There is another saying within the Huai Army about the regular army, called the "Central Army".

The term "Central Army" comes from the statement of the governor Lu Wenzong of the Dashun court in the past. Generals who are familiar with the governor have basically heard the word "central" in the governor. Over time, the generals of the Huai Army also like to use "central" to replace the court, and sometimes they also use the word "government".

The "government" was not the first initiative of Lu Si, but the six ministries of Dashun were called the Six Government.

Of course, the central army is called the Central Army.

The situation has developed to the present, Emperor Yongchang Li Zicheng died in Xiangyang, and the Dashun Central Committee has become a new central committee led by Lu Si. Therefore, as the direct descendant of the King of Chuang, the Huai Army was naturally upgraded from the original local army to the Central Army.

If you look at it in detail, the Central Army, the fifth town of the Huai Army, turned into the Central Army of Dashun.

The central government and local governments are naturally psychologically strong.

What's more, the Ming army in Ruzhou in front of us is not even considered a local army, and it is just a bunch of robbers who have robbed families.

So, what are you afraid of?

"kill!"

Zhang Shiyi drew his sword and rushed towards the hundreds of Ming cavalry.

The cavalry behind him roared and followed, swinging his sword and drawing his arrows. His bravery was several levels higher than the Ming army in Ruzhou who had left the city.

In terms of military strength, the Ming army had an advantage, but psychologically, Zhang Shiyi's troops, who were born in the "regular army", had an advantage.

After the two sides fought, they were indistinguishable.

Xu Dingguo could see clearly on the city that his cavalry and horse fighting skills were not as good as those of the Huai thieves.

The Ming army on the top of the city were staring at the fighting between the cavalry on both sides. Although there were not many people fighting between the two sides, the tragic part was not lower than the war at all.

After two rounds of fighting, the Ming army on the top of the city was shocked to find that their cavalry was at a disadvantage. Although the number of people was still more than those of the Huai thief cavalry, more people died.

It's an official army!

Xu Dingguo finally discovered that the Huai bandit cavalry were not bandit soldiers, but the serious Ming official army, because their equipment and fighting style were too obvious.

Most of them were the officers and soldiers who surrendered to the thief in Shandong!

At this time, Xu Dingguo had not understood what was going on, so he had been in vain.

call!

Xu Dingguo, who was already covered in white hair, breathed a long sigh. He understood why Jiaxian was defeated so badly, because the cavalry of the two or three hundred Huai bandits alone was not something his subordinates could resist, let alone those large groups of Huai bandits that had not appeared yet.

"Father, what should I do?" Xu Er'an, the eldest son of Xu Dingguo, asked in a low voice.

Xu Dingguo's face was bitter and he didn't know how to answer his son.

The former bandit leader who was fighting with the Huai Army cavalry at the city secretly complained. He thought that as long as he led his people to rush over with the force of Mount Tai, he could scare these two or three hundred Huai thieves to escape from the battle. He led his people to chase and drive them away, and then strangle them one by one. However, he did not expect that the other person was not afraid of them at all. Not only did he come up and fight with them, but he was also able to fight so hard, which was very skillful.

Observe the fighting style of the cavalry of Huai thieves, either swim and shoot with bows and arrows, or pick up sabers to fight face to face, or shoot them with guns. In short, fight whatever is beneficial to them, causing smoke and dust to roll in the city. Although it is only a battle between hundreds of people, it looks like fighting with thousands of troops.

Time flies, but the other party is brave in the Vietnam War and shows no sign of collapse. The Ming general, who was the former bandit leader, sank his heart and looks to the south from time to time nervously. He is afraid that the large group of troops of the Huai thieves will suddenly appear.

At that time, how long can he withstand the thunderous attack from the Huai Pirates?

Finally, the head of the family made a wise decision.

"Retreat, withdraw!"

When the bandits who were fighting hard heard the leader let him retreat, they were all excited and they beat horses and wanted to escape from the battle with the Huai bandits.

Unfortunately, when people were in trouble, they could choke to death when they were eating. Just as the Ming cavalry was about to retreat, another team of cavalry rolled up dust and appeared in their sight.

not good!

Whether it was the Ming army above the city or the Ming army below the city, my heart suddenly became cold. I saw the Huai bandits and cavalry who arrived were rushing towards the city in a dark circle.

Several miles behind them, dust was flying, and a large group of infantrymen swam towards Ruzhou like a black dragon.

The Ming cavalry had long been dragged to death by Zhang Shiyi's troops. Facing the large reinforcements of the Huai Army, they could resist it, but they dared not resist it. They all turned around and ran back, regardless of whether their backs were exposed to the opponent's knife.

However, the city abandoned them.

Xu Dingguo did not dare to open the city gate and let the remaining cavalry come in. Although he had said that he would come back when he saw that the opportunity was wrong, he did not dare to come back now. He gritted his teeth and cruelly closed the city gate tightly, allowing his subordinates who left the city to knock on it outside, and refused to open it when shouting.

Xu Dingguo was scared, really scared.

The Huai Army cavalry who arrived cooperated with Zhang Shiyi's troops to chase the Ming army cavalry and rushed to the city. They laid several rounds of bows and arrows towards the Ming army that were knocking on the city gate before leaving far away.

Seeing the cavalry falling down one by one, the Ming soldiers on the city felt cold. The many leaders who abandoned their bandits and Xu Dada family and became Ming Dynasty officials were all looked dissatisfied.

They were also scared.

After a stick of incense, Zhang Guozhu, the fifth commander of the Huai Army, led his main force and the surrendered soldiers to capture tens of thousands of people approaching Ruzhou Prefecture.

There were 15 artillery pieces in the team, and the wheels of the cannon truck left deep marks on the ground.

Tens of thousands of people marched on the wide plains, and the scene was daunting from a distance.

No one could speak in the Ming generals in Ruzhou City who were suppressed by them.

Xu Dingguo looked at the Huai army approaching Ruzhou City with a tense face, and he thought repeatedly: Can I defend this city?

After surrounding the city of Ruzhou, Zhang Guozhu and his generals checked the defense situation of the four cities of Ruzhou, and decided to persuade Xu Dingguo to surrender to the country in order to occupy the entire Ruzhou Prefecture as soon as possible, cooperate with Mianhou Yuan Zongdi to recover Nanyang, and together with Dingnanhou Dong Xueli, Henan Jiedushi Lu Bizhou and others, establishing defense lines in Nanyang, Henan and Ruzhou Prefectures, and blocking the road to the north of the Qing army.

The persuading surrender to Xu Dingguo was not Zhang Guozhu's original intention, but the meaning of the governor of Xi'an.

The supervisor believed that although Xu Ding's ministry surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, Yu Ruzhou was actually alone. It is true that Xu Ding's man was two-faced, but he could still surrender in the face of the general situation.

Lu Si secretly ordered Zhang Guozhu to surrender if Xu Dingguo surrendered, he would enter the city on the excuse that Xu Dingguo still secretly colluded with the Qing army to kill him and incorporate his troops. If Xu Dingguo did not surrender, he would not contemplate the casualties and attack the city with all his strength, and would never allow Xu Dingguo to escape.

An hour later, a cavalry rushed out of the Huai Army and approached the city. The knight immediately took out the longbow behind him, took out the arrow branches from the quiver and shot an arrow at the top of the city with a "whisper".

A piece of white cloth was tied to the arrow, and in addition to a letter of persuasion to surrender, there was also a book of slaughtering the city.

Surrender, avoid death.
Chapter completed!