That night, in the large tent of the Central Army in the old camp of the bandits, Li Zicheng leaned on a tiger-skin chair, looking very tired.
The generals of each battalion, as well as military advisors such as Hong Chengchou and Li Yan were also present. Even Hong Niangzi, the general in charge of the family members of the old camp, was sitting at the head of the crowd.
"What's the situation in each battalion? Can the scouts in each battalion send back news?"
Gu Junen clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, the scouts from each battalion have sent back several batches of news. Now there is no sign of Liu Yan's battalions attacking, and they are all stationed inside and outside Dingzhou City."
Li Zicheng sighed in his heart. He originally thought that Liu Yan would most likely lead the battalions of the New Army to attack at night while the Dashun soldiers were not yet stable. Therefore, Li Zicheng had ordered the battalions of the Dashun Army to be prepared. As long as Liu Yan If Yan dares to lead his troops to attack, he will definitely be able to hit Liu Yan's troops hard.
But Liu Yan did not let Li Zicheng get what he wanted this time. The officers and soldiers of the new army were as stable as a mountain inside and outside Dingzhou City, and they were not moved at all.
"In this case, let the soldiers of each battalion go back and rest first."
Li Zicheng frowned slightly and said, "However, each battalion must still take strict precautions and must not be careless!"
"Take orders!"
After everyone dispersed, Li Zicheng sat alone in the Chinese army's tent. Over the years, he had fought in the north and south, experienced ups and downs, until today, he had established a foundation, but he met a fateful opponent like Liu Yan. Although he has never met face to face, Liu Yan has become an insurmountable mountain for him.
For some reason, Li Zicheng suddenly felt tired at this time. If he couldn't defeat Liu Yan's army in Dingzhou, Li Zicheng really didn't know if he would have the energy to fight again.
Been here!
Early the next morning, the drums and trumpets of the bandit alliance were loud, and hundreds of thousands of troops marched out of the camp in a mighty manner, gathering and deploying in the direction of Dingzhou City.
Li Zicheng, wearing a cloak and a big hat, rode his horse with Hong Chengchou, Li Yan, Gu Junen, Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance, Tian Jianxiu and others through the military formation. At this time, the soldiers and horses of the old camp of the bandits had already formed their formation. The Chinese army, which consisted of hundreds of thousands of troops, stopped six or seven miles west of Dingzhou City.
The bright yellow banner of the old camp of the bandits was fluttering and grinning in the wind in the military formation. The more than 30,000 elite soldiers of the old battalion surrounding the banner had an extraordinary momentum, protecting Li Zicheng and others, showing a scornful attitude towards the world.
Tian Jianxiu, the general of the old camp, rode on horseback to patrol the formation. The old camp had 10,000 knights, 20,000 armored soldiers, and 5,000 fire-gun soldiers. At this time, they all roared loudly, as if a ripple spread out in an instant. In the blink of an eye, the soldiers and horses of the surrounding thieves from each camp They also started cheering and roaring.
The middle camp of the bandits led by Liu Zongmin was deployed in front of the old camp, only about three or four miles west of Dingzhou City. The soldiers and horses of the middle camp were the main attacking force in this battle. Although Liu Zongmin was very dissatisfied with this, he also knew what was going on. Regardless of the severity, after some complaints, he still led his troops to quickly deploy the formation.
The green flag of the bandit camp has been raised high. General Quan Liu Zongmin is riding in the middle of the army. General He Jin is leading 20,000 knights to assemble in front of the army in the camp. Former Guoyi general Ren Jirong is leading 50,000 armored soldiers. The 50,000 armored soldiers assembled at the front. These 50,000 armored soldiers were equipped with a large number of shield vehicles. The shield vehicles were covered with sandbags and were specially used to defend against Liu Yan's artillery and musketry.
In front of the military formation of 50,000 armored soldiers, it was General Wu Ruyi who led by Hou Yi.
The 20,000 fire gunners of Liu Yan's tribe imitated Liu Yan's bird gunners and formed a large horizontal formation. However, the 20,000 people formed six rows instead of the three rows commonly used by Liu Yan's bird gunners.
Finally, there are the 100,000 dead soldiers in the middle camp. At this time, these 100,000 men and horses are deployed at the forefront of the army. This is still the old tactics of Liu Yan, which is to use these 100,000 lives to consume the firepower and troops of Liu Yan's department.
Liu Zongmin also specially equipped these dead soldiers with a lot of shields and bows and arrows, hoping that the 100,000 dead soldiers could last longer.
To the south of Dingzhou City, the white flags of the bandit Zuoying were roaring. General Liu Fangliang had deployed hundreds of thousands of troops and was waiting for Li Zicheng's order to attack.
At this time, it was like a bandit camp. At the front of the army were 70,000 dead soldiers, followed by 10,000 gun soldiers led by General Ma Shiyao from the left, followed by 50,000 armored soldiers led by the mighty General Liu Rukui from the right, and behind them were Thirty thousand knights led by the mighty general Li Jin from the left.
Because the main attacking force of the Liuying Zhongying camp was in this battle, Li Zicheng transferred all the shield vehicles equipped in each battalion to the middle camp. At this time, the Liuying Zuoying camp could only temporarily make some simple sandbag vehicles overnight, and the equipment was on the 5th. Among thousands of soldiers.
Fortunately, Liu Fangliang received the report from the scouts. Here in the south, Liu Yan's tribe was not equipped with too many artillery. This can be considered a kind of luck.
To the north of Dingzhou City, Li Zicheng deployed the New Army Left Camp and the New Army Right Camp here. Because these soldiers and horses were mainly prepared for the submission of troops by the official army, Li Zicheng was not sure about the combat power of these two battalions. , or keep your own attitude and use the two battalions together directly.
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According to Li Zicheng's deployment, the attack from the north would be with the New Army's right battalion as the vanguard and the New Army's left battalion as the backup. The two battalions would attack alternately to consume as much of Liu Yan's troops in the north as possible.
To the north of Dingzhou City, Chen Yongfu stood under a green flag with a very solemn expression. At this time, 40,000 dead soldiers had been deployed to the front of the military formation. Behind the dense crowd was General Zuo Guoyi. The military formation led by Chen De was composed of 30,000 armored soldiers and 10,000 fire-gunned soldiers.
Chen Yongfu personally led 10,000 knights to hold down the battle, and he was also ready to rescue his son Chen De at any time.
"I hope this battle goes well and nothing happens to De'er!"
Just when Chen Yongfu was uneasy, Wu Sangui, the general of the Zuoying system of the new army of thieves, was also uneasy.
Wu Sangui led the new bandit army of the left camp and formed a formation two miles behind the right camp. General Xia Guoxiang of the left Guoyi and Wang Pingfan, the general of the right Guoyi, led 20,000 knights in the central army. Both of them were soldiers when Wu Sangui started his career. His confidants naturally led the strongest cavalry to follow him.
At the front, General Wang Pu of Zuo Guoyi and General Li Fuming of Right Guoyi led 30,000 armored soldiers to form an array. They were both general officers at the same level as Wu Sangui. Although the three were familiar with each other, they could not get along with each other, so they were dismissed by Wu Sangui. Arrangements are on standby at the front.
In front of Wang Pu and Li Fuming were ten thousand gunmen led by General Ma Bao of You Guoyi.
Although Ma Bao was Wu Sangui's confidant in history, that happened after the Qing army entered the pass. At that time, Ma Bao joined the Nanming camp after Li Zicheng's defeat. As Wu Sangui led the Qing army south, Ma Bao was defeated and took refuge. Wu Sangui
Later, he became Wu Sangui's confidant.
But at this time, Ma Bao had just been transferred from the old camp of the bandits. In Wu Sangui's view, Ma Bao was sent by Li Zicheng to mix in the sand, so it was naturally impossible to trust him enough.
At the forefront of the army are the 40,000 dead soldiers of the New Army's left camp. Just waiting for the right camp to retreat, these 40,000 dead soldiers will rush forward and fight to the death.
Soon the time came to noon, and as the troops and horses of the bandit battalions were deployed, bursts of war drums came from the direction of Dingzhou City.
At this time, in the first line of defense to the west of Dingzhou City, the New Army artillery battalion led by Qian Qian has been deployed. Except for the red artillery commander deployed on the west city wall, all other artillery units have been deployed on the two lines of defense. within.
The officers and soldiers of the New Army's middle camp led by Shen Tuo have all entered the two lines of defense outside the city to set up defenses. General Guo Rong of the left department is on standby in the first line of defense, ready to cover the artillery battalion's withdrawal into the city. Shen Tuo, the central military commander Teng Jianghe, and the right military commander Yu Qian were on standby in the second line of defense, with the right troops and horses serving as counterattack forces.
Chen Xun led the soldiers of the New Army's front battalion to set up defenses in the north of the city and confronted Wu Sangui and Chen Yongfu's troops. Wang Yue led the soldiers of the rear camp of the new army to set up defenses in the south of the city and confronted Liu Fangliang's troops.
The New Army's guard battalions were deployed on the four walls of Dingzhou City. Together with the artillery battalions deployed everywhere, they formed a crossfire with the soldiers of the battalions outside the city.
The rest of the battalions were on standby in the city in accordance with the strategy. Liu Yan deployed less than half of his troops outside the city in this battle. He wanted to use the defense line to kill a large number of Liu bandits and launch a defensive counterattack, striving to severely damage Liu Yan under Dingzhou City. Army of thieves!
On the west city wall,
Liu Yan held up his telescope and watched, and saw a bright yellow pennant raised within the bandit army several miles away. That was the signal for the bandit army to attack.
Immediately afterwards, the mid-range army of robbers sounded a trumpet sound that reached the sky, followed by the middle camp of the robber thief, the left camp of the robber thief, and the left and right camps of the new robber army. Hundreds of thousands of robber soldiers and horses began to shout in unison. , the momentum was very shocking.
Liu Yan frowned slightly. He didn't expect that the morale of the Liutian battalions was pretty good at this time. The scene where he had expected the morale of the Liutian battalions to be low and collapse did not appear. It seemed that he still underestimated Li Zicheng's ability to lead the army, and also underestimated the Liuyan battalions. The "anti-strike" capabilities of various thieves.
"Instruct all battalions to fight according to the strategy!"
"yes!"
Liu Yan continued to issue orders: "Order Qian Qian to be ready to fire at any time. Order the commanders of each battalion to control the timing of the counterattack. If any party cannot hold on, it will ask for help immediately. Our guild will immediately send troops and horses to support!"
"yes!"
Liu Yan knew in his heart that the battle in Dingzhou was the final settlement between him and Li Zicheng. Both sides would use all their fighting power and fight to the death. Therefore, any intention of underestimating the enemy must be put away and this battle must go all out.
There are countless examples in history of situations where the ship capsized in the gutter and a sure victory was reversed. Liu Yan did not want to fill in the negative teaching material again.
Anyway, the strengths of the new army and the garrison are strong firepower and strong combat power, but the shortcoming is insufficient troops. Liu Yan naturally wants to make use of their strengths and avoid their weaknesses.
In this battle, Liu Yan will not use any more tactics. It will be a frontal and steady battle, using firepower and combat power to push back the army of thieves and not give Li Zicheng any chance to make a comeback!
Woo~woo!
Suddenly, the horn sound of the Rogue Bandits Middle Camp changed from gentle to high-pitched. The 190,000 troops of the Rogue Bandits Middle Camp began to advance forward, and the vast crowd rushed towards the first line of defense in the west of Dingzhou City.
Within the first line of defense, Qian Qian held up his telescope and calmly observed the bandit formation in front. He licked his lips from time to time and felt very excited. In such a decisive battle, his artillery battalion would be the center of attention. Focus, this will be the glory of your life!
Next to him, the messenger who was also holding a telescope to observe the enemy's position suddenly shouted: "The enemy is two and a half miles away from our defense line!"
"The enemy is two miles away from our defense line!"
"The enemy's central camp has entered a distance of two miles!"
Qian Qian yelled loudly: "Red-coated cannon commander, Fo Lang machine commander, rocket launcher commander open fire, keep hitting, keep hitting!"
boom! boom!
In the blink of an eye, the New Army Artillery Battalion placed more than 200 Fran machine guns inside and outside the first line of defense (including some artillery captured from the Rogue Firearms Battalion), as well as 144 rocket launcher vehicles, as well as Western One hundred and forty-four red-coated cannons on the city wall opened fire one after another in a very short period of time. Such firepower from far and near, varying in height, instantly enveloped most of the soldiers and horses in the Rogue Bandit Camp, including tens of thousands of soldiers. The gunmen and armored soldiers behind the dead soldiers were not spared, and they were all hit by artillery fire.
boom!
At the same time, dozens of artillery deployed on the south and north walls of Dingzhou City also began to bombard. For a time, the sound of cannons roared from three sides of Dingzhou City. Hundreds of thousands of thieves outside the city were killing people, and a battle of dozens of people shook the sky. The battle of thousands of horses has officially begun!
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