Li Zicheng, He Yilong, Luo Rucai, Sun Kewang and others stood in the middle of the formation and watched, the tenacity of the officers and soldiers was beyond their expectations, they thought that after the defeat of Cao and Wang, the soldiers and horses of Kaifeng would be frightened, but they did not expect that they would not fall behind at all, and they would not be timid to resist their million-strong army. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

They were wandering around the camp, and at this time they were in a newly retired hungry camp, which was full of all kinds of shacks, and the hungry people who had survived were munching on the wild vegetable soup and nests that had been distributed to them.

In many places, there are also high canopies like theaters, some actors are babbling and singing, and the hungry people gathered next to them are eating and drinking loudly, and many people are laughing and crying, sad for the death and injury of their families, and glad for their own survival.

The battle of these hungry people is generally to drink a bowl of gruel or eat a nest before the battle, and then, inspired by the frenzied atmosphere, drag the weak body to charge forward, and fight to the death without retreating, until Ming Jin retreats, he can be rewarded with a few pancakes or something, and when he retreats, a bucket is placed in front of them.

Those who were defeated in advance and cowardly and did not fight would be beheaded one by one, such as during the siege, those who did not get the quota of wall bricks were to be beheaded.

Although the camp is basically in the formation of men, women and children can stay in the rear, but after all, one more person will have more food, and the family can also take care of each other and increase their combat strength.

Staying in the rear, hungry and crazy homeless people can do anything, and changing their children to eat, it is only a common phenomenon in this era.

Of course, if there is not enough manpower. Or in some cases, they will force women and children to do it.

Li Zicheng and others looked at these hungry people indifferently, their joys and sorrows were just flowing water in everyone's hearts, and they learned from the experience of fighting Cao and Wang Xinjun, and these hungry people who retreated after the war would not be in the same area as those hungry soldiers who did not fight, so as to maintain the morale of the huge hungry people.

Li Zicheng is even observing the performance of these hungry people, those who are sad and crying, continue to slowly boil among the hungry people. Those who show it don't matter. Even the elated, needless to say, the infantry camp, and even the ideal candidate for the future horse team and the old camp.

He looked at the side of the Ming army, and his heart was only thinking about this battle.

Hu Dawei and Chen Yongfu are not easy to fight. They are as sharp as the new army. The formation is tight. Even if it is not as good as Cao and Wang Xinjun, it is not much worse, to them. Whether the rebels are attacking with horsemen or attacking with displaced people, they all return with a feather.

What's more, Hu Dawei and others have a great advantage over Cao and Wang, who are trapped alone.

The Ming army was as difficult to attack in the middle of the battle, and Zuo Liangyu and others were also unexpected, and the fight was quite difficult.

How to break it? The generals of the camp are thinking.

Yang Shaofan followed Li Zicheng's side, looking at the position of the Ming army, and thoughtful.

In the afternoon, the thieves carried out several waves of fierce attacks on the Ming army's positions, each wave was at least tens of thousands of units, and in one wave they were divided into several tides.

Hungry people are hungry people after all, even if they attack desperately for food and drink, but their fanaticism comes and goes as fast as they come.

Especially when encountering firearms, there was a bang on the opposite side, and then inexplicably, a piece of people fell down next to him, flesh and blood were flying, and he had not seen the trace of the other party's gunballs.

There were also a lot of cavalry in the Ming army, and they frequently attacked to drive away the defeated hungry people, especially on one occasion, causing tens of thousands of hungry people in the camp to not be able to collect back, and they did not know where to flee.

It seems that no matter how you fight, it is difficult to break through the battle line of the Ming army, Li Zicheng thought of breaking through from Zuo Liangyu's side, but although they have mixed soldiers, there are also many people, and the birds in each town, the three-eyed guns, bows and arrows are fought together, and the hungry people are still defeated, as long as they are willing to fight, the combat effectiveness of the officers and soldiers is still stronger than that of the hungry people.

When it was close to unitary, Li Zicheng had to order the collection of troops, even after the cavalry of the Liuying was broken, the cavalry of the officers and soldiers still pursued them until the camp, showing off their might and galloping, the morale of the Liuying camp was low, and the morale of the officers and soldiers was high.

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On the same day, when the troops returned to the camp, Ding Qirui ordered to kill pigs and sheep and reward the sergeants, and all the officers and generals also gathered in Ding Qirui's line to celebrate.

The generals let loose the wreckage, drank a lot of wine, and ate meat, this kind of vulgar behavior in the past must have caused Ding Qirui and others to be unhappy, and at this time they also felt pleasing to the eye, they could eat and fight, and they were heroes who were rampant on the battlefield and generous and sad.

Of course, compared with the generals, Yang Wenyue and other civil officials still maintain their decency and are not so rude, but unconsciously, they also drank a lot of wine.

Zuo Liangyu stood up suddenly, with a strong smell of wine on his mouth, walked in front of Hu Dawei, and said loudly: "Hu Dashuai, Zuo wants to toast you, the earthen car you let people drive has helped Zuo and others a lot!" ”

Yang Dezheng and Fang Guoan both said: "Yes, it also helped me a lot, I should be handsome to the tiger!" ”

In the afternoon, more than a dozen artillery pieces were also used to break into the camp, although there were only a few general Franc machine guns inside, but they also killed and wounded some people and horses such as Zuo Liangyu, Yang Dezheng, and Fang Guoan on the left flank.

At this time, Ding Qirui woke up, indeed, the earthen cart arranged by Hu Dawei came in handy, although he thought that the artillery ability of the camp was like this, and the suggestion of Wen Shiyan and others was too trivial, but it was also a good thing to reduce the casualties of some soldiers.

He laughed and said, "Yes, General Zuo and others are right, we should pay tribute to the tiger and congratulate the tiger general!" ”

All the generals stood up together, and they all raised their glasses and said loudly: "Congratulations to General Tiger!" ”

Hu Dawei raised his glass, and this veteran who has fought for the country for many years said loudly: "Congratulations for the superintendent, congratulations for the generals, and most importantly, congratulations for me!" ”

"Congratulations to Daming!"

The crowd roared like thunder, drank it all, and then they all laughed.

Everyone sat down, and then the atmosphere was more relaxed, Ding Qirui twisted his long beard and whispered to the officials next to him, nodding slightly from time to time. Zuo Liangyu, Yang Dezheng, Fang Guoan and others were fighting wine, while Hu Dawei and Chen Yongfu exchanged something softly.

During the banquet, Yang Wenyue talked about Che Yingzi's medicinal use, and it seems that it needs to be saved, so as not to run out of gunpowder when it is obtained, and the combat power of Che Yingzi is not there.

When the wine was drunk until near Hai, Ding Qirui was slightly satisfied, and finally he raised his glass and stood up, and said loudly: "Today's battle also proves that officers and soldiers only dare to fight. and there are millions of thieves. Why be afraid? Gentlemen, serve the court, only today, tomorrow when the news is rumored. It is the day of the opening of the saint. You have left your name in history. Sealing the wife and the shadow is also idle! ”

All the generals stood up and shouted: "It is incumbent on you to kill thieves for the country!" ”

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The Ming army is celebrating. On the side of the camp, the leaders of each battalion are also deliberating.

In today's battle, although the strategy set by Li Zicheng and others is to use the hungry people to consume the medicine and morale of the officers and soldiers like Cao and Wang, it is obvious that the situation in Zhu Xianzhen is different from the situation of Cao and Wang at that time.

"Why don't you use artillery?"

After the battle of the annihilation of Cao and Wang Xinjun, Geli Yanhe Yilong became very interested in the use of artillery and firearms, and he suggested concentrating all the artillery and bombarding the positions of the officers and soldiers.

In today's battle, although the Liuying used some artillery, it did not bet all its strength, first, it was a temptation, second, Li Zicheng felt that it was better to use the artillery at the most critical time, and finally, it was also out of consideration for saving gunpowder.

After all, in the hearts of Li Zicheng and others, artillery shells and gunpowder are much more important than the lives of hungry people.

However, the rough test results of the artillery made everyone in the camp have a feeling that they have not met their expectations.

The result of the return of the sentry cavalry is that Zuo Liangyu and others used a kind of earthen cart to block a lot of cannons, it seems that this kind of earthen cart is being used by Cao and Wang, and now Kaifeng officers and soldiers are also using it, why are they more and more tricks?

Luo Rucai stroked his two whiskers and said, "The artillery can be used, but there are a few points to pay attention to. ”

He stretched out his finger: "First, no matter which direction the Ming army is bombarded, they can use earthen carts, I am afraid that the power of artillery will be greatly reduced, after all, the officers and soldiers are not isolated, and they can calmly catch up with countless earthen carts, which is not comparable to Cao and Wang." ”

"Second, no matter which direction the Ming army is bombarded, the righteous army takes the opportunity to attack, and the officers and soldiers can calmly support it, and the righteous army is afraid that it will not achieve the predetermined ideal goal."

"Three, they also have artillery, even if many of the range is not as good, but they can advance to bombard, and their horsemen can finally capture the artillery."

Everyone was silent, what Luo Rucai said was not expected, but to affirm the facts, Liu Zongmin pulled his hair and said angrily: "Donkey Qiuzi, I feel that this battle is becoming more and more different from the past." ”

Hao Shaoqi gritted his teeth and hated, the reason why he had the nickname of Hao Shaoqi was that he used to like to personally raise the flag and charge and encourage the soldiers to follow, but after the war in the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, he rarely did similar actions.

Every time he remembered the charge launched outside Luoyang City that day after the break of the righteous army, he was secretly frightened.

At that time, the artillery battle formation of the Shunxiang army was too terrible, and the familiar people around him fell, and most of the close subordinates were killed and wounded, along with Li Shuangxi and Zhang Ding, who were with the charge, and died together, although in the end he escaped with his life and escaped with a few horses, but the sense of fear afterwards has been shrouded in his heart.

In the past, the few firearms of the officers and soldiers could allow him to show his martial arts, but now that the firearms on the East Road are spreading, Hao Shaoqi feels that he is getting less and less courageous, and he has no similar actions against Cao and Wang Xinjun before, and fewer and fewer people in the camp call him Hao Shaoqi, and his real name Hao Dayong has been mentioned repeatedly.

Hao Shaoqi felt humiliated, he had a feeling that if this continued, people like him would eventually be eliminated, how could he not let him hate and fear? Hatred for the king?

Of course, this is also the reason why the ghost of Aobai, who was also beaten into minced meat in the twelfth year of Chongzhen, did not inform Hao Shaoqi and others of the situation, otherwise he would definitely not be so reckless at that time.

Li Zicheng's fingers tapped on the case, and slowly, he looked at the silent general Yang Shaofan beside him, and said with a smile: "I don't know if Brother Yang has any good way to deal with officers and soldiers?" ”

Everyone looked at Yang Shaofan, their eyes flashed, Yang Shaofan was thoughtful, he slowly raised his head, and said calmly: "In fact, now that the righteous army is fighting this battle with the officers and soldiers, the last general feels that it is very much like an allusion, Tian Ji horse racing." ”

He said: "If you want to break the large array of officers and soldiers, the last general feels that you still have to start from Zuo Liangyu's side...... This person is a typical military leader, a selfish and selfish person, when Yang Sichang Jiuyu Zuo Liangyu, Zuo Liangyu ignored it, and now Ding Qirui is helpless against Zuo Liangyu, and often does not work. Now Zuo Liangyu is willing to fight, but he just thinks that the officers and soldiers may win a big victory, and he wants to fight for military merits, if he loses troops in the end, he feels that the gains outweigh the losses......"

Li Guo interjected: "Today's battle was also fought, and Cao Ye also said that Zuo Liangyu is afraid that it will not be easy to fight." ”

Yang Shaofan said lightly: "Indeed, the most important thing is that I am reluctant to give up the capital to see King Chuang and everyone in charge." ”

Li Zicheng became interested: "Brother Yang will talk about it in detail. ”

Yang Shaofan hugged his fists and said: "Yes." ”

He said: "Fang Cai Cao Ye also said that when the rebels attacked Zuo Liangyu, the rest of the officers and soldiers might come to the rescue, so we must first entangle their possible reinforcements...... The meaning of the last general, all the artillery of our righteous army, the Chinese army facing the officers and soldiers, and Hu Dawei on their side, and then ......"

A cold look flashed in his eyes: "The leaders of each battalion, concentrate all the horsemen, and storm Zuo Liangyu's left flank, can his earthen cart prevent fire and prevent Xiao Cai?" ”

Everyone in the camp took a breath of cold air, and some of them who knew the allusion secretly thought: "Sure enough, it's Tianji horse racing." ”

Many people's eyes are still on Yang Shaofan, Hu Dawei, Chen Yongfu and others have a new army, Yang Shaofan used to be in charge of the new army, but he does not hesitate to deal with them with them in the most ruthless way, this person ......

Of course, Yang Shaofan was ruthless to the officers and soldiers, which was a good thing for the righteous army, and they were all thinking about Yang Shaofan's strategy.

Li Dingguo looked at Yang Shaofan for a long time, and he slowly spoke up: "There is one thing to worry about, our righteous army horse team has all gone to deal with Zuo Liangyu, and on the side of the officers and soldiers, it is possible to attack our army formation with horsemen, and even come over to seize our artillery during the artillery battle, and it is difficult to say whether the final victory or defeat will be said." ”

Yang Shaofan said: "The last general will offer this strategy, and the pros and cons need to be considered by each master and decided by the king. The last general proposed that in order to break through Zuo Liangyu's army formation as soon as possible, the righteous army had better arrange the strongest horse team in front, which was also the method of the Tartars outside the Saiwai, and every time the officers and soldiers were defeated. ”

Hao Shaoqi stood up suddenly, clasped his fists at Li Zicheng and shouted: "King Chuang, the last general is willing to personally carry the flag, lead the old battalion to rush to the front, and break through Zuo Liangyu's military formation!" ”

Li Zicheng was silent, Yang Shaofan's proposal was very different from the style of the rebels in the past, they were generally put in the old camp at the end, so that the hungry people were defeated, their backbone was not lost, and they would soon make a comeback, which was also his trick to sweep millions every time, and now Yang Shaofan suddenly wanted to change it......

His fingers kept tapping on the desk, making a dull sound.

The leaders of the camp have no concept of the Tartars outside the Saiwai, but they are talking and arguing. (To be continued.) )