The loud sound that resounded in the sky overshadowed all the hustle and bustle inside and outside Yuzhou City. Zhou Yuji, who was galloping on his horse, looked back urgently, and the north gate of Yuzhou City was already shrouded in dense smoke and dust.

"Wang Ba calf, it's still blown up!" Zhou Yuji scolded angrily in his heart, and with a rein in his head, the five hundred horsemen who were galloping with him were also shocked, and they all stared at the city gate.

In the distance, the cheers of the tsunami in the army formation were repeated, and several phalanxes began to advance towards the city at the same time, Zhou Yuji sighed and estimated, just looking at the head, the number was enough for three or four thousand people, and after that, it was the main force of the boundless army.

"My lord, the city has fallen!" The sharp-eyed knight said anxiously.

Although the smoke has not yet dissipated, there is no doubt that the city walls of Yuzhou City, which are not very strong, will be destroyed by such a sufficient amount of gunpowder explosion. However, seeing that countless soldiers of the intruder army jumped into the smoke like crazy, a cursory guess showed that they probably all flocked to the city through the gap in the city wall.

"Brother Sun......" Zhou Yuji remembered very well that the position where Sun Yingyuan personally supervised the battle was not far from the smoke rising, the city wall collapsed, the city tower fell, Sun Yingyuan was not killed, and he was afraid that he would not be able to escape the fate of being buried by gravel and stones. Looking at the 200 horse troops in his own department who have gone and never returned, it is estimated that they have all folded in the explosion at the root of the city. Thinking of this, two lines of hot tears immediately slipped from his eyes.

"Get out!"

There was no time to sigh too much, and the five hundred officers and soldiers quickly began to move. Zhou Yuji noticed that the thousands of troops and horses on the opposite side had been divided into three groups, one detouring to the left, one detouring to the right, and one charging head-on, obviously wanting to wipe out his five hundred cavalry.

Although there are many soldiers and horses, in terms of strength, Zhou Yuji does not pay attention to it at all, and he has fought more than once in the breakthrough battle. When the battle was imminent, he was engrossed in his distractions, and shouted the order: "Pass my order, the whole army will gather into a wedge formation and tear the hole from the left side!" He wasn't afraid of a head-on enemy, but he didn't want to get into more trouble because he was surrounded on three sides. To the right will collide with the main formation of the breaking army, and only to the left is the avenue leading to Nanyang Mansion.

It was Li Guo who commanded this army of horses, and the three cavalry generals under his command, Gao Yigong, Helan, and Lu Yingbiao, led the three horse armies to outflank Zhou Yuji and his five hundred horsemen.

"Vice Master Li, the officials and soldiers look at it and want to scare Lao He." Deputy Ma Chongxu watched the situation and said, he and Li Shuangxi were escorting the remaining hundreds of horsemen by Li Guo's side. The side that Zhou Yuji led his troops to deviate to was Helan's roundabout position.

The combat effectiveness of the army led by Li Guo is second only to that of the Chinese army led by Li Zicheng in the entire army, and the main reason for the lack of combat effectiveness is only that the number of people is inferior. Looking at the degree of elite alone, Li Guojun, who has the largest number of horses in the whole army, is not far behind the Chinese army. Li Zicheng attaches great importance to this army, and many of the generals who served as high-ranking officers in the army, including Li Guo, are related to him.

"Let the old road speed up and turn it over. Ling Lao He must entangle the officers and soldiers. One power continues to impact. Li Guo's face sank like water.

Ma Chongxi was ordered to go and adjust the instructions of the military flag, Li Shuangxi frowned and said: "Brother, we are just afraid that we will not be able to stop this official army." "Zhou Yuji's five hundred horsemen are too well-equipped, galloping like a flood, flat and windy, and the end is a dragon spirit and a tiger. The leader of the army is self-aware, Li Shuangxi knows that his horse army is strong, but it is not as strong as this official army.

"Well, there is the prestige of General Cao at the beginning." Li Guo said lightly.

"Mr. Cao?" Li Shuangxi was stunned, "Brother refers to Cao ...... Cao Wenzhao? ”

Li Guo nodded slightly and said, "The annihilation of Cao Wenzhao's department six years ago is such a situation. King Chuang has already said that he has not thought about it and there is no need to force this official army to be taken down in one fell swoop. ”

Although he is commensurate with Li Guo's brothers, Li Shuangxi is much younger than the mature and steady general in front of him, and the two get along more like uncles and nephews on weekdays. In the battle to kill Cao Wenzhao, Li Shuangxi was still young and stayed in the rear without witnessing it. But as one of the main commanders at that time, Li Guo regarded that battle as the highlight of his life, and he naturally remembered it vividly.

Li Shuangxi was stunned and said: "Then Dad, he just watched the official army break through?" ”

"Keep your mouth shut." Li Guo looked at him coldly, stunned in the autumn sun, "Even if you are the son of King Chuang, you can't question King Chuang behind your back, understand?" ”

Li Shuangxi swallowed and said, "I understand...... Double happiness is unobtrusive and willing to be punished. ”

"I won't punish you, I will warn you once." Li Guojun said with a face, "Don't do this next time." Others say that the length of the king is someone else's business, and our surname Li must not have the slightest cranky thought. Since you have this surname, you have to be worthy of this responsibility. ”

"Double Happiness understands." Li Shuangxi heard this, and had mixed tastes. is a little frightened, the approachable eldest brother Li Guo in the early years is very similar to his father Li Zicheng in the past few months, he seems to have changed as a person, he speaks more coldly and warmly, and he is reasonable; is a little proud, thinking that he and Li Guo, who is the king of the world and can fight all over the world, have the same surname, and they are honored; is a little lost, Li Guo is certainly pertinent, but between the lines, he doesn't know whether he is intentional or not, revealing a little alienation, stabbing Li Shuangxi's sensitive heart, after all, his real name is "Zhang Nai", and what flows on his body is not the real blood of King Chuang.

"It would be nice if my father never had children......" Li Shuangxi fell into reverie more than once over the years like now, but Li Guo's admonition suddenly burst out of his mind and woke him up, while secretly scolding himself in his heart for being ashamed of King Chuang, he looked at Li Guo with a weak heart as a thief.

Li Guo also glanced at him, but fortunately he didn't guess the secret buried deep in his heart, thinking that he was still blaming himself, so he said: "Don't you want to know how King Chuang will deal with this official army?" It's very simple, if you can't kill it once, you can pinch it twice. ”

"Twice? Except for us...... Who else? ”

Before Li Guo could answer, he exchanged guns on the other side, and a horse galloped forward and rolled into the saddle to report: "Vice Master Li, it's not good, General He was hit by an arrow in his body, and his troops were also scattered." ”

"What about the road markers?" Li Guo raised his left eyebrow.

Without waiting for an answer, another rider arrived, and the knight above looked panicked and said, "General Lu was hit by an arrow, and his troops are in chaos." ”

Li Shuangxi was surprised: "Helan and Lu Yingbiao were both hit by arrows? ”

"Yes...... Yes, there is a general in the official army who is very brave, and he fired two arrows in a row while galloping on his horse, and the arrows were not missing, but fortunately, the two generals snatched them back for the villains, and there was no danger of their lives, just a blocking formation......"

"Two arrows in a row...... in a row" Li Guo didn't care about the "blocking formation", but was more interested in the matter of He and the arrows in the road. He is also a veteran of horse fighting, and knows the difference between horse fighting and foot fighting. Eighteen kinds of martial arts moved to the horse's back, the most difficult is archery, not only because the lower body of the horse is not easy to coordinate the force, but also because the horse's back is undulating and bumpy It is extremely difficult to aim. Helan and Lu Yingbiao are both high-ranking generals of the Chuang Army, with very thick armor and can be injured and dismounted, which shows that the bow used by the archers is considered a strong bow even if it is placed in the infantry bow.

He once heard the Confucian scholars in the camp quote scriptures and say, "Whoever makes a bow, depending on the strength of manpower, and holds a bow of one hundred and twenty catties, and after this, it is tiger power, and he does not count it." The medium force is reduced by two or three tenths, and the lower force is half of it". It can be seen that the strength of a person who can draw such a bow on horseback can be called "tiger power" in terms of strength alone. Besides, one arrow at a time, the accuracy can still be grasped so well, even if he claims to have encountered countless hard hands in his life, this level of truth has never been seen or heard of.

At this time, Ma Chongxu came to beat the horse, panting and said: "The official army and the horse army are so fierce that the He and Lu departments can't stop him, so he ran away, and the master is leading the troops to pursue!" ”

"Don't chase it, let Yigong come back." Li Guo didn't laugh angrily, "Providence is like this, spare the officers and soldiers, and chase after me to hurt my son's life." Then he said with a little sly, "Anyway, this credit has to be given to outsiders, so let's not join in the fun." ”

"Outsiders? Brother said that apart from us, the soldiers and horses who attacked this official army again were outsiders? Li Shuangxi was surprised and wondered. In this attack on Nanyang Mansion, Li Zicheng mobilized the main forces of various departments, except for temporarily ordering thousands of people from the imperial village to serve as cannon fodder for digging pits and burying medicine, none of the other bandits who wanted to take the opportunity to fight the autumn wind were not allowed to come. However, the people of the imperial village have all filled in the city of Yuzhou, how can they have the strength to pursue the swift official army and horse army?

"Yes, it's an outsider." Li Guo sneered a few times, "It's not Yuzhai...... It's Luo Rucai. ”

Speaking of this "business", it was "Cao Cao" Luo Rucai who won it himself.

As soon as Zhou Yuji Ma Junbu left the city, the situation was immediately reported to Li Zicheng. Li Zicheng had already had some understanding of the military situation of the Yongwei Battalion, and knew that Zhou Yuji's bravery might not be able to capture him in one battle, so he set a plan to kill and kill in batches. But at the beginning, Li Zicheng arranged for Li Guo to lead the army to attack first, drag out the official army, and then capture the Chinese generals Dang Shousu, Xin Sizhong and Li You.

When Luo Rucai heard about it, he immediately volunteered and said that he was willing to share his worries for King Chuang. Although he has been attached to the army for more than half a year, he has always paid attention to maintaining the independence of his troops, Li Zicheng did not intervene, and because Luo Rucai is older than himself, he calls him his brother.

Li Zicheng was polite to Luo Rucai, but the other generals of the army did not think so much, and basically no one treated Cao Ying, who could be sheltered but had no intention of dying. Luo Rucai is shrewd and knows this situation well, especially after the collapse of Hui and Revolution, his heart is even more dangerous. Attacking Yuzhou, Li Zichengyuan left him in northern Henan, he insisted on following the expedition, and when he arrived in the city, he did not dare to take the lead, because he seized the opportunity of the official army and the horse army to break through, and wanted to make some gains, accumulate some merits in the army, and consolidate his position.

At that time, including Li Guo, many people secretly advised Li Zicheng not to pay attention to Luo Rucai's tricky behavior, but Li Zicheng still agreed to Luo Rucai's request after careful consideration, and the arrangement was slightly adjusted. Li Guo and the others were not disobedient, and they were very reluctant to help Luo Rucai do laborious and useless things. Therefore, at the moment, when the blocking officers and horses encountered a slight setback, they immediately stopped fighting.

"Didn't Cao Yingli blow Zhu, Li, and Wang to the gods? With them out of the horse, how can this army escape? Li Guo laughed a few times, "Let's go, let's take care of ourselves and go into the city to play!" ”

In the eleventh year of Chongzhen, Luo Rucai was defeated and retreated in a series of battles with Zhao Dangshi around Zaoyang County, and Yang Chengshe and Yang Jinshan were all killed among the five generals in the battalion, leaving only Zhu Yangmin, Li Rugui, and Wang Kehuai. Cao Ying's time when he followed the Xiying rebellion to fight in Sichuan was extremely difficult, and the troops could not expand, until they defected to the Chuang army and rubbed some oil in Henan, and the troops were expanded, and now the total number of the three generals also reached more than 3,000 horsemen, and they were also the main force of Luo Rucai's pursuit of the official army and horse army this time.

The fighting cries in Yuzhou City gradually subsided, and after rushing out of the encirclement of the breaking army and horse army, Zhou Yuji did not look back. It's a foregone conclusion, and turning back can only only add to the sadness. With the soldiers and horses around the southwest, along the southern foot of Baizhong Mountain, non-stop running out of more than ten miles, to a town to ask the direction clearly, then want to go to Nanyang City.

He Zhou Yuji did not lose his courage to the point of retreating thousands of miles after losing the first battle, and the real attack of the army was Nanyang Mansion City, and the losses suffered in Yuzhou City were just changed places to make up for it.

The horses of the Yongwei battalion rested and replenished in the town market for a while, and then left, but unexpectedly only a few miles, the smoke and dust behind them, and the pursuers of the Cao camp had already arrived.

Zhou Yuji and the soldiers were full of wine and food, full of energy, and turned back to face the battle. The Cao Ying Horse Army was divided into three branches, two to meet one to wait and see, to the middle of the battle, one of the two combat branches was withdrawn, and the wait-and-see ones were immediately made up, and they continued to take over, obviously knowing that their combat power was inferior to the Yongwei Battalion Horse Army, and they specially used wheel warfare to fight a war of attrition.

After half a day of fierce fighting, less than 100 people died in the Yongwei Battalion, and more than 300 corpses were left behind on Cao Ying's side. There are many people in Cao Ying, and they can take turns to rest, Zhou Yuji thought that it was not a way to go on like this, so he ordered a rapid retreat after repelling Cao Ying's horse army. However, his subordinate horse army was heavily armored and heavily armed, and the speed was not as fast as that of the relatively lightly armed and fast Cao Ying, and he quickly caught up with the Cao Ying who was in hot pursuit after retreating several times, and fought and retreated like a quagmire, until the twilight, the distance was less than five miles.

"Shameless!" Zhou Yuji gritted his teeth and glared at the Cao Ying horse army who were surrounding and harassing like wolves and jackals. As physical strength decreased, casualties began to increase. Now, he only had about four hundred horses left.