In the face of death, the soldiers are even more afraid than Wang Yongxiang, compared with rewarding silver, the small life is the most important, the small life is gone, what is the use of asking for silver and women?

At the moment when Wang Yongxiang gave the military order, the soldiers had already turned around and ran down the mountain.

Unlike when the mountain was full of great hope, now it is a flight for life, and on the narrow downhill road, the Ming army is huddled, and if you are not careful, you will be hit by your companions and become a stepping stone.

Wang Yongxiang was weak, and in front of the crowd, he could only watch a large number of soldiers die at the feet of his companions, but fortunately the thieves behind did not chase after him, and they were busy harvesting the wounded.

At the head of Guguan City, He Xiaomi suddenly became nervous, "Governor, the officers and soldiers have run away!" ”

"Run?" Li Zicheng showed a sneer on his face, "I spent so much effort to lead them to Guguan, and I can still let them escape?" ”

"The Grand Duke?"

"If nothing else, in a quarter of an hour, they will have to come back," Li Zicheng's gaze kept falling on the path in front of the mountain, "Yunshui's cavalry, I'm afraid they have been waiting impatiently!" ”

"Metropolitan Governor, subordinates understand," He Xiaoxiao only understood, no wonder Liu Yunshui was always wandering outside the Guancheng, but he didn't enter the customs, it turned out that he had cut off the back road of the officers and soldiers, however, he was still a little worried, "Metropolitan Governor, once the officers and soldiers are surrounded, they are likely to escape from the dense forest." ”

"It's okay to escape, if they are all wiped out, who will send a letter to Hong Chengchou?" Li Zicheng has made all the preparations, just waiting for Hong Chengchou, if the war is over, he can leave Guguan and go to build Longyou, being trapped in Guguan like this is really worrying, "Xiaomi, they escaped this time, there should be no fewer people who trample to death, right?" ”

"Dadudu, I saw it, and sure enough, I stepped on a lot of people, and there were still people who were not yet dead, and they wanted to escape......

"It's almost time if they don't die, can they take it once, and can they take it twice?" Before Li Zicheng's words fell, the officers and soldiers really began to flee towards the mountain, as if they were burning their buttocks, and they ran as fast as they could.

The mountain road is too narrow, crowded, the Ming soldiers who were originally squeezed down, have not had time to get up, and ushered in a large number of panicked legs and feet, if they were lucky to pick up a life just now, this time, they are disappointed, the Ming army pushed over like a tide, completely covering the mountain road.

However, before and after their deaths, they also tripped over a lot of Ming troops, which can be regarded as "avenging" themselves!

After screaming one after another, the wounded soldier gradually lost his breath.

But new wounded soldiers, new screams, are endless......

In the face of the call of his companions, the Ming army chose to remain silent, and even Wang Yongxiang realized the seriousness of the problem, could this be a thief's trap?

The group of cavalry at the bottom of the mountain, who rushed and killed like madmen, had already broken the hearts of the brothers, but fortunately, the mountain road was narrow, and the cavalry could not be used to attack on a large scale.

But this cavalry has cut off the way down the mountain, and has a huge advantage in speed, even if it can break through, it will not be able to escape the cavalry attack, and there is no other way but death.

For today's plan, only to go up the mountain, take advantage of the number of people, break through the group of infantry in front of the mountain, maybe the fire gun in their hands is not as sharp as just now, the Ming army's fire gun is the same, usually scary, shoot twice, there will be a failure, in addition to the sound can intimidate the opponent, the actual effect is not as good as the bow and arrow.

Although he knew that there was danger, Wang Yongxiang still chose to go up the mountain, in the open space outside Guguan City, the number of thieves was not much, as long as he broke through this line of defense, he could enter Guanshan Road, and rush to Longyou first.

He Xiaomi, who was on the city, his eyes were already overflowing with excitement, "Governor Dadu, are the officers and soldiers really back?" ”

"Xiaomi, look at what you said," Li Zicheng laughed, "There are five hundred cavalry households, if Yunshui lets these officers and soldiers run away, I will peel his skin!" ”

"The Metropolitan Governor is right," He Mi looked at the eyes of the officers and soldiers, but was full of sympathy, and he muttered: "It turns out that the officers and soldiers of the imperial court are so weak!" ”

What if you are not weak? The current Xining army is either cavalry or infantry equipped with rifles, not to mention this Wang Yongxiang, even if Hong Chengchou is here, what can he do?

Li Zicheng's only concern was the number of Ming troops, often thousands, tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, even if there were rifles, it would be difficult to shoot them all for a while and a half.

"Xiaomi forgot, the soldiers of Xining, Ganzhou, and Longyou are not the officers and soldiers of the imperial court?"

He Xiaoxiao suddenly realized, "Yes, these are the troops of the imperial court, it turns out that the officers and soldiers are so weak, what a waste of food!" ”

"It's not that the officers and soldiers are too weak, but that the Heavenly Mandate Army is too strong," Li Zicheng saw that the officers and soldiers were about to enter the range of the rifle, so he stretched his waist, "The current Heavenly Mandate Army, even the Mongolian cavalry is not in the eyes, not to mention the officers and soldiers, Xiaomi, there is a good show to watch!" ”

"Bang, bang, bang......"

As soon as the Ming army entered the open area under the city, the Xining rifle sounded, watching the brothers rolling on the ground and screaming, Wang Yongxiang knew that his losses were not small, but he let go, "Brothers, rush, as long as you lean over, the thieves are definitely not our opponents!" ”

He secretly cursed in his heart, Ma Qiao, where did the thieves come from, they were actually issued with firearms of such a range, which is even more powerful than the officers and soldiers!

The Xining rifle is like a meat grinder, as long as it enters the firing range, whether it is an officer or a soldier, they will all bow and worship!

Wang Yongxiang was bleeding in his heart, but he knew that "Ci is not in charge of the army", if he can't quickly break through this line of defense, none of them will be able to escape! Since there are destined to be casualties, let these brothers make some contribution to the escape of the army!

As long as he can escape back, the families of those brothers who were killed and injured will be taken care of.

"My lord, the brothers have suffered too many casualties......"

"How can there be immortals in war? How many thieves have we killed during this time? Wang Yongxiang shouted: "Quick, press it, I don't believe it, thieves are all firecrackers, isn't there a gap between shooting?" ”

Strange to say, Wang Yongxiang has been observing, but the thief's firepower has no high and low tides at all, so he is shooting unhurriedly, while his brother is constantly falling under the fire, looking at it, his forehead wrinkled into a big "Chuan" character.

"Kill, kill them all!"

"Kill them all!"

"Kill them all!"

……

Behind Wang Yongxiang, there was a shouting voice, it turned out to be cavalry, they chased the ranks of officers and soldiers, and came at the tail end!

"My lord, it's not good, the cavalry is chasing after you!"

Wang Yongxiang turned around and stared at the cavalry rushing up the gentle slope with a gloomy gaze, his heart trembled, there was a blockade in front and a pursuer in the back, which had already compressed them on the edge of this open space outside the pass.

Because of the narrow mountain road, the cavalry has just emerged, but there are only more than ten war horses, but his infantry can not stop the cavalry attack at all, and they are retreating one after another, and at most a quarter of an hour, the cavalry will be killed to the side.

What to do?

How come these stupid things can't break through the thieves' defenses until now? Could it be that their physical strength was drained by the girls yesterday?

Wang Yongxiang was anxious, but the soldiers in front of him did not seem to have broken through the thieves' defense line at all, there was no way, he called out a general, "Quick, take your people, block the cavalry out of the mountain road, and don't let them enter the open area!" ”

At the head of Guguan City, Li Zicheng was furious, "This Liu Yunshui, let him make a show, just drive the officers and soldiers to the front of the mountain, he is so desperate to attack, if he loses his brothers and war horses, I will ask him to settle the account!" ”

He Xiaoxiao said with a smile: "The Grand Governor, the cavalry is simply a massacre against the infantry, with Liu Qianhu's temperament, how can he bear it?" ”

"This Liu Yunshui, it seems that he has to memorize military discipline well!" Li Zicheng looked at the front of the battle, "Hey, why haven't the officers and soldiers woken up?" Don't run out! ”

"Metropolitan Governor, maybe Wang Yongxiang is stupid......"

"Scared silly? Such a person is also worthy of independently commanding an army? Haha......"

Outside the city, Wang Yongxiang was not stupid, the situation was critical, his brain was running at high speed, he sometimes looked at the charge in front, sometimes turned his head to look at the resistance behind, but in the two battles, he was very disappointed.

What made him even more alarming was that the soldiers in front were about to run out, and when they looked at it, there were only two or three hundred soldiers, and behind, the thieves' cavalry had been steadily pushed over......

Suddenly, a soldier who was blocking the attack was stabbed in the thigh by a shot from the cavalry, and the cavalry seemed to show off, and actually picked the Ming soldier into the air and threw it hard, and the soldier let out a miserable "ah" scream, and then disappeared into the woods.

The cavalry still wanted to kill him, but on the outside of the road, the terrain was very different, and the war horse could not go downhill directly.

Wang Yongxiang had an epiphany in his heart, and hurriedly shouted: "Brothers, retreat to the woods on both sides, quickly!" ”

The Ming troops at the east and west ends were already frightened by blood and death, and when they heard the shouting, they dragged their knives and guns one by one, and ran to the mountains and forests on both sides......

Ma Youshui saw that the remaining Ming army was still more than 100, far exceeding the goal set by the Metropolitan Governor, so he raised the waist knife in his hand to the sky, "Brothers, keep shooting!" ”

The gunners did not pursue, but directly raised the muzzle of the gun, increased the firing range, and harvested the Ming army with point shots, and in the east, the cavalry of Liu Yunshui's department also chased the Ming army and slashed from behind, until the remnants of the Ming army completely submerged in the forest.

In a short time, the battle that took place outside Guguan City had completely ended, and the Heavenly Mandate Army began to clean up the battlefield and make up for the wounded Ming army.

Ma Youshui came to the city wall and saluted Li Zicheng, "Governor, the battle is over, the Ming army has lost 826 dead and no wounded!" ”

Li Zicheng looked at the soldiers of the Heavenly Mandate Army searching the corpse, and said lightly: "What about Wang Yongxiang?" Have you ever escaped? ”

"Back to the Metropolitan Governor, according to the plan, Wang Yongxiang ran away, but I don't know if he can get out of the mountains!"

"Dozens of soldiers have fled, there should always be some people who can get out of the mountains, without them, I don't know that Hong Chengchou will wait until the Year of the Monkey to strengthen the pass!" Li Zicheng silently muttered in his heart: God bless, let these fugitive soldiers return to Hong Chengchou's side as soon as possible.

Ma Youshui said again: "Metropolitan Governor, according to the plan, the gunners implemented the '100-step death line' tactic, but when the Ming army fled, the brothers increased the firing range, and the Ming army should not know!" ”

Li Zicheng nodded, "Very good, clean up the battlefield as soon as possible and return to the city!" ”

"Yes, Grand Duke!" Ma Youshui saluted again, and then ordered the soldiers to clean up the battlefield.