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Chapter 268 Li Zicheng: Destined to be a Cyclops

As Li Zicheng led the main force of his absolute confidantes to launch a desperate charge, the pressure on the opposing government army and the Chinese army also suddenly increased.

The threat of flying crossbows has gradually approached Shen Shuren himself,

Some crossbow arrows landed at his feet, although there were several layers of guards with big iron shields in front of him, and three layers of carts with guards.
Therefore, these crossbow arrows were either bounced off by the shield or pierced into the wooden plank, so it was definitely impossible to injure Shen Shuren himself.

But some officers around him still broke out in a cold sweat, and persuaded them one after another: "Master Futai! You'd better get on board!"

Shen Shuren resolutely refused: "I'm not going anywhere, I have confidence in your guards, don't you have confidence in yourself! The key to today's battle is that absolutely no one can board the ship!

The warship only needs to be responsible for supporting and bombarding him with red cannons and crossbows!It is not for the soldiers on the shore to escape for their lives!I am no exception!Never board the boat! "

He knew very well that when Han Xin was fighting against the water, Han Xin himself was also in the army. At this time, the momentum is the first.

Whether it is to be put to death, or to really fall into death, is just a matter of thought.

It is rare for Zuo Zixiong to be flexible, and he tried to persuade him in a different way: "After you get on the ship, you can continue to leave the flags and flags where they are, and the friendly soldiers in the distant formations will not know! They think you If you stick to your spot and share the joys and sorrows with the soldiers, your morale will not be damaged!"

Shen Shuren's face was serious, and he said coldly: "But you know! There are thousands of confidantes around here who know!"

Some things can be hidden for a while, but not for long.

Once someone wavers, sooner or later it will be contagious.It might take a quarter of an hour, maybe half an hour, but who knows.

Zuo Zixiong had never seen Shen Shuren so resolute, he was at a loss for words for a while, he was shocked by it, and did not persuade him any more.

He just swallowed a mouthful of saliva and changed his words: "Then I will request that all the Frang machines in the Chinese army's car formation be changed to bombarding forward! Don't cross the left and right sides anymore!
The flag formation of the Chinese army is no small matter, we can't pursue to stick to the enemy here and kill more enemies, as long as we use all means to scare the enemy away and force them back!Moreover, Li Zicheng's flag array seems to be moving forward. After we turn the muzzle, we can shoot in Li Zicheng's direction with all our strength! "

Different parts of the military formation have different values ​​and tactical goals to be achieved, of course.

Some military formations are used for consumption. It is necessary to set up some seemingly flawed points to seduce the enemy to invest more, and then cross fire to reap human lives.

Some are confidantes, and they only need to be stable. Even if they scare the enemy away and can't kill more, it can be considered as achieving the goal.

Shen Shuren nodded his head to this request, but at the end of the day, he added another sentence: "It is allowed to adjust the fire target, but it is still only allowed to use shotgun shells, at most shotgun shells with a stock, and solid bullets are not allowed!"

Zuo Zixiong looked puzzled: "Why? Although solid bullets kill fewer people, what if Li Zicheng is killed?"

Shen Shuren didn't explain much: "Don't gamble on luck! Safety is the first priority! You also said that the purpose of turning the muzzle is to scare the intruders from throwing all their eggs at our Chinese army, not to bet on whether we can kill Li Zicheng. Don't pin your victory or defeat on those On the illusory and accidental factors!"

Zuo Zixiong thought about it, and thought it made sense, so he resolutely carried it out.

But Shen Shuren actually had other ideas about this - what he needed was the most certain pain and fear of Li Zicheng, not the risk-return of either making a huge profit or preserving capital.

Moreover, what if the solid ammo was used and a super lucky bet was made, and Li Zicheng himself was caught by the shot?A solid iron bullet is definitely stronger than the stone in the martial arts drama where Yang Guo pierces through four shield-raising guards and then kills Mengge Khan. Even if Li Zicheng has guards in front of him, it is impossible to block it, so he is dead. up.

If Li Zicheng died, Shen Shuren's game would be set to this point, who else would kill Chongzhen?Help Shen Shuren control Daming?

In contrast, shrapnel shells with bullet holders can easily be blocked by several layers of solid shields. At most, a few shrapnel can penetrate through the gaps in the shield array, but these small pieces of iron sand and lead are probably not fatal.

Under such different considerations, between the Chinese armies of the two sides, sparks hit the earth like knives piercing into flesh, guns and guns spattering blood, and the collision soon burst apart.

There are many heavy armored cavalry in the Chuangjun army, and they are also rolling and swearing to the death. They are not afraid of life and death at all.

Even if he was stabbed to death like a hornet's nest or shot to death, he still had to rely on the inertia of his heavy body to kill several officers and soldiers on the opposite side, unless he was stopped by the army's car formation, smashed a few wooden boards, and knocked over the ground. You can only stop after turning over a car.

And because the artillery firepower of the officers and soldiers only adjusted their direction temporarily, the last desperate charge of the intruder cavalry was not decisively blocked by heavy firepower at the beginning, and one of them was caught and shot closer. Chance--

When the artillery is facing the left and right directions, when the shotgun is used for crossfire, it is not completely free of cost.The most obvious price is that the range of the artillery will be shortened, because if it is fired obliquely, it will definitely not be able to shoot as far forward as it is perpendicular to the front line.

This leads to the fact that if the cavalry is fired forward, the cavalry may already be threatened by firepower three or four hundred paces away, but the firepower density is relatively low, and so far, only single-headed solid bullets can be used, even if it forms a ricochet. Can't kill a few people.After firing sideways, the cavalry approached within a hundred steps before encountering artillery fire.

This also gave Li Zicheng's central army an illusion that they rushed smoothly along the way, only to be violently blocked at the last moment. At this time, even if they wanted to retreat, they could not retreat, and they dared not retreat.

If you retreat, you will only suffer twice and suffer twice. It is better to fight forward, and only after you break through can you survive.

Dead and alive!

When Zuo Zixiong's order was gradually conveyed to the front row, and all the artillery of the officers and soldiers adjusted their direction, they would rather kill less and shoot forward to better deter the enemy.
It can't be pulled apart at all, at most it can only block the speed of the army's input after breaking into the army.

But no matter how effective the artillery unit can be, the melee units of the official army are always determined to die. Even if the front row is hit by the cavalry and dies together, the dead body is incomplete, the back row is still on the top, using long spears , Bayonet stabbed at the cavalry who landed on the ground,
Even if the opponent has broken a tendon and broken a bone, or even directly broke his neck and died, he still has to frantically make up five or six shots.The two sides are most fearless of death and most loyal to the direct line troops of the commander, just slashing at each other to exchange lives.

After the bloody stalemate continued for a while, as Zuo Zixiong dispatched all the Flang machines of the Chinese army in place and resumed the continuous firepower for about two cups of tea, the Chuangjun finally began to show weak successors and backup forces. A disjointed situation.

Although the front team is still entangled with the officers and soldiers, there is no need to worry about being hurt by indiscriminate firepower, but it is nothing but water without a source, relying only on a bloody courage, regardless of the overall situation, slashing and fighting wildly.

Shen Shuren's face was ashen all the time, and he secretly watched the battle with binoculars through the gaps in the big iron shields of the guards. Until this moment, he relaxed a little.

After holding on for another cup of tea, the situation on the battlefield finally ushered in a complete reversal.

"Our reinforcements are here! Zongbing Zhang's navy has arrived!" Several formations on the left wing of the downstream government army were the first to burst out with a roar of shouts like a mountain roar and a tsunami, and their morale suddenly skyrocketed.

More than [-] naval marines came here from Huaihe River and Yingchuan River. Led by Zhang Mingzhen, they arrived from the lower reaches in nearly a hundred large sand boats.

Naturally, this navy does not bring many melee units, but there is absolutely no shortage of crossbowmen and small cannons in the fleet, and there are also some musketeers, which are the backbone of Daming's coastal defense.

The surface of the Yingchuan River is only tens of feet wide. Once these warships can approach and shoot, especially attack from the rear of the Chuangjun who besieged the south wing of the official army's Keyue formation, and carry out fire suppression and shooting.

Breaking into the southernmost flank of the army will soon be shaken, and even show a tendency to collapse.

As batches of hundreds of invading soldiers screamed and fell to death in the rain of bullets and arrows, Liu Fangliang, who was in charge of the battlefield on the southern wing, had to temporarily retreat the troops on one side and leave the river bank a hundred steps away. Above, don't try to attack the officers and soldiers in a roundabout way, just attack from the front.

After losing the pressure on one side of the officers and soldiers on the southern front, the situation became more stable immediately.

In addition, in order to intercept the food road of the Chen County official army, the Chuang army also organized some navy troops, but the warships were relatively shabby, either small boats or temporary rafts, which could only be used to cooperate with artificial reefs and hidden pile fortifications use.

In today's battle, these small boats were also forced to be used to harass the backs of the officers and soldiers arrayed along the river.Although the small boat lacked shelter, the invading soldiers could only pile a few sandbags and wooden boards on the side of the boat to avoid arrows and lead bullets, but at least it could distract the attention of the officers and soldiers, making them have to beware of their backs.

At this moment, with the arrival of the official navy of the official army, they are still downstream of the battlefield, and there are no hidden reefs or hidden piles to rely on to escape. In embarrassment, they abandoned the ship and landed, scattered like birds and beasts.

Under the double blessing and blow of one positive and one negative, the morale of the officers and soldiers is even stronger, while the Chuang army on the opposite side is obviously on the verge of further decline and exhaustion.

"Why! Why don't these dog officers' soldiers retreat! Why don't they jump into the river and escape to the boat! Bring down the whole formation! God damn dog officer!"

The direct descendants of the Chinese army around Li Zicheng have also been killed in batches under such consumption, but the enemy on the opposite side remains as motionless as a mountain.

Li Zicheng's nerves were finally tense to the brink of collapse.

"Your Majesty, retreat! This officer's army can't move at all! The officer's Francophones are all bombarded here. It's too dangerous for you to stay here. Dozens of our brothers who guarded us with shields have died! Officer's army All the big ships are coming to support the artillery fire!"

Li Zicheng's confidant and nephew Li Guo begged for persuasion, desperately trying to pull Li Zicheng back.

"I won't retreat! I won't retreat! Put up a shield! Just put up a few more shields! Give me the Chinese army who vowed to break through the dog officer!"

Between the words, another seven or eight solid shells from the Hongyi cannon flew towards them, bounced off the ground, jumped wildly, and plowed a few bloody paths in the middle of the army. It was obviously fired by Zhang Mingzhen's naval warship.

Zhang Mingzhen did not receive Shen Shuren's order "not to use solid bullets". Of course, he used his own tactics to direct the navy's operations, and the large ships on the Yingchuan River were far away from the battlefield, so they couldn't use shotguns. Otherwise, it is easy to spray your own people.

Only solid iron bullets can attack from the top and hit the middle army who is one or two miles away.

It's just that the number of shells is too small, and it is impossible to gamble on the probability of directly hitting Li Zicheng himself. The nearest one also flew over 20 steps away from Li Zicheng, plowing a path of blood.

But this was enough to create chaos in Li Zicheng's army. The shield guards were clumsy on the left and right, and they didn't know which side to block like headless chickens.

Li Zicheng was still there stubbornly, stalemate for about half a cup of tea, finally sinking in the direction of Shuren's central army formation, another piece of Flanger's flick-top shrapnel flew towards him,
The projectile in the barrel, pushed by the support, kept flying for a hundred or two hundred steps without dispersing, which greatly reduced the deceleration effect of air resistance and achieved a flight distance that would never be possible for unsupported shotgun.

In addition, there are hundreds of heavy-duty turtledove guns, carrying two taels of gunpowder each, and two single-headed lead bullets of one or two weights each, continuously shooting in this direction, and they have already been harvested. There are many guards around Li Zicheng.

This kind of lead bullet weighing one or two, even if it is two or three hundred steps away, it is impossible to block it with a solid thick wooden shield.It's just that it was possible to rely on the method of replacing one up with one guard after death, and continue to consume to ensure Li Zicheng's own safety.It's just that after many deaths, it is inevitable that there will be a gap for handover and replacement.

Following another roar, Li Zicheng, who was like a mad tiger, suddenly let out a loud howl and fell off his horse.

"Protect the King..."

Countless guards didn't know what was going on, they just pressed on.

"I'm fine! I'm not hurt! I'm not...uh!!"

Li Zicheng really wanted to be like Liu Bang, who said that the arrow in his chest was an arrow in his toe, but the blood splattered all over his face, so he couldn't control himself very quickly, and he bit two teeth, but he couldn't stop shaking.

Maybe it was because of his fate that he should have suffered such a catastrophe-in history, when Chongzhen attacked Kaifeng at the end of 15th, he was shot once with random arrows by the soldiers under the command of Kaifeng General Chen Yongfu, and he became a one-eyed dragon.

This time, he was still injured on the face, just like Zhang Xianzhong when he was in Hengzhou a few months ago, his face was pockmarked by pieces of lead, and Li Zicheng's injury was obviously more serious. Possibly blind.

Moreover, Shen Shuren's shotgun shot was obviously much more advanced and effective than Chen Yongfu's bow and crossbow shooting, so while injuring Li Zicheng himself, he also took away a lot of close people around him.

For example, his nephew Li Guo, because he also stayed by his side, helped him block most of the shrapnel just now and killed him immediately.There were also several confidants in the personal guards, who were also killed or injured.

"Protect the king and retreat! Quickly retreat!" With Li Zicheng's injury, no one could stop the Chuang army from retreating. Li Zicheng's central army flag formation was the first to retreat.

Tian Jianxiu and Liu Fangliang on the left and right wings didn't understand the situation yet, but Liu Zongmin in the central army was quickly taken away and had to prepare to go with him. At the same time, he was worthy of being a general and tried his best to block the news, hoping that King Chuang was injured. Don't be known by the low-level soldiers too quickly, lest morale collapse directly.

It's a pity that the house leak happened to be raining all night, and when the Chuang army was at a loss and lost ground, another fresh army of the government army arrived on the battlefield in the south at just the right time.

The person who came was Huang Degong, who led more than 1 cavalry and rushed into the battlefield like a tiger. Obviously, he had already made an appointment with Shen Shuren for the decisive battle, so there was only a quarter of an hour before and after Zhang Mingzhen's appearance. .

The cavalry should enter the battlefield after the front is stuck in a stalemate and the enemy's reserve team has been thrown in and stuck, in order to play the greatest role!

Especially when the locals show their defeat, it is definitely a beautiful thing to serve as the last straw to break the enemy's psychology, and to follow the trend to expand the results of the war.

If only infantry is relied on, even if the enemy is defeated and the enemy turns around and flees, the winning side may not be able to catch up, and it is impossible to form a large number of annihilation in the pursuit battle.

"The intruder is dead! Those who surrender will not be killed!"

"The thieves were all blasted to death by the cannon! Dog thieves just wait to die!"

"Kill! Daming will win!"

From south to north, the Chuang army was completely passive. Countless soldiers looked around like headless chickens, and they really found that the main force of the king and Liu Zongmin was retreating. As a result, the collapse of the two wings became more and more uncontrollable.

The officers and soldiers descended like tigers, and turned to counterattack in an all-round way.Huang Degong took the lead and slashed wildly. The revolver and short-barreled sprayer fired in turn in the pursuit, and then backstabbed and trampled.

Tian Jianxiu, the right governor of the Chuang army, stood in front of Huang Degong. His troops were beaten the worst, and almost half of them were wiped out. Tian Jianxiu himself was killed by Huang Degong's troops in the rebellion.
Huang Degong just regretted that he didn't get the opportunity to kill Tian Jianxiu directly. When he saw Tian Jianxiu, he was already a corpse that had been battered to bloody by the rounds of the revolver.Huang Degong was also so angry that he made a few cuts and scratched Tian Jianxiu's body into a mess.

The officers and soldiers continued to chase death and chase north, expanding the results of the battle. The fighting continued until it was dark that day, and it was not completely over. They traveled thirty miles away, killing and injuring tens of thousands.

Most of the troops on the south wing of the Chuang army were wiped out in this battle, and the rest of the central army and the north wing also suffered losses, but the proportion was not that exaggerated.

After a comprehensive calculation, the Chuang army that was directly wiped out accounted for almost one-third of the total number of Chuang troops who participated in the battle, which is equivalent to the total annihilation of the southern wing troops.

After this battle, Li Zicheng must have completely lost his strength and courage to continue to gain a firm foothold in Henan.

Not only did nearly 20 troops take part in the battle, but he also lost fifty to sixty thousand directly, Tian Jianxiu, one of the five governors in his army, and his nephew Li Guo, two of the highest-ranking generals died. .Li Zicheng himself paid the price with a pockmarked face and an eyeball.

If he wants to survive, his only choice is to return to Shaanxi, and beat Sun Chuanting to death first,

Relying on the people's feelings that Shaanxi people can't survive and everyone is willing to serve as a soldier, they finally exhausted their resources and pulled all the adult men in Shaanxi to the battlefield to restore blood and expand the army.

(End of this chapter)