Just when Sun Shujun rushed towards the 80,000 Liu Song army who were about to cross the river with 5,000 elite cavalry, Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan had already arrived at Longkang and Hu counties with their respective teams, which were in the northwest and northeast of Yicheng respectively, and were not far from each other.

"Lu Rail, how far do you have to get to Yicheng?" Zhao Junsheng asked as he trotted through the team on horseback.

Lu Liang said: "King, we have bypassed Long Kang, and this place should be less than sixty miles away from Yicheng!" ”

"Where are Marshal Hua's soldiers and horses now?"

"It should have passed Huxian County, they should be eighty miles away from Yicheng, and more than a hundred miles away from our army!"

Zhao Junsheng nodded: "There are more than half of the infantry in Mulan's team, and the marching speed is not as fast as ours!" I don't know what the situation is on Yicheng's side, Sun Shujun sent someone to report that Yicheng had been captured two days ago, and they would definitely not be able to hold Yicheng that day, Gu Zhen was a little worried! ”

Gao Xiu clasped his fists and said: "The king doesn't have to worry too much, I think that Sun Shujun's kid is very shrewd, and he is not old-fashioned and stubborn, he will not stick to righteousness!" ”

"Lu Rail, send spies to take the lead to find out the news!" Zhao Junsheng ordered.

"Yes, King!"

Then Zhao Junsheng ordered again: "Pass the order, and the whole army will speed up the march!" ”

Zhao Junsheng didn't know if Sun Shujun would stick to Yicheng, he was worried that Sun Shujun would not be able to stop the 80,000 Liu Song army from crossing the river, if the 80,000 Liu Song army ran away, wouldn't everything he had done before be in vain?

In fact, with the cavalry quality of the cadre army, Zhao Junsheng could have marched at a faster speed, but this cavalry of 30,000 people had been fighting for too long this time, and it had made a big circle around the entire north, running tens of thousands of miles, and when he took Chang'an, he ran non-stop for thousands of miles to Huainan, and also attacked the city and pulled out the village along the way.

Outside the city of Huxian County, Hua Mulan was leading a large army around the city, and the guards and county soldiers on the city wall took down the Liu Song flag one by one in horror and replaced it with the banner of Qianguo.

Wang Huilong, who was in the team, saw this scene and couldn't help sneering: "This group of wall grasses is really meeting the wind and rudder!" ”

Mulan turned her head to look at it, and then asked, "How far is it from Yicheng?" ”

"Back to the general, there are still about eighty miles, I am afraid that I will not be able to arrive today, if I speed up the march, after arriving at Yicheng, I am afraid that the soldiers will not be able to participate in the battle!"

Hua Mulan thought for a while and said to Guo Sheng: "General Guo, this commander has decided to lead the cavalry first, you will bring the infantry to follow, and this commander will leave you with 3,000 cavalry in case of emergency!" ”

Guo Sheng understood that the purpose of Hua Mulan's desire to lead the cavalry first was to cooperate with Zhao Junsheng, and the pressure on the Liu Song Bureau caused by the two cavalry marching together was multiplied, so he promised: "Although the marshal can rest assured, the old minister will catch up with the infantry as soon as possible!" ”

Hua Mulan immediately ordered: "Bai Jinguang and Liang Yi led the cavalry to follow the commander first, and Yuan He led the cavalry of the headquarters to leave the guards and baggage!" ”

"Yes!" The generals agreed.

The 20,000 cavalry, under the command of Hua Mulan, Bai Jinguang, Liang Yi and others, accelerated their speed and galloped in the direction of Yicheng.

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At the crossing site on the north bank of the Huai River, the overwhelming shouts of killing and the sound of horses' hooves spread in all directions, and Sun Shujun led 5,000 cavalry to rush over to kill the 80,000 Liu Song army with the most ferocious momentum and the fastest speed.

At this time, Xiao Siyan had already run to the front of the 10,000 cavalry formation of his headquarters, and he gave an order loudly: "Don't panic, everyone, follow the general to meet and defeat the cadres!" ”

The powerful momentum of the cavalry of the cadre army rushing over had already been transmitted, and these cavalry of the Southern Dynasty were in a panic just now, and they stabilized a little after Xiao Siyan arrived with a few generals, but the cavalry of the cadre army that was getting closer and closer made them even more panicked in the process of forming a formation.

"It's too late, general, let's go straight to it, I'm afraid that if I don't even put the formation in order, I will be crushed!" The general Xiao Chengzhi suggested loudly to Xiao Siyan.

Xiao Siyan gritted his teeth, picked up the spear, pointed forward, and shouted: "Soldiers, rush with me!" ”

"Rush-" The cavalry of the Liu Song army in a panic used a loud roar to dispel the fear in their hearts, and they drove their horses to meet the cadres.

"Shoot the arrows—" Sun Shujun yelled and shot arrows with his bow.

Before the cavalry of the cadre army rushed over, they took their bows and said one after another to the cavalry of the Liu Song army who met them on the opposite side, and the cavalry of the Liu Song army could not carry out horse shooting, but could only rush forward with the countless arrows flying indiscriminately.

"Whoosh······ Whoosh ······ Whoosh ······".

Several arrows were fired in succession, and the cavalry of the Qianjun army inflicted heavy losses on the cavalry of Liu Song, and countless people fell on the way to charge, fell off their horses and were trampled into meat by the horses' hooves.

The distance between the two sides was only forty paces, and the cavalry of the Qianjun army put away their bows and arrows, took out long and short weapons, and rushed towards the cavalry of Liu Song's army.

"Bang Bang Bang ······" The cavalry of the two sides were together, and countless soldiers were knocked into the air, spitting blood from their mouths and falling to the ground, not knowing whether they were alive or dead.

The cavalry of the Southern Dynasty, who responded to the battle in a hurry, the formation was scattered, the military spirit was uneven, and the will to fight was not resolute, did not even have a cup of tea, and the cavalry of the 5,000 cadres completely crushed Xiao Siyan's 10,000 cavalry in a single charge under the command of Sun Shujun.

"Quickly withdraw, general, quickly withdraw, the soldiers are all scattered, we will only be killed or captured if we stay, and it will be too late if we don't leave!" Xiao Chengzhi shouted.

Yin Xiaozu rushed over with some cavalry to guard Xiao Siyan's side, leading his horse to retreat in the direction of the river.

How could Sun Shujun let them escape, and then continued to rush forward with the generals, they charged east along the river bank, there were countless Liu Song generals in front, but these people had already broken through the bitter courage at this time, Xiao Siyan's 10,000 cavalry were all crushed, how could these infantry block the invincible iron cavalry of the dry army?

"Run!" The generals of the Liu Song army screamed in horror and fled to the river beach, they could no longer wait for the order to cross the river, and jumped directly into the river and swam to the other side of the river.

Panic spread like the wind in the Southern Dynasty Liu Song army, countless Liu Song army ran down the river beach and rushed into the turbulent river, dense, like ants, Liu Song army soldiers crowded into the water before and after, like dumplings, plopping and plopping······

At this time, anyone's orders did not work, and Emperor Liu Yikang issued several holy decrees in a row, and the generals could not restrain the soldiers to keep calm.

A large number of Liu Song troops crowded over this side in order to cross the river as soon as possible and to survive for their lives, and the imperial car was once scattered, and Emperor Liu Yikang was squeezed by the chaotic army and separated from the ministers on his war horse.

"Protect Your Majesty, protect Your Majesty!" Zang Zhen, Zhu Bian and other ministers anxiously opened their throats and shouted, but in such a chaotic situation, their words did not work at all, and the deserters completely ignored them and rushed to jump into the river.

Sun Shujun's 5,000 cavalry was like an autumn wind sweeping away leaves, and 80,000 Liu Song's troops were swept away by his 5,000 men and horses, and countless people were driven down the river.

Countless Liu Songjun in the upper reaches of the river were swallowed up and washed away by the turbulent river, and some people fell into the river and disappeared without even a bubble.

The weapons, armor, bows and arrows discarded by Liu Song's army were covered with a full layer of weapons, armor, crossbows and arrows on the river beach, and a large number of banners were trampled into the mud and sand.

Some of the Liu Song troops ran east along the river bank, and nearly 8,000 Liu Song wounded soldiers were stranded at the end, and they collectively laid down their weapons and chose to surrender.

Nearly 10,000 people on the river beach did not have the courage to swim across the river, and they dropped their weapons and knelt down in surrender.

Countless Liu Song troops were drowned, but more than 20,000 people still crossed the river to the other side, and they organized themselves to dig trenches and deploy fortifications on the bank under the stern reprimand of some generals, so as to prevent the cadres from crossing the river to attack.

"General, developed, we developed! , caught the emperor of the Southern Dynasty Liu Yikang and more than a dozen ministers" a pro-soldier excited and couldn't stop beating horses and running over to report to Sun Shujun.

Sun Shujun looked excited after hearing this, and immediately asked, "Really!" Those ministers and generals planned to flee to the east, the 1,000th cavalry surrounded them, Emperor Liu Song is said to have been separated from the ministers by the impact of the rebels, he protected a group of deserters Our army was blocked on the river bank, the armor he wore was too dazzling, and the whole body was made of gold, it was not difficult for people not to recognize his identity! ”

"Let's go over and have a look!" Sun Shujun couldn't stay any longer, he had to see Liu Yikang with his own eyes.

Not long after, Sun Shujun and his soldiers came to a large group of prisoners, surrounded by a large number of cavalry, and these prisoners were ordered to squat on the ground and hold their heads, and if they were dissatisfied and did not obey the rules, they would be immediately cut down.

Liu Yikang, who was wearing gold armor, was extremely conspicuous, Sun Shujun saw him at a glance, and he suppressed the excitement in his heart and walked over with his sword.

This is the emperor of the Southern Dynasty, how much credit did he have for capturing the emperor of the enemy country? Sun Shujun couldn't imagine that he had never thought that he would be able to capture the emperor of the Southern Dynasty before, not to mention that there were more than a dozen ministers and generals of the Southern Dynasty who were captured together.

"Protect Your Majesty, protect Your Majesty!" Several loyal ministers of Liu Song stepped forward and stood in front of Liu Yikang and shouted loudly.

Sun Shujun stared at Liu Yikang, the hand holding the knife kept trembling, this was not fear, not fear, but excitement, excitement, he was about to lose control of himself, this is simply a great achievement!

"The last general is Sun Shujun, the general of the Qianguo, who has seen His Majesty the Emperor of the Southern Dynasty!" Sun Shujun stopped his horse and bowed slightly to Liu Yikang on horseback.

Zang Zhi saw that Sun Shujun still understood the etiquette, and arched his hand and said: "General Sun, as long as you release Your Majesty, we will ask Your Majesty to canonize the general as my General of the Song Kingdom, and reward him with 10,000 catties of gold, a mansion, ten beauties, 1,000 slaves, and 100,000 acres of fertile land. ”

Sun Shujun was stunned when he heard this, then his face changed, and he roared angrily: "The last general respects the identity of His Majesty the Emperor of the Southern Dynasty and the ministers, and Ke Er and the others insult me and harm me like this!" Come on, separate the emperor and ministers of the Southern Dynasty, and bring everyone back to Yicheng, whoever dares to resist will be killed! ”

The officers and men of the cadre army shouted in unison: "Yes! ”