Chapter 116 Beheading

When the soldiers reached 200 paces, the rebel soldiers became more and more chaotic. The artillery vehicles followed up with continuous bombardment, and the bandit soldiers fell down in pieces like wheat, showing signs of retreat.

Some of the old, weak, sick and disabled didn't even have the ability to fight back, so they just retreated, crowded and retreating.

Although the guns and artillery are powerful, Li Yan's thieves are too bad, their guns are of varying quality, and they have no fighting spirit. How can they withstand Ying Yi's army?

The more chaotic the enemy army is, the easier it will be for Ying Yi. In no time, the army came within eighty steps.

The artillery array stopped bombarding, and the army entered the charging stage.

Under the command of the battalion generals of each department, the spearmen stepped forward with dull steps and accelerated their speed.

"Point your gun forward!"

"Forward, forward!"

"Pay attention, pay attention, the brave cannot go forward, and the timid cannot fall behind!"

"Dignified formation, kill, kill, kill!"

Fifty steps passed by in a flash, and Li Yan was already at Qiutou urging the battle. Behind Ying Yi's spearmen, a bustling rain of arrows fell down, and screams rang out again and again. The waiting armies collided with each other, and people suddenly fell over.

The two generals and the generals of each battalion came forward first, with spears and stabs. The thieves fell in pieces at the feet of the army. Ying Yi's army became more powerful and unstoppable!

On the hill, Li Yan's face turned pale. The red lady came eagerly to report: "The soldiers have been selected and ready."

Li Yan took a long breath: "Follow me!"

He immediately got on his horse without saying a word, shot down the hill, and rushed to the front of the battle.

Ying Yi sat upright on the Diaoyutai, very stable. Seeing someone on the hill going against the trend and killing someone, he couldn't help laughing and said: "The mantis' arm is like a chariot." But he didn't care.

I saw Li Yan rushing down with his men. Zhu Bingkun had seen clearly and hurriedly ordered the spearmen to form a formation. Li Yan led hundreds of people down the hill, and after only ten steps, they were bravely blocked by Zhu Bingkun's spearmen.

Zhu Bingkun took advantage of the situation and surrounded hundreds of people to fight.

Ying Yi laughed: "Surround us!"

The 2,500 people from the headquarters who had not moved immediately obeyed the order and went to fight. Together with Zhu Bingkun's troops, they trapped the bandits who rushed down.

"Failed! Defeated!"

Seeing that Li Yan was trapped, the bandits could no longer hold on and collapsed.

"Run away!"

Panic is like a dog, a wolf running like a dolphin.

"The cavalry are outflanking, and the archer battalion is cooperating!" Ying Yi issued an order: "Anyone who escapes will be killed!"

The spontaneous artillery started here, but in just a moment, a battle involving more than 15,000 people on both sides came to an end.

I saw broken troops everywhere, fleeing hysterically. There were cavalry and archers chasing them. Either killed or captured, it didn't end until an hour later.

Ying Yi never made a move, he could only feel the mysterious aura emanating from the big flag erected next to his hand, and he could not help but smile as he felt the true spirit and human energy gradually increasing.

"Lord!"

Zhu Bingkun pushed two embarrassed people, a man and a woman, in front of Ying Yi: "The last general has captured the thief's leader!"

He was covered in blood, but in high spirits.

Ying Yi waved his hand: "Raise your head."

The two men who fell to the ground looked up and glared angrily.

Ying Yi smiled and said, "I didn't expect there to be a female thief. Tell me, what are your identities?"

The red lady scolded angrily, but Li Yan remained silent.

Zhu Bingkun swung his whip, knocked the angry red lady to the ground, and said: "My lord, the identities of these two people have been found out clearly."

"oh?"

"The leader of the bandits is called Li Yan, and the female bandit is called Red Lady." Zhu Bingkun said, "They are all bandits with names."

"Red Lady?"

Ying Yi was startled and couldn't help but take another look at the female thief. Although this woman's face was covered in blood and dust, she could not hide a hint of heroism between her brows.

"It turns out to be the Red Lady."

There are some vague impressions in Ying Yi's memory.

I know she was a female thief from the late Ming Dynasty, and she was quite chivalrous. But that's probably it, not much is known.

As for Li Yan, Ying Yi seems to have heard of it, but has no impression.

At this time, the red lady yelled angrily: "Young officer, if you want to kill me, you need to kill me faster, I can't wait any longer!"

Ying Yi laughed and waved his hand: "Since you want a quick death, then drag him down and kill him."

Without saying a word, Zhu Bingkun dragged the two men aside and chopped off two heads with a knife.

"It's still useful to install the head." Ying Yi said: "Quickly count the casualties, clean the battlefield, and return to Xiangcheng early."

Zhu Bingkun beat his chest and left.

Half an hour later, Zhu Bingkun and Zheng Wu both arrived.

Report: "Beheaded 5,500 people and captured more than 2,400 people. Less than 100 people fled. Our army killed more than 120 people and injured more than 500 people. We captured a total of 4,000 French machine guns and crouching tiger guns. There are ten gates, but only four are usable. All kinds of swords, guns, firecrackers, armor, ordnance, food and grass are not included."

When Ying Yi heard this, he said, "You actually beheaded 5,500 people? Haha..."

He laughed.

Zhu Bingkun and Zheng Wu looked at each other and said nothing.

Because of the competition for military glory, the soldiers under his command became so murderous that they even killed and beheaded some who knelt down to beg for mercy. Otherwise, there must be more captured than killed. But now the heads cut off are twice as many as those captured.

But Ying Yi didn't care.

If you kill, kill. It is not good to have too many prisoners - he is short of food now, and he cannot afford to feed him no matter how many prisoners he takes.

"Contain and bury the corpses. There are only a few people on the list now. We still need to count the military merits. Don't be lazy." Ying Yi ordered: "We will set off to return to the army later."

"Here!"

In general, this battle can only be regarded as a small test. The thieves were not looked down upon by Ying Yi at all, not to mention they were all old, weak, sick and disabled. They collapsed immediately, and there was nothing to brag about when they won.

The truth behind this was also taught in the army after Ying Yi returned to Junxiangcheng.

I only think that if we can achieve such results against the enemy Tatars, we will be proud. Now that the momentum is beginning to rise, we must guard against arrogance and impetuosity and take steps to make progress.

In the main camp in the city, Ying Yi sat at the head. All the generals from both departments and battalions are there.

Ying Yi said: "I will win in one battle today, what can I say?"

Zheng Wu beat his chest and said: "My Lord, the thieves are nothing more than this, they are all just a bunch of things that can be defeated in a rush. It's better to take advantage of the victory and attack directly to relieve the siege of Kaifeng."

As soon as he said this, he won the approval of many people.

Ying Yi smiled and waved his hand: "It's not the time yet."

He said sternly: "Although I don't take the intruders seriously, after all, the intruders have hundreds of thousands of vassals. A hundred times more than me. Although we won today, it was a fluke. There are not more thieves than me, and they are all old, weak and sick. Being disabled is nothing. Besides, the appointment from the imperial court has not yet come down, so I can't be too proactive."

Zhu Bingkun and Zheng Wu both understood what Ying Yi meant.

"But according to the Lord's orders."

"Li Yan and Lady Hong have been wiped out, and the intruders will definitely react. I will be here, training rigorously, while waiting for him to fight." Ying Yi said: "If the intruders want to besiege Kaifeng, they will definitely not use all their strength. Come to fight with me. If you only have a few thousand or tens of thousands, it will just add fuel to the fire and serve as a whetstone for the soldiers."

All the generals knew what was going on and understood immediately.

"Everyone, please retreat. Let's go down and train the troops. Some of the prisoners will be used to tidy up Xiangcheng County and repair the city walls. Zhang Shi, please send someone back to Yuzhou to inform Zheng County Zun of the great victory here and urge him to do so." Sun Xiucai sent food and grass earlier."

"Here."

When all the generals left, only Ying Yi remained in the tent.

From the corner of his eye, the data changes were clearly visible.