After everything was ready, the coalition army of Lu Jiude and Zuo Liangyu and others began to move, they concentrated all the elite cavalry, a total of about 5,000 or so, led by the general soldier Liu Liangzuo, according to the pre-negotiated plan, crossed the river from the upper reaches of the Blocked Water River, went deep into the hinterland of Nanyang Mansion, and harassed behind Zhang Xianzhong's army, and at the same time could ensure the safety of Nanyang City.

At this time, Zhang Xianzhong had already given up attacking Nanyang City, and Luo Rucai had also gone north, his original 100,000 people had now been scattered, and he had suffered heavy losses, and he needed to replenish his troops and expand his strength.

All along, the principle pursued by the thieves is to fight if they can, and run away if they can't win, so that they can effectively hit the local forces of the Ming army, and can weaken the ruling foundation of the Ming court. The Ming Dynasty disaster year after year, the people lived in hardship, and there were powerful Jurchen heavy troops in the north, and the elite of the Ming army were all consumed in the north. That's why they can attack the central capital Fengyang, and they can run rampant in the Jianghuai area!

As soon as Liu Liangzuo's cavalry entered the enemy's back, they met Luo Rucai, who was surrounded by the people everywhere to expand the soldiers, and both sides had no desire to fight.

Although a big battle did not break out between Liu Liangzuo and Luo Rucai, after Liu Liangzuo's army crossed the river, Zhang Xianzhong's troops retreated, which made Lu Jiude and Zuo Liangyu judge that Liu Liangzuo's cavalry played a role in diverting them, so their army also began to cross the river.

After a few days of marching, the Ming army couldn't find Zhang Xianzhong's main force, so Lu Jiude was very depressed, he thought that Zhang Xianzhong was guilty of escaping, so Lu Jiude also swelled up, broke away from the coalition army alone, and began to march rapidly, pursuing Zhang Xianzhong's main force, seeking to annihilate it in one fell swoop, Lu Jiude led his troops to break away, which also directly led to the division of the Ming army's coalition army, which was divided into three roads by one road, Lu Jiude was in the front, Zuo Liangyu was in the middle, and Chen Hongfan was in the end!

Zuo Liangyu's army stopped when it arrived in Deng County, and Zuo Liangyu ordered the army to camp and rest on the spot.

Ma Liangwen didn't understand Zuo Liangyu's decision, he was not a newcomer to the army, but he very much wanted to establish military exploits on the battlefield, at this time, Zuo Liangyu's department had not yet completely become their Zuo family's private army, but if Zuo Liangyu made more contributions and established authority, this army would inevitably become the private army of the Zuo family!

"My lord, Lu Jiude's army has already passed this Deng County a day ago, why are we still camping here? We should quickly catch up with Lu Jianjun, otherwise all the credit will be robbed by that eunuch!" Ma Liangwen didn't understand it very much and reminded in a low voice.

Zuo Liangyu smiled disgustedly, and the back molars that were clenched tightly suddenly loosened: "The march has been fighting for half a lifetime, and we have not fought with Zhang Thief once or twice, Zhang Thief's cunning is better than that of a fox, he will fight if he wins, and if he can't win, he will run, and he may turn around and bite you at any time, if we get too close to Lu Jianjun, I am afraid that Zhang Thief will really escape, let's be separated by a distance not far away, so that Zhang Thief feels that there is an opportunity, so that we can find his main force!" ”

"But what if a thief and Lu Jiude meet first, and Lu Jiude defeats him in a battle? Many people in the outer court already have a lot of complaints about the chief soldier, these people have honey in their mouths and arsenic in their stomachs, I'm afraid that sooner or later they will frame you, the chief soldier, so we have to grab more credit......"

"Haha, if Lu Jiude really runs into a thief Zhang, I'm afraid he will have to suffer the bitter fruit, he doesn't use the army at all, and he will inevitably be defeated, if it weren't for Chen Yuanjie, I'm afraid I wouldn't dare to leave him for a day's distance, at most fifty miles, general, you need to have the wisdom and ability to turn the tide in the face of danger, otherwise, if you have no blood, you will mistake yourself and harm others, Zhao Kuo, who talks about the army on paper, and Ma Yan, who is so happy, are all good lessons so far."

When it came to talking on paper, Zuo Liangyu remembered his unsuccessful son Zuo Menggeng, and sighed: "I hope Geng'er won't talk about Zhao Kuo and others in the future, he and Qin Yiming stay together, and he should be able to see for a long time." ”

"Lord Commander, the major general is not a big general, teach slowly." Ma Liangwen defended on the side.

Zuo Mengeng is his own son after all, Zuo Liangyu's family has been killed, and now there is such a relative left, and now he is still throwing his son aside, and he blames himself and loves in his heart.

"My son, Zhang Thief has fought with his father many times, and his father is even cunning and cunning, otherwise how can Zhang Thief grow again and again after so many years? Now Cao Cao is in Zhenping, there are traps waiting in front of him, Lu Jiude is alone in the depths, if this battle is not careful, it may be difficult to meet again in the future. ”

"My lord is serious, Zhang Thief is our defeated general, besides, if the situation is not good, let's run away, who cares about the dead eunuch!" Ma Liangwen said.

"By the way, the cold air at night is getting heavier and heavier, let's go to the people's homes in Deng County, Deputy General Ma, to collect grain, grass and warm clothes to supply the soldiers of the army." Zuo Liangyu is used to it, and if he lacks any materials, he will take local materials and rob the people.

"Yes, Chief Soldier!"

Not only Zuo Liangyu is robbing grain, grass and clothes, Chen Hongfan and others are robbing, Chen Hongfan is walking behind Zuo Liangyu, he knows that Zuo Liangyu will not leave him any oil and water, so he took the army around Xinye, and robbed it in Xinye, if you don't rob it, it's impossible to count on the imperial court for this supply, but they must also suppress the bandits, so they can only rob the people everywhere, otherwise the officers and soldiers under this command will be scattered, let them how to suppress the bandits? !

Bandits are like combs, and soldiers are like shavings!

When Lu Jiude's army arrived at the party's mouth, it could no longer move forward, and Sun Kewang had already set up a position here and was ready for it.

Lu Jiude chased all the way, and suddenly caught up, looking at the thief's formation, he suddenly felt a little panicked in his heart, is this what he looks like he wants to escape? How do you feel that this thief is in full swing, and he doesn't look like he wants to run away at all, what's going on?

Zhang Xianzhong listened to Li Dingguo's advice, he did not run away, but set up a pocket formation here, waiting for the officers and soldiers to throw themselves into the net.

However, now this pocket array is still missing a link, and if this most critical link is successful, then this pocket array will be considered successful.

"King, will Cao Cao come back, why haven't you seen anyone yet, or let's attack directly, now this army of officers and soldiers has gone deep alone, with General Funan in the rear, this officer and soldier will definitely have no backup." Sun Kewang couldn't wait a little, he was absolutely confident that he would eat this officer and soldier.

Zhang Xianzhong nodded, he has an army of 80,000 under his command, and it shouldn't be a big problem to eat 20,000 people, and he is almost impatient, he can't delay it for too long, and he is afraid of change.

"King, let's wait a little longer, otherwise it would be a pity to let this officer and soldier escape to Nanyang when the time comes, this officer and soldier will fight a little less, we will annihilate the living force of the officers and soldiers, drag down the financial resources of the imperial court, and make Chongzhen anxious." Li Dingguo was afraid that Zhang Xianzhong would listen to Sun Kewang's words, so he opened his mouth to persuade.

"Strategist? Cao Cao has no news yet? Zhang Xianzhong looked at Pan Duao.

"King, it should be soon, Zhenping is not far from here, and it can be reached in two days by marching in a hurry."

"Report!"

"Come in! Is there news from Cao Cao's side? ”

A sentry knelt down and replied, "Report to the king, military advisor, Cao Cao's army has marched towards us, and will arrive at noon tomorrow at the latest." ”

"Good! After breakfast tomorrow, we will launch an offensive and let this dead eunuch see how powerful I am Zhang Xianzhong! Zhang Xianzhong was overjoyed, he spoke too hard, and the old wound on his chest suddenly became painful.

"King!" Pan Duao was in a hurry and immediately helped.

"Don't get in the way, the hateful Qin Yiming has caused me to fall into this ** disease, and one day, I have to kill him to vent my anger!" Zhang Xianzhong's eyes were vicious, he gritted his teeth, and he was angry.

Sure enough, as Qin Yiming expected, on the ambush boat led by Zuo Mengeng, when the thieves on the other side saw that there were actually a few such sturdy horses on these boats, they all drooled greedily, and rushed over to grab them, but they were all killed by Zuo Menggeng's people, and after repeated like this twice, no one dared to come over to lead the horses, even those who fled from the co-slave camp, they didn't dare to accept them, and they were all killed.

After that, no one in the co-cong battalion was willing to flee anymore, and there was still food and drink on the side of the officers and soldiers, but when they got to the opposite side, they were actually beheaded, and the brothers of the rebels probably abandoned them.

The little monkey was already mixed in the ranks of the peasant army at this time, he was dressed in tatters, with Ah Hua, and was slowly approaching the tile shop.

The management of the peasant army is not strict, and sometimes it is very normal to have more or less people, but after all, the little monkey is still very careful when he mixes with the thieves for the first time, and these thieves are also patrolled by soldiers from time to time.

"Stop, where are you?"

A pair of patrolmen noticed that the little monkey was a little strange, so they stopped the little monkey and interrogated him. The little monkey stood, his hand quietly in his pocket, and in case the stuffing was revealed, he was ready to kill and kill and then flee for his life.

"Big brother, I am under General Cao, I have a waist card!"

"Show me?"

The little monkey handed over the waist card he had taken from the men on the other side of the camp.

"Where's the people?"

"Shaanxi."

The little commander looked up and down, and suddenly said coldly: "Shaanxi? The accent is not like! ”

The other patrols immediately surrounded him, and the cold knives and guns were all aimed at the little monkey, as long as the commander gave an order, the little monkey would be killed on the spot by these people!

The little monkey was in a hurry, Ah Hua chirped, the little monkey hugged Ah Hua, although the weather was cold, but at this time the little monkey had cold sweat on his back.