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Chapter 410 Ningwu Massacres the City
On the ninth day of Li Zicheng's storming of Ningwu Pass, the original 20 troops were reduced to more than [-] troops. The corpses under Ningwu Pass were almost equal to Ningwu Pass. It was really a mountain of corpses piled up with human lives!
These corpses were too late to deal with, and they emitted a stench. If they were not conquered, the plague would probably break out on a large scale. It is estimated that none of the peasant army and Ningwuguan soldiers could survive.

Numerous peasant troops launched their final attack on Ningwu Pass. This time, the garrison of Ningwu Pass, which had lost eight or nine soldiers, was unable to support the defense of each section of the city wall. The turbulent peasant army finally entered Ningwu Pass!

The tenacious resistance of Ningwu Pass made the peasant army hate this majestic pass and the soldiers guarding it. In nine days, 8 or [-] people died at Ningwu Pass!As soon as they entered Ningwu Pass, they immediately started a bloody massacre here!

Ningwuguan has been reduced to a purgatory on earth, and the soldiers stuck inside have only one way to die!
Li Zicheng watched expressionlessly as more than [-] refugees killed all the remaining soldiers.He hated this place more deeply than anyone else, and the only way to relieve his anger was to kill all the soldiers of Ningwu Pass.

After breaking through Ningwu Pass on the ninth day, none of the remaining soldiers of Ningwu Pass was spared. They all fell in a pool of blood, and the civilians living inside were also slaughtered.

"This king has never done such a loss-making business, exchanging the lives of 8 people for a barrier with no food and no one!" Li Zicheng's heart was bleeding, "Set fire to the barrier!"

When Li Zicheng ordered to burn Ningwu Pass, more than [-] refugees cheered!They don't care about the significance of Ningwuguan, as long as they burn Ningwuguan, which left them a psychological shadow, and completely disappear before their eyes!

Soon the angry peasant army set fire to Ningwu Pass, and the raging fire engulfed the ancient Ningwu Pass, completely engulfing this legendary grand pass.The General Soldier of Sanguan, the guard of Ningwu Pass and others who had vowed to resist to the death were annihilated together with this great pass, as if they did not exist in this world.It's hard to say whether their resistance was meaningful.

Li Zicheng quietly looked at Ningwuguan where the flames were soaring into the sky, his face was glowing with the reflection of the flames, his heart felt a little more comfortable, and he showed a terrifying smile.In this way, there is no need to deal with the bodies of soldiers and refugees who died in battle, and they will be destroyed together with Xiongguan with a fire.

"Congratulations to King Chuang for conquering Ningwu Pass!" Liu Zongmin and other generals congratulated Li Zicheng even though they knew that this bitter battle was not so much a victory as a defeat.

"How is the South Army?" Li Zicheng asked.

"Zhang Yuan attacked Gao Qiqian's headquarters in the past two days, but the offensive was blocked in the northeast of Zhending County. Because Gao Qiqian was supervised by the emperor, the nearby Ming army all supported him, and Zhang Yuan's two consecutive violent attacks were blocked. Latest According to the military newspaper, Zhang Yuan is adjusting his deployment, planning to take a feint attack on the Chinese army, and when the Ming army on all sides supports the Chinese army, he will gather heavy troops to break through its left flank." Liu Zongmin said.

"Well, let him deploy carefully. Let's say that the Ningwu Pass on the North Road has fallen, and soon this king will lead his troops north to attack Datong Mansion. His South Route Army should also destroy the Ming Army in Hebei as soon as possible." Li Zicheng said.

Li Zicheng was relieved to be the first to win the victory ahead of Zhang Yuan, otherwise Zhang Yuan's reputation might overwhelm him if this continues.

"King Chuang, next we are going to attack Datong Mansion in the north." Liu Zongmin and the others felt chills at the thought of attacking Datong Mansion, one of the important towns of Ming Dynasty.10 people died in Taiyuan Prefecture and Daizhou. If another 10 people died in the attack on Datong Prefecture, the North Route Army would almost be abolished.

"Give it a go. We can go back to northern Shaanxi and continue to deal with the officers and soldiers if we really can't fight anymore." After Li Zicheng calmed down, he really had no idea about continuing to attack the rumored important towns of Datong Mansion and Xuan Mansion, and he also began to retreat.

After Li Zicheng conquered Ningwuguan, Zhang Yuan was not able to defeat the Ming army quickly, to Li Zicheng's surprise.Zhang Yuan led the Musketeer Battalion, Cavalry Battalion and [-] refugees to start frequent offensives and defenses with the [-] Ming Army in the northeast of Zhending County, but they still failed to eat the Ming Army in Hebei.

Father-in-law Gao Qiqian was under great pressure. Although Zhang Yuan did not swallow the Ming army in Hebei in one go, the offensive like a vast ocean made him very uncomfortable.Under Zhang Yuan's offensive, the Ming army only had the power to fight back passively, and they were still retreating.After Lu Xiangsheng was captured alive, no general of the Ming army was willing to rush forward to fight to the death. Once he saw any friendly army retreating one step, he had to take at least two steps back.

So Zhang Yuan took Zhending County without losing many people, and looted Zhending County as supplies.

Zhang Yuan has completely controlled the area around Zhending County, and it has been No. 12 days that he and Li Zicheng agreed.Zhang Yuan, who delayed the agreed time limit, pleaded guilty to Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng just reprimanded Zhang Yuan a little in the letter, urging him to march to the Baoding area as soon as possible, but nothing like Zhang Yuan.Zhang Yuan is currently the most capable general in Li Zicheng's army. No one in the South Route Army can command effectively except him, and Gao Yigong, who lacks experience, is far behind.Furthermore, Li Zicheng also saw that Zhang Yuan's progress slowed down.Otherwise, at the end of the Qin Dynasty, Liu Bang and Xiang Yu agreed that whoever attacked Xianyang first would become the king of Guanzhong.

Because of the military emergency, the pond newspapers on the north and south routes quickly spread to the imperial court. Chongzhen couldn't say a word when he saw these pond newspapers.

"If all the checkpoints are like Ningwuguan, they would rather die than submit, and a single checkpoint can exhaust [-] troops, then it is impossible for burglars on the North Road to attack the capital." Chongzhen got the pond newspaper of Ningwuguan and said with emotion.

"All of this is due to the majestic power of the sky. All the soldiers of the three passes went to the national disaster together. It is really a great fortune for the subjects of the world." Some officials in the hall have put the honor of the three pass soldiers in exchange for their deaths on Chongzhen's head.

"The North Road is still blocked by Datong Mansion, Xuan Mansion, and Juyongguan, so it should be as stable as Mount Tai. But why the Hebei and Shandong armies on the South Road have been repeatedly defeated, allowing the trespassers on the South Road to occupy Zhending County?" Chongzhen asked.

"Returning to the emperor, this matter is all caused by Lu Xiangsheng of the Tianxiong Army." Minister of the Ministry of War stood up and said.

"Why do you say that?" Chongzhen asked.

"Originally the imperial court sent envoys to negotiate peace with the bandits. Unexpectedly, Lu Xiangsheng was impulsive and belligerent. During the peace talks between the two sides, he took the initiative to attack the South Route Army of the bandits, which caused the negotiation with the bandits to break down. Later, Lu Xiangsheng disobeyed the military order and rashly attacked the bandits, causing The whole army was wiped out, so he simply surrendered to the intruder. Because Lu Xiangsheng was familiar with our army's defenses, the intruder Zhang Yuan was able to drive straight in and attack Zhending County." The Minister of the Ministry of War severely covered this scapegoat. Lu Xiangsheng from the dead body.

(End of this chapter)