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Chapter 356 Two Hundred Days Emperor

The bloody battle is still going on, Li Dingguo's army is small, and the balance of the battlefield seems to be tilted for a while.In addition to the number of people, the shortcomings of Li Dingguo's army in other aspects were gradually exposed as the intensity of the confrontation increased.

For example, in terms of weapons and equipment, the [-] "Made in Wuchang" new rifles that Zhu Shu's army now owns obviously have nothing to do with these new soldiers who came from thieves.

Of course, this level of weapon supply treatment is much better than the situation where Zhang Xianzhong was in Zhang Xianzhong, who had a meal without a meal.At least make sure that gunpowder, lead bullets and arrows are fully supplied, and military uniforms are also uniformly distributed, and some old-fashioned firearms that have been eliminated can also be supplied——

These old-fashioned firecrackers, in Zhu Shuren's Huguang Army, were no longer used in field troops. They were only used for the defense of several major military fortresses. Anyway, standing on the city wall and taking turns firing slowly, you are not afraid of the slow rate of fire and complicated loading. No matter how slow the enemy is, he can't rush up the city wall for close combat.

This time, the old-fashioned matchlock guns were eliminated from Jiangling and Yiling, the second-line defense troops originally left by Fang Kongzhang, and distributed to Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo, and Liu Wenxiu. Use bird guns.

Li Dingguo didn't complain, he knew that respect was earned by himself. During the half a year of being imprisoned after surrendering, he thought about many issues clearly. China is too big, and the people's conditions are different in each place. He followed Zhang Xianzhong to do many things. , indeed went astray,
Zhang Xianzhong killed landlords and wealthy households in Huguang and Sichuan, and distributed the money to open warehouses and release grain. He still thinks this is not a big problem. Those rich people are indeed too rich and heartless.

However, Zhang Xianzhong massacred civilians indiscriminately because the people in the south were relatively alive, unwilling to take risks and resist, and did not want to follow him as a soldier. These actions are really cruel.Li Dingguo has now regretted this very much, and he needs to wash away all this.

These weapons are at least stronger than those he used when he was a bandit. Using this kind of weapon to fight a blocking war or a delaying war until the reinforcements arrive and let the reinforcements take care of the output is the best way to cut off from the past!

The fight between the two armies became more and more fierce. Both sides were based on the peasant army. It was nothing more than one side changed into a neater military uniform, and the fiery red solid color shirt made the blood less obvious and increased its power.

Thousands of soldiers stabbed each other with long spears, advancing steadily.Many soldiers of the Ming army were wounded and drenched in blood. Under the cover of the fiery red shirts, they couldn't see clearly, and the soldiers in the back row couldn't see the arrows.

Li Dingguo's backbone, Qu, originally had a certain armor rate when he was under Zhang Xianzhong's command. After following Zhu Shuren, Zhu Shuren also added some old and rusty armor to them,

These iron armors are worn inside the red battle robes, which cannot be penetrated by arrows, but on the surface the battle robes are riddled with holes. On the contrary, they shocked the enemy and made Li Zicheng's troops once again think that the Ming army on the opposite side is like this. He is not afraid of death, and he will not retreat from serious injuries.

Fighting and fighting, Li Zicheng's former army was a little skeptical about his life. Why was he also from the peasant army on the opposite side, with only one-fifth of his troops, so he could resolutely withstand his own side?
But Li Zicheng himself was cautious and afraid of death because of his one-eyed back, and he did not dare to take the lead. As the fighting deepened, the morale of the Chuang army became more and more depressed.

Li Dingguo on the opposite side is a man of bravery. Anyway, he is a man who came out of the prison and was exonerated by the bandits in Zhao'an and Gannan. He still doesn't feel that his life is valuable. ,
A person who has lost everything and has nothing to worry about is very daring to take the lead in fighting.

"Kill! Don't worry about the left and right enemy troops, follow me to kill Li Zicheng's army! The intruders depend on Li Zicheng alone to maintain their morale. If you kill Li Zicheng, they won't fight anymore!"

Li Dingguo's thinking was very clear. He had already understood Zhu Shuren's intention, which was mainly to recruit and surrender. Therefore, it was meaningless to kill many people in the decisive battle. It was better to try to kill Li Zicheng with an accidental blow, and the battle would be completely over.

Although Li Zicheng has five times the number of troops on the battlefield for the time being, space is needed for the deployment of troops, and the large formation of the Chinese army cannot squeeze too many people.Li Dingguo gave up the left and right wings.Li Zicheng was also taken aback when he desperately broke through to the middle.

His life is still very valuable, how can he bet on his life with a mud-legged general!
"Stop this family slave with three surnames quickly! Where is Liu Fangliang? Useless! Let Liu Zongmin bring his personal guards to the camp!" Li Zicheng was a little embarrassed in his panic. Seeing that Liu Fangliang was restrained on the flank, he didn't seem to be working very hard, so he couldn't help being angry Hit one, but he can't pursue it, he can only count on Liu Zongmin - Liu Zongmin was the one who shot Chongzhen to death with a mace himself, absolutely impossible to be forgiven, he can only fight to the end, the fighting will is the most unquestionable .

As expected, Liu Zongmin worked hard and led the most elite guards to block up the old battalion, and fought with Li Dingguo to a group.During the scuffle, the two actually fought for a while, but they couldn't fight each other. After a few moves, they rushed over the head, then hacked and killed the enemy soldiers on both sides, and fought again.

Soon, both Liu Zongmin and Li Dingguo were gradually wounded, and the two existences known as brave generals fought to the death with swords and knives.

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The two armies are based on the peasant army, and they fought against each other. There is nothing to say about the process. The tactics of the two sides are actually somewhat similar, except that Li Dingguo's equipment is slightly better, and the force of the army is more concentrated. .

After all, Li Zicheng had fought too many defeats in the past few months, and when he couldn't win for a while, he became anxious and lost his momentum, and began to doubt life again.

When Li Dingguo almost broke through his personal guard camp once, Li Zicheng even chose to retreat secretly, but he didn't let the Chinese army's big flag retreat with him, so as not to hurt morale.

The integrity at this moment is even worse than that of Yuan Shao, who threw his pocket on the ground and said that a man must hide behind a low wall to survive.

The tens of thousands of people fought to the death, and the winner could not be completely determined in one afternoon. Li Zicheng's army was tight ahead, and the rear army that had not yet crossed the river naturally had to rush across the river to reinforce their "emperor".

In this way, there will be fewer rear soldiers staying on the north bank of the Han River, and more bait will be forced to bite the hook and come to the south bank.

Of course, not everyone in the rear army is so loyal to Li Zicheng. Some of them have begun to be active. Seeing Li Zicheng and Li Dingguo fighting in a mess, these people who watched the battle calmly across the Han River inevitably had wild thoughts in their hearts:

Even if His Majesty defeats Li Dingguo, so what?Even if Sun Kewang and Liu Wenxiu were defeated together, so what?That is only a small part of Zhu Shuren's Huguang army!

The most important thing is that Li Dingguo was able to come so quickly and revealed so much news about the damage to the morale of the Chuang army. Everyone knew that His Majesty had been tricked by Zhu Shuren!This is to lure the enemy to go deep before letting him cross the river!
In this way, those generals in the rear army who were relatively unsteady in their will were willing to die. They obviously hadn't jumped into the trap yet, but they jumped down with His Majesty without hesitation!
After all, those who are willing to bury Li Zicheng with him are a minority.

And as night fell, the last straw that crushed Li Zicheng's troops who had not yet crossed the river finally came——on the Hanshui River, Zhu Shuren's navy appeared, and the troops were led by Zhu Shuren's confidant navy for many years General Zhang Mingzhen.

The technical crushing of water warfare is always faster than that of land warfare. With the appearance of Zhang Mingzhen, Li Zicheng's river-crossing fleet composed of small civilian boats collected temporarily was quickly completely destroyed.

The Chuangjun army who had not had time to cross the river also breathed a sigh of relief - it's not that they are unwilling to rescue His Majesty, but that there is no boat to carry out the rescue mission across the river, so they can't swim across the Han River, right?Your Majesty knows the truth and will forgive them.

This turn of events finally made Li Zicheng completely afraid. Although he didn't know how many people Zhang Mingzhen's navy had and how many soldiers and horses they could go ashore to attack sideways, he knew that if he continued to delay, he would only be defeated by beheading.

Li Zicheng finally chose to move westward gradually. He thought that even if he was defeated, he could still hide in the Jingshan Mountains and fight guerrillas with the army for a while, in case he could escape.And if they were forced to approach Xiangyang, enter the Jianghan Plain, and the traffic would extend in all directions, it would be impossible to escape the pursuit of the officers and soldiers.

There have been many times in his life that his capital was almost wiped out, and he only brought a group of confidants to develop a chance to make a comeback.The difference is nothing more than that now that he has become the emperor, it seems that it is not so easy to step down.

And the straw that gave Li Zicheng the final blow to his confidence came from the three quarters of the unitary hour after nightfall-the official army was on the land battlefield, and finally an army came to reinforce Li Dingguo.Under the banner of Cao Zi and Zhu Zi, the generals are still cavalry, so they react quickly. Obviously, they are the two cavalry of Cao Bianjiao and Zhu Wenzhen under Zhu Shuren's command.

The number of this army is not large, about 2, and with Li Dingguo's troops, the total strength does not exceed [-]. What's more, Li Dingguo's troops have been crippled after an afternoon of bloody fighting. His combat power is only [-].

In contrast, in one afternoon, more than 3 troops crossed the river after breaking into the army. In fact, Li Zicheng's troops were fighting more and more, but the quality of the troops crossing later was getting worse and worse. strong man.

When Cao Bianjiao rushed to the battlefield, the total strength of the Chuang army on the south bank of the Han River was still more than twice that of the official army.

However, how can a peasant army dominated by strong men compare with a strong army that is as elite as Guan Ning's iron cavalry?
Thousands of these cavalrymen were equipped with revolver guns and double-barreled rear-loading guns, and their immediate firearms were extremely sharp. This was a good thing that Wu Sangui's Guan Ning cavalry could not get.

"Run! All the cavalry guards, flee west into Jingshan Mountain!" The moment Li Zicheng saw Cao Bianjiao's banner appearing, the fear of being dominated many years ago came to his mind again, and the fear of Zhu Shuren was superimposed, and finally Li Zicheng He chose to abandon his infantry army and only took the cavalry to flee for his life in the chaos.

Because of the cover of the night, Li Zicheng also temporarily fled the battlefield. Tens of thousands of people were used as his backs.The chaos also delayed the arrest of Li Zicheng.

When Liu Fangliang saw that the emperor had fled, he also realized that the situation was wrong, and the last bit of coercion on his head was lifted. He also chose to order the surrender directly and knelt down to beg for mercy.

Liu Zongmin on the other side was already fighting against Li Dingguo, who made Li Dingguo's strength inferior to him.But after being disturbed like this, Liu Zongmin's situation was gone, his subordinates gradually collapsed, countless soldiers fled, and surrendered when they were blocked, but within a quarter of an hour, Liu Zongmin's troops were far less than Li Dingguo's.

He is still brandishing the mace and fighting to the death, he also knows that he has killed Chongzhen and cannot be pardoned, so he might as well die in battle.But after half a stick of incense, Liu Zongmin had already been hit by more than ten arrows, and was injured by several lead bullets and iron slag, and his arms gradually became unable to swing.

How could Li Dingguo let go of this opportunity, he straightened his spear and saw the opportunity, and stabbed violently into Liu Zongmin's chest, knocking him off his horse.

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PS: Originally, I wanted to finish writing in one day, but I mainly wanted to give Li Dingguo a chance to clean up the show, so there was a lot to expand.Let Li Zicheng die tomorrow.

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