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Chapter 532 The Battle of Tongguan (7)

Although Li Zicheng took the queen's wife Gao Guiying to the city to join the battle in person, although Li Guo, Tian Jianxiu, Gao Yigong and several other brave generals risked their lives, they wanted to send Zhang Huan, Ma Jinhua, He Xuanjiao, Li Quan, Liu Chunhong and others together It is also unrealistic to drive down the top of the city by dividing five by two.

There is no need to go into too much detail about the bravery of these people. It can be seen from their identities and experiences that Ma Jinhua is the champion of martial arts, and the only heroine in history. Swords, stones, horses, steps, arrows, formation of troops, attack, kill and defend, eighteen kinds of martial arts, are deeply taught by Qin Liangyu.

He Xuanjiao was born in Lulin, this is the daughter of Iron Arm Canglong and Zhao Xiong, who is He Zhaoxiong?He was born in the green forest, and later became a king of the mountain. He didn't have a lot of skills in his hands, so he couldn't get this title at all.

Zhang Huan was also a martial arts scholar. His father was Zhang Ling, a famous general in Sichuan, who was nicknamed the God Crossbow General. Compared with his father, his martial arts can be said to be better than blue.

Li Quan's martial arts is not too weak, otherwise he would not be able to be the head of Dongchang and Dongchang's prisoner Qianhu, and Liu Chunhong, regardless of his humble background, is also a hero who does not give in to others, especially in the water. The ability is excellent.

These few people all risked their lives. The ordinary Dashun generals were not their opponents, and they were knocked down by them one after another. In the melee, they met Li Zicheng, Gao Guiying, Li Guo, Tian Jianxiu and Gao Yi. Gong waited for the generals, and for a while, the soldiers faced the soldiers and the generals, and the killing on the top of the city was inextricable.

With the passage of time, more and more soldiers of the Ming army attacked the city, and the balance of power between the two sides is changing. All the generals of the Dashun army who can fight in the city are now rushing up, so they are now one dead and one less. .

However, the soldiers of the Ming army on the top of the city were different. More and more soldiers of the Ming army rushed to the top of the city. The power of the Ming army was turning the situation around, but Li Zicheng and the others fought desperately.

This murderous battle lasted from the morning until almost noon, and the soldiers of the Dashun Army were completely unable to stop it.

The generals of the Dashun army who rushed up to the top of the city rushed down along the horse path. They killed and scattered the soldiers guarding the city gate, occupied the city gate, and then opened the city gate.

At this time, the Ming army rushed in through the city gate like a flood breaking a dike.

Li Zicheng on the top of the city saw that there were all Ming troops on the top and bottom of the city, so he had to retreat while fighting under the protection of the soldiers.

Li Zicheng led his men and horses to withdraw from the top of the wall, while Ma Jinhua, He Xuanjiao, Li Quan, Liu Chunhong and the others led their men and horses to chase down the top of the wall.

However, Li Zicheng was still unwilling to fail, and led his soldiers to start another fierce street battle with the Ming army who rushed into the city.

From noon to the afternoon, they were killed in one breath, and the heads were rolling, and the blood flowed like a river. Both sides suffered heavy casualties.

At this time, someone came to report to Li Zicheng, "Report Your Majesty, something is wrong. A Ming army crossed the Yellow River and entered from Luliang area. They captured Yulin and now they have occupied Yan'an Mansion."

This time Li Zicheng was discouraged. Originally, he had many soldiers around him, and it would not be a problem to persist in Tongguan for a while. However, this Ming army captured Yulin and Yan'an Mansion, and the army was bound to go south, and would soon attack their capital, Xijing.

Xijing is now empty, if Xijing is lost, it means that their home will be gone, and then they must be attacked by enemies. The consequences are too serious, how can he not panic?
It wasn't just Li Zicheng who panicked, including his wife Gao Guiying, his generals, especially the senior generals of the Dashun Army, were all shocked when they got the news.

Because the capital has their homes, some of them are very wealthy, most of them are wives and children, and the whole family is at home.This home is going to be lost, so what's the matter?

The defeat was already set, but this time it was even more frightening and the soldiers had no fighting spirit.

Li Zicheng thought about it, seeing what this means, Tongguan in front of him can't be defended anymore, the loss of Guancheng is only a matter of a few hours earlier and a few hours later, and there must be no more problems in the west.

So he gritted his teeth and ordered to retreat.

When these Dashun army generals heard this order, they rushed towards the west city gate as if they had received an amnesty.

Li Zicheng and the others couldn't even yell at them. They only hated their parents for losing two legs. They didn't even have time to arrange the troops after they were broken. Regardless of whether it is ignored, this is called the defeat of the army.

Li Zicheng ran away when he saw it, so he might as well run away himself.He took the queen's wife Gao Guiying and Niu Jinxing, and under the protection of Li Guo, Gao Yigong, Tian Jianxiu and others, he left Tongguan and fled westward in embarrassment.

In the evening, Zhu Yousong's army completely occupied Tongguan.

So far, Li Zicheng's strategic deployment of relying on dangers has failed again.He wasted money, mobilized tens of thousands of troops, and captured Dinglafu, thickened and raised the already impregnable Tongguan City Wall, and built a hundred forts ten miles outside the city as the first line of defense. More than 1 people The crossbowmen shoot arrows at the outside together, forming a crossfire network, and it is simply impossible for men and horses to rush over.

These two lines of defense, no matter which one, they think is indestructible.However, when the Ming army actually launched a charge, they did not survive two days.

Li Zicheng abandoned the pass and fled in embarrassment. There were still 1 Dashun generals in the [-] fortresses in the east of Tongguan, and Li Zicheng could no longer care about them.

These 1 people are like abandoned children that no one wants.Within two days, more than 1 people voluntarily got out of the fort and surrendered to the Ming army.Otherwise these fortresses would be living coffins in which to bury them.

As for their leader, He Jinhe, General Soldier, he was killed by his generals, and then he brought He Jin's head to Zhu Yousong to ask for a reward.

Zhu Yousong naturally refused to reject these people who came to surrender.

After the capture of Tongguan, tens of thousands of people spent two days cleaning the battlefield, repairing the city defenses, and treating the wounded.

In this battle, more than 3 Dashun troops were annihilated, and nearly [-] of them became prisoners.

However, the Ming army also paid a heavy price of more than 2 casualties in this siege. Zhu Yousong knew that for this, he still used the "bull soldiers" cleverly to let Li Zicheng's people be fooled immediately. Otherwise, if he attacked forcibly, could he It was still two days before Xiaguan City, and the number of casualties was far more than this.

Next, Zhu Yousong rewarded the three armies in the city, because so many cows died at once, of course not, it was all wasted.Who let them die.

Let the firefighters of the cooking team go to the battlefield outside the city to pick up dead cows. These cows that have just died from arrows on the battlefield or were killed or injured by bombing are thrown away. It is a pity that they are still useless. authentic beef.

Then they began to reward according to their merits, and then rewarded the three armies with beef, distributed royal wine, and the whole army celebrated wildly.

(End of this chapter)