Outside Xiangcheng, the fierce fighting continued. www.biquge.info Although the earth was red with blood at this time, even the strongest soldiers felt deeply tired.

But in order to survive and protect or to be responsible and glorious, these soldiers who fought hard still used all their strength in every attack, struggling to stab or slash the weapons in their hands into the enemy's body.

Therefore, every minute a brave or cowardly soldier falls in a pool of blood. And in such an environment, the righteousness and evil are already as ridiculous as the good guys and the bad guys in the eyes of children. After all, at this moment, all the fighting is nothing more than two words - survival.

Yes, in this era of low productivity and backward social system, survival is never an easy thing.

Look at these black-clothed soldiers who are fighting the battlefield, a year or half a year ago, they were not pure people under the rule of the Yuan and Mongolian courts.

But when Chunliang could not let them fill their stomachs, kneeling and praying could not make them protect their wives and daughters. Having lost all hope, they had no choice but to use their small lives to resist. So when Zhang Shihua gave them the weapons they used to resist, and re-gave them food, clothing, protection, and even hope, they couldn't help but become Zhang Shihua's most loyal soldiers.

And now, when the Yuanmeng court, which once ruled them, wanted to take all this again, just like when they took away all their hopes before, they couldn't help but choose to fight with Zhang Shihua. Because this is not only for their lord Zhang Shihua, but also for themselves and their families.

Therefore, under such circumstances, the resistance consciousness of the black-clothed army is naturally unimaginable.

And especially when they had a brave and fearless general at this time, it is not surprising that they held out for so long under the attack of the enemy's right flank, with a force several times greater than the enemy.

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The left flank of the black-clothed army, under the banner of the Zhao Zi General Flag and a Flying Tiger Banner that was extremely close to the front line, because of the personal charge just now, and Zhao Jiu, who was covered in blood, couldn't help waving the iron gun in his hand, riding on the war horse and shouting: "Soldiers, the latest news has come, the Tartar artillery team has been wiped out, and the left flank of the Tartar is also on the verge of rout under our attack. ”

"So, we're about to win the final game. Hold on, brethren, victory must be ours. For the sake of the general, for the homeland, mighty! ”

"For the sake of the General, for the sake of the homeland!" Hearing Zhao Jiu's inspiring words, the soldiers on the front line who were fighting hard couldn't help but raise their arms and shout.

And when their roars came out, the morale of the enemy opposite them couldn't help but drop again and again.

After all, in order not to affect morale, these officers and soldiers who do not spend too much on the right wing do not know the situation of their own left wing at all. And it's really like what the black-clad army said, and they haven't heard the sound of artillery fire on the left flank for a long time.

So after such a thing was known to them, it naturally had a great impact on the morale of these people.

But that's secondary. And what is even more terrifying is the enemy in front of them. Yes, they had never seen such a formidable enemy, fierce and resilient. Their forces were clearly several times larger than the enemy's, and they had clearly launched one charge after another at the beginning.

But it still didn't work. The enemy in front of you seems to be like a mountain, although it cannot be said to be unstoppable and indestructible. But in the face of the high mountains, these ordinary people still have a sense of powerlessness from the heart.

After all, not everyone is stupid. Therefore, after hearing Zhao Jiu's words, the generals on their side were busy shouting to boost their morale. However, such behavior still has no effect.

"Grandma's, bastard. Come on, pass on my military orders, but if there are any soldiers who retreat, behead! But the mortal soldier has an order not to former, behead! But if there is a wounded soldier in the back, cut it! This order of three beheadings will be executed immediately, and I can't do it, so they dare not fight hard! ”

Seeing that the soldiers in front of him could not boost their morale, Bayar, the commander-in-chief of the right wing who did not spend 30,000 officers and soldiers, couldn't help but shout so loudly.

And after his extremely cruel military order was issued, it did play a big role. After all, in the current barbaric era, the army is originally tempered with high pressure and fear. Therefore, after the non-commissioned officers were more afraid of military law than death, this group of officers and soldiers were naturally no longer afraid of death.

No, when such a military order was transmitted to the ears of every officer and soldier on the front line, in order not to be punished by military law, this group of officers and soldiers couldn't help but rush to kill frantically.

"Brothers, for the sake of the court, kill the thief!" Seeing that the military order had worked, a hundred household officials or a thousand household officials couldn't help but dance the shiny weapon in his hand in time, and he was so encouraged by his righteous words.

"Kill the thief!" An earth-shattering roar finally sounded again from among the officers and soldiers. No one knows how effective the generals are in encouraging them like this, but the officers and soldiers who have become crazy still press back and retreat again and again with the strength of the black-clothed army, which is far superior to the black-clothed army.

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"General, no, I can't stand it, there are too many Tartars, let's ask the general for help, general!" A quarter of an hour later, after being pressed back again and again by the crazy officers and soldiers, and even after killing hundreds of people in a company, a general beside Zhao Jiu couldn't help but persuade Zhao Jiu like this.

However, Zhao Jiu heard the words of the general next to him, turned around and looked, but shook his head and said, "No, until now, where are there any reinforcements on the general's side." Let's go for help now, don't you know if it's difficult for the general. Could it be that these subordinates still want the general to send all the guards beside him? ”

"But General, if we don't ask for help, how can we resist the Tartars' soldiers and horses?" Hearing Zhao Jiu's words, the soldier paused, but he still couldn't help asking.

And when Zhao Jiu heard this again, he couldn't help but stare at the man and scolded: "How to resist, can't the hundreds of guards beside Ben Jiang go into battle!" ”

After shouting like this, Zhao Jiu, who was covered in blood, couldn't help but push the person away, roared angrily, and joined the battle again with the guards beside him.

And with Zhao Jiu's personal example, the rest of the generals couldn't help but follow Zhao Jiu and him, and with the more or less personal guards beside him, they fought at the forefront.

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"Damn, are these black-clad thieves all iron-clad. After so many deaths, it is still impossible to kill them. Grandma's, I don't believe it, come and pass on my military order, in the army, thousands of households with a thousand households under the position, the personal guards around them shall not exceed ten people, if there are exceeded, more personal guards should be immediately put into the front line! Two quarters of an hour later, when he saw that the formation of the black-clothed army on the opposite side was still not overwhelmed by them, Bayar, whose patience had been completely consumed, couldn't help but order.

However, it can be seen that although Bayard is completely impatient at this time, his sanity is still there. Therefore, he did not force those generals to go to the front to kill the enemy, because at the same time, Bayar, who was born as a bureaucrat, knew very well the urine nature of the generals under his command.

Let these industrious generals go into battle to kill the enemy, and its nature is no different from letting the old sow climb a tree. These people don't help much other than add to the chaos.

Therefore, it is precisely for this reason that the extra nearly 1,000 guards naturally did not play much role after they were sent to the front line. The extra people not only failed to help, but also because they went to the front line, and the number of overseers behind the soldiers was greatly reduced, so that many soldiers who were fighting on the front line had the idea of paddling again.

So after seeing such a counter-effect, Bayar couldn't help but understand how stupid the order he had just given was.

However, on the battlefield, the orders given by the generals are like water spilled. In a rapidly changing landscape, it is obviously impossible to take it back.

Therefore, Bayar can only smash his teeth and swallow it in his stomach now, while silently swallowing the bitter fruit he has grown, he secretly looks forward to victory in his heart.

However, the heavens are obviously tired of the Yuanmeng people and continue to use their barbaric rule to oppress the people living in this land. So his expectations did not come true, and the great rout of their left flank awaited him, and the urgent retreat order that was given by him was too short.

Yes, the left-wing people who are too inexpensive have been completely defeated. Although Tai Buhua gritted his teeth and sent a lot of reinforcements after receiving the news of the request for help, under the fierce attack of Guo Yu and Zhang Shihui from both sides, the officers and soldiers on the left flank resisted stubbornly for more than half an hour, and they were still defeated because Qinggel was shot and killed by Guo Yu.

And after the complete defeat of the left flank, the Chinese army where Tai Buhua was located naturally became empty. Therefore, knowing that he was already bound to be defeated, Tai Buhua did not continue to choose to resist stubbornly, but hurriedly issued an order for an emergency withdrawal, and took the initiative to give up some of the men and horses, as well as all the men and horses of the entire left flank as bait, and chose to flee with the remaining remnants of the troops and the relatively intact cavalry troops.

And it was precisely because of his quick decision that the black-clothed army, which was far inferior to them, failed to form an effective encirclement in the first time, so that it took him more than 15,000 men and horses to successfully leave the battlefield.

And after leaving the battlefield, the troops suffered heavy losses and their morale was greatly reduced, so naturally they did not return to the camp with this group of men and horses on the verge of rout. But after obtaining a small amount of baggage, he desperately fled in the direction of Xuzhou City.

Therefore, after it took a short time to solve the remnants of the troops that Tai Buhua deliberately abandoned, and came to Tai Buhua's camp, and accepted a large amount of baggage that he deliberately left to delay time, Zhang Shihua did not catch him, but let him escape smoothly and dangerously.

And for such a result, Zhang Shihua is naturally extremely regretful in his heart. However, after having the 40,000 stone of grain left behind by Tai Buhua, that is, enough for all of Zhang Shihua's soldiers and horses to eat, and a large amount of baggage for nearly four months, the regret in Zhang Shihua's heart naturally decreased a lot.

After all, for the current Zhang Shihua, it is obviously more beneficial than completely eliminating Liu Futong to make a wedding dress for nothing, and not spending more than 40,000 stones of grain that he left behind, which can greatly increase the strength of the black-clothed army.

So in the following days, Zhang Shihua, who had achieved a brilliant victory, did not rush north, but chose to rest in Xiangcheng for a few days.

After all, in this battle, Zhang Shihua fought against 40,000 with 12,000 troops, although it was said to be a victory, but Zhang Shihua's own losses were still very large.

Twelve thousand men and horses, and when they were counted after the battle, they found that only nine thousand and fifty-two remained, and the number of dead reached 3,000. And if you count those lightly or seriously injured soldiers, then Zhang Shihua's casualties in this battle reached 4,000.

The damage of 4,000 men and horses, compared to 12,000 men and horses, the damage ratio of the black-clothed army under Zhang Shihua has reached one-third.

So after knowing these results, Zhang Shihua himself couldn't help but secretly rejoice in his heart. After all, one-third of the battle casualties were killed, even for the black-clothed army, it was the limit.

So after the victory, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but think that if it didn't take them to hold on for half an hour, then which side of the rout would definitely be them.

Not fortunately, there are no ifs in the world. So after a person thinks about such an idea in fear, Zhang Shihua can't help but leave it behind.

After all, Zhang Shihua still has a lot of things to do, but he doesn't have time to think nonsense.

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Three days later, in the study in the general's mansion where Zhang Shihua temporarily settled in Xiangcheng.

In the afternoon of this day, after three days of calculating the accounts, Zhao Ziyu, the acting military teacher who calculated his brain a little abnormal, and Xiucai, who defected to Zhang Shihua's account, that is, Chang Xiqiao, who Zhang Shihua ordered him to deal with the post-war coordination and pacify the people's livelihood, also came here together.

"I'll see the general!" In the study, after these two people saw Zhang Shihua, they couldn't help but bow to Zhang Shihua like this.

Seeing the two of them like this, Zhang Shihua waved his hand at the two with a smile, and couldn't help but let the two of them be polite. And after the two of them were exempted, he smiled at them and asked, "Ziyu and Xiqiao, you are here, but you have coordinated the post-war pension and the rewards of the soldiers?" ”

"The general is wise, exactly." Because he finished the work, Zhao Ziyu couldn't help but smile and slapped Zhang Shihua on the back. And while talking, he also presented the account book he had been holding to Zhang Shihua with both hands.