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At this time, the generals who broke into the army were defeated again and again, and they had already lost their sharpness. But Ainengqi had never seen the new army in Huguang, but he was not afraid of the new army's sharp weapons.

With a wave of his hand, Ainengqi said: "Don't worry about King Chuang, I have 30,000 horse troops under my command." These cavalry were never defeated against the officers. When the time comes, thousands of troops will rush forward, not to mention 50,000 new troops, even 100,000 new troops will be crushed for thousands of miles. ”

When everyone heard Ainengqi's remarks, they looked at each other. However, there were still some generals who recognized Ainengqi's words and plucked up a glimmer of hope.

At the beginning, the 100,000 cavalry of the invading army braved the rain to attack the new army, and it was the horse army that rushed into the formation of the new army. Although the battle was a decisive victory, it also dealt a heavy defeat to the new army. It can be seen that the cavalry tactics still have a certain effect against the firearms units of the new army.

I heard that when it was in Jinzhou, Huang Taiji's cavalry had rushed into the formation of the Tiger Ben army.

Hearing Ainengqi's words, Li Guo subconsciously looked at Song Xiance. That Song Xiance also happened to look at Li Guo, and the two looked at each other for a while, obviously seeing doubts in each other's eyes.

Li Guo stood up and said, "King Chuang, my nephew feels that this time I can't fight. If it is defeated, the army will be completely defeated and difficult to contain. ”

Li Zicheng still has a belly of ambition, no matter what, he is unwilling to give up hope and flee to Sichuan to die.

He waved his hand to stop Li Guo's words and said, "Today, we give up our baggage and flee into Sichuan, and the official army pursues into Sichuan, how about it?" ”

He turned to Ainengqi and asked, "Ainengqi, you have 30,000 cavalry, can you be sure to rush into the new army?" ”

Ai Nengqi laughed and said, "King Chuang, if you transfer another 20,000 horse troops to me, I will gather 50,000 men and rush up from the flank of the new army, and I will definitely rush the new army to the ground!" ”

After a pause, Ainengqi said: "But the army is not paid or strong, before this battle, I am willing to give each of the 50,000 cavalry a reward of ten taels of silver." If the cavalry succeeds in breaking through the new army's position, I am willing to give each of the brothers who charge into battle another forty taels of silver!" ”

Li Zicheng shouted: "Okay! What is some silver? ”

"The eldest husband was born in troubled times, and when Fengtian should be established by others, how can he cower because of one or two misses. Ainengqi, you deserve to be known as 'a tiger'! Since you have the heart to fight, we can't be a turtle with a shrunken head. ”

"Transfer 20,000 horses to Ainengqi. Our army met the new army in Xiangyang. When the time comes, 50,000 cavalry of Ainengqi will rush up from the flanks and make a final decision! ”

When the generals in the tent saw that King Chuang had made a decision, they didn't say anything more.

Li Guo sighed, then he stood up and said, "King Chuang, my nephew is willing to lead 100,000 regular soldiers to entangle the new army in front of him and deal with a tiger!" ”

Li Zicheng laughed and nodded.

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On May 20, north of Xiangyang, Li Zicheng's 180,000-strong army encountered a new army attacking all the way south.

In addition to the new army, there are more than 10,000 Xuanfu veterans. Cao Bianjiao led 60,000 soldiers and horses to capture the power of Shaanxi, and his morale was like a rainbow. Although the number of people was far less than that of Li Zicheng's rebel army, the more than 60,000 people had an unbeatable momentum, and the listed Echo Array looked like a dense birch forest.

Li Zicheng looked at the camp of the official army in full swing, squinted his eyes and said: "If we lose this battle again, we can only flee into the mountains." ”

Ai Nengqi said loudly: "Don't worry about King Chuang, I will capture Cao Bianjiao for King Chuang, and let the emperor know the ability of my righteous army!" ”

After saying this, Ainengqi pulled his horse rope and led his soldiers and horses to the east, preparing to storm the flank of the new army.

Li Zicheng looked at Li Guo and shouted: "Li Guo! Go up too! ”

Li Guo shouted an order, issued a flag order, led 100,000 soldiers and horses to move forward slowly, and forced to the front of the official army.

More than 300 large and small artillery pieces also pressed on at the same time, preparing to bombard the positions of the new army.

In fact, there were many captured artillery pieces in Li Zicheng's army -- there were city defense cannons all over the Ming Dynasty, and these cannons were not red-coated cannons, but old-fashioned artillery after the general cannon, the tiger squat cannon, and the Furlong machine gun.

Daming has never lacked cannons, what is lacking is qualified soldiers to make artillery. Because of the chaotic military system and the corruption of officers, the local army of the Ming Dynasty did not have qualified artillery at all. These vintage cannons, which had been cast for decades, rotted on the city walls and were left unmanaged.

After these artillery pieces were captured by the invading army, they had a second spring. At this time, more than 300 artillery pieces of various types were pushed to the front of the formation, trying to fire at the new army.

But these old guns had a very short range, and they had to be approached to about a mile before they could be fired. Before the artillery could reach the firing position, it was shelled by the 18-pounder guns of the New Army.

The artillery of the new army was all bought from Li Zhi, and the accuracy was not comparable to the artillery of the breaking army. The flowering bombs were like fireworks, exploding near the artillery of the invading army. Before Li Guo's 100,000 soldiers and horses had reached a mile away from the new army, the artillery of the invading army collapsed.

The artillerymen, not knowing how many were killed, discarded the bronze cannon and fled backwards.

Li Guo ordered loudly, waved the command flag in front of the army, and 100,000 people lined up in the loosest formation, slowly pressing towards the front of the new army.

Huang Degong used the telescope given by Li Zhi to the new army to observe the invading army, his face was full of doubts, and said: "Why is the invading army unhurried? With such a loose formation, don't they know the power of our firearms? ”

Cao Bianjiao looked ahead and said, "Hushan Mo was deceived by the thief!" This frontal intruder is only a force to respond. As I expected, the main direction of attack of the intrusive army is to the east of us. ”

Before Cao Bianjiao's words fell, the east remembered the sound of horses' hooves like rolling thunder.

The 50,000 cavalry of the intruding army were like a huge wave rolled up in a tsunami, and they rushed towards the east of the new army.

Cao Bianjiao shouted: "Arrange thistles in the east!" ”

The flag order was waved, and Cao Bianjiao's order was passed on. The officers and soldiers on the east side of the Circle spread a ten-zhang wide iron thistle on the ground like a tiger army, and then retreated to the firing position to reload the rifle charge.

The cavalry of the Enench were more courageous than the cavalry of the intruding army, brandishing their sabers and shouting at the new army. The sound of horses' hooves grew louder and louder, like a flood washing over the land, making a shocking rumbling sound.

The distance is 200 zhang, 100 zhang, 50 zhang.

Cao Bianjiao waved his hand, the flag commander next to him waved the flag, and the infantry in the front row opened fire with Lu Mi gun.

At this time, the soldiers of the new army set up a large circle of shapes, and there were 13,000 soldiers to the east of the circle. More than 10,000 people lined up in three rows, holding two-meter-long Lumi guns and firing fiercely.

One by one, the cavalry fell under their horses under the crackling sound of gunfire.

The first platoon finished firing and withdrew from the side, the second platoon raised its guns and fired again, then the third platoon. The choking smell of saltpeter began to dominate the battlefield, and the black smoke soon filled the line where the riflemen were, getting thicker and thicker.