Lao Hui never dreamed that the righteous army would suffer a crushing defeat in such a short period of time, under the protection of many pro-soldiers, he and Gu Junen fled frantically in the direction of Jiyuan, this kind of similar situation has not appeared for a long time, after defeating Hong Chengchou, Lao Huihui thought that the combat effectiveness of the righteous army had been greatly improved, and the righteous army had successively won many cities in Henan Mansion and Zezhou, which can be described as raising eyebrows, but why was it so vulnerable when facing the Zheng family's army.

He didn't have time to think about these problems, it was important to escape, if he was entangled by Zheng Jiajun, then there was really no chance.

When the rebels were still resisting, Lao Huihui withdrew in the direction of Jiyuan, which was a subconscious action.

It was not until this time that Lao Huihui faintly understood that although the combat effectiveness of the righteous army had increased somewhat, when facing the Zheng family's army, what he felt was still fear, and it was impossible to improve his combat effectiveness, and the Zheng family's murderous spirit was too heavy, and that kind of indomitable momentum was by no means something that the righteous army could resist in a short time.

Lao Huihui's feelings were a little low, he thought of what happened during the period after the Xingyang Conference, and what frightened him even more was why the Zheng family army appeared on the battlefield, Gu Junen once analyzed, if there was no imperial decree from the imperial court, Zheng Xunrui would not have been able to participate in the battle, could it be said that Zheng Butcher had regained power and was responsible for exterminating the righteous army.

This is by no means good news, and such a situation is very fatal for the rebels.

It was precisely with these in mind that Lao Huihui accelerated the pace of his escape, he had to rush to Luoyang, and told Li Zicheng to quickly evacuate in the direction of Huguang, preferring to give up some of the rebel soldiers. It is also necessary to withdraw to the territory of Huguang, and at the same time inform Zhang Xianzhong in Sichuan not to enter the territory of Huguang for the time being, and the next step for the rebels can only be to evacuate to the territory of Sichuan, where some places are sparsely populated. It is convenient for the rebels to hide and recuperate.

As for how to develop next, that's a matter for later.

All the way to the wild, an hour passed.

Lao Hui and Gu Junen were beside him, there were not many sergeants left, and the personal soldiers around him were about 2,000 people. Such a number of people made Lao Hui's body tremble slightly.

Of the nearly 40,000 troops, there were less than 2,000 people who evacuated with them, and what kind of defeat this was, I am afraid that the defeat is indescribable. Why is this happening, the Zheng family army is all cavalry, and the righteous army that has not had time to evacuate must have suffered tragically, you must know that the elite army of the old return is all among them.

The war horse needs to rest for a while, otherwise it will continue to run like this, and the war horse will lose its strength. That's too bad, besides, it's less than fifty miles away from Jiyuan County. There should be no great danger of zài.

Gu Junen's face turned pale, and his hair was scattered.

Lao Huihui didn't care about complaining about Gu Junen, so he took advantage of the break to ask.

"Gu Junen, why did Zheng Jiajun suddenly appear, why don't we know any news. Could it be that the imperial court made Zheng Butcher responsible for exterminating our rebel army? ”

Despite the trembling of the body, the face turned pale. But Gu Junen still forced himself to speak.

"General, I think the same way. It seems that the imperial court has adjusted its strategy, fortunately, the righteous army is divided into three ways, if it is still concentrated together, it will be really troublesome, I didn't expect Zheng Jiajun to be so brave, I think in this case, King Chuang still needs to avoid it, don't fight with Zheng Jiajun. ”

Lao Huihui's face was even more unsightly.

"After the Xingyang Conference, the rebel army lost more than 100,000 people, all because of this Zheng butcher and Zheng Jiajun, seeing that the city of Zezhou was about to be taken, who knew that the Zheng family army suddenly appeared."

"General, I thought that the Zheng family army had been prepared for a long time, and it had not launched an attack, and it was only when the general attacked the city of Zezhou that it was suddenly launched, which caught the rebels off guard and suffered heavy losses."

Lao Huihui nodded slightly, his face gloomy, and spoke again.

"The situation has changed, we must do our best to inform King Chuang and the Eight Kings, so that they can make some preparations, the Righteous Army must quickly withdraw from Henan and enter Huguang, even if the Zheng Family Army is pursuing behind them, but they will not be able to eliminate the Righteous Army in a short time, as long as the Righteous Army enters Sichuan, after making peace with the Eight Kings, they can always think of a way."

"What the general said is that the first thing to tell King Chuang is not to continue to attack Luoyang, if you fall into a battle, once you encounter a sneak attack by the Zheng family's army, I am afraid the outcome will be almost the same."

Hearing Gu Junen say this, Lao Huihui couldn't help it.

"What you said is, our speed should be fast, don't let Zheng Jiajun catch up, this is not far from Jiyuan City, I don't know if the nine dragons are ready."

Lao Hui Hui fled too fast, in fact, he was a little slower, and when he noticed the situation around the official road, he could find some rebels who fled from the direction of Jiyuan, but these rebel sergeants, when they saw Lao Hui beating horses and galloping wildly from a distance, they could think of what had happened, and they would choose to avoid it, and take advantage of this time to break away from the rebels, it is best to return to their hometown and live honestly.

Gu Junen thought for a moment.

"General, the nine dragons are going to take on a heavy responsibility this time, he must hold Jiyuan City for as long as possible, even if he can't hold on, he has to delay as much time as possible, Jiyuan is more than one hundred and thirty miles away from Luoyang City, hurry up, and he will be able to arrive in two hours."

"Okay, tell all the sergeants, it's getting late, but we can't rest, we can't have the slightest negligence, we must rush to Luoyang Mansion overnight to make peace with King Chuang."

Zheng Jinhong and Yang He are highly vigilant, sent a large number of scouts, to reconnoiter the surrounding situation, although they have occupied Jiyuan County, but can not be completely at ease, they may have to face attacks from both sides, one side is the fleeing old Huihui, on the other hand is the response of Li Zicheng, the army with the city is impossible to block, only by camping on the side of the official road, it is possible to stop all the actions of the Liukou.

Leaving 2,000 soldiers of the Yulin border army to wait for the city, Zheng Jinhong and others entered the camp set up by the Liukou.

The battlefield is particularly clean, and the slightest flaw cannot be exposed, which may paralyze the rogue from a certain distance.

It was dark, and Zheng Jinhong and Yang He were ready to rest.

With an excited look on his face, the scout came to the Chinese military tent.

"Report, we have detected about 2,000 people fleeing from the direction of Zezhou, all of them are cavalry, and they are still about fifty miles away from the barracks......

Zheng Jinhong slowly stood up and looked at the map.

Yang Heteng stood up suddenly and spoke to the scout.

"Let's go and reconnoitre, find out all the situation, and at the same time care, and the lord will lead the army to attack and see how the battle goes."

After the scout left, Zheng Jinhong opened his mouth with a stern face.

"General Yang, the rogues who came from the direction of Zezhou are all cavalry, which shows that the young master has won a complete victory, and I estimate that it is the leader of the rogues who has escaped."

Yang He nodded and replied with an affirmative tone.

"It must be the old man, it can't be someone else, the rogue met the young master and the Zheng family, only to flee for his life, the young master must lead the army to pursue behind, we must not let go of this gang of rogues who fled for their lives."

Zheng Jinhong thought for a while and spoke again.

"General Yang, we have captured nine dragons alive and exterminated the rogues stationed in Jiyuan, so it is said that Lao Hui should get the news."

"The chief soldier is too worried, I have thought about this matter, it is impossible for the 20,000 army led by the young master to be without action, maybe those rogues who want to report the situation have been captured by the young master."

Zheng Jinhong smiled on his face and patted his forehead.

"Yes, it should be like this, it is said that there are still some fleeing rogues on the official road, but this way the rogues didn't notice it at all, which means that they have no way out, just caring about fleeing for their lives, the young master must have won a big victory, so that these rogues dare not delay time, what they want is to escape, if so, I have an idea."

"Lao Huihui didn't know that the nine dragons were captured alive, so we will guard in the barracks, presumably Lao Huihui will definitely come directly to the barracks, so he won't have no way to escape, and it will save us a lot of effort."

A smile also appeared on Yang He's face.

"This is a good solution, I'll arrange it right away."

"Wait, in order to prevent accidents, I think it is better to send three thousand Zheng family soldiers to set up an ambush on the official road, in case the old return does not enter the barracks, then launch an attack, it is already dark, the speed of the old return to escape cannot be very fast, and at the same time order all the soldiers to be prepared, once the old return can not return to the barracks, then all of them will be dispatched, and it is necessary to exterminate this fleeing rogues."

Seeing the brightly lit barracks from afar, Lao Huihui breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, he arranged 20,000 righteous troops in Jiyuan, let the nine dragons command, although he knew that the nine dragons were ambitious, but Lao Huihui still chose to trust, this is his habit, for the future of the righteous army, willing to make sacrifices, now it seems that this arrangement is excellent, even if the Zheng family army behind him chases, the nine dragons can also lead the righteous army to resist for a while, after all, the righteous army is ready for a while, and it can still delay some time.

The distance between Jiyuan and Luoyang Mansion City is not very far, after Lao Hui returns to the barracks, he can rush to Luoyang in three hours at most by changing his war horses, after all, Li Zicheng has an army of 80,000, and it will be completely safe at that time.

Thinking of this, Lao Huihui did not hesitate, quickly stepped up, and headed in the direction of the barracks, Gu Junen behind him hesitated a little and followed, and the rest of the soldiers and cavalry did not hesitate, and followed in the direction of the barracks.

When approaching the barracks, Lao Huihui's face showed a smile, the barracks were very quiet around, there was nothing abnormal, he secretly laughed at Zheng Xunrui, if he sent a large army to attack Jiyuan earlier, he would have no way to go to heaven and no way to enter the earth. (To be continued)