Yang Cheng's mansion had a premonition that this was the best time to gain Zhao Dangshi's trust. Hou Dagui was originally just a small squad leader. Unexpectedly, in just two or three months, he had already climbed up to him and was very proud of his price all day. If Mr. Qiang Zong had something to do, he would discuss it with him. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the surname Hou was already the unscrupulous second-in-command in the camp.

After thinking about it carefully, I still have to reflect on myself. The Hou, who was surnamed Hou, has not been afraid of wind and rain all the way, repeatedly volunteered to act as a whistle detective, on duty, or even charged in the battle, and escaped from death several times. Everyone saw this ability of hard work, and was worthy of being the boss. On the other hand, what about himself? He is often greedy for life and fear of death, lazy and depressed. Compared with Hou Dagui, he is determined to be a judge. Not to mention that he had the stain on escaping before.

Fortunately, General Qian was kind and nostalgic. Instead of punishing him, he promoted himself to General General of the Horse Army. How could this kindness be thanked and kowtowed to repay? You must know that there are still many people below who are eagerly looking at this position. After all, Yang Cheng’s mansion is a singular man. If he doesn’t cheer up, wouldn’t he be a beast? Whether for himself or for Zhao Dangshi, he must change his appearance.

Driven by a strong sense of crisis, Yang Cheng's mansion made a ruthless move and selected ten backbones in the Ma Army's post, requiring them to scatter far and near outside Gao Jie's camp, monitor them day and night, and report ten times a day. Even if Gao Jie removes his hands, he must report them as soon as possible.

The Emperor of Heaven pays off. He has really gained something when he investigates day and night. One day, the scout came to report and said that he had three cavalry from Gao Jie's camp and went eastward. The scout secretly followed several miles, and then he retreated when he saw them entering the official army controlled area.

Yang Cheng's mansion was very excited when he received the letter. After a few days of fatigue, he reported to Zhao Dangshi. The current government troops stationed in the east are He Renlong and Sun Shoufa Divisions. He contacted that He Renlong had had contact with Gao Jie before, and Gao Jie had a great possibility of action in the past two days.

The three riders stayed on He Renlong and Sun Shoufa for a day and rushed back to the camp at night, but were captured by Yang Chengfu, who had been waiting for a long time. None of the three riders escaped.

Faced with interrogation, the three cavalry generals Gao Jie, He and Sun agreed on a specific matter such as the time and route of surrender. This is thanks to Zhao Dangshi who threatened these three people under the guise of Li Zi becoming. If they only use Zhao Dangshi's own name, they might not be willing to beg for mercy easily.

The three of them also provided another important message: Liu Liangzuo also wanted to surrender.

Liu Liangzuo and Gao Jie came to join Li Zicheng together, and now they surrendered to the government army together. They are really good brothers who have always shared the same relationship and never abandoned them.

In history, Liu Liangzuo only found an opportunity to return to the official army shortly after Gao Jie surrendered. Perhaps because of Zhao Dangshi's sudden emergence, a small butterfly effect was produced.

Zhao Dangshi only said that King Chuang Chuang knew that Gao Jie was against him, and he would first clear the internal thieves at any time, and then break the official army. He said that he would destroy the three of them as he drew his sword. The three of them were so scared that they urinated and begged for mercy. They called for Gao Jie's coercion and temptation, and dared not to refuse to follow. If they were given a chance, they would make up for their reforms and redeem their sins.

Zhao Dangshi heard this and put away his knife, comforted him a few words, and immediately ordered the three of them to return to the camp as usual, and ordered Gao Jie to only mention the contact between the official army, and not to reveal any abnormality. The lives of the three of them were hanging on the line, so how could they not agree? Nodded like pounding garlic and responded quickly. Even the Tao would obey the order of the general, make meritorious service, and destroy the traitor Gao Jie.

From the three people, I learned that Gao Jie and Liu Liangzuo surrendered to the enemy this time, and Gao Jie led the main force to go all the way, and Gao Jie's army led Li Chengdong to take another secret way of gold, silver, jewelry, weapons, armor, money, grain, cloth and other materials accumulated during the operation. Zhao Dangshi's goal was Li Chengdong's journey.

Li Chengdong, nicknamed "Li Hezi" in the army, was brave and wise, and was deeply trusted by Gao Jie. He was escorted to the baggage, which was really difficult to deal with. However, wealth and honor were sought in danger, how could he get extraordinary profits without taking risks? Zhao Dangshi was a brave man, so he did not retreat at all.

Two more days later, Li Zicheng routinely led his troops out of the camp to investigate around him. Gao Jie's troops quietly set off late that night that day. He was meticulous. He thought about many things in advance from organizing the troops to leading the troops out of the camp, so the whole process was extremely hidden. If Zhao Dangshi had not sent someone to monitor him, he would have been able to see an empty camp when he woke up early in the morning.

Zhao Dangshi received the report and stayed in the camp, so he only asked Hou Dagui and Yang Cheng's mansion to rectify the army and waited for the order. When the scout reported that Gao Jie's army had gone far, he began to deploy troops and horses. At the same time, he sent people to Liu Zongmin's office to inform Gao Jie of his defection.

Liu Zongmin was sleeping soundly with three or four women in his arms. Suddenly, he heard about this, and was shocked. He bounced up and quickly sent his subordinates to gather. He first sent someone to Gaojie's camp to check it out. As expected, he saw that except for the uninformed soldiers, Gao Jie had already brought more than fifty family members to the camp, and then rushed to Zhao Dangshi without stopping to ask for details.

Zhao Dangshi also seemed confused, saying that it was the soldiers who were patrolling the market discovered that they had just learned that Li Zicheng was not in the camp, so Liu Zongmin made full decisions and did not hesitate at the moment, leading troops to chase him. The one he was chasing was Gao Jie and Liu Liangzuo, while Zhao Dangshi took people to chase Li Chengdong.

The night was dark and the path was winding. Li Chengdong led more than a hundred people to rush on the road while the moonlight. In addition to the thirty personal soldiers, dozens of pushers under his command were pushing dozens of sheep horn carts. The upper part of these pullers was covered with linen, and various objects and food were piled up below, which was very heavy. Several pushers were slightly delayed and would suffer a violent whip.

Li Chengdong ordered the team to speed up and look back. At this time, there was already a long way from the eighth team camp. After rushing for a while, he entered the circle of government forces. Deputy General He and Sun Guerrilla would send troops to support him. At that time, there was no need to worry anymore.

After struggling for so many years, Li Chengdong was very happy that he could turn himself into an official army. He was still immersed in his fantasy of a bright future after becoming a good person, but a scream came from behind his mind.

He had heard this sound countless times, and almost reflexively rolled off his horse and shouted: "Enemy attack!" Although he was quick, he could not help but get an arrow from his ribs.

Li Chengdong's people were in a mess among the arrows, and they were in trouble. After Li Chengdong shouted desperately, they lit the torch in a panic to check. The previous episode was pitch black, and although there were some people who were shot in the arrow, there were not many. When the fire was on the right track, they immediately attracted thousands of arrows to be shot, and countless people who were shot in the arrows.

Li Chengdong waved his knife to cut off the handle of the arrow at his waist and immediately ordered the sheep horn cart to be pushed together, and used the cart as a fence to form a semicircular defensive array. At the same time, he gathered the archer and gunners and began to fight back.

"A timid thing, I'm a good thing!" I was about to successfully escort the baggage, but how could Li Chengdong not be furious if he had such a chance to get out of here? But he was not at ease, so he quickly calmed down. Under his organization, his subordinates who were originally at risk of collapse gathered up again and relied on the vehicle array to resist.

Hou Dagui was observing the enemy situation in the dark, and he admired Li Chengdong very much. At the same time, as Mr. Qian expected, the Li surnamed was indeed a difficult bone to crack. He paused the offensive and shouted loudly: "Listen, the brothers in front of him, Gao Jie defected and had nothing to do with you. He had sent a large army to chase him. If you know the truth, you should untie the sword as soon as possible, so as not to lose your life in vain!"

After several shouts, Li Chengdong did not hear anything, but instead called him to the left and right: "I'll beat this coward!" The gunmen under his command followed the orders and slammed into the direction of Hou Dagui's voice. In this darkness, the bird gun shot a straight bullet with a ballistic shooting rate of the hit rate was undoubtedly much larger than the arrows with arc trajectory. Hou Dagui did not expect Li Chengdong to do this, and he heard the "swooshing" sound in his ears, and he hurriedly crawled away. A hundred general next to him was shot, and his head was dragged behind with blood.

"His grandma!" The first time the war started, he lost a hundred generals. Hou Dagui was furious. This was the first time he had brought so many people to fight. The enemy suffered a loss openly and secretly. Such a performance reached Zhao Dangshi's ears. He was in a state of his image? In anger, he shouted loudly and ordered his subordinates to charge, "Follow me to fight against him!"

The first group of nearly a hundred people waved their swords and axes, and rushed towards the chariot formation with their guns and spears. Li Chengdong was unmoved and ordered his subordinates not to attack them. After seeing that the opponent had nearly ten steps, he gave an order, accompanied by the "crackling" guns, more than ten of the nearly a hundred people charged were killed on the spot.

When the remaining Zhao camp soldiers rushed to the front of the chariot formation, Li Chengdong had already replaced the spearmen and guarded the front. They stabbed the spears through the gaps in the sheep horn cart, harvesting the lives of the Zhao camp soldiers who were trying to climb the car and jump into the formation. The two sides were in a stalemate through the chariot formation, and Hou Dagui failed to make a step forward, but instead suffered a considerable loss. After losing one-fifth of the people, the first batch of Zhao camp soldiers who charged could only retreat.

While blocking the pursuers, Li Chengdong did not forget to send people to continue asking for help from the east - there was no obstacle on the way forward. As long as he continued to stick to the situation, he could still save this batch of supplies when the official reinforcements arrived.

Hou Dagui quickly organized a second wave of offensives. This time he learned his lesson and placed the archer in front, followed by the sword and axe player, slowly advancing. The arrows shot from the bow and arrow were bypassing the sheep horn cart and constantly hitting the soldiers of the high camp curled up behind the cart.

Li Chengdong was unwilling to be beaten and mobilized the gunners to shoot again. Most of his subordinates were bird gunners, and there were not many bows and arrows. Although the power was great, the range was much worse. This was not to say that the bird gun was not far away, but Hou Dagui was quite cunning and only allowed the archers to be placed at eighty or ninety steps. At this distance, the soldiers of Zhao camp were in the dark, and the soldiers of the high camp holding bird guns were obviously insufficient when shooting.

The opponent's archers kept firing arrows, and it took a long time to fill the gunman in the chariot formation. Not only was the sheep horn cart, but the ground in front of Li Chengdong was also filled with arrow handles. He felt that it was not a solution to sit like this and wait for death, so he ordered a group of people to go out of the chariot formation to fight, intending to disperse the archers opposite.

This was exactly what Hou Dagui wanted. He had prepared troops around and around. At this time, the soldiers of the Gao Camp had their own shells and immediately commanded the attacks on them. The two battles were fought together.

During the melee, Hou Dagui's archers could still shoot and kill the enemy in front and behind the formation, while Li Chengdong's gunman could only stare at him. Li Chengdong soon realized that he had made a big mistake and it was too late to make up for the brigade. The soldiers of the high camp who came out of the formation were entangled by the opponent and could not escape at all. If they wanted to regain their initiative, they could only retreat into the formation. But in this way, the lives of the soldiers who came out of the formation were for nothing. Li Chengdong was unwilling to watch his own personal soldiers be surrounded and annihilated, so he could only continuously draw troops from the formation to help, and even the pusher porters were all deployed, hoping to defeat the opponent outside the formation.

Hou Dagui's troops were like magnets, constantly attracting Li Chengdong to add troops. As the number of defenders in the chariot formation decreased, the chariot formation he set up was useless, and a defensive battle has evolved into a complete melee.

Hou Dagui led the way, rushing forward with a sword. There were many others, and they all competed for bravery, and their momentum was not inferior to Gaoying. Both sides advanced and retreated, and they retreated, and they fought for a long time, and the outcome was difficult to distinguish.

Li Chengdong was anxious and kept looking forward. It was still dark and silent. He hoped that a group of soldiers could rush out from there and help him rescue him.

The small army in front of him was easy to deal with, but the other party also said that the generals were on the road. If they could not meet with the official army that was receiving early, it would be more likely to be defeated. While observing the situation of the battle, Li Chengdong silently prayed that reinforcements would arrive sooner.

Perhaps it was his sincerity that suddenly, there seemed to be a rush of horse hooves coming from the darkness of the east road.

Li Chengdong thought there was something wrong with his mental illness, so he patted his face and listened carefully. It was clear that someone was coming there.

Reinforcements have arrived!

He was overjoyed and was about to shout loudly to encourage his army and intimidate the enemy. Unexpectedly, a cavalry first jumped out of the dark shadow in the east and threw two heads over at the same time: "Li Hezi, what is this?"

He picked up the heads left and right to check, and then said with a bitter face: "No, reinforcements are coming!"

The two heads belonged to the envoy who had been sent to seek help earlier. Li Chengdong shouted angrily, and Zhang Gong shot at the man, scolding: "Zhao Dangshi, you are a maid, do all this kind of savory business. I have no grudges and no grudges with you, so why bother with each other!" The two battalions were not far apart, and he recognized that the arrogant knight was Zhao Dangshi immediately.

Zhao Dangshi refused to answer, turned his head and waved his hand. Dozens of cavalry behind him swelled their iron hooves and rushed over. Seeing that Li Chengdong could not stop him, he flew away - his soldiers on his left and right were sent to fight in a melee, and there were only few personal soldiers who could not resist.

Originally, in history, Li Chengdong was willing to be a hawk and dog, shot Emperor Longwu to death for the Qing court, captured Emperor Shaowu alive, and instigated the Three Massacres of Jiading. Although he had the final result, Yu did not hide his flaws and was more than his merits. Zhao Dangshi did not intend to let go of such a capricious and vicious person. He left most of the troops to attack the soldiers of the Gao camp, and led seven or eight cavalry to chase Li Chengdong.
Chapter completed!