Signed to Zhu Cihong, Prince of the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 85 85, the prelude to the decisive battle begins, and Li Zicheng crosses the river

"What, Niu Jinxing was arrested?"

When he heard the news, Li Zicheng could hardly believe his ears.

Li Zicheng is of course well aware of the fact that Niu Jinxing quietly built a manor outside the city and put a bunch of women there to have fun, but Li Zicheng never thought that someone would be able to live directly in this manor so close to the city of Gu'an. Take Niu Jinxing away.

It's dark under the proper light!
Li Zicheng took a deep breath, and said coldly: "Who is in charge of the scouts? Kill them."

For Li Zicheng, this kind of mistake is completely intolerable.

That is to say, the target of the Ming army is only Niu Jinxing. If a Ming army directly intersects to launch an attack, the consequences will be disastrous.

After killing people, Li Zicheng's expression improved a lot, and he said to the generals of the Dashun Army in front of him, "What should we do now?"

After a brief silence, another military advisor, Song Xiance, stood up and said, "Your Majesty, judging from the time, Army Division Niu should have been taken captive to the camp of the Ming army. So if we want to rescue him, there is only one The solution is to defeat the Ming army."

After Song Xiance finished speaking, he immediately got the approval of the others.

As for whether Niu Jinxing would die in the process of defeating the Ming army, no one mentioned it, because it was something they couldn't decide.

Li Zicheng pondered for a long time, but before he could speak, another general, Li Yan, stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I don't think it is necessary to fight this Ming army. Now the traffic between Beijing City and the south of Daming has been completely blocked by us. Lacking the necessary materials and equipment, as long as we can defend Gu'an City, the Ming army will definitely be defeated after a long time!"

After Li Yan finished speaking, Li Zicheng's heart moved slightly, and he felt that it made sense.

But immediately, many generals began to refute.

"General Li Yan's words are wrong. The Ming army only has 6 or [-] people. Our Dashun army is obviously superior in strength, but we still want to hide in the city like a tortoise?"

"That is, the brothers swept across the entire North of Ming Dynasty. If 10 people have to defend 5 people, can the morale of the brothers be preserved?"

"Since when did our Dashun become so afraid? Even in a direct confrontation, wouldn't it be easy to crush these Ming troops?"

Why did these generals refute Li Yan, the reason is actually very simple, it is for military merit!

It's hard to judge the military merits of hiding and defending, and there are not many.But if you take the initiative to attack, the judgment of military merit is much simpler, and you can get more.

Of course, the reason for all this is because the generals of the Dashun Army are confident in their hearts and feel that they will definitely win!
Since they are sure to win, they must fight in a way that can gain more military exploits, which is in their interest.

Seeing this, Li Zicheng pondered again.

After a while, Li Zicheng said in a deep voice: "Then let's do this! Give me an order to gather the whole army tomorrow, and I will come to meet this British Duke to see if he is as good at fighting as his ancestors! "

In the end, Li Zicheng adopted the opinions of the majority.

It is not impossible, but unnecessary, to let the Ming army collapse without resources.

Dashun is so strong now, why did he shrink back in front of the soon-to-be-destroyed Daming?

From another perspective, Li Zicheng also longed to use a hearty victory to wash away the shame of retreating from Beijing.

Now that Li Zicheng has made a decision, everything is doomed.

In the morning of the next day, a large number of soldiers of the Dashun Army began to assemble outside the city of Gu'an after breakfast.

This scene was quickly reported back to Daming by the scouts of the Ming army, and the British Duke also quickly called all the generals to discuss.

In fact, there was no need for too much discussion at this time. The Dashun army was about to start fighting, and the Ming army had only two choices, either to fight or not to fight.

Of course the British public chose to fight!

The British Duke looked around at the people present and said solemnly: "Everyone, today's battle is related to the life and death of our Ming Dynasty. I hope that you can work together to help the Ming Dynasty win! No matter where you were born before or who you served under, I can assure you here that none of your military achievements will be obliterated, and all awards will be fairly reported to His Majesty by the old man!"

After the Duke of England finished speaking, Zhu Cihong also spoke: "I can guarantee that everyone's contribution will not be ignored, even for someone like General Zheng Jiaolin who has always been at odds with me, as long as he can fight for you on the battlefield." Daming fights hard, so this palace will also not say a bad word about him at the father's side!"

The position of the supervisor is the eyes and ears of the emperor. It is not easy for the supervisor to kill a person, but it is really very simple to kill a general.Therefore, Zhu Cihong's words gave everyone a big reassurance.

After hearing Zhu Cihong's words, Zheng Jiaolin couldn't laugh or cry, and didn't know whether to celebrate or be depressed for a while.

The Duke of England waved his hand and said: "The time has come, we don't want to make Li Zicheng's traitors wait too long, the sooner they set out on the road, the sooner Daming will restore peace. Go, gather your subordinates, and set off now !"

Many generals took orders solemnly and strode out of the camp one after another.

Soon, all [-] officers and troops of Ming Dynasty assembled and marched towards the south.

At noon, the two sides met at Lugou River, with the Ming army in the north and the Dashun army in the south.

This is also the reason why Li Zicheng chose to temporarily rest in Gu'an City before. There are no mountains on the Hebei Plain, and rivers have become a rare geographical advantage.

Li Zicheng squinted his eyes and suddenly issued an order: "Send the order and let the entire army cross the river!"

Li Zicheng's order immediately surprised the other generals of the Dashun Army present, and they all spoke to dissuade them.

"Your Majesty, you can't do it!" "Your Majesty, fighting with your back is a taboo for military strategists!"

Faced with this series of persuasion, Li Zicheng smiled coldly.

"You don't really think I don't know this truth, do you? I tell you that the British prince Zhang Shize just wanted to dig a hole for me to jump into. But I also want to tell you that this kind of trick is not on the table. Back then Isn't Han Xin also fighting with his back, did he lose?
Today, I will educate this Zhang Shize well, let him know that in the face of absolute strength, no strategy will work! "

Li Zicheng gave an order, and a large number of soldiers and horses of the Dashun Army began to cross the river.

On the opposite side, the British Duke Zhang Shize watched this scene, frowning.

"This Li Zicheng, he is really confident."

As a family of military generals, the British prince may not have experienced too many wars, but the rich theoretical knowledge of his family can still help him make a quick judgment and learn about Li Zicheng's psychological activities.

Zhu Cihong was on the side, and laughed when he heard the words: "It's okay, Li Zicheng is not Han Xin, and we are not Chen Yu!"

Hearing the words, the British Duke also cheered up, and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness is right, pass on the order, and before they can fully cross the river, the vanguard army will attack immediately!"

Attacking halfway is the most basic military knowledge that has been handed down as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Of course, it is impossible for the British Duke not to know.

After the British Duke gave this order, a cavalry of 2000 people was immediately dispatched and charged towards the Dashun army who was crossing the river.

Horseshoes shook the ground, cavalrymen wore armor, swords gleamed coldly, and smoke and dust rose into the sky.

This is the Guan Ning iron cavalry with the best preserved fighting power in the Ming Dynasty!
If we continue at this speed, the first group of vanguards of the Dashun Army will just cross the river, and Guan Ning's cavalry will arrive. With the power of the cavalry, they can easily drive the Dashun Army down the river.

Li Zicheng obviously saw this scene, and sneered: "Striking halfway across the river? This Zhang Shize really thinks I'm a fool!"

The next moment, many artillery shells roared from the south bank of the Lugou River and landed on the charging position of Guan Ning's cavalry.

The size and weight of the cannonball was huge, and when it hit the cavalry, the bones and tendons were broken, and the cavalry fell to the ground.

More shells fell from the sky, immediately confusing the formation of Guan Ning's cavalry.

Watching this scene, the British Duke's pupils constricted immediately: "It's cannons, Li Zicheng actually has so many cannons!"

Zhu Cihong was right next to the Duke of England. After thinking for a while, he immediately understood where Li Zicheng's cannon came from.

There used to be a lot of cannons in the outer Acropolis of Beijing City. Li Zicheng used these cannons to bombard Beijing City when he was besieging the city, and he must have taken all these cannons away when he retreated.

Thinking of this, Zhu Cihong immediately frowned.

From this detail alone, it can be seen that Li Zicheng is not unprepared.

After being bombarded by cannons, Guan Ning's iron cavalry was in a disordered formation. Although they also charged and killed the vanguard of the Dashun army who had just crossed the river, it was not enough to drive all the vanguards of the Dashun army back into the river.

As more Dashun vanguard troops crossed the river and landed, and more shells fell one after another, the British Duke had to issue an order to let the Guanning cavalry return.

Seeing the scarred Guan Ning cavalry return to the battle, all the generals of the Ming army frowned in unison.

In this battle, it's a bit disadvantageous to be a teacher.

Li Zicheng watched this scene on the south bank of the Lugou River, and couldn't help laughing: "Zhang Shize, this is it? Pass on the order, the army will continue to cross the river, and the vanguard will start to advance. I want to see what he will use to fight me!"

The Dashun army began to cross the river continuously, and came step by step towards the Ming army's main formation.

In the main formation of the Ming army, the British Duke Zhang Shize took a deep breath, looked around, and said in a deep voice: "At this point, we can only use bullshit tricks. General Li Guozhen, you go to the left wing. General Gao Jie, you go to the right wing. The two of you each command [-] soldiers and horses, and you must block their attacks for me. I will personally lead the remaining [-] soldiers and horses, and strive to defeat Li Zicheng's central army in the shortest possible time."

Li Guozhen and Gao Jie heard the order and galloped away with their generals.

The British Duke issued an order loudly: "The whole army is there, advance, and attack the enemy's middle army!"

Zhu Cixiang was sitting next to the British Duke, somewhat idle. Just when he was considering whether to ask the British Duke to allocate a force to him, the system's voice suddenly sounded.

"The host is requested to arrive at the artillery position of the Dashun Army on the South Bank within an hour and occupy it to trigger a new check-in task. In order to ensure that the host completes the goal, priority will be given to rewards. The host's horse riding skills will be upgraded to S-level, which is the realm of the unity of man and horse."

Zhu Cihong's eyes lit up when he heard the system's words.

(End of this chapter)