"Liu Ning, led 10,000 cavalry, and pursued the victory. Li Zicheng and Ma Shouying did not know that Gao Yingxiang was captured alive, nor did they know that the bandits under his command were annihilated by us. Your task is to completely defeat them. Li Zicheng and Ma Shouying have nearly 30,000 soldiers under their command.

Rogue bandits, Ma Shouying’s old camp has a certain fighting capacity. Your main target is the sergeants of Ma Shouying’s old camp. Remember, you must completely destroy Ma Shouying’s grain transport team and seize all their money and grain..."

Before the battlefield had even begun to be cleaned, Wu Zongrui issued the task of continuing to encircle and suppress the rogue bandits.

I thought it would be a huge fight, but who knew it would eventually turn into a one-sided massacre. This gave Wu Zongrui an essential and clear understanding of the fighting power of rogue bandits. It seems that the current rogue bandits are far beyond what Chongzhen could defeat in his seventeenth year.

In the capital, the bandits forced Emperor Chongzhen to hang himself.

Killing you while you are sick is the basic principle of warfare. You must have the spirit of beating a drowned dog.

To defeat or completely defeat the rogue bandits, you must destroy their old camp. If you cannot achieve this goal, completely destroy their food transport team and seize all their money. This is fatal to the rogue bandits. The strength of rogue bandits who lack food and grass is

It will definitely be greatly weakened and will not pose any threat in a short period of time.

Wu Zongrui felt that this was a win-win battle. The Denglai New Army would do its best to exterminate the bandits who entered South Zhili, which would reduce the pressure on the emperor and the court. The Denglai land led by Wu Zongrui would also be affected by this.

A great victory made it even more solid. Even if it was unlikely that he would continue to serve as governor of Denglai, Lu Faxuan, whom he recommended, would definitely be able to serve as governor of Denglai.

Liu Ning led 10,000 elite cavalry and set off quickly, while Liao Wenru stayed behind to clean up the battlefield.

...

The place where Li Zicheng set up camp was about a hundred miles away from Fenghuang Mountain. According to the scouts' investigation, the bandits led by Lao Huihui Ma Shouying had already joined Li Zicheng. Both groups of bandits had set up camp and should start marching the next day.

For less than a hundred miles, the cavalry marched at the fastest speed, which took about an hour.

It was past midnight, and Liu Ning's face was tense.

In the battle to capture Gao Yingxiang alive and exterminate the bandits under his command, Liu Ning was unable to charge into the battle. He was mainly responsible for commanding and coordinating the artillery battalion. Before he could participate in the fighting, the bandits collapsed completely.

This made Liu Ning very unhappy. He had nowhere to vent his frustration. Unexpectedly, Wu Zongrui immediately issued a combat order, asking him to lead 10,000 cavalry to attack the rogue bandits under Li Zicheng and Ma Shouying.

Liu Ning's inner fierceness was aroused.

He remembered Wu Zongrui's instructions very clearly. In this battle, he did not seek to kill or capture alive the leaders of the bandits such as Li Zicheng and Ma Shouying, but he must destroy their grain transport team and seize all their money and grain.

Fighting with Liu Ning was Dengzhou Deputy General Qiao Mingjun.

The dispatched cavalry sergeants were all assembled in place within half a quarter of an hour.

Liu Ning, with a sullen face, looked at Qiao Mingjun beside him.

"General Qiao, within two hours, we must start a fight. I will lead the six thousand brothers to attack the bandits under Li Zicheng and Ma Shouying. You will lead the four thousand brothers to capture the bandits' food transport team and seize all their supplies."

Money and food.”

"It should be dark when we launch our attack. Dark night is the most beneficial to us. We must win this battle without making any mistakes. Do you understand?"

Qiao Mingjun on horseback cupped his fists at Liu Ning.

"My lord, my subordinates understand."

"Okay, let's go..."

The rumble of horse hooves echoed on both sides of the official road, and the yellow sand floating in the air spread far and wide.

Liu Ning's mind was still clear. Although the cavalry marched at the fastest speed and could cover a hundred miles in less than an hour, at such a marching speed, the horses would definitely be over-constrained and exhausted. In such a state

If the war horse is thrown into the battle, it will not be able to pursue the rogue bandits.

Everyone knows that rogues move too fast, especially the rogues in Lao camp, who can often run faster than rabbits.

Therefore, the war horse needs to rest and maintain sufficient physical strength.

Two hours is enough time, and the horse rests for nearly an hour, which is enough to ensure sufficient physical strength.

...

When Li Zicheng saw the dusty Ma Shouying, he was deeply moved. Gao Yingxiang specifically asked him to have a good relationship with Ma Shouying. Among the leaders of the rebel army, Ma Shouying had extraordinary qualifications, extraordinary prestige, and a very easy-going personality.

"Lao Huihui, thank you for your hard work. King Chuang has led 30,000 brothers to attack Chuzhou City. Please let me meet you here. We will set off for Chuzhou City early tomorrow morning."

Lao Huihui cupped his fists at Li Zicheng.

"Zi Cheng, thank you for your hard work. I believe that King Chuang will be able to capture Chuzhou City. We will set off for Chuzhou City early tomorrow morning."

After a few simple greetings, Ma Shouying left and went to settle the sergeants under his command.

Li Zicheng sat alone in the Chinese military tent and did not speak for a long time.

It should be said that Li Zicheng has the most far-sighted vision among the many rebel leaders. He also feels that there is no need to stay here and wait for Ma Shouying. However, this is an order given by Gao Yingxiang and must be implemented. In Li Zicheng's view, the rebels of the Thirteenth Route

, we can already start various degrees of unity, there is no need to work independently.

The leaders of the Thirteenth Route Rebel Army, except for a very few leaders who are brainless, the rest of the leaders are very sensible. Unfortunately, many leaders of the rebel army cannot have the same mind. Everyone thinks about their own interests.

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Ma Shouying's expression didn't change much just now, but he must have understood the reason why Li Zicheng was waiting here, so he didn't ask to march in the dark, but chose to set up camp.

With a slight sigh, Li Zicheng stood up and walked out of the Zhongjun tent.

"Allocate part of our food and grass and send it to Lao Huihui's camp."

...

It was getting dark, and the torches around the camp were lit.

Li Zicheng and Ma Shouying paced slowly in the middle of the camp.

"Lao Huihui, I think it is necessary for us, the Thirteenth Route Rebel Army, to join forces to fight together. Although we held a meeting in Xingyang at the beginning of the year, we still fought in separate camps. If this situation continues for a long time, we will easily be captured by officials.

The troops will be defeated one by one..."

"Zicheng, what you are saying is that we should find an opportunity to discuss this matter with King Chuang and the Eight Great Kings..."

Li Zicheng took the initiative to send food and grass, which surprised Ma Shouying, and his inner resentment was somewhat relieved.

...

When the rumble of horse hoofbeats sounded, Li Zicheng and Ma Shouying's faces turned pale at the same time.

The shouts from the front have already been heard.

"Lao Huihui, we were attacked by the army. I led my brothers to fight against the army. You and your brothers should evacuate as soon as possible..."

"I will lead the brothers from the old camp to resist the sneak attack by the government troops. You and your brothers will evacuate immediately..."

The cry of killing has already appeared in the camp not far away.

Li Zicheng and Ma Shouying were both in the old camp. The old camp was still nearly five miles away from the new camp. At this time, it was still too late to lead the sergeants of the old camp to evacuate. However, the safety of the food transport team must be ensured. Therefore, the sergeants of the old camp must fight to the death to resist the sneak attack.

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There was no time to hesitate, Ma Shouying took the reins from the guards and flew onto his horse.

"Zicheng, you go and command the food transport team to evacuate. I will lead the brothers from the old camp to resist the army..."

"It's better for me to lead my brothers to resist the army. Lao Huihui, you are most familiar with the transportation team and know how to dispatch it. Let's not argue. It's too late."

Ma Shouying nodded and gave orders to the guards around him.

"Take the brothers from the old camp and follow General Chuang to fight the official army, and follow General Chuang's command..."

...

The new camp has become a sea of ​​fire, surrounded by fleeing sergeants. These sergeants had just rested for a short time when they were stumbled by a sneak attack and had no time to resist. Besides, their combat effectiveness was simply incompetent against the official army.

The officers and soldiers who were rushing around were divided into a small team of three to five people. They cooperated skillfully. Some were responsible for breaking up the fleeing sergeants, some were responsible for strangulation, and some were responsible for guarding.

When Li Zicheng led the sergeants from the old battalion to charge over, they met a group of officers and soldiers, about a hundred people in total. The leader was obviously an officer. He was waving a long-handled eyebrow-tip knife in his hand and rushed over quickly.

The guards around Li Zicheng shouted and rushed forward, but were cut off from their horses by the officer.

More officers and soldiers rushed over, with fierce momentum and a black rain of arrows. Many sergeants from the old camp were caught off guard and fell down screaming.

In an instant, Li Zicheng's expression changed again. He realized that the old battalion sergeants he led were no match for these officers and soldiers. These people moved uniformly, and when they charged at high speed, they did not fire their bows and arrows.

"Withdraw, don't be reluctant to fight, withdraw quickly..."

When Li Zicheng gave the order, he turned the horse's head and rode towards the old camp.

...

The old camp also became a sea of ​​flames, with officers and soldiers attacking and fighting everywhere.

Li Zicheng's body trembled slightly, and he suddenly thought of Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang.

Where did these officers and soldiers come from? Did Gao Yingxiang, who was preparing to attack the city of Chuzhou, not know at all?

Gao Yingxiang has 30,000 sergeants under his command. If he is defeated by these officers and soldiers, then the sergeants under his command will never be a match for the officers and soldiers, not to mention that the officers and soldiers are well prepared.

Gritting his teeth and with red eyes, Li Zicheng looked in the direction of the old camp and issued the order again.

"Evacuate immediately, evacuate immediately..."

...

In less than half an hour, the fighting was basically over.

There were many rogue sergeants who escaped, and the sergeants from the old camp of the rogues obviously evacuated on their own initiative. Liu Ning didn't care. He was concerned about whether the sergeants led by Qiao Mingjun captured the rogue food transport team.

When Qiao Mingjun appeared in front of him with a blood-stained face and a smile on his face, Liu Ning smiled.
Chapter completed!