"General, the last general will ask for battle, and he will definitely be able to capture the big camp under the mountain, and he is willing to make a military order!"

At this time, listening to Zhang Shize's invitation to fight, Wang Dou felt very troublesome, the Ming Dynasty was not afraid of losing, Datong, Xuanfu, Taiyuan and other nine-sided towns have been recaptured, at this time the situation has been turned upside down, and Daming has the hope of Zhongxing.

Wang Dou is about to think about it in the future, although he is now the secretary of the military department and the governor of the five armies, he has been appointed as the general of Zhaofu, and he is the "champion marquis", which seems to be above 10,000 people under one person.

However, the foundation is too shallow, and it was just an insignificant pawn of Jinyiwei a month ago, and there were only a hundred and ten people under him, and now in a short time, by chance, he has sat in a high position now, although he has the full support of Yang Yi, but if he wants to sit firmly, he also needs helpers.

Naturally, he can't rely on civilian officials, and the civilian group is afraid that he will be regarded as a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh, and he can only look for honors and nobles as helpers, and the British public line is what he relies on the most, Zhang Shize crossed Zhu Chunchen, Li Guozhen and others, and took charge of military power, which is the result of his support.

Zhang Shize fought well before, but he still lost, so Wang Dou was inconvenient to punish at this time, so he could only persuade him with good words: "Li Zicheng, there are dry bones in the grave, and now we still have more than 10,000 elite armored foot soldiers, and more than 10,000 auxiliary soldiers, which is enough to hold each other, and General Zhang is still needed to lead the army here, I have a plan to break the enemy!" ”

took a look at the generals in the camp, and everyone didn't have much opinion on whether to punish Zhang Shize or not, after all, the British public has a deep foundation, and there is also a general soldier of Jizhen and the Marquis of Changping, who can't afford to offend.

"Liu Zeqing has arrived!" Wang Dou said his reliance at this time.

Although Liu Zeqing has the ambition of being arrogant, but after the crisis in the capital has been solved and various military towns have been recovered one after another, Liu Zeqing can only obediently obey the orders of the military department and the governor's office of the five armies.

His defense area is not far from Zezhou, no matter how much he delays, he should have arrived now, and if he dares to delay, he just doesn't want his own life, now, there are not no military leaders who have committed rebellion, but they have all been cut off one by one, Liu Zeqing's strength is not strong, he doesn't dare to be this bird.

Liu Zeqing was originally entrenched in the Linqing area, but at the beginning, Liu Zongmin and Liu Fangliang led their troops from Shanxi out of Taihang, entered northern Henan and southern Jinan, and went straight to Baoding.

However, he is also well-informed, when Li Zicheng was defeated, he was one step ahead, returned to Linqing, and searched for a while, but he didn't do much, he still wanted to see the situation.

In just a few days, Li Zicheng's army of more than 200,000 collapsed in one fell swoop, and all roads in Shanxi changed their banners and returned to the Ming Dynasty.

And Li Zicheng actually gave up all parts of the Central Plains, and also gathered a large army to Zezhou, to fight a decisive battle with the Ming army here, Liu Zeqing and other military leaders around the Beijing division were ordered to assemble in Zezhou.

In the case of the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, these military leaders did not dare to be too perfunctory, Liu Zeqing led most of his troops to Zuo near at this time, and reported to the current general Wang Dou, who was still holding the mind of waiting and preserving his strength, and did not know that Wang Dou was determined to take over his new force at this time.

Zhang Shize is still capable, now there are Qin Wang troops coming one after another in Shanxi, coupled with the geographical situation that he occupies now, the grain road is smooth, and he only needs to guard the old pig mountain here, Zhang Shize still has no problem, and after Wang Dou takes over the tens of thousands of people in Liu Zeqing's department, there is no suspense about the outcome of this battle.

Li Zicheng was not persuaded by Gu Junen after all, he still thought about the capital of the Ming Dynasty, he was unwilling, besides, now in the battle of Zezhou, it seems that his side has the upper hand, as long as he captures the old pig mountain and annihilates this stubborn Ming army, he can take the army north again and attack the now "empty" Ming Jingshi.

Therefore, the army did not rest and continued to enter the battlefield, and the artillery roared near the entire Old Pig Mountain, and the sound of killing shook the sky!

The night of fierce fighting had passed, and now that it was dawning, the battle showed no signs of stopping, but was getting more and more intense.

Outside the city of Zezhou, under the word "Chuang", Li Zicheng was observing the battle situation in the direction of Lao Zhu Mountain, the sound of a pound of artillery bombardment came from afar, and a large number of infantry of the Chuang army took turns to attack, although it had been attacked all night, but the battle situation was still in a state of stalemate.

The field battle of the army is very strong, but the ability to attack the fortification is not very good, and once the Ming army is in danger to defend, as long as the main general has the will to fight, it is also very difficult to fight.

Liu Fangliang commanded tens of thousands of troops to attack in turns, starting to attack Lao Zhu Mountain yesterday evening, and until now, it has been five or six hours, and the dead soldiers on his own side have rushed ten rounds, but they still haven't succeeded.

"Your Majesty, it's almost!"

Although Gu Junen was not persuaded, Li Zicheng also promised him to think about it, at least give it a try, at this time Gu Junen's reminding voice came, Li Zicheng put down the clairvoyant mirror, looked back at his military general, and felt very unpleasant, he said a little impatiently: "Military advisor, what are you afraid of?" There are still many horse teams on the forehead, even if the Zhu thief has soldiers to help, they will get on the horse and leave, and their two legs will still outrun the forehead with four legs? ”

How to say it, Li Yan's ability is really good, and now up and down, he has collected tens of thousands of horses, and accumulated tens of thousands of light cavalry for the army, which makes Li Zicheng very satisfied, these tens of thousands of light cavalry is the main reason why Li Zicheng is unwilling to give up, with tens of thousands of light horses, that is, if you want to go, no one can stop it.

Li Zicheng thought about it, and still said: "The defenders of the Ming army on this mountain look very durable, and it is estimated that they are elite, and they should be destroyed now, lest they chase after them." ”

This is a step, Gu Junen is also helpless, Li Zicheng is right, the Ming army on this mountain is surprisingly tenacious, fortunately their equipment lost too much yesterday, there is no bird gun, and there is not much artillery left, otherwise the army besieging them would have retreated because they could not bear the casualties.

Li Zicheng said again: "Our people are not afraid of casualties, the Central Plains is full of people, and they can go to the battlefield after a few days of training, but there are not many elites in the Ming army, as long as we defeat this one, we will return to our hometown and rest assured!" ”

As he was talking, there was a cheer from the front of the soldiers! Li Zicheng hurriedly raised the clairvoyant mirror to look, and found that the soldiers who broke into the army had attacked a hill in Laozhu Mountain, and were fighting with a Ming army in armor, although it was not the first time that a similar situation had appeared, but this time the army rushed closer to the top of the mountain than ever before, and the resistance of the Ming army was also significantly weakened.

You might be able to reach the top in one fell swoop!

Just when Li Zicheng held his breath and watched the battle on the hillside in front of him intently, he suddenly saw a hundred and ten heavy armored cavalry killed from a forest on the top of the mountain, all brandishing very heavy swords, as if the killing god had fallen from the sky, and rushed into this army.

Li Zicheng put down the clairvoyant mirror and sighed, "Alas, why did you lose for a while......"

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the sound of horses' hooves rattling. When he turned his head, he saw several cavalrymen, who should be scouts, were galloping as if they were not trying to kill their horses, as if there was some terrible military situation!

Li Zicheng chuckled in his heart, but he was still calm and calm on his face - what's the big deal? At most, reinforcements from the Ming army have arrived! The big deal is running!

One of the scout sentry chiefs at the beginning gasped and reported: "Qi Yu...... Your Majesty, East ...... To the east, on Jue Mountain, there are a large number of Zhu thieves, countless of them......"

"Have you ever come close to investigate?" Gu Junen stood up and asked at this time.

"I haven't come close," the scout said, "the little ones are blocked by the ironclad cavalry of the Zhu Thief, and they can't get too close. ”

Gu Junen immediately said, "Your Majesty, withdraw!" ”

Li Zicheng was unwilling, but after thinking about it, he still took a sharp breath and said unwillingly: "Collect the troops, the whole team, and let go of the Zhu thief for the time being." ”

Gu Junen breathed a sigh of relief: "Your Majesty Shengming, Zhu Thief has also hurt his vitality this time, and he won't be able to get along with us for the time being!" Your Majesty is now majestic in Yongliang, and he should reproduce the momentum of the Qin and Tang Dynasties! ”

It was not Liu Zeqing's department that came along Jue Mountain, but several regiments from Shandong to train the Wang army, the combat power was not high, but there were a lot of people, Liu Zeqing's department was successfully taken over by Wang Dou, and Wang Dou definitely didn't want to just win for a while, he wanted more.

Let these regiments train down from Jue Mountain and intimidate Li Zicheng, he then rushed all the way south, ran for more than a day, detoured to Taihang Mountain, went to the north of Huaiqing Mansion, and blocked Li Zicheng's return road.

When he arrived here, Wang Dou also met an elite army sent by Zuo Liangyu to the north to help, with more than 3,000 horsemen, and this cavalry was ordered to block Li Zicheng's retreat, and now it happened to be taken under his banner.

And Wang Dou was also anxious to make an immortal achievement, so he didn't think about how powerful Li Zicheng's cavalry was, so he ordered his exhausted infantry to deploy a blockade.

That's a bit of a deception!

Under the fluttering red word "Chuang", Li Zicheng stared intently ahead, it was almost noon, and it was the hottest time of the day.

Under the scorching sun, tens of thousands of Ming army infantry laid down a long blockade line, relying on the mountain range, the mountain road was already narrow and difficult to walk, if Li Zicheng wanted to escape, he could only rush through this blockade line, otherwise he would take the mountain road far away.

At this time, the spears of the Ming army were like a forest, and the warriors were like a wall, which just blocked the passage of Li Zicheng's transfer.

Behind these infantry phalanxes, there are sporadic ironclad cavalry and lightly armed cavalry, which are also a great threat, the land of northern Henan is already narrow, Li Zicheng does not go from here, and it is even more dangerous for the Yellow River to go south, and it is even more difficult to walk.

Li Zicheng looked at it for a while, and asked Liu Fangliang beside him, "Can you rush over?" ”

If you can't rush over, you will naturally have to take a detour! This is going to abandon most of them, although it is not impossible, Li Zicheng has no problem, and it is not the first time he has done this.

However, he was a little reluctant to do this, Li Zicheng only had more than 10,000 cavalry on hand, and these more than 10,000 cavalry were probably left behind, and the remaining tens of thousands of infantry troops were all abandoned!

There are 30,000 or 40,000 people, and there are more than 10,000 veterans among them, which is a great loss, a distressing loss.

"Yes!" Liu Fangliang looked at this battle array at this time, and said with a smile, "Isn't it just some gun arrays?" There is also a long snake formation, how can it be possible to block the impact of tens of thousands of horsemen? ”

"That's right!" Li Zicheng waved his hand, "Okay, let's go, it's up to you!" ”

Li Zicheng's army paid attention to the "three walls" in fighting, that is, the troops were divided into three parts: front, middle, and rear, and pressed the enemy like a wall, one on top of the other, and at the same time with the other.

However, today's situation is special, the last of the three walls is composed of more than 20,000 infantry marching on foot, and the middle one is composed of Li Zicheng's newly formed imperial battalion, and most of the cavalry led by Liu Fangliang are charging in front!

So the three walls are actually one wall, needless to say, the infantry army is considered to be the cannon fodder that has been abandoned, blocked at the end, disrupting the pursuit of the Ming army, and the imperial camp is mainly responsible for protecting Li Zicheng, Li Zicheng just ran away, and the rest is not important!

Li Zicheng was galloping on his horse at this time, and nearly a thousand warriors of the imperial camp guarded him, and the red flag of "Chuang" was fluttering behind him, and the wind was blowing past his ears.

The feeling of leading the cavalry to break through the enemy line is quite good!

In a trance, he felt like he was rushing to victory! As long as he breaks through the front line, he can smoothly return to Yongliang and reproduce the heroes of Qin and Tang Dynasties.

Suddenly, there was a thunderous sound in front of him, and Li Zicheng knew that it was the front led by Liu Fangliang that collided with the infantry of the Ming army, and Liu Fangliang had nearly 10,000 cavalry under his command, and the object of his impact was so many people.

Suddenly, there was another earth-shattering cannon sound, and Li Zicheng vaguely saw that there was confusion in the cavalry array in front of him, the horses jumped in panic, and many cavalry were spinning in place, but most of the cavalry were still moving forward.

The shouts of killing sounded, and at the same time, there was a loud sound of something colliding together, and the canopy kept coming.

Li Zicheng knows that this is the artillery array of the Ming army, and now he has seen it for a long time, and he has really seen the role of artillery, and he will study it carefully when he arrives in Yongliang in the future!

It's just that Liu Fangliang broke through or didn't break through?

Li Shuangxi, who was beside Li Zicheng, was shouting wildly at this time: "Your Majesty, rush over, rush over...... Hurry up, guys! ”

It seems to have rushed through...... The Ming army did not have many cannons, and there were not many bird guns, or the spear array was the mainstay, at this time, the bird guns had to retreat and slowly reload after a while, but the pikemen could not stop it.

Of course, this is also related to Liu Zeqing's ineffective soldiers, although Wang Dou rewarded him greatly, but he still had some sequelae after cutting Liu Zeqing.