Chapter 321: Luzhou Bloody Night

The night was dark, the Luzhou prefect Wu was as anxious as ants on a hot pot, and the thieves swarmed to urgently mobilize the big households in the city, pay money and food, raise people, and stick to the city.

Standing at the head of the city, watching the campfires dot the bandit camp stretch endlessly, my heart is sad. Since the fall of Fengyang, the thieves have been like no one. Now in Luzhou, Wu Dafu urgently reported to Nanjing, but there was no news.

At this time, the whole of Luzhou was basically in despair, there were so many thieves that they couldn't be counted at all.

The thief besieging Luzhou is Guo Tianxing, and at this moment he is drinking and complaining with a group of subordinates. "The Eight Kings and Lao Huihui have gone to Chao County, leaving Lao Tzu and his brothers to fight Luzhou, and his abacus is good. Brothers, you have to be smart, Luzhou is a big city, pretend to fight a dozen, and if you can't do it, you will run south. Xuzhou's reinforcements have arrived in Fengyang, and it would be stupid for us to be dragged by Luzhou. ”

A gang of bandit leaders, sycophants. As everyone knows, at this moment, it is ten miles away, and a pair of eyes are examining the bonfire in the dark night. On a high slope in the dark, standing like a mountain on horseback was Chen Xie, the chief soldier of Dengzhou. The reason why he came to Zhang Xianzhong was not because he couldn't look down on Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng who turned around and went south, but because once Zhang Xianzhong entered Huguang, the danger caused was too great. There is another point, it is Zhang Xianzhong who dug up Chongzhen's ancestral grave, and he can fight for a righteous position.

A man ran in the darkness and saluted: "Report, the night will not be taken back." Chen Xie said lightly: "Have you found it out?" ”

"I've found out, it's a celestial star. Zhang Xianzhong and the old returned. I've gone to Chao County. ”

Chen Xie silently looked at the torch on Luzhou City, raised his hand and waved it forward. The cavalry leading the horses quietly advanced, the horse's hooves were tied with cloth, the horse's mouth was chewed, the bell on the horse's neck was also removed, and the soldier bit a small wooden stick in his mouth, and did not dare to make a sound at all. In the darkness, when the team walking in front quietly stopped, the nearest bandit camp was two kilometers away. The cavalry brigade began to line up in the dark. 12 brigades. 12 phalanxes, silently lined up.

The soldier at the front was ready, looked down at the time, and it was two and fifteen in the morning.

"Ready!" A flurry of whispered reports. The darkness was quiet again. Chen Xie, who stood still and didn't move. Pull out the saber at your waist and raise it! Fall!

Flames, countless flames. The night sky was lit up in an instant, and when the servant Wu at the head of the city suddenly saw countless flames flying, he unexpectedly saw that he was wrong, and actually rubbed his eyes a few times, yes, it was indeed a flame. No, it's a rocket! However, this rocket is obviously different from the Ming army's, it flew too far and landed densely in the camp of thieves camping in the open air. Then another round of rockets, another round, another round, another round. Five rounds of rockets rained down on the camp of thieves. Fools know that the officers and soldiers are coming, Wu Dafu is ecstatic in his heart, and the night of the city that was originally sleepless, only the ecstasy is vented: "Reinforcements are coming, reinforcements are coming!" Luzhou is saved, Luzhou is saved! ”

The cry at the head of the city alarmed the entire Luzhou City. Wu and the soldiers on duty shouted together, shouting hoarsely, while watching the camp of thieves outside the city be awakened from silence and chaotic in the countless flames that fell from the sky.

At this time, in the darkness outside the city, the firelight illuminated the resolute face of Chen Xie, the chief soldier of Dengzhou, drew his sword again, commanded six thousand iron horsemen, hung his neck, removed the chew, spit out the wooden stick, and turned over on the horse.

Chen Xie's legs clamped the war horse, a stream of blood burned in his chest, and the white horse under his crotch seemed to feel the master's strong fighting intent, and trotted forward briskly. Six thousand cavalry, lined up in a line of 12 phalanxes, the sound of horses' hooves like thunder.

The camp of thieves in the flames was in chaos, and the trick of setting fire with rockets was now very proficient in Dengzhou. The rockets carried by the cavalry were all in this version of the fire. In the midst of the raging fire, the cries, shouts, screams, and the sound of the wind were mixed together, and the sound spread far and wide, and could be heard in the city.

But these sounds were drowned out by the sound of rushing iron hooves, and when he rode first, behind him were 24 black-clothed people, and on a red flag, the flying eagle was about to flutter its wings. "Kill!" With a shout, the war horse accelerated, and behind him was a neat follow: "Kill!" The shouts of killing shattered the sky and went straight into the nine heavens.

The iron stream rushed into the chaotic camp like a torrent. The rumbling sound of horses' hooves and the rolling up of smoke and dust, like sharp daggers, penetrated the entire camp of thieves, all the way forward, unstoppable.

"The officers and soldiers are coming, run!"

"Dengzhou Greenskin is here, run!"

The star in the tent was awakened by the noise, and after sitting up, he pushed away the naked soft flesh in his arms. I was busy dressing myself, and when I came out of the camp, I saw the fire everywhere, and I was a little dazed and completely frightened.

The title of "Dengzhou Green Skin" directly made Guo Tianxing's legs weak and sat on the ground. His camp was in the middle, and the fire had not yet burned, but countless panicked homeless people were already pouring towards him. Even if he was rolling and climbing, he didn't care if he was a brother or not, he found his own war horse, turned over on his horse, turned his horse's head, and galloped to the east.

Don't want it, don't want anything, I want to keep my life now. Dengzhou camp, more terrifying than King Lu Yan.

The torrent followed the banner and rolled all the way forward, and the servant Wu at the head of the city could see it clearly. This group of cavalry fought very ghostly, staring at the camps that were not chaotic, and crisscrossing back and forth between the bandit camps within a radius of ten miles. Wherever there are thieves and hedgehogs gathered, the banner will point to wherever the torrent will run. The thieves in the chaos, the wolves are rushing, crying for their fathers and mothers, this cavalry does not fight for a long time in any place, but chases those organized thieves. If you really spread your feet and run away, he will ignore you. If you want to organize up and resist, then wait for the ravages of the saber.

Fierce battles continued until dawn. Chen Xie, who rushed to the front, was covered in blood, and he didn't know how many thieves he had cut down, anyway, he was tireless in rushing and killing, he didn't rush through a camp, as long as it was messy, he would throw it aside and run to the next one. In the face of this tactic, more than 100,000 thieves were simply unable to organize any resistance. Coupled with the fact that the stars ran away, the entire thief had no leader, and at most the team of more than 1,000 people organized by the small leaders was ruthlessly crushed by Chen Xie's cavalry, and they fled again and again. During the whole battle, the city gate of Luzhou was always closed, and Chen Xie, who had seen it many times, couldn't help but feel disappointed in his heart. It's a big city, and if you can organize thousands of people to kill it, you can save yourself a lot of things.

In the end, Chen Xie didn't care about Luzhou, and led the cavalry to chase and kill all the way, where there were groups of displaced people, where there were the targets of the battle.

The day finally dawned, and the camps that had been outside the city last night were now all that was left in ruins. Chen Xie, who chased out ten miles of land, also turned around and came back to reap the fruits of victory. The sun is rising, the red light is shining, and the soldiers of the Dengzhou Baggage Battalion and the artillery team in the morning have begun to clean up the battlefield. Chen Xie, who took the pro-soldier team, rode a horse to the city of Luzhou. Last night's battle didn't have much blood in the true sense of the word, it was constantly breaking up the ranks of the rogues, forcing them to be unable to organize effective resistance.

The huge camp was full of scattered tents, and there were dead and wounded rogues everywhere.

Chen Xie, who was under the city, looked at the open city gate, drew his war knife, and warned in a loud voice: "The Dengzhou battalion is cleaning the battlefield, and anyone who approaches it before the end will be regarded as a hostile act, please go back." ”

After speaking, the knife was horizontal on the horse's back, and with the appearance of being covered in blood, the frightened people and horses who were leaving the city turned around and ran, and the city gate was closed again with a babbling. It took a whole morning for the Dengzhou battalion to clean up the battlefield and take away everything of value. Then without saying a word, the whole brigade roared along the official road to the southeast.

The servant of Wu lying on the head of the city trembled, this is the Dengzhou camp, the legendary feudal town. It's so domineering, it's too domineering. The helpless servant Wu could only lie on the head of the city at this moment and cry bitterly while cursing the greed of the Dengzhou camp. With such a good opportunity and so many achievements, how about giving yourself a little bit? Anyway, the official has prepared dozens of pigs, kill them!

Just when Wu's servant was filled with righteous indignation, Sun Guerrilla, who had been frightened before, came over and said: "My lord, the things left behind in the Dengzhou camp are not old and young, it seems that they just took some gold and silver, and the heads, food, and armor outside the city have not been cleaned up. Wu Dafu shuddered for a while, and stood up straight. At this time, a horse came to the city and shouted loudly: "The Dengzhou battalion has finished cleaning up the battlefield, and it is your turn to do so." Our army is resting by the river five miles away, remember to bring something to eat. ”

The city gate opened again, and Wu sat on his horse, trembling as he approached the camp of the thieves. Seeing the corpses everywhere, he trembled with excitement, completely forgetting that he had cursed a certain guy surnamed Chen before, and said in a trembling whisper: "Righteousness, righteousness!" Then he shouted loudly: "Come on, the pigs and sheep on the stage go to the labor army, Sun Guerrilla, here is handed over to you." ”

By the river, the cavalry was cleaning the blood from their bodies, and the thieves had fled far away, and there was no need to pursue them for the time being. Chen Xie was listening to the report: "Thirty truckloads of property were seized, and the value is hard to say. He Xian smiled, this battle was too cool, and the loss was only thirteen wounded, all of which were caused by falling off horses. Interestingly, these soldiers thought they were dead, but they sat and lay there, and no one cared about them, and when they saw them standing up, the thieves were frightened and cried and ran away.

"The hot water is boiled, and the baths are in order. Whoever robs me cleans up whom. The shouts of the firefighters could be heard in the distance, the weather was still very cold, and a hot bath was a must. The baggage battalion brought some iron pots, boiled hot water, and took turns to put the pots. (To be continued......)