It was impossible for the Wu cavalry in the charge to stop because of the confusion of the enemy army, and they gradually increased the speed of their march; When less than three hundred paces away from the enemy, the speed of the cavalry had already reached a fairly high level.

After continuing to advance more than a hundred steps, he was able to see the frightened faces of the enemy soldiers in front of him.

"Rush!"

As Shi Hongyi gave the order, the trumpeters began to blow the trumpet, and all the soldiers drove their horses to the highest speed.

Under this high-speed charge, the cavalry formation could not continue to maintain the iron wall as neatly as before, and some inconsistent waves began to appear.

This is also something that can't be helped, after all, there are too few sources of war horses in Wu Kingdom, and it is difficult to select war horses with similar strength and speed.

Fortunately, even the "iron wall" with some flaws is far stronger than the general cavalry charge; Coupled with the fact that the enemy army was completely defenseless at this time, and was attacked so fiercely in the midst of chaos, their fate can be imagined.

"Kill!" With an earth-shattering shout, the cavalry array at the forefront slammed into the enemy's rear.

"Boom!" At this moment, I don't know how many Liang soldiers died tragically under the hooves of the horses, and the remaining soldiers either scattered and fled under the pursuit of the cavalry, or threw down their weapons and knelt on the ground to surrender, hoping to escape with their lives.

The 5,000 infantrymen who were responsible for guarding the baggage were completely routed after only the first wave of charges, completely exposing the rear of the Liang army's main formation to the iron hooves of the Wu army.

"Don't dwell on it too much, keep pushing forward!" Shi Hongyi shouted loudly and commanded his cavalry to continue to rush forward.

Although their speed was slightly affected, they still maintained a high speed, and they could continue to attack the enemy's main position without resting.

In addition, at this time, the Zhou Ye troops in front of the enemy army also launched a fierce attack under the guidance of Kang Yanxiao, and under the attack from the front and back, the Liang army's main formation immediately fell into chaos, and the soldiers scattered in a panic.

"It's over!" Duan Ning felt like falling into an ice cave, and he only felt a chill all over his body.

At this time, less than half an hour had passed since he ordered the army to stop, and the battle situation had completely collapsed, and the Liang troops of all units either fled in a hurry, or put down their weapons and surrendered to the Wu army.

Kang Yanxiao, who acted as the right wing of the army, defected, Su Yun, who acted as the left wing, saw that the situation was not good and surrendered to the Wu army, Wang Yanqiu, who was responsible for protecting the flank of the army, left part of the cavalry to entangle with the enemy cavalry in the confusion, and he himself led the remaining cavalry to flee the battlefield in a hurry; As for several Liang generals in this formation, those who surrendered at this time surrendered, and those who fled for their lives, and none of them stayed to resist.

"General, the army has collapsed, let's run for our lives!" Seeing this situation, some henchmen hurriedly stepped forward to persuade Duan Ning.

"Running for your life? Where else can I run for my life now? Duan Ning shook his head when he heard this.

He originally relied on bribery to sit on the beneficidah, and he didn't have any idea of dying for Liang Guo in his heart, but more for his own glory and wealth.

After the defeat in this battle, it was difficult for him to be reused even if he fled back to Liang; What's more, the current situation of Liang State is also precarious, after losing his army, Liang State has no troops available, and the fall will be not long after, in this case, it is better to surrender to Wu State now, maybe find another way.

Thinking of this, Duan Ning gritted his teeth and shouted to the henchmen and guards around him: "Don't resist, the general will order, everyone immediately put down their weapons and surrender on the spot!" ”

……

Even Duan Ning, the chief general, ordered to surrender, and the next battle naturally did not have any twists and turns, and batch after batch of Liang troops asked the Wu army to surrender under the leadership of officers and generals.

By the afternoon, the whole battle was completely over, and the Wu army won a great victory in a very short time at a very slight cost, completely defeating the 60,000 Liang army, and the rout that finally escaped, including the cavalry led by Wang Yanqiu, did not exceed 5,000 in total; As for the rest of the Liang army, they either surrendered and were captured, or they were killed on the spot.

And on the same day, Wang Yanqiu, who had successfully escaped, also led a thousand cavalry to turn back and surrender to the Wu army.

It turned out that after Wang Yanqiu escaped with the remnants of the army, the army was stationed on a hill thirty miles away.

Looking at the remnants of the defeated army who were trembling in the cold wind, Wang Yanqiu was disheartened, knowing that the Liang Kingdom was finished, and even if he fled back to the Liang Kingdom, he had no future.

So after hesitating again and again, Wang Yanqiu came back with the thousand cavalry and surrendered to the Wu army.

At this point, the largest main army of the Liang army was completely destroyed, and the last reliance of the Liang State was gone.

And the victory of this battle also means that the Liang State, a powerful force that once swept the world, is about to come to an end.

……

"King, Huo Yanwei, who stayed in Ningling, has now become a lone soldier, if he hears the news of today's battle, he will definitely be panicked, and he is willing to go to persuade General Huo to surrender in person."

"The king, Gong Chen's left wing is in command to make Lu Siduo and the last general friendly, and at the end of that year, he will have a lifelong friendship with General Lu, if the king allows, the last general is willing to take the initiative to persuade General Lu to surrender, and there is no need to bother the king with a soldier."

"King, the last general had some friendship with Wang Zan at the beginning, and the last general is willing to personally persuade Wang Zan to surrender."

……

In the camp of the Chinese army, after arranging the captured prisoners, Duan Ning, Wang Yanqiu, Kang Yanxiao and other generals who had just surrendered to Wu State took the initiative to ask for help, and offered to help Wu Jun persuade Huo Yanwei, Lu Siduo, Dai Siyuan and other generals who were still resisting.

After surrendering to Wu, these generals were rewarded with corresponding officials, among which Kang Yanxiao, who took the lead in defecting, naturally received the most rewards, and was appointed as the commander of the righteous army on the spot, and was crowned the Marquis of Tingshan, and led his soldiers to continue to serve in the war of Wu.

And Wang Yanqiu, who returned to surrender after fleeing, was also treated with high courtesy, and was appointed as the commander of the Xiao cavalry, leading his cavalry to obey orders under Chai Kehong.

These two generals both surrendered on their own initiative, especially Kang Yanxiao, who defected on the verge of battle, which directly led to the defeat of the Liang army, so the reward for the two was the most.

As for the other generals, they also had their own arrangements, except for some who joined the Xiaoyi Army to continue to serve the Wu army, the other generals were either transferred to the Xiangjun officers, stayed in the place, or transferred to civilian positions, or directly dismissed from their posts and went home to relax.

After all, these generals surrendered when they were in danger, and the treatment they received naturally could not be compared with Kang Yanxiao and Wang Yanqiu; Moreover, this time, there were more than 50,000 Liang troops who surrendered and were captured, and it was naturally impossible for so many Liang troops to be incorporated into the Xiaoyi Army, otherwise it may lead to the excessive power of the Xiaoyi Army and affect the stability in the future.

Therefore, Yang Wu's final arrangement was to continue to use some of the elite veterans of these captives for the war, and the other soldiers would either be disbanded directly after the war, or transformed into a place for the Xiang army to stay.

As for Duan Ning, the chief general of the Liang army who ordered the surrender of the whole army at the last moment, Yang Wu did not give him an official position, but only canonized him as Fang Chengbo, becoming an idle person.

This person has no ability, and only relies on bribery and collusion with the powerful to get a position, and Yang Wu, such a general, naturally does not value it much; If it weren't for the fact that he was the chief general of the Liang army, and he gave the surrender order at the end to reduce a lot of casualties for the Wu army, I was afraid that Yang Wu would not even be willing to reward him with the idle earl.

Failed to get any official position, which made Duan Ning, who was good at drilling camps, naturally dissatisfied, and he proposed to Yang Wu with a roll of his eyes that he was willing to write a letter to persuade Huo Yanwei and other generals to surrender as the chief general of the Liang army.

And Wang Yanqiu, Kang Yanxiao and others were naturally not to be left behind, and they also offered to go in person to persuade other generals to surrender.

Now on the entire eastern battlefield, the Liang army that is still resisting is mainly Dai Siyuan, who controls Kaifeng, Huazhou, Puzhou and other places, Huo Yanwei, who controls Ningling, Lu Siduo, who led his troops to confront Li Jian in Xuzhou, and Wang Zhan, the defender of Ruzhou.

Among the four armies, Lu Siduo's troops have the largest number of troops.

This man is a great general, especially good at riding and shooting; He engraved his name on the arrows he used, and every time he shot them, he was sure to hit the target; When he was fighting with the Jin army in Hebei, he once shot the saddle of Li Cunqiao's war horse.

This person is currently leading the army to confront Li Jian in Xuzhou, and not only controls nearly 30,000 troops under his command, but also the reason why Gao Jichang in Xuzhou City has been able to hold on to this day is also because of his support.

If Lu Siduo can be persuaded to surrender, Gao Jichang can only obediently ask for surrender after losing his support.

As for Wang Zhan, who guarded Ruzhou, this person also had a lot of troops under his command.

Ruzhou is an important gateway to Luoyang, Zhu Youzhen mobilized heavy troops to defend the local area, it can be said that in addition to Duan Ning's army, the largest army of the other Liang armies was stationed in Ruzhou.

As the general of Ruzhou, Wang Zan was also a veteran of the Zhu Wen era, and once served as a northern envoy, leading the main force of the Liang army to fight a bloody battle with the Jin army on the north bank of the Yellow River, and later was dismissed by Zhu Youzhen because of the delay in the battle.

When the Wu army attacked Ruzhou, Zhu Youzhen once again activated Wang Zan and ordered him to lead garrisons from Shaanzhou, Yuzhou and other places to defend Ruzhou, which was already the last new force of the Liang army, and only a small number of garrisons in Luoyang remained.

As for Huo Yanwei who stayed in Ningling and Dai Siyuan who was in Kaifeng, they didn't have many troops, and they each only had about 10,000 people, so they were not a problem.

Seeing that these generals were in high spirits, they each proposed to persuade Huo Yanwei and others to surrender, and Yang Wu had no intention of objecting to this.

In history, Li Cunmiao certainly wiped out the Liang State in one fell swoop by means of surprise attacks, and then the envoys of the Liang State saw that the general trend had gone, so they surrendered to Li Cunmiao one after another.

In order to stabilize the situation as soon as possible, Li Cunmiao not only accepted the surrender of these people, but also often made these assassins and envoys of the Temperance Dynasty their official positions.

In this way, although the Liang State was completely eliminated at the fastest speed and the entire north was unified, it also laid a hidden danger for the future rebellion of the Jin State.

Later, many of the generals who rebelled in the local area were these generals of Liang who had soldiers and generals and territory; And the reason why Li Siyuan was able to ascend the throne was that the generals he relied on were mainly these Liang generals.

And now the situation faced by Wu is different, all parts of Liang are basically defeated by Wu, not just eliminate the head of Liang when Jin destroyed Liang, and then recruit local forces from all over the country.

Dai Siyuan, Huo Yanwei, Lu Siduo and other generals now have no territory of their own, plus Wu has already taken the advantage, so they don't need to care whether these generals surrender or not.

Therefore, even if these people are persuaded to surrender, Yang Wu will take various measures to restrict their rights, reduce their troops, restrict their money and food, etc., with these measures, even if they want to rebel in the future, it will be difficult to cause any major chaos.

In the end, Yang Wu decided to send Duan Ning to persuade Huo Yanwei to surrender, sent Wang Yanqiu, who had a friendship with Lu Siduo, to Xuzhou to persuade him to surrender, and ordered Su Yun to go to Ruzhou to persuade Wang Zan to surrender.

As for Dai Siyuan in Kaifeng, Yang Wu did not rush to send people to persuade him to surrender, but personally led a large army to prepare to surround him.

After arranging people from all walks of life to persuade him to surrender, Kang Yanxiao stood up and said: "King, our army has eliminated the main force of Liang in today's battle, and then except for Kaifeng and other places, Liang has no troops to defend. Instead of entangled with the Liang army in Kaifeng, the king should contain the defenders of Kaifeng and Ruzhou with a small number of troops, and attack Luoyang directly with the main force. ”

"Luoyang is empty of troops, and it will inevitably be difficult to defend; Once Luoyang is captured by our army, the Liang State has already perished, and the defenders in various places can be determined. Please make a decision as soon as possible! ”

Yang Wu's heart moved when he heard this, and he turned his head to look at Duan Ning and said, "Fang Chengbo, you were the envoy of the Liang State before, and you must be the most familiar with the deployment of the Liang State's troops, do you know the current situation of the troops near Luoyang?" ”

Although from all indications, the strength of the Liang State has been exhausted, and there must not be many defenders left in Luoyang, but how many troops are still left, this kind of confidential information cannot be obtained by the Wu State, and only a high-level general of Duan Ning's identity can know.

"Back to the king, as far as the minister knows, His Majesty was ...... After Zhu Youzhen handed over all the northern army to his ministers, he ordered most of the troops west of Luoyang to be transferred to Luoyang, and most of these troops were later transferred to Ruzhou to be deployed, and the troops that really remained in Luoyang, except for the 6,000 army of the crane control, were only a few thousand temporary recruits. ”

Duan Ning had just taken refuge in the new master, so he naturally worked hard to reveal all the news he knew, hoping to get a credit from Yang Wu.

So it didn't take long for Luoyang's defense to be clearly explained.

"Six thousand Crane Control Army, plus thousands of temporarily recruited new troops?" Yang Wu was in good spirits.

Yang Wu didn't pay attention to this amount of strength at all, after all, Luoyang is so big, it is impossible to hold it with this amount of strength alone; As long as the Wu army is in the city, Luoyang may be like Kaifeng in history and surrender without a fight.

Thinking of this, all the generals showed excitement on their faces.

The Liang State, the former overlord of the world, once rampant in all directions, so that all the feudal towns had to avoid its edge, and now it is finally going to perish.