Chapter 127: Two Choices

The black iron bump-like thing flew into the Liukou army, which instantly caused one explosion after another, and fortunately, there were many veterans of the Ming army in the Liukou army, and they had intentionally or unintentionally dispersed the formation when facing the fire gun. But Rao was like this, such a dense number of missiles fell into the camp and exploded, and the firepower of the explosives and the scattered pieces of iron still caused heavy casualties to the rogue.

The Ming army also had 10,000 enemies similar to this kind of thing in the Central Plains, but they were huge in size and were generally used in battle to defend the city. In addition, the imperial court's finances have dried up in recent years, and the supply of pig iron and gunpowder is not easy, so the Ming army has long eliminated this kind of firearms, but they don't want to encounter this kind of miniature version of the 10,000-strong enemy that can be used for battle. Such a dense number of throws and fierce power made the hearts of the rogue army float.

"Enter! The musketeers and grenadiers retreated, and the three talents met the enemy! The thick herald voice on the other side shouted calmly.

Three rows of musketeers and hundreds of grenadiers carrying cloth bags quickly retreated, but the swordsmen and pikemen hidden behind rushed up, a phalanx of three hundred people, dozens of phalanxes began to squeeze towards the rogue, which contained countless battle groups, three in a group, two groups of swordsmen with a group of spearmen, but the spear was a barb with a hook and sickle, which made the rogue on the opposite side shocked,

Among them, the ancestor of the Ming army suddenly exclaimed, "This is Grandpa Qi's formation, is it the Zhejiang soldiers on the other side?" ”

Luo Ruliang heard it so clearly, but his brain exploded, "Grandpa Qi, Zhejiang soldiers!" Aren't they all buried outside the gates? Could it be that the imperial court mobilized Zhejiang soldiers and horses to march westward, but now how can Zhejiang soldiers still have such elite! ”

After thinking about it, the brigade of the official army had already caught fire with the rogue. The phalanx of the official army is advancing steadily, but the Liukou has no will to fight, the Qi family army that once shocked the enemy suddenly appeared in front of him, Qi Jiguang's heroic posture and outstanding military exploits in Jiliao still remain in the hearts of every Ming soldier, dare to fight with such an opponent, there is only one possibility, that is, to live impatiently.

Even the elite of Luo Rucai's start, as soon as he saw the familiar "Mandarin Duck Array" and "Sancai Array" in the official army formation, he ran away without a trace in an instant with a fierce fighting spirit, and he didn't have to wait for anyone to greet him, some of the original Ming army veterans turned around and ran without hesitation, and the remaining rogues who were not afraid of death were also surrounded by the officials and soldiers in an instant, and all of them fell into the battle formation in less than a while.

The changes in the right army quickly spread to the left army and the middle army, which was like a plague, and the forward of the rogue immediately showed signs of wavering, and began to retreat one after another, even if Luo Ruliang's overseer team cut off dozens of heads, it could not stop the rout of the soldiers.

Less than half an hour after the battle with the officers and troops who had come in for reinforcements, Luo Ruliang's rogue army soon collapsed.

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The morning sun jumped out of the mountains, and soon dispersed the dense fog, and the golden light shone on the Pingchuan River from the wind crossing to the Hulu Beach between the canyons. Luo Rucai, who was immediately on the hill, was terrified, and Ji Jue, who touched it, was also smacking, "Where are these people and horses, why are they so brave?" Is this the invincible Qi family army back then? ”

Luo Ruliang's subordinates have been in a mess, and now they are like lambs to the slaughter, and the soldiers rushed into the pass of the mountains in a panic, which made Luo Rucai shocked and heartbroken.

Ji Jue hugged his fist with a face full of shame, "Dashuai, today's battle is irreparable, the official army actually hid such an elite near Fenglingdu, it is obviously thoughtful, all kinds of news we heard before, it seems that Wang Qiaonian is in the old suspicion array, attracting us to take the bait!" ”

"Wang Qiaonian uses soldiers like a god, and in the future, our righteous army will have one more difficult opponent!" Luo Rucai sighed, "Send someone to contact Ru Liang, try to get the team closer to the southern Henan area, as much as you can rescue, don't fall in love with the war!" ”

"Also, inform Yang Chengzu and let him lead the army to the Tongguan area to respond, be sure to move forward steadily, don't fall into the ambush of the official army, let's move closer to him, meet the division, and then make plans!"

After losing the battle of Tongguan, Luo Rucai fell into an embarrassment. Li Zicheng will definitely make a big fuss about this, Queshan can't stay anymore, and where to go next is what Luo Rucai is most worried about.

Ji Jue hurriedly comforted, "Dashuai, let's evacuate first!" This place is quite close to the battlefield, in case there are still ambushes in the official army, it will be difficult for us to get out at that time! ”

Luo Rucai nodded listlessly, and then ordered the thousand troops under his command to slowly retreat to the south, and now Lingbao still has some defenders, retreat there first.

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Due to Zhang Yaoxian's participation in the war, there was no suspense in the battle of Fenglingdu soon. The combat power of the new army is obvious to all, and the Liukou army is only 8,000 people, which is more than enough to deal with the Shaanxi army, but as soon as Zhang Yao joins first, the Liukou have no advantage in terms of strength and combat power.

Niu Chenghu is also clever, as soon as he saw the change in the Liukou army, he immediately led his subordinates in the military fort to rush out, and he also won a lot, until he joined Zhang Yaoxian. Niu Chenghu realized that it was the soldiers and horses of the Shandong Army who came to the rescue, but he held his identity and did not take Zhang Yaoxian in his eyes. Niu Chenghu is currently the chief soldier of Lintao, the military attache of Zheng Erpin, so naturally he didn't take Zhang Yaoxian, the so-called brigade commander of the so-called Shandong Capital Division, to heart, just said hello, and led his soldiers and horses to cut off the head and snatch the spoils.

Although Zhang Yaoxian was angry, he did not bother with Niu Chenghu when the battle situation was urgent, but hurriedly waved his army to attack, intending to annihilate Luo Ruliang in one go. But what made him strange was that Luo Rucai had never been found, including his Chinese army.

Zhang Yaoxian couldn't help but be anxious, and when Zhu Ping'an left, he deliberately explained that the biggest purpose of this battle was to find Luo Rucai, who was one of the three major leaders of the Liukou, and was of great significance to the future war against thieves. Now that he can't find it, how can he report it to Zhu Ping'an.

It's just that in the chaos of the army, it was discovered that the main general of the Liukou was breaking through to the south regardless of the protection of a group of personal soldiers, Zhang Yao first expected that this person must be the confidant general around Luo Rucai, and now he can only catch him and then inquire about Luo Rucai's whereabouts.

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Luo Rucai and his party came down from the hill at a gallop, and there were only a thousand light horsemen around him, but fortunately, they were all one person and two horses, and the leg strength and dry food were enough, enough to support the Lingbao realm, so a group of people beat their horses and whipped and galloped in the direction of Lingbao.

Along the way, he continued to collect the scattered soldiers, and before he ran ten miles, two thousand remnants of soldiers had gathered around him.

Luo Rucai didn't dare to take the official road, so he could only lead everyone to take the small road, along the Shouxiang all the way to the east, and then turn south to Lingbao.

By the afternoon, it was only more than thirty miles away from Shouxiang, and there was no interception by the officials and soldiers along the way, so Luo Rucai breathed a sigh of relief, and just wanted to order a rest on the spot, but suddenly people in front of him shouted and neighed.

A pro-soldier came panting to report, "Commander, the path ahead is densely covered with wires, the brothers were caught off guard, more than a dozen people were directly cut off their heads, dozens of people were injured, and the war horse mount also lost a lot." Please, the marshal! ”

Luo Ru's nerves that had just relaxed suddenly tensed, how could the road be densely covered with wires, this thing was difficult to build, who would tie it to the road when they were full and had nothing to do?

Luo Rucai subconsciously looked at the terrain on all sides, the mountains here are high and dense, except for the cry of birds, there is no other sound around, it seems that there are few people, this is still a road led by a local soldier, it is said to be foolproof, and there may not be a record of this path on the map of the official army.

Luo Rucai was hesitant, and just wanted to send someone to investigate around, but a crisp sound of fire suddenly sounded in the silent mountain forest.

When the gunshots rang out, one of Luo Rucai's personal soldiers immediately fell off his horse, and the surroundings instantly returned to calm, leaving only the lingering echo for a long time.

Everyone was stunned, all looked at the soldier who had planted the horse, he was shot in the throat, blood gushed out like a fountain, his eyes revealed a look of distress, but he was speechless, his two hands pressed the wound tightly, spit blood clots in his mouth, and after a while, he stopped breathing, leaving only a pair of eyes still staring at Luo Rucai's direction.

Luo Rucai only felt a cool breath rushing from the soles of his feet to the top of his head. The team of 2,000 people also looked at each other, but they did not dare to act rashly, but held their blades in vain, looking at the surrounding movements in horror.

"Bang", another gunshot rang out, everyone's hearts trembled violently, and the military judge next to Luo Rucai fell off the horse, shot in the center of his eyebrows, and died instantly.

Then came a palpitating silence.

In less than a cup of tea, five gunshots rang out, and the five rogues closest to Luo Rucai fell.

The brigade had begun to be a little confused, and some of the clever ones had already gotten into the woods on the side of the road, but before the others behind could follow suit, a flurry of arrows struck, and the soldiers who ran out of the queue first had already been hit by several arrows and fell to the ground.

In this way, the entire team of 2,000 people turned out to be like a wood carving clay sculpture, and no one dared to move their bodies lightly.

Luo Rucai couldn't help but close his eyes in pain, by this time, he had fully understood the other party's intentions. This is a Jedi, don't leave any more hope, either surrender or die, the other party only gave these two choices.

Luo Rucai sighed, slowly untied his sword, raised it high, looked around, and then threw it far away, and ordered his subordinates, "There is no way out on all sides, there is no need for the big guy to give his life in vain, all throw down the blade and surrender!" ”

Ji Jue suddenly cried silently, "It's all the students who hurt the handsome!" ”

Luo Rucai was much more relaxed, and smiled faintly, "Sir, don't blame yourself, this ambush man knows how to use soldiers, only used a few wires and put five firearms, and forced my 2,000 troops to surrender, this person must not be an ordinary person, defeated in his hands, I die without regrets!" ”R1152