The ruthless emperor in the late Ming Dynasty forced Chongzhen to abdicate at the beginning

Chapter 201 Li Shimin Didn't Dare To Be So Rampant
"Report, General, yesterday the Chuangjun had left Tongguan, and the troops had been continuous since morning, and they hadn't completely left the pass until dusk!"

"Hmph! A group of grassroots bandits also want to compete in the Central Plains, and they really don't know how to live or die!"

In the commander's tent of the former army, Wu Sangui snorted coldly when he heard that the spies had come to report.

It seemed that he had expected this kind of situation long ago, and after he finished speaking, he gave another order to the messenger: "Order Gao Jie's son-in-law to defend Luoyang, at least half a month for this Marquis, otherwise I will take his skin off."

"Yes, General."

The messenger clasped his fists and stepped out of the big tent.

A lieutenant who was responsible for recording Wu Sangui's order frowned slightly, and stopped writing to remind him: "General, do you want to change the order just now? If not, the general will record it truthfully."

"Um…"

Wu Sangui also reacted, knowing that today is not the same as before, if His Majesty and the imperial concubine read the order just now, it is inevitable that they would not think too much, so he waved his hand and said: "Change Gaojie Guisunzi to the second town, and Papi to the second town. Let's do military law!"

After finishing speaking, I also lamented in my heart, it is really getting harder and harder to be a general of Ming Dynasty now, not only do I have to abide by a lot of rules and regulations, but now even the words and deeds of the chief general have to be recorded. It's uncomfortable, but I have to be careful.

Because no one knows whether His Majesty will really read this file.

In this situation, let alone digging a hole for Gao Jie and Liu Zeqing to kill those two bastards, he dared not even issue slightly out-of-the-ordinary orders.

The depression in my heart can be imagined.

The captain in charge of recording is naturally a student who graduated from the martial arts hall, so he took up a pen to record again.

"General, the invading army is coming fiercely. Depending on the situation, there may be no less than 30 to 3 people. The second town only has [-] people. Do you want to draw some troops from other towns for reinforcement?"

The speaker was also a student from the martial arts hall, but a colonel. Although his rank was low, his position was very important, and he was responsible for the daily training and ideological work of the entire former army.

All the generals of the former army, including Wu Sangui, kept a respectful distance from these students in the martial arts lecture hall, and they all held an attitude of neither offending nor being close to them.

After all, no one knows if they say something that should not be said while drinking with these students, will they be secretly reported to His Majesty.

So although Wu Sangui felt a little unhappy at this moment, he still explained: "The city of Luoyang is tall and thick, with plenty of food, grass and military equipment. The 3 people in the second town can hold on for half a month, which is more than enough. That's it."

The original plan was to take the initiative to attack Tongguan, so the former army was stationed under the city of Luoyang. After receiving Zhu Cihong's order to switch from offensive to defensive, Wu Sangui withdrew the former army to a hundred miles, leaving Gao Jie to lead the second town alone. Stationed in Luoyang.

The purpose is to attract the Chuangjun soldiers out of Tongguan to attack Luoyang directly, and then encircle the towns together, and wipe out the Chuangjun and Daxi Army in one fell swoop in Luoyang City.

Wu Sangui had no doubts about Gao Jie's ability to defend Luoyang.

In fact, Wu Sangui didn't pay attention to the 40 troops of Chuangjun and Daxijun at all.

In his opinion, there is no need to be so troublesome and conservative. As long as the opponent's army dares to leave Tongguan, with his former army of 6 horses, plus the three towns of Gao Jie, Liu Zeqing, and Zuo Menggeng, the 15 troops will go directly to meet them. The opponent who didn't kill was pissed, and he said the word Wu upside down.

However, His Majesty was too cautious and insisted on distributing the army to various places, so he had no choice but to follow orders.

Originally, the main forces of Chuangjun and Daxijun had already left Tongguan, so Wu Sangui didn't have to wait for half a month, but could immediately let the towns surround them, but selfishness still caused Gao Jie to suffer.

After all, if you stick to it for half a month, the chances of winning are much greater with the army at the top, and no one can say anything.

The colonel who made the suggestion didn't say anything more when he saw what Wu Sangui said. He was just asking for advice, because he had no right to interfere in the war.

When Gao Jie received Wu Sangui's order, he just snorted coldly, and he was equally confident in defending Luoyang.

Not to mention half a month, even half a year, he is sure. As for seeing death without saving him, he would not even dare to borrow Wu Sangui's ten guts.

The 30 coalition forces of the two kings, together with a large amount of food and supplies, took three full days to get out of Tongguan.

As soon as they left the customs, Sun Kewang and Li Guo had a disagreement.

According to Sun Kewang, the army went straight to Luoyang along the official road, and there was no need to waste time and effort to attack the states and counties along the way.

But Li Guo felt that it would be too rampant and risky to directly attack Luoyang without first removing the states and counties along the way.

At the beginning, Tang Taizong Li Shimin did not dare to be so rampant.

Tongguan is also three or four hundred miles away from Luoyang. Although there is a flat road on the way, there are still many state and county passes along the way. It is indeed a taboo for military strategists to bypass and attack Luoyang directly.

"Brother Li, I also want to fight steadily, but the situation is that we have no choice but to put all our eggs in one basket. If we fight city by city, by the time we reach the city of Luoyang, all the troops of the Ming army may have already surrounded us."

"Having said that, the army can just go around directly like this. Once they are blocked in Luoyang and cannot attack for a long time, Liu Zeqing's troops in Pingyang Prefecture will definitely cross the Yellow River south and cut off our army's return. If one is not good, I will have hundreds of thousands of troops. I'm afraid it will be difficult to go back to Tongguan again." Li Guo said in a deep voice.

"Hehe, Brother Li, if we lose this time, even if you take the army back to Tongguan, is it possible that King Chuang can continue to occupy the northwest by relying on Tongguan?"

Sun Kewang sneered, at this time, he even thought of retreating to the northwest after losing the battle.

Think northwest is southwest?

"Forget it, Brother Sun is not afraid, so what can I say? If you win, you die!"

Li Guo also knew that if the army went out of Tongguan, even if they couldn't win and retreated, people's hearts would be scattered, and it would be extremely difficult to continue to defend the northwest, so it's better to throw all the eggs in one basket.

Seeing that he agreed, Sun Kewang nodded appreciatively. If this guy is still timid, then this battle really doesn't need to be fought.

After the two agreed, the army marched along the official road to Luoyang.

In just five days, the army arrived at the city of Luoyang continuously, and then they set up camp and built siege equipment at the same time. They were extremely busy.

The ancient capital of Luoyang is destined to usher in another great war.

Seeing that the Chuang army and the Daxi army had arrived at the city of Luoyang, Wu Sangui did not continue to wait, and began to dispatch troops.

First, let Tang Tong transfer [-] troops from Xunyang to the north to Nanyang, and then join Zuo Menggeng to go north to Luoyang via Ruzhou, with a total of [-] troops.

He also asked Liu Liangzuo to mobilize [-] troops to go south to Pingyang. After joining Liu Zeqing, the army crossed the river from Hongnong to cut off the enemy's retreat to Tongguan.

In this way, there are [-] Ming troops in the west and south, plus the [-] former troops in the east, and the natural danger of the Yellow River in the north.

(End of this chapter)