Chapter 213: Insights into life?
Peng Ze led 12,000 men to set up camp in Shulu County and rest for a night. After receiving the news from Qiu Yue, he immediately ordered the entire army to move out and cut off Liu Liu's escape route from behind.

Liu Liu was still paying attention to the cavalry confrontation on the front, but he didn't expect that his retreat had been blocked.

He looked at the might of the Three Thousand Battalion and said to Qi Yanming standing beside him, "Pass the order and have Liu Qi attack from behind!"

"Okay." Qi Yanming nodded and conveyed Liu Liu's words.

A cavalry group of five men ran away from the enemy's formation, but no one noticed this in such a huge battlefield.

The team ran all the way with faith and arrived in Li County in less than half an hour.

They looked at the open city gate and rushed in without any hesitation. Only after entering the city did the five people realize something was wrong.

Why are these soldiers wearing imperial clothes? !

By the time they reacted, they had been surrounded by the soldiers of Tianjin Youwei. Facing bows and spears, the five men had no choice but to dismount and be tied up and taken to the county government office.

Ou Zanghua asked them about the situation on the battlefield. The five of them had no intention of hiding anything and told him everything.

After listening, Ou Zanghua drew the situation of the battlefield on paper based on the information provided by the five people.

After thinking for a while, he said, "Since you all came here to ask for help, it would be unreasonable for us not to show some support."

He looked at Zuo Lengchan standing aside and ordered, "Uncle Zuo, take the cavalry battalion and several uncles to raid the bandit infantry camp from the east and open up the formation for Earl Xianning."

Zuo Lengchan immediately bowed and said, "As you command!"

Then he hesitated for a moment and asked, "Master Ou, can't we just go straight to Liu Liu?"

Ou Zanghua sighed. Being an official is just like being a human being. One cannot be too greedy. Otherwise, one should give in at the appropriate time and make friends with many people. Only then will the road ahead be smooth.

But it’s not easy to say this directly to Zuo Lengchan. He is already very old, and does he still need a young person to teach him how to behave and do things?

Therefore, Ou Zanghua said calmly: "Master Zuo, just follow my orders, no need to ask any more questions."

"Yes!"

Zuo Lengchan responded, then turned around and went out, calling his junior brothers Ding Mian, Lu Bai, Fei Bin, Zhong Zhen, Tang Ying'e, Le Hou and other twelve junior brothers to go with him.

When Ou Zanghua finished his business and walked out of the county government office, he looked a little confused.

No, where are my powerful Songshan guards?!

On the plain outside Boye County, Qiu Yue had destroyed one of Liu Liu's cavalry battalions, and the other cavalry battalion was also dispersed.

Liu Liu was furious and personally mounted his horse, ready to lead his last 800 cavalrymen to fight a decisive battle with Qiu Yue. Fortunately, Qi Yanming remained calm and commanded the infantry battalion to form a defensive formation to resist the attack of the 3,000-man battalion.

Their only chance to turn the tables now is Liu Qi's surprise force.

But before Liu Qi could reach him, he received another piece of bad news: Pengze's Taiyuan Second Guards had surrounded him from behind.

After hearing this, Qi Yanming gritted his teeth and advised: "Brother, let's retreat before the imperial court's encirclement is formed!"

"Don't be afraid of anything. Let Wang Er and Men Bikai lead four battalions of infantry to block the Taiyuan Second Guards!"

Liu Liu stared ahead and uttered the harsh words, then added in a low voice: "Notify the eight hundred cavalrymen to take their gold and silver and be ready to break out from the east at any time."

"Why go east?" Qi Yanming asked with some confusion.

Liu Liu glanced at his good brother and was silent for a moment before he spoke: "Because there is the Zhulong River in the south."

Qi Yanming's old face turned red and he immediately turned around to convey Liu Liu's order.

As the order came down, Wang Er immediately led the brothers of the two battalions to turn around and deal with the Taiyuan Second Guards behind. What he didn't expect was that there were supposed to be four battalions to fight, but in the end only three battalions came. However, on the battlefield, the atmosphere was tense and solemn, and he had no time to think about these things.

The air seemed to be distorted by an invisible pressure, and every gust of wind carried a mixed smell of blood and dust, stimulating the senses of the soldiers. The sun shone down obliquely, but it was difficult to penetrate the thick layer of smoke and dust, only casting mottled and distorted light and shadows on the ground.

Faced with the relentless advance of the imperial army, he had no time to adjust his formation and was dispersed by the enemy's muskets.

In desperation, Wang Er held up his shield, took a deep breath and shouted, "Great leader, I will repay you with a spring of gratitude for your kindness!"

After saying that, he rushed towards the imperial army without hesitation. The bandit troops behind him followed him and rushed towards the imperial army like a tidal wave.

The long sword and the single knife flew back and forth, and every collision produced a crisp metallic sound.

Spears were like a forest, and javelins were like rain, whistling and flying through the air, piercing straight into the enemy formation with the sound of breaking through the air.

Under the desperate charge of the enemy army, the two guards of Taiyuan were suppressed despite their numerical advantage.

Peng Ze frowned slightly and said coldly: "Shoot!"

"Sir, our people are among them!" Taiyuan Wei Qianhu bowed and reminded.

"It doesn't matter. They have more people." Peng Ze glanced at Qian Hu and asked calmly, "Don't you know that kindness does not lead to military success?"

"Yes!" Qianhu had no choice but to agree.

A moment later, a large number of arrows flew out from the imperial army formation, covering the sky and earth, dense as a net, and shot towards the enemy like a downpour.

The sound of the arrow piercing the air was like a raging wave crashing against the mountains, which was heart-pounding.

Wang Er blocked most of the arrows, but several arrows still fell on his body and penetrated deeply into his flesh.

He roared in unwillingness, and was stabbed into the body by three spears, and his bones were buried there.

On the battlefield, when Liu Liu learned that Wang Er had died, he was a little depressed. Seeing this, Qi Yanming could only comfort him: "Brother, don't be sad. The more important thing now is how to overcome the difficulties in front of us."

Liu Liu looked up at the front and saw that defeat was already apparent, but the leaders had not retreated yet. The main reason was that they believed that Liu Qi's reinforcements had not arrived yet.

But the battle had lasted so long that even if they had to crawl, they should have reached Li County. Liu Liu didn't dare to think about it, so he gritted his teeth and said, "Get on the horse and break out to the east."

The two men picked up their weapons, mounted their horses, and pretended to charge into battle.

When the rebel soldiers saw that even their chief general was about to go into battle, their morale suddenly soared and they dared to resist the charge of the Three Thousand Battalion head-on.

Seeing this, Liu Liu and Qi Yanming decisively led 800 elite soldiers and ran towards the east.

Qiu Yue noticed this very quickly, and immediately, without caring about his horse's safety, he started to speed up and rush forward.

The enemy troops on the battlefield did not expect such a change. They were all deflated and even put down their weapons.

Liu Liuke couldn't care less about these things. He knew that as long as he escaped, the infantry and the like would be like weeds, and there would be plenty of them if he just pulled them out.

What neither he nor Qi Yanming expected was that after running less than five miles, they saw a well-equipped cavalry appearing in front of them.

When Zuo Lengchan and his fellow disciples rushed over, he was thinking about Ou Zanghua's words in his mind. With his intelligence, he had already figured out the purpose of Ou Zanghua's arrangement.

He couldn't help but sigh: "If you are willing to give up, you will get a little bit. If you give up a lot, you will get a lot. If you don't give up, you will get a lot! Lord Ou understood the truth at a young age, but I didn't understand it until I was sixty. What a waste of time!"

Ding Mian, who was standing by, looked at the cavalrymen who appeared in front of him and said leisurely, "Master, you thought of the second floor, but I think Lord Ou is probably on the third floor."

"Um???"

(End of this chapter)