Li Mingxin watched the scene in the valley from a distance outside the valley, and before the Song army counterattacked, the Jiaozhi army had already lost most of its strength and was already frightened.

After calling the commander of the army, Li Ming said: "General Chen did not listen to the advice and entered the valley without authorization, but he was ambushed by the Song army and buried the lives of my Jiaozhi soldiers. You immediately arrange for the soldiers and horses to retreat, and I will pick up the Dragon Mansion and play to the Holy Saint, and set off quickly! ”

This officer was Chen Changji's cronies, and he stayed outside to watch to prevent Li Mingxin from messing around, and said in a deep voice: "The marshal has a military order, so we will stick to the valley and hold the retreat, how can we mess up our own positions?" ”

Li Mingxin pointed at the valley mouth and said: "Dashuai, your Dashuai has already broken his life in the valley, and now it's up to me to call the shots here!" When I say retirement, you will honestly withdraw from the army! ”

"Without a military order, how can the soldiers and horses retreat when they say they will retreat?"

It's okay for Li Mingxin to scare Chen Changji with the identity of the prison army, this officer level is too far behind, and everything can be pushed to the commander, but he doesn't listen to Li Mingxin's words.

Look at Taniguchi, the stone cannons of the Song army are still overwhelming, Taniguchi has been filled with rocks, and it is impossible for the army inside to escape again. Li Ming was anxious in his confidence, if the Song army cleaned up the Jiaozhi army in the valley and chased them out of the valley, he would not be able to escape. I heard that the Song army had thousands of cavalry, and the 3,000 Jiaozhi soldiers and horses left outside the valley were not opponents, and they couldn't outrun if they wanted to.

Looking at the commander with a wooden head in front of him, Li Mingxin said angrily: "Since you insist on staying here, it's up to you." But there is such a big thing here, I must go back to the Dragon Mansion as soon as possible to start playing to the Holy Lord, you send a commander to me, go back with me! ”

Seeing that Li Mingxin insisted on leaving, the commander knew that he couldn't stop him, so he had to agree. At that moment, he ordered a command of soldiers and horses. Be Li Mingxin's follower and follow him to escape first.

Watching Li Mingxin lead people away, the commander of the army secretly cursed in his heart, these servants can only flatter, and when they gain power, they will command and command, and they will run faster than anyone else when there is danger. It's really an out-and-out sinister villain.

Li Mingxin was also scolding in his heart, scolding this commander for being elm's head. At this time, the general trend of the Jiaozhi army has gone, what is the use of you still guarding the valley pass? Waiting for Song Jun to free up his hand to kill the valley and swallow it in one bite?

On the top of the mountain, Shi Quanbin saw the fleeing Jiaozhi team and said to Xu Ping: "Look, there are people there who have escaped!" Look at the flag, he is still an important person! ”

Xu Ping smiled: "Not long ago, news came that a chamberlain came from Shenglong Mansion to serve as a supervisor in the past two days. The Jiaozhi army outside is so abnormal, and he is the one who escapes. ”

Hearing that it was said that it was the inner servant, who was accompanying him, Shi Quanbin felt a little embarrassed, and scolded hatefully: "This Jiaozhi person is very courageous, since he came to be a prisoner, he ran away when the limelight was wrong, how can he go back and confess?" ”

Xu Ping smiled and didn't speak. The waiter has a clever mouth. They follow the emperor every day, and they have something to say no matter what. Ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign. There are too many such things, is it possible that the Great Song Dynasty is still missing this kind of example? But in front of Shi Quanbin, he couldn't say it.

Watching Li Mingxin flee farther away with his soldiers and horses, Shi Quanbin said: "This is also an important person, why don't Yun Xing send out an army and destroy the Jiaozhi people in the valley first." Capture him again! I see that the men and horses he led are mainly infantry, and I don't think they can outrun our cavalry! ”

"Trapped beasts don't fight, the remaining thousands of Jiaozhi people in the valley are crazy times, and it is worth the loss for this joint to send troops and horses to fight them. After another hour or two, the madness of the Cochin people passed. It's just that the hand is coming. As for the Cochin people outside the valley, how much can be left, and they can't be forced. ”

Seeing that Shi Quanbin was still indignant, Xu Ping said again: "There are 20,000 troops in Jiaozhi, and it will not affect the overall situation if you flee back with a thousand people, and it is difficult to leave all the people behind." Besides, let these people go back, tell the real power figures in the Shenglong Mansion about the war, and also promote the prestige of our Great Song Dynasty, don't take the tiger's whiskers lightly! ”

Seeing that Xu Ping insisted on refusing to send troops, Shi Quanbin had no choice but to put down his mind and look at the scene in the valley.

He is different from Li Mingxin, but he didn't take the military ministry with him, and his relationship with Xu Ping is different, and he is about to support each other in the future, how can he be angry for an inconsequential Jiaozhi person?

At this point, there was no longer a need for intensive shooting, and the Cochin people were already in chaos like headless flies. Coach Chen Changji was shot by the nimble Song soldiers and died. As soon as the soldier who won the jackpot hit Chen Changji, he reported to Xu Ping layer by layer, and now he is wearing red and hanging colors, and he is waiting to receive the reward money in Zhoucheng early.

Although the power of the artillery is large, it is limited by technology, and it cannot be fired continuously, otherwise it is very likely that there will be an explosion accident. Now it's just scattered, occasionally firing a cannon to disperse the Jiaozhi rebels who rushed to the state city.

Behind the state city, the six thousand Xiang troops set up a formation, and they had been waiting for several hours, and they were already anxious. If it weren't for the constant good news from the front, their morale would have been worn out.

At the head of the city, Sang Yi and Gao Daquan looked at the valley from the watchtower, sighing.

As a general who charges into battle, victory or defeat is a common thing for soldiers, but like the defeat of the Jiaozhi soldiers, one or two hundred thousand people are almost exhausted, and they have not yet exchanged hands with the opponent, which is really dead. This kind of thing will never happen on the battle array, and no matter how many crossbowmen the Song army has, no matter how many crossbowmen there are, they can't let all the Jiaozhi soldiers fall on the way to charge. However, the Song army relied on fortifications, each of them could send dozens of rounds, and thousands of crossbowmen were able to shoot as much as they could, and less than 20,000 crossbowmen were not enough to clean up.

The sun had set in the west, the last madness of the Cochin soldiers had finally passed, and many were exhausted and sat in the open space, without the strength to resist, waiting for the verdict of fate.

Sang Yi said to Gao Daquan: "It's time, there will definitely be a military order over there soon, ordering us to go out and clean up the mess." After a while, the military order will come down, and the remnants of the army in the valley will be cleaned up by me, so you just have to rush out of the valley with the cavalry, scatter the Jiaozhi soldiers left behind outside the valley, chase and kill, and don't let them escape back. ”

On the top of the mountain, Xu Ping saw that the Jiaozhi soldiers in the valley had no ability to resist, so he issued a military order for the final attack, preparing to clean up the mess and go back at night to celebrate.

As the military order quickly spread to the state capital, Sang Yi went down to reorganize the Xiang army and took the lead in attacking to clean up the last remaining Jiaozhi soldiers in the valley. At this time, there was no fighting, but the Song army came out to contain the prisoners. The Song army was relaxed, and the captured Jiaozhi people also breathed a sigh of relief, and the nightmare of the day was finally over.

Cleaning up the battlefield, Sang Yi led the people to quickly open the way, and Gao Daquan led his subordinate cavalry to gallop towards the valley mouth along the cleared passage.

Hearing that the movement in the valley gradually subsided, the commanders outside the valley were discouraged, knowing that the overall situation had been decided, and the soldiers and horses had no power to return to heaven.

Fight, or escape? The commander of the army was momentarily hesitant. There is still hope in my heart for what happens, Chen Changji's personal soldiers have been following him for many years, with good combat power and firm will, once he can escape? At this time, being able to save the boss's life is a bloody battle for a lifetime, so how can you give up easily.

In the end, he didn't wait for the Jiaozhi soldiers to escape, but ushered in the Song army out of the valley.

First, Sang Yi's infantry rushed out of the valley and quickly cleared the stone bullets not far from the valley. Fortunately, the stone bullet was round, and it was not too difficult to push to the side of the road, and it didn't take much effort to clear a passage.

Before the commander of the Cochin had made up his mind, he heard a rumbling sound, which grew louder and louder, as if the whole earth was trembling. With this voice, the cavalry troops of Gao Daquan appeared at the mouth of the valley, continuously, like a steel knife stabbing straight at the last man and horse in Jiaozhi.

The commander of the Jiaozhi only felt that it was dark in front of him, and when he continued to break off, he would be in chaos, well, now there was no need to think about whether to escape or not, and it was impossible for the infantry to outrun the cavalry.

With 6,000 cavalry against less than 3,000 infantry troops, Gao Daquan rushed straight forward with the momentum of a fierce tiger pounced on the sheep, slowly attacked head-on, spread out the two wings, and quickly surrounded it.

There was no suspense in such a battle, Xu Ping and Shi Quanbin lost interest in watching it, came down from the top of the mountain, and rode back to the state city.

Behind the earthen wall, as Sang Yi's Xiang army controlled the situation in the valley, the village soldiers who had been arranged here collected their bows and crossbows one after another, and stood there listening to the commanders report everyone's achievements. The general principle is to rank the arrows of the bows shot by the villagers, and if the person who shoots is a high-ranking officer, it is counted as a merit.

Compared with the Xiang army, the reward of the village soldiers is relatively small, speaking of which they defend their homeland, and they have income in the sugar business, and do not rely on military salaries to support their families. But no matter how little, everyone in today's World War I can receive a reward equivalent to half a year's salary, which is also a large amount of savings.

Seeing Xu Ping and Shi Quanbin, all the soldiers saluted loudly, and they were all full of neutrality.

While greeting him, Shi Quanbin asked Xu Ping in a low voice: "There is a lot of reward money to be distributed today, and there is so much money in the cane sugar business?" If it is insufficient, just ask for it from the court! ”

"It's still enough, the cabinet chief doesn't know, in recent years, the sugar business has expanded rapidly, and every year there is a large amount of money left for capital. Now it's nothing more than moving the annual capital out, and the expansion has been slower in the past two years. ”

Speaking of this, Xu Ping sighed: "What I'm worried about now is not that the reward is not enough, but that such a large amount of reward money is sent out, including the people, almost everyone has dozens of extra money in their hands." They suddenly have such a large amount of money in their hands, and they will inevitably spend it, and the prices in Yongzhou are only afraid that they will rise. ”

Shi Quanbin said: "Yun Xing is too worried, these people are not stupid, so naturally they don't buy things when the price rises." There will be no shortage of copper coins to save, and it is the same when the price comes down before spending. ”

Xu Ping smiled silently, if inflation is really so easy to eliminate, there will not be so many countries in the future to have a headache. There is suddenly a huge amount of liquid capital in society, and it is strange that prices do not rise, not to mention that in this era, transportation is inconvenient, and it is difficult to spread to the outside, but I am afraid that it will not be able to calm down for a few years. (To be continued.) )