Zhang Xianzhong feels that he is quite unlucky these days, there are so many battalions of peasant troops who have entered Henan, but the official army does not encircle and suppress them, why is it that there are border troops staring at their troops as soon as they come up?

Zhang Xianzhong didn't want to think about it: when he defeated Fengyang, his reputation among the leaders of the peasant army was second only to Gao Yingxiang, he got a lot of property, and the combat effectiveness of his troops was also weak, who didn't like such a "fat sheep"? So of course, the Ming army is staring at his troops and wants fame and fortune!

In the battle with the Liao army, Zhang Xianzhong's troops were scattered more than 10,000, but fortunately, the elite of his old battalion was basically preserved, and the baggage did not suffer any losses.

However, on the way to escape, he found that there were spies of the Ming army in front of him. Originally, Zhang Xianzhong didn't pay much attention to these Ming army spies, because in the long-term wandering operations, Zhang Xianzhong's troops were always surrounded by more or less spies. But with the disappearance of those spies, Zhang Xianzhong felt that something was wrong.

This also makes people sigh that these peasant army leaders have a keen sense of smell. Yang Tinglin's suggestion was self-defeating, and Zhang Xianzhong found a flaw. However, because the brigade of the peasant army was a mixture of old and weak, women and children, the speed of action was very slow, let alone turning and turning. Otherwise, such a drastic change of direction would not be able to restrain the troops and scatter them.

So Zhang Xianzhong immediately called Li Dingguo to his front and ordered: "Dingguo!" Take 3,000 old battalion soldiers and horses to explore the road ten miles ahead of us. If something is wrong, don't dwell on it, come back and report it to me. ”

"Yes! Godfather! ”

The Tianxiong army watched as Li Dingguo's 3,000 men and horses passed by their ambush point. They will not covet the small profits in front of them, because Zhang Xianzhong's brigade has already appeared in the distance.

Li Dingguo and the others walked more than a mile ahead, and suddenly, they all stopped in unison, and some of them exclaimed: "There is an ambush behind!" There is an ambush in the back! ”

"What's the name of the ghost?" Li Dingguo scolded angrily. Although he was only a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy, Li Dingguo had established his prestige in Zhang Xianzhong's army for many years. But it silenced those who cried out.

The traces of the rapid march of more than 10,000 people of the Tianxiong Army are quite obvious, even if they are eliminated in a short time, they cannot eliminate a long distance, so now Li Dingguo has found that this road has passed through a Ming army. And looking at the car marks and horseshoe prints on the ground, they are all new marks, and the number of this Ming army will not be less than 10,000.

But there is such a road, and there is no fork in the road, so this Ming army must have been ambushed behind Li Dingguo and them, waiting for the main force of Zhang Xianzhong's army to arrive, ready to ambush.

Li Dingguo's cold sweat came down. He immediately ordered: "The whole army is ready to fight!" Little San, you quickly take someone to report to your godfather! ”

Seeing that Li Dingguo's ministry had stopped, Lu Xiangsheng estimated that his ambush had been discovered. When Lu Xiangsheng saw Li Dingguo's troops holding weapons and returning back, he immediately ordered: "The whole army is attacking!" ”

The Tianxiong army divided a force of 2,000 men to block the return of Li Dingguo's troops. The rest of the troops immediately slaughtered Zhang Xianzhong's brigade seven or eight miles away.

"! Now everyone dares to shout at us. Eight kings! Let me go up with my sons! A general of Zhang Xianzhong said.

The peasant army had a criterion when judging the strength of the Ming army, that is, it was to look at the proportion of cavalry of the Ming army in front of them. If the cavalry has a high proportion. That is, of course, the main force of the Ming army with strong combat effectiveness; The proportion is low. That's a miscellaneous hand. Except, of course, for units with distinctive weapons such as three-eyed muskets or white-pole guns.

And because the Tianxiong army was ambushed behind the mountain, the infantry appeared first when they rushed out, and their cavalry was still behind the whole team, so the general of the peasant army thought that it was a ragtag Ming army that did not know the height of the sky.

"Bastard!" Zhang Xianzhong immediately scolded, "Blind your dog eyes? It is Lu Gou's Tianxiong Army. Regardless of the front team. Let's withdraw first! ”

"But godfather! What should I do about Dingguo? Aitch Neng on the side asked.

"Dingguo, this kid has always been clever, and he will find us!" Zhang Xianzhong replied without hesitation.

Zhang Xianzhong immediately fled to the southeast with the elite, and he left behind the old and weak women and children specially arranged by the front team. And the Tianxiong Army was discovered early because of the ambush, and it was far away from Zhang Xianzhong's brigade. So by the time they dispersed the front team of Zhang Xianzhong's troops and their cavalry rushed over again, Zhang Xianzhong had already fled with the elite of his old battalion.

And Li Dingguo was desperate to return to help at the beginning, he took Zhang Xianzhong's old battalion with him, and his combat effectiveness was also very strong, plus Li Dingguo commanded well, so the 2,000 people who were intercepted by the Tianxiong army retreated.

It wasn't until Lu Xiangsheng saw that the situation was wrong and brought thousands of his own soldiers to support him that the situation changed. As soon as Lu Xiangsheng led the pro-soldier team to exert his might, Li Dingguo saw the strong hand-to-hand combat strength of the Tianxiong Army.

Lu Xiangsheng took the lead, brandishing a big sword heavier than the Qinglong Yanyue Knife and rushing into Li Dingguo's array, while the soldiers around him also brandished heavy weapons and charged with him.

It's all about one force down ten. You know, heavy weapons are very difficult to resist as long as they are wielded. Coupled with Lu Xiangsheng's leadership, it immediately caused the Tianxiong Army to set off a frenzy of attack.

It can be seen from here that Lu Xiangsheng is not like a civilian official in many cases, but more like a military general. Moreover, the fighting of the Ming army still did not deviate from the relatively primitive combat methods, and many times relied on the martial arts of the generals who led the troops.

But no matter what, Li Dingguo's ministry could no longer stop the attack of the Tianxiong army, let alone go back to help. Until he saw Zhang Xianzhong's banner fleeing eastward, even Li Dingguo himself was deflated.

So Li Dingguo's department immediately fled in all directions, and then searched for a way, and Li Dingguo fled back to Zhang Xianzhong with more than 200 cavalry. And after the final retraction, only more than 800 of the 3,000 people of the vanguard returned.

However, Zhang Xianzhong was still very happy about Li Dingguo's return, and he gathered nearly 50,000 remnants of his army, preparing to lead them through Ruzhou, Nanyang, and then into the Anhui region of Huguang.

But if a person is unlucky, he will have to stuff his teeth when he drinks cold water. When Zhang Xianzhong's troops entered Ruzhou Qiliu Town, they encountered the Ruzhou army that had just arrived here.

At this moment, Zhang Xianzhong can see clearly, the Ming army on the opposite side has few horses and messy clothes, so it must be a miscellaneous card. In addition, Zhang Xianzhong had never heard of the banner of the Ruzhou Army at all, so he was ready to defeat the Ming army in front of him here and go to his own bad luck.

Because there were two Ming armies behind him, Zhang Xianzhong wanted to fight quickly. He first arranged for 10,000 displaced people to go ahead. However, this homeless army is already more than men, because the old and weak women and children have also been squandered by Zhang Xianzhong, so it is slightly stronger than the average homeless army, and then there are more than 6,000 old battalion men and horses prepared for the decisive battle.

did not line up, under Zhang Xianzhong's order, these 16,000 people immediately rushed towards the Ruzhou army.

"A bunch of stupid thieves! Look at the power of my Ruzhou army! Yu Zilian shouted while beating the war drum himself.

This guy must be an excited player on the battlefield, and seeing the peasant army with more people than him rushing over, Yu Zilian was not only not afraid, but ignited a raging fighting spirit.

You must know that until now, the people in the Ruzhou army don't know much about the banner, so they don't know that they are facing the famous Eight Kings. But what about knowing? Yu Zilian is still full of courage, and he will never be weaker than his rival Wu Shigong. That's amazing! This aiqing's liliang is really terrifying!

When the two armies approached, the Ruzhou army first fired a burst of firearms. And the peasant army and the Ming army have fought a lot, knowing the Ming army's routine, as long as they withstand a few rounds of firearm shooting, they can fight hand-to-hand with the Ming army face to face.

Besides, Zhang Xianzhong, the cannon fodder who rushed to the front, was not distressed, so Zhang Xianzhong's old battalion urged the cannon fodder in front to continue to charge.

But at this moment, the unexpected happened. After firing a round of firearms, the Ruzhou army also scattered its formation and swooped towards Zhang Xianzhong's troops. The momentum of this tiger descending from the mountain suddenly startled Zhang Xianzhong, who was watching the battle behind.

Zhang Xianzhong was able to be taken aback, and the displaced people who rushed in front were even worse. They all hesitated and stopped, watching the red-eyed Ruzhou soldiers rush in front of them.

The two armies are fighting, and this momentum is quite important. One after another, the Runing Army immediately cut melons and vegetables. The displaced people who rushed to the front were suddenly in chaos, and immediately turned around and fled, and even the old battalion supervising the battle behind them could not hold back.

Not only that, but the rout also washed Zhang Xianzhong's old camp to pieces, and the scene suddenly became one-sided. This is also a typical example of punching the master to death.

Especially in the battle array, Liu Guqian, the cavalry commander of the Ruzhou army, led his more than 200 horsemen to slash back and forth in the peasant army. It completely broke the efforts of Zhang Xianzhong's troops to counterattack.

And Yu Zilian also completely violated the common sense of war, of course, he didn't understand it, so he didn't leave any reserves at all, and even Yu Zilian himself rushed up with his own soldiers in Zuihou.

Seeing his boss charge, the Ruzhou soldiers were boiling again. Maybe in the minds of those soldiers, Yu Zilian has become the god of war. The momentum like a rainbow has become a footnote to the Ruzhou Army at this time.

Seeing that the scene is out of control, so there is no need to say anything, let's run away first. Zhang Xianzhong ordered the soldiers around him to step forward again, and if he wanted to suppress the position, he had to withdraw his old battalion soldiers and horses first.

However, the house leak happened to rain overnight, and at this time, the Liao army led by Zu Kuan arrived again, and they immediately launched an attack on Zhang Xianzhong's flank.

Zhang Xianzhong's troops who were flanked immediately dispersed, and Zhang Xianzhong hurriedly fled with his remaining elites, completely ignoring the people left on the battlefield. These two Ming armies pursued and killed all the way, causing Zhang Xianzhong's troops to ambush the corpse for twenty miles. When he arrived in Zuihou, Zhang Xianzhong gathered more than 22,000 remnants. (To be continued......)