Sun Chuanting's original plan was to choose a place and set up a danger to wait for the thieves, but because of the heavy rain for several days, which slowed down the speed of the army's march, the men and horses were caught up by the thieves in the wilderness before they arrived at the ambush area.

At this time, the officers and soldiers could only stop and meet the battle, and if they continued to move forward, the active retreat would turn into a rout, and they would be covered up by the thieves.

The sky was drizzling, and the officers and soldiers turned around to meet the thief army, which was originally set up to treat the enemy in danger and wait for work, but it turned into a long-fought head-to-head duel.

The tide of soldiers and horses stopped four miles in front of the Ming army's formation, forming a long line, like a dam blocking the crowd behind, and the successive people were confined to the embankment like a flood, accumulating more and more, accumulating more and more, gradually covering the entire land, and the figure of the army was everywhere as far as the eye could see.

The generals of the army in front rode on their horses, looked south one after another, and saw that in a front on the opposite side, there were many flags, and there was a big flag that blinked an eye, and was surrounded by many flags, which had been soaked in water, and was stuck on the flagpole and did not move, but because of this, the word "Sun" on the big flag was particularly eye-catching, so that people could see it clearly.

"It's Qin Jun, it's Sun Chuanting!"

Many of the generals were a little excited, but at the same time a little timid, they were excited to catch up with the Qin army, but they were afraid of the Qin army that defeated them one after another, and they were also afraid of Sun Chuanting's prestige.

The thieves were like a pack of wild dogs that had been beaten by a lion, and now the lion was sick and turned away, and the wild dogs wanted revenge, so they followed them, but they were afraid of the ferocity of the lion, and some did not dare to come forward.

At this time, Li Zicheng led nearly 100 cavalry, galloped away from the army, came to the Ming army two miles away, and then restrained the war horse and observed the Ming army's formation.

He stood up on horseback so that he could see farther away, and at the same time put his hand on a pergola to block the rain that kept falling, and looked out at the Ming army in the distance.

On the mile-long front, the main formation of the official army was still the chariot battalion, and countless chariots were arranged in a square on the wilderness, like a city.

The trains were connected end to end, the officers and soldiers were using the cars as the city, the pikemen and shield soldiers stood behind the car walls, holding weapons and staring at the daring intruders with serious faces, and a large number of archers were holding bows and quivers hanging from their waists, and were restlessly moving their muscles and bones, wiping the bowstrings, and preparing for battle.

Although rainy weather can affect the power of arrows, bows and arrows can at least shoot compared to firebolts that are completely ineffective.

At this time, the musketeers of the Ming army gave up their muskets and switched to waist knives, and these archers may have been the only troops in the official army who could shoot from a distance.

Li Zicheng observed carefully and saw that the main array of officers and soldiers was in a square, and the middle was empty, and Sun Chuanting's banner and thousands of officers and cavalry were hiding in the array.

These cavalry could rush out at any time and counterattack, and the guns that he feared were still on the gun carriage, and the black hole was aimed at them, but he didn't know if it could be fired.

These vehicles carrying artillery have a shed to prevent the rain from wetting the artillery, but this rain is only a few days, for fear that the gunpowder and fire rope have been damp, and most of the artillery of the officers and soldiers will be affected.

The official army is not only a phalanx, outside the four corners of the phalanx, there is also a battalion of infantry troops in a separate formation, so that the entire formation of the official army, like the "five cakes" in mahjong, but compared with the five points in the "five cakes", the point in the middle of the Ming army is much larger, more than several times the four points on the periphery.

Li Zicheng stepped on the stirrups with both feet, straightened up and looked at it for a while, and after carefully identifying it, he couldn't help frowning slightly, and said to himself: "In this case, the formation is still so tight, and there are no flaws!" ”

Li Zicheng looked at it a little unwillingly for a while, until the war horse under his crotch was a little restless, and he found that Sun Chuanting was indeed leaking, so he sat back on the saddle with his buttocks, pulled out the horse and galloped back to the Chinese army.

At this time, the soldiers and horses had also begun to line up, and countless figures continued to come south, and the wilderness to the north was also full of shivering and trekking figures.

"How's the situation going, King?" Li Zicheng returned to the Chinese army, and Yuan Zongdi, the former battalion general, helped him hold the reins of the horse and stabilize the horse.

Li Zicheng turned over and dismounted, threw the horsewhip to the guards, and then walked towards a shed and said, "I'll talk about it later!" ”

The sergeant stuck a few wooden poles on the ground, tore a piece of cloth from the poles, built a simple shed, threw some planks and hay on the ground, set up a seat, and put on a white tiger skin.

Li Zicheng unbuttoned his coat and armor, changed into a robe, sat on a soft and warm tiger skin chair, and immediately ordered: "Go, call the generals to discuss the matter." ”

After a short time, many generals arrived in the shed, bowed and greeted, and then they could only stand aside, even Luo Rucai was no exception.

Liukou was originally the model of the heroes on the beam, and the leaders of each battalion had a chair, and they discussed anything together, and if they cooperated, they gathered, and if they didn't, they dispersed, and they were very free, but since Li Zicheng officially called himself a lonely widow, the situation has changed a little.

Li Zicheng saw that everyone had already arrived, so he immediately said: "The lonely side is watching the formation, Sun Chuanting is in the center of the big formation, and a small formation is set up at each of the four corners. This Sun Chuanting is not dead, and it is difficult to achieve a great cause alone! ”

The generals also saw the large array of officers and troops in the distance, but they only saw the front, and thought that it was only divided into the middle army and the left and right sides, but they did not expect it to be a phalanx and four small formations.

"King, it's not okay to attack the big array, how about breaking the small array outside the big array first?" Yuan Zongdi clenched his fists and said.

Li Zicheng didn't speak, but Li Guo, who was watching the formation together, shook his head, "It's estimated that it's difficult, if you don't attack the big formation, first attack the small formations in the four corners, these small formations may shrink back, move closer to the big formation, and shoot our attacking men and horses with the help of the artillery and bows and arrows of the large array." ”

It is not possible to attack the big formation, nor can it be possible to attack the small formation, and many generals couldn't help frowning and talking nonsense.

If Li Zicheng has read Xu Guangqi's books, he will find that Sun Chuanting's formation is actually in the shape of a "Ten Thousand Enemies Platform", overlooking from the sky, the main array and the four small formations are like a fortress, the main array is the main body of the city wall, and the four small arrays are the sharp corners of the city wall sticking out.

This kind of formation is really not easy to start, but the brave wins when they meet on a narrow road, and since Li Zicheng has already chased after him, there is no reason to retreat, and there is no time to delay. He marched lightly, without much food and grass, and the heavy rain also affected the invasion army, even larger.

Li Zicheng saw the noise below, and waved his hand to stop the generals from discussing, "Sun Chuanting has less than 100,000 people, and he can transfer grain from Nanyang, and the 800,000 army of Guwang has to be transported from Xiangcheng." If you only count the distance, the grain road on both sides is about the same length, but the lone king has 800,000 horses to eat and drink, and it is raining again, which will definitely not consume Sun Chuanting, so no matter how difficult it is, you have to attack immediately, and you can't hesitate! ”

In Xiangcheng, Sun Chuanting's grain route was lengthened, and the logistics were more difficult than Li Zicheng's, but now that Sun Chuanting retreated, Sun Chuanting's grain route was shortened again, and Li Zicheng's supply became a problem again. Sun Chuanting knew this, so he directly put out a defensive line, expecting that Li Zicheng would not be able to drag it out, and would definitely take the initiative to attack.

When the generals heard this, they quieted down, and Li Guo and the others hugged their fists and said, "King, then how do we fight!" ”

Li Zicheng stood up, was silent for a while, and suddenly became cruel on his face, "How to fight?" Let's fight! As he spoke, he raised his voice and raised his arms and shouted: "Pass on the military order of the Lone King!" The army was divided into five divisions, the first formation of the homeless people, the second formation of miscellaneous troops, the third formation of elite infantry, the fourth formation of cavalry, and the fifth formation of the old battalion elite cavalry. Five formations of men and horses, starting from the first formation, attacked from all sides, rushing one after another, the official army firearms could not be used, and the lonely king could not break through Sun Chuanting's large array without believing it. ”

In the shed, many intruders gasped, which is equivalent to filling in human lives, relying on more people to kill Sun Chuanting~

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