"Put!"

Bang! Bang!

Xu Mingde led a sentry that did not accept soldiers at night, and all of them were equipped with flintlock birds, and everyone wore armor, and the melee weapons were different from person to person, or short spears, war knives, or maces, rakes, and even some people used one-handed hook sickles, flails and other weapons.

At this time, everyone began to fire a salvo, but they could not form a neat horizontal formation in the Xinghua camp, and after everyone opened fire, only three rounds later, the rhythm of the salvo began to be chaotic.

Xu Mingde looked at the rogue horsemen in front of him, the three rounds of salvo fire had already caused dozens of casualties to the enemy, and the remaining rogue horsemen were only fifty or sixty people, and it was very easy to clean up.

At this time, the two sides were less than thirty steps apart, so Xu Mingde shouted: "Engage!" It's time to fight! ”

More than 200 soldiers who did not collect at night changed into melee blades, Xu Mingde had a short spear in his hand, Xiao Dongzi took out a combat knife, and at the same time took off a round shield from his back, the two roared angrily and rushed forward, more than 200 soldiers who did not collect at night rushed out one after another, and soon surrounded the dozens of surviving thieves from all sides.

The ruins were full of obstacles, coupled with a few volleys from the soldiers who had not collected the night before, and at this time the thief commander brigade and others had completely stopped, and the cavalry had lost their speed, and in the face of the siege of the infantry, it was a dead end.

There were constantly thieves screaming and being pulled off their horses, and then several soldiers who did not collect at night slashed at them.

Xu Mingde pierced a rogue horse with a shot, poked it directly off the horse, and then squatted down violently to dodge the blow, and took out a short spear and stabbed it back, hitting the back of the rogue horseman's heart.

"Ahh

！ ”

The thief's news fell from his horse, and the screams attracted the attention of the brigade: "Kill him, kill the leader of the officers and soldiers!" ”

Several rogue thieves around jumped off the war horse, and the war horse that couldn't run was no longer a help, but a burden, and several people besieged Xu Mingde on foot, and even the palm brigade jumped off the war horse and rushed over.

Everyone knows that this battle is critical, most of them will not survive, and they will kill the officers and generals when they die, so it is good to carry them on the road!

Seeing this, Xu Mingde was not afraid, and cooperated with the two soldiers around him who did not collect at night, and the three of them formed a small formation back to back, fighting for their lives with the thieves who rushed over.

"Kill!"

A soldier who did not collect at night swung his knife and slashed, and the knife slashed into the neck of a horseman in front of him, and immediately the blood flowed like an infusion, and the horseman fell to the ground with a scream.

Suddenly, another horseman stabbed with a spear, and was stabbed to death by a shot before he could put away his knife, and when he was dying, he held the spear tightly with both hands, and the horseman fought hard, and he couldn't pull out a cent.

"Give me death!"

Xu Mingde was furious when he saw this, stabbed the neck of the horseman with a backhand, and then picked it hard, and a bloody human head flew into the air, and the blood spurted out of the neck of the headless corpse like a fountain, pouring Xu Mingde's head all over his face.

At this moment, the thief brigade took the opportunity to rush up, slashed down, and Xu Mingde fought together, after three knives, the short spear in Xu Mingde's hand was cut off, and the war knife slashed into Xu Mingde's shoulder, the severe pain made Xu Mingde fierce, and he grabbed the arm and neck of the brigade with a roar, and then knocked it down with an over-the-shoulder fall.

"Dare to cut me, look for death!"

Xu Mingde roared, flew up and stepped on the stream

The thief's chest was immediately stomped on and blood was spitting out, and then another soldier who did not collect at night screamed, Xu Mingde looked back, but saw two spears stabbing at the same time, stabbing Xu Mingde to death on the spot.

"Boss!"

Not far away, Xiao Dongzi hacked to death a rogue horseman, just saw Xu Mingde killed in battle, roared and rushed over, and the surrounding night soldiers came one after another, cutting down all the surrounding rogue horsemen to the ground.

A moment later, the fighting in the Xinghua camp ended, Xu Mingde and nine night soldiers were killed, and more than 100 thieves were wiped out.

This battle was originally an encounter battle, Xu Mingde and others were ordered to search the surroundings of Kaifeng City, and to find out what the purpose of the thieves sent a large number of convoys, they happened to be eyeing this branch of thieves.

Including Xu Mingde, everyone thought that this battle would go very smoothly, and more than 200 elites at the whole outpost did not collect at night, raided more than 100 rogue thieves and cavalry, and hundreds of dead soldiers, even if there were some casualties, it would never be too big.

But who would have thought that Xu Mingde, the sentry commander who followed Liu Yan during the Battle of Julu, died in this Xinghua Camp, and died in a skirmish of hundreds of people.

"Boss!"

Xiao Dongzi burst into tears at this time, and many soldiers who did not accept it at night angrily slashed the corpses of those horsemen, venting the anger in their hearts.

As Xu Mingde's guard flag commander, Xiao Dongzi blamed himself, obviously there were only dozens of enemies, why would he let Xu Mingde, who was the sentry commander, be besieged?

At this time, no one blamed Xiao Dongzi, Xu Mingde died in battle, it was the responsibility of everyone in the whole outpost, and after going back, everyone had to accept the questioning of Xun Jingyun, the pacification officer, and when the time came, whether it was punished or killed, everyone would have no objections.

"Back

Go ahead! ”

After crying for a while, Xiao Dongzi gritted his teeth and wiped his tears, and ordered everyone to tie the bodies of Xu Mingde and the fallen soldiers to the war horses, and then take people to check and seize.

When everyone saw the artillery on those vehicles, their faces were very ugly.

"The men and horses sent by the thieves are there to carry artillery!"

Seeing such a team of thieves, Xiao Dongzi transported more than 30 artillery pieces of various types, as well as many shells and gunpowder. As for the previous gunners, when they didn't collect the raid at night, they all ran away.

"What shall we do?"

At this time, Xu Mingde was dead, and Xiao Dongzi, who was the head of the guard flag, naturally became the backbone of everyone.

I saw Xiao Dongzi think for a moment, and then said: "There are small groups of thieves everywhere here, and it is unrealistic to transport these cannons back. Immediately unload all the gunpowder and blow up these cannons with gunpowder! ”

The people immediately began to get busy, and soon all the ox carts and wagons were deployed around the gunpowder, and all the oxen and horses that pulled the carts were removed from the carts, and became the trophies of the night.

Then everyone rode out of the Xinghua camp, leaving only one person responsible for lighting the fire.

A moment later, with a loud bang, dozens of artillery pieces were turned into scrap metal in the explosion.

"Let's go, rush back immediately!"

Xiao Dongzi and the others didn't dare to stay, such a big movement would definitely attract a large number of thieves and soldiers, and everyone must go back immediately to report this important information.

Soon, not long after Xiao Dongzi and the others rode their horses towards the east, a large number of rogue horsemen appeared behind, and in the distance of the flank, they could even vaguely see the rogue foot soldiers in the wilderness, who were moving like this

Rush.

"What a madman, there are even foot soldiers chasing after him!"

Xiao Dongzi kept scolding angrily in his heart, but he didn't dare to stay at all, everyone was not afraid of death, but afraid that the information would not be sent out after death.

"Dongzi, you have to leave someone to block it, otherwise no one will be able to escape!" A flag commander shouted.

"Hit the fart!"

Xiao Dongzi glanced back, and saw that at least hundreds of rogue thieves had gathered behind him, and there were more and more rogue foot soldiers on the flanks around everyone, and even the banner of the rogue could be faintly seen in front of them, so that everyone had to change direction at any time, and constantly rode their horses in an S shape in the wilderness to avoid the obstruction of the rogue foot soldiers in front.

Xiao Dongzi estimated that the thieves and horses who surrounded his more than 200 people had at least thousands, or even tens of thousands, of horses, leaving people to block them? That is to die in vain, in such a wilderness without evidence, it is estimated that even a stick of incense will not be able to withstand the time, will be drowned by the sea of thieves!

"Rush, all those pack horses and cart oxen have given up, everyone is running for their lives at full speed, as long as one person can go back alive, the information must be sent to the head town!"

"Yes!"

At this time, except for the bodies of Xu Mingde and other soldiers, they were still tied to the war horses and taken away by the soldiers on the left, and all the rest of the seizures, and even the materials carried by everyone, were all thrown away.

In the wilderness, Li Laiheng rode his horse and followed the team of horsemen, looking at the group of Xiaodongzi about two miles away in front of him, his face was ugly.

When I received the news, Liu Yanbu began to make a large-scale dispatch at night, and he already felt that something was wrong, but fortunately he brought it himself

The soldiers inspected everywhere, so that they did not let this group of officers and soldiers quietly escape at night.

"Order: Don't let go of that night, kill me completely!"

Li Laiheng was worried that once Liu Yan knew the news that the rebel army had mobilized a large number of artillery, he would definitely be prepared, and at this time, in Li Laiheng's heart, Liu Yan was already an invincible handicap, and a little mistake would lead to a defeat.

Soon, a large number of horsemen arrived one after another, and the thieves and horses surrounding Xiao Dongzi and others had exceeded 10,000 people, and such a big movement was enough to attract the attention of all departments of the New Army.

The surrounding battalions of the New Army did not collect at night and discovered the movement of the thieves here, and while accompanying them to monitor the periphery, they went back separately to report the news.

Li Laiheng couldn't take care of a lot at this time, and only wanted to encircle and annihilate the new army in front as soon as possible, and suddenly there was smoke and dust in front of him, and a huge army of iron cavalry appeared in the east, blocking the front of Xiao Dongzi and others.

"It's a cavalry battalion!"

Xiao Dongzi waited for the night to not accept the soldiers cheered, and rode their horses to meet them. The surrounding thieves and horses all slowed down, and then all gathered under Li Laiheng's command.

Soon, Xu Mingce was in the horse formation, behind him were eight or nine thousand cavalry battalion soldiers, Xiao Dongzi and others were non-stop, and continued to gallop eastward, a few miles ahead, it was Kaifeng City.

At this time, thousands of horsemen and more than 10,000 foot soldiers had gathered around Li Laiheng, but they still did not dare to attack the cavalry battalion in front.

"It's still a step too late!"

Li Laiheng waved his horsewhip angrily, and after the hunting sound, he said angrily: "Withdraw!" ”

At this time, Li Laiheng just wanted to catch up as soon as possible

Go back to the Chinese army and report the situation to Li Zicheng, whether to send more troops and horses to escort the artillery transported from all places, so as not to be intercepted and killed everywhere by Liu Yan's troops.

Xu Ming looked at Li Laiheng's department who was far away, and also scolded angrily and continued, if it wasn't for the cavalry battalion not collecting at night and coming to report in time, the past branch that didn't collect at night just now would really be stopped by thieves.

"I don't know what important news it is, so many thieves have been dispatched to intercept it!"

Xu Ming pondered in his heart, and then ordered to return to Kaifeng City.