Text Chapter 845 Approaching Xiangcheng

When Gao Ligong heard the movement of the Ming troops on both sides, he withdrew his troops to the east as quickly as possible in accordance with the prior agreement.

The two armies are fighting hard, biting each other, you have me, I have you, Gao Ligong knew that the Chengtian camp was a bait, but the soldiers didn't know that some brave soldiers had already entered the formation of the Ming army, and now it was very difficult to completely separate.

Although the fierce battle was raging, the soldiers still followed the commander's military order and reluctantly retreated.

He Renlong heard the movement on both sides, and knew that Zheng Jiadong and Niu Chenghu were coming with reinforcements, how could he let go of the Heavenly Mandate Army? Three flanking attacks, this is the best chance to defeat the Mandate of Heaven Army, even if it can't be completely annihilated, at least this Mandate of Heaven Army will be disabled.

Defeated by the Mandate of Heaven Army several times, this time I finally have a chance to take revenge!

He Renlong shouted for the Ming army to press over, to entangle the Heavenly Mandate Army, and to make these Heavenly Mandate Army pay the price no matter what.

The Ming army has always been in a passive position, suppressed by the superior strength of the Mandate of Heaven Army, but it was released at this time, and its morale was greatly boosted for a while, chasing the retreating Mandate of Heaven Army and slashing and killing.

The reinforcements arrived, and the three-way attack was the best time to attack the Mandate of Heaven Army.

When the Mandate of Heaven retreated, because it was dark, it was impossible to maintain a complete formation at all, and watched as the rearmost companions were chased and killed by the Ming army.

Gao Ligong's face was gloomy, and the soldiers who fell behind were originally the bravest and most elite soldiers, they had already entered the formation of the Ming army, if the Ming army did not get reinforcements, they were very likely to disrupt the formation of the Ming army, so as to defeat the Ming army on the opposite side in one fell swoop.

Do you want to leave these elite soldiers behind?

Although Gao Ligong was extremely unwilling, the Ming army held on, and there were reinforcements on both sides, even if there was no agreement with the Dadu Governor, the troops must be withdrawn now, otherwise, it is very likely to fall into the Ming army's three-sided encirclement.

Watching his subordinates fall under the butcher's knife of the Ming army one by one, Gao Ligong slammed the whip, and some of them came over to fight alone......

Naturally, the Ming army would not fight alone, nor would they hear Gao Ligong's words, and after their morale was boosted, they swooped towards the Heavenly Mandate Army like a tide that broke the gate.

The torches that were covered by the wind flickered and flickered, shining on the blood stains on the faces of the soldiers, and they were as terrifying as the ghosts of the region.

Gao Yigong's heart moved, didn't the Ming army chase the torch? Simply threw the torches...... Thinking of this, he shouted, "Throw torches at the Ming army!" ”

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh......"

The soldiers who fell behind threw the torches in their hands at the pursuing Ming army and ran around.

Animal instincts come into play.

The torches would not do much damage to the Ming army, and the temperature was not enough to melt the armor on the soldiers' bodies, as long as they did not fall into the most vulnerable eyes, there was no harm at all.

But hundreds of torches were dangling in front of him, and the Ming army was still instinctively frightened, and his body froze, and he was suddenly separated from the Heavenly Mandate Army by some distance.

The Mandate of Heaven Army threw away its torches, and the front of the Ming Army suddenly darkened, and the pupils could not be adjusted in time, as if entering a pitch-black cage.

Gao Ligong urged the soldiers to retreat quickly to the east, and actually threw the Ming army away.

He Renlong realized that the situation was wrong, and knew that the soldiers were in a blind spot of vision, so he was so anxious that he shouted: "Don't care about the Heavenly Mandate Army, rush quickly, kill!" ”

Only then did the soldiers of the Ming army wake up to the fact that the Heavenly Mandate Army has been defeated, and it doesn't matter if they can't see it clearly, they just killed it, they responded to He Renlong one by one and chased after the Heavenly Mandate Army in front.

"Kill, kill......"

On both sides of the Ming army, the reinforcements are closer, listen to the sound, but the distance of two or three hundred steps, He Renlong Daxi, the three-way Ming army, 20,000 soldiers, it is completely possible to defeat the opposite Mandate of Heaven Army, but unfortunately, the generals of the Mandate of Heaven Army on the opposite side are too cunning and have fled early, otherwise, it is not impossible to completely annihilate the 10,000 Mandate of Heaven Army.

"Bang, bang, bang......"

On both sides of the Ming army, there was a sudden sound of gunfire, countless bullets, with a trace of firelight, overwhelming, the Ming soldiers who were caught off guard, in order to pursue the Heavenly Mandate Army of the Gao Li Meritorious Department, the formation was stretched into a long strip, just completely exposing both sides to the muzzle.

The moonlight was hazy and unclear, but these gunners had adapted to the light of the night, and the figure of the Ming army was in front of them, and the black pressure was overwhelming, and they didn't need to aim at all, just shoot the bullets as fast as they could.

The screams of the Ming army finally alarmed He Renlong, and after being stunned for a moment, he finally understood: Zheng Jiadong and Niu Chenghu were not on either side, but the Heavenly Mandate Army.

Only the Mandate of Heaven Army has such terrifying firearms!

Could it be that the Mandate of Heaven Army has already taken down Zheng Jiadong and Niu Chenghu? Why are they on either side of themselves?

Although there were countless questions in his heart, He Renlong didn't have time to find answers, the battlefield changed dramatically in an instant, the officers and soldiers were surrounded on three sides, and they had to face the sharp firearms of the Heavenly Mandate Army.

Gao Ligong was retreating, and suddenly a personal soldier came over, "General, most of the governors have come to give orders!" ”

"The Grand Duke?" Gao Ligong hurriedly reined in the war horse, "Where is the herald?" ”

"My subordinates are here!" A soldier of medium height came out from behind his own soldiers, "My subordinates are the personal soldiers of the Grand Governor, and I have come to convey the latest military orders on the orders of the Grand Governor!" ”

"What instructions does the Grand Governor have?"

"The Metropolitan Governor has changed the operational deployment, the soldiers of the fourth and seventh battalions have already cut into the sides of He Renlong, and the Metropolitan Governor ordered the Chengtian Battalion not to retreat, and to turn around and cooperate with the fourth and seventh battalions to wrap the Ming army!"

Gao Ligong looked at the soldiers around him, but did not speak.

The pro-soldier said cautiously: "General, the identity has been confirmed, it is indeed the pro-soldier of the Metropolitan Governor!" ”

Gao Ligong found that on both sides of the Ming army, there was indeed a dense sound of gunfire, yes, this is the rifle of the Mandate of Heaven, and there is a clear difference between the sound of the Ming army's guns when they shoot.

The Ming army, which was still chasing behind him just now, has disappeared at this moment, and should have retreated.

Gao Ligong didn't hesitate any longer, nodded to the soldier who came, and didn't let the soldier give the order until the soldier disappeared into the darkness: stop retreating and counterattack the Ming army!

The soldiers of the He Ren Dragon Division, when they pursued the Heavenly Mandate Army just now, they were all lightly armed, and they were bent on chasing and killing the retreating Heavenly Mandate Army, and they didn't think about retreating at all, they didn't even bring shields, and in front of the gunners of the Heavenly Mandate Army, one became a target.

Later, the Gao Ligong Department turned back to pursue, covering up for a while, the Ming army suffered heavy casualties, and the screams were endless!

He Renlong's original army was not more than 10,000, and most of it was lost in a moment, and it was hard to support it, and sooner or later it would be annihilated, and Zheng Jiadong and Niu Chenghu, who echoed on both sides, did not move again......

He Renlong was originally a fierce general, and when he was in Huguang, he defeated Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai's rogues many times, and won Yang Sichang's appreciation, and once hinted at him and promoted him to "General Ping Thief".

But Zuo Liangyu is almost a prince of Huguang, with many soldiers and a wide range of generals, and his power is huge, and the thief is absolutely inseparable from his support, and finally the name of "General Ping" fell to Zuo Liangyu.

Since then, He Renlong, who has been "wronged", began to realize the importance of "strength", he changed his true colors of desperate Saburo, and in the decisive battle with the Liukou, he did not aim to eliminate the Liukou, but tried to preserve his strength.

Last time in Mengjiazhuang in Xincai, after being attacked by the Heavenly Mandate Army during the day, he gave up the two supervisors Fu Zonglong and Yang Wenyue behind him, and immediately ran away with his soldiers.

After fleeing all the way back to Shaanxi, He Renlong was not punished by the imperial court, but because he held heavy troops, he won the trust of the governors of the three sides.

Such a main force naturally cannot be annihilated by the Mandate of Heaven Army.

He Renlong was already thinking about how to break through, and the general Gao Jie leaned over, "General, we are already surrounded, we can't hesitate any longer, Zheng Jiadong and Niu Chenghu are all gone......"

He Renlong naturally didn't care about Zheng Jiadong and Niu Chenghu, he was thinking about the direction of the breakthrough, "Gao Jie, immediately take the soldiers to break through to the west." ”

"Yes, General!" Gao Jie took two steps, but turned around again, "General, are we going to retreat to Xiangcheng?" ”

He Renlong said coldly: "No, let's not go to Xiangcheng, continue west, and return to Shaanxi." ”

"However, there are still 10,000 soldiers in Longmen Pass......"

"How dare they stop us?" He Renlong sneered and said: "For the sake of Wang Qiaonian's strategy, we have suffered heavy losses in Xiangcheng, Henan, even if they are compensation for us, needless to say, hurry up and give orders!" ”

"Yes, General!" Hearing that the soldiers at Longmen Pass were going to be recruited, Gao Jie was no longer worried about the casualties here.

The Ming army He Renlong broke away from the battlefield, and with the cover of night, desperately retreated westward, but the gunners of the Heavenly Mandate Army couldn't catch up with them, and watched He Renlong run away.

Gao Ligong's troops then caught up and slashed the remaining Ming soldiers to death, and not many soldiers were captured.

The fourth battalion, the seventh battalion, and the Chengtian battalion joined forces and did not clean up the battlefield, but divided their troops to besiege Zheng Jiadong and Niu Chenghu.

As soon as the cannon sounded, it was strafed with rifles, the Ming army could not set up camp, so they had to abandon the camp and flee westward.

Li Zicheng marched into the army overnight, leaving only some soldiers to clean up the battlefield, and personally led the main forces of the fourth and seventh battalions to camp in Xiangcheng.

He originally thought that after the defeat of He Renlong, Zheng Jiadong, and Niu Chenghu, he would definitely retreat to Xiangcheng, but after seeing Gao Ligong, he knew that He Renlong did not enter the city, and went directly to the west of Xiangcheng, and then Zheng Jiadong and Niu Chenghu, who were defeated, also went with the pace of He Renlong.

Li Zicheng felt strange, could it be that Wang Qiaonian also withdrew from Xiangcheng and returned to Shaanxi?

If Wang Qiaonian is still in Xiangcheng, He Renlong, Zheng Jiadong, and Niu Chenghu dare to leave Wang Qiaonian alone?

However, thinking that when he was in Mengjiazhuang that day, He Renlong left Fu Zonglong and Yang Wenyue, and led the troops to flee north with Li Guoqi, and the corners of Li Zicheng's mouth showed a faint smile.

Regardless of whether Wang Qiaonian is still in Xiangcheng or not, it is impossible to attack the city overnight, the soldiers of the three battalions have tossed for most of the night, and they have marched thirty or forty miles in a row to reach Xiangcheng.

Li Zicheng immediately set up camp, less than ten miles away from the east gate of Xiangcheng.

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