Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 265 Liu Zongmin's first battle with Yang Zhan

It is different from the history, because knowing that Auntie Zhu led one hundred thousand soldiers to go down the river eastward, Li Zicheng was afraid of being blocked by Auntie Zhu, and ended up being flanked by the Qing army and the Ming army.

He let Bai Wang and other Dashun's troops in Jingxiang, and a small number of troops withdrawn from Shaanxi and Henan to Huguang stay in Xiangyang to resist the chasing Qing army.

Originally, Li Zicheng thought that if Aimee Zhu and Zuo Liangyu hadn't fought, he would have followed Aimee Zhu's message in Jiangling earlier and resisted the Qing army in Jingxiang.

But when he learned that Aimee Zhu was fighting with Zuo Liangyu, he thought he had an opportunity to take advantage of.

So he personally led the 10,000+ troops who had gathered in Jingzhou a long time ago, first broke through the Qianjiang River, and then went down to Hanchuan.

If there is a chance, he still wants to take Jiangnan as the foundation of Dashun.

After all, if he was confined to Jingxiang by the Qing and Ming armies, it would be like what Song Xiance said in Jingmen before, and he would have no chance to compete for the world.

It's just that he actually has a deep fear of Aimee Zhu in his heart - don't look at how confident he is in front of Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance and other subordinates, he is actually very worried that he will lose in the first battle of Wuchang.

If only Wuchang lost, he was even more afraid that Xiangyang would not be able to defend, then he would have no place to advance or retreat.

At that point, I am afraid that even if he wants to choose one side to surrender, he will have no way out. Jieshi is afraid that the only way to die in battle is his destination.

Out of these considerations, even though he is currently in Hanchuan, Li Zicheng is still concerned about the situation in Xiangyang.

It's a pity that even if there is a direct waterway from Xiangyang to Hanchuan, it will take a day or two for the news to be delivered.

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noon the next day.

Liu Zongmin's troops, who were walking south of the Hanshui River, met Yang Zhan's troops stationed outside Hanyang Town first.

At this time, Yang Zhan led not only the third town of the border defense army, but also two battalions of the fourth town of the border defense army, with a total of 9000 people.

Liu Zongmin led more than 6000 soldiers and horses, of which more than 2 were the elite Shun army, and the remaining [-] were considered soldiers who dared to fight.

Of course, the elites of the Shun Army mentioned here are only slightly stronger than the elites of the original Daxi Army and Zuo Army.

As for the real warriors, there are only more than 1000 soldiers around Liu Zongmin.

Because Liu Zongmin was not injured in the battle of Tongguan as in history, and now he leads more troops than Yang Zhan, so after the encounter between the two sides, Liu Zongmin has the confidence to win the battle.

He climbed to a high place, looked at Yang Zhan's army formation outside Hanyang Town, and smiled at the guards and generals on the left and right: "This group of Ming troops saw that the formation was indeed much stricter than the ordinary Ming army. Get elite.

But so what?Back then, Sun Chuanting was so powerful that all the elite soldiers he trained on the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu were defeated by them.

They can even fight with the Qing army. Although they have not won a big victory, they can win and lose each other in small battles.

And the Ming army in front of you is either from Sichuan or from the south, and it is definitely not as powerful as the northern Ming army.

Seeing that there are quite a lot of armor, but in the end they will definitely become our spoils of war.Do you think so? "

Although Liu Zongmin's remarks were of average level, they were necessary speeches to boost morale before the war. Of course, the left and right would not let him stand in the cold, and immediately responded one by one.

"Yes, Marquis Ru is right. Eighty percent of these Ming soldiers are embroidered pillows. They look glamorous, but they will collapse once they are fought."

"We have all been fighting for more than ten years, and we are old enough to fight. How can we be afraid of these Ming troops in the south?"

"Ru Hou, hurry up and order the war. This time, the officers and soldiers will surely kill dogs, cry for their fathers and mothers, kneel down and surrender, and then let them strip off their armor and clothes by themselves!"

"Haha, don't the Ming army want to bask in birds?"

"Hahaha···"

Loud laughter spread from the generals gathered around Liu Zongmin, and the surrounding soldiers of the Shun Army felt more relaxed when they heard it.

Fighting against the Ming army, not only the generals of the Shun army have confidence, but ordinary soldiers also have confidence.

Coupled with the fact that Ma Jinzhong and Wang Yuncheng's [-] to [-] troops had been defeated in Qianjiang before, the Shun army still had a psychological advantage against the Ming army at this time.

Seeing that the morale of the army was available, Liu Zongmin immediately ordered drums to start the war.

As for Li Zicheng's order to find an opportunity to attack Hanyang Town from the flank after reaching the river, he understood it this way: the Ming army only had less than 2 people, but he had more than 3 "elite soldiers". Best chance.

If there is no fight at this time, a good opportunity will be lost when the Ming army reinforces Hanyang Town.

In terms of tactics, Liu Zongmin chose the simplified variant of the "three walls" tactic.

Spread the three thousand cavalry into three platoons, and charge in an extremely loose formation—since he knew that the Ming army had many guns, it was naturally impossible for Liu Zongmin to let the cavalry charge intensively.

In the back, more than 1 elite infantry were arranged, divided into three tiers, and followed the cavalry to rush forward, also forming a relatively loose formation.

Each of the two wings arranged [-] partial divisions, either to interfere with the Ming army's mobilization, or to find an opportunity to break into the Ming army's position.

As for the remaining more than 1 soldiers and horses, apart from the rangers scattered for warning, the previous 3000-strong supervisory team was used as a reserve army.

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With the beating of the war drums of the Shun Army, more than 3000 Shun Army cavalry rushed to the Ming Army's position immediately.

Although Huguang is densely covered with water networks and lakes, the battle between the two armies outside Hanyang Town can barely allow the cavalry to charge.

Although these 3000 cavalrymen of the Shun Army were not elite cavalry capable of riding and shooting, they could also slash and kill on horseback.

Yang Zhan knew that these cavalrymen must not be charged in the face, so he saw that the Shunjun cavalrymen had rushed within two miles, and ordered the artillerymen of the battalion's fourth sentinel, which had been hit temporarily, to fire.

Now an artillery post of the border guards is equipped with 10 bright artillery pieces, so amidst the roaring sound of the artillery, 40 shells were fired.

These artillery shells are all explosive shells, either exploding in the air or on the ground. Even if the cavalry of the Shun army wore armor and felt on their horses, as long as they were within the range of the fragments of the explosive shells, they would not be spared.

Although the formation of the Shunjun cavalry was loose, after this round of shells, there were still dozens of cavalry who fell off their horses.

And because it was the first time that the war horses and cavalry of the Shun army had encountered a large-scale bombardment attack, two or three hundred horses of the cavalry lost control on the spot and ran rampant as they rushed forward.

Seeing this scene from a distance, Liu Zongmin couldn't help frowning, and said, "How could this happen?!"

He recalled carefully that those who were captured by the Ming army in Jiangling mentioned that the army under the command of Princess Jian Guo not only had sharp guns, but also used a lot of explosive bullets, and he also described the power of explosive bullets to them.

But neither Li Zicheng nor he thought that dozens of bombs falling together and exploding would have such a big impact on the charging cavalry.

I saw that as the two or three hundred out-of-control cavalry ran around, more and more cavalry were affected, and their charging speed slowed down.

At this time, Liu Zongmin was not good enough to order the troops to retreat, and he was not reconciled.

Because the front cavalry had rushed to a place more than a hundred steps away from the Ming army formation.

Immediately afterwards, something happened that made Liu Zongmin want to scold his mother.

I saw that many Shunjun cavalry who rushed to the front fell down inexplicably.

He is an old man who has fought battles, and he can tell at a glance that the Ming army dug many hidden horse pits before the formation!
'The amount is careless! '

With a dark face, Liu Zongmin immediately ordered Ming Jin to withdraw his troops.

At this time, it was a good thing for the Shunjun cavalry to slow down because they were frightened by the flowering bullets, which meant that they could retreat better.

But the hundreds of riders who had rushed to the front of the Ming army were not so lucky.

Even if they didn't fall into a horse pit, the Ming army would shoot them to death with muskets and the front of the formation, and if they occasionally rushed into the formation, the Ming saber players would be killed or captured.

When the Shun army retreated, the Ming army sword players went out to chase after them.

But Yang Zhan knew that the three-wall tactic of the Shun army could lure the enemy into deep when retreating, and then turn the defeat into victory with the elite infantry in the rear.

Besides, he could see clearly with the binoculars that although Shun's army retreated, they retreated in a very orderly manner, obviously maintaining the ability to counterattack at any time.

Therefore, when the knives and poker players in front chased for nearly a mile, Yang Zhan ordered in time to call back the troops.

Although the soldiers of the Ming army were eager to make contributions, none of them dared to disobey the military order and all retreated.

This made Liu Zongmin both surprised and hated.

"Who is this Ming army general surnamed Yang? Seeing that they are retreating, they can't help but not pursue them? What the hell is the difference between seeing a woman take off her clothes?"

(End of this chapter)