Lu Mingchen and Gao Wengui ordered the troops to break through separately, and the whole army rushed out together, Zhou Guodong did not have an absolute superiority in strength, and was rushed out by some Western troops, but they were like fish in a pond, after escaping from the fishing net, they could still only flutter in the pond, and did not really escape.

Zhou Guodong divided a part of his forces to chase and kill and encircle these fleeing enemies, but the main force has been biting Lu Mingchen and Gao Wengui tightly, and also arranged for someone to watch every move of the two of them with binoculars.

Lu Mingchen rushed back and forth in the encirclement of the Chu army, and was never able to break through, and was forced to retreat to a hill, according to the danger, at this time he still held the hope in his heart, in case Liu Wenxiu was fine, he would send troops to meet him, and there was still a chance to escape, but not long after, Qi Sansheng lit fireworks and rockets on the distant mountain, and issued a breakthrough signal several times in a row, Lu Mingchen knew that the general trend had gone, and it could not be recovered.

With a snort, he waved his knife to cut off the flag, and shouted to the remaining more than 1,000 soldiers around him: "Brothers, there will be no more reinforcements coming, this general will be killed down the mountain, you can take the opportunity to escape." ”

Now this situation is no longer a separate breakthrough, but a run of luck, being able to run out one by one, it is better than staying on the mountain and waiting for death, Lu Mingchen, as a general, knows that the chance of survival is very small, and he is determined to fight here and die on the battlefield.

"Kill!"

Lu Mingchen took the lead and rushed down the mountain, and the other soldiers of the Western Army followed behind him, rushing out to kill together, the Chu army had already taken precautions and was ready for battle, Lu Mingchen roughly glanced at the opponent's formation, rushed to the weak point between the two Chu armies, and started a fierce battle.

Kill, kill, kill!

Rush Rush!

Lu Mingchen is a fierce general of the Western Army, and his seniority is only slightly lower than that of Wang Shangli, Feng Shuangli and others.

"Hurry! Hurry! ”

Lu Mingchen shouted fiercely, his body was splashed with blood, the steel knife in his hand chopped the blade, and grabbed a spear to sweep straight stabs, and turned back to kill the place where the Chu soldiers were the most, at the same time, he quickly glanced left and right, wanting to see how many Western soldiers had successfully broken through under the cover of his own rush.

"Why don't you leave yet, what are you doing with me?" He stopped abruptly and shouted at the hundreds of Western Army soldiers behind him.

"We're not leaving!"

"Follow the general to the death!"

"We are not greedy for life and afraid of death!"

These four or five hundred soldiers of the Western Army are all personal soldiers who have followed Lu Mingchen for many years, although Lu Mingchen ordered their own escapes, they have been following him to rush to kill, Lu Mingchen's eyes were moist, and he suddenly laughed: "Okay, I will live and die together today, and kill the thieves happily." ”

Kill, kill, kill!

Rush Rush!

The soldiers around Lu Mingchen fought less and less, but there were more and more Chu troops surrounding him, and finally Lu Mingchen and more than 200 western troops were tightly surrounded on a hillside, with guns like a forest and swords and shields like a wall.

"Stop!"

Zhou Guodong suddenly waved his hand, ordered the soldiers of the Chu army to retreat slightly, and said loudly: "This general Zhou Guodong, I have long admired the name of General Lu, General Lu has fought so far, he has done his best, why bother to resist uselessly?" These of your men are also warriors, and if you lay down your arms and surrender, you will not be harmed. ”

"Chu thief is cunning, don't believe him!"

"Killing one is enough, killing two earns one, you can't surrender!"

"Put down your weapons, you can only be slaughtered."

The soldiers around Lu Mingchen shouted nonsense, they refused to give in and surrender, they fought fiercely with Zhou Guodong for a day, the two sides had already killed the red eye, put down their weapons and surrendered is likely to be difficult to escape, it is better to fight to the end, kill a few more Chu soldiers on their backs.

"Those who surrender will not die, otherwise there will be no mercy!" Zhou Guodong smiled coldly, waved his hand to bring up a thousand archers, and aimed his bow and arrows at the western army in the encirclement, as long as he gave an order, he would shoot them into hedgehogs, and he didn't have to pay a single casualty.

The shouting of the soldiers of the Western Army suddenly stopped, and continuing to resist in this situation only made the archers of the Chu army exert some effort, and even the arrows shot could be recycled, and more than 200 people just died in vain.

Lu Mingchen hesitated for a moment and said loudly: "Zhou Guodong, you are the chief general of the First Army, you won't break your word in public, right?" ”

Zhou Guodong replied: "This general will make a promise, and General Lu can rest assured." ”

"Never go back?"

"Ben will swear to heaven and will never go back!"

Seeing Zhou Guodong swearing in public, Lu Mingchen nodded, didn't say anything more, ordered his soldiers to lay down their weapons and surrender to the Chu army, and waited until the last Western Army soldier squatted on the ground with his head in his hands, Lu Mingchen suddenly put a horizontal knife on his neck, glanced at Zhou Guodong again, and suddenly pulled back hard, killing himself.

Zhou Guodong's face instantly became ugly, he was silent for a moment, and he still ordered someone to bury Lu Mingchen on the spot, pile up a grave bag and set up a sign, so that his family could collect the bones and send them back to his hometown for burial.

Zhou Guodong called a confidant general to escort the more than 200 Western troops back to Guiyang, and whispered to him: "I wanted to spare more than 200 Western troops, but since Lu Mingchen committed suicide, none of these people can stay. ”

"Yes." The confidant general understood in his heart, more than 200 Western troops are Lu Mingchen's hardcore descendants, although Lu Mingchen committed suicide, but he was forced to death by Zhou Guodong, more than 200 Western troops and the Chu army have formed a mortal enemy, cutting the grass and eradicating the root is the best policy, just set up a crime of running away and resisting, kill them all, no one can say a word.

In the other direction, Gao Wengui was also forced into a desperate situation.

Unlike Lu Mingchen, who insisted on waiting for help, Gao Wengui had been rushing out to kill, so the troops suffered heavy casualties, when Lu Mingchen still had more than 1,000 people around him, there were only a few hundred soldiers left around him, but under the repeated rushing, he was not trapped to death by the Chu army, and there was room to escape, and finally he was chased by the Chu army and fled into a dense forest.

After Gao Wengui fled into the dense forest, he used the terrain to make a small ambush to temporarily kill the pursuers, but more Chu soldiers had already entered the woods to search, so he had to take his men and soldiers to flee to the depths of the dense forest.

The terrain in the dense forest gradually rose, Gao Wengui climbed a hillside, just saw the breakthrough signal issued by Qi Sansheng, and knew that the western army had been defeated on all fronts, so he stopped in place and did not continue to run.

The shouts of the soldiers of the Chu army came from around, and they were slowly approaching here, Gao Wengui calmly removed his armor, retied the hair bun that had been scattered in the vicious battle, tidied up the clothes on his body, and washed his face and hands with the water in the gourd, before putting on his armor again, raising the horse sword in his hand, and quietly waiting for the appearance of the Chu army.

"Everyone, in life, there is nothing important except death!"

He smiled left and right and said: "I fought for half my life, but I finally died here, but fortunately, I didn't die in bed, but on the field!" Our army has been defeated, the king of Shu does not know the life and death, I don't want to continue to run for my life now, I just want to die under the sword of the enemy, you wait for each to escape. ”

Some of the soldiers left.

More soldiers stayed by his side, and the situation was the same as that of Lu Mingchen, most of the soldiers who had been following Gao Wengui to the present were his hardcore personal soldiers, and since Gao Wengui chose to die in battle here, he was determined to die with him.

"Kill!"

The figure of a Chu soldier flashed out from behind the tree, and then, more Chu soldiers came out, Gao Wengui shouted, holding a heavy horse sword in both hands, strode towards a Chu army armor led by the leader, and slashed at the head with a sword, the Chu army armor was also a warrior who rushed to the front, the steel knife in his hand was backhanded, and he set up Gao Wengui's horse sword, and at the same time raised his leg and kicked Gao Wengui's waist and eyes, defending the center and attacking, and he was skilled in martial arts.

Gao Wengui dodged the opponent's flying feet sideways, changed to holding the horse sword with one hand, and gently pulled it back with the momentum, wiping it under his ribs.

The horse sword is not a light sword, but a heavy sword that can cut a strong horse, weighing more than ten catties, generally only used by cavalry, Gao Wengui is lightweight, from the big open and close of the full force of the chop, suddenly become a light and fast horizontal sword wipe, this change is very abrupt, it is difficult for ordinary people to adapt, only rely on this move, Gao Wengui has killed countless strong enemies.

The Chu army armor soldier reacted quickly, and the steel knife in his hand was suddenly erected, just blocking Gao Wengui's heavy sword, and with a soft sound, he took two steps back, although he was slightly downwind, but he was unharmed.

"Good thief!"

Gao Wengui and him made two moves, and secretly praised the other party, this Chu army armor is not only proficient in martial arts, but also tall and strong, and has excellent strength, compared with himself, a big man in the north, he does not suffer any loss, looking at his appearance like a northwest man, he is likely to be born in the camp, and he is a veteran under Li Zicheng.

"The Chu thieves' western expeditionary army is really elite, no wonder our army will be defeated in their hands."

Gao Wengui knew that this Chu army armor soldier was probably not an ordinary soldier, and if he continued to fight with him, he might not be able to distinguish the winner within ten moves, so he suddenly staggered forward and swept past the other party. Although Gao Wengui has the will to die, but after really entering the battle, it is already an instinct that does not need to think about it, and after getting rid of this Chu army soldier, he rushed into the crowd like a hungry tiger pounced, rescued several surrounded Western soldiers one after another, and killed in the other direction of the battlefield.