I want to be emperor

Chapter 6 Meeting in a narrow road

In Huangzhuang, fifty miles west of Yiyang City in Ruzhou, Luo Zhixue looked at the hundreds of cavalry and at least two thousand infantry guarding the main road ahead.

There was suspicion in his eyes!
Luo Zhixue would not be able to do this if it was just the officers and soldiers in front, but four or five miles behind them, there were still hundreds of officers and soldiers chasing after them.

This is interception before, and pursuit behind!
In front of Luo Zhixue, Sun Jiancheng, Li Tonglin and others also looked unhappy.

They didn't expect that after they left the refugees and evacuated, they were still blocked by officers and soldiers.

They quickly withdrew westward from Yiyang three days ago. After walking for a day, they heard that the officers and soldiers in Yongning ahead also dispatched elite cavalry to surround them.

In order to avoid being pinched from front to back, Li Tonglin led them decisively turned south towards Song County.

However, they didn't plan to go to Song County either. They were planning to leave Henan Prefecture and enter the border of Ruzhou, and then entered Nanyang, Xiangyang, and Yunyang by chance.

Nowadays, there are a large number of main rebels active in northern Chu and southern Henan. The situation there is even more chaotic, and it is more suitable for small-scale rebels like them to fish in troubled waters.

This road crossed the mountains and entered the border of Yiyang, Ruzhou, but before they could catch their breath, they found that there were officers and troops intercepting them ahead!
"What should we do?" Immediately, someone couldn't help looking at Li Tonglin and asked.

Li Tonglin didn't speak, but fell into deep thought.

Instead, other people on the side spoke one after another:
"If you want me to say, let's just rush over there. Although they have a lot of people, I don't believe that they can stop us, more than a hundred people."

"People are sticking to the main road and guarding it. If we rush directly to it, we are looking for a dead end."

"What are you afraid of? It's not a city wall ahead, not even a valley. If we just put on our armor and rush over, can they still stop us?"

At this moment, Li Tonglin looked around, and finally turned to Luo Zhixue: "Mr. Luo, what do you think?"

On the way to flee these few days, Li Tonglin had already asked Luo Zhixue about his military strategy many times.

After thinking for a while, Luo Zhixue realized: "The enemy in front of us is guarding the main road. Although our soldiers are very brave, it may not be easy to break through. If you are not careful, you will lose your troops."

"Then there are hundreds of enemy cavalry chasing after us. This time can't be delayed, we can't be entangled by them."

"The only solution now is to make a quick detour."

There are more than 2000 officers and soldiers blocking the way in front, and at least [-] officers, soldiers and cavalry are chasing after them. Anyone who is not a fool will take a detour...

At this time, someone said: "The officers and soldiers in front have cavalry. If we go around to the side, what will happen if their cavalry rush over?"

Luo Zhixue immediately said: "It's life and death!"

No matter how life and death are fought, it is better than breaking through the road guarded by more than 1000 officers and soldiers, and it is better than turning around and facing hundreds of Zuo Liangyu's elite cavalry.

When Li Tonglin, Luo Zhixue and the others were discussing, a group of officers and soldiers on the official road ahead were also waiting in formation. Among the officers and soldiers, several civil servants and most of the generals stood on horseback.

One of the leading civil servants in the fourth-pin red robe seemed to be in a good mood: "It seems that Zongbing Zuo's message is correct, these bandits will indeed come to our Yiyang, it's all right, we blocked you, turn around As long as the Zuo Zongbing's pursuers arrive, they can wipe out all the bandits."

A few officials at the side also nodded and bowed their heads and said: "We are able to stop the bandits here because of your wise opinion, Tan Zhenshou. If you hadn't led us to send troops, how could we stop these bandits! "

"Seeing that there are not many bandits in front, there are only a few hundred people. It must be very easy to fight. When the time comes to wipe them out, it will be a piece of military merit."

"In the future, guarding and suppressing thieves will be promoted, don't forget about us!"

But when they were talking, they noticed that the bandit army in front had moved. At first they thought they were going to rush over and run away, but they didn't expect these people to turn around and leave.

Li Tonglin followed Luo Zhixue's suggestion and chose to take a detour.

Tan Zhengling, the councilor on the right, also saw this scene, and immediately said loudly: "The bandit army is timid to go around, I intend to intercept it, what do you think?"

Immediately, someone added: "Tan Zhenshouming is wise!"

"The bandit army is no more than a hundred, and it is a mob. If you cut it off, you can easily defeat the enemy."

Chen Zhibang, who was in command of the side, said in his heart: Crowd?Didn't you see that they are all elite riders of Yishui? If you rush out rashly to try to intercept, maybe you Tan Zhengling will be chopped into a meat paste.

These thieves seem to be dressed in a mess, and they don't look decent, but if you open your eyes, at least half of them are wearing armor.

The most important thing is that these people seem to be in a scattered formation, but they have a way of moving forward and backward. Anyone who is not a fool can see that this group of bandit cavalry is definitely not an ordinary bandit bandit army.

Ordinary vagrants, even after they plundered mules and horses, would only ride a horse if they died.

As for the bandit cavalry in front of them, many of them wore armor, and they were banned by orders, so they could be seen as serious cavalry at a glance.

Chen Zhibang thought, these rebel cavalry were most likely from the frontier rebel army, or else they didn't have such military qualities, and if they really fought, they might not be easy to fight.

Chen Zhibang could guess the identities of Li Tonglin and the others with just one glance.

But Tan Zhengling at the side obviously couldn't see it. He just looked at Chen Zhibang and said, "General Chen, how are you? Did you send fine cavalry to intercept?"

Hearing this, Chen Zhibang was even more upset.

This seemed to be an inquiry, a discussion, but there was no doubt in the tone. This bastard gave him an order directly in the name of consultation.

He, Chen Zhibang, was stationed in Ruzhou, but together with Zuo Liangyu, who was stationed in Shengchi and Xin'an, and Chen Yongfu, who was guarding Nanyang, he belonged to the main military generals in Henan who resisted the bandit army.

When Henan officials and soldiers suppressed thieves in Henan, his name was basically missing from the documents reported to the court.

And what about Tan Zhengling?In the past, it was just a remote magistrate in Guizhou. He didn't know whose door he had taken, how much money he had confiscated, and was transferred to Henan to serve as the right counselor, and was sent by Yuan Mo to guard Ruzhou.

Moreover, although this person guards Ruzhou, he can only control the local troops in Ruzhou, and has no right to control Chen Zhibang, the main force of Henan's official army.

Chen Zhibang's immediate boss is Yuan Mo, governor of Henan.

According to this situation, Tan Zhengling could not control Chen Zhibang.

But come on!
Chen Zhibang is a general, while Tan Zhengling is a civil servant.

Regardless of his rank or strength, whether Chen Zhibang is under the control of Tan Zhengling or not, Chen Zhibang as a general is naturally a head shorter than Tan Zhengling, a civil servant.

Judging from Tan Zhengling's tone, he knew that it was a direct order, not a discussion.

However, Chen Zhibang still bowed his head slightly and said: "What Zhenshou Tan said is true, since the bandit army has come to our Ruzhou, naturally we can't let them escape."

If I reject Tan Zhengling's proposal and let this group of thieves run away, maybe Tan Zhengling will read a book for himself later.

Moreover, it was Zuo Liangyu who sent someone to send a letter to let them intercept this gang of thieves.

If he let this group of bandits run away, maybe Zuo Liangyu behind him would be upset too.

Even if Chen Zhibang didn't care about Tan Zhengling's face, he still had to take care of Zuo Liangyu's face.

Immediately, Chen Zhibang ordered a guerrilla general under his command to lead the cavalry forward, ready to intercept and pursue.

Chen Zhibang sent more than a hundred fine cavalry under his command to step forward to intercept, and then personally led more than a thousand infantrymen under his command, accompanied by more than a thousand soldiers from the local guards in Ruzhou.

Luo Zhixue was not surprised by the intention of the officers and soldiers to intercept them. It was not easy for the officers and soldiers on the opposite side to block them, so naturally they would not let them run away easily.

As the officers and soldiers dispatched cavalry to intercept, Li Tonglin said suspiciously: "The distance between them is too close. There are mountains and forests on the left and right of Zhuangzi, so don't go there. If you want to go around, you may have to fight!"

Sun Chengli said: "If we fight, we will fight. Since they insist on intercepting us, they should fight a bloody way. No matter what, it is better than turning around!"

There are hundreds of cavalry from Zuo Liangyu behind them!

Li Tonglin looked at Luo Zhixue at this moment: "Mr. Luo, what do you think?"

Luo Zhixue also had a serious look on his face, without any unnecessary nonsense, he just said: "When we meet on a narrow road, the brave wins."

It's not feasible to force it, and it's not feasible to turn around, and there are mountains on both sides of Huangzhuang, there is no way to go.

The only solution for now is to bypass Huangzhuang and rush directly from the wild land beside it.

If the officers and soldiers come out to intercept, there is no good way, they can only force their way in!
Li Tonglin nodded slightly at this time, then pulled out his waist knife and held it high, and at the same time rode his horse back through the queue, shouting at the same time: "Brothers, those officers and soldiers who have suffered thousands of knives want to stop us and want our lives. Do you think we can agree?"

"My life belongs to me. Even if God wants to take it away, I have to ask whether the knife in my hand will agree or not!""

"Brothers, follow me closely later, as long as we stay together, they won't be able to stop us."

"It's just a group of guard soft-legged shrimp. When we fought with Tartar on the grassland, they hadn't laid eggs yet."

"Let's put our heads on the waistband of our trousers and rush up to fight them with our lives. They won't have to be scared to pee."

Li Tonglin ran through the queue repeatedly while galloping his horse, shouting all kinds of nonsense words in his mouth.

Although the words were rough, a group of bandit cavalry were all excited and howled after hearing this!

"Rush forward and kill those eggless ones!"

"Kill!"

……

After boosting morale, Li Tonglin returned to the front of the queue, and was with Sun Jiancheng, Luo Zhixue and others.

At this time, Li Tonglin no longer had the excited and indignant look he had when boosting morale before, but a calm face!
The queue continued to trot forward, and the cavalry of the official army also rushed out.

The angle between the two sides was about [-] degrees at this time, and because the distance between the two sides was close, Luo Zhixue and his cavalry could hardly get around the officer cavalry if they wanted to rush over.

The distance between the two sides is only a few hundred meters.

Luo Zhixue was now riding a horse in the middle of the queue, holding the rein in one hand and a knife in the other.

Beside him was a mare, Lin Ahyu was directly fixed on the saddle by a noose and sat, and the reins of the mare were tied to the saddle of Luo Zhixue's war horse.

Luo Zhixue said in a low voice: "Ah fish, sit still!"

Lin Ahyu hummed!
Luo Zhixue raised his head at this moment, and saw that Li Tonglin in front of him had already raised his waist knife high, and after a few seconds, he swung the waist knife in his hand violently forward, and shouted: "Rush over!"

At the same time, the soldiers around him also blew the urgent horn!
This is the horn of charge!
In the next moment, more than a hundred bandit cavalry rushed towards the official cavalry ahead like a tide!
When the officer cavalry saw the bandit cavalry speeding up, they quickly reacted and rushed over to try to intercept them. The target was very clear, that is, the most conspicuous leader of the bandit army, Li Tonglin.

Soon, the cavalry from both sides collided.

Luo Zhixue ignored it and galloped like everyone else.

Their purpose is not to really fight with the officers and soldiers, but to rush over, as long as they rush over, they can survive!

While riding his horse and galloping, Luo Zhixue looked up to the front left to observe the battle situation, but saw a group of officers, soldiers and cavalry had rushed near Li Tonglin, and Li Tonglin's condition seemed to be not very good.

The officer cavalry had killed several of Li Tonglin's personal guards. Li Tonglin seemed to be about to turn his horse and retreat, but one of the officer cavalry caught up in time.

And he swung his knife at Li Tonglin's horse!

After being injured, Li Tonglin's war horse galloped for a few steps and then fell down. Li Tonglin, who was wearing heavy armor, fell from the high-speed galloping horse, and was trampled by several army horses after only a few seconds!

Li Tonglin, dead!

(End of this chapter)