The terrain around Liulinbao was very clear to Wang Ziyong, and the direction of their retreat was the mouth of the Shihe River, and then the Yellow River was retreating to the west.

Although there was no official army in front of Liulinbao to stop the retreat from Qinglongdu to the lower reaches of the Lishi River, the further downstream it went, the wider the river surface of the Lishi River, the greater the amount of water, and the more difficult it was to cross.

Therefore, when the king saw this, he did not have time to scold and scold, but immediately beat his horse and went north, trying to stop his subordinates from retreating westward.

It's just that among the thieves at this time, there is chaos everywhere, when they came with their guards to fight Manan before, all the thieves were in awe of the name of the big leader of the "Zijin Liang", and they avoided it one after another, and at this moment, everyone was dodging the rain of arrows and projectiles, and they were running away, who still cares about you A big leader who is about to be unlucky?

Therefore, Wang Ziyong and his guards wanted to fight the horse and go north, but they never found a way.

Soon, the soldiers of the Zhenxi Battalion of Zhang Zongheng and Pei Shize, as well as more than 1,000 classes of troops, government officials and township warriors led by Jiao Shengchang, the governor of Suizhou, rushed into the chaotic formation of the thieves from the south.

Together with the cavalry of Wang Chengen's division of the Shaanxi general soldier and the musketeers of Li Bei's army, which came from the east, they pressed the thief army in front of them and retreated step by step to the bank of the Yellow River not far to the west.

Wang Zi was anxious in his heart, but he was surrounded and coerced by a large number of men and horses, and could only retreat westward.

Knowing that Zhang Zongheng led the men and horses of the Zhenxi Camp to rush over, and even Jiao Shengchang, the governor of Weizhou, came to help with the squad army, the government and the township brave people, Hong Chengchou had no worries about the battle, and immediately ordered all the departments to press on the whole front.

At the same time, the officers and troops in Liulinbao were also ordered to set up a blocking position along the Lishi River to the west and on the north bank of the mouth of the lower reaches of the Lishi River.

On the morning of May 25, the sun rose high, and the sun was getting hotter and hotter to bake the earth.

On the bank of the Yellow River, at the mouth of the Shihe River, tens of thousands of thieves gathered here.

To the east is the bank of the Yellow River, under the bank is the surging Yellow River water that is as deep as a canyon and flows south, and to the north is the estuary of the Lishi River.

The water of the Lishi River and the Yellow River meet, one side is clear water, the other is turbid water, and the turbid water is poured into the mouth of the Shihe River 100 steps away.

The Lishi River flows slowly, but it is not a shallow beach that can be waded on foot.

On the high bank of the Yellow River, thieves such as "Land Snatching Tiger", "Xing Red Wolf" and "No Mud" surrounded the "Zijin Liang" Wang Ziyong, scolding Luo Rucai and Li Xing one by one.

"Fuck him, this Cao Cao is really treacherous, the old men are all trapped here, but he ran away first!"

"And that bastard Li Xing, bring Lao Tzu here, and let Lao Tzu see him again, you have to kill him!"

Li Xing's statement about the first line of Tongguan and Hangu Pass really frightened many people under Wang's command, and I have to say that this is also an important reason why they insist on going north to Ningxiang and meeting other bandit armies.

But at this time, they never expected that although the northward march was smooth, they were once again surrounded by officials and troops in this place.

And when they found out that the big thing was not good, Luo Rucai and his Cao Cao battalion, as well as Li Xing and his officers and soldiers who were used by Wang himself, were all gone.

Li Xing personally killed Zhang Guoxing, the former general soldier of Shaanxi, knowing that he was guilty of a lot of crimes, and he must not fall into the hands of the officials and soldiers, especially the hands of the Shaanxi officers and soldiers, so when he saw the officers and troops attacking, his first reaction was to flee quickly, and he did not dare to meet the Shaanxi army under Wang Chengen.

Fortunately, he ran fast enough, and crossed the Lishi River not far downstream from Liulinbao, and then continued to flee north without looking back.

Cao Cao and Luo Rucai followed closely behind, crossing the Lishi River two miles downstream from Liulinbao.

The officers and soldiers He Xueyong and Bi Lieying on the Qinglongdu Wharf outside Liulinbao did not have time to rush to stop the attack, but let Luo Rucai and Li Xing pick up a bargain.

First, there were still countless thieves fighting to cross the river in front of Liulinbao at that time, and they did not dare to leave the dock at all.

Second, when Li Xing's troops took the lead in crossing the river, He Xueyong and his command only had 500 people, and it was too late to stop them at this time.

And the task they received was to protect the south gate of Liulin Fort, where would they have thought that the war had just started here, and there would be a thief army to give up the attack, make a detour downstream, and then directly cross the river to the north?

However, when Hong Chengchou's order reached Liulinbao, He Xueyong, Bi Lieying and the defenders before Liulinbao had 300 people, a total of 800 people, all marched west along the river, and came to the high bank from the mouth of the Shihe River to set up camp, and never let the thief army on the opposite side escape from the river.

At this time, Wang Ziyong looked at the Yellow River in the east, and then at the Lishi estuary in the north, and the official and military camps on the north bank of the Lishi estuary, and sighed in annoyance.

"It's my king's own use, I can't help everyone! It's just that now that the matter has come to this, it is useless to say anything else! Brothers, what should we do now? ”

After Wang Ziyong finished speaking, he sighed again, and then looked at the leaders who were gathered around him.

"What else can I do? It's a big deal! In the art of war, it is said that if you put it to death, you will be born! Aren't we just in the dead right now? ”

"Don't get muddy, let your motherfucker stink! You know the art of war! You fucking want to die, behind this is the Yellow River, Lao Tzu won't stop you! But don't hurt Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu hasn't lived enough! ”

As soon as Wang Ziyong's leader "does not touch the mud" opened his mouth and shouted and continued to fight, he was immediately scolded by Liu Liu, another leader of the "Ground-grabbing Tiger".

The other two leaders, "Xing Red Wolf" and "Scorpion Block", also said: "Liu Changjiao is right! This is not the time to go hard! I really haven't lived enough! ”

While Wang Ziyong was discussing the way out with several leaders under his command at this time, Hong Chengchou also met Hong Qiyin, Zhang Zongheng, Jiao Shengchang and others, and was also discussing how to end the situation in front of him.

Zhang Zongheng and Jiao Shengchang both advocated appeasement.

Because the thief army in front of them is surrounded on the bank of the Yellow River, with the Yellow River behind them, they have no way to retreat, and what can they do if they don't surrender.

Only Hong Qiyin looked at this brother who was more than ten years younger than himself thoughtfully.

He already knows everything about the situation in Ningxiang, he still knows very well what kind of character his clan brother is, and doing so has now proved to be very timely, otherwise, Liulinbao will be in big trouble.

Hong Qiyin didn't speak, because he could already think of what Hong Chengchou would do.

Sure enough, after listening to Zhang Zongheng and Jiao Shengchang's suggestion of surrender, Hong Chengchou said expressionlessly: "Since Zhang Xiansi and Jiao Zhizhou advocate appeasement, then let's try to appease them." Bothered Zhang Xiansi to write a letter of persuasion, if he was willing to surrender, he could also make less killing, which was also the wish of this official. ”

After Hong Chengchou agreed to be appeased, Zhang Zongheng quickly wrote a letter of persuasion to surrender and showed it to Hong Chengchou, and when he came to the army, he shot an arrow into the thief camp.

Zhang Zongheng, the envoy of Shanxi, wrote down his requirements and promises in the letter of persuasion to surrender, asking the thief army to surrender and surrender, as long as he surrendered, he could save his life, and after the thief surrendered, he could report to the imperial court and ask the imperial court to recruit him into the army and make meritorious contributions to the imperial court and forgive his sins.

At the same time that Zhao Chengxin was shot into the thief army, Hong Chengchou, in order not to give Wang Ziyong and others more time to think about it, asked people to put the artillery brought by Zhang Zongheng and the artillery he dragged all the way from Ningxiang, a total of more than 30 tiger squat cannons and Zhankou general cannons, lined up, and began to bombard the thieves and soldiers.

The "boom" and "boom" cannon sounds soon rang out, and the men and horses on the periphery of the bandit army, which had been accumulated in a triangle by the officers and troops, began to retreat one after another in order to avoid the artillery fire, while the thief army, which was already on the bank of the Yellow River and near the mouth of the Lishi River, had no way to retreat, and kept screaming and shouting.

At this time, the letter of persuasion from Zhang Zongheng Daming, the envoy of Shanxi, was finally sent to Wang Ziyong.

According to the procurator, he was already responsible for protecting the territory and reassuring the people in Shanxi, so Wang Ziyong, who knew that according to the authority of the procurator, saw Zhang Zongheng's letter of persuasion and was immediately moved.

And the other bandit leaders are in a panic, you look at me, I look at you, there is doubt in my heart, and at the same time there is no better way.

Listening to the rumbling of the cannon outside, Wang Ziyong knew that he couldn't wait any longer, so he said: "The situation is critical at this time, and I am afraid there is no other way than to be cared for!" If you are willing to be cared for, follow Lao Tzu! ”

At this time, the "scorpion block" Tuoyangkun said: "If the official army doesn't count, won't the brothers fall into the net at that time!" That's good! We didn't do much of it ourselves! ”

"Scorpion block" said this, and the other leaders all nodded.

And Wang Ziyong thought for a while and said, "The matter has come to this point, what can I do if I don't fall?" After all, the imperial court is the imperial court, and it is not enough to talk if you think about it! If this is the case, then our generation will have to resign ourselves to fate! ”

Although Wang Ziyong said that he was resigned to fate, he still thought in his heart that since the court officials had written a letter of persuasion to surrender, he would not regret it.

However, as he just said, even if the court officials don't talk, do they have any other way to go?