Chapter 344: Chasing and Killing the Tiger The storm is coming
On the third day of the fifth month, Li and Luo's army had already reached Nanxidian between Changge County and Weishi County, and the vanguard of Yuan Shizhong of the small Yuan camp had already hit the county seat of Xiawei.
Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai, who were in the camp of the homeless people, slept very late every day, and they didn't sleep very well, and they jumped up as soon as there was a stir, they were not worried about the decisive battle in Zhuxian Town, but worried about whether the Shandong soldiers and horses in the east would appear.
Mercedes-Benz is in an endless stream of horses between the army and the southeast of Kaifeng Prefecture, and every moment, as soon as possible to deliver the news of the border.
With the northward movement of the army, their own army is getting better and better, and there is no news of Shandong sending troops, and Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai's minds have gradually settled down.
Here in Nanxidian, there used to be a small village with a large family, but seeing this army of millions of displaced people pressing over, who dared to continue to stay here and run to other places early.
The mansion of this large family is the best, the room is large and bright, you can live comfortably, there is a hall for military discussions, and the kitchen can cook hot meals, so it has naturally become Li Zicheng's temporary residence.
The movement of a million-strong army, albeit in separate units, was immense, the sand and dust on the roads were constantly rising, and if there were planes, you could see a yellow dragon from the sky. In the middle of the night, except for those who remained behind, the rest of the soldiers and horses of each battalion rested early, and the noisy earth during the day suddenly fell silent.
At this time, only the residence of King Li Zicheng was brightly lit. On the floor of the hall is a large map with a rough drawing of the topography of Henan Province, which is rough to the eyes of today, with no reliable scale and no contour lines. Even the distances from place to place are inaccurate. But for Breakaway, the map is invaluable.
This is still a big battle with the Shaanxi soldiers who came out of the customs a few days ago, and before Wang Qiaonian, the governor of Shaanxi, was captured alive, he didn't have time to burn it before it fell into the hands of the breaking army.
For the actions of the army, a good map is extremely important, otherwise there will be no Zhang Song's map in the Three Kingdoms. As soon as the soldiers who broke into the camp appeared on this map, they were presented to the king of Chuang as if they had found a treasure.
Li Zicheng also had several generals standing beside him, and Liu Zongmin led the troops below. Here is his nephew Li Guo, his son Li Shuangxi and Gao Yigong A few people, speaking of which are all relatives and confidants who have some relationship with Li Zicheng, they are the most trustworthy generals. At the beginning, Gao Jie and Liu Liangzuo were precedent.
"King Chuang, I don't understand here, even if he Shandong Li Meng is unwilling to wade into this troubled water, there should be soldiers in Guide Mansion and Xuzhou, but from our action to the present, there is no movement in Shandong, I always feel that there is something strange here, and I must guard against it."
Gao Yigong said sullenly. On such occasions, he had a lot to say. The title in the camp is more casual, he directly calls himself "me", and everyone doesn't think it's rude.
Li Zichengdi's eyes never left the map, carefully looking at the prefectures and counties around Zhuxian Town, and only after a while did he answer Gao Yigong's question:
"The arrow is on the bow, there is no possibility of going back, we can only do our own things well, I thought. As long as Zhuxian Town is laid, our strength will be completely stabilized, and Henan will be our world. Even if Li Meng comes, he can't shake us, his army is very cumbersome, and the land in Henan is not so easy to fight. ”
The three generals around him all nodded their heads again and again. Li Zicheng's eyes focused on Zhu Xianzhen. A rare smile appeared on his face, and he said slowly:
"The key is this side. Don't let Ding Qirui and Zuo Liangyu run away, eat these, let's break into the camp from the south to the north, and we can go everywhere. ”
Li Guo took a step forward and said in a low voice:
"Liu Zongmin and Yuan Zongdi's side have already made preparations according to King Chuang's instructions, but Cao Cao's side is still a little troublesome."
Li Shuangxi on the side had a loud voice, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he shouted, and was signaled by several people, and hurriedly whispered, but his tone was quite angry, and he shouted in a low voice:
"I robbed a big lady when I was in Linying, and I was tired of being in the camp all day these days, and I ignored everything I said in the past, and the thirteen Taibao under him was also a virtuous, mother, what did I do in the past as if someone owed someone something."
Hearing this, Li Zicheng's brows furrowed, and he said:
"These little things still talk about what he does, at the moment the big enemy is now, Lao Cao's side is also an old soldier, what matters and what doesn't matter, he knows it in his heart."
Li Guo dragged a few handfuls behind Li Shuangxi just now, but after King Chuang said it so indifferently, he couldn't help but step forward and said:
"King Chuang, Cao Cao's big fish and meat, the ladies are gold and silver, so that our brothers are very hot-eyed, listen to Chen Erhu said that three days ago, one of his subordinates always took more than 100 people and horses to quietly throw over, this is not a long-term solution, he has a day over there, let's ......"
Chuang Wang Li Zicheng's face was already gloomy, and he said in a cold voice:
"I have a plan in my heart, we can't mess with the enemy at the moment, besides, there are only more than 80,000 people under Luo Rucai's command, and we have so many people in the camp, what is there to be afraid of. Before the battle of Zhu Xianzhen is over, don't say it again! ”
King Chuang's tone was stern, and Li Guo, Li Shuangxi, and Gao Yigong didn't dare to say it anymore, but the meaning of Li Zicheng's words was already obvious, and everyone naturally knew it.
At present, the situation of the king is getting bigger and bigger, in the past few months, there are a lot of talents and people who have come to take refuge, and some small officials in states and counties have also come to defect, everyone is watching the luck of the camp get stronger and stronger, and the momentum is getting better and better, the Ming Dynasty looks like it is about to end, and the army of the exiles is also a good choice, if it is successful, you can also be a founding father, maybe you can also mix a Lingyan Pavilion painting.
For such a momentum, Li Zicheng's mind is also getting bigger, since the second entry into Henan, although the size of the army of displaced people has swelled more and more. However, Li Zicheng has always lived a hard life, with extremely strict self-discipline, and he has also strictly restrained the military discipline of his subordinates, and the army has also desperately accumulated all kinds of materials, and he is also very attentive to the base area.
But Na Luo Rucai never had any long-term plans, he lived happily every day, and the things he looted on weekdays were quickly used, and he blackmailed the local government many times, and contradictions naturally arose.
At that time, divination said that Li Zicheng had a share of the world. Li Zicheng is interested in this, and Li Guo, Li Shuangxi, Gao Yigong and several other people who have the closest relationship with him are naturally also eager.
Several of them are the ones who stand on the same position as Li Zicheng in everything, and they are both prosperous and loss-oriented.
The camp was full of words, but everyone was speechless, Li Zicheng turned around and continued to look at the map, he was confident of winning. But after all, the other party is also known as an army of 400,000 troops, and it must always be treated with caution, and at this increasingly approaching opportunity for war, all the factors that should be taken into account must be considered.
Li Zicheng had just quieted down in the tent, but there was a sudden commotion outside, Li Shuangxi held King Chuang's personal guard, heard the inquiry outside, and bowed to King Chuang. hurriedly walked out of the tent.
Several people in the handsome tent were calm except for Li Zicheng. Gao Yigong and Li Guo both looked out vigilantly, and their hands were on the hilt of the knife.
Hearing Li Shuangxi shouting loudly there, the guards of the guards replied loudly, and everyone knew the teams around the tent, and the teams reported their names one by one, and everyone's minds were also stable, there was no change outside, and the teams were all immobile and safe.
Where did the noise come from? I am in doubt. Li Shuangxi walked into the handsome tent, with an anxious look on his face, he flashed to the side, and two personal soldiers walked in with a blood-covered man, seeing this blood-covered man, Li Guo and Gao Yigong both cried out in a lost voice.
"Li Dong, what's wrong with you!?"
This person is Li Zicheng's distant nephew. is not much younger than Li Zicheng. When Li Zicheng was rampant in Shaanxi, he returned to his hometown of Mizhi. Relatives and relatives all came to defect, and these people are Li Zicheng's real henchmen.
The hands of the two pro-soldiers were slightly relaxed, and Li Dong's body was so soft that he was about to fall to the ground, his face was covered with blood, and he couldn't open it at all.
Li Guo stepped forward and shook him and shouted, Gao Yigong confessed his guilt, took out a jar of wine in King Chuang's tent, put it in his mouth, approached Li Dong, and sprayed a mouthful of wine on his face.
The liquor was decorated, and this sip was sprayed, Li Dong was suddenly excited, and opened his eyes suddenly, but then he was about to close his eyes, and he couldn't do it when he saw it, but when he saw Li Zicheng standing there, he still had a spirit, struggled to gather the last bit of strength, and said:
"King Chuang, Yuan Shizhong led the striker and ran towards the east......"
Having said this, the strength is unsustainable, and the head is tilted, it is directly not good, but the people in the handsome tent can't care about sadness, like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, everyone is shocked. ^^^^
Xiao Yuan's camp is in the camp, the combat effectiveness is the strongest one, Li Zicheng out of the fish belly mountain, rushed into Henan, heroes from all over the world, this Yuan Shizhong brought 130,000 people to defect.
But this Yuan Shizhong was not born in mud legs, he was originally from a big family in Beizhili and Henan, so he has always been unable to enter the real inner circle.
However, breaking into the camp is also quite thin for him, every time he divides the spoils of war, he is not missing a share of the promotion, Yuan Shizhong now has nearly 40,000 soldiers and horses, much less than before, but the remaining land is the real core of the team, but it is stronger than before,
This time he went north, and the responsibility of the striker was also on him, and he promised that after the decisive battle, Yuan Shizhong would also participate in the collegial discussion of the Shuai Tent.
Now it is redundant to say that these are all redundant, as soon as Yuan Shizhong's forward runs, the heart of the army is suddenly exposed in front of the official army without any cover, and the loopholes are huge.
And in the end, Yuan Shizhong ran there, why did he run, I can't figure out that the entire million-strong army collapsed because of Yuan Shizhong's sudden escape.
"Li Guo, you go to transfer the old camp horse team, and set off in pursuit in three minutes, I will go in person, Li Shuangxi, you send someone to inform Liu Zongmin, Yuan Zongdi, Liu Fangliang, Tian Jianxiu and Hao Shaoqi, let them hold still, don't cause chaos, you and Mr. Niu suppress the camp and maintain order, before I come back. There must be no action, Gao Yigong, you lead the soldiers and horses of the headquarters to rush forward, to the county seat of Weishi, you will be the striker. ”
King Chuang ordered one by one, several people in the tent listened to the order loudly, and hurriedly ran out of the door, Li Zicheng shouted a few more times, and there were personal guards with armor and weapons to come over, so that King Chuang was completely clothed.
It's night, and it's in between haste and rush. However, the mobilization and activation of the camp were extremely efficient and orderly, and if Zuo Liangyu's military camp had done this, it might have been in chaos immediately, and the camp might even mutiny.
The horse team of the old camp of the Chuang army is all old cavalry and the old foundation of the border soldiers in Shaanxi, and they are the first-class elite force in the camp. Three quarters later, the horse teams of each battalion had been assembled, and many of Li Zicheng's troops included local figures from Henan, and the road was also proficient.
Probably said the direction of Xiao Yuan's camp, these people can basically determine where to chase from, and the army raised troops to kick the dust away, and the camp at night was quite quiet, but at this time they were all bowed. The knife is unsheathed. Everyone was on first-class alert.
Despite the warmth of the spring breeze, the camp was slaughtered......
There were more than 40,000 people in the small Yuan camp, only about 4,000 cavalry, and the rest of the ground was full of foot soldiers. Nearly six thousand people have already dispersed.
Yuan Shizhong's cronies desperately urged the killing, which was the only way to reluctantly stabilize the situation and let Xiao Yuan's camp continue to move towards the east, but the degree still could not be improved.
As a result, after walking all night, I had just arrived at the edge of the Shahe River, and the light of day was beginning to appear, but the brigade led by Li Zicheng was already about to catch up.
The Sand River is a big river. This abrupt departure from the camp was sudden. There must have been no equipment for crossing the river, and there was a lot of delay here.
According to Yuan Shizhong's thoughts. When they arrived at the county seat of Tongxu, the whole army could enter the city for a short rest, and they could rely on the city to be somewhat safer there. But there was too much delay on the way, and when he was thirty miles away from Tongxu County, he was caught up by the army led by Li Zicheng.
The army is chasing, Yuan Shizhong didn't dare to run around regardless of it, so he had to lay down the formation in a chaotic manner, and the two sides were ready to fight, Xiao Yuan's camp now has more than 30,000 people, and Li Zicheng chased after him with more than 8,000 fine horses.
However, Li Zicheng, Li Guo, and Yuan Shizhong have all been fighting for many years, so they naturally know what the outcome of this battle will be, and the confrontation between the two sides is very quiet.
A day ago, everyone was still comrades-in-arms who shared life and death, who would have thought that at this time they would become enemies, after a little quiet, someone from King Chuang's side came out of the battle and shouted at the top of his voice:
"Yuan Shizhong, King Chuang is not kind to you, but the war is coming, but you have done such a treacherous thing, why !?"
Yuan Shizhong was wearing a ring-arm subway armor, which was quite decently decently decorated up and down, and the image of the rest of the displaced generals was completely different, and his eyes were bloodshot at this time, and he was extremely tired. Hearing the other party's inquiry, he couldn't help but curse in a low voice, turned to a cronie and said:
"Old Five, we can't beat the old battalion horse team of Blind Li, you go and gather our brothers on horseback, wait for my orders, and be ready to leave at any time!"
The cronies nodded and hurriedly went, and the shouters who broke into the camp shouted a few times in a row, and Yuan Shizhong's little Yuan Ying fled inexplicably, at this time, King Chuang personally chased after him, and was shouted several times, the formation was already a little unstable and restless, and Yuan Shizhong had no choice but to call a few people to answer.
"King Chuang is benevolent, Yuan Shizhong has nothing to say......"
"King Chuang, Yuan Shizhong brought 150,000 people to you that day, it's only been a year, how many people are left in my small Yuan camp."
"King Chuang, I, Yuan Shizhong, was the second in Henan to come to vote for you that day, but I have never been recruited into your handsome tent, and I have always received orders under Liu Zongmin and Hao Shaoqi, everyone is about the same identity, what kind of strength did my little Yuan Ying have that day, why should I be subservient."
"King Chuang, in the past year or so, all the officers and soldiers who have been fighting, most of the small Yuan battalions are forwards, Yuan's brothers and backbones have suffered heavy casualties, and the captured officers and soldiers and young men, have you had anything to add? Why is it that the baggage team such as a dragon is all fat and oily, why!? ”
"King Chuang, there are 400,000 officers and soldiers in front this time, and there are more than 40,000 brothers in my Yuan Shizhong, don't you have to fill in the front, Yuan doesn't care. But so many brothers came out together with the villagers, why !?"
shouted back sentence by sentence, and began to say that there was nothing to say, but he was full of resentment, Li Zicheng sat on the horse and sank like water, Hao Shaoqi and Tian Jianxiu, and even Liu Zongmin, the general, played the striker more times than this Yuan Shizhong, and the military horses of this foreign system entered the camp, and it was a good place to leave 40,000 people.
A dragon mentioned in Yuan Shizhong. With more than 80,000 people under his command, and now there are more than 2,000 brothers with him, these things are nothing, just people want to leave, and find reasons for themselves.
But King Chuang is King Chuang, after all, there is something different. As soon as he gave orders to the people around him, he rode out of the battle alone, clasped his fists on the horse, and shouted loudly:
"It's true that Li did something wrong, here I will compensate Brother Yuan first, the brothers have finally come to this day, and it is almost time to become rich and noble, so disperse. Do you want to go back to your hometown to live a hard life? Go back first, there is something to discuss, it's better than everyone turning their faces and not being brothers. ”
Yuan Shizhong did this, Li Zicheng still said such things, people's hearts and backs are naturally clear, Yuan Shizhong in the formation was also silent, and after a while, someone came out and shouted:
"King Chuang. The matter has come to this, isn't it boring for Xiao Yuanying to go back, you are a big man with the world in mind, just give Xiao Yuanying a way out!! ”
Having said that, there was really no need to continue, and King Chuang retreated into the formation and raised his arm. Raise it to the front. The flags waved, and the officers of the teams shouted in unison to give orders. The team of horses began to move forward slowly.
No matter how reluctant the foot soldiers on the side of Xiao Yuan's camp were, seeing that the opposite side was pressed over like this, they also had to prepare for battle, and the junior officers below ordered to line up and prepare with a hoarse voice.
But at this time, Yuan Shizhong turned his horse's head and ran towards the south of the confrontation between the two armies, and the horse team behind him hurriedly followed.
Yuan Shizhongdi's subordinates made such a move, both the enemy and me were caught off guard, and they actually watched the more than 3,000 horsemen march towards the south.
Those foot soldiers of Xiao Yuan's battalion originally had no fighting spirit, but now they watched their own commander march away, and the whole army immediately collapsed, and the entire array immediately collapsed.
The sudden change on the opposite side made the generals who broke into the camp and the pursuing troops stunned, and they had no time to react at all, only Li Zicheng's face was pale, and he just looked at the soldiers who were privately scattered on the opposite side, and said in a cold voice:
"Arrange someone to gather Ding Zhuang on the opposite side, Li Guo, you take five thousand horsemen to catch up, you must see where he Yuan Shizhong ran there, these three thousand horsemen can bring back the best, if you can't bring it back, don't let others make a profit."
On the side, Li Guo's face was not good-looking, and he bowed down on the horse and agreed, and went to lead people to pursue.
In the matchup, the two sides still have some leeway, but as soon as you Yuan Shizhong run, Li Guo's pursuit is completely torn in the face, Yuan Shizhong, since you don't know what to do, then everyone will do things absolutely nothing. ^^^^
Yuan Shizhong's plan of the small Yuan camp is still good, and he is ready to use these routs to block the pursuit of the camp, and then go away by himself, who would have thought that he would be really inconsiderate.
The soldiers and horses who broke into the camp were very efficient in gathering the stragglers, and soon the foot soldiers of these small Yuan battalions were in their own teams, and the horses that broke into the camp got a certain rest, and they could soon set off in pursuit.
Running away day and night, the horses are tired, and the state of resting for a while is naturally incomparable, not to mention that on one side there is panic in the hearts of the people, and on the other side is full of anger, this state of morale is also completely incomparable.
Two hours later, it was already slowly catching up.
Yuan Shizhong's three thousand horses at this time, there was no trace of fighting spirit, looking at the fierce and murderous pursuers behind him, many people just took advantage of the chaos to run towards other places.
The team ran less and less, Yuan Shizhong still rushed to the east regardless of it, and Li Guo, who was chasing behind him, was a little confused, thinking that Yuan Shizhong of this small Yuan camp was also a hero, running so stupidly, running home was ruined, what was the point of running away like this.
But the anger in Li Guo's heart is also getting stronger and stronger, the army is marching, it is a thousand things, these generals are all exhausted arrangements, and they are about to arrive at the battlefield, as a result, Xiao Yuan's battalion suddenly ran like this, and the entire tactical arrangement and marching arrangement had to be rearranged, which would delay a lot of time and delay many things, so I had to teach them a lesson.
The cavalry could run fast, but they couldn't keep running all the time. You also have to run and stop, but the cavalry who broke into the camp always ran a little faster than Xiao Yuan's camp.
Yuan Shizhongdi's subordinates kept having horses running out of their strength, and they were directly loaded on the ground, foaming at the mouth, and the cavalry of the small Yuan battalion got up and rolled to the side of the road, kneeling on the ground and did not dare to get up, and the cavalry led by Li Guo did not pay attention to these people, just stared at the small Yuan battalion in front of them, and chased after them.
Cross Qi County and run to the Huiji River. The cavalry of Xiao Yuan's battalion did not have much time to cross the river calmly, so they had to go south directly along the Huiji River.
At this time, the sun was already in the west, but Li Guo felt that something was wrong, he had been here before, and it was already very close to Guide Mansion. If Li Meng's soldiers and horses came over, they wouldn't be able to run away. Li Guo struck a sudden blow in his heart, and vaguely guessed why Xiao Yuan's camp suddenly collapsed.
Li Guo is a rare thoughtful person among the generals who broke into the camp, thinking of the reason why Xiao Yuan's camp retreated inexplicably, and then expanding it, he suddenly felt a little chilling. In a hurry, he hurriedly raised the whip in his hand on his horse and waved it from side to side. The cavalry that broke into the camp also slowed down. However, Li Guo shook his head right away, now is not the time to think about this, let's catch up first and then see.
After chasing Qixian, the horses on both sides were very slow, and although the degree of breaking into the camp slowed down, the horsepower of the cavalry in Xiao Yuan's camp was almost consumed, and they could no longer pull the distance.
ran for less than ten miles, and Xiao Yuanying finally couldn't support it. Knowing that if he continued to run, he would probably collapse, so he didn't continue to go south, so he simply set up a position by the river and turned back to prepare for the battle.
Li Guo could see several cavalrymen of the Xiao Yuan battalion riding across the river towards the opposite bank, and the doubts in his heart became heavier, at this time, a military academy from Shaanxi border soldiers next to him said with a smile:
"Big Brother Tiger. You're right. Fang Cai slowed down his horse, and at this time he fought with the king and the eight lambs on the opposite side. It's just a matter of accumulating some strength. ”
Li Guodi's nickname is "a tiger", and the people below are all called by Big Brother Tiger, these border soldiers in Shaanxi are also called so with the general trend, Li Guo is a steady and decent person, these people are also very respectful, and Fang Cai's judgment makes them admire it even more.
"Look at what's weird on the other side, I always feel wrong!"
The Shaanxi border officer who had just spoken turned his head and looked at it a few times, and said with a grin:
"What weirdness can there be, a bunch of tired rabbit cubs who are about to collapse, they have no energy, I'm afraid this horse is also going to be tired and can't rush up."
Li Guo groaned a little, and then gave an order:
"Defeat them, be quick, the head of Yuan Shizhong, let's bring it back to King Chuang!"
The military academy on the side patted his chest and agreed loudly, and said confidently:
"Brother Tiger has a hundred hearts, those local chickens and dogs in Yuan Shizhong are not even horse bandits, before the sun sets, bring them to you!"
Seeing that the sun was about to set, the officer's speech was still full, but it was not ambiguous, Li Guo stood up upright on the horse, looking at the surroundings of the confrontation battlefield, the flat terrain, the wind and smoke in the distance, there should be no soldiers and horses from Shandong on this side, the river beach is also hard ground, not a beach, and it is also suitable for rushing and killing, which is just a good place to solve Yuan Shizhong. ===
It is better to fight late than early, turn around and assign, with 1,000 cavalry as the left flank, spread far away, prepare to encircle, and the 1,500 cavalry of the Chinese army formed the right flank, lined up in a large formation, ready to break through in one fell swoop.
Yuan Shizhong's subordinates have long been courageous now, and the men and horses are tired, basically they can be won with a charge, but after all, they are in a backwater formation, and they are Yuan Shizhong's relatives and township party, and they are likely to have fierce resistance at that time, forcing the rabbit to kill the eagle.
Li Guo is also an old soldier and an old soldier, this kind of battle that can be easily won is the most prudent, or meticulously arranged, the lion fighting the rabbit must also use all his strength, 1,500 elite cavalry kicked along the river bank, Yuan Shi was categorically unable to resist, even so, he also specially left five hundred of the most elite, the most powerful cavalry to prepare.
After all, this place is close to Guide House, and God knows if anything will happen. Li Guo's large array slowly began to line up, the leaders of each team, shouting loudly to command the formation, everyone is a veteran, blood in the fire, naturally know what to do when it comes to the battle array, usually may be a little lazy and lazy, this is not the case.
Fifteen hundred fine rides. Neatly arranged, it seems to be a big battle of more than 10,000 people, and it looks like a city wall, and suddenly appears by this river. In the process of arraying, Yuan Jun has begun to make a constant commotion, everyone has seen the world, and naturally knows that his family is now sleepy and lacking people, unable to fight, and unable to run, Li Guo is now in such a strict formation. Once it moves, it must be a thunderous blow, and some of them are timid, regardless of the horsepower, desperately kicking the horse's belly with their spurs, and running to the wings, all like this. Who still *** worked hard for Yuan Shizhong as a bastard. But without exception, they were all cut down to the ground by the rangers arranged by Li Guo on the left flank.
Those die-hard Yuan family tribes also knew that they were going to die here today, but after so many years of fighting, they had already had this awareness, but they took out the beans from their backpacks and fed the horses for the last time.
The formation has been completed, but Li Guo is not in a hurry to attack. He beckoned. On the contrary, the right wing and the reserve team dismounted to rest, and some of the soldiers took out the steamed buns they carried in their backpacks and gnawed on them, and they also took out beans to feed the horses, and some of the soldiers also laughed and laughed at each other, without any awareness of the current war. Li Guo rested here, Yuan Shizhong couldn't rest there, and Yuan Shizhong had no choice but to restrain the team and didn't dare to let everyone disperse. Such a comical confrontation lasted for about two moments.
It was originally a small Yuan camp whose physical strength collapsed. was forced by the other party so loosely and tightly, and the team that had just been restrained immediately became chaotic and could not be restrained.
In two moments, Li Guo estimated that the main horse team was almost resting, and the Yuan army couldn't control the formation and began to scatter. The hour has come. Lao Yuan, it's time for him to hit the road.
Li Guo raised his hand suddenly, and then waved it down even more violently. With the wave of his hand, a rapid suona sound sounded immediately, and the cavalry of all teams jumped up violently, turned over on their horses, guns in their hands, and knives out of their sheaths!
The horse team was already on the horse, and Li Guo stretched his arm forward and stopped moving. In the sound of suona, the cavalry shouted for a while, and their legs lightly clamped the horse's belly, and the recuperated war horse rushed out, the first row of cavalry carried the spear of Zhangyu, and the subsequent row of cavalry was holding a knife and axe to pull away a little.
The horses that broke into the camp did not run fast at first, but they were very tight, and a sense of oppression came to their faces. The large array continued to move forward, and the earth shook slightly, rushing towards Xiao Yuan's camp.
There are also some outlaws in the Yuan army, seeing that there is no way to escape, they squeeze the horse's belly, and the irascible man, desperately kicking with spurs, the horse neighed miserably, but still reluctantly galloped desperately, a group of people shouted in twos and threes, and rushed out of the formation scattered, waving knives and guns.
But the only remaining bravery of these people is useless, in front of the rushing cavalry, they are easily crushed, one person has a sword in his hand, facing dozens of blades on the opposite side, the victory or defeat can be imagined.
Yuan Shizhong stood in the middle of the formation, but he was no longer able to intervene in the situation, this time he fled abroad, and his prestige in the army had been completely lost, and now he could barely bring the team here, purely because everyone was afraid of breaking into the camp and retaliating.
What is prestige, what is the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, no matter how loud Xiao Yuanying's name is, in the foreseeable future, he will just be a thief and rebel, and the whole family will have to carry an indelible stain, and if it is not good, he will be killed and exterminated.
Today, for this way out, it is worth it to give up everything, Yuan Shizhong looked back at the other side of the river, and looked at his disintegrating array.
Without any hesitation, Yuan Shizhong turned his mount again, but his mount rested for a while in the back, and his strength also recovered.
From the formation just now, his real Yuan family and cronies were all by his side, and they had already greeted each other, watching Yuan Shizhong run towards the river, these people were not slow, Hula suddenly ran towards the river, ready to wade to the other side of the river.
Yuan Shizhong's sudden escape made those subordinates who were in the forefront completely lose their will to fight, and in this situation, they didn't even have the strength to scold, and some people threw away their weapons right away, and killed them.
However, the cavalry brigade that broke into the army rushed over in formation, and it was not yet fully forced, because there was a river behind it, and it was not good to run away. dismounted and knelt on the ground again, completely non-resisting, and Yuan Shizhong, who was at the end of the formation, led more than 100 of his men to escape, and he was already in the middle of the river.
There are people in front of me, and I won't be able to catch up for a while, and I look at the other party's degree, and I ran away if I didn't do it......
"Xiao Yuanying has such a big reputation in Henan, why is this Yuan Shizhong like this..."
The general who was born in Shaanxi Frontier beside Li Guo said in wonder, the sky was getting darker and darker, and Li Guo stared at Yuan Shizhong and his subordinates who ran into the river. Leng Ran replied:
"Yuan Shizhong is a fierce general in our army, I don't know why he is like this, what is there over there...... No, hurry up and make people stop, hurry!! ”
Li Guo suddenly shouted, and the remnants of Xiao Yuan's camp on the bank of the river were almost scattered. The pursuing cavalry of the brigade was preparing to go down the river.
His sudden loud voice startled the people around him, and several generals still wanted to hear the news, looking at Li Guo's stern expression, they all hurriedly gave orders, and some heralds took out a whistle and put it in their mouths, blowing violently.
The shrill whistle sounded throughout the audience, and the cavalry who was about to step into the river reined in their horses. This sound was supposed to be a signal for the cavalry to retreat. This side blew, Yuan Shizhong, who was about to walk to the middle of the river, and his entourage, there were more than a dozen horses that couldn't control and turned back.
The knights on the horses struggled to control their way to their bearings, and some of them fell off their horses, and the horses ran straight back to the camp.
On the opposite bank where Yuan Shizhong ran, several large flags could be seen slowly appearing, and although the people and horses were noisy, the monotonous and rhythmic drums could be heard.
The sun is setting though. But the heaven and the earth are full of bright colors of afterglow, no matter what you see, it is very clear, Li Guo, who is on the horse, looked at the other side of the river, several big flags were waving, the drums were getting clearer and clearer, and slowly approached.
Behind the banner was a neatly arranged phalanx of foot soldiers gradually appeared, and Li Guo's pupils contracted as he watched all this on the other side. The heart is also tightening. He'd seen it before, and it wasn't taken seriously at first. But then it was a nightmare, after these infantry phalanxes appeared, the team that had wanted to pursue them quieted down from the restlessness.
Just looked at the extremely tired Yuan Shizhong and his cronies, riding a horse across this shallow river, someone's horse could not support it in a slightly deeper place in the river, and directly lay down and died, the knight on the horse was thrown off the horse, got up with difficulty, and stumbled to follow the team to the opposite bank.
The river is not deep, walking very slowly, looking at the head of Yuan Shizhong as long as the horse passes, you can take the head of Yuan Shizhong, several military schools around him are eager to try, Li Guo loudly stopped, and ordered the cavalry to retreat.
After Li Guo watched Yuan Shizhong go ashore on the shore, he led his men to join the phalanx and ran to the phalanx, Yuan Shizhong almost fell off the horse, and he didn't care about getting up on the ground, just kowtowing desperately.
"Brother Tiger, give the order, the brothers went over and rushed at him, this foot soldier is still swaggering over there, I really think I am a fairy and monster, pretending to scare anyone here!!"
Several officers of the Shaanxi border army shouted angrily, Li Guo stared at the opposite bank with a solemn expression, the sky was light and dark, and the five thousand cavalry had an advantage over the four squares on the opposite bank.
But this is a person who has never played against Shandong soldiers and horses will think so, and after half a sound, Li Guocai said astringently:
"It's not a fairy monster, it's a soldier and horse from Shandong!"
As soon as they said this, these proud Shaanxi border riders were immediately dumbfounded, these people who followed Li Guo did not participate in the battle of the whirlpool, they only joined the camp after Wang Qiaonian was defeated, although they did not experience it, but they heard those old-timers of the Shaanxi army say that this battle was terrible.
In the mouths of those predecessors, this Shandong soldier and horse is indeed a demon and a monster......
"Brother Tiger, what do you say you should do!?
"Wait, you divide half of the people and go back to tell King Chuang, that bastard Yuan Shizhong is going to join the Shandong soldiers and horses, and the rest and I are waiting here, if they cross the river, let's fight them!!"
After Li Guo finished speaking coldly, his eyes were always on the other side, and the generals below were all in a hurry to arrange the division of troops, and those cavalry did not dare to delay, and hurriedly ran towards the way they came.
"Dismount !!"
Li Guo shouted out the order loudly, and the horses should also rest at this time, so as not to be in such a tired state when the other party crosses the river.
The cavalry dismounted one after another, and some people took out food from their blankets and fed it to the horses, and took advantage of the time to nibble on a few bites, and the sky was getting dark, and the scene on the other side was already not clear.
Li Guo, who has always been calm, is also slightly sweating in his palms, he is waiting here, if there is really a conflict, according to past experience, he has more than 2,000 horses, and he is extremely tired of more than 2,000 horses, and he can't stop the progress of Shandong's soldiers and horses, not to mention that the other party is so arranged, Xiao Yuan's camp dispersed silently, waiting on the other side of the river without warning, maybe the Shandong army has arrived nearby.
The more Li Guo thought about it, the colder his heart became, so he had to control his mind, break the bread in his hand, put it on the palm of his hand and hand it to the mount to eat, and it was a little bit to recover a little strength.
However, this matter was unexpected by him, and after the Shandong soldiers and horses contained Yuan Shizhong's cadres, they never took a step forward, and under the instructions of orders and drums, they turned back in unison.
The night is vast, across the Huiji River, and it is even more difficult to see the details on the opposite side, what can be seen is that several phalanxes are moving slowly, in the night, the phalanx seems to be a whole, in the eyes of Li Guo and the pursuing cavalry, it seems to be several huge monsters.
The monster knew how powerful it was, and went its own way, ignoring the cavalry on the other side of the river, and came and went on its own.
It wasn't until he couldn't hear the drum that Li Guo breathed a sigh of relief, the wind rose at night, he felt cold behind his back, his back was already soaked with cold sweat, and his whole body was wrapped in a sense of powerlessness......
In May of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, the small Yuan battalion rebelled from the camp, ran for three hundred miles, Li Chuang led the elite cavalry to chase after it, and stopped at Juyang, but most of the small Yuan camp was scattered and no longer an army.
In late April of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, 20,000 people of the Qingzhou army marched south along the coastline of Lingshanwei, Xiahezhai Qiansuo, Xinyang Town, Shijiudao Village, and Jiacang Town.
The Xinyang Water Battalion stationed in Dengzhou, the Jiaozhou Battalion's own military ships and merchant ships, as well as some of the Zheng family's ships, as well as maritime merchants and even fishermen's boats, all the sea ships that the Jiaozhou Battalion could requisit, were all mobilized, either to carry supplies, or to transport heavy troops.
On the third day of the fifth lunar month, the vanguard had already crossed the border of Shandong and Nanzhili Andongwei and entered the border of Ganyu.
The Huaiyang army of 15,000 people, led by the Huaiyang army deputy general Gao Ke 5,000 people into Xuzhou, Shandong deputy general and Huaiyang army staff general Chen Liu, led 10,000 people stationed in Hongze Lake Zhoujiadian, the two Huaiyang salt merchants used their various connections to mobilize ships into Hongze Lake, saying that it was to transport salt.
Shandong guards Qingzhou general Ma Gang, fast horse overnight, the second day of May into Jining.
Henan, which has been dry for a long time, has abundant rain in the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, and it is even more cloudy in April and May, but it has not rained for a long time, which makes people very uncomfortable.
The war is imminent, the sky seems to be a foreshadowing, indeed, the wind and rain are coming.......
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