Ming Zuo

From heaven to hell, there is often only a thin line between.

Before the Qing army appeared, all Li Zicheng received was good news.

On the frontal battlefield at Shanhaiguan, the Shun army is progressing smoothly, completely suppressing the Guanning army.Maybe one more day, it will be completely victorious.

On the flank battlefield, Li Guo and Li You attacked the North Wing City.As long as you occupy this place, you can spy on the main city of Shanhaiguan.

On a piece of stone further north, Tang Tong, Bai Guangen, and Jiang Yu had already attacked the city.

Wu Sangui's troops deployed here were not many, and they were gradually unable to resist.

Yes, the main battlefield of this battle is not a rock that later generations will talk about.

Because a piece of stone is also called Jiumenkou, it is on the mountainside.

The terrain here is narrow, and too many soldiers and horses can't be spread out at all, so they can only be used as flanks.

Everything went smoothly.

Li Zicheng is already waiting to reap the final fruits of victory.

As a result, the Qing army suddenly appeared, descending like a tiger, and caught the Shun army by surprise.

After fighting for a whole day, the Shun army was exhausted.And because of the fierce battle, the formation has long been out of order.At this time, the Eight Banners cavalry rushed over, and the whole scene immediately became chaotic.

"Horse team, follow me."

Seeing that the situation was not good, Liu Zongmin immediately led the cavalry brigade to meet him.

He wants to buy time for the main force.

As long as the big team can reorganize their formation, there is still a chance of victory.

The cavalry of the old cavalry battalion of the Shun Army is the most powerful force in combat. Liu Zongmin is full of confidence and feels that he can definitely turn the tide.

As long as he wins the Eight Banners Cavalry, he will be the number one meritorious service.Li Zicheng must not care about the misdemeanors he once did in the capital.

He led the cavalry of the old battalion into the battlefield, and collided with the cavalry of the Eight Banners head-on.

He could see clearly that the cavalry of the Qing army who rushed over were fighting under the banner of Zhenghuang Banner.

One of the first generals was riding on a tall horse, which looked like an iron tower.Especially the bearded face, fluffy like a lion, the mask can't cover it at all.

In his hand is a big knife, which is six or seven feet long, so it must be heavy.

This made Liu Zongmin's blood boil, and he greeted him with his big knife in his hand.

He is the number one fierce general in the Shun Army. After fighting for so many years, he has passed countless famous generals. He only thinks that there are nothing but heroes in the world.

Now that he meets a fierce one, if he can kill him off the horse, it will definitely boost his morale a lot.

There was light in his eyes, and he rushed straight over.

The opponent felt the killing intent, and seeing a tiger general in full armor rushing up, he was full of fighting spirit.

Seeing that the main general was facing each other, the soldiers on both sides couldn't help but hold their breath, widening their eyes and waiting to see the result.

Although fighting generals were not the mainstream of the war before the war, the soldiers were still inspired by the bravery of the general.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer.

Just within a hundred meters, the general of the Qing army suddenly handed over the broadsword to his left hand, and then pulled out a hard bow from the side pocket.

With one hand, an arrow flew into the air.When it fell again, he had already caught it on the string.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out that the hard bow was opened by the general with his feet, so it could be operated with one hand.

Seeing that the other party was going to shoot an arrow, Liu Zongmin was careful.

He only hated that his archery skills were not good enough and he couldn't fight back.Then dodge carefully and wait to get close to the fight.

The bowstring sounded, and the iron arrows came straight towards him like lightning.

"Good come!"

Liu Zongmin burst into tears all his life, peeping at the arrow that was about to reach his body, he swung his sword sharply.Unbiased, it just hit the center of the arrow body.

The feather arrow was chopped off on the spot, and the castration disappeared.

But Liu Zongmin showed a look of surprise, and his body swayed, and he was a little unsteady.

He never expected that the power attached to this arrow would be extremely powerful.

In a duel between masters, even the slightest accident will have serious consequences.

The general of the Qing army had already thought of Liu Zongmin's response when he shot the arrow.

And when Liu Zongmin was unstable, he had already reached the front.

With a roar out of thin air, the big knife slashed down on the head, and the loud sound of the wind made people's faces hurt.

Liu Zongmin groaned secretly, so he had no choice but to hold up his sword and take the blow.

However, his stature was unstable, and he had nowhere to use his strength, so he naturally suffered a big loss.

Everyone could see clearly that his knife was dropped abruptly and hit his shoulder blade.He also knocked him out of the saddle and fell heavily to the ground.

The morale of the soldiers of the Qing army was greatly boosted, and they shouted.

"Batulu... Baturu..."

Liu Zongmin fell badly and broke his shoulder blade.Because he couldn't understand the howling of the Qing army, he was extremely flustered.

Fortunately, the cavalry of the old battalion reacted quickly and rushed forward.It was divided into two waves, one wave came to rescue him, and the other wave went to stop the Qing army general.

However, more than 20 old battalion cavalry were all chopped down by the general like melons and vegetables.

But this time was enough, Liu Zongmin was helped back onto the horse, and was escorted by his personal guards all the way back.

Seeing that the top generals in the army were all defeated, the morale of the Shun Army completely fell to the bottom.

At the same time, the situation on the battlefield was extremely critical.

The cavalry rushed out by the Qing army was not only this fierce general.

The attacks from the other lines were also swift and fierce, quickly interspersed and surrounded the Shun army's formation, without giving the Shun army any time to form an formation.

The Shun army has become a mess, and the command has completely lost its effect.The various ministries fought blindly, and a little bit was eaten up.

Li Zicheng saw it in his eyes, while secretly surprised by the ferocity of the Qing army, while anxiously waiting for Liu Zongmin's battle situation.

In the end, what he waited for was Liu Zongmin who fled back in embarrassment.

Seeing the most important general he relied on collapsed on the stretcher, his face was snow-white, dripping with blood, and unconscious, Li Zicheng finally understood that he was going to lose this battle.

"Order the whole army to retreat!"

Li Zicheng finally lost the most important battle in his life.

While retreating, he had already started planning to evacuate the capital.

It's just because he understands that with his current strength, there is absolutely no way to fight against the Qing army.

As the territory occupied became larger and larger, most of the troops were sent out.There are only so many soldiers and horses he can use.

Now it has lost more than two-thirds in Shanhaiguan, and it is impossible to hold the capital.

But at this time Li Zicheng was not too discouraged.

In his life, he had been defeated so many times that he felt that this defeat was nothing more than an ordinary one.

When he returned to Shaanxi and reorganized his troops, there was still room for maneuver.

Seeing the retreat of the Shun army, Dorgon and Wu Sangui were all very excited.

One is to feel that he has finally saved his life and wealth.

The other looked at the vast world of the Central Plains.

Decades have passed since Nurhachi raised his troops, and they finally set foot on the land of the Central Plains.