Back to Ming Dynasty with Industrial Revolution System

Chapter 404
However, the scene of beheading the court envoys was extremely shocking to the soldiers of Ningwu Pass.

This means that the two sides have no room for maneuver, and the next battle is either you die or I live!
"Everyone, the thieves are blatantly treasonous and treasonous! They are bloodthirsty and have already razed Taiyuan Prefecture and Daizhou to the ground. If they are allowed to conquer Ningwuguan, not only us, but also our parents, wives and children I have been implicated! Please follow me to guard Ningwu Pass, so that they cannot advance half a step north!" shouted the general soldier of the three passes.

Fighting from Daizhou City to Ningwu Pass, he may be one of the toughest resistance factions that Li Zicheng's army has encountered! The position of the General Soldier of the Three Passes shoulders the responsibility of resisting the entry of Mongolia, and there has never been a lack of tough guys!
"One inch of mountains and rivers, one inch of blood, one majestic pass and one grave!" The soldiers of Ningwu Pass roared in unison, fighting bullfights in anger!
The Tianxiong Army on the South Road, the Sanguan Army on the North Road, and Li Zicheng's 30 troops were forced to delay the offensive!
"I didn't expect the officers and soldiers of these three passes to be so tough. It seems that it will be a hard battle. Brother Zhang Yuan, you have hurt this king." Li Zicheng saw that the defenders of Ningwu Pass not only did not get angry because they saw the court envoys being beheaded. Fear, on the contrary, morale strengthened, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"If we destroy a group of mobs, others will not be afraid, they will just take it for granted. But if we destroy a strong army that would rather die than submit, others will be truly afraid from the bottom of their hearts, because they cannot do so." Zhang Yuan disagrees. said.

"Then how should we deal with the Tianxiong Army stopping in Zhending County, and how should we deal with the Ningwuguan garrison who would rather die than submit?" This time it was not Li Zicheng who asked the question, but the rest of Li Zicheng's generals.

These rogue generals regarded Zhang Yuan as a great existence like a commander and a military adviser, almost on an equal footing with Li Zicheng.

"Attacking fortifications depends on the number of people. As long as people's lives are piled inside, even the corpses can be piled up to the same height as Ningwu Pass, and then it will be like walking on the ground. It is a waste for elite soldiers to invest in attacking fortifications! Field battles are not the same. It is morale, who can persist until the opponent's psychological collapse! If the general lacks Han Xin's ability to command as many as possible, the more troops, the easier it is to mess up and lead to the collapse of the entire army, such as Fu Jian in the Battle of Feishui. So if you are not the commander A hundred thousand troops are not as good as ten thousand elite soldiers!"

"Therefore, please give me the soldier talisman of the [-] Musket Battalion, and send me another [-] elite soldiers. I will lead the army to attack the Ming army in Hebei at night, and I will definitely defeat the Tianxiong army! King Chuang only needs to lead his troops to attack Ningwu Pass overnight. , within ten days, we will have two great victories!" Zhang Yuan said confidently.

At this time, Li Zicheng hesitated more than beheading the imperial envoy.The Musket Battalion was trained by Zhang Yuan, and now Zhang Yuan's reputation has risen with the success of his strategy. Li Zicheng is really afraid that he will not be able to control such a talented person.

Zhang Yuan wanted to go to Zhending County in person to lead the 30 South Route Army to turn the tide of the war. What he wanted from Li Zicheng was the most elite group of troops among the [-] troops, including Li Zicheng's family.This made Li Zicheng hesitate.

If Zhang Yuan had the intention to replace him, with his reputation and the troops at hand, it would not be difficult to force the palace.

Zhang Yuan seemed to see the hesitation in Li Zicheng's eyes, so he said, "King Chuang, the matter is urgent, and the opportunity for war is fleeting. I, Zhang Yuan, swear here that after the Tianxiong Army is defeated, I will exchange the military power with you, otherwise A thousand cuts to pieces are worse than pigs and dogs!"

"Brother, you don't need to say more, can I still not trust you?" Li Zicheng patted Zhang Yuan's shoulder, and his right hand trembled inadvertently.

"Xie Chuangwang, I will definitely defeat the Tianxiong Army within ten days and open the passage from Hebei to the capital." Zhang Yuan said.

"Okay, within ten days we will triumph on both routes!" Li Zicheng said.

Zhang Yuan received Li Zicheng's military talisman and permission, and immediately led 20 elite soldiers to break away from the [-] army, and went to the battlefield in Hebei at night.

At this time, Daming's basic disk has been corrupted to the point of almost collapse.Li Zicheng, Zhang Yuan, Gao Yigong and others fought against the most elite troops of Ming Dynasty in the north.In the Heluo area, Hong Chengchou and the others were dragged back by the local peasant army, and there were also peasant armies in Xiangyang, Fengyang and other places making trouble.Some peasant troops even appeared on the outskirts of the old capital Nanjing.All of a sudden, there was an endless stream of urgent reports to the capital.

Since the imperial court canceled some post stations not long ago to save financial expenditure, it has been delayed for a long time since the information from various places was uploaded to the imperial court.

Even so, Emperor Chongzhen had nothing to worry about, because even if he knew that various places were in trouble, the imperial court could not mobilize troops to suppress the uprising, and could only let local officials act expediently.

Gao Yigong, who has regrouped 10 horses near Zhending County, is waiting for Li Zicheng's support, and is not in a hurry to fight the heroic Tianxiong army again.Zhang Yuan led [-] truly elite soldiers in Li Zicheng's army to find Gao Yigong.

"Zhang Yuan, I didn't expect you to lead the team here in person. It seems that we will win this battle!" Gao Yigong was overjoyed when he saw Zhang Yuan marching over by force!

If Li Zicheng had only sent a batch of new reinforcements, Gao Yigong would not have dared to fight Lu Xiangsheng.But if Zhang Yuan, the number one general in the army, came in person, Gao Yigong would be relieved.

"The news of the arrival of the Musketeer Battalion this time must be blocked. After we arrange a strategy, we will go to destroy the Ming Army camp tomorrow!" Zhang Yuan said.

"So fast? We may not have time to prepare." Gao Yigong hesitated, "We still need to boost their morale and let them regain their fighting spirit."

"What kind of preparations do we need for such a group of shabby peasant troops? All we need to do is press them up. If our Musketeer Battalion hadn't marched day and night and the soldiers were sleepy, we could launch an attack now," Zhang Yuan said.

"Zhang Yuan, you are really strong...the dark circles under your eyes are so big, could it be that you were made of iron?" Gao Yigong asked.

"For the sake of the great cause, I will do my best to serve us as soldiers. I'll go catch up on sleep first." Zhang Yuan left here after speaking, and went to his camp to rest.

More than 1 new soldiers entered the camp of more than [-] people, which did not cause much sensation.The refugees who were defeated by the Tianxiong Army continued to gather, and there were also local refugees from Zhending County who defected to the legendary King Chuang.This caused Gao Yigong's troops to be much larger than before being defeated by Lu Xiangsheng.

"Zhang Yuan deserves to be our No. [-] general under Chuang Wang's account, he is simply a monster!" Gao Yigong watched Zhang Yuan leave, and said to the left and right generals.

"It's not just a monster. His judgment on the situation is unimaginable. He doesn't take the lives of soldiers seriously. He must win the attack and defend firmly. Even Lu Xiangsheng is just a mantis in front of him!" The left and right generals said one after another.

(End of this chapter)