Zuo Liangyu led the elite of the border army, climbed to the halfway of the Agate Mountain, only to see a crooked temporary outpost in front, because this mountain was stationed by Zhang Xianzhong, it did not take a few days of operation at all, and Zhang Xianzhong was ready to abandon this place at any time and withdraw, and naturally did not bother to operate the fortifications on the mountain.

This small makeshift outpost was not even a wooden tower, but a simple low wall made of stone and earth, behind which there were a few dozing thieves.

Zhang Xianzhong was able to mix in the troubled times at the end of the Ming Dynasty for more than ten years without dying, in fact, he also had a certain ability, the soldiers under his command were not so lacking in vigilance, but the thieves did not get the news of the approaching officers and soldiers, although there was an army under the mountain, Zhang Xianzhong thought it was the army of Baishui Zhuba, so he did not take careful precautions at all. If it was really in a state of war, it would never be possible to be attacked so easily.

Of course, he couldn't imagine that Zhu Yuanzhang and Li Zicheng would join forces to sell him, and the soldiers under his command did not enter the nervous mood of battle, and they would inevitably doze off and be lazy when they stood guard at night.

Zuo Liangyu waved his hand, and there were more than a dozen elite "night not collected" under his command to touch the past, these "night not collected" have always been responsible for espionage, espionage and other activities among the officers and soldiers, especially in the eastern Liaodong region, they often leave the land of the Ming Dynasty and invade the territory of the Manchu Tartars to spy on intelligence, stealth and concealment kung fu is really extraordinary, although the mountain road is rugged and difficult, affecting their flexibility, but their movements are still vigorous, with the cover of mountains and weeds. More than a dozen sentries fell into the outpost, and several of the sentries inside dozed off before they covered their mouths and cut their throats with a knife.

Zuo Liangyu went all the way up the mountain and pulled out several outposts in a row, but he was never discovered by Zhang Xianzhong's army on the mountain. At the time of the third watch, the officers and men finally touched the place close to the top of the mountain, and when they raised their eyes to look up, they could already see a large camp on the mountain, and flags were fluttering on the side of the camp. On it is written the words of the Eight Kings of Xiying.

But to get so close. Finally, he couldn't hide the sentry post, and he was found in the front of the night, and dozens of archers came out of a small dirt ditch on the mountain, and the arrows were about to come down. Ye Bushu, who was walking in the forefront, instantly inserted four or five arrows into his body. Tumbling down the hillside. The officers and soldiers below wanted to reach out and catch him. But the man rolled too fast, and in an instant he fell off a high cliff and fell into meat sauce.

A warning sounded from the top of the mountain. The sound of "empty" echoed in the night sky, and Zhang Xianzhong's camp exploded at once, and many thieves rushed out of their tents. Because the thieves have been on the road for many years and have been living an unstable life, they are also relatively capable of dealing with sudden attacks.

It has not been uncommon to encounter such a thing as being suddenly attacked by someone in the middle of the night and having to jump up and fight urgently. Over the years, they have been chased by officers and soldiers, and many soldiers of Zhang Xianzhong's army will not take off their clothes at all when they rest at night, and their weapons are also placed in the most convenient position next to the bed, so as soon as they heard the alarm, Zhang Xianzhong's army instantly gathered several percent of their combat effectiveness.

Zuo Liangyu saw that it was impossible to sneak, and secretly cursed a few words in his heart, he didn't know where the left and right roads were now, so he had to order: "Drumming, up!" ”

The road up the mountain is narrow, and the officers and soldiers can not immediately form a formation to rush upward, so they have to rush up the mountain in four columns, if they rush to the mountain like this in broad daylight, they must have suffered heavy losses, but fortunately, in the middle of the night, they deceived Zhang Xianzhong's army and did not watch out, and the rush was much smoother, Zuo Liangyu's army only spent a short time of tea, and then broke through the mountain gate, and the border army rushed into the camp of the thieves all the way, and then set fire to it in all directions.

On the top of the mountain, the sound of killing shook the sky, and the roar was like thunder.

Zhang Xianzhong was also alarmed at this time, he got up from the bed of his concubine Gao, lifted the trembling Gao to the side with one foot, and then grabbed the big knife and went out of the camp. He was not in a hurry, and ordered loudly: "Give me the order, let the brothers all go forward, and bring the enemy down from the mountain gate, as long as they are pushed up to the mountain road, they will never think of attacking again......

As soon as the order was issued, I suddenly heard a roar from the right: "Right side...... There are also officers and soldiers on the right flank......"

Zhang Xianzhong turned around to see it, and saw that the officers and soldiers on the mountain road on the right had also been killed, and looking at their fierceness, they were also the border troops under Zuo Liangyu.

Zhang Xianzhong was secretly frightened, if the thieves under his command were gathered together and the front was strong, maybe the officers and soldiers could go down the mountain, but if the enemy was attacked on both sides, it would be troublesome, if the thieves were divided into two sides to fight, the combat power would be diluted, and they might not have the ability to push the elite border army down.

Zhang Xianzhong knew very well that if the vanguard troops that had rushed up the mountain could not be pushed back to the mountain road, then more and more officers and men would attack the mountain, and when it was out of control, there would be officers and soldiers everywhere on the top of the mountain, and he would not be able to leave if he wanted to.

He is also a hero among people, and when he sees that the situation is so bad, he first thinks of self-preservation. As the saying goes, as long as Qingshan is here, he is not afraid of no firewood, Zhang Xianzhong gave a few lives loudly, and asked several leaders to take their subordinates to resist, but he himself did not hesitate to take his henchmen and fled to the left road where there were no officers and soldiers to kill.

Gao, who had just been kicked down by him, was also not far away, and when he saw Zhang Xianzhong about to escape, Gao hurriedly chased a few steps: "The king brought the concubine to ......" This Gao is a rich lady that Zhang Xianzhong snatched from a wealthy businessman's house, but she also has a bit of beauty, she is loved by Zhang Xianzhong, and she has a pair of slender feet, and she is often praised by Zhang Xianzhong for her good-looking feet. But when it came to such a flight, there was no doubt that the little feet had become a drag, Zhang Xianzhong didn't even look at her, and led his henchmen to rush straight to the left.

Gao chased a few steps, fell to the ground, and cried loudly. But in the middle of the night, the scene was chaotic, and no one paid attention to her. She did not dare to stay outside the camp for fear of being trampled to death by the rebels, so she had to return to the camp. There were also six other wives and concubines of Zhang Xianzhong such as Ao Shi in the camp, and the seven women did not dare to move, so they had to get together. Shivering.

But he said that Zhang Xianzhong fled to the left road, thinking that this road could be walked, but he didn't expect to go halfway up the mountain, and he bumped into He Renlongbu, who was slowly climbing up the mountain on the left road. It turned out that the Shaanxi soldiers led by He Renlong were far inferior to the elite of the border army of Zuo Liangyu's department, and they lacked the powerful night not to collect the sentry post in front, so the action was very slow, and it was not easy to reach the halfway up the mountain, and when he heard the shouting of killing on the top of the mountain, it stands to reason that he should hurry up and go up the mountain, but he wanted to preserve his strength. Let Zuo Liangyu nibble on a few more hard walnuts. He went up again to pinch the soft persimmons, so he was still climbing the mountain slowly and slowly.

On the contrary, Zhang Xianzhong was eager to flee for his life and rushed towards him in a hurry. The two armies took a picture on the mountain road. It's all flute. He Renlong obviously didn't expect the thief army to take the initiative to rush towards him...... Zhang Xianzhongjun was thinking: It's not good. There are also ambushes on the left, is this trying to wipe us out? I'll fuck your grandma, don't fight at this time. When?

Zhang Xianzhong pointed at the He Renlongbu, and said loudly: "Fuck it, ......I fought with the officers and soldiers" The thieves are already back battles, if they can't beat the Heren Longbu, they can't break through, and it is bound to be a situation where the whole army is annihilated. When the brave met on the narrow road, he won, but he was beaten and retreated, and he couldn't parry.

At the same time that the battle on the top of the mountain was already hot, Li Zicheng's troops under the mountain were not idle, and Li Zicheng's army also came out of the cave, and under the cover of the ravine, he slowly touched the vicinity of Li Guoqi's department.

Compared with the border army led by Zuo Liangyu and the Shaanxi soldiers led by He Renlong, Li Guoqi's army can only be called a miscellaneous army, among which a considerable number of soldiers come from Henan, Huguang, Anhui and other places, all of which are different and have chaotic orders. In fact, Zuo Liangyu also knew that this army could not be used for any major things, so he asked Li Guoqi's troops to answer at the foot of the mountain.

At this time, Li Guoqi was looking up at the agate mountain in front of him.

The middle night in the mountains is extremely quiet, and a little sound can be heard far away, not to mention the sound of tens of thousands of people shouting and killing, at this time, the shouting and killing sound from the agate echoes in almost all the nearby ravines, and the echo caused by the collision of the sound between the mountain walls increases the intensity of these shouting and killing, as if not only Agate Mountain, but also all the nearby mountains, are in a state of madness.

Li Guoqi really hopes that this battle can completely clean up Zhang Xianzhong, he can take off the armor on his body, become an official in the peaceful period again, drink tea every day, scold people, and bully the women of poor families, so he will spend the rest of his life like this. The group of miscellaneous soldiers under his command also had the same thoughts, just hoping that the battle on the mountain would end as soon as possible, and Zhang Xianzhong would give the head, and then they would watch Li Zicheng, Zhu Ba, Luo Rucai, Lao Huihui and others finish one by one, and they could unload their armor and return to the field.

An adjutant general walked up to Li Guoqi's side and asked in a low voice, "General, should we also attack the mountain and help Lord Zuo ......"

Li Guoqi shook his head: "Just wait here." "Others will go to fight life and death, and I will do the things of promotion and wealth, this is the way to be an official.

It's a pity that Li Guoqi didn't know that in the ravine behind him, Li Zicheng's troops had begun to deploy quietly. Li Zicheng personally led the old eighth team, located in the middle, the left wing is his brother as a brother of the general Liu Zongmin, Liu Zongmin and Li Zicheng came out of the rice fat uprising, has always been Li Zicheng's right-hand man, when Li Zicheng is not there, the command of the army is often in charge of Liu Zongmin, so the people in the army are also called Liu Zongmin.

The right wing is led by Li Zicheng's nephew Li Guo, Li Guo, also known as Li Jin, nicknamed a tiger, and he is like a tiger when he fights.

The two generals, one on the left and one on the right, quietly surrounded Li Guoqi's troops, and then sent people through the ravine to report back to Li Zicheng in the middle that they were ready to make a move.

Li Zicheng was not ambiguous, and immediately ordered: "Up! ”

This order, a big flag bearer behind Li Zicheng immediately began to frantically shake a big flag with the word "Chuang", this big flag bearer surnamed Hao, because he was specifically responsible for giving Li Zicheng the flag, so he was also called "Hao Shaoqi", no other ability, the biggest feature is that the strength is great, several meters long flagpole, plus a huge "Chuang" word military degree. weighed dozens of pounds, but he lifted it from night to night, and shook it twice from time to time, this strength is worthy of pride.

In fact, this person is also a general, after Li Zicheng's death, Hao Shaoqi and Li Guolian Ming resisted the Qing Dynasty, was named Nan'an Hou by the Southern Ming, renamed Hao Yongzhong, and defeated the Qing army in Hunan and Guangxi many times. It is a pity that he was later excluded and despised by the bureaucrats of Nanming and failed to play a decisive role. In the second year of Kangxi, he was captured and killed by the Qing army.

Hao Shaoqi's banner waved. The drummer behind immediately beat the drum, and the drums in the dark were the signal, and Liu Zongmin and Li Guo, who were ambushed on the left and right, immediately led the crowd to kill. Li Zicheng's old eighth department also hurried forward.

The three-way army pounced from the darkness. Immediately startled Li Guoqi. His men were originally a rabble. When they were attacked in the dark, they didn't react as quickly as Zhang Xianzhong's men, and when they saw the enemy rushing in, the Shanxi soldiers rushed head-on. The Henan soldiers hesitated to go up, but the Huguang soldiers turned around and ran first...... Before the two armies could fight, the military formation was already in disarray.

Li Guoqi was surprised, and he couldn't see the military flag of the intruder army clearly in the dark, so he had to catch a spy next to him and asked, "Where did this thief army come out?" ”

The spy figured out where to figure it out, so he had to open his eyes and say blindly: "It's Zhang Xianzhong, Zhang Xianzhong doesn't know how to slip down the mountain......

Li Guoqi did not doubt that he was there, and hurriedly shouted: "Raise a torch, stand firm, don't mess up!" What about the prison guards? I will send the fleeing soldier with his head cut off. ”

He shouted urgently, and the military order was spread in all directions, but it also had some effect, and the officers and soldiers hurriedly cheered up and faced the rushing army. The Chuang army was not good at mountain warfare, and Li Guoqi's troops were not good at it, and the two armies were in the dark, fighting and falling, slashing and killing on the rugged slopes, ravines, and woods...... Officers and men are quite good at fighting in formations, but their combat effectiveness in this kind of mountains and forests is almost the same as that of Li Zicheng's troops, but Li Zicheng has an advantage in numbers, and they are surrounded on three sides, which makes the officers and men psychologically at a disadvantage.

Once defeated, the morale of the army begins to be unstable, and the entire army is crumbling and can collapse at any time.

Li Guoqi had no choice but to let his henchmen shout: "Don't be afraid, there are still the armies of Lord Zuo Liangyu and Lord He Renlong on Agate Mountain, as long as they clean up the thief army on the mountain, they will immediately come down to help us." ”

Little did he know that the situation on the mountain was also very interesting now.

Zuo Liangyu on the top of the mountain, at this time has won a big victory, because Zhang Xianzhong fled, leaving the chaotic thief army to care, so the thief army soon had chaos because of the lack of unified command, Zuo Liangyu army is all the elite of the border army, even if it is a head-on battle, it can easily defeat Zhang Xianzhong, not to mention this kind of sudden attack, Zhang Xianzhong's army was quickly divided into many small pieces that could not respond to each other, fighting separately, and it was only a matter of time before they were all annihilated.

Zuo Liangyu led a group of henchmen to Zhang Xianzhong's camp, wanting to capture Zhang Xianzhong alive and lift his head to receive merit, but he didn't expect to enter the camp and see that Zhang Xianzhong's shadow was long gone, and only seven women were left hugging each other and trembling. After asking, I learned that these seven women were Zhang Xianzhong's wives and concubines.

Zuo Liangyu is not a kind person, the soldiers under his command harass the good people, rapes and plunders, and does all kinds of evil, and he himself is also the same character. This time, he led the troops to pursue the 36th battalion, and the imperial court stipulated that female dependents were not allowed in the army, so Zuo Liangyu also held back for a long time, and when he suddenly saw a woman, he couldn't help but feel crooked.

Among these seven women, especially the Ao family and the Gao family, Zuo Liangyu couldn't help but laugh twice and said: "Left and right, throw everyone else out of the tent, just leave these two people in the tent, and the general will personally interrogate them Zhang Xianzhong's whereabouts." ”

How could his own soldiers not understand what he meant? At that moment, he took all the other women out of the tent, leaving only Zuo Liangyu, Ao and Gao in the tent. Zuo Liangyu was not polite, stepped forward, grabbed Gao's clothes, and ripped them off. Gao's is dressed in fine skin and white meat, and he is a good person, not the same as a country stupid woman. Zuo Liangyu couldn't help but look dizzy for a while, and his throat let out a whining beast sound.

The two women were so frightened that they didn't even know how to resist, they only knew how to cry, so Zuo Liangyu reached out again and stripped off Ao's clothes, only to see that this woman was also snow-white, and her appearance was no less than Gao's.

He was anxious in his heart, and pressed the two women on a desk in the account, on which Zhang Xianzhong's tiger talisman, carved gold dragon stick, Ling Qi, Ling arrow, and money used in the Bu store were originally placed...... At this point, they were all pushed to the ground.

There was the sound of soldiers shouting and killing outside the tent, and the sad crying of the two women came from under him, in this case, the men's beast blood couldn't help but boil, Zuo Liangyu was no exception, he laughed wildly, took off his armor, and got up on the two women.

A personal soldier reported outside the tent: "My lord, there is a sound of shouting and killing from the bottom of the mountain, I don't know what the situation is. ”

Zuo Liangyu is pushing his waist hard, how can he have the strength to care about what mountain? said vaguely at the moment: "Presumably Zhang Xianzhong fled to the bottom of the mountain and is fighting Li Guoqi, what do you care about them?" Let's just take care of the top of the mountain...... Call...... It's so cool......" (To be continued.) )