Outside the east gate of Xingtang County.

Liu Fangliang looked at the cavalry battalion of the New Army that was getting closer and closer in front of him, his face was extremely hideous, and he immediately shouted: "Charge with me!" ”

At this time, the remaining more than 10,000 horsemen of the left battalion of the thieves had all gathered, surrounded Liu Fangliang's Daxu, and began to charge against the cavalry battalion of the new army.

The other more than 20,000 armor soldiers formed a military formation outside the east gate, and all the soldiers and horses gathered together, waiting for the moment of engagement.

"Put!"

The two sides were about 100 paces apart, Xu Ming roared, and the thousands of soldiers in front of the cavalry battalion of the new army opened fire instantly, and the firepower shot by thousands of bird guns instantly enveloped the rogue cavalry formation, directly cutting the rogue cavalry formation by a layer.

Immediately afterwards, hundreds of soldiers threw earth-shattering thunder with all their might, and a violent explosion sounded in the rogue cavalry array, causing the rogue cavalry to turn over on their backs.

Although the thieves are equipped with a large number of bows and arrows, but now that the army is defeated, there are few Xiao knights in Liu Fangliang's army who still carry bows and arrows, and even many people have even discarded a lot of weapons.

"Accelerate!"

Liu Fangliang knew that this battle was a lifeless situation, so he could only continue to increase the speed of the charge, kill and injure the enemy in front of him as much as possible, and create an opportunity for Li Zicheng to break through.

Rumble!

The two sides collided together, and the soldiers of the cavalry battalion of the new army were in strict formation, and directly tore apart the cavalry formation composed of more than 10,000 horsemen of Liu Fangliang's department, and a large number of soldiers of the cavalry battalion of the new army rushed into the enemy formation, and began to continuously divide and surround them, and soon completely defeated the army formation of the thieves and horses.

At this time, Xu Ming shouted excitedly, and led his troops to rush straight to the white Daxu in front of him, very quickly

I saw a chief general in armor in front of him, galloping over on horseback, surrounded by many elite horsemen.

"That person must be Liu Fangliang!"

Xu Ming knew the banners and names of the main generals of the thieves' battalions, although he had never seen Liu Fangliang, but he could guess eight or nine.

So Xu Ming shouted: "Kill Liu Fangliang!" Kill! ”

In the blink of an eye, the hundreds of elite cavalry battalions of the New Army led by Xu Ming collided with the dozens of elite cavalry led by Liu Fangliang, and all kinds of weapons on both sides waved towards each other, killing flesh and blood.

After the two cavalry forces fought, there were only a few dozen horsemen left around Liu Fangliang, and all of them were injured, even Liu Fangliang was covered in blood and crumbling on his horse.

And the hundreds of elites led by Xu Ming were also missing twenty or thirty people at this time, but the cavalry formation as a whole was quite complete.

"Humph! You're in luck! ”

Although Xu Ming poked Liu Fangliang's body with a shot, he failed to poke it off the horse, after all, the armor on Liu Fangliang's body was also heavy armor, and now the two sides missed each other, Xu Ming had to continue to lead the charge.

At the same time, Liu Fangliang rode his horse and continued to gallop forward, but many wounds on his body were bleeding continuously, especially the wound that was poked by Xu Ming in the abdomen, which was bleeding like a torrential amount of blood, and he only felt that his strength was rapidly flowing from his body.

At this moment, there are still soldiers of the cavalry battalion of the new army rushing around, and all kinds of weapons are constantly killing Liu Fangliang, but Liu Fangliang has no strength to resist at all, and in a blink of an eye, he was beaten down by the soldiers of the cavalry battalion and died on the spot.

Soon, more than 10,000 thieves lost more than half of their horses, and the rest of them were ridden

The soldiers and horses fled one after another, and soon began to attack the more than 20,000 armored soldiers who had just formed a formation in the rear, and the two sides became a mess outside the gate of the east city of Xingtang County.

On the city wall, Li Zicheng looked at the white Daxu that fell suddenly, and knew that Liu Fangliang was afraid that he would be less auspicious, and he was sad and indignant in his heart, and immediately shouted loudly: "The whole army will attack and support Liu Fangliang's troops!" ”

But the people around were indifferent, and everyone could see that Liu Fangliang's department was no longer saved.

Li Zicheng glared at everyone violently, and then glared fiercely outside the city, roaring loudly, venting the anger and grief in his heart.

At this moment, there was smoke and dust covering the sky and the sun in the east of Xingtang County, and then a huge army array appeared, looking at the banner, it was the front battalion, the rear battalion, the left battalion, the right battalion, and the middle battalion of the new army, and a huge army formation composed of more than 50,000 soldiers was rapidly killing Xingtang County.

At this time, Wu Sangui, Li Laiheng and others had solemn faces, Hong Chengchou frowned, his eyes kept flashing, and Li Zicheng's eyes were on fire, almost crushing his steel teeth.

"Your Majesty!"

Li Laiheng immediately grabbed Li Zicheng and said, "Your Majesty is still too late to leave now!" ”

Li Zicheng said proudly: "Since Lone raised the army, he would flee every time the situation declined in order to rise again, but today, Lone is going to fight to the death here and not retreat, Lone doesn't want to run anymore!" ”

Li Laiheng's face changed, and then he clasped his fists and said loudly: "My subordinates are willing to follow King Dashun to defend Tang County!" ”

Gu Kecheng, Li Yan, Gu Junen, and Niu Jinxing also hugged their fists.

Wu Sangui, Hong Chengchou, Xia Guoxiang, and Wang Pingfan hesitated for a moment, and then they also hugged their fists to express their determination.

Then Li Zicheng ordered everyone to divide their troops

Guarding everywhere, Li Laiheng, Gu Kecheng, Wu Sangui, and Xia Guoxiang divided their troops to guard the four sides, each team divided about 10,000 troops, and the remaining thousands of soldiers were led by Wang Pingfan and stationed around the county government.

Because at this time, the 400,000 family members of the thieves were all in Xingtang County, so the city was already overcrowded, and Li Zicheng ordered Wang Pingfan to immediately drive out the original people in the city, leaving only the families of the thieves in the city.

After Wang Pingfan received the order, he began to act, and soon drove a large number of people out of the city, and for a while, the crying and shouting around Xingtang County shook the sky, and hundreds of people were driven out of the city.

At this time in the city, the red lady looked at the soldiers who kept running in groups on the street, as well as a large number of people who were driven out of the city, her heart churned, just entered the North Zhili, how mighty the Dashun army was, and how bright the prospects of Dashun were, but why less than a month passed, the situation took a sharp turn, and now the city is a scene of the end of the world, so that the red lady can not accept.

"Husband!"

Suddenly, the red lady saw Li Yan who came in a hurry, hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Li Yan, and said loudly: "Husband, what is the situation outside the city now?" When did the army withdraw to Kaifeng? ”

Li Yan looked sad and said, "Liu Yan's army has already been killed, we can't leave!" ”

The red lady shook violently when she heard this, and then her eyes were red, but her face smiled slightly, and she said, "It's okay! As long as you are with your husband, life or death is the same! ”

Li Yan only felt painful, and said in the ear of the red lady: "You immediately disguise yourself, and when the army breaks through the city, you will disguise yourself as a common person and go out."

In the future, whether you are rich or poor, I just want you to live well! ”

The red lady pushed Li Yan away, then drew her sword in her hand, and said proudly: "Now in a desperate situation, the only way to advance and retreat with your husband is to let the slave family escape alone!" ”

After speaking, the red lady took more than a dozen female soldiers to run in the direction of the county government, leaving Li Yan standing in place for a long time.

At the same time, outside Xingtang County, the battalions of the new army arrived at the battlefield one after another, Liu Fangliang's department outside the east gate had completely collapsed, the rout troops fled along the south and north of the city, and were driven away by the soldiers of the battalions of the new army, and a large number of rogue soldiers were constantly shot and killed, this was a massacre, and the rogue defenders at the head of the city saw it, and they all hid their faces, and the morale of the army fell to the bottom instantly.

"Siege!"

"Siege now!"

Soon, Xu Ming led the soldiers of the cavalry battalion to continue to encircle and annihilate the thieves around Xingtang County, and the rest of the battalions began to besiege the city.

Chen Xun led the front battalion of the new army in the north, Zhang Yi led the left battalion of the new army in the west, Wang Bo led the right battalion of the new army in the east, Wang Yue led the rear battalion of the new army in the south, and Shen Tuo led the middle battalion of the new army in the south.

"Report!"

At this moment, a group of heralds arrived on horseback, and the commanders of each battalion received Liu Yan's orders one after another.

"The Duke of Lu has an order: all battalions will besiege the city first, suspend the siege, and wait for the arrival of the personal guard battalion, the artillery battalion and the sixth battalion of the garrison!"

After Chen Xun, Wang Yue and others received the order, they all breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that this final battle really can't be started in a hurry.

As a result, the officers and men of the battalions of the New Army stabilized their positions two miles away from Xingtang County, and the officers and men of each unit took turns to be on guard, rest, and open

Began to confront the thieves and horses in the city.

Li Zicheng stood at the head of the city, looked at the soldiers and horses of the new army outside the city, who were not in a hurry to attack, and asked Hong Chengchou beside him: "What are Liu Yan's army waiting for?" ”

Hong Chengchou had just arrived from the north of the city, and at this time he was standing on the east city wall with Li Zicheng, and said: "My subordinates have walked all the way, and they haven't seen Liu Yan's Daxu, it should be that Liu Yan hasn't arrived yet, so the official army will not attack until Liu Yan arrives." ”

Li Zicheng smiled bitterly and said, "Liu Yan! Since Liu Yan rose in Shandong, he has repeatedly fought with Lone, all of which ended in the misery of my Dashun soldiers, and now this battle is probably also the last battle of my Dashun soldiers, Liu Yan will not be absent, this is good, Lone just met with Liu Yan, and it is a regret in my heart! ”

When Hong Chengchou heard this, his expression changed slightly, and then he said: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty has surrendered to the Ming Court several times before, in order to secretly Chen Cang, in order to make a comeback, why can't you repeat the old trick now?" ”

Li Zicheng looked at Hong Chengchou fiercely, his eyes were so sharp that even Hong Chengchou could not look at him.

"In Mr. Hong's opinion, even if Gu surrenders, can Liu Yan tolerate Gu?"

Hong Chengchou stopped talking.

Then Li Zicheng no longer paid attention to Hong Chengchou, but looked outside the city, Hong Chengchou sighed when he saw this, and retreated from the city wall.

More than half an hour later, outside Xingtang County, a burst of war drums came, followed by the thunderous cheers of tens of thousands of soldiers of the New Army outside the city, and the shouts of "Wansheng" resounded in the sky.

At this time, Li Zicheng, Li Laiheng, Gu Kecheng, Wu Sangui, Xia Guoxiang, Wang Pingfan, as well as Hong Chengchou, Li Yan, Gu Junen, Niu Jinxing,

Everyone gathered on the east city wall, and as far as the eye could see, the military formation of the new army's personal guard battalion, artillery battalion, and the sixth battalion of the garrison army drove over in a mighty manner, especially the hundreds of artillery, which were being pushed forward by pack horses and artillery battalion soldiers, which made Li Zicheng and others at the head of the city tremble.

"Your Majesty! Immediately get the city soldiers ready to prepare sandbags! ”

Hong Chengchou said loudly, and the rest of the people also came back to their senses, shouting one after another, mobilizing troops to prepare sandbags.

Li Zicheng even shouted loudly: "With the east city wall as the mainstay, enough sandbags must be deployed on all sides of the city, so that the family members of the old camp can go out to do it, quickly!" ”

The thieves and horses at the head of the city suddenly dispersed, and soon the families of the thieves in the city were also mobilized, and a large number of people began to get busy, and the sacks and cloth bags in the city were not enough, so they filled the sand with wooden boxes, pottery, porcelain and other items, anyway, all the things that could be used were filled with sand and soil, and were continuously transported to the city wall.

In less than half an hour, the artillery battalion of the new army in the east of Xingtang County was still deploying artillery arrays, and the soldiers and horses of the rest of the battalions were also preparing for the final attack, while the thief soldiers at the head of the city had basically deployed the sandbag defense line, and hundreds of thousands of sandbags, cloth bags, wooden boxes and other items were stacked on the head of the city, forming an anti-artillery protection facility along the battlements of the city head.

At this time, Li Zicheng and the others were a little more settled in their hearts, but they saw a group of officers and knights rushing out of the New Army's personal guard camp outside the city, and the first person was Wu Xingzhou, the general of the left of the New Army's personal guard battalion.

I saw Wu Xingzhou riding his horse and stopping about a mile outside the city, and then roared loudly: "

Li Zicheng! Disarm and surrender immediately, Lu Guogong can allow you to have all your corpses, otherwise when the city is broken, it will be the day when your corpses will be broken! ”

Wu Xingzhou was originally a loud voice, and at this time when he showed his face like this, Wu Xingzhou used all his strength to roar loudly, and the voice was not only heard by Li Zicheng and others in the city in front of him, but also by many soldiers and soldiers in the new army artillery battalion and guard battalion military formation behind.

"Wan Sheng!"

"General Wu is mighty!"

"Hooray!"

For a time, the morale of the soldiers of the battalions of the new army was greatly boosted, and 100,000 soldiers danced happily, but the thieves and soldiers on the wall of Xingtang County were silent, as if they were dead and silent.

Li Zicheng's face turned blue and white for a while, and after a long time, he gritted his teeth and said, "Liu Yan, this thief, is really hateful!" ”

Hong Chengchou's expression was gloomy and he didn't say a word, Li Yan looked sad and indignant, and Niu Jinxing didn't know what to do at this time.

Only Gu Junen said: "Your Majesty can send a messenger to meet Liu Yan and delay as much time as possible, and our army can draw elite horsemen from the city, and take advantage of Liu Yan's vigilance to cover Your Majesty and the soldiers to break through!" ”

Gu Junen's meaning is very clear, he still takes the opportunity to break through, but most of the soldiers and horses and family members in the city have to give up completely.

In this regard, Li Zicheng still vetoed it immediately, if he wanted to retreat, Li Zicheng naturally would not wait until now, since he was now exhausted, it would be better to fight to the death, and it would not be in vain for the prestige of King Dashun I!

So Li Zicheng said angrily: "Lone will never abandon the soldiers in the city, in this battle, Lone is with all the soldiers!" Kill! ”

When the surrounding thieves heard this, their morale rose slightly, and they all cheered up

Arm shouted: "Fight to the death!" ”