It has been eight or nine months since Liu Xingchao's "rebellion," and the whole world has heard about it, but the provinces have not said anything or done anything, as if he had not rebelled.

But when he posted a notice saying that he was "rebelling," the situation immediately changed.

First of all, there were many Confucian scholars in Luoyang City who wept and mourned in the streets, accusing Liu Xingchao of rebellion. Are you kidding me! Zhao Zhengbao has been rebelling for six years, and he has occupied Luoyang for several years, you have not cried and mourned in Luoyang for so many years, you are jumping around, what are you pretending to be now!

Liu Xingchao didn't talk nonsense with them, he went directly to the tank and crushed them into a meatloaf, and the entire Luoyang Street became a meatloaf street.

The people of the Central Plains were loyal to the emperor, and as soon as they saw that the Ming Emperor's flag in Luoyang and the counties had been lowered, they went crazy and played with the forbidden army and the Chang'an army. They shouted "Ning Daming bears me, I don't bear Daming" and rushed up to die.

They consumed a large number of bullets from the forbidden army, and in this respect, they were stronger than the regular army of the imperial court.

The same is true for the provinces. Originally, many provinces were watching the good show of the inner court biting the outer court, and they said: "Haha, Liu Xing is on the side of Qingjun, and he is slowly clearing." ”

Now that Liu Xingchao actually doesn't recognize the emperor, his nature has changed!

In fact, they also think it doesn't matter, but the people below want to make meritorious contributions, and the people below want to stir up trouble. Of course, the people below don't care, but they will say, "Superior, why are you not loyal to the emperor?" If you're unfaithful, give me the position! "The superiors had no choice but to send troops to fight.

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Liu Xingchao's plan was to send an army to take Qicheng directly, and it would be a hundred.

Liu Xingchao's army - I don't know what it's called, the imperial court called it a eunuch army or a rebel army, but I don't want to call it, because I'm in it, who would call their own army "eunuch army" and "rebel army"?

It is also inappropriate to call the forbidden army, firstly because the Qicheng Imperial Court already has a new "real forbidden army", and secondly because there are still 2 million ordinary troops who are also going with Liu Xingchao.

I wanted to call it Liu Jun, but I remembered that Liu Xingchao used to be called Chen Xingchao, and "Liu" was just his Jinshi surname, and calling it "Liu Jun" seemed to "insult" the Liu family.

But I call it "Chen Jun", and you don't know what I'm talking about......

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As soon as we entered Shandong, we found that the situation was not right.

Many commanders of the forbidden army still took it for granted that the imperial army would retreat all the way and then surrender together in Qicheng. They soon discovered that not only the Royal Army had come up to block the attack, but also the Shandong Army, the Hebei Army, the Shanxi Army, the Central Plains Army, the Gyeonggi Army and other real or fake armies, as well as many government armies, and even a large number of government armies in the south.

The Southern soldiers were not forced to participate, they were all volunteers, so the battle was quite tenacious. The Northern Army was about to be defeated if it suffered a tenth of its casualties, while the Southern Army was often able to hold out until half of the casualties were lost.

Liu Xingchao's army was harassed all the way, and if they wanted to fight but couldn't chase them, they were always harassed if they didn't chase them, which made us angry to death.

There are no big mountains in Shandong, but there are hills everywhere, which is quite difficult to walk.

Despite many difficulties, the army finally reached the vicinity of Qicheng.

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Liu Xingchao had 100,000 forbidden troops and 2 million ordinary troops.

The 100,000 forbidden army had thousands of tanks, thousands of artillery, and thousands of other vehicles; There are 2 million people in the 2 million ordinary army.

As is customary, the cannon fodder charge first.

Liu Xingchao had just ordered the ordinary army to attack the city, and suddenly the gate of Qi City opened, and a large number of cavalry rushed out from the five city gates west of Qi City, and at this time, a large number of troops also rushed from all directions, and each army was a variety of provincial flags and military flags.

Damn it! They were prepared!

The 2,000,000 ordinary troops on our side turned around and ran, crawling over the tanks, artillery, armored vehicles, cars, and trucks of the forbidden army, and no matter how the forbidden army fired, those people were going to run, run, run.

The fleeing ordinary army obscured the view of the forbidden army, and the imperial army quickly rushed up. Some had pistols, rifles and grenades, but most were spears and machetes.

Millions of imperial troops surrounded the 100,000 forbidden army at once, with millions of troops with broadswords and spears on one side, and 100,000 forbidden troops with tanks, artillery, and machine guns on the other.

The two sides were in a scuffle, and the white blades were white knives.

But after all, the forbidden army has been through a hundred battles, and they quickly wiped out the court army in close proximity.

When the close court forces were eliminated, they could no longer get close, and the whole battle became a one-sided massacre.

The tanks and artillery opened fire with all their might, and the imperial army could not escape.

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The herald of the forbidden army arrived anxiously and told Liu Xingchao that the telegram showed that the temporary garrison in Shandong had lost contact, and that there was a fear that there would be more than one bad luck at this time, and that all the baggage troops had fled.

Liu Xingchao completely ignored him and kept shouting at the heavy machine gunners: "Hit them!" Hit! Over there! ”

He seems to be crazy!

Liu Xingchao ordered the forbidden army to immediately capture Qicheng.

One of the officers said that the army outside the city should be eliminated first.

Liu Xingchao picked up a pistol and shot him: "Hit me." ”

On this side, tanks and artillery bombarded the walls of Qicheng, and over there, from time to time, the provincial armies came to charge.

A few hours later, the wall of Qicheng collapsed several kilometers away.

The Praetorian infantry then rushed forward, climbed up the gap, and stormed into the city.

The street battles in Qi City were even more brutal, and the advantage of the forbidden army was not so strong.

The imperial army that filled the sky launched a final charge.

There were too many people this time, every bullet of the forbidden army could kill one person, and every shell could kill a group of people, but it was completely useless, and the imperial army still rushed up.

The trumpeters of the forbidden army blew the assembly order, and the infantry that had attacked Qi City retreated.

The two sides continued to engage in a hand-to-hand battle.

A few commanders of the forbidden army ran over and said to Liu Xingchao: "Withdraw!" I'm running out of ammo! If you don't evacuate, you'll all die here. ”

Liu Xingchao picked up the pistol at his waist and was about to shoot them.

These people all knelt at Liu Xingchao's feet, and they said, "Shoot, let's kill us all here." ”

His hand holding the pistol trembled slightly.

Everyone looked at him nervously.

The surrounding armies are still fighting.

Liu Xingchao closed his eyes tightly.

The bags under his eyes seemed to fall, his face became thinner, and his gray hair was covered in rubble.

He waved his hand to retreat.

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The trumpeter blew a long, low sound, which was a signal to retreat.

The forbidden army hadn't heard this voice for many years, and many people looked puzzled and pained.

The Forbidden Army began to retreat.

Their usual rigorous training helped them, and each man performed his own duty, some opened the way, some were behind, and the army slowly retreated.

It is more than 300 kilometers from Qicheng to the provincial border of the Central Plains, and there are ambushes all the way.

Compared to the attack on the way home, the harassment when it came was almost a joke. Every kilometer of road was cut off, even kilometers of pits were dug as soon as they were dug, ground mines and bamboo traps were everywhere, and all the bridges were burned and blown up - then I understood why the bridges were so good when I came.

We had quite a lot of equipment abandoned, most of the lost artillery, and a lot of other equipment was discarded, most of it stuck in the ground. The forbidden army blew them all up, and left not a single one left for the imperial court!

It's nothing, the real horror is the death charge that spreads across the mountains. Those unclothed Shandong civilians rushed forward as if their father had been killed, and most of them were old, weak, sick and disabled.

When they were about to reach the Central Plains, the forbidden army ran out of ammunition.

The imperial army in charge of blocking the attack also quickly knew. Some officer-like men shouted loudly, and a large number of people rushed towards us even more frantically. Behind them, even the cavalry rushed up.

I recognize the provincial flags and military flags of those cavalry, they are the soldiers of the Jin clan of Liaoxi and the soldiers of the Dongfang clan of Xiliang, it seems that they survived the bombing of Kaifeng and Tongguan - maybe they were not there at all?

In the previous battles, the forbidden army did not have many deaths, that is, occasional casualties, usually hundreds of thousands of imperial army for a forbidden army, but now, it is almost one for one.

The imperial cavalry rushed up, and the forbidden army could not resist. The submachine gun is out of bullets, and it is not as useful as a wooden stick.

The Janission's trumpeters blew out another low, short tone, which was a signal for a quick retreat.

Tanks, cars, trucks, and armored vehicles accelerated and no longer cared about formation. Some of the forbidden infantry, who were still fighting on the ground, immediately reached out and grabbed the vehicle when they heard this sound. The bows and arrows of the court cavalry shot at the forbidden army on the truck, and many of the forbidden soldiers actually died like this. The imperial infantry also rushed up to pick up the vehicles, and every one of them was fighting. Some vehicles overturned, some got stuck in pits, and many more just rushed forward.

Those forbidden soldiers who fell were all hacked to death without exception, like an ant colony devouring green worms.

However, the rapidly advancing convoy soon left behind the cavalry and infantry of the imperial court.

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Suddenly, there was no one to chase and no traps on the road.

The forbidden army drove for a while, stopping to trim.

Obviously, we crossed the Shandong provincial border.

Crossing counties is a capital offense, and crossing provinces is a punishment of the nine tribes. The imperial court must have ordered the loyal and brave people of Shandong counties to kill the rebels in each county, but even if you chase and kill the rebels, you can't commit the big crime of punishing the nine clans.

The wisdom of the royal law and the loyalty of the Ming people saved us.

The officers of the forbidden army counted the number of people, and there were only 50,000 left of 100,000 people - of course, there was not a single ordinary army left, but they were not expected to be left anyway.

Most of the tanks were saved, most of the artillery was lost, and half of cars, trucks, armored vehicles were lost.

For the spirit of the forbidden army, this defeat must not be tolerated; However, for a retreat after defeat, this result is quite good.

The forbidden army rushed to Luoyang in despair, and no one spoke all the way.

The forbidden army left behind in Luoyang is less than a few thousand, which is simply incomparable with the more than 10 million people of Luoyang, but the loyal people of Luoyang did not disappoint us, and they never made a small move.

Liu Xingchao sat paralyzed on the dragon chair with a gloomy expression.

A herald of the forbidden army hurriedly ran in: "My lord! The armies of Xiliang and Liaoxi attacked Chang'an together, and more than a dozen surrounding counties were breached, and now Chang'an City is left. ”

Yes! We have been calculated by the imperial court! They had already thought it out!

The people below were talking, but Liu Xingchao closed his eyes and was silent.

After a few moments, another herald came in with a look of joy on his face, and said, "Your Excellency! The forbidden army has wiped out all the foreign troops, and now it is out! ”

Liu Xingchao opened his eyes: "The telegram reports to the various armies in Chang'an, be careful, don't go deep alone, and do nothing else." ”

He continued: "I underestimated them! But I'm going to keep playing with them, it's not going to end here! ”