"Whose general is this?" Li Zicheng asked himself while riding on his horse, and answered himself: "This is my general!"
Through the clairvoyance, it can be clearly seen that more and more Shun troops are climbing up the ladders towards the city wall.
Lacking logs and stones, the Ming army could only use cold weapons to fight the Shun army.
The Ming army defending the city was attacked from two sides.
Not only did they have to defend against the Shun army outside the city walls, but they also had to engage in street fighting with the Shun army inside the city.
As more and more Shun troops entered the city from the South Gate, the pressure on the Ming troops in the city suddenly increased.
Defeat is only a matter of time.
etc......
Before Li Zicheng had time to put down his clairvoyance, he was stunned by the scene in the distance.
Thousands of people were seen running wildly in the buffer zone between the Shun army camp and the Damingfu city wall!
"What's going on?" Li Zicheng asked.
"Thousands of Ming troops suddenly rushed out of the city from the west gate! The soldiers attacking the city were caught off guard and suffered a rout!" Gao Yigong told Li Zicheng the news he had just received.
"Hurry up and pass the order..." Li Zicheng stopped talking halfway: "It's too late! As soon as the attack starts, you will lead my troops to rush over and stop those fleeing soldiers."
As he spoke, Li Zicheng broke out in a cold sweat.
The defeat was like a landslide!
If a small-scale rout is not controlled, this trend will quickly spread throughout the army, leading to the total annihilation of the army.
This is how he lost the Battle of Beijing!
Gao Yigong did not dare to waste time and rushed forward with more than 2,000 cavalrymen.
When the two sides were more than 200 steps apart, Gao Yigong shouted, "Everyone, divide into four teams, with 500 cavalrymen in each team. The first team will charge forward 150 steps in a horizontal formation, and then return to the original position."
"The second team will charge forward 100 steps, the third team will charge forward 50 steps. If the fleeing soldiers have not stopped, the first, second and third teams will follow the fourth team and charge again!"
Gao Yigong's method really works.
Just as the first group of cavalry rushed out more than a hundred steps, most of the fleeing soldiers stopped out of fear.
They don't have the courage to fight against the war horses!
With the arrival of the second group of cavalry, the defeated soldiers turned around and fled in all directions.
Li Xingzhong had no choice but to stop chasing.
If he continued to chase, his soldiers would become as chaotic as those fleeing soldiers.
After running for a distance, these defeated soldiers were quickly absorbed by other troops and became the Shun army again.
After solving the problem of the deserting soldiers, Li Zicheng turned his attention to Li Xingzhong.
If Li Xingzhong held the city, he would have no way out.
If you want to capture Daming Prefecture, you must pay a huge price.
Now, Li Xingzhong actually took the initiative to go out of the city to fight in the field!
You know, there were tens of thousands of Shun troops besieging the city.
Although some elite troops were transferred to the street fighting in the city, there were still many elite Shun troops among the remaining people.
It won’t be a problem to take down Li Xingzhong.
Li Xingzhong certainly knew this truth. His purpose in doing this was to disperse Li Zicheng's military forces!
Opening the South Gate would force him to send part of his forces into the city.
If we go out of the city to fight in the field, Li Zicheng will divide his troops again.
After splitting up their forces twice in a row, how many elite troops do the bandits have left?
On the other hand, most of the soldiers under his command were surrendered troops from the three borders of Shaanxi and the Xuanda border army. After replacing new equipment in Liangxiang, it is no exaggeration to say that they are the combat power of the Ming army!
Elite troops are used in wars. The elite troops of the Ming army are not fully paid, but they are invincible when they are fully paid!
His soldiers were fully paid, but the soldiers who surrendered to Li Zicheng were not fully paid.
As one grows, the other declines, the superiority is immediately apparent!
"kill!"
Thousands of Ming troops changed direction and attacked the Shun army at the junction of the north city and the west city.
Xie Junyou was leading a large army to attack the city here.
"Ming army? Where did they come from?" Xie Junyou couldn't believe it when he heard that a Ming army of thousands of people suddenly appeared behind him.
He picked up his clairvoyance, stood on a high place and looked into the distance.
Sure enough, a Ming army of several thousand people was heading here.
From the flag, it can be seen that the person coming is Li Xingzhong.
what to do?
Should he continue to attack the city? Or turn around and fight Li Xingzhong in the field?
Xie Junyou was hesitant.
If we continue to attack the city, we will be attacked from both sides. If we fight Li Xingzhong in the field, we need to retreat and form a battle formation.
You can't retreat on the battlefield just because you want to.
Once the military order is given, the soldiers will retreat without hesitation.
But the other troops were unaware of this and when they saw the Ming army suddenly appear behind them, they thought they had suffered a defeat!
Those with strong will can still maintain their formation, but those with weak will will turn around and run.
Xie Junyou felt as if an invisible mountain was pressing down on him, making it hard for him to breathe.
"Give the order quickly, General! The Ming army is still one mile away!"
The soldier next to him said anxiously.
Not to mention cavalry, even infantry can run a mile in a short time!
"The front camp continues to attack the city, and the rear camp forms a battle array to repel the enemy!"
Following Xie Junyou's order, the Shun army outside the moat turned back and quickly assembled into two military formations.
It was only him. If it were anyone else, it would be impossible for them to form a formation in such a short time.
Before Xie Junyou had time to be happy, Li Xingzhong's soldiers came right before his eyes.
The moment the two armies collided, everyone held their breath at the same time.
Spears came out, shields collided, short swords slashed diagonally, and blood splattered everywhere.
Life on the battlefield is as insignificant as grass.
In the blink of an eye, many lives were lost.
Before the battle, Xie Junyou was still thinking: If he could defeat Li Xingzhong and take over Daming Prefecture, how much wealth and glory could this great achievement bring him?
However.
The cruel reality gave Xie Junyou a big blow!
Although these tired soldiers were not at the end of their strength, they were extremely exhausted.
From the time they got up at the beginning of the morning till now, they have been busy for four hours!
Tired, sleepy and hungry!
On the other hand, the Ming army that left the city had been resting on the spot after having a hearty meal, and all their conditions had reached their peak!
With just one charge, Li Xingzhong broke up Xie Junyou's formation.
Those who were full of energy ran back directly, while those who were exhausted, ranging from a dozen to dozens of people, stood back to back in a circle to fight against the Ming army.
"If you surrender, you will not be killed, your military pay will be repaid, and your official position will be reinstated!" While the Ming army lined up to meet the enemy, they continued to engage in psychological warfare.
As we all know, there were many surrendered Ming troops among the Shun army.
Why did they surrender?
The imperial court not only owed them wages but also forced them to fight on the front lines.
Just lower it!
Now the situation is completely the opposite. Li Zicheng began to owe them wages and asked them to fight for their lives!
Not only did the Ming army not pursue the crime, they also paid the officers back pay and reinstated them!
How can this be tolerated?
A Ming soldier who surrendered to the Shun army was about to be surrounded and annihilated. He was quick-witted and slashed his Shun army companions to death with his sword, and shouted loudly: "The Ming army is mighty!"
Everyone nearby was stunned!
Can you still do this?
Seeing this, other surrendered Ming troops followed suit, and Xie Junyou's troops immediately fell into chaos, with soldiers fleeing like clouds.
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