Li Zicheng's face on the south bank of the Qingshui River was ashen. A few hours ago, he looked confident and arrogant. How could he have expected that the situation would develop into what it is now? With the wisdom of dozens of people, we ended up in this situation. Could it be that we Are they all trash?
Seeing him furious, the leaders of the thieves were silent and did not dare to say a word. They were also puzzled in their hearts. It was obvious that our side had the advantage and the advantage at every turn, and the situation was obviously very good. How could it suddenly become like this, with the troops divided into three groups and two sides? The road was attacked head-on, and they returned in vain. In order to protect the main force, two troops were sacrificed in vain. As a result, several generals were trapped in a tight siege and their lives and deaths were unknown.
"My lord, please calm down. This is because the defeat on the northwest front has affected the overall situation. At first glance, our army has suffered heavy losses, but in fact it has not been damaged." Niu Jinxing stood up bravely: "The casualties are mostly the refugees who made up makeshift... Just as he was about to continue speaking, Li Zicheng roared: "Liu Fangliang, Gu Ying, Gao Yigong, and Zhang Nai were almost wiped out. Only a few of them escaped, but you still said that they were not injured. You..."
"My lord, please listen to my words." Niu Jinxing faced the wind and said, "Although there is damage, we have not achieved the previous goal. However, we have attracted all the officers and soldiers near Baoding City and revealed their true colors. There are only four or five people inside and outside the city." Tens of thousands of troops, with only a few left after damage, how can we defeat our army of hundreds of thousands, and there is an opportunity to counterattack an army at any time."
Li Zicheng raised his eyebrows when he heard this, looked at the officers and soldiers on the other side, and suddenly his eyes lit up: "You are saying that it is better to attack than to defend at this time, and kill them directly while their soldiers are tired."
"That's it!" Niu Jinxing clapped his hands vigorously, and the thieves couldn't help but feel happy after they figured it out. The officers and soldiers were already exhausted after fighting fiercely for a long time. The main force of the thieves used to attack the city with cannon fodder to die, and the elite were waiting for the final blow. The situation suddenly changed, and they crossed the river and retreated to the shore before they could take the field. At this time, their morale was low, and their physical strength was at its peak.
There are tens of thousands of elite main force, and there are also cannon fodder available. Previously, I was afraid of being swept away by the wave of rout troops and hurriedly crossed the river to set up a defense. Now I have a firm foothold. There is nothing to fear. Wouldn't it be better to directly attack with a backhand?
The thieves conspired in low voices and became more and more convinced that it was feasible. Li Zicheng could not help but raise his head and laugh wildly. As Niu Jinxing said, although the losses seemed heavy, he finally attracted the officers and soldiers and took advantage of the fatigue of the soldiers to counterattack. The officers and soldiers would inevitably fail. The enemy has no choice but to retreat into Baoding City. It's a good time to catch turtles in a jar and surround them and annihilate them all!
After the agreement was reached, the thieves were overjoyed. Li Zicheng wanted to order an attack. He led the refugees in the river to attack the other side, and then covered them up. However, at this time, someone exclaimed that there was something strange on the other side.
Li Zicheng and others arrived after hearing the news. When they looked up, their faces turned pale. They saw a murderous formation of heavy armored cavalry in an open space across the bank. There was a big flag in the formation and a big "palace" written in front of it. Riding, wearing heavy armor, waving arms and swords to demonstrate!
The thieves were shocked. They had seen this flag in Taiyuan.
Gongziqi, little eunuch!
Since the officers and soldiers established a defense line in the north a few days ago, there have been various signs that the little eunuch is coming, but there is no factual evidence. At this time, the flag was raised, proving that the little eunuch is really coming, and he is right in front of you!
No wonder the situation was originally very good, but why he was beaten so hard that he ran away for no reason. No wonder the officers and soldiers could always predict the enemy's opportunities. It turned out that it was the cunning little eunuch who was behind the scenes.
But, isn't he from the south? Why did he come here?
The thieves were puzzled. Li Zicheng's face was clouded, and he glanced sideways at Niu Jinxing next to him. He happened to see the panicked look in Lao Niu's eyes. Both of them thought of a terrible thing: the little eunuch made an attack in the east and killed Li Guo and Li Guo. Luo Hu and other main forces were led to the south, and a hole must have been dug there waiting for them.
"This castrated dog is so despicable, I wish I could eat its flesh!" Li Zicheng roared, but he also knew in his heart that soldiers are not afraid of deceit, and the little eunuch is also capable of sneaking around.
There are officers and soldiers in Zhaozhou in the south watching with eager eyes, and the refugees in Zhending Mansion are in chaos. These are all dug holes. I'm afraid Li Guo will fall into the trap if he is not careful. Then there will be a wolf in front of him and a tiger behind him, and the situation will be dangerous.
Li Zicheng began to hesitate whether to fight or not! If the attack crosses the river in one fell swoop and defeats the officers and soldiers or surrounds them in Baoding City, even if there is a chaos in the rear, he will still have some spare hands to deal with it. But at this time, he and the bandit leaders hesitated as soon as the little eunuch showed up, because they knew that he was too insidious and cunning. Bao Buqi had already dug a hole on the other side for him to rush in.
Of course, it is not ruled out that he deliberately revealed his identity to scare him, but who knows whether he deliberately made himself think that he was scaring him. Li Zicheng felt that his head was about to explode.
"My Lord, to fight or not to fight?" Niu Jinxing and others were also undecided. No one dared to make a decision because no one was willing to bear the consequences. They all focused their attention on their boss Li Zicheng.
"Liu Zongmin led his troops to guard this line of defense. The rest of his troops slowly retreated to the Qingshui River ten miles behind to build a second line of defense. They entered the camp and reorganized for a while before discussing. They quickly rode south to notify Li Guo to return to the camp and ordered Ma Shiyao, Ren Jirong, and Gu Kecheng to kill him with a quick sword. Luan Ma calmed down the civil unrest and sent troops to attack Zhaozhou, defeated the officers and soldiers, and opened up a retreat to prevent any unexpected events."
Li Zicheng finally did not dare to send troops to fight.
Seeing a commotion among the rebels on the other side, and then withdrawing their troops in an orderly manner, Chang Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief. After all, he was not a god. He had calculated that Li Zicheng would lose in this third-line battle, but he never expected that he could stop the loss in time and use his division to block the embrasures to cover the main force. Retreat and quickly establish a line of defense to successfully contain the defeat of the defeated troops. Otherwise, they will be able to pursue them all the way to the Qingshui River branch camp ten miles away.
When he saw that the rebels were resisting the defense on the other side of the river, although their morale was low and the troops were still strong, he was worried that they would be defeated if they counterattacked. He knew the true state of the officers and soldiers at this time. All the troops around Baoding City were concentrated here, but for a long time Except for the more than 10,000 troops of the Tengxiang Guards, all those who were still able to fight were exhausted and could not stop the rebels' counterattack. If they retreated into the city, they would all be trapped.
No matter what he was afraid of, when he was worried, he saw the rebel army starting to mobilize troops and knew that Li Zicheng wanted to counterattack. When the generals were unable to do anything, he made a clever move and went out to reveal his identity.
During the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Liang used the empty city strategy to scare away the enemy troops. Chang Yuliang's identity was revealed so that Li Zicheng was confused for a while. This was a show-off strategy!
Sure enough, when Li Zicheng saw his appearance, he was shocked and worried about gain and loss. He did not dare to attack rashly, and ordered his subordinates to retreat ten miles to build a second defense line to rest their troops and wait for the time to move!
When the enemy left, the generals felt relieved. Chang Yu immediately ordered the Tengxiang Guards to resist the river and confront the thieves, while the remaining troops cleared the battlefield and entered the city to rest.
This battle started at Si hour and lasted nearly two hours in the afternoon. The officers and soldiers defeated the bandit army with a great victory. Liu Fangliang, Gu Ying, Gao Yigong, Zhang Nai, Hao Yaoqi, Bai Guangen, and Chen Yongfu killed thousands of thieves and captured more than 10,000. , captured the bandit leader, Hao Yaoqi, Bai Guangen, Chen Yongfu, and numerous artillery and war horses.
Chang Yu led his generals into the city, and the people in the city cheered, which was a lively event.
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