Liu Wenxiu and Li Dingguo met in the boy boy camp, they are colleagues and brothers, Li Dingguo naturally does not want Liu Wenxiu to die, but Li Dingguo also knows that in this situation, it is too difficult to save Liu Wenxiu. There are at least tens of thousands of thieves who encircle and suppress Liu Wenxiu, and there are only 1,500 people in their own hands, even if they attack from behind, they can't win the huge number of thieves, and they can't save Liu Wenxiu, but they will trap these 1,500 people again.

On the contrary, now that the attention of the thief army is attracted by Liu Wenxiu, he can take advantage of this opportunity to sneak out of the thief camp quietly without torches, so that at least these 1,500 people can be brought out of a desperate situation.

Sacrificing the lives of Liu Wenxiu and others to win the chance to live for most people, this business seems to be very cost-effective, but Li Dingguo is also very uncomfortable! He looked up and around at the shadowy camp of the thief army, and suddenly his eyes looked somewhere in the distance, where there was a string of lanterns hanging high!

"Yuan Chonghuan, the commander of the thief army, must be there, let's quietly touch it and kill Yuan Chonghuan!" Li Dingguo pointed in the direction of the string of lanterns and said coldly.

It was too dark at night, and the military orders could not be passed by the flag, but only through war drums and lanterns, so the string of lanterns in the distance must be where Yuan Chonghuan's Chinese army was!

"Great idea, General!" Luo Fengcai was pleasantly surprised, the love of comrades, the big guys don't want to watch Liu Wenxiu and others being killed, and attacking the Chinese army where the commander of the thief army is located will definitely be able to force the thieves from all walks of life to come back to help, reduce the pressure on Liu Wenxiu, and maybe make Liu Wenxiu survive. Everyone didn't light the torches, and quietly touched it, and they would definitely be able to kill Yuan Chonghuan by surprise, maybe they could kill Yuan Chonghuan at once, and then all the problems would be solved!

Thinking of this, Luo Fengcai and the others suddenly felt their blood boiling.

"Let's go, everyone follow quietly, don't get separated." Li Dingguo no longer hesitated, and took the lead in the direction of the string of lanterns hanging high, and 1,500 people followed closely behind, silently marching in the camp.

The moonlight was bleak and dim, and as far as the eye could see, he could only see a few steps in front of him, and in the distance, countless black things were shadowed, like countless graves, which were empty tents.

Getting closer and closer to the string of lanterns, there were explosions and shouts of killing behind them, compared to Liu Wenxiu and the others who were already fighting with the thief army. Li Dingguo was anxious and walked faster, and the 1,500 officers and soldiers behind him followed closely.

I got closer and closer to the string of lanterns, and then I saw a faint flicker of fire in front of me, which was a torch. Behind each torch there must be several soldiers, and it is roughly estimated that there are at least thousands of thieves guarding the string of lanterns, which can be described as a heavy guard.

Looking at the many torches that appeared not far ahead, Li Dingguo breathed a sigh of relief, he knew that he had guessed correctly, this was where the Chinese army under the command of the thief army was located, and Yuan Chonghuan should be under that string of lanterns!

Fifteen hundred people walked at night, and although they did not light torches, and they could not see people clearly from a distance, the sound of their footsteps could no longer be hidden, and they finally woke up to the front.

"Who?" Not far away, someone shouted loudly, and then several torches were seen coming

"My own people!" Li Dingguo replied loudly, walking faster.

"Stop, which general's subordinate are you?" The man on the other side shouted, and he could already see the vigilant faces under the torches.

"I am under the command of Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, and Li Dingguo, a general of the Praetorian Guard!" Li Dingguo shouted, and the spear in his hand was thrown forward violently, and a scream was heard in the dark night, and a torch fell from the air to the ground.

"Enemy attack!" A voice shouted bitterly, and then I saw dozens of thieves under the torches in front of him hesitantly coming over.

"Kill! Capture Yuan Chonghuan alive! Li Dingguo pulled out the steel knife at his waist and slammed forward.

"Kill! Capture Yuan Chonghuan alive! Luo Fengcai and the others roared, following Li Dingguo.

"Kill! Capture Yuan Chonghuan alive! All the soldiers shouted, raised their spears and stabbed their guns, and slammed forward.

Most of the grenades were used, and the rest was given to Liu Wenxiu's department, and now 1,500 people have no grenades to control the enemy, and they can't reload gunpowder projectiles at night, so they can only rely on the spear in their hands to charge, but they are not afraid, even if the enemy commander is in front, even if there are thousands of troops and horses in front, they are not afraid at all!

Quickly rushing forward, he killed the group of thieves who met him in a few moments, and then continued to move forward, rushing towards the hastily lined up thief army.

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On the command platform, Yuan Chonghuan was carefully observing the battle situation in the distance, although he could not see so far at night, and he could not see the specific situation of the battle in the distance. However, with the change in the light of the torches, it is still possible to roughly judge the general situation of the battle.

Judging from the trend of the Fire Dragon Array, four or five of their own armies have already surrounded the enemy legions attacking this camp, and this enemy army is completely supported by a large number of "10,000 enemies" in their hands, otherwise they would have been surrounded and killed on all sides!

However, no matter how many 10,000 enemies they carried, they would be exhausted sooner or later, and by that time, it would be the time when their entire army would be destroyed. In order to deal with this damned Praetorian Guard, Yuan Chonghuan painstakingly set a trap, and did not hesitate to set up such a huge camp to fight the enemy, and the number of soldiers and horses mobilized reached as many as 30,000, while the other soldiers and horses were resting in the city or in the water village.

With a tenfold advantage in strength, as long as you can surround this damn Praetorian Guard, you naturally can't outrun them!

Looking at the battle situation in the camp in the distance, a smile appeared on the corner of Yuan Chonghuan's mouth, he was finally going to wipe out this damn daring Praetorian Guard! Although it only eliminated two or three thousand enemy troops, it was of great significance to Yuan Chonghuan and to these hundreds of thousands of Jingnan troops!

However, at this moment, suddenly there was a shout of killing from a place close at hand, Yuan Chonghuan Huo Ran turned his head, and looked at the left in disbelief A hundred steps away, through the light of the bonfire, he saw hundreds of troops like ghosts emerging from the darkness, killing the soldiers of the Jingnan Army who were guarding him, and his subordinates were caught off guard, and they were beaten back and forth!

What the hell is going on? Isn't this enemy army surrounded by its own troops and horses, why is it here? Yuan Chonghuan's eyes widened, feeling very incredible.

"Cabinet Department, the enemy is coming, you can avoid it!" The middle officer beside him hurriedly shouted.

"Nonsense, the cabinet is here, don't go anywhere!" Yuan Chonghuan said angrily.

"But the brothers can't resist it, the cabinet thinks twice!" The lieutenant officer said urgently.

Yuan Chonghuan looked intently, and saw that his subordinates really couldn't hold on, and they were beaten and retreated, and countless torches fell to the ground.

Damn it! Yuan Chonghuan clenched his fists. Guarding themselves is the most elite standard battalion, numbering as many as 5,000, and it is also a reserve, once the other armies sent cannot leave the Praetorian Guard, they will send this escort standard battalion around them to intercept it.

How many people can this damn Praetorian Guard have? After fighting for a long time, and then dividing the troops, there are definitely not many people who can kill here. The number of standard battalion soldiers guarding themselves was at least several times that of them, and it was no problem to defeat this remnant under normal circumstances. However, now, he has been beaten back and backwards, and he is on the verge of rout.

Is it because the combat strength of the standard battalion soldiers is too poor to the other party? No! It was not guarded against the other party at all, and he was caught off guard by being killed!

"Give me the order, resist!" Yuan Chonghuan shouted sharply.

As long as it can withstand a moment and a half, this Praetorian Guard will definitely not be able to hold on, and then calmly mobilize the army to outflank and flank the attack, and it will definitely be able to surround and kill this Praetorian Guard!

However, many things are very difficult to implement even if they are well conceived.

Although the standard battalion is elite, the elite is only relative to other Ming troops, and it cannot be compared with the Praetorian Guard army in terms of organization or discipline.

Moreover, it was a dark night, which made the command even more difficult, not to mention the delicate command transfer, even Yuan Chonghuan's military orders could not be transmitted to his subordinates not far away, because there was already chaos.

This standard battalion is called Guard Yuan Chonghuan, in fact, everyone doesn't think that there will be any danger, and the thief army that attacked the camp is impossible to kill. Under this kind of psychology, vigilance is naturally very poor. Except for a few patrol sentries, most of the soldiers rested on the spot, sitting on the ground and bragging and talking, and some soldiers were not afraid of the cold, so they actually lay down on the ground and fell asleep. Such vigilance made them defenseless against the attack, and one by one they hurriedly stood up, unable to even line up in the basic queue.

And in the darkness, countless enemy soldiers came out and rushed towards them like fierce gods, and the few troops in charge of guarding were killed and dispersed in an instant, which made everyone's hearts tremble. In a panic, who would think about how many people there are on the other side?

What if you know in your heart that the other side doesn't have many troops? This army is coming towards itself, and he naturally saves his life first.

At this moment, few soldiers of the standard battalion took the initiative to step forward to meet the attack, and most of them only thought about dodging in panic and avoiding the enemy's edge.

When one side is frightened by the low morale of a sudden attack, the outcome of the battle has already been decided, no matter how large the number of troops on this side is. From ancient times to the present, whether it is the Battle of Chibi or the Battle of Feishui led by Fu Jian to attack the Eastern Jin Dynasty with a million troops, this is the case of the weak defeating the strong.

Almost a moment later, the standard battalion soldiers facing the Praetorian Guard were penetrated, and looking at the fierce enemy in the dark, most of the standard battalion soldiers chose to throw away the torches in their hands and turn around and run, as long as they could escape into the darkness, they would be able to survive. At this time, no one has the courage to attack.

"Kill, capture Yuan Chonghuan alive!" Li Dingguo didn't pay attention to the enemy army that was defeated and scattered in front of him, and there was only one target in his eyes, which was the string of lanterns hanging in front of him, and under the lanterns was Yuan Chonghuan's Chinese army, Yuan Chonghuan must be there! As long as Yuan Chonghuan can be killed, everything will be over, and all the sacrifices will be worth it!

"Cabinet Department, avoid it, the brothers can't stop it." The unknown Chinese officer was in a hurry, so he stepped forward and dragged Yuan Chonghuan's arm and ran.

"Order, send troops from all walks of life to reinforce and besiege this enemy army!" Yuan Chonghuan no longer insisted, but shouted hurriedly. With his words, several signal soldiers in charge of heralding orders hurriedly raised another string of lanterns representing military orders.

"Kill, capture Yuan Chonghuan alive!" The shouts of killing got closer and closer, and from the high platform, there were only dozens of steps left from here.

"Go, stop them for the Cabinet Department, and there will be a lot of rewards afterwards." Yuan Chonghuan ordered urgently.

Dozens of guards on the command platform hesitated, holding knives and guns to block the steps up the high platform.

Yuan Chonghuan lifted the hem of his robe, ran towards the edge of the high platform, and climbed down with the help of an unknown Chinese officer.

"Extinguish the torch, extinguish the torch!" As soon as he got off the high platform, Yuan Chonghuan ordered repeatedly. The lieutenant officer and several guards hurriedly threw the torches in their hands and used their feet to extinguish the flames.

"Let's go!" Yuan Chonghuan shouted in a low voice and ran towards the darkness.

"Kill!" Led people to stab over a few thieves, Li Dingguo led people to rush to the high platform, and under the firelight, he saw that the sky above the high platform was empty, only a string of half-raised lanterns, half hung on the high flagpole.

"Where did Yuan Chonghuan go?" Li Dingguo grabbed the chest of a half-dead thief soldier and asked sharply.

The thief was stabbed in the abdomen, and there was blood flowing from the corner of his mouth, but he was not dead, he pointed to the side of the high platform, and pleaded in a sad voice: "Lord Yuan got off the high platform from there, don't kill me, general." ”

Li Dingguo threw him down, walked to the edge of the high platform in a few steps, and when he looked at it, he saw a darkness in front of him, where could he still see Yuan Chonghuan's figure?

"Damn it, let him run away again!" Li Dingguo angrily slashed at the flagpole on his side, and with a click, the flagpole was cut off, and the string of lanterns hanging on it swirled and fell from the sky.

"General, what are we going to do next? Did you go to rescue Liu Wenxiu? Luo Fengcai climbed onto the high platform and asked urgently.

Li Dingguo looked into the distance and saw the countless torches flashing, it was several bandit armies besieging and killing Liu Wenxiu's three hundred soldiers and horses.

"I haven't heard a grenade explosion for a while, Liu Wenxiu and they won't be able to support it for long, and it's too late if they don't go." Luo Fengcai said more anxiously.

Li Dingguo shook his head and said: "I can't save it, if I kill it again, I'm afraid the rest of us will all explain here." ”

Yuan Chonghuan was not killed, so he would continue to think about directing and mobilizing the army to besiege and kill. If we don't take advantage of the destruction of its command platform to withdraw, I am afraid that it will really not be able to withdraw.

"But Liu Wenxiu ....... them"

"Yuan Chonghuan's command post was destroyed by us, and the flagpole where the lantern was hung to convey his military order was cut by us, the thief army that surrounded Liu Wenxiu must have found out that something was wrong, they will inevitably lead the troops to retreat and rescue here, where can they care about continuing to besiege and kill Wenxiu? I believe that Wenxiu and their Ji people have their own natural appearance, and they will definitely be able to escape. Li Dingguo said calmly.

"I hope Liu Wenxiu and they can escape." Luo Fengcai sighed and stopped insisting. In this kind of dark night, it is unrealistic to want to kill through the camp to rescue Liu Wenxiu, why didn't Luo Fengcai understand this truth.

Li Dingguo pursed his lips tightly, didn't say more, grabbed a torch, lit the flammable materials on the high platform, and then turned around and walked off the high platform.