According to the record of "The Legend of the Thieves in the History of the Ming Dynasty": The officers and soldiers were fighting with the rogues, and the gunpowder piled up in the rear camp of the officers and soldiers was ignited one after another by the rogues, and an explosion occurred, and the officers and soldiers panicked for a while, and lost the advantage of artillery. At this time, the rogues came all over the mountains and fields, and the officers and soldiers were defeated.

Chen Guoji, the younger brother of Chen Yuwang, who died in the Dawang Valley, is now the Taihu Metropolitan Division, and when he saw the attack of the Liukou, the official army retreated. He held a big knife and went up to him, slashing more than a dozen rogues one after another, which can be described as invincible.

However, there were many rogues, and Chen Guoji was seriously injured in the continuous fierce battle, and the generals wanted to retreat to avoid the situation when they saw that the situation was not good. But Chen Guoji said: "What is the place where I died? And shouted, "Exhausted!" "Facing the north four times, he drew his sword and killed himself, and was martyred.

Tang Shilong, the general of the staff, was unwilling to escape from danger alone, and led his subordinates to reflexively rush into battle with the thieves.

Garrison Wang Hongyou, defeated and captured, the rogue praised his bravery and good fighting, persuaded him to surrender to the Kou did not listen, scolded, was the thief sawed off his foot with a sawtooth and still scolded and died.

The officers and soldiers were defeated, with countless casualties, and the defeated soldiers retreated to Anqing, where hundreds of thousands of rogues pursued and killed.

Shi Kefa led his troops to Taihu Lake to help in the battle, but before he could reach the battlefield, the Ming army was defeated and retreated. As soon as the Xiangyong led by Shi Kefa saw this formation, they scattered in a hurry, and 2,000 people disappeared with the defeated Ming army.

The commander Pan Guozhu saw that the township ran away, and hurriedly said to Shi Kefa: "Lord Zhongcheng, this place is not suitable for a long time, let's go back to Anqing quickly and strictly guard against the city." ”

Shi Kefa also knew that he could not support it alone, and now keeping Anqing was the top priority.

"Hurry back to the army!"

The soldiers of Zhongchi Prefecture were like being amnestied, and they ran back the way they came. These Chizhou soldiers have never been on the battlefield, but they didn't expect that the first time they went to the battlefield would be such a situation.

The officers and soldiers were defeated and retreated, seeing that Taihu Lake was not protected, Zheng Tongyuan, the magistrate of Taihu Lake, abandoned the city and fled.

The guerrilla general Chang led 700 soldiers to escape for the people in the city, and the people had to take advantage of the gap to go to the pontoon bridge in the south of the county and cross the pontoon bridge to escape. Often guerrillas and thieves fierce battle in Longjin pontoon bridge, this bridge is more than ten zhang long and wide, with iron cables to connect the two banks, the bridge deck tiled planks.

When the soldiers and civilians retreated to the other side of the bridge, they often cut the iron rope with a saber in guerrillas, and the Liukou could not cross the river, so they could only confront and curse the Ming army across the water.

I thought I could breathe a sigh of relief, but at this moment, an arrow suddenly flew from the other side and hit him in the thigh, followed by another arrow in the neck. Chang Guerrilla did not die at that time, and reluctantly withdrew to a safe place.

Later, Chang guerrilla went to Wuhu, and the arrows burst out and he was martyred! This loyal guerrilla did not leave his name in the history books, but it can be seen that there were many bloody officers in the Ming army.

The officers and soldiers were defeated, and the rogue was like a rainbow, following the officers and soldiers to Anqing to kill, and there was a great tendency to step on Anqing in one fell swoop.

"Hahaha, take Anqing again, this land in the north of the river is the world I am waiting for." Zhang Xianzhong is proud to dry the clouds.

Hui Dengxiang complimented: "It's all because Dashuai has a good son!" ”

Zhang Xianzhong stroked his beard, looked at Li Dingguo, who was becoming more and more heroic, and said with a smile: "In this battle, Dingguo can be described as the first achievement." ”

Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at another righteous son next to him who was a little unconvinced, and said: "It is expected that this battle led the first troops to rush into the enemy formation, and the officers and soldiers were defeated because of this, which is also a great achievement." ”

Zhang Xianzhong can have the current situation, it is still a bit level, otherwise there would not be so many people who support it.

Sun Kewang was overjoyed when he heard this: "Dad has won the award, and I hope to lead the people of the headquarters to attack Anqing and win the city for my father-in-law." ”

"Ugh!" Zhang Xianzhong glanced at him and said: "This is not in a hurry, the city wall of Anqing is high and thick, we will wait for the siege first, and then find a way to break the city." ”

Although he admires the bravery of this righteous son, he can't be blindly brave. With so many rebel leaders here, you can't let our family finish their work and let them sit idly by, right?

Sun Kewang was not stunned, and when he saw his father-in-law's eyes, he understood a little in his heart. Young man, it's just a moment of enthusiasm, and when you calm down, you know what's going on.

At this moment, after a night of galloping, Luo Ru, who had killed a horse, finally arrived. He was helped over, and his legs were shaking because he was running so fast.

Zhang Xianzhong and the others saw that his hair was scattered, his face was covered with sweat, and he was very embarrassed, and asked in surprise: "Luo Shuai, what's wrong with you?" ”

Luo Rucai grinned and cried: "Defeated, I lost!" ”

The reason why he was so sad was because the more than 200 women were left in Shucheng, which was the most distressing thing for him.

Zhang Xianzhong, Hui Dengxiang and the others' faces changed greatly, and they hurriedly asked, "Which part of the official army did you lose to?" ”

"I guess it should be the Tiance Army that Chaotian Star said!" Luo Rucai took the water brought by others, drank it all, wiped his mouth and said: "These officers and soldiers are dressed in colorful clothes, using all firearms, and the lead keeps bursting out when the fire is beaten, and it can take people's lives three hundred steps away, we can't stop it at all, it must be the Tiance army." ”

Luo Rucai's intestines are now repentant, the scout horse has been destroyed, and the person who ran back mentions the power of the enemy's firecracker. He didn't take it seriously at all, thinking it was nonsense, where is there such a sharp firebolt? It's too late to understand now.

Hearing the name of Tiance Army, Zhang Xianzhong lost his voice and said: "Come so fast? ”

Hui Dengxiang, Zhang Tianlin, Liu Guoneng and others were also shocked, could it be that the Tiance Army was really as invincible as the legend?

Luo Rucai said miserably: "It's too fast, it's too fast, it's bad luck." Hurry up and run, those Tiance troops are simply devils from hell. ”

He shuddered when he thought of the armored car crashing into the crowd, the tragic situation of his own soldiers, and the blurred scene of flesh and blood.

Zhang Xianzhong looked at this product in surprise, it is said that it is also an old pole, how can he be scared like this, it seems that he has been beaten,

Sun Kewang next to him said: "Uncle Luo, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers. Although you have been defeated for a while, we have defeated the officers and troops here, and we can be regarded as a retreat in two strokes. Now that the officers and troops have been greatly injured, it is time to take Anqing in one go. ”

Zhang Xianzhong asked: "Luo Shuai, how many troops did you encounter in the Tiance Army?" How many troops did you flee with? ”

Luo Rucai said with a sad face: "How many troops are there?" They were all fucking scattered, and there were only a few dozen riders who ran back with me. The Tiance army I met had seven or eight thousand troops, almost one man and two horses. ”

Seeing that everyone's expressions became solemn, Luo Rucai explained: "This Tiance army is evil, they are not cavalry, but mounted infantry. The power of these people lies in firearms, which are hard to handle! ”