For a time, the gunpowder code on the side of the official army shrouded the positions of the whole army. The cavalry and infantry of the invading army were in disarray, almost unable to form an army, and were forced to retreat under the bombardment of enemy fire.

The second attack of the Chuang army was declared a failure

"Nest~~ Nest!" Liu Tichun's eyes were red, and he used a steel knife to continuously chop at a stump, only to chop sawdust flying sideways, and the tiger's mouth was cracked

"King Chuang, you can't let your brothers sacrifice in vain~" Niu Jinxing saw that the two strong attacks ended in failure, so he advised: "Since ancient times, soldiers have taboo to camp their armies in strongly-fortified cities for consumption, and the same is true in the face of impregnable camps. In my opinion, we should give full play to the advantages of being flexible and maneuvering to defeat the enemy, and when the officers and men are sleepy and dazed, we should kill them again. ”

"But~" Li Zicheng said unwillingly: "The culprit who killed Ah Guo and seriously injured Zhang Nai is there~" Li Zicheng pointed to the official and military front, "Isn't Ah Guo's revenge avenged?" ”

"King Chuang~" Mrs. Gao also stepped forward and said: "As the saying goes, a gentleman takes revenge, ten years is not too late." As the commander of the whole army, you have the lives of thousands of brothers in your hands, and you must not act rashly. ”

"Yes, King Chuang~~ We can't let the brothers shake the cannon fire with their flesh and blood just because of a momentary mood." Liu Zongmin also persuaded

"Song Xiance~~You hurry up and take the hexagram~~" Li Zicheng was upset for a while

Song Xiance shook his head and took a hexagram, and said: "Judging from the hexagram, only flexibility is the way to win. ”

Li Zicheng was no longer stubborn when he saw that "Providence is like this", and said: "Command the whole army, the front team will become the rear team, and the rear team will become the front team." Let's go back to Mi County~"

"Deling~~" The generals were just about to return to the camp to prepare, and suddenly a pawn rushed to report: "Report to the king, the water of the Suohe River has soared again, and Yinzhao Village is already an ocean, not to mention ten miles." ”

"What?" Li Zicheng's chest was like being hammered, "Then how is our grain and grass baggage?" ”

The pawn said with a sad face: "According to the brothers of the baggage camp, most of them were washed away by the water, and the rest were soaked in the water. ”

Niu Jinxing hurriedly grabbed the pawn's chest and said, "You listen to me, after you go out, you will say that all the grain and grass have been transferred to a high place, and the particles are not damaged." Otherwise~~"

"Yes~yes~~ small understand." The pawn replied quickly

"How's that okay?" Li Zicheng was completely blinded

Niu Jinxing said: "Without further ado, we can only wade across the river." ”

"Wading across the river?" Liu Zongmin said bitterly: "Most of our army are from the northwest, and even the locals of Henan are mostly people in the mountains. ”

"What about these tens of thousands of war horses?" Tian Jianxiu also shook his head

Li Zicheng's head was completely messed up at the moment, he touched his head in pain, and kept muttering: "What to do~ What to do!" ”

Mrs. Gao was relieved: "Don't be in a hurry to break into the king, there are always more ways than difficulties~"

"There are always more ways than difficulties? Said lightly~" Niu Venus secretly slandered in his stomach

At this time, a person lifted the curtain and entered the tent, "Subordinate Li Mou, meet King Chuang~" came a young man in his twenties, his skin was a little rough from the wind and sand, but he still looked like a Confucian student

"Li Mu~ How is the grain and grass counted?" Niu Jinxing asked deliberately nonchalantly

"Less than three percent of it was snatched out~" Li Mu replied

"I heard that you are from Henan?" Niu Jinxing asked pretending to be nonchalant

"Yes, from Xushui Town, Zhengzhou, Henan." Li Mu replied, "If I remember correctly, Niu Junshi is also from Henan. ”

Niu Jinxing showed a look of asking many times, "Then your hometown is not far from here, let me ask you, did the Suo River flood every year in previous years?" ”

As early as the Song Dynasty, the ancients diverted water from the Suo River and poured it into the Fangjia, Huangjia, Mengjia and Sanpi and Thirty-six Pi, and the water was stored as a pond at the high elevation to prepare for the Luoshui when the water was insufficient. Then open the river 550 steps from the north of the Bishui Pass, connect the Yellow River, open and close the sluice gates up and down, so that the rafts of the Yellow River and Bianhe River can pass, and set up water ripples at the old mouth of the Luohe River to connect the Yellow River to drain the flood waters of Yi and Luo. If the Suohe River soars, it will be discharged with the three gates of Weilou, Xingze and Konggu. Li Mu paused and continued: "In fact, it is just a small river at best, and the water flow in previous years was not very big and urgent. Moreover, in recent years, there has been a severe drought in Henan, and many rivers and canals have dried up. This Suo River has skyrocketed in less than two days, which is really strange, very strange! ”

When Li Mu said this, Niu Jinxing suddenly realized: "I understand, it must be the officers and soldiers who did their tricks and feet at the three gates of Weilou, Yingze, and Konggu, blocking these three gates, so that the water flow is not smooth." Therefore, although the Suo River is small, it has flooded to this point. ”

Li Mu also suddenly realized: "No wonder~~ I said that something is wrong, it must be what the military advisor said." The military advisor is really clever, when the world Zhuge ~"

Niu Jinxing said triumphantly: "King Chuang, rest assured, there is a great drought in Henan, and there is no water in the upper reaches, and this flood will only take three or five days." ”

Li Mu also came up and said: "We can also take soil on the spot, build a barrier, and put people and horses and grain and grass in it, so that we are not afraid of flooding." ”

"Alright! Do as you say. Li Zicheng waved his hand tiredly, "I'm going to rest, you guys should rest early!" ”

That night, Li Xin sent a note to Song Youliang, with four small words on it: Trapped thief Yu Yan.

Song Youliang looked at Li Xin, the master and servant looked at each other and smiled, and then Song Youliang lit the small note on the oil lamp

It's been three days, and the surrounding floods have shown no sign of abating, and the already scarce food is running out. Li Zicheng looked at the bowl of gruel in front of him with a blank expression.

"King Chuang~" Liu Zongmin opened the curtain and came in, and sat down on a horse with a golden knife, "King Chuang, we can't stay here anymore, the food is gone, but tens of thousands of mouths are still there." ”

Li Zicheng did not speak

Suddenly, Liu Tichun also came in, "Just now, the brothers fought again for a piece of dry food, and I beheaded a few of the most ferocious ones, and it was not easy to calm down~~" Liu Tichun sighed, "But this is not a way!" ”

Li Zicheng still didn't speak

At this time, Niu Jinxing also came in, but he did not dare to speak, because the idea of staying here was his idea

Yuan Zongdi, Tian Jianxiu and others also entered the big tent one after another, and Yuan Zong scolded as soon as he came in: "Instead of waiting here for death, it is better to rush out and fight vigorously." ”

"Hit!" A word suddenly popped out of Li Zicheng's mouth

"King Chuang, what did you say?" Liu Zongmin didn't hear clearly

"Hit!" Li Zicheng repeated it loudly

"Hit?" Tian Jianxiu asked, "Where to fight?" ”

"Go west, let's fight back to Shaanxi." Li Zicheng slowly stood up, "As long as we get out of here, we can still pull up the pole." Li Zicheng glanced at the bowl of gruel that could reflect the figure, "Hit ~ at all costs." ”

Liu Tichun shouted: "If you wait for the words of King Chuang, I will go and tell my brothers to get up." Because of the lack of food in the army, Liu Tichun ordered the soldiers to lie down and stay still, so that it was not easy to get hungry

The movement in the barracks quickly attracted the attention of the high-ranking officers and soldiers, and someone immediately reported to Song Youliang, who understood that Li Zicheng was going to fight the trapped beast, and the fiercest and most tragic battle was about to begin. After the newly set up third line of rejecting horses, Song Youliang dug three more wide trenches, each of which was now filled with soldiers.

Before noon, cavalry and infantry began to appear in the lowlands. Obviously, Li Zicheng has not been in vain in the past few days, and the soldiers in front of him almost all have a wooden shield. Although it was unknown how much defense the wooden shield could have against the cannon musket, he gave many soldiers some comfort in their hearts. In addition, the army also made a lot of tall and thick oars and car shields, hoping to minimize the lethality of the firearms of officers and soldiers.

Under the cover of these equipment, the invading cavalry began another round of brave charge

Boom~~ The artillery of the officers and soldiers still fired without mercy and hesitation, and one shell after another roared out, shattering anything they encountered with unstoppable power. The blazing shells first carved a bloody path through the cavalry, and then rushed headlong into the advance troops. The car shield and the oar shield that were hit by the shell immediately flew to pieces, and the scattered pieces of wood increased the casualties of the intruding army.

At this moment, the invading cavalry was still brave and fearless, and they braved the fire of cannons and muskets, and rushed to the first line of rejection with huge casualties. "Brothers, cut it for me~" The cavalry leader raised the axe in his hand on Wednesday and slashed three times at the lower end of the wooden pillar of the rejection horse, and then the cat bent down, resisted the rejection horse with his shoulders, and used his strength to desperately go to the top

At this time, where can the musketeers, who have already retreated to the second line of rejection, allow you to be so unscrupulous?

Woo~ A projectile hit Wednesday's eyebrows, and Wednesday collapsed softly

"Good marksmanship~" Musketeer Ma Dafu took the musket he had just fired with one hand and handed over a freshly loaded musket with the other

"It's not me Jiang Bajin who said big things~Medium~" With a bang, this musketeer named Jiang Bajin put another soldier who tried to destroy the rejection of the horse, "If I had released the gun yesterday, I would have killed more thieves than you, brother~"

"More than me?" Ma Dafu still took the fired musket with one hand, and handed the loaded musket with the other, "Then let's compare it later?" ”

"It's better than ~~I'm afraid~~ I'm afraid of you~" Jiang Bajin released another shot, and this shot hit the face of a war horse, and the war horse fell headlong and threw the cavalry on horseback out of the air

"Bastard~" The conversation between the two of them was overheard by the general banner not far away, and the general banner scolded: "Don't talk to each other in wartime, do you want to be whipped?" ”

The two quickly kept silent and began to fire seriously one shot at a time