Chapter 471: Shanshan takes the lead and the king escapes

Husband war, courage also.

On the battlefield, the state of the soldiers, especially their morale, is often the key to determining victory or defeat......

Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, arranged Guoyi's general Xie Junyou to play in the front, and the original idea was to let him make meritorious service with his guilt, and use such a state to stimulate his fighting spirit and courage, so that he could fight to the death.

But since the soldiers under General Guoyi Xie Junyou saw the so-called "He" flag fluttering behind the cart, they were already a little panicked.

What is even more troublesome is that such panic is still spreading among the soldiers, and the whole army is in a state of panic, and the Shun army and the Ming army have won more and lost less, although there are disparities in all aspects such as training and provisions, and the self-confidence cultivated because of this victory is also one of the main reasons.

It's a pity that after knowing that the army in front of him was He Renlong, the confidence in his heart was gone, looking at the several big cars on the opposite side pressing over unhurriedly, how to attack, even if the big formation rushed in, it was impossible to move away and shoot down these cars in a hurry.

On the contrary, it will be quickly fragmented by these carts, and then the Ming army can attack the bottom on the carts, and the rear team will cooperate.

If there is a real fight, things may not be as difficult as they imagined, but when people are timid, they will always feel that everything is in trouble, and they will have to tremble about everything.

After General Guoyi Xie Junyou saw the big flag opposite, he also secretly cursed in his heart for being unlucky, the state of the pro-army generals around him was still good, but maybe he was full of anger on the surface, pretending to be high-spirited.

Li Zicheng, who was watching the battle in the Chinese army, obviously saw that something was wrong, and he said to Li Shuangxi beside him:

"How did Xiao Xie lead the troops, I think his formation seems to be getting slower and slower, isn't this waiting to be overwhelmed?"

Li Shuangxi, the leader of the pro-soldiers on the side, looked at the pergola with his hands, he was young. It was King Chuang's son, who had been staying by King Chuang's side, and he didn't understand these things very well, and when he heard Li Zicheng speak, he looked at it a few times, and said hesitantly:

"Lord Chuang, it may be that this General Xie is preparing to rush forward with the whole team......

Li Zicheng snorted coldly, lowered his voice and said:

"Summoned Yuan Zongdi. Let his troops and horses get ready, ready to meet Xie Junyou's team at any time, this is really nonsense, let him fight in the front, there is no appearance of our old camp breaking into the camp at all. ”

Li Shuangxi didn't dare to say this, and hurriedly bowed down to receive the order, and immediately the captain who gave the order galloped away with the order, when he broke into the king Li Zicheng to watch the formation and lead the troops. Except for a large banner erected by his side, surrounded by dozens of skilled horseback guards, there was nothing else.

Now it is very different, this set is completely in accordance with the pattern of Prince Daming, and there are many kinds of honor guards and flags behind him. There were also some soldiers in bright armor around him, and they were really imposing, with the appearance of a new emperor.

When Zhang Xianzhong entered Xiangyang to kill King Xiang, he came and went in a hurry. After the establishment of Dashun in Xiangyang, although Li Zicheng gave himself the title of generalissimo, this set of princely posture was honestly and unceremoniously used.

Xie Junyou is the so-called second dragon from Henan, that is to say, after Li Zicheng led the eighteen horsemen to run out of the Yubei Mountains, he went to Henan to gather the generals.

In the camp, seniority is also divided into three, six, nine and so on. The qualification of this Henan second Conglong is very late, but it is already very remarkable that Xie Junyou can climb to the position of General Guo Yi.

Being able to climb to this position on the ground naturally has some advantages that are different from ordinary generals, for example, he does not have the fear of the following people when he is in front of him.

In fact, at present, all the soldiers and horses under the command of King Chuang are newly joined in Henan. Basically, I have no concept of the majesty of this Shaanxi general soldier He Renlong. In several major battles in Henan, the Shaanxi chief soldier He Renlong fled relatively quickly. And he was the first to escape.

It doesn't look much different from other Ming troops, but these new additions in Henan, the combat effectiveness is not good, and the combat effectiveness of the Shun army is relatively strong, and they are generally the soldiers and horses scattered in Henan, and after the eighteen cavalry re-enter Henan, they come to defect, these are the core of the team.

However, these elite soldiers are the most afraid of He Renlong, and the ground front team led by Xie Junyou is really dominated by these soldiers in order to win in order to be safe.

The two sides are gradually approaching, and the psychological pressure of the soldiers and strong men of the Ming army's cart is also getting bigger and bigger, and they are about to fight, and the people who push the cart are the forwards, how can they not be nervous.

But the Shaanxi general soldier He Renlong, who followed behind this car formation, did not have any psychological pressure, He Renlong was born in the border soldiers, generations of generals, and when he was young, he fought with the Taokou, and after the official position rose slightly, Shaanxi was in chaos, and then began to follow the governors and governors of Shaanxi in the past dynasties to suppress the displaced people.

Accustomed to seeing the mountains of corpses and the sea of blood, He Renlong has also developed this kind of brutal temperament, he has seen too much life and death, and he doesn't care about life and death.

Seeing that the soldiers and strong men in front of him were walking slower and slower, He Renlong scolded viciously on the horse:

"Spread the word to me to the front, Lao Tzu's horse is always this fast and slow, if the car in front is caught up by Lao Tzu's horse, Lao Tzu will immediately start to cut people, you take a hundred people out, whoever walks slowly, will whip it, and if the whip does not listen, it will be cut by Lao Tzu with a knife. ”

The temperament of the general can easily affect the soldiers below, and the troops led by He Renlong, the general soldier of Shaanxi, are also mostly such lawless, rough and cruel people.

This group of Shaanxi cavalry into the already slightly scattered car formation, the distance between the vehicles and the vehicles is quite large, the horses gallop is also easy, these border soldiers, in this era, but more vicious than the most ferocious bandits, there is no reason and human affection at all.

Those soldiers and people who pushed carts were all strong men who were recruited in Shaanxi, and they had only been soldiers for less than a year, and many of them didn't even have a knife, but they just used this sharpened wooden stick to fill up here. Of course, the border soldiers in Shaanxi would not be polite, and the whip in their hands rained down.

The whip of the cavalry generally has special skills, and the whip is accurate and very, plus the attack is ruthless, and it is a cry of pain, which can be regarded as killing a chicken to the monkey, and the Qian Zong who led the team saw a man being pumped and kneeling on the ground, and slowed down the pace of progress. Directly pulled out the knife and slashed down in the air.

Seeing that someone was splashed with blood on the spot, these people who pushed the cart were suddenly frightened, and now before the battle, the camp has already begun to kill people and supervise the war, rushing to the front may not die, but if it is in the back, it may not survive.

These people in the cart were all frightened in their hearts and quickened their pace, and He Renlong, the chief soldier of Shaanxi, saw this situation. Laughing in the back team, also keeping up.

In comparison, Xu Dingguo, the chief soldier of Shanxi on the left flank, was much more cautious, but in today's battle, the supervisor Hou Sui had a clear order. With He Renlong as the main and Xu Dingguo as the auxiliary, seeing the front speeding up, he was naturally in a hurry to keep up.

Originally, the soldiers and horses of the Shun army here were panicked. hesitated, and his morale fell, but at this time, he saw that the opponent's ground car formation had accelerated and pressed forward like this, and he was suddenly a little panicked.

Seeing such a situation, General Xie Junyou knew that he had launched it late, even if the other party had taken the lead, he had to seize the time to get it back.

For the sake of today, it is also an attack. The big flag behind Xie Junyou waved, and the generals of the pro-army troops were loudly urging the soldiers to charge forward.

Everyone knew the truth that military orders were like mountains, but at this time, everyone suddenly thought, if I rushed to the position of the car, how could I dodge the big car without being hit by him, and still be able to attack the person behind him, and still think. At the back of the car array was the big worm of the madman......

Come to think of it. Only then did I remember that my commander had issued an order to attack the city, and I had to follow the attack. The first few columns hesitated, and even if the people who followed behind did not hesitate, they could not rush with them, and the whole team was so sluggish.

On the battlefield, it was this very subtle thing that led to the victory or defeat of a battle, and the order of General Xie Junyou of Guoyi was completed, and the entire team was so stunned.

Li Zicheng, who had been breaking into the position of the Chinese army, saw it, scolded in a low voice, and then shouted loudly:

"Quickly order the two teams of Yuan Zongdi and Liu Fangliang to go to the front, and the Chinese army of this king is ready to engage the Ming army!!"

He Renlong and Xu Dingguo also saw this pause, He Renlong picked up the riding spear in his hand, laughed and ordered:

"Sons, follow us to kill the thief!!"

Before the words fell, the people had already rushed out, and the family soldiers around him were all shouting and cheering, and they also rushed out, He Renlong won many battles with the homeless army, and there was a very key factor, that is, he did not order his own personal soldiers to attack the fortification, but personally led his own elite attack.

The main general will take the lead in the assault, which is a means of boosting morale in any situation, and He Renlong's subordinates will also rush out.

Xu Dingguo, the chief soldier of Shanxi, originally wanted to be a general who commanded Ruoding, but He Renlong rushed out over there, if he was in the rear team, he would be punished by the supervisor Hou Sui, and the supervisor Hou Sui after the consecutive victory was not the bachelor who was polite to the military generals back then.

This side is also a gritted teeth, followed by the army rushed out, the front of the car array, according to the battalion of this car battalion combat code, if the troops and horses in the headquarters of the assault, these carts should be stopped immediately, as the rear of the car formation, but these cart soldiers and people, only then were frightened by the whip and knife, as soon as they saw the rear move, they were also panicked, from back to front, are to speed up the cart.

The sudden launch of the opponent's attack formation, the hesitation of the front team of the Shun army, this comparison immediately had disastrous consequences, watching hundreds of carts rushing over violently, some people in the front line of General Xie Junyou of Guoyi rushed out, and some people hesitated.

The same is true for the people in the squadron and the rear, they can't keep up with the pace of the front at all, and the entire formation begins to become scattered, but on the battlefield, how can there be such scattered.

The screams and crashes were endless, and the cart had already crashed into Xie Junyou's front line, and the soldiers of the Ming Army who were pushing the cart rushed out from behind the car to fight regardless of it, officers and soldiers and thieves, the weapons in the hands of these officers and soldiers were not as good as the soldiers of the Shun army. But the Shun army was already panicking, and the gap between the momentum made the situation change immediately, and they saw the Ming soldiers who were desperately fighting.

The soldiers and horses of the Shun army, who had lost the opportunity, all wanted to take a few steps back, leave enough space, and then continue the battle, but this retreat was even more troublesome.

The Shun army retreated slightly. But it made those recruits of the Ming army who didn't know the direction of the battlefield situation and the wind fight even harder, and they thought they had seen victory.

There are more than 2,000 soldiers and horses directly under General Xie Junyou, who have always been the core of the team, but at this time, they can't organize an effective counterattack, or even an effective battle, so they can only desperately maintain this formation, hoping to withstand this wave of crazy offensive of the Ming army.

After almost all the soldiers in the front four platoons were killed and wounded, the fifth platoon of the Shun army finally organized an effective counterattack. Xie Junyou and his main forces began to be put on the battlefield, and the difference between veterans and recruits was most fully reflected in this stalemate battle.

The veterans have combat experience, are used to bloody battles, and know a little bit of cooperation with their companions. This kind of kind of thing added up, much stronger than those Ming recruits on the opposite side who were still poor peasants a year ago, and the situation gradually calmed down.

But behind the car formation, there were still the Shanshan cavalry that were rushing in momentum, just when the situation calmed down a little. The cavalry of Shanshan seemed to have struck hard with a sledgehammer.

At this moment, General Guo Yi Xie Junyou saw the troops around him and even his main force, and he directly collapsed.

All of them ran backwards in a noisy, or to both sides, just to avoid the impact of these fierce and vicious cavalry, this is how the officers and troops led by big insects like He Madman have fought.

But they didn't expect such a collapse. It is equivalent to providing a great opportunity for the cavalry of the other side, and these Shun troops just thought that if they rushed to the opponent's land, they would probably be divided into pieces by this cart, but they did not expect that this principle was the same for the cavalry behind the cart.

When the cavalry of Shanxi rushed out of the area of the cart, the speed was not very fast, and the formation was a little scattered. If you take advantage of this time. You can hit head-on, and you can have a good chance of winning.

But the front team of the Shun army was originally worried and frightened. At the very beginning, he was hit by a setback, and after seeing He Renlong leading the cavalry rushing over, he suddenly couldn't support it and began to collapse.

The crux of the matter is that such a collapse left room for these cavalry of the Ming Dynasty to attack, giving them time and space to gather into a group and form a greater impact force.

The cavalry gathered into a large group to spread out the formation can beat the troops of the Shun army back even more, and give themselves more room for integration of the cavalry that follows behind.

Repeatedly, the retreat of the Shun army led to an even greater rout, while the onslaught of the Ming army made its victory momentum even more extensive.

Whether it is the formation of the Ming army or the Shun army, it is a little more scattered than the infantry formation of the Jiaozhou battalion, in order to ensure that the soldiers fight alone, the distance between each other is also relatively large, such a formation leads to the collapse of the collapse, the collapse is more rapid, and everyone has enough space to turn around and flee.

Li Zicheng, the king of the Chinese army, knew that it was bad as soon as he saw such a situation, the front team of General Guoyi Xie Junyou was nearly 10,000 people, and the brigade of more than 10,000 people turned around and fled, and the first to bear the brunt was his own team, and this momentum, his own team was afraid that it would also be scattered.

"Double happiness, order the whole army to be on alert, and those who trespass into the military formation will be killed!!"

Li Zicheng gave this order loudly, and dozens of herald cavalry around him immediately beat their horses and headed in all directions, but they ran out only a hundred paces, and the routs had already encountered the Chinese army.

Whether it is the rout of the Shun army or the Chinese army of the Shun army, there is no intention of killing each other, but the Chinese army does not move, but the rout has to flee, even if it relies on the Chinese army to turn around and line up, but there are still large groups of companions rushing over behind them, and the chaos began immediately, and the original purged Chinese army formation has become chaotic.

And this kind of chaos is spreading towards the center, even the cavalry who gave orders are blocked by this chaos, and they can't advance or retreat, Li Zicheng's brows are locked together, he didn't expect it to be such a situation, and he can't care about any demeanor anymore, and shouted loudly on the horse:

"Boys. Can't be messy, Minggou's cavalry rushed over, if we mess up, it won't be able to stand it!! Steady, steady!! ”

Not only did he shout like this, but the soldiers and generals around him were also mobilized to shout like this, but the chaos in front of him could not be stopped.

When the cavalry gained the upper hand and charged the routed foot soldiers. There are countless ways to expand the chaos, it is too easy, the cavalry follows closely behind, as far as a dozen horses in a row, as if they are bulldozers, as long as there is an enemy in front of them, they will cut down directly, but they are not focused on this slashing, but as much as possible to let the rebels rush the chaotic formations that have not yet changed. There is a chance to kill, as long as all the formations are thrown out of order, and the mountains are full of soldiers, you can calmly slaughter.

Looking at the Chinese army, which was still a stable homeless just now, these chaotic soldiers were gradually crushed by the cavalry. Whether it was He Renlong or Xu Dingguo, they were all very excited.

The reason why He Renlong, the chief soldier of Shaanxi, is called a madman is that he fights and prospers, and he often ignores it. Although this kind of madness is very dangerous, but most of the time, it can play a very good effect, after all, no matter who sees a madman on the battlefield, he always has to be a little jealous, not to mention a fierce man like He Renlong, and now this He madman is excited to fight again.

"Follow Lao Tzu! The blind man's banner and Huang Gai were over there, and they caught the thief's head. That's the reward of the king and the marquis!! ”

He Renlong shouted loudly on the horse, while leading his own personal guard cavalry to rush and fight towards that side regardless of the sudden fierce attack, the sudden fierce offensive made the already chaotic situation even more out of control, the Shaanxi general soldier He Renlong waved the spear in his hand on the one hand, and shouted loudly:

"Kill the thieves of a thousand knives, Lao Tzu, your He Ren Long He Grandpa, come to die!!"

As soon as he shouted like this, the soldiers of the Shun army who didn't know that it was He Madman who led the army also knew. Again, this is the situation. If you have to be cowardly, you will be cowardly and flee, He Renlong is a rough person. However, he also knows how to use his strengths, and as long as there is a little more timidity in his heart during the battle, it will lead to negative effects.

"Kill those who flee, kill those who flee, those who escape from battle, don't count killing!!"

Everywhere, there were officers of the Shun army and King Chuang's own soldiers shouting loudly, supervising the battle and killing and fleeing, but even with such cruel means, the general trend of the rout and escape was still unstoppable.

Yuan Zongdi and Liu Fangliang, who had just been divided into two wings, were in a mess because of this, for fear that their troops would be swept into this rout, so they could only watch and be anxious, the Chinese army of the Ming army, the remaining army was firmly gathered into a large group, and they did not dare to approach easily.

Li Zicheng, the king of the Shun army over there, was already angry, he had already drawn his saber, and was ready to take the old battalion soldiers to the front to fight to the death with the arrogant Shaanxi general soldier He Renlong, and Liu Tichun, the general of the right battalion Guoyi who followed him, also ignored the humility of the upper and lower levels, grabbed Li Zicheng's arm, and exhorted loudly:

"Chuang Wangye, at the moment the main force of my Shun army is not here, the official army is just occupying a temporary advantage, why fight with him at this time for useless will, let's withdraw from Jiaxian first, gather soldiers and horses from all walks of life, and then fight not too late, break into the prince's golden body, you must be cautious!"

Li Zicheng was pulled by his subordinates, this is the taste of waking up, he exhaled a long breath, and looked at the righteous son Li Shuangxi on the side, this young man was also very anxious, Li Zicheng laughed instead, and said loudly:

"I was careless today, but I suffered a dark loss, this can be regarded as the return of the Ming Court, let's go, go to Xiangcheng and wait. ”

After saying that, he turned his horse and left the battlefield, as soon as the commander left, the banner also moved, and the soldiers of the Shun army on the entire battlefield watched King Chuang withdraw, except for those who still had a complete formation, the rest collapsed and fled, and could no longer support it.

The two cavalry of He Renlong and Sun Dingguo went back and forth on the battlefield, beheading a lot, and most of the troops that the Shun army put into the battlefield collapsed.

As the vanguard, General Guoyi Xie Junyou was killed in battle, and nearly 100 middle and lower officers such as the commander, the brigade, and the general guard were killed or wounded, and tens of thousands of soldiers were killed or wounded.

After this victory, everyone in the world thought that the Ming Dynasty was about to prosper, and the Zhu family was expected to recover......