Dashun Yongchang

Liu Zongmin then said to his subordinates: "Your Majesty said that he will arrive in Suizhou on the [-]th. It seems that we only have one day left to attack the Qing army's camp on Mount Heng. Today everyone went to stand outside the city of Suizhou. Battalion, have a good night's rest, tomorrow we will use one day to take down the Hengshan camp of the Qing army, okay?"

Liu Zongmin's question naturally received a thunderous response from his subordinates. After confirming that the main force of the Qing army had not returned from Chenzhou, the generals of the Shun army here naturally had no doubt that they could take down the Hengshan camp of the Qing army with few troops. .

Liu Zongmin's army has tens of thousands of infantry, and behind them there is a nearly 2 supply troops, and then there is a division led by Li Zicheng. Even if the artillery units of the Qing army followed up, it would be impossible for the Qing army camp to hold on.Azig's troops did not carry cannons, which is why they could not quickly conquer Suizhou City.

Liu Zongmin concealed the news of Hu Dan's attack because he believed that the Qing army's attack was just a gamble, and wanted to use it to dampen the morale of the Shun army. agree.

Just as Liu Zongmin was getting closer and closer to Suizhou, the letter sent by the Qing army in Suizhou to Azig on the [-]th finally arrived at the Qing army camp outside Chenzhou City.After January [-]th, although Azig urged his subordinates to continue to attack Chenzhou City several times, they all ended in anticlimactic conditions. The letter sent by Wu Sangui also made Azig hesitate even more. After seeing the letter from Suizhou, Azig Zige finally made up his mind, called Subai and other Manchu generals, and expressed that he would withdraw his troops and return north.

Chapter 385 Chapter Seven

From Chenzhou City to Suizhou City, there is a Taikang County in the middle. Although the distance between the two places is only 200 miles, Taikang County is still in the hands of the Shun Army.Because Azig came all the way down from Xuchang when he went south, the connection between Chenzhou and Suizhou of the Qing army required a detour through Fugou west of Taikang or Xuchang further west.

At this time, Azig will not take a detour if he wants to leave his camp and go to Suizhou. However, since there is no supply point going north from Taikang, although the tyrants in this area have sent letters to the Qing army before, expressing their willingness to obey Da Qing Dynasty, but after experiencing Chenzhou, Liu Hongqi and other local tyrants who have both sides, Azig does not believe that these tyrants will be loyal to him as before.

Therefore, he ordered Wu Sangui to search for nearby supplies and join forces with him, and then return north together.According to Azig's discussion with his subordinates, it is more appropriate to give Wu Sangui three days to search for supplies, and then they will pack their luggage for two more days, and then go north on the [-]th or [-]th.At this time, the generals in Azig's camp did not realize that Li Zicheng's main force had already appeared in Kaocheng.

But on the second night, Man Dahai, Bo Hetuo sent a second request for help, pointing out to Azig that Li Zicheng's main force was heading south from Kaocheng, Luo Luohong and Shang Kexi were in danger, and the reinforcements they sent After being defeated by the Shun army, Azig and his generals felt that the situation had deviated from their control.

Whether it is the white flag generals under Azig or other Manchu and Han generals, they finally unite when the army on this road is facing a crisis. Yibai, Subai, Ming Andari, Omoktu and others believe that it is time to allow There should be no further delay, the headquarters should go north as soon as possible, even if Luo Luohong and Shang Kexi in Kaocheng cannot be rescued, at least the Suizhou camp must be saved.

Ajilai and Jueluo Guoke believed that it would be a waste of time to bring the infantry along with them now, especially those local tyrants who were already at the two ends of the head may not necessarily become the help of the army if they followed the army northward. It is better to throw them under the city of Chenzhou to contain the Shun army in the city. If the army wins in the north, these people will not dare to rebel.

Hilgen tried his best to persuade Azig to bring Wu Sangui with him, and he said to Azige: "Pingxi King was newly attached, and there are some inexplicable relationships between the Shun Army, even if Pingxi King offered mountains and seas Regarding my Qing Dynasty, Li Zicheng did not kill Pingxi Wang's family, but sent his family back.

The relationship between the two is quite confusing.However, regardless of whether there is any connection between King Pingxi and Li Zicheng, we cannot give King Pingxi a chance to betray us.Especially now that our army is under the banner of helping the Ming Dynasty to suppress thieves, if King Pingxi defected to me, the gentry from all over the country who had already surrendered to me may not be repeated.Therefore, the general should recall Wu Sangui first, and then move northward. King Pingxi should not be given a chance to stay outside our army. "

This time, Azig followed the advice of the generals and accepted the generals' advice, thinking that Wu Sangui should be recalled first, and then all the cavalry would go north, and the infantry would follow.On the [-]th, Wu Sangui was recalled to Chenzhou Daying for discussion. He said that the discussion was actually an announcement of the Manchu decision to Wu Sangui.

Under the oppression of Azig, Wu Sangui had to accept the decision to summon the cavalry of his headquarters to go north with Azig.On the [-]th, [-] cavalry under Wu Sangui's command were recalled to the Chenzhou camp. On the morning of the [-]th, Azig led [-] cavalry, including Wu Sangui's troops, to Suizhou through Taikang County.

On the evening of the [-]th, the Azig army arrived at the small Yellow River in the south of Suizhou, and sent people to contact the Qing army in the Suizhou camp. He Tuo came to Azig's army overnight and met with Azig.

Hearing that the Qing army in Suizhou had lost the Ganming Temple camp, which occupied a favorable location, and that Man Dahai was also injured, Azig was naturally angry and anxious. He hurriedly summoned Bo Hetuo to ask him about the situation in the past few days .

Bo and Tuo didn't dare to hide it in front of Azig, and first explained the reason why Man Dahai was injured.Azig didn't take this very seriously, and said to him: "When you go to the battlefield, you have to resign yourself to fate. Even this king can't guarantee that you will come back alive. Naturally, you won't be blamed for this matter. However, How did the camp of Qianming Temple be lost? After I received the news, I immediately raised my troops and returned north. You can’t even hold it for a few days?”

Faced with Azige's doubts, Bo and Tuo could only try their best to explain for themselves: "Although the Qianming Temple camp has a favorable location, it is only a corner of the Hengshan Mountain, which is nearly 20 miles long.

The strength of the Shun army going south from Kaocheng was completely beyond our expectations. After our army blocked the attack of the Shun army on the first day, the cannons of the Shun army arrived on the second day. Although our army had some firearms , but it is really difficult to compete with the cannon... From the tenth day of the first day to the thirteenth day, the soldiers in the Qianming Temple camp did their best. In the three-day battle, the number of casualties reached nearly [-]...

During the daytime on the [-]th, Chen Jianshun and his army fought again at the camp of Ganming Temple.

The soldiers stationed in the Liangzhuang camp built long trenches, and it was known that the Shun army intended to cut off the external passages of the Qianming Temple camp.The Liangzhuang camp is full of Han soldiers. If our army is besieged in the Qianming Temple camp, then I can't guarantee whether the Liangzhuang camp can hold on... After thinking about it, I made up my mind to give up last night. The Qianming Temple camp broke through..."

While Bo Hetuo was explaining to Azige, Li Zicheng was also calling a meeting of generals in Suizhou City.The most luxurious mansion in Suizhou City at this time was Yuan Shangshu Mansion, the former residence built by Yuan Keli, the former Shangshu of the Ministry of War.

Seeing Yuan's Mansion, which occupies almost half a block, someone realized that in this era, even honest officials are much better than ordinary corrupt officials in later generations.However, at this time, he had no time to appreciate the luxurious life of the upright officials of the Ming Dynasty, so he had to draw a conclusion for the two-day offensive and defensive battle of Mount Heng.

Yuan Keli's son, Yuan Shu, was on a business trip in Yangzhou at this time, so Yuan Shangshu's mansion became Li Zicheng's central army.In "Fu Guo Tang", Liu Zongmin and other generals lived on Li Zicheng's right hand, and Chen Yongfu and other city generals lived on his left.

Although several charcoal pots were burning in the hall, the silent atmosphere still made people feel a little chilly.The reason why everyone is silent is because the battle these days has been too bad.The Shun army, which had taken full advantage, failed to break through the Qing army's Hengshan camp after three days, but let the opponent break through in the dark.

Liu Zongmin, who originally wanted to show off his old brother's abilities in front of Li Zicheng, didn't know what to say in the face of this situation.But looking at the silence in the room, Li Zicheng drank his tea leisurely, and Liu Zongmin knew that if he didn't speak, it might be difficult for others to speak.

In the past, Liu Zongmin did not shy away from arguing with Li Zicheng face to face, because he knew that he was speaking out on the basis of everyone's interests, and it was entirely out of public interest, and he had no intention of challenging Li Zicheng's status, so even if he quarreled with Li Zicheng in public , Li Zicheng will not keep it in mind.

But after leaving Beijing, Liu Zongmin found himself less and less able to understand what this old brother was thinking.Even if Li Zicheng was close to scholars like Niu Jinxing before, he would not feel anything strange. After all, he had heard the legends of the heroes of the Ming Dynasty, and he knew that the founding king was most afraid of the rebellion of his old brothers, so he would always find some literati to come during the peace festival. Contain them.

It's just that Li Zicheng's thinking after leaving Beijing has deviated from this point. Although he still values ​​scholars, he no longer regards the words of scholars as unchanging truth.This is of course a good thing for old brothers like Liu Zongmin in the Rebel Army. After all, in their opinion, if what the scholars say is the truth, how did they make the world of Ming Dynasty into such a virtue.

But Li Zicheng did not go back to the past, and continued to regard those officials, gentry and landlords as enemies of the rebel army.For rebel generals like Liu Zongmin, they had no idea how to build a new country, but they were quite enthusiastic about killing corrupt officials to avenge themselves and the poor in the world.

Liu Zongmin and other rebel generals were dissatisfied with Li Zicheng because Li Zicheng began to be soft-hearted to those corrupt officials after he proclaimed himself emperor in Xi'an, allowing a large number of former corrupt officials to mix into the Dashun regime.However, after Li Zicheng left Beijing, a series of proclamations and policies he issued caught the hearts of the middle and lower classes of the Shun Army and local people who wanted to restore social order.

Therefore, Liu Zongmin, who was able to argue a few sentences in front of Li Zicheng in the past, is now more and more difficult to speak, because the soldiers below will not support him.At this time, the new order of the Marshal's Mansion gradually took shape.

On the current occasion, Liu Zongmin also had to follow the new rules in the army, first admitting his mistakes in this battle in front of Li Zicheng and his colleagues.Liu Zongmin admitted that he did underestimate the combat effectiveness of the Qing army, so he launched an attack on the Qing army's camp without doing a good job of reconnaissance, so he gave the Qing army a chance.

After Liu Zongmin spoke, he set the tone for the attack on the Qing army camp, and the generals below also followed Liu Zongmin's tone and reviewed the mistakes they made in this battle.

After the speeches of these military chiefs were finished, Qin Shan, the staff officer of Liu Zongmin's department, and others made a simple summary of the war situation.They summed up the unfavorable experience of attacking the Qing army camp this time. Leaving aside the subjective factor of contempt for the Qing army, the important objective factors lie in three points.

The first point is that before launching the attack, they did not wait for the artillery from the rear to arrive, and tried to use their flesh and blood to break through the camp that the Qing army had already prepared for, thus giving the Qing army a chance to take advantage of the location;

The second point is that the semi-permanent camp built by the Qing army is not similar to ordinary marching camps. It not only has defensive facilities such as internal and external heavy trenches and wooden fences, but the Qing army also built a large number of obstacles in the camp to prevent horses from charging. Things, such a well-equipped camp is no different from a city.Therefore, to attack such a large camp, siege tactics should be used instead of ordinary field tactics.

The third point is that the firearms and equipment of the Qing army are not weaker than bows and arrows. The main casualties of our army's three-day attack were almost all repelled by firearms and bows...

Chapter 386 Chapter Eight

When Liu Zongmin and other generals were reviewing their mistakes in attacking the Qing army's camp, Chen Yongfu and other generals in the city could only sit there motionless, daring not to make a sound or make any movement, for fear of being caught by Liu Zongmin and others on the opposite side. People keep it in mind.

The reason why they are so cautious is that they are not direct descendants of the rebel army. During the Qing army's southward campaign, a large number of local officers, soldiers and powerful men in Henan turned their backs. Therefore, everyone is quite worried. If Marshal Du After the government wins, will they liquidate them.

While these city generals were paying close attention to Li Zicheng, after listening to the post-war review by Liu Zongmin and other generals, Li Zicheng finally put down the teacup in his hand, then cleared his throat and said, "As for the post-war review, everyone will do it today." Seriously, that's a good thing.

In my opinion, there is nothing terrible to make mistakes, but it is terrible not to dare to face the mistakes you make.Especially those who lead the army and fight, if they dare not face the mistakes they made, it is equivalent to the blood of soldiers shed in vain, so who can guarantee that you will not make the same mistakes next time?Always falling on the same mistake, how many of our soldiers' blood can be shed in vain like this?

We made a lot of mistakes in attacking the Hengshan camp of the Qing army this time. After summarizing these mistakes, we can turn them into useful experience.The General Staff will sum up these experiences, so I won't say much here.

What I want to remind you is that the Qing army is not the Ming army at sunset, and they have not yet reached the point of despair. We cannot think that once they are surrounded, they will disarm and surrender.The Manchus have always been a nation struggling to survive in an unfavorable environment since the old slaves raised their troops, so we can use some means to hit their morale, but don't expect them to put down their weapons and surrender directly.

The victory of Cao County, the victory of Kaocheng, and the success of the ambush against the reinforcements of the Qing army are just special examples at present, and cannot be used as a standard to measure the overall combat power of the Qing army.Since the Qing army dared to send troops to attack our army's vanguard and defend the camp under unfavorable circumstances, this is the normal performance of the Qing army's combat power.Therefore, we must not be dazzled by a little victory.

In this sense, the setbacks in the attack on the Qing army camp in the past few days are a good thing. At least it can make us sober and stop thinking that we can easily defeat the army of Azig, even if we have already almost They are locked in a cage. If the cage is not strong enough, there is still a chance of breaking the cage. "

Seeing that Li Zicheng had no intention of punishing everyone, everyone couldn't help but relax, and they listened to Li Zicheng's words a little bit.Li Zicheng went on to say: "Of course, we should also pay attention to the fact that the Manchus and the Han people are not of one mind, the Han people in the Han army banner and the Han people who have not entered the banner are not of one mind, the Liaodong Han people and the Guannei Han people are not of the same mind, and the Han people in the Guannei are not of the same mind. Divided into frontier troops and inland officers and soldiers...

Therefore, we have to fight military battles with the Qing army, but we also have to fight political battles with them.Judging from the current situation, the political battle is actually more important, because the current main force of the Qing army is the Han rather than the Manchus. If we cannot separate the Han from the Qing army, then a large part of our strength will be consumed by the Han. On the other hand, judging from the organizational situation of the Manchu Qing, killing more Han people will not damage the strength of the Manchus, but will remove obstacles for them to rule China.

Therefore, the combat against the Qing army can actually be divided into two categories, military against the Manchus, and political against the Han.In addition, we also need to have such an understanding that Manchus and Mongols are not of the same mind.The history of the Mongolian nation is much more glorious than that of the Jurchens, and the blood of the Jin family has not been cut off, which means that there are still banners on the grassland that can challenge the Manchus.

This time, the Manchus moved all the people from Liaodong into the pass, which means that the Manchus’ control over the grassland has weakened. The Manchus now have to face not only the trillions of Han people in the pass, but also the millions of Mongols on the grassland.

It is undeniable that the current military strength of the Manchus is indeed stronger than that of us and the Mongols, but have you ever seen sawing wood?Two carpenters are sawing wood with a saw. No matter how thick the wood is, as long as they keep pulling the saw back and forth, the wood will eventually be cut.

Although the Manchus now occupy Beijing, once the Mongols on the grassland start to rebel, they will fall into the dilemma of being sawed back and forth by us.With the population of the Manchus, this nation will soon disappear in the long river of history, no different from the Huns, Xianbei, and Turks.

Those Han Chinese who surrendered to the Manchus were ordinary people who were deceived, and the rest were careerists. I believe that it is impossible for these careerists to lead the Manchus into the grave together.The main goal of our political propaganda is to focus on the inevitable failure of the Manchus..."

For Liu Zongmin and other generals, Li Zicheng's words were almost repeating the same old tune. Of course, the effect was still there, that is, they gradually began to believe that maybe what Li Zicheng said was the truth, that's why he believed so firmly.

However, for the generals in this city, Li Zicheng's words were quite shocking. The reason why they did not choose to surrender when the Qing army went south, but stood on the side of the Marshal's Mansion to resist, except for a few people was because of Huayi There are other ideas, and some people do it because of Chen Yongfu's face, or because the family is close to the Shunjun controlled area.

But due to the knowledge and vision of their class, in fact, everyone does not have much confidence in whether the Shun Army can win the final victory.But what Li Zicheng said today seems to have opened up the fog in their minds, allowing them to see the road to victory.

Although some people like to do things with others, as long as they meet a boss who can catch their eyes, they will choose to do things with them. The advantage of this is that they can avoid the difficulty of starting a business. capital.But most people still want to be able to follow behind the successful, and success is the most attractive factor for everyone to follow.

The reason why the Ming army sided with the Manchus was because the Ming army had defeated the Manchus in the past few decades. Compared with the rebels who were driven by the Ming army to run around all over the map, the Manchus' force was indeed stronger. Be more powerful.Inland officers and soldiers and local local tyrants defected to the Manchus, which is also inseparable from the attitude of the frontier army.No matter how you look at it, hundreds of thousands of frontier troops have invested in the Manchus, and even the city of Beijing has been taken. The advantage of the Manchus over Dashun is also obvious.

Therefore, the Henan officers and soldiers and Haoqiang who followed Chen Yongfu and stood on the side of the Shun Army also had the idea of ​​knowing the fate of fate, and they had no idea whether they could drive the Manchus out of China.But Li Zicheng's words gave them confidence in victory, which made these people have a lot of confidence in the Marshal's Mansion.

Of course, drawing big cakes to the subordinates and establishing firm belief for the subordinates has been common since ancient times.From Fengming Xiqi to Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's collection of books in the fish belly, to Han Gaozu's chopping white snake, they all used this method.Even the Manchus have learned this method without a teacher. For example, Nurhachi's cutting of Ming is like cutting big trees, and Huang Taiji's God Bless Manchuria. They are all pies drawn to strengthen the belief of the Liaodong ministries that the Manchus can eventually defeat Ming.

When the subordinates have confidence in victory, and then drive them to do things, there will naturally be a lot less resistance.For example, the generals defending the city now have less worries about war and have more trust in Li Zicheng.Although they are now on the side of the Marshal's Mansion, they were the ones who hated the Peasant Army the most before.

In the past, in their eyes, the peasant army could not bring any benefits other than disrupting social order. After the peasant army passed by the originally simple countryside, the well-dressed people were almost wiped out. It is simply inappropriate to become an official in the lobby.

Because of these actions of the peasant army, they think that Li Zicheng has no great ambitions, but is just another yellow nest thief. How can he know how to govern the country?But now listening to Li Zicheng's rational and well-founded analysis, everyone has to admit that Li Zicheng may not be the kind of short-sighted thief, and it is still possible to win the world.

Li Zicheng also ignored the changes in the views of these generals in the city. After discussing the setback of the attack on the Qing army's Hengshan Camp, he quickly mentioned the issue of the next battle against the Qing army.Because the first part of the Qing army could not be wiped out, the Qing army merged with the two camps in Suizhou, so some plans needed to be readjusted.

Faced with this problem, Zuo Ye stood up first and said: "I believe that the biggest problem facing our army at present is not how to attack the remaining camp of the Qing army, but how to deal with the main force of Azig going north at any time.

The Azig Army has more than 4 troops in Chenzhou, including at least 2 horsemen.The distance between the two places is less than 2 miles, and the speed of the cavalry is at most one and a half to two days away.We spent a full 3 days in the Hengshan Day Camp, plus today is 4 days.

In other words, from now on, the cavalry of the Azig Army can arrive in Suizhou at any time. If we only focus on the Qing army camp, then we are likely to be assaulted by the Qing army cavalry, then it is the worst situation. "

After listening to Zuo Ye's speech, Liu Zongmin thought for a while and said, "Since this is the case, why not send a message to Li Guo to order him to send troops to Chenzhou to contain the Azig army, so as to buy us more time. "

Li Tong and other generals supported Liu Zongmin's proposal one after another. In their opinion, there is no more beneficial proposal than this one. If the Azig army is restrained by Li Guojun in Chenzhou, then their battle here in Suizhou It's easy to fight.

After listening to the speeches of these generals, Li Zicheng turned his head to Chen Yongfu and asked, "Uncle Wen Shui, what do you think?"

After pondering for a while, Chen Yongfu said: "I think it is right to urge Haohou to send troops. However, we should also consider the fact that Azig's main force has gone north.

If this situation really happens, then the city of Suizhou will be the decisive battle between our army and the main force of the Azig army. As long as we can defeat Azig here, then there will be no major battles on the West Road. .

Therefore, our army should fight this battle with the determination to complete all our efforts in one battle.The minister thinks that His Majesty should mobilize all the troops that can be mobilized around to Suizhou, put all the capital on it, and defeat Azig at once..."

Chapter 387 Chapter Nine

Chen Yongfu's vision of war is still better than others, and Li Zicheng is also hesitant to adjust the combat plan drawn up by the General Staff according to this suggestion.

However, at the meeting that night, he still did not make a final conclusion, but he made a conclusion on one point, "In fact, the current situation is not completely deteriorating, and the persistence of the Qing army in Suizhou has also confirmed such a result for us. , that is, the main force of Azig will definitely come here instead of going elsewhere, so although the risk of a decisive battle under the city of Suizhou has been greatly increased, it is unlikely that other places will receive support from the Qing army. It's a good time to regain the lost ground in Henan."

Li Zicheng was still thinking about it, so he first sent troops to persuade local tyrants from all over Henan to return to the Marshal's Mansion, cutting off the connection between the Azig army and the local area, and depriving them of local eyes, ears and material support.

For Li Zicheng's proposition, everyone in the hall expressed support, because after the Shun army surrounded and wiped out the Qing army in Kaocheng, and then surrounded the Qing army in Suizhou, the wind direction of the war changed again.As these news spread, those tyrants from all over Henan will obviously choose to stand on the victor's side again. In other words, only a very small amount of troops are needed to persuade these tyrants to vote for the Marshal's Mansion again, or stay neutral. .

Naturally, there will be no opposition to this kind of policy that costs little but can reap huge benefits.The meeting that night ended here. After the meeting, Li Zicheng summoned the army staff and sent urgent letters to Yuan Zongdi, Li Guo, and Xuzhou.

Yuan Zongdi's order was to lead half of the main force stationed in Guide to Ningling as Suizhou's backup.After confirming that the main force of Azig can no longer distract him, Guide will be safe, so there will be no risk in moving Guide's troops westward.

The order given to Li Guo was the conclusion of tonight's meeting. After confirming that the Azig Army would not have time to entangle Li Guo, it would not be a difficulty for Li Guo to lead the second division to break the siege of Chenzhou. task.However, Li Zicheng added a few words in the letter, asking Li Guo to take advantage of this opportunity to force Liu Hongqi and other local tyrants to follow the Shun army to reclaim lost land along the Jialu River and clean up those who had previously supported the Qing Dynasty. The local tyrants and evil gentry in the army.

If the content of these two letters can be carried out, then the Azig army will become a lone army surrounded by the Shun army between the Liang and Song Dynasties, and the war initiative in the Henan direction will completely turn to the Shun army.

As for the order to Xuzhou, one is to ask the left-behind departments in Xuzhou to continue to ensure the supply of materials everywhere, and the other is to send the newly established army units to Guide as soon as possible to make up for the losses of the previous operations and to make up for the relocation of the Guide troops. vacancy left.

After writing three letters, it was already early morning, and Li Zicheng, who was a little tired, simply washed up and went to rest.However, early the next morning, Li Zicheng was woken up by Li Laiheng. The defenders of Taikang County, the powerful local supporters of the Marshal's Mansion in Taikang, and the sentries of the Shun Army all submitted information on the discovery of Azig's main force. .

Li Zicheng washed his face and asked someone to make a pot of strong tea. Then he and Liu Zongmin read three pieces of information from different sources.Seeing that Li Zicheng put down the information in his hand, Liu Zongmin, who sent the information, said: "We were still talking about the arrival of the Azig army last night, but we didn't expect them to arrive so soon. These Manchus are indeed not the Ming army. If you want to continue to attack the Qing army camp outside the city, it will be a little troublesome.

According to these intelligence reports, the Azig Army's northward march this time is all cavalry, and their number is at least tens of thousands.Although it is a bit exaggerated, I don't think there will be more than 3000 cavalry, but there will not be only more than [-] cavalry.But this number has completely exceeded the cavalry in our army, and now there are only more than [-] cavalry in the army together.

Although there are nearly 3 infantry in our army, of which nearly [-] from the third brigade of the new army are the main force, there is no chance of winning against such a huge cavalry in the wild. "

After pondering for a few seconds, Li Zicheng asked Liu Zongmin, "Then how do you think you should fight?"

Liu Zongmin hesitated for a while and said: "Only by defending the city first, and then summoning Yuan Zongdi and Li Guo over, can we concentrate our forces to defeat or encircle such a large cavalry force."

Li Zicheng thought for a while, and then asked him: "What if Azig has no intention of fighting our army in Suizhou, but just wants to take the Qing army out of Suizhou? Can we watch them go away like this? We lost this time." After the opportunity, with the mobility of the Azig army, can we catch them again?"

Liu Zongmin also understood in his heart that the question Li Zicheng asked was correct. Once the Qing army infantry outside the city was out of their sight, it would become difficult to determine the direction of the Azig army's attack.As for a cavalry unit that is difficult to determine the direction of attack, it is difficult for the Shun army, which is dominated by infantry, to catch their tails.

As a result, the battle between the two armies in Henan will return to the situation where the Qing army had just broken through the Yellow River defense line and attacked everywhere in the hinterland of Henan.Once this situation becomes like this, there is really no way to save Henan, because the main force of the Qing army in the east will not be watching the show all the time, they will wake up sooner or later, and the main force of the Shun army is not in front of them.

Once the main force from the east of the Qing army began to storm the defense line of the Shun army, the Shun army would once again fall into a bad situation of being pinched by the Qing army on both sides.That is to say, the Shun army may be overwhelmed by the Qing army with its superiority in strength.Without the barriers between Shandong and Henan, how long they can maintain between the Huaihe River and the Yangtze River is indeed a question.

Seeing that Liu Zongmin remained silent, Li Zicheng got up and walked to the steps to look at the rising sun outside. Although the winter was not completely over, the sun was already warming his body.

After looking at the sun for a while, Li Zicheng turned his head and said to Liu Zongmin: "It's right here, we must hold back the Azig army. I wrote to Yuan Zongdi last night and asked him to take half of Guide The troops moved to Ningling, and together with his troops, we have at least 3 combatable troops, 2 auxiliary troops, and just over [-] combatable troops on the opposite side. This battle can still be fought. If there are If it is the destiny, then we will definitely defeat Azig here."

Seeing that Li Zicheng had already made up his mind, Liu Zongmin stood up and said, "If your majesty has such a determination, then I will definitely follow your majesty to fight to the death."

While the two were discussing, a personal guard of Li Zicheng came in from outside the courtyard. He brought news to Li Zicheng that the cavalry of the Qing army had appeared outside the city.

After hearing the news, Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin went to the city wall to check. When the two led the guards to the south gate tower of Suizhou, Chen Yongfu and other generals were already standing on the top of the city.There are actually three south gates in Suizhou City, Li Zicheng and the others are in the middle one, the gate tower here is higher than the other two, and the view is better.

When Li Zicheng stood on the top of the city gate and looked down, he saw a group of cavalry marching from the southeast to the Qing army camp in the southwest. The Qing army cavalry wearing red tasseled caps, under the morning sun It's a little shiny.Someone has to admit that in such a scene, the unified uniform really increases the momentum of the army.

With the endless torrent of cavalry in sight, even the traversers who have seen many big scenes couldn't help but hold their breath for a few seconds.But he quickly came back to his senses and turned his head to look at the surrounding generals.It should be said that although the generals of the Shun Army had serious expressions, at least they did not show any fear.And those local officers and soldiers and generals with powerful backgrounds all turned pale with nervousness, obviously frightened by the parade of the Qing cavalry.

Looking at this scene, Li Zicheng couldn't help shaking his head. Yesterday he thought Chen Yongfu's suggestion was good, but after seeing the performance of these people, he realized a problem. Ming officers and soldiers and local tyrants went to fight the Manchus.

These people were unstable factors in the Qing army, but why not in the Shun army?Therefore, relying on calling these people to a decisive battle with the main force of the Azig army, it is estimated that they will only drag themselves down.

Li Zicheng withdrew his eyes from looking at the generals, and then asked a question to the generals of the Shun Army nearby: "These Qing troops are so flamboyant, do you know any troops in our army who dare to go out of the city to invite them to fight?"

Facing the endless cavalry outside the city, even Liu Zongmin did not dare to answer Li Zicheng's words. After all, no one is willing to die in vain.Li Zicheng glanced at the troubled faces of the generals in the tower, then changed his name and said, "Mr. Zuo Guang, do you dare your first division follow me out of the city to see the scenery?"

Although Zuo Guangxian didn't dare to answer Li Zicheng's words before, he still dared not refuse to answer Li Zicheng's roll call. He quickly cupped his hands and said to Li Zicheng: "I am willing to lead troops out of the city to invite the slaves to fight, but please sit here, sir. Only then can you command soldiers to fight against slaves with peace of mind."

Hearing that Li Zicheng planned to leave the city in person, Liu Zongmin, Chen Yongfu and other generals also dissuaded him one after another, thinking that it was not worth taking such a risk at this time.But Li Zicheng stopped the generals impatiently and said: "I want to show Azig's courage. If I don't leave the city, will Azige dare to attack me? Jiannu has suffered successive setbacks, and I want to see them too." How much morale is left.

Besides, you all said that I was ordered by heaven, so how could I die today? Azig is not capable of this, so there is no need to discuss this matter again.Zuo Guangxian, your first teacher, does he have the ability to defend me?If not, let Li Tong accompany me out of town. "

Seeing that what Li Zicheng said was so firm, Zuo Guangxian naturally did not dare to object any more, and he would not let Li Tong replace him at this time. He could only reply to Li Zicheng: "I am going to call the troops now..."

Chapter 388 Battle One