The Ming army that fled from Zhujiazhai returned to Hebei and told Liu Zeqing about the situation here, and Liu Zeqing was furious: "Liukou'an dares to bully my Shandong army? ”

Drinking back the defeated soldiers, Liu Zeqing calmed down, it is impossible for too many soldiers to cross the river every time, no matter where they land, the Liukou cavalry dispatched to patrol along the embankment, and they may find the movement of officers and soldiers.

If there is no army in Henan to respond, it will be difficult for officers and men to gain a foothold on the docks.

Just now the heart of revenge has faded, and the Liukou has become a climate in Henan, and it is difficult to cross the river to relieve the siege of Kaifeng only by relying on Shandong soldiers......

Wang Xie, the imperial history supervisor, got the information and rushed to the big tent with Shang Fang's Tianzi Sword in his arms, "General Liu, when will the next group of troops cross the river arrange to cross the river?" ”

"What's next?" Liu Zeqing frowned and said slowly: "Lord Wang, if there are no soldiers and horses on the south bank to respond, my subordinates, I'm afraid that how many people will die when crossing the river, right?" ”

Although Wang Xie is the imperial history, but also knows the soldiers, the first two sieges of Kaifeng, he was in command of the battle at the head of the city, knowing that what Liu Zeqing said is the truth, but the siege of Kaifeng is incomprehensible.

He tightened the sword of Shang Fang Tianzi in his arms, and said loudly: "General Liu, raising troops for a thousand days and using soldiers for a while, when the country is in danger, it is a good opportunity for military generals to make meritorious contributions," paused, and said: "Because of the difficult situation in Kaifeng, the imperial court will mobilize Shandong soldiers, otherwise, General Liu wants to make meritorious contributions to the country, I am afraid there will be no such opportunity!" ”

Chances are a fart!

Liu Zeqing scolded secretly, but the Shang Fang Tianzi Sword in Wang Xie's hand, he was indeed a little jealous, Shang Fang Tianzi Sword, if the emperor came in person, unless he rebelled like a rogue, he had to obey the Imperial History Supervision Army.

He pondered for a moment, and said: "Lord Wang, it's not that the general is unwilling to help Kaifeng, it's really difficult to cross the river, the elite of the rogues outside Kaifeng City should be no less than 100,000, the general will use a small boat to cross the river, and it is already the limit to be able to cross thousands of soldiers, and if there is no response, how can these thousands of soldiers gain a foothold in Henan?" ”

Wang Xie was also in trouble, and said for a long time: "Contact Kaifeng City, and let Lord Gao send soldiers to respond!" ”

Liu Zeqing arched his hand and said, "Then there is a labor supervisor in this matter!" ”

I? Wang Xie was stunned, but he knew that without his own Shangfang Tianzi Sword, the defenders in Kaifeng City were afraid that it would be difficult to go out of the city to respond, so he bowed his hand to Liu Zeqing, went back to repair a book, and sent someone to Kaifeng City, and agreed that two days later, Liu Zeqing's troops would cross the river to transport grain, and the city would send soldiers to meet on the embankment.

Gao Mingheng received Wang Xie's letter, but he did not hesitate and immediately organized soldiers in the city to respond.

During this time, although the Liukou surrounded Kaifeng City, they did not approach the city, nor did they attack the city, and the city gate could be opened safely.

He personally drew up a list of 180 merchants in Kaifeng, and then personally came to the door and borrowed 30,000 taels of silver from them temporarily.

The merchants knew the situation of Kaifeng, and they did not refuse, but the number was greatly reduced, and by the afternoon, a total of more than 10,000 taels of silver were sent.

Gao Mingheng felt that this number was not enough, so he borrowed 20,000 taels from Zhu Gongfang, the king of Zhou, and made up more than 30,000 taels to reward the soldiers who left the city.

The defenders in the city originally had only more than 10,000 people, as well as thousands of personal soldiers, plus the soldiers of various societies and the members of the Volunteer Society organized later, there were already tens of thousands.

Gao Mingheng selected 30,000 elites, including cavalry, and gave each soldier one tael of silver, and two taels for officers above 100 households, encouraging the soldiers to fight bravely in the next battle outside the city to break the siege of Kaifeng City by the Liukou.

One tael of silver is too little, and now the grain in the city, wheat is five taels or three or four dollars per stone, and even miscellaneous grains are more than four taels, and there is no market!

But Gao Mingheng really had no choice, he had no money and food in his hands at all, and the Kaifeng treasury was already empty, and even the thieves refused to patronize it.

Liu Zeqing crossed the Yellow River in the afternoon and still landed in Zhujiazhai, and this time he was quite well prepared, not only personally going into battle, but also mobilizing 5,000 soldiers and carrying a large number of guns and artillery.

For the sake of caution, Liu Zeqing did not cross the embankment, but camped behind the river, and all the boats for transportation were still docked by the river.

When the news of Liu Zeqing's landing reached the city, Gao Mingheng ordered the 30,000 soldiers he had prepared early on, with 5,000 cavalry as the vanguard, and left Caomen at dawn.

In order to avoid the rogue on the embankment outside the north gate, Gao Mingheng prepared to meet Liu Zeqing of Zhujiazhai from the shortcut road.

Less than ten miles out of the city, Gao Mingheng ran into trouble.

Countless Heavenly Mandate troops seemed to emerge from under the ground and intercepted the way of the Ming army.

The morning light is surging, the mist is swirling, the warm air is flowing with the smell of death, under the ten thousand fiery red but no light of the morning glow, 10,000 cavalry at the head, and at least tens of thousands of infantry on both wings.

Gao Mingheng's head suddenly became big, could it be that the officers and soldiers going out of the city were all in the calculation of the rogue?

Outside the city is an endless plain, and the officers and soldiers can completely avoid the Heavenly Mandate Army on the opposite side, but the Heavenly Mandate Army has tens of thousands of cavalry, once it attacks from behind, what will happen to the infantry of 25,000 officers and soldiers?

If he knew that Zuo Liangyu had "sent" 5,000 war horses from the Heavenly Mandate Army, wouldn't he greet Zuo Liangyu's ancestors one by one in his heart?

What to do?

Will you strike resolutely, or will you retreat back to the city?

Gao Mingheng quickly made a decision: the officers and soldiers went out of the city to pick up Liu Zeqing, who came across the river, if the officers and soldiers retreated to the city like this, who else would reinforce Kaifeng in the future?

The last time Ding Qirui and Yang Wenyue came to Zhuxian Town, the officers and soldiers did not take the opportunity to go out of the city to attack the enemy, and they had already lost an opportunity, and this time they must not be trapped in Kaifeng again!

Gao Mingheng stood on horseback, waved his hand, and shouted: "Cavalry attack!" ”

The guerrilla general Gao Qian immediately drew his saber, raised it to the sky, and shouted: "Attack!" ”

Five thousand cavalry, tens of thousands of horses' hooves, trampled through the momentary silence and stabbed the morning glow......

Such a big battlefield, the cavalry can play to their heart's content, Liu Yunshui really likes it too much, he smiled coldly, and also shouted: "Ten thousand troops, Yongsheng, attract the cavalry of the Ming army to the side, the battlefield here is left to the infantry, remember, we need war horses, let go of one person and one horse, Lao Tzu is the only one you ask!" With a wave of the sword, there was another shout: "Kill!" ”

"Kill!"

The cavalry of the first battalion, as if they had been beaten with duck blood, shouted and rushed towards the Ming cavalry on the opposite side.

The two high-speed torrents first met on the battlefield, both sides were galloping at high speed, waving their sabers, and passing by with one blow, no matter whether the enemy soldiers were alive or dead, they could only be left to their companions behind them.

Both sides are in an "arrow" impact formation, and after hitting each other, they both burrow into each other's bellies, and there are people everywhere, all of whom are each other's soldiers.

The two long dragons, staggered past, the sound of hooves, shouting to kill the heavens, once the casualties of the soldiers fell from the horse, they were immediately trampled into blood and flesh by the horses' hooves......

The sword light is huohuo, the sword shadow is desolate, the morning glow hides the light, the earth changes color, the morning wind moves darkly, the eyes and swords are crossed, and the strong smell of blood is pushed to the infantry at both ends!

Gao Mingheng clenched his teeth, his originally dark face was pale at this time, he was born as a civil official, although he participated in the three defense battles of Kaifeng, but the cavalry duel on the battlefield was the first time to see it with his own eyes!

It's shocking......

The cavalry of the Mandate of Heaven Army is more and the ranks are longer, and Liu Yunshui, who is at the head, has already killed the cavalry of the Transparent Army, and in front of him are tens of thousands of Ming infantry who trembled slightly with nervousness.

The infantry of the Ming army did not form a formation, and at this time, a charge might be able to break them up into a rout, and become the prey of the infantry of the Mandate of Heaven.

Liu Yunshui did not attack the infantry of the Ming army, so they left it to the brothers of the independent battalion and the Chengtian battalion!

He quickly turned his horse's head and led the cavalry of the Transparent Army formation to roll back from behind.

The cavalry of the Gao Qian Department of the Ming Army, the front was still rushing forward, and the cavalry of the rear of the Liu Yunshui Department of the Heavenly Mandate Army continued to fight, but

The rear of Gao Qian's department has been pursued by Liu Yunshui from behind.

The cavalry at the end of the Ming army had to deal with the oncoming Mandate of Heaven army, and also had to deal with the part of the cavalry that rolled back from behind, and the casualties increased sharply!

Relying on the superiority in numbers, the Mandate of Heaven army has already surrounded these Ming troops behind.

Gao Qian realized that the situation was not right, and wanted to quickly penetrate the Heavenly Mandate Army, and then turn around and face the cavalry of the Heavenly Mandate Army face to face again, however, the soldiers' attention was on the enemy's sabre, and there was no time to speed up the war horse.

This is a cavalry duel, there are bright sabers everywhere, the slightest mistake, either the head falls to the ground, or the horse falls, under the hooves of fifty or sixty thousand horses, the two results are no different - both are a "death" word!

Gao Qian was anxious, but fortunately, he had a good control of the war horse, while harvesting the Heavenly Mandate Army, he clamped the horse's belly with his legs and rushed forward as fast as possible.

The sun shook violently, and finally broke free from the fetters on his body, and the morning glow shone with dazzling light, and the sky suddenly brightened.

Gao Qian found that he had already killed the Heavenly Mandate Army, and the war horse drew a huge arc forward, and finally turned around, and when he looked up, there were only hundreds of soldiers following him - the soldiers behind him were either cut off by the Ming army, or the speed did not keep up!

He didn't think much about it, he held the reins in his left hand, clamped the horse's belly between his legs, and brandished his war knife in his right hand, chasing after the Heavenly Mandate Army at the rear......

In one sortie, no one knows how many cavalry were killed or wounded, and the second sortie began, and between the two sorties, it was completely seamless.

The number of cavalry of the Mandate of Heaven is large, and every time they attack, the Ming army has to face twice as many opponents, not only without any pause, rest, or even time to think, while the soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven are at ease, and at the moment of killing through the opponent's formation, there is still a moment of rest!

Gao Qian soon had no such trouble, after three consecutive impacts, the formations of both sides were scattered, and the originally neat teams were all scattered into groups and clusters, all of which were scattered cavalry, nothing more than the number of people in this group.

Both sides did not have time to regroup, and the battlefield fell into a melee.

Lei Wanjun and Xu Yongsheng followed Liu Yunshui's instructions and took advantage of their superior forces to gradually surround the remnants of the Ming army and move them to the open area to the east.