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Chapter 527 The Battle of Tongguan

Chapter 528 Tongguan Battle (2)

In Tongguan City, Li Zicheng was furiously mobilizing his troops. After the disastrous defeat in the Battle of Luoyang, Li Zicheng only led seventeen cavalry and fled back to Shanzhou in embarrassment.Then, he led his troops to abandon Shanzhou voluntarily and return to Tongguan via Hangu Pass.

The reason why Li Zicheng wanted to give up Shanzhou and Hangu Pass was because Shanzhou had only a few thousand troops, and there was no danger to defend them. Even counting the troops staying at Hangu Pass, there were no more than 10,000 soldiers. Li Zicheng knew that this number of troops could not be stopped. The [-]+ Ming army marched westward, not to mention the Dashun army was defeated again and again, and the morale plummeted.

Therefore, after discussing with the counselor Niu Jinxing, Li Zicheng gritted his teeth and simply gave up even a pass city like Hangu Pass, and withdrew more than two hundred miles in one breath, and retreated to Tongguan.

When he arrived at Tongguan, Li Zicheng immediately summoned nearby soldiers and horses to serve the king. In just a few days, ten imperial decrees were sent out, and then he checked the terrain.

Li Zicheng was busy with all kinds of situations, but he was so anxious that his general, Shang Zhiming, was Li Zicheng's imperial physician. He had followed Li Zicheng for many years in battle, and he had cured countless critical injuries. He was known as a miracle doctor in the Dashun Army.

"Your Majesty, you are injured, how can this be done, it is important to take care of the dragon's body." Shang Ziming, Niu Jinxing and others came to persuade.

"I can't die!" Li Zicheng slapped the case, his bronzed face was full of sullenness, Shang Ziming, Niu Jinxing and others were so shocked that they didn't dare to speak.

After retreating from the Luoyang battlefield, Li Zicheng suffered nine sword wounds, which were naturally given by Zhu Yousong. These nine wounds were not fatal, but the sword saw blood, some of which were deep enough to see the bones. The other eight wounds have basically healed, and there is still one serious wound that has not yet healed.

Shang Ziming told him to take more rest and not to work too hard, but how could Li Zicheng be free?When he mentioned the injury on his body, he was full of anger. After these days of passing away, his mood is much more stable now.

Liu Fangliang, Li Laiheng, Yuan Zongdi, Shuangxi, Song Xiance, not to mention the 5 soldiers and horses, lost so many generals at once, this is more painful than cutting Li Zicheng's flesh!

Therefore, after returning to Tongguan, Li Zicheng's temper became even more explosive. He lost his temper when he was a little unhappy, and killed people when he lost his temper.

One night, when he was reviewing the memorial, a servant in charge of the lamp dozed off and accidentally dropped sparks. Li Zicheng stared at him, and forced the servant who was so frightened to kneel down to plead for forgiveness to be dragged out and sentenced to death.

Since that incident, people found that the ideal king Li Chuang in the minds of the people who loved soldiers like sons and cared about the sufferings of the people did not know when he changed, and sometimes he became no different from a tyrant.

Only Shang Ziming, Niu Jinxing and other important officials dared to speak in front of him now.

"How is Li Guo's injury?" Li Zicheng asked.

Li Guo was also injured on the battlefield in Luoyang. At that time, he bullied Zhu Yousong without a weapon in his hand, but Zhu Yousong was far from an opponent even with bare hands. The sword he stabbed was broken by Zhu Yousong. It pierced into his body again, thanks to his fast running and good physique, otherwise he would have died that time.

Later Shang Ziming took out the broken sword for him, applied medicine to bandage the wound, and prescribed several doses of oral medicine, the wound healed very quickly in the past few days.

Seeing Li Zicheng asking Shang Ziming, he hurriedly bowed and said, "If you return to Your Majesty, General Li will recover in a few days."

Li Guo is Li Zicheng's nephew, and even Li Zicheng's arm. Li Zicheng's men can fight now. Apart from Li Zicheng, Li Guo is probably the only one who can fight. Then there are Gao Yigong, Tian Jianxiu, He Jin and others. Several generals.

"How many Qinwang teachers from all over the world have come?"

Niu Jinxing quickly replied: "Return to Your Majesty, Shangluo, Weinan and other nearby places have arrived, Ankang and Yan'an Mansion and other places farther away have received orders and are rushing here, including the former defenders of Tongguan, they are now gathered in Tongguan There are more than [-] soldiers and horses in the area. The queen has recovered, and [-] soldiers from the Beijing battalion are also rushing here. Your Majesty, don't worry, this time Zhu Yousong can't fly Tongguan even if he spreads his wings."

Hearing this, Li Zicheng's face softened and he looked much better. If all the soldiers and horses of King Qin arrived, [-] soldiers and horses would gather at Tongguan, and they could compete with Zhu Yousong again.

Now Tongguan is under construction outside the city. The moat has been widened and deepened by half, and the thickness of the city wall has increased by two meters, and the height has been increased by 1.5 meters.Dozens of red cannons are installed on the crenels at the head of the city.

In addition, they arranged their positions about ten miles away from Guancheng, and built a special line of defense here.

The reason why it is special is that this line of defense is all composed of fortresses.

There is a big fort built every 200 meters. These fortresses are all made of stones. The depth of the ground is one meter deep and the height above the ground is more than one foot. There are eight windows on the first floor, from which you can look out and shoot arrows. Each fort can accommodate 120 soldiers, and a total of [-] such forts have been built in the east of Tongguan.

There are deep mountains and cliffs in the south, and the surging Yellow River in the north. Therefore, the south and north of Tongguan are natural barriers. They can rest easy as long as they guard the east.

These 1 fortresses are dotted all over the place, and more than [-] soldiers will be equipped with strong bows and crossbows. After passing through this line of defense, is Tongguan City with copper walls and iron walls.

These projects are huge, so Li Zicheng sent [-] troops to work day and night, but the manpower was not enough, and many civilians were captured from the city, outside the city and nearby, so the projects were completed within ten days.

As for the soldiers and civilians who died exhausted on the construction site, they were dragged out and buried hastily, and the buried ones were dug out by dogs and wolves to scramble for it. Therefore, there are more wolves and wild dogs in the forests near Tiantong Pass. When you get up, you can hear them scrambling for food even in broad daylight, and even worse at night.

Of course Li Zicheng can't take care of these now. He takes Niu Jinxing and others to wander around the construction sites inside and outside the city every day. Sixty thousand.

After taking the queen into Guancheng, Li Cheng felt confident.

The old couple in distress hadn't seen each other for several months. Gao Guiying's arrival undoubtedly gave Li Zicheng an extra arm.

Gao Guiying's body has already recovered, but she has lost a lot of weight. Although he and she in military uniforms are still dashing and heroic, their faces are already a bit weathered.

"See Your Majesty." Gao Guiying saluted Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng took her hand and said happily, "Queen, I heard that your illness has recovered, and I am really happy for you."

"Thank you for your concern. Your Majesty has lost weight again. I heard that your Majesty was injured. How is your injury now?" Gao Guiying looked at Li Zicheng lovingly.

As soon as Li Zicheng's injury was mentioned, Li Zicheng's face sank again, and he said angrily: "There is nothing serious, this time I will settle the old and new scores with that stupid king Zhu Yousong!"

　PS: The second update was delivered. I saw a video in the group today. An old woman is sleeping with someone else. This world is really crazy...

　　
　
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