Lu Ming

After taking a closer look, Zuo Liangyu opened his mouth wide, and there was a strange "clack" sound in his throat: the many flags that had been swaying randomly on the wings of Li Zicheng's troops from the beginning to the end, suddenly stepped aside, revealing a flag facing The heavy armored cavalry phalanx of Zuo Liangyu's department.

The rising sun reflected the polished silver light into the eyes of officers and soldiers.For a moment, everyone was dazzled by the metallic luster.

All the officers and soldiers, including Lu Xiangsheng, were stunned for an instant.Everyone stared blankly at the heavy cavalry phalanx descended from the sky, at the neat rows of soldiers and spears, at the ferocious silver visor and horn helmet, at the silver glittering on the chest. The light horse armor was at a loss.

A shrill horn sound broke the freeze on the battlefield.

The heavy-armored phalanx slowly picked up speed and rushed towards the officers and soldiers phalanx.

With a dry expression, Zuo Liangyu, as if his bones were aging, turned his head to look at Guan Ning's fierce general Zu Kuan not far away.

Zu Kuan is really a titan.Historically, it was evaluated by Lu Xiangsheng: "For the soldiers to aid and suppress, the Liao Ding under the command of Zu Dale and Zu Kuan is the most powerful and kills the most thieves."

At this moment, Zu Kuan, who saw the unprecedentedly well-equipped heavy cavalry rushing towards him, had an unruly personality and killed people like hemp, immediately calmed down, drew his knife and shouted wildly: "Don't be afraid, it's tin foil! Hedge me!"

Following Zu Kuan's calm shouts, the officers and soldiers seemed to have regained a bit of their backbone, and they began to drink their horses and speed up to hedge against the enemy's horses.

However, Zu Kuan's voice could fool others, but not Zuo Liangyu, who was born in Guanning Cheying.Facing the heavy armored cavalry rushing towards him like landslides and ground cracks, Zuo Liangyu knew that what the opponent was wearing was definitely not bullshit tinfoil by feeling the tremors from the ground with his butt without visual inspection.

Lu Xun said: Only magic can defeat magic.

Only the Guan Ning Army can cheat the Guan Ning Army.

At the moment of life and death, the teammate's DNA engraved in Zuo Liangyu's genes moved.

The next moment, General Run Zuo Liangyu yelled wildly, turned his horse around, turned around and went straight to the rear camp.

He had been paying attention to his own general's confidantes, and at the same time turned around.

Just as Zuo Liangyu's troops turned around one after another, and the formation was in disarray, the silver-armored heavy cavalry phalanx, which had already mentioned the highest speed, crashed into Zuo Liangyu's formation with a bang.

Chapter 722

Amid the harsh metal impact, the officers and soldiers were turned on their backs.Seeing the stumps and human heads constantly flying into the sky, the viewers in the back row were heartbroken.

Originally, in terms of strategy, due to arrogance and arrogance, the officers and soldiers suffered a dark loss: the sudden appearance of the heavy armored army succeeded in obliquely entering from the right wing, and the officers, soldiers and cavalry were stabbed in the ribs from the side, and the formation was not deployed.

Coupled with the chaotic formation caused by the law of causality tactics: Even across time and space, Zuo Liangyu's department still sold out his teammates without hesitation as expected by the mastermind behind the scenes.

Zuo Liangyu, who was in the joint formation, was in chaos, which was equivalent to the brakes of the front car.The direct consequence is that the rest of the officers and soldiers lost their final impact kinetic energy.

This level of cavalry hedging, losing the impact kinetic energy, is tantamount to showing their necks and waiting to die.

The same is true.As soon as he made contact, the heavy armored knight moving at high speed created a flesh and blood alley in the middle of Zuo Liangyu's tribe.

Whether it was a horse or a man, whether it was a brave warrior or a coward who turned around and wanted to escape, in front of the rolling heavy cavalry phalanx, they were all crushed under the feet of iron hooves like paper.Occasionally, various parts fly into the sky, reminding the rear team of the location of the god of death at any time.

The trembling ground, the roaring horses, the dense sound of weapons colliding, and the unstoppable opponents like monsters.The unheard of confrontation scene made the terrified officers and soldiers lose their will to fight.

In just a quarter of an hour, the three thousand heavy cavalry had pierced through half of the formation of the officers and soldiers, killing dead bodies all over the field.

The officers and soldiers who had no countermeasures at all were thrown into chaos by their own people and the enemy successively, and lost the ability to form an organized resistance.Excluding those who fled and died in battle, the officers and soldiers who were originally superior in numbers have now become a minority.

At this time, the Heavy Cavalry Legion threw away their lances, replaced them with thick-backed machetes and long-handled hammers, and began to harvest at a constant speed behind the rout.This kind of situation means that the trend of pearl rolling has been completed, and the collapse of the army has begun.

Of course, no matter how difficult the situation is, there are still brave men.

For example, the team assembled by Lu Xiangsheng, the head of the seven provinces.

In fact, the moment the heavy cavalry phalanx that shocked the earth broke into the cavalry of officers and soldiers, Lu Xiangsheng, who had been through battles for a long time, knew it was over.Next, the officers and soldiers who quickly dissipated like dominoes confirmed Mr. Lu's guess.

And in front of him, he found that the infantry phalanx that had been pushed back by the heavy cavalry was also rapidly disintegrating from right to left.

Everything came too fast like a tornado, Mr. Lu couldn't get away from the storm circle, he couldn't escape in time, and he didn't have a chance to make any adjustments.

Seeing that the situation is not going well, the leader of the personal army has already pulled the reins of his own coach: "General, let's go!"

Seeing the officers and soldiers in the front, back, left, and right were falling apart, Lu Xiangsheng knew that today was unreasonable.With a clang, he pulled out the imperial sword from his waist, and uttered the famous saying just like in history: "The general dies, and there is no end before!"

Immediately afterwards, Mr. Lu yelled wildly: "Hao Erlang, follow me to kill the thief", and then rode forward to meet him.

Seeing that the commander did not retreat, all the soldiers naturally followed him.And after seeing the commander-in-chief's banner slowly stepping forward in the rebellious army, some bloody warriors among the officers and soldiers turned their horses around and moved closer to Lu Xiangsheng.

The last loyal and brave man of Ming Dynasty, there is a little, but not much.

After cutting down a group of oncoming defeated troops, Lu Xiangsheng's banner came into direct contact with Li Zicheng's heavy armored corps as he wished.

As soon as they came into contact, most of them were confronted by the armies around them, and they all used the regular army formation fighting method: they basically didn't look at the weapons cut by the opponent, and just greeted each other with the heavy weapons in their hands.

After this mutual anvil, the passionate officers and soldiers who managed to get together suffered a big loss immediately.

The homogeneous steel armor that has been smelted in a modern blast furnace in a scientific way, the impurity content meets the national standard, and is shaped by mechanical stamping.

So, after the tooth-piercing sound of metal clashes, a row of officers and soldiers who had their horses cut off followed.

Li Shi's heavy cavalry wearing a hideous horn helmet, only one person was injured, and no one fell off the horse.

There was no time to breathe in battle.After the knights in the first row of the two sides exchanged casualties, the second row... and the last row of the officers and soldiers immediately took their place.

The next moment, Lu Xiangsheng, who finally faced the heavy cavalry head-on, yelled like a thunderclap, and swung a white light from the Shangfang sword in his hand, and with the natural strength, he slashed at the neck of the opposite knight.

With a crisp sound of "铛", the curved Shangfang sword bounced high.The ring-shaped falcon neck guard with a circle of rivets was cut with a white mark by Mr. Lu... This is Mr. Lu's only victory in this battle.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Xiangsheng, who raised his arms high and opened the door on his chest, was also greeted by a dark knife light.

Sighing, Lu Xiangsheng closed his eyes and waited for death.

However, the handsome flag behind him saved him.

The eye-catching flag embroidered with the word "Lu", the exquisite general's mountain-pattern armor, and the three tassel beads on the top of the outer helmet.With so many characteristics, the knights who came out of the army next to him knew at a glance that the person facing the line was Lu Xiangsheng himself.

Then, when the black knife light was about to chop Lu Zongzhi's neck, he turned a corner abruptly, fell down, and cut Lu Xiangsheng's thigh with a knife, bleeding everywhere.

"Lu Xiangsheng is here, catch the alive!"

Following the muffled shouting sound from the helmet, the knight who had freed his hand swung a hammer with a "woo" and hit Lu Xiangsheng right on the chest.

The hammer dented Lu Xiangsheng's heart-guard, and immediately spurted a mouthful of blood, and fell unconscious on the horse's back on the spot.

While the rabbit was up and down, the leader of the soldiers who had been mentally prepared, took advantage of the old moves of the two horsemen on the opposite side, stretched out his hand to pull the reins and left.The rest of the soldiers rushed forward desperately, separated the enemy with their blades, and finally managed to save Lu Xiangsheng's life.

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Lu Xiangsheng, the commander in chief of the seven provinces, fled in a coma and brought a perfect end to the great war that shocked the land of China.

At the same time, under the attack of Li Zicheng's old battalion infantry and cavalry, the infantry formation on the frontal battlefield of the officers and soldiers also collapsed and was completely defeated under the city of Luoyang.

Immediately afterwards, Li Zicheng's horse-buying army merged and took advantage of the momentum to kill the official army camp.

The army of beggars who ran away before turned their heads one after another at this moment, happily singing the battle song of victory, and joined in the pursuit.

Li Bei, the Lintao commander who stayed behind in the camp, was dumbfounded.

At the moment, he only has [-] tired infantry and [-] cavalry in his hands, with some auxiliary soldiers.Although there were a lot of them, these auxiliary soldiers were temporarily recruited from various places to serve as servants, and they had no fighting spirit at all.

Now facing tens of thousands of bandits with high morale, and the "serial armored horses" that make Li Bei sweat coldly on his forehead, how could he possibly be able to defend the hastily built camp... The official army has come to attack Luoyang City from the very beginning. The one who killed Li Zicheng didn't even think about building a large camp for defense.

In desperation, Li Bei had no choice but to order everyone to run away.

He didn't have such a high level of awareness, so he took his own life and his son-in-law's life to hold back Li Zicheng for all the defeated soldiers.

On that day, a rare spectacle appeared on the plain between Luoyang and Hulaoguan: countless beggar-like refugees chasing and killing the fleeing officers and soldiers, which was spectacular.

At noon that day, after confirming that Arima's rout soldiers could not catch up, Chuang Wang Li Zicheng gave an order to withdraw his troops.

Therefore, the whole army cleaned up the battlefield and returned to Luoyang City that night.

In this campaign, the main force of Lu Xiangsheng's army was wiped out, and the total number of deaths and captures exceeded 5000.Another more than [-] auxiliary soldiers surrendered without damage.

The tragic battle caused the officers and soldiers not only to lose soldiers, but also to lose generals.According to statistics afterwards, many commanders, lieutenants, and generals including Zu Dale, Zu Kuan, and Deng Qi died in battle.General Tang Kyushu was captured.

Afterwards, those who fled back to Hulao Pass one after another, except for Li Bei's [-] cavalry, there were only [-] people from Lu Xiangsheng's headquarters, and Zuo Liangyu's remnant [-] people, and the rest of the cavalry were all wiped out.

In fact, as a field unit, Lu Xiangsheng's army had been removed from the strategic map of the late Ming Dynasty.

After this battle, the strength of Li Zicheng's department, which had seized a large amount of equipment and materials, greatly increased.On the original basis, not only a light cavalry battalion was added, but two additional heavy infantry battalions were also established.

Many beggars from the outside camps also changed their guns this time, at least they unified their weapons and put on leather armor in the front row.

The next battle in Luoyang City will have far-reaching impact and great significance.

Li Zicheng's department, which used industrial products, easily defeated the Ming Army Field Corps.The great power of industrialization reflected in this proves that the traditional farming forces are simply irresistible.

The next battle in Luoyang City subversively ended the mindset of "officers and soldiers are better than rogues".Including Li Zicheng himself, all the soldiers under his command really felt that "the destiny is in me", thus strengthening their strategic confidence.

The specific information of this battle will soon spread across the land of China.The resulting butterfly effect will accelerate the downfall of the Ming regime and create opportunities for the emerging Great Yan Empire to take over.

On the night after the war, King Li Chuang, who was ecstatic, "banqueted all the officials" in the palace of Prince Fu in Luoyang.

At this point, King Li Chuang, who finally has a domineering appearance, is high on the pedestal, and he accepts the congratulations from all the princes for his service with peace of mind, which can be said to be full of ambition.

During the banquet time, the only one who is still working hard is probably Zhou Tianshi who is dedicated.

Going to the captive camp for inspection in person, Zhou Tianshi saw the corpses of many high-ranking generals, but the only one missing was the leader Lu Xiangsheng... This guy probably ran away.

The biggest victory was not found, and the helpless Zhou Tianshi had no choice but to smack his lips and return to the camp to send a telegram.

Contrary to the jubilant Luoyang, in Hulao Pass that night, morale was low and gloomy.

Lu Xiangsheng, who had been hammered on the battlefield, woke up jolting on his horse after running for a while.But at this time, the situation has already been corrupted, and it doesn't matter whether he wakes up or not.

Drowsy all the way, Qingqi was defeated and fled back to Hulao Pass, President Lu became depressed in a short period of time.Hastily wrapped up his leg injury, he sat there without saying a word, only waiting for the return of the disabled soldiers.

He waited until late at night, except for the [-] Qingqi from Li Bei's army, Lu Xiangsheng only took back more than [-] remnants of his own family, and took a hundred people under Zuo Liangyu's command.

Sitting in the lobby of Hulao, he glanced at the remnants and defeated generals in the hall. Mr. Lu, who had achieved success in his middle age and had never experienced a single defeat in military operations, had a gloomy face at the moment.

After a long time, he let out a long sigh: "Oh, the failure this time was not a crime of war. It's a pity that the elite soldiers and generals of the imperial court have lost all their hands... I will only bear the burden of thousands of crimes. I will write the memorial right now."

The only few miscellaneous fish left in the hall were relieved to hear that the general took the initiative to take the blame: such a tragic defeat was equivalent to the fact that the only remaining field corps of the Ming Dynasty directly canceled the number, and the court would definitely pursue the responsibility crazily afterwards.

However, before Lu Xiangsheng entered the back hall to write the memorial, he still ordered his own soldiers to take Zuo Liangyu, the commander-in-chief who fled for the first time, into prison.

Lu Xiangsheng, who was devastated, no longer planned to argue with Zuo Liangyu.He's just putting on a show right now, as for how to deal with Zuo Liangyu, it's up to the emperor.

Zuo Liangyu didn't resist when he was taken down.

It is different from the history.In today's Hulao Pass, Li Bei, the commander-in-chief of Lintao, controls the military power.Li Bei, an honest soldier, must obey Lu Xiangsheng's military order before being dismissed from the post of the seven provincial generals by the imperial court.

But Zuo Liangyu was defeated very badly this time, and now there are only a hundred remnants.Not to mention Li Bei, he couldn't even stand up to Lu Xiangsheng, so he couldn't stab him this time.

But Zuo Liangyu wasn't too worried: since the national rebellion, Chongzhen had killed civil officials like chickens, but he had scruples about soldiers, and he rarely ordered the killing of generals directly, and at most he committed crimes and meritorious deeds.

After only a few days of work, Lu Xiangsheng must be finished, let's talk about it at that time.

Zuo Liangyu's judgment was very accurate.

Five days later, the imperial envoy quickly arrived at Hulao Pass.

In fact, the so-called [-]-mile rush was actually a matter of the Qing Dynasty.The upper limit of the urgent military situation that first appeared in the Tang Dynasty was "six hundred miles".

In order to expedite the [-]-mile journey, in addition to having good horses along the way, you even have to change couriers and travel day and night.This kind of difficult operation is very difficult for the station system.Except for the period of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in history, the rest of the dynasties usually expedited the six hundred miles the most.

It is said to be six hundred miles, and various unfavorable traffic factors in the Ming Dynasty must be counted.In the real situation, the eight-hundred-mile military report is urgent, and the Titang officer can travel more than five hundred miles a day at most.

But five hundred miles is enough.

It takes a little over two days to get there from Hulaoguan to the capital, [-] miles away.As for the level of military situation like the Luoyang War, the emperor would be called up to deal with it on the spot even if he was asleep, and there would be no delay.

It took five and a half days to settle accounts like this, traveling back and forth and commenting on the military situation, and it seemed that there was no delay in the capital.

He showed his waist badge, and the imperial envoys who entered the customs after checking and checking were, as expected, a group of seven Captains in Jinyi.

Seeing Jin Yiwei, everyone knew that Mr. Lu was doomed this time: normally, there would be an eunuch to deliver the decree.All Jinyiwei are here to arrest people.

Sure enough, later in the hall, Beizhen Fusi was in charge of punishing Qianhu Wuhengzhou, and unfolded the imperial decree in the hall to read out the decree: Lu Xiangsheng lost his master and lost his land, and he deeply disappoints me.The author Yousi was dismissed immediately to ask questions, and he was escorted to the capital to judge his crime.

With just a few words, the formerly popular Seven Provincial General System was beaten into a prisoner.

After reading the imperial decree, Wu Qianhu walked up to Lu Xiangsheng with one hand behind his back and the other hand holding the bright yellow scroll, bent down, and said with a smile: "Master Lu, accept the decree?"

Lu Xiangsheng, who knelt on the ground enduring his leg injury, stretched out his hands tremblingly, and took the imperial edict.

Those who were qualified to listen to the imperial decree were not surprised by this result.

In the eight years since he ascended the throne, it can be said that the whole court has a good understanding of the Chongzhen Emperor on the dragon chair: there is no need to move forward, but not backward.Turning one's face is like turning over a book, and treating courtiers like nothing.

The leader of the general leading the troops may still be a little apprehensive.But for civil servants, Emperor Chongzhen was merciless and merciless in dealing with them.

Lu Xiangsheng is a Jinshi in the year of Tianqi, a civil servant through and through.

Next, Wu Qianhu took out another piece of red silk and wrapped it around Lu Xiangsheng's wrist.This represents the shackles, the last decency of a high civil servant.

After finishing business, Wu Qianhu and his party decided to rest at Hulao Pass for a day before leaving because they were tired from the journey.

Lu Xiangsheng, who has been cut from his official position here, handed over the official seal with Li Bei, the commander in chief, according to Wu Qianhu's request, and officially handed over the defense of Hulaoguan.