In Huangzhuang, fifty miles west of Yiyang City, Ruzhou, Luo Zhixue looked at the more than a hundred officials and cavalry guarding the important road ahead and at least 2,000 infantrymen.

His eyes showed serious suspicion!

If it were just the official troops in front, Luo Zhixue would not have let him do this, but four or five miles behind them, there were still hundreds of official and cavalry chasing him.

This is a blockage in front and a pursuer in the back!

Sun Jian, Li Tonglin and others in front of Luo Zhixue, also looked bad.

They did not expect that after they left the refugees and evacuated, they were blocked by the officers and soldiers.

They quickly evacuated westward from Yiyang area three days ago. After a day, they heard that the officers and soldiers from Yongning in front of them also dispatched elite cavalry to surround them.

In order to avoid being attacked from front and back, Li Tonglin led them to the south and headed towards Songxian.

However, they did not plan to go to Songxian. They were preparing to leave Henan Prefecture and enter the territory of Ruzhou, and then take the opportunity to enter the areas of Nanyang, Xiangyang and Yunyang.

Now there are a large number of main rebels in northern Chu and southern Henan. The situation there is even more chaotic and more suitable for small rebels like them to take advantage of the troubled waters.

Throughout the mountains and ridges, they entered the Yiyang area of ​​Ruzhou, but before they could take a breath, they found that there were official troops intercepting them in front!

"What should we do?" Someone couldn't help looking at Li Tonglin and asked.

Li Tonglin did not speak, but thought and said nothing.

But the others next to them spoke one after another:

"If you want me to tell me, let's just rush over. Although they are many, I don't believe that they can stop us, more than a hundred people."

"We are seeking death when we are guarding the important roads."

"What are you afraid of? This is not a city wall in front of you, and you can't even be considered a valley. We rushed over with armor and could they still stop us?"

At this time, Li Tonglin looked around and finally looked at Luo Zhixue: "Mr. Luo, what should I do according to your opinion?"

On the way to escape these days, Li Tonglin had asked Luo Zhixue about military strategy many times. On the one hand, he was a test, and on the other hand, he really wanted to hear Luo Zhixue's views.

Luo Zhixue thought for a while and said: "The enemy in front of us guards the important road. Although our soldiers are extremely brave, it is not easy to break through. If you are not careful, you will lose your troops and lose your generals."

"However, hundreds of enemy cavalry are chasing behind us, so we cannot be dragged down at this time, and we cannot be entangled by them."

"Only what we have done today should take a quick detour."

What are you thinking about? More than 2,000 officers and soldiers in front block the road, and at least 300 officers and cavalry behind them, and as long as they are not fools, they will take a detour...

At this time, someone said, "The officers and soldiers in front have cavalry. What if we go around the side, what should their cavalry rush over?"

Luo Zhixue immediately said: "It's a life-and-death fight!"

No matter how life and death fights, it is better than breaking the road guarded by more than a thousand officers and soldiers, and even more than turning back to fight hundreds of elite cavalry under Zuo Liangyu.

When Li Tonglin and Luo Zhixue and others were discussing, a group of officers and soldiers on the official road ahead were also on high alert. Among the officers and soldiers, several civil officials and most of the military generals stood up.

One of the leading fourth-rank red-robed civil servants seemed to be in a good mood: "It seems that General Zuo's message is correct. These thieves will indeed come to our Yiyang. Now, we are blocked by us. Just wait for General Zuo's pursuit to arrive, and you can wipe out all the thieves."

A few officials next to him also nodded and said, "We can block the thief army here, but I still have to ask Tan Zhenshou for your wise view. If you hadn't brought us to send troops, you could block these thief army there!"

"Looking at the beginning, there are not many thieves, there are only a hundred people. It will definitely be very easy to fight. If they are destroyed by the time, it will be a military merit."

"In the future, the guards and thieves will be promoted, don't forget us!"

But while they were talking, they found that the thief army in front had moved. At first, they thought they were going to force themselves to rush over and escape, but they didn't expect that these people would turn around and leave.

Li Tonglin followed Luo Zhixue's advice and chose a detour.

Right Senator Tan Zhengling also saw this scene and immediately said loudly: "The thief army is timid and circling around. I want to intercept it. Why do you think?"

Immediately someone answered: "Tan Zhenshouming and wise!"

"There are only a hundred thief troops, and they are mobs. They can easily defeat the enemy if they are intercepted."

Chen Zhibang, the assistant commander on the side, was terrified: "The crowd is full of mobs? I didn't see that they were all savages. I rushed out rashly and tried to intercept them. Maybe you, Tan Zhengling, would have to be chopped into meat paste."

These thieves seemed to be wearing messy clothes and didn't look like they were doing it, but when they opened their eyes wide, they saw at least half of them wearing armor.

The most important thing is that these people seem to be in a messy formation, but they all have rules for moving forward and backward. As long as they are not fools, they can see that this group of thieves' cavalry is definitely not an ordinary refugee army.

Even if the ordinary refugee army plunders and horses, they will only ride a horse if they die.

Many of the thief cavalry in front of them were wearing armor and not saying that they were banned, but they could tell at a glance that they were serious cavalrymen.

Chen Zhibang thought that these thief cavalry were probably from border rebels, otherwise they would not be able to fight if they did not have such military qualities.

Chen Zhibang could guess the identity of Li Tonglin and his group with just one look.

But Tan Zhengling, who was standing by, obviously couldn't see it. At this time, he only heard him look at Chen Zhibang and said, "General Chen, how about it? Did you send a cavalry to intercept it?"

Hearing this, Chen Zhibang became even more upset.

This seemed to be inquiry and discussion, but the tone was unquestionable. This bastard directly gave him an order under the name of discussion.

He, Chen Zhibang, was stationed in Ruzhou, but together with Zuo Liangyu, who was stationed in Xin'an, and Chen Yongfu, who was guarding Nanyang, he was the main military general of the local resistance bandit army in Henan.

When the Henan government army suppressed the bandits in Henan, his name was basically missing in the documents reported to the court.

And what about Tan Zhengling? He used to be just a remote prefect in Guizhou. He didn't know whose way he took and how much money he had stuffed. He was transferred to Henan to be the right senator and was sent by Yuan Mo to guard Ruzhou.

Moreover, although this person guarded Ruzhou, he could only control the local troops in Ruzhou and had no control over the main generals of Henan official army like Chen Zhibang.

Chen Zhibang's immediate superior was Henan Governor Yuan Mo.

According to this situation, Tan Zhengling was not in charge of him, Chen Zhibang.

But!

Chen Zhibang was a military general, while Tan Zhengling was a civil servant.

Regardless of whether Chen Zhibang is controlled by Tan Zhengling, regardless of the level or the number of troops, Chen Zhibang, as a military general, naturally shortened Tan Zhengling, a civil servant.

From Tan Zhengling's tone, you can tell that it is to order directly, not to discuss.

However, Chen Zhibang lowered his head slightly and said, "Tan Zhen Detention Center is very clear. Since the thief army has come to our Ruzhou, we naturally cannot let them run away."

If I rejected Tan Zhengling's proposal, let the thief army run away, I might say that Tan Zhengling would write to him one.

And it was Zuo Liangyu who sent someone to send a letter to ask them to intercept the thief army.

If I let this group of thieves run away directly, Zuo Liangyu, who was behind, would be unhappy.

Even if Chen Zhibang ignored Tan Zhengling's face, he still had to take care of Zuo Liangyu's face.

Chen Zhibang immediately ordered a guerrilla general under his command to lead the cavalry forward and prepare to intercept and pursue.

Chen Zhibang sent more than a hundred elite cavalry under his command to intercept him first, and then personally led more than a thousand infantry under his command to advance, with more than a thousand soldiers from the local guards in Ruzhou accompanying him.

Luo Zhixue was not surprised by the intention of the officers and soldiers. The officers and soldiers on the opposite side were not easy to block them, so naturally they would not let them run away easily.

As the official army dispatched cavalry to intercept, Li Tonglin said with great suspicion: "They are too close, and the village is full of mountains and forests, so I'm afraid I'll fight if I want to go around!"

Sun Cheng said: "If you fight, just fight. Since they have to intercept us, they will fight for a way out. No matter what, it is better than turning around!"

There were hundreds of Zuo Liangyu's cavalry behind their butts!

Li Tonglin looked at Luo Zhixue at this time: "Mr. Luo, what do you think?"

Luo Zhixue also looked suspicious and had no unnecessary nonsense, only saying: "The brave one will win when they meet on a narrow road."

This is not feasible to break through, and it is not feasible to turn around and run away. There are mountains on both sides of Huangzhuang, and there is no way to go.

The only thing I can do today is to bypass Huangzhuang and rush directly from the wilderness beside me.

If the official army comes out to intercept, there is no good way, so it can only break through!

Li Tonglin nodded slightly at this time, then pulled out his waist knife and raised it high, and rode his horse backwards through the queue, shouting: "Brothers, those officers and soldiers who were killed by thousands of swords want to stop us and want our lives. Do you think we can agree?"

"My life belongs to me. Even if God wants to take it away, I have to ask if the knife in my hand first agrees!"

"Brothers, follow me later. As long as we don't part, they won't be able to stop us."

"It's just a group of wardrobe shrimps. When we were fighting with the Tatars on the grassland, they hadn't yet laid eggs."

"We should not use our heads on the belt and rush up to fight with them. They should not be scared to pee."

Li Tonglin ran over the queue while riding a horse, shouting all kinds of messy words.

Although the words were very rough, the group of thieves and cavalrymen were all aroused and screamed after hearing this!

"Roar up and kill those who have no eggs!"

"Kill!"

...

After boosting morale in front of the formation, Li Tonglin returned to the front of the queue and was with Sun Jian, Luo Zhixue and others.

At this time, Li Tonglin no longer had the excitement and indignation he had when he was encouraging morale before, but had a calm face!

The queue continued to trot forward, and the cavalry of the official army rushed out.

At this time, the two sides showed an angle of about 100 degrees, and because the two sides were close, Luo Zhixue and his cavalry could hardly avoid this officers, soldiers and cavalry if they wanted to rush over.

The distance between the two sides is only a few hundred meters.

Luo Zhixue was riding a horse in the middle of the queue, holding the reins in one hand and a knife in the other, holding Lin Yuer in his arms.
To be continued...