At the same time as the thieves' front camp retreated, many heavy soldiers rushed over from all over the low wall in front of the new army's formation, and quickly removed the sandbags and bamboo baskets on the low wall, forming a number of passages three or four people wide.

The cavalry battalion of the brigade then rode through and then regrouped in the open space in front of the middle battalion.

At this time, the open space in front of the battle was covered with blood and water, and the severed limbs and arms were mixed with blood, as if a bloody rainstorm had just fallen, making the ground very muddy.

Fortunately, the ground in the wilderness outside Kaifeng City is relatively hard, although the ground is already so unbearable, it does not prevent the cavalry army from galloping.

Xu Ming came to the front of the army with heavy armor and horses, and looked back, Dong Yun, Du Zhongming, and Lu Yuan, the three commanders were already in place, and the more than 12,000 soldiers of the cavalry battalion were divided into three cavalry formations, and they were adjusted before the attack in a zigzag shape.

Ahead, more than 10,000 horsemen in the front camp of the thieves have withdrawn back and regrouped around the big wall in the front yard of the thieves, and at the same time, Li Laiheng mobilized 50,000 armor soldiers to press up, and those armor soldiers are equipped with a large number of spears and halberds, as well as a lot of big shields, forming a fairly neat phalanx, which is steadily pressing towards this side.

Xu Ming raised the clairvoyant mirror and looked over, only one or two thousand people in the front were armored, and there were very few iron armors, most of them were leather armor, and some cotton armor.

"It seems that Li Zicheng's rectification of the army of thieves has only promoted some veterans, and the armor soldier is just a title, not necessarily armor."

Xu Ming said so in his heart, and then raised the spear in his hand, and the iron cavalry army behind him raised the weapons in their hands, the soldiers in front were holding bird guns, and the soldiers in the back raised their spears, countless weapons were like waves, from front to back, like the waves of people watching the games in later sports competitions, it was spectacular!

"Soldiers! Follow me to the thieves and kill! ”

"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”

"Whew!"

In the roar of the soldiers, the low horn sounded, more than 12,000 soldiers began to charge on horseback, the war horses first trotted all the way, then jogged, and finally more than 10,000 war horses began to charge at full speed, rolling iron horses forward, three iron cavalry arrays in a zigzag forward, all the way to cover the thieves and infantry along the way.

Those rogue soldiers were embarrassed, and they had no power to fight back in the face of the roaring iron cavalry army, and they were either hit by the war horse and died miserably, or they were directly trampled to death by the war horse, and there were many mutilated corpses on the battlefield.

Xu Ming rode his horse to the front, and saw a thief soldier who fled for his life, the soldier was wearing a black shabby military uniform, obviously a thief infantryman, but the gray bun revealed his age.

Xu Ming couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart when he saw this, the old man of this age should have hugged his grandson at home and enjoyed the joy of family, but at this time he fled for his life on the bloody battlefield, the reality is so cruel, even Xu Ming, who was cold-hearted, couldn't help but be moved at this time, his feet clamped the horse's belly, and the horse jumped forward, bypassing the gray-haired rogue infantryman.

But then, Xu Ming looked back, and the rogue infantry was knocked down by the war horse that rushed later, and a desperate cry came, and he disappeared, only to see a trace of blood red in the soil.

"Kill!"

Xu Ming was furious in his heart, the spear in his hand stabbed forward, and roared angrily, the speed of the whole army went further, and the large array of armored soldiers in front of the thieves was not far away, and the distance between the two sides was only more than a hundred steps at most.

"Put!"

The cavalry charge speed was extremely fast, at this time Xu Ming gave an order, the soldiers of the cavalry battalion in front of them raised their guns one after another, and under a series of actions, the war horses rushed through dozens of steps, and almost all the cavalry battalion birds rushed to within 100 steps.

A burst of gunpowder smoke accompanied by a loud noise spread, at least more than 3,000 bird guns fired at the same time, the shields raised by those rogue armor soldiers did not play a big role, most of them were shot through by the sophisticated bird guns of the new army, and the armor soldiers in the front of the rogue array were like heavy blows, like weeds in the autumn wind, they were blown down by the strong wind.

Li Laiheng saw this scene from behind, and immediately gritted his steel teeth, pulled out the war knife on his waist and roared angrily, urging more than 10,000 horsemen to speed up the regrouping, and to personally lead his troops to rush forward.

At this time, the phalanx of armored soldiers in front of them had begun to turmoil, and as the shield soldiers in front were shot by birds, the soldiers of the new cavalry battalion of the brigade rode into the phalanx, and under the violent impact, countless rogue armored soldiers died tragically in the hands of the soldiers of the cavalry battalion.

Xu Ming and many soldiers rode their horses wildly, and the spears in their hands barely had to move, they only needed to move forward, and with the help of the impact speed and impact force of the war horses, they could effortlessly slash through the bodies of the enemy soldiers along the way.

The armor on the rogue soldiers was all captured, was of poor quality, uneven, and did not provide much defense against the onslaught of the cavalry army.

The three cavalry formations of the cavalry battalion of the new army have advanced in unison at this time, all of them have rushed into the army formation of the thieves, several phalanxes in front have completely collapsed, and several phalanxes in the back have also begun to turmoil, and the 50,000 armored soldiers that Li Laiheng has worked hard to form cannot stop the impact of more than 12,000 cavalry battalions of the new army!

At this time, the cavalry battalion of the new army here was finally dispatched, and it immediately became the focus of the entire battlefield, whether it was Li Zicheng, Liu Zongmin, Li Yan and others, Li Dingguo, Sun Kewang, Ai Nengqi, or Chen Yongfu at the head of Kaifeng City, they all paid attention to the battle situation here.

Even Li Guo and Liu Fangliang, who were on both flanks of the battlefield, looked at the battle flags of the various departments that were constantly moving on the frontal battlefield, and saw the various battle flags of Li Laiheng's department constantly retreating, and the two of them were also very anxious.

Liu Yan held the clairvoyant mirror to observe for a while at this moment, and said to Miao Shao with a smile: "Xu Ming is on fire this time, it can be said that he is killing all sides, so I don't know if I can rush to the Chinese army in the front camp of the thieves." ”

Miao Shao said: "Although the army of thieves is numerous, each battalion is often tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of horses, but most of them are dead soldiers, infantry kind of rabble, even if it is a soldier, the combat power is not the same, tens of thousands of armor soldiers can not withstand the impact of more than 10,000 armor iron cavalry. So I think that the soldiers of the cavalry battalion are fighting for casualties, and they can definitely rush to the Chinese army in the front camp of the thieves! ”

Liu Yan nodded, then held the clairvoyant mirror and looked at the large array of thieves, and said in a deep voice: "Now it depends on what decision Li Zicheng makes, whether to send troops to support the front, or to withdraw the army?" ”

At this time, Li Dingguo, Sun Kewang, and Ai Nengqi had already rectified the defeated soldiers of the firearms battalion, but there were still a lot of defeated soldiers left on the battlefield, and in the chaotic battlefield, they could not be retracted in a short time, so there were only more than 10,000 people around the three of them at this time.

The formation of more than 10,000 people has been completely disorganized, and it can be said that the firearms battalion at this time has lost the ability to fight again.

Li Dingguo also looked in the direction of the middle camp, and saw that Li Zicheng's banner of King Chuang was fluttering in the wind in the military formation, and there was no sign of movement.

"What is King Chuang doing?"

Li Dingguo said anxiously: "At this time, the war has been stalemate, the battalions are fighting for huge casualties, dragging the tens of thousands of main forces of Liu Yan's department here, all of Liu Yan's troops have been dispatched, as long as King Chuang leads more than 200,000 elites of the middle battalion into the battlefield, he will be able to completely defeat Liu Yan's troops, but why are they still holding their troops!" ”

Ai Nengqi was also anxious and asked, "Why don't we send someone to Zhongying?" ”

"No!"

Sun Kewang stopped Ai Nengqi, who was eager to try, and Li Dingguo, who was hesitant, and said: "The three of us have been jealous of King Chuang, this is the critical moment of the battle, and King Chuang is weighing the pros and cons, at this time, we will come up and point fingers, and we will definitely become the target of everyone, and even King Chuang will ...... us."

Sun Kewang didn't finish speaking, but the meaning of it, Li Dingguo and Ai Nengqi both understood, and the three of them sighed, they could only wait at the moment, and they couldn't do anything.

"Is it the front, or the wings!"

In the middle camp of the thieves, Li Zicheng questioned impatiently, at this time, Li Yan and Tian Jianxiu advocated dispatching the middle camp, throwing themselves into the frontal battlefield, and together with the soldiers and horses of the front battalion, encircling and annihilating Liu Yan's cavalry.

However, Liu Zongmin, He Jin, and the general He Jin, as well as Song Xiance and Gu Junen, believed that the middle battalion should be put into the left flank battlefield, first defeat Liu Yan's first army, and then directly penetrate Liu Yan's army.

The two sides are deadlocked, each with its own reasons.

According to the battle reports reported by the battalions one after another, the casualties of each battalion are now very large, although most of them are dead soldiers and infantry, but the huge number of casualties is enough to make Li Zicheng start to waver.

Just when everyone was arguing, Niu Jinxing, who had not spoken, spoke: "King Chuang, our army suffered huge casualties in this battle, even if it severely damaged the main force of Liu Yan's army, but the casualties of our army will be very huge, which will have a very great impact on our army in the future. ”

Li Zicheng didn't speak when he heard this, and Li Yan immediately said: "King Chuang, the fierce battle has come to this point, our army must not withdraw, otherwise it will be wasted!" ”

Song Xiance never looked down on Niu Jinxing, and at this time he also stood with Li Yan and said loudly: "If you withdraw at this time, then Liu Yanbu's prestige will be one more time: to repel a million righteous troops among tens of thousands!" Let me ask, in the future, when our righteous army faces Liu Yan's department, can we muster up the courage to fight again? Could it be that the Niu military division wants my righteous soldiers to flee from the wind! ”

Seeing that the three of them were about to quarrel, Li Zicheng immediately shouted: "Okay! ”

Everyone suddenly fell silent and looked at Li Zicheng one after another.

I saw Li Zicheng striding towards his yellow horse under the gaze of everyone, and after turning over on the horse, he said loudly: "My righteous army is doing the right thing for heaven, and today I am fighting the eagle dogs of the imperial court here, how can I withdraw my army!" ”

"Pass the order: 200,000 infantry soldiers of the middle battalion are divided into two routes to reinforce the battlefield on both flanks. 40,000 horsemen followed King Benchuang to the frontal battlefield to support the soldiers of the front battalion. ”

Liu Zongmin, the general of the middle battalion, also turned over his horse at this moment, laughed and shouted: "Okay! King Chuang is heroic, with all the soldiers in my middle camp participating in the war, Liu Yan's department is in a catastrophe! ”

The rest of the generals, such as the powerful general Tian Jianxiu, the system general He Jin, the former Guoyi general Ren Jirong, the consequence Yi general Wu Ruyi, the Zhengwei general Zhang Nai, the deputy mighty general Dang Shousu, the left mighty general Xin Sizhong, and the right mighty general Li You are also gearing up, each on their horses, ready to lead the attack.

Subsequently, Liu Zongmin led his troops and led the former Guoyi general Ren Jirong, the consequence Yi general Wu Ruyi, and the Zhengwei general Zhang Nai to accompany Li Zicheng to reinforce the frontal battlefield.

The system general He Jin led the deputy mighty general Dang Shousu and the left mighty general Xin Sizhong to reinforce the right-wing battlefield. The general Tian Jianxiu and the right mighty general Li You led their troops to reinforce the battlefield on the left flank.

Li Yan, Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance, and Gu Junen stayed on the side of the Chinese army, and they had their own soldiers and horses to escort them.

A moment later, more than a dozen cowhide drums of the Rogues were beaten, and the huge war drums suddenly overwhelmed the hustle and bustle on the battlefield, attracting the attention of almost everyone.

Liu Yan, Chen Yongfu, as well as Xu Ming, Shen Tuo, Miao Shao and others, as well as Li Dingguo, Li Guo, Li Laiheng, Liu Fangliang and others, all looked at Li Zicheng's Chuang Wang Daxu and began to move, and under the escort of 40,000 elite horsemen, they moved towards the front Li Laiheng.

At the same time, the 200,000 infantry soldiers of the middle battalion also divided into two routes, and moved towards the battlefield on both flanks.

Liu Yan looked at the thief camp in the clairvoyant mirror and began to divide the troops, and did not look nervous, but let out a sigh of relief, and said to Miao Shao: "Li Zicheng's last hole card has been revealed, and this battle will be guarded." ”

Miao Shao frowned, and said: "Li Zicheng's middle battalion is strong, and now on the battlefield on three sides, although our army has an advantage, the disadvantage of our army is that the number of troops is small, and the thieves and the reinforcements of the battalion will change hands again." ”

Liu Yan nodded and said: "That's natural, but what our army has to do is to defend on both flanks and attack head-on, as long as Li Zicheng's department is defeated, this battle will be over!" ”

"The frontal thieves are the strongest, and the officers and men of the middle battalion and cavalry battalion have been fighting hard for a long time, how can they quickly defeat the enemy army?"

Liu Yan sneered and said: "Summons Chen Yongfu: The seven Hongyi cannons on the head of the city are ready to bombard, and at the same time concentrate all the artillery on the head of the city, listen to the orders of the town, and fire at the army of thieves." ”

"Tell Chen Yongfu that all the artillery is aimed at Li Zicheng's Daxu, no matter whether it can hit or not, it must also give the town a momentum!"

Some people died, but not completely......