When the scattered defeated army fled back and finally realized that the main force led by Liu Fangliang had been defeated, these child soldiers who took the lead with the booty immediately dropped the so-called trophies, spread their legs and ran back, and finally ran to the exit of the valley at the last moment when the Ming cavalry caught up with them, and shouted at their own camp: "Break general!" Break through! Officers and soldiers are coming! Officers and soldiers are coming! ”

Li Zicheng saw that it was indeed his own subordinates, and hesitated for a moment, but he still didn't immediately order to shoot his bow and arrows. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Although Li Zicheng fought bravely and had a certain prestige, he was different from others, he did not rely on cold-blooded murder to establish authority and govern the army, but relied on two hands, one hand was strict military discipline, and the other hand was also a hand that was different from all other battalion leaders, that is, he relied on the hand that shared weal and woe with his subordinates and was like a brother.

Now, seeing that the first to rush on the opposite side are the child soldiers who broke into their own camp, in front of so many people, how can they shoot them without saying a word?!

At this moment of hesitation, Liu Honglie's command still maintained more than 200 horsemen rushing at high speed, and in an instant, in front of the obstacles stacked with tree trunks, logs and other things, there was no intention of slowing down.

The horses rushed up the stacked tree trunks, trampling not only the obstacles in front of them, but also the terrified, shouting child soldiers.

Some of the horses tripped over the trunk and broke their front legs, and the Ming army on the horse also fell off the horse, but the cavalry behind seemed to turn a blind eye, and still did not slow down, but continued to leap forward with the bow and rush forward.

Li Zicheng saw this formation, and if he didn't give the order to shoot arrows, this first line of defense would be rushed over by this group of desperate Ming cavalry.

Immediately gritted his teeth, turned around and shouted: "Brothers! Shoot the dog officers and soldiers in front of you! Avenge the brethren! ”

After saying this, Li Zicheng turned back to face the front, waved his hand vigorously, and shouted at the same time: "Release the arrow!" Hurry up and release the arrows! Shoot them! ”

As Li Zicheng spoke, a rain of arrows swept through the low sky, sprinkled among the Ming cavalry and the thief soldiers in front, and in a jingling sound, another wave of war horses fell to the ground with arrows, and the cavalry on the horse was thrown out by the fallen war horse.

However, under this wave of arrows, more people were killed by the child soldiers who were struggling on the logs.

Now the cavalry of the Ming army in the border army sequence of Yansui Town, much better than the equipment in history, although it is not equipped with Chongzhen's flintlock musket, but the elite of this wave of elites, everyone has iron armor for self-defense, everyone has a new type of Ming army dome wide eaves iron hat, cymbal-like shape, and can be widened the ring eaves, just to resist the enemy throwing the rain of arrows overhead.

If you can bow your head in time in the rain of arrows, and with the iron plate armor on your chest, you can save countless soldiers who died under the enemy's arrows.

This is the reason why Emperor Chongzhen has now instructed Bi Maokang and the Ordnance Bureau of the Armament Institute to vigorously promote new helmets and plate armor in the nine sides.

In later generations, with the great increase in the power of muskets, any armor you have, in the face of high-speed projectiles, are vulnerable, so after the eighteenth century, the wide variety of armor in the era of cold weapons, except for helmets, all withdrew from the stage of history.

But at this time in the late Ming Dynasty, the Ming army was faced with an enemy that was not equipped with pure firearms, but a large-scale cavalry archer and infantry archers, without special helmets and plate armor, and how many musketeers and spearmen could survive in this rain of arrows with a range that even exceeded that of muskets?

It is now that this Emperor Chongzhen, since the reopening of iron smelting in Baiye City, has invested nearly 10 million taels of silver in exchange for the moment when Liu Honglie and his subordinates dared to brave the rain of arrows to rush to the enemy formation!

From the homes of Wei Zhongxian and hundreds of other eunuchs and nobles who were classified as eunuchs, more than half of the large amount of silver that was confiscated was used for armament production, in addition to military salaries.

Even after the seizure of the eunuchs, Emperor Chongzhen is likely to have to face the threat of the dominance of the Donglin Party, and he still has to do it.

If he doesn't, he will not only repeat the mistakes of history, but will most likely lose worse and die faster than he did in history!

If at this moment, Emperor Chongzhen could know that Liu Honglie and his subordinates dared to brave the rain of arrows fired from the opposite side for the second time and rushed into the enemy formation without fear, he would definitely feel extremely relieved.

Liu Honglie, Yulinwei hereditary military family, has been a soldier since he was a child, and his bravery goes without saying, although he doesn't know a single big word, but he has been in the army for more than 20 years and has not died, which shows that he is not just brave.

If there were no new helmets and iron armor issued by the imperial court, if there was no judgment of the risk of riding horses and charging into battle, how could a border army general like him, a veteran soldier born in oil, be willing to put his life here? !

However, although Liu Honglie put on his armor and did not worry about the rain of arrows thrown by the thieves on the opposite side, the war horse he was riding did not have armor.

Although the Ming army is rarely more generous, it is not so rich that they put a layer of armor on their horses from head to toe like European knights in the Middle Ages.

Li Zicheng looked at the child soldiers struggling to survive a hundred and ten steps away on the opposite side, as well as the batch of Ming army war horses that fell down with arrows, while shouting orders to continue to release arrows, while holding a bow and arrows, "squeak", pulled out the strong bow in his hand, and shot an arrow towards the Ming army general who rushed to the front!

I saw that the war horse that was rushing at high speed instantly landed on its front legs, and after a few rolls, it fell to the edge of the barricade area composed of logs.

And the Ming army general on the war horse, who was wearing a helmet and armor and wielding an iron whip, was also thrown out of the fallen war horse for a long time, and fell to the ground motionless, dead or alive.

Li Zicheng's arrow made the remaining hundred or so cavalry troops on the opposite side obviously stagnate, and at the same time won the cheers of the children and soldiers on the side of the general camp.

"The general is mighty! The general is mighty! ”

At this time, Li Zicheng, who is tall and has long arms, wears an old felt hat similar to Fan Yangli, holds a strong bow, and stands majestically, with the momentum of a hero in the world!

After a few rounds of arrow rain, the Ming war horses and cavalry trapped in the barricade area were left to stand, and those Ming cavalry who were thrown off by the war horses, some were rolling on the ground and wailing and moaning, some were lying motionless in the obstacles, and some moved behind the fallen war horses, dodging the continuous rain of arrows from the thieves.

And in the entire obstacle area, there was no longer a single man or horse standing, and naturally there was no figure of the children and soldiers of the general camp.

A cold smile flashed at the corner of Li Zicheng's mouth, and he was about to order his subordinates to step forward and annihilate all the Ming troops who fell off their horses, but suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves roaring like thunder behind the barricade.

Li Zicheng suddenly woke up, and then was stunned for a moment.

I saw that in the trumpet-shaped valley mouth not far away, hundreds of Ming cavalry suddenly emerged!

And there's no end in sight!

Li Zicheng quickly reacted, this is the main force of the Ming cavalry!

"Shoot the arrows! Shoot the arrows! Shoot the arrows! ”

Li Zicheng and Li Guo turned around at the same time and shouted at the subordinates under their command, and this time the shouting was less majestic than before, and a little more frightened and panicked.

The rebels who have already shot many rounds of arrow rain no longer have the initial sharpness at this time.

Although he still heard the order and opened his bow and arrows, and shot out in a volley, the strength and density of the arrows were not as good as the first few rounds.

At the same time that Li Zicheng and Li Guo's uncle and nephew commanded the bow to shoot arrows, Sun Chuanting, who was escorted by the army and rushed to the front of the formation, also gave an order.

While the war horse was still galloping, more than 2,000 bows and crossbows opened at the same time, either throwing or shooting directly, and then a rain of arrows from the sky slashed into the arrow array of the general camp behind Li Zicheng and Li Guo.

The camp of the generals, who had no time to cover it, let alone dodge, fell to the ground with the rain of arrows in the sky, and fell down in an instant.

Sixteen, seventeen, and even fourteen or fifteen-year-olds were shot to the ground, screaming, wailing, and rolling, as if desperate to catch something.

However, in response to them, it was the second round of arrow rain from the main force of Sun Chuanting's department.

Li Zicheng and Li Guo quickly crouched down and dodged the rain of arrows with the help of the earthen wall, which was less than half a person high.

After the second round of arrows of the Ming army, there was no longer a single standing member in the camp of the generals behind Li Zicheng, except for those child soldiers who held improvised shields in their hands and found shelter.

Li Guo looked back at the situation behind him, and said eagerly: "Uncle, we should go!" I can't stand it anymore! ”

Li Zicheng looked back, and his face was full of unwillingness.

But it was useless to be unwilling, as the third round of arrow rain fell from the Ming army, the cavalry under Sun Chuanting had already rushed through the obstacle area full of logs.

Li Zicheng himself knew that if he didn't leave, he might die here, and suddenly shouted: "Brothers, follow me up the mountain!" ”

Then he grabbed a simple wooden shield from under the corpse next to him, protected his chest and abdomen, and ran quickly along the earthen wall to the nearby mountains and forests.

Li Zicheng led Li Guo to leave the place where they were hiding, and the horses of the Ming army in Yansui Town crossed the low earthen wall and rushed out of the treacherous valley mouth death ground.