With the appearance of the ambush, a strange scene appeared on the battlefield. The soldiers who were rushing into the city in front all stopped. They looked back at the direction of the formation where Zhang Xianzhong was. They didn't know what to do for a while. It wasn't just these soldiers.

, Ai Nengqi, Liu Wenxiu, and Wang Shangli were also in chaos, and siege warfare was the most taboo.

The taboo is to be co-operated by others. Judging from the current scene, the opponent's troops are completely prepared. Tongcheng County is just a bait for fishing. The real battle is about to break out below the city. At this time, we will attack fiercely.

Tongcheng has no meaning anymore. If the city is not captured, it will involve itself.

"We must win! We must win! We must win!" Violent cheers erupted from the top of the city. Tao Zong clenched his right fist tightly and raised his arms while shouting. The soldiers also roared loudly. Although the siege battle just now was basically

The Qingyi Army suppressed the Daxi Army, but after all, they had too many people, and the Qingyi Army also paid a heavy price. About a hundred soldiers were killed, and hundreds more were injured to varying degrees. The soldiers were also holding back their hearts.

With a burst of energy, but the ambush could not be reached, they

We must continue to persevere. Until this moment, all the emotions in my heart were expressed. Corresponding to the cheers of the new troops on the city top, the morale of the hungry soldiers below the city was low. These hungry soldiers worked hard and lost three people.

The 40,000 people finally approached the city wall, but they did not expect that an ambush would appear behind them at this time. This meant that they had to give up their plan to attack Tongcheng and shrink back to their own formation. The 30,000 to 40,000 people who had been lost in front of them died in vain.

"Your Majesty, we must retreat now. Even if the brothers in front die in vain, there is no other way. If the general's estimate is correct, the heat dissipation of the opponent's artillery should be almost over. If we cannot retreat outside the range, I'm afraid

We are about to undergo another round of artillery bombardment, and the imperial troops and horses have formed an encirclement on us. Judging from the situation, we should try our best to avoid fighting on all sides." Li Dingguo said to Zhang Xianzhong. Zhang Xianzhong immediately

Decisively ordered: "Ming Jin withdraws his troops, and asks Liu Wenxiu and the others to withdraw and join the formation!" Dang, Dang, the rapid sound of "Ming Jin" sounded, and Wang Shangli slashed the ground with a knife. He knew that the only option was to withdraw first and deal with the rear.

The officers and soldiers who appeared could not quarrel with the Tongcheng defenders anymore, but at least half of the 30,000 men under his command had been lost. How could he be willing to do so? He did not dare to disobey Zhang Xianzhong's military orders, so he could only retreat with hatred.

Zhang Xianzhong did not look at Li Dingguo, but stared at the Ming army surrounding him from the left, right and rear. The opponent was not in a hurry to attack and seemed to be waiting for him to launch the attack first. Although Zhang Xianzhong did not understand what the Ming army wanted to do for the time being, he

Still his lips moved and said: "Sure

"Guo, what do you think?" Zhang Xianzhong now admires Li Dingguo very much and is willing to listen to Li Dingguo's thoughts. Although this boy is young, his thinking is active and he always has some unique insights. At this moment, Zhang Xianzhong was panicking in his heart.

He has calmed down a lot. He quickly

After quickly analyzing the situation on the battlefield, he should have seen the opponent's strength very clearly. He basically made a judgment that he was currently surrounded by enemies on all sides. The front was the Tongcheng defenders, but he had already broken away from contact with them.

If they open the city and attack, it will be equal to the Lord

The move gave up the advantage of the city wall, and the artillery on the city head was basically useless. This was a good thing. As long as I didn't come into contact with them, Tongcheng's troops could only keep an eye on me and not follow them.

A firefight means that there are only three lines of soldiers surrounding you.

Behind his army were 10,000 cavalry who appeared from nowhere. Not to mention where these 10,000 cavalry came from, although they were still quite far apart, from the telescope, Zhang Xianzhong already had a

The general idea is that the combat effectiveness of these ten thousand people should not be weak, and it does not look like a team put together by the servants of various generals. It can be seen from the strictness of their formation that this army

It is a whole. The cavalry formation is sharp and angular, and it is an absolute elite of officers and soldiers. Zhang Xianzhong also saw the frontier cavalry in Shaanxi. Although he has not fought on a large scale, he has never eaten pork and seen pigs run away. For the frontier cavalry,

There is still a sense of eliteness. For some reason, the cavalry in front of him gave him the feeling that he was an elite frontier army. Even if they were arrayed three miles away, there was still a murderous aura permeating the sky.

This is because the cavalry cannot confront them head-on, and this should be the main force of the Ming army. Tongcheng is basically dragging itself here to create opportunities for this cavalry and delay time. It is conceivable that Luzhenguan and Beixiaguan said

Maybe they have been surprised by this cavalry, and their retreat has been cut off. If they want to exit Anqing Mansion, they must defeat the cavalry in front of them. The two outflanking troops on the left and right are infantry. Because it is a plain, their size is the same.

It is clear at a glance that there are only five or six thousand people on one side. These two troops should be infantry teams assisting the cavalry. But what Zhang Xianzhong does not understand is why they have such a powerful cavalry but do not take the initiative to attack. If it were him,

These cavalry will be allowed to act as the vanguard, and then the infantry will press forward and try to compress their troops towards Tongcheng. The artillery fire on the city and the firepower of the defenders will also have an effect. By then, the Daxi Army will be besieged on all sides.

With this in mind, there was no time for Zhang Xianzhong to think about it. Over there, Li Dingguo heard Zhang Xianzhong's question and bowed to answer: "Your Majesty, in my opinion, the officers and soldiers have no intention of attacking. They seem to be waiting for us to break out."

Huh?" Zhang Xian

Zhong turned around and glanced at Li Dingguo in surprise. Unexpectedly, Li Dingguo had the same opinion as him. "Then do you think we should break out immediately?" Zhang Xianzhong asked. Li Dingguo said with a straight face: "This is the place for officers and soldiers.

The initiative lies with them. Now we are passive. If we don't fight and confront them here, how long can we confront them? The food and grass problem cannot be solved in the first place." Li Dingguo's words were so straightforward that Zhang Xianzhong couldn't help but frown.

Frowning, he knew in his heart that Li Dingguo was right, but just saying that the Daxi Army was not engaged in production and was grabbing wherever it went, made Zhang Xianzhong a little confused. He coughed and said: "Ahem!

Go on."

"They are forcing us to make a choice. In this battle, we must fight whether we fight or not. Since the king asked, the general will tell you directly." Li Dingguo said. "The other side will definitely wait for us to attack.

There is a plan, because we have no other choice except to take the initiative. The only thing in our hands is where to break through. This is something we can control."

"Then where do you think we should break out?" Zhang Xianzhong asked in a low voice. Li Dingguo thought for a while and said: "I have two opinions. I'll leave it to the king to decide how to act!" Zhang Xianzhong waved his hand and said: "Dingguo, you

I have always treated myself like father and son, so you don’t need to call me King, just call me King Father." As soon as Zhang Xianzhong finished speaking, several people who were rushing back from Tongcheng City came face to face.

Their expressions suddenly changed, and Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi's expressions were particularly ugly. They usually called them the king and the last general, and only called their adoptive father in private. Now Zhang Xianzhong actually asked Li Dingguo to call him his father. What is this?

I mean, are they going to set up another rival for them after Sun Kewang? Ai Nengqi and Liu Wenxiu looked at each other, and the two temporarily put aside the tense battle situation.

In the back of their minds, they had never regarded the little brother Li Dingguo as a competitor, because in terms of age, there was a big gap between Li Dingguo and themselves. If Zhang Xianzhong wanted to support Li Dingguo, he would definitely encounter opposition from the elders. After all, he was still a young man.

How could a child become a successor? If it were ten years later, the situation might not be the same. But no

Thinking about it, Zhang Xianzhong actually said such words to Li Dingguo today. What does this mean? Zhang Xianzhong glanced out of the corner of his eyes and found that Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi had come back from nowhere and appeared behind him. He immediately added: "Wenxiu

, Nengqi, you also heard what the father just said, you are all my good children, and you will all be treated as sons and ministers from now on."

"Yes!" The two of them clasped their fists in unison, but their expressions were obviously a little abnormal. Zhang Xianzhong ignored them and directly motioned to Li Dingguo to continue. Li Dingguo said: "Father, I am watching the opponent's formation. Although I don't know this new

Where did the army come from with so many soldiers and horses, but the cavalry in the rear absolutely cannot be our breakout direction. We can only open the situation from the left and right wings. The cavalry must use a considerable number of hungry soldiers and veterans.

The battalions and even the cavalry were used to contain them and buy time for the large army. In the plains, infantry is a dead end against cavalry. I don’t know if my father paid attention to it on the way here. There is Lu Gong Mountain 20 miles northwest, and the mountain road there is rugged and difficult to navigate.

, many of us are from the Loess Plateau team, as long as we can get there, we should have a chance of winning by taking advantage of the geographical advantage to compete with the cavalry, but we must first make them confused."

"How can we make them confused?" Zhang Xianzhong asked again. "The army is in danger. Father, please see." Following the direction of Li Dingguo's finger, Zhang Xianzhong raised the telescope. Suddenly his pupils shrank, because in the telescope,

It was obvious that a big flag with the character "Liu" appeared, a general's flag? Zhang Xianzhong suddenly thought, isn't the leader of the new army named Liu? It seems like

His name was Liu Yi. When he was in Shaanxi, Zhang Xianzhong didn't pay much attention to the New Army. Naturally, he didn't know Liu Yi's name. After entering South Zhili, he was hit hard by the New Army, so he inquired about the situation of the New Army from the surrendered soldiers.
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