Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 503 Recalcitrant
The welcoming army did not welcome the holy driver, so the emperor and his party waited for half a month at Shanguan, and finally they were caught by the Qing soldiers, and indirectly killed Wang Yan's confidant general Wang Wei. This also offended Wang Yan, Duke of Chu, who held the power of the imperial court. No matter how you look at it, taking him back to Guangjing would be a dead end.

The roads in Guizhou are difficult, and outsiders can't figure out things at all after entering. Zhang Xianbi and others were still a little shocked when they saw the Eastern Route Army chasing after the city so quickly, because they had entered Guizhou for half a year and did not fully understand the terrain of Guizhou.

On the city wall, the faces of Zhang Xianbi and Huang Chaoxuan were as cold as water. Around him, there were generals and schoolmen gathered, without exception, all of them were mournful and unhappy.

The soldiers of the Eastern Route Army were approaching the city, and now they couldn't escape even if they wanted to.Furthermore, Wang Ji, the vanguard general of the Eastern Route Army, had already thrown himself into Shucheng, ordering them to accept the command of the imperial court and hand over Zhang and Huang. The officers are all lords.

Although Wang Ji is not well-known, the people in the city dare not take his words as a deaf ear, because Wang Ji is an old man from the Yangzhou clan, his brother Wang Shixiu is Wang Yan's superintendent, and his other cousin Wang Xu is the head of the Tiandihui. The head of the Black Water Hall is in charge of intelligence in the Northland, so most of what he said was also Wang Yan's meaning, so no one thought he was talking big.

"Damn, there are only more than 1 people in the city, and there are [-] brothers in the city. Wang Ji is just a nobody. I wouldn't believe what he can do to us." Huang Chaoxuan cursed suddenly.

"General, you must not underestimate Wang Ji. This man once guarded Yuezhou with Zhang Taifu. With 3 young men and [-] strong people, he resisted the siege of [-] elites from Luck Dehun day and night. Besides, Wang Ji is just Forward, followed by Gao Yigong who has been famous for a long time. He moved to various places with Li Chuang and fought for a long time. The attack is famous all over the world. Now they bring tens of thousands of elites here, how can the generals in my city fight?" It was Zhang Xianbi's deputy general Wang Jiye who said this. When he entered the city, he was terrified that he lost all fighting spirit.

The surrounding generals all thought it was true, they were very self-aware, not as shameless as Huang Chaoxuan, who called Wang Ji an unknown person, as if he had won some battles himself.

Huang Chaoxuan turned around abruptly after hearing the words, swept his sharp eyes across the group of subordinates, and said through gnashing of teeth, "Don't worry about it, what we did will never be redeemed by a hundred deaths, don't think that you can be forgiven if you sell this general, Even if you wait to plead guilty, the Ming court will not spare you."

After hearing this, many officers bowed their heads one after another. They neither echoed nor refuted. They actually recognized Wang Jiye's words very much in their hearts. Zhang Xianbi didn't have any combat advantage at all, so why did he think he could compete with the Eastern Route Army.

The most important thing is that they don't want to fight, and Huang and Zhang are the chief generals, and the people below are just obeying the chief general's arrangement.

The law does not blame the public, and the court cannot kill all 2 people. Moreover, Wang Ji's biography only said that the two generals will be tried in Guangjing, and they will not embarrass them. The status is confirmed, and they obviously can't beat the East Route Army.

However, Huang Chaoxuan's words also have some truths. Selling the emperor is unpredictable. Who knows if the emperor will hold grudges?

After Huang Chaoxuan finished speaking, the generals were silent for a while, which made Zhang Xianbi frowned. It is necessary to give his subordinates a reassurance, otherwise he is very likely to be betrayed by these white-eyed wolves, "In the current situation, as long as we persist , we still have a great chance. You know the situation in Guizhou, it is extremely barren, and the grain has long been searched by us. The grain of Gao Yigong and Wang Ji can only be transported from Hunan, but it is all mountain roads from Hunan If you transport one stone, you have to eat twenty stones on the way, and we will guard for a few months before they run out of food and retreat. At that time, you will still follow this general and be the emperor here, wouldn't you be happy?"

Right now, stabilizing people's hearts is the most important thing. Huang Chaoxuan also said: "General Zhang is right, and even if we can't hold on, we still have another way out. Didn't the Qing army take down Sichuan? I'm in a hurry, this general At worst, I'll take you to Sichuan to surrender!"

When he said this, the faces of many generals changed. They were all from Chu, and their families were still in Huguang. Some generals were indeed worried that the court would settle accounts later, so they did not dare to object, fearing that they would be killed by Zhang and Huang.

Huang and Zhang were determined to resist, and ordered their subordinates to mobilize troops to go to the city and stand firm to the end. However, most of the soldiers did not want to resist. Most of them were from Chu. The place is still delicious and spicy, but their quality of life has greatly declined. In addition, a small town like Shiqian has been in disrepair for a long time, and the city walls have collapsed. My heart beat wildly.

On May [-], the main force of Gao Yigong joined forces with Wang Ji's troops.

"Captain, Zhang Xianbi and Huang Chaoxuan haven't shown any signs of being arrested so far. They seem to be ready to fight to the end. However, many generals and schools in the city have sent letters to the city and are willing to respond." In the large tent of the Chinese army, Gao Yigong took off his battle robe and hung it on the shelf. , Wang Ji clasped his fists and reported, "Besides, these days, the general has built a batch of equipment. Since Zhang and Huang refused to accept the emperor's orders, the general thought he could attack the city."

Gao Yigong listened, touched the sweat on his forehead, thought for a while, and walked outside: "Go and have a look."

At that moment, all the generals followed him out of the camp, went to peep at the city defenses, and ran until hundreds of steps away from the city before stopping to look at Shiqian City in the distance.

This Guizhou is indeed incomparable with the Central Plains and Huguang. Although Shiqian is a prefecture, in his opinion, even a small county town in Huguang is not comparable. The dilapidated city in front of him, not to mention the low city walls, There are many collapses, and there are no horse faces or enemy towers on the city, let alone a moat.

Although the city wall was full of people, in the eyes of the veteran generals of the East Route Army, Zhang Huang and Zhang Huang wanted to rely on such a city defense to resist stubbornly.

The East Route Army did have the capital to look down on Huang and Zhang. They were not field elites in the battle order of Ming Dynasty. They were only local security forces. Later, the four Jiangbei towns and Wuchang Zuo town were all surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and the imperial court lost its elite soldiers. , they were expanded in a hurry, so the combat power can be imagined.

Gao Yigong looked around and said nothing extra: "Wang Ji, the governor will give you a day to break the city, and capture Huang and Zhang to see you!"

"Design" all the generals roared in unison.

(Thanks to T World, Xu Wenting for the monthly pass, thanks to the bright moon shining on the barren hills, and Yuedong Woxin for the reward)
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