The wind rises at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chen Wang's final deduction was indeed correct.

Now Li Guo is startled almost three times a day, even the road is full of turmoil, and the grass and trees are full of soldiers.

At first Li Zicheng led a large army south to attack Chunhua, leaving Li Guo to lead a small number of cavalry in the rear to prevent Zuo Liangyu from leading troops from Binzhou to attack Sanshui.

Outside Pingliang Mansion and Huating City.

Li Guo took the reins and stared at the dilapidated Huating City not far away, his face clouded over.

Looking back at a group of soldiers who were marching fast on the official road, Li Guo's expression did not ease much.

After he led his troops to retreat from Sanshui, the officers and soldiers did not seem to send anyone to pursue them.

But Li Guo was restless all the time, he plundered many villages and towns in Pingliang Mansion along the way.

Finally, the officers and soldiers arrived, and the officers and soldiers were from the battalion of Pingliang Mansion, with more than [-] soldiers.

After the officers and soldiers came to attack, Li Guo finally relaxed a lot.

All rogues who have fought old battles know one thing.

If the news of the officers and soldiers has not been heard for a long time, the only possibility is that the officers and soldiers have surrounded them all and are attacking from all directions.

It was the same in Shanxi, and it was the same in Xing'an.

The officers and soldiers came in a large-scale attack, and there was silence at the beginning, but when the siege was closed, it was like a thunderbolt.

So Li Guo was always panicked, and he didn't feel relieved until he saw the officers and soldiers attacking.

Li Guo originally felt that there were few officers and soldiers, so he ordered the hungry soldiers to attack, trying to defeat the officers and soldiers with crowd tactics.

As a result, the officers and soldiers naturally won. Although the Pingliang mansion's battalion was weak, it was not a tough bone that Li Guo could gnaw with a defeated general.

Even if the ambush was won later, Li Guo couldn't stop the Pingliang mansion's battalion from retreating. With his current size, he couldn't swallow them all.

The battalion of the Pingliang mansion didn't seem to have much fighting spirit, and retreated after showing signs of weakness.

"There is still no news of officers and soldiers around?"

Li Guo frowned, he always felt restless during this time, but the scouts and scouts who sent out reported that everything was normal.

"There are still no traces of officers and soldiers around..."

The adjutant at the side raised his hand to wipe off the sweat from his forehead and said.

Li Guo was really nervous during this time, his nervousness not only affected himself, but also affected everyone in the army.

Li Guo often ordered to go north and then south, constantly shifting directions, which made the people below complain endlessly.

The adjutant paused for a moment, as if recalling some important news.

"By the way, those battalion soldiers who were captured a few days ago gave some important information this morning."

"King Chuang and the Eight Great Kings are now leading troops to attack Xi'an Mansion. Old thief Hong has now summoned most of the officers and soldiers to Xi'an Mansion."

The deputy chief breathed a sigh of relief, as if he had figured out all the key points.

"There are not many officers and soldiers. I'm afraid those battalions in Pingliang Mansion are all the officers and soldiers who came to suppress us."

Li Guo's eyes narrowed slightly, and he nodded in disbelief. There were indeed very few officers and soldiers who entered Shaanxi to suppress.

Hong Chengchou's side has always been full of wind and rain, saying that there is an army of tens of thousands, but the Ming army they have encountered in the past few months has not exceeded [-].

"Now it has entered the boundary of Huating."

"After turning around the mountain, go directly to the southeast, to Fengxiang Mansion."

Li Guo believed the adjutant's words to a certain extent, but for some reason, he still felt uneasy.

"Is there enough food in the army?"

Li Guo turned his head and asked.

"Pingliang Mansion has little food, and the food raised these days can still last for ten days."

"But it's okay. Once you enter Fengxiang Mansion, it will not be difficult to raise food on the spot."

Li Guo nodded.

The so-called food raising is actually looting.

Ten or so days is enough time to go southeast from Huating and go deep into Fengxiang Mansion. As long as you meet a prefecture or county where there are people, you can just supply it.

"Then follow the original plan. You lead three hundred fine cavalry to open the way. The old and the weak are placed in the middle. The horse army protects the two wings, and the troops are pushed back."

Li Guo hesitated for a moment, glanced behind him, and said in a deep voice.

"There is always nothing wrong with being careful. You must check both sides of the road. I will lead the troops to postpone. If the situation is not right, retreat immediately. Don't be afraid of fighting."

Li Guo originally had only 700 cavalry under his command, of which there were only [-] elite cavalry, and the rest were ordinary cavalry.

After entering Pingliang Mansion, more than 1000 cavalry were expanded, and about [-] cavalry were gathered.

The elite cavalry led by Li Guo is actually only 400 people who can be called elite cavalry.

Li Zicheng defeated Zhang Waijia in Sanshui City, looted Sanshui City, and obtained a lot of horses and armor.

Therefore, many horse troops were promoted to elite cavalry, and many troops were promoted to horse troops.

Of the 300 elite cavalry under Li Guo's command, more than [-] of them were promoted from horse army to elite cavalry in this way.

However, although these newly promoted fine riders have complete armor, their riding skills and other aspects are still not up to the passing line of fine riders.

Strictly speaking, they are just horsemen in armor.

And those new horse troops are just a group of horsemen, and they can't even charge on horseback.

This is also one of the reasons why Chen Wang was able to win a big victory in Chunhua.

When the two armies are fighting, a large number of people is often an advantage, but sometimes it can also become a disadvantage.

Li Zicheng's army suddenly expanded several times, which caused chaos and made it difficult to control.

The newly promoted fine cavalry and horse troops not only did not strengthen their combat power much, but instead made the army bloated and commanding became difficult.

One of the reasons why Li Zicheng fled in Chunhua was because he originally wanted to restrain the fine cavalry and horse troops under his command, but he could no longer do so as before.

Now Li Guo's newly recruited more than a thousand horsemen, not to mention how good their riding skills are, some people even ride not horses, but mules and donkeys.

Jingqi is one man and two horses, and most of the rest of the cavalry have only one horse.

Although Li Guo was still restless, he couldn't think of a better way.

The more than [-] horses he brought are his entire family property, everyone has two horses, and all armor is complete.

More than 300 of them are side riders who were born in the frontier army. They are all skilled in bow and horse and capable of fighting.

Li Guo has already made up his mind, and it doesn't matter whether it is the troops or the horse army.

As long as he can guarantee that the team of elite cavalry under his command will not be lost, the world will be in trouble anyway.

In a short time, tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of "armies" can be gathered again.

Li Guo led the Jingqi to the front of the rear team, turned around Huating, and traveled southeast for nearly ten miles, Li Guo's heartstrings were always tense and did not relax at all.

At dusk, everything was still calm.

Watching the sun set into the mountains helplessly, Li Guo was completely relieved.

The lights in the camp were lit up, and all kinds of crude barriers and barriers were erected around the periphery.

Although he was relieved, Li Guo still carefully arranged the defensive measures around the camp.

Li Guo's mind was completely focused on the surroundings of the camp, but he was completely ignorant of what happened several miles away.