Li Yan led the troops and set off early the next morning, and the forward, under the leadership of Ma Tianhe, entered Lintong before noon and controlled the four gates. Half an hour later, the large army also arrived near Lintong.

At the same time, Yuan Zongdi's forward also arrived near Tongguan.

Li Yan stayed in Huazhou for one more day, and Li Zicheng and they naturally knew what the reason was, so after they got the news, they immediately asked Yuan Zongdi to go first with 20,000 troops. The 20,000 troops are just a forward, and they are here to drag Li Yan down. There will be 20,000 in the back, and Gao Yigong will take 30,000 people to bypass from the north bank of the Wei River to block Li Yan's back road. Since Li Yan was already short of food and ammunition, they naturally didn't want to let go of this opportunity.

However, they were slow after all, allowing Li Yan to seize the opportunity. Yuan Zongdi's vanguard troops didn't know that the defenders at the head of the city were all Li Yan's people.

Li Yan was also unprepared for these enemies, and they had just arrived. And according to the reports of these forwards, there are still 20,000 horses behind.

He thought for a while, and then ordered: "The troops are ready, and in a quarter of an hour they will be killed, and they will first defeat these thousand forwards, and strive for an inverted roller blind." ”

Yuan Zongdi's vanguard just sent a few people in to inform him, but the main lord hadn't come yet, so they didn't dare to enter the city, so they could only wait outside the west city.

"Dashuai, it's better to wait for their main force to come over and then fight, let them attack the city, so that they can kill and injure more enemies." Zhao Datong suggested.

Li Yan shook his hand and explained: "Li Chuang, they are all from Shaanxi, and they still have some foundation here. A large group of us should know the situation here when their large army approaches. No matter who the main general is, he will not come to attack the city, but will more likely defend on the spot. In that case, the fighter plane that quickly approached Xi'an would be lost. ”

Zhao Datong nodded while listening: "Well, what the marshal said is reasonable, and it is too simple to think about it." ”

The cavalry units were preparing in the city and in the urn city, and the tiger squat cannon was carried to the head of the city. After receiving Li Yan's order to attack, the twenty tiger squatting cannons at the head of the city were first attacked.

The sound of tiger cannon firing at the head of the city made the intruders outside the city a little strange, but before they could react, the flowering shells that braved the sparks fell into their ranks and exploded with a bang. Smoke and dust rose in an instant, obscuring their eyes, and projectiles flew in all directions, turning the surrounding people and horses into blood gourds.

"Enemy Attack Enemy Attack Retreat"

"The people in the city are reversed, so retreat first"

"It's Li Yan's troops, run."

The soldiers speculated in a panic and shouted. Panic for themselves and for others around them.

As the vanguard, they were almost all cavalry, and the horses were frightened and began to run wildly, and the ownerless horses ran west first, and then the horses carrying the men also followed desperately. The horsemen who did not have their horses were miserable, and they also wanted to run to the west, but they could not outrun the horses, whether they were their own or the enemy's.

Feng Taichu, who was at the head of the city, looked at the situation below and found that the intruding army outside the city was not only chaotic, but most of them had begun to flee westward, so he let the tiger squat cannon stop firing. After that, he asked his own soldiers to give orders to the cavalry and went out of the city to pursue.

The cavalry went out from the city gate, and although there were not many men and horses going out at the same time, the sound of rumbling horses' hooves still came far away. Armed with steel whips or knives in their hands, they roared out of the gates, knocking down the standing enemy soldiers or cutting a long gash in them. Then he continued to beat the horse's belly and chased after the enemy who fled on horseback.

They all knew what to do, and it was not the first time they had done this kind of thing to drive the enemy to disrupt the enemy's formation. Their task is not to kill, but to drive away. If they see someone going in a direction other than what they intended, they should rush back, or they should be eliminated outright, so that the enemies who have been driven away will rush towards their own position.

After the cavalry rushed out, they were followed by the infantry. Not only did they pass through the city, but some went around the city. After all, the city gate is not wide, and the passing ability is weak, so the cavalry cannot be left alone to face the enemy's 20,000 army, and the infantry must follow up as soon as possible in order to deal with unexpected situations.

Yuan Zongdi, who was ten miles away, heard the dense explosion and knew that something was wrong. Although they also have tiger squat cannons, their explosions can't be as violent and dense as Li Yan's.

He immediately halted his troops and sent out scouts. It was only a short period of effort, and the scouts came almost one after the other, and there was a large group of cavalry. The sound of rumbling horses' hooves shook the earth, and the dust kicked up was a large clump.

"Enemy horseman, enemy horseman," the scout shouted anxiously when he was far away. He had no more time, and if he had waited for him to report back, and before he could finish the situation, the cavalry would have rushed into their ranks.

Although Yuan Zongdi didn't hear clearly, he understood what it meant. So he immediately ordered: "Whoever dares to defend himself within a hundred paces of the front will shoot immediately."

Although the order is good, his artillery is still behind, even if it is a tiger squat cannon, it is also behind with the cannon. Only the crossbowmen, sword and shield men, musketeers, pikemen and other infantry moved relatively fast, and before they could spread the array, their own cavalry rushed over.

"Shoot the arrows and give them a reminder." Yuan Zongdi ordered again.

This time, it wasn't the soldiers who fired their arrows. Instead, his own soldiers took their bows and arrows and fired more than a dozen feathered arrows to the east, basically more than a hundred paces away.

The meaning of these dozen or so feathered arrows was clear to the cavalry on both sides who were running. Li Zicheng's cavalry wanted to dodge on both sides, but Li Yan's cavalry immediately caught up and smashed it with a single shot. After a few times, Li Zicheng's cavalry did not dare to lean on either side, so they could only rush through those feathered arrows with their eyes closed and continue to rush towards their own formation.

At this time, there was no shadow of artillery, so the bows and crossbows and all kinds of muskets could only be fired first, so that the cavalry who rushed forward were frightened, so that they could bypass both sides.

Countless arrows and projectiles flew towards the cavalry, but in the face of the surging crowd of cavalry, the hands of the soldiers were shaking, so most of the projectiles hit somewhere. As for those arrows, Li Yan's cavalry was not afraid.

Now not only are they wearing chain mail, but the forehead, neck, and body of the war horse are also covered with leather inlaid with chain mail. However, the leather is very thin, and this set of vests is not too heavy, so the speed of the war horse rushing has little effect. But with this vest, these arrows flying over will not be a big deal, even on a shooting horse.

And Li Zicheng's cavalry was different. Although most of them also wore armor, they were all from the inventory of the Ming Dynasty, and the quality can be imagined. There are not a few people who have been shot to the bottom.

But none of this could stop Li Yan's cavalry, which continued to drive the enemy's cavalry and continued to rush over quickly. They almost all put away their handcuffs, and took the steel whip or long knife in their right hand and raised it high. They are not brutes, because Yuan Zongdi's subordinates have not yet lined up the formation, although it looks like that, but they have no artillery to output killing, just with bows and crossbows and firearms, it seems much thinner. To be continued.

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