There has always been a kind of war situation in the art of war, which is called defeat like a mountain. Whether it is a strong army in the world or a mob, the situation is similar when it is defeated and fled. Although Yang Chengzu led his troops to resist tenaciously, he alone could not even delay the defeated army of his own side, let alone those officials who followed and rushed behind.

The sky in the distance was lightning and thunder, and snowflakes mixed with rain and fell from above. It was abnormal to drop such heavy rain in such a season, but it just came.

Li Guoqi was a general on the battlefield. How could he have done such an opportunity? He led his troops to strengthen the offensive like crazy, with all kinds of broken limbs flying in the air, and blood staining the entire ground red. Except for Yang Chengzu, the peasant army led their troops to guard the camps to cover more peasants' retreat. The other peasant army fought on their own, one after another by the official army, and the whole situation was extremely chaotic.

Feather arrows flew across the board and shot towards the densest places where the peasant army fled; spears came out one by one, and they poked the fleeing peasant army one by one from the back; their waists were slashed, and blood splashed with rain.

Luo Rucai saw Luo Ruming screaming and fleeing backwards, but at the same time, an official soldier hurriedly caught up from behind. The long sword cut straight from behind, and then chopped him to the ground. The crowd behind him swarmed in and stepped on him completely. Luo Rucai held his hands tightly, looked at the miserable situation below, and felt cold all over.

Yuan Gui said anxiously: "Master General Yang can't hold on for long. Now our only hope is Wang Guangen, who is stationed on the north side. Please lead your troops to retreat to his camp now. There are camps there, and they will be defended with confidence, and there may be a glimmer of hope."

Luo Rucai said with a look of ugly expression: "Liu Jinzhong and Li Guoxing have betrayed me. Is it necessary that Wang Guangen is trustworthy? I am rushing to him now, wouldn't I fall into the trap? If Wang Guangen had the intention and had such a big disturbance here, he would have led his troops to come for reinforcements. Until now, he still has not moved, and it is obvious that he has betrayed me."

Yuan Gui's face was unstable and bowed again: "Then please change the clothes of the horsemen and escape from the valley immediately from the small road. The students are willing to continue to resist for the remaining brothers and buy time for the horsemen."

Luo Rucai was moved and said, "Old Yuan, this..."

Yuangui smiled bitterly: "Master, Yang Sichang has designated to take your life, so you must escape. But I am just a scholar, with a low name but a low life, which is really not worth mentioning. I will persevere for the Master until the last moment. If things are not done at that time, at most, my subordinates will surrender Yang Sichang for the time being. The key is that Master, you must escape and regroup. At that time, the students will surrender to you in the future."

Luo Ruo knew that what Yuan Gui said was the truth, and now he had reached the end of his life. Only this move could save his life. At this time, he still wanted Yuan Ming to be completely loyal to him, and he hoped that he would help him get time. He was silent for a moment, grabbed Yuan Gui and said, "Old Yuan, then I'll ask you all."

Yuan Gui nodded and said, "Master, there is a steep path in the valley on the north side. It was discovered by the scouts when they were recently exploring the way. The official army should not know where it is. Please ask the Master to withdraw from there quickly."

Luo Rucai nodded and turned to the left and right, "Luo Ren, Ma Feng, you two protect Lao Yuan and make sure he is safe and sound. Gao Xin, Luo Yi, you two immediately find the twenty most elite brothers and go with me."

Yang Chengzu was covered in blood, his steps were staggering, and he swung his knife to slash at Li Guoqi, but the latter easily flashed by. The sky was about to dawn, but the rain was still falling, and the ground was muddy. Through the light from the lightning, he could see his calmness and determination.

"Brother Yang, you have already lost, there is no need to struggle any more. If you choose to surrender now, I promise to ask General Yang for your life."

Yang Chengzu smiled miserably, a trace of murderous aura surged in his eyes, and he raised his sword to point at Liu Jinzhong and Li Guoxing, saying, "Are they like the two of them? They are lying at Yang Sichang's feet like dogs? I can't afford to lose such a person. If you want to kill, kill, why bother to say more!"

All the rest surrendered, but Yang Chengzu resisted to the end, causing a lot of losses to the official army. Zhou Xian looked at him and felt a little admiration. It seemed that Luo Rucai was not useless, and there were people who were so loyal to him around him. But in the current situation, I am afraid he could only have a dead end.

Li Guoqi's face was gloomy. He had fought with Yang Chengzu many times and knew his talent for leading troops. Hearing the determination in Yang Chengzu's tone, he sighed and said, "Brother Yang, I respect you as a hero. For the sake of being a fellow Shaanxi fellow, I allow you to break it. You should take your own blame!"

A hint of mockery flashed from the corner of Yang Chengzu's mouth, and turned to look at Li Guoqi and said, "Li Guoqi, I really admire your shamelessness. After saying so much, aren't you just trying to give me the last dignity in exchange for completely subjugating my subordinates? Okay, I will fulfill you."

Yang Chengzu robbed the white hair, which made Li Guoqi's face a little hot. He did have that idea. You should know that most of the soldiers who could fight under Luo Rucai were among Yang Chengzu, and most of them were captured this time. If he could take the opportunity to treat Yang Chengzu well and completely surrender his soldiers, his strength would definitely increase greatly. Perhaps one day he would become an unmovable existence in the court like Zuo Liangyu and He Fengzi.

After Yang Chengzu finished speaking, he knelt down on the ground and bowed north three times. He whispered loudly, "Master, take care of yourself." After that, he held the long sword inverted and went straight into his heart.

Zhou Xian saw Yang Chengzu's head tilted to one side and said to Jimu next to him: "There is no chance to watch it, let's go!"

Li Guoqi's voice came from behind. "Come on! Stop General Yang's body and be buried with a grand ceremony."

Li Kai quickly walked to Zhou Xian, smiled all over his face, and whispered: "Second Young Master, you have caught Luo Rucai's military advisor Yuangui."

Zhou Xian looked slightly strange and asked, "Where is Luo Rucai! Have you noticed him?"

Li Kai frowned and shook his head and said, "No. According to Luo Rucai's side, he led twenty personal entourages to escape on the path when the battle situation was slightly unfavorable. His whereabouts are unknown now."

Zhou Xian nodded and said, "Send Yuan Gui back to the rear camp and hand it over to the supervisor to deal with it. Mr. Wan deployed more than 20,000 county soldiers outside the valley, and Luo Rucai could not escape."

From the beginning of this battle to the end, Wang Guangen neither sent troops to support Luo Rucai nor led his troops to attack him. After seeing the complete defeat of the peasant army on the south side, he sent people to contact Ma Xianglin and led his troops to surrender.
Chapter completed!