The army was lined up under the city. The firecrackers and cannons of Li Zhi's army made all the generals very curious. Especially the eighty small red cannons made the generals look at them with suspicion. Except for Qi Jiguang's Qi family army back then, the generals had not heard about the Ming Dynasty now.
This army was equipped with so many firearms. The generals were riding on horses, but they kept looking towards Division Huben.
Zuo Liangyu was rebellious and had no determination to fight to the death. Xiong Wencan arranged for him to be placed in the central army and mixed with other armies.
Xiong Wencan, the old man, was riding a war horse, and stood behind the vanguard and in front of the central army with the generals on the expedition. Beside him was a strong man holding a banner, and next to him was a tall banner with the word "bear" in it, and the same tall flags of various colors. At this time
The banners and flags are fluttering in the wind, which is very beautiful.
The horn sounded, and the army set off. The cavalry and infantry stepped out of the billowing smoke and killed Zhang Xianzhong's rebel army by the Yong River.
After walking for a while, Li Zhi sent out 500 cavalrymen from the Selected Front Regiment to serve as sentry riders to investigate intelligence within a five-mile radius. The sentry horses reported that Liu Guoneng and Guo Tianxing, who were originally arrayed more than ten miles north and south of Xianthief,
Zhang Tianlin had all withdrawn, and there were no other rebel troops except Zhang Xianzhong's troops around Yonghe where the Xian rebels were stationed.
Li Zhi secretly wondered why all the thieves had withdrawn overnight.
The army marched 20 miles eastward when a sentinel on horseback reported back, and the bandit soldiers and horses were three miles ahead.
The generals asked the soldiers to draw their swords, mount their horses, and prepare for battle.
Just as preparations were being made here, Zhang Xianzhong was already fighting over there. Zhang Xianzhong had already detected the movements of the government troops. His 150,000 troops had already been dressed up, left the camp by the river, and were heading towards the 50,000 government troops.
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Hundreds of thousands of rebel soldiers and horses walked quickly towards this side, bringing with them a cloud of smoke and dust.
Xiong Wencan stood on horseback in front of the entire army, drew his sword and shouted loudly: "Report the emperor's favor to save the people of Li today. All armies go into battle to kill the enemy!"
The command flag behind Xiong Wencan was fluttering, and the order to march was passed to all the armies. More than 40,000 sergeants sang "嚯" loudly, raised their swords and killed the soldiers and horses offering the thieves.
Li Zhi stared at the command flag of the Chinese army. After looking for a long time, he didn't see the flag for the imperial army to go into battle, so he quickly rode to Xiong Wencan and asked.
"Junmen, why don't our troops go to war?"
Xiong Wencan stroked his beard and said: "We have more than 40,000 troops in this battle. We will definitely win. There is no need for guerrilla generals to join the battle. The guerrilla generals will guard the perimeter with 8,000 soldiers and horses. Just don't let other bandit troops enter the battlefield!"
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It turned out that Xiong Wencan had another important use for Li Zhi, and Li Zhi agreed.
The two armies approached quickly, with a distance of three miles, two miles, one mile, and finally collided with each other. They fought with swords, bows and arrows. The army of officers and soldiers gathered together, and their morale was like a rainbow. Zhang Xianzhong had many soldiers and horses and was famous for his bravery. He was also full of confidence.
Not afraid of the officers and soldiers, fighting with more than 40,000 officers and soldiers.
Li Zhi led several officers to ride to a higher hill, raised his binoculars and looked at the battlefield.
Tens of thousands of people were fighting together, and the soldiers and horses from all walks of life were mixed together, making it difficult to see the situation on the battlefield. Fortunately, the officers and soldiers were all wearing red mandarin duck war jackets, and if you look closely, you can see what happened.
At the front of the bandits are hungry soldiers with very poor combat effectiveness.
Mou Wenshou, the forward member of the army, was very brave. He rode a war horse and held a long halberd. He led dozens of servants into the bandit formation and fought back and forth among the bandits. His halberd skills were sharp and his fighting power was very strong. From time to time, he would
He raised his spear to assassinate and chop down the bandits on horseback.
The people fighting against him at the front were the hungry soldiers of the bandits. These hungry soldiers were all miscellaneous soldiers who had surrendered to the thieves for several months. They were armed with spears and wooden sticks and were completely vulnerable to a blow. They were beaten to pieces under the impact of Mou Wenshou.
fallen.
The weapons of those hungry soldiers were very poor, and they didn't even have long swords or broadswords. After all, a furnace of molten iron could make dozens of spear heads, but if it was used to make long swords and broadswords, it could only be a few.
Not long after, some hungry soldiers did not dare to fight anymore and fled behind howling. However, these hungry soldiers did not run for long before they were forced back by the heroic cavalry and the most elite old battalion from behind. The hungry soldiers lingered in front of the brave officers.
Between the army and the fierce old knight camp, it was crumbling.
Next, the central army of the government army came forward. Zuo Liangyu lived up to his reputation. He raised a long-handled sword and led a thousand servants to slam into the hungry soldiers of the bandits.
When the enemy arrived, the hungry soldiers of the bandits were defeated. They immediately dispersed into birds and beasts and fled to the two sides where no one was guarding the formation.
It didn't take long for Zhang Xianzhong's hundreds of thousands of hungry soldiers to escape. Hundreds of thousands of people were running wildly on the battlefield, like the tide breaking at low tide.
The hungry soldiers were defeated, and Zhang Xianzhong must have felt very distressed. Li Zhi raised his telescope to look at Zhang Xianzhong's army, and saw the messengers running around Zhang Xianzhong. Several generals rode into the group of soldiers and horses, leading the infantry, cavalry and cavalry.
The Chinese army greeted the official army.
The official army and Zhang Xianzhong's real soldiers and horses fought together.
At this time, the combat effectiveness of the bandit soldiers should not be underestimated. Although the infantry did not have horses, they were also experienced thieves with many years of experience. Their combat effectiveness was comparable to that of regular soldiers of the official army. And the horse army and heroic cavalry of the bandits were even more experienced with many years of experience.
The troops and horses have the fighting power of the official and army servants. Twenty thousand bandit soldiers faced more than 40,000 official soldiers. The two sides formed formations to fight, and it was difficult to distinguish them for a while.
Mou Wenshou, Zuo Liangyu and others who had just leapt into the formation did not dare to charge too hard at this time. They only dared to fight in front of the formation with their servants, competing with the bandits in formation and sword skills.
Li Zhi held up his binoculars to search in the formation, and saw Chen Hongfan on the north wing forming a formation to fight against the rogue horse army. There were many rogue horses, and the horse army numbered five or six thousand people. At this time, they all gathered on the north wing to attack Chen Hongfan.
, Chen Hongfan’s defense was a bit difficult.
But soon, Huang Degong of the Chinese Army led more than 6,000 soldiers and horses from the Beijing Camp to the north wing to support Chen Hongfan. Huang Degong drank half a jar of rice wine before going to battle in the morning. At this time, he was even more powerful because of the wine. He held a big sword and led
A thousand cavalrymen rushed towards the bandits and cavalry, and led their troops to fight against the bandits. His arrival relieved most of the pressure on Chen Hongfan.
Liu Liangzuo's 3,000 men on the south wing faced off against Zhang Xianzhong's 2,000 knights. Those knights were the elite of the bandits. They all rode high-headed war horses and wore paneled iron armor. They either held horned bows or brandished long-handled weapons.
Liu Liangzuo's troops in Luzhou continued to attack Liu Liangzuo, which made Liu Liangzuo's battle quite difficult. But not long after, Xiong Wencan raised his flag, and the Yunnan deputy general Long Zaitian in the Chinese army led two thousand Yunnan soldiers to the southern flank.
,Help Liu Liangzuo resist the thief's knights.
The two thousand Yunnan soldiers were even equipped with two war elephants. However, these two war elephants did not dare to rush too far under the threat of the bows and arrows of Xian Thief's Cavalry. They just followed other soldiers and horses and swept back and forth on the battle line.
Zhang Xianzhong's 20,000 soldiers and horses faced off against more than 40,000 officers and soldiers, and the killing was inextricable. Xiong Wencan immediately stood behind the two thousand Cantonese soldiers, frowning.
The combat effectiveness of the thieves under Xian Thief's command is really impressive. What was originally thought to be an easy battle now seems to be difficult to end in a short period of time.
Li Zhi held up his binoculars and looked for a while. When he saw the stalemate between the two sides, he couldn't stand it any longer. The regiment commanders behind Li Zhi had expressions on their faces when they saw that the officers and soldiers were fighting so hard against the rebels.
of contempt.
The combat effectiveness of these soldiers of the Ming Dynasty was far different from that of Li Zhi's soldiers and horses. It only took half a cup of tea for the Huben Division to defeat the Xian Thieves and Horses Army a few days ago.
Li Zhi finally couldn't bear it anymore, rode up to Xiong Wencan, and said loudly: "Junmen, the battle situation is now at a stalemate, and the loss of men and horses is in vain. It is better to let the general go around from behind and defeat the thieves' soldiers and horses in one fell swoop."
