Zhang Xianzhong gave an order, the Great Western Army that surrounded the city of Hanzhong immediately took action, retreated cleanly, and in less than an hour, the defenders at the head of the city were surprised to find that the Great Western Army, which had just shouted and shouted to kill, had disappeared in the distance like the sea water of the ebbing tide. 【Latest chapter reading. 】

"The thieves have retreated! The thieves have retreated! "The defenders, exhausted by the days of fighting, shouted frantically with ecstasy like forgiven prisoners, and the sudden surprise relaxed the tense nerves and plunged them into ecstasy.

He Zhen was not carried away by the joy, he immediately realized that the strange behavior of the peasant army must be because of the arrival of Qing reinforcements.

He stared to the east for a moment, and saw the smoke and dust on the horizon appear in his eyes, the side effect of nearly a hundred thousand troops rushing across the wilderness.

A group of generals standing beside He Zhen, such as Luo Dai, Dang Mengxian and others were happy, ten days of hard work finally had a result, a lonely city withstood the siege of Zhang Xianzhong's army, when the Three Kingdoms Shu general Wang Ping with 30,000 people to defend Hanzhong, in the face of Cao Shuang's 100,000 divisions to attack majestically but that, the merit is great.

The generals breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that they could finally rest, but unexpectedly heard He Zhen shout fiercely: "The generals listened to the order and ordered all the cavalry to line up in Wengcheng and follow the general to chase and kill the thief army!" ”

Everyone was stunned, and they were stunned for a short time, but they saw that He Zhen had already strode towards the horse path on the city wall, and it seemed that he was going to personally lead the troops out of the city.

Dang Mengxian's reaction was a little slow, he didn't understand what was going on, and he stood in place in a daze and didn't move, but Luo Dai already knew what He Zhen thought, patted Dang Mengxian's shoulder, and said quietly: "Don't understand yet?" The Eight Banners Army is here, and the leader of the troops heard that it is Prince Su, this is a good opportunity to tie up, such a noble person, can it be our turn to stay in the city and wait for the prince to come in? Don't you rush to greet it, so many years of officials have been in vain? ”

Dang Mengxian suddenly realized, stared at He Zhen's back with wide eyes and sighed: "The military gate is really worthy of reading, and the brain is just turning fast!" ”

Hurriedly trotted under his feet and chased He Zhen down the city.

Hauge's army was menacing, without pause, and the 10,000 cavalry brought by He Zhen in Hanzhong City was even more majestic.

Looking at the Hanzhong city wall that was like being hit by 10,000 elephants, the few breaches that were collapsed by artillery fire, and the corpses everywhere outside the city, Haoge showed a look of approval, briefly praised a few words of congratulations, and encouraged him to make persistent efforts to make meritorious contributions to the Qing Dynasty.

"Now that the military situation is urgent, if there are more, this king will not say it, and when Zhang Xianzhong is leveled, this king will give you a reward for your merits." Hauge was wearing a yellow cotton armor, a bowl on his head, and a long cherry spear on the top of his helmet stood like a lightning rod, which suddenly raised him a lot and added a lot of might: "Now march with this king, take advantage of the thief's fatigue, and defeat him with a drum!" ”

He Zhen thanked him again and again, and the interesting horse rode behind Hauge, mixed in a group of generals, he didn't recognize Ao Bai and Su Le, but just looked at the clothes of the two Baturu, and politely bowed to the two, Ao Bai was proud, and he didn't look at him with his eyes, and Su Le was much better, smiling and saluting He Zhen in return.

In the crowd, he also saw the figure of Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi, but when the two were in the Ming army, they were on different sides, there was no intersection, no friendship, and no acquaintance, at this moment they just glanced at each other and did not talk.

"The Tartars are savages." He Zhen sneered: "It's like a young person." ”

The army chased the footprints of the retreating Great Western Army, and advanced all the way, and entered the territory of Nanzheng County in a short time, and the discarded baggage weapons could be seen everywhere on both sides of the road, and it seemed that the peasant army besieging the city retreated in a hurry.

He Zhen was secretly happy in his heart, he was beaten by Zhang Xianzhong for ten days, and now the sun finally rises in the clouds, the attack and defense are reversed, and the more embarrassed the Great Western Army is, the more relieved he is.

He looked around, and saw that the Qing soldiers were high-spirited and energetic, and the men and horses were as strong as oxen, and they were not tired after a thousand miles of trekking, and they were full of strength like beating J blood. In fact, it is not, but He Zhen doesn't know, this is because Haoge has been in Yangzhou a hundred miles away, staying and resting for three days.

Haoge is as fierce as a bear, as fierce as a flame, but he is not a reckless man who does not know strategy, not to mention that there is a group of Manchurian old oilers around him to assist, naturally understand the tactics of the enemy and I fight, Yangzhou for three days, wait for his soldiers to recover from the fatigue of the march, Zhang Xianzhong's men and horses also spent a lot of energy and vitality under the city of Hanzhong, the morale of the enemy and me is very different, of course it is time to do it.

The cavalry of the Ezhejun army of the Chahar Department played a great role, and groups of three or five rangers came out in all directions, basically killing the scouts of the Great Western Army within a radius of 50 miles, and nearly 100,000 people stayed in Yangzhou for three days, which was a hundred miles away, Zhang Xianzhong was stunned and did not have a trace of alarm, until today, the army was dispatched, and the movement was too big, so he found it in vain.

However, it was too late, the Qing army was in a decisive battle posture as soon as it came, and a field battle of this scale was originally well-prepared, and the two armies were set up against each other, and the morale of one side was bound to suffer a setback when one side was unprepared, and in the era of cold weapons, this was life-threatening.

So at this moment, there was an atmosphere of panic in the Great Western Army, and the sergeants who hurriedly carried the large battalion lined up had a nervous and panicked look on their faces.

Zhang Xianzhong pulled the horse under the banner of the Chinese army, heard the noise behind him, his brows tightened together, and he turned his head unhappily and said: "The enemy is now, whose battalion is making noise?" Have you forgotten all about military law? ”

Sun Kewang was responsible for supervising the army, supervising military discipline, punishing lawlessness, hearing that his face was feverish, and he immediately led people to ride and run to the most noisy camp head with a straight face, and after a while, he dragged two people behind the horse with a long rope and came back, and a team of personal soldiers who followed him held high spears, and each spear had a human head on the tip, and the human head was dripping with blood, obviously just cut off.

They deliberately made a big circle from the rear army, and rode their horses in front of the army formations, so that all the phalanxes could see the heads and the people dragging behind the horses.

"Father, the left sentry of the rear guard army led the troops to lead the ancestors of the king, and the deputy general Niu Daxian had no way to make the emperor, and the soldiers were restless in front of the formation, disturbing the morale of the army." Sun Kewang, who rushed back to the Chinese army, shouted loudly, waved his knife in front of Zhang Xianzhong's imperial horse to cut the long rope, and abandoned the two generals who were dragging behind the horse to the ground: "Erchen beheaded thirty-five people in front of the battle, and the second general is here, please send your father down." ”

Zhang Xianzhong squinted his eyes and looked at the two people on the ground who were not in human shape, and said lightly: "What else do you ask, let's kill Ma Ta Death." ”

Sun Kewang made a move, and the team of personal soldiers who followed him immediately stepped forward, and nearly a hundred horses' hooves rumbled past the two of them, trampling them into mud.

"Against the enemy, there is no advance or retreat!" Sun Kewang shouted loudly, letting his subordinates gallop around the army, shouting as he ran: "All the armies are moving forward enthusiastically, and those who disrespect orders will be beheaded by military law!" ”

Iron and blood is indeed the best defender of order, the original turbulent peasant army has some signs of becoming a thief army, killed a few people, immediately suppressed the scene, the army is awe-inspiring, no one dares to speak, the entire army is as strict as a rock and calm.

Before Zhang Xianzhong could smile with satisfaction, he saw the smoke and dust rising in the distance, a black wall of people rising from the horizon, the earth was trembling slightly, and the shock of tens of thousands of horseshoe legs running together hit his heart.

The confidence and morale that had just been built up were immediately shattered, and anyone with eyes could see that the team in the distance was getting closer and closer, more and more people, the blades of the swords and guns that were shining with cold light, and the flags of various colors fluttering like clouds, all representing that the scythe of death was flying towards them.

The officers did not wait for Sun Kewang to patrol again, they shouted and scolded loudly, desperately boosting the morale of their subordinates, they all knew that in a battle of this scale, they could not escape, either they were killed by the supervising team or hacked to death by the enemy from behind, and only by desperately trying to kill the enemy on the opposite side could they have the possibility of survival.

There are not many waves in the Chinese military department, standing beside Zhang Xianzhong, are all soldiers rolling on the edge of the knife, killing people like hemp, I have never seen any battle, and the enemy who is more than this number has also fought, without fear, looking at the Qing army that is close to the Qing army motionless, staring at the movement of the Qing soldiers, only the mount under the crotch occasionally snorts, bringing a little sound.

For example, the Qing army brigade blowing over from the hurricane came to a stop less than a mile away from the Great Western Army array, and began to arrange a formation, a group of foot soldiers caught up from behind, standing in the front row with a big shield, and the cavalry were familiar with the two wings separated, and according to the banner, they formed a phalanx in an orderly manner.

Behind the foot guards holding shields, behind countless flags, a bright yellow flag stands tall, and those who protect it are all elite Bayala camps, a long cotton armor of a water, a tight cotton cloth with iron leaves inlaid inside, lined with copper bubble rivets, and the yellow skirt with red edges shows the status of the eight banners, and Haoge stands under it.

After looking at the Qing army, Zhang Xianzhong closed his eyes and pondered, and then spoke.

"Lao Wang, during the Chongzhen period, you fought with the Tartars in the border army of the Ming Dynasty, come and see, what are they going to do?" Zhang Xianzhong turned his head sideways and asked Wang Shangli, who was standing beside him.

Wang Shangli locked his eyebrows and said solemnly: "In the past, the Tartars entered the pass and looted, mostly the riders were in front, and the foot soldiers were behind, and the Ming army was often defeated by its cavalry, and never dared to meet the enemy head-on, so the ministers thought that the Tartars would send cavalry to attack on both wings, and the foot soldiers would be frontally contained, and when the cavalry would defeat my two wings, the foot soldiers would charge our Chinese army head-on. ”

Zhang Xianzhong listened, thought about it for a while, and sneered: "Okay, I look at the Tartar army formation, which is similar to what Wang Dudu said, and the law of war is like this." I heard that the Tartars fought from Liaodong to the northwest, invincible, and even Li Zicheng died at their hands, but I didn't believe in this evil, and looked at the strength of his army, but the clothes and armor were neat, and it was not expected to be so. ”

He shouted loudly: "Order, the archers come forward, and the bird commanders step forward, line up in a horizontal line, ready to kill and injure the Tartars who are charging into battle." ”

"Order, Wang Dingguo led the four battalions of the Huwei Army cavalry and led the twelve battalions of the Left Guard Su Guard Army to deploy defense to the left flank; Liu Jeju led the 4th battalion of the Yingyang Army cavalry and led the 15th battalion of the right guard army to deploy on the right flank. Second, if the enemy army comes to attack, use crossbows and firearms to block its charge, and categorically do not allow mistakes, otherwise military law will be engaged! ，

"Order, Wang Shangli led the 20 battalions of the former army Long Tao, and Sun Kewang led the 30 battalions of the Chinese army's imperial camp, waiting for the two wings to attract the Tartars to attack, and when the stalemate came, he moved forward bravely, and broke the infantry of the front army with crossbows and firearms, and was defeated with a drum!"

After saying so much in one breath, Zhang Xianzhong paused to slow down, a smile appeared on his sallow face, and finally said: "I personally lead the rear army, stabilize the position for the generals, and when the generals break the formation, beat the drum and rush to kill, and take the head of Haoge's children!" ”

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