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Chapter 402 Tianxiong Army (Second Change)
When the Beilu peasant army represented by Li Zicheng and Zhang Yuan conquered Daizhou City, Gao Yigong led an army of [-] peasants into the border of Hebei.

However, those who faced them were Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong army dispatched by the imperial court to suppress the peasant rebel army, and Gao Qiqian, the eunuch who was the governor of Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and other reinforcements.

Compared with Li Zicheng and the others, Gao Yigong fell into a hard fight.

On the outskirts of Zhending County, a battle of more than [-] people broke out here.All the generals of the Peasant Army of the South Road, including Gao Yigong, never expected to encounter a Ming general who was not very famous before but fought bravely!

Lu Xiangsheng raised his sword and charged forward, while the army of tens of thousands of people behind him followed him, fighting hard, like a sharp sword inserted into the vast ocean of the [-] peasant army, dividing and defeating the [-] peasant army.

Gao Yigong and others saw on the high ground that the [-] peasant army was abruptly defeated by the Tianxiong army as the main force of the Ming army, and they hurriedly dispatched various refugee leaders.However, the organization of the refugees was too poor. When the orders of Gao Yigong and others were conveyed to the various refugee troops, the refugees had already fallen into chaos where they could not find generals and generals.

Some refugee leaders who were not looking good even got cold feet.

"General, the situation is not good. Look at us..." The generals around Gao Yigong said nervously when they saw that the troops were defeated, and Lu Xiangsheng was about to lead troops to attack their command center.

"Okay, let's retreat quickly." Gao Yigong's palms were also sweaty.

It was the first time he left the command of Li Zicheng and Zhang Yuan, and Gao Yigong led an army of [-] for the first time. Unexpectedly, he was beaten to the ground by the Tianxiong army of less than [-], and almost got pulled into his pants!

In a hurry, Gao Yigong led a group of refugee leaders and fled in the direction of Taiyuan.As for the [-] peasant army, let them be expelled by the Ming army at will.Anyway, the officers and soldiers couldn't kill them all, and they didn't have enough food to feed them. These displaced refugees would return to their banners as long as they raised their arms for a while.

Suddenly, at the place where Lu Xiangsheng was about to lead the Tianxiong Army to continue chasing and killing Gao Yigong, the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty called for gold to withdraw their troops.

Lu Xiangsheng, who was fighting bloody battles and his armor was covered in blood, looked angrily at the direction of the base camp when he heard the sound of gold ringing.

"General, withdraw the troops!" The soldiers around Lu Xiangsheng said dissatisfiedly.

"The military order is like a mountain and has to be violated. Let's go back to the camp to see what they have to say!" Lu Xiangsheng gritted his teeth and had to lead his troops back.

The [-] peasant army whose will had been destroyed was running around on this plain, while the Tianxiong army led by Lu Xiangsheng returned to the Ming army camp in an orderly manner.

After the fierce battle on the plain, after the two sides retreated, there were only a few thousand corpses and various damaged weapons and equipment scattered around, and no one cleaned them up.

Lu Xiangsheng returned to the Ming army camp with a face full of anger, and threw the helmet he was holding around his waist to the ground.

With a bang, the helmet rolled on the ground, which startled the generals and supervisors in the Ming army camp.

"General Lu, what are you doing?" Gao Qiqian, the eunuch sent by Chongzhen to oversee the army, said in surprise, "You scared our family to death."

"Why...why did you ask for money to retreat when I was chasing after the victory? I could have taken this opportunity to eliminate the leader of this gang of thieves and defeat their strategic intentions of the South Route Army!" Lu Xiangsheng raised a big bowl and gulped water. Throat feels dry to hot.

"Don't chase the poor bandits. If General Lu wants to continue chasing these rioters, he might fall into their ambush." ​​Gao Qiqian said.

"They have become bereaved dogs, don't you want to chase them? Do you know that the art of war requires adapting to the situation, and they are the one who goes deep alone. We need the poor not to chase the bandits on our own territory?" Lu Xiangsheng became more and more annoyed as he thought about it.

"General Lu, you should know that there is a voice from the imperial court recently." Gao Qiqian didn't ask Lu Xiangsheng why he could pursue him, but talked about the matter above.

"I don't care what the court ministers' opinions are. I only know that I was ordered to hunt down the thieves, and I must kill the intruders as soon as possible." Lu Xiangsheng said.

"The intruders are very powerful, but the threat of the Liao army in Liaodong is even greater. The Liao army has surrounded the Dalinghe Fort. The court has internal and external troubles and is unable to fight on multiple fronts. Now the dynasty is full of wars, and Hong Chengchou and Zuo Liangyu are deeply trapped in Heluo But unable to get out of trouble, Shanxi and Daizhou were captured by Li Zicheng, refugees in Sichuan, Hubei and other places also rebelled, and there were frequent mobilizations of Liao troops outside the pass." Gao Qiqian said, "So the imperial court intends to appease Li Zicheng and negotiate peace with him. , stabilize the situation for the time being."

"Absurd!" Lu Xiangsheng shouted, pointing at Gao Qiqian's nose, "The bandits burned, killed and looted thousands of miles from northern Shaanxi to Heluo and Shanxi, and millions of civilians died directly or indirectly from the bandit army. It is impossible for such thieves to accept appeasement from the imperial court! The imperial court is only giving them a chance to survive, and missed the best time to exterminate them!"

"Lu Xiangsheng, you are doubting the courtiers, the Holy Majesty!" Gao Qiqian was furious when he saw Lu Xiangsheng accusing himself face to face.

"Gao Gonggong, the only way to open this deadly game is to defeat Li Zicheng's South Route Army, and then gather the main forces of Xuanda and Dafu to encircle Li Zicheng's North Route Army and completely eliminate Li Zicheng." Lu Xiangsheng said loudly.

"So what if the Liao army from the north took the opportunity to attack?" Gao Qiqian asked.

"If we can defeat the Liao army, they will not dare to go south. If we can't beat the Liao army, even if we negotiate peace with the intruders, we will not be able to withstand the Liao army!" Lu Xiangsheng said.

"Hmph, you are trying to increase their ambitions and destroy the prestige of the imperial court! The courtiers and the emperor plan to negotiate peace with the intruders, so there is naturally the emperor's will. Our army has achieved satisfactory results for the imperial court. I believe that the intruders have been hit hard by this. He will definitely consider a compromise with us." Gao Qiqian said.

"This is not a peace talk, it's just wishful thinking!" Lu Xiangsheng scoffed at Gao Qiqian's naivety.

"Then Lu Xiangsheng, are you going to disobey the Holy Majesty's will?" Gao Qiqian asked coldly.

"I, Lu Jiandou, serve the country loyally and have no intention of disobeying the Holy Majesty. If this is really the intention of the important officials of the court and the Holy Majesty, then I have nothing to say, I just feel some regret." Lu Xiangsheng picked up the helmet on the ground, then turned and left the camp .

He has no right to change the meaning of the above, so he can only compromise silently, and simply take the soldiers to clean up the battlefield.

On the plains of Zhending County, if these corpses are not cleaned up in time, they may soon stink due to rotting and cause plague.

"The great mountains and rivers of my Ming Dynasty will be like this battlefield, with corpses all over the field." Lu Xiangsheng felt powerless, looking at the soldiers busy carrying the corpses, "It seems that Hong Chengchou and Cao Wenzhao are not incompetent, but they are controlled by others everywhere. If one of them can be dictatorial, how can there be robbers today."

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