Chapter 235: Besieging Sun Chuanting
Entering the governor's yamen, Li Zicheng looked up to the sky and laughed.
"Haha, God help me, even God helps me Li Zicheng, I originally thought that I couldn't take Kaifeng Mansion in ten days and half a month, but I didn't expect that in just half a day, without much effort, I took Kaifeng Mansion, happy, happy, haha!"
Don't talk about Li Zicheng, even Song Xiance and Li Yan, who have always been steady, are full of excitement and surprise, it's too easy, even if it's attacking a county town, it's not as easy as conquering Kaifeng Mansion, it's too smooth!
"King Chuang, this, isn't this Sun Chuanting's trick? Bring us into Kaifeng Mansion and then fence us off? ”
Li Yan's heart was full of doubts, and he said in a low voice.
Li Zicheng shook his head and said with a smile: "He, Sun Chuanting, has set up a maze array for us to trap us, but what about his army?" 100,000 Qin troops, it would be good to be able to have half of them left, but we have 100,000 troops, as well as the Jincheng soup pool of Kaifeng Mansion, not to mention that we have Liu Fangliang on the left and Liu Zongmin on the right. ”
Li Yan was a little relieved, hoping that he was too worried.
"King Chuang, since we have already taken Kaifeng Mansion, it is better to strike while the iron is hot, go straight to Sun Chuanting, and annihilate him in the Lanyang area in one fell swoop!"
Song Xiance said fiercely.
Li Zicheng nodded and replied: "Yes, I also have this intention, this time I must let Sun Chuanting be in calamity!" Order, Zhang Nai, Wu Jie, the two of you will lead 10,000 infantry to guard Kaifeng, and the rest of the army will march to Lanyang early tomorrow morning to encircle and annihilate Sun Chuanting! ”
Sun Chuanting didn't expect that this Kaifeng Mansion would fall into the hands of the Chuang army in the blink of an eye, which was too neat, and in just half a day, the Ming army had just arrived in Nanyang, and the scouts sent the news over.
"What!"
Sun Chuanting was shocked, he had just left for half a day, and Kaifeng Mansion had already changed hands, this, the city defense of Kaifeng Mansion was really scum!
"Master Overseer, this time it seems that we can only give it a go and fight against the water......"
Sun Zhixiu said astringently.
"Yes, it's really a backwater......
Back then, Han Xin backed the West River, faced the attack of 200,000 Zhao troops, and won more with less, which became a historical story, but today, he is backed by the Yellow River, and this Lanyang is only thirty or forty miles away from the Yellow River, and it is really a battle against the water.
However, Han Signal is called a soldier immortal, and he has never been defeated on the battlefield, although he also thinks highly of himself, but where can he compare to Han Xin? After taking Kaifeng Mansion, it doesn't take much, Li Zicheng will definitely take advantage of the victory to pursue, more than 100,000 troops will block themselves in Lanyang, and they will not give themselves the slightest room for maneuver......
"Last to the odds?"
Sun Chuanting smiled bitterly: "Zhixiu, this time, we are afraid that we are really in a catastrophe, even if we are given another ten days, the officers and soldiers in the army can recover as before, and when the time comes, even if it is not Li Zicheng's opponent, it will definitely be able to retreat, but now ......"
Sun Zhixiu gritted his teeth and replied: "However, we have no way out, from Kaifeng to Lanyang, it is only fifty miles away, and it will not take more than a day to rush to Lanyang, where else can we go?" Further east, we will enter the territory of Shandong......"
"Okay, let's give it a go, even if we die, we have to kill enough! The order was given, and the army was immediately stationed in Lanyang, deployed defenses, and waited for Li Zicheng to come! ”
Sun Chuanting has no choice but to fight to the death!
The next day, just at noon, Li Zicheng led the army from Kaifeng to Lanyang, and the 100,000 army poured out, overwhelming, and surrounded the Ming army in the middle from three directions!
"The order was given, Li Yan led 30,000 main forces and 20,000 displaced people to attack from the front; Yuan Shizhong led 20,000 main forces, and 20,000 exiles launched an attack from the right flank; Yuan Zongdi led 10,000 cavalry to launch a surprise attack from the left flank and tear open the defense line of the Ming army when he was deadlocked! ”
Just came to the battlefield, Li Zicheng gave the order to besiege, and there was almost no pause, and the army launched an attack directly towards the Ming army!
The attack, the first to come was Li Yan's attack from the front, 20,000 displaced people as the lead, rushed towards the Ming army, and the 20,000 infantry followed closely!
Sun Chuanting sat in the middle army, his face was solemn, and he pressed all the camps of the left army in one breath, resisting the advance of the invading army.
It's just that at this time, it is impossible to rely on bows and arrows alone to block the offensive of the Ming army, not to mention that the Chuang army also has a large number of archers.
Finally, the two armies still collided heavily in one place, and a tragic battle began!
It's just Li Yan's attack, it's just an appetizer, Sun Chuanting still has a combat power of nearly 30,000 troops, 10,000 elite attacks, and he can still hold on to Li Yan's army without falling behind.
However, at this time, Yuan Shizhong's army was launched at the same time, 20,000 main forces, 20,000 homeless, also launched an attack from the other side, and the two invading armies were like scissors, sandwiching Sun Chuanting's main force in the middle, constantly impacting the Ming army's defense line!
Resist, no matter what!
Sun Chuanting continued to command the army to resist, and the two sides fought fiercely from noon until nightfall, although the Ming army had not completely collapsed, but it was already exhausted.
"Brother Zongdi, it's your turn!"
Li Zicheng shouted coldly, "The cavalry assaulted the right flank of the Ming army and crushed the Ming army's defense line in one fell swoop!" ”
"Yes, King Chuang!"
Yuan Zongdi agreed, and commanded 10,000 cavalry to rush towards the right flank of the Ming army like a whirlwind!
In Li Zicheng's view, now the Ming army is already at the end of the crossbow, a large number of cavalry attacked at the same time, impacting the Ming army, this time, the Ming army will be defeated!
However, Li Zicheng is too optimistic, yes, the main force of the Ming army is indeed at the end of the strong crossbow, but Sun Chuanting is cunning and cunning, how can he not leave a hand? He Yilong's cavalry and musketeers have not been dispatched, and they are all pressed behind to recuperate!
Seeing the invading cavalry rushing up, a thousand musketeers immediately took action, raised their muskets one by one, and began to fire fiercely!
Bang bang bang!
The sound of muskets rang out, and the cavalry fell off their horses, disrupting the pace of the cavalry charge!
The cavalry offensive of the invading army was stagnant, and there was a trace of disorder in the formation, and at this moment, He Yilong commanded thousands of elite cavalry, and suddenly rushed out and rushed straight to the flank of the invading army!!
Like an irrepressible torrent of anger, it slammed into the side of the cavalry, and the army was caught off guard, completely caught off guard, and there was a big chaos!