Chapter 437: A knife behind the back, alone in the capital
The day's siege and defense battle began with unparalleled momentum. There was even a turning point on the battlefield, and one side was about to win. However, it ended abruptly because of the intervention of Chang Xiao's Fire Dragon Army. Chang Xiao was
After stabbing him once, the siege battle that followed became extremely boring.
The morale of Huang Taiji's army has been lost, and it is a great loss![]
It was clear that victory was about to be won, but someone crossed the army and attacked from behind, killing all the soldiers occupying the city gate. This kind of frustration was like a poison. After taking it, the whole body was weak. The soldiers of the Qing Dynasty
Even the strongest and toughest soldiers among them became weak at this time. They were all staring at their own backs and had no intention of attacking the city!
Therefore, the siege battle in the afternoon was just a symbolic formality to find a place. Afterwards, Huang Taiji paid the gold and retreated his troops and withdrew to the military camp.
Chang Xiao was actually not happy, because the words of Master Sanwu made Chang Xiao's heart feel like a huge stone had been built up. What did it mean that he had been targeted by a being at the Tao Qi level?
Chang Xiao heard a kind of hostility and warning from these words, and the name of the evildoer touched Chang Xiao even more, so that Chang Xiao immediately connected these two words with the evildoer that Chongzhen had been talking about.
Together.
When Chang Xiao heard Chongzhen talking about the evildoer who brought disaster to the country, he never associated it with himself. After all, Chang Xiao knew very well that even if he had not come into this history, Chongzhen and the Ming Dynasty would still be together.
Falling to pieces and falling to pieces is a historical necessity, so he felt that this evildoer was either a superstition or someone else. Perhaps he was referring to Li Zicheng. After all, the Ming Dynasty and others would have been destroyed in his hands!
But today, when he heard the being from the Dao Qi Realm referring to him as "monster", Chang Xiao suddenly felt that maybe the word "monster" was really meant for him after all the talk.
Although it's not a big deal to be a monster, Chang Xiao is really unhappy to be a monster that brings disaster to the country and the people. He is obviously here to save the common people, isn't he?
Perhaps because he saw the morale of the Qing soldiers was low, Li Zicheng sent people out for a sneak attack in the middle of the night. However, this played into Huang Taiji's plan. Li Zicheng sent out 5,000 men, but they were all wiped out. Not one of them returned alive. The morale of the Qing soldiers suddenly dropped.
It was a bit high, but the morale on Li Zicheng's side naturally dropped a lot.
The next day, the sky was full of light. Surprisingly, Huang Taiji did not attack the city. Instead, Chen Bing sent people to beat gongs and drums and yell back and forth. Then he shot countless arrows tied with letter paper and threw them into the city. This is not a new trick.
, the content of the letter on the arrow is nothing more than that the city is about to be destroyed, you surrender early, open the city gate, wait for me to enter the city and reward you for your merits, I will not take the lead in robbing your family of food, if I don't open the city gate, I will
When the army enters the city, they will definitely burn, kill, loot and rape the adulterous women and children. Then your family will suffer. Don't blame me for taking the lead in favoring your concubine. In short, it cannot be separated from the four words of coercion and inducement.
In Huang Taiji's view, if the officials of the capital could open the city gate for Li Zicheng, then they could certainly open the city gate for him Huang Taiji. Anyway, it would make no difference to them whoever entered the city.
Huang Taiji has no choice. It's not that he doesn't want to fight a few tough battles and attack the city with force, but for the time being, this is a road that cannot see the light. After all, what if he is about to attack the city again and be laughed at again?
If the Fire Dragon Army stabbed him in the back, his military morale would be completely destroyed.
A battle depends on the morale and morale of the army. Without it, no matter how many people there are, the army is just a piece of scattered sand and cannot withstand any beating. Especially when the soldiers are charging forward to kill, they are killed from behind and cut off the retreat.
Killing them all would have a huge impact on the morale of the army. Huang Taiji did not want his soldiers to look behind him while charging forward, so before dealing with Chang Xiao's Fire Dragon Army, Huang Taiji decided
We will not attack the city with force for the time being.
There are many ways to attack a city, and the most brilliant method is obviously not to use force, so Huang Taiji decided to attack the heart. At least until Allen came back with five thousand soldiers, he would focus on attacking the heart.
Anyway, Allen only needs two days, and he can afford to wait for this time. Although he doesn't have high hopes.
Regarding Huang Taiji's actions, Chang Xiao scratched his ears that were itchy from the loud slurs. He felt bored, but he had no other choice. Chang Xiao had to admit that this method was not good for Huang Taiji.
It is said to be the best choice, but this method is definitely not good news for Chang Xiao. If Huang Taiji and Li Zicheng do not attack each other, then they will not consume each other and preserve their huge strength. For Yi Xin and others
It is certainly not a good thing for Chang Xiao, who is reaping the benefits of the two fighting each other, and both sides suffer losses.
However, Chang Xiao really has no way to solve this situation. If Huang Taiji doesn't fight, then he can't force Huang Taiji to fight. Although Chang Xiao's soldiers have the most maneuverable rights on the battlefield, the real dominance is still
In the hands of Huang Taiji, who held heavy troops and was in a siege position.
The day started and ended in a noisy war of words.
The next day, everything was still the same, with no fundamental changes. The two sides were laughing so hard that their ears were numb. They just kept dragging out the eighteenth generation of each other's ancestors and humiliating them. There was nothing new to say!
Being really bored, Chang Xiao went to town.
An important place like the capital, under the current situation of confrontation between the two armies, is simply inaccessible to monks in the Dancheng realm. However, it is not that difficult for Chang Xiao, especially as other gates of the capital are open from time to time.
When a fast horse enters and exits.
If the two armies were not confronting each other and the bloody sun was fierce, Chang Xiao could have cut a portal to enter the city directly, but in this case, Chang Xiao could only choose to sneak into the city.
Chang Xiao's entry into the city was by no means a boring move. Chang Xiao had been estimating the time. The followers of the Dragon Worship Sect were about to gather from all directions. Some of them were walking fast. Master Huang Xian had already sent an order from the leader, telling them to hold off.
To move forward, Chang Xiao must enter the capital before they arrive. The reason is simple. Chang Xiao only has a thousand people now. Naturally, they can come and leave as they please. But if these followers arrive, Chang Xiao will have to shoulder the responsibility.
Taking up the responsibility of protecting them is equivalent to carrying a huge burden, completely losing the current flexibility, and may end up being annihilated in the end, so Chang Xiao now wants to see what is going on inside the capital.
How is the morale of the military and the morale of the people?
Chang Xiao sneaked into the capital, and the once bustling streets became completely depressed. It was hard to believe that a few days ago, this place was full of people singing and dancing. Bloodstains could be seen everywhere on the streets. Pedestrians were in a hurry, and everyone had expressions on their faces.
Pale, haggard faces, most people have their heads lowered, especially when groups of sergeants appear on the street. When these sergeants see passers-by, they often walk up to check and extort people, and often smile when they see them.
A group of sergeants pulled out a piece of letterhead from a civilian's clothes. They immediately killed him without caring about what was written on the letterhead, and then rummaged through the person's clothes for money. Of course, this was not the norm.
The current situation of the Shun Army was not good, and Li Zicheng was extremely strict with his subordinates. He was afraid that the oppression would be too much and cause a civil unrest. There were often patrols on the streets who were specially sent to catch stragglers and pick up soldiers who oppressed the people.
It has to be said that Li Zicheng is worthy of his reputation as a hero. He actually gathered such a huge team in just one or two years, and managed such a gang-like team in an orderly manner, which is very impressive.
I'm afraid that another person wouldn't be able to play at all. Although this army still has shortcomings of one kind or another, it can still be said to be amazing!
If Li Zicheng is given another year or two, I'm afraid this army will really become an iron army.
Then Chang Xiao began to feel regretful. It's a pity, it's a pity that grassroots bandits are still grassroots bandits, and heroes can only be heroes. Li Zicheng was too anxious, too eager to enter the capital and become emperor. If he could slow down the pace and run the business for another two or three years, by that time
If we attack the capital again, we will definitely not be in this situation now, at least we won't be afraid that Huang Taiji will attack the city at any time.
When Chang Xiao walks on the street, there will naturally be no patrolling soldiers coming to question him. Not many people can see his presence. At his level, although he is still restricted by the Bloody Yang Gang, he is still within the city.
It's not a big problem to cast an invisibility method. It's just that in the past, Changxiao's invisibility method could make the monks in the Dancheng realm unable to see his existence. But now he is suppressed by the fierce blood and Yangang energy in the city. As long as he
You can see him if you have the peak state of Qi.
Chang Xiao walked around the city and could see that there was sadness everywhere. There were cries in every house and there were dead people in every house. To Chang Xiao's surprise, he didn't even feel any sadness in his heart.
Suddenly there was no mercy in his heart. He could even watch the soldiers slaughtering the people in the alleys and turn a blind eye. Chang Xiao felt inexplicably panic about his cold heart. He was not like this in the past.
Chang Xiao climbed up to a drum tower, stood on the roof, and looked towards the street below. It was his spiritual practice that put him in a state of overlooking. If a person looks down for a long time, he will develop a sense of detachment.
Being aloof, this feeling is like watching ants fighting, just being a simple bystander!
That feeling, as if these killed people are no longer their own kind, but just a life form existing in an inferior state. Some people may think this feeling is good, and it is the mentality that monks should have, but
For Chang Xiao, he felt that if he allowed this feeling to spread, he would become a monster, an insect with no blood in his chest, only coldness.
At this time, there was a cry from above Chang Xiao, and a big black bird fell from the sky. It was a hundred-eyed bird.
The hundred-eyed bird is currently hovering in the sky of the capital when it is idle. Naturally, he can see Chang Xiao when he enters the city, otherwise his hundred pairs of eyes would have been in vain.