Seeing that the Huainan army got out of the way and let them pass, Kang Huaizhen was stunned for a moment, then came to his senses, and secretly said in his heart that it was not good. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

This move of the Huainan army obviously planned to break through his camp first, so that the supply of grain and grass would be lost, and even if the Liang army could fight again, it would not be able to hold out for long.

Thinking about this, Kang Huaizhen did not change his previous decision, because he had just changed the military order not long ago, and the soldiers were a little difficult to follow.

Therefore, Kang Huaizhen could only stubbornly continue to rush to Li Si'an's camp, only hoping that Yuan Xiangxian would be able to hold on until he returned.

Under the banner of the Huainan Army, Yang Wu and others saw Wang Maozhang's actions and reacted to his plan at the same time.

"General Wang's move is very good, if he can break through the enemy camp in one fell swoop, maybe he can completely defeat Kang Huaizhen tonight, and save a lot of hard work tomorrow!" Zhou Ben said with a smile.

"It's just that in this way, it's easy for the Liang army to break through at night, and it will be difficult to completely eliminate them in the night!" Yang Wu shook his head and said, noncommittal about Wang Maozhang's choice.

At this time, the sky has gradually darkened, and it will not be long before night will completely fall, and it will easily lead to a melee at that time, and it will be difficult to give full play to the strength advantage of the Huainan army, and it will be difficult for the Suzhou artillery to aim at the target at night, and its role will be greatly reduced.

Therefore, Yang Wu's original plan was to only eliminate Li Si'an tonight, and Kang Huaizhen would first surround it and wait until tomorrow dawn before attacking, with the help of flowering bullets, he believed that Kang Huaizhen would not be able to withstand it for long.

At this time, Li Si'an had successfully escaped from the encirclement of the Huainan Army under the cover of the rout, and struggled to rush to Kang Huaizhen's receiving troops.

Seeing that Kang Huaizhen's Liang army was getting closer and closer to the battlefield, Yang Wu was preparing to divide his troops to intercept them, at least to block them for a moment, so as to buy time for the army to completely eliminate those routs.

At this time, Zhu Jin suddenly proposed: "Your Highness, there is a proposal in the end, we can open a gap in the encirclement, first, to reduce the resistance of the Liang army's rout, and second, to drive these Liang army's rout to attack Kang Huaizhen's formation, so that they can fight their own people!" ”

Yang Wu's heart moved, and he said happily: "Yes, General Zhu's plan is very good!" He hurriedly sent someone to deliver the order.

Soon, the encirclement of the Huainan army began to open slowly, and a not-so-big gap appeared on the side of Kang Huaizhen's camp, and those routers rushed around like headless flies suddenly rushed to the gap like crazy.

In the past, when there was no way to escape, these defeated soldiers could resist desperately in order to fight their way out, but at this time, as the way of life had appeared, their will to resist also collapsed instantly.

While the Huainan army stepped up to eliminate the Liang army in the encirclement from other directions, it consciously drove these routs to attack Kang Huaizhen's army formation.

After Kang Huaizhen and Li Si'an converged, they originally wanted to line up to block the Huainan army in order to cover the breakthrough of other routs, but when they saw a large group of routs rushing towards his army like crazy, they were immediately frightened into a cold sweat.

"Block them, you can't let them get close, you can't let them break up the formation......" Kang Huaizhen shouted repeatedly.

Under his strict orders, the Liang army of all departments fired thousands of arrows in unison, mercilessly launching a ferocious blow to those routs.

Now that Li Si'an has been completely defeated, if his position is also disrupted by the rout, and then the Huainan army takes the opportunity to attack, the Liang army will have no power to fight back.

Even at this time, under his strict orders, he used bows and arrows to block the approach of the rout, but this still brought a huge blow to the morale of the Liang army.

People are not plants and trees, who can be ruthless? These routs, who had been their allies not long ago, were now mercilessly shot in front of their positions, and although they were forced to do so on the orders of their generals, the Liang soldiers were still frustrated.

The defeated soldiers were excited when they saw that the way of life was opened, thinking that they could escape, especially when they saw that the friendly troops in front of them were coming to meet them, so they were defenseless.

However, they did not expect that those friendly forces did not come to meet them at all, but instead fired a deadly rain of arrows at them.

At this moment, all hope of breaking through has been cut off, and there is only one way left, that is, surrender to the Huainan Army!

In just a quarter of an hour, the routs who had been fighting for their lives before abandoned their weapons and surrendered, and only a few fled the battlefield under the cover of night.

"Your Highness, when will so many captives be captured, and they will be blocked by these people, I am afraid that Kang Huaizhen will take the opportunity to escape, so it is better to ......" At this time, Zhu Jin proposed again.

As soon as the words fell, they were opposed by Gao Miao, Zhang Xun and others: "How can this work? If he killed the prisoners in front of the battle for convenience, then Kang Huaizhen's face would definitely be smiling! ”

Yang Wu said: "Yes, I have never done the massacre of prisoners in the Huainan Army, and I hope I will not do it in the future!" As for Kang Huaizhen, even if he is given a little time, where can he escape? ”

"Ordered the troops to temporarily stop the attack, sent people to deliver a message to the Liang troops who had surrendered, told them to throw down their weapons, raise their hands and walk out of the battlefield, and ordered the Haozhou state soldiers to take charge of guarding them for the time being. Gao Miao, you personally go and appease those prisoners, so that they do not be afraid, and wait quietly for the end of the war! ”

"Your Highness is lenient, your subordinates admire!" Gao Miao hurriedly agreed.

Seeing that the Huainan army really stopped the attack, the soldiers of the Liang army who surrendered wept with joy one by one, and they were extremely cooperative with the requirements of the Huainan army, and did not resist at all.

And Kang Huaizhen saw that the Huainan army did not kill the prisoners, and he was suddenly a little disappointed in his heart.

If the Huainan army kills prisoners at this time, he can take the opportunity to encourage the soldiers, and the soldiers will naturally resist to the end when they see that surrender is also a dead end.

Unlike Kang Huaizhen's thoughts, his subordinates were in a very complicated mood at this time, the Huainan army received the surrender of the Liang army's rout, while they treated their allies with bows and arrows, although they were forced to do so because of the situation, they still had some bad feelings.

"The whole army should be vigilant and withdraw slowly, everyone should not panic, everything will be fine when they return to the camp...... Kang Huaizhen ordered loudly, at this time, it is better to withdraw the troops than when the offensive of the Huainan army stops.

After giving the order, Kang Huaizhen had time to ask Li Si'an about the reason for the sudden collapse of the army before.

"General, the last general can't tell what happened, at that time, the last general was commanding the army out of the camp to line up to fight with the Huainan army, and suddenly heard a loud noise outside, and then the army completely collapsed..."Li Si'an said with some shame.

Although he fought many defeats, and he also fought many defeats in which the whole army was annihilated, it was the first time that he was so inexplicably defeated like today.

"You mean, you heard a few loud bangs, and then the army collapsed?" Recalling that he had heard a few sounds that sounded like thunder, Kang Huaizhen immediately realized that this might be the crux of the matter.

He asked Li Si'an a few questions, and then found a few officers who had directly witnessed the whole process of the collapse of the army, and then understood the general course of what happened.

"It should be the gunpowder of the Huainan Army!" Kang Huaizhen said in a deep voice.

The Huainan Army's Suzhou cannon and gunpowder, these are the two major weapons that they were able to rampant in the south, and the generals of the Liang Army have basically heard of it.

However, compared to the Suzhou cannon, which has been used many times and has similarities with previous stone throwers, gunpowder is more mysterious, and the outside world knows less about it.

In addition, rumors about gunpowder are often accompanied by various theories such as "wrath of the gods" and "witchcraft", so many Liang generals did not believe in it.

"General, what should we do next?" Li Si'an asked.

The current situation, not to mention whether they can return to their camp safely, even if they can return, under the bombardment of this kind of flowering bomb of the Huainan army, Kang Huaizhen does not have much confidence to be able to resist.

But if it is to break through, although it is completely dark today, it may not be a big problem for the army to take the opportunity to break out, but this place is still more than a hundred miles away from Shouzhou, and the time has only passed for a day.

What's more, this morning he also saw that the Huainan Army had divided about 20,000 troops to make a detour to their rear, and the task of that Huainan Army was to intercept the possible reinforcements of the Liang Army, and it must also take on the task of intercepting them.

"Let's go back to camp first! The current state of the army is very bad, and the possibility of breaking through and trying to kill it at this time is not high, so we must continue to hold out for a day or two, at least until the reinforcements come closer to us! "Kang Huaizhen has no good way, but to take one step at a time.

However, as soon as he gave the order, he saw a sudden fire in their camp, and soon another rout came to report that the camp had fallen, and their retreat had been cut off!

There is only one road in front of them, and that is to break through tonight!