With a "boom", several silver snake-like lightning streaked across the sky, shining the dark heaven and earth with a silvery white. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoIn this pouring rain, an army in robes staggered along the rough and muddy road.

The raindrops of beans are like beads with broken threads, and they continue to pour down from the sky, and the rain interweaves the space into a continuous rain net, and the whole world seems to have become a world of water.

In the heavy rain, Liu Fan tightened the clothes on his body, the rain was too big, even if it was covered by the clothes, Liu Fan still felt as if the rain could still soak into his body through the clothes, this wet feeling made Liu Fan feel uncomfortable all over his body. Looking into the distance, as far as the eye can see, you can only see less than three or five miles ahead. The rain curtain shrouded, and a thin veil seemed to be draped between heaven and earth, and everything seemed hazy, real and illusory, like a mirage. The mountains are undulating, and faintly, the mountains in the distance are like guards in dark green armor, adding a bit of depression to the dark clouds between the sky and the earth.

The war horse under him seemed to be very unaccustomed to such bad weather, and from time to time he snorted a few times to vent his dissatisfaction to his master. Feeling the restlessness and restlessness of the mount, Liu Fan patted his beloved horse to show comfort, lamenting in his heart, this damn heavy rain is really too annoying, I really hope it will end soon.

Originally, Liu Fan didn't have to march in such bad weather. The situation on the front line changed dramatically, and the rogues escaped from Ankang, broke through the encirclement of the official army, and besieged the city of Xing'anzhou. The officers and troops in Hung Yen were about to collapse at the first touch, and the city of Hung Yen was in danger. Among the officers and troops in Shaanxi, only Liu Fan's department was the closest to Xing'an, and under Chen Qiyu's order, Liu Fan also had to rush to Xing'an to help and block the way of the Liukou.

"Report! Twenty miles ahead, a large number of rogues were found in a valley, and according to the report from the outpost ahead, their number was no less than 50,000! Just when Liu Fan was complaining, in the heavy rain, a figure galloped over, quickly came to Liu Fan, and reported loudly!

Fifty thousand rogues? Suddenly, Liu Fan's heart was full of solemnity. Should we fight a dozen? Liu Fan kept weighing in his heart. In such heavy rain, it was difficult for the artillery to exert its due power, and the arquebus was almost an ornament. Under the pouring rain, even if the arquebuses and fire folds hidden in the soldiers' arms were not wet, once the battle began, the fire ropes would be soaked in the heavy rain in just a few minutes. Without the powerful deterrent power of the firearms unit, the combat effectiveness of the captive army is almost a fold.

The enemy has more than 50,000 troops, but Liu Fan only has 13,000 troops, according to the formation of the broken army, a battalion is subject to 1,000 people, and Liu Fan's headquarters is only five battalions of soldiers, nearly half of which are new recruits. If you add the baggage soldiers and Wang Pu's Beijing battalion to count as a battalion of combat strength, a full battle is not counted as a battalion of soldiers. The situation that the enemy is strong and I am weak is so obvious, so Liu Fan hesitated!

A decision has to be made. The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and the fighter plane is fleeting, and the most taboo thing to do as a commander in the army is hesitation. Liu Fan also knows this very well, so although Liu Fan seems a little indecisive in dealing with political affairs in ordinary times, Liu Fan does not dare to hesitate when he arrives on the battlefield, because he knows that no matter whether his decision is right or wrong, it is ten thousand times better than not making a decision. Just silent for a moment, Liu Fan immediately ordered loudly, "The whole army stops, sorts out the equipment, and prepares for battle!" ”

Liu Fan gave an order, and the marching team in the rain curtain immediately stopped abruptly, and at this moment, the strict military discipline of the Broken Army was undoubtedly revealed. After receiving Liu Fan's order, Li Xiaohu, Song Cheng, Wang Pu and other senior generals immediately rushed in the direction of Liu Fan.

Looking around at the few people standing still in the surrounding rain curtain, Liu Fan said solemnly, "You all know the situation, now listen to my orders, Song Cheng, you take a battalion of the headquarters, move from west to northeast, and outflank the enemy from the flank." Xiaohu, you take most of the barracks with your relatives and make a detour to the southeast to block the enemy's retreat. The rest of the men followed me from the east gate, striking head-on and crushing the enemy. Let's get started! ”

Then, under the cover of heavy rain, the three-way army set off quickly, quickly approaching the Liukou brigade. At this moment, the rogues had no idea of the arrival of the Broken Army. The troops of the Liukou are not a well-disciplined army, if they are better in peacetime, but in such bad weather, it is a great luck to be able to maintain the formation, and it is not to mention it if you are cautious and vigilant. Moreover, after fighting with the official army for so many years, the leaders of the rogue also know the temperament of the official army. These officials and lords have always been arrogant and lascivious, and it is okay to fight a good fight, and then set up an ambush or something in this kind of weather, unless the sun hits the west and comes out, so the rogues did not send too many sentinels, but only symbolically patrolled around the ten miles.

Ten miles, eight miles, five miles... In the dark rain curtain, the Breaker Army approached the rogue at an extremely fast speed towards a black sword. Less than five miles away from the Liukou brigade, the patrolling sentinels finally spotted the uninvited guest. Vaguely seeing the sensational crowd, the leader of the probe horse was shocked, and immediately shouted loudly, "Who is ahead?" ”

No one answered, but they still moved forward, and the whole team was silent, as if they hadn't heard. When the leader of the horses saw that no one answered, he felt that something was wrong in his heart, and shouted again, "Stop!" We are an army under the command of the generals, who are you, answer quickly, or we will be unwelcome! ”

The answer to him was still silent, at this moment no matter how stupid the leader of the probe horse is, he knew that this group of people and horses were not good, and made a look at his companions around him, just when they wanted to send a warning signal, a sharp arrow from the front camp cut through the rain curtain and accurately hit his throat, the leader of the probe horse covered his throat, looked at the tail of the arrow that was still trembling in disbelief, and planted the horse. As if a signal, after this arrow was fired, a large number of arrows rained down, and the sentinels who were still in shock didn't even have time to let out a scream, they were covered by the rain of arrows and died tragically on the spot.

"Don't stop, pick up the speed and keep rushing!" Liu Fan saw that the detective had already known that he was exposed, and immediately ordered the soldiers to speed up, wanting to give him a fatal blow before he could react.

Looking at the soldiers around him who were almost running, Liu Fan's heart became more solemn than ever. Chuang general Li Zicheng! The name of the man, the shadow of the tree! As one of the culprits of the destruction of the Ming Dynasty, Li Zicheng's tough Liu Fan never doubted it. Liu Fan didn't expect to meet the famous Li Zicheng at this moment, this battle is auspicious or vicious? Liu Fan didn't dare to assert it in his heart! (To be continued.) )