Chapter 36: The Battle of Li Shizhen

Naturally, the messenger came a little faster than the army.

So before Wu Sangui came, He Hutou received an order from Li Dingguo.

After He Hutou saw it, he just smiled lightly and threw it aside.

Not to mention, Wu Sangui has a lot of cavalry, he retreats at the moment, and Wu Sangui leads the team to cover up in the back, what kind of situation will it be.

This is the opportunity alone.

He Hutou didn't want to give up.

He Hutou regarded this battle as an opportunity.

Speaking of which, although He Hutou is young, he can be regarded as an old qualified general, and when Luo Rucai was there, he had the qualifications to lead an army alone.

At that time, many of the generals who are emerging now don't know what they are doing.

He has the love of Zhang Xuan and Luo Yujiao above, and the foundation left by his father below, and he himself is the first general in the Xia army to be equipped with firearms.

Many of his original subordinates have been promoted elsewhere.

As long as he has been in Chóng Qìng.

Although the titles on his head have increased more and more, the number of troops in his hands has not increased much, and his power has not increased much.

It seems to be on the same page as Chóng Qìng.

In fact, he also knew that Chóng Qìng, as an important defense place on the river, was very important, and Zhang Xuan and Luo Yujiao didn't want to promote him, but they couldn't find someone they trusted.

Of course, there is another reason, that is, He Hutou is too young.

Even now, he is only in his twenties.

And after such a long time, everyone thought that He Hutou came up by nepotism, and they all felt that he had a good father, but his own strength was not valued.

Now is an opportunity to test your abilities.

However, although He Hutou is confident, he is not proud.

He has a reason to be confident.

First of all, he was the first army to be equipped with firearms.

The gunners and musketeers under his command are all people who play with the artillery guns, and many elite gunners in Great Xia are the apprentices and grandchildren of the soldiers under his command.

As a seed army preparing firearms, he has privileges in some things, not to mention his relationship with Luo Yujiao.

Therefore, among the Xia army, the best firearms, the best artillery, and even the latest firearms are in the hands of He Hutou.

Secondly. When he attacked as a partial division, he had already made sufficient preparations.

He brought a lot of various supplies, plus the food recruited along the way, which was enough for him to stay for a month.

Although a month is not a long time, He Hutou believes that Li Dingguo will definitely be able to fight under the city of Chengdu. He couldn't capture Chengdu City, but he believed that Wu Sangui would definitely not be able to sit still at that time.

Besides, He Hutou doesn't have much food, but there are also fewer people, and Wu Sangui's department has more people and needs more food, so they can be here

Is it too long.

Therefore, he has confidence in this battle.

As soon as he received the order, he gave the order to retreat.

It was not that he was afraid of Wu Sangui, but that he chose a favorable terrain, and he chose Li Shizhen.

First of all, this place, the nearest town to him, did not need to be encamped. Although the town has thin walls, it is much better than having no defenses at all.

Moreover, Lishi Town is also a traffic artery, known as the gateway to eastern Sichuan, which has just been attacked by the Xia army, and it does not need to be cleaned up to move in.

Just when He Hutou had just settled in Li Town, countless smoke and dust flew up outside Li Town, but it was Wu Sangui's cavalry who arrived.

As soon as Wu Sangui's cavalry saw the formation of Li Shizhen, they did not dare to attack. The situation here can only be reported to Wu Sangui.

He Hutou took out a clairvoyant mirror and carefully watched the formation of Wu Sangui's cavalry, and did not give an order.

And the soldiers below all perform their duties. A trench was dug on the outskirts of the town of Lee, and there were people piling up mounds of earth, if not for anything else, but for the placement of artillery.

A large part of the reason why He Hutou was invincible was that he carried eighteen heavy guns.

This is the latest product of Xia Jun's artillery, an iron-core copper-tired cannon. There is also a gun carriage.

Even the gun carriages were mostly made of iron.

Pulled by four horses, the general official road, you can move forward.

The power of these eighteen cannons is not weaker than that of the Hongyi cannon, but it is much lighter in weight, otherwise it would not have been taken away by He Hutou.

There is such a big movement in the town of Lee. It also made the people of Li Town uneasy.

Before the soldiers, there were already many people who took refuge in the countryside, but the Xia army almost crossed the border, although some grain and grass were forcibly requisitioned, but other than that, there was no more evil.

The people watched for a long time, and many of them returned.

After all, for the people, it is impossible to flee to anywhere if they stay at home.

It's just that I never thought that I thought that the war disaster had passed, and when I came back, it looked like I was going to make a big move in Li Shizhen.

had to let the leader of the Li family come forward.

Who is the head of the Li family?

It's Li Yuzhi. Li Yuzhi is a bachelor of the Chongzhen Dynasty.

Of course, everyone knows that Chongzhen's bachelors were changed like horses.

But in the small place of Li Shizhen, there are people who have done this as a big official, which is second to none. The original name of Li Town was Li Town, so most of the people in this town were surnamed Li.

Li Yuzhi returned to his hometown after illness during the Chongzhen period, and it took several years of turbulence before he really returned to his hometown.

And this year's matter is already high, and I don't want to come forward anymore, just wait for one death and be buried in the ancestral grave.

It's just that in the current situation, Li Yuzhi, as the elder in the family, is well-informed and has to come forward.

Li Yuzhi's hair was all white, and he was on crutches in one hand, supported by a man

Come to see He Hutou.

Seeing this, He Hutou asked Li Yuzhi to sit down and speak.

Li Yuzhi, after a few words of greeting, said: "I don't know why the general went and returned?" ”

He Hutou told him about the current situation, of course, there were many things that were not necessary for Li Yuzhi to know, and He Hutou didn't say it, just said that Wu Sangui was here, and he wanted to hold on to the town.

Li Yuzhi listened, and secretly felt pain in his heart.

The older a person is, the softer he becomes, and most of the people in Li Town are his juniors. With his knowledge, how could he not know that under the war, the jade was burned.

Not to mention the war, the damage to Li Shizhen. It's good to say that Xia Jun won, if Xia Jun is defeated, his Li family will be extinct today.

Li Yuzhi sighed lightly, with the demeanor of a scholar, and said: "General, there are more than 1,000 men in my Li family, more than 1,000 people in the town, and the family continues to have 3,000 stones, all of which can be used by the general. ”

He Hutou listened to it and was greatly impressed.

Because this is exactly what he has to do, and in the current situation, he has to defend this place, whether it is to avoid insecurity in the town, or to attract the people of the town as part of the force.

He couldn't have left the people to their own devices.

It's just that he never thought that before he could speak, this old man had already said it.

He Hutou was a little embarrassed and said, "If the old man needs anything, he can say it." ”

Li Yuzhi didn't want to do this, but he knew that the matter had come to this point, and their Li family had no possibility of staying out of the matter, and since they were all going to lose, they had to find some benefits for their families.

Even if it's a benefit in exchange for human life.

Li Yuzhi said: "The strong man in the family is unbearable for war, please send someone to train, the little old man has nothing else to ask for, only to ask for three or five people who can enter the eyes of the general, please accept the general as a personal soldier." ”

"My Li family boy is willing to die for the general."

He Hutou said: "Okay." Then he ordered two or three personal soldiers, asked them to gather the strong men of the Li family, and made up some swords and firearms from the army, and gave them all to these strong men.

Of course, these strong men must also be commanded by He Hutou's personal soldiers.

They are not needed at the moment.

Let them know how to fight first.

Li Yuzhi's decision gave the Li family a new road in Li Town.

Li Yuzhi died early, and soon after this battle, he fell ill and died. However, the Li family in Li Shizhen followed the footsteps of He Hutou and fought all the way, and many years later, a marquis appeared. In Rongchang, the county magistrates of Longchang and Longchang counties are mostly served by the Li family of Li Town.

He is also a well-known family in the new dynasty.

Of course, for the more than 300 Li family Zhuangding who died in this battle, this is all a later story.

Wu Sangui's brigade arrived outside Li Shi Town in the evening of the same day.