[217] Fierce battle with a stone 3

Some of Tang Tong's subordinates who had fled the day before returned to Li Zicheng's camp and informed them of reinforcements from the new Ming Army in the northeast

"Liaodong direction? Could it be Song Youliang? Li Shuangxi's heart was worried, and he still remembered the tragic situation of the big defeat in the thirty years of the Chinese New Year's Eve

Liu Zongmin didn't think so, and said with a smile: "I'm afraid that he is a bird, the surname Song is the best, let's make dumplings with hot soup, and even Wu Sangui took Song Youliang to catch a spoonful." ”

Li Zicheng was also full of confidence in his army and said: "Of course, Shu is only different from the past, when the Chinese New Year's Eve was laid, Shu was defeated by Song Youliang's firearms, and now you see, there are many firearms in Shu." plus the hundreds of elite soldiers under his command, it is not a problem to wave his troops to take Liaodong directly! ”

The generals complimented together: "Long live His Majesty the Emperor Dashun~~"

"Hahaha!" Li Zicheng laughed heartily

In the early morning of 22 April, Wu Sangui first launched an attack and commanded Wu soldiers to recapture most of Shanhaiguan after a morning of hard fighting. Li Zicheng lined up in the west of the Shihe River in Guannei, "north to the mountain, south to the sea", lined up in a long snake formation. On the afternoon of the 22nd, Li Zicheng ordered the simultaneous siege of Dongluo, Xiluo and the three auxiliary cities on the north wing...... A fierce battle ensued

The Wu army, which had just recaptured Shanhaiguan, immediately fell into a bitter battle. The two sides fought at the same time on the two battlefields of Shanhaiguan City and Shihe, and the scene can be said to be earth-shattering, and the shouts of soldiers on both sides of the magnificent mountains and rivers, the sound of weapons clashing, the neighing of horses, the sound of shell explosions, and the groans of the wounded and dying resounded in the sky over the entire Shanhaiguan area.

Both sides moved in earnest, and used all the strength to eat milk, so the two sides fought very fiercely, even the air was full of blood, the soldiers in front of them died, and the soldiers in the back then stepped forward to fight, and the corpses soon piled up on the battlefield, dense, lined up like fish scales, and the blood flowed like a river, and the two sides were still desperate to fight until the other party was completely wiped out by themselves

In the Shihe area, in cooperation with Wu Bing Guo Yunlong's troops and the Shun army, it was the local gentry and the local gentry who formed the landlord army, among which many intellectuals - "shengyuan" participated in the organization of the "Xiangyong", they helped pay more than 7,850 taels of silver, and inspected more than 120 war horses to help the Wu army. They were led by a retired military attache surnamed Zang, and were ordered to lead the battalion in formation

It was a desperate battle, and the Wu army and the peasant army exerted their maximum combat effectiveness to defeat each other. Military Attache Zang and Guo Yunlong launched a surprise attack on the Shun army, and directly entered the enemy's Chinese army's tent, but failed to kill the enemy general. The Shun army immediately launched a counter-raid and also rushed into Guo Yunlong's camp, and after the military attache surnamed Zang found out, he hurriedly led his troops to rescue and repelled the Shun army. Soldiers Tan Youyang and Liu Yizhen rushed into the peasant barracks and were killed, and some students were wounded.

The battle began in the morning and continued until noon, when the Wu army and Xiang Yong were somewhat unable to parry, and the northwest defense line was broken through. There are thousands of Shun cavalry rushed to the north side of Xiluo City of Guancheng, was about to enter the city, the Wu general who guarded here deceived the Shun generals who were besieging the city with a false surrender, and secretly ordered the partial general to go down from the north slope and attack the Shun army, at the same time, the defenders of the city bombarded, and the attack of the Shun army was repulsed, suffering serious casualties.

The Shun army fought Shihexi, and Li Zicheng attacked the northern wing city with part of his troops. "This city is forced to accept the enemy", the Shun army concentrated its forces to take it directly, and wanted to open a gap, Leng Yundeng, the deputy general of Shanhaiguan, who was responsible for commanding the northern wing of the city, desperately defended it, repeatedly repulsed, and repeatedly attacked. By the next morning, the Shun army swarmed and attacked, and actually rushed to the city, some had already landed in the city, the situation was very critical, Leng Yundeng had to lead his relatives to block the attack. Ten local squires, including Ma Weixi, Liu Keli, Lu Mingzhang, and Ma Weixi, led the villagers to rush to support in time, and fought with Wu Bing to attack the Shun army and protect Dongluo City.

In a disadvantaged situation, the Wu army withstood the uninterrupted heavy blows of the brave and warlike Shun army, and fought with it for a whole day. The battle situation has shown the tenacious combat effectiveness of the Wu army, which can be called a strong force.

Wu Sangui was desperately working in front of Shanhaiguan, while Song Youliang was sitting in the rear, and ordered people to prepare a large number of white gauze and distribute them to the soldiers who were about to fight

Zhang Nai covered his face with a big gauze cloth and said with a smile: "General, do you want Zhang to be a ringing horse?" ”

Gu Junen said with a smile: "No, yesterday I watched the sky at night and found that there was a moon halo last night, as the saying goes, the moon halo is the wind at noon, I expect that there will be a strong wind today, and when the wind and sand are together, there is this gauze to cover the face, so that the soldiers can kill the enemy." ”

Zhang Nai laughed, "You are thoughtful." ”

At this time, the soldiers came to report: Wu Sangui was defeated by Li Zicheng, retreated to a stone again, and sent many people to ask for help.

When Song Youliang heard the report, he laughed and said, "Okay, it's actually mature." Ming soldiers, let's go~"

"Roar~"

Let's say that Wu Sangui led the defeated soldiers all the way to fight and retreat, until a stone area, this time the Shun army did not give Wu soldiers a chance, but rushed through the nine gates with a devastating momentum.

Wu Sangui saw that there were fewer and fewer soldiers around him, so he had to retreat to a big rock in the valley, he looked up at the sky, and saw that the sky suddenly became gray

"Hey~ Is God going to give up on me too?" Wu Sangui gritted his teeth, raised the steel knife and cut it on his arm, then raised his arm high and said: "The sky is above, I, Wu Sangui, swear with blood, if Song Youliang is treacherous and knows that I don't care about it, I Wu Sangui ~~~~" Wu Sangui was about to gamble, and suddenly only heard three cannons in the northeast

A group of ironclad cavalry with white veils over their faces appeared at the end of the ravine

"Chong~" The little leader of the Shun soldiers waved the steel knife in his hand, "Kill Wu Sangui and go back to Beijing to enjoy happiness!" ”

"Roar~" The soldiers who had been fighting fiercely for a whole morning rushed forward bravely regardless of fatigue, and countless soldiers filled the valley and was crowded

"Kill~~" Just when the soldiers rushed towards the enemy cavalry, countless Ming troops with the word "Liao" military flags poured out on the embankments on both sides of the valley

Boom boom boom~~~ The Liao soldiers who were ambushed on the mountains on both sides of a stone came out, and set up thunder cannons to fire at the Shun soldiers crowded in the valley

Boom boom~~~ After each explosion, countless severed hands and feet flew into the air, and brains and blood slurry fluttered in the valley like rain

Before the soldiers came to their senses, they heard the sound of clattering on all sides of the valley, and countless bullets whizzed into the crowd of soldiers

A stone valley suddenly turned into a slaughterhouse, and the infantry of the Shun army were in chaos, pushing and trampling each other

At this moment, Zhang Nai roared, "The cavalry obeys the order and attacks!" ”

"Kill~~" With a violent roar, the ironclad cavalry crushed down the valley like a tank, leaving corpses everywhere they passed.

At the same time, the infantry on the embankment also kept shooting at the soldiers in the valley with muskets, and the chaotic soldiers were crowded together, and the Liao soldiers could hit the target without aiming, and the stream suddenly turned red

The battle ahead was unfavorable, and in the direction of Shanhaiguan, Liu Zongmin continued to command the soldiers to rush to a stone, but in a panic, he fled with the soldiers He Jinbu in order to seize the road, and actually raised his sword to his companions

I don't know what's going on, some people in the chaos shouted, "He Jin rebelled~~ He Jin rebelled~"

"I knew that He Jin was not a good person~" Liu Zongmin heard that He Jinbu, who had attacked a piece of stone, suddenly turned his gun and turned around to attack Shunbing, and was immediately furious, "Pass my order, stop advancing, open the battle line and wait for He Jin to come and die." ”

"Order!"

He Jin, who had finally escaped death, finally returned to the open area on the east side of Shanhaiguan with a wound, and behind him the sound of gunfire and rumbling cannons continued to sound

"General, there are General Liu's soldiers and horses in front!" He Jin breathed a sigh of relief, "Go and report to General Liu, the Liao soldiers have come to help Wu Sangui." ”

He Jin, who saw Liu Zongmin like a life-saving straw, hurriedly slapped his horse and ran towards Liu Zongmin's handsome flag

"General, He Jin is here~" A small soldier saw it and saw He Jin from a distance

"What are you keeping him for? Release the arrow~" Liu Zongmin scolded angrily

Whoosh~Whoosh~~ A burst of chaotic arrows shot out of Liu Zongmin's camp

Puff~~ Ahhh

Several of the pro-soldiers who ran in front of He Jin fell from their horses

He Jin hurriedly shouted: "Don't let go of the arrow, I'm He Jin!" ”

"Anti-thief He Jin, it's you who shoot~" Liu Zongmin shouted: "Give me arrows, don't stop!" ”

"Liu Zongmin, you are a dog~~" He Jin scolded: "You are jealous and jealous, you can't tolerate me, you will regret it~~" He Jin quickly turned his horse's head and shouted to his subordinates: "Brothers, Li Duyan can't tolerate our brothers in the Fifth Battalion of Ge Zuo, kill Ge Liyan, and want to kill me, why should I work for him?" ”

The soldiers and horses of the Fifth Battalion of the Left Wing had long been dissatisfied with Li Zicheng's killing of Ge Liyan, and seeing Liu Zongmin's arrow shooting He Jin, the squeezing resentment erupted together, "It's against the damn, let's vote for the officers and soldiers~~"

"Yes, anti-water~~"

So He Jin, Liu Xiyao, and Lin Chengcheng ordered their soldiers and horses to sit down on the spot, and at the same time sent envoys to surrender to the Ming army.

It was Gu Junen who received the envoy, and he said to the envoy: "If you want to surrender, then take the lead for our army." ”

He Jin, Liu Xiyao, and Lin Chengcheng immediately ordered their soldiers and horses to turn their guns and charge at Li Shuangxi's troops south of Liu Zongmin's camp. The Liaodong soldiers and the Wu army followed closely

Li Shuangxi's troops were stunned by the sudden attack, and Li Shuangxi's subordinates were unable to distinguish between the enemy and us for a while, and they were in a mess. Zhang Nai and Zhou Guoqing launched a fierce attack on Li Shuangxi's troops with elite divisions.

At this time, a strong wind suddenly blew in the area of Shanhaiguan, and the sandstorm caused by the strong wind turned the sky yellow, and the Shun soldiers who were at the downwind were blinded by the wind and sand, and could not fight at all. And the well-equipped Liao soldiers, who were originally waiting for work at ease, rushed all the way and were unstoppable

At 17:00, Li Shuangxi's troops collapsed, and then Li Zicheng's long snake array completely collapsed under the counterattack of Wu soldiers and Liao soldiers and Xiang Yong, and Li Zicheng once again fled with more than 1,000 cavalry as when he was defeated at Thirty Miles, leaving all the tens of thousands of Shun soldiers behind him under the steel knives of Song Youliang and Wu Sangui

The Great War of Stones is over