It is said that Li Guo gathered four troops with nearly 50,000 troops to attack Huang Degong's defense line at Hutuo River. Gu Kecheng was on the east and west wings, and Ma Shiyao assisted to attract scattered troops. He and Luo Hu attacked head-on.
Luo Hu's elite Zhenshan Battalion lived up to expectations and took the lead in breaking through one of the seven shallow water areas, successfully crossing the water, and then opened the channel. Li Guo's main force then crossed the water and fought with the officers and soldiers on the river. Although Huang Degong sent the most elite heavy armored cavalry.
He resisted, but the bandit army pressed forward step by step with their superior strength. When they were about to rush ashore and break through Huang Degong's defense line, they suddenly heard Niu Jinxing exclaiming.
Li Guo looked around and saw a large army coming from the west to cover him up. He was dumbfounded and turned his eyes to spit fire. Ma Shiyao, who was living like a dog, actually imitated Li Yan and rebelled against the enemy. He was pretending to cross the water on the west wing, but instead
Li Guo's main force was halfway across the river when he suddenly turned around and came over to kill them.
This sudden change immediately caused Li Guo's troops to panic, and the thieves under his command were also frightened. They hurriedly fought hard, but they could not withstand Ma Shiyao's troops who had been planning for a long time.
"I've been caught in the trap, I've been caught in the trap." Niu Jinxing felt paralyzed all over. Ma Shiyao knew the right time to rebel. If the battle had just begun and the troops had not crossed the river, they still had the strength to resist with a backhand. At this time, most of the main force had crossed the river, and over there
They were fighting with the officers and soldiers, and the rest were on the river channel preparing to cross the river. At this moment, there was no time to prevent an effective counterattack.
This was Li Muxian's long-term plan to catch the big fish. Before the war, he had learned from Huang Degong that Ma Shiyao and Ren Jirong had secretly surrendered. Once the fight started, they would rebel at a critical moment. When the rebels had just crossed the water, Tu Yuan wanted to block it.
If there was any shortage, he immediately stopped them and allowed the rebels to cross the river halfway. It was difficult to see each other from head to tail. Moreover, most of the rebels crossing the river were infantry. After they came over, he used cavalry to fight against them, and the victory was easy.
Otherwise, if the rebels are not allowed to cross the river, Ma Shiyao will rebel and Li Guo will have enough troops to deal with it. In order to support Ma Shiyao, the officers and soldiers will have to forcefully cross the river to the other side, which will only increase casualties.
It's so good now. Those who crossed the water were handed over to the officers and soldiers, and those who didn't crossed the water were handed over to Ma Shiyao. As expected, when Huang Degong saw Ma Shiyao in the west, he took action, and then ordered his cavalry to annihilate the thieves with all their strength. The cavalry who were originally fighting were held back.
He immediately let go of his hand and took pity on the bandits who had just crossed the water. Suddenly they heard the sound of killing in the west and saw that one of their own people had turned back into the water. They were panic-stricken when the steel knives of the officers and soldiers were already in front of them.
Huang Degong watched for a moment, feeling itchy and unbearable. He saw a big gourd on Li Muchian's waist, and pulled it off: "What is this?" Without waiting for his reply, he pulled out the stopper and smelled the smell of wine. He was overjoyed and raised his head to drink.
Drink it all.
"General, general, general, give me, give me a sip..." While Li Muxian was in the bar, Huang Degong drank it all in one gulp, threw the wine gourd to his mouth, and laughed: "Niubi, you come and take command, I will kill someone."
"Fan" said, holding a steel whip, he rode down the embankment and led his soldiers to kill him.
"A poor, poor Taoist... sitting in charge... how dare you be so kind?" Li Muchian couldn't hide his joy, his waist straight and his nose, feeling as if he was in a dream. A few days ago, he was a wandering Taoist priest cheating on food and drink in the rivers and lakes, and met a young man.
In the blink of an eye, the eunuch became the eagle dog of Dongchang, and then he transformed into a semi-immortal who raised his arms and shouted for thousands of people to follow him. Just when he had just become famous and felt a little regretful, he was actually ordered to command the imperial army to fight against Li Zicheng's bandit army. What the hell?
It’s fun!
When the officers and soldiers who were fighting saw a rebellion within the rebel army, their own commander went crazy after drinking and went to fight in person. Their morale was so high that they were all fighting with their swords and launched a counterattack.
On the other hand, the bandit army was panicked and had no intention of fighting. Except for the men and horses of Zhenshan camp who were still able to stay calm in the face of danger, the rest of the men and horses began to panic and scatter while fighting and retreating. Some of the panicked ones retreated to the other side and some swam towards the deep water...
Li Guo was so angry that he almost vomited blood. Ma Shiyao suddenly mobilized his army to kill him. His subordinates were caught off guard and could not stop them. They fled in all directions. They were about to kill him in the blink of an eye. Niu Jinxing and other staff were so frightened that they hurriedly ran away with their heads in their hands.
Luo Hu was calm in the face of danger. He raised his spear and rode his horse to Li Guo's side: "Marquis Bo, go quickly to adjust the grains and the horses can be grown. I want to block it here." After saying this, without waiting for Li Guo to speak, he led more than a hundred soldiers to meet Ma Shiyao's army.
Li Guo gritted his teeth and turned pale. As the main force of his men crossed the water, those who were killed kept retreating. They might be counterattacked by the officers and soldiers at any time. Those who had not crossed the water were panicked when they saw the friendly forces in the west turning back and making a surprise attack. They hurriedly withdrew to organize a counterattack...
…The whole battle situation is in chaos.
Damn Gu Kecheng, didn't he see that something happened here? Li Guo cursed secretly and turned to look east. He saw that Gu Kecheng's troops were still forcibly crossing the water, but they hadn't landed yet, but they really didn't notice this.
After all, the accidents on the side were several miles away, and at this time, there was a loud killing sound everywhere, and there was fighting within a radius of ten miles. He concentrated on thinking about how to quickly disembark from the east wing, and he couldn't care about anything else.
Li Guo asked Gu Kecheng to quickly inform Gu Kecheng to mobilize the army as quickly as possible to come for support. At the same time, he organized the available manpower to resist Ma Shiyao's troops who were in front of him. As for the other side, he had no time to worry about it.
Today I'm just afraid... Seeing Ma Shiyao's men approaching like a black cloud, Li Guo actually felt a trace of fear rising from the soles of his feet and then permeating his whole body. This feeling was unprecedented.
The factions within the bandit army are complicated, and there are many mountains. Ma Shiyao is one of the big ones. He and Ren Jirong have nearly 20,000 troops under their command. Although they are not all the main force, they are definitely the first-class bosses due to their strength advantage. That is right now.
Among these four troops, he is also the most powerful.
Besides, Ma Shiyao and Ren Jirong secretly surrendered to Huang Degong, and it was at this moment that they urgently needed to surrender. He wanted to take advantage of the war to attack Li Guo's Ju from behind, but Li Guo insisted on letting him divide his troops to attack the west wing, so he changed his strategy and took advantage of the situation.
Halfway through the crossing, the main force suddenly turned against the water, and it really had a miraculous effect.
Nearly 20,000 men under his command pretended to cross the river, and waited for the right moment to make a surprise attack. They followed the river and the bank from west to east and killed them. These thieves turned back and killed their own people without any mercy. Unfortunately, many of Li Guo's thieves had no mercy at all.
They didn't even react. They thought something was wrong when they saw him wailing and running toward him with a knife. It wasn't until he saw someone's head falling to the ground that he panicked. He knew that Ma Shiyao had rebelled. However, how could he resist if he still had the heart to resist? He hurriedly ran for his life.
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Almost in the blink of an eye, Ma Shiyao's men and horses rushed to the vicinity of Li Liguo. At this moment, Luo Hu led more than a hundred soldiers to face the rapids, slashed several fleeing thieves with swords, and rushed into the formation to fight.
Luo Hu is so brave. The soldiers under his command are all fierce soldiers. Once he enters the rapids, a gap will be opened instantly. Hundreds of people will fight hard and go straight to Ma Shiyao's flag to capture the thieves and horses. Once Ma Shiyao or Ren Jirong is captured, the chaos will be over.
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Ma Shiyao and Ren Jirong watched the battle from afar from behind the formation. They saw the army sweeping away and swallowing up Li Guo's men and horses in the blink of an eye. They couldn't help but smile on their faces. Luo Hu's men and horses were struggling to walk alone in the huge waves. How could they?
I don’t know what he was thinking, but he was just disdainful. Although Luo Hu was brave, it would be difficult for a few people among the thousands of troops to reach him. Even if he got there, how many people would be left?
Luo Hu didn't know that this trip was difficult and dangerous, but it was the only way. Otherwise, if the officers and soldiers were disrupted by him and took the opportunity to counterattack and kill him, he would be afraid that the entire army would be wiped out. He turned around and looked back, seeing that the troops Li Guo had temporarily formed had also been
Falling into a trap, like a canoe being capsized at any time, I felt fierce in my heart, and pointed my sword at Ma Shiyao's commanding flag: "Straight mother thieves, I swear to kill you all."
The officers and soldiers on the other side took advantage of the chaos among the rebels and launched a frenzied killing spree on the rebels who came across the water. Even the men and horses of the Zhenshan camp were beaten back again and again, because they were facing cavalry, and they were specifically looking for trouble.
The heavy armored cavalry under the factory's command.
However, the strength of Zhenshan Camp was not due to its combat power, and its tactics were also flexible and changeable. Seeing that they were defeated by the officers and cavalry, they retreated to the water's edge. The mud here trapped their feet, and the horses were trapped once they stepped in. The method really worked.
The officers, soldiers and cavalry did not dare to pursue him.
But Tu Yuan and others are not fools. If you enter, I will kill them. If you retreat, I will surround them with infantry to intercept them. In less than a cup of tea, when Ma Shiyao's men and horses arrived, the thieves here no longer had any intention.
After resisting, they instantly collapsed and ran for their lives. Li Muxian then beat the drum and ordered a full-scale counterattack across the river!
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