The encirclement force of the official army was much stronger than Gao Zilin expected. He took the lead with a sword, followed by Gao Yingxiang, Wang Zuogui and other generals of the people's army, rushing down all the way, and the officers and soldiers retreated one layer and surrounded another.

The stump was broken, the halberd was broken, and the gun was broken, and after Gao Zilin and others rushed to kill, they were scattered all over the place, and Gao Zilin's snow-white Confucian shirt was no longer white, his sleeves were stained with blood, and there was even a small piece of inner foam hanging on his shoulder, with a cold expression, like a killing god. There were about a thousand people's troops following Gao Zilin, and when the people's troops saw that the general was so brave, their morale was greatly boosted, and they rushed down with Gao Zilin all the way.

The besieged officers and troops were defeated one after another.

"Stop them!"

In the distance, an officer and army general armed with an ink-colored spear walked behind the layers of officers and soldiers, roaring hoarsely, urging many officers and soldiers to squeeze towards Gao Zilin and the others.

Gao Zilin knew this official general, it was Luo Rucai, the pioneer of the Liang Army, although he was young, his martial arts were weak, and he was a rare general in the Liang Army.

Gao Zilin smiled, he didn't expect that it would be Luo Rucai, the vanguard of the Liang army, who would lead this official army, and it was no longer a problem to break out of the encirclement now, Gao Zilin was very happy to slaughter this general in the Liang army.

"Brothers, rush with me!" Gao Zilin shouted, snorted two swords, and as a result, two officers and soldiers, hehe, led a group of civilian troops and rushed towards Luo Rucai's direction.

Luo Rucai, who was wandering among the official army, couldn't help but secretly complain when he saw Gao Zilin's posture, he was originally angry and led the troops to plug the gap in the encirclement that was broken away by the people's army, but when he got closer, he found that it was Gao Zilin, the leader of the people's army, who led the people's army, and immediately reacted. The gap was too big for him to plug. Although he is self-serving, his martial arts are not weak. But Gao Zilin's reputation is too great, and Luo Rucai's self-protection under his sword is a problem. What else to talk about, yes, Luo Rucai walked around the periphery very wisely, wanting to rely on crowd tactics to drag Gao Zilin down.

He knew that Xu Liang was in the camp, and he brought the artillery battalion over, and the Liang Army's flying eagle cannon was not a vegetarian.

As long as we wait for a quarter of an hour and give the artillery battalion the opportunity to erect the Eagle guns, the situation will be reversed.

Luo Rucai shouted hoarsely. scolded, commanded his subordinates to rush forward, and could block Gao Zilin for a while.

Luo Rucai's eyes widened angrily, watching his soldiers continue to rush forward, and they were constantly cut down to the ground by the people's army, although they could also cause casualties to the people's army, but the injuries on both sides were disproportionate, Gao Zilin kept approaching Luo Rucai, and the corpses of the officers and soldiers were lying on the grass.

Luo Rucai sadly discovered. At Gao Zilin's forward speed, he couldn't hold out for a quarter of an hour, even a few minutes.

Gao Zilin's assassination is a good hand, and he can't imagine that he is also very sharp when he charges into battle!

looked at the officers and soldiers behind him, who were less than three hundred. Luo Rucai tightened the ink-colored spear in his hand, gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, and roared. I will rush up in person.

The whining horn sounded at the right time behind the official and military camps. Luo Rucai was overjoyed when he heard this, and turned his head to look back. Seeing that the military tents were continuous, the artillery battalion had completed the erection of the Flying Eagle cannon. A platoon of trumpeters was holding up their horns, whining and blowing the order to retreat.

"Withdraw!" Luo Rucai didn't say a word, shouted, turned around and ran back, the officers and soldiers around him heard the sound of the horn, left the civilian army in the fierce battle, and followed Luo Rucai to retreat.

The sudden retreat of the officers and soldiers made the people's army roar, and the people's army, which still had 2,000 people at the foot of the mountain, burst into an even more spectacular cheer, brandished the spears and swords in their hands, and rushed after the officers and soldiers to the exit.

At the exit of the mountain road, the tents of the official and military camps are continuous, and the white tents are one after another, which are intricately intertwined, and you can't see the end at a glance.

In front of the camp, there was an open meadow, and when the two thousand people's soldiers screamed and chased the back of the officers' butts and rushed to the grass, a cannon suddenly broke out on the grass, and more than a dozen people's soldiers who rushed to the front fell back, with a smell of burnt flesh and a miserable death.

The momentum of the people's pursuit was paused, and in an instant, the white tents of the officers and soldiers suddenly burst into a loud cannon fire, and the grass suddenly rolled out of gunsmoke, scorched flesh flew sideways, and the thick gunpowder smoke covered the entire grassland in a blink of an eye, and the screams were mixed with the rumbling cannons, which seemed so miserable.

Familiar sounds, familiar tastes! Gao Zilin and Gao Yingxiang's faces changed drastically, and they were as white as paper.

Swish! Gao Zilin's figure disappeared in place, and a few ups and downs left the soldiers of the people's army to the side, and fled to the mountain alone.

Gao Yingxiang and Wang Zuogui were originally following Gao Zilin to the side, and after a stunned effort, the two of them only had time to see Gao Zilin's flying back flash among the trees on the mountain.

Hurry, too fast! I don't know how many times faster than when I was charging down the mountain.

Gao Yingxiang also reacted quickly, his only left eye burst out with a frightened gaze, and he screamed, "Withdraw!" Withdraw now! After that, he turned around and ran back with Gao Zilin, and in the process of running, he saw that his own nephew was still stunned, and pulled Li Zicheng with one hand, causing Li Zicheng to stumble and run lifeless on the mountain.

Between the tents of the official army, eighteen flying eagle cannons were still spraying artillery fire, and the whistling shells fell into the panicked civilian army, and the civilian army fell in pieces, screaming, exclamation, and crying were mixed with the sound of artillery, and dozens of red-eyed civilian soldiers screamed and rushed into the official barracks tent without their lives.

In the official camp, the commander of the artillery battalion, Sima Qiudao, looked at the civilian army under the fire from afar, and kept reporting groups of figures, and the gunners of the artillery battalion skillfully adjusted the firing angle of the flying eagle cannon according to these figures, and boom! Another round of artillery dumping!

Xu Liang stood in the camp with his hands in his hands, and watched with a faint look at the countless civilian soldiers being blown to pieces under the bombardment of the Flying Eagle Cannon, with broken hands and feet, screaming and rolling all over the ground.

Luo Rucai, the vanguard of the Liang army, had already stood beside Xu Liang respectfully, his eyes eagerly looked at the three rows of flying eagle cannon spray fire, his face was flushed with excitement, and he said in a loud voice: "It's amazing, it's amazing, my lord, we have such a divine weapon, it's like a god blocking and killing God, and a Buddha blocking and killing Buddha!" Hehe, when will the adults also equip the last general's camp with a few doors? ”

Xu Liang glanced at him. Said angrily: "You are the flying eagle cannon of Liang Jun is the green vegetable radish at the entrance of the vegetable market?" If you want to buy it, you can have it? These 36 cannons were made by me who ruthlessly tightened my belts! Here you go? Give it to you, will you use it! ”

Luo Rucai was not convinced. Looking at Sima Qiudao, who was reporting the numbers, he said, "My lord gave it to the last general." It will only be used in the end. ”

Xu Liang said: "The idea of fighting less flying eagle cannons." Gather your troops and get ready to attack the mountain! ”

"Hey, yes!" Luo Rucai responded. He shook his head and went to gather his troops.

After another round of artillery fire, the artillery battalion leader Sima Qiudao walked up to Xu Liang and arched his hand: "Your Excellency, most of the civilian troops who rushed down the mountain were killed by artillery, and a few fled back to the mountain. ”

Xu Liang nodded with satisfaction and said, "Pack up the cannon and attack the mountain with us." ”

Gao Zilin is like a frightened bird. He fled back to the top of the hill and sat down on a simple chair in the grass hut, gasping for breath and being terrified.

Flying Eagle Cannon! Damn, damn the Flying Eagle Cannon! After more than a month, Gao Zilin once again saw the power of the Flying Eagle Cannon. After realizing the fact that there was still a flying eagle cannon hidden in the official barracks, Gao Zilin did not hesitate to throw away all the demeanor and dignity of the general, and fled in panic like a mouse being chased by a cat.

Gao Zilin sat on the chair, and the hand holding the soft sword still trembled slightly. It's horrible! Gao Zilin saw with his own eyes that a small leader of the People's Army, who was less than six or seven steps away from him, was hit by a bombardment, his whole body was charred black, and he was almost beaten into a sieve. Such a terrifying power, even if Gao Zilin thinks that he is a master of art, he is bold. Don't dare to try to resist lightly!

Flying Eagle Cannon! Isn't the Flying Eagle Cannon in Pingliang City? How did you get here?

Gao Zilin's face changed, and it was uncertain.

After a while, Gao Yingxiang pulled Li Zicheng. Wang Zuogui led dozens of soldiers of the People's Army who saw the opportunity quickly and ran back to the top of the mountain, and everyone's faces turned pale. Panicked and desperate.

Gao Yingxiang looked at Gao Zilin's eyes and looked at each other in horror.

"Senior brother." Gao Yingxiang's face was bitter, he didn't care about the sweat on his face, and asked in a loud voice: "The official army actually brought such a powerful firearm, we want to break through, I'm afraid it's difficult, where to go, brother, you have to get a rule out." ”

Gao Zilin's face was gloomy and silent.

On the side, Wang Zuogui also said anxiously: "General, you can't hesitate any longer, most of the brothers have confessed to the battle under the mountain, and now there are less than 500 brothers who have the life to flee back to the mountain, I estimate that after the victory of the official army, they will definitely raise troops to attack the mountain, and we people can't resist it......"

"Wang Zuogui, what do you mean?" Gao Zilin asked in a deep voice.

Wang Zuogui swallowed his saliva with difficulty, and said astringently: "General, the official army has such a firearm against the sky, and the situation is stronger than people. We...... Down, right? ”

"Fart!" Gao Zilin jumped up and kicked Wang Zuogui to the ground, with a bang, the brilliance flashed, Gao Zilin pointed a soft sword at Wang Zuogui's throat, and angrily reprimanded: "The vertical son dares to disturb the heart of our army, and this general has chopped you alive!" ”

"Brother Gao, no!" Gao Yingxiang was shocked.

Wang Zuogui sat on the ground, ignoring the cold light soft sword around his neck, knelt on the ground, and sobbed: "General, it's not a pity for my Wang Zuogui to die!" The general's martial arts are unparalleled in the world, and it must not be difficult to break out of the encirclement alone. However, there are still hundreds of brothers on our mountain, and the general does not care about Wang's life, but also cares about these hundreds of brothers under him. Resist to the end, the official army attacked the mountain on a large scale, and these brothers who followed the general from birth to death will not be spared! General, please think again! ”

Gao Zilin's face was gloomy, and his eyes were staring at Wang Zuogui like a poisonous snake.

Seeing this, several surviving generals of the surrounding people's army knelt down and begged in unison: "Please think twice, general!" ”

Scattered around the grass hut, hundreds of civilian soldiers sitting or standing also stared at Gao Zilin, their eyes full of longing.

Gao Yingxiang put one hand on Gao Zilin's hand holding the soft sword, took away the soft sword that was on Wang Zuogui's neck, and said sincerely: "Brother Gao, general, at the moment we are being forced to a dead end by the official army, these brothers who follow us from birth to death are by no means greedy for life and afraid of death. It's just that...... If the temporary surrender can reduce the senseless sacrifices, then what is the harm of surrendering to the official army for the time being, as long as we get out of the encirclement, it is a dragon into the sea, and the heaven and earth are free! ”

Gao Zilin stared at Gao Yingxiang, and then looked at the faces of the surrounding soldiers and soldiers with different expressions, suddenly put the soft sword back into the sheath, and said with a smile: "What are you brothers looking at me like this?" Wang Zuogui is the life and death brother of General Ben, and he is just playing a small joke with General Wang. Now that the official army is powerful, in order to avoid unnecessary sacrifices, we will temporarily surrender the official army. General Ben wrote a letter of descent here, who would send General Ben down the mountain? ”

The leaders of the people's army on the mountain, look at me, I look at you, everyone has just fled up the mountain from the fierce artillery fire, and they are so frightened that no one wants to run down the mountain again, and the sheep fall into the tiger's mouth.

You must know that the credibility of the government has always been very problematic.

Gao Zilin saw that no one had come forward for a long time, and he couldn't help but feel sad and disappointed.

Li Zicheng took a few steps forward, stood in front of Gao Zilin, solemnly arched his hand, and said loudly: "Under Li Zicheng, I am willing to go for the general!" ”

Li Zicheng is the nephew of Gao Yingxiang, the king of Chuang, and not long after he joined his uncle Gao Yingxiang from his hometown, there are not many people in the people's army who recognize Li Zicheng. But Gao Zilin recognized King Chuang's nephew, and when he saw that in the end, it was Li Zicheng, who had always been silent, who stood up boldly, and couldn't help but be surprised and delighted, and praised repeatedly: "I can't imagine that Brother Li is so bold, and he deserves to be King Chuang's nephew!" ”

"It turned out to be King Chuang's nephew, and sure enough, he is a strong general, and there are no weak soldiers under him!" When several generals saw that someone finally took the initiative to stand up and take over this life-threatening errand, they all secretly breathed a sigh of relief and praised one after another.

Gao Yingxiang saw that Li Zicheng took the initiative to stand up, worried in his heart, and wanted to stop it, but saw that Gao Zilin had already begun to write a surrender letter, and the generals were still praising Li Zicheng against their hearts...... Knowing that there was no room for turning back in this matter, he sighed lightly and had to give up.

Gao Zilin waved the book of descending, sealed it, and handed it to Li Zicheng. Gao Zilin raised his hand and shouted, "Come on, bring the wine!" General Ben wants to toast Brother Li! ”

His soldiers turned out a jar of rice wine from a corner of the grass shed, took two pottery bowls, poured two large bowls, and handed a bowl to Gao Zilin and Li Zicheng.

Gao Zilin took a bowl by himself, motioned to Li Zicheng, and shouted: "Come, strong man, dry this bowl of rice wine!" ”

In front of everyone's eyes, Li Zicheng was actually calm, solemnly took the bowl, faced Gao Zilin, and said in a deep voice: "My subordinates will live up to the trust of the general!" ”

All the people's army, including Gao Zilin and Gao Yingxiang, thought that what Li Zicheng had taken over was a ninety-nine-percent errand. Only Li Zicheng doesn't think so. He was an ordinary post man in Shaanxi Province, although the days were not enough to reach the well-off level, but he could also get a little oil and water, and the days were barely passable, until, in February of Chongzhen, the court ordered the abolition of the post station, Li Zicheng was unemployed, and there was no way out, so he searched all the way and took refuge in his maternal uncle Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang.

Although he is the nephew of King Chuang, but the phenomenon of seniority in the world is very common, Li Zicheng joined Gao Zilin's rebellion for a period of time, but he is also a very self-motivated person, unwilling to live under others, since he took refuge, he has behaved everywhere, looking for every opportunity to climb up.

At the moment, it is undoubtedly very risky to send a surrender document to the officers and troops under the mountain for Gao Zilin, but at the same time, the more rewarding it is. Seeking wealth and danger, Li Zicheng decided to fight! (To be continued......)