Wang Xueli is really not talking about wine, if Wang Xueli has any of the most prominent characteristics, it must be superstition, he is superstitious about all kinds of priests, especially like to attract people to look at fortune-telling.

Li Yan's performance in his military camp was amazing and gorgeous, which made Wang Xueli appreciate it very much, so he found a Taoist priest who said that he was quite powerful to quietly show Li Yan his fate.

Unexpectedly, the Taoist priest was shocked when he saw it, and told Wang Xueli that if he followed this person in the future, he would definitely be crowned a marquis and worship the prime minister, and he would be able to shadow his descendants for two hundred years.

After waking up, Wang Xueli did not change his words, and still insisted on asking for Li Yan's moderation, of course, this is unrealistic in the current army, Li Zicheng only said that Wang Xueli was worried that his troops would be consumed in front of him, and he wanted to preserve his strength, and he was quite dissatisfied in his heart.

In the end, I can only compromise and let Wang Xueli still go to the back camp and act as the escort team for the family members who broke into the camp, so that there is no need to fight a vicious war, it is always okay, right?

Although it is a pity to say that nearly 100 cavalry are placed in the back camp, Li Zicheng doesn't care so much now, highlighting that on the third day of Sichuan's re-entry into Nanyang, Wang Wenyao and Liu Rukui came to rendezvous with more than 1,000 soldiers and horses, both of them are Li Zicheng's old brothers, loyalty is nothing to say, Li Zicheng's military strength instantly swelled to more than 1,300 people.

These 1,300 are elites, and they are the backbone of the army, including more than 300 cavalry, more than 900 spearmen, and nearly 100 archers.

With these troops, Li Zicheng's confidence is also sufficient, and the 1,300 elite troops are enough for him to deal with three times the Ming army.

Just when the intrusive army was waiting for the blind Ming army to collide, the Ming army really came.

Ma Xiangzhen, a guerrilla on the side of the official army in Nanyang, didn't know whose intelligence he had obtained, and naively thought that Li Zicheng still only had about 100 people, so he became interested in it in an instant, and Yang Sichang's order had already arrived in Huguang, asking for local assistance in intercepting Li Zicheng, Ma Xiangzhen thought that the opportunity for meritorious service had arrived, and immediately led the 3,000 Ming troops under his department to intercept Li Zicheng.

said that it was three thousand, but in fact there were only two thousand, and one thousand was empty, and among the two thousand, except for Ma Xiangzhen's own three hundred family members, they were basically the guards and the bandits and rogues who were recruited, and their combat effectiveness can be imagined.

The two sides encountered in the area of Nanyang Zhushan, and they were both caught off guard, Ma Xiangzhen didn't expect the army to come so quickly, and he didn't have time to calmly arrange defenses.

And Li Zicheng didn't expect the officers and troops to move so fast, and they were actually able to intercept them on their marching route.

Li Zicheng saw that Ma Xiangzhen only had 2,000 soldiers, and he didn't seem to be an elite, for fear that it was a ploy of the officers and soldiers, so he didn't move his troops and sent scouts out to investigate whether there were any traces of the officers and soldiers nearby.

And Ma Xiangzhen is even more numb, the information provided by Yang Sichang is that there are only more than 100 people in the army to break through, and now this is clearly more than 1,000 troops, and the army is neat and tidy, not like a weak brigade, he is greedy for merit in a hurry, and he did not notify other officers and soldiers in the Huguang territory, and now it is difficult to ride a tiger.

Ma Xiangzhen naturally can't run, not to mention the political consequences of running, but whenever he shows cowardice, Li Zicheng must know the reality of the official army, and when the time comes, he will still be dead, so he can only send someone to Nanyang for help first, and he will bluff for help.

But obviously he thought too well, Li Zicheng is a decisive person, and after ten years of fighting, he has long trained his keen sense of smell, and the three waves of scouts sent out to report that no trace of the Ming army was found, and Li Zicheng can conclude that this Ming army has no backup.

Li Zicheng had absolute confidence in the strength of his scouts, which was very different from the Ming generals who were often suspicious of his subordinates.

After determining that it was not the conspiracy of the Ming army, Li Zicheng planned to eat this Ming army, which could be regarded as revenge for his siege in Yufu, so the army did not delay any longer, and immediately gathered the army to take the initiative to attack Ma Xiangzhenbu.

Ma Xiangzhen was helpless, the elite level of his command could not be compared with the breaking army, so he could only take a defensive position and choose a higher ground to set up a formation to defend, in order to resist Li Zicheng's cavalry, Ma Xiangzhen arranged the bird gunners in front, followed by spearmen, and the few cavalry were distributed in two columns.

The war was soon on the verge of breaking out.

Li Zicheng chose a high slope that could overlook the entire battlefield, and took Li Yan and others to climb the high slope and look at the battlefield from afar.

"Mr. Li, how long will it take for us to defeat the Ming army in front of us?" Li Zicheng pointed to the faintly visible horse not far away with a horsewhip and said to General Xiangzhen.

Li Yan was confident in breaking into the army, but seeing that the Ming army was in a strict formation, it was estimated that it would take a lot of effort to defeat it, so he thought about it and said: "My subordinates feel that although the Ming army is not elite, it is quite particular about the formation, and I am afraid that it will take some effort to break it." ”

Li Zicheng laughed when he heard this, and said: "The Ming army is so arranged, it just doesn't have the courage to fight, if it really has the strength to fight, why defend it?" Brother Li Yan, wait, watch me defeat the enemy with one blow! ”

Immediately, Li Zicheng turned his head to look at Tian Jianxiu, nodded, and motioned for him to attack, Tian Jianxiu immediately ordered people to beat the drums, and under the frequent drumbeats, Yuan Zongdi and Liu Tichun led three hundred cavalry and began to slowly move towards the Ming army's large array.

Li Yan looked at the situation on the battlefield with a serious expression, he was a member of the army before, and his understanding of the overall battle situation was not clear, standing on a high place at this moment, becoming a member of the coordinator, the difference is naturally very obvious, Li Yan will not give up this opportunity to learn.

The oppressive force of the three hundred cavalry was still very strong, and with the blue-black banner and dense drum beats of the army, the cavalry began to slowly press towards the high ground defended by the Ming army at an unhurried speed.

The front line of the Ming army is the first wave to withstand the impact of the cavalry, their pressure is the greatest, with the approach of the cavalry, these birds are also restless, although there are officers in the neighing of the bullet pressure, but they still can't help but start to mess up.

"Bang-" With the first sound of the Ming army's bird guns, the bird guns at the front were as if they were ignited explosives piles, firing one after another, and the sound of banging birds, accompanied by the white smoke of gunpowder explosions one after another, shrouded the entire Ming army front.

"It's early!" Li Yan looked at the scene in front of him and thought to himself.

When he was the sentry commander, he fought with the Ming army, and the firearms of the Ming army were very miscellaneous, including bird guns, fire guns, three-eyed guns, rockets, of course, the southern Ming army was mainly equipped with bird guns and some strange firearms.

With the collapse of the Ming Dynasty's finances, the quality of the weapons produced by the Ministry of Industry has also plummeted, and the artillery may be better, but these weapons are the hardest hit areas, and the effective range can be a hundred steps, which is considered to be the conscience of the Ministry of Industry.

Sure enough, as Li Yan expected, none of the three hundred cavalry were shot, and this round of salvo was in vain, and if one round of salvo missed, the second round might not be in time.

This trick has been tried and tested repeatedly, first control the speed of the horse, slowly press the Ming army to shoot, and then press up after they finish shooting, to deal with these not elite Ming troops, the way to break into the army can be said to be a formulaic operation.

The army suddenly increased the speed of the horses, after all, the Ming army, apparently the strong sense of oppression made the bird gun hands start to scramble, and the tension made the bird gun reload even slower.

The Chuang army did not intend to charge directly into the formation, but began to draw the bow and shoot, which is the characteristic of the cavalry of the Chuang camp, and they are very proficient in cavalry archery, after all, most of them are from the border army.

A round of arrows rained down, and the unarmored bird gunners were shot down dozens of people in an instant, and the feather arrows were not enough to kill people immediately, but they could disrupt the Ming army's military formation, and at the same time, the soldiers with feather arrows and the painful wails could also greatly deplete the morale of the Ming army.

The cavalry of the invading army began guerrilla cavalry shooting unhurriedly, and the feather arrows that came one after another, killing and injuring a large number of the Ming army's bird guns, only the third round, the Ming army's bird gunskeepers could not withstand it, and began to retreat one after another, trying to avoid the feather arrows of the invading army.

Ma Xiangzhen was anxious in his eyes, so he could only order the herald to beat the drum and let the cavalry on both sides attack to expel these disgusting intruding cavalry.

The cavalry on both sides is his family, and it is also his hole card, equipped with armor, although it is not as proficient in cavalry and archery as the army, but it can also be melee twice, accompanied by the beat of the drum, the cavalry on both sides of the Ming army poured out, and went straight to the rangers of the army.

Li Zicheng was very happy to see that the cavalry of the Ming army had been deceived, and immediately ordered the withdrawal of the rangers, accompanied by the rhythmic drumbeat, Yuan Zongdi and Liu Tichun shouted and gathered the three hundred cavalry and began to retreat.

The Ming army saw that the invading army withdrew, but the invading cavalry could not fight in close combat, and they chased after the horses one after another, Ma Xiangzhen knew that it was not a way to drag it out like this, and he had to press it up while the invading cavalry retreated, so he ordered people to beat the drums and the three armies advanced.

With the beat of the drums, the spearmen of the Ming army also began to move forward slowly, and the offensive and defensive sides on the battlefield were instantly exchanged, turning into the Ming army attacking and breaking into the army.

However, this is the effect of Li Zicheng, the cyan banner waved, and the army formation of the army began to face the Ming army, the cavalry of the Ming army pursued the rangers, and it was not smooth, the cavalry of the army would turn around and shoot from time to time, and the Ming army would miss the arrow of the horse from time to time.

The cavalry of the Chuang army was accustomed to shooting horses rather than people, which made the Ming army extremely distressed.

Soon, the spear formation of the invading army blocked the way of the Ming cavalry's pursuit, and Rulin's spears pressed the Ming cavalry and had to turn their horses' heads and began to retreat reluctantly.

Li Zicheng was waiting for this opportunity, when the Ming cavalry was at a loss in front of the dense spear army, the dense drum beat sounded, and the cavalry of the intruding army who had previously "retreated" pulled out the long knives at their waists, showed a cruel smile, turned the horse, and only pounced on the Ming cavalry who were still hesitating.

This was a one-sided massacre, because the pursuit was too fast, the rear troops of the Ming army had no time to support the cavalry that broke into the invasion army, and the cavalry of the invasion army had the support of their own troops, and the Ming cavalry was defeated and collapsed with a charge.

The cavalry of the Chuang Army not only has accurate archery skills, but also has excellent horse combat ability, after all, it is not comparable to the Ming army of these bandits in the south, and often with a knife on the side, you can cut and kill a Ming horseman.

Only one charge, the cavalry of the Ming army collapsed, and they fled with their horses and desperately fled, and at this time the army of the Ming army also pressed up, Li Zicheng did not hesitate, and immediately ordered, the black order flag waved, and the whole army had enough strength to charge the Ming army.

The infantry soldiers on both sides soon fought together, the long-haired thorns competed to see who had the higher morale, and each spear could send a scream, and the wounded people who fell to the ground wailed desperately, while the comrades around them could not bend down to rescue, they could only grit their teeth and poke forward with the spear.

Like a cruel meat grinder, the wailing wounded soldiers were ruthlessly trampled by the surrounding crowd, they were already injured and trampled to death before they could even struggle, the sharp spear tips pierced the flesh, and the dense formation made people have nowhere to escape, even if you are excellent in martial arts, you can only pray for the luck of God in this Shura field.

Li Zicheng looked at the scorching battlefield and smiled with satisfaction, the cavalry of the Ming army had collapsed, but his cavalry had not moved yet, it was time for a beautiful right hook.

With the increasingly dense and rhythmic drumbeat, Yuan Zongdi and Liu Tichun's cavalry regrouped one after another, and then rushed directly from the right side of the Ming army's formation like a sharp knife.

The right flank of the Ming army was suddenly attacked, and it collapsed in an instant, just like scissors cutting through a thin layer of rice paper, and the cavalry of Yuan Zongdi and Liu Tichun tore apart the entire Ming army formation unimpeded......

The Ming army was defeated...... After a complete rout, the entire plain was filled with fleeing Ming troops, and the cavalry of the invading army were like greedy diners eating a buffet, wantonly indulging in pursuit, and the infantry had already begun to clean up the battlefield and pick up the armor and spears discarded by the Ming army.

And Ma Xiangzhen's ending was even more tragic, when the Ming army collapsed, Liu Zongmin had already noticed Ma Xiangzhen's movements, and it seemed that he wanted to escape, so he immediately led thirty cronies of the cavalry to rush towards the place where Ma Xiangzhen's army flag was located.

There is no doubt about Liu Zongmin's bravery, any resistance of the Ming army was crushed by Liu Zongmin's big knife, and Ma Xiangzhen's guards also wanted to cover Ma Xiangzhen's escape, but Liu Zongmin's head was cut off by only one face.

Liu Zongmin suddenly attacked in front of Ma Xiangzhen, raised his hand and took his head with a knife, and cutting off Ma Xiangzhen's military flag was a perfect end to this war.

In this battle, the army only lost less than 100 people, and the 3,000 people of the Ming army were wiped out, and there were more than 500 beheaded, and even Xiangzhen with the guerrilla horse was killed.