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Li Zicheng knew Liu Yunshui's thoughts, the Ming army was defeated, the army's heart was unstable, if they attacked their camp with cavalry, they might be able to fight down, but he had a different idea, the Ming army in the country was not less than two million, what was the difference between killing one or two thousand? The key is to conquer and not kill!

The soldiers on the opposite side were all Han Chinese.

He stroked his chin, but asked rhetorically, "Yunshui, what is Hong Chengchou doing now?" ”

Liu Yunshui shook his head, "This...... The subordinates don't know and can't think of it! ”

"Hong Chengchou is newly defeated, and before he gets reinforcements, he is temporarily unable to attack Guguan," Li Zicheng said leisurely: "Let's let him go, he was born as a civil official, and he will inevitably think about the reason for the defeat." ”

Liu Yunshui hurriedly said: "Governor Dadu, Hong Chengchou is defeated and the army's morale is weakened, which is a great opportunity for annihilation......"

Li Zicheng said with a smile: "Don't worry, give him a night to think about it, if he refuses to retreat, it's not too late for us to attack again tomorrow!" ”

"Metropolitan Governor, if Hong Chengchou escapes at night......"

"Today's shelling, Hong Chengchou can escape, but the sky should not be extinguished," Li Zicheng smiled mysteriously and said: "The army of the imperial court, no less than two million, can you kill them all?" ”

Liu Yunshui heard what Li Zicheng said, but he didn't understand it very well, "The Metropolitan Governor ......"

"Yunshui, we don't want to destroy all the Ming army, in fact, we can't do it," Li Zicheng said with a faint smile: "We want to deter the Ming army, especially the generals of the Ming army." ”

Liu Yunshui woke up a little at this time, and the Metropolitan Governor really planned to ensure that the pass was secured first...... But he was still a little worried, "Governor, is Hong Chengchou willing to comply?" ”

"Does he have a choice?" Li Zicheng laughed, "Even if he draws more troops, can he defeat the solid pass?" The army is gone, he, the governor of the three sides, is alone, can the court let him go? ”

Liu Yunshui turned his worries into joy, "Governor, my subordinates understand." ”

"Go back and prepare, and attack again tomorrow, even if Hong Chengchou escapes overnight, at most it will be Longzhou, as long as the cavalry moves, can he continue to go north?"

"Yes, Governor, my subordinates will go back and prepare."

The next day, the rangers reported that the Ming army had not yet left, and the big tent stationed on the north bank of the Huangshui was still there.

Li Zicheng laughed, "It's better this way, the Heavenly Mandate Army can attack, and you can also beat the distance of dozens of miles." ”

After breakfast, Li Zicheng immediately dispatched troops, Ma Youshui Department after a big battle yesterday, need to rest, Liu Yunshui's cavalry as the vanguard, but Liu Yunshui's soldiers, not good at bows and arrows, can only use the speed of the cavalry, drag Hong Chengchou's department, the real task of the main attack, but Zhou Bin's department.

Liu Yunshui was not at ease, "The Metropolitan Governor, there are only more than 500 gunners in the 5,000th household, and there are at least 10,000 soldiers in Hong Chengchou's department......"

"Yunshui don't have to worry," Li Zicheng said with a smile: "I only have five hundred soldiers, and I can defeat more than 10,000 soldiers in Hong Chengchou's department, and it is also the idea that he will retreat from the difficulty, and don't fight Guguan in the future, I am most worried about you," he pointed at Liu Yunshui's nose with his hand, "Don't hurt Hong Chengchou by mistake, if the Ming army changes the governor of the three sides, I have to waste my mind to let him see the combat effectiveness of the Heavenly Mandate Army, and it will be another big battle." ”

Liu Yunshui touched his chin and smiled, "Guguan is solid, even if the Ming army attacks again, we will only lose some bullets!" ”

"We don't lack bullets now, but what we lack is time," Li Zicheng said: "The time for Longyou to be attached is not long, and the people are extremely poor, so we can't fight for a long time, and we have to temporarily stop fighting with Hong Chengchou." ”

Zhou Bin got up and said, "Governor, what about the soldiers of the Ming army?" Can they be annihilated? ”

"If we don't annihilate the soldiers of the Ming Army, how can we reflect the combat effectiveness of our army in the field?" Li Zicheng thought for a moment and said: "However, there is no need to be completely annihilated, you have to leave two points of face for Hong Chengchou, and we will see each other in the future." ”

"Yes, my subordinates understand!"

Zhou Bin retreated, but Liu Yunshui was reluctant, "The Grand Governor, the Heavenly Mandate Army and the Imperial Court are already enemies, do you still need to cooperate?" ”

Li Zicheng said with a smile: "It's the enemy who is good, this is called both struggle and cooperation, you are a soldier, you don't understand this." He was a little worried that the Ming court generally did not cooperate with the enemy, and he didn't know if his ideas would work.

Liu Yunshui really didn't understand these complicated questions, so he didn't ask any more, his interest was still on the battlefield.

The cavalry of Liu Yunshui's department, as the vanguard, took the lead out of Guancheng and went east along the valley road, until the camp of the Ming army, the soldiers of the Ming army saw the cavalry and knew that the Mandate of Heaven was going to counterattack, so they immediately became nervous and immediately reported to Hong Chengchou.

Hong Chengchou is hesitating, whether to withdraw the army, if he withdraws, he will go out to fight the Heavenly Mandate Army this time, which can be regarded as a complete defeat, not only did not take Guguan, but also lost tens of thousands of soldiers, but if it continues, it is difficult to turn around, there are only more than 10,000 soldiers left in the camp, and he is absolutely unable to attack Guguan.

Do you want to wait for the Mandate of Heaven Army to surrender on its own initiative?

Just when Hong Chengchou was at a loss, his soldiers told him that the cavalry of the Heavenly Mandate Army was coming, and there were no less than 1,000 people, circling around the camp, which was obviously ill-intentioned.

Hong Chengchou was shocked, once he was targeted by the cavalry, it would be difficult to withdraw the soldiers, although the cavalry of the Heavenly Mandate Army was not many in number, but the cavalry was fast, coming and going like the wind, if they withdrew their troops, they would definitely surround and wreak havoc on the infantry, even if they couldn't fight, they could quickly leave the battlefield.

What exactly is the Mandate of Heaven going to do?

Hong Chengchou had no countermeasures for a while, but the Mandate of Heaven Army came, he couldn't let the soldiers panic, yesterday's fiasco, the army's morale was already unstable, once there was an accident, the consequences were unimaginable, and if he didn't do it, he would lose his life in Guguan.

"Let's go, let's see!"

Hong Chengchou came to the periphery of the camp with his own soldiers, and sure enough, he saw more than a thousand cavalry, waving the Kyushu military flag, that's right, it was the cavalry of the Mandate of Heaven Army!

He thought to himself: It's bad, the Heavenly Mandate Army is circling around the camp, and there is no intention of attacking for the time being, it seems that he doesn't want to let himself withdraw, what should I do?

Although the Ming army has more than 10,000 people, much more than the cavalry of the Mandate of Heaven, but in the field, if the infantry is not in formation, it will definitely not be able to resist the cavalry.

Can't fight, can't go, do you want to be trapped to death?

Hong Chengchou has never been to Liaodong, if he has fought against the Tartars of Liaodong, he will understand the situation of the Ming army in Liaodong, which is basically similar to his current situation, neither can take the initiative to attack the cavalry, but in the face of the speed of the cavalry, he will not be able to retreat safely!

Hong Chengchou couldn't think of a way to defeat the enemy for a while, so he had to say to the soldiers: "Prepare for the archers, don't let the Heavenly Mandate Army approach!" ”

This is actually nonsense, the archers of the Ming army have long been ready, and the cavalry of the Mandate of Heaven is still far out of the range of bows and arrows, and has no intention of attacking, their purpose is only to drag the Ming army and prevent the Ming army from retreating.

More than half an hour later, there was movement again in the valley road, it turned out that the gunners of the five hundred households of the Zhou Bin Department came, they were the main force attacking the Ming army, and behind them, there were five hundred households of auxiliary soldiers.

Hong Chengchou saw the increase in troops of the Heavenly Mandate Army, and knew that it was not a good thing, Xining rifle, he was too familiar with it, it was simply the death of the Ming army. The Ming army, who was lucky enough to escape from Guguan, had already seen the rifles of the Ming army, and they were suddenly frightened, and even their shoulders could not help shaking, if it were not for the large battalion to garrison, they would almost be deserters.

"Mom, the equipment of the Mandate of Heaven is better than that of the officers and soldiers, is this still a thief?"

"Does the Overseer really have a way to defeat the enemy?"

"Let Jean, I want to go back to Xiaojie, I drank too much cold water at breakfast......"

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The gunners of the Mandate of Heaven Army, guarded by cavalry, the Ming Army did not dare to go out of the camp to engage in battle, so they had to pick up bows and arrows to guard the camp, Hong Chengchou was also frowning, what is the Mandate of Heaven Army going to do? Do you really want to kill them all?

Hong Chengchou, who has always been confident and has his own opinions, has no claims in front of the Heavenly Mandate Army, and there are only more than 500 gunners on the opposite side!

Zhou Bin didn't care about the thoughts of the Ming army, with a rifle that crushed the opponent in range, he gradually formed his own tactics: distance yourself from the opponent, maintain the advantage of range, I can hit you, but you can't shoot me, there will be no war in the future, only massacre!

The camp of the Ming army stands according to the water, the south is the water, the east and west directions are also obstructed by the water, only the north is more spacious, Zhou Bin personally led the soldiers to the north, just to prevent the Ming army from returning to the north.

More than 500 soldiers lined up 200 steps away from the Ming army camp, in the front, middle and back rows, the number of people is basically the same, the soldiers in the front row kneel on one leg, and the soldiers in the middle and back rows are all standing on the ground, not moving like a mountain.

Although Hong Chengchou was born in Jinshi, a standard literati, but he often has unique views in military affairs, when Yang He was the governor of the three sides, he often relied on him militarily, and at this time he saw the formation of the Heavenly Mandate Army, and he sighed in his heart.

He has been training the army in Shaanxi, but compared with the Mandate of Heaven Army, the appearance of the army is a big difference, no wonder in front of the Mandate of Heaven, the Ming army has been defeated repeatedly.

The Mandate of Heaven Army, how is it going to end?

Zhou Bin stood behind the gunners, and when he saw that the gunners had finished their preparations, he said: "The Ming army doesn't show up much, and the shooting, except for Hong Chengchou, anyone is the target of shooting!" ”

"Bang, bang......"

The first row of gunners shot bullets in turn, and the outcropping Ming army suddenly cried wolf, without Hong Chengchou's order, one by one they had already hidden their traces, either dead, or covered their wounds with their hands, rolling and crying in the camp, completely exposing Hong Chengchou, if it wasn't for Li Zicheng to protect Hong Chengchou, it would be possible to be hit by dozens of bullets in his body.

The second row of gunners was ready, but unfortunately there was no target for shooting, including Hong Chengchou, the Ming army retreated to the camp and disappeared.

There was a sneer on the faces of the surroundings, and they used rifles to wreak havoc on the Ming army, and they were happy in their hearts, this was a one-sided battle, and there were no casualties on their side, but fortunately, the Metropolitan Governor invented the rifle.

He glanced into the camp, but there was no one in sight, it seemed that the Ming army had already retreated into the depths of the camp, so he said: "Take a hundred steps forward and maintain the battle formation!" ”

Three rows of gunners, advancing in parallel, maintained a shooting posture at any time, but unfortunately, the Ming army did not show up, either frightened and stupid, or urgently discussed countermeasures.

The gunners in the first row hurried to reload, and the gunners in the second row fired a few shots at random# in the camp, but there was still no movement.

"General, what should I do?"

was hung and beaten like this, and the Ming army didn't fight back? Zhou Bin was angry for Hong Chengchou, even if the range of the bow and arrow was not as good as the rifle, he had to deal with a few arrows, he looked at the calm camp, and said coldly: "The auxiliary soldiers went up to two hundred households and demolished the horses in this area!" ”