Daming Military Empire

Chapter 235 Chuang Wang sneak attack and was captured

It is said that more than 50 peasant troops attacked in four directions. What kind of chaos has become in the Northwest?In fact, the peasant army is not as terrifying as those officials imagined. Whether it is the Chongzheng Dynasty or the Chongzhen Dynasty, the combat effectiveness of the peasant army is not very good. Their specialty seems to be fleeing for their lives. It will not work, of course, it is a matter of the Chongzhen Dynasty, and there is no such thing as a failure in the Chongzheng Dynasty and Ming Dynasty.

In this way, some peasants may be dissatisfied. How could the peasant army be so good? Didn’t they capture the capital of Ming Dynasty, and didn’t the Ming Dynasty just fall into their hands?This is really flattering them. When Li Zicheng attacked the capital, he was fighting all the way. There were not many people who really fought with him. It was not until Ningwuguan that he encountered a hard problem: Zhou Yuji, the general guard of the pass. He had tens of 10 people besieging and beating thousands of people, and he had to pay the price of killing more than 7 people in order to capture Ningwu Pass. Note that it was not casualties, but more than 7 people were killed in battle. As bloody as Zhou Yuji, even if he had an army of one million, he might not be able to defeat the capital.

When they arrived in the capital, they surrendered this way and that surrendered, and no one fought them at all. There was also a strange injustice here. Chongzhen retired and returned to his hometown in 12 years. Cao Huachun, who had lived at home for almost six years, was unexpectedly beaten The literati falsely accused him of opening the gates of the city to welcome the rebels into the city as the "eunuch guarding the city". Cao Huachun's gun was lying on the ground, so much injustice.No matter how wronged Cao Huachun was, one fact cannot be denied, that is, the rebel army was welcomed into the capital by someone, not beaten in. As for who opened the door, this is an eternal mystery, maybe it is the person who slandered Cao Huachun Bar.

In terms of real fighting, Li Zicheng is really not very good. Man Qing really fought with him. As a result, he had an army of millions. More than ten thousand, the difference in combat effectiveness of the peasant army can be seen.

Therefore, even if they have an army of more than 50 at the moment, even if they have a "smart plan" to attack from four directions, more than a month has passed, and they have not achieved any decent results. Li Zicheng surrounded Luoyang, and Zhang Xianzhong also Xiangyang was surrounded, but before they were defeated, Luo Rucai also led various rebels into Fengyang Mansion. It was only a few tens of miles away, and the [-] defenders of Wupingwei alone let them Helpless, unable to move forward.

All three routes have been fought. What is Gao Yingxiang, the main force of the Peasant Army, doing?
Right now they are looking for a way, a shortcut to Xi'an, or in other words, they are looking for death, looking for a road of no return to hell.

Gao Yingxiang, how should I put it, among the leaders of the peasant uprising army, he can be said to be the most ordinary one. He does not have the vision of King Jiayin of Fugu, the arrogance of King Zijinliang for himself, and the brutality of Zhang Xianzhong, the eighth king. Without the ingenuity of Sai Cao Cao Luo Rucai, the reason why he became the leader of the rebel army may be because he has a powerful nephew: the future Chuang Wang and the current Chuang General Li Zicheng.

Although Li Zicheng is not very good, he is the most powerful among the leaders of the rebel army. If Li Zicheng was in Gao Yingxiang, he might not have embarked on this road of no return, but Li Zicheng was not there during the Chongzhen and Chongzheng dynasties. , so Gao Yingxiang is doomed to embark on this road of no return.

It's so scary, what kind of road is this?
This road is the famous Ziwu Valley in history. During the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of Shu who had no plans to spare, and Wei Yan, the general of Shu who was naturally rebellious, had differences because of this road.

Wei Yan believed that if he attacked from this route, he would be able to take Guanzhong by surprise and attack Chang'an directly.

And Zhuge Liang believed that if someone set up an ambush on this road, the entire army would definitely be wiped out, and this road must not be taken.

In the end, Wei Yan naturally couldn't resist Zhuge Liang, so he didn't go. If he really took this road, maybe he wouldn't have to trouble Ma Dai to give him another knife, because this is really a road of no return.

Naturally, Gao Yingxiang did not have Zhuge Liang's IQ, he was not even as good as Wei Yan, so after his subordinates found the fabled direct road to Chang'an, he led an army of 20 on it without hesitation.

It is said that there were indeed few people guarding Xi'an during the Chongzhen Dynasty. It is understandable that he ran to sneak attack. Now Xi'an has Sun Chuanting's [-] troops, why did he still run to sneak attack?
This is also his destiny. Li Zicheng analyzed the ingenious timing of the four-way attack at the beginning. The most likely breakthrough is the Xi'an route, because Sun Chuanting learned that Fengyang was besieged, and he would definitely send troops to save it. With the ancestral grave of today's little emperor, how dare Sun Chuanting not save it.

Li Zicheng didn't know that Zhu Cijiong could mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops casually. He thought that the imperial court's soldiers and horses were restrained by Houjin, or else they were almost reaching the capital last time, and only Sun Chuanting came to rescue them. Woolen cloth.

Li Zicheng didn't know, and Gao Yingxiang didn't even know. He also thought that Sun Chuanting would definitely go to Fengyang to help. In the Ming Dynasty, there were no mobile phones, and no one called him in Xi'an to tell him that Sun Chuanting hadn't gone at all. Therefore, he chose to 'sneak attack' Xi'an without hesitation.

As for Sun Chuanting, he had already received Zhu Cijiong's secret decree, beware of rebels sneaking in from Meridian Valley!
Well, in fact, Zhu Cijiong didn't need to remind him. No one reminded him in history. He also caught Gao Yingxiang in Ziwu Valley. Now that the emperor reminded him, he was naturally more prepared.

Gao Yingxiang thought he did it without anyone noticing it. In fact, the scouts of the Qin army had already connected with the Jinyiwei spies in the rebel army. Sun Chuanting knew everything about him. He had just stepped into Ziwu Valley At the exit, Sun Chuanting had already started to set up an ambush, opened his pockets, and prepared to 'greet' him when he arrived.

The ending needless to say, Gao Yingxiang this time is worse than that of the Chongzhen Dynasty. At this time, the Qin army is well-equipped, not only with flintlock guns, but also grenades and howitzers. To deal with them, they are armed with big knives and spears and even hoes. The rebel army was simply a one-sided massacre.

Gao Yingxiang's defeat was miserable. He led 20 rebels to walk for more than half a month. He had just arrived at the exit of Meridian Valley. "Pa" suddenly row after row of Ming troops appeared in the valley. More than 20 people were caught in the narrow valley. The shells and bullets came like raindrops. What happened to the blood flow? The 20 rebels were either lying on the ground and rolling, or surrendered on their knees.

This time Gao Yingxiang didn't even have the chance to hide in the cave, and was directly caught by Sun Chuanting, and none of the main force of the 20 rebels escaped!

(End of this chapter)