Moving armies is difficult, especially in mountainous areas.
After passing the first line of sky, Shunjun walked along the rugged mountain road for dozens of miles, and the sky was completely dark.
Even though they walked dozens of miles, in fact it was a mountain road with twists and turns, and they were still far away from going down the mountain.
Li Zicheng ordered to set up camp on the spot.
The place where they camped was in a low plain.
The terrain was relatively flat, enough for a large army to be stationed.
However, because most of the food, grass and baggage were abandoned, most of the soldiers in the army did not have tents to set up.
They could only build a bonfire and gather around to keep warm.
The night is long and the weather is so cold.
If we don't light a fire, we may freeze to death.
The soldiers of the Shun Army were very tired.
They leaned against each other and fell asleep soon after closing their eyes.
For them, time to rest is extremely rare, and every moment they can rest is one more moment.
The next morning, we had to continue our journey.
The night was quiet, except for the crackling of dry branches burned by the flames.
Li Zicheng closed his eyes and prepared to take a nap.
In the past few days, he had never slept for more than two hours a day, and his eyes were already red and bloodshot.
But not long after he closed his eyes, he heard the deafening sound of horse hooves.
Li Zicheng subconsciously opened his eyes and jumped up.
Looking closely by the firelight, he saw a cavalryman charging toward the camp with great force.
Each of the cavalrymen held a torch in their hands, looking like a fire dragon from a distance.
Li Zicheng was horrified.
Of course he knew that the cavalry that came out at this time could only be Qing troops.
But how did the Qing army find his traces?
Li Zicheng didn't want to think about this and quickly ordered his generals to prepare for the battle.
Tian Jianxiu and others reacted quickly enough, and the mobilization work was completed in a matter of seconds.
The soldiers of the Shun Army all understood that they had no way out now and had to fight their way out of the encirclement to survive.
Because it was too dark, Li Zicheng couldn't see clearly which part of the Qing army was coming, but he subconsciously felt that it was not the main force of the Eight Banners.
The Eight Banners cavalry don't like night raids very much, and the Han people like to do this the most.
Li Zicheng got on his horse and personally drew his sword to direct the battle.
This behavior played a large role in stabilizing the morale of the military.
More and more Shunjun soldiers got on their horses and formed a formation around Li Zicheng.
They are all veterans of the "Three Walls."
The so-called Three Walls were elites selected by Li Zicheng from the veterans of the Shun Army.
Those who can be selected into the three walls must not only have senior qualifications, but also must have extremely superb riding skills.
In several duels with the Ming army, the three walls played an extremely important role.
The tactics of this cavalry are very different from ordinary cavalry.
They do not use the mobility advantage of the cavalry to repeatedly harass, but instead gather the cavalry to charge in one go.
To put it bluntly, this is a one-shot deal.
If the enemy army succeeds in charging, the enemy army will be defeated.
The next thing Shunjun will do is to harvest heads.
If the charge fails, the Shun army will also lose its sharpest cavalry, and its vitality will definitely be severely damaged.
What is commendable is that since the establishment of Three Walls, they have repeatedly charged into battle and never failed.
It is a trump card in Li Zicheng's hand, and he will not take it out easily unless absolutely necessary.
Li Zicheng ordered a three-wall formation, which proved that he believed that the current situation was very serious and it was time to risk his life.
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The cavalry on the three walls are very familiar with each other.
Their horses' heads are close to their horses' tails, and the distance between them is very short.
Li Zicheng took a deep breath and ordered the three walls to start charging.
The key to the cavalry's charge is speed.
The Qing cavalry was well prepared and had already increased its speed.
The three walls could not show weakness.
As the horses' speed became faster and faster, the distance between the three walls of cavalry became closer and closer, looking like spears from a distance.
And Li Zicheng was the spearhead.
One hundred steps, fifty steps, thirty steps.
Just before the cavalry from both sides collided, a cold arrow suddenly shot towards Li Zicheng's face.
Li Zicheng quickly turned aside.
Just because he couldn't fully stretch himself while on horseback, although he avoided the cold arrow, his helmet was shot off.
This affects the impact speed of the three walls to some extent.
Fortunately, Li Zicheng made timely adjustments and did not cause chaos.
The cavalry of the two armies were officially mixed together.
If you listen carefully, you can hear the sound of spears piercing armor and flesh.
Li Zicheng found that this Qing cavalry was well-armored and well-trained, no worse than his three walls.
But after a quick glance, he found that the cavalry obviously did not belong to the Eight Banners Army, so there was only one possibility.
This cavalry was from the Guan Ning Army.
The so-called Guanning Army refers to an army trained by Yuan Cheng when he was in charge of Liao Town.
This army not only has infantry and artillery, but also cavalry, which is most lacking in the entire Ming Dynasty.
In order to fight against the Donglu, Emperor Chongzhen specially collected millions of taels of Liao salary every year, and supported the Guan Ning army with delicious food and drink.
But Guan Ningjun has never disappointed anyone.
Governor Ji Liao had been replaced for an unknown number of times, but Guan Ning's army had almost never won a field battle against the Eight Banners Army.
They basically turned around and ran away when the Eight Banners Army came to kill them, that is, they dared to rely on the strong city to huddle up and defend.
I don’t know how many people were killed by Guan Ningjun like this, but Emperor Chongzhen still held it in his hand and was afraid of melting.
Li Zicheng was extremely disdainful of Guan Ningjun.
But today Guan Ningjun changed his view.
Judging from the duel just now, Guan Ningjun did not lose much to the Three Walls in terms of momentum, but was even better in terms of ruthlessness. what's going on Li Zicheng didn't know that the Guan Ning cavalry led by Wu Sangui had been driven as the vanguard to attack cities and territories after the surrender to the Qing Dynasty.
Even though they had coaxed a group of people to win so many battles, they still gained confidence.
In addition, after shaving their hair and growing braids, they subconsciously believed that they were bannermen, and that kind of blessing confidence was the driving force for them to charge.
The most important thing about cavalry hedging is the first wave of charge.
Nine times out of ten hedging situations, one side directly breaks up the other side's formation.
The current situation is that both sides are evenly matched.
Guan Ningjun and the three walls have hedged a 50-50 split.
This is extremely rare.
But Li Zicheng had to admit this fact and think of ways to deal with it.
Now that the cavalry of both sides are entangled, they are like animals stuck in a muddy pond, unable to show their strength at all.
Most of the time, you cut me with a knife, and I stab you with a spear.
Without speed, the power of cavalry is greatly reduced, and it is even less effective than infantry in hand-to-hand combat.
"Yufeng, you lead a team of people and try to squeeze out a road in the direction of the Tatar Commander Flag."
At this time, taking the initiative to seek change is the best option.
Li Zicheng narrowed his eyes and gave instructions in a deep voice to Tian Jianxiu who was not far away.
As long as Tian Jianxiu can attract part of Guan Ning's army, Li Zicheng will have a gap to take advantage of
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