"Let's go, retreat back three miles!!"

Li Zicheng was accustomed to the defeat of the peasant army, and immediately gave the order to retreat.

At this time, Li Zicheng and the others were dripping blood in their hearts, but he was helpless: the military discipline of the peasant army has never been very strict, even if they have nearly a year to sort out the military discipline of the team, but if they really issue a retreat order like now, the final evil consequences will inevitably be a sign of the collapse of the whole army.

"Order the left and right flanks to organize their teams on the spot to attack the attacking enemy!"

However, Li Zicheng did not want to fight again, although the large battalion army of the Chinese army was the strongest in the entire peasant army, but the besieging army led by Liu Zongmin and Bai Yushan on the left and right flanks should not be underestimated, and it still had tens of thousands of troops.

"No!"

When the 6,000 Hongtang army was overwhelmed, and more than 10,000 rebel soldiers of Peng Zhihai's department were fighting in and out of the center of the peasant army, disrupting the assembly of the other party's organized team, Hongtang's assault team could almost be said to have not encountered much trouble, and the rest of Peng Zhihai's department converged.

And when Li Zicheng gave the order for the Chinese army to retreat several miles, the sporadic resistance of the peasant army was wiped out, and more and more peasant soldiers joined the ranks of the retreat.

Even this can't be called a retreat, but it should be called a rout, and the peasant army that lacks organizational discipline is okay when fighting the SF Feng War, like this kind of headwind situation is completely the Adou who can't be supported, which is also the reason why the government army has always been able to fight more with less, and has always been in an advantage.

Of course, the peasant army had an obvious numerical advantage, and although the other side was prone to collapse in battle, even after the collapse, it was easy for them to form an army and return to the peasant army, and their bottom foundation was solid, coupled with natural and man-made disasters and other factors, so that the government could not completely suppress it.

The left and right flanks and other peasant armies approached, putting some pressure on the pursuing team of Hongtang's army, but the night only slowed down the footsteps of Hongtang's army.

Compared with the living environment of the people in the coastal area, the probability of night blindness among the people in inland Henan is several times higher, so the night attack of the Hongtang army has a stronger impact on the peasant army.

After a night of fighting, Li Zicheng's large army was chased by Hongtang's army and retreated for dozens of miles, far beyond the range of three or five miles explained by Li Zicheng.

And when it was close to dawn, after forcing most of Li Zicheng's troops to the brink of collapse, the Hongtang army suddenly launched a fierce attack on the flanks of the peasant army on the left and right.

Caught off guard, the flank army of the peasant army led by Liu Zongmin, Bai Yushan and other peasant generals also suffered an extremely heavy blow, and almost went to the footsteps of Li Zicheng's central army.

It was not until dawn that the remnants of the peasant army retreated to a safe distance and began to rectify military discipline again, only to find that the peasant army, which had been marching north to attack Luoyang, had lost 40,000 or 50,000 men in a small county town of Jiaxian, and now it has less than 70,000 or 80,000 soldiers and horses.

Of course, there must have been most of the peasant soldiers who fled and were scattered, but for Li Zicheng and them, it broke their somewhat optimistic mood.

"King, what should we do now, do we still want to go north? Or organize people to kill back and find the field later!! ”

After reorganizing the soldiers in his hands, Li Zicheng and other henchmen, the young Li Laiheng rekindled his fighting spirit and made suggestions to Li Zicheng.

"Hmph, to put it lightly, look at your current appearance for yourself, and then look at the group of soldiers under you, what are they like?"

Li Zicheng once again had a bit of negativity in his heart under the first battle, and pointed at Li Laiheng angrily, and he was a little embarrassed and reprimanded.

"Boom! Boom Boom!! ”

Before the words fell, the familiar sound of shelling and the crisp sound of birds crackling like firecrackers during the New Year and the festival appeared in my ears.

Li Zicheng's face changed again, and the sweat on his face that had not completely dried appeared again, but at this time it was just a cold sweat.

"King, the Ming army is here again!!"

The soldiers who came to report the news were late, shouting for fear that the generals present would not hear!

"It's really haunting and deceiving!"

Li Zicheng quickly suppressed the panic in his heart, said with a pale face, and at the same time began to dispatch troops in anger: "He Sanjiang! ”

"The last general!"

"Give you 10,000 infantry, cooperate with your 5,000 cavalry, and be sure to contain the Ming army!"

"The last general commands!"

"Go ahead!"

"Liu Zongmin!"

"The Last Admiral!!"

"With 20,000 infantry from your headquarters, follow closely behind He Sanjiang's department, and after the cavalry attack, from the rear flank, cooperate with its 10,000 infantry to charge the main force of the Ming army!"

"The last general commands!"

"Lee Rae-hyung!"

"The last general!"

"With your two thousand headquarters elite cavalry, assault from the flank, cover the charge of He Sanjiang cavalry and others, and harass the flank of the Ming army!"

"The last general commands!"

Li Zicheng was obviously forced by Li Tianyang's subordinates, and at this time, when the peasant army that had just stabilized their emotions was still palpitating, the oppressive force of the Ming Dynasty army that suddenly killed it again can be imagined, which is also the reason why Li Tianyang suddenly launched an attack on Li Zicheng's subordinates again.

But Li Tianyang lowered Li Zicheng's determination and will to retaliate, and when the other party dispatched troops and brought the brigade of troops out to reflexively kill, Li Tianyang was a little surprised at first.

However, he soon reached a consensus with the members of the Aircraft Department, believing that this would be the last counterattack of the peasant army, and if he could defeat the opponent's counterattack here, then he should be able to complete the purpose of going north this time.

Among the peasant army, a small number of elites did not suffer too much losses in the raid last night, and when they reorganized their ranks at dawn, they still maintained most of their strength, such as how Sanjiang and their five thousand cavalry in their hands.

It is an indisputable fact that He Sanjiang himself belongs to the Hongmen spy warfare station, but Li Tianyang's raid on the headquarters of the peasant army actually did not inform He Sanjiang of them, which means that He Sanjiang and they need to completely regard themselves as the backbone of the peasant army and leave no room for counterattack against the Hongtang army.

However, it is obvious that the Ming army, which had almost all the Hongtang soldiers as the backbone of the backbone, had nearly 20,000 people who were chasing the peasant army during the day, and in the face of the peasant army led by 5,000 cavalry, they did not give He Sanjiang any chance at all.

Three-stage flintlock musket attack, let five thousand! The cavalry of the peasant army that launched the charge, like cutting rice, fell wave after wave, which made He Sanjiang, who was in command in the rear, very distressed, it was all the team they had worked so hard to build!

(End of chapter)