Zhu Wenzhen's addition further expanded the battle loss ratio between the two sides from the original 1:2 to 3 to more than 1:5, and the lives of the rogue soldiers were being harvested rapidly.

And the longer the battle lasts, the more reinforcements from other directions of the officers and troops will come. Zhang Xianzhong's army threw the last reserves into it, but it still did not reverse the situation, and could only watch his own chronic blood loss, and his morale gradually declined.

After all, the front generals of Zhang Xianzhong's army already knew that they had no reserves, and everyone filled in.

The soldiers are still in the dark, temporarily relying on the belief that "there are more of our people", even if they see their comrades on the left and right constantly dying, they will not immediately hug their heads and run away. Without this information asymmetry, I'm afraid it will only collapse faster.

Zhu Wenzhen led the cavalry to fight bloodily, rushing back and forth, and the fighting lasted no more than half a stick of incense, and the cavalry of the Ming army began to increase casualties after the initial impact and sharpness were gradually consumed.

But at this time, Jin Shenghuan of the besieged camp in the east of the city had also come with the main force of the Ming army, and even Shen Shuren was in charge in person.

Although Zhang Xianzhong also put the last reserve into it, and the entire battlefield was turned into a pot of porridge, the situation was still developing in an increasingly unfavorable direction for him.

The last two straws that crushed Zhang Xianzhong finally appeared after the whole battle lasted about two hours, halfway through the hour (10 o'clock in the morning).

First of all, it was Zuo Zixiong who led the exhausted division that had retreated from the battlefield of Hengshanwei, about seven or eight thousand people, into the battle.

Secondly, it was Lin Yangsheng and Liu Sandao's department in the west of the city who also rushed to the battlefield at almost the same time.

Lin Yangsheng also did not hesitate to raise his banner, and let people scold the battle while rushing to kill, disturbing Zhang Xianzhong's morale.

"Zhang Xianzhong dog thief! You've fallen for my family's trick! You're a backsliding eater! If you hadn't coerced us back then, the brothers of the other four battalions of the fifth battalion of our revolution would not have been killed and injured so badly! It's all because you're hurting, and we can't get it if we want to be loyal to the court! Fortunately, Shen Futai doesn't care about the past suspicions!

Do you think Lao Tzu is really rare for your stinky money! But you don't believe in your word, you don't want to give even these stinky money! You deserve to die today! The mongrels who followed Zhang Xianzhong were betrayed by him sooner or later! ”

Lin Yangcheng actually wanted to go into battle and prove himself for a long time.

However, it was Shen Shuren who told him not to be impatient, and when he found out that Zhang Xianzhong had invested in the last strategic reserve, Lin Chengcheng could not act rashly.

Shen Shuren did this, of course, not to preserve Lin Cheng's strength, but to be afraid that Zhang Xianzhong would find out in advance that he had won the plan and would not dare to bet again, so he would not lose enough in the end.

Zhang Xianzhong must push the chips and bet them all, and Lin Chengcheng will appear again, and Zhang Xianzhong can't stop it if he wants to.

I have to say that the sudden appearance of Lin Yangcheng, and such a fierce scolding while killing the old man, has also dealt a very big blow to the morale of the old camps in Shaanxi and Henan under Zhang Xianzhong.

Because many of them knew that the Fifth Battalion of the Revolution was originally a comrade-in-arms, Zhang Xianzhong's consistent morale-boosting rhetoric also said that "although the Shen family army is well-armed, the people are not in harmony, and the people who are subdued by him will not die for him, and there are only so many truly reliable descendants."

And Lin Chengcheng's statement is tantamount to slapping Zhang Xianzhong's lie in the face in person.

Who said that the people of Shenshu are unpopular? Even the peasant army that surrendered was determined to give Shen Shuren his life, which is still unpopular? In contrast, shouldn't Zhang Xianzhong's subordinates have a good suspicion of life?

Zhang Xianzhong couldn't help but be angry, as the so-called heretics are more hateful than infidels, and the two devils are more hateful than devils, he hurriedly ordered Feng Shuangli to send his own soldiers and even the flag array around him, and frantically blocked Lin Cheng's way, and the two armies soon fought frantically together.

Lin Chengcheng also held back for a long time without a chance to perform, and today he pointed to Zhang Xianzhong to vote for his name, so he didn't dare to retain his strength.

Of his three battalions, in fact, they had been mixed with sand, scattered and reorganized, and only about two-thirds of the veterans were the old battalions he brought out of the Dabie Mountains for many years, and one-third were Liu Sandao's soldiers, as well as the newly recruited troops in Huangzhou at that time.

But in any case, the proportion of veterans of the fifth battalion of the left is still okay, and the combat effectiveness is relatively brave, at least not weaker than Zhang Xianzhong's old battalion in Henan, at most it is only inferior to Zhang Xianzhong's old battalion in Shaanxi.

Before the war, Lin Chengcheng had repeatedly propagated that as long as this fight was good, he would be able to completely enjoy the treatment of his descendants in the future.

Soon, a bloody slaughter of Shaanxi people on both sides broke out in the southwest corner of the battle array. Lin Yangcheng attacked the left flank of Zhang Xianzhong's army from west to east at any cost, and for a time the stumps and broken arms flew around, and the blood flowed and drifted.

There are not many firearms on either side, but pure knives and knives see blood, guns and guns go into the flesh, and they fight to the death.

But Zhang Xianzhong's army has already been tightened in all directions, and in the end, the number of people Feng Shuangli brought to fight to the death with Lin Cheng was not much, and they were all Zhang Xianzhong's personal guards, and it was very distressing to die.

The bloody battle only lasted less than half a stick of incense, and after calming down a little, Zhang Xianzhong had already realized that he couldn't fight like this, if his flag array and personal guards were all dead, who else would protect him from breaking through?

The reason why he fought a decisive battle with Shen Shuren in Hengzhou was nothing more than that he was reluctant to take away the cumbersome and direct collapse of the people's hearts and minds of the Huguangxin Annexed Army, which cheapened Shen Shuren, so he wanted to consume the cannon fodder and the enemy against each other.

But at this point in the battle, his Shaanxi and Henan old battalions have been put into a lot, and he has not yet figured out that on the battlefield of the main decisive battle, he should obviously have more than twice the strength advantage, and he also took the lead, and Shen Shuren's side is the one who fights to add fuel to the tactics, but why did it become this situation in the end?

While the left wing was beaten by Lin Yang's morale and confused thinking, the input of Zuo Zixiong on the right wing also gave Zhang Xianzhong's army a catastrophe.

After the last charge, Zhu Wenzhen's cavalry battalion finally chose to pull away in a roundabout way because of the lack of physical strength and the running out of ammunition.

Bai Wenxuan's main infantry force couldn't catch up, so he just casually let the arrows go for a while, and then wanted to let the cavalry on the thief side pursue, so as not to let the Ming cavalry have a chance to breathe and recover his strength.

But Zhu Wenzhen's opening was actually to make room for Zuo Zixiong's troops to shoot guns - if their own cavalry had been cutting back and forth in the enemy formation, the Ming army's musket team was afraid of injuring their own people by mistake, so it was not good to shoot indiscriminately.

And Zuo Zixiong's direct troops, this force that had just withdrawn from Hengshanwei, was precisely the Ming army with the highest rate of firearms equipment, almost half of the musketeers, as the final crushing of the enemy's general offensive force, it was really suitable.

As thousands of rows of guns sounded in turn and gradually advanced in stacked formations, Bai Wenxuan hastily sent out the rogue cavalry to pursue Zhu Wenzhen, and soon a large area fell in the open space between the two armies, and the remaining rogue cavalry that was lucky to survive also scattered in a hurry.

After a while, as the large formation of the two armies approached within one hundred and fifty paces, the crossbowmen and pikemen in the front row of the thieves also began to fall down with screams and screams, and the density of firepower was unprecedented on the thieves' side.

Zuo Zixiong's troops were killing frantically, and at the same time, they were also shouting various slogans that undermined the morale of the enemy troops:

"Zhang Xianzhong's dog thief has been tricked! Wang Shangli's soldiers and horses have been completely annihilated in Hengshanwei! Wang Shangli's head is here! ”

In the chaotic army, even if Wang Shangli's head is picked on the barrel of a gun, it is not easy to see it from a distance, so Zuo Zixiong repeated the same trick as when he was in Hengdong County, and picked Wang Shangli's head, helmet, and armor in several places, and displayed as much as he could.

Although the soldiers and soldiers of Zhang Xianzhong on the opposite side can't see clearly, this kind of thing can hit morale more or less whether they are convinced or not, not to mention that the scale of the official army is indeed more than the pre-war intelligence shows, and the reinforcements are almost endless, and there is only the explanation that "the reinforcements of the official army in the rear battlefield of Hengshanwei have rushed back, and the troops of our army in Hengshanwei who robbed grain must be more auspicious and less auspicious".

In the final analysis, in the end the war is fought by the people's hearts, the people's hearts are scattered, the morale is broken, and everything is over.

"Leave the enemy on both wings! Let Feng Shuangli come back! The whole army is moving forward! Crush the enemy head-on! Zhang Xianzhong was finally frightened into a cold sweat by the increasingly declining situation, and finally made up his mind to stop being greedy for more things.

Although the brothers in the old battalion under his command were also killed or wounded, after all, the main force was still there, and it was still possible to break through.

The total number of cavalry in his army is still more than that of Zhu Wenzhen's army. Moreover, Zhu Wenzhen had already repeatedly rushed and killed just now, his physical strength was extremely exertional, and there were many casualties, so it was definitely impossible to continue the pursuit.

Zhang Xianzhong knew very well that at worst, he could still ensure that he retreated with all the old cavalry battalions under his command.

Feng Shuangli quickly withdrew most of the banner formation at the request of Zhang Xianzhong, and did not entangle with Lin Chengcheng, and almost at the same moment, the left flank of Zhang Xianzhong's army was rushed by Lin Chengcheng and almost collapsed.

Zhang Xianzhong didn't have time to think about it, and rushed forward head-on with Feng Shuangli and Bai Wenxuan, Lu Datou and Jiang Shoude's camp was already in tatters, and it was still possible to escape if they wanted to take the road, it was nothing more than to pay a little more lives and be harvested by side-firing fire.

Zhang Xianzhong also chose to rush quietly very viciously, and did not let his banner rush with him, but instead ordered the guards in charge of the flag to retreat and retreat to the city.

Therefore, most of the friendly troops on the battlefield did not know that the king was going to run, and even the Ming army on the opposite side, seeing Zhang Xianzhong's banner retreating to the city, also thought that Zhang Xianzhong knew that he was invincible in the field and wanted to retreat to the cage city.

As a result, although the morale of the Ming army was crazy and the killing of the enemy became more and more active, it was also chaotic and could not chase and kill Zhang Xianzhong himself. All the combat actions of the Ming army still revolved around "trying not to let the enemy who has been stuck at present withdraw to the city, clearing the obstacles for the subsequent siege of the city, reducing resistance, and annihilating as many enemies as possible in the field battle."

Zhang Xianzhong's hand is equivalent to completely selling all the Huguangxin annexed troops, and at the cost of their chaotic collapse, they broke through and fled for their lives in the chaos.

Fortunately, Zhang Xianzhong's escape kung fu is very good, he has been running down for 14 years, and he has left his back hand anytime and anywhere, and this time he went out of the city to fight, he still did not forget to divide hundreds of people among the Chinese army's personal guards and cavalry to bring all the gold and jewelry looted before with him, so that he could take it away at any time when he broke through.

It's a pity that the silver is too heavy to carry it all, and the copper coins and silk are not brought at all, and they are all left in Hengzhou City.

After all, before Zhang Xianzhong left the city today, he still wanted to take the opportunity to severely damage or even eliminate the official army, and it was impossible to really prepare completely according to the plan to break through and escape. It is inevitable that a considerable part of the property will be lost.

"It's not good, Zhang Xianzhong is going to run!" The Shen Shuren in the distance has been observing the battlefield situation with a telescope, and it is impossible for him to see the flaws at first.

But as Lu Datou and Jiang Shoude's camp was completely pierced, and thousands of rogue cavalry passed through the camp without looking back and continued to run wildly towards the hilly area in the northwest, not at all like a detour and a return to fight again, the Ming army leaders finally realized that Zhang Xianzhong had really abandoned the army and fled.

"Let Zhu Wenzhen chase after him!" Shen Shuren couldn't care about the exhaustion of Zhu Wenzhen's troops at this time, even if they had been killed for a long time today, and almost everyone was injured, they still hoped that they would try their best to expand the results of the battle.

At the same time, on the frontal battlefield, the Ming army also quickly carried it out, and began to chant "Zhang Xianzhong is defeated!" Surrender or die! slogan.

Most people turned back in a panic, just to see that the king's banner had returned to the city, at most, they panicked and thought that their side was defeated and the king retreated first, and they didn't think about "the king has abandoned them".

But this level of morale collapse is already deadly enough. The remnants of the Huguang New Annexed Army were almost within a cup of tea, the whole army collapsed, and the remaining seven or eight thousand living people were all jumping around like headless flies.

Zhang Hualong, the governor of the right army, was unable to restrain the troops, and was pushed forward by the counteroffensive of Jiang Shoude, who was quite resilient, fell from his horse in the chaos, was trampled on tragically, and finally died at the hands of Jiang Shoude's troops.

The old Henan battalion led by Ma Weixing, the governor of the left army, was also the second to collapse, and the 15,000-strong troops, which had suffered thousands of casualties before, were now completely collapsed, and Ma Weixing was also killed by Zuo Zixiong in the chaos.

As for the small part of the old camp in Shaanxi that didn't run away in the end, they were also attacked and routed by Lin Yangcheng and Liu Sandao like crazy tigers, but Feng Shuangli had been called back by Zhang Xianzhong in advance to break through, so he didn't get any high-level slashing credit.

After a series of bloody battles around Hengzhou, the five military governors of the Western military regime in the later generations have already been awarded the heads of Wang Shangli, Ma Weixing, and Zhang Hualong, and only Feng Shuangli and Bai Wenxuan are still alive to follow.

Zhu Wenzhen's side, after all, could not catch up with Zhang Xianzhong himself, after all, his capital was too big, and he could let tens of thousands of people fight on their own, just for the escape of the main cavalry.

Zhu Wenzhen only caught up with some stragglers, especially some rogue soldiers who were slow to flee because they were greedy and carrying too heavy belongings.

There were several rogue cavalry officers who were caught up, all of whom could have run away, but they actually exhausted the horses to death while running, at least they were so tired that they foamed at the mouth and fell to the ground, and after losing their horses, they were caught up by Zhu Wenzhen.

However, these officers were also single, and when they saw Zhu Wenzhen's cavalry coming up, they directly knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, and offered their belongings on horseback to avoid death.

And Zhu Wenzhen also got the orders of Shen Shuren in advance, and he should treat prisoners preferentially for this kind of person, so that those officers who carry gold do not dare to hide in the jungle because they are afraid of death, so for all the rogues and cavalry officers who can give a whole bag of gold, Zhu Wenzhen can avoid death, and let the soldiers shout such a surrender slogan.

Several of the captured thief officers, and when they finally opened the sacks, they all contained gold equivalent to the size of several basketballs—

As we all know, a solid basketball size and volume of gold has more than 1,500 taels, which is equivalent to 100 catties. Carrying several basketball volumes of gold, there must be no hundreds of pounds. is so greedy, no wonder the horses were crushed to death in the gallop.

The casual capture of such a cavalry officer is at least three or five thousand taels of gold, which is worth fifty thousand taels of silver, which is really a good deal.

Zhang Xianzhong's army of 50,000 only led the vast majority of cavalry troops in the end, and broke through, and the infantry only had a small number of scattered stragglers, adding up to only seven or eight thousand people.

The remaining 42,000 people were either lost on the battlefield or driven back to the leaderless city of Hengzhou, and sooner or later they were also the dishes of the Shen Shuren.

Zhang Xianzhong's army in Huguang was completely swept away, and only a small stream of rogues remained.