Since the last time Li Zicheng was beaten by Hong Chengchou to only eighteen horsemen, most of these old eight team members were killed, and many of them escaped, and gradually returned again, probably nearly 3,000 people. [No pop-ups. Li Zicheng knew that these people were the mainstay of his team and could no longer be used at will, so he left them in the Chinese army and commanded them personally, that is, to go up at the most critical time.

This is when they are needed.

More than 800 cavalry rushed head-on with Li Zicheng and Zhang Nai, shouting and shouting, and the momentum was like a rainbow, which immediately made the officers and soldiers on the opposite side stunned. I thought I had fallen into the trap of the peasant army, but when I looked closely, I found that the number of people rushing up was not much, and there were more than 1,000 cavalrymen, led by two generals, one of whom was in his thirties, wearing an old felt hat with a drooping brim, wearing iron armor, covered with a green cloth cloak, with a quiver painted with gold and vermilion hanging from his waist, and a long sword in his hand, which was dazzling.

These officials and soldiers saw at a glance that this person was Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang. The portrait of this great thief has long been circulated among the officers and soldiers, and almost everyone knows about it.

The officers and soldiers who rushed to the front were overjoyed, you know, Sun Chuanting has already passed down the order, who can capture or kill Li Zicheng alive in the army, and the official will be promoted to the general army, and the reward will be 10,000 taels. Which of these big-headed soldiers does not dream of being promoted and making a fortune, so Li Zicheng's head is the step of his promotion. Therefore, after they recognized Li Zicheng, they immediately became ambitious and rushed up screaming.

The two generals led by the two were the most excited, one of them danced with a knife and the other with a gun, and rushed on the horse.

But seeing that Li Zicheng was not flustered, the sword was in his right hand, the tip of the sword hung downward, holding the hilt of the sword upside down, he had already picked the bow in his hand, pulled out the wolf's tooth arrow, and the swishing arrow was an arrow.

The other sword-wielding general was taken aback, just looked sideways, and did not expect Li Zicheng to shoot a series of arrows, the first arrow was shot, and the second arrow followed, and it was only a blink of an eye.

The general was caught off guard, was shot through the head by an arrow, and fell off his horse.

The rest of the officers and soldiers were taken aback, and before they came to their senses, the young general Zhang Nai also opened his bow and shot several people in a row.

The offensive of the officers and troops immediately slowed down. Li Zicheng had already rushed into the official army formation with the cavalry and blocked the impact of the official army. At the same time, Gao Yigong and Dang Shousu also rushed up with elite soldiers to protect King Chuang.

Li Zicheng personally attacked, and finally made his men and horses retreat safely, but there were not many people and horses brought by himself, Gao Yigong, Dang Shousu and others, so they could only be blocked for a while, and after a long time, they would inevitably be surrounded by superior officers and soldiers. Gao Yigong shouted: "King Chuang, you retreat first, I will hold the ...... here"

Dang Shousu also shouted: "Yes, King Chuang is leaving......"

Li Zicheng saw that his men and horses already had an organization, commanded by the military advisor Song Xiance, and he did not panic when he retreated, so he was relieved, but he would never let his brothers leave behind and go first. Therefore, Li Zicheng did not retreat but advanced, and took Zhang Nai and more than a hundred cavalry to rush forward dozens of steps, and the long sword in his hand flashed, like a spirit snake spitting letters, no one was invincible.

While killing, he drank the two of them: "You go first, I'll break the back, this is a military order,"

Li Zicheng was different from other peasant armies, the military orders were extremely strict, and his generals knew it, so they did not dare to disobey, so they had to retreat. Li Zicheng was by no means a reckless person, and when he saw that everyone had retreated, he took Zhang Nai out of the official army line and walked towards his camp. As he walked, he opened his bow and arrows, turned over and shot backwards, and at the same time, Zhang Nai, Gao Yigong, Dang Shousu and others also released arrows at the same time.

These people have superb archery skills, and they are all hard bows, after the arrows are out, they are fast and accurate, and in a moment, dozens of officers and soldiers have fallen. Other officers and soldiers also began to shoot back, but they were dodged by Li Zicheng and several others one by one.

In the blink of an eye, Li Zicheng's men and horses distanced themselves from the official army and withdrew more calmly.

Sun Chuanting watched the battle in the Chinese army, and secretly admired it in his heart, he wanted to use this impact force to crush the peasant army, and then completely defeat Li Zicheng's men and horses in one go. But at present, the peasant army has retreated very calmly, and it seems difficult to complete the battle in one battle.

In fact, after Li Zicheng's men and horses retreated into the camp, the soldiers pushed out a lot of carts and blocked the front of the camp to prevent the officers and cavalry from rushing. At the same time, countless crossbowmen were hidden in the camp, ready to fire arrows at any time.

When Li Zicheng and the rest of the army also entered the camp, the camp gate was closed, and the peasant army was waiting for it.

Sun Chuanting moved to the vicinity of the peasant army camp with the Chinese army to check, he found that the peasant army camp was silent, and no one moved around at will, so he shook his head lightly and said to the people on the left and right: "Thieves rule the army, there is really a set, we can't attack today, let's withdraw the troops first." ”

The rear team of the officers and soldiers became the front team, and Sun Chuanting pressed the rear formation and slowly withdrew.

Li Zicheng was also observing Sun Chuanting's men and horses in the camp, and seeing that the official army was calmly retreating, he said to Song Xiance: "Sun Chuanting is really extraordinary, no wonder King Gao Chuang will be defeated in his hands." can do not blindly pursue when winning, and do not mess up when retreating, which is really the style of a famous general. ”

Song Xiance nodded: "Sun Chuanting and Hong Chengchou can be regarded as the last barrier of the Ming Dynasty, if there are not some outstanding people, Chongzhen will not entrust him with such a heavy responsibility, it seems that it is impossible to win this battle easily." ”

Li Zicheng heard the sound of war drums and shouts of killing faintly heard in the other two directions, and said: "After Sun Chuanting withdraws, he will definitely lead the victorious troops to reinforce another place, so Jie Xuan and Xiucai's side can't fight, so let them collect their troops." ”

Song Xiance smiled: "I have already sent someone, King Chuang doesn't have to worry." ”

Li Zicheng looked at Sun Chuanting's handsome banner from afar, and sighed: "Don't worry about it's fake, this Sun Chuanting is ruthless and ghostly, and there are many people, if you want to win him, it's not easy to talk about it......"

Not long after, Liu Zongmin and Tian Jianxiu also withdrew back with their men and horses, and like Li Zicheng, it was only after these two people broke off that the men and horses steadily withdrew to the camp. They fought fiercely with the officers and soldiers, and did not distinguish the winner from the loser, but they felt very difficult, and several generals hung up their colors.

Li Zicheng immediately counted the men and horses, this count did not matter, startled everyone, just this battle, the peasant army lost more than 8,000 people, although this point of men and horses for hundreds of thousands of peasant troops, it is not a bone-wrenching, but it is also frightening. Li Zicheng immediately issued an order, and the military medical officers transferred the wounded, buried the dead, and then closed the camp gate and stopped fighting.

Luo Rucai also rushed to condole, and when he learned that the loss was not small, he felt uneasy, so he said: "King Chuang, fight again next time, let my people go." To tell you the truth, you guys are desperately working in front, and it's really not a taste for us to sit on the ground in the camp. ”

Li Zicheng smiled: "Luo Shuai, don't worry." This battle still has to be fought, today's one, even if we try Sun Chuanting's catties, now that we know his weight, we will not suffer a big loss in the future. ”

Luo Rucai said: "Having said that, the officers and soldiers we are facing are all elite people, how can we fight this battle in the future?"

Song Xiance said on the side: "I have an idea, I don't know if the two leaders agree,"

Li Zicheng said: "What is the best way for the military advisor?"

Song Xiance said: "Sun Chuanting has a good command, and he is very cunning, it is not easy for us to win, on the other hand, the men and horses of the official army are not much different from us, so if we continue to fight, it will become a war of attrition, although it is not easy for the official army to transport grain, but Sun Chuanting is a person with a way, in case he jumps off the wall in a hurry, regardless of the life and death of the people in Kaifeng City, and orders the supply of grain and grass in Kaifeng City, he can really confront us, which is not good for our army." Therefore, I think that if we can find some foreign aid, it is best to send large soldiers, so that we will have a great advantage in numbers, and we will have a greater certainty of victory. ”

Li Zicheng frowned: "It's a good plan to find foreign aid, but who to find, the Qin army has the best relationship with us, but it is far away in Guanzhong, and the territory occupied by the Qin army is very large, there must be a shortage of men and horses, not to mention sending large soldiers to fight together." There are not many people in the Eight Kings, and they can't be counted on. ”

Song Xiance smiled: "How did King Chuang forget the fifth battalion of Gezuo, they are in Shandong, not too far from Feng, and there are many people and horses, if you can join forces with them, you should be ninety percent sure of defeating Sun Chuanting." ”

As soon as he heard this, Luo Rucai shook his head lightly: "Mr. Song's words are bad, it is good that the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo often joined forces with us before, but now that they have demoted Fan Ju, the entire Fifth Battalion of Gezuo has become Fan Ju's subordinates, and Fan Ju is not of the same mind as our peasant army, he used to want to kill the Eight Kings, and he also tried every means to use us to achieve his goal, such people cannot be united." ”

Song Xiance said: "Luo Shuai's words are very right, Fan Ju is a bit cunning, and his methods are vicious and ruthless. If you join forces with such people, you will most likely suffer. But we must not forget that everything should not only be judged by people's hearts, but also by the current situation. ”

Li Zicheng nodded: "Yes, the military advisor is very accurate in looking at people, and it makes sense to say it." ”

Song Xiance said: "The current situation, Kaifeng in the Central Plains is the most important thing in the world, if we win, the court will lose Kaifeng and Henan." As soon as Henan is lost, Beijing will be directly threatened, and if the official army wins, Sun Chuanting will inevitably turn his horse's head and attack Fan Ju, because this place is close to Shandong, so he will definitely be the next to be exterminated. Fan Ju is not confused, he understands the truth very well. ”

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