When the three-sided official army ambushed the soldiers, Lu Shi rushed to the old camp.

The old camp was not as chaotic as Lu Shi feared, but it was quiet and solemn, everyone seemed to know and foresaw the arrival of the official army, women, old people and children were quickly protected at the core by the men who still had physical strength in the old camp, and everyone who could hold knives, guns and clubs rushed to the periphery to defend themselves.

Every woman and child stood quietly at the core of the protective circle, without commotion and crying, for fear that every inadvertent movement of their own would affect the emotions of their men, brothers and fathers. They are confident that their brothers and fathers will protect them.

World War I, a life-and-death battle is right now.

The officers and troops were menacing, rushing like a tide in the rain crack zone in the west, shouting and shouting, and there was no formation, just red-eyed, like a hungry wolf seeing a sheep across the small hills of the valley, and surging towards the old camp of Woniu Mountain, which had been quickly encircled.

An elite army of about 2,000 men and horses immediately inserted into the middle of the old camp and the front army, cutting off the communication between the old camp and the front army at once, and turning the old camp into a state of semi-encirclement.

When Lu Shi rushed in, the encirclement was almost formed.

Lu Shi ran to a small hill near the old camp, and quietly observed the battle on Zhuma Mountain.

At this time, the shouts of killing and the sound of war drums a few miles to the south had become one, and it was impossible to distinguish the number at all, and the flying loess had already obscured the entire battlefield of the front army, and it was impossible to see the battle situation there at all, which made him unable to turn his head and listen with his ears sideways for a while, he judged that the officers and soldiers surrounding him had increased a lot more than before, and they attacked the men and horses led by Geng Kui and Guo Tianxing not only from the front, but also from the flanks, but from his expression did not show a little surprise or uneasiness. Originally, all these things happened to him, and he seemed to be used to it. Zhang Xiao's big eyes looked at his face, thinking that he was about to issue an important order, but he didn't get anything except seeing the stern expression on the face of the military advisor, and he couldn't guess what the military advisor was thinking in his heart. Lu Shi helped the long sword on his waist, which was the decoration given to him by Chunlan, which symbolized a sign of a scribe who was both civil and military, and touched the cold hilt of the sword, which made his heart more stable.

Turning his head to look at the officers and soldiers who rushed to the old camp, after carefully observing them for a while, he was even more relieved, because he saw the shortcomings of the officers and soldiers.

Although the officers and soldiers who ambushed themselves were numerous, they had several weaknesses: first, their morale was not high, unlike the Black Tiger Army, where everyone was willing to fight to the death; The second is that the command is not flexible and unaligned; Most of the officers and soldiers who rushed out of the ambush were ragged signs, and few of them were officers and soldiers during the period, only the part that was inserted between themselves and the front army seemed to be the main force of the officers and soldiers, and the purpose was also very clear, that is, to solve their old camp first, and then turn over and surround them.

And thirdly, although this group of officers and troops is elite, most of them are infantry, and there are only 100 cavalry. He believed that it would not be difficult to defeat them, and that when the enemy's spirit began to wane, he would be able to crush the enemy with a single blow of fierce blow.

Now that the old camp is stable, the original baggage soldiers have started to fight against the officers and soldiers who are surging outside, and those baggage soldiers have also undergone a short period of gun training, and at the same time they are holding their own carefully crafted guns, which are the elite of the remaining wounded soldiers after several major battles have recovered, that is a group of brothers who have despised life and death, and in the face of the signing of the Ding who can almost only rely on the number of people to have the will to fight, there is no decline at all, and there is still a little advantage in the part.

Chen Ce was good, he saw that the official army rushed out to the west and south, and the east was his own here, and behind was the pass that had just come out, where the official army pursuers had been blocked by Zhao Dahai, and there was no danger for a while, so he defended the main force to the west of the old camp.

It seems that the officers and soldiers did not want to let themselves break through the encirclement in the west with their men and horses and enter the thousands of mountains close to the west, so they arranged tens of thousands of horses and horses in the west, and constantly drove the signing with the warlords, pressing their old camps one after another, and slowly moving eastward.

This is a clever strategy, which can't help but Lu Shi has to admire the talented people in the official army, because as long as you put yourself into the mountains to the west, it will be difficult to surround it, and the south is the liaison between yourself and the front army, blocking it with the most elite officers and soldiers, and behind, you don't dare to go and can't retreat no matter what, because there are 20,000 border troops following you, and once you retreat there, it is no different from looking for death.

There is only the east, even if they retreat into the mountains to the east, as long as they block the north, south and west, then the east is the rolling Yellow River, and what is left to them is an absolute dead end.

However, fortunately, the deployment of the various armies of the officers and troops was not the same, and the coordination was not smooth, and the front was about 20,000 and at most less than 30,000, but it was out of touch with the pursuing border troops behind, so that the real main force of the 20,000 officers and troops would become an ornament for a while and a half.

In the face of more than 20,000 officers and soldiers, mainly signed Ding, Lu Shi was confident that he could break through the siege with the power in his hands.

The capable person in the official army, in fact, as long as you endure for a day, as long as you coordinate the 20,000 border troops behind you, then you will really defeat yourself, and your head will really become your greatest military achievement.

But after all calculations, you are still a hundred secrets, this is your own chance.

Thinking of this, Lu Shiyao looked into the distance as if in that fog, seeing a pair of eyes communicating with him.

I don't know what the opponent after that fog thinks now.

But now is not the time to speculate on the opponent, what I have to do now is to ensure the safety of the old battalion, and at the same time, to open up contact with the front army.

Lu Shi looked at the restless Zhang Xiao beside him, smiled at him with relief, and then said to Chunlan, who was following closely behind him, who was full of care: "Let's go to the old camp." ”

didn't wait for Chunlan to answer, and urged the white dragon horse to go straight to the old camp under the hill.

When he came to the old camp, Chen Ce had already rushed out to greet him, and when he saw Lu Shi, he didn't give a salute, and said nervously: "The front army has lost contact, look at the drums and shouting killing, they are still fighting, and the rear army Zhao Dahai has not yet heard any news, and he is still holding on to it, everything is fine in the old camp, and the old and young men who can afford swords, guns and sticks in the old camp are fighting fiercely with the ambush soldiers on the periphery, and there is no danger for a while." ”

The concise report immediately made the current situation clear, and Lu Shi nodded with satisfaction.

"Now we must get in touch with the front army, open up the channel with the front army, and connect the front army with the old battalion." Chen Ce swallowed his mouth and suggested.

Lu Shi nodded.

Now, there are still two forces in Lu Shi's hands, one is the 500 bow and arrow battalion, which is the iron fist that breaks through the official army between the front army and the old battalion, and there is also a force, that is, the two hundred spare war horses left by Zhao Dahai and the black guard cavalry, as well as the war horses that are lightly armed and discarded these days, there are more than 400 in total, there is no shortage of cavalry in this northern Shaanxi land, although these temporary cavalry put together are not as well-trained as the cavalry of the black guards and Zhao Dahai, but they ride on war horses, To deal with those officers and soldiers who stand between themselves and the front army, with the cooperation of the longbowmen, they should still be more than competent.

"Brother Chen, do you see that little hill?" Lu Shi pointed to the hill where he had just stood, the hill was not high, but it was close to the Qingjian River, and there was a rift valley in the north, which was a good place for the old camp to defend itself.

Chen Ce nodded.

"You organize the old battalion to retreat while fighting, go to that small hill and stand up, wait for the front army to come back, and then we will gather in one place, take a short rest, and then look for the weak officers and troops to fight their way out of the encirclement."

"Okay."

"Gather all the war horses that can go into battle, and now recruit those who can ride and shoot in the old camp to temporarily form an assault battalion, and after the attack of the bow and arrow battalion, break up the officers and troops between the front army and the old battalion."

"Okay." Chen Ce replied simply, when the military division selected the soldiers, they were men under the age of forty, but in this era, there were still many people over the age of forty in the old camp, and there were not a few of those who were tired of battle, and it was not a problem to select three hundred, even five hundred men who could ride and shoot.

As soon as the conscription order was issued, several hundred men immediately came out of the crowd, and four hundred cavalry immediately gathered, although there was no standard saber, but the big stick machete was one for each person, and each of them was equipped with a round shield in the reserve of military resources.

The army was formed quickly, and Chen Ce suddenly thought of a question, the generals were fighting hard before and after, who led this cavalry?

"Strategist, it's not difficult to form an army, but this general is—"

"I'll go." Chunlan stepped forward to ask for battle. She rode on a fiery red warhorse, and her fighting spirit was high.

Lu Shi smiled and shook his hand: "It is our man's business to go into battle to fight, and your business is to take your women's army to rescue the dead and help the wounded in the old camp and appease the people." ”

"No, I was—"

"This is a military order." Lu Shi solemnly interrupted Chunlan's request at that time.

Except for Chunlan, there will be no one left.

"I'll lead it myself." Lu Shi said firmly.

They were shocked when they said this.

The military advisor is a scribe, although everyone also knows that his strength is greater than ordinary people, but he has never been in the battle formation, and he has both his riding skills in the eyes of everyone.

Lu Shi smiled and said, "You don't have to worry, it's not Longtan Tiger's Den in front, as long as everyone in the old camp gives me a good look, I won't worry about anything." ”

"No, you are now the soul of the army, and you must not take any risks." Chen Ce resolutely objected, then stomped his feet and said: "In this way, the military division is in charge of the Chinese army, and I will lead the brigade to attack." When he said this, he looked resolute.

Lu Shi didn't want to quarrel with them, time was pressing, where could he quarrel? At the moment, he shouted sharply: "The military order is like a mountain, who dares to disobey it?" Lu Shi, who was usually amiable all day long, showed his resolute and serious side at this time, and immediately made everyone shut up.

"Zhang Xiao, give me a rope."

Where does Zhang Xiao dare to disobey? At that time, a rope was handed to Lu Shi, Lu Shi took it, and directly tied himself to the saddle, this is a way to die, once the war horse fails, Lu Shi wants to escape. But everyone also saw the determination of the military advisor.

Lu Shi took out a handkerchief in his arms, which Chunlan had lent to Lu Shi in the rice fat package, and still treasured it in his arms, and took it out at this time, Lu Shi tied his hand tightly with his sword, and then smiled at everyone, especially at Chunlan. Said softly: "Wait for me to return from killing the enemy." ”