With the rumbling sound of cannonballs exploding, the thieves who were following behind the dirt cart and preparing to attack were dealt a heavy blow. They thought that with the cover of the earth-wheeled carts, they could quickly approach the difficult officers and soldiers. They felt that this group of officers and soldiers was powerful in artillery, and as long as they approached the distance of close combat, the officers and soldiers would be blinded.

But they didn't expect the dirt cart to get stuck in the dirt and not be able to move forward at all. And these people gathered together and became the targets of the official army's 'flower' bombs.

"Run!" Someone asked loudly.

"Those bastards in the back won't be soft." Someone reminded that there is also an Overseer.

"Boom", "boom" explosions came and went, the air 'waves' pushed people down, the projectiles knocked people down, and the smoke and dust made people unable to open their eyes and breathe.

"it! Let's get out of here first! Someone shouted and ran to the back first. The others didn't want to wait for death, so they fled backwards one after another.

But when they had left the corpses on the ground and finally rushed out of the smoke and dust of the explosion, they did not see the crossbowmen who were intercepting in array, but saw countless accomplices retreating, fleeing. They were so eager to withdraw that they didn't even care about the carts loaded with grain. Boxes of gold, silver, and jewels were also pushed down from the cart, and the gold and jade jewels were scattered all over the ground, glittering, but the people crowded into the carriages, urging them to hurry up. Even some of the mules and horses were abandoned.

Seeing this scene, they instantly understood. The leaders wanted to run, and left them here as gecko's tails, so that the others could run far before the officers and soldiers reacted.

"Day your ancestor!" Someone scolded angrily, spread out his 'legs', and chased after the brigade that had not gone too far. As soon as they joined the gang, they were told that they were thieves, and they would be executed by Ling Chi if they were caught by the imperial court. So now even if they find out that they have been trapped, they can only continue to catch up, Ling Chi is really terrifying, they don't have the courage to try.

"Run, the big bosses have all run away!" Li Jiyu's subordinates shouted loudly.

"Withdraw, withdraw! General Liu and General Li both withdrew! Liu Zongmin and the others' subordinates greeted loudly.

In order to make this rout and escape drama a little more sufficient, Li Guo did not even notify their own attack team. As for the backbone of seven or eight hundred people, this bargaining chip is not small.

Li Jiyu and Liu Zongmin's attacking troops began to flee in a panic, and the lucky ones chased after the brigade with all their beards and tails, but unfortunately they were killed and wounded by the artillery shells of the officers and soldiers on the way back. They threw away their weapons and ran backwards. More and more people began to flee backwards, ignoring the fact that the officers and soldiers were still firing cannonballs from a hundred paces, and not a single pursuer was dispatched.

Li Yan and the others had not seen clearly due to the smoke and dust of the explosion, but the officials at the head of the city had seen it clearly.

"Good! The thief has escaped! ”

"Yes, General Li is really powerful."

One by one, the officials were overjoyed and said with a smile. This was the most comfortable battle they had ever seen, and if there were Li Yan's army in the siege of Kaifeng by the thieves in the previous few times, they would not have been as nervous as before.

"Why didn't General Li go after him?" Gao Mingheng looked at it for a while, and found that Li Yan did not send a chasing soldier there, and said a little anxiously: "Now cover up the past, and you may be able to defeat the thief completely." ”

"No, no, don't chase after the group. There are still 50,000 or 60,000 horses and horses to be chased out, not to mention the thieves. ”

"No, seeing the thieves falling down, the sergeants panicked, and they couldn't even take care of the mules, horses, and food, and grass, they must have really fled in the wilderness, and it was a good opportunity to pursue."

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The civil officials at the head of the city shook their heads and analyzed, debating. Some felt that they should be chased, some thought they should be cautious, and they each expressed their opinions.

King Zhou's head grew when he heard this, and he saw that the brigade of thieves was running farther and farther, and those civil officials were still expressing their opinions.

"Is it chasing or not?!" King Zhou asked dissatisfiedly.

All the officials stopped discussing and looked at King Zhou. And Chen Yongfu hugged his fists at this time and said: "A thousand years old, the minister has already sent troops to chase after him." ”

As soon as Chen Yongfu finished speaking, everyone heard the rumbling sound of horses' hooves. Later, several thousand cavalry were seen rushing out of the west of the city, crossing the bridge of the moat, and pursuing the fleeing enemy. And the thousands of infantry lined up, running to chase behind, and also chased south.

"Isn't there a brigade of thieves in the south?" King Zhou asked.

Chen Yongfu replied: "Chitose rest assured, the minister has already ordered, at most he will only chase ten miles, and there will be no danger." ”

"Sure enough, it is a long-standing battle formation, the humerus of the imperial court." King Zhou praised Chen Yongfu, but his eyes were dissatisfied with those civil officials.

Chen Yongfu smiled. In fact, he didn't really want to chase down any thieves, but he just wanted to 'show' his face in front of King Zhou. More important were the gold, silver, jewelry, and heavy grain, and they could see innumerable points of light on the ground on the top of the city. That's a lot of treasures, even if the soldiers hide some, he can get a big head.

Sure enough, the cavalry rumbled forward and continued to pursue, but the infantry stopped on the road, and the soldiers scattered, frantically grabbing the gold and silver goods on the road. Others, under the command of the officers, went to catch the mules and horses scattered everywhere, and to pull the grain and grass that were discarded aside.

"General Chen," Gao Mingheng looked at the infantry's 'chaos' and 'chaos' from a distance, and asked, "Do you want to restrain your department?" It's not okay to be so 'messy'. ”

Chen Yongfu said helplessly: "There is no way for the last general. But don't worry, you'll be able to pick it up soon. There is a shortage of food in the city, and the thieves left a lot of food that has not had time to burn. ”

After Li Yan and the others found that the thieves had fled, they stopped firing. Now that the smoke had cleared somewhat, the two men went up to the three-zhang high watchtower to observe the enemy situation in person.

As soon as they went up, they saw the cavalry in the city chasing them from the west, and then they saw Chen Yongfu's infantry constantly looting the things left by the thieves on the ground.

"Hehe," Li Mu suddenly smiled and said, "These people from Chen Yongfu should be unlucky." ”

Li Yan looked into the distance, and there was no trace of the thieves and Chen Yongfu's cavalry. He asked, "This is what you say, the trick of the thieves?" Use supplies and treasures to make the pursuing officers lose their formation, and then kill them again? ”

Li Mu nodded and said, "Eighty percent is yes." If it weren't for Chen Yongfu's cavalry and didn't stop to pick up things, I'm afraid they would have been killed back by now. ”

"Get the troops ready to strike." Li Yan commanded.

Li Mu asked suspiciously: "Fourth brother, we don't need to save Chen Yongfu's troops, right?" ”

"Not to save his troops, but to receive those things." Li Yan explained with a smile: "Gold and silver are good things, and we still need to buy many things." Mules and horses are even better, our baggage troops are short of mules and horses. ”