"Enter your mother's hair, this group of officers and soldiers from Dengzhou is not easy to fight." Zhang Xianzhong, who had a sallow face, looked at the mountain, his original mixed name was Yellow Tiger, and it was because of this yellowish face.

Looking at the array and looking at the flags, it was Zhang Xianzhong's method of judging the opponent's combat strength, although the officers and soldiers on the opposite side were ambushed, there was no panic, their banners were much more than their own, and they also looked very neat.

"Wang'er, take two hundred of the old camp to supervise the battle, and whoever retreats will be beheaded on the spot." Zhang Xianzhong said to a seventeen or eighteen-year-old young man beside him, "Don't mix with those hungry people, let them rush forward, retreat the latter infantry and kill it, the infantry retreat from the latter's old battalion and kill it, and the old battalion retreats from the latter and you kill it." We must break through the river for our Lao Tzu, and don't worry about the one on the other side of the river. ”

Although the man looked very young, he could not see the slightest tension on the battlefield, shouted loudly and agreed, and led a few horsemen behind him to rush down the southern slope, where there were hundreds of horsemen in a queue, the people and horses of the rogue were chaotic, and the sources were different, generally fifty people in a team, and then there were sentry posts, battalions, etc., the actual number of people varied greatly, all of them were led by the leader at the time of refuge, and how many counted. If these leaders want to go, they will also go with their soldiers, and they will gather uncertainly, so the leaders of the rogue often don't know how many people there are.

This Wang'er is called Sun Kewang, he followed Zhang Xianzhong in Shaanxi, and is the righteous son of the Eight Kings, so he changed his name to Zhang Kewang, although he is young, he is not ambiguous about fighting and killing people, and his character is young and old, and he is very favored by Zhang Xianzhong, and often helps Zhang Xianzhong to make the old camp horsemen break through. He gave some direction before the battle, and soon two hundred horsemen followed him. Came behind the line of infantry.

More than 20,000 displaced people and infantry troops spread across the south bank of Huanshui. There are some banners of different sizes, all of which are the leaders of the rogues, and these people are generally the old cowards, and the thieves are the first to control the huge number of vagabonds. It was the first time for Chen Xin to have such a big battle, but they were used to the Eight Great Kings. The tide of the crowd moved slowly forward, and they had no array. But if there are many people, there will naturally be a formation.

"Beat the drums!" Zhang Xianzhong is very calm on the battlefield, and the homeless people rely on a blood to fight, and Zhang Xianzhong knows this very well. He was going to the city of Lu'an. The surrounding area over there was flat, and he was going to see if there were any other large battalion leaders around, and they joined forces to attack Lu'an Mansion, and when he walked halfway, he heard that Cao Zhao had arrived in Licheng. He didn't dare to go to Lu'an Mansion again, so he immediately turned around and returned to Pingshun, and crossed Longxi Mountain from Pingshun to Linxian, and this time he marched down in a hurry. Two or three thousand people were scattered.

For these homeless people, the Eight Kings have never been a pity. He has his own management method for these displaced people, and the trick is not to feed them. Hunger and war are the only way to be ruthless. It only took them to rush over and consume the muskets, bows and arrows of the Ming army. Just cover the infantry and rush to the front.

He didn't have any impression of the so-called Dengzhou soldiers in front of him, and when the sweeping king and the girl introduced him, they said that they were a bit of a background, and the girl said that this official army was powerful, and on the other hand, he said that he was not the opponent of the eight kings. He has fought a lot of Ming troops over the years, and they are all nine-sided elites anyway. That Shandong is not among the nine sides, although it is very good to fight Tartars, but the eight kings have never seen Tartars, so he can't compare any results.

The big group of other rogue bandits around also sounded the big drum at the same time, and the big carpet moved to the Ming army formation a mile and a half away, and the pipe team and the old thief in the rogue shouted in unison, "The officers and soldiers who kill the dog have food to eat, the first soldier gets one liter of food, and the first soldier gets one liter of food, and two soldiers get the infantry army, and the horse snatcher becomes a team......

The howls of the thieves were earth-shattering, their eyes were blood-red, as long as they killed the officers and soldiers, they could get food for their families to survive in the capture, and the battle was the way for them to get a chance to survive. This group of people who have been living on the verge of life and death for a long time have long lost any moral concepts, all they need is to survive, and killing and cannibalism are happening around them every day, so that they are indifferent to the life and death of others, but also to their own lives, especially in the collective excitement and madness, they don't feel afraid for a while, it seems that everyone feels that they are the god of war, and killing officers and soldiers is fighting for their own lives.

The formation of the Ming army was very quiet, the spears of the 2,000 headquarters were like a forest, the array was tight, the middle of the large array was two four-pounder guns, the two wings were two eight-pounder guns, the two wings were cavalry, the left wing was a bureau, the right wing was two bureaus, Geng Zhongming's hundred family members were strengthened to the left wing, and the first general heavy weapon flag team was strengthened to the right flank.

The third general is forming a hundred steps behind the second general headquarters, their speed far exceeds Zhang Xianzhong's expectations, and the sixth platoon column is deployed in place with a turn after crossing the river, and the strict queue training has achieved an efficient deployment speed.

Zhong Laosi's position was between the second and third companies, and his second general listed a slightly arced formation to better cover the two wings, and he was also a little frightened when he looked at those crazy homeless people at this time. Zhu Daichun rode his horse and ran over, and said loudly to Zhong Laosi: "Resist the first wave, they will know that they are afraid after the madness, and all the front formations will be under your command, including the cavalry and the third general." ”

Zhong Laosi nodded, Zhu Daichun sent Tangma to inform the directly subordinate battalions, and he led his own soldiers to run back to the direction of the ferry, conveyed the order to the third general Qian, and then began to take over the first general of crossing the river.

"Fight hard with Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu is fighting all the way." After Zhong Laosi finished scolding, he said to Tang Ma: "Let the detachments of the third general and two divisions assemble on the two flanks of the front formation, and line up two rows of lines diagonally. ”

The combat staff officer next to him asked in a low voice: "Deputy battalion officer, don't you want to be a skirmish in the detachment every day, do you want to try it today?" ”

"If you don't try, they don't even have bows and arrows." Zhong Laosi shook his head, "Let the artillery stop firing, don't scare them away, load the scattered bombs and stand by, by the way, Lao Tzu does not have a flag to command the heavy weapons flag team, you go over there, tell the flag captain, wait until the Liukou enters seventy steps and listen to the sound of the trumpet and fire a salvo together." ”

The staff officer paused for a moment, "Lord Deputy Battalion Officer, the rocket should be the most powerful in 100 steps, and the artillery has its own shooting regulations, how long and how long a few solid bullets ......"

"The regulations don't say that you can't stop, those rockets, it's enough for him to hit the middle diagonally for a hundred steps." Zhong Laosi waved his hand indifferently, he just wanted to concentrate all the firepower at the same time, beat down the excitement of the rogue, and how many people he killed was still second.

When the third detachment of the four detachments began to move, the rogue entered a mile, and six guns began to fire at the same time, and the iron bullets cut through the low flat trajectory. Hop on the dry ground of the South Shore, smashing all the creatures you come across, tearing apart the carpet of human flesh through the flesh passages.

The liukou came in an arc, and the front was very wide. Compared with the number of 20,000 casualties, the shells were far from stopping the advance of the displaced people.

"Kill the officers and soldiers!!" "Kill the officers and soldiers!!"

The earth-shattering shouts of killing sounded, and the crazy homeless people brandished rudimentary weapons and farm tools, and rushed towards the officers and soldiers with blood-red eyes. They did not have a banner to command, and in the face of the artillery bombardment of the officers and men, they began to charge with all their strength from a mile away, and it seemed that their whole body had inexhaustible strength. They didn't know that they were facing an army that was even more terrifying than Cao Zhao.

The unhurried firing of the six guns stopped at a distance of two hundred paces, and the entire Dengzhou town array was silent. There was only the whirring of flags of all colors. The heavens and the earth were filled with the shouts of countless rogues, and the smoke of gunpowder after the artillery was fired was blown away by the wind, leaving a faint imprint in front of the battle.

The command flag of the deputy commander of the front row waved, a short military trumpet, the detachment in the front row put the gun flat, and the common command drum and horn of the phalanx soldiers were only brass horns and foot drums, and the brass flutes were used when marching and engaging the enemy. It only mediates the nerves of the soldiers, and does not have the function of commanding. Simplifying the command system is also part of Chen Xinjian's assembly line, and the overtones of the brass horn can be used for multiple purposes, and different orders can be issued with different rhythms and combinations. This short tone has the same rhythm as the original horn, and the musketeers are to be prepared to shoot.

The crowd of people who ran wildly slowed down a little, they started charging too early, at first they were holding a breath of blood, but now they were a little down, Chen Xin on the other side of the river laughed in his heart, the combat power of the Liukou was still too low, the equipment was even worse, and many people didn't even have clothes. At this time, the first general had already crossed the river, and Zhu Daichun personally mastered the thousand headquarters composed of this veteran as a reserve for the front.

There was no more space to deploy men and horses on the riverbank, so the thousand headquarters of the Guards Battalion and Geng Zhongming's five hundred battalions had to stay on the north bank. That's the deployment of Dengzhou Town, more than 3,000 people against more than 20,000 rogues.

However, even Lu Zhi didn't think that Liukou would win, he had previously studied Jiubian's record against Jiannu, and then compared Dengzhou Town and Liukou, he came to the order of Dengzhou Town first, Liukou at the bottom.

He touched his smooth chin and smiled at Chen Xin: "Lord Chen, our family also wants to go and see the rogue leader, let's cross the river first." ”

Chen Xin bowed down and said: "The soldiers are in danger, and I ask you to stay in the North Shore General System." ”

Lu Zhi shook his head and laughed, and rode his horse into the water first, Chen Xin had to follow behind to cross the river, and as soon as he landed on the river bank, a trumpet imitating the sound of a swan sounded in front.

The silence of the Dengzhou Army Front was instantly broken by the sound of fierce shooting, and the roar of artillery was dotted in the middle, with a total of more than 500 flintlock muskets in the front row, and seven hundred scattered bullets from six guns.

The deafening roar was like thunder, and the dazzling flames were so dense that they were too dense to count, and they instantly smashed the madness of the rogue to pieces, and Zhang Xianzhong on the mountain was so shocked that he almost fell off his horse, such a fierce display of fire he had never imagined.

"Enter your mother's hair, Lao Tzu is going to lose today."

Zhang Xianzhong subconsciously scolded, and before he could react, the left flank of the Ming army flashed with fire, and the fifteen fire-fighting chariots of the Ming army's heavy weapons flag team were released together, and sparks splashed on the frame of the wooden fire-mounted chariots, and countless flames with sharp chirps shot to the left of the middle of the Liukou, and the white trail was densely crossed, covering the entire left wing of the battlefield with white smoke.

The rockets were firing more and more intensively, the chirping was continuous, many rockets were discharged at the same time, and the 4,500 rockets were like a sudden meteor shower, crossing the parabola on the battlefield and falling into the crowd of wanderers. The lethality of the rocket in 100 steps is stronger than that at close range, and those unprotected rogues fell in pieces under the blow of the rocket, and Zhang Xianzhong could see the rogue figures in that area quickly sparse at a visual speed on the top of the mountain, and then drowned in a cloud of white smoke.

The momentum of the Great Array of Displaced Persons has long been wiped out by this volley of heaven and earth, and the blood warrior has turned back to cowardice, and the untrained Wanderers are scurrying around like headless flies, and countless homeless people on the ground are rolling and wailing, just like the Shura Hell.

The artillery on both flanks was still firing scattered shells, the furlong planes of the heavy weapons flag team had a faster rate of fire, Zhong Laosi did not issue the flag of the detachment retreating, and the front row of the deputy thousand general organization carried out another salvo, this round of volleys completely routed the rogue Kou, and the rogue array began to collapse from the middle, and then quickly spread to the two wings.

The rogues fled faster than they came. The infantry army behind the formation is no better than the homeless, they are actually just homeless people with weapons, some of them have one or two combat experience, but compared to the scene in front of them. Those experiences were not worth mentioning, they were also hit by rockets and artillery, so it was not surprising that they also collapsed. The panicked cries of tens of thousands of people are still earth-shattering, and the heads are surging. They scrambled for their way and fled, and the ground was littered with sticks, weapons, and farm tools, and countless people were knocked over and trampled to death. In the face of such a collapse, the horsemen behind the formation no longer dared to supervise the battle. They retreated all the way to the south, and the banners of Zhang Xianzhong and other leaders also disappeared from the mountain.

"General Chen, it's time to pursue." Lu Zhi was proud. He had only been ashore for a while. Before the little eunuch had finished smoking a cigarette he had handed over, the rogue collapsed.

"My lord is really the reincarnation of Sun Wu, and the timing of this pursuit is seamless." Chen Xin gave a sycophant, he was in a good mood, he finally saw the fireworks display of the heavy weapons flag team, men's love for weapons is always deep-rooted, especially when this weapon is still so beautiful. However, this victory only killed a bunch of homeless people. The elite of the rogues were not damaged at all, and the middle were all those fleeing homeless, unless Chen Xin could fly over, otherwise he could only watch the horsemen flee.

Lu Zhi said a little anxiously: "General Chen, you should still command it personally, we are afraid that those generals are still a little worse." ”

Chen Xin smiled and comforted: "The generals are all trained, and they are not bad, look, my lord." ”

Lu Zhi looked in the direction of Chen Xin's finger, the detachment in the front row had begun to pursue, the third general formation began to advance, and the cavalry on both flanks also launched a surprise attack. Then there was the first general in the back, they quickly advanced from both wings according to the bureau, and then expanded into a horizontal formation after approaching Liukou, showing the flexibility of the mandarin duck formation, Zhong Laosi and Zhu Daichun's command was very reasonable, and the response was also very fast.

"Oh? The musketeers all rushed to the front, and General Chen's men and horses were really well trained. Lu Zhi looked around with the telescope sent by Chen Xin, and saw those detachments rushing to the front, and couldn't help but sigh, in fact, he had already begun to think about how to write a good report in his heart, so that he could send it to the emperor as soon as possible, of course, he had to wait until the end to see if he caught a big fish.

Chen Xin ran to Wang Mafu's side and whispered to him: "Let all the cavalry chase after the Eight Kings, and don't care about the rest, but don't rush in to prevent an ambush." There is also a sue to Zhu Daichun, chase those infantry, capture fewer prisoners, drive them to the south, don't let them go back to the camp to get things, they want everything in the camp. ”

"The subordinates understand, and the subordinates also want to hunt down the rogue." Wang Mafu said cautiously, he didn't know if Chen Xin would agree.

Who knew that Chen Xin was very simple, "No, after you give the order, you will lead the remaining thirty Chinese army scouts, rush to the Liukou camp first, and hide the valuables before the arrival of the Lu Jian army." ”

Wang Mafu had to take the order to leave, he has been in the army, but recently followed Chen Xin as an adjutant, there is no chance to go into battle, the power is getting bigger and bigger, those battalion officers sometimes look at him to give orders, his eyes are a little obedient, he knows it, so now there is a chance or hope to earn some military merits, who knows if it didn't happen.

Looking at the spectacular scene of 20,000 horses fleeing all over the mountains in front of him, Chen Xin couldn't help but feel pleasing to the eye, after this battle, Liukou should always know the name of Dengzhou Town.

"General Chen." Lu Zhi suddenly spoke again, "These many people can't be killed for a while, this time we will definitely capture many prisoners, I don't know what General Chen plans to do with it?" ”

"Please advise."

Lu Zhi sighed slightly and said: "Our family thinks that God has the virtue of a good life, and killing it will hurt Tianhe, so we might as well ...... All handed over to Nalu Xiangsheng. ”

Chen Xin knew that Lu Zhi didn't dare to kill himself, and Hong Chengchou could kill as much as he wanted, because he was an official. Chen Xin is a military attaché, and Galu is a eunuch, and he has to be drowned by Yushi's saliva when he kills many prisoners, and he doesn't want to take them to consume military rations, so he wants to hand them over to King Lu Yan to deal with.

Chen Xin's eyes rolled, "My lord, Lu Daotai is still far away, I'm afraid I won't be able to reach it for a while, but the deputy general soldier of the left is nearby, we can give him the prisoner." ”

"That'll do fine." Lu Zhi agreed, as long as the prisoners didn't take it, he whipped the horse, "General Chen, let's go to the Liukou camp and don't let them move their things." ”

Chen Xindu looked at Lu Zhi's running back for a moment, and muttered, "Hey, it's really Sun Wu's reincarnation, I haven't forgotten this." ”