The river is sluggish, rushing and meandering. The mountain wind whistling, blowing up Zhao Dangshi's scarlet cloak. Standing on a high place, he stared into the distance, above the Yellow River, countless ferries continued back and forth, covering almost the entire surface of the river for several miles. The line of sight moved slightly, and the front row of ferries docked one after another, and the dense soldiers and horses were like a swarm of ants, going forward and landing one after another.

Look around, far and near, left and right, soldiers shuttle back and forth. Countless No. 2 Hongyi cannons, big Buddha cannons and various auxiliary small cannons are arranged along the ridge of Longmen Mountain. They are revered and mammoth, and their black muzzles face the riverbank area below the mountain, like cold and ruthless beasts with bloody mouths.

"Finally waited until today." Zhao Dangshi stood silently and solemnly, and his heart was full of turmoil.

"Lord, the Jingnan Wang's department has set off from Hancheng, and it will arrive in half an hour at most." Xu Hui, who was in thick armor, walked with an iron piece and jingled, which sounded very pleasant, "The two departments of Yichuan Gong and Chongxin Hou are also pulling out from Xizhuang and marching towards the ferry. The rest of the troops are in their respective positions and are all in place. ”

"Okay, put up the banner of the Chinese army, and if the flags of each department do not echo within half an hour, ask their heads."

Xu Hui was stunned for a moment and asked, "Is it too early to erect the flag now?" It's better to wait a little longer for the thief. ”

"Not necessarily. Li Chuang has advanced and not retreated, even if the strong man breaks his wrist and throws away the troops that have gone to the west bank to return to Shanxi, he has no way out. With his temperament, even if he knew that our army had set up the formation in advance, this decisive battle, which had dragged on for a long time, would definitely be fought. "Zhao Dang's face in the world is like stopping water," Li Chuang won, and for him, the situation in Shaanxi and Shanxi provinces will be alive. ”

"But he can't win." Xu Hui said coldly, "This battle is the battle of my Ming Dynasty to destroy thieves." ”

In early July, the situation of the Shun army, which had been deceived by a false shot by Hou Dagui's army, was once again in a difficult situation. In the south, the whole province of Henan was lost, and the Ming army strictly guarded Huaiqing, Weihui and other places, isolating the traffic between Shanxi and Henan; To the north, Sun Chuanting led his army to capture Yulinwei, Hou Dagui's army smoothly transferred, and the northern passage of Jin was also cut off by the Ming army. After Li Zicheng discussed with the generals, he thought that if he continued to stay in Shanxi, he would inevitably be surrounded and annihilated by enemy troops on all sides, and he was anxious to save Xi'an, so he recalled Li Guojun from Xinzhou and Liu Zhongjun from Lu'an, and the whole army gathered in Taiyuan Fucheng to carry out military deployment again.

In order to avoid worries, Li Zicheng left Chen Yongfu, a Ming general, to lead 10,000 people to guard Taiyuan Mansion, and led 50,000 soldiers and horses to Shaanxi. To Shaanxi, it is most convenient to cross the Yellow River through Puzhou Fengling and enter the pass through Tongguan, but Tongguanwei is now in the hands of the Ming army, and it is necessary to first conquer the strong Guancheng and then face the main force of the Ming army in Guanzhong, the pressure is too great, and if the troops do not advance, it is very vulnerable to the attack of the Ming army in Shaanxi and Henan, so this is not a good idea. Li Zicheng decided to cross the river from Yumen in Hejin County, Pingyang Prefecture, and take this road, but he could first go to the northeast of Xi'an Prefecture, and there was still room for maneuver regardless of advance or retreat.

The movements of the Shun army are all in the hands of Zhao Dangshi. When he learned that the Shun army, which had been heading south, suddenly turned west in Jiangzhou, he was keenly aware of the strategic significance of Yumendu. Then immediately mobilized the army, and pulled out 30,000 soldiers and horses such as Qihun Battalion, Xiaojie Battalion, Changhong Left Battalion, Changhong Right Battalion, Jingnan Wang Huang Degong, Yichuan Stallion Wan Nian, Chongxin Hou Tan Hong, etc., leaving Guo Ruke to be responsible for commanding the remaining 35,000 soldiers and horses to besiege Xi'an Fucheng.

The flow of the Yellow River at Yumen is relatively gentle. Crossing the river from the east bank, you will see Longmen Mountain at the head. Longmen Mountain stretches from north to south, and the Yellow River, which also flows in the same direction, is left and right, leaving only a not wide river beach in the middle. The county seat of Hancheng is the southernmost part of this river beach, and only after passing Hancheng can you enter the Guanzhong of the fertile field.

Zhao Dangshi's descendants were mainly firearms of the four battalions, and rushed to enter Longmen Mountain through Hancheng County the day before the Shun army crossed the river, and set up artillery and fences to prevent enemy troops from climbing the mountain by taking advantage of the natural ridge line or gentle slope of Longmen Mountain. Ma Wannian and Tan Hong took Hancheng County Avenue to the north. Huang Degong's department was temporarily stationed in Hancheng County.

Today, the Shun army crossed the river for the first time, Zhao Dangshi's main formation in Longmen Mountain had already been arranged, Ma Wannian and Tan Hong went to Xizhuang not far from the ferry to set up defenses, and Huang Degong's troops who were on standby in the follow-up also had to be ordered to advance.

The three armies are brave and vow to fight with the Shun army.

In the middle of the day, the Shun army, which had already crossed the river, gathered several centaurs and swept along the river.

Ma Wannian and Tan Hong, who were stationed in Xizhuang and Zan Village, received instructions from the military flag and Tang soldiers in the direction of Longmen Mountain, sounded gongs and drums, and the 5,000 men of Ma Wannian's division were in the front and the 5,000 men of Tan Hong's division were slightly behind, and began to advance towards the ferry.

The morale-boosting army ran over the soft river beaches, leaving behind a thousand ravines. The cruising Shun army was shocked by the momentum of the Ming army, and quickly retreated, gathering to wait and see. After a while, the chaotic Shun army array in the military horn in all directions, a few poles of Daxu stood up in the wind, and the surrounding Shun army gathered from all directions. The generals of the Shun army, Lan Yingcheng and Tuo Tianbao, each led 1,000 infantry to meet the steadily advancing Ming army in two ways, in order to cover the chaotic army that had not yet been prepared at the ferry.

The wind suddenly rose, up and down Longmen Mountain and even on the west bank of the Yellow River, the flags of the Ming and Shun sides seemed to have been agreed, and they were almost simultaneously swaying extravagantly, one side and one by one overlapping and flying, as vast as the ocean. The white-maned Daxu in Phnom Penh, which symbolizes Li Zicheng's place, also rose, and the soldiers of the Shun army all over the river bank were encouraged by it, and the speed of action accelerated sharply, and the men and horses were constantly staggered.

"Lord, the two divisions of Shanxia Ma and Tan are only a hundred steps away from the enemy. The thieves and soldiers still landed in a steady stream and assembled in the rear, and now there are about 10,000 people. Xu Hui, who was in charge of the front-line war, sent Yang Kexin, an officer in the Xiaojie Battalion, to report, "Is our army moving?" ”

"Hit." The atmosphere in the mountains and wilderness was suffocating, Zhao Dangshi's face did not change, and he nodded solemnly, "Let the Xiaojie camp take the lead." ”

The four battalions of Longmen Mountain have their own positions, and the direction of artillery fire is also different. The deployment of the Xiaojie battalion was relatively southern, and if the artillery was fired first, it would be conducive to cutting off the connection between the southern bandits and the large army behind, and providing fire support for the Ma and Tan divisions.

Yang Kexin took the order and left. The Xiaojie Battalion is Xu Hui's descendant unit, and the firearms assembly rate is the highest in the Zhao Battalion, and the training is also the most sophisticated. In just a few breaths, dozens of No. 2 Hongyi cannons and Da Forang machine guns of the Xiaojie Battalion, which had been waiting for a long time, rang out in unison, and the entire Longmen Mountain moved. Loud noises echoed through the mountains, and the trees trembled, shaking off the leaves and scattering them.

At the foot of the mountain, Ma Wannian, who looked at the scene of artillery fire and dust in front of him, personally supervised the battle. He wore a phoenix helmet and iron armor, and his expression was upright, and his two uncles, Qin Gongming and Qin Zuoming, guarded him left and right. His 5,000 men were the most elite white-pole spear veterans in the stone sting. Orders were given, trumpets sounded, and the stone soldiers brushed their guns on the ground in eighty paces, their spears were upright on the river beach, and the soldiers were all straight and straight. The guns were full of people, and the eyes of the soldiers of the Shun army seemed to suddenly rise from the ground and a dense grove.

The stone soldiers, who were proficient in a variety of weapons, remained immobile in the face of the charging soldiers of the Shun army. Calm down, untie the crossbow at your waist, and quickly put on the stubby crossbow arrow.

"From—"

"Shoot!"

"Plop pounce plop", the crossbow arrows were neatly out at the same time, straight as a comb tooth swept violently, and instantly scraped down the Shun infantry at the forefront.

"From—"

"Shoot!"

Each stone soldier only carried two thick crossbow arrows, and all of them were shot out in the blink of an eye, and the front row of stone soldiers pulled out their white pole guns, the head of the spears was facing upwards, and the ground was obliquely slanted, while the stone soldiers in the back row still did not move the white pole guns, drew the broad-bladed broadsword behind their backs, and strode into the gap in the front row, forming an airtight and tight formation with the pikemen.

The golden drum in the formation suddenly rose, and the "bang bang" made the heart and liver also jump violently. Ma Wannian drew his sword and pointed forward, shouting: "Let the thieves taste the power of our stone!" ”

The surrounding armor soldiers shouted with their arms folded, and the fierce battle spirit spread to every corner of the military formation like a wildfire.

"Kill—"

The stone soldiers were surging with guns, and the warriors in the front opened their eyes and roared, charging at twenty paces in the face of the coming force of the Shun army.

The soldiers of the Shun army were all in blue armor, and the stone soldiers were all in white armor, and the blue and white waves collided violently, and the two fronts suddenly stuck together in the rain of hail and bullets that were whistling from the sky.

One inch long and one inch strong, the stone soldiers had long white pole guns, staggered charges, and often took the lead in stabbing into the chest cavity of the soldiers of the Shun army. The dripping blood adds a touch of cruelty to the simple blue and white. The stone soldier clenched his spear and stabbed like a fly. The stone swordsman behind him used the line stabilized by the spearman, saw the stitches, and slashed vertically and obliquely with the knife in both hands. People are everywhere, flesh and blood flying. However, the soldiers of the Shun army also fought to the death and did not retreat, they were all sharp soldiers of the battalion in the Dashun field battle, with a batch of double-layer armor, excellent strength, and the same firm mind. One man served, followed by one another, and tried his best to rush forward.

"Spread the front to the west!" Ma Wannian saw the swagger of the military flag of Longmen Mountain, and then ordered.

Qin Gongming left with his feet, and took the reserve of more than 1,000 people to the west. On the opposite side, the soldiers of the Shun army supported the front line from the ferry, and the front and rear were like hourglasses, and the stone soldiers took the initiative to expand the engagement surface, and they also divided their troops to intercept, and the formation was immediately pulled into a square, and the soldiers and horses were almost scattered on the river beach near the ferry.

The Longmen Mountain position, not only the Jiejie battalion, but also the Qihun battalion, the Changhong left battalion and the Changhong right battalion together covered the Shun army on the river beach with fan-shaped firepower. For a time, the river beach on the west bank of the Yellow River crossed by Yumen was almost like a meteor shower, and the people and horses at the place where the bullet was hit were shattered, and the shock flew several feet.

The follow-up support of the Shun army was unwilling to be beaten, and also mobilized all kinds of artillery in the army to counterattack the position of the Ming army in Longmen Mountain. The bullet stones come and go, stirring up the mountains, forests, rocks, and falling trees. However, after all, the artillery of the Shun army was not good for attacking from the back, and it was reluctant to counterattack against the offensive, and there was not much accuracy in the haste.

"Out!"

Zhao Dangshi, who was paying close attention to the war, waved his hand, and the four battalions that had been on standby for a long time lined up with thousands of birds, and Qin Jinxiao, Li Yanlang, Peng Guang, Yang Kexin, and others were each responsible for one side, and they were divided into three rows, and they shot at the battle flag of Xu Hui, who was in charge of the front-line war.

As soon as the battle flag was raised, the first row fired a salvo; The battle flag was raised twice, and the second row fired a salvo; The battle flag was raised three times, and the rear row fired a volley. The sound of the gun was continuous, and the firelight surrounded the mountain and lit up into a line, and then dissipated into the clouds with the green smoke. Guns and artillery iron shells and copper bullets continued to pour down on the river beach.

With the fire support of Longmen Mountain, the stone soldiers who fought on the river beach advanced forward against the battle line. Although the soldiers of the Shun army were overwhelmed by many blows, they quickly made adjustments. Around Phnom Penh's white-maned Daxu, two or three thousand horse troops were gathered one after another, these horse troops were the most elite soldiers of the Shun army, the knights were wearing heavy armor, wearing two iron pockets with long eaves around the head and felt underneath, like iron cans. War horses are similar to knights, and horse armor is unusually heavy. Men and horses march together, as heavy as an iron tower.

"On the front, Lan Yingcheng and Tuo Tianbao led the infantry army to hold on to the enemy, facing the river in the east, and the enemy army extended from the west, as if they wanted to outflank our army!" The Shunjun ferry is in this formation, and the middle camp is in the king's body.

A gold-helmeted and silver-armored general stood in the shadow of the cover, he was not the Great Shun Emperor Li Zicheng, but the Great Shun Marquis Liu Zongmin. Li Zicheng, who was in golden armor, was still on the east bank, and he was fully responsible for the war on the west bank.

"The West Bank Malaysian army has gathered a lot and is available." Liu Zongmin's voice was strong, and his eyes were like torches, "With your Wang Zamao and the horse army, rush to the enemy army in the west, where the battle line is not stable, as long as you can see through, you can go around behind the enemy." ”

"Wang Zamao" is the nickname of Wang Deren, the general in the royal body, and is known as the courage of ten thousand people. Soon, Wang Deren, who had yellow hair on his cheeks, approached to receive the order.

"The enemy army is rampant, and an ambush has been set up here to annihilate our army. You go and wash them away. Liu Zongmin said to Wang Deren.

"Yes." Wang Deren didn't say a word, and turned around. Behind him, the elite horse army of the 3,000 Shun Army was all pressing the knife and the gun, and the murderous spirit was overflowing.