Li Dingguo never dreamed that the official army would take the initiative to attack.

According to the general law, what the officers and soldiers need to do at the moment is to invest heavy troops to defend the grain roads and granaries, and will not take the initiative to attack the sergeants under his command, after all, the officers and soldiers are not clear about his plan, and on the issue of protecting the grain routes, any army will take conservative measures to defend the grain routes and protect the safety of the grain and grass, unless there is a situation, that is, the officers and troops have completely mastered the details of the opponent and dare to directly launch an attack to eliminate all threats.

The encounter was fought more than fifty miles away from Xiangyang, and for Li Dingguo, it was a very sudden encounter, and it was also an encounter for which he was completely unprepared, and the number of people sent by the officers and troops to participate in the battle reached about 10,000 people, and they came prepared, which was by no means something that the 3,000 people under his command could deal with.

Li Dingguo has participated in countless battles, and he is not very optimistic about the combat ability of the officers and soldiers, but the disparity in numbers is real, and the other party is prepared, he is not ready for real fighting.

But Li Dingguo was a brave general after all, and when the battle had just begun, he quickly made a decision to fight to the death with the attacking officers and soldiers, and he would never be able to evacuate in a short time.

This is very irrational on the surface, but it is also the only way to save the lives of some of the righteous soldiers, if the battle has just begun, lead the three thousand volunteer soldiers to evacuate quickly, then the officers and soldiers will chase and fight with all their might, once the fighting spirit of the righteous soldiers is discharged, only the part of being chased and killed by the officers and soldiers is basically completely exterminated, and the gods cannot be saved, and desperate resistance and fighting, there will definitely be heavy losses, but it may be able to make the officers and soldiers have doubts. Eventually, we were able to gain time and opportunity to evacuate.

The tragic battle unfolded in an instant.

Li Dingguo roared and charged at the front, facing the menacing officers and soldiers, and the rebel sergeants under his command, all of whom were elite sergeants, also followed behind him and fought with the officers and soldiers.

The sound of swords clashing, bows and arrows breaking through the air, and screams mingled. Blood burst through the air and flowed on the ground.

Because of Li Dingguo's leading soldiers, the 3,000 soldiers of the Volunteer Army actually resisted the attack of the officers and soldiers at the beginning of the battle, and forcibly reversed the extremely unfavorable situation.

Chen Xinjia, who was holding a monocular, paid attention to all this.

Although he adopted Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance's suggestions, he was still worried in his heart, of the nearly 40,000 former army sergeants, only 10,000 were sent to participate in the attack, and most of the rest were still sticking to the granaries and grain roads, and all the former army sergeants were under martial law. Pay attention to every move around you, and the scouts are scattered and separated, even if they are birds in the sky, they will not be ignored.

At the beginning of the battle, Chen Xinjia had already guessed that the general who was at the forefront of the charge was one of Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi.

got a positive reply from Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance. Chen Xinjia's face changed, and he was very aware of Li Dingguo's influence and role in the rogues. If he can completely annihilate the rogues led by Li Dingguo, capture or kill Li Dingguo, it will not be an ordinary merit, plus the army takes Xiangyang Mansion City, such a record is enough for him Chen Xinjia to enter the cabinet.

Chen Xinjia is a decisive person. In the face of major opportunities, he will never give up and miss it, taking the initiative to attack Liukou is the idea put forward by Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance, at this time, he will naturally ask the opinions of the two.

"Lord Niu. Lord Song, tell me why Li Dingguo met the imperial army that outnumbered them far in number, why he didn't think of evacuating, but chose to fight desperately. ”

Niu Jinxing thought that he had figured out Chen Xinjia's thoughts, he looked at Song Xiance and spoke very resolutely.

"My lord, Xia Guan believes that Li Dingguo is brave and good at fighting, and has fought with the imperial army many times, he has a certain understanding of the imperial army, and he is also experienced in tactics, he did not expect that the adult would take the initiative to attack, in the case of no preparation, Li Dingguo did not dare to evacuate in a hurry, if he was rashly evacuated, he was chased and killed by the army, and finally he could not recover the situation of being completely wiped out, it is better to lead the rogue to fight to the death, after a period of resistance, he may be able to win the opportunity to evacuate, Xia Guan suggested, The adults can launch a more fierce attack to surround Li Dingguo and his rogues, so that they have no chance to evacuate, as long as the army completely surrounds the rogues and can hold on for a certain amount of time, the rogues will definitely collapse. ”

Chen Xinjia nodded with satisfaction, he recognized Niu Jinxing's suggestion.

The order was issued quickly, Chen Xinjia made a lot of determination, he once again sent 10,000 soldiers to participate in the battle, with 20,000 troops to deal with about 3,000 rogues, this is obviously the combat arrangement of the total annihilation of the rogues, Chen Xinjia ordered the 10,000 sergeants not to take the initiative to attack, but to completely surround the rogues, so that the rogues have no chance to escape and evacuate.

Chen Xinjia's deployment, Li Dingguo did not know at all, he was still rejoicing that the soldiers of the Righteous Army could resist the attack of the official army, in his opinion, as long as the fighting lasted for about half an hour, the soldiers of the Righteous Army would be able to find an opportunity to evacuate, of course, in the process of fighting, the losses of the Righteous soldiers were heavy, but in order to be able to evacuate safely, such losses were impossible to avoid.

Li Dingguo's whole body is covered with blood, he has become a bloody man, he is not injured, the blood on his body is splashed up by the killing officers and soldiers, because he resisted the attack of the officers and soldiers, because the three thousand righteous soldiers under his command have not collapsed, Li Dingguo has become more and more courageous, and has killed more than ten officers and soldiers.

The fighting continued, and the officers and troops showed no signs of retreating or withdrawing.

Half an hour passed, and everywhere Li Dingguo's eyes could see was blood, and the losses of the righteous sergeants were also heavy, with the losses of 3,000 sergeants exceeding one-third, but the losses of the officers and soldiers were even greater, after all, these rebellious sergeants were all elite, and their combat ability was very strong.

Li Dingguo believes that the time is ripe for evacuation.

In fact, Li Dingguo was a little worried, it is said that under such a tragic situation, the commander of the official army should be suspicious, at least he will not devote himself to the fight, after all, protecting the safety of the grain road and the granary is the most important thing, but the official army attacked without scruples, as if he had mastered all the details.

Li Dingguo even wondered if there was a conspiracy inside and revealed all the arrangements and deployments of the Righteous Army to the officers and soldiers, and if such a situation occurred, then no matter what kind of arrangements and deployments Li Dingguo made, the sergeants of the Righteous Army would not be able to escape the fate of being completely wiped out.

However, Li Dingguo did not believe that such a situation would occur, the three thousand sergeants of the Righteous Army had always followed him, and they were all brothers who followed him from birth to death, and there would be no spies in it.

Although the fighting was fierce, Li Dingguo's mind was very clear, and he knew that he had to evacuate.

The order to retreat was quickly conveyed by the soldiers around him, and as for the direction of evacuation, it was to the west, where the fighting was weakest, and the number of officers and soldiers here was not very large, and the soldiers of the righteous army should be able to rush out from here.

The retreat began, and Li Dingguo personally led five hundred righteous soldiers, including his own soldiers, who were the most courageous among the three thousand.

Seeing that the sergeants of the righteous army broke through the encirclement and quickly evacuated in the direction of the west, Li Dingguo's face showed a smile, such a tragic battle, being able to evacuate more than 1,000 people is the biggest victory, and this battle will definitely make the officers and soldiers begin to worry about the safety of the granary and the grain road, so that they will not be able to attack Xiangyang Mansion with all their might.

Seeing that many of the rebel soldiers had all evacuated the battlefield, Li Dingguo, after killing an officer and soldier beside him, also withdrew towards the gap torn to the west.

The sergeants of the Righteous Army have already withdrawn from the encirclement, although the officers and soldiers are desperately chasing and killing behind, but Li Dingguo's heart has relaxed a little, as long as the Sergeants of the Righteous Army break through the encirclement, they will definitely be able to evacuate safely.

The front is a large open area, which is conducive to the cavalry attack, the rebel sergeants have been active in the vicinity of Xiangyang Mansion for several days, and they are basically familiar with the terrain here, after passing through this generation of open areas, the rebels can withdraw in the direction of Yunyang, and the officers and soldiers have no chance to chase and kill.

Just when Li Dingguo relaxed slightly, a cannon sound came from the front.

The black-pressed officers and soldiers appeared in front, and countless arrows flew in.

The rebel sergeants who rushed ahead were caught off guard, and many of them were hit by the rain of arrows and fell to the ground screaming.

Looking at the black-pressed officers and soldiers in front of him, Li Dingguo's face instantly turned pale, and his body shook slightly.

The most terrible situation has arisen.

The sergeants of the Righteous Army have already withdrawn, and what they want at this moment is to get out of the encirclement of the officers and soldiers, but they can't imagine that the officers and soldiers have already prepared, and the flaws exposed in the front battle in the west are actually deliberate, that is, they are thinking that the sergeants of the Righteous Army are evacuating in the direction of the west, and a large number of officers and soldiers have already been prepared.

All the officers and soldiers in front and behind charged over, and the remaining less than 2,000 rebel sergeants were completely surrounded, and the worst thing was that this was a completely open area, and the rebel sergeants had no terrain to rely on, and could not evacuate in the midst of the heavy encirclement of the officers and troops.

All that remains is two paths, either fight to the death and eventually be wiped out, or surrender to the officers and soldiers.

Li Dingguo chose to fight to the death, and he spoke to the soldiers around him.

"In today's battle, we have no chance to evacuate, I am determined to fight to the death with the officers and soldiers, if you are not willing to give your life, you can surrender the officers and soldiers......"

Before Li Dingguo's words were finished, the soldiers around him began to roar to the death, and the rest of the rebel soldiers also followed suit and fought to the death.

An even more tragic battle began, this was a battle without suspense, watching the rebel sergeants continue to fall, that is, they did not surrender, Li Dingguo's face showed a rare smile.

He raised the spear in his hand, roared, and rushed towards the officer...... (To be continued......)