After loading the ammunition, Hu Dinggui ordered the whole army to replace the arquebus, and then quickly chased after the rogue cavalry.

Lu'an has been surrounded, and the area between Lu'an, Luzhou, and Shucheng can be called Zhao Han's territory. Hu Dinggui belonged to fighting in his own territory, while Luo Rucai was a lone army.

The two sides pursued and fled, always maintaining a distance of two or three miles.

An hour later, both of them were sleepy.

Luo Rucai ordered the whole army to dismount, feed the war horses bean cakes and salt water, and looked viciously in the direction that the enemy was chasing.

After chasing to a distance of one mile, Hu Dinggui also ordered to feed the war horses, and at the same time lit the fire rope again.

There seemed to be some kind of tacit understanding, and they all waited for the horses to rest before continuing to chase and escape.

Luo Rucai ran out with the cavalry, bullying Zhao Han for not having cavalry, and wanted to wreak havoc on the rear and cut off the grain route. Since the plan failed, then there is no need for him to stay, it is important to go back as soon as possible, his city is under siege!

Hu Dinggui wanted to drive Luo Rucai away and prevent this goods from wreaking havoc on the place. Even if it collapses, don't collapse in Shucheng County, otherwise the fleeing cavalry will kill the people indiscriminately.

After the two sides entered the Lu'an boundary, the scenery was obviously different.

Although the fields in Shucheng have not been divided for a long time, the weeds in the fields have been cleared and crops are being planted one after another, and the villages are also populated.

On the other hand, Lu'an is full of weeds, and many farmers have long dragged their families and run away.

Even the wealthy families of Lu'an threw down their land and came to Zhao Han's territory to ask for a division of the land. Although he lost most of his land, he was at least able to save his life, and King Zhao was much more merciful than Liukou.

Luo Rucai wanted to get off the horse and rest again, but Hu Dinggui chased after him this time.

Running all the way to the outside of Lu'an City, the horses on both sides were tired enough, but they still couldn't stop.

The moat has been filled, and Huang Shun and Fei Yingheng are shelling the city wall.

Luo Rucai didn't dare to rush the infantry array, so he could only run around the city. And there were Datong cavalry behind him, and the thieves guarding the city did not dare to open the door rashly.

Luo Rucai led his troops to run against the city wall, and shouted to the soldiers in the city: "Shoot the arrows and kill the enemy horse!" ”

Hu Dinggui didn't dare to get too close to the city wall, and kept chasing along the perimeter of the moat.

The besieging army was only 7,500 people, so it was naturally impossible to surround it. Luo Rucai ran to the gate farthest from the army, and the defenders quickly opened the gate, and the tower was covered with archers ready to shoot the Datong cavalry.

Hu Dinggui didn't chase after him, and saw Luo Rucai enter the city.

Because he chased for too long, the fire rope had burned out, and it would take time to replace the fire rope.

The whole army dismounted and led the horses back.

"How long will it take?" Hu Dinggui asked.

Huang Shun replied: "If you bombard it for another day or two, you can break through the city wall." ”

Fei Yinghui smiled: "If you are lucky, the city wall will collapse today." ”

Lu'an has many disasters and difficulties, and the rogues have come several times, and many city walls have long been damaged.

An Ludao Zhang Liang, Zhizhou Xu Pan, and Tong sentenced Roger, and the three officials repaired for several years. Due to the lack of money and food, they could only rely on private donations, and the city wall was not repaired firmly.

Fei Yinghui pointed to the city wall and said, "According to the local guide, there are eight forts on the city tower, equipped with eight bronze cannons for city defense. In our direction, there will be no shelling, and your cavalry will not run around. ”

"Understood." Hu Dinggui said.

That same evening.

Luo Rucai called his generals and prepared to take the old camp to abandon the city and leave.

This ruined city can't stay, and if it is bombarded again, the city walls will collapse sooner or later, and there is no need to die here.

He is a rogue, and wandering and fighting is the old job, and defending the city will fall into the inferior.

They didn't bother to bring their goods, so they brought some dry food with each of them, and quietly opened the city gates in the middle of the night. His wives and concubines, troupes and treasures, as well as 3,000 old camp foot soldiers, are all far away from Gwangju, and Lu'an City can be abandoned at any time.

The people are titled, the horses are wrapped in hooves, and they slip away at night.

The gates here are all old camps, and the new thieves have no idea about it. The old thieves' foot soldiers had no horses, but all rode on donkeys and mules, and fled north along the Wei River.

"Phew! Sigh! Sigh! ”

"Toot Dott Dot......"

After walking about two miles, he was finally discovered by the Datong sentry, and the sound of copper whistle and suona sounded one after another.

"Let's go!"

War horses, mules, and donkeys are running wildly with thousands of old thieves.

Hu Dinggui and Lu Xiangsheng woke up in the middle of the night and hurriedly rode their horses to chase the enemy.

Huang Shun and Fei Yinghui divided half of their forces to capture the city, and the other half followed the cavalry to chase after them.

There were tens of thousands of thieves in the city, and when they found that Luo Rucai had abandoned them and ran away, they immediately fell into chaos. Most of them fled with their belongings, and a few lost their weapons and hid in private houses to pretend to be civilians.

Luo Rucai's cavalry ran fast, but the donkey soldiers and mule soldiers were not good, and they were gradually caught up by the Datong cavalry.

This guy was so righteous that he had already run far away, and he actually led his troops back to kill him.

One is to rescue the old battalion members, and the other is to eat the Datong cavalry.

"Retreat!"

Lu Xiangsheng heard the sound of horses' hooves and immediately shouted at Hu Dinggui.

"Woo~~~"

Hu Dinggui also did not want to fight in the dark and at night, so he ordered the herald to blow the horn of retreat.

The Rook cavalry wore leather armor and were armed with cavalry guns. The Datong cavalry is all cloth, except for the fire gun, which is the sabre.

In the melee in the dark night, the Datong cavalry will definitely suffer.

Seeing the retreat of the Datong cavalry, Luo Rucai was made to lose his temper and could only pick up the old battalion of donkeys and mules.

As soon as they left, Hu Dinggui caught up again, looking for the sound of horses' hooves and following them far away.

And when it was daybreak, the donkeys and mules were tired and lay down.

Luo Rucai's whole army stopped, more than 2,000 foot soldiers lined up, and 2,000 cavalry dismounted to rest.

Hu Dinggui also dismounted to rest, waiting for friendly troops to come to support.

Because the Wei River was blocked to the west, and the boats in the river were taken away by the Datong army, Luo Rucai could not cross the river at all. His original plan was to leave the city and flee north, to the market town to the north to grab the ships.

But Hu Dinggui and Lu Xiangsheng are too annoying, and they don't fight, they just chase after them. And he didn't chase too close, anyway, Luo Ru wanted to escape, and he had to run north along the Wei River.

After the horses were rested, Luo Ru began to counterattack, he let the infantry line up, and led the cavalry around the flank.

"Let's go." Lu Xiangsheng said with a smile.

"Let's go!"

Hu Dinggui rode on horseback, turned around and ran away with the cavalry, and waited for the friendly army to come before fighting a tough battle.

Luo Rucai shook his head and sighed: "Let's go too." ”

As soon as the thieves retreated, the Datong cavalry followed again. Luo Rucai didn't bother to care, and led his troops to run northeast, not daring to continue to walk along the Weihe River.

It was a clever decision.

Because Fei Yinghui has already brought more than 1,000 soldiers to chase after him by boat, he can land and fight at any time.

After moving away from the Wei River, both sides were confused and officially entered the territory of the Ming court.

In this way, the pursuit lasted all day, and because they often dismounted to rest, the cavalry and war horses could bear it. Those foot soldiers were so tired that their legs trembled, and they wanted to turn around and go back to fight with Hu Dinggui, but Hu Dinggui didn't accept the call at all.

Luo Rucai sent a cavalryman and ordered: "Go over and ask the enemy general, what do you want to do with your grandfather!" ”

The cavalry came running and was about to speak, when a shot rang out.

Didn't hit.

"Bang bang bang!"

There was another burst of gunfire, dozens of bullets fired, and the old thief cavalry fell to the ground suddenly.

"Damn it, full speed out!" Luo Rucai could only give up the foot soldiers, otherwise he didn't want to get rid of the pursuers.

"Kill!"

Hu Dinggui and Lu Xiangsheng didn't expect to be able to eat the enemy cavalry, their target was those foot soldiers.

The more than 2,000 foot soldiers were all old thieves, and some of them were cavalrymen before. Because the war horse was injured or died of illness, no more war horses could be supplied, so it became a class of troops riding donkeys and mules.

The donkeys and mules couldn't run, so Luo Rucai also gave up on them, and all that was left was to die.

Luo Rucai left with the cavalry, and more than 2,000 old soldiers were all lost, some tried to surrender, but most of them rushed up with weapons.

The Datong cavalry quickly pulled away, replaced the fire rope and lit it.

"Bang bang bang!"

Rounds of guns were fired, and hundreds of old thieves fell.

There is no need to play the second round, no matter how brave the old thief is, he will have to flee at this point.

Lu Xiangsheng rode a war horse, brandished a saber in his hand, and pursued the old thief for a while.

These are all old thieves who have been more than five years old, and they don't know how many evil things they have done, even if they are willing to surrender, Hu Dinggui will not accept prisoners.

Two thousand Datong cavalry, baring their fangs, galloped across the plain.

One by one, the sabers were chopped down, and one by one the old thieves fell.

These old thieves used to be miserable people, and their rebellion was just. But the indiscriminate killing of innocents and the rape of women are absolutely unforgivable!

Lu Xiangsheng was extremely happy, he was disgusted by Luo Rucai, and he was holding back his anger, and he could finally vent today.

Not one left, all of them were hacked to death.

Lu Xiangsheng laughed and said: "Hahahaha, happy, happy!" ”

Hu Dinggui sighed and said: "It's a pity that the enemy cavalry ran away, and those bastards killed many peasants." ”

Lu Xiangsheng said: "Don't be impatient, the army will kill and recover all the cities, and Luo Rucai will be ambushed one day sooner or later!" ”

"That's right, kill all the way to the edge of the Huai River and occupy all Luo Rucai's territory!" Hu Dinggui gritted his teeth and said.

Lu Xiangsheng wiped the blood on the blade and praised: "Good knife!" ”

Hu Dinggui said with a smile: "These knives are all hammered thousands of times, in Jiangxi with a large water wheel hammer, repeatedly beaten day and night, and let the best knife casting master build." ”

This kind of saber is actually collectively referred to as waist knife, Gongbu knife, and Yanling knife.

The infantry and cavalry are slightly different, and the early and late Ming Dynasty are slightly different, but the general shape is the same.

The saber of Datong riding is more slender, and the handle plus the blade is about one meter long.

At sunset, this strange cavalry returned triumphantly.

They wore crisp and simple canvas uniforms, high leather boots, swords from the waist of the goose, and long muskets on their backs. This was the first unit to change its uniform.

It doesn't matter if you are left or right, in the Song and Ming dynasties, a large number of clothes were plackets.

Especially after the Yuan Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty absorbed the elements of Mongolian clothing, and the previous emperors liked to wear Mongolian clothes.

It is believed that the Datong cavalry entered the city several times, and many young people would follow suit.

Not to learn from them to fight, but to learn from them to dress, and this double-breasted dress will soon become popular.