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Chapter 20: Liu Zongmin's Attack

Three days later, Li Xin led his army to leave Dengzhou. Because Nanyang is located in the southeast of Dengzhou, in order to avoid encountering Nanyang's official army, the entire army turned to Zhulian Mountain in the northwest and planned to bypass Zhulian Mountain to Ruzhou.

Zhulian Mountain goes east and west, with a rolling and undulating for more than 60 miles. The mountains are connected to the mountains. The main peak is more than 400 meters high. There are many short bushes in the mountains and the slopes are relatively gentle, which has little impact on the march.

In the afternoon, the entire army entered the mountainous area. Li Xin looked back at the exhausted soldiers and waved his hand and said, "Everyone is hurry up. The top of the mountain is the Great Wall. Let's go to the Great Wall and camp and rest, hurry up!"

Zhang Quan bowed and said, "Young Master, there is no need to rush like this. To the east is Qingquangou. I heard that there is a clear spring gushing out of the mountains. Why not go over and get some water first."

Li Xin waved his hand and said, "We came out just dawn. After walking for so long, Li Chuang's pursuers can arrive at any time. I know everyone is tired, but if you endure it, is it important to be tired or life? Go to Chu Great Wall and rest."

The Hongniang also asked, "How are you sure that the crusade army will chase you so eagerly? Maybe they never thought of sending troops to chase you."

Li Xin shook his head and said helplessly: "Matchmaker, it seems that you are still not giving up on Li Chuang. In fact, the reason is very simple. After passing the Great Wall of Chu, there will be many forks. We only have two thousand people. Once we really get into the mountains, how easy is it to find us?

Moreover, the terrain of the mountainous areas is complex and can be set up everywhere. Li Zicheng has been living in the mountains for most of his life, and he has survived repeatedly by relying on the complex terrain of the mountainous areas. Aren’t he afraid that we will give him this trick? Don’t look at the wider terrain in front of us, but after passing the Great Wall of Chu, it will be a different situation.”

"oh!"

The Hongmao looked embarrassed.

The entire army accelerated its march towards the Great Wall of Chu.

"Young master, you are pursuing soldiers!"

But suddenly, Huang Hai, who was standing at the end of the team, shouted loudly.

Everyone looked back and saw cavalry all over the mountains sweeping from the foot of the mountain, and suddenly, there was a little panic in the team.

"Bang!"

Li Xin fired a shot into the sky without hesitation.

There was a little quiet in the crowd, and Li Xin shouted: "Brothers, don't panic, look at the mountain and run to death. The rebel army is about to come here, and at least ten miles away. The Great Wall of Chu is right in front of us. As long as we climb the Great Wall, we will be on the verge of high ground and have dangers to rely on. What's there to be afraid of?"

Li Shengde, the captain of the musket team, also came back to his senses and shouted: "We have muskets, a large amount of ammunition, and enough food. No matter how powerful Li Chuang is, he is not three heads and six arms. He will die if he gets shot. As long as everyone strictly follows the steps taught by the young master, one is nothing more than a shot. If he hits too much, he will dare to come?"

Li Xin lost a gaze of praise.

Huang Hai was encouraged and shouted loudly: "This battle is the first battle since our army was established. Let us use Li Chuang to establish our reputation...I, our army."

As he was talking, Huang Hai stuttered, mainly because Li Xin had not named the army yet, so he tied a knot at once and became much weaker.

Li Xin laughed and scolded: "Damn it, don't say it if you can't speak. It's a waste of trouble for our morale. Brothers, hurry up!"

The ruins of the Great Wall of Chu are about two-thirds tall and about half a meter wide. The walls are bumpy. Everyone rushed to the front, held each other and climbed to the top of the wall one after another. The carriages and horses didn't have time to go around, and temporarily leaned against the corner of the wall and stopped in a row.

"The archers are commanded by Hong Niangzi, and the musketeers obey Li Shengde's orders. Anyone who fires the gun privately will be killed, and the rest will follow me and wait for an opportunity to fight!"

Li Xin inspected the wall and kept shouting. The whole army was filled with a tense atmosphere, especially the musketeers, who were tightly holding up the butt stock. In fact, this was completely too nervous. Although Li Xin said that he had privately fired the gun, the convex gun could not be fired by pulling the trigger, and he also had to ignite the convex. Obviously, no one would ignite the convex first.

Under the hillside, the cavalry gradually slowed down, which was the eighth team led by Liu Zongmin.

"Damn it!"

Li Guo, who was accompanying him, cursed: "General Squirt, we still underestimate Li Xin and let him lead a group of mobs to the Great Wall of Chu first. If you attack, you may suffer casualties."

Gao Yigong was so angry that he said, "If this rabbit husband had not been treacherous and could not leave the northern city legitimately, and he could only gather somewhere else, otherwise he would not have the chance to enter Zhulianshan."

"Hey, stop talking nonsense, follow me first!"

Liu Zongmin waved his horse whip and led dozens of cavalry to slowly gallop forward. He waited a hundred steps away and called out loud: "General Li, what are you doing? The King of Chuang ordered you to return to the city, and you have other appointments."

“Hahahaha~~”

Li Xin laughed and said, "If the King of Chuang wants to summon me back to Dengzhou, a command of troops is enough. Why do General Liu brings troops? Everyone is a man with a pole. If you want my life, please feel better, why should you hide it?"

Liu Zongmin suddenly had a fever. Seeing that Chu Great Wall was easy to defend but difficult to attack, he planned to expose Li Xin, but it was obvious that this was a joke, and Li Xin exposed it in one fell swoop, which contrasted his stupidity.

Sure enough, bursts of laughter came from the wall, and the old team behind him had a bleak face.

"good!"

Liu Zongmin took a deep breath and said, "Li Boyan, someone has come out to report to you secretly and communicated with the government army, but he has come to surrender for fraud. The King of Chuang summoned you back and asked, "Are you coming out by yourself, or do you tie you back?"

"Liu Zongmin!"

Before Li Xin could speak, Hongniang said furiously: "I always thought that the King of Chuang is the savior of the people. The King of Chuang is the righteousness of Yuntian. But since we came to Dengzhou, ugly facts have torn apart my fantasies about the King of Chuang. This is the rebel army that keeps swearing the people and punishing crimes? My Hongniang is really blind. If you have the affair, you can attack. Look, some of us will take a step back!"

"The surname of Liu, please stop whining, be more scrupulous!"

"Is your mother a man?"

All the generals also clamored.

"Li Xin, since you want to die, I will fulfill your wish!"

Liu Zongmin was furious and waved his hand violently: "Go!"

The rebel army started in Mizhi, Shaanxi. Even in the most prosperous era of the Ming Dynasty, all kinds of horse thieves were never wiped out. The local people were extremely brave, and almost everyone had superb skills in horse skills.

With a command, Liu Zongmin personally shook a small red flag to command, and the sound of the trumpet changed with the wave of the small red flag.

The cavalry of about two thousand men was divided into four columns and rushed towards the hillside. There were some ditches and stones like lying cattle along the way. The cavalry did not slow down, and they jumped over the horses, shouting and killing sounds rolled in.

Liu Zongmin waved his small flag again, and the cavalry changed from column to horizontal team, divided into three teams to attack the mountain. One team stopped on the spot, and the other team was circling to the flank, clearly trying to climb the Great Wall from the side, while the other team was led by Gao Yigong and attacked directly from the front.

"Take a guy!"
Chapter completed!
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