After a while, the southern gate of Ganzhou slowly opened, and thousands of Ganzhou soldiers poured out of the city.

Li Zicheng looked at it with a telescope, and he didn't feel envious, and muttered: "It is worthy of being where the military town is, and Ganzhou is rich, with more than 100 iron frame cars alone!" ”

He Xiaomi was a little nervous, this was the first time he faced such a big scene, seeing so many soldiers on the other side, he unconsciously leaned towards Li Zicheng's side, and just heard Li Zicheng talking to himself, tunneling: "My lord, after this battle, these big cars should belong to us!" ”

"Those who know me, Xiaomi!" Li Zicheng smiled slightly, put down the binoculars, no wonder Mao Taizu's soldiers are getting stronger and stronger, it turns out that the war itself can have a lot of gains, "Xiaomi, immediately send orders to the cavalry on both sides, don't act rashly, and act according to the flag order!" ”

"Yes, sir!" He Xiaomi's turned around and ordered the two personal soldiers to go and give orders, but he was closely guarding Li Zicheng's side, in fact, the battle had not yet begun, and Li Zicheng's side was not in any danger at the moment.

"Xiaomi, don't be nervous!" Li Zicheng himself was also a little nervous, this was the first large-scale operation of the Xining Army, and it was the first time that the rifle was used as the main force on the battlefield, and no one could guarantee that there would be no accidents on the battlefield.

If the main force in Ganzhou can be defeated, not only the three hundred household officials who participated in the battle, but even all the Xining troops will have a huge boost in self-confidence and combat effectiveness.

However, the battle itself was tense and brutal, full of many unknown factors, especially for the Xining Army, which had never participated in large-scale operations.

Maybe a soldier accidentally falls, which may exacerbate the soldier's nervousness, and then cause turmoil in the army's heart, or maybe a soldier rushing to pee, may cause a change in the army's heart, and these details can even determine the victory or defeat on the battlefield.

Li Zicheng's nervousness is not the victory or defeat of the war, but whether the soldiers can withstand the psychological pressure, especially the Ma Youshui Department as the main force.

But he must hide his nervousness, because the general's nervousness and worry will naturally affect the people around him, and it will also be transmitted to the soldiers, which in turn will affect their confidence, if they can listen to music or hold a cigarette when no one else is around...... These seemingly random movements can greatly increase the confidence of the soldiers.

It's a pity that music, cigarettes, this era...... Li Zicheng thought for a while, suddenly jumped off his war horse, and handed the telescope in his hand to He Xiaomi, "Keep an eye on the Ganzhou army opposite!" ”

Li Zixiang was traveling to the battlefield, and Youzai Youzai came behind the gunners, and Ma Youshui hurriedly greeted him, "My lord! ”

He just nodded, but his eyes were staring at the Ganzhou army opposite, at this time, the front of the Ganzhou army was less than five miles away from the Xining army, and the bright light armor greeted the sun, reflecting a dazzling brilliance, and the ground seemed to light up a lot in an instant.

Although they are all infantry, the bright light armor of all colors, coupled with the neat pace, has its own extraordinary bearing, and the illumination of the light, even the anger and arrogance on their faces are unobstructed.

Li Zicheng saw that on the left side of the front of the Ganzhou Army, there was a tall officer, who stood out from the crowd, so he was overjoyed and said loudly: "Brothers, have you seen that particularly tall officer?" ”

"Tall officer?"

The gunners saw the neat Ganzhou army at first glance, and there was indescribable tension and fear in their hearts, the Xining rifle was the main force of the battlefield for the first time, and they encountered the main force of the Ganzhou army.

Hearing Li Zicheng's words, their attention was focused on the tall officer, and some soldiers began to aim with their rifles, but the distance of four or five miles was still too far, even if they could aim, they couldn't shoot, and although the Xining rifle was terrifying, it didn't have such a long range.

"If anyone kills that officer, Lord Ben will reward him with ten taels of silver!" Li Zicheng said leisurely.

"Ten taels of silver? It's true? ”

There are ten taels of silver for a shot, more than a year's military salary, some soldiers are dumbfounded, and more soldiers are eager to try, but the distance is still too far, disappointed, many soldiers set their eyes on Li Zicheng, why did the adult shoot that officer? Could it be that there is a feud between them? Whether there is a hatred or not, the soldiers don't care at all, if there are more such enemies, they will get rich.

"Don't look at it, Lord Ben has no grievances with him," Li Zicheng smiled and said, "Lord Ben just can't get used to his arrogant appearance, do you like his appearance?" ”

"Yes, looking at his bear-like appearance, his subordinates are also unhappy, even if the adults don't give him silver, his subordinates will shoot him!"

"Fool, if you have silver, you won't ask for ......"

"Don't argue, let me aim well, as soon as he is in range, I'll be the first to kill him!"

……

Li Zicheng laughed and said: "However, Lord Ben has said first, shooting him can only be in battle, if this person surrenders, Lord Ben will never allow anyone to shoot him again!" ”

The crowd started talking for a while, and even Ma Youshui joined in, because Li Zicheng had been in the left guard of Ganzhou, and he really thought that the officer had offended Li Zicheng somewhere.

The discussion of the soldiers was mainly focused on the silver, and some of them had already held back their strength in their hearts, and waited for the officer to come and die, so that he might earn a reward for himself, and this reward was promised by the lord himself, if the lord knew that he had shot the officer......

When I thought about it this way, the nervousness and fear just now had long since been thrown away, and in its place was a longing, longing for the officer to come over sooner, to get into the range of the rifle as soon as possible, and preferably to die in his own hands, and even more longing for the officer not to surrender, otherwise his reward would be in vain.

Unfortunately, the officer did not come into range of the rifle, as if sensing something, and stopped two miles away from the Xining army.

Liu Yunshui once again sent a herald to ask Li Zicheng for instructions, asking that while the opponent's foothold was not stable, he would first use cavalry to break away the formation of the Ganzhou army and disrupt their deployment.

But Li Zicheng still refused, and in the end, Li Zicheng asked the herald to tell him that the protagonist of today's Xining Army was the infantry, and let him be calm and not fight without authorization.

When the gunners heard that they had become the protagonists of the Xining Army, they immediately puffed up their chests one by one, and they wanted to rush forward directly and shoot the officer of Nagan Prefecture......

Liu Yunshui was very crazy, but Li Zicheng passed on a military order, so he could only sit on horseback and wait for the opportunity, hoping not to wait too long, but he gritted his teeth with hatred in his heart.

About a pillar of incense time, the Ganzhou soldiers had already set up a formation, but they did not immediately attack, suddenly there was a sound of horses' hooves behind the formation, a man and a horse rushed out from behind the formation, straight to the Xining Chinese army, but the hand was waving a white flag.

"My lord, do you want to shoot it?" Ma Youshui was a little confused, what time is this, is the Ganzhou army going to fight alone?

"No, this is their herald!" Li Zicheng smiled coldly, "I'm really willing, but a few war horses, and you have to give me one, then I'm not welcome, put up a white flag before fighting, you will lose this battle!" ”

The cavalryman jumped off his horse dozens of steps away, handed over the reins of the horse to Li Zicheng's own soldiers, and walked to see Li Zicheng, "Lord Li, the chief soldier of my family asked you, why did you innocently raise troops?" If you surrender early, the commander-in-chief will definitely cover up for you and ensure you a good future...... Adults think that you are a talent, and give you a chance at the last time! ”

"Anything else?" Li Zicheng's face was expressionless, as if he had seen through the joys, sorrows, and sorrows, this time he didn't want to kneel down on the other party, "If there is anything else, say it together, I will consider it!" ”

"If you don't know the current affairs and continue to be the enemy of Ganzhou, not only the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Ganzhou, but also the millions of troops in the imperial court......"

"Enough, you can go back!" Li Zicheng interrupted him.

"Then how do I reply to my family's chief soldier?"

"You bring the white flag back, don't say anything, your family chief soldier will understand what I mean!" Li Zicheng waved his hand and asked his soldiers to give the war horse directly to Li Guo.

"Li Zicheng, my family's chief soldier has a lot of kindness, if you don't appreciate it, forget it, why did you detain my war horse?"

"The two countries exchange troops, and they don't kill the envoys, but the war horse is not a messenger, you let him say a word to listen?" Li Zicheng still had a calm face, without a trace of expression, "Hurry back, while I haven't changed my mind, Lord Ben dares to raise troops in Ganzhou, and he doesn't care about killing one more person!" ”

The gunners next to him were all laughing, and someone said directly, "Hey, that herald, you let the war horse say a word and listen, do you often talk and kiss the war horse, haha......"

Seeing Li Zicheng's tiger face, the herald knew that if he continued to talk, there would be no desired result, so he could only turn around and go away hatefully.

Li Zicheng also turned around and said to the gunners: "Brothers, get ready, the Ganzhou army is coming, pay attention to that tall officer!" ”

"My subordinates have already taken aim, he is mine, don't rob any of you!"

"Who said it was yours? He's your son? Before he died, anyone had a chance. ”

"I see that you all don't fight, at a distance of five hundred paces, I will shoot......"

……

Sure enough, as Li Zicheng expected, after the herald returned, there was a commotion in the rear of the Ganzhou army, and then a team walked out of the formation and rushed towards the Xining army position.

One color of bright light armor, neat steps, head held high, nostrils facing the sky, but unfortunately the tall officer did not accompany him.

Li Zicheng visually inspected it, there were at least five hundred soldiers, "Ma Qiao, it's too stingy, even a thousand soldiers are reluctant." He didn't know that this was already a soldier of a thousand households in the Ganzhou Army, but the soldiers were not satisfied, unlike the current Xining Army, where a hundred households were an official and there were three or five hundred soldiers under him, all of whom were overstaffed.

However, the war is a comparison of all, not a duel between a thousand households and a hundred households.

The speed of the Ganzhou army is getting faster and faster, almost trotting, Li Zicheng saw that in their hands, there were not only knives and guns, but also a variety of firearms such as bird guns, double-eyed guns, and three-eyed guns.

"The Xining Army only has one firearm, but today let them open their eyes!" Because the Ganzhou army only had more than 500 men to sprint, which was comparable to the number of gunners in the 600th household, Li Zicheng asked Ma Youshui to give an order, signaling that the Ganzhou army should be put closer to a distance of 200 paces before shooting, so as not to disadvantage the battle and the Ganzhou army retreated.

Four hundred steps, the soldiers of Xining are already eager to try, even Liu Yunshui on horseback, he can't help but regret, his subordinates have gunners and know the range of rifles, but unfortunately they don't have rifles now, and the rifles are handed over to the soldiers of the 600th household.

Three hundred paces, the Xining army was silent, all eyes were staring at the heads in front of them, the gunners had finished aiming, and some people began to calculate the distance.

Two hundred paces had already entered the best range of the rifle, and the gunners were a little anxious, so Ma Youshui gave the order to shoot.