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Chapter 267 Desperate Li Zicheng
Liu Zongmin has been fighting with Li Zicheng for nearly ten years, and he is used to seeing all kinds of bloody scenes.

When Li Zicheng was almost cornered by Cao Wenzhao and lost his main force, and when Gao Yingxiang, the previous Chuang Wang, was surrounded and captured by Sun Chuanting, the Ming army's combat performance could be called wolf like tiger, resolute and domineering.

However, Liu Zongmin had never been afraid in his heart.Because as long as he can see the eyes of the enemy general, he can see that the opponent is just fighting him bravely,
The opponent wins for a while, but it is only because he temporarily overwhelms him in terms of bravery and fearless ruthlessness; he overwhelms him in terms of numbers of people, powerful equipment and excellent equipment.

And these elements can be improved. Victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs. If you lose, as long as you are good at running around, you can do it again. You have been doing this kind of thing for so many years. What's the point? Scared?

However, today is different.Following Shen's army's musketeers, they insisted on firing without retreating, until they were rushed thirty steps in front of the Chuangjun, and they were still firing indifferently and resolutely, without even hiding.

For the first time, Liu Zongmin's heart was shaken at the level of momentum.

The lethality of rows of musket shells at extremely close range is bound to be terrible. This has been repeatedly proved in the past two and a half years.

On the front of the front that stretched for miles, hundreds of people were directly killed and more wounded fell to the ground and wailed every time a gun was fired.

Chuangjun soldiers' frenzied charge will cause greater casualties as they go to the rear, and the gap in equipment cannot be gradually smoothed out until they enter hand-to-hand combat. This is well known to all Chuangjun generals.

But including Liu Zongmin, everyone felt that their side had the ability to overwhelm the opponent!Shen Shuren is a backwater!There is a boat behind!Isn't this kind of battle the easiest way for the enemy to collapse because of fear?When we meet on a narrow road, the brave wins!Just fight hard!

However, why the progress of the battle situation is not as expected.

On some fronts, after firing the last shot at a distance of thirty paces, the musketeers of the Shen family army did not even retreat to replace them, obviously because they were worried that continuing to use the stacking method would lead to chaos on the front line.

So these soldiers checked the bayonet directly, and even crouched down, holding the bayonet diagonally upwards, the butt of the gun supported the ground, and did not take a step back from the beginning to the end.

The musketeers in the back row, who were supposed to take turns forward, crouched in the front row of robes, and shot over the shoulders, shooting forward at a distance of two feet above the opponent's head.

The firing distance of this last round was already only a dozen steps, and the broken lead beads splashed and shot violently, smashing the rows of soldiers in the front row of rogues into sieves, and the miserable howl resounded through the sky.

This style of play can only be done occasionally, and requires great trust and courage.

Even in Europe and the second half of the 18th century, it is not that no Western generals thought about this tactic. From Frederick the Great to Napoleon, there have always been attempts to shoot over the shoulder. If it is not available, it may be because Nervous, headshot the comrades in the front row directly.

Moreover, the squatting position in the first row is very unfavorable for the upcoming melee combat. Although the number and density of bayonets that can be stabbed by one's own side have increased sharply, the height disadvantage of the soldiers in the first row is too obvious.

If the cavalry is rushing from the opposite side, the height of the head and face of the squatting infantry is almost at the knee of the horse's legs. Seeing the messy horse's legs flying in front of them, anyone who is a little less determined will retreat in fear.

All kinds of abnormal performances lead to a truth - the group of soldiers opposite Liu Zongmin are not normal soldiers at all, and they have been aroused to a kind of belief.Whether it is defending the homeland or cutting off the claws of the predators.

……

"Puff puff!"

"Crack!"

"kill!"

As the Chuang army suffered huge initial casualties, they finally got close to the melee distance. The gunmen of the Shen family army on the opposite side just stabbed their bayonets uniformly and did not retreat at all.

The soldiers in the squatting position in the front row also struggled to resist, and slowly adjusted and straightened up.The length of the barrel of the musket is five feet, so in close combat, you are not afraid of being injured by the comrades in the back row who are stabbing over your shoulders. As long as you fully trust and move forward in unison, the combat power displayed by this dense formation is by no means simple. One plus one equals two.

At the same time, the Musketeers in the Shen family's army only accounted for about one-third of the entire army.There are also two-thirds of the spearmen, crossbowmen and other auxiliary soldiers who are also constantly moving forward and outputting crazily.

The pikemen stood against the rainy arrows in the opposite rear row, and did not retreat at all. The soldiers in the front row were all wearing iron-coated cotton armor, even if they were pierced by three or five arrows on the armor, they would not blink their eyes.

Unless a crossbow arrow just happened to be shot through the gap in the iron tie of the cotton armor, he would groan and scream, but most of them still didn't retreat, waving their weapons vigorously to resist the enemy.

"Kill! Kill all the intruders! Defend Huguang!" The spontaneous and orderly shouts sounded like Shen Shuren's direct troops brought out from Huangzhou and Wuchang.

"You bastards, I told you to slaughter my hometown! The old dog of Shaanxi is enough to kill five, and kill ten to earn a lot!"

"Father, mother, I have avenged you! Second brother, I have avenged you too!"

Those who yelled these words were obviously local soldiers from Henan, victims of the city slaughtered by Li Zicheng's strategy of "those who resisted slaughtered the city, and those who surrendered directly opened warehouses to release food" over the past year.

Those who shouted and killed several times at every turn were enough, and it seemed that they included the number of their entire family members who were killed.

With the knife and gun piercing the flesh, limbs and arms flying around, and blood and flesh splattering, Liu Zongmin felt more and more shock, and even felt a little fear in reverse.

"Die to me! Why don't you retreat! Why don't you retreat! Grandma's boat is right behind, and those who don't escape will die!" Liu Zongmin himself brandished a machete bravely, relying on his personal bravery and wearing the best armor, he went crazy Kill the officers and soldiers in front of you.

But as he slashed and slashed, his heart became more and more impetuous, because he didn't see that his frenzied slashing could make the opponent's morale collapse and make them retreat in fear.

Today's battlefield, for the Chuang army, the only advantage is that if the enemy's morale is low, they turn around and run away, they can hide and drive them into the river, drowning countless officers and soldiers directly in Yingchuan.

If you can't break down the morale, you can't take advantage of the army by just relying on killing people with one knife and one gun.Moreover, the firepower of the officers and soldiers is fiercer and has layers of firepower. As long as the stalemate is maintained and this place is turned into a meat grinder, the exchange ratio between the officers and the army can take an absolute advantage.

The morale of the officers and soldiers has not been low for a long time, how can Liu Zongmin not doubt life?He was chopping and chopping, feeling a little tired, that feeling, like a wildly clamoring fighting cock met with an indifferent stunned chicken.

The officers and soldiers hacked to death by Liu Zongmin all had cold meaning and deep hatred in their eyes. Even if they were fatally injured, they still wanted to take away some organs from Liu Zongmin and leave an extra scar.

Where is the Ming army here?With the Ming army's momentum, Daming would not have been reduced to this level long ago!
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Li Zicheng, who was at the back of the formation, saw that Liu Zongmin couldn't win, so of course the whole army pressed Tian Jianxiu and Liu Fangliang to the front line, and did not leave the reserve team at all.

For the sake of the battle, both sides must lie down, unless there is a total collapse, today's game will be unstoppable.

Li Zicheng's face was gloomy, his eyes were resolute, and he was also full of confusion: what he had been thinking about all along was to finally try to force a bunch of Shen Shuren, let Shen Shuren get out of the tortoise shell of Chen County, and fight a field battle with him.

If he can't be forced, in fact, in a month or two, he will also have to leave, and in the process, thousands of soldiers may starve to death, plus several times more injuries.

However, Shen Shuren was caught in the trap, because he cut off the food supply, so he decisively went out of the city to fight in the field.

Li Zicheng felt that he was supposed to be the one who succeeded by tricks, and finally contributed to this situation, how could he not be able to win?How can you not beat it?

If he couldn't fight, why did he force him to fight back then!It should be Shen Shuren who came to force the fight!

Unfortunately, the facts will not depend on Li Zicheng's will.After Tian Jianxiu and Liu Fangliang pressed with all their strength, the situation of Chuangjun still did not improve.

And as the battle continued, the viciousness of the official army's formation was gradually exposed-the official army formed a moon formation along the river, and they already had a terrain advantage.However, Shen Shuren's Moon Formation is a bit specious.

The front line tends to be more convex in the densely populated parts of the carts, and after several cars are piled up to form a protrusion, the position between the two protrusions filled by musketeers and pikemen is somewhat concave.

Such a layout will obviously make the attacker desperately want to rush into these gaps, so that there is no need to climb over the car formation.However, the officers and soldiers at the gap fought fiercely and vowed to die. After a stalemate was formed, the horse-drawn cannons deployed by the officers and soldiers on the chariots began to show off their power crazily.

Shen Shuren deployed most of the portable rapid-fire Francophones in the army on these carriages to form crossfire in advance. Once the enemy troops poured in from the flanks, they immediately started shooting towards the left and right.The enemy soldiers on the ballistic axis were almost killed and wounded in rows when they were densely packed.

After dozens of rounds of continuous bombardment, there was an obvious disconnect between the bandits' rear team and the front army that had entered the gap. The pillowed corpses blocked the way to charge and support, and also made the front row of troops trying to retreat The soldiers stumbled and were beaten more and less locally, and gradually had to deal with the spears and bayonets coming from several directions, which was miserable.

During the fierce battle, Li Zicheng's face gradually turned gray, like a gambler who lost his eyes. He scanned the battlefield repeatedly like a hungry wolf, and finally decided to place all bets on the beheading action——

He saw the flag array of Shen Shuren, and it was also standing firmly on the bank of the Yingchuan River under the protection of several [-]-material large sand ships and warships behind them.The formation of the army in front of Shen Shuren is also the thickest.

Li Zicheng's eyes were red with blood, and he yelled wildly: "All the rear troops, follow me to kill the Shengou officer's flag formation! Shengou officer is cowardly and afraid of death, he will definitely abandon the formation and board the ship to escape! In that case, the morale of the officers and soldiers will collapse! Let all The soldiers shouted, Officer Shen Gou escaped!"

Some generals were cowardly and tried to dissuade them. There were also a few personal guards who were purely for Li Zicheng's safety and hoped that he would not take any risks.

But Li Zicheng had already gambled everything. He swung a knife and beheaded two warriors, expressing that he would personally share the difficulties with all the soldiers, and forcibly suppressed the doubts.

(End of this chapter)