Liu Juntao led his troops and General Dai Jingkui to pursue northward, but the speed of the army going north was a little slow.

The combat strength of the reinforcements from Nanzhili and other places was uneven, especially reflected in the speed of the march, which slowed down the speed of the conquest and suppression of the army, so that the marching speed of the army could not be accelerated.

For this reason, the generals Dai Jingkui and Liu Juntao are very anxious, and it is very likely that the thief Kou Ye Zongliu will take the lead in capturing Shaxian before the army catches up, prepare for the battle, and even continue to flee to other places.

This is unbearable for Liu Juntao and General Dai Jingkui!

So, Liu Juntao took the initiative to find the general to treat Jingkui and said: "General, the army is moving slowly, it is better for the last general to lead the people of the headquarters to take the first step, and strive to catch up with the army of thieves as soon as possible to entangle it, and wait for the general to lead the troops to come!" ”

Hearing this, General Dai Jingkui couldn't help nodding yes and said, "Okay! Then there is the Lao Liu guerrilla. Now that the thieves are at the end of the road, Liu Guerrilla should be careful that the thieves are dying and fighting back! ”

"The last general will be careful, please rest assured!"

Immediately, Liu Juntao led his 20,000 soldiers and horses to break away from the army, and directly the whole army went north at great speed to pursue the thieves of Ye Zongliu's department.

However, Liu Juntao did not go north along the official road, but marched rapidly from the field shortcut road to the east of the official road.

Two days later, Liu Juntao led his troops to the area of Gongchuan Mountain in the north of Yongan County, and at this time, the exploration department's detective horse hurriedly sent an important news: Ye Zongliu's army of thieves was coming, and it was only more than 20 miles away from here!

Hearing the news here, Liu Juntao breathed a sigh of relief: he finally surpassed the army of thieves and rushed to the front!

Time was pressing, so Liu Juntao lined up the five battalions of the army under his command and set up a position in the south of Gongchuan Mountain, completely blocking the way for Ye Zongliu and Deng Bosun's thieves to flee north.

According to Liu Juntao's deployment, from east to west, they are: the front battalion of the Yushan Town Guard, the rear camp of the Yushan Town Guard, the Yanzhou Mansion Strange Barracks, and the Yanzhou Fu Zheng Barracks, each battalion is about five miles away from each other; The iron cavalry battalion led by Zhou Zongsheng maneuvered behind the battalions, ready to support the men and horses of all divisions at any time.

Only an hour later, Tanma sent an urgent report, the thieves Kou Ye Zongliu and Deng Bosun led an army of 260,000 to kill, and at most a stick of incense will arrive.

At this time, Liu Juntao could already see the puffs of smoke and dust flying from the south, and the army of thieves was pouring in, and a big battle was about to start.

After Liu Juntao sent a horse to inform General Dai Jingkui to lead the army as soon as possible, he ordered all battalions to prepare for battle, and the war drums in the army "boomed", and the morale of the officers and men of each battalion was suddenly high, and the sound of "ten thousand victories" resounded in the sky.

Ye Zongliu and Deng Bosun were already disgraced and devoid, and the two of them only wanted to rush to Shaxian as soon as possible at this time.

However, when they learned that Liu Juntao's troops had rushed to the front of the army and lined up not far away to intercept him, Ye Zongliu and Deng Bosun were immediately drenched in a cold sweat, and at the same time, they were also angry.

Liu Juntao is going to kill the two of them!

As the saying goes: Death is on the verge of death!

At this time, Ye Zongliu and Deng Bosun were already at the end of their rope, and the two immediately mobilized men and horses to start arranging troops, ready to fight to the death with Liu Juntao.

"Brothers! The officers and soldiers want to kill us all, and they want to crush our bones and scatter ashes, how can we wait for heroes to sit still! Today, our righteous army is going to fight to the death, and see the real chapter with the officers and soldiers, even if it is death, we have to pull a few cushions! ”

Ye Zongliu looked coldly at Deng Bosun, who was hoarsely trying his best to boost the morale of the army at a high place, and said secretly in his heart: "I think I, Ye Zongliu, have been crisscrossing for several years, but I didn't expect to come to this step today?" I hope that the sky will open my eyes, and I can lead the army to break through the encirclement and interception of the official army in this battle, and return to Shaxian County to make a comeback! ”

Although Ye Zongliu kept cheering himself up in his heart, Ye Zongliu also understood in his heart that although the 260,000 troops under his command seemed to be numerous, far more than six times more than the official army, their morale was low and their combat effectiveness was low, and they were defeated and retreated under the onslaught of the official army, and they no longer had much courage to fight face-to-face with the official army!

Can such an army follow him back to Shaxian?

Ye Zongliu didn't dare to think about it, so he could only concentrate all his forces and fight.

Not long after, Ye Zongliu and Deng Bosun led an army of 260,000 thieves to kill them.

This time, the two gathered 50,000 relatively elite thieves and bandits in the rear, and the remaining 210,000 thieves and horses all gathered in one place and killed the position where the front camp of the Yushan Town Guards was stationed.

After receiving the news, Liu Juntao was also secretly frightened: It seems that Ye Zongliu is going to make a desperate bet and break through from one point!

As a result, Liu Juntao also immediately made a countermeasure: urgently ordered Zhou Zongsheng to lead the iron cavalry battalion of the Yushan Town Guard to support, and at the same time ordered the rear battalion of the Yushan Town Guard and the main barracks of Yanzhou Mansion to attack the main army of thieves from both flanks.

And the Yanzhou Mansion Strange Barracks led by Liu Juntao himself bypassed the battlefield and directly killed Ye Zongliu and Deng Bosun's thief army!

For a time, the entire battlefield was changing and murderous, and more than 23,000 soldiers under Liu Juntao invited more than 200,000 thieves to fight an army of more than 200,000 thieves, crisscrossing the vast battlefield, and the sound of killing shook the sky!

After the two sides started the war, Zhang Xiaojun immediately led the soldiers of all departments to form a formation to defend themselves, and the brothers Liu Youfu and Liu Youcai were even at the forefront, and they continued to fire volleys together with the birds under their command, blocking wave after wave of bandits who had gone crazy.

The long swordsmen and horse teams of the front battalion of the Yushan Town Guards attacked several times, and in the fierce battles with several times or dozens of times the thieves, they had suffered heavy casualties and could not continue to fight in formation.

Seeing this, Zhang Xiaojun was very distressed, and had no choice but to order all the long swordsmen and horse teams to retreat to the formation and stand by, and at the same time ordered the mine-throwers to cover the soldiers of all departments.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

The earth-shattering thunder explosions sounded one after another, which instantly reduced the pressure on the soldiers of various departments, but the thieves who rushed up were still endless, and the soldiers of the front battalion of the Yushan Town Escort could only fight hard to support.

Fortunately, the commander Zhou Zongsheng led the Iron Cavalry Battalion of the Yushan Town Escort Team to arrive in time, and the three thousand Iron Cavalry soldiers formed a formation and crashed into the army of thieves in one fell swoop.

"Accelerate! Hasten! ”

Zhou Zongsheng kept shouting loudly, but the speed of the iron cavalry army still couldn't be improved, there were too many thieves and horses, and it seemed that there were only thieves and horses left between heaven and earth!

Moreover, in the face of a desperate situation, under the encouragement of Ye Zongliu and Deng Bosun, more than 200,000 thieves also broke out with great combat effectiveness, rushing to the soldiers of all departments to fight desperately and never retreat, making the soldiers of all departments suffer a lot.

Suddenly, there were bursts of war drums on both wings of the battlefield, and the rear camp of Yushan Town and the main barracks of Yanzhou Mansion arrived in time, and the commander Yan Hu and the commander Sun Xu saw the fierce battle, and immediately led the soldiers of the headquarters to kill the left and right flanks of the thief army, and immediately stabilized the battle situation.

Under the formation of 8,000 soldiers to rush and kill, the pressure on the soldiers of the front battalion of the Yushan Town Escort Team, who was blocking the army of thieves and robbers, dropped sharply, and Zhang Xiaojun also breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this.

At this time, both sides were fighting hard, but a stalemate was formed on the battlefield, and for a time it fell into a war of attrition!

At the same time, Liu Juntao led the soldiers of the Yanzhou Mansion Strange Battalion to kill the thieves in the army, Ye Zongliu and Deng Bosun looked at Liu Juntao's flag fluttering in the wind in the distance, their eyes were full of anger, and they wanted to break Liu Juntao's body into pieces.

So, Ye Zongliu and Deng Bosun desperately drove the 50,000 horses of the Chinese army to rush up, and fought with the 4,000 soldiers of the Yanzhou Mansion Qi Barracks, and surrounded the 4,000 soldiers.

Seeing this, Liu Juntao sneered, and ordered Bai Yuxing, the head of the Qian, and Tao Jixin of the head of the whole army to hold the defense line, and the entire army faced the enemy in a phalanx, and thousands of birds and gunners continued to fire volleys to bombard the thieves and horses who rushed up, and the battle entered a white-hot battle in an instant.

At this moment, Dai Jingkui, a staff general, led his troops to arrive, and more than 20,000 soldiers of the Beijing battalion happened to appear in the rear of the main force of 200,000 thieves, and immediately launched a fierce attack.

Seeing this, Ye Zongliu and Deng Bosun suddenly flew out of the sky, and hurriedly commanded the troops and horses to resist the attack of the official army.

Ye Zongliu said loudly: "Deng Shuai! You lead 30,000 soldiers and horses to continue to besiege Liu Juntao, drag his troops back, and I will lead people to deal with the new force killed by the official army! ”

Deng Bosun did not doubt him, and immediately agreed, and led an army of 30,000 thieves alone to continue to attack the square of the Yanzhou Mansion Qi Barracks.

Ye Zongliu led more than 10,000 thieves and horses to the main battlefield in the north, and after converging the main force of 200,000 thieves, he concentrated his forces and rushed out from the front and back camps of the Yushan Town Guard, and rushed all the way towards Gongchuan Mountain in the north.

Seeing this, General Dai Jingkui did not chase after him, but ordered Zhou Zongsheng to lead his troops to chase for a while, and then led the soldiers of each battalion to join Liu Juntao's department and surrounded the 30,000 thieves of Deng Bosun's department!