On the second day of the fifth month of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng's army finally broke through Shihe Town, the last walled city on the periphery of Shanhaiguan.

"Newspaper"

"Marshal, Shihe Town has fallen, and Li Zicheng's army will be ten miles away from Shanhaiguan City." A scout ran in to report.

"It's time for the decisive battle! Everyone is waiting to go out with Ben Shuai to face the battle! Wu Sangui stood up suddenly, shouted with murderous eyes, and took the lead out of the lobby, followed by two lieutenants and eight generals.

The gate of Shanhaiguan was opened, and Wu Sangui led 50,000 Guanning troops to a stone outside Shanhaiguan, where they waited for the arrival of Li Zicheng's army.

"Are all the ten redcoat cannons hidden according to plan?" Wu Sangui, dressed in armor, sat on horseback and asked Yang Kun, one of the lieutenant generals beside him

"Back to Dashuai, the ten red-clothed cannons are all in place, and when the time comes, you can use flowering shells to bombard Li Zicheng's army." Yang Kun replied.

Flowering shell is a kind of extremely powerful red-coated cannon special shell, the manufacturing technology is complicated, and the cost is expensive, extremely rare, Nurhachi died under this kind of shell, Li Zicheng did not have one, even if the entire Shanhaiguan is only a hundred, or Emperor Chongzhen specially ordered to Shanhaiguan to resist the Qing soldiers, which is also one of the reasons why the Qing soldiers did not dare to attack Shanhaiguan easily.

"Okay." Wu Sangui nodded, the reason why he chose to fight with Li Zicheng in a piece of stone was naturally to be prepared, the ten powerful red-coated cannons in Shanhaiguan had already been secretly sent by him to hide on a hill not far away, and he had prepared hundreds of lethal flowering bombs, once the most elite fifth battalion of the left under Li Zicheng participated in the battle, he immediately ordered a bombardment, in the hope of inflicting heavy damage on the most elite soldiers and horses under Li Zicheng's command.

The Fifth Battalion of Gezuo is known as the most elite army of soldiers and horses under Li Zicheng, with great achievements, and each battalion has 10,000 horses, a total of 50,000 horses. It's just that what Wu Sangui doesn't know is that there are no five battalions in the fifth battalion of Gezuo now, because Li Zicheng is too heavy-hearted and insulted the red lady, and the red battalion under his command is led out by the red lady in anger, and there are only four battalions left in the fifth battalion of Gezuo.

"Heratulzhen, since your regent has agreed to Ben Shuai's request for help, why has he not seen anyone for a long time?" Wu Sangui asked a Qing army general who was obviously wearing armor full of eight banners.

"Don't worry about Marshal Wu, since our regent has promised Dashuai to defeat Li Zicheng together, he will naturally not break his promise, the Eight Banners army has already camped ten miles away, and he will come to help Dashuai Wu just waiting for the big battle together." Heratuljan said with a smile.

Wu Sangui's heart sank slightly, and he vaguely guessed Dolgon's thoughts, but he didn't say anything, things have come to this point, and he can't be allowed to retreat at all, so he can only hope that Dolgon can keep his promise and not be so short-sighted.

"Marshal, Li Zicheng's army has arrived." Adjutant General Gao Di pointed ahead.

On the horizon ahead, countless figures slowly appeared, it was Li Zicheng's 200,000 Dashun army. With Li Zicheng's 200,000 Dashun army approaching, the battle clouds were dense in a stone place, and a strong killing atmosphere echoed in the air.

Li Zicheng's army stopped a kilometer away from Wu Sangui Guanning's iron cavalry, and the two armies looked at each other from a distance.

Wu Sangui looked directly at Li Zicheng's vague figure in the distance in front of him, and his eyes were full of murderous intent, the hatred of killing his father and the hatred of taking his wife, he must be ashamed today.

"Hahahaha, Wu Sangui Xiao'er dared to directly lead the army out of the city to fight a decisive battle with me, could it be that he thought that with his 50,000 army, he could compete with the elite of my 200,000 Dashun army, he was really looking for death." In front of the middle army of the Dashun Army, Li Zicheng rode on a horse, looking at the 50,000 Guanning iron horsemen in front of Wu Sangui in front of him and laughing, his expression was full of contempt.

"Your Majesty, Wu Sangui is arrogant, this is just the right time to destroy him in a battle, and it will not cause the army to attack Shanhaixiongguan and increase casualties." Niu Jinxing smiled next to Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng nodded, and shouted: "Sun Kewang, I order you to lead your army of 30,000 to charge head-on." ”

"The last general commands!" After Sun Kewang gave a general order to Li Zicheng, he led his subordinate army of 30,000 to rush towards Wu Sangui's Guanning army, and 30,000 people shouted to kill Zhentian, which was very impressive.

On the other side, Wu Sangui was expressionless, looking at Li Zicheng's 30,000 army rushing towards him with anger in his eyes, and ordered:

"Where's the Gordy!"

"The last general!" The lieutenant general is in the ranks.

"Ben Shuai ordered you to lead 10,000 Guan Ning Iron Cavalry to defeat this 30,000 thief army and strengthen the morale of our army, you have the guts!"

"The last general will not fail in his mission!" Gaudi commanded.

10,000 Guanning iron cavalry unstoppably greeted the 30,000 Dashun army. The two armies approached, and after a few rounds of arrows and arrows rained each other, they rushed together.

Jin Ge Iron Horse, the Guanning Army is worthy of being the first elite of the Ming Dynasty who has been fighting with the Qing soldiers for many years, and only 10,000 iron cavalry can fight with the Dashun Army three times their own without falling into the killing wind, which is really brave and abnormal, and the morale of the Guanning Army is greatly boosted.

Li Zicheng's face was gloomy, he was very dissatisfied with Sun Kewang's performance, and he was also slightly surprised by the combat power of the Guan Ning army, and he didn't dare to underestimate it, and even faintly regretted that he had forced Wu Sangui to rebel for the sake of a beauty, but now, it was too late to say anything, Wu Sangui had to die, and the Guan Ning army had to be destroyed.

"The fourth battalion of the left side of the revolution is attacking!"

Li Zicheng ordered that if the first battle was lost, he directly dispatched the most elite soldiers and horses under his command, which was bound to revive morale, otherwise even if he would defeat the Guanning army, his Dashun army would suffer heavy casualties.

"Victory! Victory"

The Fourth Battalion of the Left Wing of the Revolution is worthy of being the most elite of the soldiers and horses under the command of Li Zicheng, the array is neat, the morale is high, and the equipment is well-equipped, everyone is equipped with armor and shields, the army has experienced dozens of major battles over the years, and in terms of combat effectiveness, it is by no means much worse than the Guanning Army and the Qing soldiers who are known as the world's first Eight Banners.

"Marshal, Li Zicheng dispatched the 5th Battalion of the Left Battalion, do you order the red-coated artillery in the rear to open fire immediately and inflict heavy damage on this army!" Yang Kun, the deputy general beside Wu Sangui, said.

"Go ahead and try to shoot all the flowering bullets." Although Wu Sangui saw that the Fifth Battalion of the Revolution Zuo sent by Li Zicheng seemed to be incomplete, as if there was a battalion of soldiers and horses missing, only 40,000 people, he did not hesitate at all, and ordered the hidden red-coated artillery to open fire immediately.

On a hill not far from the rear of the Guanning Army, ten red-coated cannons were pushed up to the originally set position to bombard the 4th Left Battalion of Li Zichengge, which was about to be killed in the center of the battlefield.

On the hill behind "Boom, Boom, Boom", ten earth-shattering cannons rang out, and a thick white smoke rose from the mountain.

Ten flowering bombs pierced the air, hitting a distance of more than 1,500 meters, and the formation of the 4th Battalion of the Left Wing of the Revolution was in the middle of the attack, and the 10 loud explosions were violently exploding, and each of the more than 10 pounds of flowering bombs exploded hundreds of pieces of broken iron, bringing up bursts of blood mist in the formation of the 40,000 Left Battalion, because the formation was too dense, the first round of bombardment was tightened, and the 4th Battalion of the Left Wing suffered nearly 200 casualties.

After three rounds of artillery bombardment, the 4th Battalion of the Left Wing fought with the 10,000 Guanning Army Iron Cavalry in the battlefield, and in the entire central battlefield, the 70,000 Dashun Army was so powerful that the 10,000 Guanning Army completed the encirclement of the 10,000 Guanning Army almost instantly, and the 10,000 Guanning Army Iron Cavalry suffered a large number of casualties and was almost about to be annihilated.

"Marshal, the flowering bullet failed to break up the formation of the fifth battalion on the left side of the revolution, what should I do, the 10,000 brothers in the battlefield are almost unable to support it, quickly order the whole army to attack." Yang Kun looked at the situation in the battlefield and said anxiously.

"No, Godi can still hold on, let the redcoat cannon continue to fire, and use up all the flowering shells." Wu Sangui was unmoved, and said with a cold expression.

"Don't be a commander, the two armies are already fighting together, and any more artillery will hurt our own brothers." Yang Kun exclaimed.

"Carry out military orders!" Wu Sangui was full of murderous intentions, but in order to appease the army, he also explained: "Li Zicheng's army is four times larger than our Guanning army, and the combat power of the fifth battalion of the left side of the revolution alone is not much weaker than our Guanning army. ”

Hearing Wu Sangui say this, Yang Kun moved his mouth, didn't say more, and ordered the red-clothed cannon to continue firing.

"Wu Sangui is ruthless enough!" Seeing that the 4th battalion of Gezuo was constantly bombarded by Wu Sangui's red-clothed artillery in the battlefield, Li Zicheng's heart was about to drip blood, originally the 5th battalion of Gezuo was taken away by the red lady and a battalion had made him extremely uncomfortable, and now he was lost like this, he swallowed Wu Sangui's heart alive.

"Your Majesty is angry, the 10,000 Guan Ning army is about to be destroyed, and Wu Sangui will definitely lose more than he gains." Niu Jinxing said.

Li Zicheng sneered: "What kind of idea Wu Sangui Xiao'er fought, how could I not know, it is nothing more than to rely on flowering bombs to disrupt the formation of the fourth battalion of my revolutionary left, and take advantage of the situation to cover up the killing, so as to hit the most elite revolutionary left army in my Dashun in one fell swoop, but what he didn't expect is that my Dashun army has been fighting with the Ming army for more than ten years, how can I not see such a sharp weapon as the Ming army's flowering bullets, dozens of wars, the Dashun army is no longer just a few rounds of flowering bombs can be disrupted, I want him to steal chickens and rice!" ”

Although Li Zicheng gradually lost his ambition and became a little mediocre after occupying the city of Beijing, after more than ten years of experience in rebellion, he laid down such a large area of the country, and even the capital of the Ming Dynasty was occupied by him, so he still has this vision.

Sure enough, after ten rounds of shelling, Wu Sangui used all the flowering bombs, and found that the morale of the Dashun army in the battlefield was not reduced, and the formation was not chaotic, Wu Sangui's breathing was a little short, and his eyes were red, like a beast.

"Kill the whole army!" Wu Sangui pulled out his sword and pointed his sword forward, at this moment, there is only a decisive battle!

"Guanning Iron Cavalry, invincible in the world! Kill"

"Kill"

Under the personal leadership of Wu Sangui, the 40,000 Guanning army iron cavalry, with the sound of earth-shattering shouts and killing, hundreds of thousands of horses' hooves beat the drums of the earth's war, and rushed forward with an unstoppable momentum, to start a decisive battle with Li Zicheng!

After the Qing soldiers entered the customs, they began to rectify the dynasty and clean up the Donglin Party and others

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