Until the end of the banquet, Wu Shigong did not criticize Yu Zilian. So what's so wrong with that? In addition to scolding a few words to show evil anger, he can only get the common hatred of the civil officials. Wu Shigong will not do such a thing that outweighs the losses.

But when he returned to the resting place, Yao Liang had been kneeling at the door for a day. Wu Shigong didn't pay attention to him, but just sent someone to drive Yao Liang away. Now that Yao Liang's militia has arrived in Guide Mansion, Yao Liang's defense of Guide Mansion still needs Yao Liang to worry about, so Wu Shigong can't make any moves to change the commander. So let's wait until after this war.

On the 26th of the lunar month, the main force of the Runing Army pressed north. There was no concealment at all in this operation, and the Runing Army was to drive the peasant rebels out of Guide Province in a steady and steady manner.

On the 27th, after defeating two small groups of peasant rebels in succession, the Runing Army divided its troops to the northeast and took an arc to press the peasant rebels. After dark, the cavalry regiment also took advantage of the cover of night and headed northeast.

Due to night blindness caused by nutritional problems, only the most elite troops in the Ming Dynasty were able to make night raids. And the only ones who could move the whole army at night were the Houjin Army and the Runing Army. Therefore, the Runing Army, which had mastered the night, was inherently much more flexible than the peasant rebel army and other Ming troops, and was able to choose more combat methods.

This time, the Runing Army relied on the change in rhythm to take the peasant rebels by surprise. The purpose was to press the main force of the peasant rebel army in the direction of Kaifeng City, so that the Henan official army and Zuo Liangyu led by Xuan Mo could not easily sit back and enjoy the success.

This change in rhythm really made the peasant rebels very uncomfortable. On the 28th, the Runing Army bit more than 20,000 people from the Heavenly Star Division. The nearby Shooting Heaven Department immediately brought nearly 30,000 of its reinforcements, but was attacked by a cavalry corps, and the 50,000 peasant rebels were defeated in an instant.

However, the Runing army did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, they waited slowly and methodically for the sky to cross the stars and shoot the heavens to gather their troops. Then he quickly moved closer and entangled the remnants of nearly 50,000 troops.

Guotianxing and Shooting Falling Sky immediately asked for reinforcements from King Chuang Gao Yingxiang and Cao Cao Luo Rucai. On the night of the 28th, Gao Yingxiang, the king of Chuang, sent 3,000 men and horses from the old battalion, plus the remaining 10,000 soldiers and horses to quickly come to reinforcements.

However, after a little resistance, the Runing Army and the Cavalry Corps allowed their two armies to converge, and then entangled the more than 60,000 peasant rebels to prevent them from escaping smoothly.

And behind the Runing Army and the Cavalry Corps, they were waiting for the main force of the Runing Army, and they were waiting for the arrival of the main force of the peasant rebel army of Gao Yingxiang and Luo Rucai.

In fact, this situation is a repeat of the old trick, that is, the rhythm of besieging Zhang Xianzhong and more than 300,000 peasant rebels step by step. As long as Gao Yingxiang and Luo Rucai appear. The Runing army will still entangle the entire peasant rebel army, waiting for them to run out of food and grass and collapse without a fight.

When Gao Yingxiang entered Luo Rucai's camp, he found that Luo Rucai's entire camp was preparing to pull out the camp. Gao Yingxiang saw Luo Rucai get out of his big tent and get on the horse from a distance, and immediately galloped over. shouted at Luo Rucai: "Brother Luo, where are you going?" ”

Luo Rucai saw Gao Yingxiang coming. He also reined in the reins of the horse. He replied: "Go back to Shaanxi via Henan, cross the Yellow River to Shanxi, this heaven and earth are big, where can you not go?" I just can't stay here anymore. ”

Seeing Luo Rucai's indifferent look, Gao Yingxiang hurriedly said: "The two brothers who crossed the sky and shot the sky have been entangled by the official dog in the southeast. Brother Luo, you are in the field. Let's put our two battalions together, let's defeat the officer and army behind us first. ”

Luo Rucai's face suddenly showed a look of disbelief, and he asked Gao Yingxiang: "King Chuang, do you know which official army is coming?" ”

"I don't know! What are the famous officers and soldiers in the mainland? Although Gao Yingxiang replied so. But when he saw Luo Rucai's expression, he also chuckled in his heart, "No matter how strong that officer army is, there are only more than 10,000 people, our two battalions should be able to repel them together, right?" At this time, Gao Yingxiang was also a little weak-hearted, and unconsciously replaced "defeat" with "repulsion".

"King Chuang, you have made a big mistake if you think so!" Luo Rucai immediately replied, "I have already called Lao Jiu to inquire there. Look at the banner of that official army, it is the one that once fought against the coalition forces of me and the Eight Kings. At that time, they were only more than 8,000, and they beat us very embarrassed, and now the number of officers and soldiers has doubled, how do you think we can cope with it? Unless we don't want our own possessions, so why bother? We've basically grabbed all the places that come to Defu, and there's no oil and water left, so it's better to go elsewhere. It's not worth fighting with such a strong army of officers. ”

"Oh! Brother Naro tell me about this army! Gao Yingxiang immediately frowned.

"I don't know much, except that this army has always been entrenched in the south of Henan, and as long as we don't get close to there, they generally won't come out to provoke us. It is estimated that it is the army in the ancestral tomb of Emperor Baogou in Fengyang. Luo Rucai replied, "Also, the combat effectiveness of this officer army is no worse than that of the strong armies on our three sides. Especially their firearms and cavalry, they are really well equipped! The official army that King Chuang met in Ningling County a few days ago, I think it is very likely to be a small part of that official army. The rout of the Nine Dragons who fled back in the south of Guide also proved that the main force of this official army had also arrived. So my brother is here to advise King Chuang, it's better to avoid it first! ”

"But I've already sent the men of the old camp over! We've got to get them out anyway! Knowing that there was such a strong army around him so late, Gao Yingxiang couldn't help but feel a little remorseful in his heart.

"Let them find their own way to escape! Escaping a little is a little. We must not lean on ourselves, otherwise, we will probably be served by the dog court. I would like to warn you, don't look at our current strength, the nearby officials and soldiers don't seem to dare to provoke us. But as long as we are entangled by the officers and troops on the opposite side and unable to move, the officers and troops of Kaifeng City, the Grand Canal, and Xuzhou will definitely pounce on us like mad dogs, and then we will be under siege! ”

Being reminded by Luo Rucai like this, Gao Yingxiang realized the crisis he might face, so he immediately fell into deep thought.

Seeing Gao Yingxiang in a daze, Luo Rucai arched his hand and said, "King Chuang, just think about my words." Anyway, I, Cao Cao, am not accompanied. Immediately pull out the camp and return to Kaifeng Mansion. Farewell! (To be continued......)

PS: I worked all night the day before yesterday, and my spirit has not recovered yet!

Although I only promised one shift a day, now two shifts a day has become a habit. I can only say that I try to hurry! I'm sorry to all the book friends!