Chapter 581: Fleeing
With the sound of earth-shattering iron hooves, the Long Wu Army swept up like a whirlwind and slammed into the tens of thousands of arrays of the Dashun Army.
The sound of collision was loud one after another, and in a desperate and frightened cry, the Shun army was once again rushed to pieces, and even the cavalry of the old battalion that had caught up was driven back and retreated.
Li Zicheng's whole body trembled, his cheeks twisted, and he yelled, "Stop them!" Fast! ”
He really couldn't believe that his old battalion, the elite Dashun Army, was actually scattered layer by layer under the impact of the Longwu Army!
Just when Li Zicheng's courage was about to collapse, Song Xiance beside him suddenly said in surprise: "Your Majesty, they are weak!" They're weak! ”
Li Zicheng hurriedly looked, and sure enough, under the heavy siege of the Dashun army and horses, the momentum of the cavalry of the Longwu Army was greatly reduced, and the speed of advance became slower and slower, as if they were stuck in a quagmire.
The four or five hundred thousand horses of the Shun army, although many people were attacked by the gun array of the Tianwu Army and the cavalry of the Longwu Army, there were still many people left, especially the main force of the Chinese army.
The Chinese army is the core of the Dashun army, and they are also experienced in a hundred battles, and they are a real army, and they are entangled with the Longwu army.
Behind the Tianwu Army, on the chariot, Zhu Cihong glanced at the battlefield, and he saw very clearly that under the continuous impact of the Longwu Army, the Shun Army's heart formation was in chaos, and it was only supported by the Chinese army.
Now as long as you put some pressure on the Shun army, and the Longwu army launches another wave of charges, the Shun army will inevitably be defeated!
Thinking of this, Zhu Cihong immediately ordered: "The Tianwu Army's gun array is approaching, pressing the enemy formation, and arranging it in a wave!" ”
Not far from Longxu, some observers of the Shenwu Army were calculating the distance from the location of Li Zicheng's yellow umbrella.
With a series of numbers reported, the rocket battalion of the Shenwu Army also nervously carried the rockets, found a good position and adjusted the angle, and prepared for a thunderous blow.
"Forward!"
The passionate drum sounded, and the 50,000 foot soldiers of the Tianwu Army marched forward vigorously, and every time they took a step, the metal and red tassels surged like waves, which produced a huge deterrent to the stiff Shun army.
"They're attacking! They attacked! Run! ”
In the left battalion of Liu Fangliang, who was responsible for covering the frontal and fighting the Dashun army the most, suddenly there was a crazy scream, and suddenly the entire array exploded like a nest, surging back frantically.
After being hit for more than ten rounds in a row, the left battalion army finally collapsed, and all of them collapsed.
Dashun Zhongjun, under the yellow umbrella, Li Zicheng watched the front line continue to retreat, and saw the Ming army's iron cavalry that was constantly clashing repeatedly, his eyes were suddenly blood-red, he gritted his teeth and said: "Transfer all the fire soldiers and archers and kill them all!" ”
The order was given, and the Shun army's musketeers and archers rushed to the hillside where the Chinese army was located, and shot from a high position.
The Long Wu Army and the Shun Army infantry fought together, but countless dense arrows and guns shot over, and both sides were indiscriminately covered in it!
Countless arrow feathers fell, and the fighting crowd was scraped down one after another, whether it was the Shun army or the cavalry of the Longwu army, they were knocked down by the bullets!
Suddenly, hundreds of rockets rose from behind the Tianwu Army's military formation, roaring towards the hillside where Li Zicheng was.
For a while, the sound of a landslide-like explosion sounded, a thick wave of smoke and dust swept through, purgatory fireworks were like fireworks, and there were scattered corpses and flags everywhere.
A Dongfeng rocket landed not far behind Li Zicheng, blowing up the tall banner of the word "Shun" and slowly falling.
Cao Bianjiao, who was fighting bloodily, was already crumbling, and when he saw the fallen banner of the Shun army, he suddenly laughed loudly and roared: "Long Wujun! Rush with me!! ”
The low horn sounded again, and the cavalry of the Longwu Army was in high spirits, almost frantically rushing in the direction of Li Zicheng.
Seeing that the banner of the Chinese army fell, the Dashun army didn't know what was happening there, and saw that the group of madmen in front of them launched a charge again, and they had no intention of fighting, and retreated one after another.
The number of hundreds of thousands of horses is too large, and not all commanders are like Han Xin, the more the merrier, most of the generals are not able to coordinate too many troops, and the more they are, the more difficult it is to mobilize.
Li Zicheng is obviously this kind of person, he asked the Shun army to attack and fill it up, and let the old battalion Xiaocai and the horse army press to respond, although the idea is good, but it cannot achieve the strategic goal at all.
Not to mention that the Heding rifle of the 50,000 foot soldiers of the Tianwu Army is too sharp and perverted, making it impossible for people to get close, even the momentum of the 40,000 iron cavalry of the Longwu Army is also difficult to shake.
What's more, the military discipline of the Shun army is not strict, and it can't be ordered and prohibited, once it can't be carried out, it is full of thoughts about running away from top to bottom.
It's really a mess, it's messy everywhere.
Seeing that the army array was advancing again, like a mountain pressing down step by step, Li Zicheng's face was pale, and he needed to make a decision as soon as possible.
Li Guo and Song Xiance glanced at each other, suddenly knelt down together, and persuaded: "Your Majesty, you can't fight anymore, let's withdraw!" ”
Li Zicheng jumped like thunder and shouted: "The future is undecided, you dare to retreat lightly!" ”
Li Guo knelt on the place and said sincerely: "Uncle, I beg you, withdraw from the army, if we drag it out, we won't be able to leave if we want to!" ”
The expressions of the people around him were ugly, Li Guo was telling the truth, it was still too late to leave, if the army was defeated on all fronts, it would not be easy to leave.
It is not easy to run in the chaotic army, and ten miles away behind him is the Xiaoyi River that surrounds Qufu City, only some places have temporarily built pontoon bridges to cross the river, so many people in the Dashun army rushed to cross the river and run, and when the time came, they fled for their lives, and the people were crowded, who cares which one you are?
Until now, Li Zicheng finally understood why the Ming army came late and placed the camp in the area of Jade Emperor Mountain, it turned out that he wanted to force the Dashun army to fight a decisive battle here, blocking it with a Yishui dozens of meters wide, cutting off the retreat of the Dashun army!
At this time, Song Xiance persuaded: "King Chuang, stay in Qingshan and don't be afraid of no firewood, leave some family funds and withdraw to Beijing!" ”
Li Zicheng was silent, he had fought for so many years, and his sense of smell on the battlefield had always been keen, so he naturally knew that if he continued to fight, the whole army would be wiped out, but he was unwilling!
If you win, you can go south to the south of the Yangtze River to run around, and if you lose, you will return to the pre-incident situation, and the days to come will be arranged by Emperor Tianwu clearly, where is there any place to stand?
In the end, Li Zicheng left Hao Shaoqi to break and retreat, while he took the rest of the old camp to retreat first.
He knew very well that if he directly led the troops to retreat, the whole army would definitely be scattered, and no one would be able to leave at that time, and he must leave someone to entangle the Ming army, and Hao Shaoqi, who was not reused by himself, was the best candidate.
After Li Zicheng finished arranging, he saw Liu Zongmin hurrying over with the remnants of the army, and he was also going to join the team that ran away.
Wang Zhen, who was in front of the Chinese army, had been paying attention to the situation on the side of the yellow umbrella on the hillside, and when he saw that Li Zicheng was about to run away, he immediately led his headquarters to rush over.