On December 13, Zhang Xianzhong sent a large army to attack Li Zhi. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Hearing the scout's report, Li Zhi was a little surprised, and he didn't expect that Zhang Xianzhong would take the initiative to attack him. He immediately led Cao Bianjiao and Long Wenguang to list troops and horses to meet them outside the camp.

Li Zhi's soldiers and horses were lined up behind a small river, and as soon as he finished arranging the thistles on the riverbank, he saw a mighty crowd of men and horses appear on the horizon. The people and horses who sacrificed the thieves seemed to occupy the entire heaven and earth, spreading for dozens of miles, filling the entire horizon, constantly pressing towards this side.

Li Zhi looked carefully with a telescope and found that there were not only more than 50,000 soldiers of Zhang Xianzhong in the thief array, but also tens of thousands of hungry soldiers at the front. Those hungry people were robbed of the only food by Zhang Xianzhong, so they could only rely on Zhang Xianzhong and fight with wooden sticks and sickles.

Some of the hungry soldiers were attached to the thieves in the autumn, when they were only dressed in a single garment. It was already very cold at this time, and they still had no cotton clothes to distribute, shivering in the cold wind.

For these hungry soldiers, if they continue like this, they will die of frostbite and starve to death if they leave Zhang Xianzhong. The only way to survive is to slash and kill an officer and army leader, and rely on military merit to be promoted to a foot soldier.

When you become a pawn, you will have winter clothes to wear.

Zhang Xianzhong's army, which covered the entire field of vision, marched two miles away from Li Zhi's army and stopped.

Li Zhi's military horse arrangement was to let Cao Bianjiao's 4,000 cavalry protect the left wing, Long Wenguang's 8,000 Sichuan soldiers to protect the right wing, and the 16,000 soldiers of the Tiger Ben Division lined up in the middle. The soldiers of the Tiger Division discharged three rows of round-firing formations, stretching out in a row, each soldier occupying a width of one meter, and the width of the entire battlefield was also more than 5,000 meters.

The battle was imminent, Li Zhi found Zheng Kaicheng and Xue Sanku, who were arrayed on the left and right flanks, and said: "When the soldiers on the border with the friendly army shoot, let the enemy soldiers shoot at seventy paces and then shoot, so as not to let the friendly soldiers discover the range of our rifles." After a pause, Li Zhi said: "The lack of firepower caused by such shooting can be made up for with more cannons." ”

Zheng Kaicheng and Xue Sanku agreed, and went to pass the order.

After observing Li Zhi's army for a while two miles away, Zhang Xianzhong's army sounded the horn of attack. More than 30,000 hungry people, armed with sticks, sickles, or spears, rushed towards Li Zhi's side.

Although the 30,000 men were extremely poorly equipped and could not afford to fight, they rushed over in unison with the sound of the horns, and they were quite imposing.

Li Zhi observed in the telescope for a while, and saw that Zhang Xianzhong's more than 50,000 soldiers did not move at all, and only more than 30,000 hungry soldiers charged towards this side, and he was stunned.

Li Laosi also looked at it with a telescope for a while, and said: "Owner, after the hungry soldiers rushed up, Zhang Xianzhong's soldiers did not move at all, this is using the hungry soldiers to test our firepower!" ”

Li Zhi nodded and said, "No way, open fire and scatter these hungry soldiers!" ”

The Chinese army ordered the flag to wave, and two hundred field guns began to reload, aiming the shotguns at these hungry soldiers.

When Zhang Xianzhong's hungry soldiers rushed to within 300 meters, the shotguns opened fire one after another. 20,000 shotguns were fired at the hungry soldiers who had been used as cannon fodder. The projectile hit the hungry soldier's body, and when it pierced, it had two holes in the front and back. Blood flowers are like plums in the cold winter, blooming on the bodies of hungry soldiers one after another.

The hungry soldiers in the front row were like straws cut by a sickle, and a large piece fell at once.

The hungry soldiers were confused.

These hungry soldiers had long sensed that there was something different between the officers and soldiers in front of them. The rows of neatly lined up officers and soldiers made people feel murderous, and the excellent armor on these officers and soldiers was also different from other officers and soldiers. Apparently this is a strong army. Sure enough, as soon as they approached the officer, the hungry soldiers were bombarded with shotguns.

In the blink of an eye, more than a thousand hungry soldiers died in front of the battle.

But the hungry soldiers had to rush forward. As soon as they were bombarded by the shrapnel, the five thousand old thieves in the sacrifice army rushed out. The old thieves who sacrificed their armies all had horses, pack horses or war horses. They wielded their swords on their horses and drove the starving soldiers in disarray. The old thieves were extremely ruthless, and when they saw the hungry soldiers who turned and fled, they cut down the vital points, and they did not show mercy.

There is no way out for the hungry soldiers, and there is no way to survive in this world. Finally, the old thief horse army behind him made the hungry soldiers realize that the back was more dangerous than the front, and the hungry soldiers did not dare to retreat, one by one with red eyes holding weapons, and rushed towards the tiger master in front of them with a whoow scream. They only hoped that the artillery of the officers and soldiers in front of them could only be fired once, and hoped that the officers and soldiers would not be as strong as they looked, so that they could rush into the formation to kill a few officers and soldiers and seize some battle exploits.

These hungry soldiers were greeted by platoon after platoon of rifle volleys.

Patches of smoke rose from the feet of the Tiger Division, and the soldiers in the front row retreated from the right after shooting, while the soldiers in the back continued to shoot, pouring bullets on the hungry soldiers who were charging into the formation. Bullets flew over the battlefield and mercilessly shot into the bodies of the hungry soldiers, ending their lives as if they were shooting prisoners.

One by one, the hungry soldiers fell, like weeds swept away by a lawnmower, powerless. Blood was flying on the five-kilometer width of the battlefield, and there were one or two hungry soldiers killed on almost every meter.

The hungry soldiers were completely routed.

No matter how fierce the thief horse army in the back is, it is not as terrible as the rifle salvo in front. The back is a chase, and the front is a collective shooting. The hungry soldiers turned their heads and fled behind without hesitation, even preparing to take up arms against the old thieves and horses who were chasing them.

But what they didn't expect was that as soon as the old thieves and horse soldiers saw the salvo of the officers' firearms, they fled to the rear in unison, running faster than the hungry soldiers who had been hit hard. There was no one to chase down the hungry soldiers, and no one to supervise the hungry soldiers to rush forward. Two miles away, the thieves in the army Ming Jin collected their troops, and 50,000 soldiers smeared oil on the soles of their feet, and fled to the north as fast as possible.

The hungry soldiers fell into the clouds, not understanding what was happening. They chased after Zhang Xianzhong's army, and only there did they have a bite to eat.

In Li Zhi's Chinese army, Zhong Feng took a breath and said, "My lord, we scared the thieves, they ran away!" I didn't get any merit at all. ”

Li Zhi nodded, shook his head again, and said, "Zhang Xianzhong came to scout our firepower, and now he knows that he can't beat us, so he escapes." ”

Xue Sanku asked, "My lord, will our cavalry chase after you?" ”

Li Zhi shook his head and said, "You can't let a few thousand cavalry pursue alone. After the thieves retreated, they must send the elite to ride the palace. The cavalry alone pursued the army of thieves in depth, and it was an ambush in the meeting. ”

Looking at the camp behind him, Li Zhi said again: "The whole army will return to the camp, and after loading the baggage, the whole army will chase after it, and see which one of us or Zhang Xianzhong can run fast!" ”

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Zhang Xianzhong's Central Military Department, Zhang Xianzhong rode a horse at the front of the team, and looked at the way from time to time in fear to see if the tiger division had caught up.

From time to time he rode forward for a while, and then anxiously halted his horse, waiting for the army of foot soldiers to catch up.

Zhang Dingguo looked at the frightened father-in-law and said, "Dashuai, this Li Killing God's soldiers and horses are too strong, we can't beat them!" ”

Zhang Xianzhong gritted his teeth, shook his head and said: "My son, this Li Zhi is stronger than three years ago, it is really the first time I have seen such a terrible army..." )