Li Zicheng saw that his army had just started fighting and was defeated, and he cut off a military flag with a knife in anger.

Those who have a heart will have already seen that there is no chance of winning the battle at all.

The clever soldiers directly dropped their weapons and ran, and those who couldn't run directly knelt down on their knees and surrendered on the spot.

Lu Zhao led the plate armor soldiers to harvest frantically in front, and the tens of thousands of temporarily recruited peasant troops who followed behind looked at the Dashun army kneeling all over the ground, and suddenly their mouths cracked with laughter.

This credit is simply a free gift, just tie one up is a war merit, and you can get a reward when you turn back, this trip out is cost-effective!

The people of Hubei are all good at calculation, and when they saw the one-sided battlefield, everyone suddenly turned into warriors, wielding various weapons in their hands and chasing after the main force.

At this moment in Xiangyang City, Gong Chengkang also found that something was wrong with the Dashun Army outside.

There was a fierce attack just now, but now it is slowly retreating, and the Chinese army camp of the Shun army even seems to be preparing to retreat.

Gong Chengkang immediately shouted: "Come on, climb to the bell tower for me to take a look, what's going on outside." ”

After that, Gong Chengkang handed over his diorama to his subordinates.

The organic soldier climbed to the top from the drum tower, and when he looked at the diorama given by the commander, he could see clearly from miles away.

When he saw that the rout was taking place in the rear of the Dashun army, the soldiers were stunned for a moment, and immediately shouted below: "Dashuai, reinforcements are coming!" ”

"Reinforcements have arrived?"

"Yes, Commander Lu personally brought people here!"

"Okay, brothers, Commander Lu is here to support us, brothers, light up my knives, load my guns with ammunition, and prepare to go out of the city to attack!"

When a general heard this, he hurriedly persuaded: "Don't be handsome!" ”

"Why not?" Gong Chengkang's eyes were stunned.

"Dashuai, there are only six or seven thousand brothers in our city, and there are still 100,000 Shun troops outside, since Commander Lu can break through the Shun army camp and kill it, it must be the Dashun army, we only need to hold Xiangyang City now, it is a great achievement, and the battle outside can be handed over to Commander Lu."

Gong Chengkang was suddenly angry, "Manly man, how can there be any thing of shrinking in the city and watching friendly troops rush to kill, Li Zicheng's soldiers and horses look at the crowd, in fact, they are just a group of rabble, Commander Lu broke the Shun army, at this time Li Zicheng must have been so frightened that he peed his pants and ran away, now we just need to kill out of the city, 100,000 Shun troops outside are just 100,000 pigs, Erlang, follow me out of the city!"

When the general saw that he couldn't persuade his leader, he suddenly became anxious.

He could only ask for a thousand defenders to be left in case of an emergency!

This small request, Gong Chengkang agreed.

After some counting, all the people who could move in the city were gathered by Gong Chengkang, and after counting the 7,000 people, Gong Chengkang decided to take 6,000 people out of the city.

After the six thousand men and horses were rectified and the city gate opened, Gong Chengkang took the lead, pointed at the outside of the city with a big knife in his hand and shouted: "Brothers, rush with me!" ”

At this time, the Dashun army outside the city had completely given up the siege, and the slogan of the defeat of the Shun army came from the rear from time to time.

Li Zicheng, the emperor wearing a dragon robe, has become a frightened bird, and his bright dragon robe is particularly dazzling in the sun.

Lu Zhao led the cavalry to keep an eye on Li Zicheng's dragon banner, and when he saw Li Zicheng fleeing in a dragon robe, Lu Zhao waved his hand and said: "Brothers, Li Zicheng is there, kill with me!" ”

Two thousand cavalry killed Li Zicheng in the direction, and the artillery also bombarded the position where Li Zicheng's dragon banner was located.

Li Zicheng was dazed by the cannonball, and a cannonball exploded twenty paces away from him, and the splashed dirt fell directly into his mouth.

Li Zicheng spit out the mud in one mouthful, and said angrily: "Damn, Lao Tzu has fought all his life, and he has never been so aggrieved, the Royal Forest Army, kill me back!" "Gu Zhuo

The so-called Royal Forest Army is the old camp before Li Zicheng, because it has followed Li Zicheng for the longest time and is the most loyal.

After Li Zicheng established himself as emperor, he included the 3,000 men and horses of the old battalion in the Imperial Forest Army and placed them under his own command.

However, since he became the emperor, the identity of the old battalion has skyrocketed, and he has suddenly become the head of the army, and the soldiers of the old battalion have also begun to flutter.

They did all kinds of evil in Henan, robbed, raped, and killed people, but they did everything that was not done by people.

Li Zicheng did not restrain these subordinates, they were all brothers who worked hard for themselves, if they didn't give them enough food and drink, who would give him the emperor's life in the future.

For a long time, there was no military discipline and no training, which caused the combat effectiveness of the Royal Forest Army to plummet.

When he fled, the Imperial Forest Army was guarding Li Zicheng's side, but the soldiers were all dressed roughly.

Some veterans even have fat on their stomachs.

When Li Zicheng ordered them to turn around and fight, only more than 100 people turned around, and the remaining 2,000 or so were not heard at all.

Li Zicheng saw that the old battalion he had trained by himself had become like this, and he immediately understood.

"Damn, it's really a wall that everyone pushes, and no one is reliable!"

The soldiers of the old battalion in the Royal Forest Army are not stupid, and everyone didn't see it on the battlefield just now, and the five thousand cavalry were killed, and half of them were lost without even touching the hair.

Look at the other party's equipment, it is muskets and artillery, and there are plate armor equipped to the teeth.

The knife only scratched a mark on someone's plate armor, and it couldn't hurt anyone else.

This battle is already bound to be lost, and now to turn back, it is just to send it to death.

Enjoying a corrupt life, no one is willing to work hard.

The soldiers and horses of the old battalion turned a deaf ear, and just guarded Li Zicheng all the way away.

Li Zicheng was wrapped in the middle, and he was so angry that he threw the horsewhip in his hand.

25,000 soldiers and horses, all the way to escape, only to escape less than two miles, only less than half left, the remaining half was either chased by the Han army behind and slaughtered, or kneeling and surrendering.

"Quick, flee back to the camp, return to the camp, and we'll hold our ground!"

There are more than 300,000 soldiers and horses outside Xiangyang City, although they are all rabble, but the advantage in numbers is real.

Li Zicheng felt that as long as he fled back to the camp, he could use the remaining soldiers and horses to confront the Han army, at least he would not lose completely.

But the idea is beautiful, the reality is skinny.

When the road was halfway through, a team of chaotic soldiers suddenly appeared in front, looking at the flag, it was Niu Jinxing, the prime minister of the Dashun court.

"Prime Minister Niu, why are you here?"

"Your Majesty, it's not good, the camp has been broken!"

"What? There are still more than 200,000 horses in the camp, how was it broken? ”

"The defenders in Xiangyang City suddenly came out of the city and caught us off guard!"

"The defenders of Xiangyang City, they are no more than 10,000 people, and they can't beat 10,000 of more than 200,000, are you 200,000 pigs?"

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