Liu Liangzuo, who was stunned, heard someone calling his name in a trance, he opened his eyes hard, and found that he was actually being carried on his back and running wildly.

Liu Liangzuo wanted to open his mouth to ask his subordinates a few words, but before he could speak, he heard a burst of shouting and scolding from behind him.

"Annihilate all the dog officers and soldiers, and capture Hua Ma Liu alive!"

Liu Liangzuo took a closer look and found that his subordinates were frantically fleeing for their lives, losing their armor one by one and making a mess.

This scene made Liu Liangzuo, who was already in a hurry, even more angry, coupled with the slogan shouted by the thief behind him, Liu Liangzuo was angry and anxious, and he couldn't come out of his chest with a bad breath, and fainted again.

Lu Zhao and Qian Dayou led their troops to chase frantically, and the recruits and soldiers in the righteous army may not be as strong as the veterans of Yuanzhou, but it is not too simple to fight this kind of sweeping station.

As long as he took his weapon and chased all the way, he caught up with a slow officer, and in an instant, three or four rebels came forward and hacked him to death with knives.

Among them, the most active is Gong Chengkang, who has just joined the rebel army for a few days.

He had a grudge against Liu Liangzuo's group of officers and soldiers, and when he saw a lone officer and soldier either stabbed to death or hacked to death with a knife, he chopped off the head and handed it to the ten subordinates who followed behind him.

The head is the merit of war, two heads can be promoted to the next level, and there is a reward for the field and a reward for silver, and now it is not easy to encounter such a big victory, the rebels do not hurry up to take the opportunity to quickly cut a few more heads, and the next time I don't know when I will meet again.

Liu Liangzuo's officers and troops had no intention of fighting without the command of the commander, even if his 3,000 cavalry generals wanted their mounts to run faster at this moment.

But they forgot that this is not the north, but the south. Not plain, but hilly. Three thousand cavalry were crammed into the narrow road.

Many horses were squeezed into the rice fields, and soon they fell into the muddy fields and could not come out, and the cavalry was deeply trapped in the muddy fields, and it was not long before they were caught up by the soldiers of the rebels, and everyone took spears and stabbed them, showing no mercy, and in a short time one or two hundred cavalrymen died in the fields.

The morale of the officers and soldiers was completely dissipated, and some generals wanted to organize men and horses to fight back against the rebels, but the number of people who responded around them was pitiful, and there were only more than 100 people around the most organized generals.

More than 100 people encountered a large force of the rebel army, and they were defeated with a single charge, including the generals, and no one survived.

The head of the general has become the target of the soldiers of the rebel army, this is a high-ranking officer, and the soldiers of the rebel army who participated in the killing want to fight for this military merit more than anyone else.

It was the arrival of Qian Dayou, the deputy commander of the first battalion, that stopped the chaos, and he kicked the general's head and shouted: "Can a head be committed? There are so many ahead, hurry up and chase them! ”

The deputy commander-in-chief came, and everyone didn't dare to make a mistake, so they immediately dropped the heads of the generals and continued to chase.

The night-time pursuit lasted until dawn, and less than 8,000 of the 16,000 officers and soldiers escaped.

Liu Liangzuo's 3,000 cavalry could not cross the river after encountering it, and wanted to turn around and run eastward, but after running five or six miles eastward, they found that the river ten zhang wide was actually a bend, and they happened to be blocked by the pursuers from the camphor tree.

The three thousand cavalry had no choice, and the war horses were stuck in the fields and could not walk at all, so they could only dismount and fight on foot.

But where would the dismounted cavalry be the opponent of the infantry, they did not even have a shield, and the cavalry spears in their hands were not conducive to hand-to-hand combat.

The 3,000 cavalry was soon forced by more than 2,000 infantry to the bank of the river, and before they could gain a firm foothold, the rebels in the west killed again, and the cavalry had no choice but to jump into the river to survive in order to save their lives.

It's a pity that these soldiers who followed Liu Liangzuo from the north are too few of them, and the river more than a foot deep is a nightmare for them.

As many as half of the 3,000 cavalry were drowned, and the rest were either killed in battle or swept away by the current, and their fate is unknown.

Liu Liangzuo finally died, several thousand generals took advantage of the night to extinguish the torch, with more than ten personal soldiers to carry him into the rice field, this time actually escaped the pursuit of the rebels, they went all the way to the west, all the way to the distance of more than 30 miles, and finally found a wooden bridge in a village that could cross the river.

More than 20 people hurriedly crossed the bridge, and after crossing the bridge, the deputy commander-in-chief Zhou Dingfang ordered someone to burn the wooden bridge, and then went all the way to the north.

Early the next morning, Mo Qian, who was sitting in Qingjiang County, received news from the front that more than 3,000 people had been beheaded, more than 4,000 prisoners had been captured, and the remaining officers and soldiers had either fled or drowned.

Mo Qian was very happy to hear this result, and he said to the people around him with relief: "Okay, now we can sit back and relax, where are Deputy Chief Qian and General Lu now?" ”

The herald replied: "Deputy Chief Qian and General Lu are still commanding the troops to pursue the officers and soldiers, and Deputy Chief Qian asks if they want to kill them all?" ”

Mo Qian picked up the map and looked at it, and when he saw the two places on the map, Yinggeling and Shuibeixu, he immediately had an idea in his heart.

He said to the herald: "Immediately order Lu Zhaoqian Dayou to divide into two routes, all the way to Shuibeixu, all the way to Yinggeling, and be sure to destroy Huama Liu in the territory of Linjiang Mansion!" ”

"Yes!"

After receiving the order, Qian Dayou and Lu Zhaobing immediately divided their troops into two routes, all the way to the northeast of the river, that is, the direction of Shuibeixu, the upper reaches of the Yingjiang River, to pursue the remnants.

Lu Zhao led his troops to march due north, that is, at the location of Yingge Ridge. (Today's Yinggangling in Gao'an, there was a great war here during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, tens of thousands of people died, and it was renamed Yingangling)

Yingge Ridge is an important traffic artery at the junction of Ruizhou Mansion and Linjiang Mansion, which belongs to the throat of the two prefectures, and the defeated army wants to flee north, which is one of the roads.

To the east is Qushui, the officers and soldiers have no boats, they can't cross the river at all, and if they want to survive, there is no other way except to go to the two places of Shuibeixu and Yinggeling.

Qian Dayou brought 5,000 men, and almost half of the troops of the second battalion were in his hands.

He led 5,000 people without stopping, and when he passed through the village, the eldest lady of the village saw that it was a soldier of the righteous army, and immediately jumped out and shouted: "General, those heavenly officers and soldiers have gone in that direction and have been walking for half an hour." ”

When Qian Dayi heard this, he immediately laughed.

He said to the eldest mother: "Thank you, eldest mother! ”

"No thanks, I hope the soldiers of the righteous army will kill more officers and soldiers, these people have caused my family so miserable!" As she spoke, the eldest lady began to cry again.

Qian Dayou couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable when he saw his eldest mother crying, the people in the north of Linjiang Mansion were almost plagued by Liu Liangzuo's troops, almost every family was robbed, and there were very few people in a village who could survive.

"Auntie, don't worry, I will definitely avenge the villagers!"

Qian Dayou pulled out his long knife and shouted: "Brothers, work harder, we are tired, those damned officers and soldiers are even more tired, everyone work harder, capture that Hua Ma Liu alive, and avenge the people of Linjiang!" ”

"Revenge!"

Five thousand people went on the road with enthusiasm.

Shuibeixu is nearly eighty miles away from Linjiang, and Liu Liangzuo's personal soldiers took turns to carry him on his back and fled for a whole night, and finally arrived at the small place of Shuibeixu at dawn.

Although Shuibeixu is a town, the population is not large, and there are only about 100 households in the whole town.

Such a few people can only be a village at best, but the geographical location of Shuibeixu is good, he is a new metaphor to the south, and Shanggao is to the north, which is a place for Jiangxi businessmen to rest in the north and south.

There are often salt dealers in Ji'an Province who carry illegal salt from the location of Shuibei Market to the north to sell it.

Merchants from the south to the north have created the prosperity of this small town in Shuibei, and there are two inns in the town for people to eat and stay.

Liu Liangzuo and his entourage of dozens of people entered the town just after dawn, and after running all night, their stomachs were already hungry.

As soon as I entered the town, I didn't wait for the restaurant to open, and I knocked on the door of the inn.

When Xiao Er of the hotel unloaded the wooden door, Liu Liangzuo's personal soldiers rushed in roughly, put a saber on Xiao Er's neck, and ordered him: "Hurry up, prepare food for us immediately, otherwise it will kill you!" ”

Xiao Er was frightened of urinary incontinence on the spot, he didn't dare not agree, so he could only go to the back kitchen to prepare for it tremblingly.

There was nothing to eat in the morning, only leftover white rice and porridge and a few leftovers from last night.

The shopkeeper was scared and sent the food up, and a few relatives saw that the things sent were so bad, and they immediately slaughtered the shopkeeper with a knife.

This scene happened to be clearly seen by the innkeeper hiding on the second floor.

The shopkeeper hurriedly covered his mouth with his hand, for fear that he would make a little noise and be discovered by this group of officers and soldiers.

The attention of the officers and men was obviously not on the second floor, and the most important thing for them now was to fill their stomachs, although the breakfast was not very rich, but the officers and soldiers who had been running all night did not have time to pick and choose, they ate like a wolf, and temporarily filled their stomachs.

At this time, Liu Liangzuo finally woke up, his face was very bad, and Zhou Dingfang, the deputy chief soldier, looked at Liu Liangzuo's sick appearance, and couldn't help but feel sad.

"My lord, you can eat some!"

Liu Liangzuo sighed and said leisurely: "Where can I still eat, my family is gone, and I must be held accountable when I go back to the imperial court!" ”

Zhou Dingfang hurriedly said: "Accountability is also a matter of the future, we can't die now, my lord, eat a bowl, let's go to high school after eating, and then find a way to go back to Susong." ”

Liu Liangzuo nodded, picked up the bowl and ate a bowl of white porridge, and when there was something in his stomach, his spirit was much better.

Liu Liangzuo, who smoothed his breath, will not have the sense of powerlessness he had last night, and he said to the people in front of him: "The big guy rescued me, if I can make a comeback in the future, I will definitely not forget you, but I, Liu, am not so easy to defeat, I will lose 20,000 horses, and when I return to Susong, I will take out the silver to recruit him for another 30,000 people, and I will be a man again!" ”

"Yes, the chief soldier is right!"

"Brothers, you're full of food and drink, let's go!" Liu Liangzuo threw the bowl away, called everyone and prepared to continue walking.

But as soon as he stood up, suddenly a personal soldier who was guarding outside rushed in, and he didn't even have time to salute, so he rushed in and said: "Oh no, the army of anti-thieves is coming, there are thousands of people!" ”

"What?"

The little confidence that Liu Liangzuo had just picked up disappeared in an instant, he stood up suddenly, and then fainted again.

Zhou Dingfang looked at it and immediately shouted: "Quick, go on your back!" ”

Two dozen people immediately packed up their things and ran out of the inn, running to the north exit and escaping the town.

As soon as they left on the front foot, they led the troops into the town when they had a lot of money on the back foot.

As soon as Qian Da entered the town, he saw an inn with an open gate.

"The inn that opened so early, go in and have a look!"

The soldier went in to check it out and came out to report: "Deputy Chief Soldier, there is a dead body inside, the dead is a shopkeeper, there is still a bunch of leftover food on the table, the rice porridge is still hot, it should have just left!" ”

When Qian Da heard this, he immediately ordered: "You must go north, chase me!" ”

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