After Li Zhi entered the stalemate battlefield, the situation took a sharp turn for the worse, and the balance of victory had completely tilted in favor of the officers and soldiers. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

A discerning person knew at a glance that the thief was about to be crushed by Li Zhi. The eastern flank of the thieves no longer had any soldiers and horses capable of threatening Li Zhi. After being routed by seven thousand, the collapse of the eastern flank of the thieves was only a matter of time.

If the 9,000 Tang horses on the west side of the thieves came back and launched a group charge against Li Zhi, they might be able to crush Li Zhi's soldiers and horses. However, the battlefield of this battle stretched for four or five miles, and it would take at least ten minutes for Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng on the west side to go around, and during this time, Li Zhi's soldiers and horses would definitely be able to shoot the eastern flank of the thieves. As soon as the eastern road of the thieves collapses, it will not be long before the entire thief front will collapse.

Time is on the side of the officials and soldiers, and the defeat of the thieves is already doomed.

All the thieves looked to the west, to their great leader, hoping that the king would come up with a good plan to change the situation on the battlefield.

At the critical moment, Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng showed their best ability - escape.

Since Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng got up, they have been chased and killed by officials and soldiers everywhere, and I don't know how many times they have escaped. Although they wanted to take advantage of the thieves to kill Cao Wenzhao's morale and then defeat Lu Xiangsheng, they would gain the initiative to fight against the official army. But as long as the situation is not right, they will still run away again. They firmly believe in a truth, as long as the main force of the essence is still there, there will be a time for a comeback.

Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng no longer commanded the cavalry to rush the western flank of the official army, but turned their horses, abandoned the more than 20,000 old thieves who were still fighting to the death, and led 9,000 cavalry to flee to the north. They attacked like a gust of wind, and when they fled, they accelerated even faster, and in the blink of an eye, they ran a few hundred meters.

The old thieves and foot soldiers in the middle of the battlefield did not know that they had been abandoned, and they were still resisting the officers and soldiers.

When the excited westernmost officers and soldiers shouted loudly, spreading the news of Gao and Li's escape to the ears of the thieves, and the thieves could not wait for the commander and cavalry who had returned from returning to the horse and shooting them, so as to believe the call sign of the officers and soldiers, a few minutes had passed, and at this time, the cavalry led by Gao and Li had escaped for two or three miles and could not catch up.

The great chief has forsaken us and fled!

The army of thieves suddenly collapsed like a tight piece of glass, and suddenly turned into pieces.

First, the west wing witnessed the king of Chuang abandon the thousands of thieves who had escaped, and fled to the north. Then, in less than half a minute, the already fragile defense line on the eastern flank of the thieves also collapsed, and after being defeated by Li Zhi with 7,000 people, the rogues on the eastern flank were already unable to resist the official army. At this time, hearing the news that the big leader had escaped, the old thief foot soldiers were suddenly crushed.

Soon, the 10,000 Chinese army thieves in front of Lu Xiangsheng no longer dared to fight and collapsed.

20,000 thieves threw away their armor, exposed their backs to the officers and soldiers, and fled north.

The generals of the officers and soldiers were still struggling to support just now, but at this time, they suddenly won the victory, and one by one they fell into a dream.

They hurriedly commanded the infantry to chase down the fleeing thieves, but the officers and soldiers were also exhausted, and after chasing for several miles, they could not chase anymore, and one by one they fell to the ground and gasped for breath. Only 5,000 cavalry had the strength to pursue the enemy, and these cavalry scattered in pursuit, raising their swords and slashing at the back of the thieves.

However, the more than 4,000 officers and cavalry did not dare to chase too fiercely, and the officers and infantry had stopped chasing, and the officers and cavalry chased after them alone. If the thief's cavalry suddenly kills back with a horse and a gun, the number of officers and cavalry is only half of the enemy's, and they will suffer a great loss. They only dared to gallop back and forth, chasing after the slowest thief, and cutting down these weaker foot soldiers.

Lu Xiangsheng and the generals of the Chinese army stopped, looked at the cavalry chasing out, laughed, and celebrated the hard-won victory.

In the battle of Ruzhou, Lu Xiangsheng led the official army to a complete victory, the three thieves were defeated, Ma Shouying was killed in battle, Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng fled, and the official cavalry pursued and killed the deserters for ten miles. In this battle, the officers and soldiers killed and wounded 2,000 people, and a total of 13,000 enemies.

The day after the war, Lu Xiangsheng summoned the generals to the Chinese army's tent to discuss matters.

Outside the big tent of the Chinese army, the heads of more than 10,000 thieves were piled up. In front of the head, Ma Shouying's body hung from a wooden pole. Some specialized soldiers are working on the corpses of the heads with materials such as lime. The other soldiers were chatting around these heads, talking about all kinds of information about the battle.

"This battle is thanks to the soldiers and horses of Tian0jin, there are only more than 1,000 soldiers and horses in Tianjin, but they have beheaded the horses and guarded them!"

"After the soldiers and horses of Tian0jin defeated Lao Huihui, they went to the main battlefield to support us."

"If it weren't for the strong soldiers and horses of Tian0jin and the collapse of the eastern flank of the thieves, this battle would have been lost!"

"If it weren't for the soldiers and horses of Tian0jin, maybe you and I would have lost our lives."

The most respected strong man in the army, let alone a strong man who saves lives? After this battle, the soldiers of each town respected the soldiers and horses of Tian0jin very much. The soldiers of each battalion were a little more cautious when they passed outside the Tian0jin military camp, and even when they were curious to check the situation in the tent of the Tianjinjin military camp, they only dared to take a sneak look.

Li Zhi walked on the road in the official camp with several battalion commanders and soldiers, and behind the soldiers were the "Tian0jin" flag and the small flag with the character "Li". Everywhere they went, the soldiers from other military towns respectfully gave way and let Li Zhi and his party go first.

Li Zhi looked at these officers and soldiers, and said with a smile: "These soldiers know what to do!" ”

Zheng Kaicheng said: "If we hadn't killed on the battlefield, the battle would have been lost, saving lives!" ”

Li Zhi walked to the big tent of the Chinese army, and walked in alone with a few battalion commanders and soldiers, and saw that a group of senior generals were already standing there.

As soon as Li Zhi entered, Li Chongzhen, the deputy general of Shanhaiguan, greeted him and said loudly: "The defense officer is here!" ”

Li Zhi was stunned and was about to answer, but saw that Li Chongzhen had already reached the ground, and said with a smile: "Thank you Tian 0 Jin soldiers and horses for coming to help yesterday, if it weren't for Tian 0 Jin's soldiers and horses, the east wing of the front defended by our troops and horses would have been defeated by the thieves." As soon as the defending officers and men arrived, the situation on the battlefield immediately changed. If it weren't for the defense lord, this battle would have been lost! ”

This Li Chongzhen knows what to do, although Li Zhi is just a small deputy defense officer of a thousand households, he also knows how to thank Li Zhi. Li Zhi smiled, helped Li Chongzhen up and said: "The deputy general is exempt, supporting friendly forces is the duty of our Ming generals, and there is no need to thank you." ”

Li Chongzhen stood up straight and said: "It's duty, and it's also love!" ”

Seeing Li Chongzhen thank Li Zhi like this, everyone else was a little embarrassed, and they didn't know whether they should bow to Li Zhi like Li Chongzhen.

Yesterday's situation, if it weren't for Li Zhi's killing, would indeed be defeated.

However, a few days ago, the generals were very contemptuous of Li Zhi, and this time they bowed and thanked Li Zhi, and the generals still couldn't turn around.

Everyone was silent for a while, and Zu Kuan, the chief soldier of Liaodong, walked out.

Zu Kuan despised Li Zhi everywhere a few days ago, but he was saved by Li Zhi yesterday, and at this time he saw that Li Zhi was already blushing. The burly veteran took a breath and said loudly in a thick voice: "The defense officer has worked hard! If it hadn't been for the defender's killing yesterday, the old man would have been a ghost under the thief's knife! ”