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Chapter 1210: It turns out to be "Sky Locking Harrier"

The cavalrymen of the Ming Dynasty's general Zuo Liangyu's central army moved upon hearing the order, whipped their horses, and rushed up the deep ditch in front of them.

The infantrymen in the front heard the sound of horse hooves hitting the ground behind them, coming from far away and approaching, and as if by conditioned reflex, they all dodged to both sides, leaving a path in the middle that was large enough for three horses to ride side by side.

Under the protection of his servants and generals, Zuo Liangyu led his personal cavalry across the deep ditch. The horses' hooves trampled heavily on the corpses of the infantry filling the trench, causing blood to flow out.

There were also some soldiers who were filling the trenches who were not yet dead. When the war horses stepped on them, they let out heart-wrenching screams and wails. With the blood spurting out from time to time, the scene was like hell on earth.

Zuo Liangyu was a ruthless man after all. This was not the first time he had encountered a situation like today. He no longer had a trace of mercy in his heart. He whipped his warhorse twice and was about to run across the deep ditch...

But for some reason, the warhorse under him seemed to sense some kind of danger, and without warning it raised its front hooves and jumped up, almost knocking Zuo Liangyu off the horse.

He clamped his legs around the horse's belly and held down its head. In a flash, he subdued the horse. He cursed in his heart, "You beast, you have good intentions, but right now, my life is the most important thing. I can't care about so many things."

No matter what time it was, even Zuo Liangyu did not dare to be arrogant. He urged his horse forward hurriedly, stepping on the bodies of his soldiers in the deep ditch. Suddenly, the horse under his crotch seemed to step on the gap between the overlapping corpses, and due to the inertia of moving forward, with a "click", the left front leg of Zuo Liangyu's mount was broken.

  The warhorse felt the pain and immediately fell to the ground on its side. How could a dignified general who was suppressing bandits not be angry when he was knocked to the ground by his own horse while crossing an ordinary trench?

The soldiers and generals who followed him were shocked and hurriedly jumped off their horses to help him up. They were relieved to see that he was not hurt at all...

  But because Zuo Liangyu was rescued by everyone from the pile of corpses filling the ditch, his whole body was covered with blood. Those who didn't know him might have thought he was a fierce general who had killed countless enemies on the battlefield and had fought his way out from a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood!

In fact, this is absolutely true. Didn't Zuo Liangyu crawl out from a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood? The only difference is that heroes often fight their way out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood, but only bears crawl out from a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood.

Of course, no matter how we evaluate Zuo Liangyu, and regardless of his merits and demerits in history, he is a hero of an era.

Zuo Liangyu's personal general Zhang Yingxiang quickly gave his warhorse to him and urged his personal soldiers and servants to escort him to the other side of the deep ditch as soon as possible.

When the soldiers of the left army saw their commander crossing the trench, they also began to rush forward like a tide, pushing and shoving each other to cross the trench first. However, they did not expect that such a hard fight would actually backfire...

The human bridges that were not very smooth to begin with were now completely congested!

After General Zuo Liangyu, who was in charge of suppressing the bandits, rode his horse across the deep ditch, he ran up to an earthen platform and looked back at the dark mass of troops and horses on the other side of the ditch, scrambling to cross the ditch. Some of them had even started fighting each other, and there was a tendency for chaos to break out.

Zuo Liangyu could no longer care about the infantry. He pointed his whip at the dark mass of soldiers on the other side and ordered the servants and generals around him: "Pass the order, the infantry go to the sides, make way for the middle and the cavalry, and the whole army must cross the trench immediately."

Finally, he shouted sternly: "Anyone who fights for it will be punished by military law!"

General Zhang Yingxiang had just given his warhorse to Zuo Liangyu. He also rode another cavalry horse and rushed to Zuo Liangyu. After receiving the order loudly, he shouted to dozens of personal soldiers and servants to rush to the trench.

………… Zuo Liangyu barely managed to reorganize the infantry and cavalry that had already passed through the deep trench, and was about to split up and rush southwest when he suddenly saw a banner faintly revealed in the dust ahead…

When he looked carefully, he saw that there were indeed thousands of bandit cavalry and infantry rushing towards him, blocking his way and stopping them here.

When the bandit army got closer, Zuo Liangyu saw a huge "田" character suddenly appeared on the big flag in front of them.

"Damn it, it turns out that 'Sky-Locking Harrier' is waiting for me here!"

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Suotianyao was the nickname of General Tian Jianxiu of the Chuang Army when he was a thief in his early years. Nowadays, there are very few people who call him Suotianyao. Only a few old people like King Chuang, Liu Zongmin, Liu Fangliang and others would occasionally mention him when they were joking.

Tian Jianxiu was known in the camp for being "generous and able to win the hearts of the people", and his ability to lead troops in battle was no inferior to that of the chief scout Liu Zongmin, so he was at the same level as Liu Zongmin in terms of position, and both were Li Zicheng's right-hand man in military affairs.

Of course, the most important reason was Tian Jianxiu's "leniency and prudence". Li Zicheng, the King of Rebellion, used him as a mediator between the various camps under his command.

Historically, when Li Zicheng attacked Xiangyang Prefecture in the 16th year of Chongzhen, he called himself "King Xinshun" and created a five-camp military system. He appointed Tian Jianxiu, whom he trusted most, as the acting general and ordered him to "supervise all camps."

However, Liu Zongmin, who was also named General of Acting at that time, was only the "Superintendent of the Central Military Camp."

This not only makes full use of Tian Jianxiu's role as the "lubricant" between the various camps, but also has the implicit intention of checking and balancing Liu Zongmin.

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Now, although Zuo Liangyu was laughing and scolding in a joking manner, he was also very anxious in his heart. However, he had no other choice but to order the deputy general of the front camp, Wang Yuncheng, to immediately organize troops and charge towards the formation of the bandits led by Tian Jianxiu on the opposite side, and not to retreat.

Zuo Liangyu continued to issue military orders one after another, organizing the infantry and cavalry that had passed through the deep ditch one after another, preparing to launch successive attacks on Tian Jianxiu, determined to defeat him so that they could quickly escape to Xuchang.

However, Tian Jianxiu's troops were only slightly more powerful. The bandits he led did not fight to the death with the Zuo army. They began to retreat soon after the battle. If the Zuo army did not chase them, they would turn around and fight again. If the Zuo army attacked, they would retreat again soon after the battle...

This cycle continued over and over again, with the sole purpose of trapping Zuo's army and constantly consuming its energy and morale. Zuo Liangyu had fought for half his life, so how could he not see through Tian Jianxiu's little trick? However, he was helpless in doing anything about it.

  "Knowing there is a tiger in the mountain, I still go there" is not only a fighting spirit that is not afraid of hardships, but also a last resort under temporary helplessness!

Zuo Liangyu looked at the battlefield in the distance where fighting was on and off, and then at his own troops who were endless. More than half of them were still on the other side of the deep ditch and could not get through. He was anxious and angry and cursed: "Luo Tianyao, do you want to lock me up here so that the reinforcements can come together and attack me?"