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Chapter 530 Brother Li Suspects Erhu?

Li Zicheng sat in the military tent and looked at Zhang Nai suspiciously, "You said that the two tigers were released by Zhang Cheng?"

"Yes, Uncle Erhu is fine, but his complexion is pale. He seems to be too tired. Just now he said that he was released by Zhang Cheng from Xuanzhen."

Zhang Nai went on to say: "I was afraid that King Chuang would be worried, so I rushed to report the news. When I came, Master Liu, the chief sentry, was gone and was chatting with Uncle Erhu."

Li Zicheng nodded and said: "You go back first, tell Erhu to rest well, and don't worry about other things."

Zhang Nai just left here, and the chief sentry Liu Zongmin strode over. After entering the military tent, he came to the table first, poured himself a glass of water and drank it in one gulp, and then said to King Chuang: "Brother Li, this piece of paper is not sincere." Simple!"

Li Zicheng didn't speak, just looked at Liu Zongmin and signaled him to continue, Liu Zongmin took another sip of water, and then said: "I just came from Erhu's side, and it was indeed Zhang Cheng who let Erhu go."

He sat down and continued: "That Zhang Cheng is really big-hearted. He actually wanted to subdue the two tigers, and he is still here to play seven captures of Meng Huo for our father!"

Only then did Li Zicheng take up the words and said, "What did the two tigers say?"

Liu Zongmin seemed very thirsty. He picked up the kettle and poured water for Li Zicheng, then poured himself another bowl, and said, "Er Hu said that the officers and soldiers in the north of the city are not simple. They are different from other officers and soldiers. The army formation is well-organized, and both offensive and defensive can advance and retreat in sequence.

Moreover, Erhu also said that many officers and soldiers in this group wore armor, not only cavalry, but even infantry mostly wore armor, and even those officers and soldiers who played guns also wore leather breastplates and iron helmets, and bow and arrow throwing did not pose much threat to them. "

Li Zicheng seemed to be deep in thought, he suddenly asked: "Er Hu didn't say anything, so what benefits did Zhang Cheng promise him in Xuanzhen?"

Liu Zongmin was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Ha, I'm so stingy, I just told Erhu to follow him and work for the dog court, and he might seal his wife and son in the future."

He took a big sip of water, and continued: "The old dog Yang Sichang didn't come to appease us, at least he gave it to a general or a guerrilla, but Zhang Cheng just drew a big pancake for Erhu. "

Speaking of this, Liu Zongmin seemed to feel something. He looked at Li Zicheng with a little doubt in his eyes, lowered his voice and asked quietly: "Brother Li, are you suspicious of Erhu..."

"Er Hu is an old brother of you and me. Tong Guanyuan didn't have two hearts when it was so difficult, so how could I doubt him?"

Li Zicheng got up and continued: "The chariot formation in the northwest of the city, I waited several times to attack today, but it was unsuccessful. I think it is not only a tight chariot formation and sharp guns, but what is even more rare is that its army is well-organized and can be as powerful as an arm. Using the fingers in general, not only is the order unified, but also quite forbearing.

We only fire guns when our army is seventy or eighty paces closer. No matter how tempting you are, there is no one who shoots guns without authorization. This is different from the officers and soldiers we have encountered before. The generation of good jade is even more difficult to deal with. "

Liu Zongmin nodded and said, "This Xuanzhen Zhang Cheng's army is really difficult to deal with. Maybe only the cavalry of our old battalion can fight against it."

"The cavalry is our foundation, so we can't spend all of it on Zhang Cheng. It's not easy to fight with him today, just withdraw our troops and go to him."

Li Zicheng walked towards the curtain of the military tent, and said: "When the more than [-] troops newly recruited in the west of Henan come out of drills in the next year, even if it is hard work, we will have to wear out Zhang Cheng's mere thousands of people to death! "

He turned back and said to Liu Zongmin: "I'll send someone to call Mr. Niu, the military adviser and Mr. Li over here, let's discuss how to retreat tomorrow."

Liu Zongmin had just finished chatting with him about Liu Tichun, and now he heard that he was going to call Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance, Li Yan and other newcomers to discuss matters. For some reason, he felt a little unhappy in his heart.

But he didn't reveal anything, he just said lightly: "Call Ming Yuan over, and Erhu will rest for a while, he is more familiar with the army in the north, so call him over too.

It just so happens that dinner is all here! "

Naturally, Li Zicheng would not object, so he immediately sent his own soldiers to call for them.

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In the north of Kaifeng City, after Zhang Cheng sent away Gao Mingheng, Liang Bing and other officials in Kaifeng City, he called the generals of the battalions to discuss matters.

According to rough statistics, nearly 3000 thieves were killed and wounded in the First World War today, and nearly [-] thieves were captured, and less than [-] people were rescued from starvation.

In the north of the city, Liu Tichun and Waguanzi together had 6000 rebel soldiers, but after days of filling trenches and digging the city, nearly [-] people were injured.

Since then, more than a thousand people were killed in the fight with Zhang Cheng's troops, and hundreds of wounded soldiers were also ordered by Zhang Cheng to give up treatment because of their serious injuries, and they were beheaded. thief.

In this way, the 6000 rebels were defeated by Zhang Cheng in the first battle, and there were nearly 4000 hungry people in the north of the city. They filled trenches and dug the city with heavy casualties. There are only less than [-] people.

However, Zhang Cheng's troops did not suffer much in this battle. First, they attacked suddenly and caught the bandits by surprise;

But there are some problems. After all, it is the first time to experience such a big battle. Some sergeants will inevitably feel a little nervous when they first enter the battle. It is said that the misfire rate of the firecrackers is obviously higher than the usual training.

Moreover, the cooperation between gunmen and shield soldiers is not bad, but the tactical connection between pikemen and gunmen needs to be improved. It is obvious that there is not enough tacit understanding, and the cooperation is not very good.

Therefore, the cavalry under Zhang Cheng did not suffer much losses. After all, they had been wandering and harassing. Most of the cavalry did not actually engage in battle with the rebels, but only a dozen or so horses were injured by the rebels' bows and arrows.

In addition, when the heavy cavalry attacked the crockpot bandit formation, several cavalry officers were seriously injured by the horses, and fell off the horses and suffered some minor injuries. There were less than 20 injuries in the entire cavalry, and most of them were minor injuries.

The casualties of the infantry were not too great. Only 97 soldiers were killed in this battle, and most of the more than [-] injured were non-fatal minor injuries.

In addition, in addition to beheading and capturing the bandit soldiers, they also captured less than 87 war horses, 120 mules and horses, thousands of spears and spears, more than [-] shields, and [-] pieces of waist knives, hatchets, iron bones, etc. Remain.

But there are not many armors. There are less than 7 sets of armor among the more than [-] bandit soldiers, but nearly [-] taels of silver were found. .

Old thieves like them like to carry silver with them, and the old thief Crock Pot himself has nearly ten thousand silver in his private possession, and the grain and grain are less than 200 shi.

(End of this chapter)