Traveling through the Ming Dynasty, as soon as you open your eyes, you will die

Chapter 41 Li Zicheng’s Decision
  Leave Wuxiang to Xu Jie and leave a battalion to guard it. Qi Fei was transferred to the position of deputy commander of the First Army, with the rank of garrison. The entire army formed a huge square formation on the Great Plains of North China, and the entire army pressed against Li Guo's retreating army with great momentum.

People often say that if an army exceeds 10,000, it is boundless; if an army exceeds 100,000, it reaches the sky. This is the Great Plains of North China. Lu Mou's nearly 40,000 troops are rolling forward like millstones. The momentum is simply frightening.

Li Guo fled back to his own army. Although he was unwilling to fight again, he was shocked by the thick, compact and huge formation of Lu Mou's army. How could he dare to fight again? They could only retreat all the way, eventually forming an escape situation. Abandoning the occupied cities all the way, they rushed all the way to Baoding.

When they arrived at Baoding, their former base camp, they found that the few troops who had stayed behind had been massacred by the citizens. When he arrived, the city gate was already closed, and the city was full of volunteers, with a defensive attitude.

Li Guo had no choice but to lead his army, bypassing Baoding, and routed all the way to Henan. Finally, he established a firm foothold in Hejian Prefecture between Henan and Zhili.

After counting the people and horses, all the finances were discarded, and only a hundred main cavalry were left; the old battalion of 40,000 was only less than 20,000, so he could only ask his uncle Li Zicheng for help and increase troops.

In front of Zijin Pass, a luxurious house that was originally owned by a landlord has become Li Zicheng's residence.

During the battle in Kaifeng, Li Zicheng, who lost one eye, became increasingly irritable. Facing the Zijingguan that had been unable to be conquered for a long time, he lost his temper many times. For this reason, he killed several generals who were unfavorable in attacking. But we still have no choice but to take this as the fastest and last gateway to Beijing.

Zijingguan, the last pass of the capital, where millions of troops were finally blocked and unable to advance.

Zijinguan Pass is the first of the eight passes in the Taihang Mountains, and one must pass through it from the northwest to North Zhili.

If we take a detour, we can only go north to Mongolia, then turn back and go south; or go south to Henan, and then go north. Just go around this way for a year and a half, don't even think about it.

After a year and a half, the hot dogs have gone cold.

He originally attacked Zijing Pass, but saw that he was in danger and broke through in a blink of an eye.

As a result, they suddenly closed the door to increase the number of troops, and they also showed that their troops were well equipped and their momentum was high. Breaking through the pass is even more difficult.

At this moment, it suddenly came out that Li Yan, who had already invaded Zhili, was completely wiped out, and it was rumored that Li Yan had surrendered.

As for Li Guo, his entire army was wiped out and he was forced to retreat to Henan. This simply made Li Zicheng even more furious.

After smashing everything that could be thrown and kicking over all the tables, chairs and benches in the cabin so that the ministers and generals had no place to sit, Li Zicheng's single eye flashed with the intent to kill.

"Prince Ding, how could a thirteen-year-old boy stop my army of millions? He defeated Li Yan and even forced Li Guo back to Henan. Tell me, what is going on?"

Zijin Pass blocked the way. During this period, the spies did not report what happened in the capital in time. He didn't know what King Ding was doing in the capital during this period.

Faced with King Chuang's rage, all the civil servants and generals remained silent. Even Liu Zongmin, his absolute best friend, didn't dare to answer the question.

At this time, only Tian Jianxiu, the commander-in-chief of the fifth battalion and the second truly invisible intruder, with a gentle personality, stepped forward to ease the situation, otherwise someone would die.

In fact, compared with Tian Jianxiu, Liu Zongmin's status is far behind. Especially after Liu Zongmin started to compete with Li Guo for inheritance rights, Li Zicheng became even more disgusted.

I'm not dead yet. Even if I die, the empire I conquered belongs to the Li family and has nothing to do with you.

This is not to blame Li Zicheng, but only to blame the essence of Central Plains culture - Family World. As soon as Tian Jianxiu came out to speak, Li Zicheng couldn't help but sit down in the only chair still standing: "If Yufeng has anything to say, tell me."

Tian Jianxiu said: "Brother Li."

After the establishment of Dashun, people either called Li Zicheng King Chuang or Emperor, but Tian Jianxiu was the only one who still called Li Zicheng Brother Li, and Li Zicheng was very happy with it.

Such closeness, in fact, Niu Jinxing and Song Xian's plan to win over the future prime minister was just wishful thinking. If Dashun really founded the country, Tian Jianxiu would be the natural prime minister and the natural second person in Dashun.

"Brother Li, Zijin Pass is isolated, and we can no longer grasp the dynamics of the capital in a timely manner. We don't know what means this king has. Maybe he has the support of Guan Ning, which is unknown. Li Guo's defeat may also be due to other reasons. .”

"What else could be the reason?"

Tian Jianxiu replied painfully: "Li Yan."

As soon as Tian Jianxiu said these words, most people in the camp were silent and regretful. Some things are truly precious until they are lost. This is how everyone feels about Li Yan now.

Only Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance was proud. That expression was: So what, I said Li Yan was rebellious, right?

Li Zicheng frowned and asked, "Yufeng, why do you judge so much?"

"Brother Li, don't you know what kind of virtue each of the princes of the Ming Dynasty has? The entire ethnic group is a waste, and it is impossible for a human spirit to suddenly appear. What's more, Prince Ding Zhu Cijiong is just a thirteen-year-old boy. He What can I do? And Li Yan is recognized as a resourceful man in the world. And he also has 20,000 soldiers. I have inspected those 20,000 soldiers. They are definitely the strongest soldiers in the world. If you want to defeat them, even if you are close Ning Tieqi would not be able to completely annihilate him unless the entire army pressed on him.

But why did he die in one battle? The only explanation is that Li Yan had long been willing to surrender, and when he saw King Ding coming, he surrendered directly, and then led his troops to defeat Li Guo. "

This explanation is very reasonable.

"Wouldn't it be dangerous to live in Henan?" The danger Li Zicheng said was that if Li Yan surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, Li Yan's army would oppress him in the north, and in Henan, there would be Li Yan's wife Hong Niangzi with 10,000 elite troops. It protects no less than 100,000 people who are farming. Li Guo was attacked from both sides.

"So, we must increase our troops for Li Guo."

When he mentioned that he wanted to increase troops for Li Guo, Liu Zongmin frowned and immediately stood up to object: "Now the Zijin Pass cannot be conquered for a long time, and there are still many state capitals around us that have not been captured, so we cannot reduce our troops in the main attack direction. Li Guo wants to recover , let him expand his army in Zhili, Henan. If it doesn't work, let him withdraw."

Tian Jianxiu shook his head: "Henan has been in ruins for a long time due to the four-year tug of war between us and the Ming Dynasty. The population has already been empty, and there are not many left. They either fled into the Dabie Mountains, or fled into the Huangfan District, or were captured by Li The rocks are closed, and the source of troops has long been exhausted.

And Li Guo must not evacuate. Once Li Guo evacuates, the south will be like opening a hole for Ming Dynasty. At the same time, Li Yan's base was completely cut off and he was attacking Liu Fangliang's retreat in Shandong. Once Liu Fangliang becomes a lone army, Ming Dynasty mobilizes the troops from Jiangsu and Zhejiang to march north and south. If we lose Shandong again, Ming Dynasty may come back. This is the big picture. For this reason, we must send more troops to Li Guo, continue to exert pressure on Ming in the south, and stabilize our overall situation. "

Song Xiance also stood up at this time to support Tian Jianxiu's views, and Niu Jinxing was also willing to see Liu Zongmin defeated. In the eyes of both of them, Liu Zongmin's military power was too great and needed to be split up.

Li Zicheng pondered for a moment, stood up suddenly, and made a decisive decision: "Zhang Ding will lead 50,000 troops and go south to reinforce Li Guo. Tell him not to act rashly and stick to Hejian in Henan to ensure the oppression of the Ming Dynasty and ensure Liu Fangliang's contact."

(End of this chapter)