In the face of Cao Bianjiao's concave and convex formation, when Yuan Zongdi bitterly reported the estimated number of casualties, Liu Zongmin almost fainted. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

According to rough statistics, the number of casualties in this battle reached more than 2,000 horsemen, and in addition to a series of battles since the interception, the casualties of the cavalry soldiers in the camp have been nearly 3,000.

The five battalions of Ge and Left were okay, the total number of casualties would not exceed five hundred cavalry, but it was enough to make them croak.

That's not all, plus the influence of the lost military heart, some of the horsemen who have become frightened birds have been beaten to the cold, and those who have lost their souls have little combat effectiveness.

On the other hand, Cao Bianjiao's troops, after being besieged, went from one victory to another, and the more they fought in the predicament, the more courageous they became, and one after another, they also got a large number of dead and wounded horses as military rations, and it was more difficult to besiege and delay them along the way.

Liu Zongmin's heart was bitter and astringent, and he muttered again: "Why, the new army of the imperial court is so brave? ”

"What should I do?"

Whether it was the generals who broke into the camp, or the people in the five battalions of the Revolution and the left, they all felt at a loss, and they only felt that no means could stop Cao Bianjiao's progress.

Hao Shaoqi looked anxious, wanted to speak and stopped, and finally closed his mouth, originally according to the original plan, he and Li Guo led 10,000 horsemen, as the third wave of attack team, this plan was urgently stopped after Yuan Zongdi and Liu Xiyao and others were defeated.

Hao Shaoqi was unwilling, and deep down, he felt that this was a wise decision.

In the face of the new army of the imperial court, it seems that the previous experience is completely useless. The courage of the horseman is useless, according to his previous playing style, I am afraid that he will only continue to send Cao Bianjiao the first level and the dead horse military rations.

The camp was lifeless, the generals were worried, and everyone was anxious, while the Ming army was once again drumming, accompanied by thunderous cheers.

Listening to the loud voice of "Wansheng", everyone in the camp was angry and hateful. I felt that my face was hot again. It seems that the Ming army is laughing at themselves over there.

However, when I heard the sound of their drums, there was a strange change in everyone's psychology.

Earlier, when I saw them marching and playing music, did they all want to think that this was a big theater? Or sing a song to death?

Listen to it at this time. Harsh and pleasing at the same time. It seems like that drum sound. It is full of an indomitable momentum that looks at death as home, which is very exciting.

The Ming army once again set out on a grand march. It was still a sparse formation, but the Liuying side didn't dare to act rashly, seeing them marching in formation until they reached the edge of Xiangshui, Liu Zongmin just said anxiously: "Why hasn't the king been here?" ”

He kept sending Tang horses, and finally, in the middle of the day (almost six o'clock in the afternoon), when it was almost dusk, after receiving a return from a horse, Liu Zongmin laughed: "King Chuang led the old camp to arrive, and there are tens of thousands of infantry troops!" ”

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In the middle of the unitary time, in the direction of Haozhou, there was a tide of horse troops, fluttering a big banner, some of them, more vigorous than the ordinary horse army, more fierce, but thousands of old battalion horsemen who broke into the camp.

Far behind these horse armies were even greater foot soldiers, and farther away were waves of hungry soldiers.

Li Zicheng led the army to arrive, and together with Gao Yigong, Tian Jianxiu and others, he led the remaining 10,000 thousands of cavalry to arrive, and then, at least tens of thousands of foot soldiers will also arrive soon, and then various groups of foot soldiers and hungry people will gather one after another, such as Luo Rucai and them.

After all, it is to concentrate on the road, logistics and hungry people and other transportation, relative to Cao Bianjiao's Ming army's formation, stop and go, occasionally a lot of big battles and small battles, greatly delaying the trip, closely following the cavalry to break into the camp and foot army, and some hungry soldiers are young and strong, and they go very fast.

At this time, people's endurance is far higher than that of later generations, an old man of fifty or sixty, carrying a burden of 100 catties, it is normal to walk 100 miles a day, of course, many hungry people, women and children and homeless people, because they want to push carts to transport goods, drive mules, cattle and sheep, etc., they move slowly.

The arrival of the main force made Liu Zongmin and the others overjoyed, listening to them and telling them the battle situation in front one by one, Tian Jianxiu and others were surprised, but Li Zicheng's expression did not change.

He came to the front, looked at Cao Bianjiao's military formation, and was silent for a long time.

After a long time, he said: "This formation, you can't ride, you can only use steps, or you can ride together, and you can break it." ”

Everyone was beside him, and even the leaders of the five battalions of Ge and Zuo were much more respectful, after all, the camp was becoming more and more powerful, although it was an alliance, among the thieves, it was also faintly looking forward to Li Zicheng.

Niu Jinxing straightened his long beard and clothes, and hurried all the way, he felt that his bones were about to disperse, but fortunately, he finally arrived at the place, only Song Xiance, who was in a wheelchair, was still far behind.

Liu Zongmin and others told him that he also heard it in his ears, he stroked his beard and smiled, but he felt that his throat and eyes seemed to be blocked by something, and he hurriedly coughed.

He said: "King Chuang Gaojian, although Cao Bianjiao is brave, but listening to what Liu Zongshao said, at the moment their new army is less than 5,000, even if he has 5,000 people, half of them are birds, but only 2,500 poles." Push it in a large formation, and fight on four sides, with five or six hundred strokes on each side, and divide into layers, and each layer is no more than 100 strokes. In terms of this sparse formation, each small formation has only a few rods, a dozen rods, our division uses foot soldiers as an attack, shield vehicles, even if they have a sophisticated East Road firecracker, they can shoot fifteen rounds in one go, what will they do? ”

He smiled coldly: "This is the result of the unrighteous army, our righteous army and other noble and low, rich and poor, not bad, not paying, with great righteousness to seek injustice, raise your arms and shout, the servants are like clouds!" No matter how strong the new army is, it can be consumed slowly, and they will be able to die if they are more helped, and they will be less helped, and they will not end well in the end. ”

The meaning of the cold in his words made anyone shudder when they heard it.

Although the camp has successively recruited staff and strategists, most of them are frustrated literati at the bottom, and they join the camp for various reasons, but most of them have one thing in common: hate!

Such as Niu Jinxing, the seventh year of the Apocalypse, "through the books of the official wind and horns, but also quite talk about the art of war of Sun Wu", once worked as a tutor, because of the death of his daughter-in-law, and the in-law Wang Shijun turned against the lawsuit, was framed by the official gentry, arrested in prison, and removed his reputation.

There are also Song Xiance, Li Yan, and later Gu Junen, etc., all of whom have been persecuted by the government, or failed in the imperial examination, and have the idea of taking revenge on the society after being disappointed, hating the imperial court, and hating those who continue to be loyal to the official to the core, and also covering up their loss after being a thief.

After all, in ancient times, when righteousness was at the head, thieves always had no psychological advantage over soldiers, and they needed psychological counseling for themselves.

Niu Jinxing's words made everyone listen to it very comfortably, thinking that the military advisor is really a military advisor, that is, he can speak, just change the tone slightly, for example, killing officials and rebelling is said to be the way to do things for heaven, and robbing homes and houses is said to rob the rich and help the poor, which gives people a completely different sense.

After the rebels joined these broken literati, they did make a great improvement, especially after they put forward slogans and suggestions such as "waiting for the noble and lowly, and the land is free of grain", they are really like a cloud, of course, a large part of them are coerced, this point can be understood by everyone, there is no need to say it.

Li Zicheng smiled, although he used some low-level frustrated literati, and also adopted slogans such as "no levy for five years", "no poor income, no grain", "wait for the noble and low", but when he called on the masses, in fact, the most he said was "I can be rich and noble, and I will die for nothing."

Only by following him to rebel can you get "rich and rich", why rebel at the risk of killing your head? In addition to those who can't live, many of them are not here to be good people and live a rich life in the future? If you can trample under your feet what you used to fear and look up, it will be even more painful.

Like Luo Rucai, there are dozens of wives and concubines, several female music under the account, and being served, which may not be the true desire of everyone's heart.

Even if you can't lose your mind when you fight the country, after the rebellion is successful, you must definitely enjoy it.

Liu Zongmin also laughed: "The military advisor Gao Jian, Xiao Cao has been dragged and entangled here by our army, and if he attacks with foot soldiers, the officers and soldiers will be defeated!" ”

Liu Zongmin is not interested in philosophical questions such as what to use righteousness to fight injustice, but Liu Zongmin applauded the ballads compiled by Niu Jinxing, Li Yan and others, such as "Eat his mother, wear his mother", this ballad is too suitable for his appetite and his ambitions.

Luo Rucai said it well: "The government has always scolded us for being thieves, and the foolish people have also scolded us for being thieves, thieves are thieves, what's wrong with being thieves?" When I think my old Luo was poor, he couldn't even ask for a daughter-in-law. Now look at it, the eldest lady of the official family, the woman of the rich family, what kind of appearance does she have? Usually they don't look at me, but now, which one doesn't follow me and beg me? It's good to be a thief, I like to be a thief! ”

Of course, Liu Zongmin didn't know, but it was also because of this kind of ballad thinking that the army was burdened with a heavy burden, and "eat his mother, wear his mother" was easy to say, but who would obediently send good food and drink to his mouth? There is no other way than to rob, which is also the reason why Li Zicheng still has to rob when he arrives in Beijing.

Li Zicheng made a plan, and the next battle, step by step, by horseman, if the step is trapped, the ride will be climbed, and Cao Bianjiao cannot be allowed to take another step.

The casualties of the early horsemen also made Li Zicheng frown secretly, nearly three thousand horsemen.

However, in recent years, he has become more and more moody, and he has not shown the slightest expression on his face, and it is not easy to punish his old brother for this.

After all, Liu Zongmin and others were the first to follow him, coming and going in the water and fire, and never gave up for many years, especially when Chongzhen was trapped in Yufu Mountain in the thirteenth year, many generals surrendered, only Liu Zongmin killed his wife Mingzhi, followed with an oath, and said: "I die from the king!" ”

The scene of tears infected a large number of soldiers to kill their wives together......

Besides, Liu Zongmin was born in a forger, has a short temper, and can't stand it, if it causes his brothers to turn against him because of a trivial matter, it will inevitably be chilling to the public, he can hold on until the main force arrives, or meritorious, forget it, thousands of soldiers, die and die.

At the same time, he was secretly frightened, Cao Bianjiao's command was so strong, if it weren't for their mass as an infantry army, they had tens of thousands of horsemen, and they had a great advantage, and they really couldn't hold him back.

Liu Zongmin privately reported the matter of the fifth battalion of the revolution and the left, Li Zicheng didn't say anything on his face, but secretly had a knot in his heart, and thought in his heart: "The revolution and the left have as many elite armored soldiers, if they can gather the battalion and unify the order, the momentum of breaking into the camp will be even greater!" ”

"And Li Dingguo, they ......" (to be continued.) )