Five days.

In just five days.

After several years of dealing with the imperial army, it was rarely attacked by the annihilation of the whole army, and the core strength has always been tens of thousands, plus hundreds of thousands of family members and the 36th battalion of the rogue army composed of the common people, and the losses have been heavy in recent days.

The eight battalions of people and horses, including the King of Chaotian, the Starry Sky, a Gust of Wind, the Nine Dragons, the Treading Heaven, the Xing Red Wolf, the Heavenly Monkey, and the Heavenly Pillar, were tragically removed and completely reduced to history, from the leader to the subordinates, almost all of them were wiped out, and few escaped by luck.

The 36th battalion has been reduced to the current 28th battalion!

In order to avoid being broken by the imperial army, the remaining rogue army had to move closer to Qinglong Mountain one after another, temporarily grouping together to deal with the imperial army together.

In the Hall of Justice.

"It is impossible to destroy eight battalions in five days, it is impossible for the imperial court soldiers and horses to be so strong, unless it is a court army of more than 100,000!"

King Gao Yingxiang shook his head desperately, feeling unbelievable, he has a deep understanding of the combat effectiveness of the imperial court officers and soldiers, although it is stronger than the people who have just put down the hoe, but it is not much stronger than his old battalion soldiers, and the will to fight is also very average, only Cao Wenzhao's Guanning cavalry, Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong army, is the strongest opponent, and the rest are not to be feared.

However, the number of Guanning cavalry was too small, and the Tianxiong army was just the main general who was extremely brave, Gao Yingxiang did not think that he could not defeat them, as long as he successfully grasped and exploited their weaknesses, he would definitely be able to defeat them.

As a peasant army, he can fail three times, five times, or even ten times, but as long as he finds any poor place where the government oppresses seriously, he can immediately pull out tens of thousands of horses, and Cao Wenzhao and Lu Xiangsheng, these court tiger generals, can win five times or ten times, but as long as they are defeated once, hehe, it will be a catastrophe.

It is precisely because he knows his advantages and understands the weaknesses of the imperial court officials and soldiers that Gao Yingxiang has never been depressed, but is full of confidence, as long as there are hundreds of people living in dire straits, then he will definitely be the last to laugh!

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But the eight battalions of men and horses were wiped out in five days, this bad news really stunned Gao Yingxiang, is that the imperial army so strong? Did Cao Wenzhao kill him? But even Cao Wenzhao's Guanning cavalry would never be able to wipe out eight battalions in five days!

It can be said that Gao Yingxiang, who is ignorant of the power of capital, has fallen into a blind spot in cognition and feels puzzled.

But it doesn't matter if you can't figure it out, you can take the people and horses in person, and you will know if you touch the court officials and soldiers, how many catties and taels are in the end, just try it!

Gao Yingxiang planned to go to war, and he wanted to lead the old battalion of more than 7,000 people to touch them with real swords and guns.

Of course, fighting alone is the way to death, and if you want to have a certain chance of winning, you must gather at least 30,000 elites who obey his command.

So in the Juyi Hall, Gao Yingxiang asked the alliance leader Zijin Liang to hope that the righteous army would each transfer an elite army, and he would send him to control it, and he would lead the righteous army to defeat the imperial army that was committing murder.

"King Chuang has the heart to defend against the enemy, are you willing to help King Chuang?" The king asked as he swept the leaders of the crowd.

There was a long silence.

"I don't even dare to fight, in this cold winter, do we have to turn around and flee south, and be chased and killed all the way by the official army?" The corners of Gao Yingxiang's eyes twitched, staring at everyone and asking.

"King Chuang, my eight kings are willing to lead 5,000 men and horses to help." Zhang Xianzhong stood up and said.

"My department is willing to give out 3,000 strong!" Cao Cao Luo Rucai said.

"I also sent 4,000 elite soldiers, followed King Chuang, and fought with the official army!" Ge Li Yan He Yilong said.

“……”

In the end, the two thousand, the three thousand, the four thousand, and the least sent five hundred or eight hundred strong men to help.

In such a situation, King Zijin Liang had to express three thousand and five elite soldiers for his own use, and handed them over to King Chuang, and at the same time, he was extremely jealous of this increasingly prestigious Gao Yingxiang, and even hoped that he would lose this battle and be defeated or killed by the official army, so as to eliminate the jealousy in his heart.

But there is no way, Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang is indeed the most capable of fighting in the remaining twenty-eight battalions, only he has the possibility of defeating the official army, if he does not choose to rely on him, he cannot unite, and he can only be broken by the officials and soldiers.

……

27th, morning.

At the foot of Qinglong Mountain, choosing a favorable terrain, Gao Yingxiang put on a posture of facing the officials and troops head-on.

48,000 people.

Looking at the nearly 50,000 people behind him, who are reasonably equipped, and have at least one or two years of experience in surviving the rogues, or many elite people who simply come from the border army.

King Gao Yingxiang, there is a kind of ambition that the world's heroes are in his own hands and will be able to sweep all opponents.

I can win.

With such a majestic military momentum, it is no longer the appearance of a lost dog that was once chased by the official army, Gao Yingxiang firmly believes that he can win.

Suddenly!

There was a slight tremor on the ground.

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

The sound of neat steps sounded, and the sound of iron armor rattled sounded.

Then there was a dazzling reflection, and the side that illuminated it was a little difficult to open its eyes.

It took a while to get used to it, and after seeing the situation on the other side, Gao Yingxiang opened his eyes and almost collapsed on the spot.

Black is iron, silver is steel, and the neat phalanxes that came on the opposite side were all dressed in steel armor and steel helmets, revealing only a few vulnerable parts, like steel cans, like mountains and seas.

In terms of numbers, there is not much difference between them and their own, not less than 30,000, but all of them have armor!

On the side of the rogue army, although the number of people is slightly superior, the armor rate is less than two percent, and the defense is far inferior, and there is no armor to fight armor, and ten may not be able to beat one, just send food.

In the face of a huge disparity in strength.

The two sides did not engage head-on at all, and the Liukou army collapsed on its own, retreating and fleeing, Gao Yingxiang did not give a hard order, but took the lead in retreating and running, after all, he was not a brainless reckless man.

On the side of the imperial army.

"Chase!"

"Chase me, don't let a rogue go!"

"Speed up, try not to kill, and catch them all! Be alive, be able-bodied! ”

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Pursuit, crazy pursuit.

Just like in an ultra-marathon, although the rogues lost their armor, they gave full play to the advantages of their iron feet, and ran very fast, but they were surprised to find that the officers and soldiers chasing behind were also not slow, and they did not mean to chase when they were tired, but stared at their red eyes, no matter how tired they were, they did not give up, and they had a feeling of chasing until they were old.

In the end, it becomes a competition of endurance.

The rogues have rich experience in running and their endurance is not bad, but the chasing soldiers of the imperial court behind not only learned how to tie leggings with the members of the Xujiazhuang caravan, but also bought high-calorie compressed biscuits or toffee, and there is a way to quickly replenish energy.

"I've caught you, if you don't want to die, I'll catch you!"

Wang Guixiang grabbed the collar of a rogue and made him pause, but the rogue was unwilling to be captured, roaring and resisting, Wang Guixiang slapped down a few times, and kicked hard at his crotch, the rogue had bulging eyes and bloodshots, and he still had to be caught.

Wang Guixiang took out a note from his coat pocket that read 'Wang Guixiang, a soldier of the T-shaped battalion of the Tongzhou Army', and pasted it on the body of this rogue young man whose hands and feet were tied, and continued to pursue one.

……

Three days.

This crazy pursuit battle lasted for three days.

The main force of the rogues was chased and killed for more than 200 miles, and they were forced to abandon all their baggage, property and even weapons and armor, and they were chased all over the mountains and wilderness and fled in all directions, but they didn't even bring a few potatoes and sweet potatoes on their bodies, if these rogues did not take the initiative to surrender, they would stay in the mountains for three days at most, and the end would either freeze to death or starve to death.

As for the family members and the people who were left in the camp, there were as many as 300,000 or 400,000 people, and just to contain these people, there were more than 20,000 officers and soldiers, who had to stop and give priority to eating this piece of cake.

Even so.

Until December 2.

After the pursuers returned one after another, the statistical results of the Xujiazhuang caravan showed that in the pursuit of only a few days, a total of 53,652 young and strong people were captured, and 420172 old and weak women and children were captured, plus more than 30,000 young and strong people and more than 50,000 old and weak women and children captured in front, the total number of people lost by the Liukou reached 560,000, and even if the whole army was not wiped out, the loss was at least more than ninety percent.

Of the thirty-six leaders corresponding to the thirty-six battalions, twenty-one were captured, including the alliance leader Zijin Liang, Zuojin Wang He Jin, and Lao Hui Hui Ma Shouying, etc., who fell behind because they ran slowly, and became prisoners of the ranks.

Only a few leaders such as Gao Yingxiang, the king of Chuang, Zhang Xianzhong, the eight kings, Cao Cao, Luo Rucai, and Ge Li Yanhe Yilong, with thousands of remnants and horses, barely escaped alive, hiding in a corner and not daring to show their heads.

……

December 4th.

Lu Xiangsheng, who led the army of more than 10,000 Tianxiong - a fair-skinned, very thin person, but an elegant literati with a thick arm, after several days of marching, had just arrived in Hui County, and was ready to pass through the Baicheng in the county, enter the Taihang Mountains to exterminate the Liukou.

It is said that the Ministry of War issued a military order to encircle and suppress the Liukou at the end of September, why did Lu Xiangsheng not act until now, and the army was so slow?

In fact, it's not that he wants to be so slow, but that the Tianxiong Army is mainly a recruitment formed to protect the township, and there is no regular army of the imperial court, and most of the military expenses need to be raised by him, and he needs to share it with the gentry and landlords.

But if the Tianxiong Army wants to fight the rogues in other places and protect the people in non-local villages, then no one is willing to donate money and food.

Therefore, even if Lu Xiangsheng was eager to serve the country, when it was difficult to raise money and food, he could only stay in the Daimyo's Mansion and wait.

In mid-November, the imperial court sent the grain, grass and silver specially allocated to the Tianxiong army - there is an episode here, the imperial court promised to allocate 500,000 yuan of money and grain to him, but the actual hand was only 300,000, Lu Xiangsheng wanted to play impeachment and ask for a strict investigation of the matter, but was stopped by the staff, and they all advised him not to dwell on this matter, and it was very good to get 300,000.

In short, procrastination encountered various situations, on November 20, Lu Xiangsheng finally gave an order, and set off with his Tianxiong army, even if the weather was cold and the water was dripping into ice, it also achieved the performance of marching 30 miles a day, and there were very few people left behind, which was undoubtedly a strong army.

But he just arrived in Huixian County, and he was ready to adjust and recuperate for two days, and then go into the mountains to suppress thieves.

An urgent military intelligence was delivered to Lu Xiangsheng, and when he opened the military intelligence letter, he was immediately taken aback:

"Ben Shuai, Tianjin General Soldier Wang Hong, and Jimen General Soldier Deng Xi led a 30,000 imperial army to break through the Liukou camp, annihilated more than 500,000 Liukou, captured 21 thieves, and the thieves Zijin Liang, Zuo Jin Wang, Lao Huihui, etc., were in the ranks, and they were escorted to the capital to correct the law in a few days."

"Only the king Gao Yingxiang, the eight kings Zhang Xianzhong, Cao Cao Luo Rucai and other thieves escaped, it is very likely to escape through Baicheng, I hope that your army will block the exit in time, our army is pursuing in the rear, if the two ends are attacked, the remnants of the rogue are ribbed wings, and it is difficult to escape the fate of destruction! The catastrophe of the Ming Dynasty for several years will be eradicated in the hands of your and my armies. ”

"This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for meritorious service, Lord Lu should not miss it!"

After reading this letter written to him by the chief soldier Yang Yufan, Lu Xiangsheng only had doubt and disbelief on his face.

The 30,000 imperial army annihilated more than 500,000 rogues, and almost wiped out the rogues, and only a few escaped......

When did the army of the imperial court become so strong in combat?

There are more than 500,000 rogues, you must know that it takes a long time to catch 50,000 pigs, and eliminate 500,000 rogues, and solve more than a dozen on average per soldier, is this possible?

Unbelief.

This record is too fake, Lu Xiangsheng resolutely doesn't believe it!