Chapter Ninety-Six: Support

It took a long time for the generals to come back to their senses, and Na Na asked the scouts, "How did Li Zhi defeat Lao Huihui?" ā€

The scout said loudly: "There were many thieves and horses during the great war, and we were forced to see the battlefield outside. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 info After the end of the battle, I waited until I rushed in, and I heard that the soldiers and horses of Tian 0 Jin said that they used cannons to break the thieves! ā€

Even if the bird gun is used, there are Ming troops everywhere, and the officers and soldiers are afraid of bombing and boring. Hearing the cannon, all the generals were stunned: "Li Zhi has a cannon?" ā€

Lu Xiangsheng stroked his beard and said: "Li Zhi did report that he has forty light artillery!" The official originally thought that Li Zhi might be able to hold on for an hour, but he didn't expect that he would be able to kill Lao Huihui with this cannon! ā€

Hearing that Li Zhi had a cannon, the generals stood there stupidly, still a little unacceptable.

However, Li Chongzhen, the deputy general of Shanhaiguan, stood up and spoke. Li Zhi defeated Lao Huihui, so he didn't have to do the drudgery of containment or even breaking, he was really grateful to Li Zhi, and praised loudly: "The soldiers and horses of Tian0jin are mighty!" Even the Qi family army back then was here, and that's it! ā€

When the generals heard this, they were all a little red-faced. They have no position to praise Li Zhi. These days, they ridicule and despise Li Zhi, but they didn't expect this young general to make such a great contribution at this time.

Only then did everyone remember Li Zhi's words, "Tian 0 Jin sent me to help, don't be ashamed!" "Now it seems that not only is it not ashamed, but it also gives Tian 0 Jin a long face!

The generals stood dumbfounded on the little mound, speechless.

However, Prime Minister Lu Xiangsheng was the first to slow down, stroked his beard and sighed: "The future is terrifying!" The afterlife is terrifying! I can't imagine that a district guard officer can actually cut down a horse and defend it. This battle is not a loss in any way! This is not only Li Zhi's good news, but also good news for you! ā€

Li Zhi beheaded so much, the generals could be regarded as winning this battle, and they were rewarded with great merit. Hearing this, the generals understood, gritted their teeth, and these generals turned around and patted Lu Xiangsheng's ass:

"It's all the Prime Minister's strategy that makes this victory!"

"The Prime Minister has a unique vision, and I admire him!"

Lu Xiangsheng nodded, and said with a smile: "Now that Ma Shouying has been defeated, there is no need to be wary of the east. Tian 0 Jin soldiers and horses are strong, and they are coming to help, and this battle is promising! Where is Lee Chong-jin? ā€

Li Chongzhen arched his hand and said: "The last general!" ā€

Lu Xiangsheng said loudly: "Your troops no longer need to defend the right flank, I order your army to enter the battlefield with other armies and fight with the thieves!" ā€

"The last will be ordered!"

Lu Xiangsheng said again: "The generals listen to the order and are ready to enter the battle with me and personally enter the battlefield to break the thieves!" ā€

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After dealing with the head of the thief soldiers, Li Zhi hurriedly commanded 1,100 musketeers to march north to support Lu Xiangsheng's frontal battlefield.

Thirty miles away from the battlefield in the north, Li Zhi led his troops to walk quickly, and it took two and a half hours to reach the frontal battlefield. When Li Zhi arrived at the battlefield, he saw that the entire battle was already scorching.

Li Zhi led his troops to stand on a high ground and took a rough look at the situation on the battlefield.

The entire battlefield is located on an abandoned farmland, stretching for four or five miles, and at this time, the battlefield is full of people's heads and the sound of killing is shocking. The thieves in the north were attacking the south with the big banner of "Chuang" and "Li" everywhere. The officers and soldiers in the south, waving the banners of various towns, were attacking back to the north.

In the center of the battlefield, a large banner with the word "Lu" fluttered in the wind. I don't know when Lu Xiangsheng has given up command and led his pacesetters into the battlefield. He brandished a long-handled broadsword and rushed left and right in the center of the battlefield, and the green robe outside the mountain armor was stained red by the blood of the thieves. None of the big and small leaders of the thieves dared to block Lu Xiangsheng's edge, so they could only defend collectively and retreat back step by step.

Li Zhi didn't expect Lu Xiangsheng to be a civil official and fight so bravely.

Several adjutant generals of the general army also personally went into battle at this time, charging in front of their own troops. They brandished their weapons and rushed desperately to kill, while shouting loudly to boost morale. That is, relying on the lead of the officers and generals, the officers and soldiers did not collapse with a sigh of relief. Otherwise, according to the low morale of the official army during this time, it would have been defeated long ago.

Li Zhi looked carefully again and saw the situation on the battlefield clearly.

The battle situation of the official army in the middle was superior, and Lu Xiangsheng led the standard army and several generals to repeatedly rush and kill in the middle of the road, and the military strength of the thieves on the opposite side was not enough.

The fighting on the western flank was relatively stable. Li Zhi took a closer look and found that the cavalry on both sides were fighting on the western flank.

On the west flank of the thieves there was a brigade of nearly 10,000 cavalry, divided into two groups. The two groups of cavalry repeatedly attacked the western flank of the official army, and fought back and forth with the nearly 10,000 foot soldiers of the 5,000 official cavalry there. There are a lot of thieves and flags on that side, and from a distance, there are banners waving.

Probably the two big leaders of the thief army, Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng, were in those two groups of cavalry.

On the east flank, the situation of the official army is a little critical, the east side of the thief army is gathered elite old thieves, the force is very dense, is fiercely pressing the east flank of the official army, as if the east flank of the official army is about to be defeated in one breath.

Li Zhi took a closer look and found that Zu Kuan, the chief officer of Liaodong, Li Chongzhen, the deputy general of Shanhaiguan, and Lei Shisheng, the deputy general of Miyun, were fighting on the east side of the battle line, and they were fighting hard. The situation on the east side where the three generals are located is the most critical, especially at Zukuan, the easternmost place.

Nazu Kuan's body was covered in blood, and there were dozens of corpses of elite family members lying beside him. Probably because of the lack of troops and the rush too fierce, he accidentally rushed into the encirclement of the old thief. Now there are only a dozen people left around him, and they have been cut off by the elite of the thieves, and the back road has been surrounded by a few circles. The Liaodong army behind wanted to rush over to meet the general army but was blocked by thieves, Zu Kuan carried a three-ring broadsword and commanded Jia Ding to defend left and right, and he was in danger.

The Selector Regiment stood on a high place for a while, and the officers and thieves saw the Selector Regiment. Seeing the arrival of reinforcements, the morale of the officers and soldiers was suddenly boosted. When Lu Xiangsheng saw Li Zhi's banner, he shouted a few words to the pacesetters around him very angrily, and the group of pacesetters suddenly boosted their morale, rushed a few meters ahead, and forced back a thief army.

It was Li Chongzhen, and seeing Li Zhi's banner arrive at the battlefield was also refreshed, and he loudly encouraged the soldiers around him and asked them not to retreat.

Li Zhi no longer hesitated, asked the soldiers to load the gunpowder bullets, and led the Xuanfeng Regiment to attack the eastern flank of the thieves.

Seeing Li Zhi's troops coming, the thieves waved their flags in the array, and the heralds shuttled back and forth, 2,000 people abandoned the officers and troops in front, withdrew from the battlefield, and greeted Li Zhi's troops in the east.

These two thousand people were originally the team against the Liaodong general soldier Zu Kuan, and together with the other three thousand old thieves, they kept pressing the Liaodong soldiers. At this time, as soon as the two thousand people were withdrawn, the pressure in front of Zu Kuan suddenly lightened, and the Liaodong Army turned from danger to safety.

Zu Kuan was originally stumbling in the encirclement of thieves. He fought for more than an hour, and his strength was almost exhausted, but this life-and-death situation could not allow him to be soft, he took a breath, shouted violently, raised his knife and slashed at the thieves in the south, trying to force back these thieves who surrounded him to rush back to the big team, but he was forced back by those elite old thieves with knives.

Zu Kuan's heart was cold, and he secretly said that he had experienced a hundred battles, could it be that he was going to fold here today?

Zu Kuan was anxious there, but suddenly saw the thieves who surrounded him abandon him and retreated together, attacking the east.

Saved? Who saved himself? Zu Kuan's heart was ecstatic, and when he looked up, he saw the Li Zi banner that came to help.

Reinforcements from the east? Plum? Tian 0 Jin Li Zhi? I was actually saved by Li Zhi! I insulted him yesterday!

Zu Kuan stood there, not knowing whether to be happy or ashamed for a while. He looked at the Li Zi banner not far away in embarrassment, and his heart was mixed.

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