"Cao Cao! The official dog has been led out by us from Dangtu. You have to bite him here." Zhang Xianzhong said while placing a big stone on the ground.

On the ground, several rough lines and circles have been drawn, and there are also several broken bowls and tea cups. Although most of the leaders of the peasant army are illiterate, under the influence of the long-term war, they have become

They have mastered a set of common methods of drawing simple diagrams and making marks, so although the ground is in chaos, Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai both understand it.

"I'll go from Langxi and make a detour to hit the official dog's left wing. So you have to worry more and hold off the official dog in Dangtu for at least two days, otherwise, I may not be able to catch up." Zhang Xianzhong continued.

Luo Rucai held a large bowl filled with tea, looked at the ground carefully, nodded and said: "It's no problem. I brought all my belongings with me this time, and the soft-legged crabs in Jiangnan can't do anything to me."

Since Luo Rucai has always recruited troops in short supply rather than in excess, his core strength has always been stable. Therefore, his soldiers have become more and more skilled in cooperating with each other, and their cohesion has become stronger and stronger. In addition, Luo Rucai's battalion of peasant soldiers

The soldiers were assigned a lot of looted property, so Luo Rucai's battalion has always been the strongest in the peasant army in terms of field combat ability. Counting the Ming army, his troops were also first-rate.

Moreover, this time Luo Rucai brought all his 15,000 old camp soldiers and horses, and there was a strong general like Yang Chengzu, so Luo Rucai was really not afraid of Lu Jiude's 20,000 Ming army.

"I'm not afraid that you won't be able to beat me, I'm afraid that you'll beat me too hard." Zhang Xianzhong said with a smile, "We finally lured the official dogs out. If they shrink back in fear when they see how cruel you are, then

We will have to spend more time."

This time, the goal of the Zhang and Luo coalition forces was to annihilate Lu Jiude's troops, and the battlefield they chose was also far away from the city. Zhang Xianzhong was afraid that Luo Rucai would defeat Lu Jiude three times, five by five, and two. He was so frightened that he fled the battlefield and hid in the city.

Then, the Luo Alliance Army's combat goal would not be achieved. You must know that Luo Rucai's soldiers were small and it was impossible to encircle and annihilate Lu Jiude's troops. Therefore, Zhang Xianzhong told Luo Rucai to wait until he arrived and the two armies merged.

Encircle and annihilate together.

In fact, Zhang and Luo's coalition did not want to go to Hangzhou and Huzhou from the beginning. They did not open their eyes, and they did not know that the Ming army in Hangzhou was useless. Therefore, Zhang and Luo's coalition would definitely not bite that hard nut.

Besides, if they go to Hangzhou, they will be blocked by Taihu Lake. It will be difficult to go north again. In addition, there are Lu Jiude and Zuo Liangyu's officers and soldiers following them to the west. Isn't it possible that they will go to Fujian, a poor and remote place?

Not to mention the land of Guangdong and Guangdong. Unlike modern times, Guangdong is a rich place. In the Ming Dynasty, it was a barbaric land. Northerners went there. They often became unaccustomed to the climate and the soil, and died of the plague.

It is also a modern infectious disease. So for people from Shaanxi like Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai, it is a hellish existence. They will never choose to enter Guangdong and Guangxi unless they have to.

That's why the Zhang and Luo coalition chose to encircle and annihilate Lu Jiude's tribe, and then bypass the heavily fortified Nanjing City to reach the Zhenjiang area. After that, whether they cross the river to invade Yangzhou or head east to Suzhou, there will be plenty of wealth there.

Where oil leaks.

And without Lu Jiude's mobile corps. As long as they don't attack the fortified city, Zhang and Luo's coalition forces can run freely in this area. After the rest of the army arrives, they can also turn back to the west and start again.

Return to Huguang area.

"Straight bitch!" Luo Rucai scolded with a smile. "We used to try our best to win, but now we can win but can't fight. Does this mean we are going back as we live longer?"

Zhang Xianzhong also burst out laughing: "It's not that the longer we live, the happier we go back, but the more we live, the happier we are, which shows that we are stronger. But which one goes back, it must be the Dog Court. It doesn't matter if we send Jiangnan soldiers, even

All the eunuchs who have no hair in their mouths have been sent out. They really have no one left."

"Isn't it all singing on the stage? It's only the fools who use eunuchs! When the time comes, we will attack the city of Beijing and kill everyone in the palace, big and small, and give some relief to us poor soldiers." He said at the same time.

, Luo Rucai picked up a large bowl of cow and started drinking.

"Don't kill them all. Keep those empresses and princesses!"

"Pfft!" Luo Rucai spat out a mouthful of tea, coughing and laughing out of breath. Zhang Xianzhong quickly stepped forward and patted Luo Rucai on the back. After a while, Luo Rucai finally regained his breath.

"Eight Great Kings! You want to laugh me to death!" Luo Rucai complained with a smile.

"It's brother's fault! It's brother's fault!" Zhang Xianzhong also laughed "haha", "I will give you half of it when the time comes."

"That's pretty much it!"

The laughter of the two men floated in the wilderness, startling a few birds in the trees. The leaders of the peasant army laughed and watched their leader joking. They were all relaxed, because the Jiangnan soldiers were too weak.

August 10, Xinhe Town.

Liu Liangzuo held his chin in his hand and carefully looked at the dozen war horses brought over by the soldiers. This was also a habit of Liu Liangzuo. He did not have a fixed war horse, but selected one before each battle.

What's even more strange is that the horses are not of the same color, and the hair on their bodies is all colorful. Therefore, Liu Liangzuo has a very strange nickname in the Ming army, called "Flower Horse Liu". But any one of them is on the edge of the knife.

Generals who lick blood have more or less special hobbies, which are nothing more than superstition.

"That's it!"

Liu Liangzuo pointed to a red, yellow and white war horse, and the soldier leading the horse immediately stepped forward. Liu Liangzuo took the reins and got on the horse. After sitting down, he casually said to the captain of the soldiers: "It's Cao Cao! This battle is not going to happen.

It’s a good fight!”

When Lu Jiude learned that Hangzhou was in danger, in addition to sending Liu Yuanbin to help quickly, he also led the remaining 19,000 troops to pursue Zhang and Luo's coalition forces, hoping to entangle them.

Let them rush to Hangzhou.

But when he arrived at Xinhe Town, Lu Jiude suddenly encountered Luo Rucai's troops. He immediately realized that he had been ambushed. So Lu Jiude's first reaction was to station on the spot and send out a large number of reconnaissance cavalry.

Be clear about the surrounding situation before talking.

It took too long to set up the camp from the plains, so Lu Jiude immediately seized the nearby town of Xinhe and built his own camp based on the residential buildings and town walls.

And Luo Rucai did not engage in the battle at the first time. Because Xinhe Town is located at the intersection of Wuhu, Xuancheng and Dangtu. To the east of Xinhe Town, there is Nanhu (not Jiaxing Nanhu), making it difficult for the Ming army to move.

.On the retreat road back to Dangtu, there is also Shijiu Lake. The terrain is very narrow and the Ming army cannot move on the retreat road. If the Ming army retreats, Luo Rucai's pursuit will easily turn the retreat into a rout.

Therefore, the only retreat for the Ming army was Wuhu County. Therefore, Luo Rucai had to cut off the road to Wuhu County as soon as possible. It was not until he saw the Ming army entering Xinhe Town that Luo Rucai felt relieved, and he also placed his troops in Zhu

Here in Qiao Township, there was a confrontation with the Ming army.

According to the plan of the joint forces of Zhang and Luo, Zhang Xianzhong's troops will pass through Langxi County, make a circle around Nanhu, and then attack Lu Jiude's troops from the east. So now Luo Ru is very patient and is waiting for Zhang Xianzhong's arrival.

But Lu Jiude was not Zhang and Luo's puppets, so they could lead them however they wanted. Because across the South Lake, they couldn't find out what was going on with Zhang Xianzhong's men, so a group of detectives came down to find out.

:The only peasant army nearby is Luo Rucai.

So Lu Jiude judged: This is a trick used by the peasant army. There are two possibilities: one possibility is to scare himself back to Dangtu; the other possibility is to use Luo Rucai to cut off the queen. But no matter which possibility it is, as long as his army defeats Luo Rucai

Department, all the tricks will disappear. So Lu Jiude immediately prepared to take the initiative to attack.

Contrary to Zhang and Luo's judgment, Lu Jiude's troops were not weak soldiers from Jiangnan at all, and even had very few rookie soldiers from the Nanjing Jingying camp. This was also the reason why Lu Jiude suffered the loss of the rookie soldiers from the Nanjing Jingying camp.

Every pit brings wisdom.

Lu Jiude's main force is the Yongwei Battalion. Although the soldiers and horses of this battalion are from the Beijing Camp, like the Warriors Battalion, they are personally trained by the Royal Horse Superintendent and the nobles who supervise the Beijing Camp. The officers and soldiers of this battalion are also

Carefully selected among the armies. There is only one selection criterion, which is outstanding performance during the war. Therefore, the Yongwei Camp is completely the imperial guard army of the Ming Dynasty.

The origin of Liu Liangzuo's troops is more complicated. Liu Liangzuo rebelled with Li Zicheng back then, but he surrendered to the Ming court very early. By the way, there was also a Gao Jie who surrendered to the Ming court at about the same time as him. That Gao Jie was even more

No, when he surrendered, Li Zicheng's wife Gao was also abducted. She was quite a pretty boy. Therefore, the foundation of Liu Liangzuo's army was also the peasant army.

But the Ming Dynasty was still very assertive at that time, and the peasant army leaders who surrendered were often sent away by the commander-in-chief or the commander-in-chief Qian. If they were given a guard, then your ancestral graves would definitely be smoking.

Even under such circumstances, Liu Liangzuo was still able to rise step by step, and now he has accumulated meritorious service to the rank of commander-in-chief. This shows that his commanding skills are strong and his troops fight fiercely.

Liu Liangzuo fought at the border and suppressed the rebellion in Denglai, but his most glorious achievement was the battle against the peasant army. Because he was quite familiar with the peasant army's fighting style and knew its advantages and disadvantages, he quickly became

A sharp blade in the Ming Dynasty that wiped out the peasant army. In today's battle, Lu Jiude arranged for Liu Liangzuo to take the lead.

"Daddy! If I can't win, I have to draw a tie. I can't do that? Otherwise, please replace me!" Yang Chengzu said aggrievedly.

"You bastard! You still dare to make conditions with me? Let me tell you, a draw is much harder than a win. Get out of here!" Luo Rucai yelled.

"Then let me give it a try?" Yang Chengzu said with a playful smile on his face.

"Get out!" Luo Rucai raised his hand as if to fight. When he saw Yang Chengzu running away with a smile, he couldn't help but laugh.
Chapter completed!