It was also thanks to Xiang Yuanzhen that he hid quickly, flashed his heart, and was hit in the left arm, and under the severe pain, he abandoned the gun early, turned back the horse and left. When the officers and soldiers saw it, they flew out of two horses early and rescued Xiang Yuanzhen from returning to the battle. Gao Taiwei was furious when he saw it, and Wen Huanzhang said: "Most of the Liangshan thieves are outlaws, fighting with them, and losing the generals, not the top count, I wait for the soldiers here to be many generals, just wave the army to kill and hide, and win more." ”

At that moment, Gao Yu followed his words and commanded the army to fight, Dong Ping and Hua Rong were not in a hurry, and ordered the five thousand hussars to retreat, only shooting back with bows and arrows, but not turning back to meet the enemy. The officers and soldiers chased after him for a while, Wen Huanzhang saw that it was cheap, and hurriedly said to Captain Gao: "His military horse is as cunning as a fox, only caring about fleeing, our army has a lot of infantry troops, and I can't catch up, a small number of horse troops catch up, I am afraid that he will kill a horse pistol, why not first Mingjin withdraw the troops, and tomorrow make an ambush plan to fight again." After hearing Wen Huanzhang's strategy, Gao Taiwei was also as good as a stream, and immediately Mingjin withdrew his troops and stopped chasing.

Hua Rong and Dong Ping saw that the officers and soldiers were not chasing, Hua Rong said: "I don't want Gao Yu to have some ability, so I didn't come to catch up." Dong Ping said: "Since you can't kill him back to the horse gun, why don't you stand still first and wait for the arrival of the main army." "At the moment, the two are camped, just waiting for the Sanniang military horse.

The next day, the official army came to invite the battle again, and Hua Rong and Dong Ping raised their military horses to meet the battle. After the two armies fought for a while, the officers and troops were defeated and retreated, Hua Rong and Dong Ping chased forward, only to chase out more than ten miles, you might as well kill two troops and horses between the mountain roads on the left and right, one left and one right, intercept the back road, the front officers and soldiers turned over and killed, and attacked the Liangshan army and horses on three sides.

Hua Rong and Dong Ping were shocked and said: "I don't want to fall for his scheme!" Immediately ordered a group of hussars to rush to the back to kill, but the officers and soldiers were all infantry troops, and they set up a horse rejection formation, trapping a group of Liangshan cavalry in the heart, Hua Rong and Dong Ping were all light cavalry, and the charging force was not enough, and the officers and soldiers had a shield in front of the infantry army, rows of spears and nails, and then they were strong bows and strong shots, and the two were in danger.

At this time, there was a sudden chaos in the left wing of the official army, Hua Rong looked at it, but it was Li Kui, Fan Rui, Xiang Chong, and Li Yan who led 3,000 barbarian soldiers to rush and kill the left wing infantry of the official army. Hua Rong and Dong Ping saw the fighter plane, and without hesitation, they immediately waved their troops and rushed to the left flank, fought for half a day, and joined forces with Li Kui and others before they could get out of trouble. After retreating for twenty miles, they stopped, counted the military horses, and lost more than 1,000 hussar horses, Hua Rong and Dong Ping were heartbroken.

After the two counted the losses, they met with Li Kui and the others, and Hua Rong asked, "Where did the brother come from?" Li Kui said: "My sister-in-law sent me to wait for the mountain road to come, I don't want to rain in spring for days, and the mountain road has collapsed, so it is slow." Dong Ping said: "I see, I don't want anyone in the official army to devise a strategy, and in the future, hostile officials and soldiers should be careful." "At the moment, the two armies joined forces and went down to the village.

That night rest, about the third watch, the official army suddenly came to rob the camp, fortunately Li Kui and other barbarian soldiers fought quite hard at night, so they could withstand the official army, but at dawn, Hua Rong and others found that the official army had surrounded the Liangshan camp. After Hua Rong and the others discussed, they prepared to stick to the camp and wait for reinforcements.

However, it was said that Gao Taiwei listened to Wen Huanzhang's strategy, first used the ambush strategy to kill and defeat the Liangshan vanguard soldiers and horses for a while, and robbed the camp that night, and finally divided the troops and horses to besiege the Liangshan camp, all of which had a small victory, and the heart was fast, and he rushed to the Liangshan camp after dawn to watch, and ordered the left and right to attack hard today, and must first destroy this Liangshan army and horses.

When the Zhulu official army was desperately attacking the Liangshan camp, he suddenly heard an urgent report, saying that the Liangshan Central Army Brigade was coming, Wen Huanzhang said: "Since her army is coming, don't hesitate, retreat first, if you are entangled here, when his army arrives, the front and rear attack will be a big defeat." In addition, a few days ago, he ordered the navy to cut off the waterway first, and if it is not known whether it will win or lose, it should be waterproofed, and then make a decision when the victory or defeat of the waterway is clear. Gao Yu followed his words, and immediately Mingjin withdrew his troops, and the officers and soldiers retreated twenty miles to the village.

But said that Sanniang led the Chinese army brigade to come, and the sentinel reported that the front vanguard was fighting with the official army, and the battle situation was unknown.

When the second general led the dragoon to arrive, the officers and troops had already retreated, Suo Chao, Xu Ning and Hua Rong and others were together, Hua Rong scolded: "Dog officers and soldiers, this time they are like ghosts, but when they see the opportunity, they pounce like mad dogs, but when they see your army coming, they slipped faster than rabbits!" Xu Ning said: "I have been in the capital for a long time, I know Gao Yu's person, Gao Yu has no such resourcefulness, he must have a strategist in his account to help, I should wait for the main army and horses, and then make a decision." At that moment, the generals were stationed on the spot, waiting for the arrival of Sanniang's army.

Half a day later, Sanniang's army arrived, the generals caught it, and after reporting the battle situation, Sanniang said with a smile: "Xu I calculated too much, and this time the official army came to help the war." There were many detailed reports from Beijing before, saying that in this trip to the official army, there was Wen Huanzhang as a staff officer of the army, this person is good and wise, and he needs to be cautious when fighting against him. "All the generals are in mind.

It is said that after Li Jun and other sailors helped Lu Junyi break through Taiyuan City, he got the order of Sanniang General, and led the navy to the south in the starry night, and when he rushed from the Yellow River waterway to the Weizhou Weihe fork in one day, he had to report from the sentinel boat, saying that the official army dominated the mouth of the Weihe River and blocked the waterway of the Yellow River. Li Jun listened, and immediately convened the generals of the navy to discuss, and then acted separately.

On the side of the official army, Liu Menglong and Dang Shixiong led the navy, drove boats, dominated the Weihe waterway, and waited for the Liangshan water army to come to fight. On this day, the sentinel also came to report, saying that the Liangshan water army had reached the upper reaches of the estuary, and after discussion, the two immediately led the army to fight.

At this time, it was the end of March, and there were several spring rains, the ice in the upper reaches of the Yellow River melted, and the water surface of the Yellow River soared.

Here, the official and military fleets, large and small loach boats, ships, fighting ships, small boats, and pennies are continuous, connecting more than ten miles of water. In the middle of the line, turn a water surface, here several harbors criss-crossed, only to hear a cannon on the hillside in front, in all directions, small boats out together, the sergeant on the official ship, first five points of fear, look at the place where the harbor water converges, the waves are even more turbulent, all panicked. Those small boats went down the river, coming extremely quickly, and only when they arrived in front of them did they come out of the ambush harbor, and in the blink of an eye, the more than 100 small boats came out to break the brigade!

The official ship panicked, Liu Menglong shouted his order to raise the battle flag, and taught the left and right big ships to release arrows to kill the enemy. When the boats approached, the sailors dared to jump away, despite the high tides. The officers and soldiers were taken aback, and in the midst of suspicion, they saw the small boats scattered around close to the side of the large and small loach boats, and when the small boats of the officers and soldiers were waiting to get on the boat to check, they heard a continuous loud noise, only to see that those small boats suddenly exploded, and suddenly the fire was soaring, and the smoke of gunpowder was filled, and it turned out that these small boats were actually filled with barrel explosives.

The flotilla of officers and soldiers was indiscriminately bombed by these 100 small boats, and there was a great chaos when they boarded, and many large and small loach ships were blown up, and the smaller ships and boats around them were directly affected by the huge explosion and capsized on the spot. A group of officers and soldiers cried and cried for the sky, and most of the officers and soldiers abandoned the injured boat and left.

At this time, only to hear a war drum sound, the shadow of the upstream sail approached, when I looked up, it was the Liangshan water army fleet coming, large and small ships one or two hundred, a group of Liangshan water army heroes, together with the drum and the boat to pull the sails, each boat, straight up.

When Liu Menglong and Dang Shixiong were anxious to return to the boat, most of the boats on the water were abandoned by officials and soldiers, blocking the river and turning ineffectively. On the 50 ships headed by the Liangshan Water Army, each ship was arranged with a thunder rocket launch bamboo frame, and after approaching, the gunners of the navy army let go of the thunder rockets and then bombed the official army fleet, these rockets were loaded with fire-causing things, but in the hull of the ship, a sky-high fire was ignited, and suddenly the officers and soldiers were on the water, a sea of fire, and many soldiers abandoned the ships and launched the water.

Liu Menglong took off his military uniform, climbed over a small boat, and ordered the soldiers to quickly dock and choose a small path to leave. This party Shixiong refused to abandon the ship, and only asked the navy to push away the ownerless warship, intending to open a passage and lead the warship to flee downstream. After less than two miles, I saw three small boats behind me catching up quickly, on the boat were the three heroes of the Ruan family, each holding a leaf gun, close to the side of the boat, many officers and sergeants who drove the boat saw the courage of the Liangshan water army, they did not dare to take the battle, they all jumped into the water.

Dang Shixiong held his own iron bark, stood on the bow of the boat, and confronted Ruan Xiaoer, Ruan Xiaoer held a few hands with him, Ruan Xiaowu and Ruan Xiaoqi killed Dang Shixiong's soldiers, and also approached. Seeing that it was not his head, Dang Shixiong skimmed the iron and jumped into the water. Seeing the "boat fire" drilled out of the water, Zhang Henglai, grabbed his hair with one hand, held his waist and hips with the other, and threw it on the bow of a ship; There were more than a dozen sailors on the ship, and they were caught alive with cymbal lassets.

However, it was said that Captain Gao heard that a water battle had broken out, and hurriedly ordered troops and horses with Wen Huanzhang to meet him on land. When they got there, they knew that the navy had been defeated, and they saw the ships on the water, full of smoke and fire, and the sunken ships were exposed, all of which were rolling one after another, and the sergeants who fell into the water were all along the river. Many sailors were defeated, escaped by diving into the water, and threw themselves into the shore in a mess. Wen Huanzhang sighed and said: "The subordinates are not familiar with water warfare, and they are helpless. Gao Yu hated in his heart, and he knew that the waterway was folded for a while, and he was busy passing on military orders, and teaching the troops to collect them, and go back to the camp, don't be reasonable.

When Captain Gao was about to return to the army, he only heard the sound of cannons on all sides, and he immediately panicked. It turned out that a group of Liangshan water troops saw the soldiers and horses, and only taught the boats to disperse and cast the cannons in all directions, but there were no ambushes, but it was also like this to put some cannons, which also frightened Gao Taiwei into desertion and fled.

Captain Gao was frightened, the rats ran and the wolves ran, Wen Huanzhang was careful, and after he personally led an army to break off, he checked that there were no ambushes, so he hurriedly rushed forward, intercepted Gao Yu's military horse, and was about to step forward, but Gao Yu grabbed Wen Huanzhang and said: "Mr. Wen save me." (To be continued.) )