The black muzzles were aimed at the front, and the three hundred guns were divided into three rows, the first and second rows were Furlong machines, and the third row was the Hongyi cannons.

The officers and men of the artillery battalion stood neatly on the left and right sides of the artillery, waiting for the order to fire.

Two miles away from the artillery battalion position, there are neatly arranged soldiers of the Zheng Jiajun cavalry battalion, and if you look closely, you will find that each cavalry battalion soldier has a strip of cloth hanging on his chest, and the two ends of the strip of cloth are cloth regiments, which is the muffler stuffed into the ears when the artillery battalion begins to attack.

Five hundred meters behind the cavalry battalion, there was a neatly arranged Shenji battalion.

The women's barracks is not far from the Chinese military tent, and all the temporary medical treatment on the battlefield is carried out here.

On April 24, the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, two o'clock.

Zheng Xunrui held high-definition binoculars, and could see the slight change in the color of the sky in the distance, as if some turbid air rose into the air.

Zheng Jinhong on horseback also saw it.

The scout came to report that the Dashun army led by Li Zicheng was less than ten miles away from Zhao Village.

The maximum lethality of the Hongyi cannon is 1,500 meters to 2,500 meters, the maximum lethality of the Furlong machine is 1,000 to 2,000 meters, the total number of the Dashun army is about 300,000 people, and the length of its team is more than 1,000 meters, and it may even reach the length of 10,000 meters.

According to the marching speed of the Dashun army, the artillery would open fire at three quarters of the hour.

The Dashun army was too numerous and densely manned, and the artillery was capable of inflicting huge casualties, but more importantly. The deterrent power formed by artillery can instantly collapse the fighting spirit of the Dashun army.

The herald hurried to the Chinese military tent to report to Zheng Xunrui, and Zheng Xunrui said lightly that there is no need to report the matter of battlefield command, and Zheng Jinhong has full command.

At three o'clock, the red flag was raised.

Officers and men of the cavalry battalion and the Shenji battalion. Quickly tuck the ball into your ears.

At this moment, a deafening cannon sound sounded, and on the artillery position, countless sparks erupted from the muzzle, and one shell after another whistled forward.

In just a few seconds, a large amount of dust rose in front of him, and he could see it clearly with the naked eye from a distance.

The shells that exploded in depth instantly surrounded the Dashun army.

Facing shells falling from the sky. The soldiers of the Dashun army were not prepared at all.

It's not that they haven't seen artillery, nor have they never seen Hongyi cannons, but the Hongyi cannons they have seen are all terrifying iron bullets, whistling in, and everywhere they pass is a blood groove, but this time the cannonballs that exploded on the ground were completely different. With each shell exploding, the people around them fell in pieces. Arms, thighs, and even heads flew into the air, and some even disappeared without seeing anything.

Such sharp artillery, the sergeants of the Dashun army had never seen it, and they did not even have a direction to escape.

The situation of hell on earth appeared in an instant.

The sergeant who was blown up and cried wolf became a headless fly. They did not know where the officers in command were, because many of them had also disappeared, and the ground was littered with mutilated corpses, and round after round of shells fell, leaving them without respite. Quite a few sergeants sat on the ground in a daze, not knowing how to dodge the shells, and many more were blown away.

The smell of blood spread all around.

The march of the Dashun army was ten miles long, and Li Zicheng was in the middle and rear of the team, but his position was not spared, but there were many fewer shells falling.

Li Zicheng, who has always been decisive and wise, was also shocked by the rumbling cannons, but fortunately, he was not in a daze for a long time.

The sergeants in front did not retreat to the back like a tide, which made Li Zicheng feel a little relieved, but he soon found that his judgment had made a huge mistake, not that these sergeants were unwilling to retreat to the back, but that most of the sergeants were stunned and did not know to retreat to the rear, and the shells exploded in depth.

Liu Zongmin flew to report, his face was already pale.

It wasn't until Liu Zongmin roared to report that Li Zicheng heard it clearly, the cannon was so loud that he couldn't hear the words at all.

Liu Zongmin advised the army to retreat immediately to avoid artillery bombardment.

This suggestion was quickly adopted without discussion.

The bombardment has not yet ended, and the cavalry battalion of the Zheng family army has already moved.

Zheng Xunrui's reminder made Zheng Jinhong understand that the cavalry battalion detoured from the two wings of the Dashun army, so there was no need to wait until the end of the bombardment, and it could be moved in advance, this move was mainly to prevent the large-scale withdrawal of the Dashun army.

Zheng Jinhong and Hong Xintao personally led the cavalry battalion, divided into left and right roads, and began to gallop, and they would surround the Dashun army from the left and right flanks.

Although the Dashun army was numerous, everyone did not have the slightest fear.

The 5,000 people led by Yang He also started to act, and their goals were very clear, that is, Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin.

The timing of the cavalry battalion's dispatch was just right, and the sergeants of the Dashun Army had already begun to retreat like a tide.

The cavalry battalion was very fast, and from the left and right flanks made a detour behind the Dashun army.

The bombardment from the front continued, and the fighting in the rear of the Dashun army began.

The panicked sergeant of the Dashun Army, when facing the soldiers of the cavalry battalion of the Zheng family's army, shouted that the sky should not be done, and the earth was not spiritual, and he fell into the share of being chased and slaughtered.

Wu Sangui, Huang Degong and Li Dingguo and others fought extremely bravely, and the soldiers of the Guanning Iron Cavalry, who had just joined the cavalry battalion of the Zheng family's army, were equally fierce.

Such killings are devastating for morale.

Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin did not expect that there was artillery bombardment in the front and being pursued in the rear, which undoubtedly showed that the army was encircled, and the opponent was undoubtedly the Zheng army.

Li Zicheng knew that his analysis had made a fatal mistake, the Zheng family army was not a small force entering Beizhili, but a large army, people attacked Yingzhou, Tongzhou and the capital, they could send the front army, such a simple reason, it was impossible to guess, Li Zicheng didn't even have time to be annoyed.

The army of more than 300,000 was dispersed in less than half an hour, Liu Zongmin ordered officers at all levels to desperately maintain, but to no avail, many officers were directly killed, which made other officers also have a feeling of fear, and began to withdraw to the left and right, regardless of the sergeants who were already headless flies.

The team was about to disperse, Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin's hearts were dripping blood, but at this time they had no other way but to flee to the left and right, withdraw from the battle as soon as possible, and then sort out and collect the sergeants, but this kind of disorderly evacuation without command is actually a rout, what kind of losses will be caused, Li Zicheng knows very well.

Surrounded by the soldiers around him, Li Zicheng finally began to evacuate to the right.

There are shells in front, unable to break through, there is a fight of Zheng Jiajun soldiers in the back, there are many dangers, it seems that they can only evacuate from the left and right wings, Li Zicheng chose the right wing, Liu Zongmin chose the left wing, each evacuated with a part of the sergeants, and the place of rendezvous was in Baodi.

The cannonade finally stopped, and the rumbling drums rang out.

The Zheng Jiajun Shenji Battalion was dispatched.

The crisp sound of gunfire replaced the sound of gunfire, which was more frightening than the sound of cannonball.

The charge of the Shenji battalion began, the sergeants of the Dashun army fell one by one in the gunfire, like leeks that were harvested, and the bullets were more accurate than the artillery, and the fatal thing was that the soldiers of the Zheng Jiajun scout battalion rode horses to pursue and shoot, such a speed was not at all what the two legs of the Dashun army sergeant could win.

With the charge of the Shenji Battalion, many Dashun Army sergeants gave up escaping and surrendered on their knees.

Large swaths of people knelt down, and those who fled were instantly exposed.

Yang He had already stared at Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin, and the two evacuated in two ways, which was beyond Yang He's expectations, but he didn't care, and immediately divided 2,000 troops to Wang Xiaoer, and ordered Wang Xiaoer to pursue Liu Zongmin, and he personally led 3,000 people to pursue Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng's end has finally arrived, or it can be said that he has reached his final destination.

As the gunfire continued to ring, Li Zicheng found that the number of sergeants around him was getting smaller and smaller, and many people fell down with the gunshots, leaving only the war horses still running.

Turning his head and seeing the soldiers of the Zheng family army who had caught up, Li Zicheng showed a resolute look on his face, always retreating without a chance, and it would not take long for the soldiers around him to be killed.

Stabilizing the war horse, Li Zicheng roared angrily, brandishing his spear and rushing towards the Zheng family's soldiers.

The personal soldiers beside him, faster, surrounded Li Zicheng in the middle and rushed towards the pursuing team of the Zheng family's army.

Courage cannot represent victory, and Li Zicheng faced a Mauser gun, a Mauser gun with great lethality.

While they were still charging, a large number of their own soldiers fell under the sound of gunfire.

Li Zicheng's eyes began to be bloodshot, and he knew that he had encountered the greatest danger.

A bullet came, Li Zicheng felt a cold in his right arm, and when he turned his head to look at his arm, more bullets whistled in......

Liu Zongmin's ending is the same, but his choice is different, with a quick evacuation as the first priority, but unfortunately he met the Zheng family, the Zheng family army soldiers riding Arab war horses, seeing the pursuers getting closer and closer, and seeing the soldiers around him continue to fall, he didn't care about it, and desperately rushed forward.

Only until the bullet hit the back, Liu Zongmin still maintained a charging posture......

At noon, the battle ended.

Zheng Jinhong issued an order to no longer pursue the fleeing Dashun army sergeants, the Dashun army is already leaderless, there is no need to continue the pursuit, this battle, has completely wiped out the Dashun army.

The 300,000-strong Dashun army was completely wiped out in a single battle, Zheng Jinhong couldn't believe it, Yang He and Hong Xintao and others couldn't believe it, and Wu Sangui and Huang Degong and others couldn't believe it.

Only Zheng Xunrui, who is in the Chinese military tent, has a leisurely demeanor and thinks that all this is as it should be. (To be continued.) )