After entering Shanxi, Zhou Yuji did not go directly to Taiyuan, when Chen Yongfu contracted his troops and horses to defend Taiyuan, Zhou Yuji successively uprooted a number of cities, including Dai County, and the gentry and people all over Shanxi also raised their flags anyway.

For a time, most of the cities in Shanxi returned to the Ming Dynasty, that is, when Zhou Yuji was preparing to storm Taiyuan, he received information from the righteous people - Li Zicheng Baoding was defeated from Longquan Pass into Shanxi, to Dai County, when the direction of Wutai was defeated and retreated, he decisively waved his army north to take Wutai and Dai County, cut Li Zicheng's retreat, not to mention, but also led the troops to enter Taihang, and blocked Li Zicheng halfway.

At this moment, Li Zicheng can be regarded as winning the jackpot - there are obstacles in front and chasing soldiers in the back.

This battle, even if he doesn't want to fight, he must fight.

The drums were bursting, and under the guidance of various military flags, more than 2,000 Shunjun infantry troops formed a line.

This is the Ichshiki Musket Team!

It's all the latest flintlock!

In the past few years, the dog-lock flintlock flintlock gun was not only transmitted to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but also introduced to the Guannai, although it was not widely used, but after the first contact with the flintlock gun provided by the Manchu Qing Dynasty in Taiyuan, he was surprised by its power at the same time, as soon as he entered the capital, Li Zicheng immediately ordered people to recruit craftsmen who made guns and cast cannons in Wang Gong's factory, and asked them to make firearms for Dashun, from Hongyi cannons to stone fire guns, and then to hand grenades. At the same time, he also ordered the formation of several firecrackle teams, but most of the firecrackers were trained in the capital, this time he only brought 30,000 firecrackers to help the battle, and now there are less than 5,000 firecrackers who have withdrawn with him.

After seeing the power of the Ming army's firearms in Baoding, Li Zicheng thought about increasing the number of guns and artillery as much as possible after returning to Shaanxi. But for now, we still have to rush through this hurdle first. After two or three months of training, Dashun's firecrackers have been trained! Not only can they skillfully load and fire projectiles, but they can also fight in formation.

Just like the head of the Tartar sect, more than 2,000 firecrackers lined up in a column, approaching the Ming army's defense line step by step.

"No fire! No fire! Moving on......"

Li Wending shouted at the top of his voice, urging his men to form a column and slowly press up against the Ming army in front.

On the surface, there is no difference between their phalanx and the Ming army, but in fact, the difference is big, even if the Shun army's musketeers use fixed paper shell ammunition, but their barrels are smoothbore guns, and the team looks a little chaotic from a distance.

However, their morale seems to have returned to normal, and they face the phalanx of the Ming army and go straight forward to kill!

After all, many of them are the elite of the old battalion, and now that their retreat is blocked, all they want is to break through the siege and return to their hometown in Shaanxi!

Because of this, their morale is not as low as it used to be.

"The Ming army led by Yuji this week is probably not a genuine Pingyu army!"

From the telescope, in addition to the Ming army standing in the valley in line, Li Zicheng couldn't help but secretly rejoice.

This time it's a blind cat touching a dead mouse!

The blockade personally commanded by Zhou Yuji was still very professional. Instead of building a fortification, he lined up in the valley and waited for the thieves to attack.

Considering that most of the Shun army were cavalry, Zhou Yuji just used gravel to build a few half-human-high breastophants, and this breastwork would definitely not be able to block the cannons.

Li Zicheng, who was supervising the battle in the rear, saw the Ming army's formation from a distance, and after looking at it for a while, he couldn't help laughing:

"Sure enough, God helped me, God is still on our side of Dashun!"

"Emperor, do you want to give any orders to the Marquis of Ru?"

Gu Junen on the side asked.

Because of the injury, Liu Zongmin was in command in front of him.

"Not necessarily."

Li Zicheng smiled,

"You know what to do!"

As soon as his words fell, the valley remembered the muffled sound of cannonballs.

Liu Zongmin has already ordered the cannon to be fired!

Even if the retreat was in a hurry, it brought only a few small cannons, but such small cannons could still knock off the rubble walls, and while the guns were forward, the cavalry in the rear was also following.

Cavalry with infantry!

This is Li Zicheng's most common method of fighting, and when he sees an opportunity, the cavalry can take advantage of the situation to kill him.

From the binoculars, seeing that they were lined up in a fairly neat formation, Li Zicheng couldn't help but nod and said.

"After all, it's still my old battalion soldier in Dashun!"

"Your Majesty,"

Gu Junen held up a telescope and looked at it, and turned back to Li Zicheng.

"The Ming army's firearms are powerful, and if they collide like this, they will be defeated, and there will be a lot of casualties."

Li Zicheng sneered:

"Casualties? The most important thing now is to kill the past and meet Chen Yongfu, even if you can't meet the exchange, you have to think of going to the Yellow River and returning to your hometown in Shaanxi, otherwise, we all have to stay here! Dead people, when will the war not be dead? It's just that all the people are dead, and if we don't defeat this roadblock, we all have to die here ......"

The emperor's words made Gu Junen's back cold, and he hurriedly complimented:

"The emperor is wise!"

As soon as he said this, a more dense burst of artillery suddenly sounded on the battlefield!

Under the shelling of the Shun army, those half-human-high stone breastworks kept crumbling and collapsing, but even so, Zhou Yuji still waited calmly, he was not in a hurry to shoot, let alone fire, but just ordered the officers and soldiers to make a defense.

"I actually learned to suppress it with artillery fire!"

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After sneering, Zhou Yuji ordered again.

"Tell the brethren to let them in, and get close to the fight!"

At the same time, the Rogue's advanced speed was a little faster.

Seeing that they soon approached a distance of about 400 meters, but the officers and soldiers still did not shoot or fire artillery, this scene made Liu Zongmin's heart a little bottomless.

Something isn't right!

400 meters......

300 meters......

200 meters......

The thieves with firearms stared at the Ming army behind the breastwork and marched forward step by step, and they were secretly glad that the Ming army did not fire a cannon.

As long as this group of Ming troops is killed and withdrawn to Shaanxi, the big guy will be able to live a good life!

In order to be able to revive their morale, Li Zicheng specially drew a big cake for them - when they arrived in Shaanxi, each person would be given 100 acres of land!

This is Li Zicheng's imitation of the conditions set by the Pingyu Army, "return to Shaanxi and divide the land", and when he returns to Shaanxi, all the old battalion soldiers can be granted land. This is a method learned from the Ming Dynasty, in fact, it is just to draw cakes to satisfy hunger, but even so, many people are still moved. Of course, it is not certain how many people will be able to return to Shaanxi alive and be able to get the fields. In fact, this is just a temporary thing to stir people's hearts, as for how to fulfill the promise at that time, it is not within the scope of Li Zicheng's consideration, and the most important thing now is to return to Shaanxi.

But for those ordinary Dashun soldiers, this gave them hope that they had never had.

As long as they win the official army, they will be able to return to Shaanxi, and then the Yongchang Emperor will give them land and houses! The big guy will be able to live a peaceful life......

It's a joy to think about!

Just when they were looking forward to the future, suddenly, they noticed that the smiles of the officers and soldiers behind the breastwork had become a little hideous......