"General, Li Dingguo and the others are preparing to withdraw."

On the mountain at Mangdangkou, a Lantian soldier said to Li Chaomeng. Li Chaomeng was eating a steamed bun at this time. After hearing this, he looked in the direction of Li Dingguo and found that Li Dingguo and the others were indeed preparing to leave. At this time, the Lantian soldier said: "

General, should we rush out and stop them?"

Hearing this, Li Chaomeng said: "Rush out, we and the militia only have less than 500 people. It's okay to stick to a natural pass like Mangdangkou, but trying to stop Li Dingguo's nearly tens of thousands of troops is a bit of a dream.

"

After hearing this, the Lantian soldier said: "General, what should we do?"

Li Chaomeng sat back on the chair and said: "It's okay, our goal has been achieved. This place is dozens of miles away from the battlefield. Li Dingguo's cavalry only occupies a small part. Even if we rush back now, it will not help. Wait.

If he rushes back, our affairs are probably finished."

After hearing this, the Lantian soldier said: "What about us?"

Li Chaomeng said: "Don't let down your guard and continue to guard here. Our task today is to guard Mangdangkou, so as not to suffer a big loss from this guy's attacks."

After hearing this, the Lantian soldier nodded and said, "It's the general."

Li Chaomeng just watched Li Dingguo integrating the army. Li Dingguo looked at Li Chaomeng and found that Li Chaomeng had no intention of stopping him. He frowned and didn't understand what medicine Li Chaomeng was selling in his gourd.

But since Li Chaomeng didn't stop him, he didn't say anything and left quickly. It's not a big deal to waste time here. Thinking of Li Dingguo, he looked at Wang Jiadong and said, "Jiadong, have all the troops been ordered?"

Wang Jiadong said: "Okay, it's already lit."

At this time, Li Dingguo jumped on his horse, stretched out his hand and said: "The whole army listens to the order and returns to the aid of Tongqian Pass."

After hearing this, the cavalry followed Li Dingguo and left, but the infantry was unwilling. Early in the morning, they followed the troops from Tongqian Pass to Mangdangkou. Before we could take a breath here, you asked us to go back again. Are you here?

Where's the silly boy?

These bandits were full of complaints. They were good at cavalry, so they could just ride a horse and arrive without any trouble at all. However, they were infantrymen and had to carry dry food and weapons with them. They had to run back and forth for dozens of miles.

You really think we are made of iron.

Thinking about it, some people deliberately slowed down because they were too tired and couldn't run anymore. The small movements of the infantry behind him also caught Li Dingguo's eyes. Li Dingguo frowned and said: "How can you be so slack at such a critical moment?"

After Wang Jiadong heard this, he stopped Li Dingguo and said: "Don't be upset Dingguo. They are really tired from tossing them back and forth this morning. We should be considerate of the general and don't use force with force, otherwise things will definitely change.

"

Li Dingguo nodded after hearing this and said: "That makes sense, but we can't wait for them. The battlefield is changing rapidly. I have to go back quickly, otherwise I don't know what the consequences will be. In this way, Jiadong, you stay and be responsible for leading these infantry.

I will lead the cavalry to rescue."

After hearing this, Wang Jiadong said: "As a deputy general, I will stay by your side."

After hearing this, Li Dingguo said: "That's not what we're talking about now. I'll leave first, and I'll leave the infantry to you."

After speaking, Li Dingguo ignored Wang Jiadong's reaction and led his cavalry to rush to the Tongqianguan battlefield frantically.

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"Quickly, retreat, retreat."

Sun Kewang led a group of troops to retreat frantically towards Zhuxi County. They were defeated like a mountain. The army's defense was like a huge dam. It was impregnable at first, but if there was a defeat, it would trigger a chain reaction, just like When a breach occurs in the dam, it will spread to the surrounding areas, and eventually it will completely collapse.

Zhang Xianzhong's soldiers were made up of all kinds of people including refugees, grassroots bandits, bandits, and local gangsters.

One characteristic of these guys is that when fighting with the wind, they are all very powerful and their fighting power is exaggerated. However, when fighting against the wind, they can run faster than anyone else.

To put it bluntly, this is a standard mob. The 30,000 people in the former army were educated by Lantian's artillery. Then there was a breach, and then the whole army went crazy. Sun Kewang did Niannihuhu and did not stop the breach at the beginning. The soldiers opened their mouths, which resulted in a quarrel at the gate of the village.

He directly led the defeated troops to his own Chinese army's tent, and then the entire Chinese army was affected by the negative impact of the defeated troops, and the soldiers had no fighting spirit. However, Sun Kewang and Liu Wenxiu did not immediately encourage them. Morale, withstood the pressure from Lantian, and ran away with the people.

In an instant, the Chinese army was leaderless and became like sheep in the field. At this time, when Lan Tiancheng's organized troops arrived, the Chinese army was scattered in an instant. And if the army was scattered, it would be difficult to regroup and reach the sky.

Then a magical scene happened. The 60,000-strong army of rogue bandits was chased everywhere by the less than 20,000-strong Lantian Army, just like chasing rabbits. These rogue bandits were unable to organize any powerful resistance at all.

At this time, Li Dezhen and Shi Dalei were pursuing Sun Kewang with a brigade of troops.

"Drive, drive, drive..."

The two groups were competing with each other at this time. Whoever could capture Sun Kewang alive would definitely be the first in this battle. If he could use his first victory to apply to the county magistrate for the right to use the new artillery, the probability of success would be very high.

"Chase, don't let Sun Kewang escape, capture Sun Kewang alive!"

Shi Dalei shouted, while the cavalry was chasing madly. Li Dezhen saw this and shouted: "Brothers, work harder to capture Sun Kewang alive. I will reward him with the golden-handled fire blunderbuss given to me by the county magistrate."

After hearing Li Dezhen's shouting, everyone's eyes lit up. The golden-handled fire blunderbuss was Li Dezhen's treasure. It was after Li Chaosheng led Li Chaohu and Shi Dalei into Guihua City and fought a battle with the Tatars. Let these two divisions overwhelm the two left-behind divisions, Li Chaolong Division and Li Dezhen, with their military exploits.

Needless to say, Li Chaolong had the upper hand over many division commanders with his seniority, and he was also the first left-behind division personally appointed by Li Chaosheng, and was the patron saint of Lantian. There was nothing wrong with him staying, and no one could say anything, but Li Dezhen Very uncomfortable.

In order to appease Li Dezhen's mood, Li Chaosheng gave Li Dezhen one of the five golden-handled fireguns made by the arsenal when the first batch of short-hand fireguns appeared in Lantian, and encouraged Li Dezhen that he was like this golden-handled firegun. Like a gun, gold always shines.

Li Dezhen cherished this golden-handled firecracker and regarded it as his own treasure. He would not bear to wear it at ordinary times and put it on display in his office. At this time, he was willing to take out this golden-handled firecracker as a reward. This shows that these artillery pieces have great influence on him. The temptation is greater.

The eyes of all the subordinates turned red after hearing this. The golden-handled fire blunderbuss was personally rewarded by the county magistrate. This thing is top-notch in terms of value and honor.

Just looking at the value, the golden-handled fire gun. The handle of this fire gun is made of real gold. It is said that more than a kilogram of gold was used. If you look at the honor, it is even higher. It was given by the county official. If this thing is placed

In the Ming Dynasty, it was equivalent to a gift from the emperor. It was a treasure.

With the golden-handled fire blunderbuss as a bonus, Li Dezhen's soldiers all screamed and screamed, their eyes were red as they killed, and they became even more energetic in chasing Sun Kewang.

When Shi Dalei saw Li Dezhen, he even took out a gold-handled pistol. At this time, Shi Dalei shouted: "Damn it, if anyone can catch Sun Kewang, I..."

Shi Dalei was a little speechless when he said this. He didn't seem to have anything valuable. The county magistrate hadn't rewarded him with anything valuable in recent years. There was no way. He had led troops on many expeditions in recent years, so all he got were some benefits, such as

Military equipment and equipment, such as various military preferential treatment.

As well as the improvement in status, you must know that Shi Dalei used to be the fourth division commander, and his status was at the bottom of the four masters in Lantian. The reason is also very simple. The commanders of the other divisions are all named Li, but he is not named Li.

However, after years of intentional promotion by the county magistrate, his military status has improved a lot, and his status has directly changed from the lowest-ranking division commander to one of the top division commanders in Lantian.

Now if you want to ask which division is more powerful in Lantian, the first one is Li Chaohu, and the second one is Shi Dalei. As the main division of his clan guarding Lantian, Li Chaolong is not included in the ranking, but Li Dezhen division has no way to compare with him.

This is what the county magistrate has given Shi Dalei over the years. Li Chaosheng actually also pays attention to the method of balance. Shi Dalei's position is not stable, so Li Chaosheng asks him to fight more tough battles, use military exploits to stabilize his position and silence those who have opinions.

But Li Dezhen, who was able to convince the public, had to fight all the battles for Shi Dalei because he wanted Shi Dalei to establish his military exploits, so he could only be rewarded in terms of property and honor.

Otherwise, if you favor one over the other, big problems will arise.

Shi Dalei found that he did not have a treasure comparable to a golden-handled pistol to reward, but he also had his own advantages. At this time, he shouted: "Chase, don't let Li Dezhen's troops get the lead. If you capture Sun Kewang alive, I will record him as a great merit and reward him with gold."

Twenty taels."

When they heard this, the eyes of the soldiers in Shi Dalei's department also turned red. A great achievement is the step to promotion. Those who have contributed to Lantian over the years are all doing very well, and they also have twenty taels of gold. According to Lantian's

The exchange ratio is, one tael of gold and ten silver dollars, twenty taels of gold equals two hundred silver dollars, and a soldier only has five silver dollars as military pay for a month.

This is equivalent to twenty months' military pay as a soldier.

There must be a brave man under a heavy reward. Under the encouragement of the two commanders, all the soldiers were like chicken blood. The pursuit of Sun Kewang was miserable.

Sun Kewang and Liu Wenxiu ran desperately. Sun Kewang looked at the screaming Lantian soldiers behind him and cursed: "Are these Lantian soldiers crazy? They are chasing after them."

Liu Wenxiu shouted at this time: "Brother, if you hold on, we will be in the rear army soon."

Sun Kewang said: "Then hurry up and hurry up. Drive, drive, drive."

The army was defeated like a mountain, and a group of people fled frantically. At this moment, scouts had already destroyed the front army, and the news of the collapse of the middle army was sent to the rear army. What did Zhang Xianzhong hear?

The 30,000 people in the front army were defeated, and the 60,000 people in the middle army were scattered. Now they are attacking the main camp of the rear army. This is incredible.

Zhang Xianzhong was a leader in the army and knew how to fight. When he heard that Sun Kewang was leading his men to flee back, he was furious: "Trash, trash."

Zhang Xianzhong shouted at the top of his lungs, followed immediately by shouting: "Seal the gate of the village and don't allow anyone to approach the rear army's village. Anyone who dares to approach will be killed without mercy!"

Zhang Xianzhong was not an indecisive person. At this time, he immediately made the best arrangement. Learning from the past, he could not let the defeated army disperse his rear army. By then, it would not be as simple as defeat.

Zhang Xianzhong thought about giving an order. The elite men under Zhang Xianzhong immediately blocked the gate of the village, mounted the cannons, and all the archers were ready to aim at the gate. As long as the situation was not right, they were ready to order archery to destroy all those who dared to rush into the rear army's village.

people.

Zhang Xianzhong personally went into battle, holding a long sword, and came to the front to prepare to command the battle. At this time, he saw smoke and dust billowing in the distance. Sun Kewang fled crazily with a bunch of defeated troops. Behind him, there were bursts of muskets, and Sun Kewang's army was beaten and fled.

When Shi Dalei and Li Dezhen saw Zhang Xianzhong's rear army tent in front of them, they looked at each other and asked the adjutant behind them: "How far is the pursuit?"

At this time, the adjutant replied: "It has exceeded the ten miles stipulated by the county, and is nearly fifteen miles."

After hearing this, the two of them calmed down. The purpose of their battle was not to eliminate Zhang Xianzhong.

This battle can injure Zhang Xianzhong, but it cannot eliminate him, because Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng are like forward troops in Lantian's military plan.

The most numerous people in the land of Ming Dynasty are local tyrants, evil gentry, and various aristocratic families. These aristocratic families are intertwined, like cancer cells, spreading across the land of Ming Dynasty, poisoning the ordinary people of Ming Dynasty.

And if Li Chaosheng wants to accept Daming's body, he can't just accept this body, regardless of the cancer that is happening in this body, and Lan Tian can't be the executioner, so the important task of removing the cancer cells and eliminating the wealthy families is left to him.

Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong were the rebels.

After all, when they conquer a place, what they like to do most is to torture big families, destroy aristocratic families, and loot money. Money is something Li Chaosheng doesn't care about.

Because no matter how much money is lost, it can be earned again. What Li Chaosheng wants to rob is a piece of clean land. As long as the land is assigned to Lantian County, then Li Chaosheng can recruit refugees, carry out land reform, and turn these places into Lantian.

Therefore, Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng cannot be killed. This is a consensus of the Lantian military. Otherwise, Lantian has had countless opportunities to completely eliminate the two gangsters Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong over the years. But after they are eliminated, Li Chaosheng will have to face the entire

The pressure brought by Ming Dynasty.

This is not what Li Chaosheng wants. Li Chaosheng does not want to bear the reputation of being too vicious. After all, Li Chaosheng wants to be the emperor in the future, and he is the kind of emperor who will last forever.

Let's leave the infamy to the rogue bandits. The rogue bandits brought disaster to the Ming Dynasty. Li Chaosheng defeated the rogue bandits, helped the country, and finally achieved hegemony. This was the blueprint Li Chaosheng planned for himself.
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