Shi Jincai's second team hadn't started to set off yet, when they saw a few people running out of the smoke and dust of the explosion. шщш.(vii) (ix) x.S.сом The update is so fast. They stumbled out, and a few of them suddenly fell to the ground and never got up again. The rest ran back without raising their heads, and did not stop at them, but continued to run backwards.

For the rest of the day, people kept rushing out of the smoke. Then on the way back, there were also people who were constantly knocked down.

Shi Jincai finally grabbed someone and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

The man sat down on the ground for a long time before he said, "I couldn't stand it anymore, and I finally ran out." ”

"What? You can't stand it?! Shi Jincai asked in surprise: "You didn't build a bunker?" ”

The man stood up and said angrily, "How can I have time!" The people inside are dying one by one. Cannons, firebolts, crossbow arrows, bombs, everything, can't stand, can't climb down, can only wait for death! After saying that, he ran back without looking back.

Shi Jincai looked at the few people who ran out again, and ordered his men: "Retreat." ”

Before his team could turn, a few 'flower' bombs fell from the sky, and then exploded with a bang. However, most of the bombs fell on the clearing, and did not cause any casualties to his troops, but only made his men feel a little scared.

"Rubbing what?! Fast! Retreat! Shi Jincai ordered loudly. He knew that the next time there was a 'flower' bomb, it would be mostly in the crowd of his troops.

Shi Jincai urged the troops to start retreating, but the shells still came. It exploded with a bang in the crowd, and the soldiers in the team were all dodging in a panic, and there was no formation.

Shi Jincai's troops retreated in a panic, which led other troops to begin to retreat as well, and after a while, the entire western army was retreating. They retreated to the bottom of the earthen embankment, and then climbed over the earthen embankment before they stopped retreating.

At this time, Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin, who were on the earthen embankment, also knew what was happening. Liu Zongmin looked at his subordinates who had climbed over the earthen embankment, and said in surprise: "So fast? Faster than I thought. ”

Li Zicheng looked at the retreating crowd and said helplessly: "It's a failure." ”

Liu Zongmin was the first to wake up from his disappointment, and ordered loudly: "Go and inform the battalions to form a whole team behind the earthen embankment!" Order the cavalry, if there are those who flee five miles away from the earthen embankment, there will be no forgiveness! ”

"Let Shi Jincai gather his troops and go back to the south to guard the camp!" Li Zicheng also immediately ordered his own soldiers. After that, he said to Liu Zongmin: "You watch here, I'll go back to the south." ”

The rout in the west was in the pipeline, and soon both the north and the south withdrew their troops, and finally the east. A massive offensive, after an unexpected rout, eventually led to the halt of the entire offensive. When the thieves retreated, all that remained was corpses all over the ground.

Li Yan's troops are still firing artillery 'shooting', and it is good to be able to kill and wound some more enemies. More importantly, the materials stored in Kaifeng are enough to use, otherwise officers at all levels will naturally restrain their subordinates and save ammunition and arrows.

After a while, only the sound of gunfire remained in the west of the city. There are still a few thieves who have broken into the moat and some need to be cleaned up, and these are either playing dead on the ground or rallying together to resist. These people are all thieves who have accumulated years and dare not surrender, so they can only resist to the end. And Li Yan didn't have much interest in these people, so he didn't deliberately let his subordinates keep prisoners.

At this time, Sun Sifu reported: "Dashuai, there are some discoveries below, thieves are digging pits." ”

"Dig a pit?" Li Yan asked puzzledly, "No prisoners?" Ask them what they want to do. ”

Sun Sifu said embarrassedly: "Those are all old bandits, and many of them pretend to be dead and hurt people, so~"

Li Yan shook his head and said helplessly: "Let's go, go down and have a look." The wounded need to be dealt with, and our doctors are not enough, so we will find Langzhong in the city and give them a consultation fee after they are finished. ”

Sun Sifu nodded and asked people to pass the order. Later, he reported: "Thirty-six officials have come up from the south city. ”

Li Yan laughed as he walked and said, "Thirty-six? In Kaifeng City, from the governor's ya'', the political envoy's 'door', to the government's ya, and then to the county ya. Only thirty-six of these ya'men came to help in the war? Even the head catcher team has more than that. ”

Sun Sifu and the others all laughed.

When they got off the road, Li Yan suddenly said: "Write down the names of these people and the ya'men in a while, since they are willing to get close to us, let's see if they are willing to do things for us." This time, Li Zicheng retreated, and he should not come again for a while, and the ya' 'door' in Kaifeng should also be arranged. ”

"Okay, my subordinates have made a note of it."

Li Yan came to the place where the thieves dug a pit, and at this time, the soldiers had not finished disposing of the corpses of the thieves, and everyone stepped over the corpses before arriving at the place.

Li Yan looked at the pit that had been dug half a person deep and asked, "Is this it?" As he spoke, he looked at the thieves' hoes, shovels, and baskets.

Wei Cheng replied: "Back to Dashuai, this is the big pit." We didn't know what it was for, but we felt strange, so we reported to the handsome. ”

Li Yan nodded, circled around the big pit again, and said, "I remember that last time the thieves besieged Kaifeng and dug a lot of tunnels. However, they were all destroyed by Chen Yongfu's people, and they failed to let them blow up the city wall. I guess this is an authentic entrance. ”

After hearing this, everyone suddenly realized that what Li Yan said made sense. In these years, all gold and silver treasures are empty, but no one has 'made' such a big battle, and so many people have died, to dig up any treasures. A tunnel that can quickly storm the city is very logical.

Sun Sifu proposed: "Since it is an authentic, then let's dig it up and destroy him, so as not to keep the thieves worried." ”

Li Yan waved his hand and said with a smile: "No, let's keep it for now." Give them hope that they will come back from here. Those passages too, half of them are destroyed, and half of them are left. Once you understand the enemy's purpose, things will be easy to do. Remember, fight the enemy where we are ready, so that we can better destroy the enemy. ”

"Xie Dashuai taught. The subordinates were taught. The soldiers and Wei Cheng all hugged their fists loudly and thanked them.

At this time, Li Zicheng's big tent was in a quarrel.

"What are you fighting?!" Liu Zongmin said loudly: "I don't have any strength left!" Not to mention the number of casualties among the homeless, the casualties of the 'elite' soldiers were nearly 15,000, and if they fought again, they were all gone! ”

"Li Yan is not having a good time this time, as long as we do it again, we can take Kaifeng." Li Zicheng persuaded: "After all, Li Yan has few soldiers, and if he attacks immediately, he will definitely be able to catch him off guard." You have also heard the previous report, Li Yan has not had time to deal with the passage we filled in. ”

"But we're going to have to rest too." Yuan Zongdi spoke: "Brothers, you should also take a break. So many people died, and the brothers had no heart. If you insist on fighting, the team is afraid that it will disperse. ”