Chapter 367: The Decisive Moment (Third Watch)

At noon, the battle between the Xiaowu army and the rebels in Black Bull Town had entered the final stalemate stage, and the corpses of the entire Black Bull Town were all over the field, and the blood flowed like rivers, and the two sides were like two scarred beasts, both of which were no longer able to organize a large-scale offensive.

Li Yuntian looked up at the sky, got up and left the pavilion, and strode towards the gate of the courtyard surrounded by the soldiers in the courtyard.

From the shouts of killing that had weakened a lot around him, he knew that it was now the critical moment to decide the victory, so he planned to personally go out and deal the final blow to the rebels in Black Bull Town.

The street in front of the gate of the royal mansion was full of soldiers of the Xiaowu Army who were waiting for them, and this was the last force left by Li Yuntian's side.

Zhou Ming stood at the door expressionlessly, frowning and looking at both sides of the street, his expression extremely stern.

Wei Da and Wang Bin's rebels have already attacked the street where the Wang Mansion is located, and the two know that this is the last chance for the rebels, and only by capturing Li Yuntian can the battle in Heiniu Town be ended, so the two of them personally sat in the town and commanded their respective rebels to kill the Wang Mansion from the east and west of the street, which was only dozens of meters away from the Wang Mansion at this time.

The Xiaowu army, who was fighting with the rebels, knew that Li Yuntian was in the palace, so they desperately resisted, and the streets were already full of corpses of soldiers on both sides, and the battle was extremely tragic.

Although the rebels were about to attack the palace, Wei Da and Wang Bin were not easy, the Xiaowu army and the rebels were already entangled with each other in Heiniu Town, and when the two led the army to approach the palace, Li Daniu and Wang Jian mobilized the Xiaowu army to attack them from the rear.

"Brother-in-law, why did you come out?" Seeing Li Yuntian, Zhou Ming couldn't help but look a little surprised, now that the war is in danger, it is safer for Li Yuntian to stay in the courtyard.

"Sixth brother, pass the order, launch a counterattack with me, and defeat the rebels in the town in one fell swoop!" Li Yuntian smiled slightly, took out the embroidered spring knife in his hand, and said in a deep voice.

"Brother-in-law, leave this kind of thing to me, how can you be in danger if you are the boss?" Hearing this, Zhou Ming pulled out his waist knife and said with a concerned expression.

"Now that the battle has reached the moment of life and death, it is the time for our army to defeat the rebels in one go." Li Yuntian knew that Zhou Ming cared about him, so he said in a deep voice, "Sixth brother, as the master of an army, although this officer can't go into battle with the soldiers to kill the enemy, he can inspire morale and boost the morale of the army. ”

"Brothers, the emperor's reinforcements are about to arrive in Heiniu Town, everyone will follow their officials to kill the rebels and keep the King of Han out of the town!" As he spoke, Li Yuntian raised the embroidered spring knife in his hand and shouted loudly to the soldiers of the Xiaowu Army around him.

"Kill!" Hearing this, the soldiers raised their weapons and shouted in unison.

Li Yuntian glanced around at everyone, and strode towards the east side of the street with an embroidered spring knife with a cold expression.

The street on the east side of the street is on the main road that connects the north and south of Black Bull Town, so he plans to defeat the rebels on the east side first, and then advance from the main road to the south of the town, completely driving the rebels out of Black Bull Town.

Zhou Ming led the people to open the way for Li Yuntian in front, and the soldiers of the Xiaowu Army who were fighting with the rebels on the east side of the street learned that Li Yuntian had come to suppress the battle in person, and their morale immediately soared, and they launched a fierce counterattack against the rebels.

The rebels couldn't take it off guard, and retreated again and again in the face of the surging offensive of the Xiaowu army, while the soldiers of the Xiaowu army became more and more courageous, one by one they were not afraid of death, and they looked like crazy.

After the previous battle, the rebels on the east side of the street were at the end of their crossbows, and they were no longer able to organize effective resistance under the sudden onslaught of the Xiaowu army, and were driven by the Xiaowu army to the main road at the entrance of the street like a duck.

The rebel commander of the battle on the east side of the street was Veda, who was now mobilizing troops in a house at the corner of the street, in a vain attempt to stop the fierce offensive of the Xiaowu army.

"Report!" While Veda was busy arranging the arrangements, the courtyard door was slammed open, and a Chiho, whose left arm was injured and covered in blood, staggered in and shouted at him, "My lord, they are like crazy, and the brothers can't stop it." ”

After finishing speaking, the Qianhu fell to the ground with a soft foot, a large amount of blood gushing out of his mouth, and he was silent after a few convulsions.

It was only at this time that Veda noticed that there was an arrow stuck in Chihu's back, piercing deep into his heart through the armor that had been cut through his back, and it seemed that he was holding on to report to Veda in one breath.

Veda was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then sat down on the stool, his expression revealed a trace of despair, now is a critical period for the two armies to stalemate, once the rebels can't withstand the offensive of the Xiaowu army, then what will follow may be a rout.

"Someone, go with this official to kill the enemy!" Veda's face was cloudy for a while, and then he pulled out his waist knife and ran out of the courtyard door with a bloodless face.

He knew that the reason why the Xiaowu army suddenly carried out a fierce counterattack was that Li Yuntian personally came to supervise the battle, so he had to take the lead, even if he died, he had to stabilize the rebels' position, otherwise it would bring disastrous consequences.

As Veda led his own soldiers into the battle, the rebels' resistance became stubborn, and the Xiaowu army was once again in a stalemate, with the blades of the soldiers on both sides already curled, and many of them threw away their weapons and scuffled together, attacking each other with bricks, sticks, fists and teeth, eager to eat each other alive.

Surrounded by his own soldiers, Veda looked at the entangled warriors and rebel soldiers with a look of surprise, he had seen such a tragic scene for the first time in many years of service.

He didn't understand what kind of ecstasy soup Li Yuntian poured into those soldiers of the Xiaowu Army, making those soldiers desperate for Li Yuntian.

At the same time, Li Yuntian stood at the back of the Xiaowu Army's defense line with a heavy face, looking at the soldiers fighting together in the street with a solemn face, and there was an indescribable sadness in his heart: Originally, these soldiers were all guards who guarded the Ming Dynasty, but now they want to fight to the death here, which can really be described as providence.

"Come with this official!"

Li Yuntian knew that the rebels were now trapped beasts, as long as the rebels' defense line was broken, then the rebels would no longer be able to resist the Xiaowu army, which was also the only way to reduce casualties, so he groaned for a while, and walked towards the Xiaowu army and the rebel soldiers who were fighting together with the embroidered spring knife in his hand.

"Protect your lordship!" Zhou Ming was slightly stunned when he saw this, and then raised his knife and shouted to the soldiers of the Xiaowu Army around him, and took the lead in running towards the rebels.

Seeing this, the surrounding Xiaowu soldiers immediately swarmed up and followed Zhou Ming to kill the rebels, which made the Xiaowu army fighting against the rebels very powerful.

Under the full impact of the Xiaowu army, the rebels insisted on the work of a cup of tea, and finally could no longer resist and retreated one after another.

Although Veda's own soldiers were on the scene to supervise the battle, trying to get the retreating rebel soldiers to fight, it had little effect, and the rebel defense line kept moving backwards, and could no longer stop the brave warrior troops who fought bravely.

"It's over!" Seeing the scene in front of him, the iron-faced Veda couldn't help but clench the knife in his hand in despair, he knew that the rebels had been overwhelmed by the Xiaowu army in terms of momentum, as the saying goes, the defeat was like a mountain, how could he stop it?

"My lord, let's go." Just when Veda was depressed, several of his own soldiers rushed over and picked him up and walked backwards, it was obvious that the rebels were now unable to stop the Xiaowu army, and the defense line would collapse sooner or later, so he escorted Veda away as soon as possible.

Wei Da knew that the general situation was gone, and he was unwilling to be surrounded by his own soldiers, and he could even see Li Yuntian on the other side of the street who was protected by the soldiers of the Xiaowu Army from a distance.

When Veda saw Li Yuntian, Li Yuntian also noticed Veda and saw Veda leave under the escort of his own soldiers, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in his heart, as long as the rebels led by Veda were defeated, it would inevitably affect the other rebels in Heiniu Town, and the general situation in Heiniu Town was decided.

With the evacuation of Veda, the rebels in the streets lost their morale, and they no longer had the intention of fighting with the Xiaowu army, and fled from the battlefield one after another.

Seeing this, the soldiers of the Xiaowu Army immediately pursued and killed the rebels in the rear, and soon drove the rebels out of the streets, and the rebels had long lost their fighting spirit and fled along the main road to the south of the town.

"Your Excellency!" Not long after Li Yuntian entered the main road surrounded by Zhou Ming and others, Li Daniu, who was covered in blood, led his sergeants to rush over, bowed slightly at Li Yuntian, and the two sides finally understood the rebels in the middle and joined forces.

"Li Qianhu, gather your forces and strike the final blow to the rebels!" Li Yuntian looked at Li Daniu, who was wrapped in bandages on his arms and chest, and gave a military order in a deep voice.

"Obey!" When Li Daniu heard this, he gave up his hand and led the soldiers of the Xiaowu Army to chase down the fleeing rebels along the street.

"Sixth brother, you go to support Wang Dudu, and you must defeat Wang Bin's troops!" Then, Li Yuntian turned to Zhou Ming on the side and said with a stern expression.

In order to alleviate Wang Jian's pressure, Li Yuntian decided to let Zhou Ming go to help him and defeat Wang Bin's rebels as soon as possible.

Zhou Ming originally wanted to stay by Li Yuntian's side to protect, but seeing that the rebels on the street had already been defeated, he hesitated for a moment and rushed to support Wang Jian with people.

Because Wang Bin and Veda were separated, he didn't know what Veda had already defeated, and he was leading his rebels to fight the Xiaowu army in the street where the palace was located, and pushed forward with difficulty.

It wasn't until Zhou Ming led his troops to reinforce that the Xiaowu army in the street erupted into a coral tsunami of cheers when they learned that the Veda rebels had been defeated, and Wang Bin knew that something was wrong.

With the arrival of reinforcements from the Xiaowu Army, the already exhausted rebels could no longer hold on, and the defense line collapsed and retreated like a tide.

Wang Bin originally wanted to organize forces for a counterattack, but the defeated rebel soldiers still had the slightest fighting spirit, and the personal soldiers under his command who supervised the battle were scattered, and finally he had to follow away in the midst of the defeated army.

The rebels fled in such a way that Wang Jian's Xiaowu army, which was fighting with them in the rear, couldn't catch off guard, and was unexpectedly opened a gap by the fleeing rebels, watching those rebels flee.

It wasn't until after meeting with Zhou Ming that Wang Jian learned that Li Yuntian personally went out to defeat the rebels of Wei Da's department first, and then gave Wang Bin's rebels a fatal blow, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly commanded his soldiers to pursue the fleeing Wang Bin rebels.

Zhou Ming did not pursue with Wang Jian, but led his Xiaowu army to Li Yuntian in a hurry, his first task was to protect Li Yuntian, not to pursue and kill the rebels.

With the successive defeats of Wei Da and Wang Bin, after almost a day and a night of fierce fighting, the battle in Black Bull Town finally ushered in a decisive moment.

The Xiaowu army, under the command of Li Daniu and Wang Jian, launched a full-scale counterattack against the rebels in the town, and the rebels had no strength to stop them at this time, and soon collapsed and fled one after another.

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