Duoduo commanded hundreds of thousands of Qing troops to enter Xijing, which is the lair of Dashun, and now he is also stepping on it.

"Lord Qi, Li Zicheng defeated Xijing from the West Gate and fled in the southeast direction." A soldier of the Eight Banners rode up to Duoduo on a war horse to report.

"Hmph, I ran away again! This king originally thought that Li Zicheng would fight to the death with this king this time, so he was still worthy of a trace of admiration from this king, but he didn't expect that it was already such a situation, and he would have to escape! The Han people are really cowardly and incompetent! Duoduo looked down on Li Zicheng's cowardice, and defeating such a person did not give him any sense of accomplishment!

Li Zicheng rebelled for nearly 20 years, commanded millions of elites, and once occupied the capital of the Ming Dynasty, forcing Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty to death, the power is monstrous, originally such a hero, Duoduo is still quite admired.

After all, during the period of Emperor Chongzhen, although the Ming Dynasty was also defeated repeatedly, it was able to keep them out of the Qing Dynasty for decades, and Li Zicheng was defeated so completely in just half a year, and millions of troops were wiped out.

As the commander of the attack on Li Zicheng, Duoduo pursued Li Zicheng all the way from Shanhaiguan, chasing Li Zicheng for thousands of miles, Li Zicheng also fled for thousands of miles, and escaped again and again, until now he even gave up the base camp, which made Duoduo extremely disappointed, and extremely looked down on Li Zicheng's cowardice!

"Herald! Those who capture Li Zicheng alive will be promoted to one level and rewarded with a thousand taels of silver! Duoduo ordered with a sneer. For a person like Li Zicheng, the reward of a thousand taels of silver is already on the face of him forcing Wu Sangui to rebel and helping them to successfully enter the Qing Dynasty and compete for the world!

With the order issued, the Manchu Eight Banners, the Mongols, the Guanning Army, and other hundreds of thousands of cavalry chased out of the city.

The promotion of an official to one level and a reward of 1,000 taels of silver can also be regarded as a good reward, and the morale of the Qing army is high.

"Boom"

The war horses and iron horses all over the mountains and fields were mighty, stepping on the remnants of snow on the ground, waving the steel knife in their hands, chasing and killing Li Zicheng and the 100,000 remnants of the soldiers under his command.

"Your Majesty, the Qingyu Iron Cavalry is coming!" There was a rumbling sound of horses' hooves behind him, and the faces of the Dashun army were as pale as dirt.

Although Li Zicheng had 100,000 remnants, the whole army did not exceed 3,000 horses, but he escaped more than ten miles and was caught up.

"Liu Zongmin!" Li Zicheng shouted.

"The last general!" Liu Zongmin came to Li Zicheng from the rear army.

"I order you to lead the musket battalion and 8,000 foot soldiers to stop the pursuers here." The musket battalion was regarded by Li Zicheng as a trump card, and at this critical juncture, he could only pin all his hopes on the musket battalion, hoping that the musket battalion could help him block the pursuers for a while.

"The last general commands!" Liu Zongmin took the order.

Immediately, Liu Zongmin led 12,000 musket battalions and 8,000 foot soldiers to break away from Li Zicheng's army and stay here, while Li Zicheng himself fled to Shangluo under the protection of the remaining 80,000 troops, intending to enter Henan from Shangluo.

Although the two important towns of Luoyang and Kaifeng in Henan have been occupied by the Qing army, Li Zicheng still has some roots in Henan, and most of Henan, such as Nanyang and Xuchang, is still controlled by the Dashun army.

Liu Zongmin silently watched Li Zicheng lead the remaining 80,000 troops away, and said nothing, because he knew very well that if he was left behind to block the Qing army, he was afraid that he would die for nine lives.

After all, there are only more than 10,000 people in the musket battalion, and once they are caught up by the Qing army, they are likely to be besieged by the Qing army dozens of times their size. Although Liu Zongmin was a little arrogant, he was not stupid, and he knew very clearly that it was impossible to defeat so many Qing troops by relying only on the musket battalion and 8,000 ordinary foot soldiers.

"Hahahaha, Lao Tzu's musket battalion is boundless, what is a mere dog." Liu Zongmin laughed, in fact, he was pretending, although he knew very well the severity of the situation, but in order to boost morale, he had to make a appearance.

"Summon, immediately turn back to the mountain pass a mile later." Liu Zongmin looked contemptuous and fearless.

Sure enough, the soldiers below saw Hou Ye so heroic, and thought of Hou Ye's record of leading 3,000 musket battalions to defeat 5,000 Manchu Eight Banners, and now their musket battalion has 12,000 people, which will inevitably be able to inflict heavy losses on the pursuing Manchu cavalry and achieve brilliant results.

Soon, Liu Zongmin led the 20,000 horses back to a mountain pass nearly a mile later.

The road here is about 200 meters wide, surrounded by mountains on both sides, and it is an excellent blocking point, unless the Qing army is willing to detour for tens of miles, it can only break through from this mountain pass.

When Liu Zongmin came to this mountain pass, it happened that the Qing cavalry also arrived, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty was inlaid with red flags, and the banner owner was Tuoyue! And Guan Ningjun, who had always been at the forefront of pursuing Li Zicheng, did not charge at the forefront this time, and quietly fell to the middle position as early as Wu Sangui's hint. The other commanders of the Eight Banners didn't mind this in order to compete for their military merits, and turned a blind eye to Wu Sangui's small action, so the red flag rushed to the front.

"Rushing" saw Liu Zongmin's army in front of him, Tuo Yue was overjoyed, and led the charge with a red flag, wanting to crush the Dashun army in front of him in one fell swoop.

"Array!" Liu Zongmin shouted calmly, but in fact, his back was already soaked.

The Red Flag Iron Cavalry was only about 500 meters away from the mountain pass, and Liu Zongmin anxiously organized the formation of the musket battalion under his command. The Manchu cavalry was getting closer and closer, and when they rushed to a distance of more than two hundred meters, Liu Zongmin's musket battalion hurriedly listed a not-so-perfect formation.

"Light the Rope!" White smoke rose and the fire rope was ignited.

Since many of the soldiers of the musket battalion were new recruits, in the face of the Manchu cavalry charging like a tiger descending the mountain, they were frightened to the point that their faces turned a little pale, their feet trembled slightly, and they looked at the Manchu iron cavalry that was getting closer and closer, and sweat beads were dripping from their foreheads because of extreme nervousness.

When all the soldiers of the musket battalion lit the arquebus and pressed the fiery rope into the trigger chamber, the Manchu cavalry had already rushed to a distance of only thirty meters, and at the moment of life and death, even Liu Zongmin couldn't control his nervous and anxious expression.

Seeing that the soldiers of the musket battalion under his command were finally ready to fire, Liu Zongmin's heart was relieved and he immediately ordered to fire.

"First column fire!"

"Bang Bang Bang"

White smoke billowed out, and dozens of warriors with red flags were beaten into stoppers and fell from their horses to death!

"Bang Bang Bang"

The musket battalion under Liu Zongmin opened fire incessantly.

The man with the red flag flipped on his horse, and soon suffered heavy casualties, and even the flag lord Tuo Yue was shot in the thigh. Tuo Yue covered his thigh that had been hit, sweat profuse on his forehead, and quickly ordered the red flag to withdraw from the range of the musket.

"Hateful" Tuo Yue stared at Liu Zongmin's army blocking the mountain pass.

Soon, the Guan Ning army and other Manchurian and Mongolian iron cavalry also arrived, and the commander Duoduo also arrived, and hundreds of thousands of iron cavalry were blocked here by Liu Zongmin.

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