Chapter 272: The Old Returns
Before entering the barracks, Gu Junen hesitated, he slowed down, but did not tell anyone.
With instinct, Gu Junen felt that something was wrong, the barracks of the righteous army were not so quiet, he had seen too much, there was always a commotion in the barracks of the rebels, to say that those sergeants could not be quiet, no matter where they went, they were all dancing with their teeth and claws, for fear of being ignored by others, but the barracks in front of him were surprisingly quiet.
Something must have gone wrong.
It was this trace of hesitation, the sergeants around him entered the barracks like arrows, and no one noticed Gu Junen's hesitation, after all, when they saw the barracks, everyone saw hope.
It was dark all around, and there was no one around Gu Junen.
It was at this time that the sound of artillery suddenly appeared in the barracks.
Gu Junen didn't think about it, turned the horse's head, beat the horse and galloped, no matter what direction it was, the chill in his heart had risen, this Zheng Xunrui was too powerful, he thought of everything, there was no way to live when he returned to the old man, to say that the righteous army was not Zheng Xunrui's opponent at all, if the imperial court ordered the Zheng family army to exterminate the righteous army, then he would have to rack his brains to think about what to do in the future, and now the most important task is to inform the king of Luoyang that he must evacuate quickly.
Fleeing alone, it will not attract attention, a little farther away from the barracks, Gu Junen stopped, quickly dismounted, and pumped the horse's buttocks hard, so that the war horse continued to gallop along the official road, and he quietly disappeared to the side.
Lao Hui entered the barracks, and immediately found out that something was wrong, in fact, this kind of doubt has long existed, because the barracks are too quiet, it is said that the nine dragons do not have such a big ability, so that the noisy rebels are so disciplined in a short period of time, but until this time, he still did not expect that there was an accident in the barracks, he thought that the nine dragons led most of the sergeants into Jiyuan City, and only a small number of sergeants were left in the barracks, so it was so quiet.
When the cannon sounded, Lao Hui turned the horse's head. Ready to escape from the barracks, unfortunately there is no chance.
More than 2,000 people were surrounded in an instant, and a rain of arrows appeared, and the soldiers around him fell screaming.
Lao Huihui's eyes were red. The pro-soldiers are the brothers who have followed him for many years, and they can be said to be his most elite roots, even if tens of thousands of troops are exterminated, as long as the pro-soldiers are saved, they will have the confidence to pull up the troops. All the difficulties can be overcome, but once he loses his own soldiers, then he will not be able to make a comeback.
All the gold and silver treasures captured by Lao Hui are also on the body of these pro-soldiers, his money has always been kept by pro-soldiers, and they are a lot, and the loss of pro-soldiers and wealth means that Lao Huihui will lose all his support.
Seeing the soldiers fall one by one, Lao Hui began to roar, and he wanted to go with these soldiers. Thinking of trying his last bit of strength to kill a few officers and soldiers, it was worth it.
And alas, it seems that the rain of arrows was only aimed at the pro-soldiers, and did not shoot at him.
As for fighting, there is no chance at all, there are officers and soldiers all around, and the swords are bright under the light of torches, and it is impossible to rush out.
There are fewer and fewer people around me, and I am desperate again. He gave up his resistance and looked around indifferently, perhaps because he was disturbed by great grief, and he forgot to raise his knife and commit suicide. In a short period of time, he became a wooden man.
Zheng Jinhong and Yang He looked at what happened in front of them, there was not much expression on their faces, when Lao Huihui was not captured alive, they would not be relieved, and the tenacity of the rogue was beyond the expectations of the two. Of the more than 2,000 rogues, none of them surrendered, all of them charged against the rain of arrows, although they fell down one after another, seeing that it was a dead end, but no one surrendered, which made the two think of Zheng Xunrui's words, faintly, they felt that maybe this time to exterminate the old Huihui, Zheng Jiajun did it by surprise and attacked it unprepared, but the next battle may not be so simple.
Because the rogues have faith, they firmly believe that they are doing the right thing, not just to eat, this conclusion is frightening, and it is also why Zheng Xunrui made the decision to take as few rogues as possible when the army was about to set off from Xi'an Fucheng, and there must be a reason behind the cruel decision.
The killing was a bit dull, there were no excessive screams, even if there were screams, it was also short.
Soon, Lao Huihui was captured alive, and to everyone's surprise, Lao Huihui did not resist and was allowed to be captured alive.
An hour later, Zheng Xunrui took Liu Zeqing to the barracks.
Although Lao Huihui was captured alive, the relationship between Zheng Jinhong and Yang He was not very good, which made Liu Zeqing feel strange, but Zheng Xunrui's face was calm, and he waited until Zheng Jinhong and Yang He finished reporting how to catch Lao Huihui's situation before he slowly spoke.
"Zheng Jinhong, Yang He, you can get such an understanding from this battle, it can be regarded as a huge progress, this is more precious than defeating the Liukou Shengsheng and capturing the old and returning back, the Liukou is indeed undergoing a huge change, this change is extremely obvious, that is, although their brigade is not strong in combat, but their core strength is firm, which is why they have been repeatedly attacked, and they have been able to develop and grow again in the shortest possible time."
"But I don't want you to have any fear, grabbing Lao Huihui, it can be said that it is the heaviest victory, Liukou can be said to have suffered the heaviest blow, they lost Gao Yingxiang and Luo Rucai and others at the beginning, and they would not have suffered such heavy losses, this qiē is because the role of Lao Hui is too important."
When Zheng Xunrui said this, everyone's eyes widened, and they didn't know why Zheng Xunrui said this.
"Lao Hui is the true soul of the Liukou, he has a firm faith, for this belief, he can continue to wronged himself, to promote the growth of the Liukou team, whether it is a heavy blow to the Liukou, or when the Liukou grows stronger, Lao Huihui is actually the spiritual leader among the Liukou."
The crowd didn't quite understand what the word spiritual leader meant, but they knew what a soul was.
Liu Zeqing couldn't help but speak.
"My lord, is it really that powerful?"
Zheng Xunrui smiled slightly.
"To be able to make the nearly 2,000 people around you fearless of death, is this something that ordinary people can do, you don't expect to get anything from Lao Huihui, escort Lao Huihui to the capital as soon as possible, and hand it over to the imperial court to deal with, I don't plan to see Lao Huihui."
Zheng Xunrui said this, Zheng Jinhong suddenly thought of something.
"Young master, one of the rogues who was captured alive opened his mouth and said that Gu Junen was with them, but all the corpses and prisoners in the barracks were searched, and Gu Junen was not seen."
Zheng Xunrui's face changed, of course he knew who Gu Junen was.
"Is it certain that Gu Junen is with Lao Huihui?"
"It is certain that Lao Huihui's personal soldiers were escorting Lao Huihui and Gu Junen to evacuate in the direction of Jiyuan, and they all saw Gu Junen until they entered the barracks, but when they entered the barracks, because the Liukou's movements were fast, no one noticed Gu Junen."
Zheng Xunrui thought for a while, then looked up to the sky and sighed.
"It's a pity, this time to exterminate the Liukou, I'm afraid this is the result, Luoyang's Li Zicheng is about to flee, Zheng Jinhong, Liu Zeqing, Yang He, gather the army, set off tomorrow, go to Luoyang, we can at least exterminate the living force of the Liukou."
Zheng Jinhong and Yang He were stationed in Jiyuan, in fact, they were waiting for Li Zicheng to come to the rescue, it is said that Li Zicheng would definitely come to the rescue after learning the news that Lao Huihui was attacked, but Zheng Xunrui's order was that the whole army attacked and went straight to Luoyang.
Looking at everyone's puzzled eyes, Zheng Xunrui spoke.
"Gu Junen is the most important strategist among the rogues, he can see the layout in the barracks, and it is not easy to escape at a critical moment, in this case, he will definitely try his best to inform Li Zicheng, so that Li Zicheng can evacuate quickly, maybe Li Zicheng's vanguard in rescuing the old returnees has already met Gu Junen."
Zheng Xunrui's words made everyone feel deflated.
Liu Zeqing thought about it and spoke a little unwillingly.
"My lord, my subordinates are willing to lead the soldiers to fight immediately, so that Li Zicheng will not have time to retreat, and my subordinates promise that no matter how much sacrifice they make, they will drag Li Zicheng to the death, and wait until the adults lead the army to arrive, and capture Li Zicheng alive."
Zheng Xunrui shook his head.
"Attacking in the dark, there are already a lot of dangers, and from the terrain, the rogue is more familiar, in this case, rash attack, that is, gambling with the lives of the brothers, we can't do such a thing, and secondly, drag Li Zicheng, is it possible, see how Lao Huihui escaped, gave up nearly 40,000 troops, desperately evacuated, do you still want to bite the rogue army, let Li Zicheng stay, this is impossible, Li Zicheng just needs to leave with his cronies, Even if you lose a large army, you can still make a comeback. ”
"Tomorrow will attack, our target is Li Zicheng's money and food, when it is dark, Li Zicheng will not risk evacuating, he will definitely wait until the sky is light, so we have a chance to intercept Li Zicheng's grain and grass, as long as we rob Li Zicheng's money and grain, then the rogues under his command will naturally disperse, without money and food, what will Li Zicheng do to maintain a huge rogues."
The barracks quickly began to act, the preparations before departure, spread out in an orderly manner, Jiyuan is more than 130 miles away from Luoyang City, Zheng Jiajun can arrive in about an hour, that is to say, the battle is likely to start at the end of the day, of course, the purpose of this battle is different, the main thing is to intercept all the money and food of Li Zicheng, as for the number of exterminating the Liukou, it is the second task. (To be continued.) )