It was indeed the only feasible choice for Yu Jue to kill a bloody way to escape from the cavalry ranks of the official army. And his cavalry could not escape the doom anyway, and died in the hands of the righteous army or under the sword of Yu Jue, there was no difference, it was he who slashed and killed his own soldiers without mercy and escaped first.

Listening to what Hua Bushi said, Yang Jiangyi didn't think so, and snorted: "Although he escaped with his life, he slashed his own subordinates as a price, even if this kind of person is a general, he is too cold-blooded and not a good person!"

Hua Bushi muttered: "What my sister said is true." It's just that the essence of war is killing, and since ancient times, most of the generals have been cold-blooded, and how many good people can there be!"

Between Hua Bushi and Yang Jiangyi talking, two horses galloped from behind the hillside, and the two people riding on horseback were Ximen Tong and Li Hu. They had previously led the 200 disciples of the Perak battalion to create smoke and dust behind the camp of the rebel army, creating the illusion that the officers and troops were coming, but now that they had completed their mission, they returned to the hillside.

In a blink of an eye, the two of them galloped to the front and gave Hua Bushi a salute respectively.

Li Hu said: "Today's battle is very lively, why do I and the third senior brother only do such a small thing, it's too unpleasant! Boss, why don't we lead the Thunderbolt Battalion to rush out, at least kill a thousand officers and soldiers, and help Li Chuang to take them!"

Hua Bushi waved his hand and said: "No! We are a Baidao sect, how can we blatantly attack the officers and soldiers? Let's let the rebels do it head-to-head, unless we really encounter difficulties, we will act on the machine." ”

Li Hu frowned and said, "Then they have to encounter some difficulties quickly, don't ask us to wait too long!"

This young man who is not afraid of heaven and earth has always had no good impression of the government and the court, and listening to his tone, he hopes that Li Zicheng and the righteous army will encounter difficulties soon, so that he can go up and kill him.

At this time, the 500 officers and horses under the hillside had been wiped out, and these cavalry were trapped in an ambush by several times the rebel army, and were squeezed on the narrow road, until they were completely destroyed, and they could not exert their combat strength. The rebels of Biluo Mountain, which rushed down from the slopes on both sides, converged in the middle of the road and rushed towards the infantry of the officers and soldiers behind.

Yu Jue had fled back to the infantry of the official army, and was constantly mobilizing soldiers to resist.

Outside the city wall of Huaiqing, the rebels and horses who had fled in all directions quickly regrouped and blocked between the officers and troops who were leaving the city and the gate of Huaiqing. These rebels were originally just defeated, but now they are gathering again and immediately cutting off Yu Jue's retreat back to the city!

A little farther away, from behind the hillside and among the trees, several groups of men and horses, each with thousands of people, all under the banner of the rebels, these soldiers and horses raised their swords and guns, and also rushed towards this side with great momentum.

According to the plan of Li Zicheng and Hua Bushi, except for Zhang Xianzhong who led 8,000 people from his headquarters to Huangshiyu to intercept Zhang Yingchang's reinforcements, the rest of the righteous troops were all mobilized to the area of Dongcheng, with a total strength of more than 30,000 people.

Now that all the ambushes have been launched, Yu Jue and more than 4,000 officers and infantry have been surrounded by rebels who outnumbered them seven or eight times, and it can be said that they have been put to death.

Seeing such a situation, even Li Hu was deflated and sighed: "Oh! These many people rushed over together, and they could trample those officers and soldiers in a hurry, what else is there to fight in this battle!"

Only the solemn expression on Hua Bushi's face did not change, and said: "Do you want to step on them, I'm afraid it's not so easy." ”

Fighting swords and killing people is a good hand, but he is a layman for the battle formation of thousands of people and horses, and when he heard the "stone boss" say this, he didn't know why, so he only stared into the distance.

I saw that the 4,000 officers and soldiers were moving, but they were climbing up a hill next to the road. The mountain was only about ten feet high, and one side of the road was quite empty, and the other side was a whole forest. The officers and soldiers came up the hillside in groups and stopped near the edge of the woods.

The ambushes of the rebels were located in different distances, and the order of engagement with the officers and troops was also the same, and the first to engage the officers and troops was the men and horses of Biluo Mountain under Li Zicheng. But hearing the shouts of killing, the soldiers of the two sides exchanged swords and guns, and fought fiercely, only to see more than 1,000 officers and soldiers forming a defensive line on the hillside, and the rebels were actually stopped, and they could not rush up the hillside for a while.

You must know that the 3,000 infantry under Li Zicheng are not only well-trained, but also battle-hardened, and their weapons and armor and other equipment can be regarded as the most haode among all kinds of rebel armies, and ordinary officers and soldiers are by no means their opponents. Now that Yu Jue has only divided a thousand infantry, he can block the charge of the people and horses of Biluo Mountain, which is not easy.

Hua Bushi frowned slightly, and said: "Brother Li is finally a little underestimated, what Yu Jue has laid is the 'Xuanwu Array', where can the righteous army rush forward like this?"

"Xuanwu" is a mythical beast in ancient legends, which looks like a combination of a turtle and a snake, and has thick armor that is the best at defense. The "Xuanwu Array" is also a battle formation with extremely strong defensive capabilities, but seeing that the officers and soldiers are formed into a phalanx by 100 soldiers, and more than 10 phalanxes are connected on top of each other, and they can be combined together and cooperate with each other, just like a piece of hard armor on a turtle shell.

Although the men and horses of Biluo Mountain were brave and strong, the combat power of a single person was stronger than that of the officers and soldiers, but when they charged, they were disorderly, and as soon as they entered the battle with the officers and soldiers, 3,000 people were blocked, and they did not take advantage of it at all.

It didn't take long for the other rebels to arrive, and they also rushed up to the hill, but seeing that the officers and soldiers had divided more than 1,000 people to engage in battle, the slope of the hill dozens of zhang wide on the whole side suddenly became a fierce battle killing field, and the soldiers on both sides were entangled together, swords and swords, and flesh and blood were flying!

The ability of the other rebels was much inferior to the elite soldiers of Biluo Mountain, and when they engaged the "Xuanwu Array" of the official army, not only did they not be able to rush over, but they were injured a lot, and a layer of corpses soon fell on the hillside, and the grass and loess on the slope were all stained red with blood!

The men and horses of Biluo Mountain began to retreat, probably because Li Zicheng had realized that the formation laid out by Yu Jue was very strong, and the righteous army only took advantage of the advantage of troops, and it was impossible to swallow the opponent's 4,000 officers and infantry in one go, so he was also ready to form a battle formation and attack again.

This was a wise move, but another problem arose, that is, the rebels had too many troops.

Now all the rebels have rushed to the bottom of the hillside, 30,000 horses and horses have surrounded the hill, and all the people are eager to kill them up the hill, and the battle line with the officers and soldiers is only fifty or sixty zhang wide. As soon as the men and horses of Biluo Mountain retreated, the rebels who were originally behind immediately rushed forward and filled the space.

Among the rebels from all walks of life, Li Zicheng's men and horses have the strongest combat power, and many others are fish belly, and they can't take advantage of rushing to engage in the battle, and the pressure on the officers and soldiers is not as good as before. And the men and horses of Biluo Mountain withdrew, and they were immediately squeezed behind by many friendly troops and it was difficult to turn, even if they lined up in battle, they could no longer rush to kill.

The reason for this kind of oolong situation is that the tens of thousands of horses of the 36th Battalion of the Righteous Army were originally only improvised patchwork and combination, not to mention the uneven combat strength of each battalion, and they lacked training, and most of them did not know how to arrange the formation. Relatively speaking, although the number of officers and soldiers is small, Yu Jue has a good arrangement, and now he is taking advantage of the terrain to limit the place where the two sides are engaged to a hillside dozens of zhang wide, and most of the men and horses of the righteous army are squeezed under the mountain to play a role, and only a few hundred people are really fighting, even if the total number of troops is seven or eight times more than that of the official army, it is in vain.

Seeing that it was difficult to storm the hillside from the front, several volunteers and horses went around the back of the mountain and tried to attack the rear of the officers and soldiers through the woods, but unexpectedly, black smoke suddenly rose from the woods, and then the fire burst into flames. It turned out that Yu Jue had issued an order to ask his soldiers to set fire to the forest.

At this time, it was the late autumn season, and there were many fallen leaves and dead branches in the woods, and once they were lit, the whole forest quickly turned into a sea of fire.

The rebels and horses, who had gone around the mountain and had to retreat in a hurry. In this way, the "Xuanwu Great Array" of the official army was backed by the burning woods, and only one side was exposed to the enemy, and it resisted the continuous charge of the 30,000 righteous army, and it did not fall behind.

As long as the trees in the forest are burned out, the fire will naturally be extinguished, and the officers and troops will still be surrounded and attacked on all sides. However, what the rebels lack most now is time, it has been more than an hour since the battle, if according to the previous estimate, Zhang Xianzhong can block Zhang Yingchang's reinforcements for three hours, now half of the time has passed, and the woods behind the hillside are very dense, even if it is burned for two hours, it may not be burned out.

Looking at the battle in the distance, Hua Bushi's face became more and more ugly.

Of course, he can see that now with the strength of the official army, there is no problem in holding it for another hour or two, and it will definitely be able to support the arrival of reinforcements, so Yu Jue obviously has this idea. Whether it was Li Zicheng or the eldest young master himself, they all thought that with their absolute superiority in troops, they could solve Yu Jue's thousands of men and horses in a moment, but they really underestimated this person's ability.

"Since we can't eliminate the officers and soldiers outside the city for a while, why don't we put Yu Jue aside for the time being and go directly to attack the city?