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

Chapter 204 Xiangyang Was Stolen
Originally, Tang Tong left [-] field troops in Xiangyang, plus the [-] standing troops just dispatched this year, there are a total of [-] troops.

But later, all the five thousand field troops were transferred to Nanyang, and went to Ruzhou with Zuo Menggeng. As a result, only two thousand standing troops were stationed in the huge city of Xiangyang.

Although Hong Niangzi set up two guards near Xiangyang at the beginning, which could recruit almost 1 horses during the war, they were scattered everywhere and took time to gather.

So after receiving the warning from Gucheng, there was chaos in Xiangyang City. The garrison Qianhu and the prefect of Xiangyang rushed to report, while organizing manpower to defend, and at the same time closed all the gates of Xiangyang.

But the speed of the Daxi Army was too fast, and it also killed Xiangyang City in just one day. With Gucheng's warning, relying on the [-] standing army in the city and some big households, it is still very easy to gather in the city and defend it.

After all, Liu Wenxiu only brought 7000 troops, and in addition to the haste, it was too late to build the siege equipment, because after the siege equipment was built, the reinforcements of the Ming army might have already arrived.

Liu Wenxiu also knew that it would be a big joke to storm Xiangyang, the number one city in the world, with just 7000 people, so she pinned all her hopes on the 3000 people who made a detour.

Xiangyang is surrounded by water on three sides and mountains on one side. The widest part of the moat is more than 200 meters. It is a pity that there are too few defenders in the city. In addition, attention is attracted by the Great Western Army in the north, which leads to the defense of the city wall on the mountain side in the southwest. , There is almost no standing army, all of them are big family members.

The [-] Western troops who attacked were all veterans who had experienced many battles. As a result, at dawn, they easily climbed up the city wall and entered the city.

At this time, the military households of the two guards were still gathering.

When Wu Sangui received the news that the Daxi Army had sent a small force to attack Xiangyang, he was also shocked and angry. He was about to send [-] troops to reinforce him, but then came the news that Xiangyang had been captured by the bandits. Passed out directly.

"That stupid pig of Tang Tong, I told him to take out 2 people, he actually took out all the soldiers and horses in Xiangyang, and the [-] troops crossed the Han River under his nose, and he didn't even notice it, it's just damn , this Marquis must report to His Majesty and punish him for his negligence."

Wu Sangui roared, and immediately threw the blame on Tang Tong's head. Although in his opinion, even if Xiangyang was attacked by the bandit army, it didn't matter much, but His Majesty would not think so.

It is conceivable that His Majesty will be furious when he learns about it, and he, the supreme commander of the army, is absolutely to blame.

After all, the mission His Majesty entrusted to him was to focus on defense, but he took out the army and wanted to encircle and wipe out the Chuang army and the Daxi army. Who would have thought that Xiangyang would be lost now.

"General, Xiangyang is an important military town. This matter is no small matter. The most urgent thing is to remedy it as soon as possible. As for the accountability, let's talk about it later."

The colonel, who was in charge of training and ideological work, frowned, and was very dissatisfied with Wu Sangui's attitude of shirking responsibility. In his opinion, Wu Sangui must bear the main responsibility for the surprise attack on Xiangyang.

Because after the former army arrived in Nanyang, Wu Sangui could definitely send some troops south to Xiangyang to garrison.

In fact, Wu Sangui also regretted that he did not strengthen the troops in Xiangyang in time, and underestimated the enemy. The main reason was that he felt that it was impossible for the Daxi Army to cross the Han River under his nose, so he felt that there was no need to waste troops to Xiangyang.

"Yes, General, let's quickly go south and recover Xiangyang."

The other students in the martial arts hall also said anxiously.

"No, at this time, you can't let yourself be confused. This Great West Army can touch Xiangyang without anyone noticing, and the strength of the army can support up to [-]. Even if Xiangyang is occupied by them, how much can they do?

Ben Hou only needs to keep an eye on Sun Kewang's main force so that he cannot go to Xiangyang. As for recovering Xiangyang, Zuo Menggeng can go. "

Wu Sangui also put away his contempt and waved his hands.

He knew that at this time, he must not go south to recover Xiangyang, otherwise, once Sun Kewang led the army across the Hanshui River and headed for Xiangyang, something bad would happen.

At this time, Zuo Menggeng had just entered Ruzhou with the army, and after receiving Wu Sangui's urgent report, he had to order the army to hurry, but he was happy in his heart.

After Liu Zeqing and Gao Jie received the news, they also hid in a place where no one was around with sinister smiles on their faces. If they made such a big mess, Wu Sangui, the coach, would definitely not be able to eat and walk around.

Sun Kewang, who was nested in the mountains, didn't know that Liu Wenxiu had successfully attacked Xiangyang, but even if he didn't know, Sun Kewang had no choice but to bite the bullet and lead the army out of the mountain, preparing to cross the Han River to kill Xiangyang.

Because it is too difficult for an army of 10,000+ to cross the Han River secretly, and Tang Tong is strictly guarding against death, so there is no chance at all.

If you don't cross the Han River and continue to wander around in the mountains, the army will have to collapse after a long time, not to mention that the rations you carry are not allowed to wander in the mountains anymore.

In the end, Sun Kewang chose the Junzhou area of ​​Xunyang as the place to cross the river, which happened to be the junction of the westernmost plain and mountainous area of ​​Nanyang Basin.

It is only more than 200 miles away from Xiangyang. As long as the army crosses the Han River, they can continue to cross mountains and ridges to Xiangyang.

Although the current of the Han River in this area is not as fast as the upper reaches, the river is very wide, covering more than one mile. The boats along the river have already been gathered to the south bank by Tang Tong.

Although Sun Kewang was very careful and secretly felled trees and built rafts in the mountains, but after all, the movement was too loud and he stayed for too long.

His intention of crossing the river was too obvious. Whether it was Tang Tong or Wu Sangui, after receiving the news, they all sneered and immediately led the army towards Junzhou.

Sun Kewang also knew that it was impossible to cross the Han River before the two armies arrived, and his face showed determination.

Immediately, Ainengqi was asked to carry hundreds of rafts that had just been built, and led 1 people to cross the river to intercept Tangtong first, and sent another 3 people to intercept Wu Sangui to buy time for the main force.

Otherwise, there will be Tang Tong blocking the attack on the south bank, and Wu Sangui's army on the north bank will arrive again, and all 10,000+ troops will have to be on both sides of the Han River.

Both sides are fighting for time. Xunyang is only a few tens of miles away from Junzhou. Even with the time to assemble soldiers and horses, Tang Tong took 1 horses and killed them in only two days, and Ainengqi took Ten thousand horses have just crossed the river.

The two were almost red-eyed, and immediately launched a big battle on the south bank. The fight was so inextricable that neither could completely eliminate the other.

Apparently, the 1 people that Ainengqi brought over were also elite fighters in the Great Western Army.

Seeing that Tang Tong could not eat the opponent, he had to switch from attack to defense, and as more Great Western troops crossed the Han River, Ainengqi began to take the initiative to attack.

(End of this chapter)