Back to the end of the Ming Dynasty when the emperor

Chapter 614
This time Zhang Xianzhong will fight Zhu Yousong to the death on Phoenix Mountain in Xichong.

In terms of the specific strategy of resisting the war, Prime Minister Zuo Yan Xi ordered Zhang Xianzhong to offer advice, saying that the west is full of fertile fields and the capital is known as the land of abundance. Since Song's conquest of Daxi has been stretched so long, the supply of food and grass supplies must be a problem.Therefore, there is no need to kill or fight at all. You only need to fortify the wall and clear the field. Zhu Yousong will not last long and will retreat without fighting. The men and horses chased after them, the Ming army would be defeated, and Zhu Yousong could be captured in one battle.

Zhang Xianzhong was overjoyed and immediately agreed to play.Next, all towns and villages in nearby prefectural cities and counties took action. The local officials cooperated with the Daxi Army to drive all the people to the city, including food, grass, chickens, ducks, livestock, etc., and implemented the "three light policy" to transport them all away, and then set fire to all the villages and fields. , so that the Ming army could not obtain local materials, and it was impossible to raise food and grass.

After a few short days, the area around Phoenix Mountain was covered in ruins for hundreds of miles.

At this time, Zhu Yousong's army arrived...

Of course, Zhu Yousong has not been idle these days. The Ming army won a complete victory in the first battle of Kuizhou. After taking Kuizhou City, Zhu Yousong stayed in Kuizhou City for more than ten days. The wounded, the prisoners were collected, and the post-war affairs were dealt with, and then the spoils of war were piled up like mountains, such as food, horses, armored battles, gold and silver, etc., which were recorded in the account and transported to the grain depot to be used as military supplies.

The tens of thousands of captives of the Western Army were still divided according to the principle of voluntariness. Those who were unwilling to serve as soldiers were registered and sent back to their hometowns, and those who were willing to serve as soldiers were reorganized. This added more than 3 troops.

The increase of more than 3 troops is an important supplement to the Ming army's war reduction, because although Zhu Yousong won the battle from the Caodian Lake Station to the Kuizhou War, it is said that he killed three thousand enemies and lost eight hundred After the two major battles, the Ming army also suffered tens of thousands of casualties. These 3 people were supplemented, so that Zhu Yousong could still fight at a scale of 13 horses, which was still claimed to be 15. With 5 naval divisions, it is still known as an army of 20.

After more than ten days of rest and dealing with the aftermath, Zhu Yousong left 1 troops to guard Kuizhou, and left a trustworthy general officer, who was named the chief soldier of Kuizhou to garrison the city.Of course, every time they occupy a land, soldiers and horses must be left to defend the city, which is also their way back.

Then Zhu Yousong took 17 horses, still known as 20 to the outside world, and marched towards Chengdu by land and water.

In everything, we must grasp the main contradiction, and we cannot grasp it at the eyebrows and beards.Zhang Xianzhong in Daxi is undoubtedly the main conflict now. As for Li Zicheng who is hiding in the mountains and lingering, Zhu Yousong can ignore him for the time being, because his Dashun has already existed in name only, and it will take time to solve Zhang Xianzhong's Daxi if he wants to make a comeback It's not too late to deal with Li Zicheng after turning around.

The defeats at Meadow Lake and Kuizhou were the two major defeats of Zhang Xianzhong's personal conquests. The Great Western Army was devastated. Zhu Yousong's journey from Kuizhou to Chengdu was more than a thousand miles away. surrender.

The Ming army robbed the customs and villages along the way, and sometimes they were able to take down three cities or even four cities in one day.Therefore, in just over a month, Zhu Yousong's men drove to the foot of Phoenix Mountain.

It is only more than 400 miles away from Chengdu, the capital of Daxi, but when Zhu Yousong saw the Phoenix Mountain, he felt like all the grass and trees were soldiers.

There were still more than 20 miles away from the mountain. Zhu Yousong sent an order to stop the team and sent people to investigate.Soon Zhu Yousong got the report that Fenghuang really had heavy troops from the Great Western Army, and this time Zhang Xianzhong was the imperial conquest himself, and he placed the imperial camp on the mountain.

Zhu Yousong calculated that it was just three months before Zhang Xianzhong's defeat in Kuizhou. In such a short period of time, Zhang Xianzhong made a comeback again, and he personally led the army. This Xianzhong is worthy of being a bandit. After a few disastrous defeats, I have been frightened, and I will definitely not take it easy if I hide in the capital. If my knife or arrow didn't kill him, I would be a frightened bird, but he dared to come, he really deserves to be the Eight Great Kings what!

From this point of view, Daxi's strength is really strong enough, even worse than Dashun established by Li Zicheng.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yousong felt a little respect for Zhang Xianzhong. He has been defeated repeatedly, defeated repeatedly, such a tenacious fighter, in this troubled world, compared with those who came and surrendered, who came and surrendered, and who came and went when the Ming Dynasty came. Jiang Daming's downfall and those people who complain about others and talk about harming the country are enough heroes.

The battle of Phoenix Mountain is quite critical. If Zhang Xianzhong is beaten away again, it is estimated that the next battle will be his capital Chengdu, and the Daxi regime will be about the same by then.

Zhu Yousong was thinking about this, and someone came to report that Li Dingguo had withdrawn his troops from Jiujiang, and nearly [-] troops had arrived in Xiaoting, Hubei. Obviously, Li Dingguo returned to the army under the order of Zhang Xianzhong.

Zhu Yousong knew that a difficult problem was coming, but Zhang Xianzhong had nothing to do with it. His four godsons were not easy to mess with. Except for one Dingbei King Ai Nengqi on the Caodian Lake battlefield, there were only three left. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, everyone was an all-powerful figure, especially this Li Guoding, Zhu Yousong's ears were already full. Before crossing, he was full of admiration for this name, especially after Zhang Xianzhong's death, Li Dingguo Lian Ming He fought vigorously against the Qing Dynasty for more than ten years, and his literary and martial arts are talked about by later generations, and he is an out-and-out national hero.

Zhu Yousong has long wanted to surrender this person, but it is undoubtedly very difficult to get him to surrender. It can be concluded that there will be a bloody battle at the foot of Phoenix Mountain in the near future.

But Zhu Yousong later savored the three words "Fenghuang Mountain" carefully, and Zhu Yousong laughed.

Phoenix Mountain is located in Duofu Town, Xichong County. It is 414 meters above sea level and winds for tens of miles. It looks like a phoenix, hence the name.There are Shizhai gates on the east, south and west sides of the mountain, surrounded by cliffs, which are easy to defend but difficult to attack.The top of the mountain is flat. According to the original historical development, Zhang Xianzhong used to camp here.The name of the peak is "Jiaqi Mountain", which is the place where the Daxi Army hangs the military flag.The mountain in the east is called "Daijian Ridge" by people. It is said that Zhang Xianzhong died here on the way back to the command camp with the help of soldiers after he was shot by an arrow in Taiyangxi during the battle against the Qing army.

Zhu Yousong knew about these things in the film and television novels before time travel, so Zhu Yousong was happy to think of this, and Zhang Xianzhong camped here seems to be his taboo.

Zhu Yousong then issued an order to find a suitable place to set up a camp twenty miles away from Phoenix Mountain. The scale of the 10,000+ army camp, including the navy battalion, was not bad. The Ming army’s camp stretched for dozens of miles. The tents are next to each other, and you can't see the side at a glance.

After setting up camp, Zhu Yousong invited Song Xiance to discuss strategies to defeat the enemy.

(End of this chapter)