The tide is over.

This is a word that appears in the minds of Bibai and Liu Dongyang at the same time.

"The mastermind is in command at the head of the city, and I will organize men and horses to drive the Ming army out of Ningxia City." Liu Dongyang bowed his hand and said.

"The general army will go quickly, and the head of the city will be handed over to the old man." Bibai said with a righteous and awe-inspiring look.

Liu Dongyang left in a hurry with a team of personal soldiers, and watched him walk away, before waving his hand to the personal soldiers on the left and right, and said, "Go home!" Call Cheng'en, Wenxiu, and Biyun back. In addition, let people keep an eye on Liu Dongyang and don't let him run away. ”

When the city was broken, both sides were pregnant with ghosts, and they were both thinking about how to bring each other's heads and hand them over to Ye Mengxiong, in order to atone for their crimes. It's just that the two of them don't have enough personal soldiers around them, and they don't dare to act rashly, so they have to separate and go back to gather their own forces.

"Report, catch a rebel general, he claims to be Liu Dongyang's subordinate, wants to see the governor, and has something important to tell."

Outside Ningxia City, a guard ran to Ye Mengxiong, who was watching the battle at the front, and reported loudly.

Ye Mengxiong turned his head and said with a smile to a cadre of generals behind him: "This is the envoy sent by Liu Dongyang to ask for surrender, this is called the catastrophe and fly separately." ”

With that, he commanded the guards, "Bring him up." ”

A rebel officer whose weapons had been confiscated was brought over by the guards, and he was Liu Chuanbai, Liu Dongyang's partner when he raised the army. As soon as he saw Ye Mengxiong's face, Liu Chuanbai knelt down and kowtowed: "Governor Ye forgives the sin, and Liu Chuanbai came to ask Governor Ye for his guilt on the order of General Liu." ”

"Mr. Liu? Who delegated it? Ye Mengxiong's face sank and asked.

"This ......" Liu Chuanbai knew that he had said the wrong thing, Liu Dongyang was a self-appointed chief military officer, how could he mention this official name in front of Ye Mengxiong, he quickly changed his words: "It's my family...... Well, it's Liu Dongyang, the criminal general, who sent the young general to ask for the guilt. ”

"You know you're guilty?" Ye Mengxiong asked.

Liu Chuanbai said: "The sin will be known." But. The sin will also have unspeakable hidden, this is all a thief from it, we were originally just for trouble, and there was no rebellion. ”

"Killing the governor and the general soldiers, burning the papers, releasing the prisoners, and forcibly occupying the forts in Hexi, is this also unspeakable?" Ye Mengxiong asked.

Liu Chuanbai said: "The sinner general has already been convicted, Liu ...... Liu Dongyang sent the guilty general to come, just to ask for the mercy of Governor Ye's subordinates. Sin will be willing to pay for sin. ”

Ye Mengxiong said: "How do you plan to redeem your merits?" ”

Liu Chuanbai said: "The sin will be willing to sacrifice the head of the rebel to atone for the guilt." ”

"How capable are you of getting Bibai's head?" Ye Mengxiong said.

"Yes, yes!" Liu Chuanbai sensed that there was an opportunity to take advantage of Ye Mengxiong's question, and hurriedly responded, "Liu Dongyang asked me to report to the governor, as long as the governor can forgive me and other crimes, we are willing to raise our troops and attack Bibai Mansion." Kill and worship. ”

Ye Mengxiong shook his head and said, "Liu Dongyang is still the head of the rebellion, and his sin is unforgivable. However, if you wait for your coercion to do meritorious deeds. Ben Governor will keep you from dying. I want to see Bibai's head, and you have to send me Liu Dongyang's head. ”

"Sin will be understood!" Liu Chuanbai almost didn't hesitate, and directly agreed to Ye Mengxiong's conditions. So far. Any buddy's righteousness is fake, and being able to keep his head is the most important thing. He knew that Xu Chao, Zhang and others would not object to using Liu Dongyang's head as a gift to exonerate themselves.

Liu Dongyang pulled Xu Chao, Liu Chuanbai and others to discuss how to harm Bibai. As soon as Xu Chao and the others turned around, they privately discussed whether to put Liu Dongyang in the pit in order to wash away their crimes. The chaos within the rebels is evident from this.

In the city of Ningxia, Zu Chengxun and the Liaodong soldiers were advancing street by street, expanding the results little by little. Deng Kui and Zhang Yunlong commanded the Kanyu battalion to follow the advance of the Liaodong soldiers, constantly seizing the commanding heights on both sides of the street, sniping the rebel archers with muskets, and providing cover for the Liaodong soldiers.

The advance speed of the Ming army was very slow, which was also based on Ye Mengxiong's prior arrangement. Ye Mengxiong was convinced that under the pressure of a strong offensive, the rebels would definitely have infighting. All the Ming army had to do was to maintain this pressure while giving the rebels time to attack each other. In this way, the Ming army can complete the task of counterinsurgency at the lowest cost.

"Brothers, Governor Ye of the imperial court said that as long as we can fight back and take down the head of the thief, he can forgive our brother's crimes and keep us from dying. The thief has bullied us for so many years, and now it's time for us to seek justice from him. Liu Dongyang stood outside the gate of his general army's mansion, giving orders to the thousands of Ningxia Wei Han generals who had just been beaten.

The generals all had blank expressions on their faces, and by this time, they had no idea who was right and who was wrong. When Liu Dongyang got into trouble, they were just coerced in. When the Ming army pressed the border, they were not unshaken, but they didn't know how the imperial court would punish their rebels, so they could only obey the orders of the main general and reluctantly go to the city to resist.

Now, the imperial army has destroyed the city walls and stormed the city in an extremely violent way, and they have completely lost their fighting spirit, just like meat on the board, waiting for the fate of being chopped into minced meat. But suddenly, Liu Dongyang gave them a new order, saying that as long as they killed Bibai, they would be forgiven, and they didn't know if this matter was true or false, so they could only blindly follow it.

"To Bibai, go!"

Liu Dongyang waved his broadsword, and the sergeants picked up their weapons one after another and marched towards the Bibai camp on the other side of the city.

"What do you want to do!"

As soon as he walked halfway, he bumped into another team of people, and the leader was Biyun, the son of Bibai. Behind him, there were two or three thousand soldiers under the command of Bibai, all of whom were also armed with weapons, and the direction of their advance was obviously Liu Dongyang's general military mansion.

"Do you want to rebel!"

Both sides blamed each other in unison, forgetting that they had actually defected and wanted to attack each other.

I don't know who made the first move, but the two teams started fighting at once. The sergeants on both sides had the same idea: only by killing each other could they find their own life in the imperial army.

There was originally a deep contradiction between the Bibai army and the Han army of Ningxia Wei. This joint rebellion was an ally on the surface, but the inner estrangement was never eliminated. At this time of life and death, what will the two sides say about mercy when they move their hands.

"Kill, kill these Tartars, kill the rebels!"

"Kill! Kill all the dogs! ”

Both sides shouted slogans, spears and broadswords kept beckoning each other. Although the Ningxia army has rebelled, the clothing on its body is still the standard jacket of the Ming army, and this fight will not be able to distinguish between friend and foe after a while, and it is not uncommon to point knives and guns at their companions, and even some people deliberately pretend to be stupid, taking the opportunity to attack colleagues who have gaps in their daily lives.

Liu Dongyang and Bibai both transferred their teams to attack each other's camps, and there were very few rebels blocking in front of the Ming army. Under the strong attack of the Ming army, the few who resisted threw down their swords and raised their hands in surrender. Zu Chengxun also remembered Ye Mengxiong's order, he did not kill any rebels who surrendered, and only asked people to arrest them and tie them up and send them to the rear.

As the resistance gradually collapsed, the advance of the Ming army increased significantly, and soon reached the vicinity of the battlefield where Liu Dongyang's troops and Bibai's troops were fighting. Rebel officers and soldiers are constantly escaping from the scene of the clashes and are crashing into the encirclement of the Zu Chengxun headquarters. From the confessions of these people, Zu Chengxun knew that the rebels were fighting among themselves, and immediately ordered the Ming army to stop the attack and turn to the encirclement.

"When they eat dogs and lose both, it's not too late for us to clean up the mess." Zu Chengxun explained to Deng Kui and Zhang Yunlong of the friendly army.

"In line with the intention of my deputy commander-in-chief, we will control the perimeter and prevent a single rebel from escaping." Deng Kui responded.

The musketeers of the survey camp went up to the roofs and set up their muskets to control the streets and alleys around the conflict zone. The Liaodong soldiers were not idle, they took local materials, built a few barricades with various things, and prepared to catch turtles in the urn.

"Report to the general army, the Ming army has arrived and surrounded us." A sergeant had already discovered the abnormality around him and hurriedly ran to report to Liu Dongyang.

"Quickly wipe out all the Bibai Army, even if you get Biyun's head first." Liu Dongyang ordered.

"It's too late, if we want to defeat the Bibai army, our people should almost die." Xu Chao said on the side.

"What then?" Liu Dongyang was anxious, of course he also realized that he might have fallen for the Ming army, and if he continued to fight like this, the final result could only be the profit of the Ming army. However, when the battle has reached this point, is it still possible to join forces with the Bibai Army?

"Brother Liu, our brother will follow you and have no hesitation. Now that the big thing is not successful, our brother wants to ask Brother Liu to help our brother and find a way out for our brother. Xu Chao said.

"What way out can I give you? Now it's like this, I can't help you even if I want to. Liu Dongyang didn't hear the mystery in Xu Chao's words, and asked casually.

Xu Chaodao: "Governor Ye said, as long as our brother can sacrifice Brother Liu's head and surrender to the imperial court, he will spare me and other brothers from dying." ”

"What! You want to kill me! Liu Dongyang was shocked, pressed the handle of the knife with his hand, and took half a step back.

"That's right! Brother Liu, rest assured, your family has our own care! Liu Chuanbai shouted behind Liu Dongyang, and the steel knife was swung down, cutting off Liu Dongyang's head.

"General Shen, Liu Dongyang's head is here, let's stop fighting, surrender to the imperial court!" Xu Chao carried Liu Dongyang's head and ran towards Biyun, shouting loudly as he ran.

"No more fighting, no fighting!"

Liu Chuanbai and Zhang also shouted together with a group of soldiers. In fact, when the soldiers at the scene saw the Ming army surrounding them, they had no intention of fighting for a long time. Hearing that one side was calling for a truce, he didn't wait for his boss to give an order, so he put down his sword and gun and shouted.

After a while, the entire battlefield stopped, and the surviving rebel soldiers all took a few steps back, their blades in their hands, vigilant against the opponent who was still fighting with them just now, waiting for the Ming army to come forward and surrender. (To be continued......)