Li Zhong and Qian Er did not have time to move the military formation, so they could only block the thieves' infantry in place. Li Zhong informed Qian Er, and each of them sent a three-inch cannon and two tiger squat cannons to support Sun Tianyang. There were two or three thousand cavalry that broke through the bandits, and it would be quite dangerous if they turned over and came back to attack them. So sending some artillery is a must.

However, they soon saw the cavalry coming from the east, and they were able to relax a little by this time. With their cavalry in pursuit, the thieves' cavalry had to run forward at least a little longer, and they had to hurry up and get rid of the thieves' infantry.

Li Zhong and Qian Er both coincidentally transferred the remaining Tiger Squat Cannon to near the gap, and asked the Tiger Squat Cannon to fire with all its strength and try to seal the gap as much as possible. And other three-inch cannons and crossbow arrows are also constantly firing.

A rumbling explosion exploded near the breach, and the smoke and dust nearly blocked the breach, but the thieves rushed forward in a crowd there.

The locust-like crossbow arrows and shotguns knocked down the thieves on the periphery one after another, but the other thieves still surged towards the gap.

The corpses that fell in the gap became an obstacle for the thieves behind. Some tripped and fell, either trampled to death by their companions behind them, or were killed by bombs exploding next to them. And the thieves who were lucky enough to escape from the gap did not dare to go directly to the west, because there was still a group of officers and soldiers there. Some of them went south, some went north, but none of them dared to attack the officers and soldiers from behind. Their only thought now is to escape, to escape from the battlefield, to flee back to Kaifeng.

Li Yan saw that the thieves did not resist at all, and all of them fled in the northwest direction, so he ordered: "Stop advancing, the whole team shouts, let them surrender." ”

Soon, the ranks to the east and south stopped, after which all the soldiers began to shout: "Surrender or die!" ”

They all had to shout loudly to drown out the explosions, the shouts, and the screams ahead.

"Surrender or die!"

"Surrender or die!"

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The deafening sound of surrender echoed across the battlefield, drowning out the sound of artillery and explosions. The thieves who watched the fall of their companions in front of them were already desperate, but when they heard this voice of persuasion, they all had hope again.

Especially those thieves who are behind, there are terrifying explosions, projectiles, and crossbow arrows waiting for them in front, and there are officers and soldiers not far behind who can start strangling them at any time. In order to survive, they had no choice but to surrender. They threw their weapons on the ground, and then consciously knelt on the ground, waiting for the officers and soldiers to come and collect them.

But only a few surrendered, and there were still many thieves in front of them who continued to sprint towards the gap. At this time, for the sake of safety, Li Yan did not send troops to contain the prisoners, but continued to loudly persuade them to surrender.

Li Zhong and Qian Er did not have the strength to shout the slogan of persuasion to surrender, the crossbowmen needed to be wound, the artillerymen needed to carry ammunition, and they did not have the time or strength to shout. They continued to fire crossbow arrows and cannonballs at the thieves to stop them from escaping.

The thieves found that more and more of their comrades in front of them were dying, and that those who ran out, whether cavalry or infantry, did not turn back to contain the officers and soldiers, so as to give them a chance to flee for their lives. They were becoming more and more desperate at this time, and their hopes of escaping the encirclement were basically dashed.

At this time, when I heard the shout that surrender can save me from death, I also began to consider whether to surrender. Slowly, the thieves began to run in the southeast direction, not to attack the officers and troops there, but to get out of the killing range of the officers and troops in the northwest, and then surrender alive.

As there were fewer and fewer thieves near the gap, Li Zhong and Qian Er finally stopped their subordinates from firing, and they also began to shout the slogan of surrender and death, so that the few remaining thieves surrendered.

Li Yan saw that most of the thieves were kneeling on the ground, and ordered, "Let the troops contain the prisoners." Pay attention to the possibility of deception, and if there is resistance, kill immediately! ”

After receiving the order, the team began to collect the prisoners in a team. Each of them had a piece of rope on them, which was used to tie up the captives. It's not okay if these captives are not tied, but two or three thousand people, if they make a noise, it is not easy to control.

Li Zhong and Qian Er came to Li Yan's face, hugged their fists and said, "The last general has seen the general." ”

Li Yan nodded and ordered: "Leave the matter of collecting the prisoners to the other teams, and the two of you will immediately lead the team to chase the fleeing cavalry, and the musket team will also bring it." ”

Qian Er asked hesitantly, "Why don't you just wait here for them to come back?" There are so many infantry here, so Luo Rucai doesn't want them? ”

Li Yan sneered: "Now I can't even hear the gunshots, so it can be seen that I have run away." Whether they will come or not, catch up and drive them out of our borders, and it will be over. ”

Li Zhong reminded: "We have consumed a lot of crossbow arrows and ammunition, and we must supply them before we can set off. ”

"Someone," Li Yan immediately ordered, "Let the baggage team hand over half of the ammunition and crossbow arrows to them, and give them together with the carriages and horses." ”

Sun Sifu, who had already returned to Li Yan's side, agreed and immediately went to give orders to the baggage team.

Li Yan said with a smile: "I know that you are all tired, but you can't rest yet." You go first, and I will arrive with my troops. ”

"Subordinates obey!" Both of them clenched their fists and agreed in unison.

Luo Rucai, who was still running away at this time, was very angry, originally he wanted to turn back with the cavalry and attack the military formation of the official army from behind. But before they could stop, the cavalry of the officers and soldiers behind them caught up.

There was a thud and thump, killing many of the cavalry behind him, so his men made noise again, and whipped their horses, causing the horse team, which had been slowing down, to gallop again.

Those officers and cavalry were old and spicy, and they were always chasing behind, and as soon as they found that they were slow, they would catch up and shoot a burst of guns. Not to mention, the power of the short spear was not small, and twenty steps could knock his armored men off the horse.

Luo Rucai had the intention to let some of the cavalry stay, blocking the horse teams of these officers and soldiers, so that he would have time to turn around and organize the team. The horse team running around like this is really no match for the cavalry of other people's official army. But now the soldiers can't find the generals, and the soldiers won't be able to find the soldiers, and the order is in vain. His men were all frightened, and now the only thought was to run for their lives, where would anyone stay and die?

Luo Rucai also had no choice, so he could only run all the way west with the cavalry brigade, passing by villages and county seats, and they did not stop at all, all the way to the west. Their war horses had little to eat, and some of them were already foaming at the mouth, and some of them suddenly died while running.

They did not dare to stop to rest, and as long as they stopped, their horses would never be able to run again. The officers and cavalry behind followed from a distance, like wolves chasing their prey, rushing up at any time to bite a few prey. So even if their horses were so tired that they could only trot, they didn't dare to stop, so they could only continue to flee.

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