A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 408 Victory
On the side of the Chuang army's position, they suddenly heard three shouts from the direction of the Ming army: "We must win! We must win! We must win!"

Hearing the sound of cannons, countless cannonballs hit his head and covered his face.

It was during the Battle of Luoyang that many generals who broke into the army had seen the power of the artillery of the Shunxiang Army, but experiencing it again in the field at this time still felt like a nightmare. The firing of 45 artillery pieces, all of which were groups of sons, was like a storm, and the entire camp of the Chuangjun was blinded at once.

The Hongyi cannon is very powerful. In the past, it could not fire more than three times in a row. After every forty rounds, it had to be paused for one hour to cool down the barrel.However, after the improvement of gunpowder formula, the artillery in the army now has a longer range and more firing times. It can already fire five shots before dissipating heat, and its power is even higher.

In particular, the Franc machine gun did not have the concern of heat dissipation. The distance between the two sides was less than one mile. Not only could the Dafranc machine be able to enter the Chuang formation, but it also covered many queues of hungry soldiers in front of the Chuang army.

Moreover, the artillery of the Buddha Wolf Machine uses sub-guns. Skilled gunners of the Ming Army can fire a cannon in 20 seconds, but gunners of the Shunxiang Army do not need 20 seconds.In the feeling of Chuangjun, it is that the artillery of the Ming army is continuous and never stops.

The whistling cannons continued to shoot. Wherever they went, flesh and blood flew everywhere, and broken limbs flew.Not to mention the soldiers, archers, musketeers, and gunners who were in front of the front line, all of them were scattered.Even the hungry soldiers in the rear of the army who were affected by the shells also fled in panic.

Although the morale has just been aroused, how can these hungry soldiers bear the horror of the metal storm?It would be fine if they were killed openly with a knife and a gun, but the power of this kind of artillery fire is unbearable even for a first-class army.Not to mention that these were ordinary people in the past.

Not only that, but in the unaffected army formations, many soldiers who broke into the army were agitated and frightened, especially after witnessing the tragic situation of some soldiers who were shot.

In the position of the Chinese army, Li Zicheng and others looked very ugly. Although the formation is extremely thick, the threat of artillery is only a small number of formations, and they cannot reach the Chinese army.But as soon as the officers and soldiers opened fire, nearly [-] people fell into chaos in at least several formations of hungry soldiers, casting a strong shadow over the battle.

The artillery army had such a record as soon as they fired the artillery, which made the entire Ming army's position beam with joy and morale.Not only that, the soldiers and civilians watching the battle in Luoyang City also cheered, everyone shouted: "The officers and soldiers cannons are powerful."

At this time, Wang Yinchang's officials and his son also climbed up the Wenfeng Pagoda to watch the battle with King Fu.Looking from the 30-meter-high tower, the difference between the enemy and us is obvious. There are two large formations, one large and one small. The small formation is me, red and sharp, and the large formation is the enemy, mixed and scattered.

After the bombardment, the commotion in the enemy's line was obvious. Everyone upstairs was excited, and the prince said happily: "The fight was good. People say that General Wang won the three armies bravely, and the Tartars ran away with their heads in their hands. I didn't understand it before, but now I know it." , with this cannon, you can't do anything without being brave."

King Fu squinted his eyes and looked at that side for a long time before he said in disbelief, "Why is Wang Aiqing's artillery battalion so sharp, but our teacher can't?"

This remark embarrassed the officials in Luoyang, Wang Yinchang said: "Returning to Your Highness, gunpowder is easy to talk about, but it's not easy to train gunners."

Fu Wang sighed: "General Wang has great talents, and his subordinates are outstanding."

This is a bit difficult to say, Lu Weiqi, the former minister of the Ministry of War, was thoughtful, and Wang Yinchang of the military preparation said: "It is very fortunate for the family and the country to have such a good general."

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On the other side of Chuangjun, seeing the situation like this, Li Ziguo decisively sent an order to order the various formations to gather the rout troops, stabilize their positions, and kill anyone who dared to make a disturbance on the spot.At the same time, many hungry soldiers of the former army were ordered to go out to fight immediately and take the initiative to attack so that the enemy's artillery could not be fired.This is especially true for the hungry soldiers positions slightly outside the Ming army's array.

All the generals nodded. The rebel army spread out extremely broadly. After all, the Ming army had few people. Compared with the rebel army, the length of the array lined up was like the difference between a thumb and a middle finger.The hungry soldiers outside the range can threaten its flanks, and there is no threat of artillery.

"The offensive of the rebel army is endless. The horse army and the brave cavalry are marching in the formation. Anyone who dares to escape will be killed on the spot!"

"Tell those who are in charge, after defeating the officers and soldiers, seize the luggage and let them choose. Be sure to move forward bravely and not retreat!"

Immediately, the messengers passed on the order of Chuang Wang. Originally, the banner was the most convenient, but how many of those hungry soldiers and leaders could understand the banner?Not to mention them, the military equipment of the Ming Dynasty was abolished, and many court officials could not understand the banner.

"After killing the officers and soldiers, the whole army will be rewarded with wine and meat..."

"Those who kill officers and soldiers will be rewarded with 50 taels of silver at the first level, a pair of armor, and a good weapon..."

"Those who dare to retreat, beheaded on the spot!"

Following the order of King Chuang to come one by one, the hungry soldiers of the former army were thunderous. In the era of famine, they have long been indifferent to life and death. They can have wine and meat to eat, or rewards after the war, whether they have a good future in the Chuang army. , I can live a comfortable life when I return to my hometown in the future.

Everyone said one after another: "Fight with those officers and soldiers."

"When people die, birds turn upside down, I have already lived enough."

The leaders of the formations were even more desperate to agitate, unlike the infantry and horse troops, there was a fixed number of people, and the hunger soldiers were scattered. Most of them were fellow villagers from the same city, and even the whole village was together.Take the prestigious person or the desperate and brave person as the core.This kind of starving people, every time there is a war, except for those who are too old, too weak and too young to stay in the camp, there are some young women, boys of eleven or twelve years old, and most of them stand in the camp with spears and sticks. By.

All of a sudden, in each formation, which teams were more valiant, or which team had more powerful warriors, organized themselves one after another and lined up to attack first.Everyone looked excited and tried their best to cheer themselves up.

The artillery of the officers and soldiers was still bombarding, and suddenly there was a cannon shot in the army's position, and hoarse shouts sounded, and countless yellow and thin hungry soldiers rushed out of the position, holding their weapons high and rushing towards the officers and soldiers' formation like a tide.

Wang Dou raised his binoculars to look, and saw that waves of hungry soldiers were dispatched continuously, and the sea of ​​people was boundless, surging like waves.The momentum is not small, it is really a crowd tactics.

Chen Yongfu put down the binoculars, with a solemn expression, and said to Wang Dou: "After all, my teacher has few people, so I can't waste them with them like this!"

Wang Dou nodded. Looking at the attack of the intruders, besides the center, there are also many hungry soldiers rushing from the outer arc. Depending on their intentions, they may attack the square together, or they may take the opportunity to attack their own wings.After all, Chuangjun's inner arc battle formation has this advantage.

Wang Dou immediately issued an order that the artillery continued to bombard, and the hungry soldiers who were attacking from the front were scattered, and the musketeers and spearmen were ready to fight.He also ordered the cavalry on the two wings, depending on the situation of the army, to send out the team commander to defeat the hungry soldiers who were rushing towards the two wings.If they flee, they can be driven to attack the Chinese army or horse army positions.

Before the war, Wang Dou and Chen Yongfu's strategic intention was to fight the cavalry and the trespassers, but the formation was very thick, and the horses and fine cavalry were heavily surrounded by hungry soldiers. If they wanted to fight against them, they had to break up the surrounding Let's talk about the hungry soldiers.

Immediately, the standard bearer of the Central Military Department spread Wang Dou's general order to all parties, and each headquarters had a standard bearer who was proficient in semaphore, so it was very quick to understand the general order of the Chinese Army.This is another major advantage of the Shunxiang Army. The military situation is like a fire. Whoever can deploy it in place one step faster will seize an opportunity.

Chen Yongfu held up the binoculars to look at it for a while, and said to Wang Dou: "The thieves are in a big formation. Whenever the thieves are defeated, they need to send out riders to drive them away, so as to speed up their defeat!"

Wang Dou nodded: "Chen Zongbing is better than the army, this is the truth."

Chen Yongfu smiled heartily and fought side by side with Wang Dou. To be honest, it is impossible to have no pressure. Wang Dou is just a general, and a deputy commander himself can only play a supporting role.Although admitting the gap between the two parties, why didn't Chen Yongfu express himself and show his elegance?
He ordered his son Chen De to lead his family's Ding camp to fight. Depending on the situation of the army, he attacked the main formation of the invading army.

Seeing that Wang Dou was about to speak, Chen Yongfu waved his hand: "General Wang, don't try to persuade. There are no fathers and sons on the battlefield, only soldiers. Although Chen De is my son, he still needs to fight the enemy bravely."

After receiving Chen Yongfu's order, Chen De responded excitedly: "Yes, father!"

He shouted loudly again: "Boys, come with me!"

Leading five hundred family members, he went away like the wind.

Seeing Chen De leave, Xie Yike was a little envious, he also wanted to kill the enemy like Chen De did.Although the head of the security guards has a good reputation and a respected status, Xie Yike still misses the exciting life when he was working at night, fighting the enemy on the front line, and letting blood splash on his face.

But just like Wang Dou can no longer charge forward like before, the current Xie Yike can't control his temperament either.Wang Dou's safety is a matter of the future of Guandong Road, where hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians are, how important it is, Xie Yike can't help but behave like a small soldier in the past.

Where there is gain, there is loss, Xie Yike secretly sighed, feeling that he has matured.

At this time, a flood of hungry soldiers came in, and they had already fought against the artillery commander of the Shunxiang Army. The dense formation of hungry soldiers was smashed into alleys of flesh and blood by the roaring shells from time to time.All those in the middle were flying with flesh and blood, with limbs and arms broken. Such a tragic death made all the hungry soldiers terrified, and each of them endured their fear and continued to rush forward.

Due to the dense crowd, many people were involuntarily led by others to charge.Then the more they rushed forward, the more fierce the artillery of the officers and soldiers, especially those who were originally relatively brave in the hungry soldiers, suffered heavy casualties under the sweep of the artillery fire.

All the hungry soldiers beat their drums in their hearts, the previous blood energy slowly dissipated, everyone looked around, but they had their own ideas.

But at this time, the artillery of the officers and soldiers stopped suddenly, everyone was overjoyed, and someone shouted: "The officers and soldiers are out of medicine, brothers from all families rush up, behead one level, and get 50 taels of silver."

For a while, everyone was enthusiastic, and the crowd was like a flood, scrambling to rush forward.

The second fool who was charging with the army suddenly felt a sense of fear and uneasiness, and subconsciously slowed down.

Erlianzi is as his name suggests, he is thick and thick, even looks a bit stupid, and he is even more foolish when he smiles, so although his name is Yang Yuanfa, others always call him Erlianzi, no matter he used to run errands in restaurants, or broke into the house The army is hungry, and it has always been like this.

In fact, Er Lengzi looks stupid on the outside, but he is smart on the inside. When he was working as a waiter in a restaurant in Jiaxian County, many customers who yelled at him ate his saliva dishes, praised him for his honesty, and rewarded him with a few copper coins, which made him feel straight in his heart. happy.

Chuang Wang's army captured Jia County and shoveled the city. Most of the people in the county joined the gang, the second fool followed his father, and several brothers in the family also joined the gang.

Er Lengzi's idea is very simple, the intruder made him have no food to eat, he had no choice but to let others have no food to eat.Others can rob themselves, and they can rob others.This may be the vengeful mentality of many thieves who threaten the common people. Their wealth is plundered and they cannot survive.

After joining Chuang Wang's army, the second fool took survival as his top priority, so the shrewd father died, and several smart brothers also died, but the seemingly stupid second fool has lived until now.

At this time, Er Lengzi was wearing a turban, holding a wooden stick, imitating the appearance of the officers and soldiers he had seen before, and wearing a linen (leggings), wrapped in a cotton jacket, shrinking his hands and feet, breathing in the cold, just like many hungry soldiers.

However, he has a very keen sense of crisis, and he feels uneasy when he looks at the black muzzle ahead, so when everyone is shouting and rushing up, he deliberately slows down.

His actions were noticed by several men next to him. Immediately, a man's stick fell on him and scolded: "You idiot, hide your head and show your tail, shrivel and shrivel. You are just pretending here. The officers and soldiers have no medicine. Rush up?"

Er Lengzi recognized him, he was originally a rogue from the same workshop, he gathered a few green skins, no matter he was in the city or joined the Chuang army, these people beat and bullied him a lot.Especially this rogue, now relying on himself as the head whistle of this team, he is even more arrogant.

Even though he was beaten with a stick, the second idiot dared not fight back. He immediately laughed along with him, but he was thinking about when to give them a cold blow.

A confidant next to him flattered the rascal: "Master Whistle, why should you be as knowledgeable as this kind of idiot? Let's rush up and chop off the heads of officers and soldiers as soon as possible. It is serious to get rewards for meritorious service."

Immediately, a group of people ignored him and the queue, yelling and rushing forward, fearing that their military achievements would be taken away by others.

Er Lengzi slowed down even more and shrank his figure behind the flow of people. Seeing the crowds in front of him, everyone held their spears and sticks high, and all of them looked eager and greedy.

Suddenly the ground trembled, and the sound of the cannon was astonishing. The second fool fell to the ground all of a sudden, not knowing what happened.He tried his best to look up, but he saw smoke billowing in front of him, countless people were howling, and the artillery that had been stopped by the officers and soldiers was fired at the door again, spewing out large streams of fire and thick smoke.

Every time the flames burst out, the original dense charge array was emptied one by one, and blood mist was stirred up.

"Scattered guns, it's loose guns."

The second fool murmured.

He has seen the tiger crouching guns used by officers and soldiers or those who invaded the army. There are countless lead and iron bullets inside.The loose cannons of these officers and soldiers are countless times more terrifying.

Looking again, the gang of rogues had disappeared, probably smashed to pieces.In such a severe cold weather, what will the pile of minced meat look like?
The second fool is happy, he died well, and let you bully me.On the one hand, there was fear and excitement again, he jumped up suddenly, turned around and ran, shouting: "lost, defeated."

This wave of hungry soldiers rushing into the battle had already been beaten to pieces by the shunxiang army's cannonballs, and after hearing the second fool's shout, countless people stumbled and ran back.

Er Lengzi looked back while running, saw countless people running after him, he felt complacent, everyone ran, and when they returned to the formation, Shangguan could not dispose of him at will.But think about it, you can't run at the forefront, lest you be the first bird, or everyone gets mixed up.

Suddenly hearing a loud cry from behind, Er Lengzi looked back in surprise, hooves were rolling, and a group of cavalry rushed out of the gunpowder smoke, brandishing their sabers ferociously and chasing down his group of fleeing hungry soldiers.Er Lengzi let out a loud cry, threw away the stick in his hand, and ran with all his strength, howling and desperately.

However, two human legs could not run faster than four horse legs, and a cavalry passed by his side.The cavalryman was an old knight from Chen Yongfu's Ding battalion, he had a lot of experience in fighting, his knife didn't chop, but the blade moved forward, and with the speed of the horse, it quickly passed the second fool's body.

Er Lengzi threw himself forward, and had one last thought: "It's been hard work, but I still can't survive."

"Fortunately, it's not a loss for those bastards to die before me..."

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At this time, regardless of whether the battle between the enemy or us is full of horns and drums, the atmosphere is full of excitement.Li Guangheng, the chief of the cavalry army, who was guarding the right wing of the Geng army, also received orders from the central army to defeat the hungry soldiers who were rushing towards the flank.If the enemy is defeated, drive them to attack the opponent's formation.

Li Guangheng's cavalry Qian Zong and Gao Shiyin's horse infantry Qian Zong guarded the two wings. Since the cavalry was going to be used a lot in this battle, Gao Shiyin's horse infantry Qian Zong would also charge behind the cavalry.So the armies of the two sides were separated, Li Guangheng's cavalry was divided into two and the generals were on the two wings, and Gao Shiyin was the same, all led by the cavalry.

At this time, seeing thousands of rogues running towards his side, Li Guangheng snorted, a chill flashed across his rough face, a mere thousand rogues, a total of cavalry on his side was enough to deal with them.He ordered: "Command Commander Yang to lead his troops to attack and kill the bandits."

Immediately, the cavalry commander ordered him to lead a total of more than 200 cavalrymen in a strict formation, sweeping like the wind, and rushed towards the rogues.

On the left wing, Gao Shiyin, the commander of the horse infantry, led the two commanders, and the commander of the cavalry, a deputy commander, and the two commanders of the cavalry.At this time, Zuo Yi had already obtained the general order of the central army, and seeing more than ten thousand thieves rushing madly, the vice president and Gao Shiyin snorted at the same time, with bloodthirsty and disdainful expressions flashing across their faces.

The Vice President Qian said: "There are more than ten thousand rogues, and two generals are enough to deal with them!"

Gao Shiyin grinned grimly and said, "Okay, let the children have a good time."

After a little discussion, the two decided to dispatch a cavalry army and a cavalry infantry army, with the cavalry as the vanguard, to kill the enemy.

The cavalry commander of Deling let out a loud roar, pulled out his saber, and pointed forward forcefully: "Kill the thief!"

"Wan Sheng!"

All the healthy riders who participated in the battle responded with a bang, riding their horses like a dragon, and swept away with an unstoppable momentum.

All the cavalry were holding lances, and the horse infantry behind them were holding long knives, and they were lined up in four rows.The first two columns are cavalry, and the last two are horse infantry.Sharp spears, sharp long knives, and heavy iron hooves shook the ground like a suffocating drumbeat of death.

Rolling iron streams, riding through the wind, the horses of the Shunxiang Army are all tall and majestic, and their heavy horseshoes knocked on the ground, making a rhythmic muffled sound.Although the number was small, the momentum was astonishing, with the momentum of crushing everything, the rogues who were charging stopped in shock, screaming in horror.

The hungry soldiers were restless, some wanted to continue to charge, while others retreated timidly, no matter how threatened and agitated by the leaders, it was useless, and their formation was in chaos for a while.

Amidst the sound of iron hooves like a shower, the iron cavalry of the two generals of the Shun Township Army swept up like a whirlwind, and amidst the screams of despair and panic, they slammed into the queue of more than ten thousand hungry soldiers, howling and crashing immediately. The sound became one piece.Like a red-hot iron, the iron cavalry rushed into the formation, smashing the formation of hungry soldiers to pieces.

The first two rows of Shunxiang army knights are all elite cavalry. The lances in their hands can easily hit the vital parts of the target, and their control is exquisite. In addition, these hungry soldiers are not talking about armor, so they stab all the way, and the lances will never stop. lose.

The two rows of knights collided openly, followed by the knights with swords behind them. The formation was strict, and horsepower alone was invincible.

"kill!"

With a roar, Zhao Rongsheng rode his horse forward, slashed his long knife, and viciously passed the neck of a hungry soldier beside him. Seeing the blood splatter and his head flying up, his heart was full of thoughts of killing quickly.

Grandpa said it well, the mountains and rivers are picturesque, how many heroes fight each other for this magnificence!Not only did the blood not make him cowardly and fearful, but it aroused infinite pride in his heart. Perhaps, he was born for the troubled times and for killing.

However, I am only a cavalry army, charging behind the cavalry, when will I be able to ride Ling Chen and take the head of the enemy general in the ten thousand army?
The modern cavalry that Wang Dou painstakingly trained is so powerful that it can confront the mighty Qing army cavalry. It is conceivable that these hungry soldiers who don't even have a formation are quickly pierced by the two cavalry. Powerless.

After penetrating through the formation of these hungry soldiers, the cavalry general regrouped slightly, pulled his horse back, and continued to attack the formation of hungry soldiers in a strict formation, smashing them to pieces.These hungry soldiers who went out to charge were in chaos, not knowing what to do, they either ran around or fled to their own formation.

Gao Shiyin and others on the left wing saw that it was an advantage, so they made a decisive decision and led the remaining two general cavalry to set off again. Together with the previous cavalry, they drove away the defeated soldiers and attacked their own army formation.But at this time, whether it was the right wing or the center formation, all the cavalry came out to drive away the hungry people and the rout, adding to the chaos in the formation.

"The thieves are defeated!"

In the Ming army's position, Wang Dou could see clearly that under the continuous impact of his own cavalry, the army's morale was in disarray. If their cavalry did not fight, under such repeated impact, they would only be defeated.The hungry soldiers collapsed, and the infantry did not even think about surviving.

He immediately issued an order: "The whole army is approaching and oppressing the enemy's formation!"

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In the large formation of the Chuangjun army, Li Zicheng's face was ashen. Although his idea was good, he couldn't achieve his goal at all.I asked the rebels to attack, wave after wave, Ma Jun and Xiaoqi marched in the formation, but only in the first few waves, after the hungry soldiers were defeated by the Ming army's fine cavalry, they were in chaos everywhere.

The Shunxiang Army's artillery and blunderbuss are powerful, as are the cavalry. Those hungry soldiers who went to battle were no match at all, and the purpose of consumption could not be achieved at all.It was the horse army leading the formation, and under the chaos, the hungry soldiers all attacked their own horse army. Obviously, in their understanding, the cavalry of the Shunxiang army was even more terrifying.

Looking at their own battleground, everyone was terrified, especially those hungry people, the morale they had built up earlier was gone, all kinds of disadvantages of attacking Luoyang, and a series of shadows such as the robbing of food and grass came to their hearts again.I have no heart to fight.

Look at the turmoil in each formation, and then listen to the sound of the battle drums on the opposite side. The opponent's army has already moved, and the artillery and firecrackers are in front, like a mountain, pressing down step by step. The situation is like this, and a decision must be made immediately.

The horse army must be dispatched, Li Zicheng thought.Liu Zongmin, Gao Yigong, Yuan Zongdi and others were full of anger, and they were also asking for a fight, obviously dissatisfied in their hearts.Although the hungry soldiers are unbearable to fight, but there is still a horse army on our side, and the brave cavalry has not moved, and it is still unknown who will win the battle.

In particular, Liu Zongmin's voice was like thunder: "King Chuang, give me five hundred old battalions and three thousand horse troops. I don't believe it. Those officers and soldiers have three heads and six arms. I have fought for so many years, who am I afraid of?"

Li Shuangxi and Zhang Ding are also asking for a fight. They are Li Zicheng's adopted sons. They are not afraid of tigers as newborn calves.

Just when Li Zicheng made up his mind and was about to issue an order, Liu Fangliang and Li Guo looked at each other, and suddenly dismounted and knelt on the ground together: "King Chuang, we can't fight any more!"

Everyone was stunned, and Liu Zongmin was furious: "Liu boy, Li boy, what are you doing? What do you mean you can't fight? Do you want us to flee without fighting? Did you lose your souls by that boy Wang Dou?"

Seeing everyone's angry eyes looking at him, Liu Fangliang clasped his fists and said sincerely: "Master Liu and all the brothers please listen to me."

He said to Li Zicheng: "King Chuang, in our rebel army, even the cavalry and the old battalion are only a few thousand people. It is not for the prestige of my officers and soldiers, those cavalry will not be the opponent of the cavalry of the Shunxiang Army, and the backbone of the old battalion, King Chuang Are you willing to take it out and fight it out?"

Everyone was stunned, they all knew that what Liu Fangliang said was not pleasant, but it was the truth.Not to mention the cavalry, originally they were mostly cavalry who surrendered to the army, or some horse thieves. Although they had horses, they were actually a mob.

As for the old battalion soldiers, most of them are from the old Eighth Squadron. Although they can fight against the cavalry of the Shun Township Army, these people are all veterans left over from fighting on the battlefield for more than ten years. How can they be willing to fight for their lives?Even if one hundred thousand hungry soldiers and infantry were exchanged for the generals of these old battalion intruders, they would not do it.

Liu Fangliang continued: "The best result is that we and Wang Doubing will lose both. Do we really think we can destroy them? Just continue to drag on here and continue to stand in a stalemate in Luoyang. Most of our food and grass are gone. Let's wait for a few more days , I’m afraid that if I want to leave by then, I won’t be able to.”

Everyone looked even more ugly. Liu Fangliang's words were true, but everyone was still dissatisfied.

Liu Fangliang said again: "King Chuang, the brothers of each family, if you keep the green hills, you are not afraid of running out of firewood. With these veterans in hand, we can't go anywhere? Besides, Wang Dou is a guest soldier after all, so he can't stay in Henan for a long time. Wait They are gone, Henan and other places are our world again. So what if these infantry and hungry people are left to the government, when we come back, they will be our soldiers again!"

These words were extremely explicit, but Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance remained silent. Li Yan opened his mouth, and seeing the expressions of the crowd, he sighed and thought to himself: "The rebels can't get rid of their nature as bandits. Although King Chuang has Great ambitions, but forced by the situation, when will the world be peaceful?"

Li Zicheng remained silent. In fact, he was old in battle and had always had a keen sense of the battlefield.

But I am not reconciled. I think that when I was in Henan Province, there were no disadvantages, especially when Niu Jinxing, Li Yan and others came to vote, and Song Xiance even offered a prophecy, "Eighteen children, be the master artifact." At that time, how was I? High spirits?

Why did Wang Dou appear in Luoyang?Could it be that the experiences of these days are all his dreams?
He is a decisive person, and he calmed down instantly, with the intention of retreating in his heart.

Looking at the officers and soldiers approaching in formation, he said slowly: "I'm afraid Wang Dou and the others won't let us retreat calmly!"

As soon as these words came out, all the generals in the Chuang army said one after another: "King Chuang, let me stay and end the queen."

"King Chuang, let me stay and hold back the officers and soldiers."

Brothers who have lived and died for many years, the generals of the Chuang army have a deep relationship, especially these generals who are trusted by Li Zicheng, everyone wants to stay and end their heirs.

Li Zicheng felt relieved, and said to Hao Yaoqi who was the most excited to fight: "Brother Dayong, you stay and end the queen."

After the incident in Shangluoshan, Hao Yaoqi suffered from being excluded in the Chuang army. At this time, Chuang Wang entrusted him with a heavy responsibility. He was very excited and said loudly: "Chuang Wang, brothers, don't worry, I, Hao Yaoqi, risked my life , and let everyone retreat safely."

Li Zicheng said: "Okay, I feel relieved with your words."

He sighed again: "Actually, I never blamed you for what happened in Shangluo Mountain."

After hearing this, Hao Yaoqi burst into tears, patted his chest but was speechless.

Li Zicheng said again: "Shuangxi and Ding'er will also stay here. I will give you two thousand cavalry and all the infantry. You must be careful."

Both Li Shuangxi and Zhang Ding are Li Zicheng's adoptive sons, letting them stay as heirs will reassure the hearts of soldiers.

The two agreed loudly.

Li Zicheng is a man who knows how to fight, and he knew that if the old battalion retreated first in this situation, the whole army would be defeated and no one would be able to leave.You must take the initiative to attack and entangle the officers and soldiers before you can fight and retreat.This post-breaking task is extremely important, and it is close to death.

Li Zicheng gave the three men a strategy to lead the cavalry to quickly attack the Ming army's formation. Although the artillery of the Shunxiang army is powerful, the firing of the guns is slow after all. With a fast horse speed, it may be possible to overcome the artillery fire and rush into the Ming army's position. , coupled with the infantry and hungry soldiers following closely, the purpose of dogfighting should be achieved.

The three of them obeyed their orders, and Li Zicheng told them carefully that they must save their lives and gather in Yongning City, not to be willing to fight.

Then a series of orders were passed down, asking Tian Jianxiu and Liu Xiyao of Jianshan to withdraw their troops and join their own large forces, each of them took orders and left in a hurry.

Although Li Zicheng was determined to leave, all the confidants of the Chuang army also wanted to retreat, but the hungry soldiers, infantry, and some horse soldiers in the army did not know.Seeing that the army of officers and soldiers is pressing on every step, and seeing that they are about to be charged up, they just don't know what to do.

At this time, Hao Yaoqi, Li Shuangxi and Zhang Ding led thousands of cavalry out, and more than ten thousand infantry in the confrontation shouted loudly: "Brothers, the officers and soldiers bullied us too much, we will fight them!"

Hao Yaoqi even jumped on his horse, raised a big flag himself, and shouted loudly: "I have a big scar on my head, I'm afraid of a ball bird, brothers, fight with those dog officers and soldiers!"

As soon as he rode his horse, he rushed out screaming, smoke and dust billowing, followed by Li Shuangxi and Zhang Ding leading a team of two thousand horses.

Seeing the old battalion general committing suicide in person, and the two sons of King Chuang, inspired by this, not only the infantry in the formation, but also the many hungry soldiers who were about to collapse, cheered one after another, shouting loudly and rushing with the army. out.

At this time, the drums of the Chinese army sounded like thunder. Inspired by this, there was a sound of "killing officers and soldiers", and more and more hungry people joined in.

Seeing the cavalry and infantry rushing forward, followed by countless hungry soldiers, Chen Yongfu snorted coldly: "Death struggle!"

Wang Dou's heart skipped a beat: "Li Zicheng is about to escape."

He immediately issued an order: "The guns and guns are engaged in battle, and the spearmen are ready to fight. The cavalry will attack the thieves, infantry, and hungry people. Wen Fangliang, who is in Jianshan, is ordered to attack at any time."

Then Wang Dou secretly sighed: "Everything in Luoyang is finally over."

The fact is also the same. The impact of the cavalry and infantry in the army is like a replay of the vanguard story of Oboi with the yellow flag in the 12th year of Chongzhen. Between the artillery fire and the firecrackers of the Shunxiang Army, their charge quickly disappeared, and the cavalry infantry starved the people. There were heavy casualties, and they failed to rush into the Shunxiang army's position to achieve the goal of fighting, let alone break the rear.

Seeing everything in front of him, all the generals around King Chuang were pale, and secretly rejoiced that they followed Liu Fangliang's persuasion and did not let the old battalion and the cavalry all go out, otherwise the family would be wiped out.

Only Li Zicheng gritted his teeth secretly. The Shunxiang army's guns were so fierce that in just a moment, the rebel army suffered heavy casualties. Dou, Wang Dou, I am at odds with you!"

He didn't dare to neglect, Li Shuangxi and others were delaying the opportunity with their lives, if they didn't leave now, when would they wait?

When the news that Li Zicheng led the old battalion and a part of the cavalry escaped, the entire camp was in an uproar. All the hungry soldiers felt abandoned. The camps plundered money, and the 10,000+ army collapsed.

Victory, even though he knew the result, Wang Dou couldn't help being excited when the facts came before him. He and Chen Yongfu issued a series of orders, and the cavalry pursued, especially Yebushou and Li Guangheng's cavalry, closely chasing Li Zicheng Don't let go of the old battalion, don't let go of those giant bandits alone.

Soon, Gao Shiyin's Ma Bujun and Chen Yongfu's servants also joined the pursuit.

And Wen Fangliang, who was originally in Jianshan, understood the result of the battle when he saw the rushing generals Tian Jianxiu and Liu Xiyao retreating in a hurry. Apart from leaving a group of soldiers to guard the food and grass, the rest also joined in the pursuit .

The army was defeated like a mountain, and there were rushing soldiers shouting and running for their lives everywhere. Seeing the victory of the officers and soldiers, the soldiers and civilians in Luoyang City were cheering for the victory.

The situation cannot be violated. Amidst the sound of "surrenders will not be killed", countless desperate hungry soldiers knelt down and surrendered, waiting for the unknown result.

Holding his blunderbuss in his hand, Chen Cheng looked at all this with great emotion. In front of him were countless hungry soldiers crying for their lives. He still vividly remembered the scene of those cavalry and infantry rushing into the battle formation.They looked crazy and almost thought they were about to be broken through the army formation. At that time, my mind was blank and I was just fighting mechanically.

Chen Cheng didn't even know how many people he had killed with his gunfire. Looking at the corpses and blood all over the ground, even though he knew that this road was bound to be full of bones, he still couldn't help but feel emotional.

In the battle of Luoyang, 10,000+ thieves collapsed, this will be recorded in the history books, but who will remember those who died?
"The world is like the wind, like a dream."

(End of this chapter)