Unlike in history, because he knew that Zhu Mai led 100,000 troops to the east of the Yangtze River, Li Zicheng was afraid of being blocked by Zhu Mai and became a situation where he was attacked by the Qing army and the Ming army.

He asked Bai Wang and other Dashun's troops in Jingxiang, as well as a small number of troops retreated from Shaanxi and Henan to Huguang to stay in Xiangyang to resist the pursued Qing army.

Originally, Li Zicheng thought that if Zhu Mai and Zuo Liangyu had not started fighting, he would follow Zhu Mai's previous message in Jiangling and resist the Qing army in Jingxiang.

But when he learned that Zhu Mai and Zuo Liangyu had started fighting, he thought there was an opportunity.

So he personally led more than 100,000 troops gathered in Jingzhou to break through Qianjiang first and then go to Hanchuan.

If he had the chance, he still wanted to take Jiangnan as the foundation of Dashun.

After all, if he was confined to the land of Jingxiang by the Qing army, he would have no chance to compete for the world as Song Xiance said before in Jingmen.

However, he actually had a deep fear of Zhu Mai - although he was very confident in front of Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance and other subordinates, he was actually worried that the battle in Wuchang would fail.

If it were just for Wuchang to fail, he would be even more afraid that Xiangyang would not be able to defend it, and then he would have completely lost the place to advance and retreat.

When he really reached that point, he was afraid that even if he wanted to choose one side to surrender, he would have no way to survive. Jie Shi was afraid that his destination was only to die in battle.

For these reasons, even though he is currently in Hanchuan, Li Zicheng is still concerned about the situation in Xiangyang.

Unfortunately, even if there is direct waterway from Xiangyang to Hanchuan, the message will take one or two days to pass.

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The next day at noon.

Liu Zongmin's troops, who walked south of the Han River, first met Yang Zhan's troops stationed outside Hanyang Town.

At this time, Yang Zhan led not only the third town of the Border Defense Army, but also two battalions of the fourth town of the Border Defense Army, with a total of 19,000 people.

Liu Zongmin led more than 36,000 troops, of which more than 10,000 elite troops in the Shun Army, and the remaining more than 20,000 can be regarded as soldiers who dare to fight.

Of course, the elite of the Shun Army mentioned here is just a little stronger than the original Daxi Army and the elite of the Left Army.

As for the real soldiers who fought for hundreds of battles, there were only more than a thousand personal soldiers around Liu Zongmin.

Because Liu Zongmin was not injured in the Battle of Tongguan as in history, and now he led more troops than Yang Zhan, so after the encounter between the two sides, Liu Zongmin had the confidence to win the battle.

He climbed to a high place and looked at the military formation arranged by Yang Zhan outside Hanyang Town. He smiled at the left and right guards and said, "This group of Ming troops looks much more tidy than the ordinary Ming troops.

Become an elite.

But so what? Sun Chuanting was so powerful back then that the elite soldiers from Shaanxi and Gansu he trained were defeated by the bosses.

Well, even the Qing army can fight. Although they have never won a big victory, they can win and lose each other in small battles.

And those Ming troops in front of us are either from Sichuan or from the south, and they are definitely not as powerful as the Ming troops in the north.

Looks like there are so many armors, but they will definitely become trophys for the ums in the end. Everyone, do you think so?"

Although Liu Zongmin's words were average, they were necessary to boost morale before the war. Of course, the left and right would not let him be dissatisfied, and they immediately responded one by one.

"Yes, Ru Hou is right. Eighty-most of these Ming soldiers are embroidered pillows. They look glamorous and will collapse as soon as they fight."

"We have been fighting for more than ten years and fighting old wars. How could we be afraid of these Ming troops in the south?"

"Hour Ru, please order the war to start. This time, the rated dog-killing officers will cry for their parents, kneel down and surrender, and then let them strip their armor and clothes themselves!"

"Haha, then the Ming army is going to sanitate birds?"

"Hahaha···"

The laughter spread from the generals gathered around Liu Zongmin. When the soldiers around Shunjun heard it, their hearts became more and more relaxed.

Fighting with the Ming army not only made the generals of the Shun army confident, but also the ordinary soldiers.

In addition, the 50,000 or 60,000 troops of Ma Jinzhong and Wang Yuncheng had previously defeated Ma Jinzhong and Wang Yuncheng, so the Shun Army still had a very psychological advantage in fighting the Ming army at this time.

Seeing that the morale of the army was available, Liu Zongmin immediately ordered the drum to start the war.

As for Li Zicheng's order, he asked him to go to the riverside and look for an opportunity to attack Hanyang Town from the flank, he understood this way: the Ming army had less than 20,000 people, but he had more than 30,000 "elite soldiers". This was the attack on Hanyang Town.

Best chance.

If there is no war at this time, the Ming army will lose the opportunity when it reinforces Hanyang Town.

In terms of tactics, Liu Zongmin chose to simplify the "three walls" tactics of the variant.

Spread the three thousand cavalry into three rows and charge in an extremely loose formation - since Liu Zongmin knew that the Ming army had many guns and cannons, it was naturally impossible for Liu Zongmin to let the cavalry charge intensified.

Behind, more than 10,000 elite infantrymen were arranged, divided into three major layers, following the cavalry to advance, and also arranged in a relatively loose formation.

The two wings arranged another 5,000 partial divisions, either interfering with the Ming army's mobilization or looking for opportunities to break into the Ming army's positions.

As for the remaining more than 10,000 troops, except for the ranger who dispersed as a warning, the former three thousand men supervised the troops were all rear troops for preparation.

Dongdongdong...

As the Shun Army drums sounded, more than three thousand Shun Army cavalry rushed towards the Ming Army's positions.

Although Huguang is surrounded by water and lakes, the cavalry can barely charge when the two armies are fighting outside Hanyang Town.

Although these more than 3,000 cavalrymen of Shun Army are not elite cavalry that can be ridden and shot, they can also be considered elite soldiers. Even if they are not arranged in close formations, they still have amazing momentum when charging forward.

Yang Zhan knew that he would never really let these cavalry rush into his face, so he saw that the Shun Army cavalry rushed within two miles and ordered the four-sentinel artillery that had temporarily hit the battalion to fire.

Now a border guard artillery post is equipped with 10 Bright artillery artillery guns, so 40 shells are fired amid the sound of the bombardment.

These shells are all flowering shells, either explode in the air, or fall to the ground. Even if the cavalrymen are wearing armor and horses are wearing felt, they will not be spared as long as they are within the splashing range of flowering shell fragments.

Although the formation of the Shun Army's cavalry was loose, dozens of cavalry were still falling off after this round of shells.

And because of the war horses and cavalry of the Shun Army, they were the first time they encountered a large-scale flowering bullet attack, and the horses of two or three hundred cavalry lost control on the spot and rushed in and ran into chaos.

When Liu Zongmin saw this scene from afar, he couldn't help but frowned and said, "How could this happen?!"

He thought carefully that those who were captured by the Ming army during his time in Jiangling mentioned that the army under the command of the Princess of the Regent not only sharp guns, but also used flowering bullets, and also described the power of flowering bullets to them.

But neither Li Zicheng nor him had ever thought that dozens of flowering bullets fell together and the explosion would have such a great impact on the cavalry in the charge.

As the two or three hundred out-of-control cavalry ran around, more and more cavalry were affected and their charge slowed down.

At this time, Liu Zongmin was not able to order the withdrawal of the troops, and he was not willing to accept it.

Because the cavalry in front had rushed to a place more than a hundred steps away from the Ming army formation.

Immediately afterwards, Liu Zongmin wanted to curse her mother.

Many of the Shun Army cavalry who rushed to the front fell inexplicably.

He is a man who is old and can tell at a glance that the Ming army dug many hidden horse pits in front of the formation!

‘You’re careless!’

Liu Zongmin had a dark face and immediately ordered the Jin to withdraw his troops.

At this time, the speed reduction was originally frightened by the blooming bullet, which turned out to be a good thing for the Shun Army cavalry, which meant that they could retreat better.

But the hundreds of cavalry who had already rushed to the Ming army were not so lucky.

Even if they are not trapped in the trapped horse pit, the Ming army will be killed with muskets and in front of the formation. If they occasionally rush into the army, the Ming sabre player will be killed or captured.

When the Shun Army saw the retreat of its troops, the Ming sabre player came out to chase and kill.

But Yang Zhan knew that the three-wall tactics of the Shun Army could lure the enemy into deep when retreating, and then the elite infantrymen in the future turned defeat into victory.

Besides, he could see clearly with a telescope that although the Shun Army retreated, it retreated in a very orderly manner and clearly maintained the ability to counterattack at any time.

Therefore, when the sword player in front of him chased after nearly a mile, Yang Zhan promptly ordered the slogan to withdraw his troops.

Although the Ming army soldiers were eager to make contributions, no one dared to violate the military orders and all retreated.

This surprised Liu Zongmin and hated him.
Chapter completed!