Outside the west gate of Dingzhou City.
More than 10,000 soldiers from the New Army's cavalry battalion were already waiting in formation outside the first line of defense. Xu Ming rode his horse in front of the formation and saw that the soldiers from the New Army's middle camp and left camp had advanced several miles ahead, driving away the thieves from the middle camp. The defeated troops were rushing towards the old camp of the bandits.
So Xu Ming shouted excitedly: "Brothers, follow me and charge forward to defeat Li Zichen's formation!"
"kill!"
More than 10,000 soldiers from the cavalry battalion immediately launched a charge. The cavalry army rolled forward, passing directly from the north of the new army's middle camp and left camp formations, and headed straight towards the phalanx of the old camp of the bandits.
Watching the soldiers of the New Army's cavalry battalion rolling forward, Shen Tuo and Zhang Yi were both envious and angry. After a long time, the cavalry battalion still took the final blow. After returning, they must suggest to Mr. Ge, Cavalry teams were formed in each battalion of the New Army!
Of course, these are all things for later. At this time, the soldiers of the New Army's Zhongying and Zuoying had already rushed to the front of the Chinese army in the Liuthief's Zhongying. Liu Zongmin looked at the New Army's formation getting closer and closer, with an extremely ugly expression on his face.
At this time, Liu Zongmin had received reports from the soldiers and horses in front one after another. General He Jin, former General Guoyi, Ren Jirong, and General Wu Ruyi of Houyi all died in the rebellion. Now all the chief generals of the middle camp soldiers and horses have died in the battle. !
Liu Zongmin was heartbroken at this time. Faced with the dissuasion from his subordinates to withdraw, he did not respond at all. He allowed his subordinates to flee in panic and remained indifferent.
"Catch Liu Zongmin!"
"Catch Liu Zongmin!"
Ahead, the roars of the soldiers of the New Army's Zhongying and Zuoying were getting closer and closer. Soon Shen Tuo led his troops to rush forward. Hundreds of Liu Zongmin, the gunman of the New Army's Zhongying, and dozens of guards
They were surrounded, and hundreds of cannons were aimed at Liu Zongmin and others.
At this time, Shen Tuo walked out from the crowd, looked at Liu Zongmin with a miserable face, and said loudly: "Are you Liu Zongmin? You have seen a living person today, why don't you surrender!"
Liu Zongmin was indifferent.
Shen Tuo frowned slightly when he saw this, raised his hand and waved hard, and all the soldiers moved forward to narrow the encirclement. Seeing this, the dozens of personal guards kept retreating. Suddenly one person put down the weapon in his hand, and the rest of the people also surrendered after seeing this. , only Liu Zongmin remained indifferent.
Suddenly, Liu Zongmin rushed forward on his horse. Although he was stopped by the bayonets raised by the gunmen in front, several soldiers were knocked down by the horses under Liu Zongmin's crotch.
"Fire!"
When Shen Tuo saw this, he was furious and directly ordered to fire. The angry New Army soldiers around him opened fire one after another, beating Liu Zongmin and his horses to pieces.
"Cut off the head!"
Shen Tuo said coldly: "Anyway, we have caught Liu Zongmin, whether alive or dead!"
Then Shen Tuo and Zhang Yi immediately reorganized their troops and horses, and the two joined forces and immediately began to march towards the old camp of the bandits.
The soldiers of the New Army's front camp and right camp to the north, and the New Army's rear camp and the Sixth Battalion of the garrison to the south were also rushing towards the old camp of the bandits. At this time, three huge dragons formed on the battlefield, all targeting the west. The old camp of rogue thieves in front of them seemed like three dragons playing with a pearl. Under such circumstances, let alone Li Zicheng, even the reincarnation of the Soldier Immortal could not turn the tide of the war.
The army formation of the old camp of stray thieves.
Li Zicheng had received news of the defeat of the three armies in the north, west and south one after another. At this time, Li Zicheng's
His face was very ugly, even though he had experienced many ups and downs over the years, and was even beaten by Sun Chuanting until only eighteen riders were left and fled into Shangluo Mountain.
But like now, the main forces of each battalion were defeated by the army one after another, and the generals of each department were killed one after another. The fierce generals who followed Li Zicheng to conquer the world were all killed and injured. This situation was equivalent to defeat!
Hong Chengchou, Li Yan, Song Xiance, Niu Jinxing, Tian Jianxiu and others around Li Zicheng were even more horrified. Especially Hong Chengchou, who was filled with annoyance at this time. Who would have thought that Li Zicheng's million-strong army was so vulnerable? , even after some reorganization by himself, he still defeated Dingzhou City. I really don’t know whether it was because Li Zicheng’s million-strong army did not fight, or because Liu Yan’s troops were too strong!
"His Majesty!"
Li Yan said loudly at this time: "Your Majesty, please move immediately and evacuate towards Kaifeng!"
In Li Yan's view, as long as Li Zicheng returns to Henan smoothly, he can make a comeback.
Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance no longer opposed Li Yan at this time. Instead, they agreed and urged Li Zicheng to withdraw as soon as possible.
Gu Junen also said: "Your Majesty, I will leave the green hills without worrying about firewood. As long as your Majesty is still there, I, Dashun, will one day make a comeback!"
Li Zicheng looked at Hong Chengchou and asked, "Mr. Hong, do you think I, Dashun, will one day recover?"
What else could Hong Chengchou say at this time? After thinking for a moment, he said: "As long as the person is still there, everything is still unknown!"
"good!"
Li Zicheng gathered some strength at this time, and immediately ordered everyone to mount their horses, and the army retreated towards Xingtang County. They first joined Li Laiheng's troops stationed there, and then retreated together towards Kaifeng.
At this time, from the northeast, Xu Ming led the New Army cavalry battalion soldiers to kill them very fast. In the blink of an eye, they rushed to three miles away from the old camp of the bandits.
Tian Jianxiu made a decisive decision and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty and gentlemen, leave quickly, I will lead my troops to resist!"
Immediately, regardless of whether Li Zicheng agreed or not, Tian Jianxiu ordered 10,000 knights to escort Li Zicheng and others to withdraw, while he led 5,000 gunmen and 20,000 armored soldiers to stop the attack.
Li Zicheng also knew at this time that it was not the time to refuse, so under the protection of ten thousand knights, he hurriedly led his troops to withdraw to the west.
In other places on the battlefield, Liu Fangliang also led the defeated troops to flee here, but then he found that something was wrong. The officers and soldiers everywhere on the battlefield were killing towards the old camp, so Liu Fangliang led the remaining troops to withdraw south, preparing to go around. Then return to Xingtang County.
Wu Sangui, who was north of Dingzhou City, was even more direct and led his troops to Xingtang County.
"Li Zicheng!"
At this time, Xu Ming roared loudly and led more than 10,000 soldiers to rush directly to the old camp of the bandits. The 5,000 gunmen led by Tian Jianxiu opened fire directly, and the soldiers of the New Army Cavalry Battalion also opened fire. Many people on both sides were hit. bomb.
However, in comparison, the New Army cavalry battalion officers were well-equipped and their horses charged quickly, so the number of people shot was still much smaller. However, the five thousand gunmen commanded by Tian Mixiu fell to hundreds of people. , the remaining fire gunners were immediately in chaos. They could no longer maintain their horizontal formation and began to retreat.
When Tian Jianxiu saw this, he was furious and led 20,000 armored soldiers to charge forward. He charged directly in a square formation and ran into the formation of the New Army's cavalry battalion.
boom!
After a loud noise, the 20,000 armored soldiers under Tian Jianxiu were killed by the cavalry army.
The collision caused people to fall over, and the rows of armored soldiers in front were trampled and hit, killing most of them. However, the armored soldiers in the rear still rushed forward, fearless and fearless!
"kill!"
Xu Ming opened and closed the spear in his hand, constantly assassinating the rogue armored soldiers along the way. The soldiers of the cavalry battalion behind him also charged hard. The army of armored soldiers led by Tian Jianxiu gradually could not withstand it. As time went by, the decline was already apparent.
At this moment, Shen Tuo and Zhang Yi led the new army's Zhongying and Zuoying to attack, and more than 20,000 soldiers surrounded them from the east.
Then Chen Xun and Wang Bo led the front and right battalions of the New Army to attack. Wang Yue and Tian Zhenbei led the New Army's rear battalion and the Sixth Battalion of the garrison to attack. Tens of thousands of soldiers killed Tian Jianxiu's more than 20,000 people. Surrounded by horses, gunshots roared and thunder exploded, and the final tragic scene was staged on the battlefield!
"Stop shooting!"
Nearly an hour later, Chen Xun, Xu Ming and others ordered a ceasefire. At this time, no one alive could be seen in the encirclement. Tian Jianxiu and more than 20,000 elite thieves were all shot and killed. The scene was extremely tragic, with more than 20,000 corpses The corpses were in various postures, stacked on top of each other, and were as high as the knees of the New Army officers.
Chen Xun, Shen Tuo, Wang Bo, Zhang Yi, Tian Zhenbei, Xu Ming, and Wang Yue looked at each other and found that Li Zicheng's banner was not found in the encirclement. The soldiers of each battalion searched for it, but did not find Hong Chengchou. , the bodies of Song Xiance and others.
Xu Ming then shouted loudly and led the soldiers of the New Army Cavalry Battalion to pursue westward. After some further discussion, Chen Xun and others left the Sixth Battalion of the garrison led by Tian Zhenbei to clean the battlefield, and the rest Leading the officers and soldiers of each battalion of the New Army
Then launch a pursuit westward.
"Report the situation here to Mr. Ge immediately!"
When the army set off, Chen Xun did not forget to send messengers to report to Liu Yan the battlefield situation and the whereabouts of the soldiers in each battalion.
At the same time, Li Zicheng, Hong Chengchou, Li Yan and others, under the protection of ten thousand knights, galloped towards Xingtang County.
Hong Chengchou, Li Yan, and Gu Junen were better off, and they were all good at riding horses, but Song Xiance and Niu Jinxing were different. One of them was originally a failed scholar, and the other was a fortune teller. Although they had followed Li Zicheng for many years, they still But none of them are good at riding. They can just ride a horse in normal times, but they don't have the ability to ride a horse and march with the army in a hurry.
It's just that Niu Jinxing was alert. Before the army set off, he asked his subordinate Xiaoqi to use ropes to fasten himself to the war horse. When the horse was galloping, there were also special people holding Niu Jinxing's war horse on the left and right sides.
So although Niu Jinxing was jolted left and right on the war horse, there was no danger of falling. It was just such a violent jolt that it was indeed too cruel for a scholar like Niu Jinxing. It almost knocked Niu Jinxing's entire body. Everyone is almost falling apart.
Unlike Niu Jinxing who was prepared, Song Xiance was miserable at this time. After running at high speed for a long time, Song Xiance was already on the verge of collapse. His face turned pale with fright. He wanted to ask for help from the knight soldiers on the left and right, but found that he I was so nervous that I couldn't say a word.
After Song Xiance ran wildly with the army for a while, he was finally exhausted. He screamed in horror and fell directly from his horse. In the blink of an eye,
He was trampled to death by the group of knights following him.
"Mr. Song fell off his horse!"
"Mr. Song is dead!"
The surrounding Cavalry soldiers all exclaimed. Li Zicheng, who was in front, heard the shouts coming from behind. He felt miserable, but he didn't bother to pay attention anymore. Instead, he ordered the army to continue to speed up and go straight to Xingtang County.
