Chongzhen Undergraduates

"Brother, congratulations, you are going to lead the army again." Wang Zhigang and Wu Zhaosheng were envious, this is like getting out of the sea of ​​suffering.

"I think I'm not the only one who used the army this time. The two brothers hurried back, and maybe the order has been conveyed." Li Benshen felt a little strange. Zhu Youjian led the troops himself, obviously with important goals. Look, Li Zicheng is probably the only one who deserves Zhu Youjian's big fanfare to publicly say that he personally leads the troops.

Li Benshen's guess was correct. After stabilizing Jiangbei's line of defense a little, Zhu Youjian had to deal with Li Zicheng when he turned around.This is a deep hatred!

Don't think that the last Chuangjun in history cooperated with Nanming, so you must think that Li Zicheng's troops are no longer a threat.As long as Li Zicheng is alive, with this guy's "Xiaoqiang who can't be beaten to death" ability, he can pierce the sky.

Calculated according to the level of hatred, Li Zicheng was the culprit who broke Zhu Youjian's capital. At this time, if Zhu Youjian was still shrunk in Nanjing and did not dare to speak out, he would only be laughed at by the people all over the world.

"The royal driver personally conquered Li Zicheng!" This is a step that Zhu Youjian must complete in his revenge.

On April 20th, Zhu Youjian held a ceremonial ceremony at the wharf outside Nanjing City, vowed to march westward, and declared to the people of the entire Nanjing city that he would wipe out the intruders and put down the great rebellion that had lasted for nearly [-] years.

Recently, the momentum of the entire Ming Dynasty seems to have recovered. The people in Nanjing have all swept away the decadent look of losing the capital last year, and one by one, they have regained some of the demeanor and self-confidence of the previous kingdom.

After defeating Jin twice in a row, many people saw the hope of regaining lost ground, and their sense of identification with Chongzhen increased.Popularity seems to be back.

For this westward advance, Zhu Youjian was in charge personally, Zuo Maodi was of course the chief of staff, and Li Chengdong, a majestic leader of the army, was nominally the highest general who directly commanded the [-] Beijing Battalion.

In fact, except for the soldiers under the age of 17 staying in the general's barracks, all the rest of the soldiers will participate in this westward military operation.

The soldiers have been training for more than half a year, and Zhu Youjian has opened up the supply of pork every day, and some soldiers have grown a lot.

Whether it's a mule or a horse, we have to pull it out for a walk, first to test the results of training; second, to let these people come out to see the blood.An army that has never seen blood cannot be called a strong army.

Zhu Youjian believed that this westward march against Li Zicheng was an excellent opportunity for military training.If these soldiers are pulled out to practice against Hou Jin, Zhu Youjian will definitely feel distressed; now that Li Zicheng's elite is lost, it is the best object to use for training.

As the saying goes: Eat persimmons and pick the soft ones!

Li Chengdong's 3 soldiers were just shown by Zhu Youjian. The imperial court's nominal defense in Nanjing City was 13.In fact, the number of troops has reached [-].

There are a total of [-] troops for this westward expedition alone, and the other [-] have already boarded the Yangtze River Navy and sailed westward three days ago.

Concealing strength is still the most important strategic method of Ming Dynasty at present. Hiding your strengths and biding your time does not have to be in the heyday of peace. Back then, Goujian also tried his best to hide his strength for ten years.

Zhu Youjian's swearing-in meeting was very effective, and several spies were silently observing at the scene.

Standing at the highest point of the palace that afternoon, Wang Chengen saw several pigeons taking off in Nanjing.

"Go, check all those places for me, and keep an eye on them." Wang Chengen said with a gloomy face and gritted his teeth.

"Yes, you guys, let's do it now." The three young men in very ordinary clothes immediately cupped their fists, turned their heads and left.

No one expected that Li Zicheng was the one who received the information from Nanjing the fastest.What words do you know! "

Chapter 193: Surrounded on Three Sides

Speaking of Li Zicheng a month ago, when he avoided Azig's soldiers, he was going to grab Zuo Liangyu's ass to get some benefits.

All the way from Xiangyang to Wuchang, Wuchang at this time is not only good, but even everyone has run away.The whole of Wuchang is almost a pile of rubble.In Wuchang City, Li Zicheng only found a few crows standing on dead branches and croaking.

Li Zicheng and others were the first to cross the river and arrived in Wuchang. Those who followed him across the river were first the women and children of the Chuangjun, and then some civil servants.

"Your Majesty! I have searched all around, but there is not a single boat." Although Li Guo is said to be Li Zicheng's nephew, he is actually six years older than Li Zicheng.

The Dashun Dynasty was also the official opening of the country. Of course, the superiority and inferiority of the upper and lower levels must be discussed. When Li Guo and others saw Li Zicheng, they naturally wanted to call "the emperor".

"How far is Azig's striker from us?" Li Zicheng frowned as he looked at a large group of old and weak women and children.These women were all civil servants and palace maids who had been robbed by the army from the capital. In order to boost morale along the way, except for keeping some beautiful ones for myself, most of them were distributed to the generals and soldiers of each battalion.

Invading the army has always been a group life. Li Zicheng used this method to control the family members of his subordinates during the fleeing battle, so as to control the army.Now these family members are the only ones who followed Li Zicheng here, and most of the army has been dispersed.

At present, the main force of the invading army is mainly the Baiwang tribe and there are tens of thousands of people. As for Li Guo, who can go from northern Shaanxi to Gansu and go south to Hanzhong to Xiangyang, he is still alive.

In just over a month, Li Guo traveled west from Yan'an to Ningxia, then detoured around Gansu and Qinghai, entered Shu through Hanzhong, and then went east along the Yangtze River and entered Hubei before arriving in Xiangyang. The journey was nearly [-] miles. All along the way are alpine jungles.

It is estimated that the corns on the soles of Li Guo's feet can be lined up. This kind of spirit is not blown out, and it must be emphasized.Compared with the time it took for a certain army to travel long distances in later generations, Li Guo can be said to be a strong man.

"The main force of the Tartars has arrived at Chengtian Mansion, and the "Tianzhubing" led by Shang Kexi is fighting fiercely with Baiwang [-] miles north of the Jiangbei." Gao Yigong was speaking, Li Zicheng's serious brother-in-law and his subordinate The important generals were also the ones who followed Li Guo through those difficult years.

Chuangjun has fought until now, although a large number of troops have been dispersed, but several important generals at its core are still there.The backbone of Li Zicheng's subordinates: Li Guo, Gao Yigong, Tian Jianxiu, Liu Fangliang, Wu Ruyi, Yuan Zongdi, Liu Tichun, Bai Wang, etc., these people have basically survived.

"Tell the prime minister that there are no boats in the south of the river, and let him find a way in the north of the river. The boats crossing the river will send the soldiers across the Han River first, and build a position in Guishan, which will be faster."

The time to cross the Yangtze River is much longer than that of the Han River. It is also a natural moat. Pulling the troops to Hanyang first is also a way of emergency.

For Niu Jinxing, Li Zicheng has already begun to loathe him.Recently I heard that Li Yan is still alive and well, and he has formed a team in Shandong to resist the Tazi soldiers.

At this time, Li Zicheng probably understood that Li Yan's real ability was greater than that of Niu Jinxing. Recalling some things last year, Niu Jinxing's jealousy of Li Yan was completely revealed.

But this is hindsight, so it's useless.

"General, hurry up and retreat! If the fight continues, all the brothers will die." One of Bai Wang's soldiers shouted helplessly.

"We must hold on, there are still many of us who have not crossed the river. Look at the enemy, but there are only more than 3000 people, but we have tens of thousands of troops." Bai Wang really didn't believe the facts before him.

The Tianzhu Army with only a few thousand forwards will drive the shit out of tens of thousands of intruders.

"It's not that the brothers don't work hard, but how do you fight this battle. There is no gunpowder, no food, no arrows; even the knife is curled like this. Many brothers can only use it as an iron bar."

The personal soldier weighed the single sword in his hand that was already full of gaps and curling blades, and said helplessly.

Li Zicheng retreated to Xiangyang, lost all his horses, and basically did not bring all the logistics and luggage, but he brought a full set of the emperor's guard of honor.Without mules and horses, there would be no logistics; without logistics, there would be no weapons; and without bases, Huguang is now a sparsely populated and barren land. How can the Chuangjun fight against the Tartars?

The pursuers led by Azig were not the defenders of some small county towns, but regular troops fighting in the field.

"Get out, alas!" Bai Wang thumped his head hard.Anyway, I have experienced in Xiangyang for more than a year, but unfortunately, I have enough energy and not enough money, and the little family property I have accumulated has been brought into disaster by the people brought by Chuang Wang.

As soon as Baiwang withdrew, the entire Jiangbei Chuangbu was disintegrated. Starting from Hankou Town and going eastward along the Yangtze River, there were fleeing Chuangbu troops everywhere.

Niu Jinxing saw that he couldn't run away, so he simply turned around with his son and surrendered Shang Kexi.Most of the soldiers in the Chuang Department were able to escape to Hanyang.Later, the Jin army faced each other across the river, unable to cross the river, so they stopped in the north of the river.

Twenty days later, Li Zicheng led his men along the south bank and went east all the way to Jiujiang, but they still couldn't find a decent boat. He also heard that Zuo Menggeng's 10 people were defeated in Anqing, so he could only feel sad. Back to Wuchang again.

"Your Majesty, there is news from Nanjing. The Tartars were defeated in Fengyang and Shandong, and the official army has stabilized their positions."

Gao Guiying quickly found Li Zicheng with the latest letter from Feige.

"What did you say? The officers and soldiers actually won?" Li Zicheng was completely confused. When did the officers and soldiers become so powerful?

"Yes. Azig's troops are also withdrawing to the north, and Jiangbei's Tanma said that they have already withdrawn to Chengtian Mansion."

"What's the use of that? Jiangbei has nothing. Even if we go back, we won't get any benefits."

"Then what should we do now? Should we go to the Eight Great Kings (Zhang Xianzhong)?"

"That turtle grandson will only swallow my soldiers, and then chop off the heads of all our leaders."

"How about we also surrender to the Tartars?"