Dashun Yongchang

That's right, compared with Li Zicheng's current status, these people are no different from the ignorant farmers in the countryside in the past.In the past, in order to gain the approval of the Han family, those peasants in the countryside were also tempted by a few good words. The gap brought about by the difference in status made the lower level grateful for any kindness from the upper level, trying to use the favor of the upper level Bring more or less benefits to yourself.

In a word, the bottom has too little and the top has too much, so any leftovers from the top will cause the bottom to fight.For the peasants at the bottom, land and taxation are the shackles to control them, and for these poor families, the hope of changing from a commoner to an official is also a shackle.

Therefore, between the Marshal's Mansion, Daming, and the Manchus, the tyrants in Henan or Shandong show a posture of surrendering to the strong. What they pursue is not morality and defense from Huabari, but The succession and rise of the family.

At this time, the guards around the battalion commander came to look for Han Shangliang and conveyed the battalion commander's new order.Han Shangliang had to swallow all the other words, patted his younger brother on the shoulder and said: "Be careful, pay attention to the queue, and don't rush by yourself."

Ming Andali's main attack direction was exactly the army formation where the Han brothers were, but the Han brothers were not in the first row facing the Qing cavalry.But for Ming Andali, it looked like a straight line of Shunjun troops in the distance, but it was only when he got close that he realized that the Shunjun troops were not in a straight line.

Shunjun's military formation is an inverted character on the outside, and each small square formation is not completely connected and seamless, but has a gap that can accommodate one to three people, but this gap is not one-stop. , but staggered.

Seeing this scene, Ming Andali suddenly remembered the trenches he had seen outside Tianjin City. Although each trench was not sealed, the gaps left turned around in the trenches, it was like a maze.It is said that when the cavalry attacked these trenches, if they did not intend to fill the trenches directly, but followed the narrow paths in these trenches, they would not only lose speed, but also become targets for gunners of the army.

When Ming Andali listened to the description of the battle by the surviving soldiers, he always felt almost meaningless, because he couldn't understand why the cavalry marched along the passage left by the Shun army instead of spending more effort and time to fill the trench.But this time when facing Shun Jun's army formation, he finally understood a little bit, not because they didn't want to, but because Shun Jun didn't give them this time.

Just like now, with Azig watching from behind, who would dare to use those time-consuming offensive methods?I'm afraid that the weakness of the Shunjun formation hasn't been tested yet, and Azig can't bear it anymore and wants to replace himself.Thinking that he was still the one who took the initiative to attack, Ming Andali finally gave up other ideas and adopted the most orthodox cavalry charge tactics.

The cavalry of the Qing army actually did not have many means to charge the formation. Most of them were used on the marching army and the army without formation. Simply put, the Manchus actually had no means to face the infantry that had formed an formation.

During the bloody battle of the Hunhe River, the Manchu cavalry had an absolute advantage, but faced with the two isolated infantry of the Sichuan Army and the Zhejiang Army, they were defeated repeatedly. In the end, it was Li Yongfang who used silver to lure Shenyang's gunners to fire at the Sichuan Army's formation. The Sichuan army lost the protection of the array and was defeated.

However, since the Battle of Hunhe, the Manchus have hardly encountered the Ming army who dared to fight with them in the field, or the Ming army who did not retreat like the Sichuan army and the Zhejiang army.Even if most of the Ming army went out of the city to fight against the Manchu army, they would focus most of their energy on their own rear and the movements of their allies. It was hard for the Ming army to believe that the allies would protect their back after being miserably beaten by the allies.

Faced with such a Ming army, the Qing army's offensive methods against infantry arrays were even less developed.Without the assistance of cannons and infantry, Ming Andali thought of two ways to attack the infantry array with cavalry alone. One is the method that the Mongolian cavalry likes to use to lure the enemy, that is, let dozens of cavalry go to Shunjun first. Provocate and invite a battle before the formation, to see if you can lure the generals of the Shun Army to open the formation by themselves.

This method soon proved to be ineffective. There were almost no obvious generals in the Shun army in front of them. In such a war, no matter the Ming army or the Qing army, the generals would stand in the front position. , so that the subordinates can see themselves.Because this is an era when soldiers are generals, and soldiers will almost lose the courage to fight if they don't see the general.

For example, Ming Andali is located at the front of the army, but he can't see a general in front of the opposite army. Without the chief general at the front, it is naturally difficult to be tempted to move.On the contrary, the musketeers swimming around the array of the Shun army began to aim and shoot at the cavalry of the Qing army who approached the array to challenge them. The gun is more powerful than the infantry bow, and the cavalry of the Qing army who went to provoke were almost completely at a disadvantage in the confrontation.

Ming An Dali, who was watching the battle 300 steps away, saw the scene where the horses kept falling, and even the horses fell down, so he knew that the lure tactic had failed, and continuing to entangle the dozens of cavalry and the Shun army would only make the morale of the Shun army worse. come higher.

He had no choice but to order the recall of his subordinates who had gone to provocation, and gave the second method of breaking the formation to the subordinates around him, that is, to divide the cavalry into several teams to launch oppressive operations against the infantry array of the Shun army, to shake the courage of these soldiers, and to find opportunities to attack from the infantry. The weak point in the formation rushed into the formation, thus destroying the formation of the entire infantry formation.

This method was not only used by Ming Andali, almost at the same time, the cavalry of the Qing army in the east, south and west who besieged the infantry phalanx of the Shun army all adopted this method.This is also a helpless move, and this method is the most effective for simple cavalry against infantry.

The change in cavalry tactics of the Qing Army did put a lot of pressure on the infantry of the Shun Army. If the soldiers of the new army had not undergone similar cavalry shock training, many soldiers of the Shun Army would have lost their minds under the impact of this cavalry group ability, resulting in body stiffness and deformed movements.

Fortunately, the front of a battalion is only [-] paces wide, and the front of a regiment is [-] paces. In the distance, it looks like a scene of thousands of horses galloping, but only a few dozen cavalry can threaten the infantry at close range. They have a little more confidence.

Chapter 392 Battle Five

But right now this situation is the worst for the cavalry. To put it simply, there are two ways for the cavalry to oppress the infantry formation. The charge posture is close to the infantry formation, and the spearmen standing in the first row are overwhelmed with fear.

However, before using these two methods, we must first cut off the infantry's return route and make it a lone army in the wild. Without reinforcements, facing the cavalry brigade approaching again and again, even if it has been battle-tested The old soldiers will also become impatient, let alone the recruits and heavy soldiers in the formation?

Once the recruits and heavy soldiers in the army formation were in chaos, the cavalry would charge into the formation again, and the entire infantry phalanx would quickly collapse.It's just that although the infantry of the Shun Army is far away from Suizhou City, it is only a few hundred steps away, which should be less than two miles away.

From this distance, saying that this infantry is a lone army is obviously almost meaningless, and with Li Zicheng in the army, no Manchu general would think that the Shun army in the city would just watch them kill their commander-in-chief.

Therefore, when the cavalry of the Qing army attacked the infantry array of the Shun army, they had to reserve some spare power to deal with the ambush army in the city. After all, the gate of the city was still open, and the Shun army did not need to open the door to rush out.Instead, he was distracted by the cavalry of the Qing army, not the infantry of the Shun army.

In addition, because the infantry phalanx of the Shun army is not a plane, it is difficult for the cavalry of the Qing army to judge the appropriate distance when attacking the formation of the Shun army, and it is easy to be shot by the firecrackers surrounded by three infantry phalanxes.The cavalry of the Qing army tried to oppress the opponent by gradually approaching the distance between them and the infantry of the Shun army, but in the end they made themselves the target of the gunfire.

Three rounds of attacks were launched, but more than 20 corpses were left behind, which made the Mongolian cavalry under Ming Andali's command a little impatient.They are not as durable as those Manchu cavalry. The Mongols prefer the melee combat mode rather than this kind of rigid tactics. This is also the root cause of the Mongolian soldiers being suppressed by the Manchurian soldiers in cavalry battles.

When the cavalry of the Qing army launched the fourth round of attack, a Mongolian cavalry finally couldn't bear the fear of being aimed and shot by the gunmen of the Shun army. He resolutely turned his horse's head and rushed towards the position of the gunmen. When they got to the companions behind them, everyone thought that the opportunity to charge had come, so they lowered their heads and followed the cavalry to charge down.

Ming Andali, who was standing on the sidelines watching the battle, still held 2 cavalry in his hand, which was used to launch the final attack after the infantry of the reserve army had a flaw, but he was also shocked when he saw this scene. : "Erile and Ke are reckless, these infantry have not yet shown signs of fatigue, how can they charge at this time?"

Several subordinates around him were more optimistic and persuaded: "Let Erile and Ke have a try. These Han people seem to be able to stand until night, but our horses have no strength after running down for so many days. , Procrastinating will only be bad for us. Even if we can’t move the formation of these Han people, it’s better to drive away those Han people who are shooting dark guns. We can’t let the brothers be shot in vain..."

It’s just that the voices of these people have not yet fallen. The Han gunners have already run towards the gap on the side with the guns in their hands. The cavalry's pursuit of the musketeers.Facing the shining iron spearhead, the horses under the cavalry immediately changed direction. The animal instinct of the horses, which was out of the rider's control, immediately caused confusion in the formation of the Qing cavalry.

When these dozens of Qing cavalry fell into chaos, the Shun army on the flanks suddenly launched a few tiger squatting cannons, and bombarded the open space in the middle of Pinzi in a diagonal direction.Immediately after the tiger squatting gun was fired, it was pushed down, and then the firecrackers who loaded the ammunition came forward again, and fired at the chaotic Qing cavalry from the flanks.

The shot horse either fell to the ground, or rushed to the spear group in fright, and was stabbed to death by the spearmen of the Shun army.When most of the horses fell, the spearmen at the bottom of the phalanx stepped forward and killed the horses and people who fell to the ground.Except for more than a dozen cavalrymen who abandoned their horses and escaped from the spearman's control area.

After disposing of these living creatures, the spearmen retreated to their positions, and then the gunmen of the Shun army poured into the open space surrounded by spearmen from the flanks again.During the less than a quarter of an hour of fighting, all parts of the Shun Army cooperated tacitly, and there was hardly any stagnation or confusion.

The subordinates around Ming Andali were also speechless when they saw this scene, and one of them couldn't help but said: "The infantry of the Shun Army is full of vigor, I'm afraid it won't work if you try to overwhelm them with momentum. Facing such infantry , we still have to use cannons or shield vehicles to besiege, otherwise the cavalry will bleed here in vain."

After hearing this, Ming Andali didn't make a sound, but the other person beside him retorted straightforwardly: "We didn't bring the cannon, now we go back and ask the general to mobilize the shield car, do you think the general will go first?" Cut off our heads?"

After hearing this, everyone could only remain silent.If Azig can still maintain his sanity at this time, then he is not Azig.

Naturally, it was not only Ming Andali who suffered failures. Omoktu in the east and Jueluo Guoke in the south also hovered outside the Shun army formation, failing to find a chance to break the Shun army formation.What happened here in Ruming Andali was soon played out on the south and east sides.

Standing in the formation, Li Zicheng looked boredly at the attack of the Qing cavalry on three sides. The scale of this attack was too far from the cavalry charge he had imagined, and the Qing cavalry kept passing by the front of the formation. There is indeed pressure for a spearman, but for a commander surrounded by a heavy army guard, there is actually no pressure at all.

Therefore, the battle in front of him quickly changed from an American blockbuster to a historical film produced in Kazakhstan, which was so dull that he wanted to doze off.He couldn't help but complained to Li Laiheng who was beside him with a nervous expression: "I really should get someone to get a stove here, and make a pot of tea at this time, the time will pass quickly."

Li Laiheng, who was too nervous, didn't hear Li Zicheng's words clearly, but just took off the skin bag from his waist and handed it to Li Zicheng, "Is Your Majesty thirsty? I have water here."

Reluctantly, Li Zicheng took the skin bag and took a sip. While he was drinking the water, Azig couldn't bear it again and sent his bodyguard Maha to urge Ibai and Subai to open the infantry side of the Shun army as soon as possible. Don't let Li Zicheng run away.

When Maha went back to answer his orders, Ibai couldn't help complaining as he looked at his back: "Isn't the life of our people precious? Do we need to be buried here for nothing?"

Subai just glanced at him and didn't make a sound.Yibai seemed to realize something, so he changed the subject and said to Subai: "The square formation of the Han people is about 250 to 280 steps from north to south, and about 150 steps from east to west.

In order to prevent the Shun army in the city from responding, we are not yet able to launch an offensive in the north, and can only use a small amount of cavalry to intercept.The other three sides wanted to use cavalry to break through the formation of the Han people. If hundreds of people were not killed, the morale of the Han people would not be crushed. "

At this time, Subai suddenly replied, "Bleeding continuously in front of the Han people like this, I am afraid that hundreds of people will die and they will not be able to make them surrender. It is already past noon, and it is only 2 or 3 days before dark." Shichen, we can't wait until dark, and then go back and tell the general that the Shun army is heavily guarded, and our army has nothing to do, right?"

Yibai held back his anger, looked at Subai and asked, "Then tell me, how should we fight?"

Subai looked up at the blue sky without many white clouds above his head, and then turned his head to look at the Yellow Dragon Banner in the Shun Army formation, and then said in a word: "The longer we delay here, the Han people in the city will attack The greater the chance.

Even if these Han people outside the city can hold on, they can't chase us down, but the new army of Han people inside the city can.Therefore, we need to compete with the Han people outside the city as soon as possible.

Regardless of whether we win or they win, we still have the strength to retreat back to the camp, and we don't have to wear down our morale here.In this way, we also have an explanation for the general. "

Hearing what Subai said, Ibai's expression softened.Indeed, the biggest problem now is not to break the tortoise shell of this Han man, but to have an explanation to the general. At the meeting last night, everyone has agreed that they should stay away from Suizhou as soon as possible and get rid of the main force of the Shun army.Isn't it a joke that the Southern Expedition Army, which was dominated by cavalry, was restrained by a group of infantry?

Yibai looked at the people around him, and then said: "That's right, instead of being beaten piecemeal by these Han people, it's better to have a simple fight with them, let the heavy armor in front and the light armor in the back, and attack from three sides at the same time. I'd like to see Look, Li Zicheng's guts are really solid."

After getting the support of Yibai, Subai quickly adjusted the strength of the attacking troops on three sides. Each road was led by a hundred cavalry wearing double armor, and even the horses were covered with iron armor. Hundreds of armored cavalry, and another large group of cavalry are sweeping in the rear. As long as the infantry phalanx of the Shun Army is in chaos, these large groups of cavalry will rush in along the gap.

When breaking up with several colleagues, Subai reminded them again, "If you can catch Li Zicheng, try to catch him alive. If you can catch Li Zicheng in today's battle, it will be worth the casualties, because the war is very fast. It's over..."

Subai's words aroused the laughter of these Manchu generals, and they all assured him that as long as they could see Li Zicheng, they would never let him run back to the city.With the adjustment of the cavalry of the Qing army on the periphery, the attack on the Shun army was also suspended.

At this time, Li Zicheng, who was observing the surrounding situation with a telescope, finally became serious, because he saw men and horses wearing iron armor through the telescope, obviously these people were going to give it a go.

Zuo Guangxian also saw this scene, and he ran to Li Zicheng again, begging Li Zicheng to be ready to return to the city, because if the Manchus started desperately, it would be hard to tell the final outcome.

Chapter 393 Battle Six

Li Zicheng was almost moved by Zuo Guang's words first. Facing the desperate posture of the Qing cavalry, if someone hadn't crossed over from a later life, I'm afraid he would really think about running away at this time.

But for a certain soul who is only afraid of five pairs of wheels in later generations, this kind of cavalry with a layer of iron armor still feels that it can be defeated psychologically, and it is not an invincible opponent.If the Qing army came here with a tank, then of course he would run for his life without saying a word. Now, he thinks that time is not yet.

So Li Zicheng straightened his face and said to Zuo Guangxian: "I don't want to repeat what I said a second time. Today, I will either bring everyone back to the city victoriously, or I will die here with everyone. There is no other way." .Mr. Zuo, you can command with peace of mind. If you need me to fill the front line, I will say nothing."

Faced with Li Zicheng's decisive answer, even Zuo Guangxian had nothing to say. He bowed his hands to Li Zicheng solemnly and said goodbye, then turned his horse's head back to his commanding position without saying a word, and did not continue. Persuading Li Zicheng to return to the city, he put all his thoughts on the next battle.

The generals of the Shun Army on the tower of the south gate also surrounded Liu Zongmin at this time, and persuaded him: "General Quan, should we go out of the city to rescue His Majesty? So leave His Majesty outside the city alone to face the Qing army's troops." , doesn’t seem too good, does it?”

Liu Zongmin grasped the brick surface of the city wall crenel with both hands, and the veins in his hands were exposed, which showed that his heart was not peaceful.But facing the persuasion from the generals around him, he finally opened his eyes and shouted angrily: "Drumming. Your Majesty will make an appointment with me before leaving the city. Unless he raises the red flag, our army will stay in the city.

Now the cavalry of the Qing army below have only made some tentative attacks, and have not yet launched a real offensive. How can we rescue His Majesty by sending troops out of the city now?It's just attracting those Qing troops, which ruined His Majesty's plan.Shut up all of them. "

Seeing Liu Zongmin getting angry, the generals immediately stopped talking.In fact, they also knew that Li Zicheng's purpose of going out of the city at this time was to frustrate the spirit of the newly arrived Azig army. Before the spirit of the Azig army was defeated, they would only be regarded as a cowardly move by the other party. , the subsequent battle will not be easy to fight.

They are just courtiers, how can they watch the lord desperately outside, and watch the show in a safe place by themselves?They had to say some things. Of course, with Liu Zongmin's words backing them up, everyone's responsibilities were lightened.

Just as the generals of the Shun Army on the tower and Liu Zongmin were discussing the rescue out of the city, the cavalry of the Qing Army had already reorganized their formation.After exchanging glances with each other, Subai and Yibai waved their hands, causing the soldiers on the side to blow their horns, urging the three-way army to launch an attack on the infantry phalanx of the Shun army.

Hearing the sound of the horn, Ba Yalajiala Zhangjing Abutu, who was talking with Ming Andali, immediately got on his mount with the help of the guards around him, and then sat on the horse and said to Ming Andari: "Then let's do this, I will go first to clear the way for Mele Zhangjing."

Ming Anda returned the salute, and watched Abutu lead his subordinates slowly towards the Shunjun formation. He also immediately turned his head and ordered his subordinates to mount their horses, preparing to use the road opened by the heavy armored cavalry to attack the inside of the Shunjun phalanx.

The hundred cavalry led by Abutu are divided into three parts. The first part is the 16 rangers at the front, which are spread out in a parallel array. They are mainly used to confuse the infantry of the Shun army and cover their main attack direction. By the way, check the Shun army. Arrows and firearms distribution location.

Immediately behind the rangers are 34 cavalry squads divided into two parallel teams. This is a team used to make feints and distract the infantry of the obedient army. It is about 50 steps away from the rangers in front.

第三部分就是阿布图自己率领的主力骑兵了，50名骑兵分为3人、5人、7人、9人、11人、15人一行，共6行的锥形队形前进。阿布图就位于这个锥体的顶端。

Such an attack method is indeed something Shunjun infantry has never seen before. The sixteen rangers in the first part successfully attracted the fire from the gunfire soldiers on both sides of the spear phalanx, and almost missed a few of them. The scattered cavalry was indeed not A good target.

The rangers of the Qing army who attracted the gunners of the Shun army immediately moved from the front to the sides to make way for the passage, so the two cavalry behind them immediately cut to the north of the infantry array of the Shun army at an oblique angle.

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When Abutu led the cavalry to the infantry phalanx of the Shun army, the small phalanx on the north side of the Pinzi phalanx was already entangled with the cavalry of the Qing army. The small phalanx in the south rushed over.It's not that Abutu didn't want to continue to trample on the small phalanx that had been oppressed and deformed to the north, but that the cavalry of the Qing army who rushed into the infantry phalanx did not disrupt the infantry formation of the Shun army, so they blocked Abutu's attack on the contrary. line of attack.

At this time, Abutu obviously would not slow down his horse and wait for the cavalry to open the passage, because the heavy armored cavalry had high requirements on the carrying capacity of the horse, and even the best war horse could not withstand long-term battles.Especially when charging in horse armor, acceleration and deceleration are a great burden for these good horses.

Under such circumstances, Abutu naturally did not dare to miss the opportunity of the fighter, so he could only take advantage of the situation and let his mount rush to one side.What's more, the charging horses wear blindfolds, and their forward direction is completely controlled by the rider. If too many instructions are given to the mounts, these horses will only be at a loss and stop. That is the worst situation .

Due to the oblique attack on the infantry phalanx of the Shun army, the spears that Abutu had to face were actually not many.As long as you can avoid the spear piercing the head and torso, the next step is the scene where the mount hits the infantry in front of you with its momentum.

As a veteran, Abutu is naturally not unfamiliar with this way of charging. He can only rely on the defensive power of the iron armor to resist those spears that stab unimportant parts.Therefore, the moment he came into contact with the infantry spears, he concentrated all his energy on avoiding those spears that pierced important positions.

It seems that this is just a flash of light. When the spear misses the cavalry on the horse, the next thing is the scene of the horse in horse armor trampling the infantry.The guard on Abutu's left was unlucky. He couldn't dodge a spear piercing his abdomen. He was directly knocked off the horse, and then disappeared under the horse's hooves.

But soon the cavalry behind took up the position on his left hand side, rushed away from the overstretched spear, and slashed the spearman who had escaped from the protection of the team with a backhand.There is almost no opportunistic approach to this kind of collision between infantry and cavalry, and it is completely a life-for-life exchange.

The spears of the Shunjun infantry are about 12.5 feet long, and the iron spearhead is 3.5 feet long. The wood is made of strong and resilient ash wood. Unless it is directly inserted into the ground and hits the front of the horse, it is impossible to damage it.

On the other hand, after the heavily armored cavalry of the Qing soldiers accelerated for a certain distance, the kinetic energy converted from their potential energy when encountering obstacles was quite amazing. Hit and fly and hold your breath directly.

The Shunjun small phalanx in the eyes of the Qing army is actually a battalion phalanx, with more than 200 spearmen divided into 8 rows and 20 columns, and each of the front and rear four rows is a separate company phalanx.Abutu rushed in obliquely from the corner of the battalion phalanx, and it did cause heavy casualties to the Shun army at the beginning. At least one-third of the spearmen in the front company phalanx were hit by Qing cavalry. Dead and bruised.

However, the Shun Army, relying on the formation controlled by grassroots officers, showed amazing resistance to pressure at this time.If it is the team of the Ming army, the command and organization of this array will be completely finished when the Qing army collides like this, and then it will be time for each to fight.

But now, after withstanding the impact of the Qing army's iron cavalry, the heavy cavalry that has released its potential energy is no different from a fixed target. Manchurians and horses wearing iron lumps have no ability to move, so they can only Relying on the defense of the body to fight.

But for those infantrymen wearing light cotton armor and holding spears, this kind of immovable target is not difficult to deal with, just look at the gap in the armor, and then stand at a distance and plunge in.Blood was left from the gaps in the armor, and soon the man would not move.The gunners of the Shun army prefer to shoot these hard-to-move men in iron clothes, because the heavy gunners in their hands can directly penetrate these heavy armors.

Abutu had never participated in the Battle of the Hun River, so this was the first time he encountered such infantry. Obviously they had already opened a gap in the phalanx, but these infantry did not rush away, but resisted desperately. The body of his companions was trapped, forcing them to lose the ability to move forward. Abutu even saw a spearman being knocked into the air, but he still firmly grasped his spear, and then with the support of his companions The spears continued to obstruct the cavalry's view.

The fifty iron cavalry he led should have been able to easily tear apart the phalanx of spears of more than 200 people, and then drove them towards the large phalanx.But now, they only crashed into less than a quarter of the phalanx, and they couldn't even destroy the entire phalanx.

And as the cavalry stopped, the casualties of the cavalry began to increase. These infantrymen kept using their spears to dismount the cavalry on the edge of the cavalry team, and then the gunners also appeared, and rows of gunners confronted each other. The dense cavalry who had stopped fired at close range, which was no different from a massacre. Even Abutu was shot in the thigh. Fortunately, it was not a frontal hit, but he could also feel the continuous flow of cold liquid He took off his boots, and his body temperature began to drop.

When Ming Andali approached the battle area with the cavalry, he saw that the infantry of the Shun army was still fighting tenaciously with the cavalry of the Qing army, and gradually restored the situation.I was also taken aback in my heart, but at this time, he couldn't tolerate any hesitation, so he could only follow the direction of Abutu's advance and launch an attack again.

Chapter 394 Battle Seven

After the [-] cavalry led by Ming Andali joined the battle, the west phalanx of the Shun Army, which was originally in the shape of a Chinese character, was finally formed into a straight line.Not only in the west, but also in the south and east of the battlefield, the same scene appeared one after another.

First, the heavy armored cavalry rushed into the square formation regardless of life and death, and then charged into the formation with the armored cavalry. Although the Qing cavalry attacking from three sides was only a thousand or two hundred, they fought three times as fast as their own infantry. Back off.

Yibai, Subai and other Manchu generals who were watching the battle on the outskirts finally breathed a sigh of relief. They ordered their subordinates to monitor the movement of the Shun army in the city, so as to prevent the Shun army inside the city from leaving the city and becoming the Shun army outside the city. To clear the siege, on the one hand, the two cavalry teams of Ajilai and Xiergen were prepared. As long as the formation of the Shun army was shaken, they could directly rush to the inside of the formation to arrest Li Zicheng.

Not to mention how the Manchus on the periphery of the big formation were gearing up, a certain person who was missed by the Manchus looked at the scuffle on three sides at this time, and then sighed and said: "This is the real war. There is no life for a life." Without the courage to die, it is estimated that the soldiers who are fighting head-on will not even survive a few breaths."

At this time, the guards standing beside Li Zicheng had no interest in listening to him. They grabbed their weapons desperately and watched the battle in three directions, fearing that one front would collapse suddenly and make everyone Zhi Jiannu cavalry rushed in front of Li Zicheng.

At this time, they couldn't help being nervous, because the defense lines of the infantry regiments in the three directions of Shunjun had already begun to deform, and the officers of each regiment were only concerned with blocking the gaps in the defense lines, and had no time to care about the formation.At every moment, the angry shouts of the soldiers of the Shun army and the cavalry of the Qing army could be heard in different accents. Judging from the sound, the two sides were evenly divided.

Li Laiheng is still relatively young, especially with the heavy responsibility of guarding Li Zicheng on his shoulders. Looking at the cavalry of the Qing army gradually squeezing towards him, he finally couldn't help but propose to Li Zicheng: "Your Majesty, why don't we retreat?" As soon as you retreat, retreat to the army behind, so you will be safer."

Li Zicheng turned his head and glanced at him. After seeing Li Laiheng lowered his head in panic, he raised the horsewhip in his hand and pointed at Zuo Guang who was more than ten steps away in front of him, and said, "Look at Mr. Zuo, you haven't looked back until now." Have you ever passed me?"

Although he couldn't remember whether Zuo Guang looked back at Li Zicheng first, Li Laiheng guessed that there must be a reason for Li Zicheng's question, so he replied with some hesitation: "Probably not."

Li Zicheng nodded slightly and said: "Since Mr. Zuo didn't look back at me, it means that we can still stand it now. Why are you panicking? How can I retreat when everyone is desperate? Doesn't it mean that we are going to lose now? ?”

Li Laiheng finally understood what Li Zicheng meant, but he also turned around and said to Li Zicheng, "It's my fault. Your Majesty really can't move at this time. However, this battle has already reached this level, can we raise the red flag?" , ordered the troops in the city to come out to help?"

Li Zicheng looked around, looking at the battle lines on three sides, and was a little uncertain for a while.At this time, Zuo Guangxian was also issuing an order to his subordinates: "Let the grenadiers of each regiment go forward. Then draw a battalion from the rear to fill the gaps in each front. Please raise the red flag and call the city The soldiers marched out of the city to form an array. Tell Your Majesty, after repelling Jiannu's attack, Jiannu's morale has been shaken. At this time, our army is out of the city to form an array, and the slave soldiers will retreat..."

Li Zicheng, who was hesitating, saw the liaison officer running from Zuo Guang first, so he said to Li Laiheng: "Wait a minute, it seems that Master Zuo has something to say to me."

Soon, the herald sent by Zuo Guangxian passed on Zuo Guangxian's meaning to Li Zicheng, and Li Zicheng nodded, and said to Li Laiheng beside him: "Just listen to Master Zuo's order and let people put up the red flag. .”

Watching the Qing cavalry launch such a fierce attack on the infantry phalanx outside the city, the generals of the Shun army on the city gradually lost their patience. They once wondered whether Li Zicheng didn't have a red flag around him, which was why he didn't send the signal so late.For a while, even Li Tong began to persuade Liu Zongmin that he should follow the power and not continue to wait and see in the city.

Liu Zongmin looked at his own infantry who were glued together with the cavalry of the Qing army, and felt that it seemed too risky to wait. Just when he straightened his back and prepared to give the order to leave the city, he heard Li Tong beside him pointing at the city and shouting: "Take up the tree!" Yes, the red flag is raised."

Liu Zongmin turned around and looked, and there was indeed a red flag erected in the phalanx, as if he was afraid that the city could not see clearly, the person who erected the flag was still shaking the flagpole, letting the red flag unfold as far as possible, so that everyone in the city could see it more clearly .

Liu Zongmin finally breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Ma Bao left the southeast gate, Wu Guogui and Gao Hu left the southwest gate, Ren Jirong and I left the central south gate, after we left the city, Li Tong led the infantry out of the city to form an array, while Chen Yongfu guarded the city and protected me. Back road..."

Although Chen Yongfu was a little dissatisfied with Liu Zongmin's order, he felt that Liu Zongmin asked him to defend the city at this time, which was tantamount to separating the relationship between himself and Li Zicheng.In the future, if Li Zicheng thought about what happened today, but found that he didn't go out of the city to rescue him, it would be unreasonable.