Volume 2 The South Chapter 340 Decisive Victory (15)

Surrounded by the cavalry, Li Zicheng also rushed to the battlefield around Zhangjiaqiao.

There, the Qing army had to cross a small river that was waist-deep to attack the position of the army, dozens of miles along the river, only Zhangjiaqiao and Xuejiahe were more than ten miles away, the terrain was flat, less high, and it was suitable for the cavalry battle of Dayanmo, the choice of the Qing army, the first thing to see was the old spicy and experienced of the other party's commander.

When they got the battle report, a large number of Qing troops had already begun to cross the river, and they wore various sè iron armor, such as the most inlaid red and white sè, and the form of the helmet was not the same, and the flags behind them were also varied, with different shapes.

Looking at the past on the other side of the river, a large number of Qing troops were like a herd of beasts, swarming towards this side of the river.

Under the big silk of more than a dozen gold embroidered dragons are the commanders of the Qing army, including the prince Azig, as well as Wu Sanhang monk Kexi, the two Han army generals who were crowned kings, as well as Beile such as Nikan and Mandahai, they are all qualified to play the tall embroidered gold daxu, in the military formation, commanding their own Zhang Jing to dispatch the whole team back and forth, and strive to adjust the formation to the best state before the start of the war.

In the array, there are Manchurian warriors with armor and swords, and the famous Han Dai, Tan Tai, Ao Bai, Kubilong and other noble generals are in their prime, and they have rich combat experience, and their subordinates under the command are constantly dispatching and moving the battle line.

The terrain of the battlefield is a rare horse Pingchuan in northern Shaanxi, the people in several market towns either escaped, or were forced by the Qing army to pull the master, these days there are many things to rob the people's wealth and strong women, but the Qing army has always been not strict, the order to slaughter the city is common, it is not uncommon to kill ten days and a half before sealing the knife, a few years ago when entering the customs, the Qing army brigade did what was to rob people and rob the property of the Ming State...... This was originally just a bandit group!

When Li Zicheng arrived, the front river and several villages were already killing the sky, the cavalry led by Li Guo had already fought with the advance of the Qing army, from a high place, the outfits of the soldiers on both sides were obviously different, the uniform of the Shun army was a felt hat with an arrow jacket, wearing leather armor or iron armor, and the weapons were also varied, in the rumbling drums and sporadic cannons, these Shun cavalry were shouting, constantly shooting arrows at the opponent, playing bird milling, bombarding with small cannons...... There was also an artillery battalion in the Shun army, but it was a mobile battle, and the artillery was gradually lost, and there were fewer experienced gunners, but there were still some small cannons and gunners left in the army.

Li Guo's subordinates had more than 10,000 people, all of whom were cavalry, and they were also a little ember of the cavalry who broke into the camp.

At the time of Kaifeng that day, the combined army of Chuang and Luo Rucai had 500,000 or 600,000 people, and it was claimed to be one million to the outside world. But among them are quite old and weak, all of them are idlers who live by eating and eating in the army, they have no combat effectiveness, and they are real elite soldiers, and there are 130,000 people on the side of the camp, of which 100,000 are foot soldiers and 30,000 are cavalry.

defeated the main force of the Ming army, and Zhu Xianzhen determined that Li Zicheng could win the foundation of the Ming Dynasty in the first battle, relying on the tens of thousands of elite cavalry at that time.

At that time, although the infantry was a soldier, but the expansion of the army was too fast, and the new army had no combat effectiveness, but the 30,000 cavalry were all old soldiers, and one person, two horses or three horses, the action was fast and fast, the assault was fierce, and the same number of divine warfare, the Ming army was far from being the cavalry of the Shun army.

And today, these cavalry faced the same number of Qing troops, but Li Guo's cavalry did not take advantage of anything at all, separated by a few villages and a few small mounds, plus a meandering river, both armies were more than 10,000 people, or small-scale cavalry assaults, dragging the enemy's battle line, or simply more than a thousand cavalry to hedge against each other, the soldiers let out a thunderous shout, in the cheering of their own people, without hesitation rushed towards the opponent, the knife was raised, the gun was flat, after each hedge, Countless creatures have fallen on the battlefield, and next to each corpse, there are warhorses that have lost their owners searching back and forth.

The smell of blood spreads, and it is a sweet and greasy feeling, which makes people smell the discomfort outside, and it feels very sad. If it is a new person on the battlefield, seeing those deadly corpses and smelling such a strange smell, Xiōng's abdomen is extremely useless, and he can spit it out at any time.

Compared with the battle of Jī Lie, the two sides still adopted more infantry combat and shooting tactics.

Everyone untied their bows and arrows and shot at each other with their bows or horses.

In archery, the Shun army suffered a big loss. The Shun army does not have a special bow and arrow unit, of course, each general's subordinates have bows and arrows, but the number is not too many, the peasants in northern Shaanxi joined the army, can wield swords and guns, and fight on horseback, which is not easy. Only a very small number of hunters and talented people will grow into archers, and then learn to ride a horse and become an archer, which is too difficult for a Fen people.

In front of the Qing army, there were the best méng ancient dodges.

Their ancestors used the gallop shooting method hundreds of years ago, and these shooters are still handy with it.

After the rainstorm of feathered arrows was fired, the cavalry had already flown by, and when the opposite side reacted and wanted to counterattack, the archers had already run away.

The gallop shooting of the Méng ancients, the Manchurians did not look at it very much, the good hands of these fishing and hunting peoples were slightly worse in terms of riding skills, but in terms of archery, they were far above the Méng ancients, they were wearing leather armor, they were the strongest archery masters, hundreds of people were in a row, thousands of people lined up in an extremely dense formation, one round of shooting, the second round has been let go, the third row of shooters are also raising the bow and arrows in the middle of the high, in the fourth row behind them, it is the feather arrow on the bowstring!

The river has turned red.

Locust-like feathered arrows alternated back and forth in the air, and each rain of arrows fell with screams and groans, shēn groans, and then the sound of choking dying.

On such a battlefield, whether you can survive or die is sometimes a matter of luck.

As soon as Li Zicheng arrived, he saw that the situation on the battlefield was already very unfavorable to the Shun army. The Qing army on the opposite side was more skillful, faster, and shot more accurately and ruthlessly. Although Li Guo's subordinates still insisted, from time to time they launched attacks in certain areas to disrupt the enemy's fire, but if this continued, they would definitely collapse their morale and rout.

"Yisan, you and Hanju, you take your subordinates, take a detour to the upper reaches of the north, and when you encounter houses, you will burn them, and when you see grass piles and trees, you will also burn them.

Either way, make the noise louder. While burning, I hit it from the upper reaches and went down, and I came back in a roundabout! ”

After instructing Li You, Li Zicheng said to Luo Hu and Zhang Nai: "You two, take the imperial battalion and all the cavalry of the alliance, and go straight to the right flank of Buzhi!" ”

"Yes, Ann!"

The two young generals knew that it was a matter of life and death, and with the start of the outpost battle, the main force of the Qing army would definitely catch up, and a big battle that would determine the life and death of the Great Shun Kingdom was just around the corner.

"You two, you have to fight hard, don't care about the wings and behind you, just thrust hard, hit hard, and disrupt the Tartar's "wings watermark"!"

These two people have the most elite and highest morale, the most hard-trained cavalry in the camp, Li Guo's subordinates have also lost a lot of war horses after replenishment, while Luo Hu and Zhang Nai's subordinates have always been the two most fully replenished soldiers and horses, although Liu Zongmin is weak at this time, he is categorical and does not hesitate at all.

Seeing that Liu Zongmin was as fierce, resolute, and brave as before, the two young generals agreed as if they had the backbone, and immediately returned to their own camp and began to dispatch troops and horses.

At the same time, Liu Fangliang, Gu Zijie, Yuan Zongdi and other generals also poured out a large number of soldiers and horses in the camp, they were either drumming, or cannonball, or shouting, and the battlefield that stretched for more than ten miles was full of the shouts of soldiers who broke into the camp.

Since five or six days ago, Li Zicheng has to inspect the battalions every day, and together with Liu Zongmin to improve morale, the reward sent down is also more than 100,000 taels, although most of the gold and silver looted from Beijing have been lost in Shanxi, the amount of gold and silver in the army is still very amazing, and it is enough to distribute rewards.

The patrol camp and the reward have maintained the morale of the entire camp, which can be seen only from the current situation on the battlefield.

However, Li Zicheng knew that this was a vain pride, a momentary anger brought up with gold, silver and rewards.

It's not the kind of high-spirited spirit when fighting the country, the kind of majestic and majestic, the kind of ambition that is not afraid of the officers and soldiers at all, even if it is defeated, it is not afraid of being scattered, and it is not afraid that it will not be able to pull the team, at this moment, it is all gone!

At this time, Li Zicheng remembered that when he set out from Xi'an, there was no one on the street, there were loess mats everywhere, and the fragrance of incense candles lit on the incense table floated out, except for these, there was nothing.

Hundreds of imperial cavalry escorted him, and the Huang Luo umbrella behind him protected him, he didn't feel anything at the time, but now at this time, he suddenly felt a palpitation and a sense of weakness.

He claims to be the people asking for their lives, relieving the suffering of the people, but after fighting for so long, there was also a promised territory, what is upside down, what benefits have the people gained, in addition to the ecstasy when opening the warehouse and releasing grain, what else?

"Lost ground, rewarded ......"

Suddenly, this northern Shaanxi man, who has been dominating the world for more than ten years, understands why he has lost his previous confidence and why he has lost his previous confidence in this fate-determining war!

What is Tianrudor has never had a mandate of heaven, it is people, it is the land, it is these that have supported the confidence of the former soldiers and his Li Zicheng, and now he has lost the hearts of the people, and there is no land under his feet, at this moment, what is the idea of victory!

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