Chapter 661: Bursting with Confidence
Li Zicheng didn't have wings and naturally couldn't fly, but his heart was soaring, when the red sun rose, he got up early, climbed high and looked far away, relaxed and happy, looked around the wilderness, couldn't help but be proud, although he was intercepted by the officials and soldiers before and after, but once he returned to the deep sea, there was money, food and territory, and the future could be expected!
Tanma Urgent Report: The rear troops were attacked by officers and soldiers in the early morning, retreating dozens of miles, and at this time set up a defensive line in the south of Gaoyi City, Li Zicheng's face did not change when he heard the news, and even had a sneer, although the officers and soldiers were ruthless at the beginning, at this time the soldiers were obviously weak to follow, otherwise tens of thousands of chasing soldiers could not be stopped by Zhang Nai for so long.
As for the roadblock ahead, he had already learned from the captured officers and soldiers scouts that it was Gao Jie, the traitor who made him kill him quickly.
Li Zicheng doesn't have a cuckold plot, so this hatred of taking his wife makes him still angry and murderous for nearly ten years, and now this thing that doesn't know life or death dares to stand in the way, where did he get the courage?
It's not that Li Zicheng looks down on Gao Jie, but in the past ten years, Gao Jie has really lost more and won less against the thief army, and the most recent time was last year in Shaanxi with Sun Chuanting to suppress bandits, and began to fight a few beautiful battles, and later was beaten by Li Zicheng in Baofeng, and then was chased by Li Guo all the way in Yan'an.
At the moment, he still has the courage to stop it, Li Zicheng guessed that he should rely on the momentum of the dog eunuch, I heard that he really thought that he was defeated and fled in embarrassment, don't you know that this is the tactic of getting off the donkey down the slope, Lao Tzu has grabbed enough homesickness, and the main force is almost not damaged, say do your business in minutes.
In fact, when Li Zicheng sent his troops to the east at the beginning of the expedition, his total strength did not exceed 100,000, including 20,000 strikers for Liu Zongmin, 40,000 horses for Li Zicheng, and 20,000 for Liu Fangliang's partial division and left battalion, totaling only more than 80,000 people.
Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin's troops were beaten by Chang Yu in Taiyuan, not only those officers and soldiers who surrendered along the way were scattered, but even his 60,000 old books were cut off, and only 30,000 or 40,000 were left.
However, Liu Fangliang's 20,000 main forces all the way east to the north to the city of Baoding were unharmed, but recruited countless soldiers, until they were beaten by Li Yan several consecutive punches, and more than thousands of injuries were damaged.
In this way, the main force when he went out from Xi'an was more than 80,000, and there were 50,000 or 60,000 left at this time, and in general, the damage was still within the acceptable range, but when I thought about it carefully, I was shocked, if it weren't for so many soldiers and displaced people as cannon fodder, I was afraid that ...... The eunuch of that dog day was too dark.
Wounded 1,000 enemies, 800 self-inflicted losses, how much better can the officers and soldiers be, Chang Yu actually held back his strength and gritted his teeth to insist, commanding Zhou Yuji, Li Yan, Huang Degong's department and even the four battalions under his command, which one of them did not suffer heavy losses, otherwise he would not have to follow slowly at the moment, and he would have rushed up to kill Li Zicheng, of course, he also took the opportunity to calculate Liu Zeqing.
In terms of troops, Zhou Yuji added Jin Wuwei a total of more than 20,000 when he came from Taiyuan, and now there are less than 20,000 people who can go to the battlefield to continue to kill the enemy after removing injuries, Li Yanbu has only seven or eight thousand left, and Huang Degong has more than 10,000 and seven or eight thousand, fortunately, the thief leader Ma Shiyao surrendered to replenish the troops, plus Liu Zeqing's men and horses have a total of 50,000 or 60,000.
And Li Zicheng obviously has the advantage, his main force is left with 50,000 or 60,000, plus the surrender troops all the way to Chengcheng add up to 100,000 horses, not counting the tens of thousands of brainwashed homeless people who are still closely following.
The strength is superior, and most of the main forces can run and fight, and the officers and soldiers are tired at this time, the stamina is insufficient, and one increases and one decreases to make a judgment, which is also where Li Zicheng's confidence lies, and it is also that he failed to choose to surrender as easily as Chang Yu wished, after all, the capital is still very large, and the confidence is still very sufficient, and he will not give up if he does not touch it, it can be said that he is as confident as Liu Zeqing at this time, one feels that he can easily capture and kill the thief leader, and the other feels that he can easily break through the defense line and go home happily.
The little eunuch is difficult to fight, but his victory lies in strategy, at the moment I can't beat you can't outrun you, how can the escape kung fu practiced in the past decades be imagined by you as a fledgling little eunuch, Lao Tzu just wants you to watch me escape from under your nose......
The more Li Zicheng thought about it, the happier he became, the more relieved he became, and his face couldn't help but have a hint of a smile, Niu Jinxing looked at it from the side to know a little about his intentions, and chuckled: "After Shunde Mansion, it is the dragon returning to the sea and the tiger roaring in the mountains and forests, and at that time, the dog eunuch will not be able to catch up even if he has wings."
Li Zicheng laughed: "But Gao Jie's watchdog in front of him barked badly, didn't the captive yesterday confess that he gathered a large army in Fucheng, and stared at us with Ren County as an outpost, he didn't want us to pass."
"What is the Lord's will?" Niu Jinxing asked with a relaxed expression.
Li Zicheng sneered, his face became more and more gloomy: "That dog eunuch is scheming, we have eaten so much in Baoding Mansion Zhending Mansion, and now we are about to export our grievances, the dog eunuch is chasing after the feet are soft for a while, Gao Jie, the dog thief, has courage and no strategy, just take the opportunity to smash this guy, and the new and old hatreds are combined."
"The Lord is going to storm the level?" Niu Venus still has a breezy face.
"Why not, this dog thief has fought with me several times, but he has taken advantage of it" Li Zicheng looked disdainful. Niu Jinxing suddenly whispered: "Gao Jie is not worried, he is full of tricks with that dog eunuch, we have no choice."
"No matter how scheming he is, he won't fly over and wait for me......" Li Zicheng said and suddenly stopped, his heart trembled, the little eunuch's whereabouts were uncertain, he would be in Baoding Mansion and Zhending Mansion before, making him haunted, and now who can guarantee that he did not go around to the front.
He is not afraid of working hard with the little eunuch, after all, the army is superior at this time, but the little eunuch Tai Nima is cunning, and he always plays with yin A few mountains in seconds, what he is afraid of is this.
Thinking of this, his face became solemn, Niu Jinxing bent down and picked up a branch and scratched it on the ground a few times: "Lord, please see, this avenue, why don't we pass the test quickly, why bother with a traitor who has no reason to be angry, there is an opportunity to kill him in the future, I have been waiting for ten years, why rush for a while."
"You mean to bypass the east side of Ren County?" Li Zicheng glanced at the ground, Niu Jinxing bowed his head, "Gao Jie's house is waiting in Shunde Mansion City and Ren County, Bo Hou and Luo Hu have divided their troops to attack to attract their attention, and there is no city in the east of Ren County for tens of nearly a hundred miles, empty and boundless and unsafe to defend, why don't we go around directly from the east, and wait for him to go far, if there is enough time, it will be good to teach Gao Jie a lesson, if not, he will go away."
Li Zicheng was silent for a while, nodded and acquiesced, and sent someone to order Li Guo, Liu Fangliang and Luo Hu in front of him, divide his troops to attack Gao Jie, and then ordered the camp to go south and bypass the east of Ren County.
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