When Li Zicheng led his army to quietly approach the official camp, he waved his sword in the air, and the bandit army shouted loudly and charged into the camp.

Under Hong Chengchou's arrangement, the officers and soldiers were already prepared. When the rogue army entered the camp, Ma Kezu, Da Bi and other generals personally led the officers and soldiers to block the way of the rogue bandits.

First, artillery and crossbows were fired at once, causing the rogues to suffer considerable losses. However, the army of rogues was all light cavalry, and they moved like wind and lightning, and rolled into the center of the officers and soldiers in the blink of an eye.

The two sides soon engaged in a melee. As a result, the firearms and crossbows of the officers and soldiers were ineffective, and they could only fight with cold weapons.

The rogue bandits are very fierce. They all use life-threatening tactics. When they attack, both sides will suffer losses. Either their opponents will die, or they will be beaten to death by officers and soldiers.

More than 4,000 officers and soldiers faced off against this group of tigers and wolves, and they were evenly matched for a short period of time. However, as the casualties increased, they gradually became unable to resist, and the rogue bandits were almost one against ten, fighting and running away.

In fact, the officers and soldiers have tried their best today. Because of the new emperor's decree and the governor of the five provinces, Hong Chengchou, personally supervising the battle, no one dared to relax under such circumstances.

Even so, there was no way to stop the rogues, and they were quickly killed by the army of rogues. Even the commander-in-chief Ma Kezu Da Bi was shot in the arm by an arrow...

Li Zicheng and more than a dozen generals rushed forward, with the momentum to kill the gods and Buddhas, and broke out of the encirclement in half an hour.

After running about three miles further, they encountered a small stream. Li Zicheng ordered Li Guo to lead his men and horses to cut off the stream, and the other soldiers stopped to drink water quickly.

There was no water on the mountain. They had not tasted a sip of water for a whole day and a night. Many of them had smoke coming out of their throats. If it had not been a matter of life and death, they would have lost their combat effectiveness.

When his subordinates were drinking water, Li Zicheng ordered his people to quickly check the number of people and found that there were only more than 3,900 people left. He had lost as many as a thousand people in this attack on the camp, which made Li Zicheng very worried about the battle ahead.

Another thing that Li Zicheng did not expect was that the brave and invincible Hao Yaoqi's team did not follow, and was intercepted by the enemy somewhere.

After feeling that everyone had drank a few sips of water, Li Zicheng immediately ordered his men to get on their horses and go on their way:

"Hurry up and get on your horse, the pursuers are coming from behind!"

Li Zicheng gave the order, and his men quickly mounted their horses. No one would slack off, which fully demonstrated the elite qualities of the rogue bandits!

As soon as they mounted their horses, bursts of shouts of killing suddenly came from the south, about three miles away.

Li Guo was a little anxious and said hurriedly;

"Second father, Hao Yaoqi has been separated. He must have mistakenly walked to the Qin Bing Tianxiong Army's position. What should we do? Should we lead our troops to rescue him?"

Li Zicheng shook his head:

"Forget it, just let them go. We have no troops left to fight. There will definitely be a tough battle ahead."

"Come on, catch the leader of the thieves Li Zicheng..."

Suddenly, the shouts of the pursuing troops came from the rear, and Li Zicheng's troops were all riding quietly on their horses.

They will not panic or flee because the officers and soldiers are chasing them, they are all waiting for combat orders.

Li Zicheng was riding on the black dragon horse. He suddenly took off his bow and arrow, opened his bow and stared in the direction of the pursuers. When he saw the shadow of the official cavalry appearing, he fired two arrows in one breath.

"Whizzing……"

"Puff..."

He was very good at archery and accurately shot down two cavalrymen walking in front, which frightened the officers and soldiers and stopped their horses thinking that they were ambushed by rogue bandits.

"Walk!"

Li Zicheng waved his hand and led his men to run southeast along the canyon.

The ones who came to chase were Ma Ke and Zu Dabi's cavalry. Knowing that Li Zicheng had many sharp archers, they did not dare to pursue fiercely, but they did not want to let the rogues get too far away from their sight.

Therefore, they could only follow Li Zicheng closely at a distance of half a mile. Once they saw officers and soldiers intercepting in front, they would immediately attack him.

Li Zicheng saw through the attempts of the officers and soldiers, and immediately asked Li Guo to lead a group of young generals such as Ren Jirong and Ren Jiguang and more than 500 cavalry to ambush in the woods on both sides.

Ma Kezu Da Bi led a dozen generals and more than 3,000 cavalry in pursuit.

Unexpectedly, the bandits dared to set up an ambush while escaping. As soon as they chased some distance forward, they suddenly heard a cry of death coming from behind, and two groups of men and horses came out from the woods on both sides at the same time.

While they were panicking, Li Zicheng, Liu Zongmin, Tian Jianxiu and others led a large army and suddenly came back.

Ma Kezu Da Bi tried to resist at that time, but his soldiers did not know how many troops there were in the bandits, so they quickly fled.

And he wrapped them in the middle, hugged them and retreated backwards. Although the two were unwilling, they had to escape.

This made Zu Dabi and Ma Ke furious. They slashed several soldiers to death with their own hands, trying to stop the chaos, but to no avail.

They had no choice but to flee with some generals and soldiers, being carried away by their own cavalry.

The army of rogue bandits fought against the chaotic officers and soldiers for a while. When they saw the officers and soldiers fleeing, they did not pursue them. The front group changed to the rear group and continued to move forward.

When Ma Kezu Dabi and his men were retreating in panic in the canyon, Hong Chengchou led his battalion to catch up.

At first, Hong Chengchou received a report from Zuo Guangxian, thinking that Li Zicheng and his wife were leading the old and weak women and some elite soldiers to break through to the southeast.

But when I was chasing him to the southeast, I received a report from Ma Ke, saying that the bandits heading east were all elite soldiers.

And found that Liu Zongmin was inside, and possibly Li Zichen himself was inside. Hong Chengchou immediately returned his troops and chased here.

When the men and horses of his standard camp saw the men and horses under Marco's command fleeing like this, they thought it was an army of rogue bandits chasing them, and immediately retreated in panic.

"Stop, anyone who retreats will be killed without mercy!"

After he shouted several times, he finally stopped. However, the situation ahead was unknown, so Hong Chengchou did not dare to pursue him rashly. He was also worried that the bandits would ambush the officers and soldiers in the dark...

Li Zicheng and the others quickly got rid of Hong Chengchou's pursuit, but he knew very well that a greater danger was yet to come.

Sun Chuanting, Qin Liangyu, and Lu Xiangkun have not appeared yet, so they must be waiting for them somewhere, otherwise Hong Chengchou will definitely chase them to the death.

The exit of the canyon appeared not far ahead, and Li Zicheng hurriedly reminded his subordinates to pay attention:

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Brothers, there must be an ambush from Sun Chuanting ahead, so be vigilant!"

"yes"

Upon hearing this, Liu Zongmin immediately held two swords in his hands:

"King Chuang, we will lead a thousand people as the vanguard. If we encounter the Qin soldiers and the Tianxiong army, you will immediately lead the other brothers to fight back and go directly to Xifan. Although the life will be bitter and cold, the whole army will not be wiped out. Brothers will fight back.

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"Jixuan..."

As soon as Li Zicheng shouted, Liu Zongmin had already led the middle camp to rush forward.

"Li Guo, you lead the left camp to break off the rear, and the others will rush forward with you!"

After Li Zicheng announced the deal, he immediately led the Qin soldiers to follow Liu Zongmin towards the entrance of the canyon.

Earlier, two young generals, Li Shuangxi and Zhang Nai, were originally sent by Gao Guiying to protect Li Zicheng.

It can be seen that after seeing Li Zicheng, Li Zicheng became furious and drove the two of them back to protect Gao Guiying.

In the Battle of the River Beach, it was the timely appearance of Li Shuangxi and Zhang Nai that saved Gao Guiying, otherwise Liu Fangliang and Gao Yigong would definitely see Gao Guiying's body.

Li Shuangxi used to fight with Li Zicheng. At this time, Dang Shousu and Yuan Zong were closely guarding Li Zicheng...

Just as Li Zicheng expected, Liu Zongmin led his men out of the valley entrance and immediately found a large flag with the word "Sun" fluttering in the wind. Under the flag, thousands of Qin soldiers were already waiting in formation.

"I'm so stupid, but I've encountered a formidable opponent again. In order to become the king, and also for the survival of the camp, the brothers have to fight my way through me!"

Liu Zongmin's men were all desperadoes. After hearing the general's order, they all raised their swords and spears and charged at the Qin soldiers with strange shouts and screams.

"Kill..."

"Da da da……"

Li Shouting looked coldly at the charging rogue cavalry, because he could not clearly see the number of opponents, who were about eighty paces away. He waved his hand, and three sharp trumpets sounded immediately.

"Bang bang bang..."

At the same time as the trumpet sounded, the first batch of the Qin soldiers' musket formation began to fire, and the two hundred bandits rushing in front were instantly turned upside down.

Liu Zongmin's horse was also hit on the head by two lead bullets, and Ju Huaqing fell forward with a neighing sound.

What a great Liu Zongmin, before the horse fell down, he had already risen into the air, instantly got on the back of a horse that had lost its owner, and continued to charge forward regardless of life or death.

Liu Zongmin's goal was Sun Chuanting's banner. He wanted to capture Sun Chuanting at all costs. He thought that as long as he captured Sun Chuanting, the immediate danger would be relieved.

"Bang bang..."

The Qin soldiers' musket formations were still firing volleys in turn. A thousand rogue bandits rushed about sixty paces and only about 400 people were left. However, they still lay tightly on their horses and followed Liu Zongmin in the charge.

"Kill it!"

At this moment, Li Zicheng led more than 2,000 people under his command to rush over, which immediately relieved the pressure on Liu Zongmin and others. More than 100 of them quickly approached the Qin army's square formation by more than 30 steps.

"Bang bang bang..."

Not long after Li Zicheng rushed out of the canyon, there was suddenly a sound like exploding beans behind him, and the bandits under Li Guo's command fell one by one with the sound of gunfire.

Li Guo was shocked and hurriedly looked behind him. When he saw the situation clearly, his face suddenly turned extremely pale:

"It's over, the way back is cut off..."

It turned out that Sun Chuanting had already deployed 4,000 Tianxiong Army musketeers and 3,000 Qin Army musketeers here. Seeing Li Zicheng leading the army out of the mouth of the canyon, Lu Xiangkun immediately commanded the Tianxiong Army musketeers to rush out of the mountains and forests on both sides and kill the rogue bandits.

The escape route is blocked...

These 4,000 Tianxiong troops were all musketeers, and Li Zicheng had less than 3,000 men under his command at this time. It was almost impossible to turn around and re-enter the canyon.

Of course, Li Zicheng also heard the sound of gunshots from behind. He knew that the way back was blocked and had no choice but to rush forward, so he immediately ordered the formation to disperse and rush towards the Qin soldiers in the front.

Although the rogue bandits suffered heavy losses, the night also protected them well, allowing them to get close to the range of the bow and arrow, and immediately fired their bows and arrows at the Qin soldiers' musket array.
To be continued...