Daming kill

Chapter 255
Don't run, but attack!
Everyone thought Li Ping was crazy, and everyone expressed strong opposition.

This was the first time that Li Ping faced group public opposition from his subordinates.

But Li Ping still insisted.

He thinks that there is a high possibility that he will not be able to run away!
Zhang Xianzhong's elite who crossed the river near Xiangyin County may have more cavalry than expected, and they are hiding in the city waiting to flank the cavalry they may launch a surprise attack or hunt down them who choose to retreat.

Of course, the most likely thing is to chase and kill.

Otherwise, Zhang Xianzhong should not have organized such a massive river crossing in a place far away from Xiangyin County.

Even the river conditions here are much, much better.

So sloppy!There are too many flaws!
The meaning of scaring people is a bit too obvious.

Therefore, it is basically impossible for them to retreat safely, and the infantry without horses is likely to be killed!

And this was something Li Ping couldn't accept. He was neither willing to accept doomed failure, nor could he abandon his subordinates.

And more than that.

Running may also make their previous efforts go to waste, and make Zhang Xianzhong realize that they are bluffing, so he will no longer go all out to attack the north, and continue to be the local emperor with peace of mind.

Because it is almost impossible for Zuo Liangyu's army to cross Yuezhou.

In this way, instead of choosing the doomed fruit, it is better to launch an attack instead.

Although Zhang Xianzhong's army looks large, from observation, the organization is chaotic, the training is also very low, and it is unlikely to be staged.

For a duel, they are not without a chance.

It can be seen from the frontal battles between Li Zicheng and Sun Chuanting and the previous frontal battles between Li Zicheng and the government army that the peasant army, which is seriously lacking in organization and training, is very powerless when facing a well-trained army far smaller than them.

It is also a good proof that Li Zicheng never won the battle against the Qing army, which had a high level of organization and training but a small number of troops. Of course, Li Ping did not dare to say this.

Li Zicheng's army is like this, and Zhang Xianzhong's army, which has a large scale and short weather, will only be worse.

Moreover, due to the large scale of Zhang Xianzhong's army they are facing this time, it is impossible to complete the crossing of the river today, and there will still be a small part and a large amount of luggage that will need to cross the river tomorrow.

But also because of this and the need to adjust the troops, the huge Zhang Xianzhong army will still be in a certain state of confusion, and even more confusion due to paralysis and relaxation of mind because most of the army has already crossed the river.

This makes it possible for them to carry out an attack tomorrow, and once successful, all the problems now will not be problems.

However, this is just Li Ping's method of physiognomy.

His subordinates still generally believe that the disorganization and poor training of Zhang Xianzhong's army should not be an excuse at all.

They don't have quality, but they have quantity!
The heap also kills you.

What's more, Zhang Xianzhong assembled such a huge army in a short period of time and almost suddenly appeared in front of them, which shows that this huge army is not as bad as Li Ping said.

Attacking is simply courting death.

Furthermore, if it is as predicted by Li Ping, Zhang Xianzhong still has more cavalry and elites hiding in Xiangyin County waiting to kill them.

Wouldn't that be courting death?

At present, the most realistic choice is to organize a retreat as soon as possible. Even if it cannot be withdrawn completely, it is good to withdraw part of it, at least to make everyone feel that there is a possibility of survival.

As long as the green hills remain, there is no fear of lack of firewood.

The collective opposition of his subordinates finally made Li Ping waver.

Of course, when everyone objected, it was impossible for him not to doubt his own judgment.

But the turning point also appeared soon.

"I support the attack. I can't do anything about giving up my brothers, so I might as well fight. They are all in command, and I don't want to be scolded by the infantry brothers for being eggless?" Ma Lan, the commander of the cavalry, suddenly blushed. shouted out.

Everyone who was discussing the matter fell silent in an instant.

Some blushed, others paled, and others lost in thought.

At the beginning, Zhang Qing, who was silent and thinking, looked at Ma Lan beside him in surprise, and then raised his hand to express that he wanted to speak.

Zhang Qing, who seldom participated in major combat meetings, was still a little cautious.

After Li Ping signaled, he said: "I also support the opinion of the general soldier. Fighting is not more about the number of people, but about discipline, training, experience, courage and tactics, etc. In the Northland, Jiannu often can This is the reason for us and the Mongols who win a lot with less.

We are actually very strong now, but everyone is not aware of it and not confident.Leaving your back to the enemy hastily is not a good choice. "

What Zhang Qing agrees with is Li Ping's analysis. Years in the frontier army gave him a deeper understanding of the gap between elite and non-elite troops.Winning more with less and even winning a lot, he has heard too much and seen a lot.

With Zhang Qing endorsing Li Ping with his own personal experience, Zhou Wen also suddenly changed his attitude.

Although Zhou Wen is only a deputy most of the time, his erudition and ability have long been widely recognized. He is the most trusted and convinced senior officer besides Li Ping. His prestige has already surpassed that of Ma Yong, Duan Qiang and Hu Zhongshan are three of Li Ping's most loyal confidants.

His change of attitude is thus the most shocking.

After being stunned, Ma Yong and Duan Qiang hastily expressed their support for Li Ping's decision.

They are not as clear as Zhou Wen's, and they can't say anything new. They may even be skeptical and opposed to the attack in their hearts, but they still emphasize that they must follow the commander no matter whether they go up the mountain of swords or down into the sea of ​​fire. I believe Li Ping will definitely Continue to lead them to do wonders.

When the most backbone forces began to turn into support, the voices of opposition stopped abruptly.

The tone of the attack was also quickly determined.

When the deployment of tomorrow's offensive plan was completed in the night, the officers who were still visibly anxious were sent away.

Li Ping, who was alone, became hesitant.

He doesn't know whether his decision is right or wrong, no matter how sound the analysis is, and no matter how nice and manly it sounds to the audience, it's another thing to actually face it.

That takes a lot of courage.

And if it fails, the consequences will undoubtedly be dire and catastrophic.

Li Ping was confused again.

But when he was struggling, the siren of the bugle suddenly came from the northeast direction outside the barracks, followed by a lot of movement.

Li Ping was startled.

To the northeast is Xiangyin County.

Zhang Xianzhong couldn't help but decided to fight here in the dark, right?

But when the resting troops were urgently aroused and ready for battle, the alarm was quickly lifted.

It turned out that Zhang Xianzhong's army of more than 1000 people fled in the dark and surrendered.

Li Ping, who was greatly surprised, immediately received the leader of the defection army who was obediently disarmed.

A former farmer in Macheng, a former member of the Liren Society.

According to the leader named Chen Zidao, the reason why he came to surrender was that he didn't want to follow Zhang Xianzhong, the great hero he once thought, but in fact he was just a bloodthirsty thief.

His belief made him unwilling to continue to be Zhang Xianzhong's indiscriminate butcher knife, and the hundreds of Macheng backbones among the more than 1000 people he brought were also unwilling.

It turns out that whether it is the Lirenhui or the Zhidaohui (also known as the Xierhui), it can be seen from the name that it pursues a completely orthodox ideology, and is deeply rooted in the interpretation of chivalry, brotherhood, and martial arts legends. violent Confucianism.

The meaning of Liren in Lirenhui is to treat neighbors with kindness. It is also the moral code that has been repeatedly instilled in the lower-level people in Macheng for a long time, and it is an indispensable and important glue for alleviating conflicts in rural areas.

It is also true that the officials and landlords in Macheng allowed the existence and development of the Liren Society and the Zhidao Society, and even had weapons.

However, Zhang Xianzhong's actions are obviously far from the basic morals followed by the Liren Society and the Zhidao Society, and it becomes more obvious as time goes on, and it is difficult to conceal.

It's just that most of the members of Lirenhui and Zhidaohui have already been tied to Zhang Xianzhong's chariot and cannot get off.

However, Li Ping, who had excellent military discipline and constantly attacked Zhang Xianzhong, brought a new choice to those few who were unwilling to follow blindly and still wanted to adhere to the basic moral principles.

An important reason why the Liren Society and the Zhidao Society can develop and grow is that most of their main leaders are high-ranking servants, who are usually responsible for managing large areas of real estate outside Macheng and handling daily affairs for the masters in the county town on weekdays, so there are plenty of opportunities to build a network of relationships.

The thought of turning over and becoming the master is naturally very strong, and there is no turning back.

However, Chen Zidao and most of his Macheng subordinates were not born as servants, but farmers, which made them very different from those congregations who were born as servants.

The hatred and hostility towards the government and the powerful class is not so strong, especially there is no strong sense of revenge, the psychology is not so distorted, and the way of behavior is naturally not willing to be extreme.

This also made them even more disappointed with Zhang Xianzhong's behavior.

Of course, it is even less likely that Chen Zidao and the hundreds of newly recruited soldiers in Wuchang, Yuezhou, and Changsha controlled by his Macheng subordinates will give up on Zhang Xianzhong.

And there is another very important point, that is, Chen Zidao is not optimistic about Zhang Xianzhong's victory.

Chen Zidao had experienced the fiasco in Daye County, so he had a blind fear of Li Ping.

Even if it hadn't been for the fact that his original unit had suffered heavy losses in Daye County, leading to the death of several leaders on top of him, Chen Zidao, who had some courage and courage but was only a farmer, would not have been able to take over the leadership of hundreds of people right.

Of course, Chen's surname is one of the common surnames in Macheng, which is also an important reason.

And most importantly, Chen Zidao knew that Zhang Xianzhong's rapidly assembled elite force was seriously insufficient.

Because Sun Kewang's troops had severely damaged Zuo Liangyu's army last month and knowing that Li Ping was fighting Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and his entire army completely let down their vigilance towards the north, and a large number of elite troops were transferred elsewhere.

Li Rujing in Hengzhou and Liu Wenxiu in the further south both took away many elites and were further supplemented. Although Zhang Qi's troops in attacking Jiangxi were mostly Wuchang soldiers, many elites were also sent to monitor and balance.

This has led to a very limited number of soldiers and horses around Zhang Xianzhong who can be said to be capable of fighting, and many of them were even captured from Zuo Liangyu just last month. They will not be regarded as elites hiding in Xiangyin County.

Chen Zidao and his troops were one of the troops hiding in Xiangyin County and preparing to pursue Li Ping. Even if they were not cavalry at all, they only had dozens of horses.

Moreover, Zhang Xianzhong's army is not only seriously short of elite soldiers, but also has a shortage of generals who can lead the army. The only general available at the moment is Sun Kewang.

As a result, the Wu Jinshi surnamed Zhao who had just been invited out and named the "Second King" had to be pretended to be a general to lead the army.

But Chen Zidao doubts whether this buddy has the ability to lead an army.

All these made Chen Zidao very pessimistic about the battle that might break out.

And Li Ping did not run away like Zhang Xianzhong told them, which further strengthened Chen Zidao's judgment that Zhang Xianzhong would lose again and Li Ping didn't take them seriously at all.

At the same time that Li Ping met Chen Zidao, the staff office and teaching office also organized separate interviews and examinations of Chen Zidao's subordinates, and soon got basically the same information as Chen Zidao said.

Li Ping's judgment was basically correct.

Although Chen Zidao's sudden surrender brought disturbance to Li Ping's troops for a while, it also gave many anxious officers and soldiers confidence in tomorrow's attack for the first time.

There are not many elite enemies, and the troops from Macheng have psychological problems. This battle is indeed worth fighting.

The eyes of the officers who could get more information began to harden.

Even Li Ping himself no longer worried about gains and losses, his mood began to calm down, and he fell asleep soon.

But at the same time, Zhang Xianzhong was furious.

There are 10 people on his own side, almost ten to one advantage, but there are still troops running to the opposite side to surrender, and they are still troops from Macheng, which makes him both shocked and angry.

What made him even more annoyed was that the fleeing troops still fled openly by cheating the Xiangyin city gate. The troops guarding the gate and other troops in the city didn't notice that something was wrong, and they didn't pursue it either.

Not to mention vigilance, even the most basic inspection system has become a decoration, and the state of the troops can be imagined.

This made Zhang Xianzhong, who was old in the military, seriously disturbed.

After scolding people, Zhang Xianzhong stood in front of the big tent beside Baishui and looked at the north gloomyly. He found that he couldn't guess what Li Ping was thinking or planning to do at all, his face was full of gloom.

(End of this chapter)