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Wang Tingchen said with a smile: "Then go through Shandong and join Jiangxi Zhao's bandits!"

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Jizhou City.

Hong Chengchou was very angry and reprimanded the generals who dared not fight.

What else could he do but impotent rage?

The next day, Jiang Zhu opened the door and surrendered, and the rest of the generals also surrendered.

Jiang Zhu had no psychological burden, his family was ruined by Zhao Han, and he only occupied a lot of farmland in Ji Town.This is where his only remaining family business is located. Surrendering to the Manchu Qing will save his life, save his family business, and keep his troops!

Hong Chengchou was arrested by Hauge, and he did not commit suicide, surrender, or go on a hunger strike.

Hauge and Dorgon went into the city to rob, and then kidnapped the nearby people as civilian husbands, and looted all the way in the direction of Shanhaiguan.

The defenders at Shanhaiguan were taken away by Li Zicheng, leaving only Ma Ke with [-] soldiers to garrison.

While defending Guancheng, Ma Ke sent someone to report to Li Zicheng.

Fort Yong'an.

"Your Majesty, it's not good, the Tartars are attacking Shanhai Pass inside the pass!"

"Intensify the onslaught!"

A few days ago, Li Zicheng got the news that there were two Manchu divisions crossing the Great Wall to attack Jizhen.

Li Zicheng felt that Hong Chengchou was capable of playing, and it shouldn't be a problem to defend for two or three months.

Unexpectedly, in less than half a month, the army of Jizhou was already destroyed!

Li Zicheng didn't dare to divide his troops back to defend Shanhaiguan, he could only believe that Ma Ke could hold it.He has attacked Yong'an Fort for 46 days, and he must do his best today.

Tens of thousands of soldiers attacked the city in turn, rushing forward without risking their lives.

The hot oil, gold juice, and rolling logs of the Qing army had long been exhausted, artillery and firecrackers were fired continuously, and the walls of Yong'an Fort were also bombed in two places.

But just can't get in!

The Dashun army attacked wildly, and the Manchu Qing army gave up their lives to defend. The intensity of the war far exceeded the battles in the south.

In this day alone, the total casualties on both sides exceeded [-].

Huang Taiji's heart was bleeding, more than 600 Manchurian flag soldiers died today.Several times, the surrendered generals like Wu Sangui couldn't stand it, and they let the Manchu heavy armored infantry go up to carry it hard.

"Withdraw!"

At night, Li Zicheng's entire army retreated, and it was meaningless to continue fighting. It would be more beneficial to return to Shanhaiguan to defend.

When Huang Taiji heard the news, he immediately sent cavalry to chase after him.

However, Dashun's elite did not leave any flaws, and even withdrew their troops in an orderly manner. If it were Da Ming's official army, they would have retreated halfway and fled.

The war situation changed again.

Li Zicheng and Ma Ke were trapped in Shanhaiguan, Huang Taiji led troops to the outside of Shanhaiguan, Haoge and Dorgon led troops to block Shanhaiguan.

(PS: Regarding Li Zicheng’s military discipline of the Dashun Army, it can be divided into two stages. When Beijing was first occupied, Qiu committed no crimes, and the people in the capital were very willing to marry their daughters to Dashun soldiers, and they were proud of it. After the defeat of a piece of stone, The military discipline of the Dashun Army deteriorated rapidly, and they robbed and even raped women during the retreat. Yang Shicong’s record should be the most credible. His wife, second concubine, and daughter committed suicide, and he had a deep hatred with Li Zicheng. Too good to be true.)

Chapter 366 [Riding Battle]

Shanhaiguan.

Liu Zongmin met Li Zicheng alone, and said, "Your Majesty, beware of Ma Ke secretly informing the slaves!"

"I know, these generals are unreliable." Li Zicheng nodded.

Due to time reasons, Li Zicheng had two main approaches to deal with the surrendered soldiers of the Ming Dynasty.

One is the guards and tomb guards who surrendered along the way during Li Zicheng's march.These officers and soldiers were basically disbanded on the spot and sent back to their hometowns to work in the fields. A few young men were recruited to supplement the vacancies of the Dashun Army.

One is the Daming Frontier Army. Because they maintain their combat effectiveness, it is temporarily inconvenient to move, so they are allowed to continue guarding the frontier.If the troops are forcibly disbanded, the frontier generals are likely to rebel, and Li Zicheng does not have so much time for conquest.

Hong Chengchou belongs to the second category, and Ma Ke also belongs to the second category.

Ma Ke is already good. Facing the attack of Hauge and Dorgon, he did not immediately choose to backstab Li Zicheng.He was guarding the city and watching, what if Li Zicheng could kill Huang Taiji?

Now that Li Zicheng retreated to Shanhaiguan, Ma Ke began to make up his mind.

Li Zicheng said: "There are not many Tatar slaves in the pass. They are all partisans who took a detour to cross the Great Wall. Don't rush to break through, just wipe out these partisans! At that time, relying on Shanhai Pass, if the Tatar chieftain (Huang Taiji) does not withdraw his troops, he will find an opportunity to go out of the pass with him." decisive battle!"

Liu Zongbin said: "When fighting, take Ma Ke out, and our own people will guard the gate."

"Oh, how dare you let him guard the gate?" Li Zicheng sighed.

On this day, the follow-up troops of the Qing Dynasty came.With a full [-] army and a large number of grain transporters, it seems that the Tartars have already come out.

Before dispatching troops in a hurry, Huang Taiji could only mobilize 6 troops, but now he gathered [-] troops to kill them.Not only that, there were also thousands of Mongolian cavalry in the direction of Lengkou and Xifengkou, crossing the Great Wall and entering Shanhaiguan.

However, 12 troops were sent back and forth, and there are still more civilians. Liaodong's people's power has been seriously overdrawn.Once the Shanhaiguan Pass cannot be defeated, the Manchu Qing regime will weaken from then on, and I am afraid that it will have to kill people to protect food to survive.

"The Tartars have increased their troops again." Liu Zongmin said worriedly.

Li Zicheng forced himself to be calm: "Follow him to increase troops outside the pass, and first destroy the Tartars inside the pass."

Liu Zongbin led [-] troops to defend Shanhaiguan.

Li Zicheng took Ma Ke and led an army of nearly [-] to fight. The soldiers pointed directly at Haoge, Dorgon, Tang Tong, Bai Guangen, and Jiang Zhu in the pass.

In "Ming History", it is said that Li Zicheng's tactics are "three walls", which is almost certainly a fabrication.

At this moment, Li Zicheng also formed a triple formation, with infantry in the front, cavalry in the middle, and cavalry in the rear.

Due to the continuous seizure of officers and soldiers' equipment, the elite of the Dashun Army wore armor. Even the infantry wore high-quality leather armor, and some infantry also wore heavy armor.There are spearmen, archers, and firecrackers, but there are not many sword and shield players, and the defensiveness of the formation is far inferior to that of the Datong Army and the Manchus.

"Boom boom boom!"

There was a rumble of cannons outside the pass, but it was Huang Taiji's main force, which was attacking Shanhaiguan with heavy artillery.

Li Zicheng believed that Liu Zongmin could defend, so he ignored Huangtai at all, and sent his troops to kill Haoge and Dorgon in the pass.

In order to quickly detour and attack, Hauge and Dorgon have all cavalry under their command.They let the surrendered troops lead the front, and they themselves led the cavalry around the battlefield.

Tang Tong, Bai Guangen, Jiang Zhu and other surrendered generals were all scalp numb by Li Zicheng's army.

On their way to Shanhaiguan, they all selected young and strong peasants to supplement their troops. Now each of them commands five thousand troops, and the Han soldiers alone number fifteen thousand.All mobs!

"Quickly withdraw to Funing!" Dorgon was shocked.

Hauge said: "Yes, retreat quickly, this battle cannot be won!"

These two famous characters, don't think how brave they are, they also run fast when they encounter danger.

There were still three miles between the two sides, and Hauge and Dorgon ran away with their cavalry, leaving the [-] infantry of the surrendered generals on the battlefield.

"Run!" Seeing that the situation was not good, Tang Tong immediately fled with his family cavalry.

The rest of the surrendered generals also scrambled to flee, and there were only [-] Han infantry left on the battlefield.

Most of these Han infantry were civilians along the way, and some of them served in the army for only a few days.They did not dare to flee back, fearing that they would be requisitioned by the Qing army again, so they knelt down and surrendered.

"Chase!"

Li Zicheng didn't bother to pay attention to these surrendered soldiers, and ordered the infantry to be guarded and collected. He led Xiaoqi and cavalry and went straight to chase the enemy cavalry.

Xiaoqi are all elite cavalry, who can charge, ride and shoot.

The cavalry is much weaker, more like mounted infantry, although also armored.

And this cavalry team is very special, consisting of thousands of teenagers, they are Li Zicheng's "children's army".He is usually responsible for detaining, interrogating and demoting officials, and is also responsible for publicizing policies everywhere, and is also the executor of the previous salary.

When mentioning "Baby Army", officials of the Ming Dynasty can pee their pants in fright.

The head coach of the Boyer Army is called Zhang Nai, who stood out from the many youths by virtue of his military exploits, and has now been adopted by Li Zicheng as his adopted son.

"Kill the enemy, kill the enemy!"

Zhang Nai drew his sword and shouted, thousands of young men shouted in unison, and even rushed in front of Li Zicheng on their horses.

Li Zicheng said in surprise: "Blow the horn quickly, let them run slower!"

"Woooooooo~~~~"

When the horn sounded, Zhang Nai hurriedly slowed down his horse, waiting for Li Zicheng to catch up.

After leaving Shanhaiguan, Hao Ge and Dorgon suddenly laughed.

Li Zicheng was fooled.

Strictly speaking, the Manchu army did not have infantry or cavalry.

If you have to forcibly define the Manchu cavalry, then it is a very unique mountain cavalry.

They can also ride horses to kill, shoot and other skills, but generally they don't use them for charging, and they are better at running raids.March quickly in the mountainous area, go around to the predetermined combat location, you can immediately dismount and attack the city, you can also form an infantry formation to fight, and cavalry combat is also available at critical times.

If the enemy has a large number of traditional cavalry, the Manchu Qing cavalry will use routines.

Use loose to outrageous formations to conduct guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare to lure traditional cavalry from the formation.

Constant riding and shooting coverage, constant disengagement.

They will set up an ambush during the pursuit, or gather superior forces to fight back.Use cavalry and shooting to weaken the morale of the enemy army, disrupt the formation of the enemy army, and then launch an assault from the flanks and rear wings.

Huang Taiji was very courageous and collected [-] cavalry for Hauge and Dorgon.

Three thousand of them are guarding Liangcao and Hong Chengchou in Funing, and there are [-] horses left in front of them.After they lured Li Zicheng out of the formation, they suddenly dispersed into four groups, and slowed down their horses to shoot at the rear.

Under Li Zicheng's command were tens of thousands of cavalry in leather armor and thousands of children's cavalry, and they also dispersed.

Few of the cavalry cavalry were capable of riding and shooting, so they were ordered by Li Zicheng to stay behind and charge directly at the critical moment.Li Zicheng personally led Xiaoqi, and shot at one of the enemy troops.

The moment the two sides approached, hundreds of Manchu and Qing cavalry were hit by arrows, but only a dozen of them fell from their horses. The cotton armor was enough to withstand the power of bows and arrows.Moreover, the war horses of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties also wore cotton armor on key parts to strengthen their defense against bows and arrows.

Just when Li Zicheng had the upper hand, the other three groups of Qing cavalry suddenly rushed around the flanks, throwing arrows at the Dashun cavalry.

For the next ten minutes or so, Li Zicheng was a little stunned because he had never encountered this style of play.

A group of Manchu cavalrymen risked their lives to shoot at Li Zicheng against the rain of arrows, while the other three groups kept shooting arrows around the side.When Li Zi formed his troops to shoot at each other, the Manchu and Qing cavalry suddenly dispersed again, one group divided into several groups and fled.

How far did it hit in the end?

The two sides were divided into countless stocks, each with only a few hundred people, and they were distributed in disorder on the battlefield. The battle rhythm was completely controlled by the Manchu cavalry.

Moreover, after the Manchu and Qing cavalry interspersed back and forth, it is possible for several groups to quickly merge into one and charge with superior forces on a local battlefield.

It sounds simple, but it is actually very difficult, which requires a very high degree of organization and training!

Li Zicheng has a high degree of organization, but almost no training in relevant tactics, because he has never fought such a cavalry battle.Even though he had many Ming frontier troops under his command, these Ming frontier troops revolted very early and had no exposure to the Manchu and Qing cavalry tactics that had matured in the past ten years.

After being cannibalized by the enemy's [-] cavalry, Li Zicheng awakened his fighting consciousness from the mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood.

"Woooooo!"

The Dashun cavalry scattered all over the battlefield gathered the troops by blowing the trumpet, and gathered in the direction of Li Zicheng at the risk of death.

From the battle to the present, Li Zicheng finally completed his assembly at the cost of almost [-] casualties, and rushed towards the Boyer Army regardless of everything.

The Manchu and Qing cavalry joined forces in pursuit, gnawing at the tails of the Datong cavalry all the way.

"Woooooooooo!"

With the sound of high-pitched horns, Zhang Nai led an army of thousands of children to kill, and charged with all his strength as fast as possible.

This was almost a suicide charge. Although the Boyer Army rode horses, they still belonged to cavalry in essence. Their weapons and equipment and combat skills could not be compared with real cavalry.

But the thousands of teenagers were not afraid. They held up infantry spears and charged towards the Manchu cavalry without risking their lives.

Abandoning equipment, relying on the speed of the horse, charging quickly, and fighting at close range, this is the best tactic to deal with the Manchu cavalry.In just over ten minutes, Li Zicheng realized it during the battle!

The Boyer Army just lacked cavalry equipment. Although the horses were relatively inferior, they ran much faster than the Manchu cavalry.

Seeing this situation, Hauge and Dorgon hurriedly ordered to disperse, intending to repeat their old tricks and eat up the cavalry team.

Under the leadership of Zhang Nai, thousands of children in the army forgot to die. After being shot and killed hundreds of people quickly, they crashed into the scattered formations of the Manchu cavalry.

It doesn't matter if the equipment is inferior, these teenagers are here to die, one for one, two for one, three for one, all are acceptable.

Li Zicheng also brought Xiaoqi over to help, facing the shooting of other small groups of enemy troops, he rushed into the group of Manchu cavalry dragged out by the boy army.

Tang Tong, Bai Guangen, Jiang Zhu and other surrendered generals were all dumbfounded at this moment.

They escaped to watch the battle from afar and witnessed the whole battle process.At this point in the battle, the Dashun Xiaoqi Cavalry suffered more than 3000 casualties, the Dashun Boy Army suffered more than a thousand casualties, and the Manchu Qing cavalry also suffered more than [-] casualties.

Moreover, Li Zicheng has found a suitable tactic.