For Liu Zongdi, the current situation is quite critical and dangerous.

On the opposite side is the cavalry that has been re-arrayed, and on the left hand side is the main force of the Zhongshan army that came to the Zhongshan army along the official road and the village.

The deployment of more than 9,000 people in the three infantry corps of the government army plus the first army of the naval division, plus a number of baggage battalions and engineer battalions established one after another, the actual number of troops is more than 10,000.

The three characters are all composed of elite soldiers, and from a distance, they are as long as a forest, and the armor is dazzling.

More than 10,000 troops are arrayed in a tight array, separated by two or three miles of distances, covering the official road from the river to the east road, under the banner, the drum rumbling and constantly beating, and the array is like a tight seam, so that the idea of thieves riding through the large array and detouring is suddenly invisible.

And when he saw the infantry formation again, there were still a large number of war horses led by a few people to follow behind the formation, and the last trace of luck of Liu Zongdi also disappeared without a trace.

Using cavalry to lure each other, the infantry formation from the riverside from the side to the back, and the tactics of annihilating or annihilating most of the enemy's cavalry are also the tactical tactics drummed up by Fang Shaoqun and a group of staff officers, Xu Zixian himself doesn't care, whether it is a dignified battle or a cavalry assault, these more than 1,000 thieves are not opponents at all.

Even a random army of mounted infantry can easily defeat these thieves in a frontal battle.

This is the natural confidence of the commander of a hundred battles, and his command is the elite of a hundred battles like the government army, and it is normal for Xu Zixian to have such confidence.

The more than 600 thieves who were flanked on both sides of the battlefield fell into a desperate situation in an instant.

A group of thieves and cavalry leaders gathered around Liu Zongdi, and everyone kept shouting and encouraging the cavalrymen who had lost their hearts. They went from being triumphant, besieging the city, killing the people at will, burning the houses, to becoming the prey of the hunters in an instant, and it did not take more than an hour before and after.

Many thieves have lost their courage, in fact, they are no longer suitable for charging into battle, but the front and rear are desperate, rushing through the cavalry block, with light horsepower, there is always a chance to escape.

Under the instigation of the officers, more than 600 thieves finally let out a desperate cry before the infantry formation approached, and rushed towards the iron cavalry on the opposite side with swords.

Zhang Huchen showed a contemptuous smile on his face, such an opponent is really not worth wielding his sword. But he still slowly raised his horizontal knife, the cavalry's long sword is generally special, and it will be destroyed after a charge, and some soldiers of the Xuanjia cavalry will carry multiple long swords, generally speaking, they will switch to the horizontal knife after abandoning it.

All the soldiers are holding swords, under the whistle of the military order, towards the opposite thief cavalry to meet the past, when the horse stepped on the earth, the sky trembled, the earth trembled, and the opposite thief cavalry, has a pale.

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"The lower official appeased the criminal officer Lin Douyao, and I have seen His Royal Highness."

"The subordinate official patrolled the criminal officer Xiao Zan, and I have seen His Highness."

"Zheng Liqi, the criminal envoy of the lower officials, has seen His Royal Highness."

Many Fujian Road dignitaries saluted the king of Zhongshan at the city gate, and claimed to be criminal officials.

This is inevitable, and then Xiao Zan will impeach everyone, including himself, and then wait for the punishment of the imperial court.

The army was lost, the city was besieged, the people were killed, Fujian was in turmoil, and the officials of the entire Fujian Road were of course criminal officials and criminal ministers, and they could only recover their original identity after the imperial court had a clear edict.

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A little bit of courtesy. Xu Zixian said with a calm face: "The top priority is to appease the people's hearts and restore order, and the other is to ask the big families in the city to raise money and food, and set up porridge sheds inside and outside the city to appease the displaced people around them. Second, the Criminal Division should dispatch a wide range of officers and men to arrest and arrest those bandits who take advantage of the opportunity to make trouble in the prefecture capitals and counties, so that no one will slip through the net, and innocent people will not be bullied and harmed by their generation. Third, to collect the exiled and escaped officers and soldiers, the Xiang army entered the school camp, and was not allowed to go out without reason, and the forbidden army was stationed in the city together with the original city garrison. In addition, officials from Xiaoyuquan, Zhang, Xinghua Army and other departments were dispatched to be on guard and on guard, and the Jiangfang battalions and city garrison camps in various places were not counted as those who were transferred, and those who remained were responsible for cooperating with the Criminal Division, taking down small groups of bandits, and pacifying the localities. In the end, the defeated and fleeing generals, including my uncle, sent the soldiers of the city to guard the gate, and they were not allowed to go out without reason, waiting for the will of the court. It is common to lose a battle on the battlefield, but it is a big crime for the commander to abandon the soldiers and flee first, and this king cannot exonerate Uncle Wang. ”

The various measures of the King of Zhongshan are interlocking, first talking about money and food, then talking about criminal law, garrisoning, and finally appeasing the defeated and fugitive soldiers, holding the generals accountable, layer by layer, and there is almost no negligence or negligence.

"We will obey the king's command." Lin Douyao hesitated slightly, then took the lead and bowed, clenching his fists to obey the order.

From a legal point of view, the military and civil affairs of Fujian Road should be mainly pacified envoys, and only when it comes to war, after the prince and the governor are granted the power to command the army by the imperial court, will they have the opportunity to take charge of themselves and keep pace with the pacification envoys.

And now King Zhao is being punished, Lin Douyao is also being punished, the King of Zhongshan, who has the highest status on Fujian Road and has more than 10,000 elite soldiers, is undoubtedly the most powerful person in Fujian Road, Xu Zixian's attitude at this time, decisive, and there is no violation of the law.

"By the King's command."

Yang Shiwei, Zheng Liqi, Xiao Zan, Zhao Debang and others have different thoughts, but under this situation, they can only bow down and obey orders.

After clenching his fists and getting up, Yang Shiwei said to Xu Zixian very sincerely: "Your Highness, the current matter, the rest are all trivial, only to eliminate the liukou and punish Li Kaiming, this is the top priority." ”

Yang Shiwei didn't wait for Xu Zi to answer first, and said with great certainty: "The situation is so rotten, even if Li Kaiming is ambushed, and the court is worried about the southeast, the matter of His Royal Highness opening the mansion will definitely be raised by the two governments, and the Son ......of Heaven will not allow it."

The old prefect was worried about the overall situation, but he was afraid that Xu Zi would not contribute to the work first, and he could be regarded as saying the words of the heart in public.

If Xu Zixian does not move forward now, it will be a great achievement to keep Fuzhou anyway, and then the imperial court will order the king of Zhongshan to open the mansion in order to make Xu Zi contribute first.

No matter how unwilling the Son of Heaven is, his biological father has made such a big mistake, how can he have the capital to oppose it?

It is Xu Zixian who is the most stable is to be stationed in Fuzhou first, at most ten days or so, the edict of the opening of the palace will definitely come from the south of the Beijing Division, once the palace is opened, the civil and military officials of the designated place are all subordinates, to the deacon, the prince to open the palace, the position is compared to the envoy, the rank is still from the first grade, but the power is boundless, and even the military and political officials under the shogunate hold the power of life and death, for a prince, the governor of the capital is a real prince, and he holds part of the military power and administrative power. After the opening of the mansion, it is analogous to the state pastor of the Han Dynasty, and if it is a real prince.

The officials present also looked at Xu Zixian, the temptation to open the mansion was in front, and Yang Shiwei, the old prefect, was worried about state affairs, but he was too aggressive.

Xu Zixian smiled and persistently

Yang Shiwei's hand said: "Kaifu is just a name, with today's situation, why should I stick to the name?" In any case, the quietness of the Fujian Road area is the most important thing. This time, the government army came out together, did not stop, and went directly to Jianyang to suppress the thieves. ”

Yang Shiwei was pleased, Xu Zixian's previous move was quite obvious to sit back and watch the defeat of King Zhao, at this time Yang Shiwei was most worried about Xu Zixian sitting on the rogue and waiting for enough benefits before sending troops, Xu Zixian's answer was to make Yang Shiwei feel at ease.

"With the heart of a villain, the lower officials spend the belly of the king and the gentleman." Yang Shiwei hugged his fists and said: "Fuzhou Mansion should be in charge, please don't worry about it." ”

This can be regarded as a promise, and the Fuzhou government will fully cooperate and obey the orders of the king of Zhongshan.

"I won't go into the city." Xu Zixian said to everyone present: "Most of the Liukou cavalry has been annihilated, and they have lost the capital to harass our grain road, and the soldiers are fast, within three or four days, I will attack the main force of the thieves!" ”

The officials were all impressed when they heard it, and Yang Shiwei was even more in tears, and it was difficult to suppress his emotions.

At this time, the Xuanjia cavalry had already cleaned up the battlefield, and the people at the head of the city could barely take their eyes off it.

A beast-like armored warrior, holding a slash knife walked on the battlefield full of dead corpses and blood, stabbed the war horses that were still screaming and screaming with knives, ending the pain of the war horses, and at the same time mending the knives of the seriously injured and dying thieves and knights, and then calmly turned over the thief corpses, and slashed down with a slash knife from the neck bone, the city could hear a clattering sound, and the heads of the people were cut off like this, and the faces of the people still had obvious painful expressions, and the flesh and blood of the severed necks were blurred, and the blood kept dripping to the ground. As a result, the originally dry land was wet.

Seeing such a scene, even a man couldn't help but be frightened, feeling frightened, even if he didn't believe in Buddhism, he couldn't help but put his hands together and muttered Buddha.

After the soldiers cut off their heads and hung their bloody heads behind their buttocks, a large number of auxiliaries arrived on the battlefield with horses, and the cavalry replaced the tired or wounded horses, and then the sharp sound of the sentry began again, and then the military flag waved, and the remaining four hundred and fifty or sixty Xuanjia cavalry began to go east along the official road.

The auxiliary soldiers of the cavalry battalion began to gather the fleeing enemy horses, and then treated those lightly wounded horses, doing simple bandaging and wrapping the wounds, and then a large number of auxiliary soldiers rushed to the spare war horses, as well as canned military rations for a few days, along the smoke and dust, chasing away.

Another battalion of baggage drove carts, horses, mules, and a large amount of ordnance and rations, and also went directly to the east.

Next, more troops, chariots and horses, and baggage soldiers were dispatched along the flag, along the official road or the long causeway by the Min River, and there were already a large number of more than 100 ships carrying military supplies on the river.

The situation in front of him left a shadow on the people present.

Many days ago, when King Zhao led the army to set off, the same situation was the same, the army marched on the official road and the fields, the river was drifting boats, and now those boats have fled, only the remnants of the 80,000 army are less than 10,000 people, a large number of van troops mutinied and surrendered, and the forbidden army was almost completely annihilated.