"What, Niu Jinxing was caught?"

When Li Zicheng heard the news, he could hardly believe his ears.

Of course, Li Zicheng also knew very well that Niu Jinxing had quietly set up a manor outside the city to have a bunch of women having fun, but Li Zicheng really never thought that someone would be able to take Niu Jinxing away directly in this manor close to Gu'an City.

It's definitely dark under the light!

Li Zicheng took a deep breath and said coldly: "Who is in charge of the scout? Just kill it."

For Li Zicheng, this kind of mistake is completely intolerable.

In other words, the Ming army's target was only Niu Jinxing. If a Ming army directly interspersed in and launched an attack, the consequences would be unimaginable.

After killing the person, Li Zicheng's expression improved a lot, and he said to the many generals of the Dashun Army in front of him: "What should I do now?"

After a brief silence, another military advisor, Song Xiance, stood up and said, "Your Majesty, from the time point of view, Military Advisor Niu should have been captured and plundered into the Ming army camp. So if we want to rescue him, there is only one way, that is, defeat the Ming army."

After Song Xiance finished speaking, he immediately received the approval of others.

As for whether Niu Jinxing would die during the defeat of the Ming army, no one mentioned it because this was something they could not decide.

Li Zicheng pondered for a long time, but before he could speak, another general Li Yan stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I feel that there is no need to fight this Ming army. Now all the traffic between Beijing City and the southern part of the Ming Dynasty has been blocked by us. The Ming army lacks the necessary supplies and equipment. As long as we can defend Gu'an City, the Ming army will undoubtedly be defeated after a long time!"

After Li Yan said that, Li Zicheng felt a little moved, and he felt something was reasonable.

But immediately, many generals began to refute.

"General Li Yan's words are wrong. The Ming army has only 50,000 or 60,000 people. Our Dashun army is obviously superior in strength, but he still wants to be a turtle hiding in the city?"

"That's right, the brothers swept across the entire north of the Ming Dynasty. If we say that 100,000 people have to defend 50,000 people, can the morale of the brothers be saved?"

"When did we Dashun be so scared? Even if we fight head-on, isn't it easy to crush these Ming troops?"

Why do these generals refute Li Yan? The reason is actually very simple, just for military merit!

It is difficult to judge if you hide and defend to the death. And there are not many military achievements. But if you take the initiative to attack, the judgment of military achievements will be much simpler and you can get more.

Of course, the reasons for all this come from the confidence of these generals of the Dashun Army, and they feel that they will definitely win!

Since you will definitely win, you must use a way to gain more military achievements to fight, which is in their interests.

Seeing this, Li Zicheng pondered again.

After a while, Li Zicheng said in a deep voice: "Then do it like this! Send me an order and gather the entire army tomorrow. I will meet this British Duke for a while and see if he can fight like his ancestors!"

In the end, Li Zicheng adopted the opinions of most people.

To hold on to the Ming army without resources is not impossible, but it is unnecessary.

Dashun is so strong now, why should he hide in front of the destruction of the Ming Dynasty?

From another aspect, Li Zicheng also longed to use a refreshing victory to wash away the shame of retreating from the city of Beijing.

Since Li Zicheng has made a decision, everything is destined.

The next morning, a large number of Dashun soldiers were fully armed after breakfast and began to assemble outside Gu'an City.

This scene was soon sent back to the Ming Dynasty by the Ming army's scouts, and the British Duke quickly summoned all the generals to discuss.

In fact, there was no need for too much discussion at this time. The Dashun Army was obviously going to start a fight. The Ming army had only two choices, either fighting or not.

Of course, the British Duke chose to fight!

The British Duke looked around and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, today's battle is related to the life and death of our Ming Dynasty. I hope you can work together to help the Ming Dynasty win! No matter where you were from before or who you were under your command, I can guarantee here that no military achievements will be erased, and all rewards will be submitted to Your Majesty fairly!"

After the British Duke finished speaking, Zhu Cilang also spoke: "I can guarantee that everyone's efforts will not be ignored. Even if a person like General Zheng Jiaolin who has been unfavorable to me, as long as he can fight for the Ming Dynasty on the battlefield, I will not say a bad thing about him from my father!"

The position of military supervisor is the emperor's eyes and ears. It is not easy for military supervisor to kill someone, but it is really simple to make a general lose his granules. So, Zhu Cixuan's words gave everyone a great reassurance.

After hearing Zhu Cilang's words, Zheng Jiaolin was also amused and cried. He didn't know whether to celebrate or be depressed for a moment.

The British Duke waved his hand and said, "The time has come, so we should not let Li Zicheng and the rebels wait too long. They will set off one day earlier and the Ming Dynasty will recover peace one day earlier. Go and call your subordinates and set off now!"

Many generals took the orders solemnly and stepped out of their tents.

Soon, all the 60,000 official troops from the Ming Dynasty gathered together and headed towards the south.

At noon, the two sides met in the Lugou River, the Ming army was in the north and the Dashun army was in the south.

This is also why Li Zicheng chose to temporarily rest in Gu'an City before. Without mountains on the Hebei Plain, rivers became a rare geographical location.

Li Zicheng narrowed his eyes and suddenly issued an order: "Send the order and the whole army crosses the river!"

Li Zicheng's order immediately surprised the other Dashun Army generals present and spoke out to dissuade them.

"Your Majesty, you can't do it!" "Your Majesty, fighting against the water is a taboo in military strategists!"

Faced with this series of dissuasions, Li Zicheng also smiled coldly.

"You don't really think I don't know this truth, do you? I tell you that the British Duke Zhang Shize just wanted to dig a hole for me to jump down. But I also want to tell you that such tricks are not up to the top. Didn't Han Xin fight against the enemy back then? Did he lose?

Today, I will educate Zhang Shize well so that he knows that in the face of absolute strength, no strategy will be of no use!”

At the order of Li Zicheng, a large number of Dashun troops began to cross the river.

On the opposite side, British Duke Zhang Shize watched the scene and his brows frowned.

"He is really confident in this Li Zicheng."

As a military general, this British Duke may not have experienced much war, but his rich theoretical knowledge could still help him make a quick judgment and learn about Li Zicheng's psychological activities.

Zhu Cilang was standing aside and laughed at him: "It's okay, Li Zicheng is not Han Xin, and we are not Chen Yu!"

When the British Duke heard this, he cheered up and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness is right, send the order and take advantage of the fact that they have not completely crossed the river, the vanguard army will attack immediately!"

The attack on the half-cross was the most basic military knowledge that had been circulated as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Of course, the British Duke could not have not known it.

With the order of the British Duke, a cavalry of two thousand people immediately rushed towards the Dashun army that was crossing the river.

The horse's hooves shook the earth, the cavalry were wearing armor, the swords and swords were shining coldly, and the smoke and dust rose into the sky.

This is the Guanning Iron Cavalry with the most complete preservation of combat power in the Ming Dynasty!

If the first batch of vanguards of the Dashun Army had just crossed the river, the Guanning Iron Cavalry would arrive. With the power of the cavalry, they could easily drive the Dashun Army out of the river.

Li Zicheng obviously saw this scene and sneered: "Half-crossing? This Zhang Shize really treats me as a fool!"

The next moment, many shells suddenly roared from the south bank of Lugou River and landed in the charge of Guanning Iron Cavalry.

The shells were huge in size and weight. When they hit the cavalry, they would break bones and tendons and fall to the ground. The cavalry behind them was caught off guard and was knocked down again, and immediately fell over.

More shells fell from the sky, which immediately made the formation of Guanning Iron Cavalry chaotic.

The British Duke looked at this scene and his pupils suddenly tightened: "It's a cannon, Li Zicheng actually has so many cannons!"

Zhu Cilang was right next to the British Duke. After thinking for a moment, he immediately understood where Li Zicheng's cannon came from.

There were originally many cannons in the outer acropolis of Beijing. Li Zicheng used these cannons to bombard Beijing when he was siege. He must have taken all of these cannons away when he retreated.

When Zhu Cilang thought of this, his brows frowned immediately.

As you can see from this detail alone, Li Zicheng is not unprepared.

After being bombarded by cannons, Guanning Iron Cavalry's formation was scattered, and although it also rushed to kill, causing considerable losses to the Dashun Army vanguard who had just crossed the river, it was not enough to drive all the Dashun Army back to the river.

As more Dashun Pioneer Army crossed the river and landed on the shore, and more artillery shells fell one after another, the British Duke had to issue an order to return the Guanning Iron Cavalry.

Seeing the scarred Guanning Iron Cavalry returning to the formation, all the generals of the Ming army frowned at the same time.

This battle is a bit unfavorable.

Li Zicheng looked at this scene on the south bank of Lugou River and couldn't help laughing: "Zhang Shize, that's it? Let's send the order, the army continues to cross the river, and the vanguard begins to advance. I want to see what he uses to fight me!"

The Dashun Army began to cross the river continuously and pressed towards the Ming army's main formation step by step.

In the main formation of the Ming army, British Duke Zhang Shize took a deep breath, looked around, and said in a deep voice: "At this point, I can only use Niu Jinxing's plan. General Li Guozhen, go to the left wing. General Gao Jie, go to the right wing. You two each lead 10,000 troops and horses, and you must block their offensive. The remaining 40,000 troops are led by me personally, and I will strive to defeat Li Zicheng's central army in the shortest time."

Li Guozhen and Gao Jie received the order and rushed away with their generals.

The British Duke issued a loud order: "The entire army has it, advance, and attack the enemy's central army!"

Zhu Cixuan sat next to the British Duke and was doing nothing. Just as he was considering whether he would take the initiative to let the British Duke transfer a force to him, the system's voice suddenly rang out.

"Please ask the host to arrive at the artillery position of the Dashun Army in the south bank within one hour and occupy it to trigger a new sign-in task. To ensure that the host completes the goal, rewards will be given priority. The host's horse riding skill will be upgraded to S level, and it will be a human and a realm."
Chapter completed!