Hong Chengchou led the army, left Luzhou Mansion, and after entering the territory of Huguang, he quickly headed towards Huangzhou.

Hong Chengchou personally led an army of 10,000, as the front army, and quickly headed towards the direction of Huangzhou, Zuo Liangyu led the remaining 30,000 troops, quickly followed, at this moment Hong Chengchou thought of all the situation in Huangzhou City, if Huangzhou City was captured by Liukou, it would be too late, as for whether Liukou would have other arrangements, he didn't think about it at all.

The march was so fast that the scouts barely had time to reconnoiter the road.

On the eighth day of the first lunar month, after Hong Chengchou received an urgent document from the Huangzhou capital, he accelerated the speed of the march, so that the distance between the front army and the Chinese army had exceeded fifty miles.

Hong Chengchou led 10,000 soldiers, mainly cavalry, combat effectiveness is not ordinary, the marching speed is much faster, just from the Luzhou Mansion, he thought that the distance between the front army and the Chinese army can not be too long, this is the basic requirement of marching operations, but after receiving the lake advertising urgent Huangzhou urgent documents, Hong Chengchou can not manage so much, time is precious, must not be delayed, must be as far as possible to rush to Huangzhou City.

The more big things you face, the more you need to be calm, but it's a pity that Hong Chengchou, who has been fighting for many years, forgot about it this time.

From Luotian to Huangzhou Fucheng, the official road is only two hundred and forty miles, and the cavalry can arrive in half a day, so after entering Luotian County in Huguang, Hong Chengchou only asked the herald to send a message to He Renlong behind, did not stop, and went straight in the direction of Huangzhou Mansion.

The ninth day of the first month of the ninth year of Chongzhen.

The 10,000 sergeants led by Hong Chengchou were less than 100 miles away from the capital city of Huangzhou, and the sergeants were generally a little tired after a rapid march all the way, but they could not rest, and they had to arrive as soon as possible.

When the 10,000 sergeants entered a hilly area, Hong Chengchou hesitated slightly, and then quickly whipped up his horse and headed forward, and the sergeants behind also sped up.

A cannon rang out, and the horse was so startled that it was about to stand up.

Almost at the same time, a rain of arrows and bullets whistled.

The dense rain of arrows almost blocked out the light, and the surroundings suddenly darkened.

Hong Chengchou, who had experienced countless battles, naturally understood what was happening, and many sergeants around him also understood what was happening, some sergeants fell with arrows, and more sergeants quickly formed a defensive formation.

Hong Chengchou never dreamed that he would be ambushed, needless to say that this was an ambush by a rogue.

Hong Chengchou, who faintly felt bad, quickly issued an order to retreat, the wisest way at this time is to retreat quickly, and at the same time notify Zuo Liangyu in the back, lead the army to speed up the pace of marching, after the front army and the rear army will meet, the danger will be able to pass, and now these 10,000 soldiers are in great danger.

It's a pity that Hong Chengchou's opponent has also experienced countless battles, and even encountered many ambushes, the Battle of Fengyang, the Battle of Shouzhou and the Battle of Chezhou Gorge, so that Liukou has learned enough lessons.

When the army turned its horses and withdrew behind them, a dense crowd of rogues poured up.

I can't see how many rogues there were, there were cavalry and foot soldiers everywhere in all directions, but they all roared and charged forward, and 10,000 sergeants were quickly surrounded in the middle.

Hong Chengchou's face turned pale, he couldn't imagine that there were so many rogues, looking at it, I was afraid that it was nearly 100,000 people.

If you want to break through such an ambush, the possibility is very small, even if you can break out, you have to form a joint force and tear a hole, so that it is possible to rush out some of the sergeants, but in doing so, the losses are also heavy, but this is the only way, you can only do this.

At this moment, Hong Chengchou thought of Cao Wenzhao.

There was no time to hesitate, Hong Chengchou quickly gave the order, and all the sergeants gathered together, resisting bows and arrows on the one hand, counterattacking on the other, and looking for the best breakthrough.

Seeing that many sergeants fell in the battle, although the number of rogues who fell was more, but the number of people on both sides was not comparable, if this situation continued, Hong Chengchou knew that in the end, he didn't want to break through.

The shouts of killing shook the sky, and the sound of Jin Ge's impact and the screams of the horses were mixed together.

After half an hour of fighting, Hong Chengchou finally discovered that the southwest side was all foot soldiers, there were no cavalry, and the formation was weaker.

The heralds quickly gave the order to attack in an all-out direction to the southwest.

This is a sad decision, Hong Chengchou should think about it carefully, the battle has only started for half an hour, and there has been no particularly tragic fighting, how can a weak link suddenly appear, and besides, the rogue has been prepared, and there must be a fraud when there is an obvious gap so soon.

The brigade rushed in a southwesterly direction.

Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong had smiles on their faces.

The gap in the southwest direction is deliberately exposed, because there is a small valley behind it, and there is no way out of the valley, once the official army enters the valley, the attack can be carried out from many aspects, the sky and the earth, how to attack, stones can be used as weapons, and at that time, it is a safe thing to exterminate the officers and soldiers.

It seems that the officers and soldiers are not very smart and will be fooled.

Seeing that the gap was torn open, and a large number of officers and soldiers charged in the direction of the gap, Li Zicheng gave the order again.

Some of the rebels' cavalry followed in pursuit, and more rebels rushed in the direction of both sides, and some had already begun to move towards the peaks of the valley.

Hong Chengchou, who was charging in the middle of the team, had been nervously observing the surrounding terrain.

Breaking through the encirclement of the rogue so quickly, he was also a little surprised, could it be that the rogue fightability was so poor.

But he soon discovered the problem, there was a small valley ahead, there were no other roads on either side, and there were a large number of rogues chasing him on the left, right and behind, as if he wanted the official army to enter the valley.

Hong Chengchou's face changed, this was a flaw deliberately revealed by Liukou, the purpose was to think that the sergeant would enter the valley.

Hong Chengchou thought about turning the horse's head, but with so many people charging forward, it was impossible to turn around in a short time, and in a hurry, he gave an order to the heralds beside him, and the army turned around and charged in the direction of the Liukou.

Orders are easy to give, but it is not easy to really do them.

Thousands of sergeants had already entered the valley, and the sergeants who followed Hong Chengchou to turn the direction were less than three thousand.

They rushed in the direction of the rogue.

The fierce fighting began again.

The herald's face changed drastically, and the sergeant who entered the valley was surrounded by the rogues, and it was unlikely that they would rush out, and the only way was to turn the horse's head again, impact the encirclement of the rogues, tear a gap, and meet the sergeants in the valley, but this was not much different from suicide.

Hong Chengchou, who was pale, ignored the herald, he knew very well that the focus of the rogues had shifted to the direction of the valley, this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and he had to fight his way out, otherwise it would be the end of the entire army.

The herald next to him was shot by an indiscriminate arrow and fell screaming.

Hong Chengchou raised his spear and joined the battle group, and the personal soldiers beside him were already red-eyed.

The focus of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong has been transferred to the valley, they don't know Hong Chengchou, I don't know whether Hong Chengchou has entered the valley, but most of the officers and soldiers have entered the valley, as for the officers and soldiers who turned the horse's head, the number is not very large, and it is enough to arrange a part of the righteous army to block and fight, the focus of the righteous army is in the valley, as long as the officers and troops in the valley can be completely annihilated, you can get a large number of war horses, and you can also hit the officers and soldiers fiercely.

The two of them understand very well that the possibility of completely annihilating the officers and troops is not very great, don't be too greedy, the combat effectiveness of the officers and troops is not ordinary after all.

There are fewer and fewer sergeants around Hong Chengchou, and the battle has entered a white-hot process.

More than an hour passed, and the fighting continued.

The number of rogue soldiers besieging has also decreased significantly, the loss of sergeants is large, the loss of rogue is even greater, Hong Chengchou's personal soldiers, all of them are experienced in a hundred battles, and the murderous aura they show has made the rogue fearful.

The gap has finally appeared.

The personal soldiers escorted Hong Chengchou and rushed in the direction of the gap.

The rogue who blocked the rogue already had a feeling of fear, and he was unwilling to block it too much, and it was probably not a big deal to let a few hundred people rush out.

Finally rushed out, running all the way, and gradually lost hearing the shouts of killing.

Hong Chengchou stopped, looked at the sergeants beside him, and the soldiers quickly began to be on guard, and at the same time counted how many sergeants there were.

In less than a quarter of an hour, a personal soldier reported that less than a thousand sergeants had rushed out, and some of them were seriously wounded.

Hong Chengchou's face was pale, and he closed his eyes in pain, he knew very well that the 10,000-strong army was ambushed, and the loss of more than 9,000 cavalry was an indescribable fiasco, and this was an unbearable defeat.

It's impossible to kill back, and the only way is to make peace with Zuo Liangyu as much as possible.

But even if he made peace with Zuo Liangyu, Hong Chengchou did not have the confidence to encircle and annihilate the Liukou, he really began to realize the courage of the Liukou, and also understood why Cao Wenzhao and his three thousand Guanning Iron Cavalry were killed, after so many battles, the Liukou slowly began to become stronger.

Unless it is after making peace with He Renlong, it is possible to launch a large-scale attack on Liukou again, otherwise Hong Chengchou will not dare to take risks, but after such a heavy failure, after it reaches the imperial court, what kind of reaction will there be, Hong Chengchou has no determination, and at this time, he really thought of Zheng Xunrui and Zheng Jiajun, and only then did he understand that Zheng Xunrui was indeed better than him.

The battlefield slowly quieted down, the smell of blood was everywhere, there was no shouting in the valley, and the piles of corpses meant that the fighting here was extremely cruel.

There were almost no living sergeants, and even if someone surrendered, the rogues did not let them go, they did not have so much food, and besides, these people were the sergeants under the command of Hong's shaved head, and they could not stay.

The corpse was untreated, lying here quietly.