The ruthless emperor in the late Ming Dynasty forced Chongzhen to abdicate at the beginning

Chapter 40
"Boys, join the battalion with my handsome horse and capture Li Chuang alive!"

Wu Sangui was also covered in blood, waving a long knife and screaming in excitement.

Outside the big camp, the Chuang army could barely gather 3 people to line up in the camp, and the others were still forming a team in the camp.

There was no way, it was really Wu Sangui who came too fast, from scouting the horse to report the news, to the cavalry approaching the camp, it took less than a quarter of an hour.

In such a short period of time, let alone breaking into the army, no matter how strictly disciplined the army is, it is impossible to assemble an army of 10,000+.

In fact, Li Zicheng made a fatal mistake. Instead of letting Li Guo lead the cavalry to directly intercept him, he should let Li Guo lead the cavalry to occupy the western highlands.

In this case, Wu Sangui would not dare to rush directly to the battalion, but would go to deal with Li Guo's cavalry first, thus buying some time for the infantry.

In the worst case, it would force Wu Sangui to divide his troops, instead of the current situation, not only did not stop Wu Sangui's Guanning iron cavalry, but also buried nearly ten thousand cavalry in vain.

Thousands of cavalry, boundless.

At this moment, looking at the overwhelming cavalry rushing towards them, the minds of the more than 3 rebels who had assembled in a hurry collapsed in an instant, and they fled in all directions.

Even the people in the battalion also fled. It was really a defeat.

"Your Majesty, the situation is completely out of control, let's retreat quickly!"

"Quick! Tie the two prime ministers to the horses, and follow me to the South Camp, and the whole army will fight again!"

If ordinary people see their 10,000+ army herding sheep at once, they will definitely be frightened.

But for Li Zicheng, this kind of scene of defeat like a mountain is really commonplace, and he has long been used to it.

So he also knew how to deal with it. He got on his horse almost immediately, and he didn't forget to bring the two prime ministers with him, and then fled south surrounded by his personal guards.

Little did he know that Wu Sangui was also used to this kind of scene, or that the entire Ming army generals were used to it.

In the past, when the Ming army dealt with the refugee army, it was often the generals who led the elite servants. No matter how many bandits there were, they would directly capture the bandits and kings, and would not let go of the leaders.

At the beginning, the refugee army was poorly equipped and there were not many cavalry. In the field battle, they could not stop the Ming army's fierce generals from charging. No matter how many people there were, they could only run away for their own lives.

And as soon as the leader ran away, the others naturally dispersed as well.

This is why, 11 years ago in Chongzhen, the refugee army was always suppressed and beaten, often as fierce as a tiger. Cao Bianjiao and others, with two or three thousand elite cavalry, were able to defeat 10,000+ bandits.

This situation did not change until the elite cavalry of the Ming army was defeated and the bandit army continued to grow.

So as soon as the enemy army collapsed, Wu Sangui was looking for the big fish. At this moment, he spotted Li Zicheng and others who had escaped at a glance.

Almost without hesitation, he took his three thousand family members to chase after him, and handed over the battlefield to his fourth brother Wu Sanfu to command.

Wu Sangui's three thousand servants are the real elite of Guanning's iron cavalry. Not only do they all wear fine armor, they are skilled in equestrian skills, and they can also ride and shoot.

Everyone is equipped with two good horses, and only these 3000 people can truly compete with the Eight Banners, and dare to wrestle with the Eight Banners cavalry in field battles.

Similarly, these three thousand servants are also Wu Sangui's greatest confidence. With three thousand servants in hand, even if the enemy has a million troops, Wu Sangui dares to fight in and out of him for a few rounds.

This was the case at this moment, Wu Sangui led his family members freely among the rebellious army, cutting off King Chuang's way to retreat to the South Camp, forcing him to continue to flee south.

Later, as the chase got closer and closer, all the big banners and bright yellow cloaks were thrown away, but they still couldn't get rid of Wu Sangui's pursuit.

But here Wu Sanfu started to drive the rout soldiers to attack the South Camp, really like herding sheep.

Wherever you want to flee, you have to flee. Lying on the ground and pretending to be dead, you just trampled to death.

If you run too slowly, those who fall behind often have their heads hit the ground before they even react.

Therefore, countless rout soldiers are scrambling to escape to the south, and no one wants to be left behind. They want to take off any weapons and armor, even their clothes.

The South Camp, where the army broke through, was also unobstructed. When it was attacked by the rout troops, the cavalry rushed to kill them, and the 20 horses could not escape the fate of rout.

Some generals and leaders of the Chuang army saw that the situation was not good, and the life and death of Chuang Wang and his old man were also uncertain, so they got on their horses and fled southward with their confidantes.

But after all, not everyone has a horse to ride.

More than 1 cavalry rushed to kill, the blood flowed into rivers, and the corpses were scattered all over the field. Wu Sanfu took a rest.

Then they surrounded tens of thousands of rout soldiers, and after they were gathered together, they followed the gourd and drew ladles, and leisurely drove them towards the East Camp to kill, but the other rout soldiers didn't care.

At this time, Liu Fangliang had fled back to Dongdaying.

The troops he brought to the battle last night were at least [-], so there were still [-] troops in the battalion.

Back at the camp, there was no time to drink the water, when it was reported that the Southern Camp collapsed, and the Ming army drove the broken soldiers to kill them.

"Oh! I regret that I didn't listen to the advice of the military advisor!"

Liu Fangliang hammered the case and regretted it.

At the beginning, Li Yan suggested that the camps should build some horse-repelling posts and dig a ditch around the periphery, but at the time everyone thought it was unnecessary and didn't bother to listen, but now they are reaping the consequences.

If there is even a horse repelling post on the outskirts of the camp, he will not be afraid of the attack of the rout, or even gather the rout. After all, the opponents are all cavalry and have no infantry.

"Commander, what should we do? Are we preparing for battle or...?"

Everyone looked at Liu Fangliang, completely out of proportion.

"Prepare for a fart battle, send an order, the army will retreat to Tongzhou immediately!"

Liu Fangliang stood up and said with hatred.

Even if 10 troops were taken away from Nan Daying last night, there are still 20 left, which cannot withstand the impact of routs and cavalry, not to mention his 8 troops. The only choice is to take advantage of the opponent's future. Run away quickly, as much as you can escape.

Immediately, the 8 people lost almost all their supplies and rushed to Tongzhou desperately, with no formation at all.

After escaping here, it didn't take long before Wu Sanfu knew about it, and immediately left the rout and chased after him with the cavalry.

It really made the most of the cavalry's advantages.

Seeing that the cavalry had finally left, the fifty or sixty thousand rout soldiers who had been driven collapsed to the ground one by one, unwilling to move.

Obviously exhausted to the extreme.

"Zhou Aiqing, hurry up, send someone to take over the surrender and clean up the battlefield."

Zhu Cihong has been paying attention to the battles outside the city, and he was very excited to see that Wu Sangui really brought Guan Ning's iron cavalry to kill them in time, and the Chuang army he killed was completely defeated.

But besides the excitement, it was also shocking. Wu Sangui had only 10,000 cavalry, and he directly killed hundreds of thousands of Chuangjun troops. What if the Eight Banners had [-]+ cavalry?

At this moment, Zhu Cihong finally realized the power and great role of the ancient cavalry.

There is no comparison between infantry and firearms soldiers.

Because only the cavalry can expand the results of the battle infinitely.

Only then can the three battalions be broken in one day, and hundreds of thousands of enemies can be defeated.

Zhou Yuji naturally also understood that those rout soldiers were exhausted, and there was no threat at all, so he immediately led people to kill them, obviously he had already made preparations.

Sure enough, when the rout soldiers saw someone fighting out of the city, they didn't care how many people were there. After realizing that they were all infantry, those who still had the strength got up and fled south one after another, and those who couldn't run knelt on the ground.

In the end, more than [-] people were captured.

There is no way, it is too difficult for infantry to capture prisoners.

If these rout soldiers had not been exhausted by the cavalry, I am afraid that 3 people would not be able to catch them.

After all, the surroundings of the capital are endlessly open.

(End of this chapter)