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Zhuangzi is a common village in the north, with adobe courtyard walls, thick thatched roofs, and occasionally a few broken houses with tiles, which have been destroyed at this time, leaving only broken walls and ruined walls, which look like large families passing by, and have always been their main targets of plunder.

Li Zicheng rode his horse and stood on the hill, looking into the distance, and saw a dirt road in the east of the Lingdong, branching from the village, winding to a small river from north to south in front of him, and then crossing the river by a stone bridge, and continuing to the northeast.

Boom.

At this time, to the east of Zhuangzi, the tide of horsemen was rushing forward, they did not see the head in front of them, and they did not see the tail in the back, running on the dirt road in the east of Zhuangzi, stirring up dust in the sky.

Because on both sides of the road, as well as near the dry river, there are large areas of abandoned land, and the terrain is flat, so the vast and endless horse caravans, crisscrossing the ground, just galloping forward, not necessarily only on dirt roads.

In fact, the plains, and the dry rivers, there were too many places for horsemen to walk, and some wheat seedlings were planted near some Zhuangzi, which were also unceremoniously trampled by the cavalry.

Next to the cavalry, there were marching teams of foot soldiers and homeless people, driving countless mules, donkeys, strong cattle and other animals, transporting grain and baggage, and of course, more than that, shouldering people to resist, or pushing carts, wheelbarrows, etc.

They nervously transported grain and grass, and the footsteps of people and animals stepped on the road, and the sound was endless.

A gust of wind swept in. The dry loess dust and mud are sprinkled with Li Zicheng, Henan and Hebei were originally dry, but now there is a continuous drought, and whenever the wind blows, the dust is rolled up more.

But he didn't care, just looked at the vast team with satisfaction, and saw that they were so vast that they spread all the way to the sky, especially the horsemen in the army. Let Li Zicheng be satisfied.

"Imminent. There are 30,000 horses, three walls, the former looks back, and the latter kills it! ”

This cavalry tactic. In the history of Chongzhen sixteen years of success. At this time, it is not as good. It is also quite large-scale, especially the military system of five battalions in the center, left, right, front, and rear, after all, although Li Zicheng is strategically short-sighted. However, he was outstanding in tactics, and he also grasped the training of soldiers very tightly.

The treatment and selection system of horsemen in the special army is the best, and the treatment and selection system of the long-term war, starvation, foot soldiers, and horsemen have also made the combat effectiveness of the army more and more concentrated on the cavalry.

Those horsemen who roared away, the banners were white, red, and black, and they all behaved and controlled the horses, all of which had the meaning of fierceness.

Of course, although Li Zicheng spent his efforts to supply military uniforms and cotton armor for the army and unify uniforms, it was too difficult to support soldiers and horses, and the soldiers of the five battalions under his command were still wearing messy, many of them wore felt hats, turbans, waist-length armor or short armor.

There are also a large number of people who still wear crotch, just like bulletproof vests for future generations.

Fortunately, this cotton vest is lightweight, flexible, and can also protect the chest and abdomen.

The sound of trampling horses' hooves came one after another, looking at the people and horses galloping in the dust, Gao Yigong behind him, Tian Jianxiu and others, all showed joyful expressions.

Gao Yigong was the general of the whole army, and Tian Jianxiu was the chief general of the old battalion, so when the generals Liu Zongmin, Li Guo, Hao Shaoqi, Yuan Zongdi and others rushed to lead the cavalry to surround them, they still stayed by Li Zicheng's side.

There is also Niu Jinxing wearing a square scarf, riding a horse next to Li Zicheng, stroking his long beard, making a strategizing posture, Song Xiance sat in a wheelchair, pinching his fingers and divination, and slowly showed a smile on his ugly face.

Li Zicheng noticed Song Xiance's actions, and the last trace of uneasy heart also let go, he sighed: "With so many plans and so many layouts, Cao and Wang have finally been brought into the encirclement. ”

Niu Jinxing laughed and said: "King Chuang doesn't have to worry, Cao and Wang are all in my place, the army is surrounded, they are difficult to fly, Cao Wenzhao died back then, and his nephew today will also follow in the footsteps!" ”

"These two are earls, if they can be removed, the Ming court will definitely be shocked, and the officers and soldiers of Kaifeng will no longer have the will to fight."

Li Zicheng smiled and said: "My family knows about my own family, the border army is strong, and it is okay to hit its subordinates hard, but it is difficult to destroy them!" ”

He looked into a memory, when he led 200,000 soldiers and horses to attack Fengxiang, Cao led 3,000 horses to march from Ningzhou, on the way Cao Bianjiao won the pursuit, leaving Cao Wenzhao to lead the infantry behind, his own tens of thousands of horses ambushed the siege, although Cao Wenzhao was killed afterwards, but there are still a large part of his troops outstanding encirclement.

Right now, there are nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses in the two towns who want to besiege them, and when it comes to combat power, I am afraid that they are much stronger than Cao Wenzhao back then, and destroy them? Li Zicheng wanted to think very much, but he knew that it was difficult, so in his strategy, the best result was to hit them hard, so that in the future battle of Kaifeng, they would not be able to help.

Of course, this battle also has its own advantages, one is that there are many men and horses, and the other is that there are not as many horsemen as there are at this time, and the combat power is far inferior to now.

For this, of course, Niu Jinxing knows that although the intrusive troops are invincible against the officers and soldiers of the Central Plains, it is still difficult for the upper border army, but fortunately, as long as the cavalry drags them down, as long as they are entangled for a few days, the artillery in the rear is transported, and the flesh and blood of Cao and Wang can resist the shells?

At present, the coalition army, with a total of 60,000 or 70,000 horsemen, can entangle those border troops, as long as they are entangled, hundreds of thousands of foot soldiers and hungry people surround them, they will have three heads and six arms, and they will also die in battle.

He shook his head and said: "Most of the cavalry on the two wings of my righteous army, the general post Liu Ye came out of Dangshan, the prince of Chuang led the rest of the cavalry soldiers to break into the camp and came out of Haozhou, as well as the fifth battalion of Ge and Zuo and Cao Ye and Sun Ye from Yongcheng, with fast horsepower, they can be surrounded today......"

"Cao and Wang Buying's battalions are indeed sharp, with a large number of firearms on the eastern route, but the cavalry is strong and limited, and our division is outnumbered by the crowd, and the odds of victory are obvious. Just hit their jockeys hard, and they foot camp. It is like a turtle in an urn. ”

Li Zicheng nodded happily, this is his plan, tens of thousands of horsemen, against thousands of cavalry troops of the border army, the chance of victory is obvious, so when the siege is closed, the horsemen of the coalition army set off first, not seeking more results, just to entangle their cavalry and keep up with the infantry. The encirclement of the great army. Gain time.

And for this battle, he began to lay out when he came from Cao and Wang Kaifeng to the east, and chose Xiayi or Yongcheng as the place of ambush. For this. He took the initiative to evacuate the city of Defu. also created a frame of fleeing from the wind, seeing that the army is able to do it, how can you not like it?

Think about how this strategy came about. Li Zicheng couldn't help but say: "Li Dingguo is brave and strategic, if he can accept my battalion, he will definitely be like a tiger with wings." ”

The generals next to him were also highly praised, Niu Jinxing's eyes flashed with jealousy, to be honest, he was not afraid that everyone in the camp was brave, he was afraid that they had a plan, if the warriors under the command of King Chuang had a strategy, what did he want them to do as literati staff?

On his face, he smiled and said: "Young Yingjie, don't be underestimated." ”

At this time, Gao Yigong suddenly said worriedly: "Although the righteous army has laid out a strategy, most of the horsemen on both wings have agreed on a time to attack and encircle, but I am afraid that when I wait until later, the general post Liu Ye's side will not arrive in time." ”

Although there was a layout in advance, and a time and place were set, there was no telegraph and telephone at this time, and it was all dependent on the sentinel to communicate, and it was too difficult to think of a handy command layout.

Li Zicheng was also worried about this, and all parties could not arrive in time, but he still said: "I believe in Liu Ye, I won't miss the time." ”

……

At this time, near Yongseong.

The Zhuangzi in front of him who had built a village to protect himself was already in ruins, but Li Dingguo and Sun Kewang looked at it with unchanged expressions.

They were adopted by Zhang Xianzhong since childhood, participated in all kinds of wars, Zhang Xianzhong's character is tyrannical and murderous, kills people and slaughters the city, destroys the village Zhuangzi, and coerces the people, which is even more commonplace, Li Dingguo and others as close to the righteous son, leading the soldiers and horses under their command, and following the battle since childhood, how can they not participate in these things?

Therefore, the ruins and ruins of the ruins passed by the militia and horses, and Li Dingguo, Sun Kewang and others have long been accustomed to it.

The two of them stood in front of the steps of the Guandi Temple in Zhuangbei at this time, just watching the mighty horsemen pass by, those soldiers and horses were all men and horses of the fifth battalion of Ge and Zuo, and the banner they held was not "horse", or "He", or "Liu".

And Sun Kewang and Luo Rucai and others, especially Sun Kewang and other remnants of Zhang Xianzhong, they were tragically attacked by Wang Dou in Xiangyang City, so this horse soldier is now, and Luo Rucai is only a few thousand horsemen, of course, they should not encircle the main force.

At this time, following the horsemen, the flow of hungry people who seemed to spread over the field only poured towards the west of Yongcheng, and some of them, or the locals of Defu, were all coerced after the invasion of the army.

Like Liuniang and others at that time, they looked tired, frightened, and dazed, but unconsciously followed the crowd.

These personnel, in addition to cannon fodder, were also arranged for various things.

For example, along the west of Yongcheng all the way to the land of Haozhou, under the arrangement of Li Zicheng and others, several deep trenches had to be dug to prevent border soldiers and horses from sneaking into Fengyang Mansion in Nanzhili from this side.

Not only that, but they dug several trenches almost every one or twenty miles into the hinterland, and surrounded the border legions, and then dug countless trenches around them as a means of siege.

Looking at the tide of people and horses, Sun Kewang's eyes flashed, and he praised: "It's really spectacular, soon, this place will start a bloody battle, and there are many corpses...... It's just that, after all the years, who remembers those corpses and blood? The bones are left behind, and the blood soaks in, and the fields are fertilized, and they will be full of wild flowers and weeds, or they may become a paradise for children. ”

Li Dingguo glanced at Sun Kewang in surprise, but remained silent.

Sun Kewang smiled again, shook his whip, and whispered: "Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses gathered to fight, so magnificent, but in the future, this heroic battle will only be fulfilled by Li Chuang's reputation, and we will hold the whip and fall into the stirrup, only to be unknown in the back, what do you get, second brother, are you willing?" ”

He said: "Of course, if you return to the German Mansion, you will definitely become famous in the camp in the future......

Li Dingguo hurriedly said: "Brother......"

Sun Kewang waved his hand: "Second brother, this is a good thing, it is also a great benefit for me to recruit soldiers and horses in the future, how can I be jealous of my brother and say that my brother?" ”

He said: "Just relying on Li Chuang, second brother, do you think you can avenge your father-in-law?" ”

Li Dingguo pondered the righteousness and said: "Although the king thief is willing to be the eagle dog of the court, he still looks at his style and relies on the king to ......."

He shook his head slowly.

The hatred of killing his father is not shared, so after the battle of Xiangyang, he and Sun Kewang both paid attention to collecting Wang Dou's information, and even the Xuanfu Times collected it.

Relying on him for revenge, obviously, is far away.

Sun Kewang affectionately grabbed Li Dingguo's arm and whispered: "If you want to take revenge, you need to have your own forces, and now you look at Henan, which is Li Chuang's territory, so I think that we can't stay here in the future, and I think that going south is a good choice." (To be continued.) )