The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 765 Li Zicheng's Doomsday
"Collapse" [-] Ming troops rode on horseback, drawing their bows and firing in volley.

Whoosh, [-] flying arrows flew over like a sky curtain.

"Hiss..." All the generals on Li Zicheng's side were stunned.

Those who hid in the rear were better, but the forwards were all terrified.

This is the first time they have seen a volley of [-] bows and arrows, and it is still cavalry shooting.

Even the Mongols and Manchus of this era have never used such tactics.

But the Ming army didn't just shoot this arrow.

The deceleration of the Ming army before is for the current bow, collapse, collapse, collapse, almost at the fastest time, everyone does not aim, and shoots three arrows in the front row, and four to five arrows in the back row. .

He shot in one breath, without aiming.

The sky was full of arrows raining continuously towards Chuangjun.

After the front row finished shooting, he threw the bow directly to the ground.

"Rush." ​​The Ming army in the first row picked up their wheel-wheel guns and rushed forward.

The arrows of the Ming army were directed towards the middle and rear of the army, because when they shot the arrows, the forward of the army had already crossed the range of the arrows and rushed in front of them.

The forwards of both sides faced each other in an instant.

Bang bang bang, the wheel guns rang out one after another.

The vanguards of the Chuangjun fell off their horses one after another.

After the Ming army finished beating, they would switch to another branch, some of which were thrown on the ground, and some were even inserted into the horse bag.

Bang bang, hit the second stick.

The forward of the Chuangjun was almost emptied by the Ming army in two rows in an instant.

At this time, the war horses of the two sides collided with each other.

Most of the horses that broke into the army were deserted.

With a bang, the Ming army was also knocked down by many people.

The second row of Ming troops came up at the same time, raised their guns and fought again.

There were screams everywhere in the army.

The Ming army shot several rounds of arrows in front, and 10,000+ arrows flew into their formation.

Countless Chuangjun were shot and then fell down.

Li Zicheng's generals were stunned by the Ming army's style of play.

It is unbelievable that the cavalry of the Ming army used both archers and firearms soldiers, and finally drew their swords and slashed at them.

However, after this wave of bows and arrows and blunderbusses, the Chuangjun suffered countless casualties.

Nearly ten thousand elite riders fell in the first two waves of attacks by the Ming army.

At this time, the two sides finally rushed together, and the two armies fell into a melee.

But on the huge battlefield, there are often gunshots.

The spring wheel guns in the middle and rear rows of the Ming army rushed into the formation only at this time.

From time to time, gunshots sounded at the scene, and then some cavalrymen must have fallen to the ground.

Ma Tao was on the right, and he was the first to shoot three arrows in one go.

Because he was standing in the first row.

After shooting, he threw away the bow directly.

Unexpectedly, with a loud shout behind him, a wave of personal soldiers had already passed him, roaring forward.

Ma Tao was grateful in his heart, knowing that the soldiers were protecting him.

He stooped to pick up the wheel-wheel gun on his right, and rushed after him.

The screams and killings on the scene were loud, and the Ming army and the Chuang army quickly contacted each other, and the two sides collided.

Everyone fell off the horse.

And gunfire kept ringing.

Ma Tao raised his wheel-wheel gun and wanted to find someone to fight, but the scene was too chaotic, and a large number of cavalry rushed up behind him.

He has two hundred soldiers, all by his side, protecting him.

Ma Tao rushed for a while, and found that within ten meters of himself, there was no intruder, and all of them were his own.

The wheel-wheel gun was only threatening within ten meters. He held up the gun, but he couldn't hit anyone. He was angry and funny for a while.

At this moment he regretted throwing away the bow.

"General, bow." At this moment, a soldier ran over behind him and handed him a bow.

"Hahaha." Ma Tao was overjoyed, and put the spring wheel gun back into the horse bag.

He took the bow and took out the arrow, collapsed, and shot an arrow at the Chuangjun formation.

The opposite person fell to the ground, but the corner of his mouth twitched, because the arrow was not the one he wanted to shoot.

There were too many people at the scene, and there were people everywhere. He shot an arrow casually, but he still hit it.

Ma Tao laughed, took the arrow again, swish, and shot towards the opposite side.

Many Ming soldiers in the back row also noticed that they could only shoot with bows if they could not reach the front with a spring wheel gun.

But many people threw their bows just now, and now they regret it.

After all, Ding Yi's cavalry has never fought a battle of more than 2 people. You will find that there are too many people, and it is not easy to squeeze to the front.

The Ming army used blunderbuss to fight first, then slashed with knives, and shot with arrows at the back.

Under repeated attacks, Chuangjun couldn't resist at all.

Neither the Manchu cavalry nor Ding Yi's cavalry could stop them, let alone break into the army.

After fighting for a while, the Chuang army retreated steadily, and a large number of soldiers and horses fell from their horses.

Bai Guangen has been watching the battlefield.

He was separated from Chen Yongfu just now, but he still wanted to betray him.

It's just that Liu Zongmin looked at it, and it was a bit difficult to do it.

Fortunately, in the final charge, he deliberately slowed down and slowly fell behind Liu Zongmin.

At this time, Liu Zongmin was already red-eyed, and was desperately leading his troops forward.

Bai Guangen was glad that he rushed slowly. Just now, the Ming army had a few waves of arrows raining, and the invading army suffered countless casualties, which shocked him too.

"What should I do?" Tang Tong was also beside him, and asked at this time.

"What are you waiting for?" Bai Guangen yelled, "If Ding Yi wins and then turns back, it will be too late."

Tang Tong nodded fiercely.

The two issued orders to the servants behind them at the same time.

"Counterattack the thief army and return to the court."

Following his yell, the subordinates of the two were stunned for a moment, then many generals also yelled, and then all the officers and soldiers who surrendered were also yelling.

"Counterattack the thief army and return to the court."

"Kill." Bai Guang'en and Tang Tong were the first to turn against the water.

Chen Yongfu still wanted to wait.

Unexpectedly, his confidant Du Zhixiong also shouted directly: "Fight back against the bandits and return to the court!"

"Fight back against the bandit army and return to the court!" His son Chen De also immediately shouted.

Chen Yongfu had no choice but to shout.

The two wings of the Chuangjun turned back one after another, and the Chuangjun was in chaos.

Liu Zongmin was furious, and he wanted to destroy Bai Guangen first when he returned to the army.

But at this time, the Chuang army was already in chaos, and the front could not stand up to it, and when the two wings turned against the water, it collapsed in an instant.

Suddenly, like a frying pan in the middle, a large group of intruders ran back, and then fled in all directions along the periphery.

On May 4, more than [-] Chuang troops fought against Ding Yi's [-] cavalry in Datong Town, and the Chuang troops were defeated.

The 4-strong army almost failed in a single battle. Li Zicheng, Wang Weiguo, Liu Zongmin and others led thousands of elites to break through and flee westward.

Niu Jinxing, Gu Junen and other civil servants died in the rebellion.

Ge Chun left thousands of cavalry for Ma Tao, and he led four thousand cavalry in hot pursuit.

Li Zicheng soon found out that it was a little dangerous.

Because their horses rushed faster before, and the horses of the Ming army ran slower.

The point is that the horses of the Ming army are better than theirs.

Now everyone speeds up and runs wildly together, and immediately finds that the Ming army is chasing closer and closer, and the pursuit is getting closer and closer.

Li Zicheng glanced at Wang Weiguo.

Wang Weiguo understood, and said loudly: "If you run down like this, the Ming army will catch up. Who wants to stop the pursuers for the king after leading the troops?"

Gao Yigong gritted his teeth and said, "I originally stayed."

At present, Li Zicheng only brought a few hundred troops, and the rest of the soldiers and horses gave Gao Yigong.

Gao Yigong yelled, and led the army back towards Ge Chun.

Ge Chun's army hadn't finished firing the wheel-wheel guns, and when the two sides fought, Gao Yigong was defeated again.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the entire army was wiped out, and Gao Yigong was captured alive.

But Li Zicheng took advantage of this opportunity to run wildly with more than 200 people.

At this time, there are only Wang Weiguo, Liu Zongmin, Li Jin, Li Laiheng, Dang Shousu, Liu Fangliang, Liu Xiyao, Liu Tichun, etc., and Tian Jianxiu stationed in Xi'an.

Li Zicheng and others rushed on the road in the starry night, non-stop, all the way to Shaanxi.

They entered Shaanxi from Jizhou in Pingyang Prefecture, and finally reached Xi'an on May [-].

After entering Xi'an and seeing Tian Jianxiu, Li Zicheng almost cried with him, and only then did he know that Li Guo and Yuan Zongdi, another army from Shaanxi, were also wiped out in Yan'an.

At this time, Li Zicheng's subordinates only had 5000 people in Xi'an, and there were a small number of troops stationed in county governments in various places in Shaanxi.

Because before Li Zicheng came, Tian Jianxiu had not collected food in the local area for a month.

Tian Jianxiu did not dare to go out, fearing that the Ming army in Yan'an would attack.

Li Zicheng thought of how majestic he was when he entered Shanxi from Shaanxi, with a mighty army of 50, known as a million.

In a blink of an eye, he had only more than 1 soldiers and horses.

At this moment, his civil servants also fell into the hands of the Ming army. Li Zicheng's mind was in confusion as to what to do next.

At this time, Liu Zongmin proposed to go west to Zhang Xianzhong, but Li Zicheng's expression changed drastically, so of course he rejected it.

On that day, Li Zicheng did not decide to fight there. The whole army was still in Xi'an. He had just arrived in Xi'an, and he was still trembling with fear and regret for the Datong battle, and he hesitated to go there next.

Before, they thought that if they returned to Shaanxi with [-] cavalry, they could make a comeback.

Now the entire army of more than 4 cavalry has been wiped out, and those left behind in Shaanxi are not elites.

And after the battle with the official army, he has clearly seen the power of Ding Yi's soldiers and horses. Such an elite soldier and horse is more terrifying than all the Ming troops combined before. He no longer dares to fight Ding Yi again. Thinking that it would be better to escape there, I dare not even think about making a comeback.

Several of their generals didn't discuss anything that day, so Li Zicheng could only rest in Xi'an for a day.

But just to sleep, the shocking news reached his ears early the next morning.

The Ming army was tens of thousands, divided into four groups, and entered Shaanxi from Shanxi, all of them were elite cavalry.

Li Zicheng was shocked and couldn't believe it.

It turned out that Chen Yang's [-] cavalry, Xu Bicheng and Wang Weizhong's [-] cavalry had been following Li Zicheng. When they were fighting fiercely in Datong, the two broke through Juyong Pass, followed them into Datong, and joined Ma Tao.

Then Zhang Jing, Yuan Youcai, and Cao Bianjiao chased [-] cavalry into Shaanxi at the same time.

So far, the Ming army has assembled more than 7 soldiers and horses in Shaanxi, and arrived at the city of Xi'an on May [-].

The Ming army came so fast that Li Zicheng didn't have time to run out of Xi'an, which made Li Zicheng unbelievable.

The Ming army came quickly. On the one hand, the people left behind by the intruders from all over Shaanxi have turned their backs and no longer tipped off Li Zicheng. The second is because their entire army arrived in Huazhou last night and then rushed on overnight.

Ding Yi once told his subordinates that Li Zicheng ran away without permission, and it was difficult to stop him in the wild. If he ran away, he must find a way to block him in a certain city and not give him a chance to leave the city.

So Zhang Jing commanded the whole army, ordered torches to be lit, and then set off on the way by moonlight and starry night.

Last night, the moonlight was bright and white, and it was extremely bright. After adding the torches, the entire Ming army traveled in the dark, while the Chuang army was in panic, let alone that the Ming army would come over overnight.

When it was dawn, a sentry cavalry ran into Xi'an to report, and the Ming army also appeared outside the city at the same time, quickly surrounded the city of Xi'an.

Zhang Jing had [-] cavalry and [-] infantry on horseback.

A total of more than 7 people surrounded Xi'an, but they did not bring siege tools.

He immediately sent people to Yan'an and Yulin, where more than 1 people left by Ding Yi were guarding, and they had a large number of siege equipment and hoarded troops.

On May 2, more than [-] infantry and hoarders came from the direction of Yulin and Yan'an, carrying a large number of catapults.

Ding Yi's [-] troops in Shaanxi surrounded Xi'an.

(End of this chapter)