After Li Zhi entered the stalemate battlefield, the situation took a sharp turn and the balance of victory had completely turned to the official army.

A discerning person can tell at a glance that the bandit was about to be crushed by Li Zhi. The bandit's east wing had no troops that could threaten Li Zhi anymore. After being defeated by seven thousand people, it was only a matter of time before the bandit's east wing collapsed.

If the nine thousand pond horses on the west side of the bandit go back and launch a group charge towards Li Zhi, it may be able to defeat Li Zhi's troops. However, this battle field lasts for four or five miles. It will take at least ten minutes for Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng on the west side to bypass it. During this period, Li Zhi's troops will definitely be able to shoot the east wing of the bandit. Once the bandit's east road collapses, the entire bandit's front will collapse soon.

Time is on the side of the government army, and the failure of the bandits is destined.

All the thieves looked to the west and looked at their great leader, hoping that King Chuang of Chuang would come up with good strategies to change the situation on the battlefield.

At the critical moment, Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng showed their best skills - running away.

Since Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng started the uprising, they have been chased by the government troops everywhere, and I don’t know how many times they have escaped. Although they wanted to defeat Lu Xiangsheng when the bandits killed Cao Wenzhao and became very energetic, they would have the initiative to fight against the government troops from then on. But as long as the situation is wrong, they will still escape again. They firmly believe in one truth: as long as the main force is still there, there will be a comeback.

Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng no longer commanded the cavalry to rush over the west wing of the official army, but turned their horses to abandon more than 20,000 old infantrymen who were still fighting to the death, and led 9,000 cavalry to escape north. When they attacked, they were like a gust of wind, and they ran faster when they ran out, and in a blink of an eye, they ran out for hundreds of meters.

The old thief infantry in the middle of the battlefield did not know that they had been abandoned and were still resisting the official army.

The excited officers and soldiers of the West Wing shouted loudly, and the news of Gao and Li's escape reached the bandits' ears. When the bandits could not wait for the commander and cavalry who had returned, they believed that the call of the officers had passed a few minutes. At this time, Gao and Li and the others had already escaped for two or three miles and could not catch up.

The leader abandoned us and ran away!

The thieves' army suddenly collapsed like a tight glass, and suddenly turned into pieces.

First, the West Wing witnessed the escaped thousands of thieves abandoning their opponents and fled to the north. Then, less than half a minute, the already fragile defense line of the thieves in the East Wing collapsed. After being defeated by Li Zhi, the thieves in the East Wing were no longer able to resist the official army. At this time, when he heard the news of the big leader's escape, the old thieves and infantrymen were immediately defeated thousands of miles away.

Soon, the 10,000 Central Army bandits in front of Lu Xiangsheng no longer dared to fight and collapsed.

Twenty thousand thieves threw away their helmets and armor, exposed their backs naked to the official army, and fled to the north.

The generals of the official army were still struggling to support it, but they suddenly won the victory, one by one, as if they were trapped in a dream.

They hurriedly commanded the infantry to chase and kill the fleeing bandits, but the officers and soldiers were exhausted. After chasing for a few miles, they could not chase them. They all lay on the ground and breathed heavily. Only five thousand officers and cavalry still had the strength to chase the enemy. The cavalry chased them in scattered and raised their swords to slash the bandits behind.

However, the more than 4,000 cavalry of the officials and soldiers did not dare to pursue them too fiercely. The infantry of the officials and soldiers had stopped chasing, and a single army of cavalry chased outside. If the thieves suddenly killed one horse and shot them back, the number of cavalry of the officials and soldiers was only half of the enemy, and they would suffer a great loss. They only dared to gallop back and forth and chase behind the slowest old thief and chop down these infirmally infirmants.

Lu Xiangsheng and the generals of the central army stopped, looked at the cavalry chasing out, laughed and celebrated the hard-won victory.

In the Battle of Ruzhou, Lu Xiangsheng led the official army to a great victory. The three bandits were defeated. Ma Shouying died in the battle. Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng fled. The official cavalry chased and killed deserters for ten miles. In this battle, the official army killed 2,000 casualties, and killed a total of 13,000 enemies.

The day after the war, Lu Xiangsheng summoned all the generals to discuss matters in the central army's tent.

Outside the central army's tent, more than 10,000 thieves' heads were piled up like mountains. In front of the heads, Ma Shouying's body was hung on a wooden pole. Some special soldiers were using lime and other materials to deal with the head corpses. Other soldiers were talking about these heads and talking about various information about the battle.

"This battle was thanks to the soldiers in Tian0jin. There were only more than a thousand soldiers in Tian0jin, but they killed Ma Shouying!"

"After Tian0jin soldiers defeated Lao Huihui, they went to the main battlefield to support us."

"If the Tian0jin soldiers were not strong and the eastern wing of the bandits had collapsed, this battle would have been lost!"

"If the soldiers from Tian0jin were not killed, maybe you and me would have lost all your lives."

The strongest people in the army are most respectful, let alone the strong people who save their lives? After this battle, the soldiers of each town respected the soldiers of Tian0jin very much. The soldiers of each battalion were more cautious when passing outside the Tian0jin Military Camp. Even when they were curious about checking the situation in the Tian0jin military camp, they only dared to take a secret look.

Li Zhi took several battalion commanders and soldiers on the road in the official army camp. Behind the soldiers were the "Tianjin" flag and the "Li" flag. Wherever they went, soldiers from other military towns respectfully made their way, letting Li Zhi and his group go first.

Li Zhi looked at these officials and smiled and said, "These soldiers know what they are!"

Zheng Kaicheng said: "If we hadn't come to the battlefield, we would have lost the battle. It's a life-saving grace!"

Li Zhi walked to the central army tent, left a few battalion commanders and soldiers and walked in alone, and saw that a group of senior generals were already standing there.

As soon as Li Zhi entered, Shanhaiguan deputy general Li Chongzhen came up and said loudly: "The defensive officer is here!"

Li Zhi was stunned for a moment and was about to answer, but he saw that Li Chongzhen had bowed to the ground and said with a smile: "Thank you for the Tian0jin soldiers coming to help yesterday. If it weren't for the Tian0jin soldiers, the eastern wing of the front line of our troops defending would be defeated by the bandits. Once the defensive officers and soldiers arrived, the situation on the battlefield immediately changed. If it weren't for the defensive master, this battle would be defeated!"

Li Chongzhen knew that it was better. Although Li Zhi was just a small deputy defensive officer, he knew how to thank Li Zhi. Li Zhi smiled and helped Li Chongzhen up and said, "The deputy general was exempted from gifts. Supporting friendly troops is the duty of our Ming generals, so there is no need to thank him."

Li Chongzhen Station said directly: "It is duty, and it is also friendship!"

Seeing Li Chongzhen thanking Li Zhi like this, everyone else was a little embarrassed, and they didn't know if they should bow to Li Zhi like Li Chongzhen.

The situation yesterday would have been a failure if Li Zhi hadn't come.

However, the generals were very despised by Li Zhi a few days ago. They immediately thanked Li Zhi for his greetings, but the generals were still a little overwhelmed.

Everyone was silent for a while, and the Liaodong general Zu Kuan walked out.

Zu Kuan despised Li Zhi everywhere a few days ago, but yesterday he was saved by Li Zhi. At this time, he saw Li Zhi blushed. The burly veteran took a breath and said loudly in a thick voice: "The defensive officer worked hard and made great contributions! If the defensive officer had not arrived yesterday, I would have been a ghost under the sword of the bandits!"
Chapter completed!