Less than twenty steps, there is no way to avoid it. In the pungent smoke of gunpowder, Jin Shenghuan's hair was slanted, his forehead was bruised by falling from the horse, and his head was drenched with blood, and his appearance was terrifying. He was extremely lucky to pick up a life, and when he looked around, most of the Zuo horse soldiers who were advancing in unison around him were even ambushed on the spot with horses and horses, and most of the corpses were pierced through countless holes, one by one like honeycomb coal.

The left horse soldiers who rushed in the back row were shocked or stopped, and the offensive was chaotic and disorderly, and there were still a few horsemen in the front row who escaped from death, but they rushed into the elite cavalry formation of the West Camp, and before they could fight, they surrounded and killed the regiments.

Jin Shenghuan used all four legs and fled backwards, and Zhang Keji used the three-eyed gun to shoot at him, but only a piece of adobe collapsed. Immediately took a hard bow, and was about to shoot hard, when a cold light flashed in front of him, he turned his head sharply, and dodged this sudden arrow. Looking at it fixedly, a general on the opposite side led the crowd one after another, raised his bow and shouted: "Jiangdu Hao Mingluan, come to take your life!" ”

"If you catch this guy, you will be rewarded!" Zhang Keji recognized Hao Mingluan and knew that he was the son of Hao Jingchun, who had previously led the county soldiers to defend the city, which caused a great obstacle to the progress of the siege. Zhang Xianzhong said that in this battle, those who can capture Zuo Liangyu will be rewarded with a thousand gold, and the rest of the officers and soldiers will be 100 gold, and Hao Mingluan will also be 100 gold. Comparing himself with local officials such as Zuo Liangyu with a cloth cloth, it can be seen how resentful Zhang Xianzhong is towards this Hao Mingluan.

The elite cavalry of the Xiying heard the order and moved, and many of them were rebels like Zhang Xianzhong. The nine-sided Ming Army, especially like to use the three-eyed gun, with this inheritance and Zhang Xianzhong's own vigorous advocacy, the assembly rate of the three-eyed gun of the Xiying Ma Army is extremely high, and the drills are also very frequent. These Xiying elite riders were accustomed to this way, and with one shot, they each urged their war horses, waving their three-eyed guns and outflanking Hao Mingluan.

Hao Mingluan was not alone, the Xiying elite rode as soon as he moved, and suddenly hundreds of Zhao Yingfeijie left battalion horses flashed out from behind him. Under the regulations of Zhao Dangshi, the Feijie Left Battalion and the Feijie Right Battalion have been unified for many times, and one of the unified standards is to abandon all kinds of shooting weapons including bows, crossbows, flying hammers, and short guns, and only need one riding spear and one saber per horse. Mounted guns are used for percussion, and sabers are used for melee combat.

"Follow the flag!" Yang Zhaofeng, who led the command, waved the flag, and hundreds of Zhao Ying's horse troops immediately withdrew with the flag.

Yang Zhaofeng crossed his horse and passed by Jin Shenghuan, and said: "General Jin, I bother you to lead the troops to entangle the thief first." He found Hao Mingluan in the team, "Brother Hao, you stay to help General Jin." ”

Jin Shenghuan saw the Xiying elite horses rushing all over the world before he saw him, and he swallowed his saliva, but after thinking about it, his eyes sharpened, and he nodded: "Okay." ”

Hao Mingluan didn't say much, and after hearing Yang Zhaofeng's arrangement, he immediately inserted his head into the queue of the Zuo family's horse army.

Yang Zhaofeng continued to retreat with hundreds of Zhao Ying's horse army, Jin Shenghuan and Hao Mingluan and the remaining more than 20 Zuojia horse troops collided with the Xiying elite cavalry.

The three-eyed gun is bulky, and this elite cavalry of the western camp rarely carries long-handled weapons, so the two sides hedge, and they are close to each other in an instant. Although Jin Shenghuan and other Zuojia horse troops were raided by the Three-Eyed Gun and suffered a big loss, after all, they were well-equipped, and they were in the current melee, their courage was revived, and they had the belief of avenging the robe, so they were brave and diligent, and more than 20 people pulled the Xiying elite cavalry several times their own and constantly entangled more enemies circling around the periphery.

A Jin Shenghuan and a Hao Mingluan are all important figures named by Zhang Xianzhong to arrest, and the Xiying Jingqi is also fighting bravely to be the first, and they all want to come out on top. Zhang Keji raised his eyes and looked around, but he couldn't find the figure of Yang Zhaofeng and other Zhao Ying's horse army, so he left his friendly army and ran, first opened his bow and arrows outside the circle, and shot two arrows, both of which were picked up by the alert Hao Mingluan, so he also pulled out his waist knife and jumped into battle with a prancing horse.

Jin and Hao were outnumbered and fearless, and the chaos inspired the fighting spirit of beasts, like two sharp blades piercing back and forth in the sponge, and everywhere they passed, the elite cavalry of the western camp were in an uproar.

"Hao is difficult to be, and he is really an enemy." Zhang Keji was secretly annoyed, and kept urging the retreating Xiying elite cavalry to move forward, "If you can't catch the Hao family kid today, get out of the camp for me!" ”

As he spoke, a gentle slope came out of the corner not far away, and a fire broke out. Zhang Keji looked over, but saw that the hundreds of Zhao Ying horse troops who had evacuated before had turned back.

"Donkey's."

Zhang Keji keenly felt that the situation had changed and looked around, all the Xiying elite cavalry had now joined the battle besieging the Zuojia horse army, and there was no distraction, and few people noticed the Zhao Ying horse army that had gone and returned.

"!"

Zhang Keji immediately made a decision and ordered a retreat, but at that time, in order to capture Hao Mingluan and Jin Shenghuan, all the elite cavalry in the western camp had already killed the red eyes and fought separately, so there were still people who cared about what military orders were not ordered.

After giving orders three times in a row, none of them worked, Zhang Keji was in a hurry, dragged a rider to pick up a knife and slash under the horse, and said sharply: "No matter how much you can't obey, don't even want to live." ”

This time, some of the elite cavalry of the Xiying around him reined in one after another, but he was flustered, but he forgot that not only was it taboo to change the handsome in battle, but the damage to the army was also huge. Especially in this chaotic situation, although more than ten horsemen listened to his order to jump out of the battle, more Xiying elite cavalry who were still fighting heard the news, and suddenly saw Pao Ze hurriedly retreating, thinking that something had changed, and immediately became at a loss.

Zhang Keji was anxious, the hundreds of Zhao Ying horse army was approaching, Yang Zhaofeng, who was in charge of the command, was injured, commanded in the rear, swaggered the flag, and the Zhao Ying horse army gradually separated from the whole group with the pace, and marched in rows and rows. The first three rows each row have more than ten horses, and each has a medium-length cavalry gun like a wall. Because the training is not sufficient, from the side, each row of riders is uneven and even a little staggered, but from the visual front of the Xiying elite horse, it comes from top of each other, and the oppressive force is extremely strong.

"Withdraw!"

Zhang Keji shouted loudly and pulled the reins, but it was too late, the cavalry of the Zhao Ying horse army had already slammed into the Xiying elite cavalry array, almost in the blink of an eye, countless cavalry guns were broken, and the Xiying elite cavalry collapsed a large area. The Zhao Ying horse army in the first three rows changed the situation of the enemy and us in an instant with the powerful impact, and the Xiying elite cavalry suffered heavy casualties, and more importantly, the morale plummeted. The three platoons of Zhao Ying's horse army immediately abandoned their guns and drew their swords and joined the melee. Behind them, more Zhao Ying horse troops waved their sabers, copied from the left and right, and surrounded the scattered Xiying elite cavalry with the Zuojia horse army.

The battle situation took a turn for the worse, Zhang Keji was full of heart and gall, and he wanted to run away, Hao Mingluan looked at it cordially and galloped to catch up. Zhang Keji took out an armor-piercing arrow from his quiver in a panic, and turned his head to shoot at Hao Mingluan as he ran. It's just that because the square inch has been messed up, his archers are in a hurry, they have no previous momentum, the rate of fire is very slow, and the arrows fly crookedly in the air, facing the wind and hitting Hao Mingluan's breastplate, unable to bounce off.

Hao Mingluan's eyes were quick, he took the arrow, inserted the knife and took the bow, and shot the arrow back like a cloud of water. Zhang Keji was shocked, and the six gods and masters were also confused, and they looked at the arrow in a daze. At this glance, the arrow "crackled" and impartial, passing through the left half of his face and shooting him off his horse.

"I said, Jiangdu Hao Mingluan, take your life." Hao Mingluan jumped off his horse, cut off Zhang Keji's head, and then untied the hanging lance from the side of the saddle - this lance was the trophy he used to kill Zhang Guoxing - and tied Zhang Keji's head to the mercy between the head and the handle of the lance, and returned to the battlefield with it held high.

"Jiangdu Hao Mingluan, has taken the head of Zhang Keji!" Hao Mingluan swaggered, stirring up and down the lance, boasting of his military exploits. On the one hand, the officers and soldiers rejoiced; On the one hand, the thieves are frightened.

Most of the elite cavalry in Xiying were killed and scattered, Yang Zhaofeng gathered his soldiers and horses, and Jin Shenghuan, who was stained with blood on his armor, gasped, and said with a heaving chest: "Jin Xie, thank you for your help!" ”

Yang Zhaofeng said: "There is no bloody battle by General Jin Shen to drag the thieves, and there is no chance for our army to be brave." This battle is the joint effort of the two companies. ”

Jin Shenghuan thought of Zuo Liangyu and asked eagerly: "Zuo Shuai Shang'an?" ”

Yang Zhaofeng replied: "Don't worry, Zuo Shuai has been picked up by Mr. Zhao, and it is foolproof." ”

Jin Shenghuan breathed a sigh of relief and said: "That's good......" Saying that, he saw Hao Mingluan swaggering, looked at Zhang Keji's head swaying with the lance, and sighed, "Such a thief, Zuo Shuai has been chasing and suppressing for many years, and he can't get it, I don't want to be submissive today, and I am very happy!" ”

Hao Mingluan walked to the front, Yang Zhaofeng praised: "Xiying's 'Four Tigers', three of them have been planted in the hands of Brother Hao, such courage is only seen in the next life." ”

"'Four Tigers'...... Who else is there? Enough of showing off, Hao Mingluan untied Zhang Keji's head from the lance, tied it tightly to the saddle, raised his eyes and asked.

"Zhang Huier, known as being good at fighting, can't be inferior to Zhang Guoxing." Jin Shenghuan replied for Yang Zhaofeng.

Hao Mingluan didn't care, Nunu said: "It's just a Zhang Hui'er, what's so difficult to take it." If it weren't for the luck of the thief, I would have died at my hands that night. Hmph, if you escape for a while, you can't escape for a lifetime. ”

The chasing army has been broken, Yang Zhaofeng did not stay long, and turned the army back to see Zhao Dangshi Yuming. At this time, Meng Aocao and Han Gon also led the army back, and they were surprised to hear that Zhang Keji was dead.

The Zuo army was defeated and had no combat strength, although Zhao Ying won a game, but it could not change the momentum of today's victory and defeat, Zhao Dangshi said to Zuo Liangyu: "Zuo Shuai, do you want to retreat?" At this time, Zuo Liangyu still had half of the arrogance of the past, and he could only promise again and again.

After the war, Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai relieved the threat of the rear and took advantage of the situation to the west into the mountains. The military rations of Yunyang Mansion were transferred, and Zuo Liangyu was stationed in Siping Township to recruit soldiers and horses from all walks of life who were scattered. With Zuo Liangyu's experience in the past, Zhao Dangshi faced Xiong Wencan, and also had a reason to refuse to enter the army, leading Wuyu Battalion and Feijie Zuo Battalion back to Tungu City.

Xiong Wencan steals chickens and rice, his heart is like ashes, he dries his sorrows with wine all day long, washes his face with tears, and does not see outsiders. Chen Hongfan was also upset, he was sponsored by Xiong Wencan and revived, Xiong Wencan fell, he has not made any outstanding achievements in the past half a year, and he may not end well. I wanted to discuss countermeasures with Xiong Wencan, but I saw that Xiong Wen's splendid mud couldn't support the wall, and he couldn't stand the rumors in Xiangyang City, and he was extremely depressed. In the end, in line with the idea of not being out of sight and out of mind, he simply pulled out his army and moved to Xianrendu, not far west of Xiangyang Fucheng, across the river from Zhao Ying.

At the end of July, the disposition of the defeat of Luo Houshan was passed down from the central government, and unexpectedly, Zuo Liangyu, the actual commander of the battle, was only taken away from the seal of the "general of the Ping Thief", but Zhang Renxue, the general soldier of Henan Province, who was hundreds of miles away, was implicated and directly dismissed from office. At first glance, it really didn't make sense for the imperial court to do this, but when I thought about it quietly, there were still some doorways in it.

Specifically, it comes back to the question of strength. As we all know, Zuo Liangyu is not only the mainstay of Henan, but also an important part of the defense line of several provinces to jointly suppress the Koukou, the imperial court is currently focused on Liaodong, unable to draw troops to fill the Central Plains, in this case, and then punish Zuo Liangyu so that the Zuo army fell apart, in the words of some officials in the DPRK and China, it is actually a move of "self-destruction of the Great Wall", and the best way is to "seize the seal, so that the thief can redeem himself". But this defeat was too big, and Luo Dai at the level of a general was killed in battle, and if he didn't find someone to take responsibility, it would be difficult to calm everyone's mouth. So after thinking about it, I thought of Zhang Renxue.

Zhang Renxue is the general army of Henan, but there are not many soldiers and horses under the standard, although Luo Dai is the left army system, the establishment is attributed to Zhang Renxue's moderation, which just makes use of it, and leads the disaster directly to Zhang Renxue's "strategizing". Although it is far-fetched, but the court finally has some reasons for this, Zhang Renxue has no power and power, and it is difficult to speak out, of course, he can only obediently carry this pot. Of course, with this result, no one believes that Zuo Liangyu, as one of the parties involved, will honestly wait for the court to make a decision, and with his ability, he will definitely carry out some self-preservation operations in secret.

The outcome of the event has already been decided, and there is not much point in dwelling on the process. In short, at the beginning of August, Yu general Wang Shaoyu replaced Zhang Renxue as the new Henan commander-in-chief. He was not from the Zuo family army, but was recommended by Li Xianfeng, the governor of Henan, and was a local general in Henan like Chen Yongfu, Kong Xigui, Song Huan, etc. From here, it can be seen that the imperial court still has the intention of checking and balancing local forces. However, from the fact that Zhang Renxue was wronged, it can be seen how far the imperial court's appeasement and connivance with the local army has reached in order to maintain temporary stability and equilibrium under internal and external troubles.