Qingjian's three thousand young men were quickly driven to the front of the formation, they looked at the flow of people who rushed up in horror, and turned their eyes to their leader, Zhang Xianzhong stood in front of the team with a knife, and a cold sweat broke out on his head, he secretly glanced back, the large array of officers and troops was not far behind them, and the gunners and archers in front were staring at them intently - there was no way to retreat, as long as they made a slight move, they would become the target of guns and bows and arrows behind, and the people who rushed up would also trample them under their feet, The war drums of the officers and soldiers sounded, urging Zhang Xianzhong and his young men to step forward to meet the battle.

"Brothers, if you want to survive, you have to work hard, follow our old Zhang to kill the thieves!" Zhang Xianzhong gritted his teeth and raised the ghost head knife in his hand, and rushed forward against the flow of people in front of him.

The two streams of people collided together in an instant, the common people had no rules to fight, they only knew that they had to fight desperately at the moment of life and death, they fought together with the most rudimentary weapons, and there was no way out, so kill each other and let themselves live, while shouting "kill the dog's legs", one side shouted "kill the thief", shouting and screaming, people kept falling, and people kept pouring up, the same Yansui accent, the same clothes did not cover the body, the same hands held hoes, sticks, but had to kill each other in order to live, The snow-covered earth was soon dyed red.

The common people don't know how to fight, they can't control the rhythm of the battle, this melee has entered the white-hot from the beginning, and the tragic scene frightened Huaining Zhixian and Ding Zhuang and the government officials to the point that they were colorless, and they shrank on the city wall at a loss to watch.

"What a fierce thief! This county knows what it looks like to have corpses all over the field and rivers of blood, so let's kill them, let these thieves all die! "Huaining Zhixian is a little gloating.

At this time, the Ming army suddenly advanced fifty steps, a row of spears stretched out of the queue, densely pointed behind the young men, the Ming army officers shouted at Zhang Xianzhong, ordering them to attack forward, never allowed to stop, dare to disobey the order to kill in front of the battle, and then the Ming archers carried out three rounds of projectiles to provide support for Zhang Xianzhong's forward attack.

The dense rain of arrows smashed over his head into the crowd mixed in front of him, and the people in cloth clothes fell down, Zhang Xianzhong understood that this was also the official army warning him, he had to kill or be killed, he wanted to live, but this depended not only on luck, but also on whether the officers and soldiers were willing to let him live.

Zhang Xianzhong is crazy, he wants to live, he wants to kill, whoever dares to stop will kill him, Qingjian is young and strong, and has received some training, and has more advantages in hand-to-hand combat, Zhang Xianzhong took them desperately to attack forward, but there are too few of them, the other party is tens of thousands of men, behind them are their relatives, and they have to work hard, the surging crowd continues to surge up, pressing Qingjian Qingzhuang step by step, and the officers and soldiers behind them do not hesitate to use spears and arrows to force them back to the battlefield, which seems to have become a murderous slaughterhouse, On both sides are ordinary people fighting for their lives, people have already killed red eyes, surrendering or running away can only die faster, only keep killing, and then resign themselves to fate.

Zhang Xianzhong has been killed covered in blood, his brain is blank, he only knows that he keeps swinging the knife and chopping down, his subordinates around him continue to fall, the living are still fighting, Zhang Xianzhong's big knife was cut off, a stick hit, knocked him to the ground, he picked up a sharpened wooden stick from the ground and inserted it into the other party's stomach, the other party let out a painful scream, Zhang Xianzhong turned over and got up, and let out a heart-rending roar: "Thief God, grandpa is a god, he can't die!" ”

Du Wenhuan looked at the scene of the battle in front of him without moving, silently calculating the comparison of the strength of the two sides, the people coerced by the thieves are almost 40,000, of which 10,000 men will soon be consumed in the melee, the opponent's foot soldiers are about five or six thousand, and the surviving people together will not be too strong, the officers and soldiers are sure to eat them, the thieves and horses look less than three thousand, many of them are riding mules, or even donkeys, and they will never be the opponents of the Fengzhou Iron Cavalry, but I didn't see the banner of the Eagle Soaring, where is this guy hiding?

"Dashuai, shouldn't we be on it, if we continue to fight, these young men will be finished." Li Huai reminded in a low voice.

"Uncle, we can't do too much, so a few people have to come back alive." Du Hongtai also said on the side.

"Wait, you can't be soft-hearted in the war, and now people are not enough to die." Du Wenhuan looked at the two of them coldly, and said to Cao Wenzhao, "Your men and horses should be ready, as soon as Qingjian Qingzhuang retreats, you and Fengzhou's infantry will immediately rush forward, first defeat and disperse these chaotic people, and then attack the opponent's infantry with all your might." ”

Cao Wenzhao received the order, and Du Wenhuan pointed to Du Hongfang and Zuo Guangxian and ordered: "Send scouts to investigate everywhere, if the Sky Fighting Eagle does not appear, Yansui Iron Cavalry will not be able to move, and this dog thief must be found." ”

Du Wenhuan's longing for the Sky Eagle has arrived, and he has brought more than 800 fine horsemen, he is a low-key person, he generally does not do fanfare, and prefers to do things that people are not prepared to take a bite, Wang Zuohang couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw him, he has been worried that Zhang Ding will leave him alone - this battle is also dark enough for the Ming army, and he also drives the people to consume him, he is a little overwhelmed, his strength is still not enough!

"Wang Zuohang, you coward, you are still hesitant, the Ming army will not care about the life or death of the people like you, how many more people do you plan to die, if you continue to fight like this, the Ming army can not matter, how long can your food last? You'll be finished in two days at most, so don't rush to fight soon! Zhang Ding saw Wang Zuo hanging his head and covering his face, and he was scolded.

"I just said that we have to fight, the people are useless, the Ming army is young and strong, there are a lot of old and weak women and children on our side, and we are even more troublesome when the men die." Miao Mei also shouted.

Wang Zuohang wiped the cold sweat on his head, gritted his teeth and shouted: "Fight, call the brothers to go up together, beat the light and pull it down, and win the battle and have food." ”

The thieves were furious, screaming and rushing towards the people who were fighting together, the thieves pushed away the flow of people and howled women and children and rushed up, and the elite riding cattle followed closely, Zhang Ding also opened the banner painted with the old eagle, and rushed towards the Ming army with his subordinates, almost at the same time, Cao Wenzhao's Yansui official army, Zhang Chuanjie's Fengzhou infantry army also rushed up, Zhang Xianzhong was desperate, suddenly got the support of the official army, and couldn't help crying, but just a few cryes were driven aside by the official army's sticks- They don't need them anymore.

Du Wenhuan laughed, Wang Zuohang finally couldn't hold his breath, the Sky Fighting Eagle also appeared, the official army had won the victory, what he was most afraid of was that the thieves saw that the situation was not good and left, or simply scattered and went their separate ways, now that they were all attracted, then don't go one of them, he immediately ordered Du Hongfang and Zuo Guang to lead the Yansui Iron Cavalry to intercept and kill the Sky Fighting Eagle, Cao Wenzhao and Zhang Chuanjie's troops launched an all-out attack on the thieves, and at the same time lit up three piles of wolf smoke, summoned Li Yu's iron cavalry to participate in the battle, and then stepped on the war horse, With dozens of personal soldiers, he rushed to the front line to supervise the battle.

The situation on the battlefield suddenly changed, the officers and soldiers and the thieves directly fought, Huaining Zhixian put down his heart, if the officers and soldiers drove the people to fight for a while and slapped their butts and left, then he would be unlucky, this kind of thing can be done by the officers and soldiers, fortunately the officers and soldiers still have a conscience, and finally willing to make a move, he cheered excitedly and loudly, leading the people in the city to beat gongs and drums to cheer for the officers and soldiers.

However, the officers and troops were disappointed, Cao Wenzhao's 2,000 people rushed up, fired a salvo at the common people, and immediately knocked down a large area, the common people did not eat in the morning and fought all morning, they were already hungry and tired, and they collapsed as soon as the officers and soldiers rushed, men, women and children cried and hid everywhere, the officers and soldiers grabbed the people and cut off their heads without paying attention, and some rotten soldiers also took the opportunity to bully women, and the scene was extremely chaotic for a while, Cao Wenzhao shouted and scolded to no avail, and simply took his own soldiers to kill, and more than a dozen bloody heads of rotten soldiers were cut off, Only then did the rebels stop the rebels slightly, but when the thieves dragged the retreating people to kill, the officers and soldiers began to mess up again. Witnessing the tyranny of the officers and soldiers, the angry people regained their fighting spirit, brandished sticks and shouted "kill the dog officers, kill the officers and soldiers", and pounced on the officers and soldiers desperately.

"Bolt, the thieves are about to rush over, I will suppress the corners, you lead people to kill, you must block the thieves." Cao Wenzhao's eyes were red, he knew very well about his soldiers, he could fight a battle with the wind, and once he encountered a setback, he would shrink his head and shrink his head, and he might even be defeated, and he must fight the momentum of the thieves as soon as possible.

Cao Bianjiao agreed, holding a double knife with more than 100 elites rushing to the enemy group, Sun Shoufa also brought Suide elites to support at this time, the two fierce generals were invincible everywhere they went, and killed hundreds of thieves in a moment, the thieves were discouraged for a while, and the offensive was slightly reduced, Cao Wenzhao led his own soldiers to stand behind the Ming army, and even beheaded several retreating officers, forcing the Ming army to press up again, the Ming army saw that the momentum improved, and cheered up again, but the Ming army did not work hard, and shrunk into a ball, with a spear to protect the formation, and then with a gun, The bow and arrow are indiscriminately punched at the opponent, but he is reluctant to fight with the opponent hand-to-hand.

Cao Wenzhao sighed helplessly, this is the consequence of the court's long-term arrears of military salaries, his troops are good, at least a few fights, other troops have defected, Cao Wenzhao scolded for a while to no avail, handed over the matter of pressing the formation to other officers, and killed himself with his own soldiers, so the effect is better, without the drag of rotten soldiers, Cao Wenzhao, Cao Bianjiao's uncle and nephew plus Sun Shoufa, three fierce generals with hundreds of elites fought hard and advanced step by step, and the Ming army of the brigade followed behind while shouting and cheering, While watching the excitement, although the thieves were desperate, their weapons and combat power were too poor, and they still couldn't bear it when they encountered the officers and soldiers who were really willing to fight, so they could only keep retreating, and the Ming army regained the upper hand.

Yansui Iron Cavalry can't move, they are too familiar with Zhang Ding's subordinates, there are many people who know Zhang Ding, everyone has been a soldier and a thief, they are all old acquaintances, some are still related to each other, how embarrassed to really do it, and the number of people on both sides is about the same, each other's abilities are also clear, no one can really fight well, Zhang Ding doesn't care, can contain the most elite iron cavalry of the official army, this is also worthy of Wang Zuo to hang them, too lazy to care about his subordinates and the official army, and Yansui Iron Cavalry has grievances in his heart, Lao Tzu can't even get his salary as a soldier, and no one cares about the death of a family, why do you stupidly work for the court, it is better to leave a way back for yourself, the two sides tacitly, shouting and killing are so loud that you can't see blood.

Du Hongfang knew this situation, he and Zhang Ding also had a relationship, when the two of them fought, Du Hongfang also persuaded Zhang Ding to run quickly, fortunately, this guy still has a bottom line, did not tell his uncle's plan and plate, but also scared Zhang Ding, he always felt that the three pillars of the official army were wrong, and secretly started to retreat.

Zuo Guangxian This guy is an official fan, full of thoughts about meritorious service and promotion, others are fake fights, but he is really fighting, Yan Sui Tie rode him the most fierce, Xiao Sigui saw that this guy was very annoying, and he wanted to cure him, the flying horse stepped forward and Zuo Guangxian fought together, Xiao Sigui became a horse thief at the age of fourteen, and his kung fu was very good, after a few rounds, Zuo Guangxian was not good, and was cut off the horse by Xiao Sigui with the back of a knife, fortunately Xiao Sigui didn't want his life, he had a chance to escape, Zuo Guangxian was also honest now.

Fengzhou infantry saw the excitement of the morning, when it was their turn to go on and do their best, began to fight very fiercely, Zhang Chuanjie commanded the two battalions to advance together, drove away the common people caught in the middle, and was ruthless to the thieves' foot soldiers, the Fengzhou infantry army has long been trained together for a long time to form a tacit understanding, in front of the infantry is the spearmen in iron armor who keep stabbing at the enemy, and the sword players in light armor on the side are trying their best to protect the spearmen, and then most of the infantry behind them have bows and arrows, desperately throwing arrows at the opponent on the opposite side, and the good hands on the horse are also concentratedFrom time to time, rush out of the infantry formation to surprise the opponent, this set of playing style is proudly called by Bai Xianzhi "long and short, far and near attack", this classic style of play of the Fengzhou infantry army is not at all a thief can bear, the two infantry formations of the Fengzhou infantry army are like grinders to crush the enemy who dares to fight.

The Fengzhou infantry army was progressing smoothly, almost cutting the thief's foot soldiers in half, Wang Zuojiao saw that the situation was not good, and mobilized the elite of Arima to come up for reinforcements, which barely suppressed the offensive of the Fengzhou infantry army. The main force of the thieves is pressed to his side, Zhang Chuanjie is naturally uncomfortable, he hurriedly sent a signal to the surrounding friendly troops to ask for assistance, but no one paid attention to him, Cao Wenzhao's troops are still slowly climbing, and the Yansui iron cavalry does not seem to move, and the Fengzhou army may be surrounded if it advances like this, Zhang Chuanjie was so angry that he scolded the Yansui people for harming him, and immediately ordered to move closer to the main force of the official army. The large array attached to Cao Wenzhao slowly moved forward.

The scene in front of him was clearly seen by Huaining Zhixian standing on Huaining City, his heart was very sad, the officials and soldiers were so virtuous, it was not as good as the common people in the morning, what a good opportunity to gather and annihilate the thieves, it was ruined by this group of rice bucket officers and soldiers, the county magistrate was angry, the gongs and drums of cheering were gone, and the people in the city looked lively.

Du Wenhuan looked at the wry smile of the official army, he was mentally prepared for this, but it was still uncomfortable in his eyes, the current Ming officials and soldiers have developed a habit, the official with the family, the pro-soldiers in front of the desperate, the soldiers lined up to shout and cheer to see the excitement, the official won everyone rushed up to grab the head, the official defeated everyone pulled their legs and fled, in fact, today the official army is not bad, but still moving forward, in the end it will definitely be able to drive the thieves away, there are corpses on the ground can take the head, it is enough to report a big victory, But what Du Wenhuan wants is to annihilate all the thieves, so he can't count on the character of the officers and soldiers, but relies on the iron cavalry he is secretly ambushing, and they should have arrived.

Li Yu did arrive, he hid in the nearby valley and waited for most of the day, and finally waited for the three pillars of wolf smoke, the iron cavalry quickly set off to the battlefield under Huaining City, the distance of more than ten miles was soon there, the iron cavalry easily defeated the thieves and miscellaneous soldiers on the periphery, and rushed towards the thieves' Chinese army at a gallop, and the thieves were in a catastrophe in an instant.

Wang Zuohang looked at the oncoming iron cavalry, stunned, he didn't expect that the official army still had a back hand, and the shot would be fatal, most of his people had already gone to fight with the official army, and there were less than a thousand elites around him, and it was not enough to save his life.

"The officers and soldiers are so vicious! I fought with them. Miao Mei pulled out her knife and yelled.

"Fight a fart, it's all over now." Wang Zuo hung his feet and beat his chest and shouted, his eyes rolled and he had an idea, "Or, let's descend again." ”

Miao Mei ignored him, and rushed towards the Fengzhou Iron Horse with the Flying Mountain Tiger and his men.

Wang Zuo made up his mind in his heart, it doesn't matter, it's not the first time he has encountered this kind of thing, if he can't fight, he will surrender, and if he surrenders, he will rebel, as long as there are enough people in his hands, the government will not dare to do anything to him, just kowtow more and say some soft words.

Wang Zuohang's Chinese army is already in chaos at this time, the thieves are complex, they usually have their own small abacus, and the performance of the impending disaster is also varied, some people pick up weapons to fight with dog officers and soldiers, some people want to accept the government's recruitment, some people quietly slip away, the most hateful thing is that some guys actually compete for food and property in the army, Wang Zuohang even shouted and shouted, but now no one listens to him, he simply doesn't care about anything.

A large group of cavalry rushed through the chaotic flow of people, and went straight to the temporary tent of Wang Zuohang, Zhang Dingli immediately pointed at Wang Zuohang and shouted: "Wang Zuohang, when are you still in a daze, take your aunt and baby, come with me!" ”

"Thank you, Master Diao, I'm not leaving, just waiting here for Zhao'an, while the official army hasn't arrived yet, you can leave quickly." Wang Zuohang shook his head.

"Are you stupid, making such a big move, can the government spare you?"

"I have tens of thousands of villagers here, young and old, I can't leave them alone, don't worry, the government wants to appease the people, and won't move me for a while, after a while, let's continue to fight with the dog official, Eagle Master, there will be a period later!"

Zhang Ding stopped talking, and took his elite horse to whip away, he was able to get out of the melee in front of him as soon as possible, thanks to Du Hongfang's repeated advice, but he was determined to get down too late, and if he wanted to escape, he had to compete with the attacking iron horseman.