For three days in a row, the elusive attack tactics of the Sui cavalry made Meng Haigong's soldiers exhausted, they couldn't sleep at night, they couldn't rest at night, they spent the whole day in fear, the soldiers marched very slowly, cursed all the way, and their morale became more and more low.

At this time, rumors began to spread rapidly in the army, and some said that this time they went north not to Qingzhou, but to Hebei, and the king Meng Haigong was from Hebei; Some people also said that this time they went north to Liaodong, where there were not many garrisons; It is also said that Zhang Xuan has mobilized 30,000 Qingzhou troops to wait in the north, preparing to annihilate them all in front and back......

All kinds of rumors spread rapidly among the army, and the people were panicked, and just as they were about to arrive in Liuxian, the most terrible situation appeared, and deserters began to appear in the army of Menghai.

In the afternoon, Meng Haigong's army rested on the east bank of Surabaya, east of Liuxian, and they were preparing to cross the river to the west bank, but the food was no longer enough to support them to go to Lu County, and they had to get food supplies from Pei County and Feng County.

At this time, Meng Yi came to Meng Haigong with a large group of soldiers escorting the captured 20 deserters, "Father, these soldiers are about to escape from the woods, but they happened to be intercepted by me and all of them were captured. ”

More than 20 soldiers knelt on the ground and kowtowed and begged for mercy, "The king spares his life!" Spare your life! ”

Meng Haigong was worried about the escape of the soldiers, and now that he saw the deserters with his own eyes, he was even more furious in his heart, stepped forward and kicked over several soldiers, and shouted angrily: "I treat you well, give you a full meal, why do you want to run away!" ”

"King, we are old and young, and we don't want to leave our hometown!"

Meng Haigong was even more angry, drew his sword and stabbed one person to death, and shouted: "Behead me, the head of the three armies, those who dare to flee will end up the same!" ”

The vicious soldiers captured a group of deserters. Meng Haigong was so angry that he trembled all over, fiercely put his sword on the ground, pondered for a moment, he beckoned his son up, and asked in a low voice: "Tell me the truth, how serious is the desertion now?" ”

"Father. The number of deserters is about two! ”

Meng Haigong was taken aback, were there 6,000 deserters in one day and one night? "No, it won't! So serious? ”

"Father, the main thing is that he fled too much at night, and nearly 5,000 people fled last night."

Meng Haigong secretly gritted his teeth, the desertion was too serious, it couldn't be delayed any longer, and he had to fight with the Sui army as soon as possible, at this time, Han Zhishui hurriedly walked over and said, "King." We must boost our morale immediately, and I suggest that you indulge the soldiers in plundering and stay in the county, and give them real benefits, and they will serve the king! ”

Meng Haigong slowly turned his head and looked at the county seat of Liuxian on the other side of Surabaya, and plundered the troops, which was a good way, and he asked again: "Where is Zhang Xuan's army?" ”

"The Great King of Hui will still follow us thirty miles later."

Meng Haigong sneered. Zhang Xuan wanted to wait for the collapse of his whole army before picking up the bargain, but he didn't want to do it. He immediately shouted: "Pass my order, the army will cross the river and go to Liuxian, and the people's property and women will be owned by the army!" ”

As soon as the order was passed down, Meng Haigong's army suddenly boiled, and when he heard that the king had ordered the seizure of the county seat, the lust in the hearts of every soldier began to burn. Although everyone was exhausted, the news made the soldiers feel like they had been beaten with blood, and their morale quickly increased, and they began to run in line towards the docks.

The Surabaya River in Liuxian County is about 100 zhang wide, and the water flow in this area is stable. It is very suitable for ferrying, so Liuxian Wharf is also one of the three major wharves on Surabaya, there are hundreds of small boats moored on the shore, and more than a dozen large boats, at this time the wharf is empty, and the thieves are killed, scaring all the boatmen away.

Compared to the belongings and women after entering the city, the hundred-zhang-wide river was nothing, and Meng Yi led two thousand vanguard soldiers to scramble to get on the boat, rowing to the opposite bank, but their task was not to seize the city, but to build a pontoon bridge on Surabaya.

But Meng Haigong still misjudged Zhang Xuan, Zhang Xuan would not wait for them to flee before making a move, and Zhang Xuan also chose the final decisive battle in Liuxian.

If the thieves continue north, he will attack directly after dark, and if the thieves choose to cross the river to the north, he will attack halfway.

The 15,000 Sui troops were divided into three routes, and the 9,000 led by Luo Shixin and Wei Chigong had crossed the river last night and hid five miles away on the west bank of Surabaya, while Zhang Xuan led 6,000 Sui troops to appear on the bank of Surabaya, far behind the thief army.

Pei Xingyan sharpened his sword with a thousand cavalry, and they would be the vanguard of the attack.

In a short time, the main force of the mighty thief army arrived on the shore of Surabaya, and Meng Haigong ordered that a pontoon bridge had appeared on the river, and a hundred small boats were connected by ropes, and wooden planks were laid on them, which allowed the army to quickly cross the river without the need for ferrying.

"Cross the river at once!" Meng Haigong yelled.

The thieves scrambled to the pontoon bridge and ran impatiently towards the opposite bank.

Surabaya is about 100 zhang wide, the water is gentle, the land on both sides of the bank is flat, and it is covered with woods less than 100 steps from the river.

On both sides of the pontoon, boom! Boom! Boom! The sound of the drums inspired the thieves, and the thieves ran wildly in unison, and their morale became extremely high, and they were eager to fly into the county seat.

More and more thieves crossed Surabaya, from the initial 2,000 to 3,000, 4,000, and 5,000...... 10,000 people

The time is ripe, one hundred and fifty steps is the effective killing distance of the Sui army's crossbow arrows, at this time, a bang sounded in the woods, three thousand Sui crossbowmen fired at the same time, the arrows were like flying locusts, and three thousand crossbow arrows shot intensively towards the west bank of the river.

The hundreds of thieves fighting in the far west were the first to be attacked, and a dense rain of arrows shot into the crowd, and suddenly screams and shouts rang out, and one by one the thieves were shot down, and the sudden attack caused chaos on the west bank.

Wei Chigong yelled, "Kill! ”

Five thousand soldiers followed him out of the woods to the north, shouting and lunging at the enemy.

Luo Shixin also shouted from the south: "Brothers, rush out with me!" ”

Four thousand Sui soldiers followed Luo Shixin out of the woods to the south, and the two Sui armies slaughtered the thieves in the chaos on the west bank like iron pincers.

At the same time, a low horn sounded in the northeast of Surabaya.

Immediately after that, a cavalry of more than 1,000 people appeared, they were as fast as thunder, and their iron hooves stirred up billowing yellow dust, like a giant dragon, and like an indestructible steel spear, killing the thief army on the east bank.

The iron cavalry instantly slaughtered into the enemy group, countless soldiers wailed and died under the iron hooves, the sword was slashed, the limbs flew sideways, blood burst out, the spear pierced, pierced the chest, the Sui cavalry killed a bloody road, and the thief formation was scattered.

Meng Haigong was so anxious that he shouted: "The spearmen line up to meet you!" ”

"The king, the back is also killed!"

As soon as Meng Haigong turned around, he saw that a large group of Sui soldiers had also entered the south, there were as many as five or six thousand people, and a green dragon banner with a yellow background was fluttering in the army, headed by a general, with a golden helmet and iron armor, a halberd in his hand, and a war horse like a dragon.

"It's the Heavenly Halberd General Zhang Xuan!"

The thieves recognized this brave general, and they were so frightened that they scattered, stumbled, and ran in all directions.

Not only was Zhang Xuan invincible, but his army was also extremely sharp, killing Meng Haigong's army and retreating, and the defeat was already there.

Meng Haigong was attacked on three sides, and couldn't help wailing, "It's over!" Finished! It's all over for today. ”

"King, ship! The ship is coming! ”

I saw ten warships appear on Surabaya, all of them were large warships of 2,000 stones, with their sails bulging and sailing quickly from the south, and the bow of the big ship headed by iron armor hit their heads, and they crashed unstoppably into the pontoon.

The hundred-foot-long pontoon bridge was crowded with thousands of thief soldiers, and they didn't have time to go ashore, and the soldiers on the pontoon bridge screamed in fright when they saw the huge ship crashing into it.

'Boom! With a bang, the pontoon bridge was broken by the waist, and hundreds of soldiers fell into the water one after another, and then a second large ship also collided, breaking a section of the pontoon bridge to the west, and countless soldiers screamed and fell into the water.

By the time ten large ships had passed, the pontoon bridge on the river had disappeared, and the river was littered with ship debris and countless soldiers calling for help.

The thief soldiers' desire to plunder the county had long disappeared without a trace, their morale was low, the morale of the army was weakened, and the fatigue of being harassed for days made them unable to resist the strong attack of the Sui army.

The destruction of the pontoon bridge was undoubtedly the last straw that broke the camel's back, and the morale of the army finally collapsed completely, and the bandit armies on both the east and west banks scattered and fled, and the 30,000 troops began to rout.

"Escape, King!"

The soldiers shouted loudly, Meng Haigong was completely desperate, he desperately beat the war horse, desperately ran north and fled, and the Liuxian wharf became the final battlefield of Meng Haigong's entire army. (To be continued.) )