Zhang Mingwei didn't talk nonsense, and immediately said loudly, "Now I'll give you a chance to make meritorious contributions."

He then ordered the guards around him and the guards of the prisoner camp to pass the word on.

Because of Zhang Mingwei's arrival, the captives stopped talking and all paid attention to him. Therefore, as soon as they heard the words of the officers and soldiers convey the words of Xingguogong, their enthusiasm was ignited at once.

Now it's a surrender, and I don't know what the final arrangement is. According to experienced captives, they should be released back to their homeland. However, now there is an opportunity to make meritorious contributions, so who doesn't want to make meritorious contributions, if they make meritorious contributions and return to their hometowns, then they will return to their hometowns

Zhang Mingwei pointed in the direction of Luo Rucai's camp with his hand and said loudly, "Luo Rucai was killed by Li Zicheng, and the camp has been broken by the official army, and now it is a mess." I want you to go out and convey my orders, so that those Luo Rucai's people will all stay in the camp and wait for the court to recruit peace. Let them all believe in me, and I will give them the best possible future. And, of course, you."

After saying that, he stepped aside, made way out of the camp, and said loudly, "If you want to glorify your ancestors and have a good future, go immediately"

The thieves and captives listened, you look at me, I look at you, I didn't expect Guogong to give such a job.

Suddenly, there was a "boom", and the thieves who had come back to their senses ran outside the camp gate at the speed of a 100-meter race.

You don't have to fight, you just go and shout a few voices, and you can make a contribution, and in the future, you will be a person from the court, such a good thing, or you will be a fool if you don't rush to do it.

So, I saw the side of the imperial court official and army camp, and suddenly a large group of people called Huazi ran out, oh, not a large group, but a long stream of people, all of them without blades, running towards Luo Rucai's camp with empty hands.

Anyone who looks at it can know that these people are definitely not the officials and soldiers of the imperial court, but those thieves who surrendered to the official army of the imperial court before. Because the name that came out of the official camp of the imperial court was called Hanako, and there was no one else except them.

There are also some of the imperial court officers and soldiers who stayed in Luo Rucai's camp, and they were too busy to come, and when they suddenly saw this situation, they were immediately startled.

Is there something wrong with the big camp, why did they all run out It's already chaotic enough here, if it is attacked again, it will be fine

However, when they were worried, they heard those thieves and captives, while running, shouting in a straight voice, "Spread the order of the Duke of the Kingdom, stay in the camp and don't run around, wait for the court to recruit peace"

"Guogong said that he will never treat everyone badly"

"Believe in the country, get the future"

“”

As soon as these people shouted, all of a sudden, everyone who heard it was a little dumbfounded. It turned out that these people didn't run out of chaos, it seems that they came to surrender on the orders of Guogong.

Luo Rucai's subordinates also had no idea, although some of them had already surrendered on their knees, but most of them were still scurrying around like headless flies, not knowing where to go

At this time, when they heard the shouts of the thieves and captives, they were immediately moved.

Yes, surrendering to the imperial court is the best way out

If you can still be an official of the imperial court, look at their treatment, it is really enviable, not to mention, there is also the Ming Dynasty soldier pension preferential treatment regulations written into the Ming law.

That Xingguo Gong asked so many people to come and shout, then this must be the words that are spoken, and the water that is spilled out cannot be recovered. If you don't keep your promise and settle well, who will still believe in the words of the prince in the future

Thinking like this, many people don't run away, and they just kneel and surrender.

While others were still hesitating, the thieves and captives came running and immediately persuaded them.

"Ah, big brother, where are you going, throw the knife away, you don't want the Guild to give you a good future"

"Hey, what are you running, Guogong said, as long as you listen to Guogong's words, you will return to your hometown in good clothes, do you want to?"

"What are you going to do, at this time you still want to kill people, the court officials and soldiers won, do you know where you can run?"

"Little brother, you are still young, and you have never tasted the taste of a woman, if you want to marry a daughter-in-law, you can listen to the words of the prince if you want."

“”

Few of these thieves and captives were educated, and a group of big and rough people followed their own ideas, in short, to use eighteen kinds of martial arts to persuade those under Luo Rucai.

Their enthusiasm is unimaginable. More than 10,000 people scattered into Luo Rucai's camp, and suddenly, there were loud voices everywhere to persuade people.

There are even some people who are on the rise, and they persuade people when they catch them.

"Your mother, Lao Tzu is from Jingying, and he is blind."

"Ah, I recognized the wrong person, I'm sorry, I'm sorry"

Many of Luo Rucai's subordinates are also from the border army and wear military uniforms. So, sometimes, it's easy to get confused.

However, this situation is still very rare, because the uniforms of the imperial court officers and soldiers are much newer and cleaner. Only a few eyeless thief captives would make such an oolong.

But this also shows how enthusiastic these thief captives are. Not to mention, with their assistance, the originally chaotic Luo Rucai camp quickly calmed down.

On the surface, it seems that the credit of these rogue captives is great. But in fact, the most fundamental credit is the effect of the previous public opinion war.

If the imperial court is still the original imperial court, the official army is still the same as Zuo Liangyu's department, and the reputation of Xingguo Gong has not spread, these Luo Rucai's subordinates will not be obedient and wait for Zhao'an nine times out of ten.

Zhang Mingwei used a telescope to see that Luo Rucai's camp was slowly calming down, so he breathed a sigh of relief, and didn't care about the situation of the cavalry pursuing Li Zicheng, because it was not under his control. At this time, he had already turned his head and began to pay attention to the situation on Li Zicheng's side of the camp.

The car battalion and infantry army that attacked on the side of the main camp had already attacked from the north and south with the officers and troops who came out of Kaifeng City, and stopped the follow-up troops under Li Zicheng.

Of course, there was no division on both sides, but the passage between the two armies was already very narrow, and if Li Zicheng's subordinates wanted to rush over, of course, they could, but they would inevitably suffer long-range attacks from the officers and troops on both sides, and the losses would be heavy.

Another reason is that the people on the side of Li Zicheng's camp obviously also saw that Li Zicheng had run to the east. There is no point in them rushing over at the risk of huge losses.

Therefore, Li Zicheng's subordinates were assembling a few miles before the two official armies, with the cavalry in front and the infantry in the rear, and they continued to drive out of the camp.

Seeing the situation on the battlefield clearly, Zhang Mingwei thought about it, and then sent an order, so that the officers and troops of the two routes tried to attack Li Zicheng's camp.

At this time, Li Zicheng's life and death are uncertain, and several fierce generals under Li Thief have gone to rescue Li Zicheng, and now Li Zicheng's camp here, presumably the people are panicking, if you can take this opportunity to defeat Li Zicheng's department in one fell swoop, then this battle of Kaifeng can end unexpectedly.

Zhang Mingwei thinks that this possibility is very high. Because of the previous offensive of the public opinion war, in fact, the morale of Li Zicheng's army was unstable. The surrender of Li Zicheng's troops before the battle is a good example.

With anticipation, Zhang Mingwei used a telescope to observe the situation of Li Zicheng's department. He hoped that under the pressure of the two official armies, Li Zicheng's department would collapse

Seeing that there was a chance of a big victory, the morale of the imperial court officers and soldiers was naturally very high. The officers and soldiers who went out from the camp were fine, but the people who went out from Kaifeng City were really simple, screaming and killing Li Zicheng's camp.

In terms of momentum alone, Kaifeng City is definitely much more terrifying.

On Li Zicheng's camp, it can be clearly seen that these thieves are a little overwhelmed. Some still wanted to rush over to find Li Zicheng, but some wanted to defeat the car battalion blocking the road, and some wanted to attack the people who came out of Kaifeng City, and even the infantry army seemed to have signs of collapse. In short, it's a bit messy.

"No, the team is going to collapse," Niu Jinxing said in a panic, "Let's take a detour to the east to find the general."

When Yuan Zongdi heard this, he immediately agreed. For them, Li Zicheng is heaven, and it doesn't matter if the army is gone, but if Li Zicheng is gone, it will be a big blow to them.

But at this moment, Song Xiance immediately stopped the horse heads of Yuan Zongdi and the others, and shouted with a red neck, "You are not allowed to go"

Hearing this, the leaders of the thieves immediately glared at him. Among them, Niu Jinxing shouted even more: "I can finally see it, you are not worried about the life or death of the general, do you want to be a traitor?"

"Fuck your shit"

Song Xiance actually exploded such a foul mouth, which made the leader of the thieves who heard it stunned, which was too different from Song Xiance's previous military division.

After Song Xiance scolded, he shouted loudly, "Liu Zongmin, Li Guo and others have already gone to save the general, what's the use of you going again?"

Speaking of this, he pointed back, and shouted in a straight voice, "The general's belongings are all here, if he comes back safely, all these belongings are gone, what do you think, what will the general think?"

Hearing this, the leaders of the thieves were stunned again.

Li Zicheng has not been able to get to where he is today, and as Li Zicheng's generals, of course they know how difficult it is. If the general can really come back, only to find that this belongings are gone, it is really a bit unimaginable

Thinking so, Yuan Zongdi was the first to come back to his senses, and immediately responded loudly, "You are a military advisor, what do you say, we listen to you"

The others listened, and although a few people still hesitated about Li Zicheng's safety, most of them echoed Yuan Zongdi's statement.

For a while, everyone looked at Song Xiance, waiting for him to arrange the crisis in front of him.

In the original history, after Li Zicheng founded the country, he named Song Xiance as the "Founding Army Division". It can be seen from this that Song Xiance is definitely capable. To say the least, his strategy should be among the top in Li Zicheng's faction.

At this time, Song Xiance saw that everyone was looking at him, so he didn't hesitate and was humble, and immediately began to dispatch.

"Yuan Zongdi, you led the elite infantry army to drive the army to attack the imperial court officers and soldiers who came out of Kaifeng City."

"Tian Jianxiu, you lead the cavalry to deal with Yuan Zongdi and deal with the cavalry army that came out of Kaifeng City"

"Liu Fangliang, you lead the cavalry to threaten the flank of the imperial car battalion, if they dare to attack, they will harass at any cost."

"Hao Shaoqi, you lead the main force of the elite infantry army to stand by, if the imperial car battalion continues to attack, kill it."

"Others, etc., guard the camp and prevent civil unrest"

“”

Song Xiance's speech was very fast, and he didn't care about being polite, so he directly named the person and assigned the task. And these generals under Li Zicheng also received orders one by one with serious expressions, and immediately went to follow them.

Gao Mingheng's side, leading more than 10,000 people, followed the cavalry out of the city, and the main task was to wave the flag and shout to strengthen the momentum.

At first, he remembered it.

However, as the war progressed, seeing that it was getting smoother and smoother, he was a little carried away. Especially when the military order from Guogong's side was transmitted, he urged his subordinates to hurry up and follow the cavalry and rush over.

His subordinates are all Bianliang rangers, who have not been trained at all, but rely on the blood of one side to follow behind the cavalry, shouting and shouting and charging to the ground, just like a street fight, in fact, it is not much worse. The only difference is that the scale of this fight is a bit large.

But all of a sudden, I saw Li Zicheng's thieves, and suddenly forty or fifty thousand thieves rushed to them. It's still their old routine, with ordinary soldiers in front, elite mixed in it, and there is a warlord team in the back.

The plain terrain on this side of Kaifeng is also conducive to the battle of large armies. Therefore, there is also room for these 40,000 or 50,000 thieves to rush over.

Zhang Luofu and Yuan Zhuangfei, who rushed to the front, knew that the situation was not good when they saw it.

When they were at the head of the city before, of course, they also saw the thieves surrender in front of the Guogong in the morning.

But at that time, the court officials and soldiers did not charge, giving those ordinary thieves a chance to surrender before the battle. However, at the moment both sides are charging. If the ordinary thieves on the opposite side surrender before the battle, it is estimated that they will be killed by the people on this side.

Even if they don't kill, seeing Minzhuang roaring and killing him, those ordinary thieves and soldiers will definitely be afraid.

On the battlefield, either you die or I die, and there is really not so much time to think about other things.

Moreover, the thieves' cavalry has also come to help, and if they are eyeing each other, if they don't do it well, those who go out of Kaifeng City will probably be wiped out under the superior strength of the thieves.

As a result, neither of them dared to lead the cavalry forward. Immediately separated left and right, went around in a circle, and signaled the infantry behind to retreat quickly.

However, those people were rushing to the front, and the people in front of them were so frightened that they stood in fright when they saw so many thieves coming over. However, the people behind didn't see it, and they were still rushing forward, and they all bumped into the people in front, and suddenly became even more chaotic.

At this time, Tian Jianxiu, who was originally named Zehou by Li Zicheng in history, was used to fighting, and as soon as he saw that it was profitable and a fighter appeared, he immediately led the cavalry to attack, crossed the infantry army, and launched a charge first.

If he was rushed into the chaotic Kaifeng Minzhuang team by his cavalry, and the thief infantry army behind followed, it would probably be a one-sided slaughter.

Gao Mingheng was a little frightened when he saw the charge of the thief cavalry, and hurriedly turned his horse's head, and while running away, he hurriedly shouted, "Hurry up, retreat to the city, hurry"

Zhang Luofu and Yuan Zhuangfei were also helpless, so they could only regroup their formation, meet the thief cavalry, and give Kaifeng Minzhuang the opportunity to withdraw to the city.

Of course, Zhang Mingwei, who was paying attention to the battlefield, saw this scene.

Therefore, he immediately ordered that the Che battalion and infantry on his side should go diagonally to the south to rescue the Kaifeng defenders.

However, at this time, Li Zicheng's two generals, Hao Shaoqi and Liu Fangliang, immediately led the troops to press.

At this time, any intrigues and tricks are useless. The earth-shattering shouts of killing echoed in the sky above the Kaifeng area. The soldiers on both sides, no matter what they thought and thought before, if they want to survive at this time, they can only fight forward.

In this way, Zhang Mingwei, as a bystander, was immediately pleased to see that the infantry under his command, especially the flintlock pipers, was showing their might.

Row by row, relying on the battalion of cars, they fired continuously. Coupled with the addition of archers, there is hardly that stream of thieves in front of them who can stop it.

However, at this time, the thieves also seem to be desperate. Their main generals all led the army to rush to the front, leading his men to constantly charge, blocking the movements of the main infantry of the imperial court.

"Boom Boom"

"Woohoo"

On the battlefield, the sound of artillery, muskets, people shouting and neighing, resounded.

Once the battle of Kaifeng came, it had never been so fierce.

Human life is really worthless at this time, and many people fall in pools of blood all the time. Let them cry and wail, and no one will pay attention. Everyone, all of them are busy fighting

About an hour later, under the guidance of the Cheying and the main infantry army, more than 10,000 people in Kaifeng, probably less than 8,000, fled back to Kaifeng City. Yuan Zhuangfei and Zhang Luofu were both wounded, and led half of the cavalry, and only about 2,000 people returned to the city.

On the side of the Che battalion and the main infantry army, because of the desperate resistance of the thieves, the gunpowder carried by them was too much consumed, and after responding to the Kaifeng defenders, they slowly retreated to the camp. In terms of casualties, it was not large.

As both parts of the imperial army retreated, there were basically corpses left on the battlefield. Most of them are the corpses of thieves.

Yuan Zongdi, Tian Jianxiu, Liu Fangliang and others were also injured one by one. However, they were all wearing several layers of armor, and they were desperately shielded by their guards, but they were not mortally wounded.

At this moment, although the thieves' side has strong troops, even if their casualties are several times that of the officers and soldiers, it has no impact on the overall strength.

However, most of the generals in the army were wounded. The most important thing is that their coach Li Zicheng does not know whether he is alive or dead. And the situation of instability in the army, after this war, it is estimated that it will be more serious.

Stopping the rout of the army and repelling the attack of the officers and troops, they have done it. All we can do now is to maintain the current state, which is great.

As a result, the thieves were no longer able to fight, and the battle finally ended in the evening.

Although the cavalry has not yet returned to the camp, there is a high probability that the main force on the camp side has not suffered many casualties. The most casualties should be on the side of Kaifeng City.

After Zhang Mingwei roughly inquired about the casualties, he immediately got busy again. On the side of Luo Rucai's camp, there are at least 200,000 horses that need to be resettled. Even if most of them are ordinary soldiers, they are all human beings and need to be placed.

Zhang Mingwei transferred some soldiers from the army who did not participate in the war and stayed in the barracks, went to Luo Rucai's camp, and ordered to take out food, and everyone had something to eat. In addition to that, light the torches and count the number of people.

This night, Luo Rucai's camp is destined to be sleepless.

On the side of Li Zicheng's camp, Niu Jinxing and the others looked at the bright light in the distance, and he was a little unwilling, so he suggested, "Otherwise, send the cavalry to rush and kill for a while, and you will definitely win."

When Song Xiance heard this, he immediately shook his head and said, "Not to mention that the life and death of the general are unknown, now the people in the army are panicking." If the cavalry army goes out of the camp, the camp is in chaos, how to solve it, what if the Xingguo Gong sends troops to lie in wait outside, and our cavalry goes out to fight, and he sneaks up on our camp."

Niu Jinxing was dumbfounded when he heard it, but his proposal was rejected by Song Xiance, and it was a matter of losing face after all, so he argued, "These are all your guesses, what if there is no ambush, in case there is no chaos in the army, wouldn't it be a good opportunity to miss in vain."

Song Xiance listened, but still shook his head and said, "What if you win, at most, it will disrupt the situation, and the main force of the imperial court will have losses and losses."

Speaking of this, after a pause, he said, "If the big camp is lost, can we afford to fight or not, so clear, why do we still fight?"

Hearing these words, the generals around him were all convinced, and no one paid attention to Niu Venus, which made him very faceless. However, he also knew that Song Xiance's analysis was reasonable, so he had to find an excuse to leave.

As soon as he left, there was no one to speak.

Song Xiance looked up at the starless night sky, for a long time, he couldn't help but sigh and said, "I don't know how the general is, I hope the general Jiren has his own heavenly appearance, it must be fine."

When Yuan Zongdi and the others heard this, they all echoed one by one. But their expressions were serious, revealing the worries in their hearts.

In fact, Song Xiance actually has another worry that he didn't say.

It is after today's battle that the Xingguo Gong on the opposite side digests the words of Luo Rucai's department, and his strength will definitely increase greatly. On his own side, even if Li Zicheng comes back, his strength will be greatly reduced. Under the unstable morale of the army, it is actually unrealistic to have another decisive battle in Kaifeng.

Think about it before the war, Li Zicheng's army swept through the Central Plains, and there was already a tendency to vaguely win the world. But now, under the great reduction of this strength, I am afraid that I will have to live the days of running around again.

In the future, in the Central Plains, who will win or the general, or the eight kings, or the Zhu Ming Dynasty's qi is not exhausted

Thinking of this, Song Xiance sighed in his heart, a little confused