The morale of Tian Jianxiu's subordinates who had just mentioned it was also affected, and the soldiers were all looking at each other, not knowing what was going on. They have obviously broken Kaifeng City, why did Kaifeng shout "God bless Kaifeng, God bless Daming"?

Tian Jianxiu was also puzzled, and he immediately sent someone back to take a look. But he also knew in his heart that he was afraid that something had happened.

Li Mu didn't have any impact here, and after he got the report that the troops had been adjusted, he decisively ordered the artillery to be fired.

"Boom", "boom" was launched. The shotgun flew swiftly towards the rogue two hundred paces away. Before the thieves could react, a large number of people were defeated. The wounded wailed loudly, and the dead fell to the ground, blood gushing out.

The thieves did not have the discipline of Li Yan's soldiers, and they could hold on when they were hit. They all retreated in fright, especially those in the front row, who were even more active, wanting to take advantage of the gap when the officers and soldiers had just finished firing the cannon and hurriedly ran back.

Suddenly, there was another "boom", and the thieves who had just turned around fell more than a dozen more.

Li Mou used rotational firing, two three-inch guns fired first, and then one gun in the middle fired again, in order to maintain the continuity of the artillery.

The thieves panicked even more at this time, whether they were in the front row or in the back row, they all turned around and ran back. This is also too terrifying, not only is the projectile lethal and far, but it can also hit so fast, this is not to let them live.

"No backsliding! Stay in formation! Tian Mixiu ordered loudly. After so many years of fighting, from the beginning of tens of thousands of horses being chased and fought by thousands or even hundreds of officers and soldiers, to now chasing and fighting by officers and soldiers, I have long known the importance of military formations.

But his order seemed to be of little avail, for a few breaths later another round of artillery fire knocked down dozens of soldiers who were pushing each other.

"Cavalry! Go to the back and line up, and kill those who retreat! "Tian Jianxiu finally sent a team of overseers.

But it took time for the cavalry to pass, and the infantry in front had already begun to flee backwards, and they could not stop at all. The cavalry had to assemble farther rear to block the infantry's escape.

Li Mu shook his head helplessly, and said to himself: "There is no formation so soon? If only there were enough cavalry, alas. Then he commanded: "Fifty steps forward in formation!" ”

The drums of "dong" and "dong" sounded, and the soldiers stepped on the drums, "bang", "bang" and "bang" to move forward. The gunners also held the ropes and pushed the guns forward to follow.

The thieves who were retreating heard the drums behind them and looked back. This saw that they were even more panicked, and they all shouted: "Run!" The officers and soldiers are keeping up! ”

The other soldiers, regardless of how far away the officers and soldiers were, began to scramble to flee backwards. They crowded with people and ran in a panic towards the line where the cavalry had not yet prepared.

The cavalry was dumbfounded at first glance, this was not a small part of the rout, but the escape of the whole line.

"General, what should I do? They're all running. The cavalry's Qian Zong approached Tian Jianxiu and said embarrassedly.

Tian Jianxiu looked at the crowd running over with black pressure, and he was helpless. He said hatefully, "Go, go back a mile." At the same time, he immediately instructed his own soldiers: "Go quickly, report to the general, we can't stop it here." ”

After so many years of riding horses, he has enough experience to know that once his people start to break and flee, they can't stop without ten miles and eight miles. This is still under the condition that the officials and troops do not pursue, looking at the current situation, Li Mu is determined to catch up and bite them.

Although Li Mou's pursuit speed was not fast, this unhurried appearance made them afraid. They didn't even have a chance to fight back, they could only retreat, retreat, retreat again.

Two quarters of an hour later, Liu Zongmin came over with three thousand cavalry. And Tian Jianxiu also retreated three miles, and his interception mission basically failed.

Liu Zongmin roared angrily: "Put my banner fifty steps ahead!" There are those who dare to retreat from the banner, kill! ”

His standard-bearer came to the front of the cavalry with a big flag, put it on the ground with a bang, and stood in place so arrogantly, looking at the tens of thousands of routs rushing towards him.

"Mr. Liu has an order! Dare to retreat from the handsome flag, kill! The cavalry shouted loudly. Just shout once, and then take their weapons in their hands and be ready to fight at any time.

Although the reminder is only once, the deterrent effect is not particularly strong, which one to stop the rout is not shouting like this? However, the banner of "Liu" has enough deterrent power. Even a soldier who can't read a single big character can recognize it as Liu Zongmin's handsome banner.

The rout began to slow down, but there were still people pushing and shoving behind them, and there were cavalry in between, and it was not so easy to stop.

With a "boom", Liu Zongmin released a feather arrow on his horse and shot off the horse of the first cavalryman who ran past his handsome banner.

Then a few cavalrymen who could fire volleys also began to shoot arrows, killing the routers and cavalry who could not restrain their footsteps and ran past the handsome banner one by one.

When there were more and more routs running over, Liu Zongmin waved his hand, and the first row of cavalry rushed up, using the weapons in their hands to greet those routs without hesitation. Those routs were quickly killed and wounded by Liu Zongmin's cavalry without the slightest preparation. Then the cavalry pulled back from both sides.

After Tian Jianxiu saw Liu Zongmin's banner, he didn't dare to run backwards anymore. He knew that even if he crossed the Shuai Banner, he would be shot to death by Liu Zongmin. He reined in his horse, whipped the routed soldiers around him, and shouted: "Stop if you don't want to die!" The officers and soldiers are still far away! ”

Under Liu Zongmin's deterrence, and under the awakening of those corpses, the rout soldiers finally stopped their rout, and slowly stood at a distance of about ten steps in front of Liu Zongmin's handsome banner, not daring to go any further.

Liu Zongmin stepped forward and ordered loudly: "Let me stand here!" If you dare to retreat again, one will kill the other! No mercy! ”

Tian Jianxiu finally dared to speak at this time, he rode over with his own soldiers, and whispered: "Fortunately, you came in time, otherwise you would have retreated to Kaifeng City." ”

"You haven't fought?! I don't know how to deal with the officers and soldiers?! Liu Zongmin whispered dissatisfiedly. Then he ordered: "Reorganize your cavalry and let them follow at once!" With that, he whistled, and led his cavalry around the routs and went to the front.

"Alas~, Zong Min! You wait! Tian Jianxiu shouted loudly, but the sound of rumbling horses' hooves completely drowned out his voice.

Tian Jianxiu was helpless, and watched Liu Zongmin rush in the direction of the official army with the cavalry. He immediately ordered his opponents: "Let the cavalry come and line up!" Fast! Infantry lined up on the spot! The pro-soldier team patrols the rear, and if there is a retreat, kill it immediately! ”

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