When Li Zicheng's thirty-two one-pound cannons in front of Guangde Palace rumbled, Daniel Zhang, Qiu Lei, and Jin Shenghuan on Tangjia Mountain already knew that something was wrong.

They didn't expect that Li Zicheng would sneak all the way from Jiangling City to the public security with so many cannons!

They didn't expect that when Li Zicheng used his cavalry and artillery together, the Ming army, which lacked cavalry and artillery, would fall into a completely passive state of being beaten!

Daniel Zhang, Qiu Lei, and Jin Shenghuan are no strangers to the big general artillery, and their troops have also been equipped with some large and small big general guns earlier. However, because this kind of artillery is not very powerful and difficult to use in field battles, it does not play a role, and it is still a bit of an obstacle.

If you want to hit people with a general's cannon, you have to pile up the dirt slope first! Not to mention the amount of work, and it is easy to be detected by the enemy. Often, people see you on the mound and move away...... Who will be stupidly waiting for you to hit with a cannonball?

Unless it's to defend the city, or...... Can't move at all!

And there is usually only one reason why the infantry can't move on the battlefield, that is, they are watched by a large number of cavalry.

Since ancient times, infantry and cavalry have to form a formation, and the infantry after the formation is usually difficult to move, unless it is a phalanx of muskets and spears like the Spanish phalanx and the Morris phalanx, in order to turn themselves into a "moving castle", so that the musketeers can slowly move around the pike.

However, even this kind of "mobile fortress" will suffer heavy losses in the face of a three-pounder gun that can be quickly transferred!

In the 17th century in Europe, artillery was the decisive factor in victory!

The armies of Daniel Zhang, Qiu Lei, and Jin Shenghuan were all traditional Ming troops, and because they fled south with Zuo Liangyu after the Battle of Zhuxian Town, their army left the north where horses were easy to get early, and ran to Huguang, where horses were lacking.

In the next few years, the horses of the Zuo family army were damaged, and the left family could still have some horses, and the three armies of Daniel Zhang, Qiu Lei, and Jin Shenghuan, who were side lines, gradually ran out of horses. On the side of the public security, only the families of the three generals Zhang, Qiu, and Jin are available...... The family of the three of them together is only 25,600 people, which is all the cavalry of the Ming army on the battlefield of Tangjiahe. Among them, only Daniel Zhang's 1,000 family members are one person and two horses, which can be regarded as truly combative.

On the other hand, Li Zicheng, although he was also forced to Huguang, the time was relatively short, and he still had Xi'an and Nanyang in hand, and recently received nominal allegiance from Yan'an and Yulin.

In addition, the Dashun Army and the Zuojia Army now do not have the support of the official camp Ma Zheng, so they can only rely on the soldiers below to raise horses by themselves. After Dashun implemented the enclosure of land, the soldiers had Zhuangzi, which was convenient for their own horses.

Therefore, Li Zicheng now brings as many as 17,800 cavalry to the front line of public security, and most of them can still maintain one person and two horses!

With so many cavalry on the battlefield, the infantry of Daniel Zhang, Qiu Lei, and Jin Shenghuan couldn't move at all, so they could only stand up and be bombarded......

"It's not a bear, but what can I do? It's not okay to stand up to the bombardment like this! ”

Jin Shenghuan, who was watching the battle on Tangjia Mountain, was the first to lose his breath.

"Huchen, can you do this if you don't stand up?" Daniel Zhang spread his hands, "If you have any tricks, just say it!" ”

Jin Shenghuan said: "Why don't we pick a point and choose a striker and go to the artillery array of the Liukou!" How about I give 1,500 men, and you two men 1,500 together? ”

Daniel Zhang and Qiu Lei both knew that Jin Shenghuan's idea was unreliable, but it was not easy to refuse - there were the most people in the Jin family army on the battlefield, and if Jin Shenghuan did not do it, this battle would not be able to continue!

Besides, no one can stand being shelled like this!

Although there are only about 30 small cannons of one pound, a salvo can also blast out about 30 deadly stone shells.

At the beginning, the bombardment was not very accurate, but as it was hit, it became more and more accurate, and the shells fell into the pile!

A round of shelling can kill and wound more than a dozen people, and if it hits dark, there will be no more than 1,000 casualties?

What morale will the Jin family army have at that time? Maybe without Li Zicheng's soldiers rushing over, he would have been defeated......

Daniel Zhang thought for a moment and said, "I'm afraid I can't succeed in the punition artillery array, but I can buy a little time...... We have to make preparations with both hands, in case the attack fails, Brother Huchen will move the soldiers back a hundred steps to avoid the cannon! ”

Daniel Zhang, Qiu Lei, and Jin Shenghuan also knew that the water level of the Hudu River was declining - they could guess what was happening, and this kind of thing did not happen in the Central Plains battlefield.

So they all know that the Hudu River that is now blocking in front of the Jin Jiajun will definitely be able to wade!

If the Jin family's army retreated under the watchful eyes of tens of thousands of Dashun infantry soldiers on the other side of the river, it was very likely that they would be attacked by them, causing the entire army to collapse.

"That's all!" Jin Shenghuan nodded heavily, "Well, I'm going to choose a dead soldier and fight with the surname Li!" Maybe we'll get it......"

After speaking, he arched his hands at Daniel Zhang and Qiu Lei, and then strode down the mountain.

......

Under the guidance of the drums and the red military flag, more than 3,000 Ming infantry troops began to wade from the bend of the Hudu River empty.

Under the pressure of the artillery of the Dashun army, the Ming army had to launch a counterattack - using artillery to force the opposing infantry to attack their own positions, which was a very common practice in European theaters in the 17th century.

Li Zicheng is a blind cat touching a dead mouse this time!

This counterattack, commanded by Jin Shenghuan himself, was, in all fairness, very professional. He did not let the 3,000 Xuanfeng rush out from the front of the artillery position of the Dashun army, but attacked from the left flank of the artillery position of the Dashun army, wanting to pounce from the flank.

Considering that the Dashun army on the battlefield had many cavalry, Jin Shenghuan asked half of the Xuanfeng to attack with spears, and the rest were half of the swords and half of the archers.

The three thousand men were divided into ten teams, each of which formed a phalanx with pikemen as the core, and crossed the river with tigers in tow.

Li Zicheng, who was supervising the battle on Jinmao Mountain, saw the counterattack launched by the Ming army from a distance, and after watching it for a while, he couldn't help laughing: "Sure enough, it's still the Ming army that you know!" ”

"Emperor, do you want to give any orders to the Marquis of Ru?" Gu Junen on the side asked.

Jinmao Mountain is far away from the front line, and it is not easy to transmit information, so Li Zicheng asked Liu Zongmin, the general of Ruhou Quan, to come into battle.

"Not necessarily." Li Zicheng smiled, "Ruhou knows what to do!" ”

As soon as his words fell, the right wing of the Great Shun Army remembered the thunderous drums.

Liu Zongmin has already sent troops to meet the battle! The troops facing the battle were cavalry and infantry - the cavalry of the old battalion in the back, and the sword and shield soldiers in the front! It looks very energetic, all of them are stubborn, and they are lined up in a fairly strict queue.

"Emperor," Gu Junen looked at it with a telescope, and turned back to Li Zicheng, "The Marquis of Ru sent Li Guoying's people up. ”

Li Zicheng sneered: "Isn't it right now to bring them?" If you want to be an old battalion soldier in Dashun, just hand over the head! It's called a vote! ”

Gu Junen smiled and complimented: "The emperor is wise! ”

As soon as he said this, a shout of killing suddenly sounded on the battlefield!

The ten teams of selected dead soldiers commanded by Jin Shenghuan have already launched an attack on the more than 2,000 sword and shield men commanded by Li Guoying.

The spear and the sword and shield soon collided together - not long ago, the soldiers of these two sides were eating together under Zuo Liangyu's command, but now they have become enemies on the battlefield when they meet each other.

And it's quite energetic...... They did their best under Zuo Liangyu's hands, but now they can't do it, they are forced by knives behind their backs, and there are all kinds of painted cakes in front of them.

Li Zicheng's condition is "hand over the head and enter the old camp", and if you enter the old camp, you can grant land, and you are the henchmen of the Yongchang Emperor.

And Jin Shenghuan, Daniel Zhang, and Qiu Lei also have the territory of Guangxi and Yunnan to coax, and if they win Li Zicheng, they will be able to go to Guangxi and Yunnan to be the overlords, and they will also be able to divide the land and houses for the warriors under their hands when the time comes......