The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 763

Yonga Fort on May [-].

Yongjia Fort belongs to Shanxi Tianchengwei's Xiadunbao, adjacent to Xuanfu.

At this time, Yongjia Fort was on fire and had just been burned.

Li Zicheng looked at the burnt Yongjia Fort from a distance, and became angry from embarrassment.

The Ming army in Datong town fortified the walls and cleared the field. When they saw Li Zicheng leading the troops, they set fire to it and fled towards Datong.

After Li Zicheng fled from the capital, he first passed through Juyongguan, and then passed through Xuanfu.

His escape routes are the same as what Ding Yi said, there are only two, either from Baoan Prefecture to Weizhou, or from Xuanfu to Datong.

Li Zicheng saw that Ding Yi had few cavalry, so he really chose to go a long way and enter Datong from Xuanfu.

There is another reason for walking this way, he hates Ding Yi for deceiving him with duplicity, and wants to drop by and break Datong.

Before when his army of millions approached, Ding Yi of Datong said he would surrender. Li Zicheng believed it and went directly to the capital.

The more Li Zicheng thought about it, the more he hated him, so he ran directly from Xuanfu to Datong.

At this moment, he looked back and saw that the generals behind him were in a state of disarray, and none of them had the vigor and confidence to march into the capital.

"Mother Du Te raised her head." Li Zicheng said angrily, "Don't panic, we only rode into Shangluo in the [-]s back then, isn't it a comeback?"

Wang Weiguo immediately said: "Go back to Shaanxi first, break Shanxi, go back to Shaanxi and start again. In the future, one day, we will raise an army of one million and wipe out that dog thief Ding Yi."

"Destroy Ding Yi." The rest of the generals shouted to boost morale.

"Ding Yi is a bitch, treacherous and shameless, even worse than Chongzhen." After Li Zicheng scolded, he slammed his horsewhip: "Let's go."

More than 4 cavalry rushed into the territory of Datong like a frenzy.

Now all the middle infantry battalions of the hundreds of thousands of troops he entered the capital were gone, only the 4 elite cavalry followed, but most of them were the elite of his old battalion.

This is also the main force in the decisive battle between Man Qing and Wu Sangui in a piece of stone in history, very powerful.

The soldiers and horses of the brigade rushed to Datong.

Wang Weiguo quickly caught up with Li Zicheng.

"Your Majesty."

Li Zicheng glanced at him while running: "What's the matter?"

"Tang Tong, Bai Guangen, and Chen Yongfu's three Ming armies are still there. Is it possible in the current situation?" Wang Weiguo asked cautiously.

Li Zicheng's heart trembled. Tang Tong was better. He was defeated by Wu Sangui in Yongping, and all the troops surrendered to Wu Sangui. Chen Yongfu and Bai Guangen still had a large number of troops.

He couldn't help but look back subconsciously, but now there are more than 4 cavalrymen together, and the crowd is vast, and he can't see where Bai Guangen and Chen Yongfu are for a while.

"When we arrive in Datong Town, let Bai Guangen and Chen Yongfu attack first." Li Zicheng whispered.

Wang Weiguo nodded, deeply agreeing.

Just when Li Zicheng and Wang Weiguo were discussing how to surrender troops to the Ming army.

Bai Guangen, Chen Yongfu, and Tang Tong are actually together at this meeting.

Bai Guangen and Tang Tong came together tacitly after seeing Li Zicheng's defeat by Ding Yi.

Then the two came to find Chen Yongfu together.

After Chen Yongfu's soldiers and horses were called off by Li Zicheng, they walked at the end. The three of them were all in the rear of the Chuang army. It's no wonder that Li Zicheng couldn't see them.

"Chen Zongbing." Bai Guangen and Tang Tong quickly came to Chen Yongfu's side.

"Brother Bai, Brother Tang." Chen Yongfu said politely.

The three quickly ran side by side.

Chen Yongfu seemed to know what they wanted to say, with a gloomy expression and did not continue to speak.

Bai Guangen is not polite, he was forced to surrender last time.

During the Battle of Songjin, his son was arrested by Man Qing, and Huang Taiji persuaded him to surrender, but he did not surrender. Bai Guangen actually had a little bit of ambition, and he still wanted to be an official of Ming Dynasty, but after Ming died, he Only then came and fell.

"Li Zicheng is dying. He can't beat Ding Yi. We have to think about the way forward." Bai Guangen said immediately.

Chen Yongfu is better than Bai Guangen. He died in the battle against the Manchus in the original history, so he immediately said: "Brother Bai, you persuaded me to surrender to Chuangwang last time, and now you say this again, don't I want to become a third-surnamed man?" House slave, Lu Bu in the Han Dynasty?"

Bai Guangen didn't blush, and murmured: "Last time I couldn't do anything, Sun Dutang was destroyed, that bastard Gao Jie escaped from Shaanxi, and the whole of Shaanxi was surrounded by Li Zicheng. surrendered."

"Now this is not an opportunity, let's endure the humiliation, just for now."

Chen Yongfu blushed: "I have made an alliance with King Chuang, how can I betray him again?"

Tang Tong said anxiously: "Zhang Xianzhong has also surrendered to the army, so he rebelled again. Let's call it temporary tolerance, and the imperial court will understand us."

Chen Yongfu was angry and ashamed.

"The king of Zhenbei also surrendered. Could it be that he still blames us?" Bai Guangen said again.

After Chen Yongfu listened, he remained silent.

At this moment, someone behind him said: "The commander-in-chief doesn't think about himself, he also thinks about the little general and the thousands of Henan brothers. Everyone, I still want to go home."

Chen Yongfu turned his head and saw Du Zhixiong, the guerrilla general.

Du Zhixiong was his confidant. Before surrendering Li Zicheng last time, Du Zhixiong persuaded him to defect to Ding Yi in Datong Town.

Now Du Zhixiong spoke again, and sure enough, he persuaded him to rebel again.

When Chen Yongfu heard his words, he turned his head and saw that his son Chen De was also there. Chen De looked forward to it, obviously he didn't want to follow Li Zicheng either.

"Li Zicheng didn't treat us as his own either. He beat Wu Sangui and asked Tang Tong to lead his troops. Let us go after this defeat." Du Zhixiong said, "Every time his soldiers are not in use, let us take the lead first, Mr. Chief Soldier, He is not benevolent, we are not righteous."

Bai Guangen and Tang Tong nodded.

Chen Yongfu looked at everyone helplessly, gritted his teeth and sighed: "I miss Chen Yongfu, I think I am a hero, but I didn't expect that I would be a house slave with three surnames—" At this point, I couldn't help but burst into tears.

"Chen Zongbing has served the country and the people, and King Zhenbei will feel bad about it." Bai Guangen said happily.

A few people were chatting, and a messenger arrived in front of them.

Fort Yongjia is very close to Datong, and the messengers came quickly: "The king's order, Chen Zongbing's rear army will change to the front army, and when he arrives in Datong, he and Bai Zongbing's two troops will listen to the order and prepare to attack the city. matter."

Bai Guangen and Chen Yongfu looked at each other, and as expected, they told us to take the lead.

"No." The two had no choice but to grit their teeth and nod.

Li Zicheng's army of more than 4 people passed through Tianchengwei, Yanghewei, and all the way without hindrance. The Ming army in each guard was gone and fled to Datong.

But when they passed by, they saw countless hoarding fields along the way, all of which were green wheat.

Even Li Zicheng was surprised to see that Datong is so good at hoarding fields, no wonder Ding Yi has trained so many elite soldiers here.

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, he couldn't directly destroy these grain fields.

But now he is eager to escape and take Datong for revenge, and he has no time to do it.

In less than an hour, Li Zicheng's troops arrived outside Datong Town.

When Ding Yi left, Fang Xinghan and six thousand soldiers were stationed in Datong.

At this time, plus the hoarding of troops from nearby forts, there are tens of thousands of horses in Datong Town, but Fang Xinghan was born as a soldier of Ding Yi, and he is as insidious as Ding Yi learned.

He ordered only two or three thousand troops to be exposed on the top of the city. It seems that the walls are sparse and there are not many guards.

Li Zicheng watched from a distance, and soon decided to attack.

He summoned Tang Tong, Bai Guangen, and Chen Yongfu, and asked them to surrender first.

The three of them were helpless, after discussing, Tang Tong stepped forward to surrender, and suddenly a cannon came from the top of the wall.

Boom, a cannon almost hit Tang Tong, Tang Tong turned around in fright and fled all the way back.

Li Zicheng was furious and decided to attack directly.

He sent an order to the three armies to break the Great Harmony, leaving no chickens or dogs behind, and all property belonged to each army.

Cheers immediately erupted at the scene, and the Chuangjun shouted one after another, extremely excited.

But Datong is a fortified city, and they are all cavalry, which means building ladders.

Niu Jinxing, Gu Junen and others all ran over to persuade Li Zicheng not to attack the strong city, but to pass through Shanxi as soon as possible and return to Shaanxi.

But Li Zicheng resented Ding Yi's dishonesty, insisted on bringing down Datong, and forced Buying to build a ladder.

He finished: "Ding Yi of the Ming army only has more than 2 cavalry, and the rest are infantry battalions."

"Everyone of us brings horses, even if the Ming army comes, we can retreat unscathed."

"Only fight for half a day, if you can't attack for half a day, leave immediately, the Ming army can't catch up."

Li Zicheng thought that Ding Yi only had more than 2 cavalry, and it was impossible for them to come and chase him at ease, and it was impossible for Ding Yi's infantry to catch up after staying for a long time.

So Chuangjun began to cut down trees and build ladders, preparing for the siege.

Li Zicheng is usually regarded as a wise man. If he does not fight Datong this time and continues to go west, two of Ding Yi's four troops in Shanxi may not be able to catch up with him in time.

He insisted on playing Datong and spent a lot of time making ladders.

Because there were no craftsmen accompanying the army, the soldiers and horses of Chen Yongfu and Bai Guangen were all called to cut down trees. Their movements were very slow and their efficiency was very poor.

They also did not bring professional carpenter's tools, and it took a lot of time to deal with the trees.

In the morning, more than a dozen ladders were hastily made, and the efficiency was extremely low.

But Li Zicheng saw that there were not many soldiers on the wall of Datong Town, so he was very confident that he could take it in one go.

After finally making [-] copies, he lost his patience and waved his hand to signal his subordinates to attack the city.

Poor Bai Guangen and Chen Yongfu's soldiers and horses are all cavalry, and they will be forced to dismount one after another and carry ladders.

Li Zicheng watched them with a large number of soldiers and horses behind, and the whole army was ready to attack the city.

Li Zicheng also said in a loud voice: "The Ming army only has 3000 to [-] people. Our army of [-] will definitely be able to fight at once."

At this time, he didn't forget to brag, the army of more than 4 people became one hundred thousand.

But ordinary soldiers don't know that they see their soldiers and horses crowding a large area, and tens of thousands of cavalry are all over the mountains and plains, which does seem a bit much.

"Attack." Following Li Zicheng's order, Bai and Chen's troops bit the bullet and moved forward.

They have already decided to turn against the water, but at this time, they dare not move.

Just when they were about to attack the city.

There seemed to be a loud bang in the distance, and many people looked back.

Whoosh, I saw a ray of light shooting up into the sky in the southern sky, like fireworks, and then exploded in mid-air.

"Report" from a place hundreds of meters away, Chuangjun sentry riders came frantically.

"Wait, wait." Li Zicheng quickly stopped.

But they saw the sentinel rushing towards them out of breath: "In the direction of Hunyuan Prefecture in the south, we found a large group of cavalry from the Ming army."

"What? So fast?" Li Zicheng couldn't believe it.

(End of this chapter)