In the long career of wandering, the retreat of Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai is of course very methodical. Zhang Xianzhong has long put the fifth and sixth teams of Henan on the side of the team, and the fifth and sixth teams of Henan are all "carefully" selected to win and weaken, and there are even some strong women mixed with them. Zhang Xianzhong was ready to let the cannon fodder in these cannon fodder block it once the situation changed, and stop the pursuit of the Runing army.

Of course, some superficial work still needs to be done. Although Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai had already called some of Li Dingguo and Yang Chengzu's cavalry back to their camp, they still arranged for 2,000 cavalry to break the rear and give the cannon fodder among those cannon fodder a sense of protection and security.

It took time for the Runing army to line up, and it also took time for the cavalry of the Runing army to bypass the flesh and blood Shura field in front of the formation, so after the cavalry of the Runing army lined up the formation of the charge under the order of Li Sanhe, the army of Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai had already withdrawn to a place more than three miles away.

As soon as the cavalry of the Runing Army began to line up in formation, Xue Yongli knew that something was wrong. "!" Xue Yongli immediately spat out expletives. The cavalry of the Runing Army were all trained by Xue Yongli, and as soon as they pouted their butts, Xue Yongli knew what shit they wanted to pull. The formation of these stunned young people to fight to the death is also a little too obvious.

However, at this time, it was impossible to correct the behavior of his cavalry, so Xue Yongli immediately ordered: "Pay attention! When the cavalry began to charge, the phalanx followed quickly to protect the cavalry. The artillery regiment retreated to the vehicle formation, and the swarm of the firearms battalion accompanied the phalanx. ”

In a chaotic battle, the accidental damage caused by artillery will be very large, so it is not necessary for the time being. The dense peasant rebel army, on the other hand, was a good occasion to use a swarm of bees. Besides, a swarm of bees and artillery can't be used together, or else. When the gunpowder burns, it threatens the gunpowder around the artillery, which is a little too dangerous for the artillery.

And since his cavalry is going to fight hard, then simply let the entire Runing army fight for their lives. At this time, it is better to look forward and backward.

Xue Yongli's order made the Runing army excited. To tell the truth, the blow just now really beat the Runing Army a little badly, and everyone seemed to be holding their breath in their stomachs, and there was an indescribable discomfort.

After fighting in the south and north for so long, the Runing army has not tasted defeat. Now they have suffered a loss at the hands of the peasant rebels, whom they despise quite much, how can this not make them feel like they have returned to the field? Therefore, as soon as Xue Yongli issued an order, the Runing Army was full of spirits, and they wanted to show their majesty and let the peasant rebels take a look at the demeanor of the Runing Army.

And when the cavalry of the Runing Army began to line up. Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai also saw that something was wrong. They didn't expect that the officers and troops on the opposite side would really fight hard. Because until now, the peasant rebels had left room for all the officers and soldiers to fight. The peasant rebels, of course, were here to survive. And the military attachés of the officers and soldiers did not want their troops to suffer wounded losses. So although there are long-term battles, there are quite few real life-and-death battles.

Therefore, as soon as they saw Ru Ningjun showing their fangs, Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai couldn't help but flinch a little. But no matter what, those broken cavalry must also be preserved, which is the foundation of Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai's life in this troubled world.

Thereupon. Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai ordered in unison: "Hurry up and let the cavalry avoid it, and let the fifth and sixth teams of Henan rush over." ”

But it was too late. At this time, the cavalry of the Runing Army had already walked quickly to a place close to the peasant rebel army, and the cavalry of the Runing Army was quite desperate, and they had already lined up the death array in the first row. The horses were close together, and at a command, they began to accelerate their sprint.

As soon as they saw Jiashi of the cavalry of the Runing Army, Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai's faces all changed. They were just about to open their mouths to issue an order, when suddenly a few spies of the peasant rebel army galloped in the distance, and they didn't have time to dismount, so they shouted at Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai: "Two kings, there are officials and soldiers over there, only twenty miles away from us, and there are thousands of people." ”

The Guide Corps led by Xue Yong arrived.

Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai were immediately shocked, they pretended to be clever enough to guess that the Runing Army was going to entangle them here, and then the officers and troops from all over the country would also arrive one after another to completely annihilate them here.

"Quickly send more spies in other directions to see if any other officers and soldiers are coming!" Zhang Xianzhong immediately ordered, "Let the fifth and sixth teams of Henan stay and rush to the official dog, let's go first!" Let the broken cavalry go faster! ”

Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai fled quite quickly, and soon they left with the elite of their battalion. And the peasant rebels who stayed behind suddenly made a big uproar, what to leave to block! The leaders have fled, should they stay and die!

The entire peasant rebel crowd collapsed and fled. A small part of the cavalry of the peasant rebel army fled from both sides of the brigade first, but those who remained were blocked by the scattered crowd and could not run if they wanted to.

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The battle that followed should not be described too much, whether it was beating the reservoir dogs or one-sided, it was a one-sided massacre anyway. By the time the Guide Corps arrived, the battle had come to an end. However, this made the peasant rebels even more confused.

However, at this time, Xue Yongli didn't dare to be careless. After he divided the peasant rebels into a large area and surrounded them, he took them as soon as he saw them, and ended the battle.

Then, after the three major army corps met, Xue Yongli immediately ordered the whole army to quickly withdraw with the prisoners and captures, and sent a large number of scouts and cavalry in all directions to prevent the peasant rebels from approaching again.

Xue Yongli knew that the peasant rebel army had hundreds of thousands of people (at this time, it had swelled to 400,000 or 500,000 people, and the Runing army had defeated and scattered 100,000 at most, but the peasant rebel army raised its arms, and these cannon fodder would soon gather), and if such a battle happened again, the Runing army would not be able to afford it.

You must know that the casualties before and after this attack of the Runing Army have been about 720 people, which are all the belongings that Wu Shigong and other senior officials of the Runing Army have worked hard to accumulate, and they are not willing to make any more sacrifices for the Ming Empire.

After Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai escaped, they also sent a large number of spies in the direction of the Runing army to prevent the Runing army from taking advantage of the victory to pursue, and even more to prevent other Ming troops from falling into the ground. Therefore, the two armies quickly disengaged.

What makes people feel a little ridiculous is that the 20,000 captives who were unattended were like domestic rabbits, obediently staying in the area demarcated by the Runing Army, not daring to move, just waiting for the Runing Army to take them again.

After quickly retreating for about fifty miles, and getting the news from the scouts that the peasant rebels were not pursuing, the Runing army returned to normalcy and began to clear the wilderness, transport property, and forcibly take away the local people.

On December 26, the Runing Army returned to the starting point, Yexian, with the captured and prisoners. Since the area where the battle took place was basically in Ruzhou, it was officially called the Ruzhou Victory.

In this battle, the Runing Army cut off more than 6,100 heads of the peasant rebels, and captured and forcibly captured more than 47,000 civilians. More than 30,000 taels of property were seized, and countless pots and pots were difficult to count.

In addition, a considerable number of farm implements and a small number of weapons were seized. Because the road was blocked by the scattered crowd, the surrounded cavalry of the peasant rebels surrendered to the Runing army, and as a result, more than 900 horses and more than 100 mules and donkeys were also captured.

Looking at such a brilliant result, Niu Wenqing, the highest civil official in Ye County, was dumbfounded, but after being in a daze, he immediately burst into joy, and then wrote a brilliant report with his wonderful pen.

Ru Ningjun is also a sedan chair man, and he also gave Niu Wenqing a strategic skill, and when he saw that Ye Zhong, the mine supervisor, also came up, he simply gave Ye Zhong a note in the newspaper. Therefore, everyone in Ye County can be said to be very happy.

The military exploits of the Runing Army were not only sent to these people, but also to Zhao Ming, the nominal commander of the German Army, and his name was also listed on the newspaper.

And when this report reached Xuan Mo, the governor of Henan, Xuan Mo immediately swept away the decline, and he received the support of Zuo Liangyu, who had crossed the Yellow River, so he immediately counted 22,000 troops, killed them in the direction of the peasant rebels, and wanted to beat the water dogs.

And after this recital was sent to the imperial court, Emperor Chongzhen and the ministers were ecstatic. They immediately decided to reward the meritorious military attache of this great victory in Ruzhou.

Then, a ridiculous scene happened. Because of Wu Shigong's absence, and because the Runing army wanted to hide its strength, the ones who reported to command the battle were: Li Lu of the Nanyang garrison, Zhao Ming, commander of Guide Dewei, Xue Yongli, the general manager of Runing, and Qiao Song, the commander of Runing Qianhu.

So the court of the Ming Dynasty followed the general practice and took Li Lu, who had the highest position, as the first merit, and was directly promoted to guerrilla (Zhao Ming, the commander of Dewei, was the highest in the official rank, but Li Lu was a military attache in the army, so his position here was the highest). So the new star of a famous general in the Ming Dynasty rose like this.

And Zhao Ming, the commander of Dewei, when he heard that Runing Jun had given him the credit for talking to himself, he immediately claimed that "he was seriously injured in the battle and it was difficult to walk", and he pretended to be sick and closed his door.

Then Zhao Ming prepared a generous gift and sent it to Wu Shigong, asking Wu Shigong not to pierce his diorama. Because Zhao Ming is an old man. He knew that this credit was very hot! As long as he is next, he will drag his old bones to fight on the battlefield from then on.

Zhao Ming knew that he had a few catties and a few taels, he was willing not to take this credit, and held the concubine at home with peace of mind. Therefore, the credit given to Zhao Ming by the Runing Army turned into a good intention and a bad thing.

So the imperial court was still discussing how to reward Zhao Ming, at this time, other reports about the victory in Ruzhou were also presented on the ground, to the stunned Emperor Chongzhen and the princes of the court, Runingjun was impeached. (To be continued......)