It's impossible. Governor Chen Qiyu discovered something, right? Zuo Liangyu felt unsure, so he checked the ambush situation again, but found nothing unusual.
Just when he was confused, he suddenly heard the officers and soldiers shouting in unison: "You thieves, their tails are exposed, and they want to ambush us. Quickly capture us without any help, or we will die!"
Hearing this, almost all the bandits were stunned. They had been lying in wait for so long, and it seemed that they had been discovered by the army!
When Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and other bandit leaders heard this, they were surprised. Could it be that their subordinates did not want Zuo Liangyu to be proud and deliberately exposed their traces? Otherwise, if there had been no ambush before, how could he have been discovered?
Zuo Liangyu was shocked when he heard this, and quickly issued an order: "The governor is cunning, don't let him cheat you!"
He thought that after checking it several times, there was no reason that Chen Qiyu would find it. Therefore, there is only one possibility, Chen Qiyu is testing.
Fortunately, Zuo Liangyu was from the army and was used to fighting. His command chain was very smooth, so his military orders were passed down immediately. The thieves who were lying in ambush breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this.
Damn it, Chen Qiyu is so cunning, he was almost defrauded!
To be honest, even the officers and soldiers themselves thought so. After shouting in unison according to the military order, they stared at the mountains in front of them with wide eyes to see if any bandits would emerge.
But what they didn't expect was that after shouting several times, the mountain was still quiet and there was no movement.
In this case, they thought that maybe the Governor was too careful and felt that there would be an ambush by bandits in the mountains. As a result, some stray thieves were run away by them and they could not annihilate them all!
The remnants of Zhang Yong's troops who had fled into the valley were still in shock. But if the officers and soldiers stopped chasing, they could breathe a sigh of relief, which was always a good thing. However, Zhang Yong knew that there was an ambush here, and the loss of his men was to lure the governor into a trap and trap the Yongwei camp!
But now, the officers and soldiers stopped chasing and were still shouting. He was surprised. He hadn't told anyone. There was no reason why Chen Qiyu would find out, right?
If Chen Qiyu doesn't continue to chase, then he will really suffer a big loss. As the ancients said, if you lose your wife and lose your troops, you will let yourself be caught!
Zhang Yong wanted to run over and say, come on, there is no ambush here, just keep chasing!
However, if you really do this, it would be unreasonable and would arouse Chen Qiyu's suspicion!
For a moment, he was in a dilemma!
Outside the mountain, a general reported to Chen Qiyu: "Mr. Governor, there should be no bandits. I am willing to lead my troops to continue chasing those bandits and rescue Nanyang City!"
Chen Qiyu glanced at him, but smiled in his heart. He had received a message from Liu Guoneng, and he knew there would be an ambush!
Thinking like this, he suddenly issued an order: "The entire army should change its route and find another way to help Nanyang City!"
The military orders were like mountains. As soon as he issued this order, the officers and soldiers, with a little regret, began to move from the rear to the forward, preparing to leave.
As a result, Zuo Liangyu was stunned. Why didn't Chen Qiyu, a bad official, act according to common sense? Could it be that he is too suspicious and is still pretending to test himself?
Seeing that the officers and soldiers had completed their turn, they began to leave. Zuo Liangyu panicked. What if I really leave? Could it be that Zhang Yong's troops were given away by him in vain?
Suddenly, he thought of the possibility that Chen Qiyu knew that the emperor was not in Nanyang City at all, so he had been taking his time to rescue Nanyang. This could be explained. When he encountered a suspected ambush, he would have enough patience to test it, or simply take a detour.
Thinking about it this way, the more he thought about it, the more likely it became. Damn it, those who said the emperor was in Nanyang City were probably lying!
Angrily, he walked back quickly, got in front of Li Zicheng, slapped him across the face, and knocked Li Zicheng unconscious.
"What's going on?" The other bandit leaders were also a little confused and couldn't help but wonder. Could it be that Zuo Liangyu failed to ambush himself and took it out on them?
Li Zicheng came back to his senses and immediately became angry. After all, he is the king of Chuang. He hits others without slapping his face. This thief actually slapped his ears in public. How can he save his face?
Just when he was about to get angry, he heard Zuo Liangyu shout angrily: "The emperor is not in Nanyang City at all, you have caused great harm to me!"
After he finished speaking, he ignored Li Zicheng and immediately turned around to give the order: "Don't let the Governor run away, let me chase you!"
Behind him, Li Zicheng and other bandit leaders were confused again: The Dog Emperor is not in Nanyang City? Didn’t you say that someone saw someone wearing a dragon robe? Could it be that that person is fake? The imperial officers and soldiers actually used the fake emperor's strategy? Isn't this too courageous?
Suddenly, Cao Cao and Luo Rucai suddenly woke up and said in surprise: "Could this be the plan of the dog emperor?"
No one in the world dares to use the strategy of impersonating the emperor without the emperor's permission!
Thinking about it this way, everyone felt a little stupid. Didn't the Dog Emperor never leave the Forbidden City? Why were they so treacherous? They used such treacherous tricks without showing up, which made them fundamentally wrong. For this reason, they couldn't wait to plot against each other, and finally took advantage of the thief Zuo Liangyu!
They were thinking this, Zuo Liangyu's military order had been passed down. Suddenly, bandits appeared all over the mountains and plains, shouting and chasing after the officers and soldiers. Zuo Liangyu's command of the Chinese army naturally had to go down the mountain, at least to the top of the mountain closer to the main army, so that it would be easier to command.
At this time, the officers and soldiers who were turning around saw these bandits emerging, and they immediately admired the Governor. It turns out that there are really bandits ambushing here!
Seeing countless bandits emerging, to be honest, the officers and soldiers were a little scared. If they entered the ambush rashly and so many bandits emerged, the morale of the army would definitely be in chaos, and their fighting spirit would probably be gone.
But now, the Governor unexpectedly expected it. As long as the two armies are facing each other head-on, with an elite army like the Yongwei Battalion here, there's nothing to be afraid of!
In fact, because he was seen through by Chen Qiyu, it proved his foresight and invisibly improved the morale of the officers and soldiers.
Chen Qiyu had expected this, and immediately sent an order to deploy the entire army's defensive posture, preparing to meet the chasing thieves.
A large-scale war is about to break out.
And in this, there are still many hidden actions.
For example, Liu Guoneng had already issued a military order and asked his subordinates to tie the white belt that had been issued to their left arm.
Li Guo, with some of his most elite men, not only did not rush to the front, but took advantage of the chaos to lurk towards the Chinese army command. On the other side, Zhang Kewang, Zhang Dingguo and others also led their most elite men to the direction of the Chinese army command.
Obviously, these people want to take advantage of this war to rescue their leader.
Outside Wollongong, countless bandits could not stand any longer and dispersed. The dense crowd was like a bloody mouth, wide open and ready to eat the officers and soldiers in front of them.
One hundred thousand versus thirty thousand, just in terms of numbers, there is still a huge disparity.
Then, on the Ming army's side, Huang Degong and Zhou Yuji each led their men, fighting each other. They were not afraid of the bandits in front of them at all, but just prepared to prepare for them.
Seeing the bandits getting closer and closer, the local troops other than the Yongwei Camp, such as the men and horses under the Hubei Deputy General Soldier, felt the pressure and became a little nervous. After all, although the Yongwei camp is elite, it only has 10,000 troops. Can it defeat so many bandits in front of it?
At this moment, from the Central Army's side, a messenger rode on horseback to deliver an order to the front of the army: "There are friendly troops among the bandits. Their left arms are tied with white belts. Attack from both inside and outside to annihilate the bandits!"
When the soldiers who were under pressure heard this, they were immediately overjoyed. It turned out that there were friendly forces among the bandits, and they wanted to attack from both inside and outside. Wouldn't this battle have a great chance of winning?
Just like that, the morale of the Ming army rose again.
However, Chen Qiyu's opponent this time is Zuo Liangyu. This scum in the army is of course more familiar with the inside story of the army than the bandit.
After he saw the defensive formation put up by the Ming army, he sneered and said: "I really thought that with the Yongwei camp here, I would definitely be able to defeat this commander!"
Looking back at the bandit leaders, he said with disdain on his face: "Today I'm going to let you see what you can see. Even without an ambush, with this force, we can defeat the Governor-General. Just watch out!"
His tone and demeanor were as if he was trying to teach his younger brother as the boss. This feeling made these thieves very unhappy. Among them, Zhang Xianzhong sneered and responded: "It seems that you think you have too many troops, so you just threw your men away to be eaten by that thief Chen Qiyu?"
Obviously, he was referring to Zhang Yong's subordinates.
When Zuo Liangyu heard this, his face immediately turned red. A little annoyed, he walked over and suddenly slapped Zhang Xianzhong on the face. Then he shouted coldly: "Shut your mouth and watch carefully how I use my troops." !”
Zhang Xianzhong was slapped in the face, his face suddenly turned the color of pig liver, his hands were tied, but he hit Zuo Liangyu hard with his head, looking a bit like a crazy tiger, obviously trying to fight Zuo Liangyu.
Zuo Liangyu was also a soldier in the army who got in. His own strength was also good, but he just turned aside and avoided it. However, while avoiding it, he stretched out his foot and tripped Zhang Xianzhong to the ground. Then he walked over and stepped on Zhang Xianzhong's head. He shouted coldly with a ferocious face: "I will hit you if I want to. Damn it, I've already I just want to trample you under my feet!"
The other bandit leaders looked at this scene with awe in their hearts. They understood that Zuo Liangyu was acting so unscrupulously at this time, which meant that Zuo Liangyu would never let them go!
After Zuo Liangyu stepped hard a few times, he sneered again and went to deliver the order to get busy with the war in front of him.
He didn't know that in the forest far away, someone wanted to rush over desperately, but his companion held him down firmly: "Dingguo, it's not possible right now. If you can't rush through, you will harm your adoptive father." !”
At the foot of the mountain, as new military orders were passed down, there were new movements among the bandits.
I saw those miscellaneous thieves swarming towards the Yongwei camp, howling as if they wanted to rush forward at any moment. However, when he got close, he ran away quickly, not daring to formally engage in battle with the Yongwei camp.
However, Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai, Hui Dengxiang, and Li Zicheng's troops bypassed Yongwei Camp and launched an attack on other Ming troops.
Although there was no formation in the attack of the bandits, they just pounced on them crazily due to the large number of people.
Obviously, Zuo Liangyu knew that the Ming army's local armies were incapable of fighting with their combat capabilities, so he specifically asked the elite among the bandits to attack these armies first, and at the same time let the miscellaneous bandits among the bandits drag the Yongwei camp. He has more troops, so he can use Tian Ji's strategy of horse racing.
That's how the war started.
When Chen Qiyu saw this, he couldn't help but look a little ugly. Zuo Liangyu is really good at fighting. Fortunately, Liu Guoneng was the internal response. Otherwise, there is probably no chance of winning this battle.
The biggest reason for this is that the hundreds of thousands of thieves have unified their orders and are commanded by Zuo Liangyu, who knows the details of the army. Moreover, he did not feel any pain at all for the casualties suffered by the stray thieves, and he captured those elite old thieves to attack the weak points in the Ming army.
Zuo Liangyu is indeed an old and cunning thief. He knows that other thieves are forced to follow his orders. Therefore, his army here is also heavily guarded. Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong's men, who were hiding and wanted to attack the Chinese army, could not find a chance to get close. Even if Zuo Liangyu's Chinese army moved to a hill not far from the formation, they still could not find a suitable opportunity to take action. This made They were very frustrated, and at the same time, they also felt that time was running out. Once the war is over, there is no chance.
In fact, Liu Guoneng actually wanted to attack Zuo Liangyu's Chinese army directly, which would cause the greatest chaos.
However, perhaps because he was also a bandit, Zuo Liangyu did not use this part of his troops to guard the central army, but only used them as a reserve team to supervise other bandits in battles.
Liu Yue, who was beside Liu Guoneng, saw the two armies fighting and became anxious. He quickly said to Liu Guoneng: "We can't delay any longer, otherwise, the governor will be in danger, and the officers and soldiers will be in danger!"
Of course Liu Guoneng knew that, and he was also anxious. Look at the hill behind, and Zuo Liangyu's troops were defending it. He turned back to look at the battlefield where the fight was taking place, weighed it in his mind, and had to make a choice: "Immediately defeat the bandits in front of the Yongwei camp, so that the Yongwei camp can free up their hands to kill the bandits! Zuo Liangyu Even if we attack there, we can't change the situation of the battle."
In fact, he was not sure about such a choice. After all, if the other Ming armies outside the Yongwei Camp collapsed first, the battle would definitely not be won with just the 10,000-strong Yongwei Camp alone. Unless other Ming troops can hold on until the Yongwei camp is freed up.
However, Liu Guoneng was not optimistic about this, because Zuo Liangyu obviously knew this, and even sent the cavalry among the bandits to deal with other Ming armies, regardless of casualties, to break through the Ming army's formation, so that he could Let other thieves attack.
"Brothers..." Liu Guoneng drew his sword in his hand, and just after shouting to his men, he suddenly felt something was wrong, so he stopped talking and listened carefully.
His men didn't know what their elder brother was going to say. When they turned to look at him, they found that his expression was a bit strange. When they were about to ask, they also felt that something was unusual, so they followed the sound and looked north.
Not only them, but also Zuo Liangyu and others on the hilltop, naturally heard the sound, just like thunder at the end of the horizon, rolling in dull but unstoppable. At the same time, they also felt that the earth seemed to be shaking faintly.
Looking up to the north, the dust is billowing, and an earth dragon is coming quickly this way.
