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, both of them were 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 they wait for the horse to rest before continuing 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 other side of Lu'an, 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.
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, and the defenders quickly opened the gate, and the tower was covered with archers, ready to shoot and kill the Datong cavalry.
Hu Dinggui didn't chase anymore, and watched Luo Rucai enter the city.
Because he has been chasing for too long, the matchlock has burned out, and it will 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 laughed 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 anti-bronze 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. If it is bombarded any longer, the city wall will collapse sooner or later, so 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 man holds a piece in his mouth, a horse binds his 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.
"Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!"
"Beep beep beep beep beep"
After walking about two miles, he was finally discovered by the Datong sentinel, and the sound of copper whistle and suona sounded one after another.
"Let's 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, Fei Yinggong??I was disgusted, and my heart was simmering with raging anger, and today I can finally vent it.
If there is not one left, all of them will be 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 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."
In fact, this kind of saber is 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.
Under the setting sun, this strange cavalry returned triumphantly.
They wore neat and simple canvas military uniforms, high leather boots on their feet, wild goose feather waist knives, and long muskets on their backs. This is the first batch of troops to change their uniforms.
It doesn't matter if the left lapel is right lapel. In the Song and Ming dynasties, a large number of clothes were double lapels.
Especially after the Yuan Dynasty, Daming absorbed Mongolian clothing elements, and the previous emperors liked to wear Mongolian clothing.
I believe that many young people will follow suit 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.