Liu Jun wore armor and led his own cavalry to ride a horse in the valley.

Zhang Xianzhong and his cavalry were even more tenacious than Liu Jun imagined. Even if there is less and less fighting, there is no fear. The thieves outside the valley kept climbing from both sides, and Liu Jun had to send more and more soldiers and horses to intercept these bandits.

The battle between the two sides lasted from morning to afternoon, and after nearly five hours, it was still inconclusive. The two sides kept rushing and killing, creating corpses one after another, and the blood had already stained the rain on the ground red.

The heavy rain failed to stop Liu Jun's cannon, but in the end, the cannons on the slopes on both sides of Liu Jun stopped, and there were not many shells he carried, so Liu Jun could only send the few remaining cannonballs to Beigukou, so that Beigukou Checheng could continue to hold on.

At this point in the battle, it depends on who can hold out until the last moment.

At this time, the two armies were like dogs' teeth, intertwined everywhere, and it was difficult to separate the killings. The firecrackers on both sides of the valley had already inserted their swords at the mouth of the Lumi Gun, jumped out of the trenches, and slaughtered the thieves who poured in everywhere.

The gunners also dropped their guns, drew their swords and rushed forward.

Even Mei Zhihuan, Li Changgeng, and Yuan Jixian, who had been at Nankou, all came over with their own family teams. The three of them left only a handful of wounded soldiers, guarding the prisoner camp.

Liu Jun knew that the current battle situation was extremely unfavorable to the officers and soldiers, and there was only one way to change this situation, that is, to annihilate Zhang Xianzhong's troops as soon as possible, and finally to kill Zhang Xianzhong. As soon as Zhang Xianzhong and his elite cavalry are wiped out, perhaps the momentum of the thief charge will not be able to continue.

Zhang Xianzhong led his cavalry to fight in the valley for more than five hours, and they were already exhausted, but they did not give up and did not dare to give up. As soon as they give up, they will immediately be pounced on by officers and soldiers and drowned. The bandits were not reconciled. If you are not reconciled, you will die in this muddy ditch.

But after fighting for so long, although they are still holding on and holding on to their breath, they are indeed almost unable to support it. There are more than 3,000 bandits, and less than 500 thieves are still rushing to kill at this time.

No matter how they rush. None of them can break through the interception of the officers and soldiers.

Mei Zhihuan replaced Liu Jun to command the battlefield, he held a long sword in his hand and watched the battlefield, the long muddy valley was full of shouts of killing, some local officials and soldiers were already chasing and killing the thief army, and some of the officers and soldiers of the thief army were retreating again and again.

This is no longer a simple front-line confrontation, but you have me, I have you. But there are still two core points on the entire battlefield, one is the valley, where Liu Jun is leading the cavalry to hedge against the bandits who are only a few hundred left. And the other place. It is the mouth of the South Valley, although the bandits continue to climb from both sides into the slopes on both sides of the valley.

But after all, the hillside is not a smooth road, and there are many bandits outside the valley, but the speed of the bandits who enter the valley from the outside is limited. More bandits were still kept out of the valley, otherwise, the tens of thousands of bandits might have drowned the official army long ago. Beikou has become the fiercest place of contention, Liu Jun has already thrown three battalions of troops here, and several cannons have been blown up. In front of the car formation, the corpses of the two armies killed in hand-to-hand combat. It was piled up like a mountain, and blood flowed all over the ground.

Fortunately, the terrain is narrow, and the officers and soldiers have vehicle formations and artillery fire, so it is difficult for the thieves to break through before the ammunition is exhausted.

"Capture the thief first, capture the king, and find out the thief!" Liu Jun caught up and cut down a bandit from his horse. Shouting at the knights around him.

Zhang Xianzhong is very cunning, he does not have a handsome flag around him, not like the official army, generals at all levels have different banners, and battalion generals have battalion flags. There are always thousands of general flags, and there are also flags of recognition generals, etc., which are clear at a glance.

"The offering thief is too cunning to be found." Several of the pro-soldiers shouted.

Liu Jun also found that it was indeed difficult to find the bandit, and after thinking about it, he stopped his horse, turned around and cut off the head of the bandit he had just killed, then stepped on the stirrup and got on the horse, took off the spear from the saddle, stabbed the human head on it, and raised it high.

"Kill the thief, kill the thief."

The soldiers around Liu Jun were all at a loss, thinking, that one doesn't look like a thief at first glance, it's obviously an unlucky ghost you hacked to death just now. This person doesn't even have a guard by his side, how can it be Zhang Xianzhong?

"Hurry up and shout loudly together, say that Zhang Xianzhong has been killed, shout loudly."

Although everyone didn't believe that it was Zhang Xianzhong, when they saw Liu Jun's request, they also shouted loudly.

"Kill the thief, kill the thief!"

The shouts sounded, and then more and more people shouted, many people really thought that Liu Jun had killed Zhang Xianzhong, and shouted excitedly.

The shouts were loud and loud, and the Huguang soldiers, who were already a little exhausted, were all excited when they heard this shout, and they shouted loudly, and even became much more brave in an instant.

One of the bandits was cut to the ground, and before he died, he cried out in despair, "Defeated, defeated!" ”

Several bandits next to them were also turned around and fled by the sudden excitement of the official army, and they shouted as they fled, "Defeated, defeated!" ”

"The Eight Kings have been killed!"

"The Eight Kings are dead."

"Defeated, defeated."

Many of the bandits finally broke down, and the breath they had been holding on to suddenly failed, and they shouted hoarsely in despair, "Run, run!" ”

"The general has killed the thief, Wan Sheng!"

"The thief was beheaded by the general!"

"The general is mighty!"

Many bandits heard the shout, and then saw Liu Jun wearing armor, riding on a horse, carrying a human head with a cape, surrounded by excited officers and soldiers, and couldn't help but believe it.

Many bandits began to retreat, running down the mountain from both sides, and while running, they kept spreading the news that Zhang Xianzhong had been killed.

The defeat was like a mountain.

The morale of the bandits finally collapsed, and the news of Zhang Xianzhong's beheading spread everywhere among the thieves' army, as fast as the wind. Hearing this, the bandits who were still charging hesitated, and their offensive also stopped.

Cao Cao and Luo Rucai sighed when they saw that many of the rebels who attacked the mountain had been defeated and retreated one after another, and at the same time shouted the news that the eight kings had been killed.

"Is the Yellow Tiger really gone?"

King Xiao Qin and other camp leaders were a little incredulous, but they felt that Zhang Xianzhong was trapped in the valley for most of the day, and it was very likely that he was beheaded by the official army.

"Morale is broken!"

The whole 100,000 black clouds looked at the more and more people who had escaped from the mountain.

"Since the Yellow Tiger is gone, there's no need for us to continue fighting. Withdraw. "Xiao Qin King Bai Gui said.

"This officer army can really fucking fight." Cao Cao and Luo Rucai sighed helplessly, they fought for five hours, they didn't even capture the car formation at the mouth of the valley, and for five hours, it was normal for Huanghu Zhang Xianzhong to be killed in Guzhong.

"Don't fight for a while. This army is estimated to be exhausted. The whole 100,000 black clouds said in detail, "If you can destroy this official army, you will not only avenge the Yellow Tiger, but also take those firearms from them." ”

In this battle, what impressed them the most was the firearms of the officers and soldiers. It was so ferocious, on the car formation in Kitayaguchi, the artillery fire has not stopped until now, and the artillery fire has been continuous for half a day. Continuous. If it weren't for these artillery fires, they would have captured the valley a long time ago. It's not like they've never seen a firearm, but they've never seen such a fierce firearm.

If you can get these firearms, it will definitely be a tiger with wings.

Cao Cao and Luo Ru were a little moved, this time when he entered Sichuan, he really capsized in the gutter, and several battalions of people and horses went in front and back, and even the Yellow Tiger was gone.

Just as he hesitated to hold on a little longer. A sentry horse galloped in the rain.

"Report, Shaanxi deputy generals He Renlong and Li Guoqi have led 6,000 Shaanxi soldiers to Dachang City."

"He's madman? So fast? Cao Cao took a breath of cold air. He Renlong is also an old opponent who has fought with the rebels countless times, and this He Renlong will not die like a madman when he fights, so he has the nickname He Maniac. At the mention of him, the rebels all had a headache.

"Yes, wasn't this He madman still in Hanzhong before?"

Everyone has an idea in their hearts, He is madman. It is estimated that Yang Sichang is not far from here, and even Grandpa Zuo Liangyu must have arrived.

If it is said that this battle of muddy ditch made the rebels have a fear of Huguang soldiers, then they have already had a shadow in their hearts for generals such as Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong.

Several people looked at each other. No one mentioned continuing to attack the valley and defeat the Huguang soldiers.

"Maniac He is here, Zuo Liangyu must be nearby, Yang Sichang will not be far away, he can't continue to spend here, he has to leave immediately."

"Yes, I'm going to be dumplings at night."

"Withdraw!" Cao Cao and Luo Rucai said without hesitation, "Send someone to inform the generals of the Yellow Tiger Sect Huo and Deng Tianwang Zhang Shou'an and other camps on the Yellow Tiger's side, and tell them that Yang Sichang has arrived." ”

The news that Madman He and Grandpa Zuo had arrived spread quickly, and the generals of Zhang Xianzhong's battalion were immediately shaken.

Pan Duao and Zhang Kewang asked Luo Rucai to continue the attack.

"The Eight Kings are definitely still alive, that's just a trick and a trick by the dog officers and soldiers. If you attack again, the officers and troops will not be able to hold on. Pan Duao said.

"Many brothers have seen the official army holding the head of the Yellow Tiger Brothers, besides, Yang Sichang has already arrived, and the madman He is in Dachang City, which is only a few dozen miles away from us, and it can be reached in half a day. Let's continue to spend here, and then there will be nowhere to escape. ”

Cao Cao sighed, "I know you are very angry, but people can't be resurrected after death, the Yellow Tiger brothers have already gone, we have to think about the remaining brothers." Stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood, let's save it, and we will naturally have the opportunity to avenge the Yellow Tiger brothers in the future. Pull it in at once and withdraw it. ”

Zhang Kewang and Zhang Dingguoyi's brothers still refused to withdraw, and Pan Duao persuaded them at this time, "Protect the lady and the young master to leave, today's feud will be recorded for the time being, and we will report it in the future!" ”

Said to retreat, the speed of the bandits was very fast, the sound of gold sounded, and the bandits withdrew their troops and returned to the camp along the way, and then slowly retreated backwards.

They did not retreat to Dachang, but turned to the southwest, intending to march to Fengjie, Wanxian, and Chongqing.

The bandits withdrew, and when Liu Jun heard the news, he was also a little incredulous, but the result was true, and the bandits who climbed the mountain turned around and fled. There were bursts of gold ringing outside, and the shouts of killing gradually weakened.

Liu Jun looked at the head on his spear and smiled slightly, the plan actually succeeded.

"Don't chase after the poor!" Liu Jun ordered that no pursuit should be allowed, as long as the valley mouth was firmly held. The real Zhang Xianzhong may have died in the chaos, or he may still be alive.

The top priority now is to see people in life and corpses in death.

Zhang Xianzhong is not dead, he is still desperately with more than 200 horsemen, but suddenly, there are officers and soldiers everywhere shouting that they have killed the thief, and then the righteous army is shouting defeat and defeat, and then the sound of Mingjin sounded, and then those attacking shouts stopped killing.

Officers and troops from all sides began to surround him.

Zhang Xianzhong finally understood what had happened, and the rebels thought he was dead and had abandoned him.

His gaze swept over the rest of his brothers, their blood-stained robes and scars, exhausted and exhausted.

"Surrender!" Zhang Xianzhong dropped the weapon in his hand.

The more than 200 horsemen behind him also threw down the swords and guns in their hands.

"Surrender!"

In the end, a few hundred recalcitrant bandits abandoned their weapons and surrendered, and the battle ended.

Liu Jun rode his horse to the front of the more than 200 horsemen, glanced at the crowd, and then rode his horse to Zhang Xianzhong.

"Zhang Xianzhong, I have heard of the name for a long time, and I finally saw it today, and I am glad to meet it."

"I'm not the Eight Kings."

"You don't have to deny it, the imperial court has already posted your portrait and painting place. Before I joined the army, I saw your portrait, and you can't fool me. Liu Jun laughed loudly, "Someone is coming, and he will be taken down with me." ”

Zhang Xianzhong struggled a few times and finally gave up. (To be continued......)