When Li Zicheng learned the news of the annihilation of the 50,000 troops under Hao Shaoqi, he was furious and immediately ordered the army to stop advancing, and turned around to make a guard in the direction of Shanhaiguan.

After three days of discussion with his subordinate generals, Li Zicheng decided to besiege the capital first by the Western Route Army that had come from Jinzhou, and he personally led the main force of the Southern Route Army to intercept the Jiang army, striving to completely eliminate the threat of the Jiang army.

In terms of the strength of the two sides, Li Zicheng's Southern Route Army had 400,000 horses, while the combined armies of Shanjia and Di Qing were less than 100,000.

With such a huge disparity in the strength of the two sides, Li Zicheng was full of confidence in destroying the Jiang army.

Although the destruction of Hao Yaoqi's 50,000 horses made Li Zicheng extremely vigilant about the combat effectiveness of this Jiang family army that he had never met, he did not think that Jiang Jiajun could become his real opponent.

Since Li Zicheng became emperor in Xiangyang, he went all the way north, and the Ming army he encountered either fled in despair or collapsed at the first touch. Therefore. These successive victorious Dashun armies swelled up and down, feeling that they were already the strongest army in the world.

This kind of expansion is even more obvious in the upper echelons of the Great Shun Kingdom, where everyone thinks that Li Zicheng is destined to be the one who will dominate the world and become the co-master of the world.

In Li Zicheng's heart, only Zhang Xianzhong, who occupies Shuzhou, can be qualified to be his opponent, but he is only qualified. Zhang Xianzhong said that he was still a defeated soldier under Li Zicheng back then.

Although the southeast, southeast, and southwest provinces of the Ming Dynasty at this time had not yet been occupied by the Dashun army, Li Zicheng did not regard this as a big problem at all.

In his strategic concept, as long as the capital is breached by himself and the Ming Emperor falls into his own hands, then the rest of the places will soon be decided, and there is no need to attack it with effort.

The truth that the thief captures the king first, Li Zicheng is very clear.

The fall of Hao Shaoqi. Although it made Li Zicheng vigilant. However, he still believed that the fundamental reason for the defeat of Hao Yaoqi's troops was to underestimate the enemy, not to say that the enemy was too strong.

The asymmetry of information between the two sides led to Li Zicheng's overestimation of the combat effectiveness of his own army, and also seriously underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Jiang family's army.

It stands to reason that for a strong opponent who suddenly appears, it is necessary to fully grasp the information of the other side before sending troops, how many troops the opponent has, who is the commander of the troops, and what is his combat style. It is necessary to find out the basic information about the other side's equipment, morale, the composition of the soldiers, and the logistics and supply of the other side.

It's not just a street gangster, a group fight, and a lot of people rushing over to fight.

Knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent and not being defeated in a hundred battles, everyone knows this sentence from ancient times to the present, but there are not many people who can really do it. Even if you are not a famous general, you are all good generals.

And Li Zicheng now not only does not know himself, but also does not know the other, the outcome of this battle is actually doomed from the beginning.

Although the Dashun army claims to have a million men, in fact, they are definitely not an elite army in essence, not even a regular army.

The soldiers lie in the elite rather than in the many, and more than half of the millions of soldiers of the Dashun Army are the families of the exiles and soldiers of the Dashun Army.

It looks vast and endless, but in reality most of them are just farmers who have just put down their hoes and picked up their broadswords and spears.

They are untrained and do not understand military discipline. When you fight, you shout and rush up.

After a battle, if you don't die, you are considered a veteran.

And there are less than 100,000 men and horses who have really been in battle for a long time and have relatively strong combat effectiveness.

Among these 100,000 horses, 50,000 horses can be regarded as veteran battalion soldiers who have fought in the south and north since Li Zicheng started his army, and this can be regarded as Li Zicheng's real elite and combat core.

The number of people fighting in a war is never the most important factor in determining victory or defeat, but sometimes the number of people becomes a burden.

This is in terms of numbers, and then in terms of equipment.

Although the Dashun army also had a lot of artillery and guns captured from the Ming army. However, because of the quality of these firearms and the difficulty of operation, the vast majority of the Dashun army still used cold weapons.

Moreover, their weapons are of different styles, and there are all kinds of weapons, and there is no unified standard weapon at all.

Speaking of armor, except for Li Zicheng's descendants, most of the soldiers of the Dashun Army have no armor.

Not to mention the armor, they don't even have uniform battle robes, and most of the clothes they wear are looted.

There are all kinds of clothes, some of them are wrapped in silk on them, some are dressed in red and green, some are dressed in linen clothes, but they have snatched silk hats on their heads, in short, they are varied, they don't look like an army, but more like a group of village singers.

On the other hand, the Jiang family army has a complete range of troops, a neat military appearance, strong firepower, orders and prohibitions, and the intelligence work is very good compared with the Dashun army.

The two intelligence systems of the Black Ice Platform and the scouts in the army are constantly sending back the information of the Dashun Army, so the top management of the Jiang Jiajun can be said to know the situation of the Dashun Army.

After Li Zicheng discussed with his subordinates for three days, he ordered his wife and brother Gao Yili to lead 100,000 horses to meet the vanguard army of the Jiang family's army.

Yuan Zongdi, a confidant general, led 80,000 horses to meet the left army of the Jiang family.

Li Zicheng personally led the main army of more than 200,000 people.

The battlefield Li Zicheng chose was on a wasteland fifty miles away from Tianjin.

It is said to be a wasteland, but in fact, it was originally cultivated land, but because of frequent wars and natural disasters, all the people fled, and these fields were also barren, and there were wild grasses growing everywhere, which looked like a wasteland.

Knowing that the Dashun army turned around and tried their best to block their side, Di Qing and Shanjia were a little surprised, but they did not panic at all.

Although the Dashun Army claims to be one million, the top level of the Jiang Family Army knows their real situation, and they regard them as a group of rabble in their hearts.

However, although he was contemptuous in his heart, there were many things that should be done. Strategically despising the enemy, but tactically attaching importance to the enemy, this is also a sentence that Jiang Chuan Chang warned his generals.

Therefore, on the one hand, the two sent people to report to Jiangchuan in Shanhaiguan, and on the other hand, they transferred troops to punish the generals, and prepared for battle.

The 100,000 horses of Gao Yigong came mightily towards the vanguard army of the mountain armor.

Shanjia set up a position, and first let Qi Wentai lead 20,000 Guan Ning troops to meet Gao Yigong's forward.

Qi Wentai's Guan Ning Army is now backed by the Jiang Family's army, and he also has confidence in his heart, and he has a fierce battle with Gao Yigong's forwards, and it is difficult to distinguish between them.

Gao Yigong was furious and personally led the main army to press up.

The Guanning army was outnumbered and gradually weakened, and Shanjia saw the opportunity to let the Guanning army withdraw, and he personally led the Jiang family's army to go up.

Gao Yigong saw the victory in the first battle, and was proud in his heart, and ordered the army to take advantage of the victory to attack and annihilate the forward men and horses of the Jiang family army in one fell swoop.

And Shanjia also intends to completely defeat Gao Yigong's 100,000 horses, and a big battle between the two sides is about to break out.