After getting off the train, Li Yan was in a daze.
Because on the train, Li Yan not only visited the locomotive, but also observed the artillery drills of the Ming Army, as well as the two-section line firing of the Ming Army infantry.
Because of the increased rate of fire, the three-segment line array was changed to two segments.
Li Yan and the dozens of riders accompanying him were completely shocked.
Especially Li Mou, he didn't feel well after getting off the train.
Li Yan called Li Mou several times, but Li Mou had no response.
In the end, Li Yan could only pat Li Mou on the shoulder with his hand: "Second brother?"
"Uh, ah? Oh, uh-huh." Li Mou's soul returned to his body.
The worry in Li Yan's eyebrows became even stronger. His second brother had always been carefree in nature, and almost nothing could bother him. However, this time, he was obviously completely shocked by the Ming army.
Li Yan asked: "Second brother, what were you thinking about just now, so lost in thought?"
"Brother, I was thinking about the Ming army's train and firearms." Li Mou looked lonely.
"Do you think our Dashun still has a chance to defeat Mingting? The gap is really too big."
After a pause, Li Mou continued: "Let me talk about the train of the Ming Dynasty first. One train can carry three thousand mules and horses, and there is no need to feed them. They can run by burning coal and drinking water. They will not get tired and can run continuously.
You can travel thousands of miles, and you can transport a large army a thousand miles away in one day and night, so how can you fight this battle?"
"We here spent ten days and a half working hard to reach Mingting territory,"
"It turns out that the Ming army sent a large army to steal Xi'an ten days ago?"
"There are also the Ming army's cannons. Not only can they be disassembled and carried on the backs of mules and horses, they can also hit farther than our cannons. The shells are also more lethal than our cannon shells. Our cannon shells can only hit solid iron bullets. Ming
The army's Hongyi cannon can actually open the shells and explode into pieces, making it impossible to fight at all."
"The Ming army's cannons are much sharper than those of our Dashun army."
The more Li Mou talked about it, the more he became frustrated, and finally said in frustration: "It is impossible for us to defeat the Ming army."
Li Yan was also silent. In his heart, he actually agreed with Li Mou's judgment. Now the gap between the Dashun Army and the Ming Army was no longer just a little bit, but so big that it made people completely despair.
But you can't admit it verbally, otherwise the morale of the army will be lost.
At that moment, Li Yan said with a dark face: "Don't be intimidated by the Ming army. It is never the weapons and equipment that dominate the war, but the people. As long as our Dashun soldiers can firmly believe in victory and supplement it with appropriate tactics, we will win in the war."
There is no enemy in this world that cannot be defeated, and the Ming army will not be an exception."
If Chongzhen heard this, he would have to tell Li Yan that you understand war.
Because what Li Yan said is an irrefutable truth. People have always dominated the outcome of wars. Is weapons and equipment important? Of course it is important, but it is really not decisive.
After a pause, Li Yan continued: "The firearms of the Ming army are indeed sharper than ours, but so what? No matter how sharp the firearms are, they have their limitations. They can still catch people blind on a rainy day. And this train of the Ming court can run fast."
It’s not tired yet, and it doesn’t need feed beans or fodder, but it has to build a railway first, and it can’t run without a railway, so there’s nothing to worry about, our Dashun Army still has a chance to defeat the Ming Army.”
If Li Yan said this before, Li Mou would definitely believe it.
But this time, Li Mou no longer trusted Li Yan as much as before.
As well as the dozens of riders accompanying him, few believed it.
Li Yan sighed softly in his heart, his people's hearts were broken and it was difficult to lead the team.
However, there were even worse things waiting for Li Yan. As soon as he returned to the main formation, he found that Li Nian was actually accompanying Li Ziming, Duke of Yao, to greet him. Why was Li Ziming here?
"Mr. Yao Guo." Li Yan could only clasp his fists and bow.
Li Ziming did not return the greeting, but asked: "Where has the right military advisor gone?"
Li Yan's face became embarrassed, and he said sarcastically: "At the invitation of the Ming Army, I went to visit their newly built train, and by the way, I watched the Ming Army's firearms shooting performance."
"Visit the new train built by the Ming army?"
"Watch the Ming Army's firearms shooting by the way?"
Li Ziming couldn't believe his ears.
"Yes." Li Yan nodded, "But I have nothing to do with the Ming army."
"Li Yan, do you believe this?" Li Ziming said with a dark face, "You only took a few dozen personal followers and ran to the Ming army's formation to visit the train and watch their firearms shooting performance.
, they sent you back after it was over and didn’t take the opportunity to detain you. Do you think I would believe it?”
After a pause, Li Ziming roared again: "Does my Lord really look that stupid?"
"It doesn't matter whether you believe in Yao Guo Gong or not." Li Yan didn't bother to explain, and said calmly, "I will explain it clearly to the Lord after I return to Xi'an."
"I'm afraid you won't have this chance." Li Ziming said coldly.
"What do you mean by Duke Yaoguo's words?" Li Mou, Li Nian and others suddenly changed their expressions upon hearing this.
Li Ziming said he was stupid, and he was absolutely right. After all, he was not the old camp who followed Li Zicheng out of Shangluo Mountain, but just the clan who followed Li Zicheng to heaven after he captured Shanshan. Whether it was military or political experience, it was all
He is seriously lacking in wealth and is no different from a layman.
Anyone with any sense would not choose to have an attack at this time.
But Li Ziming didn't care at all. He cupped his hands towards Xi'an and said: "Important!"
"Order?" Brothers Li Yan, Li Mou and Li Nian quickly knelt down on the ground.
Li Ziming snorted softly and then said: "Li Ziming, Duke of Yaoguo, is the supervisor of the rear camp, specializing in supervising Brother Li Yan. If Brother Li Yan does anything illegal, he will be captured immediately and sent to Xi'an. The cavalry will be sent to Xi'an."
Commander-in-Chief Li Ziming."
Li Mou and Li Nian were furious. King Chuang had endured it for so long, but he couldn't bear it anymore?
Li Yan also felt inexplicably sad and angry. Since joining the rebel army, he said that he had never felt sorry for Li Zicheng in the slightest. However, Li Zicheng never trusted him and even wanted to harm him at one point.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Later, with the efforts of Song Xiance, the crisis was resolved.
But Li Zicheng's suspicion of him was never really resolved.
No matter how much he contributed to Dashun, he never gained Li Zicheng's trust.
This time, Li Zicheng asked him to lead 30,000 cavalry out of Huangyuguan. He also said that Li Zicheng finally put aside his prejudice against him and truly trusted him, but he still sent a member of the Li clan to supervise the army.
In short, he was extremely benevolent to Li Zicheng and had a clear conscience.
Li Ziming didn't know that he was about to die, so he shouted: "Get the Li brothers!"
"Yes!" More than 300 people following Li Ziming responded loudly, and immediately rushed to get someone.
"Let's see who dares!" Li Mou immediately pulled out his sword and shouted sternly, "Come here and take it down with me!"
"Yes!" Immediately, three thousand cavalrymen drew their swords and rushed forward, surrounding Li Ziming and more than three hundred servants.
These three thousand cavalry are Li Yan's old battalion. They have followed Li Yan since Qixian County. They are extremely loyal and will advance and retreat with the Li brothers at any time.
By the way, Li Yan did not join the Dashun Army alone, but led troops to join the group.
Because the Li family was a powerful local in Qixian County and had considerable wealth, they were extremely disappointed with the Ming Dynasty. When they heard about the arrival of Dashun's army, they sold all their property and recruited three thousand men to join the rebel army.
Li Zicheng's suspicion of Li Yan also has a lot to do with the Three Thousand Steps.
Because Cao Cao, who was of the same nature as Li Yan, was killed by Li Zicheng one after another, He Jin, and Ma Huihui barely managed to save their lives by completely handing over their military power, but Li Yan never really handed over his military power.
Of course, this is also because Li Yan's power is far from enough to compare with Ge Liyan and the others.
If Li Yan's old camp had not only 3,000 men, but 30,000, Li Zicheng would have attacked him long ago.
I saw that the three thousand old battalions of the Li brothers immediately surrounded Li Ziming's more than three hundred servants.
Seeing that he was trapped in a tight siege, Li Ziming panicked and hurriedly asked for help: "By the way, my Lord has replaced Li Yan as the commander-in-chief of the rear camp Zuo Shuai Biao. Why don't you quickly capture and kill the rebels?"
However, the 20,000 Dashun soldiers on the periphery were in a very difficult situation.
On the one hand, Li Ziming was indeed the supervisor sent by Li Zicheng.
But on the other hand, they loved Li Yan very much.
Li Ziming became anxious when he saw this: "Do you also want to rebel? Do it quickly!"
However, it was Li Ziming's shout that prompted Li Yan to make up his mind.
"Li Chuang is unruly. He is close to villains and keeps away from virtuous ministers, which is not enough!" Li Yan shouted sharply, "From now on, my Li brothers and Li Zicheng broke up and have nothing to do with each other anymore!"
After a pause, Li Yan shouted again: "Kill the traitor Li Ziming!"
"Kill the traitor Li Ziming!" Li Mou mobilized his war horses and took the lead in charging towards Li Ziming. One of Li Ziming's servants tried to stop him, but he was knocked off his horse by Li Mou after only one encounter.
Li Nian took advantage of the situation and used his troops to cover up the attack. Li Ziming's more than 300 people were quickly killed.
Unfortunately, Li Ziming only served as the commander-in-chief of the rear camp for a short time, and was immediately cut into pieces with a knife.
At this time, the other Dashun soldiers had no other choice but to follow Li Yan and descend to the Ming Dynasty anyway.
However, Li Yan still asked Li Nian to call together the generals under his bid, explain the reasons to them, and said that if he was unwilling to follow him anyway, he could lead his troops to leave.
Of course, no general will leave with his troops, unless he is out of his mind.
Li Yan immediately restrained the army and horses and sent Li Nian to report the news to Zhu Cijiong.
When they suddenly received a letter of surrender from Li Yan, Xia Wanchun and others, as well as Hu Guozhu, who had just arrived, still didn't believe it. They all suspected that there was fraud and asked Zhu Cijiong not to trust Li Yan. However, Zhu Cijiong smiled and said that Li Yan was a true gentleman and he would live up to him.
He certainly would not be left alone, so he only took Xu Wuniu and a few other cavalry and went straight to receive the surrendered troops.
By the end of June, 20,000 of the four groups of 80,000 cavalry from the east of Zijing Pass, Daoma Pass, Tumen Pass and Huangyu Pass were annihilated, 30,000 were captured, and the remaining 30,000 cavalry followed Li.
