Under Lueyang City, a fierce battle was going on.
Outside the city, drums and trumpets roared loudly, arrows rained like rain, and the battle formations of both sides were intertwined and connected vertically and horizontally.
The sound of gunshots, shouts of killing, wails, and gunfire resounded in everyone's ears, and bursts of gunpowder smoke continued to rise from the formations of the two armies.
Chen Wang was leaping forward with a horse in his hand. The blood had soaked through his armor, and there were even three arrows stuck in his body.
However, none of the three feather arrows could penetrate the armor on his body, and the one that penetrated the deepest was blocked by the layer of chain armor he wore inside.
The military camp general of the Ming Dynasty is definitely a high-risk profession. In the 17th year of Chongzhen, many generals, deputy generals, staff generals and guerrillas died in battle.
Cao Wenzhao died in battle, Yu Chongxiao fought desperately, as fierce as a tiger and fell to death at the end of his strength, Hu Dawei was killed by a cannon, Yang Guozhu was shot by an arrow in the pine mountain...
Although he has become a battalion general, Chen Wang only has more than 4,000 people under his command, and nearly 3,000 of them are new recruits.
Relying on such a small force, facing the elite cavalry under Li Yangchun and Lin Shengquan, there is no room for slacking off.
Even as the leader of a battalion, he still needs to go into battle personally at certain moments.
The military career in his memory and the experiences during this period gave Chen Wang no lack of courage to go into battle.
Li Yangchun's intention is clear. He wants to go straight across the Hanzhong Plain to stir up the storm in the east and west and regain his momentum.
Li Yangchun, who had a large number of cavalry, was a huge disaster for Hanzhong Mansion. Once he really entered the Hanzhong Plain, the consequences would be disastrous.
Hanzhong Mansion will once again suffer new hardships and even become a scorched earth.
Li Yangchun and other troops who were pursued all the way did not plunder much money and food, nor did they seize many soldiers and horses because officials from surrounding prefectures and counties had previously blocked the country.
Rogue bandits rarely build up buildings in Beijing as a demonstration. After all, they have a natural fear of officers and soldiers. They have been hiding and fleeing from being chased since the first year of Chongzhen. It is definitely a lie to say they are not afraid.
Therefore, Chen Wangcai led the cavalry and infantry on a rapid march, and finally caught Li Yangchun's rear army outside Lueyang City.
Li Yangchun and other troops hijacked many villagers and looted a lot of supplies, and their speed was slowed down again.
"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"
The sound of heavy war drums echoed back and forth in Chen Wang's chest one after another.
Chen Wang looked at a blue flag not far away. Chen Wang could clearly recognize that flag. That flag was Li Yangchun's banner.
The sound of horse hooves was like thunder, and under the leadership of Chen Wang, a group of Liao cavalry passed around the formation again.
The bowstring vibrated continuously, the arrows flew high with the speed of the horse, and hundreds of light arrows were shot from the Kaiyuan Bow.
Densely packed arrows flew into the sky one after another, like a huge swarm of bees crossing the dark sky and shooting into the dense formation of rogue cavalry.
The two armies were only fifty steps apart, which was within the range of the Kaiyuan Bow.
Most of the horse troops on the outskirts of the bandits did not have armor, and only a few wore simple leather armor. All the fine armors were confiscated and given priority to the elite cavalry, which they were not qualified to use.
The feather arrows fell into the rogue cavalry formation, causing a bloody storm in the blink of an eye. A large number of unarmored rogue cavalry troops fell under their horses, and were trampled to pieces by the panicked horses.
"Woo——————"
On the battlefield, there was no room to stop and watch, no room for any distraction, the trumpet sounded.
By the time Chen Wang turned around, the bandits' elite cavalry were already coming from the front to cover him up!
All the elite cavalry soldiers of the rogue bandits placed their Yanling knives on their right shoulders and assumed an impact stance.
When we meet on a narrow road, the brave will win. When armies are fighting, if we want to be completely safe, how can this be possible?
Zhu Yuanzhang, who used to command tens of thousands of people, still wore armor and went to the battle in person. After Li Shimin became the king of Qin, he still led the charge into the battle.
"kill!"
Chen Wang roared angrily and issued an order.
Chen Wang's eyes were slightly stern, and he lightly raised his horse. A dozen armored cavalry were already riding around him with guns raised, and the people behind him were already riding forward on their saddles and holding swords.
Of course, charging into battle does not mean leaving all the pressure to one person. Even brave warriors such as Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao are accompanied by personal guards when charging into battle.
However, the expected impact did not come. There were still a hundred steps away, and the team of fine cavalry that had come with great momentum suddenly dispersed and fled towards the rear.
Chen Wang could clearly see that he was watching the neatly arranged elite cavalry disintegrate in an instant, so fast that Chen Wang almost thought it was a rogue bandit's trick to lure the enemy.
But when Chen Wang heard his name, he understood what was going on.
The scene in front of him was all too familiar to Chen Wang.
"Failed, defeated!!"
Those people shouted his name, and then ran away one after another, just like the cavalry and elite cavalry who fled when Cao Bianjiao led the troops into the battle in Pizhou.
"It's Chen Wang! It's Butcher Chen!!"
"Let's go!"
Chen Wang often enjoyed such treatment when he followed Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao into battle.
Chen Wang once thought that one day some people would be afraid of him just like they were afraid of Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao.
But Chen Wang did not expect that this day would come so quickly.
Chen Wang's current reputation is naturally not as terrifying as Cao Bianjiao, who can deter hundreds of thousands of bandits.
However, Li Yangchun, Lin Shengquan, and Li Guo's Jingqi and cavalry troops were chased and escaped by Chen Wang's troops.
When Li Guo wanted to go to Fengxiang Mansion, Chen Wang personally led the cavalry to kill them twice. After killing nearly a thousand people, Li Guo did not dare to look back.
In the Battle of Three Mountains, when they finally retreated from Nanshan, Chen Wang led the army to intercept for a while and killed hundreds more.
In the three battles, Chen Wang personally led the troops, beheaded generals before the battle, captured the flag and broke the formation without any calculation, and killed dozens of people with his own hands.
How not to leave people with fresh memories, especially Sanshan’s final interception battle.
At that time, Chen Wang was completely rushing to kill Lin Shengquan, Li Yangchun, and Li Guo at random, so that he could use it to deal with errands and give Hong Chengchou an explanation.
At that time, Chen Wang was indeed murderous.
Almost half of the bandits blocking the road were killed, and more than 300 Jingqi under Li Yangchun were killed in the battle.
But in the end, Lin Shengquan and the others were allowed to escape. The bandits were not very powerful, but their escape skills were considered top-notch.
Chen Wang is wearing a bright white fish scale armor, a gray silver high-topped helmet, a red lining, a saber belt on his waist, and a horse spear in his hand. The horse under him is pure white without a trace of hair. The formation is extremely eye-catching.
All the bandits were frightened when they saw Chen Wang. It was this man who chased them for almost a thousand miles.
More than 900 heavily armed Liao cavalry followed Chen Wang in a neat formation, rushing straight ahead like a galloping iron stream.
"kill!!"
In the rogue cavalry formation, Li Guo's face turned red and he held the wild goose feather sword high, galloping in front of the cavalry formation. He had already seen Chen Wang, who was wearing bright silver fish scale armor.
He shouted loudly and vented his emotions. For the past few months, his emotions had been deeply suppressed in his heart.
The feeling that his wealth and destiny were all in the hands of others made Li Guo almost crazy...
"kill!!!"
Although the group of rogue Jingqi were frightened, they still held the Yanling Saber in their hands and followed Li Guo directly to meet the Liao Cavalry formation.
As battle-hardened veterans, they actually do not lack the courage to fight to the death.
Their faces were ferocious, and they were shouting wildly to fight. They knew that now was the time when they needed to fight for their lives.
However, the expected situation of cavalry clashing and people turning on their backs did not appear.
Li Guo's eyes suddenly shrank, and through the guards in front of him, he saw a sudden puff of white smoke.
A slight sizzling sound then appeared in his ears. This sound was very familiar to Li Guo. It was the sound of Huozhezi lighting the primer!
"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!!"
Large plumes of gunpowder smoke flew up into the sky, and a continuous explosion suddenly sounded. Li Guo felt his ears were shocked extremely uncomfortable, but he heard it - it was the explosion of the three-eyed gun!
A shrill howl followed, and the rogue cavalry charging at the front were shot one after another, screaming and falling off their horses.
Li Guo's heart was beating wildly, and fear swept towards him like a tide. He watched helplessly as the last guard in front of him was hit by a gun and fell off his horse, and the sound of the gun had not stopped yet! !
Li Guo felt cold in his heart. Even though he was wearing two pieces of armor, he didn't have the confidence to defend against the three-eyed gun at close range...
"kill!!!"
Li Guo was looking crazy, his face was extremely red, his eyes were red, and behind him was a group of elite cavalry following him into the formation, and he could not escape.
Once the cavalry formation is started, it is difficult to stop, especially when the charge is initiated, the speed has already increased, and the cavalry charging at the front basically determines the qualifications to stop.
The crazy secretion of adrenaline made Li Guo seem to have infinite power. Everything even slowed down in front of his eyes. Li Guo gritted his teeth, he was ready to fight for his life!
Li Guo was concentrating, all his attention was on the front, and he was staring at the oncoming red general's flag - that was Chen Wang's general's flag!
Li Guo's target is Chen Wang, but Chen Wang's target is also Li Guo.
Chen Wang did not know Li Guo, but the armor Li Guo wore separated him from the ordinary soldiers around him, and the flag behind Li Guo also betrayed his identity.
By allowing the enemy to enter Hanzhong, his goal has been achieved, but if the bandits flow into other houses, he will be punished no matter what the reason is.
But the head of a bandit leader can offset this guilt.
"die!"
Chen Wang shouted loudly, and the prancing horse suddenly accelerated his speed, and the two guards blocking the front moved out of the way with a tacit understanding.
Li Guo's expression stopped at the last moment, his eyes were full of fear, and before he could react, the horse in Chen Wang's hand had already cut his throat.
The next moment, the world suddenly started to rotate. Li Guo felt that his body was extremely light and he actually flew up.
But soon he fell down again, and his scalp hurt, as if someone had grabbed his hair.
He wanted to speak, but he opened his mouth but nothing came out.
I don’t know why, but the sound of horse hooves that was like thunder in my ears is getting farther and farther away.
At the last moment, Li Guo moved his only moving eye and looked to the left. He saw a pure white horse galloping.
…
Under Lueyang City, the sound of swords and soldiers stopped.
The battle lasted from noon to dusk.
From the beginning to the end, there was no movement in Lueyang City. Even after the war, no one dared to step out of the city gate.
Chen Wang wiped the blood from his face and climbed onto a slightly higher mound.
He pursued Li Yangchun all the way to the Lueyang City, led the cavalry to intercept their way, and then the infantry pressed forward and attacked together, suppressing him under the Lueyang City.
This move was naturally met with a crazy counterattack by the rogue bandits.
The intensity of this battle was far greater than that of Chunhua and Sanshan. At this time, a large number of corpses were piled on the ground on the battlefield.
The dead could not speak, but the living did not want to speak. Most of them had not yet recovered from the war.
However, Chen Wang was one of the small group of people. He was not immersed in the war, but had already begun to think about other things.
This war is also an experiment, and practice leads to true knowledge.
The three-eyed gun tactics used by Li Zicheng were indeed extremely effective. Not only could they block cavalry charges, they were also effective against group charges launched by the enemy's unarmored infantry.
Each time the three-eyed gun fired, several bullets came out.
When three volleys were fired, more than a dozen lead bullets exploded.
Although the accuracy of the three-eyed blunderbuss is not as good as that of the bird blunderbuss, one lead pellet cannot hit the enemy, but a dozen lead pellets will always hit the enemy.
Although the power is less than that of a cannon, most bandits have no armor, and as long as they are hit by a three-eyed cannon, their flesh and blood will be mutilated.
"Instruct all ministries and divisions to count the casualties and clean the battlefield. We will camp under Lueyang City to rest tonight."
Chen Wang slowly let go of the horse's reins. His hands were trembling slightly. This was caused by excessive exertion.
After the enemy fled, he led the cavalry in pursuit for nearly twenty miles before finally withdrawing his troops and returning.
In this battle, he killed Li Guo. Li Yangchun and Lin Shengquan not only left behind all the old, weak and hungry soldiers, but also the fine cavalry and cavalry were seriously damaged. They were really damaged and their strength was greatly reduced.
Construction is difficult but destruction is extremely easy. Chen Wang turned his attention to the south. It was impossible for him to let Li Yangchun enter the central area of Hanzhong Basin.
Most of the troops in the Hanzhong Prefecture are now fighting the rebellion in the Xixiang area, and there are no troops available for field battles in the Hanzhong Basin.
"Tomorrow we will make dinner at three o'clock and break camp at four o'clock tomorrow, and continue to pursue..."
Chen Wang raised his head and was about to give orders, but at the last moment he stopped talking.
"No……"
Chen Wang's eyes flickered, and at the last moment he changed his mind.
"Chen Gong."
"You lead the cavalry in the army to continue the pursuit, go around the small road towards Jinniu, block the way of Li Yangchun and Lin Shengquan, and let them run to Ningqiang Prefecture."
After driving Li Yangchun into Ningqiang Prefecture, he only needed to defend three or four important places before he could be trapped in Ningqiang Prefecture.
At the same time, there was a place there, which became famous all over the world because of a great battle in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.
It is not only a strategic location, but also extremely suitable for garrisoning and development.
After entering Hanzhong, the pace will speed up and the content of farming will unfold. I have been exhausted these past few days, so the interruption of updates has been a bit long, I am really sorry.
(End of chapter)
