In Taiping County, Zhang Xianzhong was attacking one of the city gates, and more than 20,000 troops were like locusts, black and pressing, blocking the east gate of Taiping County.

Just when the city gate was about to be broken, Zhang Xianzhong was looking at this scene with great ambition, almost uncontrollable with excitement, just about to give orders and organize a new wave of men and horses to attack the city, suddenly a rebel soldier came from the southwest and hurried quickly, and kept shouting: "Chief, it's not good, it's not good, there is an urgent military situation!" ”

All Zhang Xianzhong's behaviors and demeanors suddenly stopped, and the words that came to his mouth were swallowed back raw, and he followed the prestige to the soldiers who kept galloping, his brows were slightly furrowed, his face was unhappy, and he just wanted to reprimand something, but the soldier had already come to the front, turned over, and knelt on the ground.

"Leader Qiyu, according to the Sentinel Malai report, the Sichuan female general Qin Liangyu came from Dongxiang with her troops, looking at their posture, it should be to rescue Taiping County, with a strength of about five or six thousand people. If there are no accidents, they will arrive here in half an hour at most, and I hope that the leader will make a decision sooner. ”

Zhang Xianzhong's body froze, as one of the few soldiers among the leaders of the rebel army, Zhang Xianzhong had certainly heard of Qin Liangyu's prestige, and even knew the power of the white pole soldiers, and he was terrified from the bottom of his heart!

However, seeing the Taiping County at his fingertips, as well as the mountains of corpses and bones piled up outside the city gate, in the past two days, in order to be able to take Taiping County, he has lost nearly 4,000 troops.

All this, looking at the scene in front of him, Zhang Xianzhong was unwilling and unwilling to give up the upcoming Taiping County easily.

"Chief, why are you so jealous of her Qin Liangyu? It's just a woman, an old woman in her fifties and sixties, and her strength is five or six thousand, and with our remaining more than 10,000 people, nearly 20,000 troops, it's not that she doesn't have the ability to fight! ”

As soon as one of the squad leaders finished speaking, someone proposed to send a pair.

"Hey, it's not as simple as you say. Not to mention, in the past, if the rebel army did not have more than five times the strength of the army, it would not be able to defeat the official army at all. Now, once Qin Liangyu hits, he will form a two-sided attack with the defenders in the city. When the time comes, when faced with the enemy in the back, how much chance do you think we have? ”

As soon as the person who refuted finished speaking, he no longer paid attention to the captain, looked at Zhang Xianzhong directly, and persuaded in a deep voice: "Leader, let's withdraw the army quickly~!" ”

"Once Qin Liangyu chases after us, our situation will take a sharp turn for the worse and become very bad. Moreover, Gao Yingxiang's troops have entered Baoning Mansion and are attacking Guangyuan, in this Kuizhou Mansion, we are equivalent to a lone army going deep, and there is no reinforcement at all. ”

As a confidant and favorite general, he has been following Zhang Xianzhong, and he is one of the four righteous sons, Liu Wenxiu didn't know when he returned from the battlefield, and when he heard everything everyone said, he nodded his head lightly in deep thought, and reminded him: "Yes, father-in-law, let's withdraw the army quickly, it is important to preserve strength." Once the other garrisons of Kuizhou Mansion are pressed and ordered by Qin Liangyu, it will be difficult for us to leave again. ”

As one of the youngest of the four righteous sons, Li Dingguo, who was only fourteen years old, had always followed Zhang Xianzhong's side, and followed closely and said: "Father-in-law, even if we have captured Taiping County now, defending the city is definitely not what we are good at. If you can't keep it, even if you get it temporarily, everything in it is still not ours. As Brother Liu said, it is important to preserve strength. ”

If the person who refuted and Liu Wenxiu shook Zhang Xianzhong's idea of wanting to capture Taiping County and weakened the unwillingness, Li Dingguo's words made him completely determined, and what he couldn't hold on to would never be his own!

Moreover, although Zhang Xianzhong is domineering and rude, he is not stupid and knows the importance of preserving his strength. If his men are dead and wounded, even if he survives and survives, it is nothing!

Immediately, Zhang Xianzhong did not hesitate, and resolutely ordered: "Withdraw the troops~ Evacuate in the direction of Baoning Mansion, go to Guangyuan, and meet with the high leader." ”

As long as there is an evacuation, there is no objection, and there is no criticism about the direction of the evacuation.

Of course, everyone also knows why Zhang Xianzhong did this, and the careful thinking is nothing more than wanting to step in and attack Guangyuan with Gao Yingxiang, so as to get a piece of the pie!

The army slowly withdrew from the battlefield, gave up the siege, and the rear team changed to the front team, and began to prepare to make a detour to the north gate and rush to the northwest direction.

However, as soon as the army pulled out of the camp, it had not gone far, and suddenly, there was a commotion in the direction of the vanguard troops, followed by a burst of fighting, which was very noisy, which made Zhang Xianzhong startled, and subconsciously shouted: "What's the matter? Why is there a fight ahead? ”

As soon as the words fell, a small leader ran from the front, crawled for a while, came to Zhang Xianzhong's approach, and said anxiously and panickedly: "Leader, no, in the direction of the right flank of the army, a cavalry of the imperial court suddenly appeared, and our vanguard army was defeated. ”

"The general of the official army was extremely brave, and the brothers who were hurrying in front of him, none of them were one of them, and they were cut off their horses one after another. Moreover, this cavalry is still charging on our side. ”

Suddenly, Zhang Xianzhong was anxious, panicked, not frightened by the sudden arrival of the official and military iron cavalry, but the road ahead was blocked, if it was delayed here for too long, if Qin Liangyu suddenly killed him, it would be really dangerous!

Li Dingguo rode up on his horse, holding the reins in one hand and a spear in the other, and said heartily: "Father-in-law, we can't delay here any longer, and we can't evacuate to Baoning Mansion anymore, let's return to Huguang and leave Kuizhou Mansion quickly." ”

"Okay, that's all we can do."

Zhang Xianzhong agreed, but did not immediately give the order to change the route of the march, but showed a hesitant look on his face and looked very anxious.

As if he had guessed Zhang Xianzhong's thoughts, scruples and worries, Li Dingguo then said: "Father-in-law, you take the army first, in order to avoid the officers and soldiers from pressing up from the rear and covering up, Dingguo is responsible for the rear of the palace, blocking this official army, and winning more time for the father-in-law to evacuate." ”

"Okay, Dingguo, then take the first step for my father and wait for your news in the Yunyang Mansion area of Huguang."

Zhang Xianzhong agreed very happily, and his heart was even more relieved, and while turning the horse's head, he issued a series of orders and began to evacuate to the southeast.

At this moment, Zhang Xianzhong has great hopes for his righteous son Li Dingguo, although he is only thirteen years old, his height is the height of a young man in his twenties, his face is like a crown of jade, mighty and upright, among the rebel armies from all walks of life, he is known as "Xiao Wei Chi", and he is nicknamed "Xiao Chai Wang"!

When Zhang Xianzhong left, Li Dingguo glanced back at the direction where everyone left, and then led a team of people to kill forward, resolutely but resolutely, and in an instant he was killed with the sudden arrival of Ma Xianglin's department, and the two were even more inseparable, each other was secretly frightened, and they were angry.

For a while, the two sides were scuffled together, and Ma Xianglin's cavalry was completely blocked, and they could not hold each other, and the scene was very bloody and chaotic.

At this moment, Li Dingguo and Ma Xianglin staggered by, and when they turned their horses' heads, they happened to see a scene that shocked him, and his heart rose to his throat, and another officer army came from the southwest, with elite iron cavalry in front and infantry following closely behind.

Li Dingguo immediately breathed a sigh of relief, put his heart back again, fortunately a rebel army was separated from the right flank of the army, and intercepted another official army head-on, and his father-in-law also walked farther and farther, and could only see the rebel army fleeing to the southeast.

At the same time, Li Dingguo finally recognized the person in front of him, and the person who was fighting with him was not Qin Liangyu's son, Ma Xianglin?

When Wang Ziyong was not dead, in Shanxi, this had chased and killed the leader of the 36th battalion, he had seen it from afar, and was shocked by the bravery of the other party, and broke into the rebel army to fight.

For a moment, as if he had a feeling, driven by the curiosity and anxiety in his heart, Li Dingguo couldn't help but glance at the distance, the direction of another battlefield, and saw the big flag with "Qin" written on the battlefield, he reacted instantly, and knew it in his chest, he didn't expect Qin Liangyu to kill so quickly.

At the same time, he also knew that it was not appropriate to stay here, and if it was delayed any longer, once Qin Liangyu's mother and son met together, he and the others would be left here forever.

Although the strength is equal, the combat effectiveness is far from the same level!

As soon as he thought of this, Li Dingguo also made a decision in his heart, with a charge, a fight, and Ma Xianglin staggered again, Li Dingguo's war horse did not stay any longer, but clamped the horse's belly, and the speed instantly increased to a level, in a burst of urging the horse, went straight to the direction of Zhang Xianzhong's evacuation, and at the same time shouted loudly: "Withdraw, don't fall in love!" ”

Ma Xianglin was on the rise, and when he turned around and saw that Li Dingguo suddenly withdrew his troops and withdrew without warning, there was a hatred stirring in his heart, and he chased after him angrily and killed the rebels who were left behind.

"Rush~ Kill all these bandits for me!"

Ma Xianglin took the lead and rushed to kill the past. However, at the crossroads of the pursuit, looking at the fleeing rebel army, Ma Xianglin stopped, blocked the front of the army, stopped and stood, turned to look in another direction, another battlefield, and found that the battle between the two sides had entered a white-hot state, stuck together, very fierce.

His eyes were faint and flickering, Ma Xianglin's pupils were shrinking sharply, staring at the center of the field, as if he was stupid, he rode a horse and stopped there, and a voice sounded in his ears, reminding Ma Xianglin.

"General, it seems that the old lady has come to support Taiping County, and they are fighting with the bandits, what should we do now?"

At this time, another junior colonel also asked: "Yes, general, are we still chasing and killing?" The bandits are running out......"

Immediately, Ma Xianglin came to his senses, without any hesitation, waved his spear, pointed to another battlefield from afar, and shouted: "Quick, kill the past, rescue the mother!" ”

Obviously, Ma Xianglin has already recognized his mother, and he has noticed a slight wrongness, in the past, in terms of the combat effectiveness of the white pole soldiers, under the same force, it was definitely to crush the bandits, but now it is a long time to hold each other, and it is difficult to distinguish the winner from the loser.

Although his heart was full of doubts and incomprehension, he couldn't allow Ma Xianglin to think too much, so he immediately led his troops to kill and rush to the rear of the rebel army.

In an instant, the rebel army that was killed with Qin Liangyu was completely chaotic, lost the strength of the first battle, and fled one after another, either beheaded under the horse, or escaped by luck, and there were also captured.

Almost a cup of tea, the battle is over, and it really confirms that sentence, the defeat is like a mountain!

The two white-pole soldiers met in one place, and Qin Liangyu's mother and son were standing at the crossroads, looking at the direction of Zhang Xianzhong's evacuation, Ma Xianglin hesitated for a moment, and finally asked: "Mother, what's wrong with this white-pole soldier you led?" According to your old combat style, dealing with such a little bandit should have ended the battle a long time ago. ”

I have to say that although he is nearly sixty years old, Qin Liangyu's spirit is very good, wearing a velvet coat and armor, even if his hair is already as white as snow and his face is covered with wrinkles, he is still radiant, and his whole body exudes a sassy and heroic spirit, just like She Lao Taijun among the generals of the Yang family.

Hearing his son's call-like inquiry, with a worried face, Qin Liangyu lifted the white-pole gun in his hand, wiped it, and explained: "It's nothing, most of these white-pole soldiers, most of them are newly recruited for their mothers, and they don't have any combat experience, so of course their combat effectiveness is not as good as that of veterans. ”

"That's... Mother, let's withdraw to Taiping County first, right? Ma Xianglin asked, and there was a strong sense of worry in and out of his words, although he saw that his mother's health was not bad, and there was a vigorous atmosphere everywhere.

"Son, now is not the time to rest, we must drive all this bandits out of Dongchuan. Otherwise, even if they leave here, they will attack other state capitals and counties. ”

"Okay, mother, Xianglin obeys your orders!"

Not long after, the mother and son stood at the junction of Sichuan and Huguang, on the side of Kuizhou Mansion, looking at the chaotic traces left by the rebel army, and at a glance, they looked like they had just left in a hurry, Qin Liangyu couldn't help but sigh, and said faintly: "Xianglin, don't pay attention to the bandits in Huguang for now, it's not something that our mother and wife can manage." Without the emperor's decree and the writing of the Ministry of War, we can't enter the land of Huguang one step. ”

"Mother, my son understands this truth, but he is unwilling, and the bandits who killed Fengyi should be in Yunyang Mansion."

"Okay, Xianglin, let's hurry up, there is still a group of bandits in Sichuan, who have been wandering around Guangyuan recently. According to the news from Lizhou Wei, Boryeong Prefecture, it should be Gao Yingxiang, the leader of the bandits, who is preparing to plot against Guangyuan, and we must rush over as soon as possible. ”

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What else can Ma Xianglin say?

When the enemy met, he was very red-eyed, and he originally wanted to persuade his mother to let the army take a break, but also wanted his mother to have a good rest.

However, as soon as he heard that it was Gao Yingxiang who was committed, coupled with the news he got along the way, Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng were not only uncles and nephews, but the two were very likely to be together.

The desire for revenge overshadows everything, and everything else becomes unimportant.