The distance between the officers and soldiers and the bandits was still more than a hundred steps away, and the bandits' archers were wandering between the two formations.
Many officers and soldiers fell under the fire of archers. However, although the ranks of officers and soldiers were a little panicked, they still maintained their formation until a sharp whistle sounded.
The officers and soldiers began to speed up, and the formation gradually became looser. At the same time, countless short spears flew out from behind the array of officers and soldiers, slamming into the bandits in front.
The first hundred or so short spears that flew out directly covered all the archers wandering on the battlefield. Compared with the short spears that flew down with the sound of wind, the archers' arrows looked like those of children.
Like toys, almost in the blink of an eye, the group of rogue archers in the middle were all nailed to the ground.
"Kill the thief!"
Shouts came one after another, but the officers and soldiers at the front were running and spreading out. The people behind them who had already gathered strength threw the short spears in their hands in response to the command, and then pulled out the spears in their hands.
Weapons also join the ranks of rushing forward.
In just over a hundred steps, it only took a dozen breaths to go from exerting strength to running at full strength. The officers and soldiers were running, and countless short spears were flying behind them. The bandit army was suddenly stunned.
After a large group fell down in unison, one by one, under the hysterical shouting of the leader behind them, they rushed forward with weapons in their hands.
The sudden charge almost gave most of the bandit army no time to react. When the casualties of their companions appeared around them, the shouts of the leaders also rang out. Everyone, whether they were willing or not,
Unwillingly, intentionally or unintentionally, he was trapped in the crowd and bumped into the oncoming officers and soldiers.
The men and horses from the two sides collided with each other, and then they fought together. Shouts were heard everywhere, and everyone could tell who was shouting what. Whether they were officers, soldiers or bandits, they only had their own opponents in their eyes, and at this moment
, killing each other became the only thought in their minds.
The only result of all the weakness and cowardice in such a collision is to turn into a corpse, and then be trampled beyond recognition by countless yellow mud-covered feet. No matter which side wins in the end, these corpses have already been destroyed.
It's not something they can care about anymore.
The bandit army coming out of the city was obviously prepared for the sudden outbreak of war. Although some people had already gathered in the battle formation in front, the bandits who came from behind were restrained by the loud restraints of the leaders.
The army stopped abruptly, then gathered together, bypassing the officers and soldiers who were rushing towards them, and prepared to cut the team of officers and soldiers into two sections from the side at their waists.
"Let everyone in the city come out!" Zhang Xianzhong rode on his horse and shouted loudly: "This city is undefendable. Why don't you stay in the city and wait to die? Zhu Tou Qi and his brothers are trying to buy us time in front of us.
, tell them all to come out!”
Some people hurriedly followed the order and left. Zhang Xianzhong looked sternly. Looking at the group of people he sent out, his face was calm.
Until now, he had not heard the sound of firearms. Just as he expected, the soldiers and horses of Yan'an Prefecture who had been following them were a recruiting army, even if they suddenly killed Lard with short spears.
There are seven to hundreds of people, but that's all they are.
As long as they are not regular officers and soldiers of the imperial court, or weird officers and soldiers like Nanhaiwei, but a recruiting army, Zhang Xianzhong feels that he can still handle it.
Most of the people in Zhutou Qi are not Ansai's old brothers. He doesn't feel bad if the casualties are serious. The people around him and in the city who have not yet arrived are the soldiers and horses he relies on most. No matter how the battle ahead is,
His nearly a thousand old brothers saw the right moment and rushed into the battlefield, and they could definitely decide the outcome of the battle.
"Lord Qianhu, the enemy troops are coming from the side..."
"Ignore them and eat the group of thieves in front of you!"
Li Zicheng looked at the dark group of bandits approaching his troops and outflanking the opponent's front army, and said without changing his face: "We are not officers and soldiers before, they are also bandits. In terms of desperate efforts, who are we afraid of?"
The war drums were beating loudly, conveying Li Zicheng's orders to every part of the battlefield. The two groups of soldiers and horses that were scattered and outflanking the front army of the bandits were fighting more fiercely. For the enemy troops approaching their flanks, except for those flying out of the formation,
With countless short spears, they had no intention of stopping to fight the enemy.
"Rush over!"
The leader of the bandits shouted loudly: "Charge into the officers and soldiers. The officers and soldiers dare not fight in close combat. If we rush in, they will be defeated!"
"The head of an officer and soldier is ten taels of silver, which is enough for you to buy land and marry a wife. Kill officers and soldiers in exchange for silver!"
The men and horses of the two sides finally came into contact. The queue of officers and soldiers was divided into two halves by the soldiers and horses of the bandit as expected. The sound of the war drums changed again. The officers and soldiers who were divided into two halves were still attacking the bandits in front.
The front army of the thieves, but the section behind it that was cut off, turned its direction and rushed directly towards this tributary of thieves.
The battlefield that had become a mass of fighting suddenly turned into two battlefields, and both battlefields seemed to be inextricably fought, with no winner or loser.
Li Zicheng looked at the stationary bandit army in the distance. If nothing else happened, it should be the troops of Gao Yingxiang and his henchmen. At this moment, they were not in a hurry to join the battlefield. It must be the same as him.
With a prepared force, they will enter the battlefield at the most critical and critical moment.
"Lord Senhu!"
The soldier next to him suddenly shouted: "Look over there!"
Li Zicheng looked in the direction he pointed and saw thick smoke billowing from the Xizhou city behind Gao Yingxiang, and there seemed to be a figure moving on the vaguely visible Xizhou city wall.
"There is chaos in Liuthief City, someone is setting fire to it!" the soldier said.
Xizhou was captured by Gao Yingxiang. The thick smoke billowing in the city at this moment is definitely not that Gao Yingxiang is setting fire to the city and creating chaos for himself. If the thieves who are fighting outside the city have the time to glance behind them, they will see the thick smoke billowing.
Xizhou, I’m afraid the first thing I thought about was that Xizhou was taken away by the officers and soldiers!
"It seems that Li Datou's people are not dead yet!"
Li Zicheng smiled coldly, but his eyes were extremely cold. The order he gave to the 700th household was to stick to Xizhou, but the 700th household's incompetence caused him to hastily fight the bandit army directly outside the city.
If we win, the 700th household will not be able to escape the blame for its incompetence in fighting. If this battle is defeated, then the 700th household will be the main culprit.
Li Datou was a close confidant of Li Zicheng, a member of the Li clan he brought out from Mizhi. It was for this reason that he gave him the important task of luring the enemy. In his heart, Li Datou should have died in the battle.