The sound of killings was everywhere. Not to mention that Zhang Nai couldn't hear his call, but even if he heard it, he wouldn't have the intention to challenge him. At this time, he just wanted to escape from this place quickly and block Bai Guangen's troops before they were defeated. When there is an artillery hole, flee to the other side of the river quickly, otherwise you will be in danger.
Zhang Nai's troops were defeated and fled in embarrassment, abandoning their helmets and armor. At first, Chang Yu was able to lock on to him and pursue him, but slowly when he saw his figure disappearing into the sea of people, he couldn't help but be furious and slashed at the thieves around him to vent his anger.
Niu Yong, He Chengxin, and Yang Zhenwei's men and horses were really at the end of their strength at this time. Those who could still fight were only two thousand, and they were all cavalry. The infantry were either casualties or were exhausted and unable to fight anymore.
To beat a dog, you need to take advantage of the situation. Although Chang Yu lost Zhang Nai, it did not mean that he had to give up on his troops. Looking at the city a few miles to the east, Li Yan's troops were already fighting with Bai Guangen's bandit army. Their unstoppable force could be at any time. He was able to defeat the thief, so he raised his arms and shouted: "Niu Yong will follow my governor and eat Zhang Nai's men." He led the remaining two thousand cavalry to continue the pursuit.
Seeing Zhang Nai's men escaping across Yimuquan River, Chang Yu followed him closely. Seeing him fleeing to the southeast city, he knew that he wanted to escape to Qingshui River. Once he crossed the river, there would be the main force of the rebel army. If he wanted to pursue him, he would Difficult.
After chasing for several miles, Zhang Nai's troops were exhausted and were either killed, exhausted, surrendered, or fled to the southwest. At this time, Zhang Nai finally made his move, and only a dozen of his horsemen were still running away.
Damn it, Chang Yu didn't have a bow at this time, otherwise he would have passed through his throat at this distance of 100 meters. However, the horse tried its best, but it was still out of reach of 100 meters, and he cursed angrily.
At this moment, he suddenly heard the deafening sound of killing. Chang Yu raised his eyebrows and saw Baoding City opened wide. Officers and soldiers in the city continued to fight. At this time, Bai Guangen, who was fighting with Li Yan's tribe outside the west city, felt cold in his heart and said nothing. He led more than a dozen of his confidants to beat horses and flee wildly.
At this time, Liu Zongmin, who was crossing the river with troops withdrawing outside the south city, also frowned. The officers and soldiers actually took the opportunity to kill him. Fortunately, he was prepared and left a group of troops behind when withdrawing. In the blink of an eye, the two armies were fighting together. The officers and soldiers were extremely brave, and Liu Zongmin was furious. When he was about to use his hands to destroy his prestige, Li Zicheng arrived and urged him to quickly cross the river to defend. The officers and soldiers came from the west and joined forces to kill him. If he crossed the river again, it would be too late.
Seeing the officers and soldiers coming out of the city and the bandit army being defeated, Chang Yu, who was chasing Zhang Nai but failed, immediately turned his horse and ran eastward. He looked back at He Chengxin who was following him: "Old He, look who's under that flag. What?"
He Chengxin looked up and saw that there was a commander in the bandit army with a white flag on it. He knew it was Bai Guangen, but there were so many people and they were so far away that he couldn't see clearly: "Is the governor talking about Bai Guangen?"
"Do you know him?" Chang Yu asked while riding his horse.
"We have met several times." He Chengxin led his troops to follow closely. He saw that Chang Yu was not heading directly towards the rebels' formation, but seemed to be racing side by side with the fleeing rebels. However, he suddenly realized that the rebels were defeated and the general must be dead. Run at the front, the little governor is going to catch the big fish.
"Follow the governor to get that repetitive villain" he yelled, clapped his horse and galloped, and in a blink of an eye he was in front of the bandit army. He rushed over with his sword and killed him, shouting: "Abandon your weapons and surrender without killing, capture Bai Guangen." The person will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver..."
Immediately, hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers behind them shouted vigorously. The rebels who were already fleeing had no intention of fighting again. They abandoned their swords and cleverly began to identify Bai Guangen's location.
"Superintendent, over there." He Chengxin saw that the dozens of cavalry at the front of the defeated bandit army were different. He yelled loudly and pointed his sword, and led his troops to kill. Chang Yu laughed loudly and chased after them on horseback.
Besides, Shi Kefa braved artillery fire and took command on the city to counterattack the enemy's siege. In a few days, he made the city defense to the extreme. Although the enemy's siege was fierce, it was difficult to break it for a while. This was his achievement in these few days.
Early in the morning, Chang Yu reported the news and dispatched troops to prepare. Defend when the thieves attack, and attack when the thieves retreat. He commanded the soldiers on the city to defend and counterattack while paying attention to the fighting outside the city. First in the north of the city and then in the west, the two sides fought fiercely. His heart suddenly rose to his throat.
He was relieved until he got the news that the bandits in the north of the city had stopped attacking the city and withdrew their troops. Then the bandits in the west of the city also withdrew, and then in the south of the city, Shi Kefa was overjoyed and ordered the generals to go out of the city to kill the bandits.
So the four commanders of Tengxiang Guards divided their forces into two groups and rushed out of the city with all their strength. They went out of the west city to flank Bai Guangen's troops, and went out of the south gate to pursue Liu Zongmin's main force.
Baoding City originally had thousands of soldiers, and Shi Kefa led the Tengxiang Four Guards to come to the rescue and became the main force in the city.
The Tengxiang Guards had a great reputation. They were the fighting chickens among the emperor's twenty-sixth personal guard. They were also the only troops that Huang Degong and Zhou Yuji pulled out of the capital to fight in actual combat.
In fact, the Tengxiang Guard and the Jinwu Guard are the only men Chongzhen can use at the moment. Although he claims to have twenty-six personal guards, most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled, and they have empty pay. Standardly speaking, every guard has one man. Counting five thousand and eight, there are only two to three thousand or even more than a thousand people that can be used at the moment. What's more, these twenty-odd guards are mostly rookies. It's okay to guard his home and courtyard in the capital to guard against thieves. But when they come out to suppress thieves, they will be on paper. It's almost mushy.
Fortunately, we have the Jinwu Four Guards and the Tengxiang Four Guards on hand, and the four Tengxiang Guards can still serve as a facade, and the ones trained by Chang Yu can shoulder big responsibilities alone.
As soon as Tengxiang's four guards rushed out of the city, the situation immediately became a one-sided crushing state. Li Yan's troops were all cavalry, and there was no difference between killing the infantry and chopping vegetables. After defeating Chen Yongfu's troops, they hit Bai Guang'en's troops with heavy fists. Waiting for Tengxiang's troops to After Xiang Wei left the city, everything was fine.
The bandit army was crushed, and the officers and soldiers were like a hurricane, sweeping them all the way until they were chased to the Qingshui River. It was not that they were unable to pursue them, but that Li Zicheng set up a defense line about ten miles long against the river. With bows and arrows drawn, he shamelessly drove the refugees into the river. Neiheng served as cannon fodder between the two parties.
Whether they should fight across the river in one go, Li Yan, Zhou Yuji, Shi Kefa and others discussed for a long time and could not decide. Although the rebel army was mentally exhausted at this time, it was outnumbered. The two partial troops of Bai Guangen and Chen Yongfu were almost completely wiped out. The main force retreated in time and suffered almost no damage. In addition, there were countless cannon fodder and they were holding back the river. If they wanted to attack them in one fell swoop, they would be afraid of not being able to catch them!
What's more, the officers and soldiers have been fighting hard for a long time. For example, Zhou Yuji's men and horses fought from the city dozens of miles away to the bottom of the city. They have long been unable to fight anymore. At this time, it is the limit to stand and wave the flag and shout. That is the cavalry of Li Yanbu and Jin Wuwei. It was also the end of Qiannu, and the only ones who still had fighting strength were the Tengxiang Four Guards with more than 10,000 troops.
It would be extremely difficult to achieve such a small amount of fighting power, not to mention killing all the refugees in the river before crossing the river. Do you really want to do this? When several people were at a loss what to do, they suddenly heard the arrival of the young eunuch.
Chang Yu's physique is different from ordinary people. Even if he loses his strength, he can recover in a very short time. Therefore, even though he has been fighting for a long time, he is still in high spirits and full of murderous aura.
Seeing him driving his horse in front of everyone with bloodstains all over his body, Shi Kefa was so excited that he hurriedly saluted: "Master Governor, I am grateful from the bottom of my heart for your kindness in providing help in such a time of need..."
"Master Shi, don't be in a hurry to be grateful. Let's settle the matter at hand first." Chang Yu looked at the other bank and frowned deeply. The Qingshui River is about tens to hundreds of meters wide. Because the river is dry, the gap between the river bed and the river bank is about ten meters deep. This It was simply a large natural trench, and in this trench there were countless refugees who were driven here, wailing all over the place.
"With our current strength, I'm afraid it's beyond our power to kill them in one fell swoop!" Shi Kefa said quickly, Li Yan and others seconded, Chang Yu frowned, turned to look at a few people, and raised his brows: "Could it be that you guys are still here? Thinking of calling?"
Everyone had puzzled expressions on their faces. Li Yan was startled and then panicked: "The governor is worried about intruders coming?"
Everyone was shocked!
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