Under the command of Li Zicheng, 3,000 remnants of the Dashun army left Yan'an Prefecture and marched eastward.

Yan'an is located in the hilly and gully area of the Loess Plateau, and its landforms are mainly loess plateau and hills.

The terrain is undulating, perfect for ambushes.

Hongniangzi and Li Shunzu had been waiting here for a long time. They hid on the north and south sides of the road respectively, using the cover of grass and trees to observe the situation in the distance.

"Here it comes!" Hongniang tightly grasped the knife in her hand.

Before Hongniang finished her words, a troop of soldiers appeared in the distance.

They held high the flag with the word "Shun" in their hands, some of them carried packages of various sizes, and some drove horse-drawn carriages and ox-drawn carts, moving at a constant speed on the official road.

"This is..." Lady Hong was a little confused, "The bandits' baggage soldiers?"

"It seems so," the Ming army soldier beside Hong Niangzi replied, "Only baggage soldiers would march like this."

After watching for a while, Lady Hong ordered, "No matter what kind of troops they are, follow the plan."

"Yes, sir."

One thousand Ming cavalrymen lay in ambush on both sides of the road and waited quietly.

A quarter of an hour later, the vanguard of the Shun army passed by the official road.

Hongniangzi did not order an attack, but let the vanguard go and attacked the middle section.

"Three...two...one...get on the horses!" Hongniang took the lead in jumping on the horses and led two hundred Ming cavalrymen over the slope to rush towards the Shun army.

The Shun army never expected that a Ming cavalry was ambushed here!

Making a mess amid the rumbling sound of horse hooves!

"Run! We are ambushed by the Ming army."

"Don't run, your two legs can't outrun the four legs of the Ming cavalry!"

"Hold your positions and wait for the emperor's reinforcements!"

Swish, swish, swish!

Liu Zongmin finally stabilized the formation after personally killing several deserters.

Looking at the two hundred cavalrymen rushing over, Liu Zongmin felt a little relieved.

First, the enemy has fewer troops, and second, their generals do not understand military tactics.

If it were him, he would choose to attack the vanguard to defeat the enemy and then take the opportunity to kill them, rather than hitting the end.

After all, there is a military strategy that says, if you strike the head, the tail will come, if you strike the tail, the head will come, and if you strike the middle, both the head and the tail will come.

Under the command of Liu Zongmin, the Shun army soldiers hid behind the carriages and shot arrows at the Ming army.

The Ming army refused to be outdone and took up arms to fight back.

Bang!

When the two sides were fifty steps apart, the Ming army fired all their weapons.

The soldiers basically did not wear armor when they marched, and the dense rain of bullets not only killed and wounded many Shun troops, but also made them unable to raise their heads.

The Ming army took this opportunity to break into the Shun army.

When the cavalry charged into the infantry formation, the infantry had no way out!

Liu Zongmin began to retreat.

The elite troops of the Shun army were almost wiped out in Tongguan, and the remaining old, weak, sick and disabled were no match for the Ming army.

In order to complete the mission of long-range raid, Li Xingzhong handed over the 1,000 Guanning troops he brought back from Liaodong to Li Shunzu.

You have to know that before this they were fighting against the Eight Banners Army!

When retreating, part of the Shun army fled eastward, and part fled westward.

The Shun army fleeing westward soon stopped because they encountered Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng was afraid that Li Xingzhong would attack from behind, so he led the remaining elite troops to guard the rear. Under Li Zicheng's command, the Shun troops regrouped and launched a counterattack against Hongniangzi.

The soldiers fleeing eastward were also stopped by Gao Yigong, who assembled their formation and launched a counterattack.

The 200 cavalrymen led by Hong Niangzi gradually became exhausted.

While they were dealing with the infantry in the center, they also had to guard against arrows shot from the east and west sides.

Lady Hong patted the flag bearer’s shoulder and said, “Follow me!”

Nearly two hundred cavalrymen quickly left the battlefield and retreated northward.

Shunjun took advantage of the situation to pursue and kill!

Bang!

As the Shun army turned around to pursue, the sound of firearms firing was heard behind them.

The five hundred Ming cavalrymen who were ambushed on the south side of the road formed a horizontal formation and rushed towards the battlefield. After a round of firing from the three-barreled guns, the Shun army suffered heavy casualties.

Seeing that they were attacked from both sides, the pursuing Shun troops stopped and turned around to fight the enemy.

Seeing this, Hongniang led the cavalry and attacked again.

The Shun army was thrown into chaos by the pincer attack from both the north and the south.

The Shun army in the south fled north, and the Shun army in the north fled south.

A scene of trampling on each other occurred on the Loess Plateau.

The few remaining Shun troops suffered heavy casualties as they were trampled upon by each other.

"Your Majesty..." Liu Zongmin came to Li Zicheng with injuries and said sadly: "The situation is over, run away quickly."

Li Zicheng said angrily: "Where can we escape? Although I can just leave, what about the families in the army?"

Liu Zongmin smiled bitterly: "You can survive wherever you flee, but staying here will only lead to death!"

Li Zicheng looked towards the battlefield somewhat unwillingly.

A one-sided situation has emerged on the battlefield.

Under the charge of the Ming cavalry, the Shun army infantry had no ability to fight back and either fled or knelt down in surrender.

The situation of their families was even worse, as there were only a few left after the massacre by the Ming army.

Even Gao herself (Li Zicheng's wife) was injured.

"Follow me!" Li Zicheng waved to the dozens of people around him, intending to escape.

Gao Yigong reached out and grabbed the reins of Li Zicheng's horse, "Your Majesty, please rescue my sister before you leave!"

Gao is Gao Yigong's sister, and the two siblings have a very good relationship.

Looking at the approaching Ming army, Li Zicheng said angrily: "Go ahead and save you if you want."

Gao Yigong was stunned by Li Zicheng's words. He stared at Li Zicheng in disbelief while riding on his horse.

His sister Gao was very devoted to Li Zicheng, but she never expected that Li Zicheng would abandon her when disaster struck.

Li Zicheng grabbed the reins of the warhorse and led dozens of people to gallop westward.

Gao Yigong gritted his teeth and rushed towards Gao with a knife in hand.

clang!

He knocked the incoming knife away with all his strength and blocked it in front of Gao.

"Yigong, why haven't you left yet?" Gao was shocked.

Gao Yigong gritted his teeth and said, "I'm here to save my sister."

"You are so confused!" Gao's tears fell as she spoke, "Not only can you not save me, but you will get yourself involved. If you die, our Gao family will have no descendants!"

Gao Yigong looked at the Ming army that was surrounding him and said firmly, "As a descendant of the Gao family, I must protect my sister! Even if I can't protect her, I can die with her. I will die without regrets!"

Gao burst into tears, she knew it was too late.

Since we are going to die anyway, we might as well die heroically!

With this thought in mind, Gao raised his weapon and shouted, "Where is the Loyalty Camp?"

"Here!" The dozen or so remaining soldiers from the Loyalty Battalion responded loudly.

"A soldier should die on the battlefield and return wrapped in his horsehide. Follow me and kill together!"

"Kill!" More than a dozen Shun army soldiers burst out with amazing momentum and charged forward with swords brandished.