Herod! The neighing of the war horse!

Yes! Several militia soldiers who were following Gao Zilin screamed and fell, their clothes were ignited, and while screaming, they rolled on the ground to extinguish the flames on their bodies.

Although Gao Zilin reacted quickly, because he was the closest, he was also the most affected by the explosion of the clay pot, and the white clothes of Shengxue had been impacted into a fishing net, his hair was messy, and there was a smell of burning, and he no longer had a suave image.

The people of the People's Army were terrified and kept retreating.

"It's gunpowder!" Someone exclaimed.

Gao Zilin also reacted at this time, the clay pot must have been filled with gunpowder, and it was detonated by his own anger.

Boom! The fire expanded rapidly, and in the middle of the official road, there was originally a layer of withered grass, but at this time, a one-person-high flame suddenly burst out, burning nourishingly, and quickly ignited the withered grass on it, and the fire ignited the plain, and with the help of the wind, the withered grass on both sides of the official road was quickly ignited.

Gao Zilin found that on both sides of the official road, there were a lot of dead branches and weeds, which were extremely dry, and they were just a little bit.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Flames erupted in several places, with the sound of explosions. The civilian army continued to retreat, and the heat wave was still pressing, and the fire was rapidly approaching the feet of the civilian army.

The people's troops retreated, and at this time everyone screamed: "How can there be so much dry grass on this official road!" ”

"Not good! Gunpowder was sprinkled under the dead grass! ”

Gao Zilin's heart sank, and he quickly brushed aside the withered grass under his feet, and sure enough, he saw some gray-black powder under the withered grass, which was undoubtedly the gunpowder commonly used by the Ming army!

Gao Zilin felt a chill in his heart, and shouted: "It's a trick!" Remove! Get out of here! ”

The people's army was frightened and turned around one after another, preparing to retreat. However, the civilian army that chased into the official road numbered tens of thousands of people. The line stretched for several miles, and the militia in the vanguard knew that it was planned. turned around and retreated, but the civilian army behind still didn't know. Still driving forward, the two sides were congested in one place, and as a result, they were in the middle of the official road, crowded together, and they were in a dilemma.

"Ahh The fire is burning! "The fire was approaching, and finally several civilian soldiers were burned in a gust of wind. The soldiers on fire screamed and slammed into the ranks of the civilian army as they put out the fire.

"Don't come here!" Other militia members who were not on fire shouted.

"Kill him! Kill him! "Someone screamed.

The general of the People's Army hissed and shouted: "Retreat!" Evacuate! ”

Rumble! Suddenly, there was a loud bang, and a cannonball exploded in the ranks of the people's army. A few people were blown up, and there were a few more bangs, and the gunpowder sprinkled on the official road was ignited.

Gao Zilin looked back, only to see that around the corner in front of him, several cannon shots rang out in succession, and several fireballs in the air roared and fell into the ranks of the people's army, blowing up the flesh and blood of the people's army, and igniting many fires at the same time.

"Ahh

"Help!"

Fires ignited all over the official road, turning it into a sea of fire.

The civilian army crowded the official road. Suddenly, people neighed on their backs and became a mess.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Suddenly, a rocket was fired down from the slopes and cliffs on both sides of the official road, causing more fires. On the steep slope on one side, a figure flickered. A dozen large fireballs made of dead grass and branches burned with a thrizzling fire, rolled down the steep slope, and fell into the ranks of the people's army. Every fireball that rolls down will inevitably kill and injure more than a dozen civilian soldiers.

Then. On both sides of the official road, countless figures appeared. More large fireballs rolled down, mixed with countless arrows in between, and fell into the ranks of the people, and the screams of the people's soldiers were one after another.

"Retreat!" The fear of death caused great unrest among the people's army. Countless people's soldiers screamed in the sea of fire, countless people's soldiers fled backwards without their lives, and those who were in the way along the way, no matter who they were, directly drew their swords and faced each other. In the turmoil, the phenomenon of trampling on each other and fighting finally inevitably occurred.

At this time, whether it is a general or an ordinary soldier, in order to survive in the sea of fire, the people around him who hinder their escape are regarded as the enemy of life and death!

Gao Zilin looked back, and there was a sea of fire everywhere in his eyes, countless people who were burned by the fire screamed miserably, helplessly fighting the flames on their bodies, and more people had been burned to black coal, unable to debate. I don't know how long the Liang army has laid a trap on this official road, and how many people's troops who have pursued it will be burned to death in this official road of Shaanxi.

Gao Zilin's martial arts are outstanding, and although the surrounding fire is pressing, he himself is not injured. He was full of cold, his heart was full of anger, and he looked up at the place where the cannon sounded, and saw that there was no movement there, and the figures on the steep slopes on both sides of the official road were also rapidly retreating. Gao Zilin shouted angrily, holding the Qingfeng Sword in his hand, jumped up one after another, dodged several fires, and swept forward.

For the Liang army to set such a trap on the official road, Gao Zilin and tens of thousands of people's troops stepped into it, killing and wounding countless people. Gao Zilin was furious, he flew forward, avoiding the firelight one after another, his eyes seemed to be about to breathe fire, staring at the front, Liang Jun was silent, and actually let Gao Zilin suffer such a big loss, Gao Zilin only had one thought at the moment, desperately tens of thousands of people's lives were not guaranteed, and he had to catch up and kill Xu Liang.

Gao Zilin chased out two miles, and from a distance, he saw a group of Liang soldiers running in front of him to evacuate, and the official road in front of him was open, and within a mile, it was already the exit of the official road.

"Yikes!" Gao Zilin let out a soft roar and accelerated his speed to catch up.

Suddenly, a pile of dead grass appeared in front of him, full of a man high, blocking the entire exit of the official road, only a narrow gap on one side, and after the last Liang soldier walked by, the only gap was quickly blocked by the dry grass.

Boom! Boom! Several rockets were fired at the haystack with a bang, and the fire ignited the gunpowder sprinkled on the haystack, and the fire quickly expanded, and soon the entire exit was sealed.

Gao Zilin flew to the front of the fire, at this time the haystack had become a wall of fire, the heat wave was scorching, even if Gao Zilin had deep skills, if he wanted to fly over, most of them would be roasted half to death!

The fire was extremely large, beeping and peeling, and the flames that were more than one person high kept rising, and swept in all directions with the help of the wind.

Gao Zilin gritted his teeth and stared at the huge wall of fire in front of him.

"Ah!!h He let out a scream like a wounded beast! The voice was angry and poignant, resounding almost throughout the official road.

Xu Liang sat in the carriage and looked back at the sky-high fire in the official road. Suddenly, I heard Gao Zilin's scream like a ghost, and I couldn't help but tremble. He said to Hong Shenzheng on the side: "Who is this, so resentful? ”

Hong Senzheng's cavalry walked all the way. finally couldn't bear it anymore, and sat cheekily on Xu Liang's carriage. Listening to Xu Liang's inquiry, he rolled his eyes and said angrily: "You ask me, who will I ask." ”

Seeing this, Xu Liang chuckled, stretched out his hand and shook Hong to participate in politics, and said, "Don't be like this, aren't we withdrawing." ”

Hong Shenzheng's face was indignant. He said in a deep voice: "If Guozhong had listened to the old man, put down these burdens, and travel lightly, we would have arrived at Pingliang Mansion earlier." ”

Xu Liang smiled, knowing that Hong Shenzheng was to blame him for not listening to Hong Shenzheng's persuasion, and left a few heavy general cannons and dozens of carts of gold and silver. Nor does it excuse itself.

At this time, Sima Qiudao, the commander of the artillery battalion, came over and reported to Xu Liangyu: "My lord, the last general saw Gao Zilin, the military division of the people's army, chasing him alone. After being stopped by our wall of fire, he shouted unwillingly. ”

Xu Liang sneered. ridiculed: "No matter how high his martial arts are, he is afraid of fire!" Our fire must make him tremble and have nightmares every night. ”

Sima Qiudao said with a painful face: "My lord." In order to burn this fire, we used all the gunpowder, and there was no stock left. After this goes back. How else is the artillery battalion **? ”

Xu Liang glared and scolded: "You are a worthless goods!" How many cannons can the gunpowder have to be effected by handing over to you? ”

Sima Qiu was silent. According to Xu Liang's strategy, he spilled hundreds of catties of gunpowder on the official road. Only then did the burning turn half of the official road into a sea of fire, burning countless civilian soldiers to death, and blocking the pursuit of the civilian army.

The fire on the official road burned for a day and a night, and the next morning, after most of the flames on the official road were extinguished, Huang Ziren sent troops to clean up the official road and led the whole army to chase out of Wudu Mountain, but at this time, Xu Liang's Liang army had already successfully entered the territory of Fengxiang Mansion, completely got rid of the pursuit of the people's army, and marched towards Pingliang Mansion.

Xu Liang burned the official road of Wudu Mountain, burned to death and injured nearly 20,000 people of the people's army, a fire, burned the people's army trembling up and down, and the next pursuit was cautious, for fear that the Liang army would suddenly kill it halfway.

Huang Ziren's 150,000-strong army set out from Hanzhong City to pursue Xu Liang, and when it reached the border between Hanzhong Mansion and Fengxiang Mansion, the available troops were less than 80,000 troops, and the attrition was almost more than half, which can be described as a heavy loss.

Ahead, is Fengxiang Mansion. Although Fengxiang Mansion did not have famous generals, it was the territory of the Ming Dynasty, Hanzhong and Xi'an were at war, and Fengxiang Mansion also formed a lot of regimental training and people's strength in various states and counties to deal with the people's army going north.

The generals of the People's Army asked Huang Ziren for instructions on whether to pursue into Fengxiang Mansion.

Huang Ziren hated Xu Liang so much that he heard the hatred and said: "Chase, why don't you chase?" This time, General Ben will not cut Xu Liang and vow not to give up! ”

Gao Zilin, the military advisor on the side, wore a scarf on his head and covered his head to cover the part that was scorched by the fire. He looked at the boundary of Fengxiang Mansion with resentful eyes, and snorted heavily.

King Chuang Gao Yingxiang said in a deep voice: "After days of pursuit, our army's battle line is too long, and there is not enough food and grass in the army. If you rashly attack Fengxiang Mansion, the army will be at risk of running out of food. ”

Huang Ziren shouted categorically: "The grain and grass are gone, let's start robbing in Fengxiang Mansion, fighting and robbing, and fighting to feed the war!" Xu Liang is now panicking like a lost dog, and it is a good time to take advantage of the victory to pursue. ”

When King Gao Yingxiang heard this, he stopped talking.

With a wave of Huang Ziren's big hand, the 80,000 people's army did not stop for a moment and attacked Fengxiang Mansion. The army marched to the vicinity of Wuzhangyuan, and met with the tens of thousands of Ming troops led by the Fengxiang prefect who had been repaid, and the two sides fought a big battle in Wuzhangyuan, and the Ming army was defeated.

Xu Liang's army met the men and horses of Pingliang Guerrilla Longfeng who came to meet them in Baishiyuan, and the two armies converged and returned to Pingliang Liang City.

Xu Liang entered the city, and the news of the defeat of the Liang army had spread in Pingliang Mansion. First, the Ming army led by the governor of Shaanxi and the prefect of Pingliang was defeated in Xi'an, and then even the Liang army was defeated. More than 100,000 people's troops invaded Fengxiang Mansion, the Ming army in Fengxiang Mansion was defeated and retreated, and the prefectures and counties fell into the hands of the people's army one after another.

The entire Pingliang City was shrouded in a feeling of apprehension.

The day after Xu Liang returned to Pingliang Mansion, Pingliang Tongzhi Lu sent a message, and the official Huang Daozhou came to visit. Xu Liang asked about the details of the battle of Liu Zhilun, the governor of Shaanxi, in Xi'an, and Pingliang Tongzhi Lu Yifa just shook his head and sighed: "Fiasco!" A real fiasco! Governor Liu took He Huchen, the general soldier of Yansui, He Renlong, the general soldier of Qingyang, Wang En, the general soldier of Ningxia, and Li Yingbing, the guerrilla of Guyuan, sent to Xi'an Mansion, and joined the local Ming army in Xi'an Mansion to block the men and horses of Gao Yingxiang and Huang Ziren of the people's army. Governor Liu waved his horse, the famous generals were like clouds, but the troops in his hands were too few, less than 20,000 people, under the siege of Gao Yingxiang and Huang Ziren's tens of thousands of people's army, they were defeated in successive battles, and finally besieged by the people's army in the mountains. ”

But even so, Wang En, the chief soldier of Ningxia, was still killed in battle. Guyuan guerrilla general Li Ying was also seriously wounded and picked up half his life. Lu Tongzhi sighed and said, "Governor Liu fled back to Pingliang Mansion with less than a thousand people in a panic, what a tragic word!"

Xu Liang was stunned, slightly surprised by the death of Wang En, the general soldier of Ningxia. He asked Pingliang Governor Huang Daozhou again: "What is going on in the prefect's yamen?" ”

Huang Tuiguan thought about it and said solemnly: "The results of the inspection by the officials of Pingliang Mansion have been approved by the Ministry of Officials!" Shi Junsheng, the magistrate of Zhenyuan, and Qin Feng, the magistrate of Chongxin, were both deposed. He Cheng took over as the governor of Zhenyuan, and Mao Yujie took over as the magistrate of Chongxin. ”

"Hmm, what's Governor Liu's reaction?" Xu Liang asked.

"When the approval of the Ministry of Officials arrived in Pingliang, Governor Liu was still in Xi'an Mansion and had not returned." Huang Tuiguan said, "The Master Lu who stayed behind did not return from Governor Liu, and he wanted to take the approval and not execute it." It was executed by the same knowledge. After Shi Junsheng and Qin Feng left their posts, they stayed in Pingliang Mansion, clamoring to wait for Governor Liu to return and redress their grievances to Governor Liu. As a result, after Governor Liu's defeat, he returned to Pingliang Mansion miserably, and Shi Junsheng and Qin Feng actually accused Governor Liu of accepting a large amount of bribes. ”

"Humph!" Xu Liang snorted lightly, a hint of coldness flashed in his eyes. Shi Junsheng and Qin Feng have embarrassed themselves many times, disobeyed their own decrees, and only dismissed these two people from their official positions, Xu Liang thought that he was extremely gracious, and he couldn't imagine that after these two people were dismissed, they still wanted to make trouble in front of Governor Liu, which was really hateful!

"After Governor Liu heard about it, what did he say?" Xu Liang asked indifferently.

"Hey," Huang Tuiguan said with a smile: "Since Governor Liu took office as governor of Shaanxi, he went out on his first expedition, and he ended up in defeat, and he also lost one of the general soldiers. He himself is a bunch of troubles, where can he take care of these two ordinary people! ”

Shi Junsheng and Qin Feng were still the magistrates of the court a month ago, but before the blink of an eye, in the mouth of Huang Tuiguan, they became ordinary people. Huang Tuiguan's move was tantamount to ridiculing history, and the two Qin couldn't see the shape clearly, and they couldn't measure themselves.

Xu Liang smacked his mouth and said secretly, this Governor Liu's attitude is a little unguessable, with this person's strong style, once he grasps Xu Liang's handle, he will inevitably use it to suppress Xu Liang. And not silently, as is the case now.

Just pondering, a member of the Qingwei guard outside the door reported: "Lord Yu, Lord Zhongcheng is summoned at the prefect's yamen. ”

Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao is here! Xu Liangyi frowned, waved his hand and said, "Let's just say that the official is seriously injured and it is inconvenient to go." ”

The guard hesitated and said: "Liu Zhongcheng also said that Wu Zhiwang, the governor of the three sides, and Hong Chengchou, the political officer of Shaanxi, are also in the prefect's yamen. ”

Xu Liang was shocked, after Hong returned to Pingliang, he returned to Guyuan Prefecture and reported the battle situation to the trilateral governor Wu Zhiwang, why did he arrive in Pingliang City so quickly, and also attracted the trilateral governor Wu Zhiwang? (To be continued......)