Bang!
Just as Liu Fangliang was about to commit suicide, he was hit hard on the back of his head.
This blow was too heavy.
If it weren't for the protection of the helmet, Liu Fangliang would have suffered a skull fracture at best, or died on the spot at worst.
Liu Fangliang suddenly felt a black screen before his eyes and his body fell limply to the ground.
The Shun army soldiers holding maces were not reassured and stabbed Liu Fangliang a few more times with the maces.
Only after seeing that Liu Fangliang was completely motionless did she feel relieved and come to his side.
The Shun army soldiers dragged Liu Fangliang's body and shouted to the Ming army: "The Ming army is mighty! The Ming army is mighty!"
Huang Degong, who was at the front, was startled and pointed at Liu Fangliang and asked, "Who is this?"
"Liu Fangliang!"
"Which Liu Fangliang?"
"Liu Fangliang, who was named Marquis of Ci by the Emperor... by the thief Li Chuang."
Hahaha!
Huang Degong was very happy!
After Li Zicheng captured Xi'an, he conferred official titles on a large scale.
In addition to civil and military officials, nine marquises, seventy-two earls, thirty viscounts and fifty-five barons were conferred.
Liu Fangliang is one of the nine marquises!
The merit of capturing Liu Fangliang alive would greatly increase his prestige in the court and the army.
"Tie him up!" Huang Degong personally stepped forward and grabbed Liu Fangliang.
After confirming that everything was correct, he patted the Shunjun soldier on the shoulder and said, "Great job, kid. What's your name? With this achievement, you will be able to enjoy a good life for the rest of your life."
"Your Excellency, my name is Wang Baolin."
Huang Degong felt that the name sounded familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had heard it.
"Okay, come find me in the army after the battle, and I'll reward you according to your merits!"
Seeing their commander captured, Liu Fangliang's soldiers gave up resistance, dropped their weapons and knelt down in surrender.
After simply taking in the defeated troops, Huang Degong led the army to continue attacking Daming Prefecture.
With the defeat of Liu Fangliang joining the team, Qiu Yue and Tian Xiong returned, and Gao Jie came to help.
Huang Degong had the confidence to fight a decisive battle with Li Zicheng.
"Report!" The scout came to Li Zicheng in a panic, "Liu Fangliang's troops were defeated, and Huang Degong is leading tens of thousands of Ming troops to attack here."
At this time, Li Zicheng was commanding his troops to besiege Li Xingzhong. He was getting anxious as the siege had lasted for a long time without success.
When he learned that Liu Fangliang had been defeated, he became even more anxious.
"Where is Mr. Li?" Li Zicheng asked worriedly.
Before this, he had divided 5,000 troops and asked Li Yan to support Liu Fangliang.
If Liu Fangliang loses, Li Yan will probably be in danger.
"Mr. Li originally wanted to return here to meet the emperor, but doing so would have attracted the main force of the Ming army. For this reason, Mr. Li led his troops to retreat directly to the west of the city." The scout replied quickly.
"Does Mr. Li have any instructions?"
"No."
No explanation?
Li Zicheng was a little surprised.
This is not Li Yan's style.
If it had been the case before, Li Yan would have definitely told him the response strategy.
Could it be that... Li Yan has changed his mind?
What Li Zicheng didn't know was that Li Yan did not change his heart, but was very loyal!
It's just that they retreated in a hurry and didn't have time to offer any advice.
By the time they reacted, the messenger they sent out was stopped by the Ming army, and the message could not be delivered at all.
"Niu Zuofu, Military Advisor Song, what should we do next?" Li Zicheng looked at the two of them.
Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance claimed that they were the living Dragon and Phoenix. When Li Yan was not around, Li Zicheng would ask for their opinions first.
Although Niu Jinxing's character was not very good, he liked reading, was proficient in physiognomy and divination, and was also quite knowledgeable about Sun Tzu's Art of War and Wu Qi's Art of War.
It was with these abilities that he was able to gain a firm foothold in the Dashun Army and serve as Dashun's Left Assistant and Tianyou Pavilion Grand Secretary.
After a brief thought, Niu Jinxing pointed to the Daming Mansion behind him and said, "Your Majesty, the Ming army is coming aggressively, and our troops are scattered. We should avoid their sharp edge."
"What I mean is to move all the troops into the city and fortify it to resist the enemy."
Song Xiance frowned and asked, "The Daming Prefecture has not been captured yet. If we move all the troops into the city, there will be Ming troops inside and outside the city. Isn't that courting death?"
Seeing the Ming army's vanguard troops getting closer and closer, Niu Jinxing spoke faster and said, "This is wrong."
"Our army has captured the South Gate and West Gate of Daming Prefecture. It is only a matter of time before we take over Daming Prefecture. Now we enter the city and control the South Gate and West Gate. If the Ming army wants to start a war, there are only two ways."
"One is to attack the South Gate and West Gate from outside the city, the other is to enter the city from the East Gate and North Gate and engage in street fighting with our army!"
"What do you think the Ming army will do?"
"This..." Faced with Niu Jinxing's question, Song Xiance was a little at a loss.
After all, he is not a Ming army, so he doesn't know what the Ming army will do.
"We will retreat!" Niu Jinxing added.
"Retreat?" Li Zicheng was shocked and looked at Niu Jinxing with eyes full of relief.
At the critical moment, it still has to be Niu Zuofu!
It seems.
We have to make use of him in the future.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Niu Jinxing licked his chapped lips and continued, "There is no surplus food in Damingfu City. Huang Degong marched from Wei County overnight, so he can't have much food and grass with him."
"Wars are fought for money and food, especially forage. The Ming army, lacking food, will definitely retreat. Even if they don't retreat, our army can still fight Huang Degong after resting!"
"I call this strategy the home-changing tactic!"
"Change tactics..." Li Zicheng recited it several times, then slapped his thigh: "Great, great!"
In this way, not only the current predicament of Shun Army was solved, but Daming Prefecture was also quickly captured.
Kill two birds with one stone.
"Send the order. All the troops in the east of the city will form a battle array and retreat to the south of the city, entering the city through the south gate. All the troops in the north of the city will form a battle array and slowly retreat to the west of the city, entering the city through the west gate."
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