Chapter 467: Desperate Situation

Before dawn, Li Guo came back again, this place is only twenty miles away from the mountain town, and it is not good to say that it should not stay for a long time.

"I found a rich man in the village to torture him, and there were many Ming troops in the area of Shanzhen, and there were too many to count. Listening to him, it was indeed a person surnamed He who was guarding Suizhou. "It's really not good news that Li Guo brought back, it's about to dawn.

At this time, the deer head shop in Zaoyang is backed by Tangzi Mountain, which is a small road back to Henan. He Renlong's main force was actually in this place, on the side of Izuyama Town, but a guerrilla general with five infantry battalions was defending. He Renlong's task was also to hold the road back to Henan, because Lin Ya was not worried about their ability to fight in the field.

was despised by other Ming troops, He Renlong must not be convinced, even if it was Guan Ningjun. But he was despised by the Dengzhou camp, so he accepted the task happily. It is better to stay in this place and guard the mountain passes of this generation than to go to the Dabie Mountains to guard them. It is said that the passes on the other side of Dabie Mountain are guarded by Hu Dawei and Li Guoqi.

Because on the right is Xinyang, behind is Nanyang, and not far from the left is Xiangyang. Staying in this position, He Renlong's sense of security was still very strong, and he didn't expect Li Zicheng to dare to go here. Once you enter this narrow area, the armies on the left and right sides will fight and it will be difficult to run. The mountain march is indeed hidden, but it is also not fast.

At the beginning, He Renlong was still glad that he was sleeping soundly in the middle of the night when he was holding a handsome little guy when he heard his subordinates shouting outside the tent. He was still very unhappy, and walked out shirtless, waiting for the leader of the pro-soldier to say angrily: "What's the matter, this will be mourned? The leader of the pro-soldiers said: "My lord, Li Youji reported urgently, saying that it was time to find Li Zicheng's scout. ”

He Ren Longteng woke up at once, and cold sweat immediately came down. Li Zicheng actually came here, it was really unthinkable. "Have you found out? Make no mistake. ”

"It's been confirmed over there, and it took almost an hour. That's when someone sent a letter. Here's the thing. At the time of the hour, the secret sentry on duty noticed the movement and quietly notified an instructor, and as a result, he went out with a team. There was a small ambush. Caught a live ....... ”

One pass said. He Renlong understood that Li Zicheng planned to enter the mountain from here, and then quietly returned to Henan. I really think of myself. It's too face-saving to actually take this road.

He Renlong was a little anxious, and hurriedly sent someone to send letters to Xinyang and Xiangyang. He was worried that he would not be able to withstand Li Zicheng's crazy assault, and if he got away, his head would really have to move.

At this time, it was not only a He Renlong who was tested, but Li Zicheng was also at the juncture of life and death, whether to rush forward or retract. didn't think about it for too long, Li Zicheng called Gao Yigong and said: "You lead people to move around in this area, bluff, and make a gesture of attacking the mountain town." Well, under my banner, remember, drag it out for as long as you can. ”

Gao Yigong nodded silently, indicating that he understood, and it was obvious that his feelings were not high. In fact, after the defeat of Mengjiazhuang, the future is not optimistic. Later, when they got together, everyone was not very optimistic about the future of the "revolution". is really still very persistent, probably Li Zicheng. This thing still firmly believes that he is a person with a "destiny". He didn't know that if history remained unchanged, his destiny would indeed succeed for a time, and he didn't wake up until Wu Sangui led the Qing army into the customs and completely defeated his history.

After Gao Yigong left, Li Zicheng personally commanded the troops, and immediately went west, ran to Lutoudian, and returned to Henan from there. The two places were not far apart, and Li Zicheng, who was all a horse team, went out and marched during the day, regardless of the hurry.

By the time he arrived at Lutoudian, it was already noon, and the marching team was already very tired, and they had run for thirty miles, among which there were many mountain roads, and the roads were not wide. It's actually quite hard to walk, but the organization is not bad, and they are all old runners.

When approaching Lutoudian, Li Zicheng was forced to stop again, because the officers and soldiers of the brigade were found in front. At this time, Li Zicheng is really like five thunderbolts, why are there still officers and soldiers here? A question of the flag, congratulations to the dragon!

At this time, there is no chance to turn back, the armies of Xiangyang and Xinyang are killed, and they don't know how to die.

"Fight, defeat He Renlong, and kill back to Henan." Li Zicheng decided to fight to the death.

He Renlong also decided to play with his life, and he didn't have a choice, and Li Zicheng lowered his eyelids and returned to Henan, and his head fell off.

Xiangyang reorganized the army, and He Renlong's men and horses were reorganized into combat soldiers of thirty infantry brigades, and the rest of the troops were auxiliary soldiers. He would have only twenty-five infantry battalions at his disposal, and the rest of the troops were guarding the pass. In the place of Lutoudian, it is not a problem to say that it is not a problem to retreat to Zaoyang, but the problem is that he will lose his head because of giving way.

found the consultant Li Tong, and the answer was that it was fully combatable! He Renlong pulled the team out and set up a formation near the deer head shop, waiting for Li Zicheng to come over. When the formation was arranged, He Renlong kept asking the advisor Li Tong, when will the reinforcements arrive? Li Tong was very unhappy with the fear of death of this goods, and replied lightly, hurry up, the news should have been sent to Xinyang and Xiangyang.

After answering He Renlong, Li Tong was busy commanding the formation again, and this battle was also a big test for him. He Renlong's troops were mixed, and after a period of training and eliminating some of them, they were relatively okay. However, under the new tactics, Li Tong has no confidence in whether the troops can resolutely implement them. After the arrangement was completed, Li Tong found He Renlong and said: "General He, ten brigades are used as reserves, and you must go up at the critical moment." ”

What he meant by this, Li Tong clearly warned him, I will command your troops to fight in front, and once there is a crisis, you must immediately take reserves to plug the gap.

The battle began in the afternoon, and after a short exchange of scouts, Li Zicheng personally led the horsemen to start charging and killing.

Waiting for Li Zicheng was a platoon of more than 300 people, and the officers commanding these platoons all had a characteristic: dark green military uniforms, each armed with a sword, standing in front of the first horizontal platoon.

When these phalanxes were discovered, Li Zicheng made a desperate bet and threw all the main forces into it in one go, in order to crush the opponent at once and open the way.

Li Zicheng, who stood under the banner of Chuangzi, witnessed a difficult battle. An all-out assault is an inevitable choice, and there is nothing to say at this time. More than 30,000 people threw more than 15,000 elites into the battlefield in one go, attacking the formation of officers and men regardless of priority. With five thousand horsemen, he carefully watched the changes in the battle situation, and once there was any loosening, he would immediately kill in which direction.

The artillery roared, the guns were lined up, and Li Zicheng's troops, who had no choice, fought extremely resolutely. At the cost of casualties, he attacked He Renlong's position. In the face of huge casualties, the cavalry troops in the center fought for an hour, repeatedly rushed and killed, and finally entered the enemy formation, crushing two infantry brigades, even if the officers continuously cut down the fleeing soldiers, they could not stop it.

Li Zicheng was overjoyed when he saw this, and personally took 5,000 horsemen and decided to storm the middle road and defeat the officers and soldiers in one fell swoop. At this time, he found that it was also based on muskets, and He Renlong's troops were not comparable to the Dengzhou battalion troops at all. Before the charge, in addition to the women and children in the old battalion, Li Zicheng sent them into battle to kill the enemy positions on both sides, restraining the enemy's energy and making it impossible to reinforce.

Probably because they knew that if they didn't rush over, they would be finished, and the civilian army in this battle, even if it suffered huge casualties, did not collapse. Maybe he knows that the opponent is He Renlong, and he has the bottom in his heart. Li Zicheng, who saw the hope of victory, personally went into battle, and the morale of the people's army was greatly boosted.

Li Tong, who had two infantry brigades left in his hand and did not enter the battle, also personally stood on the front line at this time, led the two brigades, resolutely blocked the gap, and at the same time asked He Renlong to put all the 2,000 cavalry and reserves in his hands into battle.

He Renlong, who was desperate, threw the reserves to Li Tong, and launched a counterattack with his cavalry. The cavalry is still an old habit, with long weapons, and is covered in scale armor or chain mail, and when they plunged into it, they met Li Zicheng and brought people up. Before the high-speed impact and a violent impact on both sides, there was an amazing coincidence in history, and He Renlong shot an arrow that hit Li Zicheng's left eye. Li Zicheng did not escape the fate of the one-eyed dragon in the end, but he just changed his opponent.

Li Zicheng, who was hit by the arrow, did not go to the battlefield, and after a simple bandage, he still fought with a horseman's call sign. Li Tong took advantage of He Renlong's counterattack to reorganize the formation, and the battle situation was stabilized. However, they could not completely defeat their opponents, and the battle continued until dark, when both sides were unable to fight any longer, and then they retreated.

In any case, this battle blocked Li Zicheng's way to the north, and Li Zicheng was completely in a desperate situation at this time. Jiang'an appeared in Suizhou, and Lin Ya of Xinyang killed with the main force, and in one breath he crippled Gao Yigong, and then began to chase and kill.

According to the results of the battle after the fact, nine of the 25 infantry brigades were defeated, and if it weren't for the resolute enforcement of discipline by those instructors, maybe He Renlong's troops would have really collapsed. After the battle, the 3,000 casualties of officers and men have not yet collapsed, which is really a miracle that is not small or small. Li Zicheng's side was much more miserable, fighting fiercely until dark, and under the fierce blows of platoon guns and artillery fire, more than 10,000 casualties were inflicted.

Just the casualties are counted, and the entire Chuang Wang army has now entered a dead place. On the left and right, bad news came from both sides, the main force of the Dengzhou battalion was coming at full speed, and when Li Zicheng ordered to retreat south, it was already too late.

Early the next morning, Li Zicheng, who rushed to the edge of Baishui overnight, completely fell into despair, the smoke and dust were billowing in front of him, and the war drums were rumbling behind him. (To be continued......)