The horses' hooves rumbled, deafening, and the Tang cavalry rushed out from the left and right sides almost at the same time, and the huge sound of horses' hooves covered all the dense sound of slapping guns.

The 530-kilogram Xuanhu heavy armored cavalry, under the leadership of the commander-in-chief Samushka, had already accelerated as much as possible, and the heavy-armored Xuanhu cavalry charged in a wedge-shaped battle formation, and its impact reached an almost terrifying state.

2,000 Xuanhu heavy cavalry, like a sharp blade, cut in from the left wing of the new annexed army of the thieves, and immediately tore the entire thief battle formation in half from the left flank like a knife cutting butter, and quickly rushed through a wide blood path, and the sharp black wedge tips had already penetrated into the center of the new annexed army!

On the other side, 2,000 Harrier cavalry under the leadership of the Mongol Batu also smashed straight into the right flank of the new Liukou army, and the horses rushing at high speed knocked the bandits off guard like pieces of paper. Amid the continuous screams, the Flying Harrier continued to slash and stab with knives and spears, mercilessly slashing and slaughtering the chaotic new annexed army.

At the same time, under the leadership of the commander-in-chief Liu Biao, 2,000 rampaging heavy armored infantry, divided into two parts, divided into left and right divisions, came out from the flank of the gun and shield battle array, and fiercely killed the new annex army that was still focused on guarding against Lu Mi's gun.

The mecha monster-like rampant team, dressed in triple armor, with only two fierce eyes on their faces, like miniature tanks, and heavy weapons such as tiger knives, tiger spears, long-handled knives, and thick-backed scythes in their hands, all slashed and slashed at the rogue soldiers who were not on their feet. Wherever the sharp sword light went, there were corpses and flesh and blood.

He is tall and big, holding a sharp tiger knife, and leading the array to attack the chief Liu Biao in front, slashing and killing, up and down his body, like a bloody man, but his expression is extremely happy.

Speaking of which, Liu Biao and these thieves on the other side are quite related people.

It turned out that Liu Biao was one of the tens of thousands of captives captured by Li Xiao in the Minggao Mountain area of western Henan last time when Li Xiao entered Henan. Liu Biao, a native of Suide, Shaanxi, was originally a small leader of thieves, and in this battle, the whole family was captured by Li Xiaojun and later escorted to Shandong.

After arriving in Shandong, Liu Biao was first detained in Wuding Prefecture to grow tobacco for a year, and later, because of his good performance, he was selected into Li Xiao's army as an auxiliary soldier. Then, with Li Xiaojun's southern expedition to the north, he also started from a small soldier again, from an auxiliary soldier, to a spearman, to a rampant heavy infantry, and then to a captain, a sentinel commander, and finally became the general commander of the C battalion in Xingzhong Town.

Liu Biao is one of the countless typical representatives who were promoted by Li Xiao from the grassroots level, they have no connections and no connections, and they eventually became important generals in the Tang Army by virtue of their own skills and loyalty. Of course, in turn, this also made them more grateful to Li Xiao and loyal to him.

At this time, Liu Biao, the tiger knife in his hand flew up and down, slashing left and right, he had no mercy for these former military comrades, in his heart, he just wanted to cut and kill more rogues, and use their blood and heads to pave a wider and more accessible road to promotion for himself.

When the cavalry of the Tang Army and the rampant sentry soldiers launched an attack on the 10,000 Liukou New Annexes almost at the same time, the Liukou New Annexes in the middle had already rushed to the Tang Army's spear and shield battle array, in front of the row of straight shields that could hardly see the end.

There were many thieves who couldn't contain their feet, because they couldn't dodge, and they were immediately pierced by the two rows of steel spikes on the big shield, and they quickly lost their breath. The thieves who die on their shields are like frogs strung together.

At this time, the three-stage shooting Lu Mi soldiers retreated one after another, and those spearmen who had been waiting for a long time immediately went up, and the three-edged stainless steel 4-meter spear in their hands that had long been full of hatred and strength used all their strength to fiercely stab the thieves and new annexed infantry who couldn't hold their feet. Almost instantly, the 4-meter spears that pierced with all their might, like poisonous dragons flying over, flew out from above the shield with a cruel smile, and in an instant, countless celebrities and soldiers of Kou soldiers, or on their faces, necks, or chests, gushed out of blood, and fell to the ground with wails and died.

If you look at it from the sky at this moment, you can clearly see that the formation of the new annexed army has been squeezed and twisted into a strange shape by the Tang army that has been assaulted by various departments, and a large number of rogue new annexed troops are screaming in horror and struggling desperately, but they are becoming more and more chaotic.

As the Tang Army's attack lasted for more than a minute, before most of the main forces of the Liukou came desperately behind, this group of terrified and struggling new annexed troops finally collapsed completely.

They abandoned their swords and weapons, and their shields were lost to the ground, and like a swarm of fleeing wasps, they buzzed and fell back in pairs.

In fact, the Tang army's combined attack this time seemed fierce and fierce, but the real killing effect was limited, and it only killed more than 2,000 of them. But the extreme coercion of the breath of death, and the almost irresistible impact, were the fundamental reasons for crushing these new army of thieves who were already inexperienced on the battlefield and had poor stability.

At this moment, no one can restore order to these more than 8,000 people who are fleeing for their lives, and the elite infantry of the rogue who rushed over behind them have already dispersed under the impact of their own routs.

The soldiers who were originally trying to attack were pushed and squeezed by the new annexed army, and they staggered and retreated, and they couldn't put out a decent attack formation at all.

And Liu Zongmin, the general of the Liukou who led the charge, saw that the new attached army formation had collapsed like this, and his face was like ashes, and he was surrounded and protected by a bunch of guards, and he roared extremely unwillingly, and kept slashing and killing the soldiers who fled away. It's just that he is crazy about slashing, and he will not help the whole chaotic situation at all.

"Li Xiao, the Li Xiao! Lao Tzu must kill someone, Lao Tzu must cut off your dog's head! ”

Seeing that the situation quickly fell into uncontrollable conditions, Liu Zongmin was so angry that his face was distorted, he gritted his teeth, and scolded loudly, but he was helpless.

In order to make full use of the chaotic situation on the battlefield now, Li Xiao quickly ordered Hou Sui to lead his Beijing battalion soldiers and horses to carry out a flank attack on the Liukou Chinese army that rushed over from the left and right flanks and in a larger area.

At this point, the forces of both sides have all been engaged, and the situation on the entire battlefield has suddenly become a stalemate.

In the cold wind, in the vast wilderness, in the withered and yellow field, the enemy and the enemy fought desperately, the sound of swords slashing each other, the dull popping sound of spears shooting into the human body, the mournful screams of the injured horses, and the screams of the dead and wounded soldiers, stretched and intertwined, making people feel palpitations.

Looking from the sky, the Liukou and the Tang army, as well as Hou Sui's reinforcements, were mixed with each other, and they were intricately mixed but inseparable.

And if you look closely, you can clearly see that compared with the alliance of the thieves and Hou Sui, the Tang army is far superior to the thieves in terms of organization, cooperation, and resoluteness of attack.

Especially in the rogue array, there are also more than 8,000 chaotic collapses, like a headless fly-like new annex army, which makes the thieves' morale greatly demoralized, and the order is also quite chaotic. Soon, under the joint attack of the Tang Army and Hou Sui's reinforcements, it fell into an increasingly passive situation.

"King Chuang, my new annexed army has collapsed, and the whole army is already invincible!" Gao Yigong came up and said to Li Zicheng with an anxious face: "King Chuang, what should I do?" If we continue to fight, I am afraid that our army will collapse on all fronts. ”

After listening to Gao Yigong's words, Li Zicheng's face was also trembling in pain.

He never expected that a battle that seemed to have many soldiers and horses in his hands would be like this.

Li Xiao's guy, at a critical stage, dared to send cavalry to fight for his life, such courage and ruthlessness were shocking. It seems that this person can defeat the rebels and the Tartars in a row, but it is not without reason.

What to do, now on the battlefield, there are no more reinforcements and rear hands, and the advantage on the battlefield has become more and more obvious in favor of the Tang Army, and the result of this fight is already known.

Li Zicheng's expression was very painful, but his gaze gradually became fierce and ruthless.

He gritted his teeth fiercely and immediately ordered loudly.

"Passing on my military order, the front army of the whole army changed to the rear team, the cavalry took the lead in withdrawing, and the infantry army followed, and the whole army must not stay all the way, and retreated to Kaifeng City, and joined Li Guoluo Rucai's department."

Looking at his own army that was constantly retreating like a tide, Li Zicheng's heart was dripping blood, and now he didn't even have the desire to scold Li Xiao, but quickly issued this order to retreat immediately.

Gao Yigong sighed, also with a helpless look. He also knew that now that the general trend was gone, if he could retreat as much as he could before the whole army collapsed, there was no other way to think of it.

The loud sound of gold rang throughout the entire thief array.

Under the protection of his own guards, Li Zicheng took the lead in pulling out his horse and fled, and fled all the way to the back.

Gao Yigong and others also fled in a hurry, and a large number of cavalry began to withdraw from the battlefield, roaring and fleeing backwards.

At this moment, if you don't run away in time, you will become a complete fool. Therefore, Liu Zongmin, the vanguard general, did not hesitate to abandon the already chaotic rogue infantry, found a few horses, and hurried away.

Seeing that the commander and the cavalry had fled, the remaining infantry had no motivation to fight, and they fled like a flood and went mad in the rear.

In order to escape faster, many people even threw away the armor on their bodies and the weapons in their hands, and in their eyes, it was as if the invisible Kaifeng City in the distance had become the only hope for survival.

While the entire Liukou army was desperately fleeing, the Tang army and the soldiers and horses of the Hou Sui Department were trying their best to pursue and pursue the whole line.

The heavy cavalry of the Xuanhu of Samushka and the light cavalry of the Flying Harriers of Batu, the horses' hooves rumbled, whistling and shouting, holding swords and dancing spears, and they pursued and killed desperately, so that the fleeing rogue infantry were either killed or captured in the end.

After chasing for nearly ten miles, Li Zicheng and a group of cavalry from the old camp of Liukou escaped by luck. But basically all the rogue infantry were killed or captured by the Tang army.

Li Xiao immediately ordered the officers and men of the whole army to resign from their hard work, and while taking care of the prisoners, they immediately went to chase and kill the defeated and fleeing Li Zicheng's troops, and took the opportunity to relieve the siege of Kaifeng City.

It's just that Li Xiao's thoughts, Li Zicheng has already seen that he fled back to Kaifeng City in a panic, and hurriedly ordered the whole army to give up the siege of Kaifeng City and immediately retreat to the garrison base camp in Zhuxian Town, southwest of Kaifeng City.

When Li Xiao led all the Tang troops to pursue desperately for dozens of miles, and finally arrived at the city of Kaifeng, the rogues besieging the city had already retreated, and all kinds of heavy weapons and banners were scattered all over the place. Li Xiao's Tang army successfully occupied the Liukou military camp outside Kaifeng, which had long been empty.

At this point, when it was almost dusk, this thrilling battle finally ended, ending with the crushing defeat of Li Zicheng's troops and the great victory of Li Xiao's coalition army.

"Wan Sheng!"

"Wan Sheng!"

"Kill the thieves and get fame!"

"Kill the thieves, go to heaven!"

……

The Tang soldiers cheered as best they could, and everyone had an expression of extreme joy. And the soldiers and horses of Hou Sui's troops who fought together, seeing that the Tang army was so brave, they all secretly praised it.

At this time, just as the soldiers of the Tang Army and the civil officials of the prison began to urgently count the battlefield, the east gate of Kaifeng City opened with a bang, and a large number of officials poured out of Kaifeng City and came to pay homage in front of Li Xiaozuo.

"Henan Governor Li Xianfeng, meet Lord Li......"

"Henan patrol according to Gao Mingheng, visit Tang Guogong ......"

"Henan Chief Soldier Chen Yongfu, meet Master Li......"

"Henan Deputy General Fan Zhibiu ......"

"Kaifeng General Xu Ju ......"

Li Xiao smiled and helped everyone up one by one.

Li Xianfeng, the governor of Henan, with a standard literati appearance, said to Li Xiao with an extremely emotional expression: "Lord Li, thanks to your impatience and righteousness, and leading your troops to rescue you thousands of miles, you have to repel the Li thief, save this Kaifeng City, and save the soldiers and civilians in this city!" Ben is really grateful. Please accept me again, Lord Li. ”

Li Xiao hurriedly helped him up, and said with a smile: "Governor Li doesn't have to be too polite, as a minister of the Ming Dynasty, this duke should protect the land of the Ming Dynasty, this Kaifeng City can relieve this siege, the army and the people are saved, and the heart of this duke is also very happy." ”

Li Xianfeng laughed, and the two were chatting happily with each other, when they suddenly heard a shout: "King Zhou has arrived!" ”

Li Xianfeng lowered his voice and said: "It seems that Tang Guogong won a big victory in this battle, and King Zhou also knew about it, so he specially went out of the city to greet Lord Li." ”

Li Xiao sighed, he hesitated slightly, and then bent down to kneel down with Li Xianfeng, Gao Mingheng and others.

At this time, wearing a double-horned dragon pattern black yarn folded scarf, dressed in five chapters of green clothes, two shoulders tattooed with golden dragons, tied with a large belt in the plain Zhuli, hanging a gold-patterned jade dragon-shaped Pei, and wearing red socks, Zhu Gongfang, the king of Zhou, slowly came out of the middle of the gate with the support of two guards.

The last time Li Xiao came to Kaifeng, Henan, because his position was too low, he didn't have any meeting or friendship with him. It's just that Li Xiao knows from the history he read in his previous life that this Zhu Gongyu is the eleventh grandson of Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, and the eldest son of Zhu Suqin, the king of Zhouduan.

In real history, when Li Zicheng dug the river and released water three times, Zhu Gongqi and his princess, prince, part of the clan and some palace officials, fortunately rescued by Hou Sui and Gao Mingheng and others, were able to escape from the flooded Kaifeng City. Later, after Chongzhen learned about this, he gave a book of condolences, and gave Jin Wenqi a gift, and ordered King Zhou's family to temporarily live in Zhangde.

Later, Li Zicheng did not capture Kaifeng and withdrew, but in Kaifeng City, it has been a mess of big blisters, the palace and palace of King Zhou have been submerged, and the wealth and money and food that Zhu Gongfang has looted for many years have all been wiped out in the big water, and many family members have been separated and disappeared.

After experiencing this catastrophe, Zhu Gongyu, who was over sixty years old, was hit hard and exhausted. He was originally in good health, but quickly fell ill, and in the spring of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, Zhu Gongfang finally died of illness in Zhangde Mansion.

The history of the Ming Dynasty records that "Wang Xu, the gift is not carried out, and the country is dead", and then, his descendants went south, and most of them were missing. The fifth son of Zhu Gongyu, Shao Xuan, the sixth son Shao Kun and others, surrendered to the Qing court in order to "support him". It's just that they originally thought that they could live a comfortable life as a prince again, but they were soon killed on the street by the Qing court on the charge of "secretly hiding gold and silver seals and plotting against them" to prevent future troubles.

Li Xiao saw that Zhu Gongyu, the king of Zhou, who was already in his sixties, although his beard was white and his face was wrinkled, he was in good health, graceful in temperament, and had a natural expression, and he had the momentum of a person who had been in the position for a long time. At this time, he walked towards Li Xiao with a smile on his three locks of well-trimmed hair, with a kind and grateful smile.