After leaving the government office, Liu Zeqing did not stay in Guangzhou, but immediately ordered the troops to be stationed in Luoshan County. Naturally, the troops from Xie Ke and Peng Rui also left with him.
When they arrived in Luoshan County, Liu Zeqing ordered the troops to be tied up and immediately summoned Gao Junyuan, Xie Ke, Peng Rui and others for a meeting. Liu Zeqing said: "You have seen it in Guangzhou, right? Shang Yi is too arrogant. He just fought a few times."
We have won a battle and made great contributions, no matter how high the sky is. This time we have to show him how powerful we are. Don't think that he can't do it if we leave him."
After listening to what Liu Zeqing said, Peng Rui immediately responded: "General Liu is right, what's so great about Shang Yi is that he defeated a few grass bandits. How much ability can a few grass bandits have? As long as General Liu
With an order, I, Peng Rui, am willing to fight in this first battle."
In fact, Peng Rui didn't get any credit for the previous three victories, and he was also very angry with Shang Yi. Moreover, seeing that Shang Yi had won these battles easily, beheading was like mowing grass, but he had almost no men.
casualties, so he concluded that it was not the merchant army that was strong, but that Li Zicheng and Li Zicheng were vulnerable. Moreover, he had also inquired about some of the battles between the merchant army and the Chuang army in the past two days, and knew that Shang Yi's troops mainly used firearms.
, defeating the Chuang army mainly relies on firearms. And Peng Rui's army also has six to seven hundred firecrackers. Since Shang Yi can use firecrackers to defeat the Chuang army continuously, then he must be able to do it, so he is somewhat eager to try it. He can't speak.
Seems confident.
After his statement, Gao Junyuan and Xie Ke were naturally not far behind. They also spoke one after another, expressing their willingness to fight together with Liu Zeqing to temporarily defeat the traitors. They all spoke with sonorous force and impassioned words.
Liu Zeqing was very happy after hearing this and said: "Okay, tomorrow we will lead the army to attack Xinyang. All generals, please work hard and win a battle to show the governor. In our Ming army, Shang Yi is not the only one who can do it."
War." After a pause, he continued: "After we win, I will definitely sue Shang Yi in front of the governor to see how long he can remain proud."
Several other people also burst out laughing, and they all looked confident, as if they were sure to win the battle tomorrow.
In fact, Liu Zeqing is not a brave person, and he will never lose his mind because of Shang Yi's few words. This is mainly because he believes that the strength of Li Zijie's department is not strong, and after adding Xie Ke and Peng Rui,
The current strength of Liu Zeqing's troops is about 27,000. At the same time, it is also found out that the invading army in Xinyang at this time only had 10,000 troops from Liu Zongmin's department, and more than 8,000 people who were defeated by Shang Yi. In terms of military strength, Liu Zeqing
It also occupies considerable advantages.
Therefore, Liu Zeqing was also full of confidence, thinking that although he might not be able to capture Xinyang, as long as the invading army dared to leave the city to fight, he would be able to win the battle. If the invading army could not hold out, Liu Zeqing would certainly not forcefully attack the city. He would have
I made up my mind that if this situation really happened, then I could say that after a fierce battle, I defeated the thieves and stopped fighting behind closed doors.
Early the next morning, Liu Zeqing, Gao Junyuan, Xie Ke, Peng Rui and others led 25,000 troops out of Luoshan County and set out for Xinyang.
Luoshan County is less than thirty miles away from Xinyang. Liu Zeqing's group of troops walked more than ten miles. Immediately, scouts came to report that bandit troops were spotted in front of them and were coming towards them to kill them. At this time, they were leaving
Liu Zeqing's large army is only five or six miles away.
When Liu Zeqing heard that the intruders took the initiative to go out of the city to fight, he got what he wanted. He immediately turned back and said to the other three people: "Generals, look at it, the thieves dare not go out of the city to fight our army. Let's go up and kill the thieves.
Leave no armor behind."
The other generals also responded in unison, because Peng Rui threw out the big words yesterday and wanted to take the lead, so he could no longer stand still at this time, and he originally wanted to compete for the top spot, so he immediately said: "Liu
Commander-in-Chief, let the future commander fight this first wave."
Liu Zeqing nodded and said: "Okay, General Peng, you lead the troops to fight immediately. I will lead the army and rush to meet you. After defeating the bandits, you should be the first to achieve success."
Peng Rui agreed and immediately led his 5,000 troops to leave the team and fight against the Chuang army. Liu Zeqing also arranged his troops, with Xie Ke's left wing and Gao Junyuan's right wing, and he personally
For the middle road.
However, after adjusting for such a short time, Peng Rui's men and horses ran so fast that they could no longer be seen, leaving only the steaming smoke and dust. Liu Zeqing laughed loudly and said: "We have to be faster, otherwise the thieves will invade
General Peng killed them all, and all the credit belongs to him." After hearing this, the other two people also laughed loudly, immediately led the large group of people, and then followed them to kill.
After walking less than three miles, I saw figures shaking in front of me, and all Peng Rui's men retreated back in defeat. Some people were still shouting: Run quickly, the bandits are coming."
When Liu Zeqing saw it, he couldn't help but be shocked. Was Peng Rui defeated by the Chu army so quickly?
It turned out that before Peng Rui led his army to attack, he only walked three or four miles when he encountered the intruder army. This was the 10,000 personal guards led by Liu Zongmin.
Originally, after learning that the Ming army had entered Luoshan County, Liu Zongmin was going to lead his army to fight, but Tian Jianxiu persuaded him hard, explaining that the weapons were sharp and that the enemy should not be underestimated. Finally, Liu Zongmin agreed not to attack Luoshan without force.
County. However, the Ming army actually came to the door. Liu Zongmin couldn't hold his temper. He was already dubious about what Tian Jianxiu said, and he still had doubts in the majority. Therefore, he must lead his army to fight and take a look at this army.
How powerful are the firearms of the so-called Merchant Army?
Tian Jianxiujian could not persuade Liu Zongmin, and Liu Zongmin was now the commander-in-chief of the entire army. He was only an assistant who had made meritorious service, so he could only follow Liu Zongmin to fight.
When Peng Rui saw the Chuang army attacking, he immediately ordered all the firecrackers to form a formation. He also wanted to imitate the merchant army and defeat the bandits with firecrackers.
Although Liu Zongmin is an illiterate old man, he can be regarded as a man who has experienced hundreds of battles. When it comes to fighting, he does not just show force and ruthlessness. And although he is fierce with the firearms of the Merchant Army as Tian Jianxiu said,
He was very suspicious, but not completely disbelieving, so as soon as he saw Peng Rui's troops setting up a battle formation, he knew that they wanted to use firearms to deal with him.
The Chuang Army and the Shu Army have been fighting for many years, and they have also fought against fire guns many times, and have accumulated a lot of experience in dealing with fire guns. Liu Zongmin certainly knows that to deal with fire guns, he must close the distance with the enemy as soon as possible and get up close.
In the battle, there would be no use for fire guns, and the best way was to use cavalry. Among the guards he led, there were two thousand cavalry. Therefore, Liu Zongmin immediately ordered all the cavalry to attack.
The Ming army's position rushed away.
At the same time, Liu Zongmin ordered the remaining infantrymen of She to move out together and charge behind the cavalry. This was because Liu Zongmin heard from Tian Jianxiu that the artillery of the Merchant Army could hit very far, and could hit five or six hundred steps away, so he stayed behind.
It's not safe either. It's better to rush forward together, and you can also be the follow-up troops of the cavalry. Tian Jianxiu complained in his heart, but he couldn't stop Liu Zongmin, so he could only rush forward together.
The cavalry quickly opened the distance between them and the infantry and approached the Ming army's position. Although there were only two thousand troops, they charged with great momentum. Although Liu Zongmin was among the infantry, he watched the cavalry gradually move away.
Go, I feel a little uneasy in my heart.
At this moment, a roar like popping beans was heard from the opposite side. Tian Jianxiu's face turned pale and he closed his eyes and did not dare to look any further. Liu Zongmin also felt his heart shrinking and couldn't help feeling nervous.
But after all, he was stronger than Tian Jianxiu, and he still stared at the cavalry's back.
Because now Liu Zongmin could only see the backs of the last few rows of cavalry. He didn't know what happened to the cavalry in the front row and whether the casualties were serious. But after the gunshots were heard, the cavalry still sprinted forward without any speed at all.
Slowing down, he did not hear the screams of being shot or the sound of falling down. Liu Zongmin felt a little more at ease. At this time, Tian Jianxiu also felt that something was wrong and opened his eyes, with a puzzled look on his face.
Come.
At this time, in the Ming army's formation, Peng Rui was jumping to his feet and yelling: "Are you all blind? Didn't you see how far away the bandits are? I haven't given the order yet, and you just drove away. Hurry up and get ready.
Ammo, quick reload.”
It turned out that some soldiers of the Ming Army could not bear the huge sense of oppression caused by the cavalry charge, so before the cavalry came within range and no one gave an order, they opened fire. Although only a few soldiers shot at the beginning,
But on the battlefield, emotions are often contagious. After hearing someone shooting, other Ming soldiers who were still able to withstand the force were also affected, so they followed suit and fired. As a result, more than half of the Ming soldiers were on fire.
Guns were fired, but not even a single intruder cavalry was hurt.
In fact, at this time, the cavalry of the Chuang Army was seventy or eighty steps away from the main formation of the Ming Army. If it was the Merchant Army, it had indeed entered the shooting range. Since it had Lumi muskets and flintlock muskets, it would take about a hundred steps to shoot.
.However, although the Pengrui tribe has more than 600 muskets, they are all matchlocks, and there is not a single Rumi blunderbuss, and most of them are three-eyed blunderbuss. There are only more than 100 bird blunderbuss, and there are also a miscellaneous fire blunderbuss.
More than a hundred rods.
One advantage of the three-eyed gun is that it can be used as a big stick in close combat. Therefore, the Ming army generally likes to use the three-eyed gun, but its range is very short, only twenty or thirty steps. Naturally, it cannot be fired at this time.
Chuangjun. Although the bird cannons can hit farther, most of the bird cannons used by Peng Rui's department are old and old goods, lack maintenance, and their performance is greatly reduced. Of course, they are not enough. And after one round of firing, there are actually more than ten
The bird cannon exploded, injuring and killing dozens of soldiers. Other soldiers were so frightened that they dodged and did not dare to get too close to the fire cannon soldiers.
At this moment, the cavalry of the intruder army also rushed closer, and the horse hooves struck the ground, making a heart-shaking sound. The fire gunmen of the Ming army suppressed their violent heartbeats and trembled at the same time.
They filled the gunpowder with gunpowder. Everyone looked very ugly, and many people scattered the gunpowder out of the gun tube. Some soldiers could not even hold the gun steady and fell to the ground.