from the bottom up, and actually stabbed it from under the ribs of the tooth general, and the tip of the sword appeared on the back.

The tooth general screamed, and the big knife was taken out of his hand, Li Zicheng sat up straight and pulled out his sword, but he didn't prevent the teeth from shooting out the blood on his body, spraying his face, and he couldn't even open his eyes.

At this moment, several officers and soldiers behind the tooth general roared and pounced, raising their swords and guns together, trying to divide Li Zi into several pieces. Li Zicheng couldn't see the things in front of him clearly and couldn't resist it.

At this critical moment, a group of men and horses burst in from outside, led by Liu Zongmin, who led the enemy camp with 200 iron cavalry, and saw several officers and soldiers about to attack Li Zicheng. He roared, and the horse was already behind the officers and soldiers, and the big sword was picked up like a horse training, and it was swung out.

From left to right, the heads of the three officers and soldiers were cut off together. Two of them had their heads up to their necks, and the other officer was a little shorter, and the big knife slashed through the base of his ear, cutting off half of his head. The top half of the head flew out, and the bottom half of the head was left with only one mouth, and the Wuzi was still screaming.

Liu Zongmin's appearance was like a god descending from heaven to earth, killing the god in the world, and cutting off the heads of three people with one sword, which immediately frightened the rest of the officers and soldiers.

Li Zicheng took advantage of this kung fu to wipe his face with his sleeve and open his eyes. When he saw that it was Liu Zongmin, he said happily: "Jiexuan, you are here." "His name is Liu Zongmin's character, and since he met Liu Zongmin, Li Zicheng has always called him by his words.

It turned out that after Liu Zongmin led the vanguard troops to kill him, the officers and soldiers sent more than 2,000 people to chase him, and Liu Zongmin knew that there were still Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng's brigade behind him, so he was not in a hurry to run, he stopped and stopped, and fought with the officers and soldiers for a while from time to time. It didn't take long for Gao Yingxiang's men and horses to rush over and defeat the 2,000 officers and soldiers. Liu Zongmin asked, knowing that Li Zicheng was in charge of the official army alone, covering the passage of the brigade, he was not at ease, he knew Li Zicheng's temper, and he would take the lead in every battle, so he took 200 cavalry and returned.

When Liu Zongmin came back from this killing, he immediately killed the officers and troops besieging Li Zicheng, and then Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin rushed out of the camp with the remaining cavalry and went to chase the peasant army.