The sun was setting in the west, and when it was approaching dusk, in a wilderness, a large number of rebel troops were gathered, numbering tens of thousands, and there was an official army in the center, all of which were infantry, and the commander was Cao Wenzhao.

It is said that the enemy is very red when they meet, however, at this time, the two sides who are opposed to each other immediately start fighting, but confront each other.

"General. There is no longer a sound of fighting on General Cao's side, and if we go to support again, it will only be in vain and fall into a deeper encirclement. Let's take advantage of the unstable situation of the chaotic army and break through quickly, right? Once all the rebel forces are gathered, we won't have the slightest chance to break through! ”

After a partial general finished speaking, his face was full of anxiety, and he looked straight at Cao Wenzhao, and the generals waited for the other party's response.

After the sunset, the breeze was blowing, Cao Wenchao looked into the distance, as if he could see through the rebel army, as if he could see Cao Bianjiao's situation, sighed faintly, returned to normal in an instant, showed a resolute face, and said sonorously: "Pass my general order, immediately break through in the direction of Luochuan Town!" As long as you can enter Jijia Mountain, you will be able to rely on the danger and hold on for more time, and you will definitely be able to wait for reinforcements from Lord Hong, or have a chance to save your life. ”

Orders are forbidden, words follow the law, which shows how strong Cao Wenzhao's command power is for the army under him.

Nearly 2,000 officers and soldiers suddenly moved and rushed in one direction, so frightened that the rebel army blocking the front hurriedly retreated, not daring to fight head-on.

However, in the left, right, and rear directions of the official army, there were cavalry of the rebel army approaching, chasing and killing, strangely, I don't know whether it was the problem of the war horse itself, or deliberately, the speed of the cavalry was not so fast, just chasing each other from a distance, like a pack of wolves driving away their prey.

Cao Wenzhao was galloping and jumping, dodging left and right, his skills were really good, and between running, he repeatedly overturned and hacked dozens of rebel soldiers, and his speed did not decrease at all!

At the same time, among the rebel army in the rear, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Gao Yingxiang and others rode on horses, standing there, quietly watching all this, just driving their horses forward from time to time, not letting the officers and soldiers disappear from their sight.

"Self-contained, why bother? As long as all the rebel army moves together and surrounds it from all directions, there is no need for any tactics and tactics, just a battle of the sea of people, Cao Wenzhao's imperial infantry can be submerged in an instant, and it will not take a moment to strangle it! ”

As soon as Gao Yingxiang finished speaking, Zhang Xianzhong followed, also with a puzzled look on his face.

"Yes, Chief Li, if you do this, don't let Cao Wenzhao escape. There was news from Guo Tianxing and the others, it was because of what order Guo Tianxing issued to capture him alive that Cao Bianjiao escaped, and now he has not discovered Cao Bianjiao's whereabouts again and captured him. If there is no accident, Cao Bianjiao should have escaped."

Li Zicheng smiled, although he was also very annoyed by Guo Tianxing's approach, but he did not show it on his face, nor did he have any comments, but pointed ahead, which was quite instructive, and replied loudly: "Uncle, Leader Zhang, Cao Wenzhao is different from Cao Bianjiao, the army he led is an infantry of Yishui, running and breaking through on two legs. Our people are all cavalry, are you still afraid that he will not be able to escape? ”

Hearing this, the two of them followed Li Zicheng's fingers, looked at the situation on the battlefield, a trace of realization flashed in their minds, and then there was some kind of guess in their hearts.

"You see, our people only need to block the officers and soldiers in front slightly, and they don't need to fight head-on, the cavalry on the left and right sides are slowly approaching, forming a flanking momentum, and the cavalry in the rear is chasing and killing, just chase how good! Without losing a single soldier, it is easy to kill and capture officers and soldiers, and it is only a matter of time before Cao Wenzhao is captured. ”

Manpower is sometimes poor, no matter how brave you are, you can't withstand long-distance attacks and continuous fighting.

In an instant, Zhang Xianzhong and Gao Yingxiang suddenly realized that Li Zicheng was using a fatigue tactic, imitating the method of hunting yellow sheep by wolves, chasing and killing like this, creating a momentum, forcing the officers and soldiers to flee, exhausting them to death, losing the strength of the whole body, and being arrested from exhaustion.

The cavalry on the left and right sides are responsible for escorting the officers and soldiers from breaking through to the sides, so they keep running forward, while the cavalry behind is like a whip, responsible for capturing and killing the officers and soldiers who have fallen behind, and driving the officers and soldiers to run for their lives.

Of course, everyone also knows very well in their hearts that Li Zicheng's so-called not need to lose a single soldier or soldier is relatively speaking, an exaggeration, how can there be no casualties in a war?

As soon as they thought of this, Zhang Xianzhong and Gao Yingxiang felt admiration at the same time, and couldn't help but glance at Li Zicheng, admiring that this trick was really high, this was a tired officer and army who wanted to live alive, and there was a faint feeling of a cat teasing a mouse.

Just thinking about it, everyone felt that it was enjoyable, it was too relieving, and finally it was their turn to slowly chase and kill Cao Wenzhao with the attitude of a victor, and as soon as they relieved their grievances and resentments in the past, the pleasure arose spontaneously, surging in their chests.

Gradually, as time passed minute by minute, I saw many officers and soldiers panting tiredly, almost unable to lift the steel knife in their hands, as soon as they stopped, wanting to take a little rest, they were instantly chased by the rebel army behind, and were put on the neck by the knife, and those who resisted at the slightest were ruthlessly wiped out!

More and more officers and men were captured alive, tied into large rice dumplings, and discarded at will.

"Uncle, Leader Zhang, it's almost over, let's go up~!"

Li Zicheng's abrupt words made Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong slightly stunned, and the latter didn't react, and instinctively blurted out: "End?" Leader Li, there are still those officers and soldiers who resist, why is it over? ”

"Oh, Leader Zhang, look..." Li Zicheng pursed his lips, didn't say anything, and motioned to continue reading.

I saw that the officers and soldiers had been greatly reduced again, and the rest had stopped running and no longer breaking through the encirclement, and they had gathered around one after another, making a final struggle. To be more precise, that's a trapped beast fight, never surrendering!

The outcome has been decided, and the remaining officers and soldiers have no possibility of escaping, either surrender or die.

"Uncle, Chief Zhang, which of those people do you say will be Cao Wenzhao? These people are really not simple, they ran a few miles in one go, and they still have the strength to do the final fight, and their physical fitness is really beyond the reach of ordinary people. ”

Li Zicheng asked casually, followed by exclamations, beckoning the two of them to move forward, and even waved his horsewhip, riding the horse slowly to take the lead, looking like he was in the chest, and he would definitely be able to catch Cao Wenzhao's posture.

"Who knows? I have never seen Cao Wenzhao, but I have heard of his name. However, these officers and soldiers who are still resisting are indeed far better than other officers and soldiers, not only have they fought for so long, but they have also run so far, and their physique is even better than that of ordinary warriors. Zhang Xianzhong shook his head, then followed, and couldn't help but praise some words.

"However, Zicheng, even if someone knows Cao Wenzhao, in this scene, everyone is injured and unkempt, every officer and soldier is very embarrassed, and his whole body is covered with blood, and no one can recognize it." Gao Yingxiang said noncommittally, and rode his horse to follow, as if he was interested, staring at the group of officers and soldiers who were surrounded.

While speaking, the three of them had already come to the front, less than 100 meters away from the surrounding officers and soldiers, and the other leaders followed closely, everyone quietly watched the battle in the center of the field, with excitement on their faces, everyone knew that Cao Wenzhao must be one of them.

Moreover, from today onwards, everyone will remove the biggest enemy, a major obstacle to the rebel army, and once they are killed, the development in Shaanxi will be smoother!

At the thought of this, how could the leaders in the center of the arena not be excited?

The big waves washed the sand, leaving behind the officers and soldiers who had not yet surrendered, they were definitely iron-clad, and they definitely belonged to Cao Wenzhao's henchmen.

"Kill!"

Sonorous and sonorous ....

Boom Boom....

The sound of swords clashing gradually weakened, and the sound of shouting and killing gradually became smaller, and suddenly, one officer and soldier were unprepared, and several rebel soldiers swarmed up, subduing them in an instant, and tied them up.

However, this officer and soldier did not become honest because he was captured, and was still struggling desperately, constantly asking for help around: "The general save me... The general save me... The general save me..."

The voices of the officers and soldiers were extremely loud, echoing all around, and even if the scene was very chaotic and noisy, it could be clearly heard within a radius of ten meters.

At this moment, one of the remaining officers and soldiers flew out and went straight to the officer and soldier who was captured alive, trying to rescue him.

At the same time, an officer and soldier who had surrendered from the rebel army came to the leaders, pointed to the person who flew out, and said with an invitation to merit: "Leaders, that is Cao Wenzhao!" I recognize that the man is wearing armor, using a big sword, and the number of body paths, except for Cao Wenzhao, there is no one else! ”

At this moment, Cao Wenzhao jumped left and right, constantly moving and transferring, the whole person was extremely brave, it can be called a beast of human nature, devoting himself to attacking, there is no defense at all, and when the knife falls, it must be a human head rolling down, blood splashing three feet!

Seeing this scene, Li Zicheng and the leaders couldn't help but be speechless, and they didn't know what Cao Wenzhao had eaten, he had fought for so long and ran so far, and he was still so violent, without the slightest sign of defeat.

For a time, some people agreed with Li Zicheng's fatigue tactics, so that the officers and soldiers could see the hope of escape, and consume their physical strength little by little, so as to kill them alive and capture them alive, so as to eliminate the strength of the officers and soldiers little by little.

Otherwise, judging from the current scene, if the crowd tactics are used at the beginning and all roads are cut off, even if all the officers and soldiers are killed, everyone will pay a great price.

Everyone is not stupid, after being so tired, Cao Wenzhao and the others are still so brave, if they besiege at the beginning, the officers and soldiers are still in the time of full physical strength, it is far from being as simple as just injuring dozens of people now.

After all, unlike the rebel army, the officers and soldiers are more organized and know how to cooperate, and with the assistance of formation and tactics, the strength of the three people will play an exponential effect, and they can rest alternately, instead of fighting separately and fighting alone, as they are now.

The sun had set, the sunset was not satisfied with the sky, the sky was still bright, and the remaining officers and soldiers were less than 100 people.

In the center of the battlefield, Cao Wenzhao finally stopped, covered in blood, his hair fell off, messy, his eyes scanned around miserably, looking at his subordinates who were still struggling to resist, judging from the attire of the generals, he knew that since the guerrilla generals were pacified, more than 20 people had died in battle.

Wolf smoke, corpses everywhere, Cao Wenzhao looked at the gradually darkening sky, there was originally some physical exhaustion of the body shook, suddenly pulled out the big knife inserted in the ground, waved in the air, the body was even more with the rapid rotation, the blood-stained knife slashed through Cao Wenzhao's throat, "poof", blood flowed like an infusion, the body fell heavily to the ground, becoming one of the many dead people.

To everyone's surprise, Cao Wenzhao actually wiped his neck and committed suicide!

"General, don't~!"

"General......

It was already too late to shout and stop everything, and the remaining officers and soldiers became even more frenzied, completely abandoning any defense, and only killing in their eyes, blindly attacking, exchanging wounds for wounds, and exchanging lives for lives.

At this time, with a gesture from Li Zicheng, the rebel army stopped attacking and retreated one after another, Zhang Xianzhong and others were stunned and asked puzzledly: "Leader Li, what's going on?" How do you make people stop? ”

Li Zicheng didn't answer immediately, but glanced back behind him, and then slowly replied: "The rest of these officers and soldiers have already killed the red eyes, and they are not ready to live anymore, there is no need to fight them to the death, let's hand it over to the archers~"

"Moreover, the archers on the side of the Sky Star have been transferred, so there is no need to continue fighting like this."

Soon after, the battle ended, and while the other leaders were discussing the next action, Li Zicheng pulled Li Xin aside, where there was no one, and whispered: "Brother Li, in the next siege battle, you and Li Mu and they should not participate, gather everyone, have a good rest tonight, and early tomorrow morning, you will pack your bags and rush to Henan." ”

"Yes, Boss." Li Xin agreed, and then added: "Boss, although you can rest assured, your subordinates will definitely complete the task, and at the same time beat the reputation of the Li family army, take advantage of the dispersion of the main force of the official army to assist Mr. Xu Xiake and them in opening up and developing a new base area." ”

"Okay, I'm relieved to hear you say that."

After Li Zicheng finished saying this, he looked at the starry night sky, and was expected to go in the direction of Datong Mansion in Shanxi, and muttered to himself: "The Tartars have left the Hetao, if they really have the intention of beating rabbits with grass, they should be about to invade Datong Mansion." ”

......

Late that night, in Chunhua City, in the post house, there was a knock in front of the door of the house where Hong Chengchou lived.

Knock knock...

"My lord, something is wrong, news came from the direction of Zhenning, General Cao Wenzhao was surrounded by the rebel army and died."

"Wake up, sir... Cao Wenzhao's general army was killed, and General Cao Bianjiao was nowhere to be found! ”

With a rush of words, there was the sound of squirming and bumping into something in the room.

With a squeak, the door was slammed open, revealing Hong Chengchou in pajamas, the whole person was panicked, his face was full of shock, and he asked in disbelief: "What did you just say?" Say it again to this officer! ”

"Lord Qiyu, General Cao was ambushed by the chaotic army, General Cao was besieged and killed, and General Cao has not been heard from so far, I don't know if he is dead or alive!"

In an instant, as if struck by lightning, Hong Chengchou only felt that his eyes were dark, his body trembled, and he was about to fall, but fortunately he was supported by the person who came to report, but he still beat his chest and cried, howling, and blamed himself again and again.

"My lord, Mr. Cao died in battle, that is a major event of the imperial court, I hope to deal with it quickly and report it to the emperor and the military department~!"

Hong Chengchou's heart was shocked, it was difficult to restrain himself, for several days, first the chief soldier Deng Xi mutiny and died, and then Ai Wannian and Liu Guozhen were ambushed and died, and then when he heard Cao Wenzhao die in battle, how could he not lose his mind?

Especially Cao Wen's uncle and nephew, they are the pillars of the bandit generals.