While Li Zicheng was deploying his troops, Huang Degong was also moving his forces.
He rearranged his vanguard, center, and rear armies into left, center, and right divisions, with the center division in the vanguard and the two wings trailing behind in a pin-formation, charging once again at Yuan Zongdi.
Yuan Zongdi met all changes with constancy: his vanguard formed a perimeter linked by war wagons, while the veteran cavalry of his rear army waited for an opportunity to strike.
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