The wind rises at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 7 Li Zicheng

Under the big black banner, wearing a red hat and armor, Li Zicheng looked dignified.

Looking down from the slope, the cavalry of the Ming army had no more than a hundred cavalry, but they defeated the thousand cavalry and three thousand infantry he had arranged on the left wing of the official road in an instant.

"His grandma's!"

Liu Zongmin threw the felt hat on his head to the ground and cursed angrily.

"Huantianxing and Mantianxing are two idiots, when they talk, they want to break the sky, but when they fight, they are such idiots!"

Liu Zongmin couldn't remain calm like Li Zicheng.

"The formation of more than 4000 people was dispersed by less than 100 people. What kind of battle is this fighting!"

Li Zicheng glanced sideways at Guo Tianxing Hui Dengxiang and Xie Zikuai Tuo Yangkun who were standing next to him.

Guotianxing Huideng's face turned red, obviously because he was angry. Huntianxing and Mantianxing were his subordinates, and Liu Zongmin's words were slapping him in the face in front of everyone.

Anyway, he is also one of the thirteen families, with the same status as Gao Yingxiang, and Li Zicheng's status is not as good as him. Liu Zongmin is just a general under Li Zicheng's command, and he dared to lose face.

It's just that the [-]-strong army was defeated by the cavalry of less than a hundred in one encounter, leaving him speechless.

Scorpion Kuai Tuo Yangkun didn't look sideways, as if he didn't hear Liu Zongmin's scolding.

Like Li Zicheng, he was under Gao Yingxiang's command, and he was not the one being scolded, so he would naturally be pretending to be deaf and dumb.

"Zong Min."

Li Zicheng raised his whip, frowned slightly, and shouted in a deep voice.

Liu Zongmin was furious at first, when he heard someone calling his name, he followed the reputation with anger, and when he saw that it was Li Zicheng who called him, he could only restrain his anger.

"There is something wrong with the officers and soldiers of this battalion. The thief in the lead will not be an ordinary person. This battle will not be blamed for mixing with Tianxing and Guotianxing."

Li Zicheng immediately stepped forward to smooth things over, but he didn't reprimand Liu Zongmin.

Liu Zongmin snorted a few times, although his face was still a little upset, but Li Zicheng had already spoken, he didn't dare to say any more, and stood behind Li Zicheng.

Prime Minister Hui Deng's face softened a little, he squinted at Liu Zongmin who was not far away, and did not do any other unnecessary things.

Although he is one of the thirteen families, and his status is higher than Li Zicheng, but in the final analysis, everything is based on strength.

Hong Chengchou led the troops in pursuit all the way, and his generals lost a lot. Li Zicheng and Tuo Yangkun belonged to the camp of Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang, and Tuoyangkun's decisions were mostly made by Li Zi. It is Li Zicheng, not him.

"No matter how brave the thief general is, there is only one man and a hundred cavalrymen. This time we have gathered [-] troops from the three divisions. Even Cao Zhi, big and small, will have to suffer today."

Li Zicheng narrowed his eyes slightly, looking at the chaotic left wing, far away, he couldn't see the general's banner clearly.

However, judging from its shape, I am afraid that it is either the chief soldier or the general. Among the officers and soldiers, there are many brave men, especially those frontier generals from Liaodong and Jizhen who are especially good at riding and fighting, and their armor is strong and their blades are sharp.

On the left wing, he left five hundred fine cavalry for his nephew Li Guo to guard, and also allocated seven or eight tiger squatting cannons and a lot of firecrackers for him, in order to guard against the impact of the officers and soldiers.

Occupying a good location, no matter how you say it, is enough to stabilize the situation, and the officers and soldiers cannot attack.

"Zong Min, I'll give you a thousand cavalrymen to help the right wing and entangle those cavalrymen."

The military situation was on fire, and Li Zicheng didn't waste time, but he had already thought of a countermeasure in an instant.

"Don't worry, big brother, I'm going to chop off the head of that general!"

Liu Zongmin had already been gearing up for a long time, and couldn't hold back, he immediately responded.

What kind of nicknames are Huntianxing and Mantianxing, and the ambush is so annoying.

"Just entangle the officers and soldiers, don't do anything superfluous."

Li Zicheng glanced sideways at Liu Zongmin, then lowered his voice.

Hearing Li Zicheng's sinking voice, Liu Zongmin also knew how to measure, so he calmed down immediately, took the military order and went straight down the mountain.

The sound of horseshoes was loud, and Li Zicheng rode his horse and walked a few steps forward to get a panoramic view of the overall situation.

The left-wing forward troops on the left of the officers and soldiers have all been disintegrated, and the morale of the forward cavalry has also been beaten to the bottom, and they dare not confront the officers and soldiers.

The cavalry of the Ming army crossed the entire left wing like sharp knives, and they were driving the broken soldiers to charge around.

On the official road, gunpowder smoke filled the air, and the sound of firecrackers and tiger squatting cannons also rang out. The Ming army infantry had stabilized the army formation and began to fight back with tiger squatting cannons and firecrackers.

The tiger squatting cannon does not cause much damage to armored units from a long distance, but it is undoubtedly a big killer for hungry people without armor.

The Ming army's infantry above the official road had already formed a tight formation, with forest-like spears protruding from the formation, like hedgehogs, unable to speak at all.

The standard spears of the Ming army infantry are generally about one foot two feet five inches. The infantry under his command have messy weapons, and the Ming army soldiers form an army formation because the spear commander has a great advantage in the battle.

Even if it is forced by the old soldiers who supervised the battle, they can't make them attack the army of officers and soldiers who have been arranged with short soldiers.

Li Zicheng led the horses forward slowly. The officers and soldiers were obviously about to enter the encirclement, but for some reason they suddenly lined up, as if they had discovered an ambush, so that this extremely embarrassing scene appeared.

If they enter the encirclement, where the terrain is not suitable for galloping war horses, this kind of cleanup will not occur.

Even if they can win this time, they will probably lose a lot of troops and pay a high price.

In the distance, the cavalry of the Ming army had begun to retreat at this time, and began to form again.

"First break the left wing, then hit the right wing, and then cover the troops to retreat slowly."

Li Zicheng saw it clearly, and he also knew what the general of the official army wanted to do.

Now the left wing is in chaos, although Li Guo has already organized his troops, but it will take a lot of time to stop the chaos.

The official army general is gathering his servants again, preparing to break the siege of the right wing again.

It has to be said that the general of the officer and army is not only brave, but also knows the art of war. If he is really allowed to defeat the right-wing cavalry.

The infantry of the Ming army can safely retreat backwards. When they evacuate to the plains, their infantry form a large formation, line up the formation, and then attack it, it will be much more difficult.

and……

Li Zicheng turned his head to look down the mountain on the other side.

It is impossible to hide the movement here from the foot of the mountain. I am afraid that the forward cavalry of officers and soldiers who rushed to the front has already discovered something is wrong.

He sent nearly 3000 people to Qiutou Town to lure the enemy, including more than [-] cavalry and [-] infantry. It was originally to lure the enemy into a false defeat, but it turned into a real defeat.

If it weren't for him to send another thousand cavalry to rush to help, I'm afraid it would have turned into a rout in the end.

But just like that, the [-] cavalry of the officer army still maintained a strong suppressive force, chasing the more than [-] cavalry under his command, and they were completely crushed in a head-on confrontation.

"Could it be that we really met Xiaocao..."

Although Li Zicheng made bold words, he said that even Cao Zhi, big and small, would have to hold grudges today.

It's just the name of the person, the shadow of the tree, no one in the 36th Battalion is really willing to confront Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao.

Li Zicheng looked deeply, staring at the cavalry of officers and soldiers who had reassembled on the official road.

His expression changed many times in a row, and finally he raised the blue command flag in his hand.

This is no longer the time to hide.

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The word "silly dick" was first recorded in Yuan Dynasty Ma Zhiyuan's play "Midnight Thunder Booms and Recommends the Blessing Monument"

In the Ming Dynasty, one foot was 32cm, and the spear was one foot, two feet and five inches, about four meters

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