Chapter 382: Victory
On the side of the army position, I suddenly heard three shouts from the direction of the Ming army: "We must win!" Win! Win! β
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In the Battle of Luoyang, many generals of the army had seen the power of the artillery of the Shunxiang Army, but at this time, it still felt like a nightmare to experience it again in the Battle of Yeyang. The firing of forty-five guns, all of them in groups, was like a storm, and at once the entire position of the intruding army was blinded.
In the past, the Hongyi cannon could not be fired more than three times in a row, and it had to be paused for an hour after each forty rounds to cool down the barrel. However, after the improvement of the formula of the gunner, the artillery in the army now has a longer range and more shots, and it can already fire five cannons and then dissipate heat, and the power is even more increased.
In particular, the Franc cannon did not have the concern of heat dissipation, and the distance between the two sides was less than a mile, and the big Franc machine could not only enter the breaking formation, but also cover many queues of hungry soldiers in front of the breaking army.
Moreover, the Franco machine artillery uses a sub-gun, and a skilled Ming gunner can shoot a shot in twenty seconds, but the Shunxiang gunner does not need twenty seconds. In the feeling of breaking into the army, it is like the Ming army's artillery is endless, never stopping.
The whistling cannons continued to shoot fiercely, and everywhere they went, flesh and blood flew and severed limbs flew flying. Not to mention the sword and shield soldiers, archers, gunners, and gunners of the intruding army in front of the frontal formation, they were scattered at once. Even the hungry soldiers in the rear formations who were affected by the shells also fled in terror.
Although the morale of the party has been aroused, how can these hungry soldiers withstand the horror of the metal storm? If it is a knife and a gun, it is good to fight in the open, but the power of this kind of artillery fire is unbearable even for a first-class strong army. Not to mention that in the past, these were still the existence of ordinary people.
Not only that, but those military formations that were not affected, many of the soldiers and soldiers who broke into the army were all in a commotion and frightened, especially after witnessing the tragic situation of some middle artillery soldiers.
In the position of the Chinese army, Li Zicheng and the others had extremely ugly faces, although the large array was extremely thick, the threat of artillery was only a small array after all, and it could not hit the side of the Chinese army. However, as soon as the officers and men opened fire, at least several starving arrays of nearly 10,000 people fell into chaos, casting a thick shadow on the battle.
As soon as the artillery army opened fire, it had such a record, which made the entire Ming army's position happy and morale high. Not only that, but the military and civilian gates watching the battle in Luoyang City also cheered, and everyone shouted: "The officers and soldiers have powerful artillery." β
At this time, Wang Yinchang's officials and princes also climbed the Wenfeng Tower and watched the battle with King Fu. Looking from the 30-meter-high tower, the difference between the enemy and the enemy is obvious, two large arrays, one large and one small, the small array is me, red and sharp, the big array is the enemy, mixed and chaotic.
After the shelling, the commotion of the enemy formation was obvious, everyone upstairs was excited, and the prince said happily: "Well fought, people say that General Wang bravely crowned the three armies, and the big man hugged his head and ran away." I didn't understand it before, but now I know that with this artillery, I can't do it without bravery. β
King Fu squinted his small eyes and looked at that side for a long time, before he said in disbelief: "Why is Wang Aiqing's artillery battalion so sharp, but my division can't be like this?" β
These words embarrassed the officials in Luoyang, and Wang Yinchang said: "Back to Your Highness, the gunpowder is easy to say, but the gunner training is not easy. β
King Fu sighed: "General Wang has great talents, and his subordinates are twice as handsome. β
This is a bit of a bad excuse, Lu Weiqi, the former secretary of the Ministry of War, was thoughtful, and Wang Yinchang, the soldier, said: "With such a good general, the family and the country are very fortunate." β
γγγγγγ On the side of the intruding army, seeing that the situation was like this, Li Zicheng gave an order to let the various formations gather the rout, stabilize the position, and kill those who dared to stir up on the spot. At the same time, he ordered many hungry soldiers of the front army to immediately go out to fight in a camp and take the initiative to attack, so that the enemy's artillery could not be fired. This is especially true of the starving position, which is slightly on the outside of the Ming army's array. β¦,
All the generals nodded, the position of the rebels was extremely wide, after all, the Ming army was small, and the length of the array was like the difference between the thumb and the middle finger compared with the rebels. Hungry soldiers outside the range can threaten their flanks, and there is no threat from artillery.
"The rebel army is offensive, Bobo is not stopped, Ma Yujun and Xiao Cavalry are in formation, and those who dare to escape will be killed on the spot!"
"Tell those in charge, after defeating the officers and soldiers, they will be selected for the capture of the baggage, and they must move forward bravely and not retreat!"
Immediately, the herald passed on the order of King Chuang, and the banner was the most convenient, but how many of those hungry soldiers and leaders could understand the flag? Not to mention them, the Ming Dynasty was deposed, and many court generals couldn't understand the banner.
"After killing and retiring the officers and soldiers, the whole army will treat γγγγγγ with wine and meat"
"Those who kill officers and soldiers will be rewarded with fifty taels of silver, a pair of armor, and a good weaponγγγγγγ"
"Those who dare to retreat will be killed on the spot!"
With the order of King Chuang came one by one, the hungry soldiers of the former army thundered, in the era of famine, they were already indifferent to life and death, they could have wine and meat to eat, or a reward after the war, whether it was to have a good future in the army, and they could live a comfortable life when they returned to the countryside in the future.
Everyone said: "Fight with those officers and soldiers." β
"People die and birds are facing the sky, and Lao Yanzi has already lived enough."
The leaders of each array and their entourage were even more desperately agitated, no more than the infantry and Ma Yu's army, the number of people in the first team was fixed, the hungry soldiers were scattered, and the blind dates in the same city and township were all together, and even the whole village was together. The core is a person of prestige, or an outlaw and a brave man. In this kind of coercion of the hungry people, in every battle, except for those who were too old, too weak, and too young to stay in the camp, there were some young and strong women, young men of eleven or twelve years old, and many of them stood in the middle of the battle with spears and sticks.
For a while, among the starving arrays, which teams were more brave, or which teams were more powerful warriors, they organized themselves one after another and lined up in the array that attacked first. Everyone looked excited, desperately cheering themselves up.
The artillery of the officers and men was still bombarding, and suddenly there was a cannon fire and hoarse shouts sounded when they broke into the position of the Chinese army, and countless hungry soldiers with yellow faces and thin muscles rushed out of the position, holding high their weapons and rushing towards the officers and soldiers like a tide. Wang Dou raised the clairvoyant mirror to look, wave after wave of hungry soldiers were dispatched, front and back, and the sea of people was vast, surging like waves.
The momentum is not small, it is really a crowd tactic.
Chen Yongfu put down the clairvoyant mirror, looked solemn, and said to Wang Dou: "After all, there are few people in my division, so we can't consume them like this!" β
Wang Dou nodded, looking at the offensive of the intruders, in addition to the middle and middle, there were also many hungry soldiers in the outer arc rushing towards him, depending on his intentions, or attacking the front side together, it was very likely that he would take the opportunity to attack his two wings. After all, this kind of internal arc battle formation has this advantage.
Wang Dou immediately gave the order, and the artillery continued to bombard, scattering the hungry soldiers who were attacking head-on, and the musketeers and spearmen were ready to fight. He also ordered the cavalry on both flanks, depending on the uncertain situation of the army, to send out a team to defeat the hungry soldiers who were rushing towards the two wings. If they flee, they can be driven to attack the positions of the Chinese army or the Ma Yan army.
Before the war, Wang Dou and Chen Yongfu's strategic intention was to fight the cavalry and the thieves and cavalry, but the formation was extremely thick, and the Ma Yu army and the elite cavalry were heavily wrapped in the hungry soldiers, and if they wanted to fight against them, they needed to disperse the hungry soldiers on the periphery.
Immediately, the standard-bearer of the Chinese military department passed Wang Dou's general order to all parties, and there were thousands of headquarters in the headquarters, and there were standard-bearers who were proficient in the flag language, and it was very fast to appreciate the general orders of the Chinese army. This is another major advantage of the Shunxiang Army. The military situation is like fire, and whoever can quickly arrange it in place will seize the first opportunity.
Chen Yongfu raised the clairvoyant mirror to look at it for a while, and said to Wang Dou: "The thieves are in a big formation, and every time the thief army is defeated, it is necessary to send riders to drive it away and accelerate the rout of its troops!" β
Wang Dou nodded: "Chief Chen is long in the army, this is right. β
Chen Yongfu smiled heartily, fighting side by side with Wang Dou, to be honest, it is impossible without pressure, Wang Dou is just a general, and he can only play a supporting role as a deputy commander-in-chief. Although admitting the gap between the two sides, why didn't Chen Yongfu show himself and show his graceful thoughts? β¦,
He ordered his son Chen De to lead the Ding battalion to battle, depending on the uncertain military situation, attacked the main formation of the breaking army, defeated and drove away, and retreated after its strict order.
Seeing that Wang Dou had something to say, Chen Yongfu waved his hand: "General Wang, don't persuade, there are no fathers and sons on the battlefield, only generals, although Chen De is my son, I also need to fight bravely to kill the enemy." β
After receiving Chen Yongfu's order, Chen De responded excitedly: "Yes, father!" β
And he cried out in a loud voice, "Come with me, sons!" β
led five hundred families away like the wind.
Watching Chen De leave, Xie Yike was a little envious, he also wanted to kill the enemy like Chen De. Although the chief officer of the guard is beautiful and has a respected status, Xie Yike still misses the stabbing life of the past when he didn't collect at night, fighting the enemy on the front line, and splashing blood on his face.
However, just as Wang Dou can no longer rush to the front like before, the current Xie Yike can't control his temperament. Wang Dou's safety is a matter of the future of the Guandong Road, where hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians are, how important it is, I can't thank Yike for doing it again as a small soldier in the past.
There are gains and losses, Xie Yike sighed secretly, feeling that he was mature.
At this time, the tide of hungry soldiers came in, and they had already engaged in the battle of the thousands of artillery troops in Shunxiang, and the dense starving formations were smashed by the whistling shells from time to time. The middle ones were all bloody and fleshy, with severed limbs and broken arms, and the starving soldiers were terrified in such a tragic way, and they continued to rush forward despite fear.
Due to the dense flow of people, many people are involuntarily led by others. Then the more they rushed forward, the more fierce the artillery of the officers and men, especially in the various starving formations, those who were originally more brave were swept away by the artillery fire, and suffered heavy casualties.
But at this time, the artillery of the officers and soldiers suddenly stopped, and everyone was overjoyed, and some people shouted: "The officers and soldiers have no medicine, and the brothers of each family rushed forward, beheaded one level, and fifty taels of silver were in hand." β
At one moment, everyone was enthusiastic, and the crowd was like a flood, rushing forward.
The second stunned man who charged with the army suddenly felt a sense of fear and uneasiness, and subconsciously slowed down.
As his name suggests, he is a big person, even a little stupid, and he is even more silly when he laughs, so although his name is Yang Yuanfa, others have always called him the nickname Ertunzi, whether he used to run errands in a restaurant, or joined the army and starved soldiers, it has always been like this.
In fact, the second stunned person looks stupid on the outside, but he is fine inside, working as a timekeeper in the Jiaxian restaurant, I don't know how many guests who yelled at him ate his saliva dishes, and praised him for being honest, rewarding him with a few copper plates and small money, so that he was happy in his heart.
The army of King Chuang captured Jiaxian, and the city was shoveled, and most of the people in the county went to the city.
The second stunned thought was very simple, the thief had no food to eat, and he had no way to take the king, so he had to let others have no food. Others can rob themselves, and they can rob others. This may be the revenge psychology of many thieves who coerce the people, the wealth is plundered, and the inability to live is one, and if you are not happy, you must make others unhappy.
After joining the army of King Chuang, the second stunned man took life as his first priority, so the shrewd father died, and several shrewd brothers also died, but the stupid second stunned man has been alive until now.
At this time, the second stunned man wrapped his turban, held a wooden stick, and learned to wear a bandana (leggings) like an officer and soldier in the past, wrapped in a cotton jacket, shrunk his hands and feet, and breathed the cold, no different from many hungry soldiers.
However, he was very sensitive to the danger of smell, and he felt uneasy when he looked at the black muzzle in front of him, so he deliberately slowed down when everyone shouted and rushed up.
His actions were noticed by several men next to him, and immediately a man's stick fell on him, scolding: "You are a fool, hiding your head and showing your tail, withering and shrinking, all pretending here, the officers and soldiers have no medicine, and you don't rush up?" β
The second stunned man recognized him, he was a splash in the same workshop, and he gathered a few green skins, whether in the city in the past, or in the army, these people did not whip and bully him, especially this splash, now he is the sentry general of this team, and he is even more arrogant. β¦,
Although he was beaten with a stick, how could he dare to fight back, and immediately laughed, but he was thinking about when to give them a cold drink.
A henchman next to him flattered the splasher: "Lord Sentinel, why bother to be like this kind of foolish person, let's rush up, cut off the heads of officers and soldiers as soon as possible, and it is serious to receive silver rewards for meritorious service." β
Immediately, a group of people ignored him, and rushed forward regardless of the shouting and screaming of the queue, lest their military merits be taken away by others.
The second stunned man slowed down even more, shrunk his figure behind the flow of people, and saw that there was a crowd of people in front of him, each holding high spears and clubs, all looking eager and greedy.
The ground shook suddenly, the sound of the cannon was amazing, and the two stunned fell to the ground all of a sudden, not knowing what was happening. He tried to look up, but saw the smoke billowing from the sentry in front of him, countless people howling bitterly, and the artillery that had been stopped by the officers and soldiers was fired at a gate again, spewing out large streams of fire and smoke.
With each burst of firelight, the originally dense charging array was hollowed out one by one, and strands of blood mist stirred up.
"Loose guns, loose guns."
The second stunned muttered.
He had seen the tiger squat cannon of officers and soldiers or the army, with countless lead and iron bullets inside, and if a person was hit, it would be a leak of broken meat. The scattered guns of these officers and soldiers are countless times more terrifying.
Looking at it again, the gang of splashes has disappeared, and I am afraid that they have been beaten into minced meat. In such a cold weather, what will the minced meat look like?
The second stunned man was happy, died well, let you bully me. On the one hand, there was fear, a spirit, he jumped up violently, turned around and ran, and shouted: "Defeated, defeated." β
This wave of hungry soldiers has been beaten by the Shunxiang Army's shotgun, and when they heard the second stunned shout, countless people stumbled and ran back.
The second stunned man looked back while running, and saw countless people running with him, and he was proud, everyone ran, and when he returned to the formation, Shangguan couldn't dispose of himself at will. But think about it, you can't run at the front, the rabbit is the first bird, or everyone is mixed together.
Suddenly, he heard a shout from behind, and the second stunned man looked back in surprise, the sound of hooves rolled, and a group of cavalry rushed out of the smoke of gunpowder, wielding sabers viciously to chase down his group of hungry soldiers who had fled. The second man screamed, threw away the stick in his hand, used his strength to eat, howled and ran desperately.
But two legs could outrun four horses' legs, and a horseman swept past him. The cavalryman was an old knight in Chen Yongfu's camp, with a lot of combat experience, and his knife did not chop, but the blade moved forward, and with the help of the speed of the horse, he quickly slashed through the body of the second stunned man.
The second stunned man threw himself forward, and the last thought: "After a lot of hardship, I still haven't lived." β
"Fortunately, that gang died in front of him, and he didn't lose γγγγγγ"
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At this time, both the enemy and the enemy battle arrays were full of trumpets and war drums, which shook the sky, and was full of exciting atmosphere. Li Guangheng, the commander of the cavalry army, who was guarding the right flank, also received an order from the Central Military Department at this time to defeat the hungry soldiers who were rushing towards the flank. If the enemy is defeated, drive it to attack the opponent's large array.
Li Guangheng's cavalry and Gao Shiyin's horse infantry were on both wings, because this battle had to use the cavalry, Gao Shiyin's horse infantry army was also to charge behind the cavalry. Therefore, the armies of both sides were separated, and Li Guangheng's cavalry was divided into two and always on two wings, and Gao Shiyin was the same, both led by the cavalry.
At this time, seeing thousands of rogue people rushing towards his side, Li Guangheng snorted, a chill flashed on his rugged face, and only thousands of rogue bandits, a total cavalry on his side was enough to deal with it. He shouted: "Pass Yang to the general, and order him to lead the men and horses of his headquarters to attack and kill the thieves." β
Immediately, the cavalry commander was given the order, and led his own total of more than 200 cavalry, swept like the wind in a strict queue, and rushed towards those rogues.
On the left flank, this place was defended by the two general men and horses of the horse infantry army, Gao Shiyin, and the cavalry commander, a deputy commander, and the two cavalry troops, which were commanded by the vice president of the cavalry.
At this time, the left wing had already received the order of the Chinese general, and then seeing more than 10,000 thieves rushing over in vain, Vice President Qian and Gao Shiyin snorted coldly at the same time, and a bloodthirsty and disdainful look flashed on their faces. β¦,
The deputy Qian said: "More than 10,000 thieves, dispatch two total men and horses are enough to deal with it!" β
Gao Shiyin smiled and said, "Okay, let the children kill happily." β
The two of them deliberated slightly, and decided to dispatch a general cavalry army and a general odd infantry army, with the cavalry as the vanguard, to kill the enemy.
The commander of the cavalry who had ordered him roared, pulled out his riding knife sharply, and pointed hard ahead: "Kill the thief!" β
"Wan Sheng!"
The healthy horsemen who participated in the battle all responded violently, riding their horses like dragons, and swept away with unstoppable momentum.
All the cavalry were armed with spears, and the horse infantry behind them were armed with long knives, and they were lined up in four columns. The first two columns are cavalry, and the last two columns are horse infantry. Sharp spears, snow-shining knives, and heavy iron hooves shook the earth like a suffocating drumbeat of death.
Rolling iron stream, stepping through the wind, the war horses of the Shunxiang army are all tall and majestic, and the heavy hooves of the horses hit the earth, a rhythmic muffled sound. Although the number of people was small, the momentum was amazing, and with the momentum of crushing everything, the rogues who were charging stopped in horror and screamed in horror.
The hungry soldiers were in turmoil, some wanted to continue the charge, while others were timid and retreated, and it was useless to let the leaders threaten and agitate, and for a time their formation was chaotic.
In the sound of iron hooves like a shower, the two iron horsemen of the Shunxiang Army swept like a whirlwind, and in a desperate and frightened shout, they viciously crashed into the queue of more than 10,000 hungry soldiers. Like a red-hot iron, the iron cavalry rushed into the formation in vain, and suddenly scattered the hungry soldiers.
The first two rows of Shunxiang Army knights are elite cavalry, and the cavalry spears in their hands can easily stab the vital parts of the target, and the control is exquisite.
The two rows of knights rushed out of the way, followed by the sword-wielding knights, and the queue was tightly organized, and they were invincible with horsepower alone.
"Kill!"
Zhao Rongsheng roared, rode his horse forward, slashed with a long knife, and viciously swept the neck of a hungry soldier beside him, watching the blood splash and his head flying, his heart was full of thoughts of happy killing.
Grandpa said it well, the country is picturesque, how many heroes and heroes fight each other for this magnificence! The blood not only did not make him cowardly and afraid, but aroused infinite pride in his heart, perhaps, he was born for the troubled times and killing.
However, he is only a horse infantry army, following the cavalry army to rush and kill, when can he ride the dust and take the head of the enemy general in the army?
The modern cavalry that Wang Dou painstakingly trained was so powerful that it could fight against the powerful cavalry of the Qing army, and these hungry soldiers who did not even have a formation can be imagined, and they were soon penetrated by the two general cavalry armies, and they had no power to resist.
Penetrating the formation of these hungry soldiers, the cavalry reorganized the ranks, turned their horses back, and continued to storm the ranks of the hungry soldiers in a strict formation, smashing them to pieces. These hungry soldiers who came out of the charge were disorganized, and they did not know what to do, or they ran around, or fled to their own large array.
Gao Shiyin and others on the left flank saw the advantage, and immediately made a decision, leading the remaining two general cavalry armies to set off again, and together with the previous cavalry, drove away those routs and attacked their own army formation. At this time, whether it was the right flank or the middle formation, all the cavalry was out to drive away the hungry people and rout the army, and even more chaos in the army.
"The thieves are defeated!"
In the position of the Ming army, Wang Dou could see clearly, under the continuous impact of his own cavalry, the heart of the hungry soldiers of the army was in chaos, if their Ma Yan army, Xiao cavalry could not fight, so under the reciprocating impact, there was only one way to collapse. The starving soldiers are rout, and those foot soldiers don't want to survive.
He immediately gave the order: "The whole army is approaching, press the enemy position!" β
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In the large array of the Chinese army that broke into the army, Li Zicheng's face was pale, and although his plan was good, he could not achieve his goal at all. He asked the righteous army to attack, Bobo did not stop, Ma Yu army, Xiao cavalry battle, but it was only the first few waves, after the hungry soldiers were defeated by the Ming army's elite cavalry, there was chaos everywhere. β¦,
The artillery of the Shunxiang army is powerful, and the same is true of the cavalry, and the hungry soldiers who go out to fight are not opponents at all, and the purpose of consumption cannot be achieved at all.
It was the Ma Yu army that escorted the formation, and under the chaos, the hungry soldiers all rushed to their own Ma Yan army, obviously in their understanding, the cavalry of the Shunxiang army was more terrifying.
Looking at their own large array from afar, everyone was terrified, especially those hungry people, the morale that had been mustered earlier had long been gone, and a series of shadows such as the disadvantage of attacking Luoyang and the seizure of grain and grass came to their hearts again. There is no longer a desire to fight.
Look at the commotion of each formation, and then listen to the war drums on the opposite side, the opponent's army has moved, and the artillery fire is in front, like a mountain, pressing step by step, the situation is like this, and it is necessary to make a decision immediately.
Ma Yujun must be dispatched, Li Zicheng thought to himself. Liu Zongmin, Gao Yigong, Yuan Zongdi and others were full of anger, and they were also asking for battle, obviously unconvinced, although the hungry soldiers were unbearable, but they still had Ma Yu's army, Xiao Cavalry did not move, and it was unknown who killed the deer.
In particular, Liu Zongmin's voice was like thunder: "King Chuang, give me 500 old battalions and 3,000 Ma Yan troops, I don't believe it, those officers and soldiers have three heads and six arms." I've been fighting for so many years, who am I afraid of? β
Li Shuangxi and Zhang Ding are also asking for battle, they are all Li Zicheng's righteous sons, newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, and they are also shouting to lead the cavalry to fight to the death with the officers and soldiers. Just when Li Zicheng made up his mind and was about to issue an order, Liu Fangliang and Li Guo glanced at each other, suddenly dismounted together, and knelt on the ground: "King Chuang, you can't fight anymore!" β
Everyone was stunned, and Liu Zongmin jumped like thunder: "Liu boy, Li boy, what are you doing?" What do you mean that we can't fight, do you want us to run away without a fight? Did your soul be lost by that Wang Dou Xiao'er? β
Seeing everyone's angry eyes looking at him, Liu Fangliang clenched his fists and said sincerely: "Please Liu Ye and the brothers of each family listen to me." β
He said to Li Zicheng: "King Chuang, now in our righteous army, there are only a few thousand people in the old battalion with the horse team. If it weren't for the majesty of my chief officers and soldiers, those horse teams wouldn't be the opponents of the cavalry of the Shunxiang Army, and those backbones of the old battalion, would King Chuang be willing to take them out and fight them out? β
Everyone was stunned, and they all knew that what Liu Fangliang said was not good, but it was the truth. Not to mention the horse team, it was originally mostly the cavalry of the surrendered official army, or some horse thieves poles, although there are horses, in fact, they are also a rabble, and the original Henan government officers and soldiers can, and the cavalry of the Shunxiang army can fight, and the fierce and auspicious are less.
As for the old battalion soldiers, most of them are from the old eighth team, although they can fight against the cavalry of the Shunxiang Army, but these people are all veterans who have been fighting on the battlefield for more than ten years, how can they be willing to take them out and fight hard? Even if you exchange hundreds of thousands of hungry soldiers and foot soldiers for these old battalions, the generals will not do it.
Liu Fangliang continued: "The best result is that we and Wang Doubing will fight to defeat both, do you really think that we can destroy them?" Just continue to drag on here and stalemate in Luoyang. Most of our grain and grass are gone, and if we delay it for a few more days, I am afraid that if we want to leave, we will not be able to leave. β
Everyone's expressions are even more ugly, Liu Fangliang's words are also true, but they are still unconvinced in their hearts.
Liu Fangliang said again: "King Chuang, brothers of all families, stay in the green mountains, and you are not afraid of no firewood." With these veterans in hand, where can we go? Besides, Wang Dou is a guest soldier after all, and it is impossible to stay in Henan for a long time. When they are gone, Henan and other places, sometimes our world. What about these foot soldiers and hungry people left in the Guanshu Mansion, when we come back, they will be our soldiers and horses! β
This was said extremely explicitly, but Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance were silent, Li Yan opened his mouth, and when he saw everyone's expressions, he sighed and thought: "The righteous army can't get rid of its rogue nature after all." Although King Chuang has great ambitions, he is forced by the situation, when will the world be peaceful? β
Li Zicheng was silent, in fact, he was old in battle, and his sense of smell on the battlefield has always been keen, and he knew that if he continued to fight, he was really afraid that the whole army would be wiped out and his family would be wiped out.
But I was unwilling, I wanted to rise in Henan Mansion at the beginning, I was invincible, especially Niu Jinxing, Li Yan and others came to vote, and Song Xiance even offered a picture, "Eighteen children, be the main artifact." "How high-spirited was I at that time? β¦,
Why is there a king fight in Luoyang? Could it be that these experiences are all dreams of oneself?
He was a decisive man, and he calmed down in an instant, and his heart was already retreating.
He looked at the large array of officers and soldiers who were approaching in formation, and said slowly: "I'm afraid that Wang Dou and the others won't let us retreat calmly!" β
As soon as these words came out, the generals of the Chuang army said: "King Chuang, let me stay and break the queen." β
"King Chuang, let me stay and drag down the officers and soldiers."
For many years of life and death brothers, the feelings between the generals of the army are very deep, especially these Li Zicheng's henchmen and generals, everyone wants to stay and break the queen.
Li Zicheng was relieved in his heart, and said to Hao Shaoqi, who was the most excited: "Brother Dayong, you stay and break the queen." β
Since the incident in Luoshan, Hao Shaoqi was ostracized in the army, at this time King Chuang entrusted him with a heavy responsibility, he was extremely excited, and said loudly: "King Chuang, brothers rest assured, I, Hao Shaoqi, have fought for this life, and I want everyone to retreat safely." β
Li Zicheng said: "Okay, I'm relieved to have your words." β
sighed again: "Actually, I have never blamed you for the matter of Shangluo Mountain. β
When Hao Shaoqi heard this, he burst into tears, patting his chest but unable to speak.
Li Zicheng said again: "Shuangxi and Ding'er also stay, I will give you two thousand horses, and all the foot soldiers will also be left for you, you must be careful." β
Li Shuangxi and Zhang Ding are both Li Zicheng's righteous sons, so that they can stay behind the broken queen, but they can calm the hearts of soldiers.
The two responded loudly.
Li Zicheng was a person who knew the soldiers, and knew that if the old battalion took the lead in retreating in this situation, it would be the result of the whole army being dispersed and no one could leave. It is necessary to take the initiative to attack and entangle the officers and men before they can fight and retreat. This post-mortem task is extremely important, and it is a life-long death.
Li Zicheng gave the three of them a strategy, can lead the horse team to quickly impact the Ming army's array, although the Shunxiang army's artillery is good, but the launch of the cannon is slow after all, with the speed of the fast horse, it may be possible to cross the artillery fire, rush into the Ming army's position, plus the foot soldiers and hungry soldiers follow closely, when the purpose of the grappling can be achieved.
The three of them were all ordered, and Li Zicheng told them carefully, saying that they must save their lives, assemble in Yongning City, and not fall in love with war.
Then a series of orders were passed down, so that Tian Jianxiu and Liu Xiyao of Jianshan withdrew their troops and joined their own large troops, and everyone hurried away with their own orders.
Although Li Zicheng was determined to leave, all the henchmen and generals of the army also had the intention of retreating, but in the army array, the hungry soldiers and foot soldiers, and some Ma Yan troops did not know. Seeing that the officers and soldiers were approaching step by step, they were about to press up, and they didn't know what to do.
At this time, Hao Shaoqi, Li Shuangxi and Zhang Ding led thousands of horses to come out and shouted at the more than 10,000 foot soldiers in the military formation: "Brothers, the officers and soldiers have bullied us too much, fight with them!" β
Hao Shaoqi even jumped on horseback, personally raised a big flag, and shouted loudly: "The head has fallen off the bowl and the big scar, I'm afraid of a ball bird, brothers, fight with those enough officers and soldiers!" β
As soon as he rode his horse, he rushed out with a wild scream, smoke and dust billowed out, and Li Shuangxi and Zhang Ding led a team of 2,000 horses to follow.
Seeing that the old battalion general personally killed the enemy, and there were even the two righteous sons of King Chuang, inspired by this, not only the foot soldiers in the battle, but even the many hungry soldiers who were about to collapse were also greatly inspired, shouting and rushing out with the army.
At this time, the thunderous drumbeat of the Chinese army sounded, and for the first time, it was the sound of "killing officers and soldiers", and more and more hungry people joined.
Seeing the infantry of the intruding army and horse team rushing towards him, followed by countless hungry soldiers, Chen Yongfu snorted coldly: "Dying and struggling!" β
Wang Dou's heart moved: "Li Zicheng is going to escape." β
He immediately issued an order: "The guns are engaged, and the spearmen are on standby." The cavalry attacked the thieves, the foot soldiers, and the starving people. Wen Fangliang, who ordered Jianshan, to be ready to attack and fight at any time. β
In fact, the impact of the cavalry of the cavalry team, if it repeats the story of the vanguard of Chongzhen's 12 years of yellow flag worship, between the artillery fire and fire of the Shunxiang army, their charge quickly came to naught, and the horse team infantry suffered heavy casualties and starvation, and they failed to rush into the position of the Shunxiang army to achieve the purpose of fighting, let alone break the rear. β¦,
Seeing everything in front of him, all the generals around King Chuang were pale, and they were secretly happy, fortunately they listened to Liu Fangliang's words and persuasion, and did not let the old camp and horse team all be dispatched, otherwise the family would be exhausted.
Only Li Zicheng secretly gnashed his teeth, the Shunxiang army's guns were so fierce, in just a moment, the casualties of the righteous army were very heavy, the horse team followed one after another, and kept falling, only afraid that his two righteous sons would be more auspicious and less auspicious, and he hated in his heart: "Wang Dou, Wang Dou, I am inseparable from you!" β
He didn't dare to slack off, Li Shuangxi and others were delaying the opportunity with their lives, if they didn't leave at this time, when would they stay?
When the news that Li Zicheng led the old battalion and a part of the horse team to escape came out, the entire army position was in an uproar, and all the hungry soldiers and foot soldiers had a feeling of being abandoned, and they no longer had the heart to fight, or ran away, or ran into the camps to loot the wealth, and the army of more than 100,000 collapsed.
Victorious, although he knew this result for a long time, but when the truth came to the front, Wang Dou still couldn't help but be excited, he and Chen Yongfu issued a series of orders, the cavalry pursued, especially the cavalry that did not collect Li Guangheng at night, and chased Li Zicheng's old camp closely, and did not let go of those giants.
Soon, Gao Shiyin's Ma Bujun and Chen Yongfu's family members also joined the pursuit.
and Wen Fangliang, who was originally in Jianshan, had already understood the result of the battle when he saw the generals Tian Jianxiu and Liu Xiyao and others retreating in a hurry.
Seeing the great victory of the officers and soldiers, the soldiers and civilians of Luoyang City were cheering for victory, and the officers and soldiers of the Yongshe Society in the city also came out of the city to help clean up the battlefield and capture prisoners.
It was indisprehensible, and in the sound of "those who surrender will not be killed", countless hungry soldiers who lost their souls surrendered on their knees, waiting for the unknown result.
Chen Sheng held his bird gun in his hand, looking at all this with emotion, the countless hungry soldiers who cried and shouted for mercy in front of him, and the situation of those horse team foot soldiers rushing into the battle formation before was still vivid. They looked crazy, almost thought that they were going to be broken through the military formation, and at that time, their minds were blank, just fighting mechanically.
Chen Sheng didn't know how many people he had killed with the firecracker, looking at the corpses and blood all over the ground, although he knew that this road must be full of corpses and bones, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
In the Battle of Luoyang, hundreds of thousands of thieves were scattered, and this will be recorded in the history books, but who will remember those who died?
"The world is like the wind, like a dream." οΌ