Although Yuan Zheng escaped, they lacked lighting equipment and encountered many obstacles while traveling at night, which greatly delayed their speed.
The fourth guard led by Xu Hong crossed Xingjiazhuang directly and held on to Yuan Zheng who was escaping in front.
In Xu Hong's view, those who stayed in Xingjiazhuang were destined to die, and he had to eat the remaining people.
He, Xu Hong, had lost trust in Zhao Yanxun since the incident of officials breaking into the palace. Although he still held a high position in the palace, he was completely excluded from the core of power.
So this time, his first achievement must be successful.
They were three to five miles apart, and finally captured Yuan Zheng and his party seven miles east of Xingjiazhuang.
What followed was a one-sided war.
Xu Hong's 5,000 cavalrymen were superior to Yuan Zheng's 1,000 men. The advantage was not ordinary.
A head-on attack would be courting death, so Yuan Zheng simply ordered all units to break out of the encirclement on their own.
As a result, his team of more than a thousand people immediately split into more than a dozen teams and fled in different directions.
Realizing Yuan Zheng's intention, Xu Hong sneered: "You are simply seeking death!"
Unable to see the road at night, Long Zhiwei's men ran away separately. Even if they could escape from Yong's sword, many of them would die from the mouths of zombies.
Of course, if they win against Yong's army, they will be annihilated faster.
From this point of view, Yuan Zheng's decision is undoubtedly correct.
"Each thousand households will suppress the thieves on their own!" Xu Hong issued this order.
Each Qianhu Station is strong enough to protect itself and kill the enemy.
On the other side of Xingjiazhuang, the battle is coming to an end.
Under the absolute advantage, the 800 cavalry commanded by Li Guifang had suffered all casualties at this moment.
At this moment, they were huddled inside Zhuangzi, and the outside was completely surrounded.
At this time, Zhou Lixing was no longer in a hurry, but ordered his subordinates to strengthen the defense line and tighten the encirclement step by step.
"You traitors, surrender quickly and avoid death!"
"Those who stubbornly resist will be killed without mercy!"
Holding a loudspeaker, Zhou Lixing shouted loudly at Zhuang Zi.
Hearing this, Li Guifang scolded him directly. Some people outside called him a traitor.
"I am a member of the army, who are you? Do you want to rebel?"
Li Guifang is struggling with his status, but the two hundred remaining soldiers under his command are more concerned about their own lives at the moment.
"Sir... we are trapped to death, what should we do?"
This sentence is full of sadness and expresses the sentiments of everyone.
What should we do? What can we do?
Either die or surrender... there is no other choice.
Just listen to Li Guifang say: "Brothers, our family is in Gyeonggi!"
Most of the families of these elite Forbidden Forces are settled near the capital, and they will be held accountable once they surrender.
In one sentence, Li Guifang pushed back the choice again.
All the soldiers were silent, but their thoughts were not completely unified.
Some people want to fight to the death, but some still want to lay down their weapons and surrender. After all, although their family members are in Gyeonggi, the court may not be able to find them.
Now that zombies are rampant, the household registration management near Gyeonggi has been completely disrupted, and it is difficult for the court to find the families of the soldiers.
Looking at the densely packed Yong army coming over, Li Guifang raised his sword high and shouted: "Brothers, charge at me!"
"Come on!" other soldiers roared.
But nearly half of the people still stayed where they were, staring blankly at Li Guifang and others as they rushed forward, and then fell down one after another.
…………
The sky is getting brighter and the morning glow is rising.
A dozen miles southwest of Xingjiazhuang, a team of more than a hundred people was on the way.
These people have excellent armor and strong horses. At first glance, they are first-class elite men.
In front of the team, Zhao Yanxun was waving his whip and heading forward as fast as possible.
Yesterday afternoon, he received news from Zhou Lixing.
In the letter, Zhou Lixing was very sure of his battle plan, so Zhao Yanxun agreed to his battle request.
But because of the incident in Ningtai Mansion, Zhao Yanxun was unable to leave in time.
It was not until Maozheng (five o'clock in the morning) that the high-level zombies in Ningtai Prefecture were eliminated, and the most important thing was that the meteorite in the city was also found.
After absorbing the meteorite, Zhao Yanxun ordered all the troops to rest in the city, and he led Hu Dabiao and his party to Xingjiazhuang.
From yesterday morning to now, Zhao Yanxun has not closed his eyes for twenty-seven or eight hours, and now it is dawn again.
After covering a distance of more than ten miles, it took less than twenty minutes for Zhao Yanxun and his party to arrive outside Xingjiazhuang.
At this time, in addition to the 11th Guards led by Zhou Lixing, the 10th Guards led by Zhou Qing also arrived.
Two armies of nearly 10,000 people gathered around Xingjiazhuang, which undoubtedly seemed extremely crowded.
When they learned that Zhao Yanxun had arrived, the commanders of the two guards and their thousands of households hurriedly came out of Zhuangzi to welcome him.
"See you, my lord!"
Zhao Yanxun's horse came up and he saw Zhou Lixing and others waiting.
Pulling the reins and letting the horse stop one foot away from Zhou Lixing and others, Zhao Yanxun asked: "How is the battle going?"
As the commander who participated in the battle last night, it is natural that he should answer the question at this time.
"Your Majesty, I killed 876 enemy soldiers last night and captured 78 of them!"
"Ninety-one of our troops were killed and forty-three were seriously injured..."
After hearing these reports, Zhao Yanxun's face suddenly fell.
After a few breaths of silence, Zhao Yanxun said slowly: "Yesterday, in your letter, you said that you wanted to annihilate these two thousand people...is this the result?"
Not only Zhao Yanxun was dissatisfied, Zhou Lixing also felt useless. The battle last night was really a mess.
The biggest problem was that the zombies were causing trouble, which he didn't pay attention to.
As the commander, Zhou Lixing has no excuse and must shoulder this responsibility.
"My command was inappropriate, please punish me!" Zhou Lixing knocked his head to the ground.
Seeing him being so straightforward, Zhao Yanxun said in a stern tone: "For the sake of credit, I'm afraid your brain is going crazy. Is the misdirection an accident or man-made?"
If your mentality and situation are unbalanced because you are trying to get the first credit, then it is naturally a man-made disaster.
Upon hearing this, Zhou Lixing shuddered. This sentence made him feel scared.
"Chen...chen..."
At this time, Zhou Lixing really had no way to defend himself, and he had no shame to ask for punishment irresponsibly.
The infantry fights the cavalry. As long as someone wants to escape, it is really difficult to annihilate them all with insufficient troops, not to mention the zombies.
Therefore, Zhao Yanxun understood Zhou Lixing's difficulties, but he had to get rid of this expression.
His group of people are invincible in the northwest region, and they all have a pampering heart. It is just a good opportunity to sound the alarm to them.
Then Zhao Yanxun asked: "Xu Hong's people are still pursuing?"
At this moment, Zhou Lixing did not dare to reply. Zhou Qing on the side immediately replied: "Reporting to the prince, the news came back from Xu Hong half an hour ago. Xu Hong's troops have defeated the fourth Qianhu Station of the rebel army!"
"Xu Hong did a good job!" Zhao Yanxun's face finally improved.
At this moment, Zhao Yanxun jumped off his horse and walked towards Zhuangzi.
"Get up!" Zhao Yanxun said coldly as he passed by Zhou Lixing and the others.
"Bring the eldest of those who surrendered, Guan'er, if you have anything to ask me!"
"Yes, I will do it immediately!"
Zhou Lixing left. Although he was scolded, the stone in his heart dropped.
Of course, from now on, he would never dare to be careless again.
But at this moment, Zhao Yanxun was thinking about the overall situation.
Now that he is fighting against the imperial court, the news will soon spread back to the capital. But he still has a biological mother in the capital.
The mother-in-law must be rescued immediately... Zhao Yanxun said secretly.
"Hu Dabiao!"
"I'm here!"
"Immediately send a message to Su Chuyun, telling him that our army is now at war with the imperial court, and ask him to rescue the empress as soon as possible!"
"yes!"
The so-called immediate summons actually refers to the use of telephone.
But in the past few days, Su Chuyun and others took apart the "phone" and carried it with them in order to sneak into the capital, but they may not be able to make calls now.
So, this depends on luck. If you can't get through today, you can only do it tomorrow.