stubborn thief

Qinzhou Wei.

After Ximen City was closed, Zuo Liangyu stood on the top of the city with dark circles under her eyes and disheveled hair, gnashing her teeth, and a row of soldiers in the urn came out of the city in full dress.

Just last night, Zhang Yichuan's soldiers approached the city in the dark, and fired more than 30 rockets into the city, one of which flew obliquely into the Wei Ya, and exploded at the entrance of the main hall.

The Zuo Dashuai in his sleep was so scared that he picked up the pillow knife, pulled the quilt and drilled under the bed in one go. When he woke up, he was already wrapped in the quilt and curled up under the bed, very safe.

This is not the first time Zhang Yichuan has harassed the defenders. Zuo Liangyu is not afraid of this kind of harassment. He has met the rocket several times. Now he asks himself that he knows this kind of big rocket that can explode, as long as he is not directly blown to death , this kind of thing actually poses an extremely low threat to the defenders in the city.

In terms of burning houses and destroying houses, it is not as good as the old rockets that set fire to the camp.

In the face of Zhang Yichuan's provocation, Zuo Liangyu remained calm, suppressing the army and not letting them go out to fight, in exchange for precious time, gathering the old Sichuan army after Deng Qi's death, and turning them into his own fighting power.

It has been several days since the news was reported to the court to ask for a sympathy. Deng Qi stopped in Longzhou. It seems that Lord Chongzhen did not intend to give him an official post, which made the Sichuan soldiers who went to Qinzhou even more confused. They didn't know what they had been doing all these years For whom and for what battle?

Even Zuo Liangyu is not sure that he can keep these Sichuan soldiers, but there is no need for him to keep them. Where in the world are there no soldiers?Is it necessary to hold on to Sichuan soldiers who have not returned to their hometown for several years?

So this morning, he made an agreement with more than [-] Sichuan soldiers in the army. When he joins up with Hou Liangzhu, the general soldier of Sichuan, those who are willing to go home will follow Hou Liangzhu home; Fight bravely and earn some travel expenses home.

Zuo Liangyu didn't lie, because this morning the east sent a Tang report, and the two counties behind him, Siyang and Baoji, had found enemy traces, which meant that the marshal's army had broken through from Longzhou—he was about to be surrounded.

At this time, the [-] troops of Hou Liangzhu, the commander-in-chief of Sichuan, were stationed in Fengxian County, and the [-] native guest troops of the Yunnan reinforcement army Long Zaitian were also moving from northern Sichuan to Hanzhong. Hanzhong Mansion near Qinzhou was the only safe direction.

Among the undulating mountains to the west of the city, the sentry of the Peasant Army of Zhang Yichuan, who realized that the officers and soldiers were leaving the city, waved the flag.

In fact, there are very few people in Zhang Yichuan's tribe who can understand the semaphore, and the soldiers holding the flag don't know how to play the semaphore.

"Master, the officers and soldiers have left the city!"

When Xiaowa was ordered to run over from the top of the mountain, Zhang Yichuan was already standing on the top of the mountain with his helmet on and armor on his hips. He had the binoculars issued by the Marshal's Mansion, and he had seen the opening of the city gate and the soldiers marching forward, so he ordered the army to prepare for the battle. Several orders have been conveyed.

Because of this, Zhang Yichuan was able to have no scruples on the top of the mountain, and took the time to pat the messenger's head: "It's wrong, they are traitors, and we are the officers and soldiers."

These words made Chuan Lingwazi dizzy. First, he couldn't figure out who was the officer and who was the thief. Second, Mr. Zhang was a little too calm.

Zuo Liangyu now has more than [-] elite soldiers in his hands, and their Henan General Army has only [-] troops. In their world, [-] is obviously greater than [-], and it is several times larger.

In the eyes of Chuan Lingwazi, Zhang Yichuan used to tremble when he heard Zuo Liangyu's name, not to mention that Zuo Liangyu was marching towards them now. Under normal circumstances, Zhang Yichuan should have ordered the army to flee the camp, so how could he be as calm as today?
For no other reason, Zhang Yichuan felt: Master is not fighting alone!
After several days of persistent calling for friends, all the old friends in the mountains came out, and Zhang Yichuan had the confidence to meet Zuo Liangyu.

His old friends are not only Li Zicheng, who used to be known as the fifth battalion of Chuangjun, Zhang Yingjin, the king of chaos, Guo Yingpin, the king of troubled times, and Tuo Yangkun, the scorpion, but also He Yilong, the king of Zuojin, and Liu Xiyao, the king of reincarnation. , Wang Lincheng in troubled times, and Ma Shouying, an old Hui Hui, formed the fifth Gezuo battalion.

In addition, there are Li Yangchun, the general soldier of Xihe, and Zhang Qiqi, the general soldier of Ning and Qiang. The guy who gave up the title of king and claimed to be the commander-in-chief followed behind... They didn't come out to fight, and neither of them counted as soldiers. Many, Ningqiang and Xihe have always been mixed with local and Han people, and farming is almost enough for them to be self-sufficient.

It's just that the two of them analyzed that if they stayed in Ningqiang and Xihe... they would probably be beaten.

The Marshal's Mansion is advancing eastward, and the rear is empty. The Ming army broke through the defense line and attacked the rear, and they will definitely beat them; If you think about it, if you don't make it right, you will beat them up.

Now that Li Zicheng was near Zhang Yichuan, it seemed that Ge Lieyan's [-]th Battalion had gone directly to Nanzheng County in Hanzhong Prefecture under the leadership of Ge Lieyan.

Originally Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang also wanted to come out from this side, but their army of more than a dozen battalions crossed the border, not to mention the animals along the way, and the grass was eaten up by the big animals, so they decided to go to Long'an Mansion to enter Sichuan. Join in the fun with them.

At this time, the five generals of the Henan General Army were lined up in five camps in the narrow valley, with banners and banners in a mighty manner, Zhang Yichuan felt that there was more than one person standing out from his family at this moment, and he was not afraid of anyone coming.

Zuo Liangyu didn't take Zhang Yichuan seriously at all, he was very familiar with the Chuangjun Fifth Battalion's style of attacking and breaking through the formation with a knife.

He thought to himself that the soldiers who break the sword are strong in the complex terrain. They clashed all over the mountains and broke up the army formation. Low, so as long as the army formation of the officers and soldiers stays in place, they will be invincible.

It's also very simple to win, if the swordsmen can't break through, just strangle them on the spot.

His plan was very simple. He led the cavalry teams under his command to outflank the northern and southern foothills of Maiji Mountain, led by Luo Dai and Zhou Shifeng. Then Feng Guangguang turned his head and marched southeast, and joined the Sichuan General Soldier Hou Liangzhu.

Zhang Yichuan watched Zuo Liangyu's army go out of the city. More than 3000 people stood outside the city but were not in a hurry to attack.

After all, the morale was different. Zuo Liangyu's officers and soldiers went out of the city, and they stood outside. As long as they didn't march and fight, it was the same as taking a rest; while Zhang Yichuan's five battalions, half of them were recruits, and the rest were no match for the officers and soldiers. What an advantage.

They lined up outside, and they had to be nervous in their hearts, for fear of being raided by the officers and soldiers.

But at this time, Zhang Yichuan was already held back by the situation, and he must not order the troops to withdraw, he could only stare at Zuo Liangyu a few miles away from the battalion.

At noon, he couldn't bear it anymore, and took advantage of Zuo Liangyu's army to fetch water by the river, he sent a cavalry team to fight a small encounter by the river, Zuo Liangyu immediately sent dozens of rangers to fight .

The result of the battle was not great. Thirteen soldiers from Zuo Liangyu's side who fetched water all died by the river, and eight of the cavalry sent by Zhang Yichuan were also shot dead. In the formation.

However, Zhang Yichuan was not happy because he had a slight advantage in this temptation. On the contrary, he was very worried.

It is true that the army under his command cannot fight, but Zhang Yichuan also has basic military judgment. From this small-scale conflict, he can see that Zuo Liangyu's camp outside the city is fake, and what he is waiting for will be real, otherwise it will be completely You can increase your troops to enter the field and expand your advantages.

It's just that no matter how much he wanted to lose his head, he would never have imagined that Zuo Liangyu, who had just over [-] men in his hand, had a battle plan to encircle him with [-] troops.

He just felt that Zuo Liangyu was waiting for reinforcements, and leaving the city to set up camp meant that the reinforcements were about to arrive on the battlefield.

Sometimes a wrong judgment does not affect the correct result. Since there are reinforcements from the army nearby, Zhang Yichuan has only one choice: destroy Zuo Liangyu before the reinforcements arrive.

Almost at the same time that the dozens of cavalrymen under Zuo Liangyu's command had just returned to the camp in victory, gongs and drums were beating in the narrow valley, and the Fifth Battalion of the Henan General Army, which was lined up with Chen Bing, immediately broke out and built a camp at the southern foot of Maiji Mountain. The left army attacked.

Zuo Liangyu didn't expect Zhang Yichuan to be so decisive, and he was really taken aback. However, his army was well-trained, and with the drums and flags swaying, before Zhang Yichuan could kill him down the mountain, the troops scattered all over the mountain The array has been assembled.

Seeing that the enemy had no advantage in surprise attack, Zuo Liangyu weighed the strength of both sides in his heart, and directly asked the flag officer to wave the white flag, ordering the army to take the initiative to attack.

The white flag of the Zuo army is very famous among the peasant army. People even use the white flag to refer to Zuo Liangyu's army. Fight west.

In the traditional five-party military flag, the color representing the west is white.

The influence of these five colors is very great. The names of the Black Sea and the Red Sea are derived from the five positive colors.

So when the left army's white flag moved, people knew it was going to attack.

Zuo Liangyu placed the guns in the front, and the infantry spread out on both wings, and slowly pressed on the enemy with a formation of arrows.

Zhang Yichuan's former battalion commander, Chong Tianzhu, originally wanted to take advantage of the surprise attack and use the cavalry to rush down the mountain to the unstable left army, but he did not expect that Zuo Liangyu's army would gather far faster than he imagined, and the front cavalry lined up. A line of rushing to kill the past is colliding with the arrow of the front arrow array.

At this time, it was impossible to call a stop, and Chong Tianzhu could only grit his teeth and watch the cavalry attack, and at the same time ordered the infantry behind to quickly support them with guns, preparing for a head-to-head fight.

The arrowhead was a Sichuan soldier who had just defected to Zuo Liangyu, and the general was Wang Yuncheng, who forced Deng Qi to death. Under his command, there was a Sichuan Army infantry commander and a Liao army cavalry commander.

Facing the peasant army cavalry galloping hundreds of paces away in multiple sharp formations, Wang Yuncheng, who was galloping around in front of the formation, showed disdain. Let the Sichuan Army infantry carrying guns form a large horizontal line on the front line.

In a forest of spear formations, the Franco-style general guns blasted, and in the rising smoke, scattered particles sprayed on the Peasant Army cavalry overwhelmingly.

boom!boom!
After a few cannon shots, the artillerymen with dark skin and red iron helmets kept taking down the guns in the smoke. A second shot was fired in a very short time.

While the war horses were neighing, a cavalry soldier rolled off the horse while galloping. Half of the several sharp formations were broken up by a few cannonballs. Scattered and repulsed, he had no choice but to draw his bow far away and release a few arrows, then hit his horse and go back.

Even so, the towering pillar at the rear was relieved.

In Zhang Yichuan’s Henan General Army Headquarters, the horse soldiers are the most elite soldiers. It can even be said that each battalion is formed with the horse soldiers as the core. It's just an auxiliary soldier who feeds and walks the mount.

When he really rushed to the front of the formation, let alone whether this group of horsemen could charge into the formation, even if they rushed in, there would be no one out of ten, and his battalion would be disbanded.

Fortunately, the cavalry retreated after suffering a little loss, and the gun support from the rear was also fast. The remaining three battalions, Song Jiang, Yidougu, and Sanshaolong, followed closely behind. This is 3000 people.

But Zuo Liangyu obviously didn't think so. His cavalry retreated, but after Zuo Liangyu fired two cannonballs on the spot, he pushed the artillery carts and moved again. The horse-repelling fences on the accompanying chariot were taken out and distributed to the team during the march, two for each, one step at a time, one step at a time, and forced to press down on them.

Seeing this very obvious formation, Zhang Yichuan almost laughed out loud.

Zuo Liangyu wanted to take advantage of the strength of the soldiers to break through the middle of his formation - this was impossible.

Don't say that he has five small battalions of 2000 people. Even if there are only three battalions, Zuo Liangyu's [-] troops can't kill them. Let's say that the bandit army can no longer fight. Exhausted them.

Not to mention delusion to kill through, it is impossible to kill through, his soldiers are proficient in stabbing knives, even if they are killed through, they can still wrap 3000 people of the left army inside.

Zhang Yichuan immediately ordered the Fifth Battalion to form a triple-deep formation to deal with Zuo Liangyu's arrow attack, and immediately led the Chinese army down the mountain to join the formation as well.

In the formation of the Ming army, Zuo Liangyu, who was wearing a crimson bare-shouldered battle robe and a fish-scale armor, looked at the Henan Fifth Battalion from a distance, and saw the enemy formation slowly and randomly changing as the orderly soldiers pulled their horses and galloped, gradually moving closer to the middle , couldn't help showing a smile on his face, ordered people to fly a few military flags in the middle army, and then rode on the horse with confidence.

At this time, Wang Yuncheng, who was on the front, led the troops to meet the enemy again, but the artillery from the towering column also arrived at the front line.

Zuo Liangyu smiled to the generals of the Chinese army on the left and right: "I originally thought that if the Sweeping King defected to Liu Chengzong, there would always be a few generals in the army, but now it seems that the manpower of the Marshal's Mansion has been exhausted, and there is no such thing as Send someone to him, this Yichuan hasn't made any progress at all."

"After we get rid of him, we will bring our military merits to find Hou Liangzhu, heh, this is also a big victory for the imperial court against the Marshal's Mansion."

As soon as his words fell, the formation of the army changed. The original sharp front arrow formation was blocked by the artillery bombardment in front of the formation, but the troops on the two wings did not continue to seek a breakthrough in the middle, but formed a formation of geese and continued to move forward. Before, even accelerated the speed of travel.

In a blink of an eye, the five battalions under Zhang Yichuan's command shrunk to the center, while Zuo Liangyu's two-winged thousand-man team carried horse-rejecting fences and tied the fences on the ground one by one to maintain the width of the battle line. Spread out to the flanks.

Even the [-] Liao Army cavalry of Wang Yuncheng's department went around behind the square army formation, and quickly launched an attack from the left side of the left-wing thousand-man team.

Zuo Liangyu tied a big bag, and surrounded the [-] peasant army with [-] troops in turn. (end of this chapter)