Chapter 12 Withdrawal

"Kill." The horse team led by Luo Yulong collided with He Chuangzi's subordinates.

Among all the rogue in the world, Cao Ying is known as daring to fight, even if it is the elite of the camp and the camp, he does not dare to say that he can defeat the elite of Cao Ying, and the Qin soldiers in the world are resistant to hard fighting, and even among the current rogues, the main force is the Qin Zhen rout, and He Chuangzi's military discipline is not good, and he does not listen to orders, but he has to admit that He Chuangzi is among the various departments of the thieves, and he can fight, only Zuo Liangyu can be compared with him. Even Zuo Liangyu's department may not be able to win against He Chuangzi.

At this moment, Luo Yulong led more than 1,000 elite people in Cao Ying, and the next part of He Renlong was in a fierce battle.

More than 2,000 people filled the battlefield, and both sides rushed to each other everywhere, and from time to time there was the sound of bows and arrows.

From time to time, people were either shot with bows and arrows, or struck with firearms, and others were knocked off their horses while fighting each other.

In this fierce battle, almost all those who fell off their horses were sentenced to death.

However, the fighting on both sides did not mean to fight to the death, because the armies of both sides were behind, Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai were stationed in Yingcheng, and in the area of Jingshan and Jingling, the current battle of cavalry between the two sides was just a test before the main forces of the two sides.

A fight came and went quickly, but after a while, the battle was over, and the two sides carefully distanced themselves from each other, separated by a mile, opposite each other.

Luo Yulong looked at the other side, first turned the horse back, and breathed a sigh of relief. With a greeting, a horse head turned around and left with his subordinates, and there were 100 horsemen behind him who were cautiously on guard, lest the officers and soldiers suddenly attack.

Luo Yulong returned to Yingcheng. Immediately summoned.

"Virtuous nephew, how are the officers and soldiers?" Li Zicheng immediately asked.

Luo Yulong picked up the teapot in front of Luo Rucai, drank it all, and then said: "It's He Chuangzi, his subordinates are all hard stubble, it's not easy to deal with, I have attacked them a few times, and the casualties are equal, if we fight them here, even if we can win, I'm afraid we will have heavy casualties." ”

Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai glanced at each other.

Luo Rucai said, "Yulong, you go down and rest." ”

"Yes." Luo Yulong said.

After Luo Yulong went down, only Li Zicheng and Luo Ru were in the main hall.

Li Zicheng wanted to take the initiative and said: "Brother Luo already knows about Xiaogan's affairs." ”

Luo Rucai said: "I didn't expect Song Yihe's movements to be so fast, but how Chen Hongfan uses his troops, I still know, it's just a kind of goods, even if Xiaogan only has more than 1,000 Zhang Xuan, I dare to guarantee that Xiaogan has nothing to do for the time being, but I want to come to Zuo Liangyu." ”

"yes." Li Zicheng also understands this truth.

Now Li Zicheng's location is Hanyang Mansion to the south, the Yangtze River to the south, and Fu Zonglong to the west. To the north is the three passes of Xinyang, and Tongbai Mountain. The mountain road here is rugged, and only a few troops can hold it, and the east side is where Zuo Liangyu is located, and it is easy to surround Li Zicheng on all sides.

"This place is not to stay long." Li Zicheng said: "The grain here can only be abandoned, but all the grain that has been put into the warehouse is taken away, and the grain that cannot be taken away can be discarded on the road, so we are ready to retreat." ”

Luo Rucai said: "Where does Brother Li want to go?" ”

"Go back to Henan." Li Zicheng said categorically. He could feel that because of the disaster, Henan was simply a spark, which could be lit, and there was no need to do anything at all.

"I'm going to go back to Henan via Xinyang Sanguan." Li Zicheng said.

Luo Rucai actually thinks the same way.

If Luo Rucai wanted to switch to Huguang, he would not have parted ways with Zhang Xianzhong.

The efficiency of the rebel army was much faster than that of the official army, and as soon as the two agreed, the entire rebel army began to move. However, they were afraid that Fu Zonglong would chase after them when they withdrew, so some places needed to be arranged in advance. For example, Xiaogan.

Xiaogan County Ya, Zhang Xuan received Luo Rucai's order. Zhang Xuan frowned when he saw it.

The army was to retreat, in order to cover up the news of the retreat. Zhang Xuan can't retreat before the main force, and he can only retreat when the main force retreats to Yunmeng. And the army is going north to retreat to Henan, Zhang Xuan is the southernmost tentacle of the army, and the distance is long, if the retreat is slow, it is likely to be caught by Chen Hongfan or Fu Zonglong.

"By virtue of this, have you ever received orders from General Luo." Song Xiance hurriedly came to find Zhang Xuan.

As soon as Zhang Xuan looked at Song Xiance, he knew that Song Xiance must have also received Li Zicheng's order, and asked, "Mr. Song, but you got the order of King Chuang?" ”

"Exactly." Song Xiance said: "King Chuang ordered us to hold on to Xiaogan for three days, and after three days, we will retreat to Yunmeng and make peace with the army, not to mention, we will set off again in three days, will the army wait for us, just Chen Hongfan in front of us, will not let us retreat in peace, so if we want to retreat, we must solve Chen Hongfan first." ”

Zhang Xuan asked, "Why did Mr. teach me?" ”

Song Xiance said: "Why do you have to play with it, the plan now is to attack Chen Hongfan at night, aren't there some villagers who have enmity with Chen Hongfan under his command?" Why don't you give him a soldier and attack Chen Hongfan at night, after our army is pressed again, I want to come to Chen Hongfan to be frightened in the middle of the night, and then see our army pressing, and retreat, and wait to stabilize the position, and then make a plan. Let's take advantage of this time to retreat to Yunmeng. Yunmeng is only a day's journey here. ”

"Those villagers don't have a way to live." Zhang Xuan said secretly in his heart.

It seems that the people of this era have never taken human life seriously, whether it is the official army, the righteous army, or the Qing army. Zhang Xuan seemed to be used to it, and he asked, "Then what about the grain?" There are at least 3,000 stone of grain here? ”

From filial piety to Yunmeng, if you abandon your baggage and light equipment, it will only take a day, and if you bring this more food, you don't know how slow it will be.

"Now I can't take care of much." Song Xiance said.

Zhang Xuan didn't answer, but paced slowly. He was secretly thinking about the odds of winning in his heart, and suddenly he made up his mind and said to Song Xiance: "Just like Mr. Song said. ”

Zhang Xuan sent Song Xiance away, and immediately called Cao Zongyu, Deng He, Luo Dai, and Huang Xu together, and told everyone Song Xiance's thoughts, but saw Huang Xu's face turned pale and said: "If the general has an order, his subordinates should receive the order, but can my fellow villagers stay." ”

Huang Xu knew that he couldn't resist Zhang Xuan's order. I just hope that a few of the people who escaped with him will survive.

"Brother Huang." Zhang Xuan grabbed Huang Xu's hand and said: "Mr. Song doesn't know what kind of person I, Zhang Xuan, no matter what kind of person you came to join me, I will treat you as a brother, how can I do something to send you to death, however, Mr. Song suggested attacking the enemy army at night, which is also a good way, but instead of sending you, I Zhang will take all these brothers and avenge you tonight." ”

Huang Xu's eyes were red, and he said: "Only the general can avenge us, from now on, Huang, Zeng, Wang, the three surnamed children, swear allegiance to the general." ”

"It doesn't have to be that way." Zhang Xuan has long passed the kind of person who casually believes in a person's oath, and said: "Now is the time to use you, I must know where Chen Hongfan is stationed now, and whether there is a path that does not alarm people, leading directly to the place where Chen Hongfan is." ”

"Chen Hongfan is in Huangzhuang." Huang Xu said: "Huangzhuang is the home of his subordinates, and it is also the place where his subordinates grew up, and his subordinates can find their way to Huangzhuang with their eyes closed. ”

Immediately, Huang Xu pointed out several paths leading to Huangzhuang.

At this time, Zhang Xuan had been paying close attention to Huang Xu's eyes, but when he saw that Huang Xu's eyes were full of hatred, he was about to burst out, and Zhang Xuan relieved himself a little, feeling that Huang Xu was not a counter-plot. However, even so, Zhang Xuan did not dare to take it lightly, he ordered the blockade of Xiaogan City, and the entire Xiaogan City was not allowed to enter or leave.

In the middle of the night, the south gate of Xiaogan quietly opened, and Zhang Xuan assigned the people brought by Huang Xu to each of the hundred households, and even Zhang Xuan brought more than a dozen with him, saying that it was to guide the way at any time, but in fact, Zhang Xuan dared to fully believe them.