Chapter 298: Ambush
In the early morning, in the foggy valley, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, and Gao Yingxiang walked side by side, and the three of them were still in the honeymoon period at this time, and the relationship was not as stiff and hateful as later. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Although Li Zicheng has left the command of Gao Yingxiang, the king of Chuang, and Gao Jie and others have formed their own army, Gao Yingxiang did not have too much dissatisfaction because of this. The nature of the rogues determines their composition, and in the face of the encirclement and suppression of the officials and troops, most of the rogues are scattered everywhere. They only come together when they need to.
"Hongji, I didn't expect you and I to meet again in just a few days, the world is unpredictable!" Riding on the horse, Gao Yingxiang said with emotion
Li Zicheng laughed and said, "This is thanks to that Liu Xuxing, if he hadn't chased so closely, King Chuang and I wouldn't have fought together again in such a short time!" ”
Gao Yingxiang smiled and said, "This is indeed the reason, that Liu Fan's strength is indeed very strong, it is a little ashamed, under the city of Xing'an, my army is more than 50,000 people, and there are more than 10,000 heavy armored cavalry alone, and in the face of Liu Fan's sneak attack on the captive army, I was beaten without the power to fight back, and I had no choice but to give up my old face and run away, but I didn't expect to be ambushed, not to mention the disgrace, and also lost a large number of people." The prestige accumulated over the years was almost lost here! ”
As soon as Gao Yingxiang's words fell, Zhang Xianzhong's inverted eyebrows beside him were almost wrinkled together, and he said with an ugly excuse, "King Chuang, General Chuang, you two just made a little contact with Liu Fan, but I was chased by him for hundreds of miles." From the depths of the Taihang Mountains to Henan, he fled all the way. If it weren't for Wang Pu's greed for money and those bird eunuchs, my brothers and I would have almost been handed over to him. In my opinion, Liu Fan is the henchman of my righteous army! ”
"The Eight Kings are right! Liu Fan is different from other officers and soldiers, the army under his command has sharp firearms, and the soldiers are brave in battle, tenacious will, and extremely strong in combat. Moreover, the soldiers were highly disciplined and tried to win over the people. Such an army can only be seen in the prosperous era of the national dynasty, and now that the Daming River is declining, it is an anomaly to have an army like Liu Fan! Looking at his deeds, it is also brilliant and upright. I don't know if it's lucky or unfortunate to be an opponent with such a person! Li Zicheng sighed again and again, since he suffered a big loss under Liu Fan, Li Zicheng sent someone to investigate Liu Fan's past in detail. The more he understands, the more surprised Li Zicheng is, Liu Fan not only knows how to train soldiers, knows how to fight, but also has a higher means of collecting money than ordinary people, and in just two years, Jiaozhou has been built as if it is a paradise, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a great talent. The most important thing is that he is also relied on by the emperor. The appearance of such a fierce man who can suppress a generation when the building is about to collapse in the Ming Dynasty is tantamount to a catastrophe for a careerist like Li Zicheng. Li Zicheng even had some doubts that Liu Fan would become another Zhang Juzheng, who would be able to continue to extend the country for the Ming Dynasty for a hundred years!
The danger must be eliminated in the bud, and under the panic, Li Zicheng felt that he had to take advantage of Liu Fan's incomplete rise and completely strangle him! Therefore, this time, Li Zichengcai tried his best to promote the joint operation of the Liukou, and his purpose was precisely this. He wants to fulfill his ambition by the hands of the people.
Zhang Xianzhong strongly agreed, "Cao Wenzhao, although Lu Xiangsheng and others are very capable of fighting, they are just a vicious dog in the imperial court, no matter how fierce they bark, no matter how fierce they are, they just tear off a piece of meat from us, and they can't hurt our muscles and bones." Liu Fan is a vicious wolf, and he is a wolf. Everyone knows the ferocity of the wolves, and once they identify their targets, they will call on their companions to bite their prey. This person is already a big problem for us, and we must do everything we can to eradicate him, otherwise we will have a very sad life in the future! What Li Zicheng saw, Zhang Xianzhong could certainly see some of it. Although Zhang Xianzhong is rough on the outside, he is indeed ruthless and cunning on the inside, and he doesn't want to let go of Liu Fan.
Hearing that the two most powerful people under his command were so jealous of Liu Fan, Gao Yingxiang's heart was unprecedentedly solemn, looking at the vast fog in front of him, Gao Yingxiang couldn't help but remind, "Liu Fan is cunning and difficult, and he is used to using sneak attack tricks, you tell your brothers to be more careful, I always have an ominous premonition!" ”
"Kill!" Just when Gao Yingxiang was worried, a loud killing cry suddenly came out from both sides of the valley, and then a large number of mountains and rocks rolled down from both sides of the valley. The army of rogues was caught off guard and was hit by a sudden boulder, and in an instant, hundreds of people were crushed under the rocks.
Gao Yingxiang's premonition came true, and the Broken Army was indeed ambushed here! As soon as the war horse was reinforced, Gao Yingxiang shouted, "Don't panic, it's just some falling rocks, and the troops are arrayed to meet the enemy!" As soon as Gao Yingxiang's words fell, the old battalion horse team of the Liukou began to quickly assemble in the direction of Gao Yingxiang. At this moment, several large armies have merged, and there are many leaders of the rogues, who have been fighting with the official army for a long time, and the battlefield reaction ability of these rogue elites is beyond the ordinary. In less than a quarter of an hour, as many as 20,000 horse teams gathered around Gao Yingxiang and the others.
Seeing so many people around, the three of them felt a little relieved. Gao Yingxiang, as the leader elected by everyone, was attacked at this moment, and he should have the responsibility to take on the heavy responsibility of command. After a moment of silence, Gao Yingxiang began to give orders: "Bingzhong, you take the people of your headquarters to the front to explore, if you encounter the enemy, you can't fight, just hold them for a while!" Hongji, you take people to answer in the back, pay more attention to both sides of the valley, I'm afraid that Liu Fan will have some backhand! I will lead the Chinese army to respond to you! ”
"Obey the king's orders!" Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong responded with their hands, and with a shout, they led their men and horses to run forward.
In the thick fog, Wang Pu led his men and horses to hide on the side of the valley, carefully listening to the movements in the valley through the thick fog. Hearing the rumbling sound of horses' hooves from the valley, the subordinates around him asked with some concern, "General, let's just let the thieves go over, where will the Overseer explain!" If the Overseer doesn't complete the mission, we're going to kill you! ”
Wang Pu's face remained unchanged and said, "The Overseer has entrusted us with the task of deceiving and luring the enemy, but I haven't said exactly how to do it. If we were stupid enough to rush through, the cunning thief would not only not be fooled, but would also fold his brothers into it. So, we might as well take another approach, since both horizontal and vertical are going to fight with the thieves, then why don't we really fight it? ”
"Really fighting?" The subordinate exclaimed, and said in disbelief, "General, aren't you joking, just with more than 3,000 of our people, how can we fight with more than 100,000 thieves?" ”
Wang Pu scolded with a smile: "Look at your bear-like, we can't beat it, don't we still have the brothers of the Broken Army!" In order to make our play more realistic, the Overseer sent a battalion of men to help us. You! Go tell Zhao Yingguan to let him go according to the plan! ”
"Plans? What is the plan? The subordinate said with a puzzled face
Wang Pu kicked over and scolded, "What do you care about so much!" Don't go yet! With your pig brain, what plan tells you, can you understand! ”
After following Liu Fan for so long, Wang Pu was unconsciously infected by Liu Fan, and he also liked the problem of kicking people. Seeing that his boss was angry, his cronies didn't dare to ask anymore, so he hurriedly ran to give orders! (To be continued.) )