Before the war, He Zhen had been secretly happy that the others were not in Zhongxiang for the time being, so that he could get most of the loot after defeating Li Shixun. Until the attack was launched, He Zhen still thought that there was nothing wrong with this battle; But as the war stalled, He Zhen felt that things were getting more and more tricky. Since the expedition, the successive battles have made the soldiers under He Zhen full of confidence and high morale, but after all, there are still many Ming soldiers who lack battlefield experience, and when they see more and more of their comrades being wounded and falling to the ground, and axes constantly flying over their heads, the morale of these soldiers is also constantly being consumed.

He Zhen knew that if it dragged on for a while, more veterans would be consumed, and without these examples, the morale of the recruits would fall at a faster rate. He Zhen thought with some regret that he might have waited patiently for Liu Tichun and the others to return to Zhongxiang, and it was better to divide something less than to lose money.

When He Zhen saw that a red flag was suddenly raised from behind the enemy formation, he thought that his eyes were spent. He Zhen was sure that he had not sent any cavalry to make a detour and outflank Li Shixun's position from the flank. Moreover, He Zhen did not think that such a plan would succeed in advance, if the number of troops dispatched was too small, then it would take a long time to get through the front line of the Qing army; And if there are too many troops, it will weaken the power of the flank attack, that is, disperse the forces.

Li Shixun on the other side of the front line was not much stronger than He Zhen, and today's battle also made him feel very nervous, and the morale of the Ming army was much higher than Li Shixun's imagination. Originally, according to Li Shixun's experience, if he saw the first batch of soldiers in the front line being knocked down instantly, the soldiers in the back row would hesitate and stop, but today the soldiers in the back row of the Ming army still rushed up desperately and writhed with the Qing soldiers. Li Shixun's planned attack on the battlefield did not greatly dampen the opponent's fighting spirit, which surprised him a lot.

Like the Ming army on the opposite side, the continuous war of attrition caused the morale of the Qing army to continue to decline. If this set of throwing and counter-charging tricks does not work and fails to help the Qing army completely overwhelm the opponent in momentum, the next battle situation can only watch it develop on its own.

The most stringent consumption in the front row of the Ming and Qing armies were the veteran jīng rui, and the recruits in their back rows showed the same wavering, and for the time being, He Zhen's troops were still worry-free because of the high initial morale, but the Qing army already had many soldiers cowering, and even began to move back slowly. Li Shixun and other generals had no other solution to this problem, but they could only send a large number of guards in their hands to supervise the battle, and use knives to force the soldiers forward to maintain the formation and morale.

Although Li Shixun felt very difficult, as a veteran general, he knew that the enemy must also be difficult, and victory belonged to the one who could grit his teeth and persevere. Li Shixun not only asked the guards to cheer up and encourage his own military camp, but also asked them to assist other generals in maintaining military discipline. At the same time, Li Shixun kept comforting himself in his heart, the longer the time passed, the more beneficial it would be to himself, and the former army would continue to return to join the war group.

Since Li Shixun's attention was completely focused on the eyes, when He Zhen found the red flag, Li Shixun still didn't know anything about the changes behind it.

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Deng Ming drew his long horse sword and rushed towards the banner of the commander of the Qing army, and the enemy in front of him was defenseless. The first to be attacked by Deng Ming and his entourage were some drummers of the Qing army, and when the Ming army killed behind them, these drummers with a backbone were still sweating and beating drums.

The Ming army swept behind the war drums of the Qing army lined up, and the original passionate drum sound suddenly disappeared silently in an instant, and more than a dozen drummers were cut down, or rolled to the ground, or lay on the big drum surface soaked in their blood.

The sudden silence of the drums made some Qing soldiers look here, Deng Ming saw a few Qing soldiers who turned around and stared at him, and in the blink of an eye, Deng Ming rushed to the eyes of these Qing soldiers, they still had their eyes open, and they didn't have time to make any tactical moves.

With a wave of the sword in his hand, the enemy soldier closest to Deng Ming was separated, and the headless corpse was still standing, and Deng Ming had not had time to fall before he galloped past him. Most of the remaining enemy soldiers were unresponsive before they were cut down by the cavalry that followed Deng Ming, and only one let out an exclamation before the spear plunged into his throat.

At this time, Deng Ming was in front of a herald of the Qing army, who had just been ordered to convey Li Shixun's tactical intentions to the generals on the flank. The herald stared at the red flag fluttering in the wind behind Deng Ming in a daze, his mouth was wide open, and his tongue was half stuck out without making any sound.

When Deng Ming rushed by not far from him, the herald turned around mechanically and continued to salute the knight at the head, Wu Baoping passed by him, and then picked the Qing soldier off his horse with a single shot. After several statue-like stiff cavalrymen were stabbed off their horses in a row, no one near Li Shixun's general banner reacted, shouting jǐng and began to draw his weapons and prepare to resist.

At this time, Deng Ming had already killed the front, and around the general banner of the commander of the Qing army, there were many generals of the Qing army and their personal guards, and those who reacted the fastest were gathering in twos and threes, trying to resist the charge of the Ming cavalry. Deng Ming struck one of the three Qing soldiers who had just raised their swords, ignoring the other two and leaving them to his companions, heading straight for the most important target, the Qing commander's banner.

The flagbearer of the guard also turned around at this time, and while observing the commotion behind him, the flagbearer still held the flagpole tightly and did not shake in the slightest. When he saw a cavalryman rushing towards him, the standard-bearer still refused to give up the flagpole, he held the flagpole with his left arm, and hurriedly touched the saber at his waist with his right hand. But before this soldier touched the hilt of the sword, Deng Ming had already turned the horse sword in his hand into a cold light and slashed towards the head of the bannerman.

The sword slashed vertically, slashing from the standard-bearer's forehead to his chest, almost splitting his face and throat in two. Deng Ming reached out to grab the flagpole at the same time that the Qing soldier fell. After holding the enemy's banner in his arm, Deng Ming circled around the Qing army's flag, and then threw the flag on the ground and threw it in front of the horses of the three stunned Qing generals.

Several other generals and guards who tried to draw their swords to resist were also killed by Deng Ming's guards, and the few Qing soldiers who reacted the fastest had already jumped out of the circle and were shouting "Enemy attack!" While rolling and crawling away from Deng Ming and the general flag of his army, he left.

"Who is Lee Se-hoon!" As soon as the sword in Deng Ming's hand sank, he put it on the neck of the nearest Qing army general, and asked sharply.

These three Qing army figures, who looked like generals from their armor, had almost identical postures, all holding their horsewhips in one hand, and looked at the Ming cavalry that suddenly appeared in front of them in amazement.

The blood-stained sword body was on his neck, and the Qing army general Zuo was awakened by the chill on the sword peak, and hurriedly replied to Deng Ming's question: "That is Li Dashuai...... No, that's the Li thief. ”

The Qing general pointed to one of the several Qing cavalry who were fleeing into the distance, and Deng Ming looked back as he saw this man galloping away.

"The last general is high-energy in the camp," the Qing army general Zuo, who was held by Deng Ming with a sword around his neck, seized the gap, took advantage of the opportunity of the other party to see the fleeing enemy, rolled the saddle and dismounted, and said to Deng Ming: "The last general is willing to atone for his sins, contribute to the king's division, and ask the general to spare his life." ”

At this time, many Qing troops had already looked back, and the closest to the position of the general flag was Li Shixun's personal barracks, and the soldiers in the back row were not far from Deng Ming and others. After discovering the changes here, although most of the Qing soldiers looked frightened and puzzled, they instinctively turned around and raised their swords and guns at these Ming troops.

"Defeated, defeated!"

Gao Neng didn't wait for Deng Ming's command, he waved his arms and shouted to the soldiers of the pro-barracks, he jumped up with both feet, waved the horse whip in his hand vigorously, and shouted hoarsely: "Run away, defeated!" ”

In this way, again and again, Gao Neng turned his back to Deng Ming and shouted to the Qing army with all his might, and at the same time as each shout, Gao Neng jumped high so that more soldiers could see him. When Gao Neng jumped three feet high for the fourth time, there was a loud bang in the Qing formation, and many soldiers from Li Shixun's personal battalion threw down their weapons, let out the same cry of defeat, and ran around Deng Ming's banner to the left and right.

Deng Ming knew that the defeat was like a mountain, although the Qing soldiers closest to them avoided left and right because of fear, but the Qing soldiers behind could not see the situation clearly, only knew that their own side was defeated, and it was easy for people and horses to trample on - this was a danger that Deng Ming and his party also had to avoid.

With the guards quickly dodging a distance, dodging the large group of enemy troops that were beginning to collapse, Deng Ming and the guards began to accelerate again, looking in the direction of Li Shixun, who had fled.

There were more frightened voices around him, the news of the defeat was spreading among the Qing army, and after hearing this shout, many Qing soldiers who were still fighting also turned their heads to look in the direction of the general flag, and they all found that Li Shixun's banner had disappeared without a trace, but there was a red flag fluttering behind the battle.

The disappearance of the general flag made the Qing soldiers who were still fighting immediately lose all their courage, and for those generals and officers of the Qing army, the sudden appearance of the red flag hit them harder than the general flag that could not see Li Shixun. Although these officers had a wider field of vision than ordinary soldiers, it was still impossible to see the movement of the entire front. So when they saw the red flag behind the battle, all the generals and officers realized that the battle line of the Qing army had been torn apart, and there must have been an irreparable collapse somewhere on the battlefield, and the Ming army was rushing behind the Qing army from that gap and sweeping the entire front.

When they saw Deng Ming's banner passing behind him, even the most determined Qing officers and soldiers completely lost their fighting spirit and joined the ranks of the defeated retreaters.

Deng Ming didn't care about the fleeing enemy soldiers, and kept chasing Li Shixun. As long as the opposing commander remains near the battlefield, he is a threat to the Ming army, and he may try to boost morale and regroup his troops. If the defeated enemy soldiers see the main general standing calmly in front of them, then their fighting spirit may be restored.

Therefore, Deng Ming did not hesitate to continue the pursuit, even if he could not drive Li Shixun out of the battlefield, he had to let the Qing soldiers see the appearance of their commander wolf bèi fleeing. And Li Shixun did not flee regardless of a single thing, perhaps he was indeed delusional to rein in and redeem the defeat, Deng Ming saw Li Shixun stop not far away.

Keeping an eye on the target, Deng Ming continued to pursue at full speed without stopping, Li Shixun obviously did not expect the Ming army to chase closely, and when he saw the Ming cavalry rushing towards him, he shouted and planned to continue to escape. But this time Deng Ming didn't give him a chance to escape, and rushed to his side when Li Shixun just turned the horse's head, and pointed his horse sword at the other party's throat.

"Are you Lee Se-hoon?" Deng Ming's gaze first stayed on the opponent's arms, making sure that the opponent did not have any attempt to draw his sword to fight back, and then slowly raised his gaze to stare at the person's eyes.

After seeing the fear in the other party's eyes, Deng Ming felt a trace of doubt, and the face of the enemy who was pointed at him with his sword turned pale and trembled like a chaff sieve. The other party is also a leading general, no matter how bold he is, he is not so incompetent that he is so frightened that he can't even answer the question.

"Are you Lee Se-hoon?" Deng Ming asked again, and at this time the guards behind him arrived one after another, and the captive's lips trembled even more, and their teeth collided, Deng Ming only heard Gege's voice, but he could not hear any answer.

Deng Ming pressed the horse sword forward with a strong hand, and lightly stabbed the opponent's Adam's apple.

"Little ...... The villain is not Li Dashuai. ”

The captive finally regained his ability to speak, and stammered in reply.

"And who are you?" Deng Ming asked. Looking at the other party's appearance, Deng Ming felt that his words were somewhat credible, and looking at the other party's armor up close, it didn't seem to be a great person-Deng Ming felt that Li Shixun should not have time to change his armor so quickly.

This man claimed to be just a herald, and when Deng Ming was killed under the general's flag, he had just left to investigate the battle situation on the right flank according to Li Shixun's orders.

Hearing that Li Shixun was next to the general flag when he arrived, Deng Ming asked again: "Which one is Li Shixun?" What is it like to dress up? ”

The villain saw it...... The villain saw that the general had already arrested Li Dashuai. The captive said nervously. At that time, he saw Deng Ming holding a sword on Li Shixun's neck, and saw the commander being captured, he knew that the general situation was gone, so he planned to flee. On the way, the herald was frightened for a while, and he planned to stop and look at the battle situation behind him, and report to the governor of Huguang in the future, he didn't expect that the Ming army would actually chase after him.

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When Deng Ming caught the herald, Li Shixun was scurrying south with two or three of his personal entourage.

When the Ming army suddenly came out from behind just now, Li Shixun was discussing the battle situation with the deputy general and others. First the drumming behind him stopped, and then some chaotic fighting sounds, Li Shixun thought that the soldiers behind had a conflict and quarrel, and when he turned around and saw a group of cavalry in Ming army uniforms rushing over, he thought he was dreaming.

Li Shixun watched in amazement as the Ming army rushed in front of him, cut down his own flag bearer at a distance of a horse from him, snatched the banner and threw it in front of his horse, at that time, let alone escape, he didn't even have time to draw his sword to defend himself.

It wasn't until there was a cold feeling of metal coming from his neck that Li Shixun was convinced that it wasn't a joke, but that it was really Ming Jun who put the sword on his neck.

Next, the question of the Ming army knight woke up Li Shixun, the other party obviously didn't know him, Li Shixun had an idea, and hurriedly pointed to the back of the herald who had just left. In the flash of light, Li Shixun also made up a pseudonym for himself "high energy", and when the enemy's eyes were away, Li Shixun pretended to dismount and surrender, in fact, in order to remove the opponent's sword from his throat.

When the soldiers of the pro-military camp looked back, Li Shixun was afraid that one of them would shout and reveal his identity, so he hurriedly shouted in front of the Ming army's horses, telling the men of the pro-military camp that the battle had been lost, and let them each escape.

In the event of a rout of thousands of armies, the momentum is so impressive that anyone who comes close to the rout can be caught up in the chaos and trampled through, and even those with the best martial arts skills can be in danger. Li Shixun hoped that the great rout would suddenly occur and drive the Ming army behind him some distance away - his wish was fulfilled, and the Ming army first retreated to the side, and then chased after the heralds, as Li Shixun expected.

Seeing the commander of the first army acting as a pawn for the enemy, shouting that the battle had been defeated, the soldiers of the pro-barracks instantly lost all thoughts of resistance and scrambled to escape. When Li Shixun beckoned his subordinates to find a way to survive, his two lieutenants secretly held Li Dashuai's horse very tacitly. After the rebels separated the three of them from the Ming army, Li Shixun quickly caught the reins thrown by the deputy general, flew on his horse and began to break through.

Soon distanced himself from the Ming army, but Li Shixun, who had been in battle for a long time, knew very well in his heart that the situation was irreparable, and the defeat of the Qing army, which had lost its unified command, was inevitable. Li Shixun did not have any delusional idea of organizing an army counterattack, he single-mindedly took his two men and fled, throwing all the armor, swords and other important things into the ground as he fled, leaving nothing but the horsewhip.

Although Deng Ming figured out that he had been deceived and knew who the real target was, it was now impossible to go back to find that person and rely on the armor on his body to recognize Li Shixun.

At this time, Li Shixun had already run to the south of the rout, and behind him were his two loyal generals, and the three of them galloped on their horses, and at the same time quickly removed their armor, leaving the team far behind, hunched on their horses, and galloped south without looking back.

"How the hell did the thief get here?" Lee Se-hoon has not been able to figure out this question until now.