The transfer of large armies is difficult, especially in the mountains.

After passing the first line, the Shun army walked along the rugged mountain road for dozens of miles, and the sky was completely dark.

Don't look at the dozens of miles they have walked, but in fact, they are all mountain roads with nine twists and eighteen bends, and they are still far from going down the mountain.

Li Zicheng ordered to camp on the spot. They camped in a low plain, relatively flat enough for a large army.

However, because most of the grain and grass were abandoned, most of the soldiers of the Shun army did not have camp tents to build.

They had to build a campfire and stay warm.

It's been a long night, and it's so cold. If you don't make a fire again, you may really freeze to death.

The soldiers of the Shun army were tired, leaned against each other, and they all fell asleep not long after closing their eyes.

For them, it is extremely rare to have time to rest, and it is a moment to be able to rest for a moment.

The next morning, we had to continue on our way.

The night was silent, and nothing could be heard except the crackling of the dry branches of the burning fire.

Li Zicheng closed his eyes and prepared to take a nap.

He hadn't slept more than two hours a day in the past few days, and his eyes were already red and bloodshot.

But not long after he closed his eyes, he heard the deafening sound of horses' hooves.

Li Zicheng subconsciously opened his eyes and bounced up, and looked at it by the light of the fire, only to see a cavalry rushing towards the camp.

The cavalry each held a torch in his hand, and looked like a fiery dragon from a distance.

Li Zicheng was shocked, of course he understood that the cavalry killed at such a time could only be the Qing army.

But how did the Qing army find his traces?

Li Zicheng didn't care about thinking about this, and hurriedly ordered his generals to prepare for battle.

Tian Jianxiu and others reacted quickly enough, and the mobilization work was completed in a short time.

The soldiers of the Shun army all understood that now they had no way to retreat, and they could only survive by fighting their way out of the encirclement.

Because it was too dark, Li Zicheng couldn't see clearly that the part of the Qing army that came from the Qing army, but he subconsciously felt that it should not be the main force of the Eight Banners.

The Eight Banners cavalry didn't like night raids very much, and the Han people liked to play this set the most.

Li Zicheng turned over and personally drew his sword to command the battle.

To a large extent, this act played a role in calming the morale of the military.

More and more soldiers of the Shun army turned on their horses and formed a formation around Li Zicheng.

They are all veterans of the "three walls".

The so-called three walls are the elite selected by Li Zicheng from among the veterans of the Shun army. To be selected for the Three Walls, not only must you be old, but you must also have extremely superb riding skills.

In several duels with the Ming army, the three walls played an extremely important role.

The tactics of this cavalry are very different from ordinary cavalry, and they do not use the cavalry's mobility advantage to repeatedly harass, but concentrate the cavalry and charge at one time.

To put it bluntly, this is a hammer deal, if the charge is successful, then the enemy army will inevitably be defeated, and the next thing the Shun army has to do is to harvest the heads. If the charge fails, the Shun army will also lose the sharpest cavalry in the army, and it will definitely be greatly damaged.

What is commendable is that since the formation of the three walls, they have repeatedly charged into battle and never failed.

It is a killer weapon in Li Zicheng's hands, and he will not take it out easily unless he has to.

Li Zicheng ordered three walls to form a formation, proving that he believed that the current situation was very serious, and it was time to sacrifice his life.

The cavalry of the three walls were very familiar with each other, and their horses were close to their tails, leaving a very narrow distance between them.

Li Zicheng took a deep breath and ordered the three walls to start charging.

The speed of the cavalry hedging is the key, and the cavalry of the Qing army has already raised the speed when they are prepared, and the three walls cannot show weakness.

As the horses grew faster, the distance between the three walls of cavalry tightened, and from a distance they looked like a spear.

And Li Zicheng is the spearhead.

One hundred, fifty, thirty steps.

Just before the cavalry of the two sides collided, a cold arrow suddenly shot at the door of Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng hurriedly turned sideways. It was only because he could not fully stretch out on horseback that although he avoided the cold arrow, he was shot off his helmet.

This more or less affected the impact speed of the three walls. Fortunately, Li Zicheng adjusted in time and did not cause chaos.

The cavalry of the two armies were officially mixed together, and the sound of spears piercing through the flesh could be heard as soon as they pricked up their ears.

Li Zicheng found that this Qing cavalry was well-armored and well-trained, and it was no worse than his three walls.

But he glanced at it and found that this cavalry obviously did not belong to the Eight Banners Army, so there was only one possibility, this cavalry was the Guanning Army!

The so-called Guanning Army refers to an army trained by Yuan Chengzong when he was in charge of Liaozhen. This army not only has infantry, artillery, but also cavalry, which is most lacking in the Ming Dynasty.

In order to fight against the Eastern Captives, Emperor Chongzhen specially levies millions of taels of Liao every year, and provides good food and drink to support this Guanning army.

But Guan Ningjun has never disappointed people in this matter.

The governor of Jiliao has changed for an unknown number of terms, but the Guan Ning army has almost never won a field battle against the Eight Banners Army, and basically sees the Eight Banners Army killing and turning around, that is, daring to rely on the strong city to shrink and defend.

Such a Guan Ning army didn't know how many people had died in the pit, but Emperor Chongzhen was still holding it in the palm of his hand and was afraid of melting.

Li Zicheng was extremely disdainful of Guan Ningjun. But today, Guan Ningjun has changed his view.

Judging from the duel of Fang Cai, Guan Ningjun did not lose much to the three walls in terms of momentum, but was even better in ruthlessness.

What's going on?

Li Zicheng didn't know that the Guanning Iron Cavalry led by Wu Sangui had been driven as a vanguard to attack the city after the Qing Dynasty, and even if he had won so many battles, he would have gained confidence.

In addition, after shaving their hair and braiding their hair, they subconsciously thought that they were a flag man, and that kind of blessed confidence was the driving force for them to charge.

The most important thing in cavalry hedging is the first wave of charge. Nine out of 10 hedges were when one side broke up the other's formation.

And the current situation is that the two sides are evenly matched, and the Guan Ning army and the three walls are hedged against each other.

This is extremely rare.

But Li Zicheng had to admit this fact and think of ways to deal with it accordingly.

Now the cavalry of the two sides are entangled, like cattle stuck in a mud pond, and they can't exert their strength at all. Most of the time you slash at me and I stab you with a spear.

Losing speed, the cavalry was much less powerful, and it was even less effective than the infantry in white-knuckle combat.

"Yufeng, you take a team of men and horses to squeeze out a way as much as possible, in the direction of the Tartar Shuai Banner!"

At this time, it is best to take the initiative to change. Li Zicheng's eyes narrowed, and he commanded Tian Jianxiu who was not far away.

As long as Tian Jianxiu can attract some of the Guan Ning army, Li Zicheng will have a gap to take advantage of.

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