415 won too risky, too lucky

"Kill!"

Li Zixiao led more than 1,000 cavalry of the White Dragon Army and rushed towards Liu Zongmin.

At this time, the news of 'King Chuang's death' still spread rapidly, making the bandits panic and have no intention of fighting.

It's just that Liu Zongmin was the only one who was completely red-eyed at this time, and roared at the bandits around him: "Rush, all rush up to Lao Tzu and kill this group of dog officers and soldiers, hurry!" ”

Liu Zongmin kicked over one of them, hesitating and reluctant to step forward of the bandits, while Li Zixiao led the cavalry of the White Dragon Army to rush into the chaotic bandit group like a devastating force, directly breaking up their formation.

"The general has brought reinforcements, the thief is dead, and the thief has made a meritorious service!"

And for the bandits, what is even worse is that Xu Wei, who was trapped in Yiyang County Ya at this time, also led people out in time and stabbed Liu Zongmin's chrysanthemum.

What's more, the news that 'reinforcements are coming, but the thieves are dead' is simply a stimulant for those white dragon soldiers who have long been exhausted, as well as the young men in the city.

Dispel the haze in their hearts in time, let them see the hope of living again, and at the same time let them find an opportunity to fight back and beat the water dogs.

Soon, one by one, the white dragon soldiers who endured their fatigue and shouted 'Kill thieves and make meritorious contributions', as well as a large number of young people, rushed out from the county government and mansions, chasing after the bandits.

Soon, Liu Zongmin's army of 10,000 people was completely chaotic, and many bandits in marginal positions had already taken advantage of the hazy night to smear oil on the soles of their feet.

And those who stayed and didn't have time to escape, one by one, they also had no intention of fighting, Li Zixiao led people in the bandit army, rampage, and no one could stop them.

"Don't stop me, Liu Tichun, you get out of the way, don't retreat, don't escape!"

At this time, Liu Zongmin was forcibly held by several bandits, and under the command of Liu Tichun, a group of veteran bandits were responsible for opening the way and retreating towards the south.

"Lao Liu, don't make trouble, you still don't understand this situation, if you don't leave, we will become prisoners.

Regardless of whether King Chuang has an accident or not, now we can't fight, you look at the brothers around you, one by one has no will to fight, no matter how you fight, you can't win this battle.

Withdraw first, go to the southern mountains to find Tian Jianxiu to meet, and then inquire about the specific news of King Chuang, and think about it in the long run.

If something really happens to King Chuang, you have to leave a useful body to avenge King Chuang! ”

Liu Tichun explained to Liu Zongmin.

Fortunately, he gathered the elites of the old battalion among the bandits in time, so that he could cover their retreat at this time.

The elites of these old battalions have always been the backbone of the thieves, and they will not betray the king at any time, and at this time, only these elites of the old battalion are worthy of their trust.

Although Liu Zongmin has a short-tempered personality, rudeness, and is even more greedy for money and lustful, he has not been corrupted by glory and wealth at this time, he still dares to fight, and he is not even afraid of death.

"Mom, a bastard, the dog official surnamed Li, this hatred Lao Tzu wrote down, your grandfather and you don't share the sky, sooner or later, Lao Tzu will kill him with his own hands."

Liu Zongmin was full of swearing, swearing, venting his hatred for Li Zixiao, and finally fled with Liu Tichun.

When Li Zixiao saw that the bandits began to rout, a smile appeared on his face, and he knew that at this time, they would really win this battle.

Once the rout begins, no one can stop it, don't look at the fact that there are nearly 20,000 bandits at this time, but in this kind of rout, the more people, the faster the rout.

Li Zixiao breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and said secretly: "It's so dangerous, it's so dangerous, there was no accident in the end." ”

In this battle, Li Zixiao won completely by scheming, taking advantage of Li Zicheng's complacent situation at this time, digging a big pit in advance, and waiting for Li Zicheng to jump down.

From the time Li Zixiao left Xu Wei to defend Yiyang, until Li Zixiao launched a night attack, seized the 'Chuang' flag, spread the news of Li Zicheng's death in battle, and then turned back to attack Liu Zongmin.

In this series of actions, Li Zixiao is like walking a tightrope again, if he is not careful, and there is a little mistake in the middle link, they will all be doomed.

There is no way, who let the disparity between the strength in their hands and the bandits, they can only use strategy and hard work to make up for the gap between the two sides.

In this battle, Li Zixiao won too much risk and luck, and the element of luck accounted for a lot.

If Li Zixiao had 10,000 White Dragon Army in his hands this time, he would not need to be so calculated, and he could defeat Li Zicheng head-on.

In the final analysis, the troops in Li Zixiao's hands at this time are still too small, even if the white dragon sergeants are all elite, but the tigers can't stand the wolves!

This made Li Zixiao decide in his heart that the expansion of the White Dragon Army could not be delayed any longer, and it must be carried out immediately.

At the same time, he decided that the White Dragon Army would continue to follow the elite route, which was right.

But for the second-line city defense army, it can be expanded on a large scale, and in the future, these city defense troops will not only be responsible for city defense, but also need to follow the White Dragon Army, which is the so-called miscellaneous army.

"General, we won, we won!"

Luo Chao rode up to Li Zixiao and shouted excitedly.

"yes, we won. The rest of the finishing is left to you and Han Tong, remember what I told you before. Li Zixiao returned his saber to the sheath and said to Luo Chao.

"Yes, General, we'll take care of the rest."

Luo Chao happily took the order, and Han Tong and the two took the cavalry of the White Dragon Army, responsible for covering and killing the bandits who fled.

At least don't give them a chance to gather together, and keep driving them to the mountains to the south.

Subsequently, Li Zixiao took the quartz to the south gate of Yiyang.

At this time, the south city gate, which had been blown down, had been cleared out of a passage by the bandits before, just so that it was convenient for them to enter.

"General, you're here!"

Sun Dazhuang wrapped one hand around the white cloth and hung it on his chest, his arm was obviously injured, and when he saw Li Zixiao coming, he greeted him and said with a smile.

"What? Injured? Li Zixiao looked at him and asked with concern.

"It's fine, a little hurt."

"Where's General Xu?"

"General Xu led people to chase and kill the bandits, but his subordinates didn't stop him, please punish the general." Sun Dazhuang said with a wry smile.

"Forget it, just let the old general take someone out of anger, I believe the old general will be counted, and he will be back soon." Li Zixiao waved his hand and said.

"The important thing now is to treat the wounded, but all the injured soldiers must be treated in a timely manner. I'll leave this to you.

In addition, we will send people to count the casualties of our battle, but if the bodies of the fallen soldiers can be found, we must give them a proper disposal. ”

Li Zixiao said to Sun Dazhuang.

"Yes, General, I'll do it." Sun Dazhuang happily accepted the order.

"General, the urgent information sent by Zhang Fugui seems to be urgent." Quartz walked over, handed Li Zixiao a bamboo tube, and said.

"Is my previous suspicion going to come true? Qi Wei, don't let me down, there can't be an accident in Ruzhou City. ”

Li Zixiao took the bamboo tube that Quartz handed him, his eyes shrank suddenly, thinking in his heart, and then poured out a note from the bamboo tube and looked at it.

After Li Zixiao read the content of the note, his face changed, and he said in a deep voice: "Sure enough, as I expected, the disappearance of the chaotic army really went to Ruzhou City." ”

"General, Ruzhou City has been attacked by bandits?" Quartz on the side saw Li Zixiao's expression change and asked.

"Well, that's right, Ruzhou City was attacked by the army led by the bandit Li Guo two days ago, but Qi Wei did not report to us, and Zhang Fugui also received information about Ruzhou City half a day ago.

Obviously, Qi Wei didn't want to be distracted by our side and took on the pressure alone, but fortunately, Zhang Fugui said in intelligence that Qi Wei did a good job.

Saw through the sneak attack of the bandits in advance, and did not let the other party's sneak attack succeed, although the subsequent sneak attack of the bandit Li Guo could not be changed and attacked, but Ruzhou City was not so easy to overcome.

Now Ruzhou City is still in Qi Wei's hands, so don't worry. Li Zixiao tore up the note and said casually.

"Then general, do you want to send someone to support Ruzhou City?"

"No, as long as the news of Li Zicheng's defeat spreads on our side, Li Guo will withdraw by himself. Besides, do you think we can still free up manpower to support Ruzhou? ”

"Hey, too!" Quartz smiled innocently.

This battle is over, Yiyang City is held by Li Zixiao, and Li Zicheng is defeated and fled.

As for the casualties of the White Dragon Army, Li Zixiao didn't know it at this time, and it was being counted.

However, Li Zixiao knew very well that although he won this battle, the strength of the bandits was not weakened much.

Because of this battle, except for Xu Wei defending Yiyang in front and killing and injuring a large number of bandits under Yiyang City, last night's night attack basically didn't kill many bandits.

Last night's night attack, mainly because Li Zixiao smashed Huanglong, 'killed' Li Zicheng, and seized the 'Chuang' Wang Banner, causing the rebel army to be in turmoil, and they had no intention of fighting again, so they were defeated.

The bandits who were killed in the battle last night, Li Zixiao knew very well that there would not be too many, that is, although Li Zicheng lost this battle, he did not hurt his muscles and bones.

As long as Li Zicheng arrives in a safe place, regather the scattered bandits, and give him a little time, he will be able to recover again.

In fact, this is what Li Zixiao wants to see.

Li Zicheng's defeat, at least for half a month, is expected to fight Ruzhou again, he has to clamp his tail and be a man for a while, giving him time to gather his subordinates.

During this time, Li Zixiao believed that the imperial army led by Lu Xiangsheng should also arrive.

Since a week ago, when Lu Xiangsheng learned in Kaifeng that Li Zicheng led an army to attack Ruzhou and the troops were directed at Yiyang, he sent someone to tell Li Zixiao that he would send troops as soon as possible and let him hold on for a few days.

However, seven days have passed, and Lu Xiangsheng has just set off from Kaifeng, which makes Li Zixiao dissatisfied with Lu Xiangsheng in his heart.

However, Li Zixiao could probably guess that Lu Xiangsheng did not want to send troops, but he could not send troops.

Whether it was the more than 10,000 recruits he had just recruited, or the officers and soldiers he had summoned from other state capitals, these officers and soldiers were simply reluctant to leave without money.

Presumably, during this time, Lu Xiangsheng was also busy, and now he has finally opened up, which shows that the problems of silver, grain and grass have been preliminarily solved.

"General!"

Soon after Li Zixiao entered Yiyang, he saw Xu Wei, who was covered in blood and his armor was tattered, and came to him on horseback.

"General Xu, it's hard work, there's no need to salute."

Li Zixiao saw that Xu Wei was about to kneel on one knee and salute, so he hurriedly rushed over, held him up, and said politely.

"Serving the country, there is no hard work." Xu Weiqiang endured his tiredness and said happily.

"Old general, we can win this battle, you are a great hero, I will play to the court and ask for credit for you." Li Zixiao grabbed Xu Wei's hand and said.

"Thank you, General."

Xu Wei was not polite and accepted it gladly.

Because of Xu Wei's merits in this battle, everyone really saw it, if he hadn't led people to defend it for six days, there would not have been Li Zixiao's overnight turnaround last night.

In this battle, it is not an exaggeration to say that Xu Wei has made great contributions.

"General, I will talk about any credit later, what the old man wants most now is to lie down and sleep well. You're getting old, and your body can't keep up with you young lads. ”

Xu Wei said with a tired face.

"General, since the bandits attacked the city, the old general hasn't slept much, and he hasn't closed his eyes for several days."

At this time, the monk who had been guarding Xu Wei walked up to Li Zixiao and said in a low voice.

Li Zixiao raised his head and looked at Xu Wei, whose eyes were bloodshot, his armor had long been tattered, there were knife marks everywhere, and the blood from many wounds had already coagulated, which made him admire this old general even more.

"Okay, the old general will go to the county government first, I'll ask the medical staff to treat your wounds, and then ask the guy to bring you some food.

After you finish eating, you can rest in peace, and leave the rest to others to do. ”

Li Zixiao said with a smile, and asked people to help Xu Wei go down to rest.

As soon as Li Zixiao sent Xu Wei away, he saw several cavalry galloping from outside the city in the distance, and behind the cavalry in the front, there were three small red flags, which were the heralds of the White Dragon Army.

"Report, General, I just received the news that Lord Lu has already raised troops from Kaifeng and rushed to us two days ago.

This time, Lord Lu brought a total of more than 30,000 officers and soldiers, and it was expected to arrive in Ruzhou in four days. ”

The herald came to Li Zixiao and reported.

"Okay, I got it." Li Zixiao said casually.

"Cut, the bandits have been defeated by us, why are they still here?" At this time, Quartz on the side muttered very dissatisfied.

"Okay, stone, don't complain, Lord Lu also has something unspeakable.

As long as Lord Lu can send troops, our task is completed, and the next thing to chase and suppress those bandits will be handed over to Lord Lu and them. ”

Li Zixiao said to Quartz.

At the same time, Li Zixiao's eyes also showed a sneer, and he said in his heart: With the victory in this battle, even if Lu Xiangsheng came to Ruzhou with troops, he would never be embarrassed to drive him away.

He had even more reason not to participate in the next pursuit of Li Zicheng, so he proposed to Lu Xiangsheng that the White Dragon Army should be stationed in Ruzhou City and be responsible for protecting their logistics, grain and grass supply and other matters.

Li Zixiao believes that Lu Xiangsheng is by no means embarrassed, and there is no reason to refuse Li Zixiao.

"Okay, then I can sit back and watch you two tigers fight in peace." Li Zixiao muttered to himself in a low voice.