Chapter 127, Guanzhong Crisis 7

The peasant army on the periphery began to panic a little, and under the organization of the generals, with spearmen in front and archers in the rear, they began to form battle formations and prepare to meet the enemy.

The archers had already drawn their bows and waited for Cao Wenzhao to come into range.

However, Cao Wenzhao's next move surprised all the peasant army.

He didn't enter the battlefield at all, just when he was a stone's throw away from the battlefield, Cao Wenzhao suddenly turned his horse's head and rushed towards Zhang Luo and the others, and the three thousand people behind him seemed to be connected with his heart, running out of an arc, not chaotic, and followed Cao Wenzhao to Zhang Luo and the others.

Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai realized that Cao Wenzhao's goal was himself, and at this time, the war horse of Guanning Tieqi had already mentioned the highest speed, like an arrow off the string, which was staggeringly fast. The peasant army did not have cavalry, but the generals had horses, so Cao Wenzhao's charge this time had an earth-shattering effect.

The peasant army was immediately in disarray. Zhang Luo and the others commanded the people around them to step forward to meet the enemy, but where could they stop the Guanning iron cavalry that was surging like a flood, and it was too late for them to transfer the spearmen in the battle array.

Guan Ning Iron Cavalry has a three-eyed eyes in his hands, and when he rushed to the front of the peasant army, he suddenly pulled out his gun and shot, the gunfire was loud, and under the smoke of gunpowder, about 100 peasant troops fell, and the iron hooves of Guan Ning Iron Cavalry stepped on everyone's heads and pounced on Zhang Luo and the others.

The guards of thousands of people were rushed to pieces in a blink of an eye, and Cao Wenzhao galloped wildly, and he was about to rush to Zhang Luo and the others.

Looking at the thunderous momentum of Guanning Iron Cavalry, Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Ru knew that if they didn't escape, they would die.

Fortunately, both of them had horses, and they were immediately escorted by their own soldiers and fled to the battlefield. Tens of thousands of his own horses were there, and it was safe to flee into the crowd.

Cao Wenzhao chased closely, Zhang Luo and the others just ran into the middle of their own people, and the Guanning Iron Cavalry also arrived, and the spearmen began to form a battle formation, wanting to block the Guanning Iron Cavalry, but the power of the Three-Eyed Divine Gun was too great, and after firing one shot, they could still shoot two shots, so as soon as these spearmen raised their spears, they were fired by a volley of Guanning Iron Cavalry more than a dozen steps away, opening a gap.

Cao Wenzhao led his 3,000 men and horses to pour into this gap.

No one can stop the Guanning iron horse, Cao Wenzhao holds a spear in his hand, clashes left and right, kills dozens of people, some of his men dance the saber, and some don't have time to draw the knife, so they use the three-eyed god gun as an iron rod, pick it up and smash it, those peasant troops are unlucky, either hacked to death by the sabre, or smashed by the iron rod to the skull, ** bursting.

The three thousand Guanning Iron Cavalry were like a wild discharge of the heavenly river, and everywhere they went, there were dead bodies.

As soon as the besieged officers and soldiers saw the reinforcements, they immediately lifted their spirits, roared wildly, and began to counterattack, and Shi Kefa's cavalry no longer rescued the besieged officers and soldiers, but fiercely assaulted, destroying the formation of the peasant army.

Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Ru saw this situation and knew that the general trend had gone, and Cao Wenzhao had come too timely, if he came half a day late, his men and horses would be able to capture Xi'an. At this time, the two discussed and decided to flee separately.

So they each took a few thousand men, one to the south and the other to the north, and ran away. When Zhang Xianzhong fled, he did not forget to send someone on horseback to inform Li Dingguo and go to the north to find him.

In this way, the peasant army finally collapsed.

Tens of thousands of people in the battle array, began to flee frantically, you hug me, squeeze each other, trample on each other, and began to scatter and flee, while the officers and soldiers came to the spirit, everyone has the ability to beat the water dogs, the cavalry and infantry chased and killed together, and the peasant army fell in pieces.

Hong Chengchou saw it clearly, and personally led the remaining officers and troops in the city to rush out, and thousands of officers and soldiers chased and killed 40,000 peasant troops, and the city became a slaughterhouse.

This battle of Xi'an City ended with a complete victory for the official army, everyone thinks so, but this is not the end.

Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai paid the price of more than 30,000 people, and only led thousands of people to escape from the battlefield, and their forces were greatly damaged. And the casualties on the side of the official army were not small, Sun Chuanting's 5,000 men and horses, only 2,000 people remained, and Hong Chengchou's 6,000 defenders in the city were only less than 2,000 left.

The losses of the Guanning Iron Cavalry were not large, and the peasant army that could be killed was several thousand, which shocked the enemy. In the end, it is the most elite army of the Ming Dynasty, and it is majestic everywhere.

Cao Wenzhao didn't want Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai to escape so easily, so he asked Hong Chengchou for an order and kept chasing and killing. Hong Chengchou didn't pay much attention to Luo Rucai, thinking that this person was greedy for enjoyment and couldn't become a big tool, and Zhang Xianzhong was ruthless and cruel, and some means of getting people together were much more threatening than Luo Rucai, so he ordered Cao Wenzhao to chase down Zhang Xianzhong, as for Luo Rucai, don't care about him.

said that it was left alone, but in fact, it was powerless to catch up. Except for Cao Wenzhao's Guanning Iron Cavalry, the rest of the men and horses had already suffered heavy casualties, and it was impossible to pursue.

Cao Wenzhao became more and more brave the more he killed, he said goodbye to Hong Chengchou and led his men to chase and kill Zhang Xianzhong.

The news of the defeat reached Li Dingguo, Li Dingguo was very calm, he ordered the men and horses to retreat slowly, and he personally returned to the palace, Zuo Liangyu didn't understand what was going on for a while, he was afraid that it was a trick to lure the army, and he did not immediately pursue and kill, so Li Dingguo led three thousand cavalry, left the battlefield, and went north to find Zhang Xianzhong.

Zuo Liangyu saw that Li Dingguo was gone, and he also ordered the whole army to march towards Xi'an City.

When I came to the city, it was almost dusk, at this time the battlefield outside the city had calmed down, the battle had ended, at this time the official army was cleaning up the battlefield, and the materials were transported into the city, Zuo Liangyu saw Hong Chengchou, and said that he was the enemy of Zhang Xianzhong's thousands of cavalry, Hong Chengchou praised and was very happy.

At this time, several of the most capable people in the Ming Dynasty participated in this war, Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting, Cao Wenzhao, Zuo Liangyu, Shi Kefa, full of talents, fierce generals like clouds, everyone was elated, and counted the spoils of war happily. Hong Chengchou ordered people to go back to the city first, and held a feast in the mansion, preparing to celebrate the generals.

This time, even Hong Chengchou was careless, he felt that Zhang Luo and the others had fled far away, and they no longer dared to come to harass, and now the enemy in Shaanxi was only the Qin army in Huayin, and the 2,000 men and horses under Zuo Liangyu's ambush were enough to break through Huayin City.

As for the 4,000 cavalry sent by the Qin army, the number is not large, and it is impossible to pose a threat, and even if they want to come, it will be after dawn.

However, at this moment, the four thousand cavalry of the Qin army led by Ziyi and Li Dang had already arrived outside Xi'an.

According to Hong Chengchou's estimate, the Qin army should be behind Zuo Liangyu, and in order to avoid being discovered by Zuo Liangyu, the Qin army will inevitably be ten miles away or more, so when Zuo Liangyu arrives, the Qin army should be at least ten miles away, and during this time, it is enough to let his men and horses retreat into the city.

But Ziyi is not a brave man, the cunning and ruthlessness of the Qin army have been deeply imprinted in the minds of every officer.

As early as when Cao Wenzhao came, Ziyi arrived with four thousand Qin troops, they came by detour, and did not meet Zuo Liangyu on the road, when Li Dingguo and Zuo Liangyu confronted each other, Ziyi had already led people and horses around and went straight to Xi'an City.

Ziyi and Li Dang took the men and horses to the south city first, and after ambushing the men and horses, they looked at the battlefield in the east and north cities from a distance, Cao Wenzhao rushed in with the Guanning iron cavalry, they saw clearly, Ziyi did not move, and waited until Cao Wenzhao chased down to the north with the men and horses, and there was no shadow, and then they ordered the four thousand Qin cavalry to move forward slowly and quietly outflank the battlefield from the south.

These 4,000 Qin troops did not beat drums, did not blow trumpets, did not shout, and the whole army did not make any sound except for the sound of horses' hooves, just like a snake swimming towards its prey in the water, spitting poisonous letters, red eyes, but there was no sound.

When they rushed to three or four hundred steps away from the battlefield, they were discovered by the officers and soldiers, who were still a little stunned at first, thinking that Cao Wenzhao's men and horses had returned, and they didn't care, but in the blink of an eye, the Qin army had approached within two hundred steps, and some people saw that something was wrong.

These cavalrymen had no armor, did not wear Ming army uniforms, and were not officers.

Someone hurriedly went to report to Hong Chengchou.