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The cavalry assault of General Ge Congzhou of the Bian Army achieved unexpected and excellent results. It not only smashed the main formation of the Lulong army gathered under the city, but also put the Lulong Ya'nei army who had invaded the city in trouble.When He Delun led the Bian army's infantry to arrive, the Ya'nei army's morale was in turmoil, and they collapsed in a blink of an eye, with casualties at the top of the city.Wang Linlang, the commander of the left wing of the Yanei Army who led the army to climb the city, was captured alive by Ge Congzhou when he withdrew from Tucheng. Facing Ge Congzhou's persuasion to surrender, Wang Linlang cursed and was killed on the spot.

As the main force of the Badu cavalry went south to Neihuang to resist the enemy with the young commander Liu Shouwen, Xue Turjue, the unarmed Badu cavalry general, led the fifty cavalry left behind in the camp to attack the Bian army cavalry, buying time for the commander Liu Rengong to evacuate safely. , When the battle was the last one, the descendant of the grassland nomads was brave and unyielding, and killed himself with a knife in front of dozens of Bianjun cavalry surrounding him.

When the cavalry of the Bian Army made a surprise attack, Zhou Zhiyu, the commander of the Fifth Battalion of Jianzu, was asking for a battle with General Liu Rengong in the main formation of the Central Army.When the army broke up, he fought his way out of the siege and tried his best to gather soldiers along the way, but only got more than 2000 soldiers.At the beginning of the Southern Expedition, most of the [-] healthy soldiers died in battle. This middle-aged general stood in front of the gate of the camp for a long time with tears streaming down his face, holding on to the wooden door, unwilling to go back.

In this battle, the fifth battalion of healthy soldiers bore the brunt and suffered the heaviest losses, followed by the elite Yanei army who attacked the top of the city.After returning to Daying, they carefully counted and counted more than [-] people.

The surprise attack of the Bian army achieved great results, but due to the lack of troops, they did not attack the Lulong army camp in the end. After demolishing the Tucheng, they commanded Huangfu Jun to go out of the city to greet him and return to Weizhou city in person.This also made Lu Longjun, who was unable to fight anymore, heaved a sigh of relief.

After returning to the tent, Li Chengzhong fell asleep. The thrilling day made him feel exhausted.When he was sleeping soundly, he was suddenly shaken awake, and he saw that it was Wang Dalang.Wang Dalang panicked and said: "Li Lang woke up, the army has been defeated! The army has been defeated!"

Li Chengzhong shivered violently, his drowsiness disappeared, he turned over and sat up, grabbed Wang Dalang's arm and asked, "What did you lose? Explain clearly!" Jiang Miao also woke up with a start, looking at Wang Dalang speechless.

Wang Dalang's voice was choked with sobs: "Young commander is defeated... not many escaped back... the whole army is gone, gone..."

Li Chengzhong opened the tent and came out, the camp of healthy soldiers was still silent, only the figures of the soldiers on watch at night on the watchtower swayed from time to time.He returned to the tent again and asked, "The news is reliable?"

Wang Dalang nodded and said: "I couldn't sleep, so I slipped out to find Uncle Ding from the same village to inquire about the situation. When I arrived outside the camp of the Chinese army, I saw them packing their bags. I panicked and asked the brothers on duty. Brother is familiar with me, so let me make preparations quickly, saying that the young marshal has just escaped back, and only a few people are with him..."

Li Chengzhong asked again: "The Chinese army is leaving? Why is there no movement from our side?"

Wang Dalang said: "On the way back, I met Commander Zhou, and he went in the direction of the Chinese Army camp."

Jiang Miao asked with her tongue trembling in panic, "Zhou... Commander Zhou is going to leave us?"

Wang Dalang said with a bitter face: "I don't know, so I came to you quickly. Li Lang gave me an idea, if Commander Zhou really abandons us, but...how can we do it?"

Li Chengzhong remembered the way Zhou Zhiyu cried when he held the camp gate and waited for the brothers to return during the day, and shook his head: "Commander Zhou will not leave the brothers... Maybe he went to the Chinese army to ask for orders... Don't panic now , Wait for the news."

The three of them couldn't sit still in the tent, and went out of the tent again, looking in the direction of the Chinese army's camp.After a while, Li Chengzhong said to Jiang Miao and Wang Dalang: "Go separately and wake up the brothers, pack up and gather in my camp, only bring soft weapons, keep your voice down so that there is no big commotion." Packing up without a military order is a serious crime of beheading. Li Chengzhong didn't want to do such a thing against the order, but the matter was urgent. If Zhou Zhiyu really left his brothers alone, everyone would die here.Being able to prepare for the evacuation earlier would give him more hope of saving his life. Now, Li Chengzhong had no choice but to ignore the military order.

Both Jiang Miao and Wang Dalang knew the serious consequences of doing so, and carefully went to the surrounding tents to wake everyone up softly, and quietly gathered in Li Chengzhong's tent.Even with Li Chengzhong and others, there are still 23 brothers left in Youdu. Now there are no captains or team officers. Many officers, including Li Chengzhong's former boss, died in the rebellion. At this moment of panic, The soldiers at the bottom are habitually looking for a backbone.Most of these people fled back with Li Chengzhong during the day, and they are convinced by Li Chengzhong. Moreover, Li Chengzhong and Jiang Miao are both team leaders, and they are currently one of the highest-ranking officers in Youdu. So what do they say, everyone? Whatever you do.

Li Chengzhong deeply knew that at this moment of fleeing for his life, the importance of good organization was far above everything else, so he simply made his own proposals and re-adjusted the arrangement of the scattered gangs in Youdu.Among the 23 people, apart from Li Chengzhong and Jiang Miao, there were also two gang leaders, Zhang Xingzhong and Zhou Paidao. Both of them were veterans of the Lu Long Army, but their backgrounds were very different.Zhang Xingzhong came from a family of generals in the Lu Long army, but he was only a collateral descendant, so he had been hanging out among the top soldiers all the time, and was only transferred to be promoted to a team leader when the Jianbing camp was established.Zhou Medao was an orphan, he had no name when he urinated, and was always called "Zhou Da". When he grew up, he became an apprentice in Wuyi County and became a butcher. The next piece of meat is called "Zhou Chopper" again. He likes this name very much, so he simply named it after it.

It stands to reason that the qualifications of these two gang leaders are far deeper than Li Chengzhong, but Zhang Xingzhong's skills have not been reused for a long time, and he has already had a strong inferiority complex. He usually doesn't talk much in the military camp, and he is just silent now. Everything is according to Li Chengzhong's arrangement; Zhou Chopper is conceited that he has a bit of strength, his sword skills are good, and his spirit is relatively high. I have to obey orders.

General Li Cheng rearranged the arrangement, letting Jiang Miao, Zhang Xingzhong, and Zhou Kuaido lead six soldiers each. He didn't lead the troops himself, but let Wang Dalang follow him.Such an arrangement greatly exceeded the expectations of several people.Whether to lead soldiers or not is a matter of military power. Although it is only a few soldiers, it is also military power!Zhang Xingzhong glanced at Li Chengzhong in surprise, and didn't say much, while Zhou Maidao simply let go of his heart, and felt a little ashamed that he was worried that Li Chengzhong would overwhelm him.Since the First World War in Beizhou, Jiang Miao has become more and more obedient to Li Chengzhong's words. He has a feeling that "everything Li Chengzhong says is always correct, and everything Li Chengzhong does must be firmly supported." be opposed to.

At this time, Li Chengzhong actually played a trick. Although he didn't lead the army, it was actually equivalent to arranging himself in a position above the three team leaders.Everyone acted together, and he was the one who arranged the adjustment. Although Wang Dalang was the only soldier under him, wouldn't the three gang leaders come to discuss with him when they encountered something?What's more, Jiang Miao, the "direct descendant", fully supports him!

After making arrangements, Li Chengzhong ordered Zhao Da to fetch the dry food and distribute them to everyone one by one.This "command" was necessary and beneficial to everyone, so it was normal. Zhao Da himself obeyed the order naturally, and Zhang Xingzhong, Zhao Da's gang leader, didn't think there was anything wrong with it.This detail is quite critical, and the power of habit is terrifying. When everyone gets used to following Li Chengzhong's orders, everything will be different.

Everyone sat quietly in the tent, and Li Chengzhong once again "instructed" Wang Dalang to use a knife to cut out strips of thin belts from the cowhide tent, and then asked everyone to tie them on the shoes, and then tied up their calves.Everyone dubiously tied a simple leggings according to the method taught by Li Chengzhong, which felt a little weird.

After Zhou Machete was tied up, he jumped on the spot, frowned and said, "Li Lang, it's a little tight, it's not very comfortable."

Wang Dalang said: "Boss, why are you tied up like this?" Wang Dalang's address to Li Chengzhong was changed from "Li Lang" to "Boss", which shows that Li Chengzhong's authority has been initially demonstrated.

Li Chengzhong explained with a smile, telling everyone that although it feels a little uncomfortable to be tied up like this, it is more agile to run.He didn't explain too much that wearing leggings can guarantee the benefits of legs and feet during long-distance running, but he just used the word "neat" which is the easiest to understand.Having said that, everyone nodded one after another. Indeed, everyone felt that the strength on the ankle had increased.

While everyone was waiting anxiously, only hearing the sound of horseshoes outside the camp, Li Chengzhong asked Wang Dalang to go out to investigate, only to find out that Zhou Zhiyu had returned!Everyone is relieved now.After a while, someone went to each tent to send an order to let everyone set up camp immediately.Immediately there was an uproar in the soldier camp.

Youdu had already made preparations, and was the first to wait outside Zhou Zhiyu's Chinese army tent. Not long after, the fifth battalion of healthy soldiers with only about [-] soldiers gathered one after another.But because things started in a hurry, everyone was a little flustered when they heard that the camp was going to retreat. Many people didn't clean up at all, just picked up their weapons and rushed over. They didn't even finish their clothes, it was a mess.

Zhou Zhiyu didn't care too much, seeing that it was almost the same, he immediately ordered the whole team to set off, leave the camp and go north, chasing the Chinese army.Under the protection of the Chinese army, the civilian husband's camp had already set out in advance, and it had its own food, grass and supplies, so Zhou Zhiyu didn't even need any military equipment.

The army passed the city wall in the dark, and headed north silently. Most of the brothers suffered from night blindness, so they could only move forward with the help of brothers who could see night.After walking for more than an hour, they saw a huge fire ignited in the direction of Weizhou, and the flames lit up half of the sky, but it was the brothers in the back of the palace who set fire to the luggage that had not been removed in time.Everyone became more flustered and their pace quickened a lot.

After a while, I suddenly heard the sound of shouts and fighting behind me, and the sound quickly spread to the north.Anyone with a little understanding understands that this is the arrival of the pursuers!The team collapsed in an uproar, and everyone no longer cared about the formation, and started to rush forward in a hurry.