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Chapter 94 The Decisive Battle in Zhongzhou Ten

Sun Chuanting's original plan was to choose a place and set up a dangerous place to wait for the intruders. However, due to the heavy rain for several days, the speed of the army was slowed down.

At this time, the officers and soldiers could only stop and fight. If they continued to move forward, their active retreat would turn into a rout, and they would be killed by the intruders.

The sky was drizzling, and the officers and soldiers turned around to face the bandit army. Originally, they set up danger to wait for the enemy, and waited for work with ease, which turned into a long head-to-head confrontation.

The tide of intruding soldiers and horses stopped four miles in front of the Ming army formation, forming a long line, blocking the crowd behind like a dam, and the successive people were like a flood, confined within the dam, accumulating more and more, It piled up more and more, gradually covering the whole land, and everywhere you can see is the figure of Chuangjun.

The generals in front of the Chuangjun were riding on their horses, and they all looked up to the south. They saw a line of banners and flags on the opposite side. A large flag blinked, surrounded by many flags and streamers. , but it is precisely because of this that the word "Sun" on the banner is particularly eye-catching and clearly visible.

"It's Qin Jun, it's Sun Chuanting!"

Many generals were a little excited, but at the same time a little timid. They were excited to catch up with the Qin army, but they were afraid of the Qin army who defeated them one after another, and at the same time they were afraid of Sun Chuanting's prestige.

The burglars were like a group of wild dogs who had been beaten by a lion. Now the lion was sick and turned away. The wild dogs wanted to take revenge, so they followed up, but they were afraid of the ferocity of the lion, and some dared not go forward. .

At this time Li Zicheng led nearly a hundred cavalry, left the army at a gallop, came two miles away from the Ming army's line, and then reined in the horses to observe the Ming army's formation.

He stood up on his horse so that he could see farther. At the same time, he set up an awning to block the rain that kept falling, and looked at the large formation of the Ming army in the distance.

On the several-kilometer-long front, the main formation of the officers and soldiers was still the chariot battalion, and countless chariots were arranged in a square in the wilderness, just like a city.

These trains are connected end to end, and the officers and soldiers use the cars to make the city. The spearmen, swordsmen and shield soldiers stand behind the car wall, holding weapons and gazing seriously at the invaders who dare to come. He was restlessly moving his muscles and bones, wiping the bowstring, and getting ready to go to war.

Although the rainy weather will affect the power of the arrows, compared to the completely useless firecrackers, the bows and arrows can at least shoot out.

At this time, the gunmen of the Ming army gave up their guns and used waist knives instead. These archers may have been the only troops in the official army who could shoot from a distance.

Li Zicheng observed carefully, and saw that the main formation of the officers and soldiers formed a square with an empty space in the middle, and Sun Chuanting's big banner and thousands of officers and troops hid in the formation.

These cavalry can rush out at any time to fight back. The artillery that daunted him is still on the artillery carriage, and the black muzzle is aimed at them, but he doesn't know if it can still be fired.

There is a shed on the vehicles carrying the artillery to prevent the rain from getting the artillery wet. However, the rain lasts for a few days. I am afraid that the gunpowder and matchsticks will be damp, and most of the official artillery will be affected.

The officers and soldiers did not only form a phalanx. Outside the four corners of the phalanx, there was also a battalion of infantry forming a separate formation, which made the entire formation of the officers and troops resemble the "five cakes" in mahjong, but compared with the "five cakes". The five dots in ", the one in the middle of the Ming army, are much larger than the four dots on the outside.

Li Zicheng stepped on the stirrups with both feet, straightened up and looked at it for a while, and after careful identification, he couldn't help frowning slightly, and said to himself: "In this case, the formation is still so strict, and there are no flaws!"

Li Zicheng looked at it for a while unwillingly, until the horse under his crotch was a little restless, and he found that Sun Chuanting was indeed watertight, so he sat back on the saddle resentfully, pulled out the horse and galloped back to the central army.

At this time, the intruders and horses had already started to line up, countless figures continued to come south, and the wilderness to the north was full of trekking figures trembling with cold.

"Your Majesty, how is the situation?" Li Zicheng returned to the central army, and Yuan Zongdi, the former battalion general, helped him hold the reins and stabilize the horse.

Li Zicheng got off his horse, threw the whip to the guards, and walked towards a shed while saying, "I'll talk about it later!"

The soldiers of the Chuang army inserted a few wooden poles into the ground, pulled a piece of cloth on the ends of the poles, and built a simple shed. They threw some planks and hay on the ground, placed seats, and covered them with a white tiger skin.

Li Zicheng untied his coir raincoat and armor, put on a robe and sat on the big soft and warm tiger-skin chair, and immediately ordered: "Go, call the generals to discuss the matter."

Not long after, many generals came to the shed, paid their respects, and then they could only stand aside, even Luo Rucai was no exception.

The rogues were originally the model of the heroes on the beam. The leaders of each battalion had a top position. They discussed everything together. If they agreed, they would gather together, and if they disagreed, they would separate. They were very free. changed.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Li Zicheng immediately said: "I just watched the formation. Sun Chuanting formed a large formation in the center, and set up a small formation at each of the four corners. If you attack any side of his large formation alone, you will suffer from the big formation and the two small formations." Flank attack. If Sun Chuanting is not dead, great cause cannot be achieved alone!"

The generals also saw a large formation of officers and soldiers in the distance, but they only saw the front, and thought it was only divided into the central army and the left and right formations, but they did not expect it to be a square formation and four small formations.

"My lord, it's not enough to attack the big formation, how about breaking through the small formation outside the big formation first?" Yuan Zongdi said with cupped fists.

Li Zicheng didn't speak, but Li Guo, who was watching the formation together just now, shook his head, "It's probably difficult. If we don't attack the big formation, but attack the small formations at the four corners first, these small formations may shrink back and move closer to the large formation. Use artillery and bows to shoot and kill our attacking troops."

It was impossible to attack a large formation, and neither was it possible to attack a small formation. Many generals couldn't help frowning and discussing in a hurry.

If Li Zicheng has read Xu Guangqi's books, he will find that Sun Chuanting's formation is actually in the shape of a "ten thousand enemy tower". Looking down from the sky, the main formation and four small formations are like a bastion, and the main formation is the main body of the city wall. , the four small formations are the sharp corners protruding from the city wall.

This kind of formation is indeed difficult to attack, but the brave wins in a narrow situation, and since Li Zicheng has already chased him, there is no reason to back down, and there is no time to delay.He marched lightly and didn't bring much food and grass, and the heavy rain also had an impact on the army, and it was even bigger.

Seeing the noise below, Li Zicheng waved his hand to stop the generals from discussing, "Sun Chuanting has less than 10 people, and he can adjust grain from Nanyang. The 80 army of the lonely king has to be transported from Xiangcheng. If we only count the distance, the grain roads on both sides It's almost as long, but the lonely king's 80 people are eating and drinking, and it's raining, and it's definitely not enough for Sun Chuanting, so no matter how difficult the difficulty is, we must attack immediately without hesitation!"

In Xiangcheng, Sun Chuanting's food road was stretched, and the logistics were more difficult than Li Zicheng's. But now that Sun Chuanting retreated, Sun Chuanting's grain road was shortened again, and Li Zicheng's supply became a problem again.Sun Chuanting knew this, so he put up a defensive line directly, and it was expected that Li Zicheng would not be able to hold back and would definitely attack.

All the generals fell silent after hearing the words, Li Guo and others clasped their fists together and said, "Your Majesty, how shall we fight!"

Li Zicheng stood up and was silent for a while, then his face suddenly became cruel, "How to fight? Let's fight together!" He raised his voice, raised his arms and shouted: "The command of the lonely king! The army is divided into five divisions, the first group of refugees, The second formation was mixed troops, the third formation was elite infantry, the fourth formation was various cavalry, and the fifth formation was elite cavalry from the old battalion. The five formations, starting from the first formation, attacked on all sides, one after another. Use it, the lonely king doesn't believe that he can't break through Sun Chuanting's formation."

In the shed, many intruders gasped, this is tantamount to taking human lives, relying on the large number of people to pile up Sun Chuanting to death~
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