Li Zicheng endured the gunshot wound on his shoulder, and endured Gao Yingxiang's reproach, and finally assembled the team.

At this moment, the 200 regiments recruited and trained by Ji Qingwen according to the standards of the "Qi Family Army" had also arrived at the battlefield, stopped fifty steps away from Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng's team, and began to arrange the formation.

These regimental trainers were still in battle for the first time to kill the enemy, and they were inevitably a little nervous and panicked, but the strict training on weekdays finally began to play a role at this time, but in the blink of an eye, under the command of Chen Wenzhao, a neat formation of wolf and shield players staggered in front and musketeers followed closely.

That Chen Wenzhao had rich combat experience, and after arranging the team neatly, he looked up and glanced at Li Zicheng's team, and immediately said to Ji Qingwen confidently: "My lord, our victory is decided, please rest assured to watch the battle!" ”

Ji Qingwen knew that Chen Wenzhao's personality had become extremely cautious since the "Battle of Hunhe", but unexpectedly, before he had fought with his opponent, he changed his normal behavior and said such confident words.

Therefore, Ji Qingwen was a little curious and asked: "General Chen, you see that these people's troops are all tigers and bears, tall and tall, how can it be said that our army has won?" ”

Chen Wenzhao's expression was extremely serious, and he replied: "This team is just temporarily led by Chen for Lord Ji, and in the end, Lord Ji still has to personally command, so the method of leading the team to use troops, including how to judge the strength of the opponent, adults should indeed pay attention to it at all times." ”

He saw that Ji Qingwen was listening carefully, so he continued: "My lord, please see, although these rebels on the other side are capable and strong, the weapons in their hands are just some farm tools, and there are no long-range weapons such as bows and crossbows, muskets, etc., when encountering an elite team like ours, we can only immediately launch a charge, and strive to form a melee situation, so as to try to win in the chaos." However, they did not have horses in the formation, and when they were able to reach our army, they would have to suffer at least three volleys of muskets, or at least half of their troops. And the soldiers who can barely rush forward must also be demoralized and wounded, how can they compete with our elite soldiers who are waiting for work at leisure? What's more, our army is twice as numerous as its opponents, bullying the widows with the crowd and defeating the strong with the weak, as long as we do not make big mistakes, we are already invincible. ”

Chen Wenzhao's words were reasonable, not only Ji Qingwen, but even Li Yuanyin was convinced by him, and only listened to his advice on the side: "Although the victory of our army has been decided, according to the convention, before clearing the chaotic people, we must always try to recruit An, otherwise it is inevitable that there will be many mouthful imperial historians who say that adults do not have the heart to love the people......"

When Ji Qingwen heard this, his eyebrows straightened, and he reprimanded: "Zhao'an, Zhao'an, recruit a bird!" Lao Tzu won the war, can he still spend money to recruit peace? This kind of person is to be convinced first, and then reason! ”

Now that the coach Ji Qingwen has made up his mind, Chen Wenzhao, who is leading the army, naturally has nothing to say, and shouted loudly: "Show me the banner, beat the war drums, and make a big move!" ”

As soon as he gave the order, there was a sergeant holding the flag, and the two big banners of "Ji" and "Qi" embroidered with a large bowl mouth were raised high; And the sergeant who beat the drum took out the drumsticks and beat the war drums he carried with him as loud as the sky.

The sound of the war drums echoed across the battlefield, and even the dust on the ground seemed to be unable to withstand the vibration of the drums, and kept beating to the rhythm of the drums!

The sound of the drum came into Li Zicheng's ears, and it made his heart ripple, and when he looked up, he saw that the soldiers under Ji Qingwen were all holding their heads high and their weapons were lofty, wearing new scarlet robes, and the weapons in their hands were extremely elite. That's it, the ranks of these sergeants are even more neat, and the battle flags made of fine silk on their heads flutter fiercely in the face of the strong wind, which looks extremely magnificent.

Li Zicheng has seen some of the world, and at the corner of his eye, he knows that this team is very different from those officers and soldiers in the guard who only know how to farm, and it is definitely not something that his cronies and soldiers can deal with.

Even Gao Yingxiang, who had just sworn to capture Ji Qingwen, the minister of the Imperial Mission, saw the difference, and was immediately a little discouraged, and discussed with Li Zicheng beside him: "Zicheng, it seems that this Ji Qingwen is not easy to deal with, why don't we retreat first?" ”

Li Zicheng gritted his teeth and said, "It's too late to retreat now." We turned around and left, not only revealing the flaws behind us and still being attacked by the enemy, but also if we retreated without a fight and spread the word, I am afraid that it will make the heroes of the world laugh shamefully! ”

"You don't have to wait like this, do you?" Gao Yingxiang asked.

Li Zicheng's thick eyebrows were twisted into a ball, and he said: "Now we can only hold on to our opponents, waiting for the 'Eight Kings', a guy who is so happy, to come and compete with us when he hears the news, and maybe there will be a glimmer of life......"

Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng were calculating, but Ji Qingwen couldn't wait, and said to Chen Wenzhao: "General Chen, we don't move our troops, and the other side also doesn't move, so it's not a way to delay like this, why don't we attack first?" ”

Chen Wenzhao replied: "Our old 'Qi Family Army' pays attention to holding on and then moving, waiting for the enemy to come and attack before responding. If you want to attack, you must first bombard with artillery to dampen the enemy's spirit. However, the enemy is very weak today, and we are just practicing the method of attacking. Please watch after the battle! ”

After that, Chen Wenzhao waved the flag forward, and when the drummers in the army saw it, they adjusted the rhythm of the war drums one by one, and the regimental training soldiers heard the changes, and immediately walked slowly forward with the beat of the drums, and walked about 20 steps before stopping, but the team was orderly and not chaotic at all.

Chen Wenzhao made a visual inspection, and felt that the current distance was just enough to exert the power of the muskets in his team, so he ordered the wolf and shield men in the front row to squat and flash out of the space, and a hundred musketeers loaded their charges, and after carefully aiming, they fired a volley to the opposite side.

Only an earth-shattering gunfire was heard, and fifty or sixty people in Li Zicheng's team were shot—half of them were killed instantly; The other half were hit in the shoulders, arms, thighs and other parts, some barely supported, and some rolled on the ground in pain.

The power of the musket far exceeded Li Zicheng's imagination.

He saw a volley of Ji Qingwen's team on the opposite side, and in the blink of an eye, he wiped out a quarter of his elite soldiers—if he fired four more muskets like this, wouldn't he have to wipe out all his carefully selected elite soldiers!

Thinking of this, Li Zicheng felt that it was not possible to hold each other like this, so he ordered his brothers to slowly retreat back with their injured companions and dead bodies.

Chen Wenzhao saw that the opponent was slowly withdrawing from the effective range of the musket, so he asked Ji Qingwen: "My lord, the enemy has retreated, do you want to pursue forward?" ”

Ji Qingwen said without thinking: "Chase, of course you have to chase!" Can't run this Li Zicheng! ”

Chen Wenzhao nodded in agreement, then waved the command flag again, and ordered the regimental training soldiers to put away their muskets, still maintain the formation, and follow closely behind Li Zicheng and the others.

After chasing for a while, Li Zicheng's department had arrived at the city of Yuzhong County, and behind him was a dilapidated but still complete and tall city wall, which had reached the point where there was no way to retreat, and finally stopped, ready to fight the trapped beasts.

Ji Qingwen's subordinates also stopped their group training, but they saw that there were groups of hungry people under the city, and it was inevitable that innocent people would be injured when they started a battle.

So Chen Wenzhao ordered his soldiers to fire their guns into the sky, and sent a few soldiers with loud voices to shout loudly at the hungry people:

"The officials and soldiers suppress the bandits, and the innocent people please leave quickly, otherwise they will be punished with coordination and rebellion!"

"The officials and soldiers suppress the bandits, and the innocent people please leave quickly, otherwise they will be punished with coordination and rebellion!"

After shouting like this for a while, the victims who had been hungry for a long time, driven by the desire to survive, tried to mobilize their last strength, dragged their families and fled in all directions - in the blink of an eye, the thousands of victims in the city were gone, and only two or three hundred people gathered around Li Zicheng left.

Li Zicheng saw that some of them were his cronies, but some of them didn't know each other, so he asked with a little curiosity: "Everyone, I don't know you here, and you are about to be killed by the official army, why do you bother to wade into this troubled water?" ”