Chapter 498: This battle will be decided

Tian Jianxiu should have been in the north of Gao Jie's army, and worked with Liu Fangliang and Liu Tichun to block the Ming army's retreat, but now Tian Jianxiu appears in Liu Zongmin's camp with his personal soldiers.

General Quan Liu Zongmin's face immediately became gloomy. There was no need to ask many things. Liu Zongmin immediately turned his head and shouted loudly to the personal soldiers beside him:

"Go and report to the King of Chuang, just say that General Tian is with me. Remember, this matter can only be a secret report to the King of Chuang!!"

Liu Zongmin's personal soldiers also recognized Tian Jianxiu, so they naturally knew what this matter meant. They quickly agreed solemnly, turned around and galloped towards the direction of King Chuang.

As the sky gradually became dark, the night battle was unwilling, both the Ming and Shun army were unwilling to carry out, but after chasing this, it was impossible not to fight, and even if they were unwilling to do so, they would have to take action.

A large army of tens of thousands of people was pursuing, and Liu Zongmin was just in the central army to control the formation, and the generals in the front groups had already ordered their subordinates to start accelerating.

In fact, now the only troops of He Renlong and other generals were left with the horses that followed them, and all the infantrymen were dispersed or died in the chaos.

"General Gao, start the camp quickly!"

The Ming army's cavalry shouted louder and louder, but there was no movement behind the camp. However, the movements of the banner torches seemed to be in a fight against the enemy.

The Ming cavalry running in front gradually became cold. Some people had already started to hold back their horses and slow down their horses, but more people were speeding up.

The pursuers behind were like huge waves, and in front was his own friendly camp. If you die behind or go to the front, this choice is easy to make.

Some of the people who ran fast were already very close. To be precise, they reached the range of the artillery. First, there was a dull sound, then flashed in succession at the camp gate on the Ming army, and then the earth was shaking.

In this era, the most powerful weapon was artillery. At this moment, nearly eighty artillery fired, and Gao Jie, the general of Yansui, did not have so many artillery.

The continuous roar of artillery suppressed all the sounds on the battlefield, and the shells flew out and pulled all the flesh and blood bodies blocking it.

Although it has not rained heavily these days, the ground is relatively wet and soft, and the bouncing caused by shells will not be too far away, so the damage caused is still extremely strong.

The cavalry running in the front was almost blown away by the shelling. The Ming army officers and soldiers who did not affect them all exclaimed and hurriedly stopped the horses. The back was running too fast, but the front was slowing down. In this hurry, there must be a chaos.

He Renlong and the other generals were both quick-moving and surrounded by people, and were not killed or injured. Only Niu Chenghu was from a militia, and the commander Hou Xun was also a civil servant. The two of them and their confidants had no experience when they fled and thought it would be safe to run in front.

As soon as the cannon sounded just now, the entire team was completely in chaos. Although they were not hit by the cannons, the horses of the commander Hou Xun were disturbed by the cannons and were directly loaded from the horse.

The Shun Army cavalry behind was still a long way away. The Ming army cavalry was still somewhat organized. The commander Hou Xun fell down from the horse and lay on the ground. The cavalry behind them all controlled the horses and dodged, but no one was willing to stop and help, and they just flashed by.

The Supervisor Hou Xun struggled to get up from the ground. He was still wearing the Supervisor's robe. This thing looks powerful and self-respecting on weekdays, but it is extremely inconvenient in the mud. After struggling for a few times, he got up from the ground with difficulty. The Supervisor Hou Xun was in the capital, fighting for the party and politics. After coming out, he followed the Shanxi General Xu Dingguo to plunder soldiers and horses everywhere and prepared to go to war. From peace to war, from victory to failure, it was too fast and too fast, and there was almost no process.

When I ran to this point, I fell off the horse and got up and looked around. There was no one caring about it. In fact, there were more places in the west where there were no clouds.

The last afterglow and skylight shone over, and the light fell on everyone's side. This was actually quite magnificent scene, but everyone was panicked and afraid, and everyone looked desperate.

Hou Xun entered the official career from the imperial examinations, and he might never have thought that he would see this day. Suddenly, he felt confused.

His mount had long been running forward with other horses. Niu Chenghu and the cavalry around him kept turning back in front, but in the end he still gritted his teeth and never cared about Hou Xun here again.

Seeing the countless cavalry beside him dodged by himself, no one paid attention to it. Hou Xun stayed there for a while, suddenly fell to the ground and burst into tears. This was also considered an important official in the court. At this time, he had completely forgotten the dignity and elegance, and had forgotten the glory and wealth, and sat there and cried in tears.

"It's over, it's over, the world is over, the Ming Dynasty is over."

At first, we could still hear the cry. In the chaos, not everyone could control the horses, nor were everyone willing to hide from an old man crying loudly in the mud. I don’t know when the cry disappeared, and I ignored it. Did a first-rank official in the court just die like this?

The generals in front of him didn't care. He Renlong slowed down his horse speed, staring at the big flag on the camp bar, and cursing:

"Gao Jie, you bastard, you actually made a ruthless move with me. Do you think you are a turtle huddled over there and the blind man will not deal with you. Do you think you are a cuckold so easy to take off!"

After cursing a few hatefully, the third round of cannons had been fired, and some people who could not hold back the horse came to the front, and another group of casualties were killed and injured. He Renlong sent people to find the other generals, and arranged the soldiers below to turn and shouted loudly:

"Every teams turn around quickly. The road ahead is blocked and it's going to get dark. We're fighting with this blind man!!"

After several rounds of gunfire, no one had any fantasies. No matter what happened in Gao Jie's camp, the pursuers were behind without any cover.

Shanxi General Xu Dingguo also cursed a few words in secret, but when he stopped the horse and sent his personal soldiers to restrain the troops, he still asked Hou Xun's whereabouts.

After his soldiers said he didn't know, he did not continue to ask questions. It was not easy to take good care of himself at the moment, but this was the situation anyway.

But what if I turn around and fight to the death now? I had planned to escape before. No one from the general to the pawn had any intention of fighting. Now I can't escape, but I turned around and prepared to fight to the death. I was put to death. I couldn't pay attention to these things. In fact, I was waiting for death in despair.

But running to a location close to Jiaxian has an advantage, that is, there are more roads to escape on both sides, although they are all small paths, which are not suitable for the movement of large groups of people.

If it really comes when you can only care about your own life, you will have a lot of luck to escape along the path, but for these high-ranking generals, if they escape like this, it will be similar to death.

Moreover, in the current situation of chaos, if a single horse escapes, it is easy to be harmed by small groups of thieves or even small groups of defeated soldiers.

Being able to bring these personal soldiers and servants out is to have the capital to start a family. At that time, the court will have a seat and can regain the local area with these people.

What Xu Dingguo thought was similar to He Renlong and Bai Guangen's plan, but it was just a small plan in desperate situations. Xu Dingguo was not even willing to take care of his subordinates' formation. Anyway, there were only a few cavalrymen, who were just gathering together to prepare for hedging.

The following soldiers were calm and calm. Their generals were raising them with enough food and salary on weekdays, and their status was far higher than those ordinary soldiers who looked like beggars. Many of them used the same surname as the generals, from the same clan and clan. They were raising and practicing in this way, that is, they were to live and die together at the same time and charge into battle.

General Xu Dingguo was a little distracted. In recent years, he has been watching Di Baotangbao. Today, the general fought for the thieves and died in the Tartars tomorrow. Unexpectedly, it was his turn today.

It was getting late, and the Gaojie camp in the north had become a dark silhouette. General Xu Dingguo suddenly felt his throat dry, swallowed, and saw the big flag erected in Gaojie camp, blown by the wind.

Almost the last skylight shone on the flag, and you can see that the flag has red characters on black background, but I can't see clearly what the red characters look like.

Gao Jie's banner was in the style of the general, not the black background and red characters. Xu Dingguo had heard of this style of banner. Thinking about the rapid and dense artillery fire just now, Shanxi general Xu Dingguo suddenly became excited. Could it be that he was saved? But then he became even more depressed than before.

The vaguely glimpse of the flag made Xu Dingguo completely lose hope. He lowered his head for a while and listened to the rumbling sound of hooves getting closer and closer not far away.

Xu Dingguo raised his head and greeted the personal soldiers beside him. This man was counted as his cousin and his real confidant character. After approaching him, he whispered directly:

"When the fight begins, call a few confidants, let's run from the west to Baofeng, there is nothing to fight here..."

The personal soldier leader understood this, was stunned and nodded.

Liu Zongmin had already sent someone to restrain his troops in Shunjun and not to let the horses go too fast. Tian Jianxiu could still remain calm and was still organized. But Liu Zongmin became more and more frightened as he heard it. He almost wanted to stop the entire team and immediately turned around.

At this time, I saw more than a dozen lieutenants coming here to catch horses. Judging from their uniforms, they were the old camp guards around the King of Chuang. They all came out to represent the orders issued by the King of Chuang.

Sure enough, someone in front of him held the token of the King of Breaking and shouted loudly:

"The King of Breaking has an order, and the army strives to move forward to annihilate the troops led by Minggou He Renlong, Xu Dingguo and Bai Guangen. Fight quickly and defeat them without any mistakes!!"
Chapter completed!