Win the Ding 1617

The crown prince Taibao was awarded the title of Shangshu of the Ministry of War and the censor of the right capital. Hong Chengchou, the governor of Shaanxi and the three sides and the military officer of the five provinces including Henan, was dressed in civilian clothes and rode a horse. He was mixed among a large group of staff on horseback. He stood on a small hill near Tongguan with his soldiers in front of him and behind him.

Tongguan has no north gate, only east gate, west gate, south gate and upper south gate.Every city gate is strictly guarded by a commander-in-chief.

The direction leading to Luochuan in the north is even more heavily guarded.

The city of Tongguan was full of troops, and there were even more tents and herds of mules and horses in the surrounding area.The sound of drums and horns came and went.

A series of checkpoints strictly checked the passers-by on the avenue leading to Luochuan, and those who came from Luochuan were arrested first for interrogation.

In the direction of Luochuan, nearly 20 thieves such as Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng and others are now entrenched.

Since the civil uprising broke out in Shaanxi, the peasant army often entered Henan from Qin, entered Qin from Henan, or crossed the Qinling Mountains from Fufengmei County in Shaanxi to the south and entered Hanzhong, and then went south to Sichuan, and then entered Hubei from Sichuan.But the road of Tongguan, since the first time it broke into Shanxi from Shaanxi, has been familiar to the peasant army just like its own Kangtou.If you go from Tongguan, you will bypass Tongguan County, travel within [-] miles south of Guannan, and go out from the south gate of Tongguan to the foot of Huashan Mountain. dangerous place.Nearby mountains and valleys, those with roads to pass through are called valleys.There are many valleys leading to the county border of Yan Township in Henan Province, and the terrain slopes eastward, which is suitable for the conflict and gallop of the peasant army with cavalry as the main force.

Therefore, Hong Chengchou's defense focus is also set here.

The sun gradually rose above people's heads.It seems to draw the distant Huashan closer. [

In the past, if the staff around me saw such a scene, they would have to come to make fun of it, and asked Governor Hong to compose a poem, and then everyone would write a poem.However, today, the chilling battle atmosphere made everyone lack the courage and elegance.

Suddenly, a long hiss of a war horse pierced the deathly silence, and a muffled thunder-like sound came from a distance.

Immediately afterwards.From outside the people's field of vision, there was a constant sound of artillery shouting and killing.

"coming!"

Hong Chengchou and his staff have the same idea.

"Report!"

A cavalry galloped from a distance.At the foot of the hill, he jumped off the horse's reins and threw it aside, and ran up the hill quickly.

"He Zongbing in the east and Zuo Zongbing in the west have already fought against the bandit forward! Dozens of beheadings!"

"Tell He Zongbing, be sure to guard the crossing. Don't let the thieves escape to the ground in Henan!"

"After the success, the governor will definitely reward you!"

Zuo Guangxian and He Renlong, who is known as He Crazy, are both relatively capable generals in Hong Chengchou's hands.But the styles of the two are quite different.Zuo Guangxian's troops usually pay more attention to training, and have strong combat effectiveness, while He Renlong's troops.It is the same as Madman He's nickname, he is a madman on the battlefield, and he is also a madman off the battlefield.It can be said that military discipline does not exist at all, and it is entirely dependent on He Renlong relying on the friendship between fellow villagers in Mizhi in northern Shaanxi and the bonds between clan blood ties to maintain the army.

However, this lunatic He is also a famous figure among the thieves, second only to Cao Wenzhao who died in battle.Half of the main force of Gao Yingxiang's [-]th team suffered a big loss under his command, and the leaders of four teams were beheaded by him.

"I hope this lunatic He can defend Lancaochuan and buy time for the army to encircle!"

Hong Chengchou didn't think too much about it at this time, and turned his head to signal the Chinese army beside him to issue an order to attack.The Chinese army understood and waved the command flag in their hands. Following the movement of the command flag, a series of cannons rang out, and dozens of cavalry who came and went to pass orders to the ranks of the officers and soldiers everywhere like arrows.

The degeneration of the Ming army is already very serious, and the current Ming army is far from being able to compare with the Ming army in Qi Jiguang's era decades ago. Commanding with banners is just a dream.On the basis of flags, drums, and cannons, the messengers had to convey the orders of the commander-in-chief! [

Zuo Guangxian's troops fought from west to east against Gao Yingxiang who was on the outside.

The main force of Zuo Guangxian's army is the cavalry from Ningxia, Gansu, and Gao Yingxiang, a horse dealer who was born as King Chuang, also has the cavalry at the core of the main force.

After turning over two mounds, two groups of cavalry collided head-on, blood and flesh flew all over the place, and screams kept ringing out.Gao Yingxiang's number one hero, Hao Dayong, was called Hao Yaoqi by the peasant army because he was the first to capture the commander-in-chief flag and charge in the battle of Zhenning. He liked to charge the battle the most.Seeing the flags and troops of officers and soldiers all over the mountains and plains, he couldn't help shouting wildly, waving the big knife in his hand, charging towards Zuo Guangxian's formation.

According to the past habits, as long as the general's main formation "disorders", this army will collapse, and after everyone chases and kills for a while, they can turn their heads and deal with the lunatic He in the east!

However, there is also a lunatic-like figure on the opposite side.

Zuo Guang first saw a black man leading hundreds of cavalry towards him like a whirlwind in the flat ground, he nodded and called his standard battalion general, who was also his nephew Zuo Shixiong, "Red-faced tiger, go, the other side According to the banner of the thief, it should be Hao Yaoqi, the hero among the thieves, go and kill him, and Xiao General Cao (Cao Bianjiao, Cao Wenzhao’s nephew) will definitely thank you well!"

Listening to his uncle calling his nickname, Zuo Shixiong was also quite proud, shook the steel armor on his body, and straightened the eight-petal hat and iron pointed helmet on his head, "Don't worry, Commander, you can just write now Send a letter to General Xiao Cao and ask him to prepare a banquet and money, and he has ordered this wine!"

After finishing speaking, some soldiers pulled over the horse, and he jumped onto the piebald horse, waved the nine-foot spear in his hand, and rushed out with four hundred cavalrymen under his command with a roar.

Both groups of cavalry belonged to the elite ranks in their respective camps. What would happen if the elite met the elite?Tragic!

Zuo Shixiong waved the newly acquired spear in his hand, and easily pierced a peasant cavalryman. The steel three-edged spear head was almost designed for piercing the human body. God knows which shameless guy designed it. Created such a wicked weapon?In the face of such spear stabs, the peasant army said that there were very few armored cavalry.Even the whole cavalry of the Iron Family may not be able to withstand it!

He swung the barrel of the gun, threw the cavalry far away, and pulled a package from the cavalry's saddle and put it under his buttocks. Something that this rogue valued so much was worth a lot!

However, before he had time to be happy for a while, he jumped over a black horse, and the man on the horse brandished a big knife and roared at him, "Good friend. If you have kindness, let's fight swords! Don't make long guys!"

Then it was Hao Yaoqi himself!

Zuo Shixiong squinted his eyes at this guy with steel needle-like beards all over his face. What he saw in his eyes was the banquet that Cao Bianjiao set up for himself, the words of thanks at the banquet, and the white money after the banquet.And that girl with white flowers.

"I'm afraid you won't succeed!"

Zuo Shixiong hung up the spear.Pulled out the saber from his waist.Go straight to Hao Yaoqi!

I have to thank Hong Chengchou for his great public and private study, and gave the weapons and armor transported thousands of miles away to the two titans under his command, and asked them to equip their respective main elites.And Zuo Shixiong.It happened to be within this category, from head to toe, everything was new, and the long saber in his hand was the ten precious sabers forged with iron and steel that Zuo Guang got first.

Seeing this equipment and outfit, Hao Yaoqi was drooling all the time, he wished he could hack Zuo Shixiong to death, strip off his armor, swords and guns and use it on himself!

"Dang bang!"

The two big knives collided in the air, and sparks splashed randomly. Hao Yaoqi was surprised to find that the knife in his hand had been cut with a gap!

Seeing Hao Yaoqi in a daze, Zuo Shixiong showed a sinister smile on his face, swung the treasured sword in his hand and slashed at Hao Yaoqi!

"Pfft!" The tip of a short spear protruded from the back of Zuo Shixiong's neck, and it was covered with blood.

Waving the flag and smiling at Zuo Shixiong, "Good friend, we have agreed, don't let the long guy, I am less than three feet, I can't be considered a long guy!"

At this moment of lightning and flint, he waved the flag and abandoned the knife, pulled out the spear, and pierced Zuo Shixiong's impenetrable armor, "Damn! I just lost like this!" Zuo Shixiong's last consciousness.

Seeing that his nephew was killed in battle, and his subordinates were killed by Hao Yaoqi's troops, Zuo Guang couldn't sit still any longer, and urged his subordinates to kill his nephew's body no matter what. Grab it back!

Gao Yingxiang stood on his horse with a gun head made of silver and a tassel made of snow-white mane with the word "Chuang" written on it. Behind him was his old battalion. There were about 2000 horsemen. All the riders on the horse Wearing different types of armor, from iron armor to cotton armor, there are many patterns, but they are all elite soldiers wearing armor.

Gao Yingxiang was quite astonished to see Hao Yaoqi, a hero under his command, retreating from the front with his face covered in blood. This Yaoqi has always charged into battle against mountains of knives and spears. defeated?

"You son of a bitch, madman Hong! Turned Zuo Guangxian into a madman too!"

Hao Yaoqi jumped off the sweaty horse, picked up the water jug ​​handed over by the soldiers and poured it up, cursing endlessly.

"Did you die?!" Gao Yingxiang looked at the expanding bloodstains on Yaoqi's body and asked with concern.

Waving the flag and knocking on his chest, "King Chuang, it's okay, other people's blood!"

Only then did Gao Yingxiang notice that the armor on Yaoqi's body had been changed, and the shiny steel armor shone like a piece of silver in the winter sun.

"Damn! I don't know where Zuo Guangxian got so many excellent armors and weapons. Many of our Xiaoqi and their cavalry suffered from this loss!"

Zuo Guang attacked first, but Hao Yaoqi's troops couldn't stand it anymore. After paying the price of hundreds of cavalry casualties, he stripped off Zuo Shixiong's armor, tied his body to a locust tree, and hurriedly Embarrassingly returned to Gao Yingxiang.

"King Chuang, today's army is like a mad dog. This set of armor has really good protection. When I was just charging into the battle, a few boys shot arrows at me, and they all hit the armor, but they didn't go in!"

Hao Yaoqi didn't say anything about Gao Chuang's loyalty to King Gao Chuang. While speaking, he took off the armor on his body, wiped the blood briefly, and put his hands in front of Gao Yingxiang, "We can enter the camp without me, but we can't without King Chuang You, this armor and helmet, should be worn by King Chuang!"

And how could Gao Yingxiang want the spoils that his subordinates took in the bloody battle in front of everyone?Especially this kind of armor with excellent life-saving effect

"Wave the flag, you have always liked to enter the battle. This armor is just right for you! Don't quit, the cold-forged wart armor on me is also a precious armor handed down by the Xixia party members! This armor is your bloody battle. Come, I will reward you with a cloak!"

In the distance, there was a burst of smoke and dust, and another wave of intruders was defeated.

The number of people who came was not many, only one or two hundred people.They are all cavalry, but their armor and clothing are messy.The leader is tall and tall, with a high nose and deep eyes, and he looks like he has strong characteristics of the Northwest minority.He was wearing an old white felt hat with a pointed peak that peasants in the north often wear, and a half-worn sheepskin robe covered in blue cloth was covered over the iron armor on his body, which was fastened around the waist with a battle belt.A bow is slung across the back.A sword and a cowhide quiver with red lacquer and gold are hung in his waist.Knife marks and arrow marks can be seen everywhere on the semi-old quiver.I want to come and die with him several times.

"King Chuang, General Chuang defeated them too!"

Waving the flag's sharp eyes, he saw at a glance that the person who came was the general of the eighth team in the camp.Gao Yingxiang's nephew and niece-in-law.Li Zicheng.The one next to him was wearing cotton armor.The hair is covered with red silk on the head, and a red silk cloak is worn, and a silk belt is tied tightly around the waist.The woman riding a yellow horse and also carrying a bow and arrow is his wife Gao Guiying.

While speaking, a group of people from the eighth team also came to Gao Yingxiang's horse.

"Chuang Wang!"

"uncle!"

"Chuang Wang!"

After greeting each other in a mess, Li Zicheng frowned, "King Chuang, today's momentum is not right, Zuo Guang will do his best not to say anything, even Ma Ke, Fanshan Yaozi Gao Jie and other dogs are also doing their best!" , especially their old battalion servants, they rushed up like they had taken mad dog medicine, and the brothers couldn't stand it anymore. How is the situation in the east? Hasn't Cao Cao opened the intersection of Lancaochuan yet?!"

"My old Liu said a long time ago that Cao Cao is a cunning ghost who can't fight a tough battle. Opposite him is that bastard, Madman He. How can he be willing to invest his capital in it? It's all gone. His Cao Ying relies on what fuck?"

Li Zicheng's general Liu Zongmin waved the two knives in his hands violently, cursing loudly, and as the knives were waving in his hands, the blood-stained cloak behind him also danced in the cold wind from time to time, looking both mighty and very strange and terrifying .

That Gao Jie was originally a member of Li Zicheng's subordinates, he was the most daring to fight on weekdays, with a straightforward and simple temperament, he was sent by Zicheng to He Renlong, the lunatic, to feign surrender.I don't want to, Gao Jie, who is usually a leopard, actually changed the felt hat on Li Zicheng's head to an environmentally friendly "color" in private, lest the matter would be revealed and Li Zicheng would kill him. Xing took this opportunity to make a fake show and really surrendered with Li Zicheng's concubine Xing, and was immediately reused by Hong Chengchou and sent to fight Li Zicheng.

Thinking of this past event, Li Zicheng couldn't help but feel a murderous desire in his heart.

"How many troops were lost?" Gao Yingxiang wanted to count the battle damage immediately, so as to prepare for the next step of adjusting deployment and changing tactics.

"The infantry is almost gone, and there are still four or five hundred cavalry left. The Xiaoqi and the old battalion are behind, and there are about 300 more people!"

In just one morning, there were only less than 800 people left in the eighth team. Such a loss is indeed a bit surprising. You must know that facing the troops of Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao's uncle and nephew back then, they never lost so much. Hurry up!

"I've caught an officer of the army who has been injured." Liu Zongmin angrily sheathed the two knives in his hand and made a soft "pop".

"Mr. Qian confessed that before the war, Crazy Hong convened a meeting of generals, and distributed a batch of excellent equipment and armor he brought from the capital to the two official armies, Zuo Guangxian and Crazy He, who were the leading enemies this time. And Offer a bounty at the meeting."

"Why, how much money can one head of our old man be exchanged for now?!"

Hao Yaoqi shook his head nonchalantly, grinning.

"There's not much money, but the new reward issued by Crazy Hong to the officers and generals of the various ministries is that whoever kills five or more heads of our rebel cavalry will reward you with a set of armor like this. Those who kill more than two veteran soldiers , and then reward each with a sword and gun. Those generals who led the army, seeing that Madman He and Zuo Guang first replaced half of their standard camp servants with new armor and swords, their strength soared, and their eyes were red immediately. Add to each other, and anyone who can achieve the above items will be included in the servants immediately."

"Damn! Crazy Hong, what a vicious method!"

Among the Ming army, the soldiers of the family, the soldiers of the south, and the soldiers of the north had different salaries. Every month, there is only one meter and one stone for one tael of silver, and because the servants are the capital of the general who leads the army, no matter how long the payment is owed, the general will dig out silver from his own pocket to support the servants.This is why now, many chief soldiers and lieutenants with more than ten thousand soldiers under their names can really fight with only one thousand or hundreds of soldiers.As long as the generals have their servants in their hands, they will not be afraid of the court's reprimand or even dismissal. At worst, they just take these servants home.With the servants in hand, no matter how many northern and southern soldiers can be recruited!

Hong Chengchou played the role of a mere [-] armors, [-] long knives, and [-] long spears to an outrageous level, making these materials the ignition powder and catalyst that ignited the morale of the Ming army. It's the "up and down with the same desire" in Sun Tzu's Art of War!

Ordinary soldiers of the Ming army saw the members of the cavalry of the Peasant Army, and they saw the guarantee of sufficient food and clothing, and the soldiers led the army. !

In this way, even if Li Zicheng, Liu Zongmin, Hao Yaoqi and others were covered in iron, they couldn't resist such forging. (To be continued..)

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