When the sun rises at three poles, the city gate of Chuzhou City resounded with bursts of fighting, from time to time there are cannon sounds, the rebel army is like an ant colony, constantly flock to Chuzhou City, the scene of the battle is very tragic, with the help of the ladder, the soldiers continue to climb up, rush to the city.

There are also door-slamming cars, and the giant trees slam into the city gate one by one, making a dull sound of "dong dong".

In this way, the battle lasted all of a sudden in the evening, and the city of Chuzhou still did not look like it was broken, and the city defense battalion of the official army was still holding on, fighting desperately, and more civilians appeared on the city wall to assist in the defense.

Li Zicheng's brows were furrowed, looking at this extremely tragic scene, the corpses were piled up, the smoke of gunpowder was filled, the black fog was swirling, and the rich smell of blood rushed towards him, making people with weak minds want to vomit.

"See Xiu, have you inquired clearly? Who is guarding Chuzhou City? ”

Hearing the boss's inquiry, Tian Jianxiu walked into two steps, looked disgraced, and replied in a deep voice: "Boss, I don't get much news, I only know that the people who stick to and are responsible for commanding are Li Juesi, the servant of Nanjing, and Liu Dagong, the governor of Zhou. ”

Hearing such an answer, Li Zicheng's face was as usual, and he glanced at the city wall of Chuzhou, although the officers and soldiers were tired, they were extremely vigilant, eating, drinking, living and traveling on it, taking turns to patrol in three shifts, and couldn't help but be secretly speechless, his crow's mouth was really effective, and this Chuzhou city was really difficult to fight.

After a day of continuous fighting, Li Zicheng was already sure that Li Juesi, the servant of Nanjing, and Liu Dagong, the governor of Nanjing, were preparing to defend the city to the death.

"It seems that there is a big trouble, and the hope of Chuzhou City winning is very small, and it is getting slimmer and slimmer."

Li Zicheng muttered to himself, looked back at Tian Jianxiu, and just wanted to say something, but Li Dingguo walked up and asked puzzledly: "Chief Li, seeing that Chuzhou City is about to be breached, it will only be two days at most, how can you conclude that you can't take Chuzhou City?" ”

Li Zicheng smiled faintly, swallowed back the words that came to his mouth, glanced back at Chuzhou City again, then looked at Li Dingguo, and replied slowly: "Dingguo, you have to know that if we only fight against the officials and troops of Chuzhou City, with the absolute superiority of our troops, we will indeed be able to take Chuzhou City within two days." However, don't forget, there is also a Lu Xiangsheng, who led the troops in Luzhou, not far from Chuzhou. As long as you get a distress signal, the iron horse gallops, and you can reach it in half a day. ”

Li Dingguo's face froze with ease, his expression suddenly collapsed, it was very ugly, and he couldn't help asking: "Then Chief Li, what should we do next?" It is to negotiate with my father-in-law and the high chief, and immediately withdraw from Chuzhou City. ”

"It's useless~" Li Zicheng replied helplessly, shook his head slightly, and then explained: "It's okay on my side, your father-in-law and the high leader have lost a lot of people, and they are about to break Chuzhou City, how can it be so easy to persuade them, give up when they say they give up, and evacuate when they say they evacuate." ”

Speaking of this, Li Zicheng paused, looked up at the darkening sky, and said faintly: "It is impossible to evacuate now, for today's plan, the only way to do this is to send more people, scatter more exploration horses, and cover the scope of the alert to all key roads within a radius of twenty miles, especially in the two directions of Nanpu and Luzhou." ”

"Yes, that's the best way to do it right now." Li Dingguo echoed, nodded approvingly, and then added: "Once we find that Lu Xiangsheng's reinforcements are approaching, with this twenty-mile buffer zone, we can make adjustments and evacuate quickly, so as not to be attacked in the back and be caught off guard." ”

"Okay, that's it, Dingguo, it will definitely take a lot of manpower to guard such a large distance at once, it's not something we can do independently here, you go and tell Leader Zhang, let him be vigilant in the direction of Nanpu, I will let people talk to Leader Gao, let them be responsible for the vigilance in the direction of Luzhou, and Li Jiajun will be in charge of the direction of Nanjing."

For Li Zicheng's arrangement, everyone has no objections, and Li Dingguo does not have any puzzlement, although there is no increase in the monitoring of horse exploration in the north, it is not because of negligence and omission, but the north of Chuzhou is Fengyang Mansion, where there can be no reinforcements.

With the lessons of this time last year, how dare the defenders there come to their aid? Even if the siege of Chuzhou is rescued, once there is a mistake in the royal ancestral tomb, everyone will have to die!

Li Dingguo left in a hurry, and Li Zicheng also sent someone to go straight to Gao Yingxiang's camp.

The moon set and the sun rose, and in a blink of an eye, it was already the early morning of the next day, just when the Li Jiajun was preparing to attack the city, suddenly, the fighting sound between the south gate and the west gate was loud, and there were bursts of artillery sounds, which were extremely dense, Li Zicheng could hear it clearly, and Zhang Nai exclaimed: "What's the matter?" Boss, this is by no means the cannon sound of the Chuzhou City Defense Battalion and any other rebel army! Otherwise, it was yesterday. ”

"That's right, send a scout horse and let people take a look, what happened to Leader Zhang and Leader Gao?" Li Zicheng frowned, and immediately issued an order.

"Yes, Boss!"

Soon, the people sent by Li Zicheng had not gone far, and Zhang Xianzhong and Gao Yingxiang's people rushed over, arriving almost at the same time, and asked Li Zicheng for help one after another.

"Leader Li, it's not good, Lu Xiangsheng suddenly appeared from the south and attacked and killed the rear of our family leader, causing chaos in the formation!"

"Oh no, Leader Li, Leader Gao, they were attacked by Zu Dale and Zu Kuan and others, I hope you will go to support as soon as possible!"

Looking at the two people who were panting, Li Zicheng's brows furrowed even tighter, revealing a thoughtful look, which made the two people who came to move the rescue soldiers suddenly anxious, and Li Dingguo next to him urged anxiously: "Leader Li, you can't wait any longer, let's hurry up and send troops, once the officers and soldiers in the city figure out the situation, go out of the city to meet the attack, and plan for reinforcements, the righteous father and the high leader will face the danger of being attacked by the enemy!" ”

Li Zicheng did not reply to Li Dingguo immediately, but looked at the person sent by Gao Yingxiang, and said with a solemn expression: "You go back and tell your uncle, let him hold on a little longer, I will go to rescue the danger at the South Gate first, and then go to the rescue with Leader Zhang." After all, relatively speaking, Lu Xiangsheng's army was better solved than the Guanning Iron Cavalry. ”

Hearing Li Zicheng's decision and explanation, the man was about to cry, and he was about to say something in a hurry, but he saw Li Dingguo pulling Li Zicheng away in a gaffe, blinking his eyes, and riding straight to the south gate of Chuzhou.

Outside the south gate of Chuzhou, Li Zicheng led a part of the troops handed over to him by Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong, and all the Li family troops came to cover the killing, and instantly rushed into the battlefield and fought with Lu Xiangsheng's army.

Gradually, with the entry of the new force, Zhang Xianzhong's formation stabilized, united with the Li family's army, and the reinforcements led by Lu Xiangsheng fell into a stalemate, and the fierceness of the battle soared, and both sides were red-eyed.

"Eight kings, we can't go on like this, we must join forces with my uncle." Li Zicheng rushed to Zhang Xianzhong's approach, and while fighting with the officers and soldiers, he continued: "If this continues, the situation will be very unfavorable to us, and we will face a situation of being divided and surrounded. ”

"As long as we join forces, we can maximize the advantage in strength and use each other as horns. Otherwise, there are too many places to be attacked. Moreover, Chief Zhang, don't forget, the defenders of Chuzhou City have not yet come out, once they take the initiative to attack and unite with Lu Xiangsheng, the situation will take a sharp turn for the worse, and it will be even worse! ”

"Okay, Leader Li, just listen to you!" Zhang Xianzhong slashed and killed an officer and soldier, replied without looking back, and then ordered to the surrounding subordinates: "Everyone listen, unite with the Li family army, and go to the rescue of Leader Gao together!" ”

No one responds, but actions speak for themselves.

At the same time, in the other direction, Lu Xiangsheng took the lead, bravely killed the enemy, and was chasing and killing the rebel army, seeing the chaotic army constantly moving towards the west gate of Chuzhou City, he immediately sensed the intention of Li Zicheng and others, and immediately became anxious, and couldn't help but scold.

"Made, are the defenders of Chuzhou City all straw bales? If you don't take the initiative now, when will you wait? Damn, once the chaotic army joins forces, the momentum will inevitably rise, and it will be more difficult to encircle and suppress, and it will be impossible to stop it from escaping! ”

At this moment, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong's coalition army is like a bloated big fat man, Lu Xiangsheng's army is like a thin and half-sized man, due to the huge difference in body shape, no matter how good the kid's skills are, he can't help the fat and bloated big fat man for a while, so he can only let him rampage, and only sneak attack twice from time to time to cause damage to the big fat man as much as possible.

Now this is the case, the rebel army is like a tide receding, under the leadership of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, while entangled and fighting with the official army, they continue to lean towards Gao Yingxiang's camp, Li Zicheng did not forget to ask: "Eight kings, what is going on?" The officers and troops have all hit your rear, and you didn't even notice it at all, didn't Dingguo tell you that you must increase the number of scouts and guards? ”

"Leader Li, don't say it, it's too late to say anything now, blame me for being too careless, I think the reinforcements from the official army won't come so quickly."

During the fight, hearing Zhang Xianzhong's answer, Li Zicheng felt depressed, and at the same time, he probably guessed the reason why Gao Yingxiang was sneak attacked, and it should be the same reason Li Zicheng suddenly had an urge of rabbit blood, and cursed even more in his heart.

"Grandma has a leg, she is really not afraid of god-like opponents, she is afraid of meeting teammates like pigs, no wonder she was defeated by Lu Xiangsheng and collapsed!"

Li Zicheng looked back at the battlefield and saw the boundless battlefield, the soldiers of the rebel army were densely packed, and the number of people occupied an absolute advantage, and the situation gradually stabilized, and he suddenly felt a little relieved, and now it is not an unsolvable crisis.

The reason why he and others were so passive and lost the initiative was that although the reinforcements from the official army came suddenly and were caught off guard, the main reason was that the quality of the rebel army was too poor, and the response to sudden changes was too slow, and it was easy to panic.

Especially those family members of the army, it is easiest to babble, once they encounter a sneak attack, there is no sign of defeat, these family members of the army begin to flee first, impacting their own formation, causing the situation of the rebel army to take a sharp turn and a cliff-like rout!

Li Zicheng secretly suppressed the anxiety in his heart, and said to Zhang Xianzhong while fighting: "Leader Zhang, tell your subordinates, don't pay attention to the families of the stragglers first. Otherwise, our forces will become more and more dispersed, and we will not be able to form effective combat effectiveness, and will only give the officers and troops an opportunity to break through and annihilate them individually. Only by concentrating superior forces, all combatable forces, and combining forces in one place can we stabilize the situation. ”

After five or six years of war baptism and countless battles, Zhang Xianzhong has already grown into a war veteran and is extremely aware of the advantages and disadvantages of the rebel army.

Therefore, when Li Zicheng said this, he immediately understood what the other party meant, and this method was the most correct response now, and he immediately gave a positive response.

"Okay, Leader Li, don't worry, I'll go and gather all the people who can fight now, personally implement this strategy, and strive to gather all the real soldiers in the shortest possible time, and let's join forces with Leader Gao to deal with Lu Xiangsheng's pursuit and encirclement."

Although the speed of speech was too fast and the surroundings were very noisy, Li Zicheng still heard the general meaning and responded loudly: "Okay, Eight Kings, you go, I am responsible for blocking the pursuers behind and buying you more time." ”

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From early morning to night, the rebel army and the official army fought for a whole day, hardly any rest, all the time fighting, the physical strength of the people on both sides had reached the limit a few days earlier, they were very tired, and the combat effectiveness was declining sharply.

Suddenly, without any words, the rebel army and the official army were so abruptly separated, the former retreated far away, and the latter entered Chuzhou City, only the corpses piled up near Chuzhou City one by one, and the smell of blood was pervasive, rich to a pungent degree.

At this time, Li Zicheng rode on his horse with a tired face, located slightly in the front position of the rebel army, whether it was Gao Yingxiang or Zhang Xianzhong, they were all gone, only Li Dingguo, Liu Fangliang, Liu Zongmin, Gao Yingxiang's henchmen Liu Zhe, Huang Long and others were around.

"Haha... It's enjoyable, it's really enjoyable, the Guanning Iron Cavalry is really not blown, and it is not comparable to those local garrisons in the imperial court, and the combat effectiveness is really strong! ”

Liu Fangliang looked up to the sky and laughed, even if his body was already broken and scarred, he was still addicted, his eyes were shining, if it wasn't for Li Zicheng to stop him, he would have to kill him and break into the camp of the official army.

"Okay, you can honestly take it here for me, and you are not allowed to attack without my order!"

After Li Zicheng finished saying this, he looked at Li Dingguo and the others, and the subordinates left by Zhang Xianzhong, and asked, "Dingguo, how is the Eight Kings doing?" Did you take Fengyang Mansion and destroy the royal ancestral tomb? ”

"Chief Li, there hasn't been any news from my father-in-law." Li Dingguo shook his head lightly and responded helplessly, a hint of discoloration flashed on his face.

"Liu Zhe, Huang Long, didn't there be any news from my uncle? Hasn't he rushed to Fengyang Mansion to attack Fengyang with the Eight Great Kings? ”

However, without waiting for Gao Yingxiang's two henchmen to answer, Tian Jianxiu rode a horse gallop from afar, and as soon as he stopped in front of Li Zicheng, he panted and said: "Boss, it's not good, the Eight Kings failed to attack Fengyang Mansion and have withdrawn to the west, Leader Gao did not go to support, but turned his horse's head and led the army to take Shouzhou!" ”

Hearing this, no matter how good Li Zicheng's quality was, even if Zhang Xianzhong and Gao Yingxiang's henchmen were present, they couldn't help but burst into foul language.

"Made,~ Lao Tzu has been pitted again!"

At this moment, everyone understood what Li Zicheng was angry about, although Zhang Xianzhong withdrew without saying a word, he also fulfilled his obligations, at least attacking Fengyang Mansion.

However, what about Gao Yingxiang?

I didn't even go, I went straight to Shouzhou, no one present was a foolish person, of course I understood what Gao Yingxiang had in mind, aiming at the granary of Shouzhou!

Gu Junen rode up and said anxiously: "Boss, now is not the time to be angry, take advantage of the dark, let's evacuate quickly, the elite of the Li family army was killed by Zu Kuan and other Guanning iron cavalry, once Lu Xiangsheng got the news of Fengyang Mansion and Shouzhou, he will definitely raise troops to encircle and suppress us, we are no longer able to fight." ”