Ma Biao whipped the horse, and as soon as the horse's hooves reached the south bank, the ice of the Jingma River behind him "clicked" to break. Once the ice layer is broken, it can't contain the momentum, and the branches quickly grow on both sides, and almost in the blink of an eye, the river ice for two or three miles from east to west is broken.

Nearly 1,000 people had just descended the embankment, and they had no time to escape, and as the cold of the break, they all fell into the biting water.

In winter, the water is thin, and the water under the ice is only four or five feet deep, and it is not enough to fall into it alone. But at this time, nearly a thousand people fell into it, and there were still people on the river embankment who couldn't hold back the momentum and rolled down, entangled with each other in panic, and holding heavy armor, no one could break free. Second, the weather is biting cold, and if you fall into the river, even if you can climb ashore, you will lose half your life if you don't die.

Compared with the more than 1,000 people who fell into the river, more importantly, the river ice suddenly burst, which quickly caused a plague-like panic among Chen Hansan's troops - there was no abnormality when the army crossed the river in the early morning, who would have thought that the sun had not come out for two hours, and it was only after the corner of the day, and the river ice could not support the passage of a thousand people? The north wind blows so cold, how can this be the ice melting season?

Only the Huaidong army will be prepared first, seeing the river ice cracking, and countless generals of the Xuzhou soldiers fell into it, hundreds and thousands of people shouted in unison: "Tiannuo Huaidong, kill the traitor!" ”

Chen Hansan heard the strange sound of "clicking" after the battle, turned his head and saw countless people falling into the cold water, his heart was shocked, his face turned pale instantly, he rolled off the half-way nest car, and rode his horse to retreat to the north bank of the river embankment to stabilize the army's heart.

However, Sun Zhuang, Zhou Pu, and Li Liang were all waiting for this moment, and when the enemy army was panicking, nearly 10,000 cavalry counterattacked with all their might, killing the Xuzhou soldiers and retreating.

It was blocked on three sides, and the ice of the river to the south broke through, becoming a dead end, but once the army was defeated and retreated, more people behind the battle were coerced to retreat, and it was impossible to hold their feet. The generals who pushed the river embankment could only watch themselves push down the icy river. Soon the river channel more than 20 zhang wide was filled, and Chen Hansan's soldiers and horses on the north bank of the Jingma River were completely defeated, and there was no power to fight back at all.

Ma Zhen was also wrapped in the chaos of the army, I don't know whether he was alive or dead, Chen Hansan rushed to the river bank first, and crossed the river with the ice water with the Hu cavalry, just arrived at the south bank, and watched the north bank be killed.

Chen Hansan trembled all over, half of it was extremely angry and hateful, and half of it was when he waded through the water and crossed the river, he was immersed in ice water under his waist, which was blown in by the north wind, and it was bitterly cold.

Ma Biao was Chen Hansan's confidant, and most of the people in his department were buried in the Jingma River, except for a dozen people who ran to the south bank before the ice broke in time. Seeing that half of his life's blood was wiped out in an instant, Ma Biao vomited a mouthful of blood, the blood at the corner of his mouth had not been wiped dry, ran to Chen Hansan, and cried: "Dashuai, this is God's curse!" ”

"Damn you!" Chen Hansan never believed in the power of ghosts and gods, kicked Ma Biao's leg, and said with a crying voice, "This is the trick of the East China Sea Fox, but you and I are confused, and I can't see through him!" ”

Even if the main force on the north bank collapsed, Chen Hansan still had three battalions of foot soldiers on the south bank.

The generals of the palace soldiers were also frightened by the river ice that suddenly broke without warning and the defeat in front of them, and rode to Chen Hansan, and stumbled when he spoke: "Handsome, handsome, what is good now?" ”

Chen Hansan had never experienced such a fiasco in his life, his teeth trembled, his bite "creaked", and he didn't have many options.

The first is to lead the three battalions of foot soldiers on the south bank to flee back to Xuzhou City.

It's just that at this moment, more than 1,000 Huaidong cavalry on the east side of the north bank are leaving the battlefield and galloping east along the north bank embankment.

Although Chen Hansan was so angry that his mouth was full of blood, his brain could still function, and he thought: If the ice of the Jingma River breaks open and it is the ghost of the red jacket girl, and the Huaidong cavalry gallops eastward, then there may be a section of the river in the east for the cavalry to cross the river safely.

The south bank of the Jingma River is twelve miles away from the north gate of Xuzhou, and it is easy for Chen Hansan to escape back to Xuzhou City single-handedly, but it is difficult to bring the three battalions of foot soldiers back to Xuzhou City smoothly - if the three battalions of foot soldiers on the south bank are abandoned, Chen Hansan thought that if he fled back to Xuzhou City, there would be less than 3,000 troops left, and in Xuzhou City, Zhang Yubo, Liu Xilin and the Chu Wangfu soldiers worked together, and there were more than 1,000 people in the heart.

Thinking of this, Chen Hansan finally couldn't help it and spurted out a mouthful of blood!

"Dashuai, Dashuai!" Ma Biao stepped forward to hold the crumbling Chen Hansan to prevent him from falling off the horse.

"When you meet the East China Sea Fox, you will rest in this life!" Chen Hansan vomited another mouthful of blood, his eyes were dark, and he grabbed the reins with all his strength to prevent him from falling off the horse.

"Dashuai, you go back to Xuzhou City quickly, I will wait to hold Xiaozhai, Dayan reinforcements are about to arrive, as long as Xuzhou City and Xiaozhai are held, there is still a chance to redeem the matter?" Ma Biao persuaded Chen Hansan to flee to Xuzhou City first.

At this time, more than 1,000 Huaidong troops headed by Li Liang, who were galloping eastward, had reached six or seven miles away and were preparing to cross the river by stepping on ice.

Although there was no salt and charcoal slag sprinkled on the ice in that section of the river, the Huaidong cavalry was also cautious when crossing the river.

Once the river was crossed, more than a dozen horsemen formed a team and galloped towards the northern city of Xuzhou without pause, apparently to intercept the remnants of Chen Han's three troops and flee back to Xuzhou City.

On the north bank, Zhou Pu and Sun Zhuang's soldiers were united, drove the rebellious soldiers to the west, drove and killed them, cleared the foothills from the east side to Xiaogu Mountain, and pushed dozens of baggage carts into the Jingma River, taking advantage of the chaos on the ice-breaking Jingma River, to build a simple trestle bridge across the Jingma River.

As the number of Huaidong cavalry entering the south bank increased, Chen Hansan had no intention of sending people to sabotage the Huaidong army's trestle bridge over the Jingma River - affected by the current defeat, Chen Hansan still had three battalions of foot soldiers on the south bank, but I don't know how much courage they still had to fight the Huaidong army head-on.

Although there are still nearly 3,000 defenders in Xuzhou City, the defenders on the north gate tower can see the battlefield on this side of the Jingma River, and they see that the main force of Xuzhou soldiers who went out of the city to fight was so easily defeated, and they don't know how much determination they still have to hold the city.

The worst result is probably that the Huaidong cavalry will go to the city, and there is no need to wait for Zhang Yubo and Liu Xilin to join forces inside, and the defenders will open the city gate and surrender, right?

Thinking of this, Chen Hansan realized that the troops he could still firmly grasp at this time were the three battalions on the south bank......

I don't know how long the Jingma River ice broke through Huaidong, Chen Hansan didn't go back to the city, knowing that he couldn't escape to the north bank in a short time, and joined Zhou Zhizhong and Nahe Xiongqi who was coming, and vomited blood, he didn't hesitate at the moment, took more than 100 remnants, and galloped to Xiaozhai.

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Zhou Zhizhong's cautious conservatism saved his life.

According to common sense, when the Huaidong army transferred the cavalry covering both flanks to fight Chen Hansan, Zhou Zhizhong should decisively counterattack from Shajiaji, so that the Huaidong army could not take care of each other - but Zhou Zhizhong was quite dangerous to defend the camp, and when he was frightened, he only thought about strengthening the defense of the camp first, so as to hold on until Nahe Xiongqi arrived.

Mo Jiben is a greedy person, even if he saw that Liu Miaozhen's step formation was quite strict and there were not many flaws, but he didn't want to lead the troops trapped in the camp and did nothing when Na Hexiongli came, so he argued with Zhou Zhizhong to lead the troops out to fight back.

Zhou Zhizhong's delay, Chen Hansan in the south was like a sand tower and gently stabbed a finger.

Even if the rout of Chen Hansan's department was a matter of blink of an eye, more than 10,000 soldiers and horses were in a mess, giving the Huaidong army a bloody plow, and there was no power to resist.

Zhou Zhizhong's face turned pale with shock, Chen Hansan's department was defeated so easily, and the situation was extremely unfavorable to them after losing Chen Hansan. Zhou Zhizhong didn't dare to go out of the camp to fight, and while sending people to guard the wall, he sent people to inform Na He Xiongqi, telling him to stay in Wei Wangpo and not to approach him easily; If you want to approach, you must wait for the soldiers and horses to rest and recuperate, so as not to give the Huaidong army a chance to work and be caught off guard.

If it weren't for the support of Na Hexiong Qi's more than 10,000 elite horses, Zhou Zhizhong would not have the confidence to bring all the 20,000 horses back to Shouzhang.

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The sky is high and refreshing, standing on a high place and looking into the distance, as long as there are no mountains to obstruct the eyes, the eyesight is better, and it is common to see the scenery twenty or thirty miles away. The Jingma River is only more than 12 miles away from the north city of Xuzhou, and the defenders stand on the north gate tower of the north city, and the situation on the north bank of the Jingma River is naturally clear.

Not only can the defenders on the north tower of the north city see the battlefield on the north bank of the Jingma River, but there is a towering ginkgo tree in the garden behind the Yin'an Palace of the Chu Palace, which is almost five or six hundred years old.

"The Huaiyang army has won a great victory, and countless rebels have fallen into the Jingma River for no reason, as if they have been swallowed up, and they haven't seen their heads, the girl in the red jacket must have used some demon method!" The lookout who climbed the ancient tree said dancingly.

"Don't talk nonsense, just tell us what you see!" Zhang Yubo scolded and scolded, the reputation of this demon law spread out, which is not good for Huaidong.

Chu Wang Yuan Hancheng didn't care about these details, his body trembled, he looked at the Huaidong army to win, but he didn't believe that Huaidong could win so easily, if it wasn't for his body, he wanted to climb up and see the situation outside the city for himself.

"There is a cavalry team from the north bank across the river is rushing to Xuzhou City, is called strange mile, the rebels planted in the river and can't see their heads, they can cross safely, look at the armor, it is the Huaidong cavalry." The lookout continued to lie on the top of the tree to report the situation outside the city.

Liu Xilin called the lookout to come down, he personally climbed up, saw the situation outside the city, there were almost six or seven hundred horsemen formed a straight line, rushed to Xuzhou to seize the city, he was busy getting off the tree, and discussed with Zhang Yubo and Yuan Hancheng, and said: "I don't know which general is leading the team, it is the Huaidong cavalry battalion soldiers and horses are undoubtedly - the cavalry team cannot attack the city, if the defenders do not abandon the surrender, if we want to take Xuzhou City as soon as possible, we can only respond from the inside!" ”

"How is this possible? Chen Hansan still has 3,000 soldiers and horses in the city, so it is better to cooperate when the main force of the Huaidong Army arrives at the city to attack the city. Yuan Hancheng objected.

"Chen Hansan still has 3,000 defenders in the city, and regardless of whether these 3,000 defenders have been affected by the defeat outside the city and hurt their morale, we will assist in the siege from the inside, as long as we capture a city, hold a piece of hope, and open the city gate to usher in a large army, and ask Chen Hansan 3,000 defenders in the city, give the four cities a share, how many troops can stop us from seizing one of the city gates?" Liu Xilin saw that the King of Chu had a worried face, and said, "They, either surrender, or abandon the city at this time and flee away, how much heart can they have to fight with us......"