"Damn, Mr. Li asked you, what the hell are you pretending to be dead?"

Seeing Gao Yingxiang lying on the ground, he just hung his head and didn't say a word, and the monk An of the Iron Dragon Battalion on the side kicked Gao Yingxiang in the face fiercely. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"Poof!"

Gao Yingxiang was kicked to the sky and fell over, and a mouthful of blood spurted out of his mouth, mixed with a few broken teeth.

"You, you're 。。。。。。"

"Shandong Chifeng General Soldier Li Xiao."

Li Xiao directly and briefly answered Gao Yingxiang's question.

"Oh, it turns out that you are the same Li Xiao who defeated Tartar and Huanghu (Zhang Xianzhong), and I was defeated by you, but it was, but it was not too subdued." Gao Yingxiang gasped, a bitter smile welling up on his face.

Gao Yingxiang raised his head suddenly, looked straight at Li Xiao, and said with difficulty: "Li Xiao, please, kill me, give me a good time!" ”

Looking at this shocking and invincible leader in the history of the late Ming Dynasty, he is now a tragic appearance with a broken thigh, a pierced abdomen, and a bloody face. This dying man, in front of himself, was so pitiful and bent on dying in order to be free from the pain, but Li Xiao's heart was full of emotion.

Historically, Gao Yingxiang was supposed to be captured alive by Sun Chuanting, the governor of Shaanxi, half a year later, and then taken to Beijing to be executed. Now, this seriously injured man can die like this, but it is much better than his fate in history.

"Gao Yingxiang, if you are willing to surrender, this soldier can save you." Li Xiao hesitated, but still told Gao Yingxiang his inner thoughts.

Li Xiao believed that if he could successfully recruit this rogue co-leader, it would be a major blow to the rogue who were raging everywhere, and perhaps more rogue would be shaken and surrender to the official army.

"Phew!"

Gao Yingxiang spat in the direction of Li Xiao and spit bloody spit.

"Li Xiao, you, the eagle dog of the court, want to make Lao Tzu surrender, but you are dreaming!" Gao Yingxiang gasped, but his face was full of hatred: "I miss me Gao Yingxiang, I am a rural person, and I live honestly every day." As a result, there was drought and famine in the village for many years, and the imperial court did not receive any rice and grain relief, but urged the department to pay and levy additional land taxes. Damn, if it weren't for the cruelty of the imperial court, how could Lao Tzu embark on the road of being a rebel! ”

"Li Xiao, you fucking say it nicely, save me, haha, save me." Gao Yingxiang had a miserable smile on his face, and he stiffened his neck and said loudly: "Let me ask you, when we were almost starving to death in Ansai County, did the imperial court and the government ever think of relieving us, have they ever reduced our taxes and grain, and have they given me and other people who are about to starve to death half a bowl of rice porridge!" When we become a righteous army, it is really the court that has no way, and the officials force the people to rebel! ”

Gao Yingxiang coughed violently, but tears flashed in his eyes.

"Gao Yingshen, even if you have a great grudge against the court and the government, you will reflect on the government and the court. What kind of grudges do ordinary people from all over the Central Plains have against you, Gao Yingxiang, to be brutally captured and slaughtered by you, your words are just to find an excuse for your own evil deeds and selfish desires. Jie Xiao unceremoniously refuted coldly.

Gao Yingxiang laughed loudly, and gasped again: "Li Xiao, you are right, since you became a rebel, Lao Tzu has eaten fragrant food, drunk spicy food, killed officials, killed gentry, robbed homes, abducted prefectures and counties, and stuffed those women of rich officials under his crotch, so that in order to survive, they are as attentive as a. Of course, the people of these states and counties, Lao Tzu doesn't know how much to kill, if he doesn't kill them, where will the food come from, besides, if he kills too much, he will be numb。。。。。。 ”

Gao Yingxiang's eyes became more and more faint, and he muttered in a low voice: "I Gao Yingxiang has enjoyed everything in my life, and I have been the emperor in Fengyang for a few days, and I haven't lived in vain, Li Xiao, nonsense, come on, give me a good time, Lao Tzu is going to die today, eighteen years later, he will be a good man again, hahaha。。。。。。 ”

Li Xiao sighed lightly and glanced at Monk An who was looking at him angrily.

Monk An nodded knowingly, then pulled out his waist knife and slashed down, Gao Yingxiang's head immediately flew away, and the headless corpse that was still spurting blood slowly fell down.

At this time, Zu Dale also walked over, he looked at the bloody head of Gao Yingxiang, and said to Li Xiao with a look of surprise: "Li Xiao, you have beheaded the head of this giant chieftain, it is really a great achievement." ”

In Zu Dale's admiring eyes, Li Xiao smiled bitterly, he ordered someone to put away his head, and then turned to leave.

When Gao Yingxiang was beheaded, Li Zicheng led 4,000 cavalry and the 50,000 rogue infantry to desperately flee westward.

weapons, thrown.

Baggage, thrown.

The armor was also taken off and thrown away.

In order to escape the Ming cavalry behind him, Li Zicheng's soldiers were eager to strip off all the clothes on their bodies so that they could escape faster.

"Self-contained, if you want to escape smoothly, the only way is to abandon all the infantry behind!" Tian Jianxiu, the general who was also trying his best to escape, shouted to Li Zicheng in a low voice.

Li Zicheng's heart trembled, but he knew in his heart that Tian Jianxiu's suggestion was the most correct move at this critical moment.

Ci is not in charge of the army, as a general, he should have the courage of a strong man to break his wrist.

"Medium! All the cavalry accelerated their westward retreat, went straight to Luoning County, and joined Liu Fangliang's troops, these infantry, just let them go. Li Zicheng gritted his teeth and ordered.

The rogue cavalry sped away, and the distance between the rogue cavalry and the infantry behind them, who had almost broken their legs, widened wider and wider.

The cavalry of the Ming army saw the opportunity and slid diagonally in front of the rogue infantry, completely blocking their way.

"If you wait for the Lord to have fled, if you don't surrender, you will be killed!" The shouting of Bao Zhao, the heavy rider of the Xuanhu, sounded like thunder in the ears of every frightened rogue infantryman.

Those rogues who were blocked saw that the road ahead had been blocked by the Ming cavalry, and their own generals had fled without a trace, and immediately fell into chaos.

Many people turned around and fled backwards, and they ran not far, but they were horrified to find that five or six thousand Ming infantry had rushed over from the pontoon bridge again, forming a two-fold situation with the Ming cavalry in front.

The 50,000 rogue infantry, who were desperate and had already abandoned their armor and weapons, finally had no choice but to surrender.

When the Ming infantry took over the prisoners and began to clean up the battlefield, more than 3,000 cavalry teams composed of Li Xiaobu and Zu Dale immediately marched south and went straight to the direction of Songxian.

Their goal was to defeat the 10,000 rogue infantry who were besieging Song County, and they were also the last remnants of Gao Yingxiang's troops.

At this time, under the city of Songxian County, Liu Zongmin, the general of Liukou, was sitting on a wooden chair that he had snatched out of nowhere, leisurely picking his teeth, and looking at the Ming officers and soldiers who were silently stationed at the head of the city with a look of watching the prey being surrounded.

At this time, Liu Zongmin was already thinking about how many treasures and beauties he could grab in this Song County to satisfy his inner desires.

The soldiers under his command all thought the same thing, and from time to time they made vulgar jokes with each other, and everyone's eyes were full of greedy yearning.

And Chen Biqian, the governor of Henan who was stationed on the gate tower of Song County, was full of anxiety, and he thought uneasily that if the enemy army attacked on a large scale, could Song County really be held with thousands of old and weak soldiers and horses in the county alone.

When he heard the rumbling sound of horses' hooves on the other side of the Gaoduchuan River, Liu Zongmin was happy, but Chen Biqian, who was upstairs in Songxian County, was full of panic.

It's just that when he saw the military horses running in the distance, under the banner of the Ming army, Chen Biqian in Songxian County was overjoyed, while Liu Zongmin under the city could hardly believe his eyes.

Could it be that his own 100,000 army was wiped out by the seemingly inconspicuous Ming army in less than three hours?

How is this possible?!

It's just that Liu Zongmin, who has been in battle for a long time, immediately reacted soberly, he jumped up from his chair, stepped on his mount, and took more than twenty or thirty personal cavalrymen to quickly turn around and flee west along Gaodu River.

Liu Zongmin, who was decisive and hard-hearted, knew that if he escaped one step later, he would most likely only become a prisoner of the Ming army.

Desperate to flee for his life, he hit his horse again and again, and more than 30 cavalrymen fled away quickly like a gust of wind.

At this time, the cavalry of the 3,000 Ming Army was roaring and rushing across the pontoon bridge.

Seeing that the winner was about to flee, and seeing the Ming cavalry rumbling like thunder, surrounding the 10,000 rogue infantry in Songxian County, he immediately fell into chaos.

Many people followed in the footsteps of Liu Zongmin and his party, who had long since gone, threw away their weapons and armor, and fled westward with all their might.

"The thief is defeated! The whole army quickly followed Benxian out of the city to kill the enemy! ”

Seeing that the enemy fled westward in a swarm, Sun Biqian, the governor of Henan, was as excited as if he had been beaten with chicken blood, and immediately issued an order to go out of the city to pursue.

Soon, the Liukou infantry fell into the front and rear interception of the Ming cavalry and the defending infantry, and after a period of indiscriminate resistance, they fell to their knees and surrendered.

Seeing the endless rogue infantry kneeling in front of him, Li Xiao's guard captain Li Haoran couldn't help but feel regretful.

, these rogues really don't need to be beaten, I think Lao Tzu killed two rogue cavalry, five or six rogue infantry, and these cowards surrendered, it's really useless.

When Li Xiao and Zu Dale led all the soldiers to take prisoners and captures and marched in the direction of Song County, he received a battlefield report from Guan Yi, deputy director of the Supervision and Pacification Department.

In this battle, Li Xiao killed more than 25,000 rogues, captured more than 80,000 rogues and soldiers, and captured more than 20,000 pieces of intact armor.

In addition, a total of 32,000 taels of gold, 220,000 taels of silver, 150,000 stones of various types of grain, and more than 6,000 horses of silk and silk were seized.

The casualties of Li Xiaojun were 280 dead and 460 wounded among shield soldiers, 570 dead and 780 wounded among spearmen, 21 dead and 40 wounded in the rampant team, 8 dead and 10 wounded in the Xuanhu heavy cavalry, 6 dead and 9 wounded in the Flying Harriers, and no casualties among the rest of the troops.

Compared with the brilliant results obtained by Li Xiaojun, the battle losses of these soldiers are simply negligible.

The losses of Zu Dale were also very small, except that more than 300 infantry were killed and wounded, and more than 50 cavalry were killed or wounded.

At this point, the main force of the invasion of Henan, the middle route of the Liukou was basically wiped out, and the main forces of the Liukou in Henan were only left in the north and south.

Li Xiao immediately sent someone to Kaifeng Mansion in an urgent manner to perform this great victory.

Then Li Xiao led the army to Song County, the soldiers and civilians of Song County were jubilant, and every household took out their treasured food, wine and meat, and came to ****.

Li Xiao personally thanked the people for their enthusiastic support, and then, in order to prevent the soldiers from harassing the people, he ordered that all the soldiers should be stationed outside the city and not allowed to enter the city. His move moved the people of Song County to live for it.

Then, Li Xiao, the chief of Shanhaiguan, Zhenzu Dale, and the governor of Henan, Chen Biqian, entered the county government to sit down and discuss the distribution of seizures and prisoners.

Before the armies went to various parts of Henan to resist the enemy, Lu Xiangsheng had already said that all the captures could be distributed by the soldiers participating in the battle to comfort the troops. Therefore, Li Xiao and others are discussing this matter now, but they all feel that it is taken for granted.

What Li Xiao didn't expect was that Zu Dale and Chen Biqian both insisted that they should not be taken prisoner and let Li Xiao take them all.

Li Xiao was stunned, but he also immediately figured out that the Liaodong army and the local people in Henan were all short of salary, food and grass, how to afford these more than 80,000 captives, and in case the captives rebelled again in the future, wouldn't it be purely to make trouble for themselves.

Seeing that the two resolutely did not want to, Li Xiao had no choice but to accept all the more than 80,000 rogues.

Next, to discuss the seizure and distribution plan, Li Xiao is generous, and he wanted to distribute the property and baggage equally, but Zu Dale and Chen Biqian were both flattered, and said again and again, in this battle, Li Xiaojun is the main force, and has made great contributions, if it is divided like this, he is deserved.

Especially Chen Biqian, the governor of Henan, he also knew that these old and weak soldiers under him basically did not contribute to this battle, and they were purely following Li Xiao to fight a smooth battle, but he was really embarrassed to compete with Li Xiao.

Seeing that the two of them shirked like this, Li Xiao ordered that all the captured armor and weapons be left to the two of them, and then the gold, silver, grain, grass, silk and other things, Li Xiaojun got sixty percent, Zu Dale Department got three percent, and Chen Biqian received one percent.

Li Xiao's suggestion, Zu Dale and Chen Biqian had no objection, so the distribution agreement was finally successfully reached.

In this way, Li Xiao received a total of 19,000 taels of gold, 130,000 taels of silver, 90,000 stones of grain and grass, and 36,000 horses of silk.

Li Xiao, who is now a big family, did not have any special feelings about the seizure of these distributions, he smiled lightly, and ordered the officials of the Supervision Department to put them into storage.

Zu Dale and Chen Biqian got all the armor and weapons, and they had goods and grain and grass to share, and both of them were overjoyed.

Seeing that the two of them were so happy, Li Xiao smiled secretly in his heart, because, for Li Xiaojun, who is now able to produce armor and weapons on a large scale, these miscellaneous and crude equipment cannot enter Li Xiao's eyes.

After the distribution was completed and Li Xiaojun rested for a day, Li Xiao ordered that Monk An, the commander of the Tielong Battalion, lead all the spear and shield soldiers of the Tielong Battalion, take the ashes of all the fallen soldiers and a group of wounded soldiers, escort all the prisoners and the assigned capture, and return straight to Tielong City.

After all, the daily food consumption of these 80,000 captives is an astonishing number, and if they are not brought back to their own territory as soon as possible, Li Xiaojun, who has no military salary supply, will quickly fall into a food shortage.

As for these captives, after they went to Iron Dragon City, Li Xiao had written a cursive letter and handed it over to Monk An to bring back. In his letter, he had already written down the method of distributing the prisoners, and ordered Wu Liang, the governor of Iron Dragon City, to manage the distribution of prisoners according to this method.

And now in Li Xiao's army, there are only all the soldiers and horses of the Chifeng Battalion, as well as the cavalry and auxiliaries of the Tielong Battalion, with a total number of about nearly 8,000 people.

What Zu Dale and Chen Biqian didn't expect was that the ambitious Li Xiao's next plan was to lead the army south to support Zu Kuan, Li Bei and other soldiers in the south, and strive to encircle and eliminate Lao Hui and the Scorpion Block.

"Li Xiao, in the old man's opinion, it is better to take advantage of the enemy's rout in the middle to continue to advance westward and recover Luoning and other county seats." Zu Dale frowned and said.

"Father-in-law, but the son-in-law thinks that those ruined cities are useless to take them, and if they can destroy the enemy's living forces, it is the most important." Li Xiao retorted.

"General Li, if our army acts like this, can we first ask Governor Lu?" Chen Biqian, who was on the side, asked in a low voice.

"No need, the soldiers are fast, if you get the sentry back and forth to deliver the news, then I am afraid that the fighter plane has been mistaken." Li Xiao said with blazing eyes: "Our army will rest until today, and from tomorrow, we will immediately go south and go to Xinyang Mansion!" (To be continued.) )