Cao Bianjiao rode into the army formation, with more than 7,000 Dongxie Town cavalry soldiers behind him. Behind the cavalry formation, there was a phalanx of 25,000 infantry.
At this time, looking at the rushing bandit Xiaoqi, Cao Bianjiao shouted excitedly: "Kill the thieves and defeat them!"
The seven thousand cavalry soldiers, all of whom had experienced the bloody battle in Liaodong, followed Cao Bianjiao and began to charge. Their morale was like a rainbow, and they roared and ran into more than ten thousand rogue knights.
The two cavalry armies clashed and fought, and the horses and men on both sides continued to engage in bloody battles. Some people kept falling off their horses, and horses kept jumping on them, knocking the knights on the horses to the ground. The bloody cruelty of the cavalry battle is evident.
Cao Bianjiao took the lead, and the spear in his hand had already drunk enough blood. He swung it suddenly and assassinated a knight leader. The blood suddenly spurted out, turning Cao Bianjiao's face red.
At the same time, Liu Tichun also led his troops to charge. He saw Cao Bianjiao's large banner at a glance, and then shouted and led his troops to fight over.
At this time, the generals of the two armies discovered each other and began to lead their surrounding men to rush towards each other.
The two armies were entangled with nearly 20,000 cavalry, constantly hedging, reorganizing, hedging, and reorganizing again. Cao Bianjiao and Liu Tichun each led hundreds of soldiers to engage in a bloody battle in the center of the battlefield, with large groups of cavalry whizzing past. , but still could not stop the determination of both sides to fight to the end.
"Dog officer, die!"
Liu Tichun used a big stick. On the long wooden handle, a mace with a spearhead was stained with rust. If you look carefully, you will find that it is not rust, but blood stains. This big stick I don’t know how many people have been killed, but it has been soaked with blood and formed blood rust!
Cao Bianjiao experienced hundreds of battles.
At this time, he didn't panic, roared angrily, pointed the spear in his hand at Liu Tichun's chest, and rushed forward on horseback. Liu Tichun was shocked when he did not dodge when faced with the big stick coming at him.
"ah!"
Liu Tichun roared loudly, suddenly changed his moves with the big stick in his hand, smashed Cao Bianjiao's spear away, and then galloped away with his horse.
Hundreds of personal guards led by the two men also fought for a while, each suffering more than a dozen casualties. The surrounding armies, led by their respective generals, were still charging back and forth, and the casualties on both sides were still increasing.
"rush!"
The more Cao Bianjiao fought, the more excited he became. He rode his horse and led his troops to charge again. Liu Tichun, who was far away and missed a single hit, became angry and led his troops to meet him.
This time, Cao Bianjiao still used his life-for-life approach, and the spear in his hand went straight to Liu Tichun's heart. When Liu Tichun saw this, he became timid at first, and the movement of his hand was a beat slower. In his haste, he failed to smash the spear that was stabbing him!
"ah!"
This time, Liu Tichun screamed in horror and tried his best to avoid it, but the spear still pierced his armor and made a deep wound on his chest. Blood spurted out immediately. Liu Tichun endured the severe pain and ran away on horseback in embarrassment. fled away from the battlefield.
When the hundreds of accompanying guards saw this, they immediately rushed forward regardless of casualties, protecting the injured Liu Tichun in the middle. After paying the price of dozens of casualties, Liu Tichun was rescued from the battlefield and fled towards the rear. .
Cao Bianjiao burst out laughing when he saw this. The bandit and bandit cavalry troops on the battlefield were greatly moved, and many bandit leaders began to retreat. Upon seeing this, Cao Bianjiao personally led his troops to rush towards the flag-bearing soldier who fell on the battlefield, and killed him with one shot. Liu Tichun of
The big banner fell immediately.
"Kill! Kill him!"
With the fall of Liu Tichun's great banner, more than ten thousand heroic cavalry were immediately defeated. Cao Bianjiao led his troops to charge to cover up the killing, and gained thousands of levels. But then they were forced to stop by most of the bandit right camp who came from behind.
In the military formation, Yuan Zongdi looked at Liu Tichun who was seriously injured, his face was very ugly, and when he saw more than ten thousand Xiaoqi who retreated in embarrassment, he became furious.
However, Yuan Zongdi was still unwilling to fight head-on with the elites of Xuanfu Town and Dongxie Town. At this time, he suffered a loss, so he ordered the army to retreat slowly and went to Wulipo to meet the firearms battalion to withdraw.
"That bastard Li Dingguo can obviously follow you all the way and kill the generals east and west, but he insists on facing him head-on here! King Chuang is not in a good position to organize his troops, so he is not allowed to waste his troops like this!"
While yelling angrily in his heart, Yuan Zong led his troops to retreat.
Cao Bianjiao breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this, but his brows were still furrowed. The bandits were full of tricks, and there might still be no peace along the way.
"The ministries immediately moved closer to Wulipo and continued southward together with Xuanfu Town."
At this time, Li Dingguo and Ai Nengqi were struggling to hold on on Wulipo. The firearms battalion suffered heavy casualties, and the casualties of the Xuanfu Town soldiers were also not small. The two sides fought to the death here on Wulipo.
It can be said that Li Dingguo and Ai Nengqi were really unlucky. After the firearms battalion was established, they first encountered the new army troops under Liu Yan and suffered a devastating blow.
Now it was finally rebuilt, but they encountered the elites of Xuanfu Town who had been beaten in the Battle of Songjin. Moreover, Yang Guozhu still had a stubborn temper, making this battle a fight to the death with all his strength.
Qi Camp was hit hard again!
Li Dingguo looked ahead at the Chinese Army. At this time, the 10,000 spearmen led by Ai Nengqi had suffered at least 30% casualties, and the battle line had retreated dozens of steps. If they retreated further, they would have to retreat to the Chinese Army.
There was also constant sound of gunfire from the artillery team on the left, but the official cavalry was still galloping there, which showed that the gunmen sent to support were in a bad situation.
At this time, Li Dingguo pinned his hopes on the right camp. He finally waited until Liu Tichun led his troops to kill, but just received the news that Liu Tichun's big banner had suddenly fallen, which made Li Dingguo stunned on the spot.
"How can this be!"
Li Dingguo looked forward in disbelief and murmured to himself: "Liu Tichun was killed by the army?"
Liu Tichun was a well-known warrior in the bandit army. He followed Li Zicheng and made many military exploits in the north and south. How could he be killed by the army so easily?
Just when Li Dingguo was stunned, a burst of cheers suddenly came from the front. Li Dingguo looked quickly and was surprised to find that both the officers and soldiers and the soldiers and horses under his command were cheering.
Immediately afterwards, Li Dingguo saw the battle flag of the official army of Dongxie Town appearing on the battlefield, and the battle flag of the Rogue Bandit Right Camp also came from the right side of the battlefield. Reinforcements from both sides arrived at the same time!
Li Dingguo's fighting spirit was high. Since reinforcements from both sides had arrived, he would fight to the end to see who could win.
But then Li Dingguo received a message from a general sent by Yuan Zongdi: "Report! General Zhi has an order. Please ask General Li to lead his troops to retreat. General Zhi will lead the soldiers of the right battalion to cut off General Li's rear!"
"What did you say!"
Li Dingguo said angrily: "The battle is so intense, how can we retreat now?"
That general looked arrogant
, just like Yuan Zongdi, he did not answer Li Dingguo's angry rebuke. He just cupped his hands and rode away.
At this moment, Ai Nengqi also sent people from the front and asked Li Dingguo to find a way to send reinforcements. However, Li Dingguo had no troops to send. Since Yuan Zongdi was unwilling to lead his troops into battle, Li Dingguo had no choice but to order the withdrawal of troops.
"Instruct all ministries to immediately retreat towards the direction of the right camp and leave the officers and soldiers to the right camp to block it!"
Li Dingguo gritted his teeth and issued the order. Since you, Yuan Zongdi, are using tricks, don't blame me for being unkind.
Soon, Ainengqi led the remaining spear soldiers to withdraw. Thousands of troops rushed towards the right camp formation in embarrassment. The Xuanfu Town soldiers cheered and began to pursue.
At the same time, Li Dingguo also withdrew the gunners and gunners of the artillery team. He led the remaining soldiers and horses of the Chinese army to break up the rear. He was attacked by the ASEAN town cavalry and was in a panic, with many casualties.
Li Dingguo led his troops to fight hard all the way. Fortunately, the government and army did not pursue them relentlessly. They only pursued for a few miles and then retreated one after another. This allowed Li Dingguo and Ai Nengqi to withdraw many troops.
When the two men led the remnants of their troops to fight with the bandit right camp, and saw Yuan Zongdi, Li Dingguo directly asked angrily: "I led my troops to fight to the death with the official army and have already contained the main force of the official army. Why can't the general control the army with a thunderbolt?" Instead of attacking, you asked me to retreat. There must be an explanation for this matter, otherwise I will go to King Chuang and sue you!"
Yuan Zongdi looked gloomy and said: "Liu Tichun was seriously injured. The morale of our troops has been shaken and we can no longer fight."
Li Dingguo was taken aback, and Ai Nengqi also stared wide-eyed, somewhat in disbelief.
Yuan Zongdi went on to say: "Besides, I'll take it easy
The troops are engaged in combat, and your firearms battalion has been severely damaged. How long can it last? If you want to fulfill King Chuang's order, you can't fight head-on. You have to pursue and harass all the way. "
Li Dingguo said angrily: "It's only a hundred and thirty or forty miles from here to Tongguan, and they are harassing us all the way? I'm afraid that the army has already arrived at Tongguan before they have been harassed a few times!"
Yuan Zongdi looked indifferent and said: "So what if they can get to Tongguan? You and I have exhausted the enemy all the way. When these officers and soldiers reach Tongguan, they are at the end of their war effort. How can they break through the hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers in the middle camp?"
Li Dingguo said coldly: "When the time comes, General Zhi will personally explain it to King Chuang!"
After speaking, Li Dingguo walked away, leaving only Yuan Zongdi staring at his back with a frosty expression.
At the same time, after Cao Bianjiao met Yang Guozhu, the two stood on the five-mile slope and could see the army of the Youying of the Rogue Bandits down the slope. The army of more than 100,000 people was majestic and powerful.
"Uncle Dinghu, the rogue cannon on the left must be blown up immediately and must not be left behind by the rogues!"
Yang Guozhu said: "It's okay, just use the gunpowder from the bandit artillery team and blow them all up on the spot."
The two men hurriedly sent people forward, and it didn't take long for them to get a reward: during the chaotic retreat, the gunpowder had soaked all the gunpowder with water, and now none of the gunpowder there could be ignited.
"Hmph! The leader of the Bandit Firearms Camp must be Li Dingguo. This man is extremely cunning and very difficult to deal with!"
Cao Bianjiao said regretfully: "It's a pity. Taking away those artillery will slow down the march of the army. Not taking them away will make it easier for the bandits. It's really a dilemma."
Yang Guozhu said: "Send people to seal all the gun doors with iron nails, and then we
Go south immediately, without any further delay. "
"good!"
Immediately, a group of officers and soldiers rode horses to the artillery array, blocked the gun door with iron nails used for tents, and then swung a sledgehammer hard and smashed all the iron nails in. If the bandit wants to reopen the cannon door, it will take a lot of effort, and he may even accidentally damage the cannon body. This is also the last effort Yang Guozhu and Cao Bianjiao can make.
Immediately after the soldiers of Xuanfu Town and Dongxie Town reorganized a little, they continued to move south. After a fierce battle, the soldiers of the two towns were all injured. At this time, Xuanfu Town's 35,000 men and horses were still about 30,000, and Dongxie Town's three There are about 33,000 soldiers left out of 5,000.
The army marched southward in mighty force. Yuan Zongdi and Li Dingguo continued to send troops to harass them along the way. The soldiers of the two towns defended and resisted all the way, while traveling day and night, and finally arrived at Tongguan on the fourth day.
At this time, the soldiers in Xuanfu Town and Dongxie Town were exhausted, and the morale of the army was sluggish. Even Ye Busuo, who was sent out, only wandered within a few miles nearby. Faced with the driving of the bandit scouts, he became weak and even followed the army. A lot of money, food and luggage were also lost.
Just when Yang Guozhu and Cao Bianjiao were looking happy, the official road leading to Tongguan was blocked by a roadblock. Then countless bandit soldiers and horses rushed out from the mountains and forests on both sides. The flags pointed to the bandit center camp.
At the same time, Yuan Zongdi led the troops of the right battalion of rogue thieves and came later to block the retreat of the soldiers in the two towns.
Yang Guozhu looked solemn, while Cao Bianjiao pointed to a small hill in the distance in surprise and shouted: "It's Li Zicheng's big banner!"
