The first line of the old estuary army gathered.

The soldiers and horses of the fifth battalion of the Huige from the north opened a very wide front, and the line of Xianrendu, Longwang Town, Gangpai Town, and Shuanggou Town was full of horses. In Zhangji Town, Shiqiao Town, Guyi Town, Huangji Town, and Sanhe Town, which are slightly behind, the infantry of the fifth battalion of the Huige gathered here, ready to press on after the horse team succeeded.

According to Gary Eye and others, if the horse team is defeated, the infantry can still pick up the horse team, and if something happens, the infantry will run slower than the cavalry.

In Huangquhe Town and Zhuji Town, tens of thousands of horses and horses of Liu Zongmin and Wang Long were lined up here.

Under Liu Zongmin's banner, the chief whistle Liu Ye touched his short mustache like a steel needle, grinned and sneered in the direction of the south: "I'm not afraid that his Zuo Liangyu will come out, I'm afraid that he Zuo Liangyu will run away, and I'm even more worried that he will rely on Xiangyang City to hold on!" Then our rebels are going to fight a tough battle! If you want the brothers to fill this Han water with their lives, the brothers of our Cao family are okay to say, but I'm afraid that Lao Huihui and Ge Liyan will not be willing to fold the capital! ”

"Uncle Jiexuan, aren't they all alive now? Uncle Han Ju also led the men and horses to cut off the retreat of the old left soldiers and horses. As long as his retreat is cut off, Zuo Rabbit will not be a dog ball! ”

Wang Lung handed Liu Zongmin a kettle wrapped in a cotton sleeve, which was full of warm tea. "The big war is coming, don't dare to invite Uncle Jiexuan to drink, drink hot tea!"

"Your kid is the same as your uncle, and he won't be wronged at any time!"

Liu Zongmin took the kettle handed over by Wang Long, and teased Wang Long in his mouth, but his eyes were full of the love of the elders for the future generations.

"You and Xiaohuzi are brothers, and they are good among the second generation of our Cao family, and our old Liu naturally treats you as his own nephew. This battle is a good one. When you go back, your Uncle Jiexuan will definitely protect you in front of your uncle and the generalissimo! ”

"Uncle Jiexuan, isn't it that we are boasting, when we were in Zhuxian Town, Lao Zuo's army was much stronger than now, right? At that time, his army was not resistant, let alone these horses who are making do now? Wang Lung pursed his lips, very disapproving.

"Although the soldiers and horses are not good at fighting. But the armor and weapons are good. In the past six months or so, Zuo Liangyu has controlled the upper reaches, expropriated violently, and looted on a large scale, almost sweeping away the arsenals of Xiangyang, Wuchang, Jiujiang, and other places, and even procuring armaments on a large scale. His inner battalion is full of excellent iron armor, and it is rumored that there are nearly 10,000 guns and dozens of heavy artillery. ”

"Uncle Jiexuan, no matter how good the weapon is. It's also for people to use! Those good things are just collected by Master Zuo Rabbit for us! ”

The two of them pretended to be relaxed and chatted, but after all, this war decided the fate of hundreds of thousands of people, and the two of them looked down on Zuo Liangyu no matter how much they could, but they didn't dare to be too big. The atmosphere, as the voices of the two gradually declined, became more and more depressing.

In a depressing atmosphere. I don't know how long it took, but suddenly Liu Zongmin's black face tightened. Thick eyebrows frowned, in the faint sound of horns, war drums, letter guns, a black line suddenly spread from the direction of Xiangyang in the south, and as soon as the black line came out, it was like a flood bursting the embankment in a blink of an eye. swept in, everywhere he went, not a single grass grew.

It was the people from the outer battalion of the Left Army who came in a big way!

After the defeat of Zhu Xianzhen, Zuo Liangyu recruited troops and horses everywhere in Xiangyang to surrender and rebel. But. The miscellaneous armed forces that defected from all over the country, whether it was a regimental training, a cottage, or a large and small pole bandit, were all set up by him as an outer camp. Only the descendants of his father and son were listed as internal camps.

All the salaries, armor, equipment, and food and grass supplies were biased towards the inner battalion. The outer battalion could only be incorporated into the inner battalion after it had made meritorious achievements on the battlefield, or had demonstrated its value when plundering the people and slaughtering good people.

The strong murderous aura has turned this Han River basin into extremely stagnant and depressing. On the vast land, two huge camps on the north and south sides were slowly marching towards each other.

To the north was nearly 30,000 cavalry led by Lao Hui Hui Ma Shouying and Ge Li Yan He Yilong, and there were at least twice as many infantry as there were behind. The five men opened an extremely wide front and walked slowly in the summer sun. Swords and spears are like ears of wheat, and swords and halberds are like firewood. Layers of flags, layers of armor, and layers of horse teams formed a sea of colors.

In the big array, the banners of "Ma", "He", "Liu" and "Lin" are distinct. Although the Fifth Battalion of the Revolution on the issue of going and staying is no longer as united as it was in Yingshan and Huoshan, it is the common mind of the five marshals to fight this battle and show their strength.

On the other side, there are nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses from the outer battalion of the Left Army, and they want to make great achievements in this war and become the inner battalion as soon as possible!

With the help of optical devices such as glasses and telescopes, Ge Li was able to see clearly the formation of the left army's outer camp that was rushing in on the opposite side. The seemingly deep and boundless sea of people on the other side makes people feel no pressure. People say that "there are 10,000 soldiers, and there is no boundary", that is, tens of thousands of people are lined up in a dense queue, which is also discharged more than a mile. How far can a hundred thousand people be discharged? As far as the eye can see, the depth has almost reached the limit of eyesight, and it seems that the whole world is only a sea of human heads.

"No wonder, Zuo Liangyu is robbing the state capital and slaughtering good people everywhere, he, a bullshit general and a thief, is happier than our brothers and these thieves, but the court can't do anything about him. Not to mention anything else, just these hundreds of thousands of horses are piled up there, which is enough for the emperor to be afraid! ”

"Old horse, let our children kill him for a while! Although they are all chickens and dogs, bezoar and dog treasures, how can a pile of rotten wood make up a few catties of good wood? Lin Yangcheng looked at the dense military array opposite, the valuable armor on the big and small leaders inside, and the weapons in his hands, and couldn't help but salivate.

The military formations on both sides were like two huge waves, approaching closer and closer, two miles, one and a half miles, and finally the large formations of the two sides approached one mile, and the rangers on both sides roared out from the depths of their respective camps, and kept whistling and shouting in front of the opponent's military formation. The elite cavalry of the fifth battalion of the Hui Revolution swept within 200 steps of the outer battalion of the left army, constantly running around the large array, whistling and scolding.

Hong Chengchou once said: "In the past, thieves avoided the army and fled, but now they meet the enemy, ambush left and right, and repeat the succession, so it is difficult to kill." The thief has a good horse, or a straddle of two horses. Officers and soldiers are three steps and seven steps, and it is difficult to chase. ”

Since the uprising of the displaced people in Shaanxi, they have paid great attention to the horse team. The rangers of the Fifth Battalion of the Hui Revolution even straddled several horses, wearing eight-petal hats and iron-pointed helmets on their heads, and waist-length armor, which was exposed to the outside. But it is the style of Ming Jia, just like the crotch of the Central Plains Elementary School soldiers. However, most of the crotch is made of cloth, but they are iron armor, and some even add a cuirass on the outside......

These elite horsemen are looking forward and behind, flickering far and near, whistle coming, suddenly far away, or make a sharp roar when they rush forward, which makes people hear: or shoot arrows and firearms into the left army. to disrupt the hearts of the army. In addition to the horse bows hanging on their horses, many of them also had short firearms behind their backs, and they were all skilled in riding and archery.

Most of Zuo Liangyu's foreign battalion troops wore red tasseled felt hats, mandarin duck battle jackets, crotch or waist-length armor, transcribing, and bast shoes. There are bright helmets and bright armor. or there are very few people in bright armor and dark armor, and there are not many cavalry in the ranks. After all, in the Ming Dynasty's inland army, only cavalry generally has armor, that is, copper and iron helmets and long body armor, and more elite soldiers have arms. Therefore, in the left army, everyone who has armor on his body. No matter what form of armor and helmet it is, it is probably a character such as an elite soldier.

However, Zuo Jun also has his own housekeeping skills.

"Lao Huihui, Ge Liyan, what are you showing off in front of Lao Tzu?"

In the left army, the former leader of the Shaanxi People's Army, who was already the chief soldier, Guo Tianxing Hui Dengxiang, sneered and waved the command flag in his hand.

The old man returned to the horse to keep it. He is a native of Suide, Shaanxi, because he is returning, there are quite a lot of Yihan and Ding under the battalion, and he is also good at erratic tactics. The so-called good men are afraid of meeting the old neighborhoods, and Hui Dengxiang, who is also from the Shaanxi People's Army, is quite familiar with the tactics of the Fifth Battalion of the Hui Revolution, and Bai Gui, another general from the Fang Jun Ninth Battalion, who was also from the Fang Jun Ninth Battalion, who was sweeping the battle at this time.

"The handsome man has an order! Column gun formation! ”

"The commander has an order, open the gun array!"

Whittenson's cavalry heralds rode their horses back and forth in their own formations, loudly relaying his orders to all battalions and posts.

For such a chaotic army in the outer camp of the Zuo Army, Zuo Liangyu naturally didn't bother to equip them with any sophisticated equipment, most of them had a spear in their hands, that is, a spearhead on a wooden stick! If you want to train, you will take the Yang family's marksmanship that is common in the Ming army, fight in formation, come and go, that is, a few tricks, and it is impossible to ask too much for them, it is good to be able to stab forward and form a good formation. Of course, tens of thousands of people lined up in a gun array, like a huge hedgehog spreading its spikes, is quite spectacular.

In this way, the rangers of the fifth battalion of the Hui Revolution could only retreat to the formation, and the harassment was also a tiger eating hedgehogs.

"Old Huihui, I know that you have a lot of elite soldiers and a thick foundation, but I just have more people than you!" Whitden sneered and ordered the troops to move on!

If he stood still and attacked by defending, Lao Huihui and the others really had nothing to do with him, and the cavalry would inevitably pay huge casualties if they wanted to face the infantry spear formation that was waiting in such a plain and hilly area. This is what Lao Huihui and Ge Liyan and others do not want to see. However, if you don't plan to break the old capital, you have to mobilize artillery to come up and blast a hole.

Just when a few commanders were worried and didn't know where to attack, Hui Deng ordered the chaotic team of soldiers and horses from the outer battalion to take the initiative to attack!

"There is a way in heaven that you don't take, and there is no door to hell for you to break into!"

Looking at the opposite military formation, there was a chaotic sound of whipping and scolding, and the officers at all levels drove their subordinates forward with kicks and blows with the leather whips and scabbards in their hands. One by one, small military formations became prominent, and dozens of military formations that were originally connected became like a city head and a city saucer. He Yilong put down the clairvoyance in his hand, and used the handle of the horsewhip to help the leg of his glasses up, muttering to himself.

"One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight......" King Lin Cheng of the Troubled Times counted the number of military formations rushing out of the array in a low voice, "Twenty-two!" Each phalanx has a scale of nearly 1,000 people, and Guo Tianxing, an anti-water traitor, can really make a capital and throw out nearly 20,000 people at once! ”

"Anyway, it's not his old camp that died. Just die! He Jin snorted, but his eyes were staring at He Yilong.

"Brothers, have you eaten enough?"

"I'm full!"

"Marco fed it?"

"Hey, it's done!"

"Have the knives been sharpened?"

"Grinded!"

"Then, it's time for us to get moving!"

A burst of suona sounded in the formation of the fifth battalion of the Huige, followed by tens of thousands of people shouting together like a thunderstorm, and the iron hooves of tens of thousands of war horses exploded between heaven and earth, and the cavalry of the fifth battalion of the Huige. It was like five streams of burning iron rushing forward.

Under the fierce knocking of hundreds of thousands of iron hooves, the ground also trembled, and the tremor became more and more severe, and looking back, the overwhelming smoke and dust seemed to envelop the entire earth. In the smoke and dust, the sea-like flags loomed and countless horse teams rushed into the outer camp of soldiers and horses under the command of Whitten.

The Fifth Battalion of the Hui Revolution has been fighting together for many years, and their cooperation with each other has reached a very tacit understanding. The left and right conflicts, and between a few roundabouts, more than a dozen phalanxes that were too prominent and scattered in formation were rushed and scattered. They were even surrounded in a small circle, surrounded by Liu Xiyao and He Jin's two people, and ate them one bite at a time. Ma Shouying, He Yilong, and Lin Chengcheng are three people. Like three dragons, the phalanxes composed of dozens of soldiers and horses from the outer battalion shuttled back and forth, constantly cutting the phalanxes from the body of the entire array.

Every phalanx and array were cut apart, and a blood flower rose!

Groups of prisoners were held by the infantry of the 5th Battalion of the Hui Revolution, and retreated from the front line, and there were hungry people with the army who acted as people's husbands, carrying baskets and baskets, carrying or carrying countless armor, uniforms, and weapons. Even the shoes, socks and clothes of the deceased were brought back.

There is a half-sized child, and he is holding more than ten spears. happily singing and jumping past Liu Zongmin's banner.

"Uncle Jiexuan, it seems that they are playing well when they come back." Wang Lung pointed to the captives who had been taken down, and he was also quite happy.

"Not necessarily." Liu Zongmin's face sank like water. The two eyebrows on the black face were twisted into a pimple. "Ma Shuai, they are just a ragtag team under Zuo Liangyu. is already so powerful, when Zuo Liangyu's internal elite arrives, they are bound to suffer a big loss! ”

Liu Zongmin pointed to the captured soldiers. For Wang Long's analysis, the clothes and armor are tattered, and the equipment is messy, even the officers at the general level are just a cotton armor, and only people above the thousand generals have iron armor. There are also few mules and horses in the camp. Without guns and artillery, what is the cannon fodder unit that is not used to consume the combat effectiveness of the 5th Battalion of the Hui Revolution and exhaust their physical strength?!

"Someone! Herald! ”

"Please give the order of the chief whistle Liu Ye!"

Several generals who broke into the camp, Liu Fangliang, Li You, Bai Wang, and Bai Minghe, all intervened in front of Liu Zongmin.

"A few of you go back immediately, straighten out the soldiers and horses, and move to the front line of Zhangji Town, Shiqiao Town, Guyi Town, Huangji Town, and Sanhe Town, and be sure to cut down trees, dig trenches, and set up obstacles along the way to prevent Zuo Liangyu's soldiers and horses from pursuing Ma Shuai and He Shuai's soldiers and horses! Prepare to pick up the brothers of the 5th Battalion of the Hui Revolution! ”

"Obey!"

Liu Zongmin ordered in a deep voice, and Liu Fangliang, Li You and others each led their own soldiers to the headquarters. In the blink of an eye, the soldiers and horses stationed in Huangquhe Town, Zhuji Town and other places on standby hurriedly marched in the direction of Zhangji Town, Shiqiao Town, Guyi Town, Huangji Town, and Sanhe Town, where the infantry of the Fifth Battalion of Huige had assembled, cutting down trees along the way, digging trenches on the road, and preparing to block the pursuit of Zuo Liangyu's troops and horses.

"Master Liu, then, what about my messenger?"

Wang Lung put away his old hippie smiling face, and asked for his life in front of Liu Zongmin with a serious face.

"You are the killer weapon of our rebel army, Fantianyin. This magic weapon can only be sacrificed after Zuo Liangyu has used all the tricks! Liu Zongmin stretched out his slap and patted Wang Lung on the shoulder, "However, you also go back and prepare, if something really happens to Lao Hui back there, Mingyuan is afraid that they are not the opponent of Lao Zuo's hundreds of thousands of people!" ”……

"Don't quit! No refund! Whoever retreats from Lao Tzu will cut him! ”

Under the vertical and horizontal assault of Ma Shouying, He Yilong and others, the soldiers and horses of the outer battalion under the command of Minister Hui Deng have already shown a momentum of collapse, and from time to time there is a battalion of soldiers and horses under the fierce rush of thousands of horses, shouting, turning around and running.

A rout is like a pipe gushing on a levee. There are too many pipes, and no matter how many reserves are in the hands of Prime Minister Whitden, they are still unstoppable. Seeing a big defeat on the horizon.

Looking at the familiar banners of He Yilong, Ma Shouying, He Jin and others not far away, Hui Dengxiang didn't know what it was like. "Do you want to go back at this time and go with this group of fellows?" However, in an instant, Whitengsang nipped this idea in the bud.

"Nonsense! This will be an official of the Ming Dynasty, a dignified second-class official, how can he still stoop to be a thief?! He gritted his teeth and ordered the leader of the old battalion, "You, take our old brothers up and drive this group of cowards back to our old man!" Those who dare to retreat will be killed! ”

The leader of his own soldiers has also followed him for many years, and he is also a murderous figure who does not blink an eye. At that moment, hundreds of soldiers from the old battalion who led Hui Dengxiang rushed forward.

"The commander has an order, who dares to retreat, correct the law on the spot!" At the sound of the voice, the knife fell, a head was cut off by a sharp blade, and the huge pressure in the carotid artery suddenly lost its destination, and it seemed that the blood stagnated slightly, but a quick rain of blood spilled.

The heads of more than 200 defeated soldiers were picked on the tip of the spear by Hui Dengxiang's own soldiers, "Whoever dares to take a step back, this is an example!" ”

"Lao Hui!" Bai Gui, who surrendered with Hui Dengxiang, led more than 20,000 reinforcements into the battlefield, "How is it, are you okay?" ”

"Donkey balls! Old back to this bastard forgetting eight lambs! Gerry is blind! They were all fucking bitten by rabid dogs, and they didn't want to die in a fight! Whitden gasped and sat on the ground.

"That's it! The marshal let me tell you, he led the inner camp pro-army up! The eldest young marshal Zuo Mengeng, led by Xiao Qin Wang, staff general Ma Jinzhong, Ma Shixiu and other troops, has rushed to Xianrendu, Wang Yuncheng, deputy general Wu Xueli, deputy general Lu Guangzu and other troops and horses have also rushed to Shuanggou Town! The east and west wings have already pocketed tens of thousands of people such as Lao Hui Hui and He Blind! (To be continued......)