Ming Zuo

Chapter 1336
"Seeing that the Tokugawa shogunate and the daimyo coalition forces could not make a breakthrough by land, they all set their sights on the sea. The two sides fought a tragic naval battle in Osaka Bay, and one of the warships we sold to both sides was sunk. But we have to say The most seriously injured was Deputy Commander Huang. It is said that he watched the whole process of the battle and fainted from anger."

"Hahaha, Deputy Commander Huang is so innocent!"

Hearing Dongying's military report, all the people in Jinan fell down laughing.

Zuo Menggeng clapped his hands happily.

"It's just that the Tokugawa shogunate and the daimyo allied forces will suffer both defeats and win or lose. When we come back to pick this fruit, it will be easy."

Regarding the situation in Dongpu, Xia Guo felt at ease so far.

According to the research and judgment, with the strength of the shogunate and the foreign daimyo, it is difficult for the two sides to tell the winner without five or six years.

Such a long time is enough for Xia Guo to focus on the country for the time being.

"Your Highness, the military situation in the Central Plains. Sun Chuanting...lost."

Liang Fa came in a hurry and brought news that touched people's hearts.

Zuo Menggeng couldn't sit still, and took over the information himself.After reading it in detail, he handed it to Hou Xun with a sigh.

"Sun Chuanting's defeat is the end of Ming Dynasty. We must speed up our preparations, and we must not slack off."

Just last year, Li Zicheng attacked Kaifeng for the third time.

Under Chongzhen's persecution, Sun Chuanting could only send troops hastily.Although the time was lost and Kaifeng was not rescued, the two sides still started a game in order to compete for Henan.

In the predicament of lack of food, Sun Chuanting originally gained an advantage on the battlefield, but Li Zicheng still won a big victory after receiving Luo Rucai's help.

Sun Chuanting's hard-earned strength was completely lost, and he had to retreat to Shaanxi in embarrassment to regroup.

This time Chongzhen did not give him military expenses.

But after losing the battle, Sun Chuanting had no face to control Chongzhen anymore.

He set his sights on the local gentry in Shaanxi.

When he held a grand banquet to entertain the landlords and gentry, he suddenly started killing and ransacked his home and seized his wealth.

Through this method, Sun Chuanting finally obtained a fairly sufficient military expenditure to implement his Qin army plan.

But because of this, the landlords and gentry in Shaanxi hated him deeply.

These people have backgrounds and backgrounds, and their energy reaches the sky in court.

They acted quickly to find a way to deal with Sun Chuanting.

Sun Chuanting was also unlucky and encountered endless difficulties.

Finally got money and food, and recruited enough soldiers.But before training into an army, the terrible plague came.

The plague was rampant inside and outside Xi'an, and countless people died.Even the military was not spared, making normal training impossible.

Sun Chuanting was so worried that he could only support himself and searched for doctors to treat the illness.

Zhao Yunshu's father, Zhao Chuan, joined the army at that time, but not only failed to cure the disease, but also died of it.

This great plague reduced Sun Chuanting's strength sharply, and he was even more unsure about leaving Tongguan east to fight Li Zicheng.

But when he was in a state of desperation, Li Zicheng was quickly destroying cities and villages, sweeping across the Central Plains.

Li Zicheng first broke through Ruzhou, wiped out the last Ming army in Henan, and relieved his worries.

Then Li Zicheng led an army of 40 to go south to Huguang and captured Xiangyang.

He killed Luo Rucai and Yuan Shizhong successively, completing the integration of forces within the Peasant Army.

So far, Li Zicheng can be said to be the beginning of his hegemony, and he has a little bit of a king.

Li Zicheng formally established a political power in Xiangyang, which was called Fengtian Advocating Civil and Military Marshal's Mansion.

Although there is no founding of the country and no change of the Yuan, under the Generalissimo's Mansion, various levels of political institutions have begun to be established to carry out local governance.

In the center, the prime minister was established, and Niu Jinxing was in charge.

Under the prime minister, there are six ministries, each with a minister in charge of government affairs.

This top-down political system construction is enough to prove Li Zicheng's ambition.

The news spread to the center of the Ming court, Chongzhen and all civil and military officials finally felt fear.

Just at this time, rumors of landlords and gentry in Shaanxi also spread.

It is said that Sun Chuanting will not fight for several months, but in fact, he is plotting wrongdoing in order to support the soldiers and self-respect.

Chongzhen did not believe such rumors.

He knew very well that Sun Chuanting was a civil servant and had no such skills.

However, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong started to establish political power respectively, which really threatened the foundation of the Ming court's rule, and Chongzhen couldn't bear it.

In August, Chongzhen arrested Wu Raw and imprisoned him on the charge of "prolonging the teacher's period so that Chu Province did not guard and shocked the neighbors at all".

He also deliberately disclosed the news to Sun Chuanting.

At this moment, Sun Chuanting understood that he could not continue to delay.

The helpless Sun Chuanting swore an oath in the Guandi Temple on the first day of August, and left Tongguan again with [-] soldiers and horses with doubtful combat effectiveness.

Li Zicheng was even more aware that Sun Chuanting's soldiers and horses were the last obstacle to his determination of the Central Plains.

So he tried his best to fight westward.

Sun Chuanting came to Jia County again and returned to the place where he suffered a disastrous defeat. He didn't know what his inner emotions were.

Anyway, the first battle ended with his complete victory.

Bai Guangen and Gao Jie, the two traitors of the peasant army, cooperated closely. One used firearms and the other led the cavalry. Li Zicheng was defeated and defeated.

General Guoyi Xie Junyou was captured and killed.

Even Li Zicheng himself almost became a prisoner.

In fact, through this battle, it can be seen that Li Zicheng was able to end the Ming Dynasty not because of his strength, but because the Ming Dynasty was bad enough.

After the fiasco, Li Zicheng learned from the painful experience and decided to use his own advantages.

What is his advantage?

That is food.

Henan has already fallen into the hands of Li Zicheng, and he is still establishing political power in various places to stabilize the people, so there is no need to worry about the food problem for a moment.

But Sun Chuanting couldn't do it.

Sun Chuanting went to Henan to fight, and now he can be regarded as a guest army.

Moreover, the people in Henan hated the Ming army so much that they would not help at all.

Li Zicheng began to avoid the battle, and at the same time retreated step by step, lengthening the battle line.

How could Sun Chuanting not know his thoughts?
But there is no way.

The lack of food made Sun Chuanting have to make a quick decision.

He could only lead his troops into Li Zicheng's trap step by step with desperate helplessness.

It was autumn and the rain continued, making the situation of the Ming army even more difficult.

Li Zicheng sent Liu Zongmin to lead [-] cavalry to outflank the Ming army's rear and cut off the Ming army's food road.

Very simple strategy, but very effective.

Sun Chuanting looked up to the sky and sighed, so he had to go back to his teacher to open the grain road.At the same time, Chen Yongfu was left to besiege Jia County and block Li Zicheng's main force.

But by this time, the soldiers of the Ming army could no longer bear the hunger.

After Sun Chuanting left, Chen Yongfu was completely unable to restrain the army, and the soldiers began to flee one after another.

Under the extremely unfavorable situation, Bai Guangen and Gao Jie had another conflict.

Sun Chuanting was at a loss, not knowing how to fight this battle.

(End of this chapter)