Chapter 21: Building the Might of the Army

The two Jianyu cavalry were like two sharp knives, piercing straight into the camp of the army.

This completely disrupted Li Zicheng's deployment, and the pocket array that had been formed was suddenly torn apart. The armies cannot be left to the end.

Li Zicheng issued military orders one after another, but it was difficult to convey them in place.

Fortunately, Gu Ying, Li Shuangxi, Li Laiheng and other generals have rich combat experience, quickly stabilized the personnel of the headquarters and launched a counterattack.

For a time, the camp fell into a scuffle, and the Jianlu killed the Han people when they saw them, and the soldiers cut them when they saw the pigtailed soldiers.

Either the braided head flew high, or the intruder was trampled into flesh after falling off the horse, and after a while, both sides were killed.

Faced with a fierce counterattack, Jianyu quickly made adjustments.

The 30,000 army suddenly divided into six routes, each interspersed, and once again scattered the invading army.

The generals who broke into the army gathered their soldiers while fighting, and gradually formed multiple corps. The fight with Jianyu is impressive.

At this time, Duoduo, as the commander, commanded 5,000 soldiers and horses, rushing left and right, and other relatives and nobles also commanded the headquarters of the people, trying their best to intersperse, although there was no connection, but still able to play a cooperation.

Compared with the invading army, Jianyu is better at interspersing and moving quickly, and he doesn't have to think about protecting the Chinese army and dealing with the aftermath, so he rushed up unscrupulously and gradually began to press the invading army.

At this time, Li Zicheng's military order could not be transmitted at all, and he watched the army fighting separately, and there was a risk of being broken by each at any time.

He could see that the combat power of these savages was still above that of the Guanning army. Knowing that he would be defeated after a long battle, he had to slowly retreat with a banner, hoping that other generals would follow his pace.

In the midst of the chaos, Gaodi's men and horses had already been scattered, and there were less than 600 people left around him, but fortunately, they reacted quickly and grabbed their weapons before the chaos began.

During this period of hiding, it can be regarded as a general who will be able to save his life.

In the midst of the chaos, Gao Di led people into a stable-like place. Inside, there is a mess of sundries such as troughs, ox carts, and pastures.

Suddenly, a small figure burst out from behind the stable, and with excitement on his face, the girl ran over.

The highly nervous soldier subconsciously pounced, pushed him to the ground, and raised the steel knife in his hand to cut off.

"Stop! Under you is the King of the Ming Dynasty! Another voice rang out.

The soldier was immediately stunned, what? Yongwang? Which Yongwang?

With a snort, Gao Di ran over, kicked away the soldiers riding on Yongwang, and lifted up the people on the ground.

A closer look revealed that the person was only about 7 years old with a frightened expression.

It turned out that after the troops guarding King Yong were defeated by Jianyu, there was no one to guard them, and he and his brother King Dingwang were freed and hid here early.

Just now when I saw the person in the Ming army's uniform appear, I was excited, and I ran out in a flash.

Gao Di had never seen King Yong, and he couldn't be sure of the authenticity, so he helped the boy up and went to see the person who had just shouted.

The man was also a child, about 12 years old, with a straight waist, and although he was dressed in general, he couldn't hide his extravagance.

Gao Di waved his hand at the soldiers, signaling not to act rashly, and said, "Dare to ask Your Excellency?" ”

Seeing that no one was stopping, the older children stepped forward, "Lone is the third son of Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Cijiong, the king of Ding!" This is Yongwang Zhu Cizhi. ”

Gao Di was overjoyed when he heard this, and it took no effort to break through the iron shoes and find nowhere to get it, this child was born with a lofty spirit and full of luxury, and he must not be pretending.

Since the two highnesses are here, it is believed that the crown prince is also here.

"Gao Di, the chief soldier of the humble Shanhaiguan, meets His Royal Highness King Dingwang and His Royal Highness King Yong."

"Flat, in such a situation, there is no need to be formal. Do you see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? King Ding asked.

Gao Di's eyes popped out when he heard this, I still want to ask you!

Said curtly, "On the orders of the Holy Lord, I came to rescue the three Highnesses, but I haven't found His Royal Highness the Crown Prince yet." ”

When King Ding and King Yong heard this, their eyes widened, and they said in unison: "What, my father is still alive?" ”

Gao Di's eyes darkened, "When ...... Of course, it is now sitting in Shanhaiguan. ”

The eyes of the two kings burst into light, and their joy was overflowing, and they couldn't help crying with joy.

Gao Di knew that this place was dangerous, but it was even more dangerous to rush out, and now that he had found the two highnesses, he had already made a great contribution, and the next step was to ensure the safety of the two highnesses.

While he sent several teams of people to look for the prince nearby, he ordered people to push ox carts and other things around, surrounded them tightly, and lit a circle of fire.

"My lord, I found a man in the ox cart."

"In the bullock cart? It seems that the thief locked him up, so he shouldn't be the enemy, let him out. ”

At this time, Niu Jinxing arrived with a group of people and horses, and found that the horse shed and others were set on fire, and his face was disappointed.

"Hey, the son of Chongzhen must have been burned to death inside."

Niu Jinxing looked at this chaotic camp and knew that this battle was defeated, but fortunately, he had lost more and won less in the past ten years, and he had long been used to it, and he had no psychological burden at all.

"This is the end of the matter, let's retreat quickly!" Niu Venus led the people to withdraw.

At this time, almost all the generals who broke into the camp knew that they could no longer resist, and they all began to retreat.

The experienced ones fought and retreated, and the panicked sa girl ran wildly.

Running at the forefront was Li Zicheng's Chinese army.

From the second year of Chongzhen to the seventeenth year of Chongzhen now, Li Zicheng has been brilliant several times and failed more times.

He was very experienced in escaping, and at least a dozen horsemen followed him.

Now he still has 20,000 troops in his hands, and he is very confident in escaping.

He commanded the army, calmly and rapidly running for two or three hours, still not daring to stop.

Now, what terrified him was the combat power of the Jurchen savages.

His pocket array was so vulnerable, the 50,000 army was crushed in a short time, just a few days ago, he thought that the reason why the Ming court could not destroy Jianyu was because the officers and soldiers were afraid of death, and the emperor was mediocre.

But when Li Guo's 20,000 troops were annihilated, when he couldn't eat the Guan Ning army in the pocket array.

Only then did he know that the people who fought against him in the past were all second-rate or even third-rate armies of the Ming Court.

When he saw the Jurchen cavalry, he knew why the Ming court couldn't destroy Jianyu.

Li Zicheng ran while thinking about it, and suddenly heard the sound of breaking the air from all directions.

"Enemy attack!"

Li Zicheng was shocked, he didn't expect to run so far and encounter an enemy attack. The intense fear made him speed up his horse.

When the sound of the arrows faded away, Li Zicheng, who breathed a sigh of relief, looked around and found that nearly 10,000 horses had been folded.

On the crossbow position, Xiong Wei looked at the group of men and horses who were walking away, dumbfounded.

"He's numb, which army is this, it's running fast, Lao Tzu hasn't finished the fourth round of shooting yet!"

He looked at this mountain pass, looked to the east, admired Chongzhen's foresight, and when everyone thought that the battle of Shanhaiguan would be a protracted battle, Chongzhen insisted that they ambush this mountain pass this morning.

It is said that there will be a large number of thieves passing by today.

Although Xiong Wei has long regarded Chongzhen as an idol, he still feels that Chongzhen has miscalculated this time.

Who would have thought, just now, there were more than 20,000 routs.

was stunned, Vice President Qian ran over and said, "Mr. Qian, someone from the east is here again." ”

Xiong Wei listened and looked eastward, and sure enough, the east was full of yellow dust, and tens of thousands of cavalry rushed at a glance.

"The Holy One is really a man of God!" Xiong Wei said from the bottom of his heart. "Cheer up! Act according to the Holy Plan! ”

In about half a pillar of incense, Xiong Wei could already see the figure of the cavalry clearly, and his heart was overjoyed, and he only waited for the cavalry to cross the mark they had set, and began to fire arrows.

Seeing that the cavalry was approaching, Xiong Wei's attention was highly concentrated, and suddenly a gust of wind hit, rolling up a little sand and dust, blinding his eyes.

At the stall where he rubbed his eyes, the cavalry crossed the mark.

Seeing that Xiong Wei's eyes were difficult to open, Vice President Qian immediately ordered the arrows to be fired.

Xiong Wei heard the sound of breaking the air, and when he opened his eyes with difficulty, he saw the shocking scene of the enemy soldiers turning on their backs.