In the west of the Bawu River, the red and black waves on the river beach are constantly surging back and forth.

The shouts of killing were deafening, resounding through the canyon and raising the river.

Luo Rucai held a big gun in his hand, standing in front of the formation, sticky blood slowly flowing down the helmet,

The blood stained Luo Rucai's clothes and armor, and also stained Luo Rucai's face.

His armor was covered in scars from swords and spears.

At his feet were countless Ming army armor soldiers lying on the ground.

With the loud shouts that resounded through the sky, the Ming army's large array garrisoned by the river beach completely collapsed.

The noon sun shone on Luo Rucai's body, and the scarlet blood shone under the sunlight, setting off Luo Rucai as terrifying as a devil crawling out of the underworld.

On the river beach, all the Cao soldiers cried with joy.

They fought their way out of the encirclement, ran all the way for more than 200 miles, escaped from the encirclement and suppression of tens of thousands of Ming troops, and ran to the east of the Bawu River, but there was a battalion of Ming troops guarding here.

They tried all the means and strategies to cross the river.

The Ming army gathered up most of the boats that could cross the river, and there were very few tools for them to cross the river, and the Bawu River was in the spring flood, and it was extremely difficult to cross the river.

The pursuers followed closely behind, although the troops behind the palace were left, but the Ming army was now at the top of its edge, and the soldiers and horses behind the palace could not hold out for long.

So they can only storm the Bawu River.

The assault lasted two days, and they organized numerous waves of attacks, but in the end they failed.

The pursuers who were chasing from Padang were only forty miles away.

The place where Luo Rucai chose to cross the river is the place where the flow of the Bawu River is the slowest in the water, but this place is also a dead end, the enemy only needs to be overpressed, and there is really no way to go to the sky and no way to enter the ground.

But now that they had finally crossed the Bawu River and defeated the Ming army defending the beach, the joy of dying in a desperate situation made them cry with joy.

Luo Rucai stood among the corpses everywhere with a spear, his eyes as calm as autumn water.

The successful crossing of the Bawu River did not make him feel half happy.

In order to cross this Bawu River, those old brothers who followed him all the way to fight for thousands of miles fell a lot.

"Dashuai."

Yang Mingqi, who was also covered in blood, walked through the blood beach with difficulty and walked to Luo Rucai.

Yang Mingqi's status in the army, like Liu Zhe in Gao Yingxiang's army, is the head of the army, and he is Luo Rucai's most trusted confidant.

Just when Yang Mingqi was about to report to Luo Rucai on the affairs of the follow-up troops crossing the river, he heard Luo Rucai shout softly.

"Hold Me ......"

Luo Rucai's voice was very soft, but it was like thunder in Yang Mingqi's ears.

Yang Mingqi's heart was shocked, but he didn't dare to show the slightest sound on his face, he stepped forward and held Luo Rucai's hand that was not holding a gun.

Luo Rucai was injured, and it was not light, Yang Mingqi didn't see it when he was far away, but when he got closer, Yang Mingqi saw the injuries on Luo Rucai's body clearly.

Long on Luo Rucai's waist, there was a wound caused by a spear, the armor outside was already tattered, and dark red blood was pouring out along the wound.

"Dashuai, we won, we won!"

Yang Mingqi stabilized his mind, with a smile on his face, shouting loudly, and celebrating the victory with the surrounding soldiers.

But no one knew that Yang Mingqi's heart had already been filled with fear at this time.

Now that there are chasing soldiers, the future is uncertain, if everyone knows that Luo Rucai was injured, they are afraid that the army's morale will fluctuate, and even lose their fighting spirit completely.

All along, it was Luo Rucai who led them, walked in front of them, and led them to move forward.

Countless desperate encounters, countless defeats into victories, countless escapes, Luo Rucai is like a Dinghai God Needle standing in front of them forever......

If there is no Luo Rucai...... Where do they go from here......

Yang Ming was followed by Luo Dain.

Luo Dain's armor was also soaked in blood, he was Luo Rucai's uncle, and he was in charge of the most important middle camp.

When Luo Rucai led the troops to rush to kill, he was naturally among them.

"Uncle, you go and command the follow-up soldiers and horses to cross the river, and ask the Guards to bring the wooden table, and the map is also taken, I want to see where to go next."

"Yes, Dashuai!"

The victory on the river beach made Luo Dain quite excited, and he answered and then went away with Luo Rucai's military order.

Although Luo Dain is Luo Rucai's uncle, he has a clear distinction between superior and inferior, and he knows very well that his ability is not as good as his nephew.

Because of Yang Mingqi's cover-up, Luo Rucai's strange appearance was not seen by outsiders, and Luo Dain did not see Luo Rucai's weakness.

Soon after Luo Dain went, the people of the Guards Department had already transported all the tables with the patterns, and at the same time, the carriage that Luo Rucai usually rode in was also transported.

Luo Rucai contracted a fever in the Xing and Guishan areas, and many times his body was as hot as fire, and his body was unbearable, and he couldn't solve it when he was looking for a doctor, so he didn't take a horse on the march all along, but a carriage.

At present, this carriage has become a cover for Luo Rucai's injury

This is also the reason why Luo Rucai did not lead the troops to rush and kill at the beginning, but waited for the next day to personally lead the troops across the river.

Luo Rucai walked to the clean ground with the assistance of Yang Mingqi, and the armor soldiers of the Pro-Health Division had already been placed with tables and chairs, and the wide map was placed on the table.

This map is about the Kuizhou Prefecture, not only the towns everywhere are recorded clearly, the mountains and rivers are also recorded, it was Luo Rucai spent a lot of money when he was in Fang County from a business in eastern Sichuan.

Luo Rucai received a total of four copies of such drawings, and the most detailed and clear one is the current one.

A group of guards surrounded Luo Rucai and covered it.

Luo Rucai persisted until this time before he let go of all his disguises.

All the guards looked solemn, but they knew the severity of the matter after following Luo Rucai for a long time, so they didn't say anything else, and quickly began to deal with Luo Rucai's injuries.

After the guards sent silk cloth to dry Luo Rucai's face, Yang Mingqi found that Luo Rucai's face was as white as paper.

"Handsome ......"

Yang Mingqi knelt on the ground, holding Luo Rucai's arm, and was already in tears.

"My husband doesn't flick when he has tears."

Luo Rucai grinned, and even comforted Yang Mingqi.

"Wipe away the tears, we've shed enough blood and tears."

"It's just a gunshot wound, how come I haven't suffered any trauma along the way?"

"God didn't think about taking me."

Seeing that Luo Rucai should be free of worries, Yang Mingqi's expression turned hideous and scolded angrily.

"If there is no assistance from the marshal, he Zhang Xianzhong will not be able to leave Shaanxi and Henan alive."

"Zhang Xianzhong, the son of a bitch, we must chop off his dog's head when we meet him!"

"At the beginning, he said that he would divide his troops to lure the Ming army, and then go back to eastern Sichuan, and now he has fled into Sichuan by himself, leaving us here to be surrounded and suppressed by the Ming army."

Yang Mingqi gritted his teeth, his eyes were red, and he wanted to cut Zhang Xianzhong with a thousand knives.

"When I met Chen Wang and Qin Liangyu, I didn't even dare to fight, and I didn't even send the messenger!"

They were surrounded by as many as forty or fifty thousand Ming legions in Huguang, and Zhang Xianzhong fled all the way to Sichuan, and Chen Wang blocked the road in Taiping, Zhang Xianzhong did not dare to fight Yang Mingqi, which is actually understandable.

But Qin Liangyu was only 8,000 soldiers and horses, and he still came all the way from Shizhu, and the tens of thousands of elites under Zhang Xianzhong's command didn't dare to fight.

Moreover, Zhang Xianzhong didn't even send a letter, and the reason why Cao Ying was able to learn this news was because he was interrogated from the captured Ming army.

Zhang Xianzhong's behavior is tantamount to using them as bait to attract the Ming army in order to protect himself.

Yang Mingqi's words made Luo Rucai's eyes suddenly sharpen, and the killing intent poured out from his body.

But soon, Luo Rucai reined in the killing intent in his heart.

Luo Rucai's face was cold, and he always felt that Gao Yingxiang was right.

Natural disasters are frequent, wars are endless, and all of them are just trying to find a way to survive.

The imperial court is powerful, their power is weak, and only by uniting can they win a way out.

Luo Rucai has always done this, he has only served two people in his life.

One is Wang Jiayin, and the other is Gao Yingxiang.

So all along, he has always followed the creed of Wang Jiayin and Gao Yingxiang.

The thief does not kill the thief, and the thief should be united.

But at this moment, the creed that Luo Rucai has always believed in has been shaken.

Zhang Xianzhong's treachery led to the main force of the Ming army coming together, resulting in heavy casualties among the soldiers under his command.

Luo Rucai reined in his killing intent, and his expression regained his calmness, but his heart was not calm, and the balance that had been flat was slowly falling to the other side, sliding to the other side of him.

"Zhang Xianzhong entered Bazhou from Xida Prefecture, the capital of Kuizhou, and after attacking Bazhou, he turned to Jianzhou."

"He entered Sichuan from the North Road and entered the Baoning Mansion, Qin Liangyu's department followed Zhang Xianzhong all the way from Wanxian to pursue, and Shao Jiechun should also mobilize heavy troops to go to the Baoning Mansion at this time."

The injuries on his body did not affect Luo Rucai's thoughts, he was trapped in Xingshan and returned to Zhou for a long time, and the channels for obtaining information were extremely limited, and many times he could only rely on captured prisoners to obtain it.

But these trivial news can be synthesized by Luo Rucai to deduce the general situation today.

"Let's go through Dazhou, go to the southwest, don't go all the way with Zhang Xianzhong, and go to Shunqing Mansion."

"Our breakthrough this time is beyond the expectations of the officers and soldiers, and now the remaining officers and soldiers in Sichuan Province should be attracted by Zhang Xianzhong, the province must be very empty, and there are no soldiers in Sichuan now, and it is impossible to block our troops."

Luo Rucai's tone was firm, he knew too well the habits of officers and soldiers, as well as the situation of those civilian officials.

Civil officials were afraid of losing their cities and land, because they had to be held jointly and severally liable.

This time Zhang Xianzhong rushed into Sichuan, and the governor of Sichuan would inevitably mobilize a large army to surround him, and when he entered Sichuan at this time, he had no extra troops to intercept him.

In just a few moments, Luo Rucai already had a perfect plan.

He explained the plan to Yang Mingqi, and gave him a few more words, and then boarded the carriage.

"Wait until Wang Wu Ziqiang crosses the river, let him lead the elite cavalry of his headquarters to search along the river, find the boats hidden by the Ming army, and burn them all......"

Luo Rucai's face returned a little bloody, but his wound simply stopped the bleeding, because of the protection of the armor, the wound was not big or deep.

But Luo Rucai must be undressed before he can be cured, at this time, he naturally can't unload his armor in the wild, fortunately, because of the fever covered by the carriage, he can hide it for a while.

Just as Luo Rucai was telling Yang Mingqi to rise, a huge cannon sound suddenly sounded on the east bank, followed by a sharp and piercing horn sound accompanied by the whistling river wind.

Luo Rucai held the wheel of the carriage in his hand and turned his head sharply to look at the east bank.

It was this glance that almost made Luo Rucai stand unsteadily, and he almost fell, but fortunately, the guards beside him were quick and helped Luo Rucai.

Just north of the east bank, on the distant horizon, the crimson tide rose and fell continuously, and a dull roar sounded in the sky, and one after another crimson flags appeared in front of Luo Rucai's eyes.

"The officers and soldiers are coming!"

To the east of the Bawu River, a crowd cheered, and Cao Bing, who was crossing the river along the pontoon bridge, was panicked at this time.

The fighting spirit raised by the fierce battle that won the river beach was already disintegrated the moment the Ming cavalry appeared.

A large number of soldiers who wanted to cross the river were crowded together on the river beach, and the southeast of the Bawu River was already a hot pot of porridge in an instant.

You squeeze me, I squeeze you, and from time to time unlucky soldiers are squeezed into the raging Bawu River.

Luo Rucai clenched his teeth, his face turned pale, and the blood color that had recovered disappeared again.

The roof leak happened to rain overnight, and the ship broke and encountered a head wind.

His mind was shaken, and it was clear that the detective report indicated that the officers and soldiers were still forty miles to the east, and this was the information that had come half an hour ago.

Even if the officers and soldiers put on their wings, they are afraid that they will not be able to fly to the east of the Bawu River!

But the cavalry of the officers and soldiers just appeared!

……

Chen Wang held the reins of the whip, dragged the jujube red horse, and slowly climbed the east bank of the Bawu River, on the high slope in the northeast.

The gurgling Bawu River, as well as the heads of people on the east and west banks of the Bawu River, were all in full view of Chen Wang.

The troops sent by Yang Sichang to pursue Luo Rucai were indeed still dozens of miles away, and there was no way to come.

But what appeared in the east of the Bawu River was not the cavalry under Yang Sichang, but Chen Wang, who marched all the way from Yunyang Mansion and galloped over.

"It really caught up with the end."

Chen Wang's gaze swept over the chaotic river beach in the distance.

The Cao soldiers stranded on the east bank numbered about 1,000 people.

Chen Wang's original intention was just to make a loyal appearance and let Yang Sichang feel at ease with him.

waited until the news of the Henan civil uprising reached Yang Sichang's ears, so that Yang Sichang could rest assured that he would be transferred to Henan.

"Press it down and kill it."

Chen Wang raised his whip lightly, and the life and death of thousands of people had already been decided by him.

Although the cavalry under his command was already at the end of their strong crossbows, the Cao soldiers on the east bank were just as tired, and their morale was extremely low because of their appearance.

Chen Wang didn't have any reason not to accept such a feat.

All the victories will make Yang Sichang value him more and more, rely on him, and bring him more power.

I don't know if it's a flu, or a common cold, or if it's yang or something.

Today is the most serious, the body temperature is very high, just took antipyretics, retreated, today is only 4,000 words, a while and a half may not be able to make up for the arrears.

(End of chapter)