Chapter 543: The Decisive Battle of Zhu Xianzhen (6)
The Shun army from ordinary people was originally extremely poor in combat effectiveness, and those Shun troops who were reorganized into the army by the Ming army were small and not within the control of the Shun army, so their fighting spirit was not high.
Originally, they were forced by Liu Zongmin to risk their lives to attack the back of the green dragon, and they subconsciously panicked after seeing the death of the main general, and no one wanted to throw their lives here.
At first, only a few people ran back, but it didn't take long for more than 100 people to run back together, most of them were surrendered by the Ming army, and a few were the elite of the Shun army who ran together in a daze.
There are those who escape, and there are those who insist on not retreating, these people are all Ren Jirong's cronies, and they are all old men who crawled out of the sea of corpses and blood with Liu Zongmin.
But these people are nothing to the battlefield of tens of thousands of people, because the number of people who have fled has snowballed.
The nephew didn't know whether he was alive or dead, his subordinates turned around and ran, Ren Jirong, who was the commander of the left wing, was naturally furious, but under the pressure of the official cavalry, he couldn't separate himself to suppress the rout, so he could only gather the people around him and fight and retreat, so as not to be taken advantage of by the official army to break through in one fell swoop.
"Wang Shuai, the left flank of the thieves retreated, and the last general is willing to lead the army and horses of his headquarters to attack, which will definitely be able to severely damage Liu Zongmin's main force, so that Li Zicheng will not dare to underestimate my Henan official army."
After discovering that the Shun army began to retreat, Wang Zhong and Liu Guoneng were overjoyed, Jiang Xiang and Gao Jie and others were also pleasantly surprised.
"Okay, General Jiang will lead the headquarters to attack closely behind the cavalry, drive away the rout army and roll up the thief Kou Zhong army, General Gao, you will lead the headquarters of the army and horses to Lao Tzu to entangle the thief Kou Zhong army, the commander will take over the army from the command, and General Liu Qinglong will hand over the right flank defense line to you."
Although Wang Zhong is said to be a miscellaneous monk, he can still see the changes in the situation on the battlefield, and he also understands the reason why you want your life while you are sick.
"Woo, woo, woo......!"
The desolate bull's horn continued to scream, the drums and cannons of the Jingbei army shook the heavens and the earth, and countless officers and soldiers jumped out of the fortifications on the back of the green dragon in the case of the rout of the left flank of the Shun army, and then brandished their swords and spears, like a tiger descending from the mountain, and pounced on the attack formation of the Shun army that was rushed by the official cavalry.
"Liu Quan, you must support the left wing with your general, you must cut off the connection between the left wing and the Chinese army, drive the Shandong thieves back, give orders to the artillery, and attack indiscriminately at the junction of the official army and our army, and you must not let the officers and soldiers pursue at the end of the rank."
The situation on the battlefield has changed sharply, if Ren Jirong's left line collapses, it is likely to cause a chain reaction, resulting in a large-scale rout of his Chinese army, in that case, the situation is not under Liu Zongmin's control, maybe he will be defeated in this battle, at that time, how can he face Li Zicheng, how to face the rest of the peasant army generals, 100,000 troops were actually defeated by only 30,000 officers and soldiers, can he still raise his head in front of the generals who broke into the camp?
I have to say that Liu Zongmin's tactical literacy is indeed one of the best in the Shun army, in the face of the sudden counterattack of the Jingbei Army, Liu Zongmin made the most correct choice, and now the officers and troops on the post have been almost pressed by the whole army, their purpose is very simple, that is, to drive the soldiers into battle, and then use the soldiers who have lost their courage to impact their main attack of the Chinese army.
Liu Zongmin's reaction was very fast, and after receiving the order, more than 4,000 cavalrymen brandished sabers and cavalry spears one by one, roaring towards the junction of the left flank of the Shun army and the Chinese army.
It's just that there is a dense sea of people in front of them, and these soldiers subconsciously want to hide on both sides after hearing the thunderous sound of horses' hooves coming from behind, but their front and back are full of their companions, even if they want to get out of the way, they can't, so they have to desperately squeeze to the sides, and some people even handed knives to the companions in front of them because of their urgency.
"Those who dare to stand in the way will be killed."
Liu Zongmin took the lead, and the two spears in his hands were like windmills, and all the Shun soldiers who stood in front of him were ruthlessly swept out by him, and some unlucky Shun soldiers didn't understand anything at all, and they were beheaded by the Shun cavalry that followed.
Stabbed with spears and slashed with broadswords, the cavalry of the Shun army under the leadership of Liu Zongmin fought a bloody way, completely cutting off the connection between the left wing of the Shun army and the Chinese army before the left wing of the Shun army was completely defeated.
Liu Zongmin's eyes were red, and his eyes were almost dripping blood, all of the people he slashed and killed were the elite of the five battalions of the Shun army, but he had to kill, a good battle turned into a defensive battle, and he didn't know how many military horses he would lose after this battle.
The defeat was like a mountain, and the left flank of the Shun army suddenly collapsed after Jiang Xiang's department joined the battlefield, and Wang Fuchen, who was eager to make meritorious contributions, was like a dragon entering the sea, leading the cavalry of his headquarters to gallop back and forth in the rout.
"It's down, it's down, it's ......!"
Many cannon fodder soldiers who had no time to escape had to kneel in front of the long knives of the Jingbei Army and beg for mercy, and those elites of the Shun army who were dragged down by a small family were running for their lives, and their target was Ren Jirong, who was running backwards in the direction of Liu Zongmin and Hao Shaoqi.
"General Liu will order that all those who attack the formation will be killed."
"General Liu will order that all those who attack the formation will be killed."
Fortunately, the left flank of the Shun army was not far from the Chinese army, and the elite of the Shun army in the rear of the left flank still fled to Liu Zongmin's general banner because of the large number of cannon fodder troops to intercept it, but they faced the ruthless arrow rain of the Shun cavalry.
Liu Zongmin, who has been in the killing field for a long time, knows that at this time, he must not have any woman's kindness, otherwise once the rout army sweeps the Chinese army, then he will really lose this battle.
The Shun soldiers who fled to the middle of the road were subjected to the frantic fire of the peasant cavalry, and many of them were pierced through the chests by the arrows that came from the rush before they could figure out what was happening, and immediately hundreds of routs were shot to the ground, and the rest of the routs were frightened and did not dare to move.
"Ben will say that those who trespass will die."
Under the forced gaze of Liu Zongmin and the cavalry of the Shun army, the routed soldiers did not dare to resist, so they had to turn around and go back, or go around the two wings of the cavalry formation.
After discovering that Liu Zongmin led the personal iron cavalry to reinforce Ren Jirong, Hao Shaoqi of the Chinese army and the late Junen Li of the rear were in a hurry, but Hao Shaoqi had no way, because the rout of Ren Jirong's left flank had affected the morale of his Chinese army.
Gu Junen was afraid that if something happened to Liu Zongmin, then the battle would be completely lost, and such consequences were not something that he could bear as a poor talent who had just joined the Shun army.
Liu Zongmin personally led people to attack, and Wang Fuchen, who rushed down the Tugang, immediately shouted loudly, and led more than a dozen general flags and capital divisions, because of their earnestness for meritorious service, they also wanted to take the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, so they led the cavalry of the headquarters to give up Ren Jirong and went straight to where Liu Zongmin's general flag was.
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