Chapter 544: Battle of Dingzhou (7)
Outside the west gate of Dingzhou City.
More than 10,000 soldiers of the cavalry battalion of the new army have been lined up outside the first line of defense, and before Xu Ming's horse formation, he saw that the soldiers of the middle battalion and the left battalion of the new army in front of him had advanced several miles ahead, driving the rout of the middle battalion of the thieves, and were rushing towards the old camp of the thieves.
So Xu Ming shouted excitedly: "Brothers, rush up with me and defeat Li Zi's formation!" ”
"Kill!"
More than 10,000 soldiers of the cavalry battalion immediately charged, and the cavalry army rolled forward, directly passing through the north of the middle camp and the left battalion of the new army, and went straight to the phalanx of the old camp of the thieves.
Looking at the soldiers of the cavalry battalion of the new army rolling forward, Shen Tuo and Zhang Yi were both envious and annoyed, it was a long time, this last blow was still taken by the cavalry battalion, and after going back, they must suggest to the elder Ge that a cavalry team be formed in all battalions of the new army!
Of course, these are all later words, at this time, the officers and men of the middle battalion and the left battalion of the new army have rushed to the front of the middle camp of the thieves, Liu Zongmin looked at the new army formation that was getting closer and closer, and his face was extremely ugly.
At this time, Liu Zongmin had already received reports from the soldiers and horses in front of him, and the general He Jin, the former Guoyi general Ren Jirong, and the consequence Yi general Wu Ruyi had all died in the chaos, and now the main generals of the soldiers and horses in the middle camp have all been killed!
Liu Zongmin's heart was like ashes at this time, and in the face of the dissuasion of his subordinates to withdraw, he did not respond at all, and let his subordinates flee in a hurry, still indifferent.
"Catch Liu Zongmin!"
"Catch Liu Zongmin!"
Ahead, the roars of the soldiers of the middle battalion and the left battalion of the new army were getting closer and closer, and soon Shen Tuo led his troops to rush to the front, hundreds of new army middle battalion bird gun general Liu Zongmin, and dozens of personal guards
Surrounded by groups, hundreds of bird guns were aimed at Liu Zongmin and others.
At this time, Shen Tuo walked out of the crowd, looked at Liu Zongmin with a miserable face, and said loudly: "You are Liu Zongmin?" Today is considered to be a living person, and I still don't surrender! ”
Liu Zongmin was indifferent.
Shen Tuo frowned slightly when he saw this, raised his hand and waved it hard, and all the soldiers moved forward to shrink the encirclement, and the dozens of guards kept retreating when they saw this, and suddenly one of them put down the weapon in his hand, and the rest of the people also surrendered one after another, leaving only Liu Zongmin who was still indifferent.
Suddenly, Liu Zongmin rode his horse and rushed forward, although he was stopped by the bayonets raised by the birds in front of him, but several soldiers were knocked down by the war horses under Liu Zongmin's crotch.
"Fire!"
Seeing this, Shen Tuo was furious, and directly ordered to fire, and the angry soldiers of the new army around him opened fire one after another, beating Liu Zongmin and the war horses under his crotch into a sieve.
"Cut off the head!"
Shen Tuo said coldly: "Anyway, Liu Zongmin was caught, and the living and dead are the same!" ”
Then Shen Tuo and Zhang Yi immediately reorganized their troops and horses, and the two joined forces, and then began to march towards the old camp of thieves.
The front battalion and right battalion of the new army in the north, the rear battalion of the new army in the south, and the soldiers of the sixth battalion of the garrison army are also rushing to the old camp of the thieves, and at this time three huge long dragons have been formed on the battlefield, and the targets are the old camp of the thieves in the west, as if it is the three dragons playing with pearls.
The old camp of thieves is in formation.
Li Zicheng received the news of the defeat of the three armies in the north, west, and south one after another, and Li Zicheng at this time
His face was very ugly, even though he had experienced many ups and downs over the years, and even had been beaten by Sun Chuanting so that only eighteen horsemen were left and fled into Shangluo Mountain.
But like now, the main forces of each battalion have been defeated by the officers and troops one after another, and the commanders of each department have been killed one after another, and the fierce generals who followed Li Zicheng to fight the world together can be said to have been killed and wounded, and this situation is equivalent to defeat!
And Hong Chengchou, Li Yan, Song Xiance, Niu Jinxing, Tian Jianxiu and others around Li Zicheng were even more shocked, especially Hong Chengchou, at this time he was ten thousand annoyed in his heart, who would have thought that Li Zicheng's million-strong army was so vulnerable, even after his own rectification, he still defeated Dingzhou City, I really don't know if Li Zicheng's million-strong army was not beaten, or Liu Yanbu was too strong!
"Your Majesty!"
Li Yan said loudly at this time: "Please Your Majesty immediately move and evacuate in the direction of Kaifeng!" ”
In Li Yan's view, as long as Li Zicheng returns to Henan smoothly, he can make a comeback.
Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance no longer contradicted Li Yan at this time, but agreed one after another, and strongly persuaded Li Zicheng to withdraw as soon as possible.
Gu Junen also said: "Your Majesty, stay in the green mountains without worrying about no firewood, as long as Your Majesty is still there, I will have a day of comeback!" ”
Li Zicheng looked at Hong Chengchou and asked, "Mr. Hong, do you think my Dashun will have a day of recovery?" ”
What else can Hong Chengchou say at this time? After thinking for a moment, he said, "As long as people are still there, everything is still unknown!" ”
"Good!"
Li Zicheng gathered a trace of strength at this time, and immediately ordered everyone to mount, and the army retreated in the direction of Xingtang County, first converging with the Li Laiheng troops stationed there, and then retreating together in the direction of Kaifeng.
At this moment, in the northeast direction, Xu Ming led the soldiers of the cavalry battalion of the new army to kill, and the speed was very fast, and in the blink of an eye, they rushed to the old camp of thieves three miles away.
Tian Jianxiu immediately made a decision and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty and gentlemen, go quickly, I will lead my troops to resist!" ”
Immediately, regardless of whether Li Zicheng agreed or not, Tian Jianxiu ordered 10,000 horsemen to escort Li Zicheng and others to withdraw, and he led 5,000 firecrackers and 20,000 armor soldiers to block here.
Li Zicheng also knew at this time that it was not the time to excuse himself, so under the protection of 10,000 horsemen, he hurriedly led his troops to withdraw to the west.
In the rest of the battlefield, Liu Fangliang also led the rout to flee here, but then found that something was wrong, and the officers and soldiers everywhere on the battlefield were killing in the direction of the old camp, so Liu Fangliang led the remnants to retreat south, preparing to make a detour and return to Xingtang County.
And Wu Sangui, who was in the north of Dingzhou City, was even more direct, leading his subordinates to ride directly to Xingtang County.
"Li Zicheng!"
At this time, Xu Ming roared loudly, and led more than 10,000 soldiers to rush directly to the position of the old camp of the thieves, and the five thousand musketeers led by Tian Jianxiu opened fire directly, and the soldiers of the cavalry battalion of the new army also opened fire one after another, and many people on both sides were shot.
However, in contrast, the soldiers of the cavalry battalion of the new army were well-equipped, and the speed of the horse attack was fast, and the number of people who were shot was still much less, while the 5,000 musketeers commanded by Tian Mixiu fell by hundreds, and the remaining musketeers were also immediately in chaos, and could no longer maintain the horizontal formation, and began to retreat.
Seeing this, Tian Jianxiu was furious, and led 20,000 armor soldiers to rush forward, charging directly in a phalanx, and crashing into the military formation of the cavalry battalion of the new army.
Rumble!
After a loud bang, the 20,000 armor soldiers under Tian Mishu were attacked by the iron cavalry army
The collision made people roll over on their backs, and the rows of thieves in front of them were directly trampled on, and most of the casualties were killed and injured by the impact, but the armored soldiers in the rear still rushed up, not afraid of death!
"Kill!"
Xu Ming's spear opened and closed widely, constantly assassinating the thieves along the way, and the cavalry battalion soldiers behind him were also charging hard, and the army of armor soldiers led by Tian Jianxiu gradually couldn't resist, and as time went by, the decline has appeared.
At this moment, Shen Tuo and Zhang Yi led the middle and left battalions of the new army to kill, and more than 20,000 soldiers came up from the east.
Then Chen Xun and Wang Bo led the front battalion and right battalion of the new army to kill, Wang Yue and Tian Zhenbei led the rear battalion of the new army and the sixth battalion of the garrison army to kill, and tens of thousands of soldiers surrounded more than 20,000 people and horses under Tian Jianxiu.
"Stop shooting!"
Nearly an hour later, Chen Xun, Xu Ming and others ordered a ceasefire, at this time there was no longer a living person in the encirclement, Tian Jianxiu and more than 20,000 elite thieves were all shot and killed, the scene was extremely tragic, more than 20,000 corpses presented various postures, overlapping several layers, and the height reached the knees of the soldiers of the new army.
Chen Xun, Shen Tuo, Wang Bo, Zhang Yi, Tian Zhenbei, Xu Ming, and Wang Yue looked at each other, and Li Zicheng's Daxu was not found in the encirclement.
Then Xu Ming shouted loudly, and led the soldiers of the cavalry battalion of the new army to pursue to the west, Chen Xun and others discussed again, and left the sixth battalion of the garrison led by Tian Zhenbei to clean up the battlefield, and the rest of the men led the soldiers of the battalion of the new army
and pursued to the west.
"Report the situation here to the elder immediately!"
When the army set off, Chen Xun did not forget to send a herald to report to Liu Yanyu about the battlefield situation and the traces of the soldiers of each battalion.
At the same time, Li Zicheng, Hong Chengchou, Li Yan and others, under the protection of 10,000 horsemen, rode their horses and galloped in the direction of Xingtang County.
Hong Chengchou and Li Yan and Gu Junen are better, several of them are good at riding horses, but Song Xiance and Niu Jinxing are different, one of them was originally a showman who failed to make the list, and the other was a fortune teller.
It's just that Niu Venus is alert, and before the army sets off, he takes the first step to let his subordinates ride with a rope and fix himself on the war horse.
So at this time, although Niu Venus was jolted from side to side on the horse, there was no danger of falling, but such a violent bump was indeed too cruel for a scholar like Niu Venus, and almost Niu Venus's whole person was almost about to fall apart.
Different from Niu Jinxing's preparation, Song Xiance was miserable at this time, under the long-term high-speed gallop, Song Xiance was already crumbling, his face was pale with fright, and he wanted to ask for help from the Xiao knights on the left and right, but he found that he was so nervous that he couldn't say a word.
After Song Xiance followed the army for a while, he finally exhausted his strength, screamed in horror, and fell directly from the warhorse, in the blink of an eye
was trampled to death by the cavalry of the brigade that followed behind.
"Mr. Song has fallen from his horse!"
"Mr. Song is dead!"
The surrounding Xiao knights exclaimed, and Li Zicheng, who was in front, heard the shouts coming from behind him, and his heart was miserable, but he didn't care about paying attention to it, but ordered the army to continue to accelerate and go straight to Xingtang County.