When he broke into the military camp outside Xiguan, Kaifeng City, Li Zicheng sat in the military tent and looked at Zhang Nai with suspicion: "You said the two tigers were released by Zhang Cheng's fellow?"
"Yes, Uncle Erhu is not seriously injured, but his face is gray. I think he is too tired. Just now he said that he was released by Zhang Cheng of Xuanzang Town."
Zhang Nai then said: "I was afraid that King Chuang would be worried, so I hurriedly came to report the news. When I came, the general sentry master Liu was gone and was chatting with Uncle Erhu."
Li Zicheng nodded and said: "You go back first, let Erhu have a good rest, and don't worry about other things."
Zhang Nai had just left when Liu Zongmin, the general sentry, strode over. After entering the military tent, he came to the table first, poured himself a glass of water and drank it in one gulp, and then said to King Chuang: "Brother Li, is this sincerity?"
It’s so simple!”
Li Zicheng did not speak, but looked at Liu Zongmin and motioned for him to continue. Liu Zongmin took another sip of water and then said: "I just came from Erhu's side. It was indeed Zhang Cheng who released Erhu."
He sat down and continued: "That Zhang Cheng is really big-hearted. He actually wants to subdue the two tigers, and he is still here to play seven captures of Meng Huo for me!"
Li Zicheng then continued: "What did Erhu say?"
Liu Zongmin seemed to be very thirsty. After he picked up the kettle and poured water for Li Zicheng, he poured another bowl for himself, and then said: "Erhu said that the officers and soldiers in the north of the city are indeed not simple. They are different from the officers and soldiers elsewhere. They
The military formation is strict and orderly, both offensive and defensive.
Moreover, Erhu also said that this group of officers and soldiers wore a lot of armor. Not only the cavalry, but also the infantry were mostly armored. Even the officers and soldiers who were shooting guns also wore leather breastplates and iron helmets. Bows and arrows were not a big threat to them.
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Li Zicheng seemed to be deep in thought, and he suddenly asked: "Er Hu said it or not, what benefits did Xuanzanzhen Zhang Cheng promise to give him?"
Liu Zongmin was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said: "Ha, he is very stingy. He only told Erhu to follow him and work for the dog court, and he may be granted the title of wife and son-in-law in the future."
He took a sip of water and continued: "Didn't that old dog Yang Sichang come to appease me and others? At least he gave me a general to do guerrilla warfare. It's a good thing that Cheng Cheng only made a big cake for Erhu.
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Speaking of this, Liu Zongmin seemed to feel something. He looked at Li Zicheng with a little doubt in his eyes, and lowered his voice and asked quietly: "Brother Li, are you suspicious of Erhu..."
"Erhu is an old brother of you and me. When Tongguanyuan was so difficult, he didn't have any second thoughts. How could I doubt him?"
Li Zicheng stood up and continued: "I have attacked the chariot formation in the northwest of the city several times today, but none of it has been successful. Not only have I seen that the chariot formation is tight and the guns and artillery are sharp, but what is even more rare is that its troops are well-organized and can be as strong as an arm."
His commanding skills are average, not only his orders are unified, but he is also quite tolerant.
We only wait until our army is seven or eighty steps closer before firing cannons and artillery. No matter how we are tempted, no one will fire cannons without authorization. This is different from the officers and soldiers we encountered before. I think the officers and soldiers in this unit are even more powerful than He Renlong.
Good people are more difficult to deal with."
Liu Zongmin nodded and continued: "It is really difficult to deal with Zhang Cheng's officers and soldiers in Xuanzang Town. Perhaps only the cavalry from our old camp can fight with them."
"The cavalry is our foundation, we can't waste all of it on Zhang Cheng. It's not easy to fight with him today, so we can just withdraw our troops and leave him."
Li Zicheng walked towards the curtain of the military tent and said: "When the more than 100,000 troops we newly recruited in western Henan are trained next year, even if it is hard work, thousands of Zhang Cheng will be worn to death!"
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He turned around and said to Liu Zongmin: "I will send someone to call Mr. Niu, the military advisor and Mr. Li to come over. Let's discuss how to withdraw the troops tomorrow."
Liu Zongmin had just finished chatting with him about Liu Tichun, and now he heard that he was calling Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance, Li Yan and other newcomers to discuss matters. For some reason, he felt a little unhappy.
But he didn't show anything, he just said lightly: "Call Mingyuan here, Erhu will also rest for a while. He is more familiar with the officers and soldiers to the north, so call him over too.
It just so happens that we have dinner here!"
Naturally, Li Zicheng would not object, and immediately sent his own soldiers to call for people.
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In the north of Kaifeng City, after Zhang Cheng sent Gao Mingheng, Liang Bing and other officials in Kaifeng City away, he summoned the generals from each battalion to discuss matters.
According to rough statistics, nearly 2,000 bandits were killed and injured in today's battle, and nearly 3,000 bandits were captured. Less than 4,000 people were rescued from starvation, and the giant thief Crock Pot was even captured alive.
Liu Tichun in the north of the city, and the two groups of Crock Pots together originally had 6,000 rebels, but after days of filling trenches and digging the city, nearly 500 people were injured.
After that, more than a thousand people were killed in the fighting with Zhang Cheng's troops, and hundreds of wounded soldiers were too seriously injured. Zhang Cheng ordered them to give up treatment and beheaded them. In addition, hundreds of soldiers fled in the chaos.
Thief.
In this way, 6,000 rebel soldiers were defeated by Zhang Cheng in the first battle. There were nearly 6,000 hungry people in the north of the city. They filled the trenches and dug the city, which resulted in heavy casualties. In addition, during the chaos of the war today, there were more casualties, so
There are only less than 4,000 people left.
However, Zhang Cheng's troops suffered little loss in this battle. Firstly, they launched a sudden attack and caught the rebels by surprise. Secondly, Zhang Cheng's troops had strict camp tactics, well-equipped armor, and sharp guns and cannons.
But it was not without its problems. After all, it was the first time to experience such a battle. Some sergeants would inevitably be a little nervous when they first entered the battlefield. The misfire rate of the fireguns was significantly higher than in normal training.
Moreover, the cooperation between gun soldiers and shield soldiers is quite good, but the tactical connection between spear soldiers and gun soldiers needs to be improved. There is obviously a lack of tacit understanding and the cooperation is not very good.
Therefore, the losses of Zhang Cheng's cavalry were not great. After all, they had been wandering and harassing. Most of the cavalry did not actually engage in combat with the rebels. Only a dozen horses were injured by the rebels' bows and arrows.
In addition, when the heavy cavalry attacked the army of thieves in the crock pot, several cavalry officers were injured by the heavy soldiers and fell off their horses. There were only less than twenty people in the entire cavalry who were injured, and most of them were minor injuries.
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The casualties of the infantry were also small. Only ninety-seven soldiers were killed in this battle. Most of the more than 300 injured were minor injuries that were not fatal. They were only temporarily separated from the army to rest, but after returning to the army, they became veteran soldiers.
In addition, in addition to killing and capturing the rebel soldiers, they also captured less than 87 rebel horses, 127 mules and horses, thousands of spears, more than 800 shields, waist knives, short axes,
Tie Guduo and more than five hundred others.
But there is not much armor. There are more than 6,000 thieves, but there are less than 1,000 sets of armor. However, nearly 70,000 taels of silver were found. This was mainly found on the thieves of the Crock Pot and in the camp.
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Old thieves like them all like to carry silver with them, and the old thieves like Cun Guan also have nearly ten thousand silver in their pockets, and only have less than two hundred shi of grain.