Among the peasant army, many people did not understand why they had to withdraw their troops at this time. As long as they worked harder, they could rush in and encircle them.
Hua Xiaorong returned to the rear angrily, but before he could question him, the rumble of horse hooves could be heard in the distance.
The sound of horse hooves was like thunder, shaking the whole world, and the horizon seemed to be trampled by the roaring cavalry. Their formation was strict, with a bright silver light in the middle, and the horses were connected with iron ropes.
Wu Yangui's eyes widened and he couldn't help but swallowed his saliva, "Get out... withdraw quickly... withdraw quickly..."
In an instant, Wu Yangui, Li Yangchun and others turned their horses and fled towards Yan'an City. But the peasant soldiers without horses were in trouble. The cavalry on horseback rushed in, with sharp iron ropes and fierce cavalry guns.
From east to west, like an ox plow, the peasant army's formation was forcibly carved out a death zone.
Life is so fragile. The kidnapper horse swept past, and almost no one was intact. The ground was full of broken limbs, and countless pieces of meat were hung on the iron ropes in the distance. The blood continued to spread, and the pool of blood turned into a sea of blood.
, until his eyes were filled with red.
This is not a war, this is simply a massacre.
Many people were frightened and went crazy. They dropped their weapons and ran away wailing, but this would only hasten the arrival of death.
As the kidnapping horse was cutting, Cao Wenzhao was overjoyed and ordered a counterattack. The already exhausted officers and soldiers mustered up the last bit of strength to give the peasant army a final blow.
Aqige did not let the rest of the cavalry join the battle group, but pointed his scimitar and led the remaining cavalry towards Yan'an City.
Escape, fatal escape, there were too many peasant troops, and they were defeated in the area, just like the ebbing tide, leaving many fish in the water on the shore, dehydrated and dead.
Fleeing, stampeding, and the wolf-like cavalry behind them, from south to north, several people fell down every step of the way.
Wu Yangui looked back, his heart trembled so much that he almost fell off his horse. Under the scorching sun, the road behind him had turned into a bright red blood road, and the blood flowed like a newly dug bloody river.
After this battle, how many people can return to Yan'an City alive? After the defeat, can Yan'an City and Ansai City really be defended?
Since the beginning of the army, has there ever been such a defeat? After a defeat, all the heroic ambitions were drowned by this bloody river.
Li Yangchun had been following Wu Yangui. He was deeply aware of everything behind him. When the shadow of Yan'an City appeared in his field of vision, he grabbed Wu Yangui's horse rein.
"Leader Wu, we can't go back to Yan'an City. The brothers fled and the officers and soldiers chased them one after another. Yan'an City is in ruins. If we go back to Yan'an City at this time, we are throwing ourselves into a trap!"
"What should we do?"
Li Yangchun gritted his teeth and looked at the people who were still running for their lives behind him. A trace of unbearable color flashed in his eyes, "For this plan, we will give up Yan'an City and Ansai City, escape to the west, then turn to the south, and go to Fengxiang Mansion to follow Wang Jiayin."
Convergence.”
Wu Yangui's brows gathered together, and his whole body trembled uncontrollably, "If you do this...the brothers here and the brothers in Ansai City...all of them..."
"Leader Wu, don't hesitate. As the saying goes, there is no need to worry about running out of firewood if you keep the green hills. As long as our brothers are still there, we will soon build up a team again!" Li Zicheng also urged at this time.
To be honest, Li Zicheng was the most unwilling person. He had just rebelled, thinking that he could show off his ambitions, but before he could enjoy it for long, he suffered a disastrous defeat. How could he be willing to lose his life here?
After everyone's persuasion, Wu Yangui finally turned his head and headed west.
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Aqige led the men to pursue them all the way. She ignored those who knelt down and begged for mercy, and crossed over directly. It was not her responsibility to gather the prisoners. She was about to catch up to Yan'an City, and she kept chasing behind her.
Coming up, Aqige took a closer look and asked curiously: "General Zhou, why is it you?"
Zhou Dingshan gasped and said: "Princess, Brother Tie told you to bite the leaders, especially one of them named Li Zicheng, and kill him at all costs."
"Oh, okay!" Aqige gave half of the troops to Zhou Dingshan, and led the rest to the west to chase Wu Yangui. But she was still a little confused, who was Li Zicheng? Why was it so important?
Aqige had all the cavalry under his command, and the war horses were even better prairie horses, so the pursuit speed was naturally not slow. Although Wu Yangui kept sending people to intercept, he had too few cavalry, so he could not stop them.
The sound of horse hoofbeats behind me was getting closer and closer, and I could even hear the cheers of harmony. Wu Yangui, Li Yangchun and others all turned pale and secretly shouted for my life.
"The thief Li Zicheng... where to go..."
"Don't leave Li Zicheng... The general has an order... Whoever kills Li Zicheng will be rewarded heavily..."
The voice became clearer, but when these words fell into the hands of Li Yangchun and others, they couldn't help but have questions in their heads. Wu Yangui, in particular, felt even worse.
Shouldn't the officer and soldiers most want to kill Wu Yangui and leader Wu? Why are they focusing on Li Zicheng to kill him? When did Li Zicheng become so important?
Wu Yangui knew it was not the time to think about these things, but he felt uncomfortable, and his eyes unconsciously glanced at Li Zicheng who was following behind.
Li Zicheng trembled and felt bitter in his heart. Who am I provoking? I didn't know the living King of Hell before, why do I have to chase me, just because I used to be the commander-in-chief of the officers and soldiers?
Wu Yangui and others ran desperately, but the tired horses could not outrun the recuperating cavalry. In desperation, Li Yangchun and Wu Yangui decided to escape separately. If they continued to run together, they would probably be killed in one fell swoop.
Soon after, the leaders of the peasant army were divided into four groups, namely Wu Yangui, Wang Yan, Yingshan Honghua Xiaorong and Li Yangchun. After they separated, Li Zicheng was assigned behind Wu Yangui.
In his heart, Li Zicheng did not want to follow Wu Yangui. In his opinion, Wu Yangui's target was too big and the possibility of escape was the least. As expected, after they separated, he had the most officers and soldiers behind him.
At this time, the officers and soldiers behind him were still shouting, saying that they would not let Li Zicheng go. At this moment, Li Zicheng felt relieved a lot. Even though the officers and soldiers shouted loudly, they probably didn't know what Li Zicheng looked like.
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Wu Yangui whipped his horse desperately. Because of a rout, many of the soldiers had been dispersed. Now, except for Li Zicheng, there were only a few other leaders following Wu Yangui, including Altair Wei Yang, Nine Dragons Du Wen, and Sweeper King Zhang Yichuan.
He is also a famous figure in the rebel army.
As we ran all the way, the blurry mountain shadows in our field of vision became clearer and clearer, and further ahead was Phoenix Ridge. As soon as we entered Phoenix Ridge, horses could not pass, and the mountain road was rugged and complicated, so the possibility of escape became greater.