Under the dark black banner, Li Zicheng, wearing a red hat and armor, looked solemn.
Looking down from the slope, the Ming army's cavalry numbered no more than a hundred, but they instantly defeated the more than a thousand cavalry and three thousand infantry that he had placed on the left flank of the official road.
"His grandma's!"
Liu Zongmin slammed the felt hat on his head to the ground and cursed angrily.
"Hun Tianxing and Man Tianxing are two idiots. When they talked, they wanted to break the truth, but when they fought, they were like idiots!"
Liu Zongmin cannot be as calm and calm as Li Zicheng.
"The formation of more than 4,000 people was broken up by less than 100 people. What kind of battle is this!"
Li Zicheng glanced slightly sideways at Guotianxing Hui Dengxiang and Scorpion Block Tuo Yangkun who were right next to them.
Guo Tianxing Hui Dengxiang's face turned red, and he was obviously angry. Hun Tianxing and Man Tianxing were his subordinates, and Liu Zongmin's words were like slapping him in the face in front of everyone.
After all, he is also one of the thirteen families, with the same status as Gao Yingxiang. Li Zicheng's status is not as good as him. Liu Zongmin is just a general under Li Zicheng, but he dares to lose face to him.
However, the 4,000-strong army was defeated by less than a hundred cavalry in one encounter, leaving him speechless.
Scorpion Block Tuo Yangkun didn't look sideways, as if he didn't hear Liu Zongmin's yelling.
Like Li Zicheng, he was under Gao Yingxiang's command, and he was not the one being scolded, so he was naturally pretending to be deaf and dumb.
"Zongmin."
Li Zicheng raised his riding whip, frowned slightly, and shouted in a deep voice.
Liu Zongmin was furious at first, but when he heard someone calling his name, he came around with anger. When he saw that it was Li Zicheng who called him, he could only restrain all his anger.
"There is something wrong with the officers and soldiers of this battalion. The thief at the head will not be an ordinary person. This battle will not be compared with the Tianxing and the Tianxing."
Li Zicheng stepped forward and smoothed things over, but did not reprimand Liu Zongmin.
Liu Zongmin snorted a few times, although his face was still a little angry, but Li Zicheng had already spoken, and he did not dare to speak anymore, so he stood behind Li Zicheng.
Prime Minister Hui Deng's expression softened a little. He glanced sideways at Liu Zongmin, who was not far away, and did not do anything else unnecessary.
Although he is one of the thirteen families and has a higher status than Li Zicheng, in the final analysis, everything is based on strength.
Hong Chengchou led the troops in pursuit, and his generals suffered a lot of losses. Li Zicheng and Tuo Yangkun both belonged to the camp of Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang, and Tuo Yangkun was mostly dominated by Li Zicheng in making decisions. In fact, the most decisive person in the army now The real person is Li Zicheng, not him.
"No matter how brave the thief general is, he only has one man and a hundred cavalry. This time our three armies have gathered fifty thousand troops. Even the great and small Cao Zhi will have to suffer today."
Li Zicheng narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the chaotic left wing. It was so far away that he could not clearly see the general's banner.
However, judging from its shape, I am afraid that it is either the general or the general. There are many brave men among the officers and soldiers, especially those from Liaodong and Jizhen who are particularly good at riding and fighting, and have strong armor and sharp blades.
On the left wing, he left five hundred fine cavalry for his nephew Li Guo to guard, and also gave him seven or eight squatting tiger cannons and a lot of firecrackers, in order to guard against the attack of the officers and soldiers.
Occupying a favorable location, no matter what, is enough to stabilize the situation, and the officers and soldiers cannot attack.
"Zong Min, I will give you a thousand cavalry to rush to support the right wing and entangle the servant cavalry."
The military situation was on fire. Li Zicheng did not waste time, but he had already thought of a countermeasure in the blink of an eye.
"Don't worry, brother, I'm going to chop off that thief general's head right now!"
Liu Zongmin had already been gearing up for a long time, couldn't hold himself back, and immediately responded.
What about Hun Tianxing and Man Gypsophila with such big nicknames, and the ambush was so infuriating.
"Just hang on to the officers and soldiers, don't do anything unnecessary."
Li Zicheng glanced sideways at Liu Zongmin and lowered his voice.
Hearing Li Zicheng's deep voice, Liu Zongmin also knew what to do. He immediately calmed down his temper, received the military order and ran straight down the mountain.
The sound of horse hooves was loud, and Li Zicheng rode a few steps forward to get a panoramic view of the overall situation.
The left-wing forward troops to the left of the officers and soldiers had all been routed, and the forward cavalry had also been beaten to the bottom of their morale, and they did not dare to fight against the officers and soldiers.
The Ming army's cavalry cut across the entire left wing like a sharp blade, and was driving the broken troops to attack everywhere.
Above the official road, smoke filled the air, and the sound of firecrackers and squatting tiger cannons also rang out. The infantry of the Ming army had stabilized the military formation and began to fight back with squatting tiger cannons and firecrackers.
The Tiger Crouching Cannon does not cause high damage when it bombards armored units from a long distance, but it is undoubtedly a killer weapon for hungry people without armor.
The infantry of the Ming army above the official road have formed a tight military formation. Forest-like spears protrude from the military formation, like hedgehogs, and there is no way to bite them.
The standard spear of the infantry of the Ming Army is generally about one foot, two feet and five inches. The weapons of the troops under his command are messy. The soldiers of the Ming Army formed a military formation because the spear commander had a great advantage in the formation battle.
Even if the veteran soldiers who supervise the battle are forced to do so, they cannot be allowed to attack the already arranged formation of officers and soldiers with short soldiers.
Li Zicheng led the horse forward slowly. The officers and soldiers were obviously about to enter the encirclement, but for some reason they suddenly formed a formation, as if they had discovered an ambush, resulting in this extremely embarrassing scene.
If we enter an encirclement where the terrain is not suitable for galloping war horses, there will be no such cleanup.
Even if we can win this time, we will probably lose a lot of troops and pay a high price.
In the distance, the Ming army's cavalry had begun to retract and re-entered formation.
"First break the left wing, then attack the right wing, and then cover the troops to retreat slowly."
Li Zicheng saw clearly, and he also knew what the general of the army wanted to do.
The left wing was now in chaos. Although Li Guo was already organizing his troops, it would still take a lot of time to stop the chaos.
The army general was gathering his servants again, preparing to break the siege on the right wing.
It has to be said that the general of the army is not only brave but also knows the art of war. If he can really defeat the cavalry on the right wing.
The infantry of the Ming army could evacuate backwards safely. When they reached the plains, their infantry formed a large formation and lined up. It would be much more difficult to break through.
and……
Li Zicheng looked back at the foot of the mountain on the other side.
The movement here cannot be hidden from the bottom of the mountain. I am afraid that the forward cavalry of officers and soldiers who rushed to the front have already discovered that something is wrong. Once they are dragged in to rush for reinforcements, the victory or defeat will be different.
He sent nearly 3,000 men, more than 1,000 horsemen, and 2,000 infantry to Qiutou Town to lure the enemy. The intention was to lure the enemy into pretending defeat, but it turned into a real defeat.
If he hadn't divided up another thousand cavalry to rush to the rescue, I'm afraid it would have turned into a rout.
But even so, the five hundred official cavalry still maintained a strong suppressive power, chasing the more than two thousand cavalry under his command, and they were completely crushed in a head-on confrontation.
"Could it be that I really met Cao Cao..."
Although Li Zicheng made bold words, even Cao Zhi, big and small, must still suffer from hatred today.
It's just a person's name and the shadow of a tree. No one in the thirty-six camps is really willing to face Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao.
Li Zicheng looked deeply as he stared at the army of officers, soldiers and cavalry that had reassembled on the official road.
His expression changed several times in succession, and finally he raised the blue flag in his hand.
This is no longer the time to hide your clumsiness.
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The term "silly dick" was first recorded in Ma Zhiyuan's play "The Thunder in the Midnight Recommending the Blessing Monument" in the Yuan Dynasty.
In the Ming Dynasty, one foot was 32cm, and the spear was one foot, two feet and five inches long, about four meters.
