Linjin city south, Wulipo.

After Li Dingguo and Ai Nengqi led the firearms battalion to arrive, Yuan Zongdi asked Li Dingguo to lead his troops to camp in Wulipo on the grounds of mutual support. Fortunately, the terrain here is high, which is suitable for the thief firearms battalion to exert its power condescendingly, and at the same time it can block the official road from Linjin City to Tongguan, so Li Dingguo didn't say anything, and led his troops to block the front of the thief's right camp.

The soldiers and horses of the right battalion of thieves led by Yuan Zongdi retreated a few miles and camped in the south of Wulipo, which was more than ten miles away from Linjin City, as if they were retreating.

In the big tent of the Chinese army in the right camp of the thieves, Li Dingguo came with a team of personal soldiers, but saw that Yuan Zongdi was eating, and the table in front of him was full of all kinds of delicacies, and there was a beautiful woman beside Yuan Zongdi, on the left was a beautiful woman in her thirties, and on the right was a girl who was only fourteen or five years old.

Yuan Zongdi never got used to Li Dingguo's righteous and awe-inspiring face, and said coldly: "What else is the big war coming, King Chuang ordered you and me to block the official army reinforcements, now I'm not blocking it, what else to fight, just stop it!" ”

Li Dingguo pointed to the two women and said: "King Chuang strictly ordered: Do not rob the people, do not rape women, kill one person like killing my father, adulterous a daughter is like adulteration of my mother, the words of King Chuang are still lingering in my ears, what does the general mean?" Is it possible that the official army will live in Linjin City for a few years, and you and I will enjoy the city in peace for a few years! ”

Yuan Zongdi stood up suddenly, his face was full of anger, Li Dingguo was not afraid at all, his eyes glared directly at Yuan Zongdi,

The two beauties were also frightened when they saw this, and they were nervous and at a loss.

After a while, Yuan Zongdi suddenly laughed and said, "General Li is really a general valued by King Chuang, Lao Tzu, is a man!" ”

After speaking, Yuan Zongdi pulled out his saber suddenly, and in front of Li Dingguo, he hacked the two beauties to death with a knife in his hand, and after two screams, Li Dingguo's face was pale, his hands were clenched, and he shouted: "What is the general going to do, why kill people!" ”

Yuan Zongdi wiped the blood on the blade indifferently and said, "These two daughters are spies, I will find out if there is a problem?" ”

"In addition, General Li urged me to attack just now, I thought that the officers and men of the right battalion had fought repeatedly and needed to rest, so let's talk about it in two days."

Li Dingguo was furious, looked at the two women in the pool of blood, still widened his eyes and didn't bat at all, suddenly Li Dingguo's heart was filled with a trace of grief, is it really right to follow Li Zicheng, can Li Zicheng really achieve a career in the future and avenge his father-in-law and two brothers?

At this moment, Li Dingguo began to waver.

After returning to the firearms camp, Ai Nengqi looked at Li Dingguo, who had a very bad face, and asked, "General, what did General Zhi say?" ”

"Order the officers and men of the whole battalion to be ready for battle at all times, and as long as the officers and soldiers are dispatched, they will immediately block the attack."

"Yes."

Enchi then asked, "Only us?" ”

"Humph! It's ridiculous that the rebels have just won some victories, and Yuan Zongdi has already begun to be greedy for pleasure, just hiding in the camp tent to drink and fornicate, where can he still have the heart to fight! ”

Ai Nengqi said worriedly: "I heard that there is such a situation in all battalions, if it weren't for King Chuang, a tiger, and Li Laihu, they would try their best to rectify them."

battalion, it is estimated that now the rebels have begun to indulge in pleasures. ”

Li Dingguo shook his head and sighed, silent.

At the same time, Yang Guozhu and Cao Bianjiao discussed in the Chinese army that Linjin was only more than 140 miles away from Tongguan, and the soldiers of the two towns could not stay in Linjin for a long time, so they must break through the resistance of the thieves and soldiers as soon as possible, and round with Sun Duchen's troops as soon as possible.

After discussion, Yang Guozhu's battalion had more chariots, firearms, sandbags and other equipment, and attacked the thief firearms battalion as a vanguard.

Cao Bianjiao's cavalry was more, and then followed up to support the soldiers of Xuanfu Town at any time.

After the two men had finished their discussions, they left the city and headed south the next day. The 35,000 troops of Xuanfu Town took the lead in various modified chariots equipped with sandbags, and several phalanxes pressed towards Wulipo under the cover of chariots.

Yang Guozhu's Chinese army array advanced steadily, and Daxu drooped listlessly under the scorching sun, as if Yang Guozhu's mood was nervous and impatient at this time.

At the same time, Cao Bianjiao led 10,000 iron cavalry in the army, followed by the remaining 15,000 infantry.

The 60,000 soldiers of the two towns forced towards Wulipo, stopped two miles away from Wulipo, and began to organize their formation and prepare for the attack.

At the same time, Li Dingguo and Ai Nengqi also received an urgent report from the scouts, and the two led the thieves firearms battalion to quickly set up a formation, and 8,000 firecrackers formed a formation on the slope, condescendingly ready to fire a salvo, and the two hundred artillery pieces were all deployed on the left flank of the firearms array, located at the highest point of Wulipo, and all the artillery was aimed at the military formations of the soldiers of Xuanfu Town and Dongxie Town.

"Immediately send someone to contact the right battalion, and let Yuan Zongdi immediately lead his troops to support!"

Li Dingguo sent one of his subordinates to take charge of the brigade, and then ordered again

Ainengqi went to command 10,000 pikemen and armor, and as for the 30,000 infantry and dead soldiers, all of them were deployed to the flat ground north of Wulipo to block the attack of the official army.

"Woo~woo!"

Soon the horn sounded in the town of Xuanfu, and 35,000 soldiers attacked in formation, and the queue of each phalanx was as loose as possible to reduce the casualties of the thieves' artillery and firearms, which were all lessons learned on the battlefield in Liaodong at the beginning, and all came in handy at this time.

Li Dingguo looked at the military array in the distance, and said secretly: "Yang Guozhu's Xuanfu soldiers and Cao Bianjiao's Eastern Association soldiers are really elite, although they are not as good as Liu Yan's new army, but they are much stronger than Chen Yongfu and others' Henan soldiers, Shaanxi soldiers, and Shanxi soldiers, and they are worthy of being strong troops who have fought bloody battles with the Tartars!" ”

At this time, Li Dingguo sighed slightly, knowing that the officers and soldiers in front of him were all Tartars who had fought bloodily, and they should all be heroes, but at this time, he had to confront them, and he also had some bad feelings in his heart.

"Order the artillery team to open fire, and the musketeers are ready to fire a salvo!"

"Ready!"

"Put!"

Rumble!

Two hundred artillery pieces of the thief firearms battalion fired a salvo at the same time, and the condescending shells landed very accurately in the military formation of Xuanfu Town, and many of the shells flew directly over the shield carts in front of them, and swept wantonly in the military formation, and there were hundreds of casualties in this round of salvo, and several military formations in front of them suddenly made a commotion.

Yang Guozhu also showed a shocked expression on his face when he saw this, the thief's artillery was so sharp, it was no less than the firepower of the Liaodong slave thief, so this battle was afraid that it would be a vicious battle!

"Order the troops to speed up and rush forward!"

Rumble!

Soon, the second and third rounds of shelling fell one after another, but the soldiers of Xuanfu Town still suffered casualties

Rushing up Wulipo, more than 1,000 soldiers were killed by artillery fire along the way, and the corpses and blood stained the road of the charge red.

"Good man!"

Here, Li Dingguo saw that the soldiers and horses of Xuanfu Town were able to withstand the bombardment of two hundred artillery pieces and force a distance of more than 100 steps, and he was also very impressed in his heart, in addition to Liu Yan's new army, the Ming Dynasty actually had such a strong army of soldiers and horses!

"Firecracker, let's go!"

At this time, the forward of the soldiers of Xuanfu Town had collided with the 30,000 infantry and dead soldiers under the slope, and those miscellaneous soldiers were not able to fight well, and they were completely used by Li Dingguo as outcasts, the purpose was to intercept the officers and troops at the bottom of the Wuli slope, so that the artillery team could maximize its firepower.

However, Li Dingguo overestimated the combat power of his own infantry and underestimated the offensive ability of the soldiers and horses in Xuanfu Town.

The 30,000 rogue infantry and dead soldiers only held out for a short time, and then they collapsed directly, running along the Wuli slope to both sides, and the army of Xuanfu Town began to climb.

At this time, the soldiers of Xuanfu Town attacked Wulipo from below, and the heavy shield carts advanced very slowly, causing the middle and rear of the army to gather at the bottom of the slope, becoming the best target for the thieves' artillery fire, and the casualties of the army continued to increase.

Yang Guozhu had no choice but to order the whole army to abandon the shield carts, and take the shield soldiers as the pioneers to directly attack the phalanx of the thief firearms battalion.

"Kill it!"

"Fuck it!"

"Kill, kill the thief!"

The soldiers of Xuanfu Town were suppressed by the artillery and hit all the way, and they had long been holding back the fire in their hearts, and at this time they roared angrily and began to charge, and in the blink of an eye, they rushed into the front of the battle within a hundred steps.

"Put!"

Suddenly, the eight thousand musketeers of the thieves began to fire a salvo, and the six rows of musketeers took turns firing, although there were only more than 1,000 people in each platoon, but they were also made for the soldiers of Xuanfu Town

There were quite a few casualties.

When the fourth row of firecrackers fired a volley, the soldiers of Xuanfu Town, at the cost of more than 2,000 people, rushed to the front, and immediately killed the thieves and firecrackers.

Li Dingguo was also dumbfounded, he thought that in addition to Liu Yan's new army, his firearms battalion was a second-class strong army, but today's battle made Li Dingguo understand that there are still many strong armies in the world, and the heroes of the world must not be underestimated.

Fortunately, at this time, Ainengqi led 10,000 spearmen to arrive in time and collided with the soldiers and horses of Xuanfu Town, and the two sides launched a fierce fight and refused to give in to each other.

Yang Guozhu's Chinese army also arrived on the Wuli slope at this time, looking at the front of the front, his face was ugly, those thieves and spearmen were wearing armor and condescending, although the two sides did not give in to each other now, but on the whole, the casualties of the soldiers in Xuanfu Town were greater, and the situation was unfavorable.

"Look, Headquarters!"

Yang Guozhu looked at the guidance of one of his subordinate generals, and saw that the cavalry of Cao Bianjiao's department began to attack, and about three thousand iron cavalry rushed towards the thief artillery team, and soon rushed to the front of the formation.

"Haha! Well, I'll see what these thieves can do, sons, kill me and defeat them! ”

Without the raging fire of the thieves, the morale of the generals of Xuanfu Town was greatly boosted, and they began to charge continuously with the advantage of troops, attacking the battle line of Ainengqi's department one after another, and the casualties of the 10,000 pikemen began to surge, and the battle line continued to retreat.

Li Dingguo was anxious,

The artillery team must have suffered heavy casualties, but they could only mobilize the musketeers who had just been defeated to come to the rescue, and the battle situation was still unknown, and the front began to fall behind.

"Why hasn't Yuan Zongdi come to help!"

Li Dingguo was angry in his heart, and suddenly heard a shout of killing, and looked back to see that it was Liu Tichun, the general of the right battalion and Youguoyi, who led more than 10,000 horsemen to kill, bypassing the soldiers and horses of Xuanfu Town, and rushing to the army of Dongxie Town in the rear.

Li Dingguo suddenly shouted: "Resist, reinforcements have arrived!" ”