That night, in the big tent of the Chinese army in the old camp of the thieves, Li Zicheng leaned on a tiger skin chair, looking very tired.

The generals of each battalion, as well as Hong Chengchou, Li Yan and other military divisions were also present, and even the Red Lady, the chief general in charge of the old battalion's family, was also sitting under everyone at this time.

"What is the situation with the battalions, and can the scouts of the battalions send back news?"

Gu Junen clenched his fists and said: "Your Majesty, the scouts of each battalion have sent back several batches of news, and now the soldiers and horses of Liu Yan's battalions have no signs of attacking, and they are all stationed inside and outside Dingzhou City. ”

Li Zicheng sighed in his heart, originally thinking that Liu Yan was very likely to take advantage of the unstable foothold of the Dashun soldiers and lead the battalions of the new army to attack at night, so Li Zicheng had ordered all battalions of the Dashun army to be ready, as long as Liu Yan dared to lead his troops to kill, he would definitely be able to hit Liu Yan's troops hard.

But Liu Yan did not let Li Zicheng get his wish this time, and the soldiers of the new army were as stable as Mount Tai inside and outside Dingzhou City, and they were not moved at all.

"In that case, let the soldiers of each battalion go back to rest first."

Li Zicheng frowned slightly, and said: "However, all battalions must still take strict precautions, and they must not relax their carelessness!" ”

"Command!"

After everyone dispersed, Li Zicheng sat alone in the big tent of the Chinese army, and over the years he fought in the south and the north, with great ups and downs, until today, he had a foundation, but he met a fatalistic opponent like Liu Yan, although he had never met face-to-face, but Liu Yan became a mountain that he could not overcome.

I don't know why, Li Zicheng at this time suddenly had a feeling of boredom, if he couldn't defeat Liu Yan's army in Dingzhou, Li Zicheng really didn't know if he still had the strength to do it again

It's been here!

Early the next morning, the thieves joint camp drums and trumpets shook the sky, and hundreds of thousands of troops marched out of the camp and assembled and deployed in the direction of Dingzhou City.

Li Zicheng wore a cloak and a big hat, and rode a horse with Hong Chengchou, Li Yan, Gu Junen, Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance, Tian Jianxiu and others through the military formation.

The bright yellow pole of the old camp of thieves fluttered in the wind and roared in the military formation, and the elite momentum of the more than 30,000 old battalions around the camp was extraordinary, protecting Li Zicheng and others, and there was a great bearing to look down on the world.

Tian Jianxiu, the general of the old battalion, patrolled the formation, and the old battalion rode 10,000 horses, 20,000 armor soldiers, and 5,000 fire guns, all of them roared loudly at this time, as if a ripple spread out in an instant, and in a blink of an eye, the soldiers and horses of the surrounding bandit battalions also began to cheer and roar.

The middle battalion of thieves led by Liu Zongmin was deployed in front of the old battalion, only about three or four miles away from the west of Dingzhou City, and the soldiers and horses of the middle battalion were the main attacking forces in this battle.

The cyan flag of the middle camp of the thieves has been raised high, the general Liu Zongmin is in the middle of the horse army, the general He Jin led 20,000 Xiao cavalry to assemble in front of the middle camp of the Chinese army, and the former Guoyi general Ren Jirong led 50,000 armor soldiers to assemble in front of the Xiao cavalry, these 50,000 armor soldiers are equipped with a large number of shield carts, and the shield carts are not satisfied with sandbags, which are specially used to defend against Liu Yanbu's artillery and birds.

In front of the army formation of 50,000 armor soldiers, it was led by Wu Ruyi, the general of Consequences Yi

The 20,000 firecrackers and the 20,000 horses imitated Liu Yanbu's bird-gunners, and they were also lined up in a large horizontal formation, but the 20,000-strong people formed six rows, instead of the three rows commonly used by Liu Yanbu's bird-gunners.

Finally, there are 100,000 dead soldiers in the middle battalion, and at this time these 100,000 horses are deployed at the front of the army, which is still the old tactics of thieves, which is to use these 100,000 lives to consume Liu Yanbu's firepower and troops.

Liu Zongmin also deliberately equipped these dead soldiers with a lot of shields and bows and arrows, hoping that the 100,000 dead soldiers could hold out for a longer time.

In the south of Dingzhou City, the white banner of the left battalion of the thieves was blaring, and the general Liu Fangliang had deployed more than 100,000 troops and was waiting for Li Zicheng's attack order.

At this time, like the middle camp of thieves, the front of the army was 70,000 dead soldiers, followed by 10,000 firecrackers led by Zuo Guoyi's general Ma Shiyao, followed by 50,000 armor soldiers led by Liu Rukui, a powerful general on the right, and 30,000 horsemen led by Li Jin, a powerful general on the left.

Because of the main attacking force of the middle battalion of the thieves, Li Zicheng transferred all the shield carts equipped in each battalion to the middle battalion, and at this time, the left battalion of the thieves could only temporarily make some simple sandbag trucks overnight and equip them among the 50,000 armored soldiers.

But fortunately, Liu Fangliang received a report from the scout, and here in the south, Liu Yanbu was not equipped with too many artillery, which was also a kind of luck.

In the north of Dingzhou City, Li Zicheng deployed the left battalion of the new army and the right battalion of the new army all here, because these soldiers and horses were mainly prepared by the official army to surrender troops, so Li Zicheng still reserved his attitude towards the combat strength of these two battalions and directly used the two battalions together

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According to Li Zicheng's deployment, the attack in the north took the right battalion of the new army as the vanguard and the left battalion of the new army as the reserve, and the two battalions attacked alternately, so as to consume Liu Yan's troops in the north as much as possible.

In the north of Dingzhou City, Chen Yongfu stood under a green flag, his face was very solemn, at this time 40,000 dead soldiers had been deployed to the front of the military array, behind the dense crowd, was the military array led by Chen De, the general of Zuo Guoyi, which was composed of 30,000 armor soldiers and 10,000 firecrackers.

Chen Yongfu personally led 10,000 Xiao to ride behind the formation, and at the same time, he was also ready to rescue his son Chen De at any time.

"I hope this battle goes well, De'er must not have anything to do!"

Just when Chen Yongfu was uneasy in his heart, Wu Sangui, the general of the left battalion of the Rogue New Army, was also uneasy.

Wu Sangui led the soldiers and horses of the left battalion of the new army of thieves to set up a formation two miles behind the right battalion, and the left Guoyi general Xia Guoxiang and the right Guoyi general Wang Pingfan led 20,000 Xiao cavalry to line up in the Chinese army.

In the front, Wang Pu, the general of Zuo Guoyi, and Li Fuming, the general of Li Fuyi, led 30,000 armor soldiers to assemble in formation, both of whom were originally Wu Sangui's chief military officers at the same level.

In front of Wang Pu and Li Fuming, there were 10,000 firecrackers led by Ma Bao, the general of Youguoyi.

Although Ma Bao in history is Wu Sangui's confidant, but that is already after the Qing army entered the customs in history, when Ma Bao joined the Nanming camp after Li Zicheng's defeat, and as Wu Sangui led the Qing army south, Ma Bao's army was defeated and took refuge in Wu Sangui

, became Wu Sangui's henchman.

But at this time, Ma Bao had just been transferred from the old camp of thieves, and in Wu Sangui's opinion, Ma Bao was the sand sent by Li Zicheng to mix, so it was naturally impossible to trust him enough.

At the forefront of the army, there were 40,000 dead soldiers in the left battalion of the new army, and just waiting for the right battalion to retreat, these 40,000 dead soldiers were going to rush forward desperately.

Soon the time came to noon, and as the soldiers and horses of the thieves' battalions were deployed, there were also bursts of war drums in the direction of Dingzhou City.

At this time, in the first line of defense in the west of Dingzhou City, the artillery battalion of the new army led by Qian Qiao had been deployed, except for the red-coated artillery that was deployed on the west city wall, the rest of the artillery was all deployed in the two lines of defense.

The officers and men of the middle battalion of the new army led by Shen Tuo have all entered the two defense lines outside the city to set up defenses, and Guo Rong, the general of the left department, led his troops to stand by in the first line of defense, ready to cover the withdrawal of the artillery battalion into the city at any time. Shen Tuo, Teng Jianghe, the central staff general, and the right staff general moved to the second line of defense, of which the right soldiers and horses were counterattack forces.

Chen Xun led the soldiers of the former battalion of the New Army to deploy defenses in the north of the city and confronted Wu Sangui and Chen Yongfu. Wang Yue led the soldiers of the rear battalion of the new army to deploy defenses in the south of the city and confronted Liu Fangliang's troops.

The New Army's personal guard battalions were deployed on the four walls of Dingzhou City, and the artillery battalions deployed in various places formed a crossfire with the soldiers of the battalions outside the city.

The rest of the battalions are on standby in the city according to the strategy, and Liu Yan deployed less than half of the troops outside the city in this battle, which is to use the defense line to kill and injure a large number of thieves' troops, fight a defensive counterattack, and strive to hit the thief army under the city of Dingzhou!

On the western city wall,

Liu Yan held the clairvoyant mirror and watched, only to see a bright yellow pennant raised in the rogue army a few miles away, which was the signal for the rogue army to attack.

Immediately afterwards, the thief army sounded the horn that rushed to the sky, followed by the middle camp of the thief, the left camp of the thief, and the left and right battalions of the new army of the thief, hundreds of thousands of thieves began to shout in unison, and the momentum was very terrifying.

Liu Yan frowned slightly, he didn't expect that the morale of the thieves' battalions was not bad at this time, he originally expected that the thieves' battalions were demoralized and collapsed at the touch of a button, and it seemed that he still underestimated Li Zicheng's ability to command the army, and also underestimated the "anti-attack" ability of the thieves' departments.

"Order all battalions to fight according to the strategy!"

"Yes!"

Liu Yan continued to give orders: "Order Qian Liang to be ready, he can fire at any time, order the commanders of each battalion, and the timing of the fire counterattack is mastered, and if any side can't hold on, immediately ask for help, and this guild will immediately send soldiers and horses to support!" ”

"Yes!"

Liu Yan knew in his heart that now the battle of Dingzhou was the final end between himself and Li Zicheng, and both sides would use all their combat strength and never die, so any heart of underestimating the enemy must be put away, and this battle must go all out.

There are countless examples of overturning in the gutter in history, but winning the game but being reversed, Liu Yan doesn't want to fill in another negative textbook.

Anyway, the strengths of the new army and the garrison army are strong firepower and combat power, and the disadvantage is that the troops are insufficient.

In this battle, Liu Yan will not use any more strategies, it is completely a frontal and steady battle, pushing the army of thieves with firepower and combat power, and not giving Li Zicheng any chance to turn the tables!

Woo~Woo!

Suddenly, the sound of the horn of the thief camp changed from flat to high-pitched, and the 190,000 troops of the thief camp began to move forward, and the mighty crowd rushed towards the first line of defense west of Dingzhou City.

In the first line of defense, Qian Jian held a clairvoyant mirror and calmly observed the thief army in front of him, licking his lips from time to time, he was very excited in his heart, in such a decisive battle, his artillery battalion will be the focus of attention, which will be the glory of his life!

Next to him, the herald, who was also holding a clairvoyant mirror to observe the enemy's formation, suddenly shouted: "The enemy army is two and a half miles away from our defense line!" ”

"The enemy is two miles away from our defensive line!"

"The enemy army in the camp and the army have entered a distance of two miles!"

Qian Jian yelled violently: "The red-clothed artillery general, the franc machine general, and the rocket artillery always fire, continue to strike, continue to strike!" ”

Rumble! Rumble!

In the blink of an eye, more than 200 Fran machine guns (including some artillery pieces captured from the thief firearms battalion) placed inside and outside the first line of defense by the artillery battalion of the new army, as well as 144 rocket artillery vehicles, as well as 144 red-coated cannons on the western city wall, opened fire in a very short period of time.

Rumble!

At the same time, on the south and north city walls of Dingzhou City, dozens of artillery pieces deployed by each of them also began to bombard, and for a time the sound of cannons on three sides of Dingzhou City was rolling, and hundreds of thousands of thieves outside the city were killed and shocked, and a battle of hundreds of thousands of horses officially began!

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