"Grenadier! Throwing! Zhu Ping'an was stunned, but Zhang Yaoxian took the lead in issuing the order, he, a veteran who has experienced countless battles of life and death, has rich experience and played a vital role at the critical moment.

The grenadiers, who were worried about accidentally injuring themselves in the dark night, after receiving the order, opened the fuses of the grenadiers in their hands one after another, and threw the grenadiers into the crowd of invading troops at the last moment when the first wave of flares was about to fall.

A series of loud explosions finally brought the intruder to a halt, and after the musketeers retreated to a safe position, they also began a new round of shooting, accompanied by the continuous fire of the archers, and the casualties of the invading army charge were not small.

After the second wave of flares was lifted into the air, Zhu Ping'an and others were surprised to find that the invading army had begun to retreat in an organized manner. After realizing that the official army in front of him was a hard nut to bite, the leader of the army decisively chose to retreat, without the slightest drag, showing that the leader of the army on the opposite side was a commander with high tactical literacy.

Under the bright light of the flares, the vanguard of the previous invasion immediately became the rear troops, and after paying a certain amount of casualties, the main force of the cover disappeared into the thick night beyond the light of the flares.

In the darkness, the intruding troops who participated in the charge left behind more than 200 corpses. However, it was not possible to calculate the actual strength of the invading army.

The cold wind blew on his forehead, Zhu Ping'an only felt indescribably cold, and quietly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with his back, Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but let out a sigh. Although the battle just now was short, in an instant, there was a huge risk of collapse with one blow, and Zhu Ping'an suffered a big loss.

Hundreds of rockets have been launched, most of them have fallen on the grain trucks escorted by the Shandong army, fortunately, the number is not much, and the Shandong soldiers have long been prepared for this kind of attack, the rockets have fallen, and piles of sand and soil have been splashed up, quickly extinguishing the flames and preventing the spread of the fire.

Yang Tinglin and Sun Shikang are also apprehensive in the face of such a retreat of the army, in just two years, the army has changed from the original rogue to the regular army, but the combat power of the Ming army is getting worse and worse, a large number of elite veterans are either killed in Liaodong, or surrendered to the army on the battlefield in Guannei, the reasons are varied, but the imperial court's strategic mistakes, I have to say that it is the most critical reason for this.

Zhu Ping'an did not dare to delay any longer, and immediately ordered the troops to quickly pass through Sujiagou, and sent a large number of cavalry rangers along the way to be responsible for guarding, without stopping at all, until returning to the Mapo area.

Sun Chuanting also rushed to meet the peace, and the Shaanxi regimental training battalion was responsible for the flank of the heavy men, but just now they were entangled by a large number of intruding army rangers, and the regimental joint camp was almost all foot soldiers, so they did not dare to quickly move closer to Sujiagou, so they could only form a formation to protect themselves.

"The troops who just attacked were all foot soldiers, it seems that they used all the cavalry to entangle Sun Gong's men and horses!" Zhang Yaoxian said.

Zhu Ping'an was deeply touched, "The leader of this invasion is well versed in military affairs, not an idle person, and he has already clearly touched the reality of our two soldiers and horses before he starts. All our scouts were cleared by them first, and then they divided their troops to drag the regimental joint camp, and then they raided in a big way, and the plan was thorough, which was very different from the style of the previous army! ”

"Henan Province is close to Shanxi, and the terrain is different from that of central Henan, eastern Henan, and southern Henan. There are many mountains and rivers, especially suitable for ambush raids, and our army has gone all the way to Xichuan, and there are still a few places on the road that need to be particularly careful. Sun Shikang held a copy of the map in his hand, and marked the author on the map as he spoke.

Sun Chuanting smiled and nodded, this nephew of his own has been in the military department for several years, and he knows that he has a place to use it now. Sun Chuanting was very strict in governing the army, and in the past, he was unwilling to let his children and nephews serve under his command, so as not to be gossiped about. Now after experiencing debasement, he deliberately hides his original edges and corners, but he is even more reluctant to let his nephews be involved in his own affairs.

Zhu Ping'an raised his head and saw Sun Chuanting's smile, and hurriedly said: "Sun Gong, Brother Lin Cong is in our army, our army has benefited greatly, and this time he passed through Sujiagou because he reminded him first, and our army made some preparations in advance and did not suffer a big loss." After the end of this war, I also plan to ask the Ministry of War to ask Brother Lin Cong to serve in Shandong, I don't know what Sun Gong's will do? ”

Sun Chuanting smiled, "This is the blessing of Shikang, as soon as you have a good life!" ”

As soon as the atmosphere relaxed, the soldiers under his command came to report that there were many small groups of rangers of unknown origin around the army, all dressed in black, and they seemed to be attacking the Shandong army.

Zhu Ping'an frowned when he heard this, but Sun Chuanting clapped his palms, "Aren't those rangers who just entangled our army?" ”

After exterminating the right forces of Zhangjiakou Mountain, Zhang Dingbian's cavalry also went to Tongguan to make peace with Zhu Ping'an, and has been in charge of the palace. The battle of Sujiagou, because of the narrow terrain, could not give full play to the strengths of the cavalry, so they were all holding back their fire. What's more, in the last battle of Fenglingdu, a large number of Luo Rucai's war horses were captured, and Zhang Dingbian's cavalry also increased in strength, so as soon as he heard that the intruding army was raging, he hurriedly asked for orders to send out to destroy the enemy.

Zhu Ping'an nodded and agreed, and instructed him not to go too deep and move around the army immediately. The purpose of the army to send a small group of rangers was to attack and disturb from time to time and hinder the speed of the advance of the baggage army, so as to delay the supply of Wang Qiaonian's army and cause the army's morale to fluctuate. I'm afraid this point was also decided after Sujiagou just suffered a small loss.

This kind of tactic of the enemy advancing and retreating, and the enemy being tired and disturbing me, was originally used by Zhu Ping'an in Hebei that day, but he didn't expect it to be taken by the leader of the invading army and now he is learning and using it.

"It's hard to entangle this person on the other side!" This thought welled up in Zhu Ping'an's mind.

As expected, as soon as Zhang Dingbian's cavalry was dispatched, the invading rangers immediately scattered and fled, and it was the kind of escape without any order, so that the Ming cavalry could not pursue. As soon as the Ming army stopped its footsteps, the intruding army rangers followed again.

This several times made Zhang Dingbian itch with hatred, waved his big hand, and immediately ordered, and the cavalry of the Ming army was also divided into small units, regained their old jobs, and began to review the tactics of the Battle of Hebei.

As a result, the intrusive army was a little overwhelmed. No one in the cavalry of the Ming army was equipped with two firearms, and the rest of the bows and crossbows and arrows were a set of arrows, and some of the skinny cavalry were also equipped with several throwing guns. As soon as he caught up, he first opened fire with a firebolt, and when he got closer, he greeted with bows, crossbows, arrows and throwing guns, and killed Yu Xianyu, who was tortured by the soldiers.

The sergeant used the longbow of the Ming army, this bow is soft, the range is naturally limited, only the leader of the cavalry is also equipped with a three-eyed gun, but the range is short, not to mention, after firing once, it becomes an ornament, which can only be used as an iron lump for throwing. Therefore, when fighting with the small cavalry of the Ming army, the superiority was superior.

In less than half an hour, the invading army rangers around Zhu Ping'an's headquarters died and fled, Zhang Dingbian let out a vicious breath, and then returned to the camp to hand over the order with satisfaction.

On the high post, which was only a thousand steps away from Zhu Ping'an's headquarters, a group of black-clothed soldiers guarded an ironclad general to climb high and look into the distance.

The night was desolate, and the defeated rangers kept turning back, and the ironclad general patted the nine-petal iron helmet on his head, and couldn't help but chuckle, "Wang Qiaonian doesn't know anyone!" ”

The henchman on the side turned sideways and asked: "General, this officer and army are really hateful, and they have followed them all the way, and they are indeed a bone that is difficult to gnaw!" It's better for us to contact General Li Su in the east, join forces in one place, and eat him, the officers and troops on the Xichuan side have no supplies, wouldn't it be chaos without a fight! ”

The ironclad general shook his head slightly, "Don't say anything, Brother Su still has to beware of Chen Yongfu's soldiers and horses, if Chen Yongfu takes the opportunity to approach Nanyang, who can afford to go wrong?" The officers and troops in front of him, plus Sun Chuanting's regimental joint camp, and more than 15,000 horses. Although we have the advantage of troops, there are too many differences in combat strength, and this Zhu Ping'an is different from the previous officers and troops. In the first battle of Julu, even the eastern soldiers suffered a big loss, and the whole army fought to the death and did not retreat, raising the ambition of my Chinese boys, just for this reason, I Li Yan admired! ”

When Li Yan said this, his henchmen had a worried face, "The general is cautious!" Now although King Chuang has all the confidence in the general, Niu Jinxing, Liu Zongmin and others are quite jealous of the general, and have embarrassed the general more than once. The general also admired Zhu Ping'an more than once in the military discussion, and it was inevitable that he would be remembered and used by people with ulterior motives. After all, the time we have followed King Chuang is still short, and we can't compare to them, in case we ......! ”

Li Yan sighed softly and waved his hand, "I want to be worthy of my heart when I do things, so why should I care about other people's gossip." The Ming Dynasty is in domestic and foreign difficulties, and the change of dynasty is just around the corner. Although King Chuang was born recklessly, he was ambitious. Now that the army is rising again and sweeping the Central Plains, it is about to become a prairie fire, and it is not out of reach to dominate the world. The only concern is that King Chuang is not interested in Confucianism and Taoism in governing the country, but blindly relies on military power to seize the world with hegemony, and refuses to appoint scholars and wealthy families to govern the place, but wantonly pursues stolen goods and salaries, which is widely implicated. I'm only afraid that one day, this move will cause endless disasters, and King Chuang will suffer from it! ”

Li Yan's gushing endlessly made his confidants gloomy. Li Yannai was born as a scholar, although he saw the corruption of the Ming court, and hated to see Li Zicheng late, which complemented each other. But in his heart, he hoped that Li Zicheng would accept all rivers and rivers and reuse the gentry as the foundation. But Li Zicheng was born recklessly and firmly believed in the supremacy of force, so he had an essential difference of opinion from Li Yan on this point.

Coupled with the natural hostility of Niu Jinxing and Liu Zongmin and others around Li Zicheng to Li Yan, who was born in a wealthy family, Li Yan was not as smooth sailing as he seemed in the army.

"Are we going to attack again?" The henchmen didn't dare to go deeper on this topic, so they hurriedly changed.

Li Yan thought for a moment, "Don't do it for the time being, you will enter the Zhenping area ahead." Zhu Ping'an is a rising star in the Ming army, out of respect, I want to fight with him in a dignified manner, and I will drag him to the death if I say anything, and I can't let Wang Qiaonian's army approach Nanyang without scruples. ”R1152