Outside the Xiguan camp of Kaifeng Fucheng, Li Zicheng sat in the military tent and looked at Zhang Nai suspiciously: "You said the two tigers were released by Zhang Cheng?"
"Yes, Uncle Erhu is not seriously injured, but his face is gray. He may be too tired. Just now he said that he was released by Zhang Cheng of Xuanzang Town."
Zhang Nai then said: "I was afraid that King Chuang would be worried, so I hurriedly came to report the news. When I came, the general sentry master Liu was gone and was chatting with Uncle Erhu."
Li Zicheng nodded and said: "You go back first, let Erhu have a good rest, and don't worry about other things."
Zhang Nai had just left when Liu Zongmin, the general sentry, strode over. After entering the military tent, he came to the table first, poured a glass of water and drank it in one gulp, and then said to King Chuang: "Brother Li, is this sincerity?" It’s so simple!”
Li Zicheng didn't speak. He just looked at Liu Zongmin and motioned for him to continue. Liu Zongmin took another sip of water and then said, "I just came from Erhu. It was indeed Zhang Cheng who released Erhu."
He sat down and continued: "That Zhang Cheng is really big-hearted. He actually wants to subdue the two tigers, and he is still here to play seven captures of Meng Huo for me!"
Li Zicheng then continued: "What did Erhu say?"
Liu Zongmin seemed to be very thirsty. After he picked up the kettle and poured water for Li Zicheng, he poured another bowl for himself, and then said: "Erhu said that the officers and soldiers in the north of the city are indeed not simple. They are different from the officers and soldiers elsewhere. They The military formation is strict and orderly, both offensive and defensive.
Moreover, Erhu also said that this group of officers and soldiers were wearing a lot of armor. Not only the cavalry, but also the infantry were mostly armored. Even the officers and soldiers who were shooting guns were wearing leather breastplates and iron helmets. Bows and arrows were not a big threat to them. "
Li Zicheng seemed to be deep in thought, and he suddenly asked: "Er Hu said it or not, what benefits did Xuanzanzhen Zhang Cheng promise to give him?"
Liu Zongmin was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "Ha, he is very stingy. He only told Erhu to follow him and work for the dog court, and he may be granted the title of wife in the future."
He took a sip of water and continued: "The old dog Yang Sichang didn't come to appease me and others, at least he gave me a general, a guerrilla or something like that. Fortunately, Zhang Cheng only painted a big cake for Erhu. "
At this point, Liu Zongmin seemed to feel something. He looked at Li Zicheng with a little doubt in his eyes, and lowered his voice and asked quietly: "Brother Li, are you suspicious of Erhu..."
"Erhu is your old brother. He didn't have any second thoughts when Tongguanyuan was so difficult. How could I doubt him?"
Li Zicheng stood up and continued: "I have attacked the chariot formation in the northwest of the city several times today, but without success. Not only do I see that the chariot formation is tight and the guns and artillery are sharp, but what is even more rare is that its troops are well-organized and can be as strong as an arm." His commanding fingers are average, not only his orders are unified, but he is also quite tolerant.
We only wait until our army is seventy or eighty steps closer before firing cannons and artillery. No matter how we are tempted, no one will fire cannons without permission. This is different from the officers and soldiers we encountered before. I think the officers and soldiers in this unit are even better than He Renlong and Zuo. Good people are more difficult to deal with. "
Liu Zongmin nodded and continued: "It is really difficult to deal with Zhang Cheng's officers and soldiers in Xuanzang Town. Perhaps only the cavalry of our old camp can fight with them."
"The cavalry is our foundation. We can't all waste it on Zhang Cheng. It's not easy to fight with him today, so he can just withdraw his troops."
Li Zicheng walked towards the curtain of the military tent and said: "When the more than 100,000 troops we have newly recruited in western Henan are trained next year, even if they are hard-wearing, Zhang Cheng's mere thousands of soldiers will be worn to death!" "
He turned around and said to Liu Zongmin: "I will send someone to call Mr. Niu, the military advisor and Mr. Li to come over. Let's discuss how to withdraw the troops tomorrow."
Gu Liu Zongmin had just finished chatting with him about Liu Tichun, and now he heard that he was going to call Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance, Li Yan and other newcomers to discuss matters. For some reason, he felt a little unhappy.
But he didn't show anything, he just said lightly: "Call Mingyuan here, Erhu will also rest for a while. He is more familiar with the officers and soldiers to the north, so call him over too.
It just so happens that we have dinner here! "
Li Zicheng naturally would not object, and immediately sent his own soldiers to call for people.
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In the north of Kaifeng City, after Zhang Cheng sent away Gao Mingheng, Liang Bing and other officials in Kaifeng City, he summoned the generals of each battalion to discuss matters.
According to rough statistics, nearly 2,000 bandits were killed and injured in today's battle, and nearly 3,000 bandits were captured. Less than 4,000 people were rescued from starvation, and the giant thief Crock Pot was even captured alive.
In the north of the city, Liu Tichun and Wuguan's troops together originally had 6,000 rebels, but after days of filling trenches and digging the city, nearly 500 people were injured.
After that, more than a thousand people were killed in the fighting with Zhang Cheng's troops. Hundreds of wounded soldiers were too seriously injured and were ordered to give up treatment by Zhang Cheng and were beheaded. In addition, hundreds of soldiers fled in the chaos. Thief.
In this way, 6,000 rebel soldiers were defeated by Zhang Cheng in one battle. There were nearly 6,000 hungry people in the north of the city. They filled trenches and dug the city and suffered heavy casualties. In addition, during the chaos of the war today, there were more casualties, so There are only less than 4,000 people left.
However, Zhang Cheng's troops suffered little losses in this battle. First, they attacked suddenly and caught the rebels by surprise. Second, Zhang Cheng's troops had strict camp tactics, complete armor, and sharp guns and cannons.
But it was not without its problems. After all, it was the first time to experience such a battle. Some sergeants would inevitably be a little nervous when they first came into battle. It was said that the misfire rate of the fireguns was significantly higher than in normal training.
Moreover, the cooperation between gun soldiers and shield soldiers is pretty good, but the tactical connection between spear soldiers and gun soldiers needs to be improved. There is obviously a lack of tacit understanding and the cooperation is not very good.
Therefore, the losses of Zhang Cheng's cavalry were not great. After all, they had been wandering and harassing. Most of the cavalry did not actually engage in combat with the rebels. Only a dozen horses were injured by the rebels' bows and arrows.
In addition, when the heavy cavalry attacked the crock-pot thief army, several cavalry officers were injured by heavy soldiers on their horses and fell off their horses and suffered some minor injuries. There were less than twenty people in the entire cavalry injured, and most of them were minor injuries. .
The casualties of the infantry were also small. Only ninety-seven soldiers were killed in this battle. Most of the more than 300 injured were minor injuries that were not fatal. They were only temporarily separated from the army to rest, but after returning to the army, they became veteran soldiers.
In addition, in addition to beheading and capturing the rebel soldiers, they also captured less than 87 rebel horses, 127 mules and horses, thousands of spears and spears, more than 800 shields, waist knives, short axes, Tie Guduo and more than five hundred others.
But there is not much armor. There are more than 6,000 thieves, but there are less than 1,000 sets of armor. However, nearly 70,000 taels of silver were found. This was mainly found on the thieves under the crock pot and in the camp. .
Old thieves like them all like to carry silver with them, and the old thieves like Crock Pot also have nearly ten thousand silver in their pockets, and only have less than two hundred shi of grain.
