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Thirty miles to the east of Runing Mansion, Fu Zonglong, the governor of Shaanxi and the three sides, stood outside Mengjiazhuang. Today is the time for the two to serve the country with meritorious deeds. Since they met a thief, they can only move forward, not retreat.

If you retreat, you will definitely lose, not only the old man will be subject to the law of the country, but also the two generals will not be spared.Rather Stick to your guns.

What's more, there are only a few thousand cavalry in front of the bandits. We have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. As long as we work together and fight hard, it is not difficult to defeat the bandits.Make great contributions and repay the emperor's favor, all in one fell swoop.

Two generals, don't miss this opportunity! "

The commander-in-chief He Renlong and Li Guoqi responded in unison, especially He Renlong said generously: "Please rest assured, Governor Fu, Renlong has decided to fight the bandits to the death."

At this time, the bandit cavalry led by "a tiger" Li Guo was approaching. They lined up in a long snake formation, advancing step by step. There were many cavalry behind the banner of the Chinese army. Prepare to charge the officers and soldiers in one go after the battle.

The officers and soldiers can only form formations to meet the enemy as soon as possible, without the slightest hesitation, otherwise, once the morale of the army is shaken, the situation at that time will surely become uncontrollable.

Therefore, Fu Zonglong, the governor of the three sides, waved the command flag and shouted loudly: "Beat the drums. General He, General Li, go to battle and kill the thieves!"

At the same time, Governor Yang Wenyue also rode his horse into the Baoding army, and he also shouted loudly on his horse: "General Tiger, kill the thief...kill the thief!"

All of a sudden, flags were flying in the formation of the Ming army, war drums were beating, roars were repeated, and the sound of shouts and killings shook the sky.

He Renlong, Li Guoqi, Hu Dawei and other general soldiers also returned to their own formations. They were all worried about where most of the Chuang army would be, so they didn't charge for a while.

Although the battle drums in the camp were also beating loudly, the Ling flag never waved forward, no matter whether they were on foot or cavalry, they just stood in formation and did not charge against the bandits.

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Among the officers and troops of several towns, the commander-in-chief He Renlong has the most soldiers and horses, and also the most cavalry. There are more than two thousand elite cavalry in his battalion, and he is also the most brave and good at fighting.

Ordinarily, he should have led the army out to fight immediately after receiving the general order from Governor Fu Zonglong, but this lunatic He is not crazy at this time.

Not only did he stand still, but he also secretly ordered all the cavalry to line up around him. One was to protect himself, and the other was to prevent his fine cavalry from being scattered by the opposing army.

Of course, he already had cavalry in formation around him, and only infantry guarding the periphery, and he also secretly had the intention of leading his elite troops to break out of the encirclement if the battle was unfavorable.

Seeing this situation, Hu Dawei, the experienced chief soldier of Zhenbao, naturally knew the meaning of congratulating Renlong, but he was different.

Hu Dawei ordered the infantry to form a formation in front, with chariots and horses lined up in front of the formation, while he personally led his elite cavalry in the rear, ready to wait for the opportunity to rush out after the infantry exhausted the vigor of the bandits. Fight the thief.

Hu Dawei was originally a soldier from outside the Great Wall, so he had a group of Mongolian cavalry under his command. They followed Hu Dawei to fight in all directions and fought for the Ming Dynasty. They have always fought bravely.

It is precisely because of the core combat power composed of these northern captive cavalry that Hu Dawei has been fighting for years and has been promoted to the commander of one party after accumulating meritorious service. However, to this day, the number of his servants as the core combat force has exceeded [-].

The more than 2000 fine cavalry under his command were slowly formed after the Julu battle, and the rest had more than [-] infantry. Although they were quite capable of fighting, they could not be compared with cavalry.

Hu Dawei's strength is obviously weaker than He Renlong's, but he is also stronger than Li Guoqi and others. Now his family and Jingqi are all commanded by his nephew, Hu Zichen, and his pawns are commanded by another relative, Zeng Xinjun. command.

Looking at the banner of the Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese Army, Fu Zonglong, Governor of the three sides, and Yang Wenyue, the governor of the three sides, saw the bandit cavalry slowly approaching in formation, while the generals of the army did not move at all, both felt very anxious.

At this critical juncture, they did not dare to use Shang Fang's sword again, for fear that they would kill a favored general and cause other misfortunes before the battle.

They also knew very well in their hearts that if they killed another general at this moment, either a mutiny would be triggered immediately, or the morale of the army would collapse.

At present, I am afraid that the only way to inspire the generals is to rely on loyalty, to lure the generals by promising rewards, to rise up for the country, and to serve the emperor!

Fu Zonglong sent a message to all the generals, deputy generals, and participating and traveling generals. If you lose this battle, you will not escape the responsibility.

Therefore, the generals had to rise up in front of the battle and defeat the thieves in front of them. However, if they had a small amount of merit, he and Yang Wenyue would definitely go to the court and try their best to claim credit for the generals, so as to confer their wives and sons and leave their names forever.

After repeated urging by the two governors, Li Guoqi, the general soldier, finally failed to hold back. As a last resort, he led his men and horses to go out first, but just as soon as he came into contact with the cavalry, his men and horses lost their positions, and the soldiers rushed out one after another. Turn around and flee, completely unstoppable.

He Renlong had fought against the trespasser Li Zicheng for more than ten years, and he knew the trespasser best. He naturally knew that Li Zicheng had always been good at using treachery and laying ambushes, so he was careful all the way.

Furthermore, the "Crazy He" at this time is no longer as crazy as it was back then!
In the early years, He Renlong led an army to suppress thieves. He was indeed brave in battle, and he was not afraid of death. He always charged forward, so he got the nickname "Crazy He".

But as time went by, He Renlong's courage also shrank, and it seemed that he was getting worse day by day. Maybe it was because his family's wealth was increasing, and the rewards were over, and he had no other big pursuits.

Especially in the 13th year of Chongzhen, after the First Battle of Manao Mountain, Yang Sichang, who was the supervisor at the time, had promised him that he would be the general who suppressed the bandits after his success, but later awarded this title to Zuo Liangyu.

The change of this matter hit him hard, and He Renlong was very dissatisfied with Hong Chengchou and the Ming court because of this. Since then, he has been in control, trying his best to avoid wars with bandit soldiers, and only seeks to protect himself and his strength. Existing riches and honor.

Even today, he still thinks so. When he saw Li Guoqi's troops being defeated, He Renlong didn't step forward to meet him. He didn't even say hello, so he led his troops towards the northeast. Walk.

Of course, He Renlong also sent a personal soldier with a sentence: To the governor, my old He is going to the northeast to attack the thieves!

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In fact, the official army led by the two governors, Fu Zonglong and Yang Wenyue, totaled 6 to [-] horses. Facing Li Guo's [-] intruders' cavalry, it was still a big fight.

What He Renlong was afraid of was that he suspected that the intruder had another ambush, and that he only wanted to keep his family's wealth at this moment, and he didn't want to work for the Ming Emperor and the court.

But as the most powerful elite brigade, He Renlong's troops of more than [-] troops are undoubtedly the most powerful in the official army, and his every move is related to the direction of the Ming army.

But now, Hu Dawei, the general of the real security guard, saw Li Guoqi's defeat first, and watched He Renlong lead the army to escape to the northeast. He knew that although he still had the advantage in terms of strength, he was definitely defeated.

However, because Hu Dawei was originally a general who rebelled from the northern captives, although he had always fought bravely, he had never been able to gain the true trust of the imperial court. Dare to give him too many soldiers and horses.

Now, even though he knew it was a doomed situation, he didn't dare to retreat without orders, so he called out the general order immediately, wanting to lead the army to rush out, stabilize the position, and fight with all his strength.

How could he have thought that after the defeat of the army, Li Guoqi, the general soldier, also wanted to try to gather some troops and retreat back to Mengjiazhuang first, so that he could regroup the army and fight again.

But his soldiers, seeing that the main force of He Renlong's troops had fled to the northeast, immediately guessed that they were going to flee to Xiangcheng, and naturally everyone panicked.

Surrounded by his officers and soldiers, Li Guoqi couldn't help himself, so he had to lead the remnants of the camp to follow He Renlong's footsteps and rush to Xiangcheng.

As the saying goes: "An army is defeated like a mountain!"

He Renlong and Li Guoqi can be said to be the backbone of Fu Zonglong's Shaanxi army, and now they are the first to lead the army away, and the remaining Shaanxi soldiers will naturally be in a state of confusion.

Seeing this, Hu Dawei didn't dare to attack rashly. After all, no one knew whether the intruder would have any left behind. What's more, with the defeat of He Renlong and Li Guoqi, the Shaanxi army was in chaos, and Fu Zonglong was unable to stop it.

Seeing that the Ming army was about to collapse, Hu Dawei shouted loudly: "Zeng Xinjun, quickly lead the infantry to the east and follow the flood to the north."

Hu Dawei turned his head and called to stop the guerrilla Hu Zichen, and shouted: "Hu Zichen, follow me to the Chinese army, and guard Yang Du Wanquan."

With the waving of the flag, Hu Dawei's soldiers and horses were divided into two, the infantry marched eastward in formation, and the cavalry galloped towards the central army with billowing smoke and dust.

At this time, Fu Zonglong, the governor of the three sides, was already escorted by the generals and troops of the superintendent battalion, and was following He Renlong's footsteps to the northeast, fighting and retreating.

Hu Dawei met Zhang Dechang, the deputy general of Zhenbao Town, and he yelled: "Commander Hu, this place is out of control. Duty Yang ordered me to wait until after the end, and the guards retreated to Xiangcheng."

In fact, as experienced commanders-in-chief of the first army, both Fu Zonglong and Yang Wenyue had their own pro-army, that is, the Supervising Standard Battalion, and almost all the generals and generals in the battalion were selected by him personally.

Naturally, the loyalty is high, so at this critical juncture, the soldiers of the Supervising Biao Battalion can all be loyal and keep their respective governors alive, rushing to Xiangcheng and fighting and retreating.

However, the lieutenant general Zhang Dechang lied, saying that the military order that he should have undertaken himself was ordered by Yang Wenyue to him and Hu Dawei.

It's no wonder, if Hu Dawei hadn't come to the door himself, this deputy general Zhang would have fled away in a panic. After the army was cut off.

But the bandit army rushing forward was all cavalry. On the other hand, although the Ming army had [-] to [-] soldiers, there were less than [-] cavalry. These cavalry were still scattered under the command of the generals, and two In the governor's standard camp.

Being so scattered, they couldn't cooperate closely at the time of the battle, and could only fight on their own. This was the reason why He Renlong retreated.

However, He Renlong himself had more than 2000 fine cavalry under his command, accounting for almost a quarter of the cavalry of the Ming army. Once he fled, the blow to the morale of the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty would be devastating.

Even if Hu Dawei's subordinate Ding Jingqi is brave and brave, but there are many bandits and cavalry, they will fight and retreat. Fortunately, both sides are cavalry, and when the situation is unfavorable, they can Run away.

In the process of retreating, Fu Zonglong's troops were ambushed by more than a thousand cavalry cavalry. Even Shang Fang's sword and imperial edict bestowed by the current emperor were lost, and he himself was almost captured alive by the Chuang army.

It was thanks to his soldiers and generals of the supervising battalion who were protecting each other desperately and fighting back the intruder cavalry that rushed to his side that he was able to escape with his whole body.

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"A tiger" Li Guoce was on his horse, seeing that the army was in disarray, and some of them fled northeast without a fight, along with several general soldiers, including many cavalry.

Although the other part is already very chaotic, it can still fight and retreat, and organizes counterattacks in turn when retreating. In his opinion, this side is undoubtedly the standard battalion of the two governors.

Therefore, he resolutely decided to lead the main force to chase after the officers and soldiers who fled without fighting, and only sent a small cavalry to chase after the Ming army who fought and retreated, but they did not chase them hard.

The reason why Li Guo arranged it this way was to try his best to avoid too many casualties among his troops in the melee.

He believed that the officers and soldiers who fled without a fight must be in disarray, and it would be relatively easy to pursue them, and as long as they were completely defeated or dispersed, the rest would be nothing to worry about .

As for those Ming troops who can organize a counterattack, they only need to send out a small group of cavalry to pursue them properly and prevent them from running away with all their strength. It is impossible to fight desperately with them at this moment.

On the other hand, Governor Fu Zonglong and Yang Wenyue, under the protection of their respective battalions, were fighting and retreating. Seeing that the intruders were not chasing and beating hard, they gathered together the broken officers and troops along the way.

Finally at dusk, the Ming army retreated to a place called Huoshaodian, which was about twenty miles away from Xiangcheng.

There is only a very desolate small street in this burning shop, and there is a slightly crude wall around it, and many places have collapsed, and people and horses can come in and out through the gaps at will.

It seems that banditry has been frequent in recent years, and no one dares to guard the village anymore, so they no longer repair the collapsed walls of the village. It seems that there should be dozens of families in the village, but now it is empty without a single person .

After entering the Huoshao shop, Fu Zonglong immediately went to the governor Yang Wenyue to negotiate secretly with his horse. Even the relatives of the two were ordered to retreat [-] steps away, obviously not wanting them to hear their conversation.

According to Yang Wenyue's intention, he thought that he would have to flee north for a while before he could feel a little safe.

But Fu Zonglong insisted on not fleeing, he said: "This place is only twenty miles away from Xiangcheng, if you try to escape again, you may be chased and killed by bandits before you reach Xiangcheng.

Now that people are tired and horses are exhausted, and the army is flustered, even if they want to leave, they really can't go anymore, so it's better to stay here and wait for help. "

Due to Fu Zonglong's repeated insistence, Yang Wenyue couldn't resist too much, so they stationed in the Huoshao shop and resolutely defended it.