It is said that the wolves on the grassland are very smart. When hunting sheep, they often do not pounce on them and kill them one by one. Instead, they drive the sheep towards natural traps, thus saving a lot of money in hunting. things, and the gains will be greater.
I don't know whether this legend about wolves is true or not, but the behavior of the imperial cavalry in front of me is the same as that of the legendary wolves.
They tore away from where the rebels collapsed, and then drove the defeated soldiers to flee to other military formations that had not yet collapsed.
Just behind these fleeing soldiers, threatening them with death, reminding them with the sound of horse hooves and shouts of death. If anyone escapes slowly, they will be dealt with without hesitation.
The defenders on top of the city could see this scene clearly.
Each one of them was stunned to see so many rebels outside the city, one after another collapsing, desperately running away, and even trampling on each other. The number of people killed and injured was more than the number killed by the imperial cavalry.
In just a short while, outside Chengdu, there were people fleeing from all directions. However, most of the fleeing soldiers were still driven by the cavalry to the bandit formation.
Hao Yaoqi and Tian Jianxiu couldn't help being dumbfounded when they saw them.
If the rebels can hold on longer and they see something is wrong, they may still send troops to rescue. However, these rebels failed to withstand several attacks by the imperial cavalry and collapsed. The speed of this collapse made it impossible for them to react.
Now, hundreds of thousands of defeated soldiers are all running towards their military formation, trying to get their allies to save them.
The noise on the battlefield was so loud that it was impossible to shout to them not to attack the military formation.
It would be useless even to shoot and kill the Allied forces attacking the military formation; with the imperial cavalry driving behind them, whoever escapes slowly will die, and whoever dares to stop and turn around will be a problem.
As for killing, it is impossible to kill.
"It's over, it's all over!" Tian Jianxiu said desperately when he saw this situation.
Hao Yaoqi burst into tears with hatred, "I knew you couldn't form an alliance with these pigs. Wasn't Kaifeng's lesson enough?"
In the Battle of Kaifeng, if it weren't for internal strife, it might be unclear who would win in the end. Because at that time, there were not many people in the court led by Duke Xingguo.
Although the current battle in front of us is not an internal conflict, the effect is no different from that of an internal conflict. Hao Yaoqi was so angry that he cursed.
Seeing that the flood of defeated soldiers was about to come over, the two bandit leaders had not yet given the order. Many people in the bandit army were already in despair. They did not want to be rushed by the defeated army and die inexplicably, so they began to run away. I want to avoid the front attack of the defeated soldiers.
As a result, the bandit army began to collapse.
Seeing this, Hao Yaoqi didn't even have time to scold him. Without saying a word, he ran away from the encirclement.
At least he still has more than 10,000 cavalry, so he should be able to escape.
However, Zhang Mingwei has been keeping an eye on this cavalry army. He does not want to let this cavalry army slip away and increase the difficulty of subsequent encirclement and suppression. Therefore, he personally led a reserve team of more than 10,000 people and started to take a detour in advance, blocking the way for the bandit cavalry to escape eastward.
However, this is a plain, and there is no narrow place that must be blocked. Seeing the imperial cavalry in front, Hao Yaoqi certainly did not dare to fight, and immediately tried to bypass the cavalry in front.
But who would have thought that at this moment, the more than 10,000 cavalry troops shouted in unison: "The Duke has an order, and those who surrender will not be killed! Li Laiheng is already the uncle of Liaodong. The Duke has an order, and those who surrender..."
Not much to say, just repetition.
Not to mention, after hearing this, especially after hearing the Duke's order and that Li Laiheng was already the uncle of Liaodong, many cavalrymen slowed down.
It wasn't even spring yet, but the imperial army actually appeared in the Chengdu Plain. This was a huge blow to both the rebels and the bandits.
As for Liu Tie, he didn't know what the fighting situation was like over there with Liu Zongmin and Gao Yigong, and felt that it was very dangerous there. Because generally speaking, if you come from Shu Road, you will definitely fight Liu Zongmin and Gao Yigong first.
Now that there are about 50,000 cavalry in the imperial army, how many infantry will there be?
In this battle under the city of Chengdu, his side has been completely defeated, and the situation in Shu will definitely undergo earth-shaking changes.
In addition, a very crucial point is that for these elite thieves, they know the policy of Duke Xingguo. They were already aware of it during the Battle of Kaifeng.
Nowadays, even Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi, the most important generals under Zhang Xianzhong, are already under the command of the Duke. They seem to be very important, which shakes their minds even more.
Just like that, Hao Xiu and Tian Jianxiu were still running away, but the rogue cavalry behind them was obviously falling behind more and more.
As for the bandit cavalry who were still on the run, when they saw their straggler companions dismounting, they knew what those people were dismounting for!
If you continue to follow Li Zicheng, what is your future?
There is no future at all!
Duke Xingguo is so powerful that the impossible is often possible! And Duke Xingguo is really good at recruiting and settling them!
Which one to choose is the best, it’s self-evident!
In this way, when Wada Mihide bypassed the imperial cavalry in front of him and turned around with a sigh of relief, he was immediately dumbfounded.
I saw that only three thousand people were following them at this time! Some of those who are still following them are their cronies, and some have families living in Chongqing.
Looking at their faces, it is obvious that if Jia Xiao was not in Chongqing, they might all have been demoted.
As for these cronies, their faces also showed signs of wavering. Maybe it’s because I’ve been attached to him for too long and it’s hard to abandon him.
Seeing this, Hao Yaoqi was obviously shocked and felt a little lost.
He could see from this battle that bandits like them had no chance of winning when Duke Xingguo led his troops to pursue them! If you can escape this time, what about the next time? Will you be able to defeat Duke Xingguo, who has become stronger during the Vietnam War?
When he was thinking this, he suddenly heard Tian Jianxiu let out a long sigh, reined in his horse and stopped.
When Hao Yaoqi saw it, he was shocked. He immediately turned to look at him and reined in his horse to stop.
"I missed the opportunity to open Kaifeng. This time, I don't want to escape again. My home is next door. I want to go home!" Tian Jianxiu showed a wry smile on his face and sighed, "Go home!"
In the original history, Tian Jianxiu, who was loyal by nature, was more concerned about people's livelihood. When Li Zicheng fled in defeat and was pursued by Jianlu, he asked Tian Jianxiu to burn all the food and houses he had hoarded in Xi'an that he had not taken away in time, leaving nothing for Jianlu.
However, Tian Jianxiu did not carry out Li Zicheng's military order on the grounds that "the Qin people are hungry, so leave this rice to feed the people." However, in the end, the grain did not fall into the hands of the Qin people, but was seized by the pursuing Jianqi.
It can be seen from this point that many years of military career did not make Tian Jianxiu ruthless. Even if he is pedantic, it can be seen from another aspect that he and Li Zicheng are still different.
At this time, Hao Yaoqi was stunned when he heard that he wanted to go home. Like Tian Jianxiu, he was from Qin. Qin is right next door. If you don't surrender, you will either be wiped out or continue to live in exile.
This battle was a complete defeat. After escaping back, I still don't know what the outcome will be. I don't know what the situation is like on Li Zicheng's side, and I don't know what Li Zicheng will do with him.
The relationship between Hao Yaoqi and Li Laiheng was not bad. He was actually quite envious when he heard that Li Laiheng was already the uncle of Liaodong.
While he was thinking about it, he heard Tian Jianxiu say to him again: "Everyone knows that the Duke is kind and kind. He is not even afraid of the plague and has rescued so many people. You know, those people are very important to the court." , they are all rebels! We have surrendered the Duke now, which is the best way out!"
After hearing this, Hao Yaoqi couldn't help but sigh again.
There is a saying that the benevolent are invincible!
Many people will think that this so-called benevolent man is nothing but bullshit and something to deceive people!
However, in some specific situations, this is really the case.
For example, when the two armies are in a stalemate and victory is far away, such as when one side is weak but the other side can treat them kindly, or like at this time, the results are completely different between the benevolent and the ruthless.
At this time, the bandits, including Hao Yaoqi, all understood that surrendering to Duke Xingguo was their best way out.
Hao Yaoqi finally let out a long sigh and said to Tian Jianxiu: "You are not burdened by a small family, so you can go if you want, and we will say goodbye!"
At this time, the benefits of being single are revealed!
However, Tian Jianxiu didn't have much joy. He could see that Hao Yaoqi was actually motivated. He wanted to persuade, but he knew it was difficult to do so, so he sighed and said to Hao Yaoqi: "Wait a minute. If we have a chance someday, let’s get together again as brothers!”
Hao Yaoqi nodded after hearing this, looked at the cronies who followed him, and said with a heavy face: "You all know the benevolence and righteousness of Duke Xingguo. If Duke Xingguo is surrendered, he will be properly accommodated. If you want to go home, you still want Li Laiheng. That kid can earn a future as well, and it’s all up to you.”
Having said this, he clasped his fists and said loudly: "Brothers, see you later!"
He cupped his fists and looked around, and also took a deep look at Tian Jianxiu. Then, he pulled the reins and said "drive", and the horse sprang out and galloped away to the east without even looking back.
Of these three thousand people riding, some followed without hesitation, some did not move, and others were more hesitant and started to move their horses, but when they saw that many people did not move, they stopped again.
In the end, less than a thousand riders followed Hao Yaoqi.
Those who stayed were not confused because they knew exactly what kind of arrangements they would get if they surrendered to the Xingguo Guild. Most of all, there is a bit of melancholy, about parting from my brothers and saying goodbye to the past.
At the top of Chengdu City, everyone was shocked when they saw this scene outside the city.
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