Chapter 23: Li Zicheng is furious
The Liukou cavalry did not have a single war horse, and they could cross a distance of 50 paces, and the cavalry of the recruit battalion, which was less than 20,000, fell one after another under the bullets of the Ming army. Including Liu Zongmin, a rogue general who is not afraid of life and death, all of them were bombarded into a sieve (although it was lead bullet, it was also close to the bullets of later generations)
The battlefield was full of blood, and a few hundred meters away from Qi Jiguang's front of their formation, there were already piles of corpses and stumps and broken arms of the Liukou soldiers, which was unbearable to see.
Originally, in the eyes of Li Zicheng and others, the Ming army, which was completely vulnerable, has now become a unilateral massacre of the Liukou.
Zhu Youzhen at the head of the city slowly put down the telescope in his hand, and the lives of hundreds of thousands of rogues will stay under the Jingshi City forever, which is the price they want to subvert the Ming Dynasty.
The Rogue Battalion
"Report, the Ming Dynasty surrendered and the whole army was annihilated, and Tang Tong retreated and was killed by Liu Zongmin."
"Report, the new military camp and the surrender battalion were all wiped out, and General Huang Hu was killed."
"What, what did you say?"
Li Zicheng, Niu Jinxing and others are waiting for the good news of the breaking of the Jingshi City. Suddenly, the Chinese army came to report, and Li Zicheng suspected that his ears were wrong.
"Report to Your Majesty, the vanguard troops were all annihilated, Tang Tong was killed by General Liu Zongmin, and General Liu Zongmin was killed."
"Smack......
A crisp sound sounded, and the teacup in Li Zicheng's hand fell to the ground and shattered, and his body trembled violently.
"Yellow Tiger ......"
"I will avenge you."
Li Zicheng almost shed tears, Liu Zongmin saved his life more than once, although sometimes he did things recklessly, he was an iron-clad man.
Back then, in order to protect Li Zicheng and not to implicate Li Zicheng, Liu Zongmin directly killed his two wives and followed Li Zicheng to recruit troops everywhere.
The 60,000 soldiers of the Ming Dynasty and Tang Tong died in battle, Li Zicheng was not distressed, and 100,000 soldiers of the new battalion were killed in battle, and Li Zicheng could accept it.
They had no combat effectiveness, they were all composed of hungry people, in order to eat together, and it can also be said that Li Zicheng used it as cannon fodder.
But Liu Zongmin is different, he is the old battalion commander and Li Zicheng's cronies.
But in order to preserve the strength, the old battalion did not move, Liu Zongmin volunteered to lead the new battalion to attack the city, he should not have died in battle like this.
Seeing that Li Zicheng was so sad, Niu Jinxing hurriedly persuaded:
"Your Majesty, don't be too sad, it's impossible to fight the country without casualties, we only need the last fight to overthrow the Ming Dynasty, and when we break through the Beijing Division, General Liu will be blind."
"Yes, don't be too sad, General Liu died in order to overthrow the Wudao court, and when he enters the Jingshi City, the minister implores the emperor to bury General Liu."
Under the persuasion of Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance, Li Zicheng wiped his tears and looked at the generals fiercely:
"The generals listened to the order, no matter what the price is paid today, the Jingshi must be taken,
Ming Gou, who lacks a major general, with a few broken cannons and broken guns, still wants to block my Dashun army, it is simply a fool's dream, I want to wash the Beijing division in blood to avenge the Yellow Tiger. ”
"Your Majesty, rest assured, we will definitely break through the Beijing Division to avenge General Liu."
As soon as Li Zicheng's words fell, the generals of the Liukou expressed their positions one after another, and at this time, many people fell into madness, and they were all looking forward to the bloody bath of the Beijing Division.
As soon as Li Yan heard everyone's words, he was obviously a little impulsive, once he attacked the Beijing Division, the first thing he would definitely do was to appease the people, how could he wash the Beijing Division in blood, he hurriedly bowed down and saluted:
"Your Majesty, the gunfire on the opposite side is very dense, and the artillery fire is also very fierce, it is better for our army not to underestimate the enemy, they have no food in the city, it is better for us to besiege it for a period of time."
"After their army is disheartened, we will attack again, and strive to take the Beijing division in one go, if the Beijing division is broken, for the sake of the stability of Dashun, we must not harass the people."
Before Li Yan's voice fell, he was immediately interrupted by Niu Jinxing:
"Li Yan, we have already killed so many soldiers, now that the gunpowder of the Ming Dog may have run out, if we don't fight now, will we wait for them to slow down and fight again, wouldn't the loss be even greater."
Li Yan always felt that something was wrong, and as soon as he said a few words, Niu Jinxing began to scold Li Yan, so angry that Li Yan's face was flushed, but he couldn't find a reason to fight back.
Li Zicheng was already very annoyed in his heart, but now Niu Jinxing and Li Yan had an argument again, so angry that Li Zicheng slapped the table and scolded:
"Don't argue, when is it, just decide, immediately launch a charge, who can lead the charge into the city, not only has a silver woman, but also a marquis."
Hao Shaoqi hurriedly bowed down and clenched his fists:
"Your Majesty, please rest assured, I will immediately lead the old battalion soldiers to take down the Beijing Division."
"Okay, 100,000 cavalry will cooperate with the elite infantry of the old battalion to fight, and after taking the Beijing Division, I will crown you as king."
"Your Majesty, I am willing to fight to the death for Dashun."
Seeing that Hao Shaoqi was about to take the lead, Yuan Zongdi hurriedly stepped forward to salute:
"Your Majesty, the last general is willing to lead the elite cavalry to raid from the flank, and kill Ming Gou by surprise."
Li Zicheng was overjoyed:
"General Yuan is good, let's do this, divide the elite cavalry into two, Tian Jianxiu and you will lead 25,000 elite cavalry respectively, and attack in two ways, only victory and no defeat."
"Obey"
After Hao Shaoqi and Yuan Zongdi Tian Zaixiu took the order to leave, Li Zicheng looked at Niu Jinxing:
"Military Division, you immediately contact the internal response in the Jingshi City, and when Hao Shaoqi launches an attack, let them start acting immediately, and the internal and external forces will attack the Jingshi."
"Yes."
Niu Jinxing glared at Li Yan fiercely, and led the order to contact the internal response in the Jingshi City, Li Yan shook his head helplessly, and said to Li Zicheng:
"Your Majesty, I feel that something is wrong with the Ming army today, they didn't have such a strong combat effectiveness before, it's better to suspend the attack, wait for us to investigate clearly......"
Li Yan also wanted to persuade Li Zicheng, but was interrupted by the angry Li Zicheng:
"Li Yan, you shut up for me, at such a critical moment, how can you mess with our army's heart, could it be that you have colluded with Minggou, and someone will escort Li Yan down, and wait for the city to be convicted after the city is broken."
"Your Majesty, no, now is the time to employ people, and you can't deal with Li Yan'...... for the time being."
"Your Majesty thinks twice."
Li Guo and the others felt inappropriate when they saw that Li Zicheng was still detaining Li Yan at this critical moment, and hurriedly stepped forward to intercede for Li Yan.
But Li Zicheng's eyes glared fiercely and shouted:
"There is no room for negotiation, if there is any more intercession, it will be the same crime as Li Yan."
"This ......"
In order to protect themselves, no one dared to intercede for Li Yan anymore, and they retreated one after another.
Okay, Li Yan was originally for the sake of Dashun, but he was murdered by Niu Jinxing, and now he was arrested by Li Zicheng again, ready to sentence him for collaborating with the enemy
After completely annihilating the vanguard of the Liukou, the three generals Qi Jiguang, Sun Chuanting, and Sun Chengzong did not relax, they knew that the most ferocious attack of the Liukou would come soon.
Immediately order the soldiers to line up for battle, check bullets and shells, as well as gunpowder, and prepare for the Armageddon that is about to begin.