Ming Taizi's Total War

Chapter 219 Another Battle with the Qing Army

It is obviously impossible for the entire army to withdraw and abandon Tongguan.

If this is really done, the Qing army can send some casual cavalry to cause them a lot of trouble and casualties. In that case, their marching speed will be very slow.

Only by leaving some people behind to attract firepower for Li Zicheng's large army, can Li Zicheng get to the Huguang area safely through Zhang Xianzhong's territory in Sichuan.

There, Li Zicheng can re-establish a base area, set up a government again, and maybe he can wrestle with the Qing Dynasty and the Ming court at that time.

"No." Li Zicheng finally spoke, and he refuted Liu Fangliang's proposal with a gloomy face.

If it was before the Ming army came to Tongguan, he really had this idea to abandon Tongguan and the whole of Shaanxi. After all, his family was not strong enough to fight against the Qing army.

But now that the Ming army has come, the balance of war has changed.

No one knows where the wheel of fate will turn, whether it is the Ming army, the Qing army, or their Shun army.

No one knows this, but Li Zicheng knows that once he leaves, he will have nothing to do with competing in the Central Plains in the future.

An army that avoids large-scale battles will be afraid of large-scale battles. From then on, if its subordinates face battle again, they will shrink back and not be as brave as before.

And once he leaves Shaanxi, he may not be able to return in his lifetime. Shaanxi is Li Zicheng's hometown and his most important base.

In the peasant war in the late Ming Dynasty, Shaanxi was not devastated too much because of its geographical advantages, and it still had a certain economic foundation, which could provide supplies for the army and provide a steady stream of talents for its own court.

Originally, the Central Plains was the place where Li Zicheng rose from a rogue bandit to become the leader of the peasant uprising that swept the world. Unfortunately, after years of peasant wars, the place had become riddled with holes, and no one wanted to go there even as an official.

"I ran away this time, is there a next time?"

"The situation has changed now, and we have the possibility to defeat the Qing army. If I don't seize this opportunity, I will regret it for the rest of my life." Li Zicheng's words were resounding.

Although he has always retained the thinking of rogues fighting, if there is an opportunity to defeat the enemy head-on on the battlefield, he will not miss it.

Originally, the Qing army had the strongest combat effectiveness and could easily defeat his Shun army and Zhu Cihong's Ming army, but now that both the Shun army and the Ming army had come, it would be difficult for the Qing army to defeat them all.

"That's right, Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, and the Eighteen Sons are in charge of the artifacts. Perhaps this is the chance for Your Majesty to obtain the Chinese artifacts." At this time, Song Xiance suddenly walked out from the ranks of civil servants.

He was appointed by Li Zicheng as the founding military adviser. Li Zicheng raised troops all the way to the capital. Thanks to him, if not for him, maybe Li Zicheng would have been buried in that barren mountain long ago.

Although Li Zicheng's personal prestige is extremely high, Song Xiance's talk about the Eighteen Sons' Master Artifact has a strong response among the crowd. He believes that after the Eighteen Sons talked about Li Zicheng, it brought Li Zicheng many fanatical followers.

"As long as we win this battle, the 10,000+ Qing army will fall apart, and His Majesty's prestige will reach a peak. For decades, no one has ever defeated the 10,000+ Qing army head-on."

"At that time, His Majesty will be able to recruit and accept the rebellion. I guarantee that one hundred thousand soldiers will come to join us in no time. At that time, we will take advantage of the situation to defeat Zhu Cihong's young Ming army, and then send troops to northern Shaanxi and march into the capital. The world will decide. "

Song Xiance compiled a wonderful dream for everyone, as long as these big victories can be guaranteed, this dream can come true.

It's a pity that this is as difficult as heaven. If Li Zicheng and his Shun army were really that powerful, how could they be chased by the Qing army like a bereaved dog.

Song Xiance's dream can only be hoped that the destiny will be on their side, and God will always give them good luck.

"Okay." Li Zicheng's voice was like thunder, resounding in the ears of everyone in the hall.

"What the military adviser said is very true. I am the Son of Heaven, how can I back down easily. The battle between me and the Qing army will not end so easily, and I will not admit defeat so easily." Li Zicheng said through gritted teeth.

He decided to give it a try. As the saying goes, if a person dies, he will not die for thousands of years.

As long as he wins this battle with the Ming army, even if he dies on the battlefield, future generations will remember his name as Emperor Dashun Yongchang.

But if he sneaks to the south, even if he can still sweep the world, the history books will record his not glorious deeds.

Besides, it will not be so easy for him to sweep the world. After decades of wars and disasters, the people in the north and south of the river are tired of war. The vast land in the Central Plains is even barren like the primitive era. Even if he sweeps the world, he has Who will respond?
"I've decided to fight the Qing army again the day after tomorrow." It's not too late, he doesn't have much time, and if he doesn't take advantage of the Ming army's arrival to defeat the Qing army, Jierhalang might go south to the Guanzhong Plain up.

The reason why he chose the day after tomorrow is because Li Zicheng didn't know when the Ming army would come, whether it was today, tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow. He didn't cheat, he didn't have spies, and he didn't have spy satellites. How could he know the day when the Ming army would arrive? .

However, he estimated that it would not be later than the day after tomorrow at the latest. The large troops of the Ming army set off from Kaifeng Mansion, and Tongguan was located in Henan Mansion to the west of Kaifeng Mansion, not far away, only a few hundred miles away.

In a few days, the Ming army should have crawled over even if they had to climb. After all, the Yellow River can provide supplies along the way from Kaifeng Mansion to Henan Mansion, and there is no danger along the way.

Although Dashun placed a Jiedu Envoy in Henan Province, that Jiedu Envoy was similar to Tian Hu, the previous Jiedu Envoy guarding Kaifeng. There were not many soldiers at all, at most 1000 soldiers, and even the city walls were not enough to stand. There is no threat to the Ming army at all.

"The general obeys orders." Liu Zongmin, Liu Fangliang and others still respected Li Zicheng very much and listened to him. Once Li Zicheng gave an order, these people immediately obeyed the order without a word of refutation.

In fact, they left like this, and they were also unwilling.

From the capital all the way to Shaanxi, they lost several 10 horses. Although most of them were the surrendered troops of the Ming Dynasty who surrendered and rebelled, their old brothers suffered serious losses.

Especially in the battle between Tongguan and the Qing army, at least thousands of people were killed and injured in each battle. Fortunately, neither side could have absolute control over the battlefield, so the Shun army was able to transport the corpses, wounded soldiers, and weapons back to Tongguan. It didn't cause too much loss.

If after every battle, the Shun army was defeated for thousands of miles and was chased by the Qing army's iron cavalry, after a few battles, their Shun army would have no soldiers to use.

(End of this chapter)