A dry river valley, a group of east and west groups lay down all over the ground, panting like bellows, swords and guns were casually thrown on the ground, flags were also crooked, and the war horses were listlessly bowing their heads, carefully searching for the scarce hay on the ground, filling their shriveled stomachs.

Gao Yingxiang, who was panicked like a lost dog, took his subordinates who rushed out, and after leaving the battlefield, he ran out for more than ten miles, and when he looked back, there was no longer Lu Shi's pursuers, so he gained a firm foothold. patting the heart that was still pounding, and looking around in horror, I couldn't help but feel sad when I saw it.

Originally, there were hundreds of thousands of military horses, but now it looks like a group of east and west, and there are only a few thousand left, and then look at the generals around him, the original generals are like clouds, and now they are just sparse and depressed, and even the most powerful one is not muddy, and I don't know where to run at this time, I think at the beginning, he was the first to run away, if he didn't take the lead in escaping first, the battle situation would not be defeated.

However, it's okay now, although his old eighth team is crippled, but the backbone of the shelf is still there, although a captain Cao Shen'er was beheaded by himself to show the public, in fact, there are only seven battalion heads left, but it just so happens that his nephew Li Zicheng is waiting for him in the distance, plus him, it is still the eighth team, and at the same time, at this time, the rest of them are no longer some detached guys, they are all willing to follow themselves to achieve great things.

As for the old and weak who were originally full, those who couldn't keep up with themselves all the way, either surrendered, they had already fallen behind, so these tens of thousands and nearly thousands can be said to be all loyal and strong, which is also counted as the harvest they got in the First World War. But this harvest is too cruel compared to himself.

At that time, the two agreed that as long as Gao Yingxiang laid down Lu Shi's base, Li Zicheng would join again, so that there would be a reason to defect, and everyone would not be suspicious.

But now, stealing chickens by himself is not a recipe for rice, and when he reaches this step in the field, if he wants to make a comeback, he has to rely on Li Zicheng's new force.

"King Da Chuang, what should we do next?" With tired scars all over his body, Lao Ga came to Gao Yingxiang's side and asked in a whisper.

Yes, what should I do next, I definitely can't stay here, this place is too close to Lu Shimao's thief, and that old guy will definitely not come back to join him if he doesn't get muddy, so where should he go?

Go back, it must not work, the way to come is also the land of northern Shaanxi, let yourself and others eat and drink cleanly, and there is no basis for recovering strength, to the west and Li Zicheng convergence This is a way, but to the west is not the direction of their own development, the more desolate the west, the more sparse the population, the more difficult it is to replenish materials and population, not to mention, to the west is close to Yan'an and Xi'an and other places where the imperial army gathers, survival is more difficult, even if it is to meet his nephew Li Zicheng, it is difficult to expand, that is a dead end.

Now, the only way is to go east, to Yichuan, which has not yet been broken by various poles, and at the same time, after a period of recuperation, break through the Yellow River and directly enter Shanxi.

As soon as he thought of Shanxi, Gao Yingxiang immediately came to his senses.

Shanxi is a good place, the land is fertile, the water is beautiful, the fish and rice are fragrant, and the population is dense, it is the foundation of the emperor, at the same time, although Shaanxi and Shanxi are separated by a river, but according to the old guests, the drought in Shanxi is much lighter than Shaanxi, and the grain production is also abundant, as for why Shanxi does not sell grain to Shaanxi, it is because I don't know what the officials in Shanxi think, and they form an anti-smuggling team along the Yellow River, strictly prohibiting the flow of grain into Shaanxi, saying that they cannot use grain to fund the enemy (the local authorities in Shanxi accuse the Shaanxi authorities of "beggar-thy-neighbor", The rebels were not annihilated on the spot. On the one hand, under the pretext of "anti-theft," he ordered the closure of grain and forbade the transportation of grain into the famine-stricken areas where there were peasant uprisings. In this way, the number of peasants forcibly crossing the river into Jin in the Shaanxi uprising increased. But he set himself on fire. ）

Therefore, going up to the east, the camera entering Shanxi is the way out.

"Let's go east." Gao Yingxiang thought about the direction of action, and said firmly to the old Ga Da who followed him: "Only Yichuan to the east is not broken, you can also collect materials to gather manpower and restore strength, and at the same time, wait for the arrival of the self-formed department in Yichuan, and then cross the Yellow River, enter Shanxi to eat, and develop and grow, then you can fight with this Lu Shi boy again to avenge this battle." ”

As soon as he thought of Lu Shi, Gao Yingxiang was furious, smashed his fist on his thigh, gritted his teeth and said: "Lu Shi, thief, you have broken the foundation of hard work, I am inseparable from you, one day let me run into you, I am determined to fight to the death with you, otherwise I Gao Yingxiang will never be a man." ”

Lao Ga nodded and expressed his approval of Gao Yingxiang's statement, about meeting Lu Shi in the future and avenging this battle, of course, that is a later story.

was discussing, suddenly another group of defeated soldiers with crooked helmets and oblique armor came again, seeing that there were as many as three or four thousand people in the past, Gao Yingxiang was overjoyed at that time, this is his own strength.

Before everyone could happily greet them, the group of routs shouted at them: "Run, run, Lu Shi is here, Lu Shi is here." ”

With this voice, those originally tired and crooked poles immediately burst out with infinite potential, shouting, and without waiting for the head of the team to greet them, they got up and ran together.

Now, the name Lu Shi, for these poles, is definitely equivalent to a death monster, fighting with him, then he doesn't know how to die, if he doesn't run, when will he stay?

Gao Yingxiang was also a dead soul, and he also jumped on the war horse, but he didn't forget to shout at the defeated soldiers under his opponent on the horse: "Go east, run east." Then no matter how many brothers there were behind him, the first one hit the horse and ran out, as for the cruel words just made, the oath to fight to the death with Lu Shi, he had long been left behind.

With the direction, everyone ran more happily, and the dust was kicked up in the sky, which could be described as overwhelming, and everyone tried hard to run in front of their companions, so that they could be safer, and at the same time stay away from the monster Lu Shi.

However, everyone ran for a while, but they didn't hear the screams and shouts of their companions behind them, and they had the courage to stand quietly and watch back and forth, and they were discouraged at that time.

The way came, there was no trace of Lu Shi and the others, it turned out to be a panic, since the people didn't chase after him, then what kind of strength did he have to run, so the pole who dared to turn around shouted to the brothers who were still running around him: "Don't run, Lu Shi didn't come, let's rest." ”

This voice was insignificant in the rumbling footsteps of tens of thousands of people, but this insignificant sound seemed to be a heavenly sound, so that everyone could hear it.

So, all the people hesitated to stop, panting like a cow, some of them bent down and began to vomit, most of them looked back, but no, there was not a single black armor Lu Shi thief on the way.

As soon as this situation was confirmed, it immediately attracted a group of scolding, and they didn't scold Lu Shi, nor did they scold others, but scolded those later brothers, why are you spreading this rumor? Everyone ran like crazy, and dozens of brothers were exhausted along the way.

Those who were scolded were also wronged, when they ran out of the battlefield not far away, they couldn't run, thinking about stopping and resting, and then chasing Gao Yingxiang's brigade, after all, Gao Yingxiang had a sense of security, but when everyone was sitting on the ground panting, a red torrent rushed over, shouting and shouting to kill from afar, the fiery red battle flag, and the black tiger flag, everyone remembered it really, so they had to muster up Yu Yong to run again, and report to the team by the way.

Gao Yingxiang was running Huanshi, cold, and the war horse was dragged by Lao Gada, "King Da Chuang, King Da Chuang, please stand for a while, Lu Shi didn't come." ”

was shouted by this voice, shouted back Gao Yingxiang's soul, looked left and right, because of riding a horse, he had run far in front of his brothers, looked at the pole brother who collapsed behind him, and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

The frightened bird, using this word to describe himself, is absolutely appropriate, he fought with Lu Shi, and he had to admit that he was really frightened by Lu Shi's unpredictable methods, and now, deep in his heart, he already has a deep sense of fear for Lu Shi.

Stop, look at the brothers all over the ground, and then look up at the sky, at this time the sun is setting, the sun has set, everyone has fled with the battle belt, it has been a whole day, you need to rest and recuperate, or you can run like this can exhaust people to death.

Gao Yingxiang climbed off the horse with difficulty, and said to the faithful old Ga: "Old Gada." ”

"The end will be." Although he was defeated, Old Gada still showed enough respect for his commander.

"Now beckoning the brothers to get up, and set up camp nearby to rest." After thinking about it, he said to Lao Gada: "You pick out a dozen shrewd people, and release a ten-mile patrol guard to warn back, once Lu Shi chases after us, we will immediately pull out the camp and move in." ”

"Yes." The old man gave a deep salute and went down to make arrangements.

In fact, at this time, there is nothing to camp, everyone is defeated without warning, in addition to the knives and guns with them, as well as the war horses under most people, it is equivalent to nothing, the so-called camping, is just everyone looking for a place with water sources and shelter, holding knives and guns, sleeping around the bonfire.

After arranging the patrol camp, Gao Yingxiang gathered the captains of his seven teams, as well as a few partners who were willing to follow him, and ordered them to take advantage of this opportunity to gather their subordinates and check the men and horses to see how much strength they still had.

The crowd complied, and rushed to the chaotic camp and began to look for their men.

There were not many people and horses, and after a while, they were sorted out, and they came back to report that there were less than 9,000 heads, more than 2,000 war horses, and most of the swords and guns, but all other materials were gone.

Gao Yingxiang is very satisfied, in such a big defeat, there are still these people to follow him, which shows that these people are in good health, have fast legs and feet, and are absolutely loyal to themselves, but now everything is gone, it is not enough to just sleep, and they still have to eat dinner, otherwise these people will not be able to move forward again tomorrow.

"Kill the horse." Gao Yingxiang commanded, now there is only one way to kill horses.

So on the river beach, everyone started one after another, dozens of war horses were slaughtered one after another, and there were no pots and bowls, everyone just divided one piece each, divided it indiscriminately, and took it to the fire for barbecue.

By a bunch of bonfires, he was holding a sword and roasting a piece of horse meat, but he thought uneasily in his heart, could it be that Lu Shi let himself go like this?