After the shelling, four thousand self-generated musketeers lined up in four neat formations and advanced step by step. Every step forward, one thousand self-generated musketeers spewed out flames, and the sound of guns was like thunder. The dense bullets pierced into Liu Liangzuo's army's crowd, and the Liu soldiers who were blocking the Jinyang army's self-generated musketeers fell one by one.

The four thousand self-generated musketeers were like a razor, pushing forward all the way, and the soldiers of Liu Liangzuo in front went to the end, presenting a large blank area.

"Go ahead, hold them!" Liu Liangzuo pulled out his knife and shouted loudly.

The servants around him shook the flags and shouted to let the soldiers launch an attack.

Liu Liangzuo's soldiers hesitated and considered whether to step forward. The opponent's musket was too powerful. The people in front of them were knocked down in rows without getting close to them. The armor and shields on their bodies could not stop the musket shooting. Mountains of corpses had fallen in front of the formation. If you rush forward, wouldn't it be in vain to die?

In fact, when the war came to this point, Liu Liangzuo's army was defeated. If another group of people went up, his morale would soon collapse, and the entire army would be defeated. Liu Liangzuo asked someone to take over, with the purpose of asking a group of dead ghosts to go up and block the Jinyang army so that he could run away. To be honest, Liu Liangzuo's intestines were regretful at this time. He was secretly upset and scolded himself: It should be damned, so he shouldn't have flowed into this muddy water! There are so many people at Zuo Liangyu and the 800,000 army can't defeat Li Zhe. Why am I here? Now, so many people have died!

"Let's go!" Liu Liangzuo shouted to the servants beside him.

Liu Liangzuo, with more than a hundred servants, tried to escape on horseback. At this moment, a row of bullets shot from somewhere roared, and more than ten servants around Liu Liangzuo fell down. Liu Liangzuo also got a bullet on his shoulder. His body shook and fell off the horse's back. The servants carrying the central army's banner were also knocked down, and the central army's flag fell to the ground.

"Liu Liangzuo is dead! Liu Liangzuo is dead!" Jinyang soldiers shouted in unison.

Liu Liangzuo was actually not dead, but was injured and dropped. However, the servants carrying the flag were shot dead, and the central army flag fell down. The soldiers under his command thought that Liu Liangzuo was dead, which immediately triggered a great uproar. Nearly 100,000 Liu Liangzuo's army scattered into birds and beasts. Everyone turned around and spread their legs to escape.

Zhang Wei's light cavalry was waiting for this moment. As soon as Liu Liangzuo's army was defeated, the 4,000 light cavalry of Jinyang's army immediately chased and followed Liu Liangzuo's army and chased him reluctantly, killing Liu's corpses all over the field and blood flowed into a river.

Liu Liangzuo's army was defeated, with more than 6,000 troops killed and more than 20,000 captured. Liu Liangzuo himself was also injured.

The Jinyang Army and the Huai Army cleared the river and continued to go north. Huang Degong, stationed in Linhuai area, listened to what Lu Zhenfei said, did not send troops to intercept Li Guodong, but turned a blind eye and allowed Li Guodong's army to arrive in Huai'an.

On February 21, 17th year of Chongzhen, Li Guodong's 40,000 troops arrived in Huai'an, and his fleet was moored in Huai'an, waiting for supplies.

Huai'an was actually Wang Quan's territory, and the soldiers from the Douhu City Village did not withdraw. The Huai army stationed in Douhu City Village heard that their navy passed by Huai'an, and immediately rushed to Li Guodong, provided food, gunpowder, arrows and projectiles, recovered a batch of damaged armor, and added a batch of new armor. In Douhu City Village, there was a water forging machine, and the damaged armor was recycled, and the brand new plate armor was sent down and equipment was given to the soldiers. The 10,000 Huai army stationed in Douhu City Village also joined the ranks of the king-supporting army to the north.

Next, Li Guodong announced that the Jinyang Army and the Huai Army would merge, and the two armies would be united, collectively known as the Huai Army, to facilitate unified command and dispatch.

After Li Guodong's army obtained supplies in Huai'an, he continued to go north along the canal. Fifty thousand troops advanced along the water and land. Huang Degong did not send troops to stop him, and the Huai army successfully arrived in Xuzhou.

Xuzhou is the intersection of the Yellow River and the Canal. If the Grand Canal passes through the Yellow River, it also needs to pass the lock. As long as the Governor of the Canal is not blocked, the lock will be opened to Li Guodong's navy at any time. The Ming army stationed in Xuzhou is very scarce, and because of the Governor of the Canal of the Canal of the Canal of the Canal of Li Guodong, the military households stationed in Xuzhou dare not block it. So Li Guodong easily crossed the Yellow River and entered Shandong.

Shandong is Liu Zeqing's territory. After the navy passed Weishan Lake, he was about to arrive in Linqing.

"Liu Zeqing's 100,000 troops were stationed in Linqing. Although this bandit was nominally a general under Lu Zhenfei, he never obeyed orders. Our army was going north to go to the canal, and Liu Zeqing was ready. Liu's army's shipwreck blocked the canal, built fortifications along the canal, and blocked our army from heading north." Xu Liang, a pro-guard agent who returned from Shandong, reported to Li Guodong.

Li Guodong secretly thought in his mind: It was already the second day of the third month of the 17th year of Chongzhen. According to Li Zicheng's progress rate, he could reach the capital before March 19th, and he had more than half a month left. If he fought with Liu Zeqing along the canal, he would probably not be able to enter the capital before March 19th.

After time passed, the thieves had already broken the capital, Chongzhen would go to Coal Mountain to find his crooked neck tree. Once Chongzhen was gone, Wu Sangui would inevitably lead the Qing army into the pass. Hong Chengchou's so-called banner of "aggression of Emperor Sizong" could give the northern gentry a good excuse, so that the northern gentry surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. In the future, he would face the joint efforts of the gentry group and the Qing Dynasty alone, so he could only stand with the thieves and the thieves to resist the Qing Dynasty.

Even if Chongzhen was not rescued, Li Guodong could still achieve the final victory, but the price he paid would be several times heavier.

"Our army can't pass by, so let's leave the infantry artillery and the navy, and entangle with Liu Zeqing. I only bring the cavalry into the capital to serve the king." Li Guodong made up his mind.

"Charge auxiliary soldiers?" He Xing asked.

"No, we will advance lightly. The bandits have broken through Ningwu Pass and are attacking Datong fiercely. We have no time to bring auxiliary soldiers with us, so we can only advance lightly to the capital." Li Guodong said without hesitation.

Cao Bianjiao asked worriedly: "Brother, we only have cavalry and don't even bring auxiliary soldiers. Can we get through on land?"

"We can pass by. Let's go to Jinan and Dezhou. I have prepared for this line. Dozens of military offices of all sizes are solid castles with bastions. Along the way, these military offices can provide us with supplies, and they can also help us restrain Liu Zeqing's army." Li Guodong's fingers gestured on the map, with a smile on his face.

"It turns out that my uncle was ready a few years ago! My uncle is really a scheming calculation! He has already come to this day!" Cao Bianjiao admired Li Guodong so much that he was overwhelmed by Li Guodong, but he still doubted whether he could retreat with just 1,100 cavalry.

"We don't want to retreat to the enemy, we just want to escort to the south today! We can't ask for it anymore! Let the bandits and Jiannu fight for it themselves!" Li Guodong said calmly.

Afterwards, Li Guodong ordered his troops, three thousand heavy cavalry, three thousand five hundred light cavalry, four thousand dragon cavalry and five hundred Ye Ye, all gave up the water route. Each of them only brought five days of dry food. Li Guodong personally led 11,000 cavalrymen, and led four generals including Cao Bianjiao, Han Dashan, Zhang Wei and He Xing. Ten thousand cavalry left Weishan Lake, avoided the canal, and went north to Yanzhou, Tai'an, and Jinan.

The 40,000 army that continued to walk north on the waterway was led by Wang Quan. The generals under him were Shi Lang, the navy generals, Wu Liuqi, and the generals of the land division were Zhang Shiwen, Wu Biao, Tang Chong and others. Wang Quan led the 40,000 army to continue to advance on both land and land, preparing to attack Linqing.

Although Li Guodong no longer takes the water route, he has to come back after receiving Chongzhen, and it is still the safest and safest route to go south of the canal. Therefore, Wang Quan’s task is to open the canal passage to ensure that Li Guodong can be unobstructed when he withdraws to the south.
Chapter completed!