Hou Liangzhu's words were like duck blood, and the Ming army was jubilant, praising words such as "General Hou's benevolence", and the morale was booming for a while.

Grinding guns in battle, not fast and light!

Hou Liangzhu looked at his own blood boiling, on the other hand, the rogue on the opposite side, under the pressure of the powerful aura of the Ming army, lowered his head one by one, until now, the battle formation has not been neat......

He regretted it a little, in the face of such a rogue, is it worth it to pay out his own pocket to distribute his military exploits...... Fortunately, there is only one time, and the silver reward for military merit will not be too high!

Li Zicheng is also happy!

In this battle, he personally commanded the soldiers, and the soldiers had to behave in front of the Grand Governor, although they did not speak, they secretly made up their minds to defeat the Ming army on the opposite side in the least amount of time.

Without a rear, Li Zicheng threw all the infantry of three thousand households into the battlefield, and the three horizontal columns almost extended to the west bank of Luoshui.

Hou Liangzhu wanted to strike while the iron was hot, and when he saw that the Liukou was almost in formation, he pulled out his waist knife and pointed to the sky, "Brothers, the Liukou is opposite you, from this moment on, they are all your military merits, kill!" ”

As Hou Liangzhu's waist knife swung down hard, the five thousand Ming army, like a tiger descending the mountain, rushed towards the position of the Mandate of Heaven, except for Hou Liangzhu with dozens of personal soldiers to supervise the battle in the back, all the Ming troops, only the rogue in front of them - from this moment on, they will all be their own military merits.

Li Zicheng silently looked at the Ming army rushing towards him, calculating the distance in his heart; The soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven also did not say a word, the bullet was loaded, and the finger pressed the trigger, as long as the governor gave an order, as long as their fingers were gently hooked, the bullet would be discharged.

Although He Xiaomi rarely charges into battle, but with the Dadu Governor, his battlefield experience is very rich, at this moment, he is watching the reaction of the Dadu Governor, while observing the distance of the Ming army.

Li Zicheng raised the binoculars and saw from the lens that there were only dozens of soldiers left in the rear of the Ming army, and less than twenty war horses, and he sneered: "I knew that Hou Liangzhu was a battlefield idiot, so why bother calculating the Ming army?" ”

He Xiaomi, Li Zicheng, Li Zicheng's side, "Metropolitan Governor, four hundred steps......"

"Xiaomi, don't worry, the Ming army is all infantry, and the speed of running is far less than that of the war horse, so let it go, lest the battle situation be unfavorable, and they will run away again!"

"My subordinates understand!"

Li Zicheng put down the binoculars, his eyes fell on the Ming army again, the momentum of the infantry was much worse than that of the cavalry, although there were a lot of people, but the speed was slow, and it was impossible to bring up the terrifying dust, and the formation of the Ming army was clear at a glance.

It was about a column, but the Ming army obviously did not put the rogue on the opposite side in their eyes, the queue was not neat, and in the process of running, it dispersed unconsciously, like a marathon festival in later generations.

Approaching two hundred steps, Li Zicheng asked He Xiaomi to pass the order: "Prepare!" ”

In fact, most of the soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven were already ready, just waiting for the rifle trigger.

It was only when the light steps of the Ming army had crossed the optimal range of 200 paces that Li Zicheng gave the order to "shoot".

The sound of "bang, bang, bang......" rifle is far worse than that of artillery, and slightly louder than the sound of arrows.

But more than 1,000 rounds of rifle bullets were fired directly flat, and the Ming army fell hundreds of times in an instant, with a dull crash, frightened screams, and a terrible scream driven out of pain......

In just one face, the Ming army has not yet opened its bow and arrows, and there are already wounded soldiers on the ground!

The soldiers in the back did not know what was happening in front of them, and they could not stand on their feet for a while, and there were no longer a few people who tripped over the wounded soldiers.

The Mandate of Heaven Army will not leave time for the Ming army to think, the second and third rows of gunners, almost uninterrupted firepower, they have just finished shooting, the first row of gunners has finished loading, and the shooting is continued......

Two rounds of shooting, more than 6,000 rounds of ammunition, even if you meet cavalry, as long as the soldiers do not panic, there will be a 30% hit rate, for the Ming army composed of pure infantry, the rifle hit rate is at least 50%!

The seventh battalion of the Song Ministry of Culture not only participated in the battle of the Triangle City, but also fought with the cavalry of Lin Dan Khan in Kadang City.

After all, the Ming army was different from the nomadic cavalry, and when more than half of the casualties occurred, their combat effectiveness plummeted.

Hou Liangzhu used his own military merits to motivate the soldiers' combat potential, but it was against ordinary rogues, fighting a one-sided tailwind battle, in front of the Heavenly Mandate Army, it was still one-sided, but the two sides of the victory changed.

The screams of their comrades, the impermeable defenses of the Mandate of Heaven, and the huge gap in weapons......

The Ming army is all battle-hardened, but the military discipline is not flattering, in the face of death, the only thing they can do is to break and flee!

He Xiaomi found that the situation was not right, and hurriedly said: "Metropolitan Governor, the Ming army is about to escape......

Sure enough, the Ming army found that the momentum was not right and stopped one after another, but the soldiers of the Heavenly Mandate Army did not stop, but expanded the shooting distance and continued to shoot at the Ming army.

At first, a small number of soldiers retreated from the cracks, but in a moment, there were more and more "smart" soldiers, and when it became customary to retreat without permission, the Ming army was not worried about being punished at the time, and more and more soldiers retreated.

Before Hou Liangzhu issued the military order to retreat, the Ming army retreated spontaneously and tacitly!

He Xiaomi was anxious, "Metropolitan Governor, what should I do?" Do you want to use mountain artillery? ”

"Is it useful to use mountain artillery against the fleeing Ming army? It's just a waste of flowering shells," Li Zicheng was naturally unwilling to let the Ming army run away like this, "Order, the infantry will continue to shoot until the Ming army completely escapes the firing range!" ”

Compared with the attack, the Ming army broke and fled faster, but when they fled, they left their backs to the Mandate of Heaven army, and the casualties were still very large.

There will always be a part of the Ming army that will escape the range of the rifles......

Hou Liangzhu almost fainted, and when it was time to spit and foam, the Ming army collapsed...... However, according to his visual observation, the casualties of the Ming army are definitely not small!

Military merit is a thing, so you shouldn't have to worry about it!

However, after being defeated in front of the rogue, how to explain it to the governor? Only then did Hou Liangzhu realize that his hands and feet were already cold, but the soldiers had retreated and could no longer gather, "the defeat was like a mountain", and he could be regarded as witnessing a rare spectacle with his own eyes.

What to do?

The Pro-Soldier Overseer was slaughtering the retreating soldiers, but the Overseer was soon overwhelmed by the flow of people, and there was not even a wave of water.

Hou Liangzhu looked up to the sky and sighed, so far, he almost didn't know where the Ming army was defeated, was it because the fighting power of the Liukou was too strong, or the military discipline of the Ming army was too bad? Maybe it's both......

"Run, the cavalry is coming......"

Hou Liangzhu looked up and saw that a group of cavalry had turned out of the northeast corner, rushing towards him, "only a few hundred people......

He soon discovers that he has misjudged!

It is true that the cavalry of the rogue is only four or five hundred, if he has five thousand soldiers...... However, at this moment, the Ming army has not only become a group of routs, but even his own soldiers have been swallowed up by his own people, he has become a loner, how to deal with the rogue cavalry?

Hou Liangzhu was shocked into a cold sweat, he didn't think much about it, turned the horse's head, and went south.

Li Zicheng's personal soldiers have expanded to 500 households, He Xiaomi has been promoted to a thousand-household official, and most of the new soldiers are veterans, but they are still the elites of their respective armies.

When the Ming army broke and fled, although the infantry was also chasing, they had to reload and obviously fell behind.

Li Zicheng had no choice but to let his own soldiers join the battlefield and pursue the fleeing Ming army.

The infantry of the seventh battalion knew that they could not catch up, so they gave up the pursuit and handed over all the tasks of pursuit to Li Zicheng's cavalry.

Although there were only a few hundred soldiers, the formation of the Ming army was chaotic at this time, not to mention hundreds of cavalry, even a dog was chasing behind, and they did not dare to turn back.

The cavalry horse was fast, Li Zicheng gave up the tail of the Ming army, but he drove through from the side, went around to the front of the Ming army, and directly covered all the Ming army, and slashed and killed, the Ming army had to turn around, however, when they looked up, their eyes were full of rogues, like a huge open pocket!

"Those who descend will not die!" Li Zicheng didn't want to kill them all, they were all Han brothers, and they just wanted to eat in the barracks!

"Those who descend will not die!"

"Those who descend will not die!"

Hundreds of soldiers pursued at the end of the tail, while shouting loudly, the Ming army had already been frightened, if they retreated earlier, there was still half a point of initiative, at this moment, it is "no way to the sky, no door to the ground", there are infantry in front of the block, and there are cavalry in pursuit.

I can't hit it, and I can't run away with it!

Some of the fleeing Ming troops came from Liaodong, and they felt like they had encountered Tartar cavalry, and a sense of despair suddenly filled their brains.

Li Zicheng asked his soldiers to slow down the speed of their horses, pretending to chase and kill, and forcing them to surrender, the Ming army was helpless, so they had to throw their weapons one by one, hold their heads in their hands, kneel on the ground, and shout: "I am willing to surrender ......"

Li Zicheng let go of the kneeling soldiers, but he walked quickly through the battlefield, chasing the lucky Ming army, and in less than half an hour, the remaining Ming troops all knelt on the ground.

The battle is over, the captured Ming army is only more than 1,500 people, the rest of the soldiers, either dead or wounded, the ground is full of scattered Ming troops, especially in the range of the rifle just now, the Ming army is layered on top of each other, originally lightly wounded, now it is seriously injured, originally seriously injured, now only one breath is left.

But Hou Liangzhu escaped alone.

Li Zicheng tied up a thousand soldiers, leaving five hundred soldiers to help clean up the battlefield.

Except for a very few wounded soldiers who will not be disabled, all the rest will be mended, so that they can go to heaven to enjoy happiness earlier, Li Zicheng silently prayed in his heart: Don't blame the cruelty of the Mandate of Heaven, it is now a time of war, not only are the wounded soldiers uncared for, most of the wounded soldiers are unable to be saved, and after spending the last painful moment, they still have to embark on this road......

The weapons and armor left by the Ming army were retained, and the rest had no property.

The corpse is easy to decay, it can't be delayed for too long, besides, it's useless to stay, Hou Liangzhu has already run away, and there is no one to collect the corpse for them, the Heavenly Mandate Army sends guests to the west sky, sparks directly, and then digs a pit to bury the ashes.

Li Zicheng didn't stay long, because he was worried about the reinforcements of Lutou Mountain, when the raging fire began to burn, he left a soldier of a thousand households, escorted the prisoners of war, dealt with the aftermath, and directly took two gunmen from a thousand households, and hurriedly went south.