After an earth-shattering explosion, the gap in the encirclement that was torn open was instantly filled by the brave officers and soldiers who flocked to the village who forgot their lives and forgot to die, and they were blocked tightly again, and rows of well-made Lu Shi's longbows were erected like a forest, and the long arrows that flashed cold light were aimed at Lu Shi's cavalry under the mountain.

Looking at the surrounding mountains, it is already a banner waving and the war drums are thundering.

The official army completely surrounded Lu Shi's army.

Now Lu Shi is already in a dead place, there are countless officials and troops on all sides, and behind Lu Shi, there is Li Zicheng who is entangled with himself, which is the most serious crisis that Lu Shi has faced since the breakthrough of Yanchuan.

"What to do." All eyes were on Lu Shi, waiting for their King Chuang to give them a military order.

"Uncle, I took my brother to do Li Zicheng first, and then protected my uncle and rushed out." Da Lang rode on his restless war horse and shouted loudly.

It's all this Li Zicheng, who once again dragged himself back when he was waiting for the most critical time, or he couldn't say that everyone worked hard to win the mountain pass in the time that the firearms battalion brothers fought for everyone.

Now, everyone hates Li Zicheng's itchy teeth.

Lu Shi turned around and saw that Li Zicheng had also broken away from Chunlan's team at this time, and slowly retreated to the opposite side of a small river at the bottom of the valley, and had already begun to form a defense, watching Lu Shi's actions coldly.

Chunlan didn't take her brothers to pursue them, she was still very calm, knowing that at this time, if she encountered Li Zicheng's remnants fighting again, she could only waste military strength and make the officers and soldiers powerful.

Chunlan rushed back to Lu Shi's side with a horse, and asked eagerly, "Fourth brother, what should we do next?" ”

Lu Shi looked around, frowned and smiled bitterly, what should I do? The current situation is that the favorable terrain on all sides is occupied by I don't know how many villagers and officials, and the cavalry will definitely not be able to get the slightest benefit from attacking from the back, except for the harvest of death and sacrifice, there will definitely be no gain. What's more, on his own side, the firearms battalion was completely wiped out, and the cavalry did not bring longbows, only the cavalry's short-range crossbow arrows, attacking the officers and soldiers defending the mountain, it was no different from sending them to death.

In particular, just behind him, there is Li Zicheng's torn pants wrapped around his legs, so that he can't break through with all his strength, this is really a dead end.

Looking at the fact that it was getting late, the officers and soldiers only camped on the mountain and surrounded them, and did not go down the mountain to fight a decisive battle with themselves, and the officers and soldiers also knew that they were absolutely sure that they would use the terrain to trap themselves, but if they rushed down the mountain to fight a decisive battle with themselves, the result would be a fiasco.

"Set up camp first, and then we'll think about what to do." Lu Shi commanded softly.

Although Da Lang was unwilling, looking at the surrounding environment, he could only follow Lu Shi's instructions and beckon his brothers to retreat into the middle of the valley and set up camp.

Although the attack was in a hurry, everyone didn't have time to bring heavy tents, but fortunately, Li Zicheng had 100,000 horses in the valley for a long time, and although the original camp was dilapidated, it was also available with a little tidying, but the food and grass were extremely scarce, and looking for half a day in the ruins could only sustain everyone to chew it for a day, which was the biggest headache for Lu Shi.

Although things changed abruptly, the Chuang Jun brothers did not panic, and they were ordered by King Chuang to set up camp, and everyone still started to act step by step, because they firmly believed that King Chuang would lead them out of the encirclement, defeat the official army, and exterminate Li Zicheng's.

After everyone camped, Lu Shi took Da Lang and other generals to start checking the people.

This inspection made Lu Shi feel distressed.

When the expedition was made, there were 10,000 cavalry, 1,000 firearms battalions, and 10,000 masters with the army, and the 10,000 masters later protected tens of thousands of Li Zicheng's people who were attached to him and returned to the base area, and the remaining 11,000 soldiers were now less than 6,000 left, of which the firearms battalion was completely wiped out, 3,000 cavalry sacrifices, more than 1,300 were wounded, and 500 lost their combat effectiveness.

In particular, the surprise attack of the official army made Lu Shi not only lose all his firearms, but also almost all of his baggage, there were few crossbow arrows left of the cavalry, and all the grain and grass brought by the army were lost, which was really a fiasco.

and commanded his brothers not to disarm. The horse did not get off the saddle, and he was ready to deal with the sneak attack of the small group of officers and soldiers at any time, especially after Li Zicheng's harassment, Lu Shi convened a meeting of the captains and the generals and brothers.

"It's all my fault." Lu Shi's face was full of annoyance, "It's because I believe too much in the promises of the officials and soldiers, and I whimsically think that when everyone is dealing with Li Zicheng together, they shouldn't attack us, at least when we don't solve Li Zicheng." Unexpectedly, Hong Chengchou really has a big appetite, and this time, even we are counted. ”

When Lu Shi said this, he was annoyed that he was too naïve to agree to Hong Chengchou and did not send troops to contain him, but now it is okay, because he gave the military order Chen Che at the beginning, he was not allowed to take action against Hong Chengchou, so as to ensure that he and the official army fully cooperated and exterminated Li Zicheng, but now, he is lifting a stone to shoot himself in the foot, so that Hong Chengchou can deal with himself with all his strength without any worries, this is really God's retribution.

"Don't blame yourself for breaking the king, the situation at that time should be so decisive, but later the officials and soldiers betrayed their righteousness, and it is no wonder that the king is broken." The secretary of the army explained.

In fact, although this matter is a last resort, it is indeed Lu Shi who is too naïve to cooperate with the official army, he forgot that although the two sides had a common purpose and interests at that time, but, after all, the two sides are also mortal enemies, how can they come together forever? Don't say forever, even temporarily.

"Hateful officers and soldiers, it seems that I won't kill him in the future." Da Lang slammed his fist on a tattered wooden table, and smashed the wooden table that he had finally found.

Lu Shi dodged the sawdust flying around, shook his hand and said: "Killing the official army, that's a matter for the future, let's talk about it now." ”

"King Chuang, the last general is guilty, it is all because our prison sergeant patrol is unfavorable, so that my brother and King Chuang are deeply trapped, and I ask King Chuang to punish him." The sergeant Wu Chang stood up with a face full of shame and saluted Lu Shi and asked for punishment.

Lu Shi smiled and comforted: "Brother, don't be like this, the prison sergeant has few personnel, but the battlefield is vast, and my brother has done his best." Speaking of which, it was my lack of experience that caused today's predicament. Seeing that there were still a few people who stood up to bear the blame, Lu Shi waved his hand and said: "Now is not the time for everyone to review the gains and losses, we should find a way to break through." ”

The clerk pondered for a long time, raised his head and said: "King Chuang, now I observe that the official army on the peaks on all sides is powerful, I am afraid that there are not tens of thousands of horses, and this time the official army has also made a bloody investment, and the equipment is even more sophisticated, especially by the powerful King Chuang's longbow, with our current men and horses, it is unrealistic to break through from the back, and everything has to rely on the outside to respond." ”

"King Chuang." The captain of the sergeant stood up again and said: "This time, none of my brothers from the outer ranks of the sergeant have come back, although the officers and soldiers are powerful, but I firmly believe that my brothers will definitely survive the disaster, and they will definitely try their best to return to the base area to report the news." ”

Lu Shi nodded. Yes, the sergeant brothers are all highly trained elite soldiers, selected by tens of thousands of horsepower, and he firmly believes that it is absolutely impossible for the officers and soldiers to defeat them all, and he also firmly believes that those brothers have calm judgment.

What's more, his expedition this time, to take the way of buying military grain and grass along the way, accompanied by a steady stream of businessmen along the way, although there will be many businessmen or forced by the pressure of the government, or lured by the official army and unwilling to help themselves, but such as Zheng Hongda's elder brother There will be a lot of righteous businessmen, they will be the first to report their situation to the Xi'an brothers such as Tianxing to know that as long as they stick to the camp, they will definitely usher in reinforcements.

"What the brothers are saying is that now we don't want to make unnecessary sacrifices, as long as we hold on to the camp, we will definitely be able to welcome reinforcements to relieve the siege." Lu Shi said confidently.

Everyone has no doubt about this at all, and if they don't abandon or give up, this is the belief of the army, and they will never abandon it.

"The rest is how we should treat Li Zicheng." Lu Shi softly asked a question.

Yes, how do we solve Li Zicheng, a guy who is always a dragger.

"How else to solve it, just kill them." As soon as Li Zicheng was mentioned, Da Lang's anger rose to the sky, if it wasn't for Li Zicheng dragging himself back with his old and young people at a critical time, how could he let the officers and soldiers kill all the brothers of the firearms battalion? How did you get yourself to where you are today? Killing him was also the original purpose, and it was the great revenge to be avenged now.

Lu Shi heard this, but he was silent in thought.

Killing Li Zicheng is the purpose of this dispatch, but now, the situation has changed abruptly, and killing Li Zicheng again will have to be considered.

Seeing that Lu Shi bowed his head and was silent, the secretary of the army saw Lu Shi's hesitation, and whispered to Lu Shi: "King Chuang, now, Li Zicheng is trapped in the valley with us, according to the normal way of thinking, they are both enemies of the official army, and they should be the same enemy." Seeing that Lu Shi nodded lightly, his face showed approval, and then he continued: "Especially now, we have lost our troops, and the remaining brothers are exhausted, let alone fighting. Turning his eyes to look at the angry Da Lang, he frowned and analyzed: "What's more, once we fight with Li Zicheng again, at a critical time, the official army rushes down the mountain, then we will die and have no place to be buried." ”

This is the key, once the army and Li Zicheng fight together, the official army will definitely take advantage of the fire to rob, at that time, with their own only 6,000 tired troops, in the face of two attacks, then they will definitely fall into a situation from which they will never recover.

"Li Zicheng can be regarded as a great enemy with us now, how can he cooperate with us? Moreover, what if he has the intention of cooperating with the official army? Fourth brother, you must know that Li Zicheng's more than 1,000 people and horses are not far from us, and they can attack us at any time. Chunlan frowned and reminded.

"How dare he?" Da Lang immediately stood up and shouted loudly.

"He doesn't dare to attack us head-on, but he can keep harassing us and keep us from resting, and if that happens, won't it be even more difficult?" Chunlan glanced at her nephew and asked a question that could arise at any time.

It's hard, it's hard, it's really hard to die. Lu Shi scratched his head, can it be solved in a positive way?