In desperation, Huang Wenchang had no choice but to gather Lei Chuang, Zhang Da, Li Youcai and others to discuss countermeasures.

Zhang Da and Lei Chuang are both martial artists, where do they have any ideas, Li Youcai thought about it for a while and said: "The owner, the thieves are frequently harassed, our army is exhausted, and the morale of the soldiers is low.

Before Li Youcai finished speaking, Lei Chuang objected: "No, if you withdraw from the army, wouldn't it encourage the arrogance of the thieves, the garrison has a large army, if you are bluffed by dozens of thieves and stop moving, I'm afraid it will be difficult for the county to explain!" ”

Huang Wenchang and Zhang Da also slandered Li Youcai's suggestion, although they and others didn't want to fight, but they were sworn teachers and Zhuangxing wine in Gaoyang, if they went back like this, even if they didn't blame the superiors, how could they still have the face to mix in Gaoyang.

However, they know their own affairs, and now the morale of the army is unstable, if Li Wei attacks and disturbs a few more times, the gang of homeless people will collapse if they can't say it, and when the time comes, they will not be attacked, and they will be defeated.

Huang Wenchang thought for a while and said: "The officers and soldiers are righteous, since we have set out on the expedition, we must complete our efforts in one battle, completely exterminate Li Rei, and protect the people of Gaoyang, but Li Rei is as cunning as a fox and frequently attacks, since the leader of Lei has been ordered to go on the expedition, then naturally he must do his part!" Ben will intend to lead his men and horses to attack and advance in the woods, and Ben will allocate another 200 soldiers with you? ”

Lei Zhi was killed first, Lei Jiabao was broken, Lei Chuang naturally hated Li Xingzhi, and he tried his best to fight, now Huang Wenchang intends to go into battle by himself, how can he oppose it.

Li Xingzhi didn't dare to engage in a frontal battle, and only hid in the woods to hurt people with hidden arrows, so he estimated that there must not be many thieves and horses, and he had 50 guards under his command, and if he added 200 soldiers, he would attack and advance in the woods, thinking that it would not be a big problem, and besides, what was the problem, there was still the main force of the official army on the official road.

As soon as Lei Chuang groaned, he shouted the order: "Okay! Li Xingzhi's reputation, Lei had already heard of it, and he had long wanted to meet him, so Lei led the team into the forest, and a certain family wanted to call Li Reverse a catty tael. ”

Huang Wenchang was overjoyed, Lei Chuang, a stunned man, agreed to enter the forest, if he won, it would naturally be good, if he was killed by Li Xingzhi's dog, then he would have no constraints, and he could withdraw from the army with a reason.

After everyone's plan was decided, Huang Wenchang and Zhang Da transferred two hundred newly attached soldiers, preparing to let them follow Lei into the forest.

However, the newly attached Ming army was already tired, and where was it willing to go, Zhang Da had to bring his family with a knife to drive away.

The sound of shouting and scolding, kicking and beating on the official road was endless, and there was a burst of chickens and dogs jumping, and the newly attached Ming army finally relined under the threat of long knives, but the formation looked scattered.

Li Xingzhi and the others in the woods did not go far, and turned around after the Ming army retreated to the official road, and through the gaps in the trees, everyone could see the situation on the official road clearly.

Li Rui looked at it for a while, and asked suspiciously: "Leader, is this an official army?" I don't think it's as good as our former camp of tenants. ”

Li Xingzhi was also surprised, although he knew that the Ming army at this time was rotten, but he never expected that Gaoyang's garrison would be so unbearable, and only two small ambushes would defeat their courage.

It is no wonder that every time Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong's gang were exterminated into the deep mountains, as soon as the official army retreated, they could immediately attack the state and enter the county, and gather hundreds of thousands of troops again.

Thinking of this, Li Xingzhi sneered: "Hehe, Li Rui, what you said is right, in my opinion, the officers and soldiers are not as good as thieves, and now the officers and soldiers are obviously going to enter the forest, let's retreat to the Shi clan to join Yang Biao and they raid the officers and soldiers, and today they will break Huang Wenchang." ”

Li Rui hesitated a little, and said: "Although the official army is unbearable, the number of people is too much, should we attack twice again and attack again at night." ”

Li Xingzhi sneered: "The official army brigade has entered the forest, and the grass and trees are overgrown here, can our archers shoot them?" Therefore, it is better for us to retreat to the Shi clan, and launch a surprise attack when the official army is on the official road to reorganize the army. ”

Li Rui also knew that Li Xingzhi was telling the truth, with the archers he had just trained, he would not be able to shoot the officers and soldiers in this wood, but they would find out where he was hiding, so he immediately took the order and beckoned the archers to retreat to the Shi clan.

It was only a few miles from Liangcun to Shi's, after the official army entered the forest, they never encountered the harassment of thieves again, Lei Chuang and others thought they had a plan, so they urged the military horses to advance, as long as they rushed to the Shi's area and left this forest, it was convenient to arrive at Dajiaotai safely.

After the Ming army brigade entered the woods, because the forest was full of grass and trees, and there were many thorns, the soldiers were tired, and now they were even more miserable, and the newly attached Ming army complained one by one, if it were not for Lei Chuang to force each other, the Ming army was not willing to move forward at all, but fortunately, this forest was not big, and after about half an hour, you could see Huang Wenchang's general flag through the gaps in the trees.

"Okay brothers, let's get out of the forest, wait for the official road, let's rest for a while, eat some dry food and then hurry, and when we get to the big teaching platform, we will set up camp, and teach Li Xingzhi a good lesson tomorrow."

Lei Chuang's resentment towards Li Xingzhi at this time was even greater, who are you robbing of so many dock forts outside Gaoyang City? I want to rob the Lei family, and I will suffer this hardship on a hot day.

The newly attached Ming army was also very happy, and after listening to Lei Chuang's order, they stumbled towards the official road when they shouted.

Clinker mutation abruptly, "Bah, Bah, Bah!" "There were a few guns, followed by a rain of arrows, and the Ming army that was running towards the official road did not have him at all, so they were suddenly attacked, and more than ten people fell in an instant.

The Ming army, who had just walked out of the woods, suddenly panicked, and was so frightened that he was stunned on the spot, but more of them ran frantically towards the official road like frightened birds, and Lei Chuang was also shocked, and turned his head sharply to look in the direction of the ringing.

A gang of thieves appeared on their flanks, led by Li Xingzhi.

"It's not good, it's Li Rebellion! Kill the thief with Lao Tzu! Lei Chuang was shocked, and he wanted to shout and want to lead people back to face the battle, but at this time, the Ming army was in chaos, and even the courtyard under his command was also surrounded by the chaotic army.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"

After another rain of arrows, Li Xingzhi took his knife and led people straight to the officials and soldiers who were in chaos, and rushed straight to the thunder.

The officers and soldiers, who were already like frightened birds, looked at Li Xingzhi, who was covered in blood and looked like a demon god, where did they dare to fight, and they were so frightened that they turned around and ran.

Lei Chuang still held himself up and wanted to step forward with a knife.

"Leader, the army's heart is in turmoil, and we can't do anything, so let's withdraw." The two cronies who followed Lei Chuang closely glanced at each other, and they forcibly dragged Lei Chuang to the official road.