Back to the end of the Ming Dynasty when the emperor

Chapter 533
Zhu Yousong figured out the way to use the captives at hand to supplement the attrition of war casualties.Due to his large-scale preferential treatment of prisoners, this time more than 1 prisoners of the Dashun Army were reorganized into the Ming Army.

Therefore, in the Battle of Tongguan, although Zhu Yousong lost more than 2 horses.After the more than 1 captives were reorganized, the increase and decrease offset each other, and Zhu Yousong's [-] Ming army was basically of this size.

A few days later, 5000 troops were left to garrison Tongguan, and Zhu Yousong personally led an army of [-] out of Tongguan and continued westward.

More than 150 miles away is Weinan.The remnants led by Li Zicheng still wanted to fight stubbornly in Weinan. This time Zhu Yousong directly used the red cannon.

Seeing that there was going to be a war here, the common people in the vicinity abandoned their homes and businesses one after another, dragged their families with them, and left their hometowns. Some hid in the deep mountains and old forests to avoid the war.Some of them hid in the city, and they tried to let their Emperor Dashun come to protect their peace.

But most of the common people were rather disappointed with the Dashun Emperor, not to mention their military discipline, because in the past two years, Li Zicheng suffered consecutive defeats, and was first kicked out of Beijing by the Tartars, and moved to the land of Qin and Jin.Now being driven out by the Ming army has no place to drill, it is even more embarrassing than Emperor Chongzhen's suppression of thieves back then.

Zhu Yousong looked at the small town of Weinan and decided to make a quick decision.

"It's time for the commander to make meritorious service again!"

But Li Zhushi was very happy, his artillery battalion hadn't shown its power for a long time.Today she must have a good time, so that her majesty and soldiers can see that cannons are the best weapon for siege.

After choosing the terrain, dozens of cannons in red were laid out one by one. Li Zhushi, the commander of the artillery battalion, personally commanded the soldiers of the artillery battalion, adjusted the front sight and the photo door, and after loading the ammunition, he gave an order: "ignite!"

"Boom, boom, boom, boom—"...

The cannon is worthy of being the god of war. The sound of the cannon was earth-shattering. Dozens of cannons roared continuously for more than ten minutes, and the smoke filled the air and shook the mountains.

After the gunfire, Li Zicheng's line of defense was completely destroyed, and the small Weinan county town was almost reduced to ruins.

Then 10 troops charged collectively, and captured Weinan with a force of destruction.

The Dashun Army couldn't resist, so Li Zicheng, Gao Guiying, Niu Jinxing and others had to continue running with the remnants.

They crossed Baqiao and fled all the way into Xi'an.

After the Ming army occupied Weinan, they chased across the Baqiao without stopping, and also killed the city of Xi'an.Then 10 troops surrounded Xi'an.

Xi'an was Xijing at that time. This was Li Zicheng's capital here after he returned from defeat in Beijing, which was also the capital of the Dashun Army.

It has been less than ten months since Li Zicheng led an army of 15 to march eastward, and now the capital is trapped. Li Zicheng's success or failure is so fast, it is like a flash in the pan, and the capital is shocked.

There is a heavy city near the capital of the Dashun Army, which is the ancient city of Xianyang.

There is a Dashun army stationed in Xianyang, more than 8000 people, headed by a general.This general soldier is Li Zicheng's loyal loyalist, and he led the crowd to relieve the danger of the capital without knowing his limits, so he came to serve the king.

The 8000 troops almost poured out of the city, but as soon as they left Xianyang, Xianyang City was taken by the Ming army.

It was Chen Qianfu's team that took Xianyang. A few days ago, Song Xiance suggested to Zhu Yousong that he sent a partial division to cross the Yellow River and attack the side of Shaanxi from the direction of Luliang. Although this partial division only had more than 3 people.But it is an elite team that can conquer battles, and the Zhongzhen Battalion commanded by Ma Wannian is the vanguard. The 3000 white-armed soldiers are one of the two trump cards of the Ming army.Siege of cities and villages is their forte, so this group of people is like a broken bamboo along the way, grabbing the gates during the day and capturing the villages at night, and their actions are extremely fast.

After crossing Luliang Mountain, they took Yulin, and Yan'an Mansion, and then went south to Xijing.

But as soon as they won the Yan'an Mansion, they heard about Zhu Yousong's victory in Tongguan. There were more than 3 horses, and everyone was greatly encouraged from top to bottom.

When it was more than 100 miles away from Xijing, Chen Qianfu and the others heard that their majesty's magical soldiers had already taken Weinan and marched into Bashui.

They also speeded up their march. Xianyang City is just a few dozen miles northwest of Xi'an. After discussing with Yuan Shu, Chen Qianfu decided to pull out the nail of Xianyang first.

After all, Xianyang is also a famous city, and it is close to Xijing. It forms a corner with Xijing and guards the gate to the northwest of Xijing. This should be a difficult bone. At this time, Qingcheng came out.

Chen Qianfu and Yuan Shu were overjoyed, God helped me!
More than 3 horses went straight to Xianyang. At this time, if there is no Xianyang, it is impossible for a single soldier. There are only 2000 old, weak, sick and disabled guarding the city. Therefore, the Ming army occupied this ancient city almost without bloodshed.

5000 soldiers were left to guard Xianyang, and Chen Qianfu led more than 2 people to find King Zhu Yousongqin.

This time, the King Qin's division of the Dashun Army from Xianyang was completely dead.The front and back are the Ming army, and these thousands of people are sandwiched between the 10,000+ army, becoming a doormat.

In a melee with little meaning and no suspense, the commander-in-chief of Xianyang died in battle, and most of the Dashun army chose to surrender as prisoners to save their lives.

Chen Qianfu and Zhu Yousong joined forces, and 12 troops surrounded the city of Xi'an.The third floor inside and the third floor outside are full of company camps of the Ming army, with tents next to each other, stretching and undulating, and you can't see the edge at a glance.

After setting up the camp, Ma Wannian, Zhang Huan, Li Zhushi and others came to Zhu Yousong to take the initiative to invite Ying, advocated a strong attack, and took Xijing in one go.

Zhu Yousong had his own plans and did not adopt their suggestions, because he was discussing with Song Xiance about forcing Li Zicheng to surrender.

If Xijing can be resolved peacefully, of course it is the only choice. The Dashun regime has become a hot spot, and its defeat is only a matter of time.

Now Zhu Yousong has figured out that the Dashun Army in the city and all the troops including the Yulin Army are about 5.

In addition, there are tens of thousands of households in the city.If the city is forcibly attacked, Li Zicheng will definitely jump over the wall in a hurry, burn Beijing, Luoyang, and Xijing if he is in a hurry.It is obviously not wise to wait for an abandoned city at that time, and now Zhu Yousong has more options in his hands.

Because the Dashun army's Qin Wang divisions were gone, they saw that Dashun had already set in the west, and they turned their backs and surrendered to the court one after another.

Some of those stubborn people went to vote for Zhang Xianzhong, and some chose to occupy the mountain as king. Now Xijing has become an isolated city.

There are ways to deal with such an isolated city Zhu Yousong.

At this time, Shuangxi Huiying, Huimei and Zhang Nai dared to rush to Xijing from Luoyang to Qinwang, and Shuangxi Huimei and Zhang Nai's injuries were all healed.

Now Zhu Yousong plans to spend some more time with Li Zicheng.

(End of this chapter)