"I've robbed six carts of things in a row, but the gold and silver treasures are still missing!"

They drove away several groups of officers and soldiers in succession and robbed six truckloads of things, but every time the officers and soldiers saw that they could not escape, they threw down a cart of supplies, and the rogues stopped and did not chase, fighting for the materials on the carts. Although the car was nothing more than wine, soap, or a small round mirror for women, and some cloth and satin, which were not worth a lot of money, they were enough to whet the appetite of these rogues.

"Run away!" A thief beside Bai Wenxuan said impatiently.

They were quite unhappy, because of Bai Wenxuan's constraints, even if they rushed to the front and grabbed the cart, Bai Wenxuan did not allow them to touch it, for fear that there was fire in it. As a result, they seized two carts, only to be snatched by someone else.

Bai Wenxuan also doubted at this time whether he was too cautious.

This group of officers and soldiers did not seem to be prepared for the decisive battle, on the contrary, they spared no effort to flee for their lives. As far as Bai Wenxuan knew, on the way to Gong'an, although there were some woods, there were no mountains, and there was no good ambush at all.

Just as he was pondering what to do, there was a sudden jolt ahead, and then a group of fast horses rushed forward.

"It's Cao Yingbu, Cao Ying came up in person!" Someone exclaimed.

But it was Luo Rucai who received the military report from his generals and personally stepped forward to lead the army forward. His identity is different, so he didn't take Bai Wenxuan in his eyes, and led the three thousand horsemen forward.

Although these six cars are not too good things, they are still treasures in Luo Rucai's eyes. The glassware was bought by Zhang Xianzhong with great effort and Wang Zhaolin from Nanzhili. The cloth and silk could be used to make clothes for his subordinates. And those Di Gong wine and all kinds of preserved fruits are also rare luxuries at this time, and they are all delicacies for the rogues who grab what they eat every day.

Luo Rucai's cunning may be inferior to Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng, but he is definitely above Gao Yingxiang, so Gao Yingxiang is dead, but he is still alive and well. And now that Zhang Xianzhong ranks first in strength among the rogues, he is definitely second. But his greed was even more than that of Zhang and Li, and after confirming that the officers and soldiers were indeed fleeing all the way, he personally came up.

As soon as this group of cavalry stood out, the rest of the thieves were in an uproar.

Gao Yingxiang had the most cavalry among the Liukou, and Zhang Xianzhong and others were also many, but after being defeated by Yu Guozhen in a row, it was also difficult for them to replenish their horse cavalry, and now many people are riding donkeys, mules and even oxen. For example, Luo Rucai has a few thousand cavalry in his hands, which is already remarkable, and Zhang Xianzhong's own cavalry is only 5,000 people, and the one he allocated to Bai Wenxuan is only 500. As for the rest of the thieves, the cavalry was even more insufficient, which is why they chased for nearly ten miles but never caught the Ming army.

But now that Luo Rucai has exhausted his elite, it is clear that he is going to grab the fruits of victory, how can everyone not be angry. Some people even scolded, and some thieves rushed forward one by one with dozens of riders and more than 100 riders.

In the blink of an eye, the army of tens of thousands of people was divided into two parts, one was about 3,000 horsemen on horseback, and the other was tens of thousands of foot soldiers. These tens of thousands of people could only eat ashes from afar, shouting and scolding one by one, but Bai Wenxuan had a calm face and called on the armies to continue to advance.

The uneasiness in his heart reached its peak at this time.

"General Bai, what are you still in a hurry to do, let Cao Ying snatch it, all the good things have been taken away by him, it's the same thing for us to go early and late, I've never heard that Cao Ying will leak a little bit if he grabs it......"

The chatter next to him kept talking, Bai Wenxuan almost couldn't help but pull out his knife to cut him, he couldn't listen to it anymore, so he said sharply: "There must be an ambush ahead, Cao Ying is going to ...... here"

"Cao Ying fell into an ambush and what did he have to do with me, he robbed things and didn't see any profits." The thief pursed his lips, and then lowered his voice: "The Eight Kings are afraid that they wish there were fewer Cao Ying's soldiers, right?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Bai Wenxuan's heart moved, from Zhang Xianzhong's point of view, his current relationship with Luo Rucai, He Yilong, Ma Shouying, etc., is indeed a little delicate. Although he is the strongest, and the chiefs also look to him as the leader, he can't command these chieftains, and there is no subordinate relationship between superiors and subordinates, and the small frictions between the various departments are even more constant, and there will be firefights from time to time.

Among them, Luo Ru is the most difficult to deal with, if he really suffers a defeat and his strength is greatly damaged, or even he dies in an ambush, then his tens of thousands of horses should naturally belong to the Eight Kings.

If this thing is done well, he Bai Wenxuan will be able to lead the army alone.

This thought swirled in Bai Wenxuan's mind, and then he put it aside. Sun Kewang had such an idea at the beginning, but as a result, the light army rushed forward and was killed by Yu Guozhen, which he could not forget no matter what.

"Forward, step up!" He snapped the order.

But no matter how much he urged, the rest of the rogues saw that it might not be good to rush forward, and they were listless one by one, plus they ran fast in order to compete for property before, and now they have no strength.

Less than half a mile after walking, someone threw down a knife and a gun and sat down to rest, shouting that they wanted to bury the pot and make rice, and there was more than one. No matter how Bai Wenxuan scolded, they just couldn't get up, even if he used a whip to whip it, he would whip this up, and two more would sit down over there!

When Bai Wenxuan was at a loss for this, the news also reached Gao Dazhu's eyes through the scout, and when he learned that the rogue foot soldiers were really like snails crawling, he immediately rejoiced: "That's true!" ”

"Brother Dazhu is amazing!" The tiger guard next to him raised his thumb and praised.

"It's not that I'm good, I said it, the petty officials have all analyzed it in "The Theory of Liukou", the Liukou has no discipline, and there is no long-term plan, they are easy to be moved by the small profits in front of them, they are just a rabble in one place, and there is no friendship between them to live and die together......" Gao Dazhu's reverence for Yu Guozhen can be said to be almost blind, and he can even recite the words in Yu Guozhen's article word for word, so he was stunned. Seeing him like this, Gao Dazhu stopped his mouth unsatisfied, and then sighed: "Look at more articles of petty officials, even if you don't do it in the Tiger Guard, it will be good for you in the future!" ”

The tiger guard smiled and said: "I know, but I don't like to read by nature, I was taught by a petty official, and I just like to listen to people, and I doze off when I look at it......"

Gao Dazhu waved his whip and pulled it down: "You dare to doze off when you read the books of the little officials!" ”

This whip was whipped hard, and a blood mark was directly drawn on the tiger guard's body, the tiger guard was stunned, all along, although Gao Dazhu was strict, he rarely violated military discipline and corporal punishment, and he could also joke with people, but he never thought that he just said a word and dozed off after reading Yu Guozhen's article and was whipped.

Gao Dazhu snorted, ignored him, and walked straight forward. The tiger guard was still stunned, and another tiger guard next to him patted him on the shoulder: "Brother Dazhu hates people the most who don't put petty officials in his eyes, you, you, you want to come to these people to see that his surname is generous, and he is a little proud, dare to make any jokes!" ”

The beaten tiger guard was a little aggrieved: "Even in the tiger guard law set by the petty officials, there is only one officer and soldier, only the difference between positions and no personal level, I just said, why did he beat people?" ”

"You kid, you remember this sentence that is useful to you, but why do you doze off when you look at the book of the little official?" The persuasive tiger guard shook his head: "Also, your temper...... Don't learn from Huo Yan, he is now going to build roads in New Hangzhou. ”

The beaten tiger guard shrank his neck, obviously, Huo Yan's fate made him palpitate.

The decision on Huo Yan's handling was publicly released to all new Xianghuwei. On personnel issues, Yu Guozhen tried his best to be as open as possible, and he did not feel that after he had really achieved great things, he could make all systems public with a single order, and only at the beginning of the establishment of the foundation could he start working in this direction, and it would take 10 or 20 years to develop the habit of openness.

Luo Rucai's whole army rushed forward, grabbed a cart of silk, and then saw the officers and soldiers in front of him standing in formation, but the number was not many. When he saw that there was a circle of carts around the officers and soldiers, he couldn't help but be overjoyed: there were more than ten of them, even if they were loaded with goods such as Di Gongjiu, it would be a lot of wealth to rob them all.

However, he not only regarded himself as Cao Ying, but of course he also had Cao Ying's suspicion, and after observing it, he said happily: "It's not an ambush, there is no fire in the car!" ”

"Why did the king say that?" A thief next to him asked.

"If there is gunpowder, how dare we put it in front of the formation as a hindrance, as long as we shoot a bird gun or a rocket, they will not be all finished?" Luo Rucai smiled and said, "Sons, rush!" ”

He shouted, and his cavalry immediately began to outflank from both flanks. Chudi is also a dense water network with rivers and rivers, and the cavalry is not right when they unfold, because they are full of water on both sides, in the east is the Yangtze River, and the smoke and waves are vast, and in the west is a lake parallel to the Yangtze River, although the water surface is not wide, but there are dozens of steps, and I don't know what the depth of the water is.

In between, there is less than a hundred steps of the road.

Liukou didn't know that when the Yangtze River was rising, this parallel lake was often connected to the river, and now it is the autumn dry water, so the middle road will be exposed. The officers and soldiers abandoned the carts along the way, just to lead them from the official road to this road!

Luo Rucai realized that something was wrong, and he was also decisive, and immediately ordered: "Turn back!" ”

But his troops were caught between the river and the lake, and when they turned back, there was a sudden shout behind them.

I saw that among the reeds on the riverbank, groups of officers and soldiers came out one after another, and after they went ashore, they pushed out the circle of lines, and then quickly retreated, and put down the iron coils that were more than 20 steps long on the road behind Luo Rucai.

With such a dense iron coil, even if Luo Rucai and they wanted to charge the battle with the advantage of cavalry, they would need to pay a heavy price, and at this time, the Ming army behind the iron coil began to lay out gun formations again!

Luo Rucai knew the plan, and as soon as his mind turned, he thought about going to the car formation, and at the same time, Gao Dazhu raised his hand and ordered: "Shoot!" ”

The sound of muskets, mixed with the hum of bowstrings, rang out. The Huguang army was not a tiger guard, nor was it even the Denglai army that Yu Guozhen strongly supported, so their number of Huwei B muskets was not large, that is, more than five hundred, all of which were concentrated in the hands of Gao Dazhu's subordinates. More officers and soldiers still used the Ming army's shotguns, as well as those who used bows and arrows.

(To be continued)