: Fight against Gao Yingxiang

Among the three commanders of the three major camps in the capital, Guan Zhengjie was not as brave as Liu Meng in combat, and his ability to dispatch was slightly inferior to Zhang Wencong, but he also had his own superior ability, that is, he was cautious. With his understanding of the firearms and the character of his soldiers, even when he was alone, he could reassure Tang Feng.

When Tang Feng went east to raid Wang Jiayin's army, Guan Zhengjie did not relax at all and sent his soldiers to pay close attention to the movements of the enemy in Hancheng. Therefore, when Li Zicheng's 10,000 vanguard troops suddenly came out and launched an attack on the official army, the official army was not panicked, and they had already prepared everything.

Five hundred steps, when the anti-army army shouted and killed until only five hundred steps away from it, Guan Zhengjie ordered the crossbowman to attack. The crossbow machines that had already installed sharp arrows moved together at that time, and thousands of crossbow arrows shot straight towards the anti-army.

This vanguard unit led by Li Zicheng is the most elite group of troops under Gao Yingxiang, so they did not turn around and retreat like the anti-soldiers in the past when they saw the official army's blockade, but instead rushed up against arrows all over the sky. However, in this way, the damage of these people was inevitable. Just a round of crossbow arrows shot, killing nearly 300 people.

Li Zicheng did not even frown at this, but kept encouraging the soldiers around him to move forward bravely. Perhaps everyone knew that there was no way out, and this time the anti-army attack became more resolute. At this time, the official army's crossbow arrows were all firing light and were still loading, which actually made them reach a distance of a hundred steps. After visually measuring the distance, he found that the enemy had reached the range of the musket. Guan Zhengjie immediately ordered the muskets to step forward to block the enemy.

A burst of bangs kept exploding around him. Many comrades were hit by muskets and were stunned and blood was flowing all over the ground. This made the anti-army who had first encountered the sharp weapon of the official army. Even Li Zicheng was secretly shocked. Although he had heard that the court had such a weapon, he had never seen it. Today, it seems that this weapon is more powerful than the legendary one.

This is the musket improved by the craftsmen of Shenji Camp after several research some days ago. It has a longer range than the previous musket, and its lethality is also greater. Even if the musket was shot, it was only slightly injured and could fight again. But now, once the musket is hit, the wound on the body will be extremely large, and the person who was shot lost the power to fight again at that time.

Seeing that the defense line of the government army was so sharp, Li Zicheng felt even tighter, but he could not turn back. If there was no gain from the loss of soldiers and generals, he would be blamed by the King of Breaking. So he still shouted that the soldiers were rushing forward while the soldiers were a little retreating, and said: "Don't worry, the government army's muskets can only be fired for one round. Now is the time for their weakest defense!" After hearing his words, the anti-military army was cheered up and rushed forward with shouts.

At the same time, Gao Yingxiang had already ordered the remaining 60,000 people to break out of the city. This time he had to scatter the official army in one go. Seeing Li Zicheng leading the people forward, Gao Yingxiang showed a satisfied smile on his face, and felt that he had indeed read the wrong person. Even in such an unfavorable situation, he could still insist on carrying out his orders.

But the subsequent scene was unexpected by Li Zicheng and Gao Yingxiang. When they thought the muskets of the government army were useless, another gunshot came out, and another two hundred people fell down. Then there was another gunshot, as if the muskets in the government army had endless ammunition, which made Li Zicheng stunned at the time.

This is the three-stage shooting method that the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion have already mastered. This attack method set forth in order to deal with the nomadic cavalry in the north first played a key role in the battlefield of the peasant uprising army. The three teams of men continued to change their formation and immediately defeated the anti-army. At this time, Li Zicheng had no way to make the army continue to rush forward.

Gao Yingxiang's expression became gloomy at that time. There were only tens of thousands of officials in front of him. If even they were unbeaten, how could he fight Tang Feng's central army? Thinking of this, he could no longer sit still. He waved his hand and ordered the army that followed him out of the city to launch a general attack on the official army. He wanted to use his absolute advantage in military strength to defeat the tens of officials in front of him!

"Kill!" The sixty thousand anti-army army rushed up with a overwhelming attitude. Although the muskets and arrows in front of them were very powerful, they still killed them without any timidity when they saw that they had such a big advantage.

"Bang bang...", "Swish bang..." Although arrows and muskets can still cause considerable damage to the anti-army, they are obviously not very powerful for the tens of thousands of people at present. Seeing that the anti-army had reached a hundred steps away from where they were, Guan Zhengjie's expression became nervous. Although he had killed thousands of enemies so far, he still could not resist the enemy's waves of impact and was soon killed by the anti-army to an unfavorable position.

"What should I do? If I force myself like this, I'm afraid I'll sacrifice my brothers for nothing, but the lord said that I'm going to stay here before..." After hesitating, Guan Zhengjie decided to preserve his strength and immediately ordered the army to retreat and fight while walking to delay the pace of the anti-army advance.

Fortunately, only a very small number of generals had horses at this time, and they were also frightened by the firearms and sharp arrows of the government army, so they did not dare to kill them without hesitation. This allowed the government army to retreat slowly in a stable formation. Although in this way, the geographical advantage they rely on was completely gone. However, there were losses and gains. In addition to not making the soldiers sacrificelessly, they were also delaying the anti-army advance and buying time for Tang Feng's arrival.

Gao Yingxiang quickly saw through the intentions of the government army, but their muskets and crossbows were indeed very powerful. He could not let the soldiers under his command go up desperately. He had to grit his teeth and follow closely, hoping that their arrows would be taken away quickly. The situation would be different. Guan Zhengjie there also understood this point. While ordering people to save arrows, he had sent people to the east to report to Tang Feng.

Tang Feng over there ended the battle more than half an hour ago, but because he had already had a complaint with the soldiers before, all the property seized during the quelling rebellion belonged to the soldiers, he did not immediately rectify the people and returned. After some debate, the property that Wang Jiayin's troops had previously robbed was divided up by the tens of thousands of troops. As for the more than 20,000 prisoners, they were also taken into custody after being weapons. Only by looking at their dull appearance, Tang Feng was not afraid that they would cause trouble again.

Just when Tang Feng began to rectify his troops and was about to go back and continue to attack Gao Yingxiang's army, the people Guan Zhengjie condemned also arrived. As soon as he heard that Gao Yingxiang's army had taken action so quickly and had all out, Tang Feng knew that the opportunity was set for a battle was here. He immediately ordered the three armies to turn around and head westward.

These officials who had just gained a lot of benefits were in high spirits at this time. It turned out that the anti-army army was really so vulnerable, so they would definitely get a lot of money and property when they went there. This made them embark on the way back again without any hesitation and dissatisfaction.

On the other hand, as time passed, the 10,000 people under Guan Zhengjie were about to finish their arrows, and the gunpowder and projectiles used for muskets had already been exhausted. In this case, the government army could only rely on tight formations to resist the anti-army attack again and again. Fortunately, although the anti-army army was large in numbers, their cooperation was still very weak, which gave the government army a little possibility of support. Otherwise, in this wilderness, with few enemies in the enemy, they would have to wipe out all their troops.

But even so, the casualties of the government army continued to increase. Nearly 3,000 people had been killed in battle, and the remaining half were more or less injured. If Tang Feng's reinforcements did not come, they would have to be defeated.

Seeing that the official army was so strong that they still killed so many of them with few enemies and more enemies, Gao Yingxiang was even more angry. Although Li Zicheng reminded him several times that he should not act with impulse and defend the main force of the Ming army, he still refused to let go of the thousands of Ming troops in front of him. Even if he left, he would have to kill all of these 10,000 troops first.

"Drink!" With a loud roar, Gao Yingxiang drove forward again. The big gun in his hand stabbed the two officials and soldiers into each other. Then he raised his hand and flew straight towards Guan Zhengjie. After a period of observation, he finally found the position of the commander of the official army. Now he is going to completely defeat the official army with his own strength, that is, kill the leader first!

While provoking two corpses and attacking Guan Zhengjie, Gao Yingxiang also urged his horse to rush towards the target. At this time, some Ming soldiers in front of him had discovered his intentions and wanted to block his way, but in front of his long spear that flew forward and back, they either retreated or fell down, which was difficult to stop him from moving forward.

Guan Zhengjie was commanding his men to resist when he suddenly saw two black shadows hitting him and hurriedly urging the horse to avoid him. Although he had avoided the two corpses, he was also in a cold sweat. At this time, Gao Yingxiang had already killed him, and his spear shook and pierced his throat and heart.

Although he was the commander of the Shenji Camp, he used muskets and cannons in the past, but Guan Zhengjie also had a good time in his career. Although he lost the opportunity, he still met him without dodging and used the spear in his hand to confront the enemy.

"Dingdang!" After a sound, Guan Zhengjie realized that he had made a mistake this time. The opponent's martial arts were far above him, and every move he made his way full of power, which made his tiger's mouth numb, but at this time he had to resist, because the personal guards around him had fallen, and the others were fighting each other and could not save him at all.

After taking the opponent's three moves, Guan Zhengjie finally couldn't resist and the middle door opened wide. Of course, Gao Yingxiang would not miss such a good opportunity. The spear in his hand pierced straight into his chest. Guan Zhengjie only had time to tilt his body to the side, making it past the vital point of his heart, but the shot still pierced into his left shoulder. After a muffled groan, Guan Zhengjie, who had already lost his strength, fell down from his horse.

The fall of the commander led to the formation of the Ming army, which was already in danger, was immediately in chaos, but the morale of the anti-army was greatly boosted. With the shouts, they finally killed the defense line of the official army, and the Ming army was finally killed and dispersed.

"Kill me!" Li Zicheng behind him was overjoyed when he saw this situation. The long sword in his hand kept rising and falling. While killing the panicked official troops, he commanded more anti-army troops to kill. Although the weapons in their hands were very backward, all of them were farm tools such as hoes, their momentum was far higher than the official troops who had lost their chief general, and the defeat of the official troops was inevitable. At this time, Gao Yingxiang was still trying to attack Guan Zhengjie who had already landed. It was this person who had lost thousands of people. If he didn't kill him, how could he exhale this anger?

At this time, the brothers of the Shenji Camp who had been following Guan Zhengjie also abandoned their enemies and quickly stepped forward to help their commanders resist the powerful enemy. However, under the impact of Gao Yingxiang and the anti-army that kept moving forward, these people had to go to death one after another, but it was difficult to kill the enemy.

However, they finally bought some time for Guan Zhengjie. Although his whole body was in pain after landing, he still tried hard to get up from the ground, hoping to fight again. When he saw the brothers of the Shenji Camp died one after another to save him, his heart was disturbed. For a moment, a force burst out, completely stood up straight, and shouted: "I am fine. Everyone kill me. The marquis will bring people to save us soon!"

Seeing that he actually got up again, Gao Yingxiang also admired his toughness, but he showed no mercy in his hand. After snatching the spear of a person beside him, he threw it straight towards Guan Zhengjie. He could see that Guan Zhengjie was at the end of his strength and as long as he hit him, he would die immediately, and in this way, the government army would naturally collapse!

"Huh!" The spear stabbed Guan Zhengjie with a whistling sound. His whole body was weak and he only supported himself with perseverance to support him. He looked at the deadly spear that was about to come, so he had to close his eyes. He knew that this time it was completely finished, and he didn't know if the soldiers could hold on until Tang Feng's arrival after his death.

"Ha!" With a loud shout, Guan Zhengjie thought that death did not come to him, but a huge figure blocked him, and the man helped him block a deadly spear. After a closer look, it turned out to be a deputy general in his Divine Machine Camp. Sima Junyi blocked the spear with the long axe in his hand.

"Sima, didn't you go with the Marquis to encircle Wang Jiayin's troops? Why..." Without further ado, Guan Zhengjie suddenly realized that the scene had completely changed. I don't know when, the morale of the official army, who was originally at a disadvantage in momentum, was greatly boosted, and instead pushed the anti-army backwards. Behind them, there were even more officials who continued to kill, saving the person who had already collapsed from the edge of the cliff.

At this time, Sima Junyi's loud voice also sounded in Guan Zhengjie's ears: "General, he has arrived. He can't rest assured that you can't stand you first!" Guan Zhengjie couldn't hear the words afterwards. The injuries on his body and the heavy burden had already made his body unable to bear it anymore. When he learned that reinforcements had arrived and there was no longer any danger, he finally fainted.

Sima Junyi did not notice this, and his eyes had completely fallen on Gao Yingxiang. The attack just now made him interested in this enemy. After hesitating slightly, he rushed forward with big strides. He had not fought with someone who was evenly matched for a long time. Now he just wanted to get a point with Gao Yingxiang.

Seeing that the battle that was about to win became like this, Gao Yingxiang was even more shocked and angry, and the enemy general he was about to kill was rescued, which made him even more unbearable. After seeing Sima Junyi rushing up, he shouted and greeted him.

"Dangdang..." The two fought against each other, but neither of them could get the advantage. At this time, with the increasing number of reinforcements of the Ming army, the situation had been completely reversed, and the anti-army began to be unable to withstand it.

The morale of the officials who rushed over was in full swing. Although their troops were not as strong as the other party, their momentum completely overwhelmed the anti-army. And they were still thinking about getting more benefits from the hands of these rebels, so naturally everyone became brave. When the enemy advanced and we retreated, the anti-army changed from an attacking side to a defending side.

"King of Chuang, the situation is not good for us now, so let's go back to the city!" Li Zicheng saw that the situation was reversed and knew that it would only increase casualties if he continued, so he rushed to Gao Yingxiang and said.

At this time, Gao Yingxiang and Sima Junyi were fighting hard to distinguish. After hearing what he said, he remembered his identity and immediately forced Sima Junyi to retreat with all his might, and then said, "Go! Go back to the city!" Although he was angry, as the commander of the first army, he could still distinguish priorities and not ruin major issues because of his momentary act of intent.

After hearing this, the anti-army army, which had long lost its fighting spirit, no longer had the intention to continue fighting, and retreated desperately at that time. Of course, the Ming army would not miss the opportunity to pursue such a pursuit. Everyone chased them reluctantly. Until the anti-army entered Hancheng and closed the city gate tightly, they still had no intention of retreating.

At this time, Tang Feng had arrived. Seeing this, he immediately ordered his troops to come back and set up a camp outside the city, preparing to find a way to capture the city after rest.
Chapter completed!