The battle unfolded on the official road near the county seat of Gaoyang.

Yang Sichang and Li Zicheng took the initiative to attack, and at this time, Li Zicheng was full of belief in victory, and Yang Sichang was born after death.

Yang Sichang's command is less than 60,000 imperial court troops, and Li Zicheng's command is a menacing 200,000 army, it is said that there is no suspense in such a battle, but when the battle really began, there was no defeat like a mountain.

On the open flat ground, no one gave in to the fierce fighting, although the number of the imperial army was small, but it still showed an unstoppable momentum, and their handsome Yang Sichang personally went into battle, and fought with the rogue without any scruples.

Yang Sichang already has the belief that he will die, so there is nothing to worry about, let alone be afraid.

Yang Sichang's desperate efforts greatly encouraged the morale of many sergeants, and in the case of an absolute disadvantage in numbers, all the sergeants fought bravely, and they did not have a disadvantage on the scene.

Li Zicheng, who was full of confidence, was really a little angry, in terms of numbers, the rebels had an absolute advantage, in many battles in the past, the rebels relied on the absolute superiority in numbers, relying on crowd tactics to defeat the official army, but why is it so difficult this time, is it really that Yang Sichang is so powerful.

After the battle began, Li Zicheng found Yang Sichang, and he also specially sent a sergeant to kill Yang Sichang, but Yang Sichang's personal soldiers were too powerful, and several such charges failed, Li Zicheng was even ready to personally lead his personal soldiers to attack, as long as Yang Sichang was killed, the official army would collapse, but his preparation was stopped by Gu Junen.

Li Zicheng already trusted Gu Junen very much, and since Gu Junen was against it, he also listened to the dissuasion.

After a whole day of fighting. The two sides did not distinguish between the winners and losers, and countless corpses were left on the battlefield.

It's already getting dark.

Li Zicheng walked back and forth in the tent of the Chinese army, his face was pale, and he used 200,000 troops to deal with the official army, but he was not able to defeat the official army at the end of the day, such an outcome was something he did not expect. The morale of the army had been severely damaged, and it was not known whether the attack launched the next day would be victorious.

In fact, when the battle lasted until the afternoon, Li Zicheng had already discovered that some of the sergeants of the Righteous Army were habitually preparing to retreat, and if it were not for the officers who commanded the battle to make a quick decision and decisively kill more than ten people, I am afraid that someone would have retreated long ago.

Li Zicheng's biggest concern is that the battle will not be able to be won quickly, and the situation of a few months ago will appear, if this is really the case. That is, the rebel army and the imperial army will consume each other's strength, and it will be more difficult for the rebel army to deal with the attack of the Zheng family army in the future.

Gu Junen sat on the side, his face relatively calm.

"Old Gu, tell me, can we win tomorrow's battle?"

"We will be able to win."

Gu Junen's determination made Li Zicheng feel strange, and he also had a sense of peace of mind in his heart.

After years of planning, Gu Junen's ability has become extraordinary, coupled with the accuracy of many plans. It also gives it great self-confidence.

Li Zicheng looked at Gu Junen and stopped talking. Waiting for Gu Junen's explanation.

"The battle of the officers and soldiers today is indeed very brave, and Yang Sichang personally went into battle to fight, presumably giving great encouragement to the sergeant, but I think it is not enough to rely on this aspect to support, and how long Yang Sichang can support it. After today's fight, tomorrow he will no longer have the physical strength to continue to fight. ”

Gu Junen said very bluntly, Li Zicheng nodded frequently, today's battle does rely on Yang Sichang's persistence, which is the same as the battle a few months ago. However, Gu Junen is so sure, isn't he worried about the scene a few months ago.

Perhaps knowing Li Zicheng's worries, Gu Junen quickly explained.

"The situation a few months ago is very different from now, even if Yang Sichang personally led the army to fight, and personally participated in the fight, it could not save the defeat, in fact, the righteous army surrounded Baoding City, I have this feeling, the righteous army will definitely be able to win, and will be able to take the entire Beizhili, until the capital is taken."

"The official army has lost the momentum of a few months ago, when they retreated to Baoding City, they showed their attitude, they only wanted to defend to the death, and did not think about attacking at all, in this case, just with Yang Sichang's personal ability, it is impossible to reverse anything, at most it is just a desperate struggle."

Hearing Gu Junen's analysis, Li Zicheng was finally relieved.

"You're right, it should be the truth, but you see if we can recruit the officers and soldiers, so that we can avoid more losses."

"I don't think so, this time we must completely defeat the official army, it is best to be able to capture or kill Yang Sichang, then the Ming court will lose hope, once the righteous army defeats Yang Sichang and captures the city of Baoding, the blow to the imperial court is fatal, and they have no determination to resist, so that the righteous army can take the capital with minimal losses."

Gu Junen's words made Li Zicheng's face rise brightly, if he could win the capital of Daming, the meaning would be completely different, and he could even achieve the most dazzling ideal.

Li Zicheng's order was quickly issued, and all the sergeants ate at the same time and began to attack at the same time.

Yang Sichang's mood was extremely heavy, today's battle, although the imperial army resisted the attack of the rogue, but no one had the belief that they would win in their hearts, which was completely different from a few months ago.

After all, he is old, after all, he is a civilian official, although there is no hard fight on the battlefield, but Yang Sichang still feels the soreness of his body, after dark, he gritted his teeth and insisted on inspecting the camp, and at the same time required all the soldiers to eat well and rest well, the problem of food shortage can be solved soon, and the capital will soon transport grain.

Back in the Chinese military tent, Yang Sichang's face was pale, and in the process of inspecting the camp, he felt powerless again.

After most of the day's fighting, the army suffered heavy losses, more than 5,000 people were killed, and the wounded were not counted for the time being, such casualties were a great blow to the army, and the number of the imperial army was far less than that of the rogues, and the casualties of the rogues were obviously much larger, but people didn't care, because the rogues were used to adopting crowd tactics.

The imperial army could not withstand such a toss.

Liukou took the initiative to come to meet the battle, this is what Yang Sichang did not expect, and it is also a situation he does not want to see, but now, there is no room for retreat, if the army led by him is evacuated in the direction of Hejian Mansion, then Liukou can rest assured that he can boldly attack Baoding City, once Baoding Mansion City is breached, with tens of thousands of people under his command, it is impossible to resist the attack of Liukou, and at that time, Liukou can directly attack the capital.

Yang Sichang can only fight to the death with the rogue.

In the dead of night, Yang Sichang thought of the emperor, the imperial court, and the capital, and he thought more about his hometown and Zheng Xunrui, the brave Zheng family army was ready to wait in the south and north, once there was a big chaos in the north, the Zheng family army would definitely be dispatched, think about the courage of the Zheng family army, and the rogue could not resist.

Zheng Jiajun is stationed in Shaanxi, Liukou is stationed in Shanxi and Henan, such a long time has passed, why does Zheng Jiajun not move, even when the Houjin Tartars ravaged Beizhili, Zheng Jiajun also took a wait-and-see attitude, thinking about the situation facing the imperial court, thinking about the possible outcome, Zheng Xunrui's purpose has been very clear.

Zheng Xunrui just waited for the Ming court to fall violently, and then sent troops.

Perhaps at that time, Zheng Xunrui's henchmen will put him on the throne of the emperor.

History has always been like this, and there is nothing to be curious about.

Yang Sichang was thinking about his own choice, he chose to be loyal to the emperor and the court, and did not stay in Nanzhili, this decision now seems to be unwise, but Yang Sichang does not regret it, he got the emperor's trust, he can almost change the entire situation, but unfortunately, there are too few adults in the court who have such thoughts as him.

Yang Sichang is working hard in front, but there are countless people in the back who want to dismantle the stage, in such a situation, even if the gods come forward, they are helpless.

Try his best to see the will of heaven, Yang Sichang can only think like this.

It's time.

Many officers entered the Chinese military tent, and the scouts also came to the Chinese military tent.

The scout reported that there was already movement in the camp of the rogue on the other side.

After yesterday's battle, both sides cleaned up the battlefield, dragged back the bodies of the fallen soldiers, and buried them separately, although there were no clashes during the cleaning of the battlefield, but both sides were well aware that more tragic fighting would begin the next day.

After listening to the scout's report, Yang Sichang knew that the Liukou had begun to prepare for the attack.

He instructed the sergeant to start eating immediately, and this meal must be full, and not to worry about the lack of food.

When Yang Sichang walked out of the Zhongjun tent, the cold and shining stars could still be seen in the sky, and the first month was the coldest time of the year.

The camp was lit up by countless torches, and the smell of rice could be smelled, and it seemed that the sergeant was about to eat.

Yang Sichang held a telescope and looked at the camp of the rogue not far away, which was also illuminated by torches.

When he put down the binoculars, Yang Sichang suddenly had a sense of relief, he had a premonition that today's battle would definitely be able to get the final result, if the imperial army drove away the liukou and forced the liukou to evacuate, or the liukou defeated the imperial army, he led the remaining soldiers to evacuate.

A gust of cold wind blew, Yang Sichang stood motionless outside the Chinese military tent, and the surrounding soldiers were originally going to invite the marshal to dinner, but no one spoke at this time, for fear of disturbing Yang Sichang's thinking.

In another large camp not far from each other, Li Zicheng also stood outside the Chinese military tent, looking at the large camp opposite, it was also motionless, the difference was that Li Zicheng was accompanied by Gu Junen. (To be continued.) )