The sky gradually brightened, and when the battlefield cleaning was gradually completed, not only Li Zicheng and Li Guo and others, but also the rest of the families also felt unprecedented relief. Since the beginning of the army, the peasant army has fought many battles with the officers and soldiers, and it is not that they have not won decent victories. Those Ming troops and local armed forces that had no combat effectiveness often fled from the wind. The elite of the border army who really dared to take the initiative to fight with the Ming army often required a lot of effort to spend a lot of effort on the part of each family, and only by working together could they have hope of defeating it. The more people who understand the combat effectiveness of the main force of the Ming army, the more they know what it means to almost completely annihilate six or seven thousand Ming troops in one night with almost no casualties. The prestige of Li Zi's subordinates also became fundamentally different after this battle.

Of course, this is not only because of the extraordinary tactical command ability and the strength of their own team displayed in the battle, but also because after capturing a large number of firearms and gunpowder of the Ming army, there is no doubt that they can have the capital to defeat more officers and troops in the same way, so that the team can fundamentally develop and grow.

At the celebration party, when there were relatively few outsiders, Li Guo also began to tell with great ambition at this time: "In the past, the brothers were just to kill people and set fires to seek peace, but now it seems. Even if it's a fiefdom, what is it? Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han, Three Kingdoms, Jin, Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming. This Ming court has been established for more than 260 years, and it should be the turn of our old Li family to be the world... ”

Saying this, many generals in Li Zicheng's hometown also began to be eager to try: "Yes! I think that back then, Zhu Wen usurped the throne and destroyed Li Tang, and now it is time for our old Li family, the old Qin people, to be the world again. I've heard that those vassal kings are not much inferior to the legendary emperors, and each has dozens or hundreds of wives... ”

"What's a dozen or hundreds of wives? The true Son of Heaven ... ”

At this time, of course, Li Zicheng also had a desire to make contributions, but Li Zicheng, who was still sober-minded, quickly returned to his hometown: "Don't think that you can win this battle. Don't forget, our methods are all forbidden to learn from today. Therefore, don't think about overthrowing the emperor first. The king of the land is still our goal for the time being... ”

At this time, You Shigong, You Shiwei and others, who were not too far away, still led the main force of more than 10,000 Ming troops to approach, trying to launch a night attack on the main force of the peasant army "with the way of others".

Just as the initial defeat of the Ming army in Liaodong did not make many people in the Ming court from top to bottom really realize the combat effectiveness of the Later Jin at that time. The death of Hong Chengchou and He Renlong and even the destruction of the six or seven thousand Ming troops only made the "You Family Army" feel that those "Jinshi Generals" were not reliable at all, and one general was incapable of exhausting the three armies.

Because of the previous destruction and defeat of the more than 10,000 Ming troops led by You Shigong and You Shiwei, they were not careless when they prepared for the night attack, but spent a lot of effort to explore the garrison situation and the situation of the camp around the peasant army. After seeing that the tens of thousands of peasant troops out of the valley did not have a well-organized battalion, they made up their minds to launch a surprise attack. When the army approached the target about fifty miles, more than 1,000 elite cavalry took advantage of the night to advance, and the infantry and the horse corps, which were a little behind, marched at the same time at the fastest speed, in an attempt to deal a fatal blow to these peasant troops who had just won when the opponent had no time to prepare.

However, in terms of night marching vigilance, Li Zicheng got Xiao Xuan's "true inheritance" very early, and almost last autumn began to raise dozens of hunting dogs. Almost all of these hounds raised since childhood were poisoned by their own people who pretended to be dog thieves, and they were extremely wary of outsiders, but they would not make a mistake by barking in a false alarm. Therefore, the night attack of the elite of the Ming army was finally discovered.

What greeted the elite night attack team of the Ming army was the "Heavenly Maiden Scattered Flower Thunder" that had been buried outside the camp for a long time. Although only the Ming army suffered more than 100 casualties, it disintegrated the surprise attack plan of the elite of the Ming army, and more peasant army teams won the time to reorganize their armies.

The next day, the main force of more than 20,000 young and strong peasant troops used captured firearms and a small amount of armor to arm the elite and the main force of more than 10,000 Ming troops led by You Shiwei and You Shifeng launched a head-to-head confrontation.

The combat effectiveness of the You family army, which often dealt with the ethnic minorities in the north and even bandits from all walks of life, was obviously stronger than that of the He Renlong Army, and although the peasant army, which did not dare to waste gunpowder and was not familiar with firearms, had the advantage in strength, it still seemed to be at a disadvantage in the confrontation. It's just that the battle has been fought for a day without a victory.

At night, Li Zicheng and others repeated their old tricks, and the elite cavalry of the You family army, which was very vigilant, at least wiped out at least four demolition teams that had been prepared in the night, but the hasty blasting attacks of the remaining four demolition teams still brought hundreds of casualties to the You family army camp in a very short time. And before the Ming army restored order, the peasant army launched a night attack under the guidance of the firelight.

This time, of course, it was not so lucky, but in the case of the unsuccessful blasting attack, it still relied on the psychological deterrence and chaos brought by the night blasting attack and finally won the victory, beheading more than 2,000 elites of the Ming army and capturing more than 3,000 people. The You family army was completely defeated in the counterattack at night. The successive victories not only improved the equipment of the peasant army, but also swelled the ambitions of Li Zicheng himself.

Xiao Xuan, who was stationed in Chang'an City, one hundred and fifty miles away from Fuping, of course, also got a more reliable report at this time, not only from the Ming army system, but also from his own military intelligence system.

In such a short period of time after the army was raised, he could defeat the main force of the 10,000 Ming army in a row, and it was a big victory, which seemed to be a bit beyond Xiao Xuan's expectations. With this kind of combat performance, it seems that before the end of the first year of Chongzhen, the entire peasant army had the strength that only had when Chongzhen destroyed Cao Wenzhao in the seventh or eighth year of Chongzhen. It also made Xiao Xuan begin to wonder a little about whether his original practice of supporting Li Chuang instead of taking it for himself was correct. Will these actions lead to their own demise in advance?

This worry is only fleeting. Xiao Xuan finally believed that just as no matter how many battles and defeats they experienced, the Indians could not have a modern army in the true sense of the word and a well-managed handicraft workshop. The populist nature of the peasant rebels meant that it would not be so easy to complete the transformation in the true sense of the word. But there is no doubt that the time has come to personally send troops, and it is time to weaken and deal a certain blow to the peasant army, which is somewhat out of control.

"Let the Guards Battalion and the Brave Guard Battalion prepare!" Xiao Xuan finally ordered.

When the order to prepare for battle and the mobilization order were delivered, the cheers of the officers and soldiers seemed to be faintly heard in the large battalion that had been raising troops for a long time. There is no doubt that the long-term depression of training and barracks life, and even the self-confidence in their own strength, have even made many young officers and men not only nervous about the battle, but also eager for this opportunity to gain combat merits.

(End of chapter)