Kaifeng, known as Tokyo (also known as Bianliang and Bianjing), referred to as Bian, is located in the eastern part of Henan Province and is in the center of the Great Plain of eastern Henan on the map of China. Kaifeng is one of the seven ancient capitals of our country, known as the "capital of the seven dynasties", with jurisdiction over Weishi County, Lankao County, Qi County, Tongxu County, Kaifeng County, but the reality is that Kaifeng Mansion is not optimistic, Li Zicheng, Liu Zongmin and Tian Jianxiu, Liu Fangliang, Zhang Nai, Yuan Zongdi, Li Guo, Gao Yigong and other rebels besieged Kaifeng for half a year,

Governor Gao Mingheng held Kaifeng City, the city wall of Kaifeng City was as high, there were a total of eight city gates, and the Kaifeng defenders plus the people had as many as one million. Li Zicheng stormed Kaifeng for several months and was not allowed to enter, coupled with the advanced weapons and equipment of the Ming army, with several cannons and hundreds of three-eyed guns, Li Zicheng suffered heavy losses and was repulsed several times.

Kaifeng Mansion, Gao Mingheng saw that the grain was bottoming out day by day, and decided to dig up the mouth of the Zhujiazhai River and flood Li Zicheng with a lot of water. But unfortunately, Princess Zhou in Kaifeng Mansion communicated with Li Zicheng and sent a letter to Li Zicheng.

100,000 Li Zicheng's army is marching slowly in the east of Kaifeng, the first general is wearing a Liao hat, a purple cape, a square face and a black beard, and a face of vicissitudes, obviously a veteran of the battlefield, this person shouted while walking: "Hurry up, the front is the high ground, hurry up to the high ground and rest"

There was also a middle-aged strong man, wearing a brass helmet and armor, holding a mace and catching up with the leader of the purple cloak in front of him and said: "King Chuang, the old boy of Gao Mingheng is stubbornly defending without fighting, and now he actually wants to release water to flood our army, is it unbearable, and when he reaches the high ground, he must release water to drown them!" ”

Li Zicheng said: "Gao Mingheng is also a famous general, guarding Kaifeng for half a year, it is estimated that there is not much grain and grass in Kaifeng City now, and Kaifeng can be conquered in a few days, but I really can't bear to flood Kaifeng, the Ming Dynasty court is in **, and millions of people in the city are innocent." ”

Which Chinese character is Liu Zongmin, Liu Zongmin arched his hand and said: "King Chuang, if our army does not release water to flood Kaifeng City, our army will run out of food, and some spies reported that Emperor Chongzhen has ordered Sun Chuanting of Shaanxi and Li Long of Shandong to lead 100,000 troops each to attack our army." Crisis in our army. At present, there are only two options: 1, that is, to conquer Kaifeng City as soon as possible, to enter the city as the basis for defensive battles, and 2 to return to Huguang to continue to live a wandering life. The big right and wrong are the king's thoughts"

Li Zicheng pondered for a moment, and said helplessly: "That's the only way for now."

"Fast,,, fast, fast." Tian Jianxiu, Liu Fangliang and other generals urged their soldiers to speed up......

In Beijing City, in the Qiankun Palace, Emperor Chongzhen received a distress report from Gao Mingheng of Kaifeng Prefecture, and he was anxious to turn around, and invited hundreds of civil and military officials to discuss Li Zicheng's problem. Zhou Yanru was plundered by "bandits" and his whereabouts are still unknown. Who else can Emperor Chongzhen trust in his courtiers, although His Royal Highness kneels with hundreds of civil and military ministers, but they are all mediocre talents, and every one of them has an idea.

Emperor Chongzhen asked, "Taiwei Hong, what is your good plan?" ”

This Hong Taiwei is not Hong Chengdi, but Hong Chengdi's son Hong Yong. A typical second-generation official, who usually hangs his son in the court, is really at a loss when Chongzhen asks.

Hong Yong panicked: "Your Majesty, I think we should send troops to encircle and suppress"

Chongzhen almost vomited blood out of breath: "Send troops to encircle and suppress, don't I know?" The key is who is the general, and now there is no general in the court who can recruit a good war, and the whereabouts of Wenchen Zhou Yanru are unknown, so what can I do? ”

Hong Yong has no other skills, but he has a wide range of information, he knows that there is one person who can, so he said: "Back to Your Majesty, I think there are two people who can do it."

Chongzhen couldn't wait to say: "Who is it, say it quickly"

Hong Yong hugged the appearance of himself and said: "Shaanxi General Soldier Sun Chuanting, Sun Chuanting has a strong army under Sun Chuanting, known as the Qin Army, which is the most courageous army in the Sanqin region, and Li Long, the governor of Shandong (the imperial court has promoted Li Long to the governor, but the officials of Shandong like to call Li Long the commander-in-chief) can fight well and is a tiger general. There are thousands of generals and tens of thousands of soldiers. Two months ago, Li Long was ordered to go to Korea to fight in Korea, and he has just returned, and His Majesty has not yet awarded the reward,"

Chongzhen was a little happy, but still a little sad, and said helplessly: "Sun Chuanting and Li Long are indeed two tiger generals, but I can't mobilize them, and they don't listen to orders."

Chongzhen remembered that last time he asked Zhou Yanru to oversee the army to attack Zhou Yuji's rebellion in Shanxi, but Sun Chuanting deliberately acted slowly and was afraid. Take a circle in the mountains of the Qinling Mountains. And Li Long was even more hateful, he sealed the edict, but he did not send troops. This led to Zhou Yanru's defeat and capture. Now you have to mobilize the two of them, will you listen?

Hong Yong saw that Chongzhen was worried again, and asked, "What worries Your Majesty?" ”

Chongzhen said his thoughts, and after hearing this, Hong Yong stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty can give them sweetness to eat, let them feel that it is profitable, so that they will definitely send troops." ”

Chongzhen hurriedly said: "Tell me quickly, what is the best plan?"

Hong Yong said: "The imperial court is fighting Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzong, Li Long's territory is in Shandong, and now it seems that Li Jiantai of Hejian Prefecture in Hebei Province surrendered to Li Long, and now Li Long's city territory has increased by half, but he is not satisfied, and he captured Japan." The idea is to occupy more of the city that is granted to itself. His Majesty can give Li Long Huguang occupied by Li Zicheng, Jiangxi and Anhui occupied by Zhang Xianzong. Sichuan, Yuzhou and other places occupied by Li Zicheng's remnants were given to Sun Chuanting. Then the two of them will fight to the death, and most of them will belong to their territory...... With Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzong's strength is not at all the opponent of Li Long and Sun Chuanting. Your Majesty"

Emperor Chongzhen objected on the spot, didn't he want to divide the territory of the Ming Dynasty to his courtiers...... After the persuasion of the ministers: "Even if Li Long and Sun Chuanting control these areas, which is better than the control of Li Thief and Zhang Thief,...... After all, Li Long and Sun Chuanting are approving the imperial court. ”

Emperor Chongzhen was finally persuaded and decided to divide Huguang and Jiangxi to Li Long, and Xichuan and Yuzhou to Sun Chuanting, and ordered these two to attack Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzong. The decree was given immediately.

Li Zicheng, who was far away in Kaifeng, after careful deployment, deployed an army near the Yellow River embankment, and dug the Yellow River embankment at night, the horror of the Yellow River burst needless to say, the water rushed into Kaifeng City, the ten-meter-high flood instantly washed away countless houses and trees, the Yellow River water rushed into Kaifeng City at the fourth watch, as the saying goes, "a bowl of Yellow River water, half a graceful sediment", a large amount of Yellow River water like a mudslide suddenly buried the lives of countless people. The traitor Princess Zhou and the prince had long known that Li Zicheng was going to dig the embankment of the Yellow River, and had already escaped from Kaifeng City with 20,000 family members and family members. The governor Gao Mingheng was unfortunately killed. Kaifeng City was washed away by the Yellow River, and the sediment and mud suddenly buried Kaifeng City in the ground, and Kaifeng City disappeared......

In history, Kaifeng City was flooded six times, the Warring States Daliang City, the Tang Dynasty Bianzhou City, the Five Dynasties and the Northern Song Dynasty Tokyo City, the Jin Dynasty Bianjing City, the Ming Dynasty Kaifeng City, the Qing Dynasty Kaifeng City. 3 meters to 12 meters underground in Kaifeng urban area, there are six cities stacked on top of each other, Qing Kaifeng City, Ming Kaifeng City, Jin Bianjing City, Northern Song Dynasty Tokyo City, Tang Bianzhou City, Wei State Liang City, the general ancient city is destroyed by war during the change of dynasties and is often rebuilt at different sites, only Kaifeng City is built on the original site repeatedly destroyed, repeatedly destroyed and built, the city is stacked on top of the city, the door is stacked on the door, the road is stacked on the road.

Now the millions of people in Kaifeng City are buried in the ground along with Kaifeng City. The location of Kaifeng City was made blank by Li Zicheng's miscellaneous hair. The massacre of millions of people is more vicious than the Japanese devils...... Li Long must avenge the people and eliminate harm for the people. No matter how much price you pay, you must kill Li Zicheng.

The holy envoy arrived at the yamen of Qingzhou Mansion two days later, and Li Long stood to receive the decree, and the eunuch who announced the decree was driven away by Li Long without even drinking a single tea. Li Long was very happy when he saw the emperor's fiefdom decree. Being able to have a population of hundreds of millions in Shandong, Henan, Huguang, Jiangxi, and Anhui at the same time allowed Li Long to become the largest warlord of the Ming Dynasty in one step. The city of Nanjing in Jiangsu will be tightly surrounded by Shandong, Anhui, and Jiangxi. You can eat Nanjing at any time. And Zhejiang is also at your fingertips.

After the eunuch left, Li Long summoned the people to the Yamen to discuss the matter. Zhang Cheng, Zhang Shichang, Liu Shupei, Liu Shichang, Li Jiantai, and Li Jianxian, came to Yamen. In the hall, Li Long was facing the door, facing the map. Seeing Zhang Cheng and the others coming, he greeted him and said, "Four division commanders, the imperial court has ordered our army to attack Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzong." And give me Jiangxi, Anhui, Henan, and Huguang together, and the four division commanders see how to send troops? ”

Zhang Cheng came to the map, looked at the map and said: "Commander, our army has 150,000 standing troops and 300,000 reserves in Shandong, and 130,000 standing troops and 200,000 reserves in southern Hebei, with a total strength of 780,000. You can divide your forces to attack."

Liu Shupei also pointed to the map and said: "Don't go, the reserve soldiers will not be used until the moment of danger, and our army can only use the 150,000 standing army in Shandong and the 130,000 standing army in Hejian." The total strength was only 280,000. In addition, the Qing troops in the north have already passed through Shanxi, and they will be killed in Shandong in less than a month, and our army must set up heavy troops in Shandong and Hebei to defend the Qing troops."

Li Long felt that what Liu Shupei said was very reasonable, so he took a puff of cigarette and said: "Shandong has a defense line of Wudong (Wuding Mansion to Dongchang Mansion), and four giant castles are enough for Qing soldiers to eat a pot. You can set up a defense of troops in each castle instantly. Four castles surround the safety of Shandong, and the brigade commander Fan Qing is a good general, so Fan Qing can lead a brigade to surround Shandong, as for how to distribute the troops, which is his business as the brigade commander. And the southern part of Hebei is also the throat of the Qing soldiers going south, but there is no castle in Hejian Province, and the defense force is relatively not too strong. I think that two brigades should be set up in Hejian, and that the troops of Shandong and Hejian should be coordinated and help each other. The Qing soldiers must be blocked...... In this way, our army can safely go south to attack Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzong. ”

Li Long said again: "The problem of grain and grass, I think it is better for us to bring it ourselves, although the Ming court has stipulated that foreign troops come to help, and grain and grass can be supported on the spot, but I don't believe that Zuo Liangyu in Huguang and *** in Nanjing will help, and it is better to solve the problem of eating by yourself."

"The army chose to set off at the end of September, the 000th Division was led by Li Long personally, the 110th Division Commander Zhang Cheng was all dispatched, and the 112th Division Commander Liu Shupei transferred a brigade to garrison Shandong by the Fan Qing Brigade Commander. The commander of the 115th Division, Li Jiantai, was all dispatched, and the commander of the 116th Division, Li Jiantai, led two brigades to defend Hejian Province, and the remaining one brigade was handed over to Li Jiantai to lead. After the army set off to the north bank of the Yellow River in Kaifeng, Li Jiantai's troops of 60,000 troops set off to the south and went straight to Luzhou, where Zhang Xianzong was stationed, and Zhang Xianzong's ninety percent of the troops were in Luzhou, as long as Luzhou was conquered, Zhang Xianzong's strength would be greatly reduced. And I will follow Commander Zhang and Commander Liu from the north bank of Kaifeng and march to Nanyang, the garrison of Li Zicheng's army, and Sun Chuanting will lead the army to attack Hanzhong, which Li Zizeng occupies. After conquering Hanzhong, Sun Chuanting in the west and our army in the north, Li Zicheng was bound to flee to Wuchang. Zhang Xianzong's strength is weak, Master Li, after you conquer the Lujiang River, you will continue to pursue and kill Zhang Xianzong, and then you will act at the opportunity."

"Yes, Commander," the four masters replied. These four major field armies were most of Li Long's belongings. , this time in order to control more territory and population, the bloody expedition was made. 、

Li Long was not prepared to bring those Japanese with him in this battle, and at this time, these Japanese were all working as coolies in Yanzhou, mining iron ore for the Ming Dynasty, and working hard for the common prosperity of Greater East Asia

The army was mobilized from various provinces and Wei in Shandong, and Li Long gathered a total of 1035,000 men and horses in two brigades of the 000 Division, 110 Division, and 112 Division. Since John Tong's smoothbore guns and artillery had not yet arrived, the three divisions were currently equipped with only more than 7,000 smoothbore guns and 10,000 carbines, and the rest were bows, crossbows, bows and arrows, spears and swords. Li Long brought his two baby bumps this time, "3000 special forces and 3000 feudal knights". He set out in camouflage uniform, helmet M1 helmet, military boots, Swiss army knife, 95 automatic rifle and 2 full magazines. 1 pistol plus 3 magazines. Three grenades. A military telescope and a set of GPS global positioning system. A folding bow and crossbow equipped with 120 bows and arrows.

told Chen Yuanyuan, Zeng Yingying, the army went south, and when Li Long came to Yanzhou to say goodbye to Zeng Hualong, and informed Zeng Hualong of the will of the emperor, Zeng Hualong heard the news that Li Zicheng had slaughtered 1 million people, and the atmosphere was Tian Yong, and he had to go out with Li Long and slaughter Li Zicheng with his own hands. Under Li Long's persuasion, he also made a military order saying that Li Zicheng must be captured alive and brought to Yanzhou to be handed over to Zeng Hualong, and Zeng Hualong gave up the idea of going out with the army.

After a day's stay in Yanzhou, the army continued to advance in a southwesterly direction. After Juye County, Heze County, and went straight to Lankao County in the east of Kaifeng. Lankao County already belongs to Henan, and as soon as it enters Henan, it will change immediately. Lankao County is full of towns that have been plundered by Li Zicheng, and they are dilapidated, and the displaced people are marching east in groups, presumably defecting to Shandong.

"Army commander, the front found that there were thieves near Hongmiao Town who were robbing the people, about 30,000, and the main general Tian Jianxiu" rode the scout to the front and hurriedly came back to report to Li Long.

Li Long divided the army into three routes, Li Long led a road 000 division plus 3000 special forces 3000 foot feudal knights from Qingzhou to the east of Kaifeng, the second road commander 110 division commander Zhang Cheng, out of Qingzhou to the south to Lingshanwei, Luhai Road to Shanghai County, and then will go down the Yangtze River, only kill Wuchang, the capital of Huguang, cut off Li Zicheng's retreat. Liu Shupei, commander of the 112th Division of the Third Road, went north after leaving Qingzhou, launched from Wudingfu, went upriver by the Yellow River, and landed in Henan Mansion to cut off Li Zicheng's retreat to the west. Li Jiantai, commander of the 115th Division of the Fourth Road, led the troops of four brigades south by land to the north bank of Kaifeng, blocking Li Zicheng's way to cross the Yellow River.

There are 51,000 Li Long in the east, 30,000 in Liu Shupei in the west, 45,000 Zhang Cheng in the south, and 60,000 Li Jiantai in the north. Surrounded on all sides, it has a total strength of 186,000 troops, and claims to be 300,000 to the outside world. Coming from all sides.

After Li Zicheng learned the news, he expected that it would not be good, and he was about to give up the calculation of crossing the Yellow River to attack the Beijing division and flee south, taking advantage of Zhang Cheng's Second Route Army to withdraw to Wuchang before it arrived at Wuchang, but his generals Liu Zongmin and Tian Jianxiu opposed it in every way. said that there are 100,000 people in our army here in Kaifeng. There are still 80,000 troops in Runing Province and 40,000 troops in Nanyang Province. The total strength of our army is also as high as 220,000. More than the officers and soldiers. Moreover, the officers and men are weak in combat effectiveness and are no match for our army at all. The combat effectiveness of the officers and troops is not even as good as that of Zhang Xianzong. So the generals were all against retreating, and Li Zicheng had no choice. I had to order the transfer of Runing's troops to support.

As everyone knows, Sun Chuanting has led 80,000 Qin troops out of Xi'an to conquer Hanzhong, and the army is heading to Nanyang to kill.

The 51,000 army led by Li Long first actually encountered Tian Jianxiu's plunder on the road, and he must not be let go. Tian Guangxiu, who has 3,000 people, and Li Long, who has more than 50,000 people, don't talk about the details. A leaf fell above the sea.

Tian Jianxiu fled to Li Zicheng's camp, Li Zicheng was furious, and lost 3,000 men and horses before the battle, and the Ming army had 50,000 horses along the way. Our army has 100,000 and 80,000 reinforcements that are coming. Spelled. In another time and space, although Li Zicheng was the most famous figure in the peasant army at the end of the Ming Dynasty. But in fact, he only began to develop in the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, conquering Luoyang, opening the seal three times, fighting Zhuxian Town, capturing and killing Fu Zonglong, defeating Zuo Liangyu, and severely attacking Sun Chuanting, all of which were achieved after the thirteenth year of Chongzhen.

But because of Li Long's arrival, every time he fights Zhu Xianzhen, he defeats Zuo Liangyu and severely hits Sun Chuanting. And the current Li Zicheng is still a big gap from the historical one. It's still far from the 500,000 troops in history.

It was in the past three years or so that Li Zicheng's army had repeatedly defeated the official army, and except for some setbacks encountered in the attack on Kaifeng, all other battles were won and defeated. Therefore, the self-confidence of the Chuang army is extremely inflated, and they also despise the Ming army. When Li Zicheng heard that the Ming army attacking our army was only 50,000 people, he immediately ordered to gather men and horses and go out of the city to meet the Ming army.

Li Zicheng led the Ming army out of the city to meet the strength of more than 60,000 people, including 10,000 cavalry, so Li Zicheng was very confident, with his own strength, even to deal with 100,000 Ming troops, it was more than enough.

After leaving the city, according to the direction of the Ming army pointed out by the spies, walked more than ten miles, and immediately another spy came to report, less than two miles ahead, the Ming army was found, and they lined up in formation, waiting for their men and horses to arrive.

Li Zicheng was a little surprised when he heard this, it seems that the Ming army's movements were very fast, and the formation was lined up all of a sudden. However, what kind of goods is the Ming army, Li Zicheng has also seen a lot, even if they are lined up in the array, what can they do, it is not that they are carried by themselves, this situation has been seen too much before. Therefore, Li Zicheng looked back at his own men and horses, and then immediately ordered the whole army to advance in the direction of the Ming army.

The two-mile journey is almost just a matter of lifting your feet. But after Li Zicheng saw the array of the Ming army clearly, he almost laughed, because he had fought with the Ming army for several years, and it was the first time he had seen such a formation, only to see that the Ming army had lined up countless cloth bags full of soil into a low wall with a height of about two feet, and there was a row of soldiers of the Ming army who were all hiding behind the low wall, not knowing whether to squat or lie down, only their heads and shoulders were exposed. The low wall is stretched out horizontally and is very long, about 300 steps. However, behind the low wall, there are still some soldiers of the Ming army, about 20,000 or 30,000 people, right? It is also a row of horizontal expansion, and at the same time, the Ming army is basically an infantry army, and there are few horses. And behind all the Ming troops, there was also a high platform erected, on which there were several people, probably the command vehicle of the chief general of the Ming army.

Li Zicheng was very amused in his heart, the Ming army's array was too open, and the formation was too thin, and such a formation was almost broken in one attack. Could it be that the army thought that this mere two-foot-high earthen wall could hold off its own attack? And why didn't the Ming army stand on the low wall to resist, but hide behind the low wall, whether it was squatting or lying on its stomach? There is such a war, it seems that this time it is really right to attack by yourself, and this battle is won.

Then what Li Zicheng didn't see was that behind the sandbags, there were countless super spears and walking feudal knights

In fact, Li Zicheng didn't know that the Ming army was neither squatting nor lying on his stomach, but standing, standing in the trench that had just been dug.

Each of the main battle soldiers was equipped with a shovel with a short handle, which was used to dig trenches temporarily. Trench tactics are a new method of warfare that has entered the age of firearms, which can not only reduce the striking surface of soldiers, but also place artillery in the rear of the whole army for use, and during battle, the soldiers in the trenches can also provide protection for the artillery, and the two sides do not clash.

Because it was a trench dug in a short time, it could only be dug down more than two feet from the ground, and the excavated soil was packed in cloth bags and built against a low wall more than two feet high, so that it was actually more than four feet bright, just enough to cover most of the soldiers' bodies, and only the heads and shoulders were exposed. It also ensured that the soldiers in the front row would not block the firing of the artillery. At the same time, Li Long was on the high-platform command vehicle behind the whole army, and he took charge of the overall situation and commanded the operation.

And all this is naturally an unknown field for Li Zicheng, so he can only take it for granted that the commander of the Shu army does not know the art of war at all, does not know how to fight, and is completely in chaos, and this battle is won in his hands, so Li Zicheng immediately ordered 10,000 cavalry to attack the Shu army first, and rushed the Ming army's formation in one fell swoop.

Immediately a chaotic sound of horses' hooves sounded in the formation of the intruding army, and 10,000 cavalry rushed out of their own formation, lined up in a conical formation, and advanced to Tsuji towards the position built by Li Long. The cavalry charge does not start at full speed, but has a gradual acceleration process, and when it reaches an area about fifty paces away from the enemy, it is when the horse reaches its maximum speed. In this way, when the two sides come into contact, the knights can use the momentum of the war horse to give their opponents a fatal blow.

At this time, the cavalry of the invading army was still more than two hundred steps away from Li Long, and at this time, the war horses were only trotting, and the formation of the impact was also very neat. And at this moment, I saw that the Ming army standing on the ground behind the land suddenly retreated as a whole. Li Zicheng thought at first that the Ming army was scared and wanted to escape, but soon he found that he was wrong, and after seeing the Ming army retreat, dozens of cannon ports of different sizes and black holes were immediately exposed.

"Artillery!" Li Zicheng only felt that his brain was "buzzing", "I didn't expect that this Ming army had artillery, and there were so many artillery." ”

But now if he wants to collect the army, he can't take it back, and he only hears a series of loud sounds of "boom-boom-boom-" coming, although it is more than 300 steps away, Li Zicheng still feels that the earth seems to tremble.

The artillery of the 000 division fired all solid shells, and they were all shells that had been burned hot in advance. Hundreds of shells smashed into the cavalry array of the invading army with a trajectory that was difficult to capture with the naked eye. Because the cavalry of the invading army adopted a dense charging formation, the shells were almost missile, and each had a target.

And in the middle of the army, there was immediately a series of screams and wails. All the men and horses hit by the cannonballs were smashed to the point that their heads were broken and their bones were broken, and the bodies of some horses were smashed through, some of them would be hit upside down by cannonballs, and some of them would even hit several people one after another, leaving a scene of blurred flesh and blood, stumps and broken arms on the trajectory of flying.

After the first round of artillery fire, the invading cavalry lost at least a thousand people. The gunners of the 000 Division did not bother to check the results of the shelling, but immediately washed the chambers, and then refilled the ammunition in preparation for the next round of firing. The cavalry who broke into the army took advantage of this opportunity, and they didn't care about the horsepower, so they galloped one after another, and rushed towards the position of the 000 division at the fastest speed, hoping to kill the front of the 000 division before the second shelling.

But in ambush in the trenches were all the musketeers of the 2nd Regiment, who had already prepared for four shots, and the first musketeers had set up their muskets, aimed them at the rushing cavalry, and pulled the trigger.

The dense and deafening sound of gunfire rang out almost simultaneously, and the sound was not inferior to the artillery fire just now. At the same time as the gunfire rang out, the intruding cavalry was immediately hit with a second blow.

Although the power of the bullets was not as terrifying as that of the cannonballs, they were superior in number and fired intensively, like hail raindrops, striking at the invading cavalry, and thus achieving greater results.

The soldier who was shot fell off the horse, and after the horse fell to the ground, he slammed the knight on his back down, and whether it was a man or a horse, after falling to the ground, it was an obstacle for the companions who rushed up behind, and the war horse in the gallop at a fast speed could not bypass or stop, or stepped on the body of the companion, or was tripped and fell to the ground by them, and became an obstacle to the companions behind him. The whole formation also became chaotic.

After the musketeers of the 000th Division finished firing the first row, they did not stop for a moment, and immediately took the loaded muskets from their companions behind them and continued to fire.

After the first round of four-stage firing was all fired, more than half of the 10,000 cavalry who broke into the army were dismantled. At this time, in the artillery, the reloading type was adopted, and it was also a long-barreled gun with milling, and after being the first to fill the ammunition, it began to launch a new round of artillery bombardment against the invading army again.

Although at this time many cavalry were within thirty paces of the position of the 000th Division, after suffering a heavy blow, most of the cavalry did not have the courage to continue to charge forward, and they all turned their horses and fled towards their own position.

The cavalry that fled back to their camp was less than three hundred, leaving only the corpses of countless men and horses on the battlefield, all over the field, and a dozen ownerless horses scattered and ran away, while some of the horses and soldiers who were not yet dead still let out painful moans from time to time.

Li Zicheng only felt like he was having a nightmare, and everything that happened in front of him seemed to appear in a dream. But the thick smell of blood on the battlefield, and the distorted expressions on the faces of the defeated cavalry who retreated into their own formation because of fear, all reminded Li Zicheng that this was not a dream.

In the previous battles with the Ming army, Li Zicheng did not have no battles with the Ming army and the use of artillery guns, and at that time he didn't think that the artillery guns were terrible, they were nothing more than long-range strikes like archers, as long as they resisted one or two rounds, and after rushing through the range of the artillery guns and making short contact with the Ming army, they could immediately defeat the Ming army.

However, the power of the artillery guns used by this Ming army was obviously much beyond the scope of Li Zicheng's imagination, not only could it hit far, but also fired fast and dense, which was not comparable with the previous Ming army.

What kind of artillery is this Ming army? can have such great power, thinking of this, Li Zicheng's heart can't help but tremble, this is 10,000 cavalry, only in a short period of time with a pillar of incense, it was actually disabled by the Ming army. Look at the faces of the other soldiers, all with frightened looks, how can this battle continue.

At this time, the Ming army's position began to make an earthquake-like sound, and the rumbling cannon began again, and the artillery of a division added up to more than 2,000. There are also hundreds of red-coated cannons. Immediately, thousands of missiles exploded into Li Zicheng's Chinese army. General Liu Zongmin was hit by a cannonball, and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead. 、

And the soldiers who broke into the army heard the sound of artillery and remembered it, and felt a little strange, they haven't launched an attack yet, why did the army fire again? But the thought only flashed through my mind, and the cannonball was already in front of me. Many of the soldiers who were hit by the shells fell to the ground and died before they could scream. After the cannonball knocked down a soldier, its speed did not slow down much, but continued to fly, smashing everything in its way. Every time a shell flies in its track, it leaves behind a series of corpses

Because the heavy artillery of the Ming army is located in the Beijing division and the Jiubian area, in the past, the Ming army and the Ming army fought, most of the artillery used by the Ming army are easy to carry tiger squat guns, small Franco cannons and the like, the range is no more than one or two hundred steps, so the soldiers of the army have seen such a long-distance cannon, only then did they know that the artillery of the Ming army was able to hit themselves, just now when they fought the cavalry, they still did not do their best. And the formation immediately went into chaos.

At this time, 10,000 sword and shield soldiers suddenly killed on the position of the Ming army, and 3,000 soldiers who were all covered in steel.

It was with this understanding that Li Zicheng also changed his mind, and immediately ordered the soldiers to all rush forward, approach the Ming army, and fight a decisive battle. And said loudly: "Brothers, don't be afraid of the artillery of the Ming army, as long as they engage the Ming army, they will not dare to open fire again, and we can defeat the Ming army, the Ming army is nothing remarkable, but the artillery is powerful." ”

It should be said that there are many generals who have the same idea as Li Zicheng, after all, in the past few years, the Chuang army has established enough confidence in the Ming army, and it is difficult to completely disappear immediately because of one or two defeats, so after Li Zicheng gave the order, the soldiers of the Chuang army also raised their weapons in their hands, faced the Ming army, and also rushed up.

The army of 60,000, the vanguard of Li Long's army was 3,000 feudal knights on foot, followed by 10,000 sword and shield soldiers, and they immediately fought together. After hand-to-hand fighting, Li Zicheng found that these soldiers covered in steel were all tall, and the horses were about 185 tall. Strong build. Holding a 165cm long sword in his right hand and a 60-pound shield in his left hand, he entered the army as if he was in a no-man's land, and the 3000 walking feudal knights did not dodge at all when they stabbed down with the swords of the swords, and the sword slashed on the plate armor of the walking feudal knights, emitting bursts of firelight, which could not hurt at all. And the walking feudal knight stabbed the sword and slashed, killing one person with one move. In addition to defending against the assassination of the spear, the shield in the left hand was also used as a shield, and the shield was smashed against the soldiers who broke into the army, and the blood flow of brain plasma everywhere.

It is said that the 300 warriors of Sparta are heroic, and if you come to the Kaifeng battlefield to see Li Long's 3000 foot feudal knights, you will know what it means to be one-sided. The long sword of the Bufeng warrior is a sharp weapon made of manganese steel, and there will be no gap after slashing and stabbing tens of thousands of times. The 3,000-step soldiers were like 3,000 tigers slaughtering into the tens of thousands of troops of the invading army, and suddenly blossomed from the inside out, and the invading infantry fell one by one like a piece of corn being harvested. The Bufeng warrior stepped on the enemy's soldiers and continued to chase and kill his opponent.

Li Zicheng had never seen such a powerful unit in the Ming army, and so far he had not killed a single of them, while the intrusive army had already suffered three or four thousand casualties. Li Zicheng began to have the intention of retreating, so he looked for Liu Zongmin everywhere, but he didn't find any trace of Liu Zongmin, and he called Liu Zongmin's personal soldiers to ask and found out that when the Ming army opened fire just now, a shell hit Liu Zongmin's head, and immediately knocked Liu Zongmin's head away. Li Zicheng did not have Liu Zongmin's consultation, so he asked Li Dingguo to discuss countermeasures.

At this time, the 10,000 sword and shield infantry killed from Li Long's Ming army suddenly fought with the Chuang army, Li Ziyuan thought that there were no soldiers who could fight hand-to-hand except for the 3,000 soldiers like robots in the Ming army, but when the 10,000 sword and shield soldiers joined, he suddenly felt extraordinarily strong. The number of deaths is also less than the enemy and more than me. After seeing that his soldiers and horses died an average of five people to kill a Ming saber shield, Li Zicheng immediately ordered a retreat.

Suddenly, from the left and right flanks of the invading army, countless musketeers were killed, and their guns were raised. The dense bullets caused the intruders to fall one by one. Tian Jianxiu, Li Dingguo is an officer on the left and right wing, both of them are veterans of the battle, especially Li Dingguo, who is a dragon among people. After Li Dingguo saw that the Ming army was coming to attack Li Dingguo's right flank, it was like taking advantage of the slow loading of gunpowder with firearms, and quickly rushed over to fight hand-to-hand with firecrackers.

Then the Ming army took a three-stage attack, and tens of thousands of musketeers on the right flank also set up their muskets, aimed at the cavalry that rushed up, and pulled the trigger. The dense and deafening sound of gunfire rang out almost simultaneously, and the sound was not inferior to the artillery fire just now. At the same time as the gunfire rang out, the intruding cavalry was immediately hit with a second blow. Although the power of the bullets was not as terrifying as that of the cannonballs, they were superior in number and fired intensively, like hail raindrops, striking at the invading cavalry, and thus achieving greater results. The number of deaths of the invading army began to be counted in thousands, regardless of whether the musket hit or not, the dense arrangement of the invading army, it doesn't matter whether to aim or not, as long as you take the musket handed over from behind, you can shoot positionally.

After firing the first row, the musketeers did not stop for a moment, but immediately took the loaded muskets from their companions behind them and continued firing. After all four consecutive shots were fired, more than half of the 60,000 or 70,000 invading infantry were destroyed...... At this time, the two sides were still a hundred and ten paces apart, and Han Huamei never dreamed that the Ming army would suddenly stop, and almost instantly adjusted its formation and fired at the range of its muskets. Therefore, after a dense platoon of gunshots, a large line of soldiers immediately fell into the formation of the invading army, all of whom were soldiers in the front row.

After the musketeers of the Ming army finished firing the muskets, they did not retreat, but refilled the gunpowder in the original place, and the musketeers in the back row rushed to the front, also picked up the muskets, and shot at the invading army, followed by the soldiers of the third row. The cycle repeats itself.

The distance between the two sides is about 70 to 80 steps, most of the muskets used by the Ming army are smoothbore guns, a few are carbines, if it is an ordinary bird gun to fight the Qing army at this distance, it is difficult for the projectile to penetrate the well-made iron armor of the Qing army, even if it is a single layer of iron armor. But now the Ming army is using smoothbore guns imported from Spain, Portugal and other countries, as well as horse pistols used by dragoons, and the armor of the army is obviously not comparable with the Qing army. The weapons, clothing, horses, and salaries used were all stolen from the Ming army, and they did not have their own logistical supplies. Therefore, you can only wear whatever armor you can grab.

Moreover, Li Zicheng assembled the five battalions of the iron armor and the pro-army troops, and the guard troops in the sub-town area could only use the five battalions and the pro-army without inferior goods, and there were very few iron armor, most of the soldiers wore leather armor or cotton armor, and a few people even had no armor and only wore the mandarin duck jackets of the Shu army. Such armor was already impossible to withstand the musket fire of the Ming army, so the lethality was greatly increased, and the powerful smoothbore guns and carbines fired fiercely. It was simply impossible to get close to the array of the Ming army.

I thought it was going to fight with the Ming army in close quarters, so the Chuang army also mustered up the spirit and launched an attack on the Ming army, but now I see that it is not the case at all, I can't get close to the enemy at all, I can only be beaten and can't fight back, so the nature of the rogue is also exposed again, so someone turns around and escapes. With the first there was the second, which quickly turned into a rout,

However, the 3,000 infantry warriors and 10,000 sword and shield soldiers who had already fought hand-to-hand with the intruding army would not let go of the intruding army, and they killed them one by one more ferociously. Li Long used binoculars to look at the soldiers in hand-to-hand combat, and found that the Bufeng soldiers began to move a little slower, they were wearing 40 pounds of alloy plate armor, holding 60 pounds of pure steel shields, after such a long time of fighting, they were indeed physically exhausted. Li Long didn't want to spend a lot of money to form 3,000 infantry soldiers to have any casualties, infantry soldiers are not as good as special forces, special forces can be picked out from the army at any time, but once the infantry soldiers are lost, they must be supplemented by well-built plate armor......

Because the plate armor is made according to the height and size of the person. It's all made to order. Once someone dies, then his armor may not be passed on. I had to build it from scratch.

Li Long turned to Yang Dali at this time and said, "Dali, lead 3,000 special combat team members to pick up the Bufeng soldiers and let them rest." ：”

After Yang Dali got Li Long's order, he immediately ordered to lead Hutong Huyi and 3,000 special combat personnel to start attacking the army, these 3,000 special forces personnel saw that the Bufeng soldiers were the first to go up to fight, and the killing was particularly refreshing, and then the ordinary 10,000 sword and shield soldiers also went up to support, although there were a lot of casualties, but they still had an absolute advantage, and the musketeers who could only shoot from a distance did not let the special combat team members go up, and they all suffocated to death one by one. Now after hearing Yang Dali's order to attack to pick up the Bufeng soldiers, they roared and screamed like tigers letting go of their cages

These special operators are dressed in fish-scale armor and wear purple and gold steel helmets, with a towering feather on the helmet, just like the helmet of the Imperial Forest Army in the Han Dynasty. The special operators all wore steel arm guards and leggings made of leather armor on their arms. Cowhide combat boots, hands wearing cowhide gloves. He carried a hardwood shield wrapped in brass on his back, and two long swords, one long and one short, hung from his waist. He also carried a quiver on his back, and rushed out with a crossbow arrow in his hand. Shoot while charging.

The Special Combat Crew is a well-equipped and well-trained unit carefully built by Li Long. All of them are sharpshooters, and the crossbow arrows equipped can also be fired continuously, and they can be loaded with twenty crossbow arrows at a time. Shoot like an assault rifle.

Since the infantry soldiers who fought in the middle with the Chuang army were all wearing plate armor, they were not afraid of crossbow arrows at all, so the special forces led by Yang Dali would not care about injuring the infantry soldiers. Just shoot at the place where there are many intruders, and kill an enemy with a crossbow arrow. Arrows hit the head, and a warrior with poor archery could only shoot the heart, but it was no less deadly. 、

3,000 special forces, 60,000 bows and arrows, shot clean in an instant. When the special combat team members drew their long swords, took out their shields, and rushed to the intruders to start hand-to-hand combat, there were less than 10,000 living soldiers, and most of them were wounded. Liu Zongmin was killed by a bombardment, and Tian Jianxiu was hit by a grenade in a shootout and died on the spot. and Li Guo was also seriously injured, a bullet hit Li Guo's chest, how long can he live if he doesn't die.

After 3,000 special combat soldiers joined, the battlefield suddenly became clear, the invasion army was defeated, and many soldiers began to flee without the order of the commander. Li Zicheng trembled with fright, and couldn't believe that this was a Ming army, such a terrifying Ming army. In less than an hour, more than 60,000 of the 70,000 troops were killed on the spot, and 10,000 people fled back with their troops.

Li Zicheng ordered a retreat, or the generals organized their subordinates to start retreating, and the retreat seemed to be no longer a retreat, and suddenly turned into a rout. The intruders who had been killed and wounded for too long fled desperately one by one, with heavy armor. The soldiers who broke into the army could no longer bear such heavy leather armor, and they took off their arms one after another and continued to flee. It's such a heavy sword, and the soldiers who broke into the army can't bear such a heavy sword, so lose it. Why is the helmet so heavy, it seriously affects the speed of escape, it is better to throw it away.

The special forces personnel who had just joined were full of physical strength and joined the pursuit under the leadership of Yang Dali. The lagging intruders were cut off with a single sword, or stabbed to death with a bayonet by a musketeer equipped with bayonets, and the pursuing team was like a wolf, while the fleeing team was more and more frightened. A large banner with the general's surname written on it was cut by the pursuers.

Finally, the remnants of the thousands of troops finally saw the county seat of Zhongmu County, and the army seemed to see a life-saving straw, spread their feet, and ran to the county seat of Zhongmu County. Zhongmu County has long been occupied by the breaking army, and the general defending the city is Niu Jinxing, and there are three major armies in the city, which is also Li Zicheng's last strength in the Kaifeng area.

,,,,The heavy gate of Zhongmu County was opened inside, the suspension bridge was lowered, and Li Zicheng's defeated troops poured into Zhongmu County. Behind it was the Ming army that was in close pursuit, with 3,000 special forces taking the lead, followed by 10,000 swordsmen. As soon as the invading army fled into the city, the pursuers of the Ming army followed to the moat. Ten thousand arrows were fired from the top of the city, and they stopped the formation. After losing more than 20 men, the army had to retreat beyond the range of bows and arrows. Wait for Li Long's army to arrive

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