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Chapter 408 The Fall of the Tianxiong Army

In the vicinity of Zhending County, corpses were strewn all over the field, the mutilated flag of the Ming Dynasty fell on the ground, and birds and swords were scattered everywhere.Occasionally black smoke can be seen rising.

Tens of thousands of refugees wandered around like zombies, looking for dry food among the corpses and making up for the surviving Ming army.

Lu Xiangsheng's face was covered with black smoke, mud, and blood, and there were several scratches on his armor. He supported his trembling and tired body with a big knife.By Lu Xiangsheng's side, there were only less than a hundred soldiers following him.

They were surrounded by an army of rogues hundreds of times and thousands of times larger than them.And their comrades-in-arms have been dispersed under the surprise attack of the Musketeer Battalion and [-] cavalry.Behind the elite led by Zhang Yuan, hundreds of thousands of refugees swarmed like zombies, dividing and devouring the scattered Tianxiong soldiers.

Lu Xiangsheng tried his best to turn the tide, but there were two main forces not much worse than Tianxiong's army on the opposite side, and there were [-] refugees shouting and outflanking.The momentum alone overwhelmed the Tianxiong army, which was less than ten thousand people!

"Why hasn't our reinforcements arrived yet?!" Lu Xiangsheng looked at the gradually darkening sky and wiped the thick blood on his face.

"My lord, it looks like we won't have any reinforcements. This time we're going to die here!" the soldiers who followed Lu Xiangsheng in the battle until now shouted out of breath.

"You came here with me from Daming Mansion, all your brothers and folks died in battle, do you regret it?!" Lu Xiangsheng shouted.

"No regrets!" The nearly a hundred soldiers following Lu Xiangsheng shouted in unison.

The soldiers of the Musketeer Battalion were getting closer and closer with muskets in their hands, and hundreds of thousands of refugees followed behind.

"Catch the general of the Ming army alive." Zhang Yuan issued an order indifferently.

Before he personally led five thousand cavalry to raid Lu Xiangsheng, he was stabbed in the shoulder, and he simply bandaged it, and then continued to command the tragic battle to wipe out the Tianxiong army.

Although the Tianxiong Army was encircled and suppressed with ten times more troops, the main force was still severely damaged, and thousands of refugees died.It can be seen that the will of the Tianxiong Army is strong.

"In order to destroy this Ming army, more than [-] people stormed and paid nearly [-] losses. Why should we capture them alive? Just kill them all." Gao Yigong expressed disapproval of Zhang Yuan's request to capture Lu Xiangsheng alive untie.

"Killing him will only make him a hero and the spiritual pillar of the Ming army, but capturing him alive can torture him, and let the other generals who want to resist see the end of their stubbornness." Zhang Yuan said.

"Zhang Yuan, you are so ruthless, I like it." Gao Yigong felt goosebumps all over his body when he thought of Zhang Yuan's torture methods.

"The Musketeer Battalion retreated, and let other refugees go forward to capture the general of the Ming army." Zhang Yuan withdrew the most vicious Musketeer Battalion.

The Musket Battalion used flintlock guns, and the bullets had no eyes, for fear that Lu Xiangsheng would be killed by the bullets.

The soldiers of the Musketeer Battalion left the front row and were replaced by a densely packed refugee army with no combat effectiveness but more people than locusts.

Lu Xiangsheng led less than a hundred soldiers in and out among the refugees, and the blood of the refugees on their armor washed away the blood stains accumulated before.The waves of blood are rolling, and if a soldier falls, at least several refugees will be taken away!
The remnant soldiers of the Tianxiong army who were held up by the refugees, still persisted unyielding in the desperate situation, just like a lonely reef in the sea.

"Who else dares to fight!" Lu Xiangsheng opened his eyes and roared angrily, smashing a refugee who was coming towards him to the ground with a big knife on his back!
Seeing the bravery of the general of the Ming army this time, several refugees around couldn't help but backed up a few steps in fear.

In this way, the Ming army with only a few dozen people frightened the tens of thousands of refugees who besieged them.Tens of thousands of refugees formed a circle and confronted the dozens of Ming troops in a vigilant manner.

"Fishing nets." Zhang Yuan frowned slightly when he saw that tens of thousands of refugees could not catch Lu Xiangsheng's dozens of people, and then ordered the refugees to fetch dozens of fishing nets.

"Commander Zhang Yuan has an order to capture Lu Xiangsheng alive, reward 300 taels of silver, and promote him to one level!" Someone among the tens of thousands of refugees who surrounded Lu Xiangsheng shouted. Attack.

Lu Xiangsheng and the others had no time to recuperate, and fell into a bitter battle again. They tried to pull as many bandits as their backs to reduce the pressure on the Ming army behind.Although the Ming army behind them was only ten miles away from them, they might not be willing to rescue them.

One by one, the refugees swung their knives at Lu Xiangsheng. Suddenly, among the refugees, black shadows appeared in the air.

Before Lu Xiangsheng had time to see clearly what the black shadow was, he was already covered by the fishing net.This kind of fishing net gets tighter the more he struggles, Lu Xiangsheng was delayed for a while, and before he had time to cut the fishing net with his sword, the refugees around him pressed Lu Xiangsheng to the ground.

"General!" Seeing that Lu Xiangsheng was restrained, Lu Xiangsheng's soldiers hurried over to rescue Lu Xiangsheng.

However, they also encountered fishing nets falling from the sky, and dozens of people were quickly subdued because their hands and feet were bound.

"You despicable guys..." Lu Xiangsheng was pressed to the ground by a few refugees, as if he was pressed by a stone weighing hundreds of catties, unable to break free.

"Be careful, don't crush this guy to death, otherwise we won't get the bounty." The little refugee leader said.

"I'm going to get rich this time." Several refugees who were holding Lu Xiangsheng said excitedly.

300 taels of silver, even if several people share it equally, they can get dozens of taels of silver, so you don't have to go hungry for a while.

Lu Xiangsheng and the last few dozen soldiers of the Tianxiong Army were brought before Zhang Yuan. Their hands were tied behind their backs with thick ropes, and their eyes were wide open.If they hadn't been tied up, they might have pounced on them.

The two opposing generals, Zhang Yuan and Lu Xiangsheng, finally faced each other. They were about the same age, and they were the main generals of their respective South Route Army.

"Are you Lu Xiangsheng, right? You Ming army also has 3 to [-] people, plus at least [-] civilians. Why are you the only one with less than [-] people fighting?" Zhang Yuan asked.

"All civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty are seeking glory at the expense of the country, and I, Lu Xiangsheng, cannot support myself. I am wronged to lose!" Lu Xiangsheng said sadly.

"Since civil and military officials are hopeless, how about following King Chuang with me, overthrowing the old dynasty and establishing a new dynasty?" Zhang Yuan threw out an olive branch.

"You gangsters are burning, killing and looting everywhere. Wherever you pass, there is no grass growing. The crimes are serious. It is absolutely impossible for me, Lu Xiangsheng, to be in collusion with you! If you want to kill, kill it!" Lu Xiangsheng said across his neck.

"Come here, detain them first, and greet them well after we defeat the high-potential Ming army." Zhang Yuan breathed a sigh of relief because he had eliminated the stubborn Tianxiong army.Compared with the Tianxiong army, it was easier for Zhang Yuan to defeat the high-rise potential army with a larger number of people.

(End of this chapter)