The torches lit up in the sky and stretched beyond the sky, and the torches and bonfires in the valleys on all sides were connected to the stars in the sky, and they could no longer distinguish each other.

The inspiring war drums rumbled, and all kinds of flags were hunted and fluttered in the cold wind rolling on the Loess Plateau. Countless men and horses, with hideous expressions, rushed out in the dark, like evil ghosts in hell, shouting, and rushed towards the simple camp of Lu Shichuang's army.

This time, Li Zicheng was complacent, and with the double efforts of millions of silver and declaration of allegiance, Hong Chengchou, who had always insisted on suppression, agreed to Li Zicheng's request for surrender for the first time. Li Zicheng's subordinates also have their own rewards, which can be said to be very happy.

Here, Dudu Shangjiong resigned from the official position given by Hong Chengchou, and still silently did his Langzhong, watching the performance of these people coldly.

Shang Jiong's discordant actions did not affect the mood of any people who wanted to make meritorious contributions in the last battle of encircling and suppressing Lu Shi, especially when Hong Chengchou issued a proclamation, killing a Lu Shi thief soldier, rewarding ten taels of silver, killing a Lu Shi anti-thief general, a bounty of fifty taels, an official promotion of one level, killing Lu Shi's anti-thief, a bounty of 100,000 taels, an official promotion of three grades, and a reward of 200,000 yuan, an official promotion of four levels, and reporting to the emperor to personally award it.

The reward is so rich, and the richness is fascinating, and everyone is eager to try it, dreaming of killing Lu Shi with their own hands. Yes, everyone knows that this time Lu Shi will not be able to escape his life, kill him, or capture him alive, but sooner or later, it is just the lucky one, among them, the lucky one may be himself.

The arrangement for this battle was that Li Zicheng took the lead and broke through Lu Shi's humble camp, leaving Lu Shi with nothing to rely on, and then the officers and troops on the mountains on all sides waved their troops and completely submerged Lu Shi's thieves with a sea of people.

In order to cooperate with Li Zicheng's actions, he specially allocated 10,000 Henan and Hubei Xiangyong to become his subordinates, which were directly dispatched by him, and even transferred 50 Huzun cannons carried by the officers and soldiers to strengthen their momentum. At the same time, the villagers from all over the country brought nearly 100 elm sprays, which made Li Zicheng even more happy.

Looking at the 10,000 real strong villagers, as well as the row of firearms, Li Zicheng was already full of confidence in destroying his old enemy Lu Shi.

The whole army ate the war meal allocated by Zhang Yuan, nourished their spirits, and launched an attack on the camp of Lu Shichuang's army at the time of the third watch of Tianjiao.

It's not that Li Zicheng is in a hurry to perform, it's really time waits for no one, don't look at Lu Shi trapped in this valley, but there is a strong army of Lu Shi in Shaanxi, as long as Lu Shi is given three days, the thieves in Shaanxi can be killed.

Once the reinforcements of Lu Shi's anti-thieves arrive, all everyone's efforts will be in vain, and it is more likely that in this battle, the only remaining strength of the official army in the northern bandit battlefield will be completely consumed.

The speed of the soldiers is a top priority.

In order to show his determination to surrender to sincerity, and to thank the high-ranking officials of the superintendent for rewarding, Li Zicheng ranked his men and horses first, as the vanguard of the entire attack formation, and strived to settle the battle in one battle.

"Haha, it's good, I didn't look for him, he took the initiative to come to the door." Lu Shi smiled easily, tightened his belt, lifted his sword and strode towards the simple barracks fence, behind him were Chunlan, Da Lang, and countless brothers of life and death.

The battle entered a white-hot battle at the beginning, after the blows of the Fifty Gate Tiger Venerable and the Hundred Gate Elm Spray, tens of thousands of Li Zicheng's subordinates and those red-eyed Xiang Yong, Bin howled, and rushed up like a tide, and it was endless, not giving Lu Shi any respite at all.

Lu Shi still had 6,000 men and horses under his command, but there was not much food and grass, and he was exhausted from fighting day after day. The camp is even more simple, although the ice castle technique of Cao Mengganquan blocking the door is sacrificed here, but after all, the time is pressing, the ice wall is low, and there is no firearm to help, so the ice wall has been in crisis several times, if it is not for Lu Shi's first soldier, every battle is on the front line, it is impossible to say that it has been broken by the tide of officials and soldiers.

As the morning sun rose, Li Zicheng's subordinates, who had fought hard in the middle of the night, had to retreat to their place of departure under the solid defense of Lu Shichuang's army, eat and rest, recuperate, and prepare for another battle.

Lu Shi also took advantage of this time to inspect the camp.

Walking around the camp, look around, under the dazzling morning sun, the one-person high ice wall, under the cannonballs of the tiger zun, the lead sprayed by the elm, has been riddled with holes, the original snow bright ice wall, now all are stained red by blood, the blood, there are poles, the village brave, and more of their own brothers, inside and outside the ice wall, but also full of corpses, the original one-person high ice wall, now, as long as you step on the corpse, you can step on it, in front of the simple fence of the camp gate, it is blocked by countless corpses, The blood that flowed had turned the entire ground into a thick layer of bright red ice.

"How much do we lose?" Lu Shi asked with a frown.

The secretary behind him immediately stepped forward and reported in a low voice: "King Qi, after last night's battle, we sacrificed 1,100 brothers, and there is no need to count the injured. ”

Lu Shi took a deep breath, yes, even Lu Shi and Chunlan were already injured, but if you think about the other brothers, you can ignore the injuries.

Looking at the smoke curling from Li Zicheng's camp in the distance, and then looking at the pair of officers and soldiers who were constantly driving down on all sides, Lu Shi muttered in a low voice: "Hehe, this time Hong Chengchou is really desperate." ”

"Yes, this old thief Hong Chengchou, as well as that Zhang Yuan, this time he has made a final blow to us, if we break out of the encirclement again this time, they will no longer have the capital to fight against us, and there will be no hope of winning us, can he not fight hard?" Chunlan replied to Lu Shi, there was no fear or worry in her tone, but some were proud.

"Where are we going to go next?" Da Lang stepped forward and asked.

"We're not breaking through." Lu Shi shook his hand heroically and waved the bloody sword a few times in the sun, bringing a burst of dazzling brilliance.

"Why, the officers and troops are strong, we should break through and keep our strength." The secretary was in a hurry and immediately stepped forward to suggest.

"I know that the official army is strong, but I also know that around us, there are almost all our enemies in Shaanxi, Hong Chengchou, Zhou Ji, Zhang Yuan, He Renlong, Li Zicheng, and many other people, such a gathering is too rare." Lu Shi narrowed his eyes, and a smug smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "These people, we usually invite them together and haven't had a chance yet, since everyone has gathered together, then we should cherish the people we treated." ”

The secretary and Chunlan thought about it, and suddenly realized that Lu Shi was going to use himself as bait to attract all the enemies now and in the future, and wait for the reinforcements from outside to arrive, and defeat these damn enemies.

Really all the fierce enemies in this war, then, in the future, there will be no famous generals in the north of the Ming Dynasty, and the development of their own will be unlimited, which will be a bright prospect, but this prospect is based on the safety of King Chuang, and yes, it was immediately opposed by all the brothers who heard the news.

The enemy can be eliminated one by one, and the place can be occupied little by little, but if you lose the king, you will lose a goal, a guide of victory, and a guide of hope, and this price is definitely not something that everyone can bear.

"How much longer can we hold out?" Lu Shi asked all the brothers around him with a smile.

The brothers looked at each other, and one of the captains stood up and said loudly: "According to the current casualty situation, we will fight to the last man, and we can hold out for three days." ”

Yes, we will not surrender, we will fight to the last man, but, then, what is the point of our fight?

"How long will it take for our reinforcements to arrive?" Lu Shi asked the secretary with a smile.

The secretary stepped forward and said, "According to the calculation, we can rush to the battlefield in three days." After calculating: "Now, one night has passed, that is, there are still three days and two nights left for reinforcements." ”

"Nope." Lu Shi denied the secretary's calculations, and said loudly with pride: "I firmly believe that our reinforcements will arrive tomorrow morning. Then looking at the puzzled eyes around him, Lu Shi said loudly: "I firmly believe that our reinforcements will arrive tomorrow morning." ”

Da Lang's spirit was shocked, and he also shouted loudly: "I am the same as King Chuang, I firmly believe that our reinforcements, our brotherhood will arrive tomorrow morning." ”

After a moment of silence, almost all the brothers shouted firmly: "We firmly believe. ”

"In that case, then, let's hold on together until tomorrow morning, and completely destroy all our enemies."

When the morning sun rose again the next day, the officers and troops concentrated all their strength and completely broke through the camp of Lu Shi, in the dilapidated camp of Lu Shi, tragic battles could be seen everywhere, the whole valley had been filled with the roar of killing, blood and scraps of flesh flew everywhere, flags and swords and guns danced wildly.

This is the last battle, He Renlong, Zhang Yuan, Li Zicheng, Zhang Cunmeng, etc., all of them rushed down the valley and joined in this final battle, Hong Chengchou also gave up the big tent on the mountain, moved the Chinese army to the valley, moved to the forefront of the front, they knew that as long as half a day, no, as long as a few hours, the winner must be them, and the victory must be theirs.

Lu Shi cut down the last enemy in front of him, and it was Li Zicheng who faced him head-on.

"How? Surrender? Li Zicheng laughed proudly on the war horse, laughing at Lu Shi's incompetence. However, I will not accept your surrender. After Li Zicheng laughed, he said viciously.

Lu Shi tightened the sweat towel with the sword, and chuckled at Li Zicheng: "I won't surrender either." Looking at the ugly faces of the officials and soldiers around Li Zicheng who were smug and laughing, Lu Shi looked at the brothers who were less than five hundred around him, and Chunlan who followed him closely and never gave up, and smiled at Li Zicheng: "I firmly believe that I will laugh at the end." ”

"Really?" He Renlong asked playfully, "Will you still have a chance to laugh?" ”

Zhang Yuan dragged his fat body and laughed happily: "You are already dead, and the dead will not laugh anymore." ”

Far away, Hong Chengchou said with regret: "It's a pity that a talent, why is he a thief?" I don't dare to keep you, and I dare not see your smile, so you must die. ”

Lu Shi took a deep breath, looking at the sky in the distance, he had already heard rolling thunder, in fact, it was not thunder, in winter, there could be no thunder, it was the footsteps of his brothers, it was the sound of the artillery fire of the Huzun unique to the base area, it was the sound of explosives bags unique to the base area, and it was the shouts of his brothers.

Lu Shi raised his anger and shouted: "Brothers, as I do the last battle, let us complete our mission, and let us change history together." ”

(End of book)