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After loading the ammunition, Hu Dinggui ordered the whole army to replace the matchlocks, and then quickly chased the rogue cavalry.

Lu'an has been surrounded, and the area between Lu'an, Luzhou, and Shucheng can be called Zhao Han's territory. Hu Dinggui is fighting in his own territory, while Luo Rucai is a lone army.

The two sides chased and fled, always keeping a distance of two or three miles.

An hour later, each other was exhausted.

Luo Rucai ordered the whole army to dismount, fed the horses bean cakes and salt water, and looked fiercely in the direction of the enemy's pursuit.

After chasing to a distance of one mile, Hu Dinggui also ordered to feed the horses, and at the same time lit the matchlock again.

It seems that there is some kind of tacit understanding, and only after the horses have rested can they continue to chase and flee.

Luo Rucai ran out with the cavalry to bully Zhao Han for not having cavalry, and wanted to ravage the rear and cut off the food road. Since the plan failed, there is no need for him to stay any longer. The most important thing is to go back quickly. His city is being besieged!

Hu Dinggui wanted to drive Luo Rucai away and prevent this guy from raging in the area. Even if it collapses, don't collapse in Shucheng County, otherwise the fleeing cavalry will kill the people indiscriminately.

After the two sides entered the border of Lu'an, the scenery was obviously different.

Although the fields in Shucheng have been divided not long ago, the weeds in the fields have been cleared, crops are being planted one after another, and there are people living in every village.

On the Lu'an side, weeds are everywhere, and many farmers have already dragged their families away.

Even the rich and wealthy households in Lu'an abandoned their land and came to Zhao Han's site to ask for a share of the land. Although he lost most of his property, at least he was able to save his life. Zhao Tianwang was much more merciful than the bandits.

Luo Rucai wanted to get off his horse to rest again, but this time Hu Dinggui kept chasing after him.

Running all the way to the outside of Lu'an City, the horses on both sides were exhausted, but they still couldn't stop.

The moat has been filled, and Huang Shun and Fei Yinggong are bombarding the city wall.

Luo Ru didn't dare to rush into the infantry formation, so he could only run around the city. And with Datong cavalry behind him, the city guards did not dare to open the door rashly.

Luo Rucai led his troops to run against the city wall, and shouted to the soldiers in the city: "Shoot the arrows and shoot the enemy cavalry to death!"

Hu Dinggui didn't dare to get too close to the city wall, and kept chasing along the outside of the moat.

There were only 7,500 soldiers besieging the city, so it was naturally impossible to encircle them in groups. Luo Rucai rushed to the gate of the city farthest from the army. The defenders quickly opened the gate, and the gate tower was full of archers, ready to shoot and kill the Datong cavalry.

Hu Dinggui stopped chasing him, and watched Luo Rucai enter the city.

Because he had been chasing for too long, the matchlock had burned out, and it would take time to replace it.

The whole army dismounted and led the horses back.

"How long will it take?" Hu Dinggui asked.

Huang Shun replied, "One or two more days of bombing will destroy the city wall."

Fei Yinggong smiled and said, "If you're lucky, the city wall will collapse today."

Lu'an was full of disasters and disasters, and the rogues came several times, and many city walls were already damaged.

Zhang Liang of Anlu Road, Xu Pan of Zhizhou, and Luo Jie of the general judge, the three officials repaired it for several years. Due to insufficient money and food, they could only rely on private donations, and the city walls were not repaired firmly.

Fei Yinggong pointed to the city wall and said: "According to the local guide, there are eight forts on the city tower, equipped with eight city defense copper cannons. We will not be bombarded in this direction, and your cavalry should not run around."

"Understood." Hu Dinggui said.

that night.

Luo Rucai called his generals and prepared to flee with the old camp and abandon the city.

There is no way to stay in this ruined city, and if it continues to be bombarded, the city wall will collapse sooner or later, there is no need to die here.

He is a rogue, fleeing and fighting is his old profession, but defending the city will fall into the bottom line.

They didn't bother to bring their belongings, so everyone brought some dry food with them, and quietly opened the city gate in the middle of the night. His wives, concubines, theater troupe, treasures, and three thousand old battalion infantry are all far away in Guangzhou, and Lu'an City can be abandoned at any time.

A person holds a piece, a horse binds its hooves, and sneaks away at night.

The city gates here are all old camps, and the new thieves don't know about it. The old thief's infantry had no horses, and they all rode donkeys and mules, and fled north along the Pi River.

"Woo! Whoa! Whoa!"

"Beep beep beep beep beep..."

After walking about two miles, they were finally discovered by the Datong sentry, and the sound of copper whistle and suona sounded one after another.

"Go!"

War horses, mules, and donkeys ran wildly with thousands of old thieves on their backs.

Hu Dinggui and Lu Xiangsheng woke up in the middle of the night and hurriedly mounted their horses to chase after the enemy.

Huang Shun and Fei Yinggong divided half of their forces to capture the city, and the other half followed the cavalry in pursuit.

There were tens of thousands of thieves in the city, and when they found out that Luo Ru had left them and fled, they fell into chaos. Most of them fled with their belongings, while a few threw away their weapons and hid in houses to pretend to be ordinary people.

Luo Rucai's cavalry ran very fast, but the donkey soldiers and mule soldiers couldn't do it, and they were gradually overtaken by the Datong cavalry.

This guy was actually very righteous. He had already run a long way, but he led his troops back to kill him again.

One is to rescue the old battalion, and the other is to eat the Datong cavalry.

"Quick retreat!"

When Lu Xiangsheng heard the sound of horseshoes, he immediately shouted at Hu Dinggui.

"Woo~~~"

Hu Dinggui also didn't want to fight in the dark, so he ordered the messengers to sound the retreat horn.

Rogue cavalry wear leather armor and are equipped with lances. The Datong cavalry are all civilians, except for firecrackers and sabers.

In the melee in the dark night, the Datong cavalry must suffer.

Seeing the retreat of the Datong cavalry, Luo Rucai lost his temper and could only pick up the old battalion riding donkeys and mules.

As soon as they left, Hu Dinggui caught up again, following the sound of horseshoes from afar.

By dawn, both the donkey and the mule were tired and lay down.

Luo Rucai's entire army stopped, more than 2,000 infantry lined up, and 2,000 cavalry dismounted to rest.

Hu Dinggui also got off his horse and rested, waiting for friendly troops to come to support him.

Because the Pihe River was blocked to the west, and the boats in the river were taken away by the Datong army, Luo Rucai couldn't cross the river at all. His original plan was to flee north after leaving the city, and go to the northern market town to snatch ships.

But Hu Dinggui and Lu Xiangsheng are too annoying, they fight and don't fight, they just chase. And not too close, anyway, Luo Ru wanted to escape, so he had to run north along the Pi River.

After the horses rested, Luo Ru began to counterattack. He let the infantry march forward, and led the cavalry around to the flanks.

"Let's go." Lu Xiangsheng said with a smile.

"Then go!"

Hu Dinggui got on his horse, turned around and ran with the cavalry, and waited for the friendly army to come before fighting a tough battle.

Luo Rucai shook his head and sighed, "Let's go too."

As soon as the bandits retreated, the Datong cavalry followed up again. Luo Ru was too lazy to take care of it, and led his troops to run northeast, not daring to continue along the Pihe River.

This decision is very smart.

Because Fei Yinggong has already brought more than a thousand soldiers, chasing him by boat, ready to land and fight at any time.

After staying away from Pihe River, both sides were completely confused, and officially entered the territory of the Ming court.

After chasing like this for a whole day, both the cavalry and the horses could bear it because they often dismounted to rest. The pawns were so tired that their legs trembled, and they really wanted to turn around and fight Hu Dinggui, but Hu Dinggui didn't accept the move at all.

Luo Rucai sent out a cavalryman and said, "Go over and ask the enemy general what he wants to do with Grandpa!"

The cavalry came running and was about to speak when they heard a gunshot.

Missed.

"Bang bang bang!"

There was another burst of gunfire, dozens of bullets hit the past, and the old thief cavalry fell to the ground immediately.

"Damn it, withdraw the troops at full speed!" Luo Rucai had no choice but to give up the infantry, otherwise he would not be able to get rid of the pursuers.

"kill!"

Hu Dinggui and Lu Xiangsheng didn't expect to be able to eat the enemy cavalry, their goal was the infantry.

These two thousand infantry are all old thieves, and some of them were cavalry before. Because the horses were injured or died of illness, and no more supplies could be found for the horses, they became soldiers riding donkeys and mules.

The donkey and mule couldn't run anymore, so Luo Rucai also gave up on them, and the rest was just waiting to die.

Luo Rucai left with the cavalry, more than 2,000 old soldiers were devastated, some tried to surrender, but most of them rushed up with weapons.

The Datong cavalry quickly distanced themselves, replaced the matchlock and ignited it.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

A volley of guns was fired, and hundreds of old thieves fell down.

There is no need to fight the second round, no matter how brave the old thief is, he will have to flee at this point.

Lu Xiangsheng rode a war horse, wielding a saber in his hand, chasing and hacking the old thief.

These are old thieves of more than five years, who have done countless evil things, even if they are willing to surrender, Hu Dinggui will not accept prisoners.

Two thousand Datong cavalry, showing their fangs, galloped across the plain.

One by one the sabers were chopped off, and the old thieves fell to their deaths one by one.

These old thieves used to be hard-working people, and their rebellion was just. But indiscriminate killing of innocents and rape and humiliation of women is absolutely unforgivable!

Lu Xiangsheng killed extremely happily. He was disgusted by Luo Rucai, and his heart was simmering with raging anger. Today he can finally vent his anger.

Not one left, all hacked to death.

Lu Xiangsheng laughed loudly and said, "Hahahaha, happy, happy!"

Hu Dinggui sighed and said: "It's a pity that the enemy cavalry ran away. Those bastards killed many farmers."

Lu Xiangsheng said: "Don't be impatient, the army will kill them and take back all the cities, Luo Ru will be executed sooner or later!"

"Yes, fight all the way to the edge of the Huaihe River and take all of Luo Rucai's territory!" Hu Dinggui gritted his teeth.

Lu Xiangsheng wiped off the blood on the blade, and praised: "Good knife!"

Hu Dinggui said with a smile: "These knives have been tempered thousands of times. They were hammered repeatedly day and night in Jiangxi with a big water wheel, and they were made by the best knife smiths."

This kind of saber is actually collectively referred to as waist sword, Gongbu sword and Yanling sword.

The infantry and cavalry are slightly different, and the early Ming and late Ming are slightly different, but the general shape is the same.

Datong's horse-riding saber is more slender, and the length of the handle and the blade is about one meter.

In the setting sun, this strange cavalry returned triumphantly.

They wore neat and simple canvas military uniforms, high leather boots, wild goose feather waist knives, and long muskets on their backs. This is the first batch of troops to change their uniforms.

Left lapel and right lapel don't matter. In the Song and Ming dynasties, a large number of clothes were double lapels.

Especially after the Yuan Dynasty, Ming Dynasty absorbed Mongolian clothing elements, and the previous emperors liked to wear Mongolian clothing.

I believe that many young people will follow after the Datong cavalry entered the city several times.

It is not to learn from them to fight, but to learn how to dress them. This kind of double-breasted clothes will soon become popular.