When Cao Bianjiao led his troops to leave Kaifeng, Liu Ximing finally took Li Biao and others to continue south.

The group of Ziliukou captives who were sheltered in the inner countryside before are still waiting to be resettled by themselves.

Although the army of thieves has entered Henan, with Cao Bianjiao and other troops engaged in battle, most places have become relatively safe.

Liu Ximing and his entourage finally arrived at Nanyang Mansion on 17 February.

"Kill"

At this time, the sound of killing outside Nanyang City shook the sky.

Liu Ximing had just passed dozens of miles from Nanzhao County when he learned that there was a battle outside Nanyang City, but he relied on scouts to report that there were not many people in the battle, so he came forward to watch the battle.

When he arrived at Sow Ridge, which was twenty miles away from Nanyang City, he took the personal guard regiment up the mountain and stationed there, sending scouts while watching the battle from the mountain.

Looking through the binoculars, a group of about 1,000 officers and soldiers was fighting fiercely with thieves several times their size.

"Do you think it's a Tang flag?"

Liu Ximing looked at the telescope for a long time, and asked Li Biao and the others with some uncertainty.

Li Biao's eyes were like an antelope, and he looked at it vigorously for a while before nodding, "It seems to be the Tang Ziqi." ”

"It's weird, I haven't heard of any generals surnamed Tang in Henan." , Liu Ximing muttered to himself.

"Have the scouts returned?"

Li Biao hurriedly walked a few steps down the mountain to ask, and after a while, a dusty young scout went up the mountain and replied to Liu Ximing.

"Brigade commander, his subordinates have already ascertained that the people fighting against the official army should be the subordinates of the King of Thieves and Bandits, there are about 5,000 people, and there is no ambush around."

"Good"

After finding out the surrounding movements, Liu Xi made up his mind that the thieves of about 5,000 people should not be a big problem.

At this moment, the officers and troops under the mountain seemed to have begun to gradually gain the upper hand.

Liu Ximing was keenly aware of the changes on the battlefield, and he turned straight on.

"Order, the whole army will attack and support the officers and soldiers."

"Whoa"

Although the Longxiang Brigade is on the Sow Ridge, the sound of the response is still far away.

The Chaotian King Division, who was fighting fiercely with the officials and troops, was already beaten with only the power to parry, but at this time, he suddenly heard a shout behind him, and the bandits were even more panicked.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the Long Xiang Brigade rushed down the hill on horseback.

After staying with Cao Bianjiao, a fierce general, for half a month, Liu Ximing also asked him a lot of cavalry tactics.

However, Cao Bianjiao brought the imperial court soldiers and horses, and he dared to use the method of charging with sudden cavalry, but Liu Ximing was reluctant to use it.

The more than 400 people of the Guards Regiment were charged in two rows as they roared down the hill.

When they were only 60 paces away from the thief, the first row of soldiers burst into fire, and after the fight, they split into two halves and went around the thieves' wings.

The last row draws gourds in the same way, and controls the speed of the horses and runs away after the fight.

Liu Ximing himself also charged with the last platoon, but he had space available, but he stopped after a few rounds.

Even though it was shooting on horseback, the accuracy dropped rapidly.

But the unstoppable pro-guard regiment was attacking from behind, coupled with the roar of the cavalry, the thieves didn't react to how many casualties their side had, and collapsed directly with a bang.

The officers and soldiers on the side with the Tang flag also seemed to know quite a lot about tactics, and they actually seized this opportunity to press the whole army again.

Like a punctured balloon, the thief ran towards the gap left behind by the guards.

"Free shooting", Liu Ximing shouted loudly on the horse, and the cool breeze filled his stomach.

The sound of "bang", "bang" muskets rang out from time to time.

If only the officers and soldiers were there, these people might really be able to escape.

But now that there was such a lame cavalry as the Guards, who had only run two or three miles, the thieves recognized the situation and began to cry and prepare to surrender.

"Go, send our people to compress and gather them, and kill all those who resist, and hand over the rest to the officials and soldiers later."

Liu Ximing rode a horse and galloped wildly for a while, and his buttocks were already a little unbearable, so he hurriedly asked Li Biao to arrange for surrender.

The battlefield began to sound constantly with the shouts of "surrender and avoid death", and the thieves who ran out of breath fell directly to the ground and gasped for breath.

The group of officers and soldiers who were chasing after the thieves also stopped at the right time, and only watched coldly as the guards gathered together and took prisoners.

Liu Ximing felt a little strange in his heart, this is not like the style of ordinary officers and soldiers.

These thieves are all military exploits in the official face, he has been in the army for so long, he has only seen the head of the prisoner like a hungry dog grabbing food, but he has never seen this kind of official army in front of him who fights hard and cleans up the battlefield but is not very careful.

Although he didn't have any ideas of his own, he already felt a little strange in his heart.

This feeling is even more pronounced as the gang of officers and soldiers is not on the verge.

These people, how to put it, are a little too well dressed.

For example, Cao Bianjiao's elite troops, although they have complete battle armor, they will never be as brand new as the uniforms of the troops in front of them, which makes Liu Ximing look back at his personal guard group and feel a little ashamed.

There was a person under the Tang character who was wearing golden armor, wearing a golden phoenix-winged helmet, and riding a snow-white horse under his crotch, and his face looked like he was only in his thirties, but he had a sense of majesty.

"Come and get your name", a middle-aged man who looked like a general walked out of the infantry array of the official army on the opposite side, and shouted loudly towards Liu Ximing.

Liu Ximing pursed his lips at Li Biao and motioned for him to step forward and answer.

"The Son of Heaven personally gave him a bullfighting suit, and Liu Ximing, a student from Sichuan, came to help with his family, but I don't know which general is leading the troops on the other side?"

Li Biao is now five feet five inches tall, and his loud voice is heard in front of the two armies.

Unexpectedly, the middle-aged general on the opposite side looked back at the banner at a loss, and then ran back directly on his horse.

Liu Xi's heart was in a hurry, and he was about to put the guard group on guard, but he saw that man running out of the formation again.

This time, he ran directly in front of Liu Ximing.

When there was only a dozen steps away, the middle-aged general stopped his horse and hugged his fists and said: "It turned out that it was Liu Gongzi in person, this general Fan Rui, my prince is invited." ”

Liu Ximing was shocked, and hurriedly asked, "I don't know which prince it is?" ”

The middle-aged general Fan Rui smiled and clenched his fists and arched his hand, "What other princes are there in Nanyang City, naturally our Tang King, Liu Gongzi, please." ”

Tang Wang?

Longwu Emperor Zhu Yujian? Liu Ximing's eyes lit up.

If there are any other characters who can be sympathized with in the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty, this Zhu Yujian must be counted as the last one.

Liu Ximing remembered that he was supported by Zheng Zhilong and others in Fuzhou, and what is more rare is that this person can be regarded as a generation of masters.

It's a pity that he was held hostage by Zheng Zhilong and others at that time, even if he wanted to do it, he was helpless, and in the end he still ended up dying.

"Envoy, please wait a moment while the students are dressed properly."

Thinking of this, Liu Ximing hurriedly shook the dust off his body, pretended to take something from the baggage, and took out the bullfighting suit that Chongzhen had given not long ago.

Li Biao and the others also hurriedly turned over and dismounted to help him put it on.

Not to mention anything else, the bullfighting uniform that Comrade Xiao Zhu rewarded is also somewhat useful, at least he didn't shiver so much when he met some nobles.

Liu Xi's heart was hesitant.

The group followed Fan Rui and walked into the Tang Dynasty's array.

When he saw Tang King Zhu Yujian, Liu Ximing hurriedly bowed and saluted, "Student Liu Ximing to meet His Royal Highness the Tang King, the unknown king is here, please forgive me for the rudeness." ”

Zhu Yujian was originally riding on a horse, but when he saw Liu Ximing coming, he also turned over and stepped forward to help him up.

"No courtesy", Zhu Yujian's eyes were full of curiosity when he looked at Liu Ximing.

"Liu Qing was rewarded by the Son of Heaven and I have heard of it, Qing is really a loyal minister of the country, I saved General Cao last time, and I saved this king this time, it seems that Lone has to reward you, hahaha."

Liu Ximing pretended to be frightened and wiped the sweat that didn't exist, "The king has tormented the students, serving the Son of Heaven is the ambition of our scholars, the previous time was just due to fate, and this time I dare not say anything to save the king." ”

He looked up at the several generals around Zhu Yujian, and said with a little admiration: "The king's army is very brave, and the generals under his command are even more good at using soldiers. ”

What are you kidding, Zhu Yujian, this kid seems to be about to be imprisoned by Comrade Xiao Zhu, where does Liu Ximing dare to have something to do with him now.

It's not easy for me to be in the emperor's heart.

This guy is too capable of tossing, you said that you are a vassal king, what do you do every day about national affairs, and in the end you even dared to move troops to the north to go to King Qin, and it is unreasonable for the emperor to not move you.