Hu Guozhu said: "But we can't keep wasting it like this, right?"
Jin Xuan also said: "Yes, the distance from here to Tongguan is only three to four hundred miles at most. If Duduo can't wait for the Eight Banners Han Army, he will definitely send cavalry back to respond, and then there will be trouble."
Chongzhen pondered for a moment and then said: "It seems that there is no other way but to ask for help."
"Ah? Looking for help?" Hu Guozhu was stunned and said with a confused look on his face, "Are there our reinforcements nearby?"
After hearing this, Jin Xuan reacted immediately and asked in astonishment: "Did the Holy Spirit ask for help from the bandits?"
"Yes, ask for help from the bandits." Chongzhen said, "Originally, I wanted to use our own strength to kill and eat the more than 10,000 Eight Banners Han troops one by one, but the two traitors Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming are really
If you are too cautious and don't give us a chance, then you can only leave this piece of fat to Li Zicheng."
Hu Guozhu was a little reluctant: "Li Zicheng may not be willing to send troops, right?"
"No, he will send troops." Chongzhen said with a smile, "And I dare to say that he will personally lead the troops."
"Huh? Will Li Zicheng come in person to lead the army?" Jin Xuan thought for a moment and then realized, "Does the Holy One want to tell the intruders the news about you here?"
"Yes, I want to meet him." Chongzhen said with a smile.
"No, Your Majesty!" Jin Xuan suddenly changed his expression, "It's too risky."
"People's hearts are sinister, so of course I won't really give him this chance." Chongzhen smiled and said, "Don't worry, Qing Jin, I won't show up when the time comes, so you will have to say a few words to him on my behalf."
"That's okay." Jin Xuan breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.
Chongzhen turned his attention to Hu Guozhu again: "Hu Qing, why don't you go to Tongguan? If it were anyone else, I would be really worried. After all, Duduo's army is outside Tongguan City at the moment."
"Yes." Hu Guozhu agreed enthusiastically.
…
Three days later, Li Zicheng's army arrived at Huayin County.
At this moment, the Ming envoy Zuo Maodi caught up with Li Zicheng's army.
"Mr. Luo Shi?" Li Zicheng asked, "What are you doing in Huayin County?"
After saying that, Li Zicheng glared at Li Shuangxi who was accompanying him with some displeasure, and said to himself, "Didn't I tell you that Zuo Maodi is a very talented person, so you must keep an eye on him?"
Li Shuangxi smiled bitterly, you really can't blame me.
"Your Majesty, don't be offended. Your Majesty insists on coming, and it has nothing to do with His Highness the Crown Prince."
Zuo Maodi put in a good word for Li Shuangxi and added: "I heard that our brothers and friends are being attacked by the Jiannu from the north and the south. I am willing to make some suggestions in front of your Majesty's tent and do my best."
Well, Zuo Maodi was actually afraid that the Dashun Army would be defeated.
Zuo Maodi still knows the truth about lips dying and teeth cold.
In this regard, he is much stronger than the Gong Gong dukes in Nanjing.
"Okay, then I will join the army, Mr. Wong." Li Zicheng was overjoyed.
In the past, he tried every means to win over Zuo Maodi, but Zuo Maodi was unmoved. Unexpectedly, as soon as Jiannu came to the door, Zuo Maodi came uninvited. Isn't this a good sign? It seems that we will win in Tongguan!
At that moment, Li Zicheng and Zuo Maolong happily rushed to Tongguan.
Then he walked not far and met Liu Fangliang's messenger again.
After reading Liu Fangliang's letter, Li Zicheng was stunned on the spot.
"Your Majesty?" Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance looked at him inquiringly.
Li Zicheng casually handed the letter to Song Xiance, and Niu Jinxing quickly came over to read the letter together.
"What?" Song Xiance couldn't help shouting, "Chongzhen actually led three thousand cavalry to Xin'an County himself?"
Niu Jinxing's eyes rolled around, Chongzhen actually came in person? This was a good opportunity! Capture him and use him as a hostage!
At this time, Zuo Maodi asked excitedly: "Your Majesty, just now Military Advisor Zuo said that His Majesty the Ming Emperor has arrived in Xin'an County?"
"Yes." Li Zicheng nodded and said, "Chongzhen personally led three thousand fine cavalry to Xin'an County, and also trapped more than 10,000 Eight Banner Han troops led by Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming in Xin'an County together with 180 Hongyi cannons, and asked me to dispatch them quickly
An army will detour from southern Shanxi back to Xin'an County to defeat the Eight Banners Han Army first!"
"Your Majesty, this matter is no small matter!" Zuo Maodi said anxiously.
"We must not let Jiannu transport the Hongyi cannon to Tongguan, otherwise Tongguan will be in danger."
Song Xiance also nodded and said: "Your Majesty, we have experienced the huge power of the Hongyi cannon in Shanhaiguan. Although the gate city of Tongguan is strong enough, I am afraid it cannot withstand the bombardment of the Hongyi cannon."
"I also know this." Li Zicheng walked back and forth for a few steps and said to Liu Zongmin, "Ruhou, I will leave the army to you. After you lead the army to Tongguan, you only need to defend the city and don't leave lightly."
Liu Zongmin heard this and said anxiously: "What about you, Your Majesty? Do you want to personally lead the troops to Xin'an County?"
"Yes, the opportunity is rare. I want to meet Chongzhen." Li Zicheng narrowed his eyes and said, "I missed it when I was in Beijing in March, but I can't miss it this time."
Niu Jinxing took the opportunity and said, "Your Majesty, I will go with you."
"Your Majesty, I also want to go together." Song Xiance said urgently.
"Your Majesty, I am also willing to go with you." Zuo Maodi also volunteered.
Li Zicheng was very happy when he saw the three think-tanks asking for help at the same time, and immediately agreed one by one.
Immediately, Li Zicheng ordered 30,000 infantry troops, including 5,000 cavalry, and turned around and headed straight for Chaoyi, intending to cross the Yellow River from Chaoyi Ferry and then pass through Puzhou into the mountainous area of southern Shanxi.
At this time, southern Shanxi was still in the hands of the Dashun Army.
…
In the blink of an eye, five days have passed.
That day Duduo was drinking in the big tent.
As we enter late November, the weather is getting colder day by day.
It's cloudy again today, and the white-haired wind started blowing after noon.
"What a damn weather." Duduo raised his sheepskin bag and took a sip of soju, cursing, "It looks like it's going to snow. If it really snows, it will be even harder to walk on Tongguan Road."
Thinking of this, Duduo felt inexplicably irritable.
Because we don’t know when the Eight Banners and Han Army will arrive.
When he caught a glimpse of Fan Chengmo sitting in a corner of the tent in a daze, he immediately cursed: "You dog slave is lazy again. Why don't you quickly add some charcoal to the stove? Do you want to freeze me to death?"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Huh?" Fan Chengmo glanced at the stove, a little confused.
The charcoal fire in the stove is obviously very strong, so there is no need to add more charcoal.
Duduo became even more angry. He picked up his whip and was about to teach this dog slave a lesson when the curtain was suddenly pushed open and a figure came in with a gust of cold wind.
"Who?" Duduo was furious.
He turned around and saw He Luohui, but he held back his anger.
"Your Majesty." He Luohui called Qian and growled with a black face, "Something happened!"
Duduo was stunned for a moment when he heard this, frowned and asked, "What happened? Everything is fine."
He Luohui didn't say much, he just turned around and waved to the outside of the tent, when two Jiannu vests carried a bloody figure into his tent.
Duduo looked at it and was stunned.
Who is this person? Why is he in such a mess?
The blood stains on the cotton armor are not yet dry, and it seems that the arm is broken?
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty Yu!" The man wailed loudly when he saw Duduo.
Because my teeth also fell out, my speech was leaky. I had to shout Doduo several times before I could hear clearly, and I lost my voice: "Geng Jimao?!"
"Your Majesty, you are a slave!" Geng Jimao cried loudly, and said while crying, "Your Majesty, the Eight Banners Han Army is trapped in Xin'an County by the Ming Army. Send cavalry to rescue them quickly."
"What?" Dodo suspected that there was something wrong with his ears.
"Ming Army? Did you say that when the Ming Army arrived in Henan, they trapped the Eight Banners Han Army?"
"Yes." Geng Jimao nodded repeatedly and said, "Chongzhen, the dog emperor, suddenly appeared in Henan Prefecture with thousands of cavalry. The Eight Banners Han Army was very inconvenient to move because it carried a large amount of baggage and red cannons, so it was
The Ming cavalry was trapped in a canyon in Xin'an County."
[Note: Geng Jimao didn’t know that Chongzhen was coming in person, so he was just guessing]
"What? Chongzhen is here too?!" Duduo's face changed slightly after hearing this.
He Luohui said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the Eight Banners Han Army has more than a hundred red cannons and thousands of musketeers. At most, three to five thousand Ming Army cavalry can trap them. But if the Ming Army passes on this news,
If the Pseudo-Shun army is sent to bypass Shanxi or Luonan, it will be a big trouble."
"Something bad is going to happen!" Duduo also reacted instantly.
Then he said: "Quick, you immediately lead the white flag to return for reinforcements!"
"Hey!" He Luohui hit a thousand, turned around and hurried away.
…
However, Duduo only received the news at this time, and it was already too late.
Because just when He Luohui returned with more than 10,000 eight-banner Manchurian troops with white flags, Li Zicheng had already rushed to Xin'an County with an army of 30,000 horse and infantry.
Li Zicheng took a short rest and then launched a fierce attack on the Eight Banners Han Army.
In this not-precipitous valley terrain, the Eight Banners Han Army did not build many fortifications on the mountain ridges on both sides, so the Dashun Army succeeded in just over two hours at the cost of more than 3,000 casualties.
Seizing the commanding heights on both sides of the valley, they then launched a commanding dive towards the Eight Banners Han Army huddled in the canyon.
Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming's Eight Banners Han Army only bullied the Ming army. When they encountered Li Zicheng's Dashun Army's old camp, they were only beaten. After resisting for half an hour, the Eight Banners Han Army was defeated.
Kong Youde and Geng Zhongshi didn't care about the food and grass supplies and red-clad cannons at this time. They took off their mountain armors, put on their ragged cotton armors and blended into the ordinary soldiers of the Eight Banners and Han Army, trying to take advantage of the chaos to escape.
Unfortunately, however, the terrain they chose harmed them.
Because there are open areas at both ends of the valley, Dashun's army also came with cavalry this time.
Therefore, including Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming, the seven or eight thousand Eight Banners Han troops who fled from both ends of the valley were all captured alive by the Dashun army, and none of them escaped.
This time, Jiannu suffered a big loss.
Not only did the Eight Banners and the Han Army lose four banners at once, they also lost hundreds of thousands of shi of grain, more than a thousand pallet trucks, more than two thousand sidecars, and weapons and armor. The most troublesome thing was that Duduo was
All the red cannons along the way were also lost.
[Note: Some readers say that the author drags out the plot. Let me explain here. The main plot of this book is the war, but the wars that the Ming army did not participate in will be mentioned as briefly as possible]