Li Zicheng, the leader of the civil rebellion in the late Ming Dynasty, experienced the experience from small to large and from weak to strong. At the beginning, Li Zicheng's leaders could only wander around the main forces of the Ming army and big cities. However, in the later period, Li Zicheng dared to confront the Ming army, and he often killed the Ming army. So what is the secret of Li Zicheng's victory? Thanks to his heavily armored cavalry "Three Walls".

Li Zicheng was born in Mizhi, which was once located in Xixia Kingdom. Xixia, on the other hand, is famous for its heavily armored cavalry. The cavalry are all dressed up and indomitable, so they are called fighters. And Li Zicheng also inherited the tradition of his self-proclaimed ancestor Li, and vigorously developed the heavily armored cavalry.

Li Zicheng's army has strict reward and punishment regulations. They don't pay much attention to robbing money, but they pay special attention to collecting horses. When calculating merits and demerits, in addition to capturing the enemy, we also rewarded captured mules and horses, captured bows and arrows, and gold, silver and jewels. Before entering Beijing, Li Zicheng paid little attention to gold and silver objects, and often left a place to lure the Ming army to pick them up.

As a result of collecting a large number of horses, soldiers in Li Zicheng are often equipped with three or five horses, which can be replaced at any time in wartime to avoid fatigue. Usually, the people's army walks more, not mules and horses, but only in war.

In battle, Li Zicheng will form the "three walls" of heavy cavalry. The three walls are made up of thirty thousand cavalry. In front of a wall to escape, another wall is responsible for cutting, so Li Zicheng cavalry perseverance. In the impact, the cavalry marched neatly and attacked like a wall, which was no joke for the Ming army.

At the beginning of the war, Li Zicheng will lure the old and weak infantry. When the Ming army enters the ambush circle, three cavalry will take turns to attack and defeat the enemy.

In the face of Sun Chuanting's Ming army, Li Zicheng's cavalry played a decisive role. Sun Chuanting, the governor of Shaanxi Province in the Ming Dynasty, built 30,000 "trains" to deal with Li Zicheng cavalry. The so-called train is equipped with firearms on the chariot, and the chariot array is used to resist the impact of Li Zicheng cavalry. And Sun Chuanting is also the last main force of the Ming Empire that can fight against Li Zicheng.