Luo Hu was the first to take action. He had camped twenty miles north of Ren County to rest and recuperate. His troops and horses were tired from marching all night. By noon, he had enough food and water. Dragons and tigers were leaping up and down the Zhenshan Camp. Luo Hu got on his horse and pointed at Ren County with his sword.
: "broken city"
Immediately, three thousand cavalry from the Zhenshan Battalion rushed south. Seeing its momentum, the surrounding officers, soldiers and spies fled into the city to report urgently. After a stick of incense, Luo Hu led his troops to three miles outside the city and saw a group of officers and soldiers killing him from the city.
The troops sent out were evenly matched, so he couldn't help but sneer, murderous intent suddenly appeared on his face, and he shouted: "Kill!"
The two sides fought fiercely outside the city, with flying sand and rocks covering the sky. The Zhenshan camp had always been overbearing in combat. Even with equal strength, the officers and soldiers were outnumbered and retreated to the city. Luo Hu wanted to give chase and take the opportunity to enter the city, but unexpectedly, arrows rained down on the city.
The officers and soldiers fled into the city and could not escape despite being insulted.
Since we will surround you if you don't come out, the Zhenshan camp will attack the city with no heavy cavalry. Luo Hu has previously received intelligence that Gao Jie's main force is in the city forty miles to the southwest. There are only a few thousand in any county. At this time, they will be defeated in one attack.
He dared to leave the city. This was so good that he ordered his troops to besiege the city and sent people to report to Li Zicheng for him to march across the border in a hurry.
Unexpectedly, after a while, the soldiers returned and whispered: King Chuang left the camp early in the morning and headed southeast from Yao County to bypass Ren County. At this time, he was dozens of miles northeast of Ren County and asked him to block Ren County.
Just the officers and soldiers inside.
Luo Hu didn't take it seriously, he thought to himself that I only had so few officers and soldiers in Ren County, so why did King Chuang take a detour? He was too careful.
In the midst of his grief, a spy suddenly came to report that thousands of officers and soldiers were found hiding in the river along the river more than ten miles east of the city. Luo Hu was shocked and had a bad feeling in his heart. Gao Jie, a thief, was also playing.
He made a plan and stationed thousands of troops in Ren County, and hid thousands of troops in the river ten miles away. It was obvious that he was prepared to fight. This hidden army was either to take advantage of the rebel army's attack on the city to attack from inside or outside, or to
In order to prevent the rebels from taking a detour from the east of the city!
It's insidious enough. This is very unlike Gao Jie's style. Could it be that the little eunuchs are here again? For a moment, Luo Hu's whole body was cold and he stared at the wall of Ren County as if he could see through it.
No, although the officers and soldiers could ambush ten miles east of the city, they couldn't stop King Chuang, but if there were still ambushes dozens of miles away... Luo Hu was startled and immediately ordered the spies to investigate. The spies complained that they couldn't get over it.
After he was discovered, he frantically intercepted the exploration horse...
Luo Hu was furious and was about to raise his troops to kill him. Unexpectedly, he heard drums beating loudly in the city and smoke rising from the top of the city. Then the officers and soldiers rushed out of the city and rushed to Zhenshan Camp to fight. Luo Hu was worried.
I also felt that the officers and soldiers were very different this time, and their morale was higher than before.
While they were fighting, they suddenly saw a group of troops coming from the east. Luo Hu knew that they were reinforcements from officers and soldiers and did not dare to fight. He wanted to retreat toward the northeast, but his intention was seen through by the reinforcements, who moved to intercept him one step ahead of him.
Besides, Li Zicheng's main force headed southeast from Yao County. After traveling for more than ten miles, he encountered a large river flowing from north to south, named Beili River. After going south for several miles along the river, the river branched into east and west branches. The west one was named Shunshui River, which was close to Ren County.
They are no more than ten miles apart, while another river named Li River and Shunshui River are nearly twenty miles apart and go south for dozens of miles side by side before turning around and heading west...
Which way should we take? After some discussion with Niu Jinxing and others, Li Zicheng thought that the Shunshui River was too close to Ren County, and Gao Jie was most likely to ambush troops to prevent him from crossing the border, so he decided to go south along the Lihe River.
Fortunately, there was a drought and the river was not plentiful. The army hurriedly crossed the river eastward and went southward along the Lihe River. After traveling for several miles, the scout horse reported urgently. Luo Hugang and the officers and soldiers fought outside the city. The officers and soldiers were defeated and hid in the city.
After leaving, Li Zicheng gave some instructions and ordered the troops to move quickly to cross the border before dark.
Unexpectedly, after traveling for more than ten miles, spies urgently reported that there were tens of thousands of ambushes in the river ahead. Li Zicheng and others were shocked. Niu Jinxing even exclaimed that it was impossible. How could Gao Jie predict that they would take a detour?
The little eunuch is coming again? The thieves are terrified.
Gao Jie is unruly and unruly, and his intelligence is not even close to that of Er'er and Huang Degong. In terms of calculation, he is no match for Li Zicheng, Niu Jinxing and others. However, he made the right bet this time. The so-called three cobblers are as good as Zhuge Liang. Gao Jie summoned his subordinates.
I just thought about a question: If it were me, where would I go?
They were intercepted in front and behind, and there were pursuers behind them. After thinking about it, it was of course the safest and fastest way to go around. The vanguard troops attacked Fucheng and Renxian in two groups to attract attention. They sneaked here without anyone noticing...
So Gao Jie decided to make a bet and quickly mobilized his troops from Ren County. He first ambushed thousands of troops along the river ten miles east of the city, and the rest were ambushed in the Lihe River dozens of miles away.
He made the right bet!
Perhaps due to fate, even though Li Zicheng tried his best to avoid it, he fell into Gao Jie's arms. After a year, his love rival was extremely jealous when they met.
It's just that this encounter was so unexpected that Li Zicheng was filled with fear. This fear did not come from Gao Jie himself. He did not believe that Gao Jie had the ability to predict his escape route, but he extremely suspected that the little eunuch was there.
In addition, there is currently a serious shortage of troops on hand.
As mentioned before, in addition to the main force and the surrendered troops, the rebel army's strength was nearly 100,000. However, Zhang Nai, Gu Kecheng and other rear-guard troops accounted for nearly half, and the vanguard troops of Li Guo, Liu Fangliang and Luo Hu took over 10,000.
At this time, there are only more than 10,000 and less than 20,000 available on hand. The rest are civilians transporting baggage and cannot be used for much purpose.
It can be seen that there are tens of thousands of officers and soldiers reported to be ambushed by the scouting horses ahead. How can we not be surprised and how can we not be afraid!
In panic, the bandit leaders made an urgent decision to send people west to ask for help from Luo Hu. They also ordered Ma Bao to lead the old camp to fight. Liu Zongmin also led the Chinese army and horses to help in the battle. At the same time, he ordered the baggage team to rush westward, hoping to take advantage of the fierce battle between the two armies.
He quickly bypassed the battlefield and headed south. Although Li Zicheng was afraid at this time, he was still confident of rushing over.
When he learned that the bandit army was really coming, Gao Jie laughed so hard that he almost burst into tears. Li Zicheng, Li Zicheng, we are really destined. We can bet on the right bets no matter what we do. Then he sneered again and again: "Fate comes and goes.
, today is also the day when fate is over. After more than ten years of escaping, I have fallen into my hands again. It’s true that the rich water does not flow to outsiders! Nostalgic, pay attention to the past!"
All the generals under his command knew the meaning of his words and burst into laughter.
Gao Jie naturally does not have tens of thousands of troops at hand. He has only more than ten thousand troops under his command. Two thousand are left in the capital and three thousand in the county. In addition, there are more than a thousand ambushes in the west. At present, there are only close to ten thousand.
Although the troops were defeated, the morale was unprecedentedly high, and it could even be said that the fighting spirit was overwhelming. The reason for this was still related to Gao Jie's consistent style. This guy has always been unruly, and his hands and feet were not clean. Sometimes he was no different from a thief or even worse.
And, when mobilizing before the war, he said: "The thieves have robbed countless people, and if we kill them, they are all ours."
What is the purpose of being a soldier these days? Either to get promoted or to get rich. Very few soldiers have the kind of righteous spirit of protecting their home and country. This requires a long process of indoctrination and awakening, and it is also related to the character of their generals. Like Chang Yu
The Dongchang Fourth Battalion under his command has been influenced by him every day and has this sense of righteousness, and loyal ministers like Zhou Yuji and Huang Degong also have this potential under his command.
But what kind of person is Gao Jie, and what kind of people are under his command, all he wants to do is kill and steal goods, and the one they want to kill right now is Li Zicheng, and what they want to steal is his goods.
At this time, if you want to kill the enemy and serve the country, they have no motivation, but if you want to make a fortune through robbery, that's another story. Therefore, the morale is so high that even Gao Jie is surprised. They are all ready to act as if they haven't seen him in three years.
He was a strong man who could surpass women, and the bandit army was like a flower girl flirting with them. As soon as Gao Jie gave an order, they would pounce on Li Zicheng like wild wolves and tear open his clothes... and steal his money.
This isn't about suppressing bandits, it's clearly just gangsters fighting gangsters.
Nervous and exciting.
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