Chapter 1008

As the horn sounded, the dust head in the rear rose, and it was obvious that an army was approaching quickly.

Li Zicheng and many of his soldiers were shocked, because they all knew that they had no other army except to send an army to guard Tongguan.

If one's own army is approaching quickly, the other party will signal or inform in advance. For example, it suddenly rushes over now. It can be called that those who come are not good and those who are good do not come.

At this time, Li Zicheng and his scouts quickly reported: "report to the king! Hong Chengchou led the army to kill."

This sentence really surprised Li Zicheng. Hong Chengchou led the army to kill him. Isn't he thousands of miles away, and he has to arrive in a month as soon as possible?

Hong Chengchou's army is mainly deployed in Baoding camp, which is quite far away from here. There is a Shanxi in the middle. At this time, Shanxi has not been occupied by Chinese thieves, and most of it is controlled by local giants. They have not surrendered to the thieves. To control this place and pass smoothly from here, they must deal with these people, This can't be done in a month and a half.

Therefore, Hong Chengchou said that his army could be killed within a month. Many people thought it was unlikely. It was just to improve the confidence and morale of the army and people in the city, so that they could continue to resist and continue to be the dead ghost.

It is estimated that the Chinese army and the imperial court are also afraid that once Xi'an city gives up resistance, Li Zicheng conquers and takes over the city completely, his power will quickly grow out of control.

They will be impatient to send Hong Chengchou, pull up a large army and come to crusade.

Li Zicheng's destruction was very urgent. It was necessary. The time was not with them. They must take complete control of this place before the Chinese thieves arrived, bring it into their rule, and mobilize local resources to the greatest extent, so as to be able to resist the enemy's invasion.

But in his heart, he knew that the enemy didn't come so soon. Even in the direction of Tongguan, he didn't have many troops. Only general Liu Fangliang guarded here and led no more than 5000 people.

Their plan is to strengthen the defense of Tongguan after winning here. If they can't control here in the short term, they will send troops to reinforce Tongguan.

His plan is that if he can't win Xi'an today, he will have to send troops to reinforce Tongguan tomorrow. It's time to strengthen the urban defense here.

Who knows, just when they thought it was impossible, the other party unexpectedly came behind him and looked at the red flag flying in the wind.

There is a saying that Wan'er, a man, is the shadow of a tree. In those days, the roving bandits made trouble here in Shaanxi. They maneuvered and were very happy, but they were beaten down by Hong Chengchou, then governor of Yan'an. These roving bandits fell into Hong Chengchou's hands and were all executed, without exception.

The roving bandits fled to other places because they were afraid of being killed, ruthless and desperate. They rushed back to Shaanxi for development because Hong Chengchou led more than 100000 troops to leave Shaanxi and go to support the East.

When the king of hell Hong was gone, they had time to wreak havoc. Who knows that Hong Chengchou killed them back here in such a short time, which really shocked them.

Li Zicheng flew into a rage. He scolded loudly: "what does Liu Fangliang do to eat? And what do you spies do to eat? The enemy didn't know to report when he came here."

Li Zhicheng was so angry that he was about to capture Xi'an city that he was going to eat and drink hot. At this most important time, King Hong appeared. Looking at the dust head raised in front, the other party had at least tens of thousands of people.

If it was another Ming army general who led tens of thousands of people here, Li Zicheng didn't have to be afraid. There were hundreds of thousands of people under him. He used the sea of people tactics. One mouthful of saliva also drowned the other party, but the other party scared him and beat him hard. The other party led the most elite troops among the Chinese thieves. He really couldn't resist.

Li Zicheng did not dare to continue to order the troops to attack the city at this time. He could only order the troops that could be assembled to assemble and stand in front of the array. The rear array changed into the front array, and the front array changed into the rear array, ready to resist the impact of Hong Chengchou's army.

Li Zicheng even thought that most of the people who came were not Hong Chengchou, but others, under his banner, so that they still had a glimmer of vitality.

Hong Chengchou was a cruel man. When he was in charge of Yan'an mansion, no one would pay attention to this figure and think that he was just a weak scholar. However, after taking charge of the army, the scholar killed all the bandits, which made them know that they were terrified. The nickname of King Hong was not called in vain. Even the recruits of the bandits knew that their old predecessors, Most of them died at the hands of this man.

This man has the ability to turn corruption into magic. He uses his arms like a God. Even a group of garbage soldiers are like magic tricks in his hands, so he becomes a elite soldier and can fight very well.

On Hong Chengchou, they basically can't get any cheap. Basically, they let each other chase and beat.

They marched into the Central Plains and claimed to be turning the strategy. In fact, they were cornered by Hong Chengchou. They were defeated and fled. How miserable they were beaten by Hong Chengchou. They lost their foothold in Shaanxi, fled to the Central Plains, and fled back from the south of the Central Plains to the West of Henan. It can be said that they were chased, chased and beaten by the other party, and chased half of the Ming Dynasty.

Fortunately, the Liu family rebelled. The imperial court sent them to lead the army to deal with the Liu thieves, which gave them a chance. Otherwise, even Li zichengdu thought that they would be destroyed by Hong Chengchou. It's only a matter of time.

At the moment when they thought it was the most important, they fell in love with someone they absolutely didn't want to see.

The troops coming from behind approached quickly. The flag of the other party was: Hong, governor of Shaanxi of the Chinese Empire.

Although Hong Chengchou has changed from the governor of the Ming Dynasty to the governor of the new dynasty, people's fear and fear of him have not decreased at all. Many people have not fought with him, but they are not necessarily afraid, because among these exiles, word of mouth is that they were beaten miserably by King Hong.

In the past, they all occupied the mountain as bandits and zoned the land as kings. They were known to divide gold and silver, so that they could have a good life and happiness. It was when they met Hong Chengchou that they ran away in a panic, which made them become roving bandits.

Moreover, among their gang of roving bandits, their powerful figures like gods died one by one in Hong Chengchou's hands, which strengthened their divine power, which shocked and frightened many people.

In fact, what scares them most is that the other party appears in their weakest link when they are unprepared. This is the most deadly thing.

Apart from anything else, Li Zicheng was bullish when he fought with Hong Chengchou, a famous general in the world. He didn't dare to boast that he would win. Therefore, he was sure to let the soldiers conserve their energy, eat enough and go to battle with him.

It's a good thing now that he pressed all the troops and even sent the most elite old camp troops to attack Xi'an city. Those left behind were the old, weak, sick and disabled. Moreover, they had been fighting for most of the day and were very hungry. If they hadn't seen Xi'an city coming down, they would have called in their troops. Many people were thinking that they would attack Xi'an city immediately, At this time, Hong Chengchou's army appeared, just like a sharp knife, directly stabbed them in the waist.

Li Zicheng ordered their troops to change formations quickly and prepare for the impact of the other party, which is also delaying time.

But Hong Chengchou would not delay them. After they arrived at the battlefield, they began to order the soldiers to eat dry food and step forward.

Soon, this army stepped into the back camp of Li Zicheng's roving bandit army. The defense here was weak, all of them were old, weak, sick and disabled, but they were not soft at all. They shot directly, lined up with bayonets and killed many people. Before preparation was completed, Hong Chengchou's army crossed it and directly arrived at Li Zicheng's front array.

Li Zicheng was heartbroken. His rear camp was so easily broken by the other party. His food, his baggage and the gold, silver and property he plundered were all in the rear camp. In the twinkling of an eye, they fell into the hands of the enemy and turned into nothing.

Hong Chengchou, who came all the way, although they were all covered with dust and exhausted, the morale of the soldiers was very high. They held fire guns, pushed Frankie guns, sang a war song, lined up in a queue and slowly moved forward. Before the people arrived, a kind of murderous spirit poured in.

Before the collision, there was such a confrontation. Before the two sides fought, the troops of Li Zicheng's forward department were somewhat loosened by the other side. The commander of the front line had no choice but to order the troops to retreat 50 steps to stabilize the position.

Because he thought that if he didn't step back, he would easily become the target of Chinese thieves.

However, the two armies are fighting for momentum. Even the elite Chinese Army dare not retreat easily when facing each other, because it is easy for the other party to press you and kill you all the way.

The rogue army is a mob. Most of them have not been trained and have not received strict array training. Usually, if they do not encounter a strong enemy, it is OK to line up. In the face of a strong army in the world like the Chinese army, everyone of them is beating drums in their heart and fighting with two legs. From the momentum, they are pressed by the other party. Where can they say to compete with the other party?

Hong Chengchou had planned to wait for the Ministry to line up and then charge, but he found that the other party retreated 50 steps in order to avoid the momentum of his forward, causing chaos in the formation. Seeing the opportunity, he immediately ordered the cavalry to attack.