Chen Zilong's words made Li Xiaoton interested, he quickly stood up from the chair, and together with Jiang Yueguang on the side, walked quickly to the wall, followed Chen Zilong's gesture, and carefully checked the map hanging on the wall.

"King Tang, please see, after our army recovers the Xuanfu North Road, if we go out of the Longmen Guard on the Xuanfu North Road, enter the Karaqin Mongolian territory, attack all the way east, take Wafanggou, Mantaoer, Xiaoxingzhou, Dajibao, and then cross the Kuanhe River and the Qinglong River, you can go all the way to the pass."

Chen Zilong's fingers tapped hard at the entry position: "Then, our army will immediately re-enter the Xingyuan Pass where the Shun army is stationed, and you can go straight to the Shanhaiguan Pass occupied by our army." In this way, this road will be opened, and our army, which is isolated and suspended outside the Jintang City, can be connected with the main force of our army, and there is no need to worry about equipment, money, food, and all kinds of materials being transported over. ”

The more Chen Zilong spoke, the more excited he became, and he said loudly: "King Tang, if we open up this passage, then, it is foreseeable that for a long time, both the Qing court in the north and the Dashun in the south will not have enough troops to cut off this transportation line because of the great defeat outside Jintang City just now. Our army can take advantage of this time to vigorously transport firearms and equipment such as heavy dragon attack artillery and flintlock guns to Jintang City and completely complete the reorganization of the 12th Town, which is a rare opportunity. ”

He paused, and then said: "If these two towns are reorganized, then our army will have a lot to do in the future." Whether our army went south to sweep the entire town of Xuanfu, or went north to unify the Mongol tribes, it was a matter of course. Therefore, it is believed that taking advantage of the current state of powerlessness of the Shun army and the Qing army, it is most important to go all out to expand eastward and open up this communication channel, and we must not delay it! ”

After Chen Zilong finished speaking, he looked at Li Xiao expectantly.

Li Xiao smiled and nodded at him again and again: "What Wozi said is very much in line with the king's intentions." Now in Jintang City, only the soldiers and horses of the Fourth Town, which had already been formed, had complete equipment and sufficient combat effectiveness. Although the newly formed Twelfth Town's soldiers and horses have been rectified, all kinds of firearms and equipment produced in Shandong and other places cannot be transported because of the blockade of the Shun Army, resulting in the delay in equipping the firearms of the town. Compared with the fourth town, the combat power of this twelfth town is really worrying. If such a poorly equipped military town is used to fight against the Qing army or the Shun army, it is really difficult to take charge alone, which is also the reason why this king is worried about going south to sweep Xuanfu now. ”

Li Xiao paused, his eyes were full of determination, and he said to Chen Zilong and Jiang Yueguang: "Two praise paintings, this king believes that our army should not only use this time to vigorously transport firearms and equipment to Jintang City, but also transport a large number of artillery production equipment, and enough technicians and production workers to go to Jintang City, and set up artillery factories, gunpowder factories, and gunpowder factories on the spot, and a large number of stars to produce all kinds of guns and artillery. In the future, in the event that the Qing army or the Shun army cut off our transportation line, we can still carry out large-scale production here alone, so as to ensure that the soldiers and horses of the two towns can get sufficient equipment supply. ”

"Tang Wang is right. Outside the city of Najintang, there is sulfur production, and there are many iron ore production areas in the Mongolian provinces, which can ensure the smooth production of firearms. If we can really produce firearms and equipment smoothly in Jintang City, then it is entirely possible for our army to expand again in Jintang City in the future, and to form one or even several new military towns in the future. And if these new military towns can be successfully formed, they can be equipped with new firearms and equipment. Then whether our army goes south or north in the future, or even sweeps the world and attacks from all sides, it is not a problem. When Jiang Yueguang heard this, his face was also full of excitement, and he hurriedly interjected to show his attitude.

At this point, how the soldiers and horses of Jintang City would act next was finally agreed upon by the three of them.

After the agreement, Li Xiao immediately sent a message to Duan Shidi in the form of a flying pigeon. When Duan Shidi received the letter, he also agreed with Li Xiao's opinion very much, so he immediately began to take action according to Li Xiao's request in the letter.

First of all, the soldiers and horses of the Tang Army in Jintang City set off separately from Jintang City, the fourth town attacked to the south, and the twelfth town attacked to the north, and in just ten days, they swept the entire north road, swept away the remnants of the Qing army and the Shun army left here, and reoccupied the entire Xuanfu North Road.

Next, this Xuanfu North Road was garrisoned by the soldiers and horses of the 12th Town, and Liu Wenxiu, the mayor of the 12th Town of the Tang Army, was temporarily in charge of the political and military activities of the entire Xuanfu North Road. Duan Shidi, the mayor of the fourth town of the Tang Army, was the soldiers and horses of the fourth town of the pro-unification system, and according to Li Xiaoxin's request, he went out of the Longmen Guard, entered the landing boundary of the Mongolian Karaqin Department, and attacked all the way east.

The momentum of the Tang army is like a rainbow, invincible, whether it is the Mongolian tribesmen and horses encountered on the road, or the small Qing troops stationed in Wafanggou, Mantao, Xiaoxingzhou and other places, they all fled in despair, and they did not dare to fight with the Tang army at all. Therefore, along the way of the Tang Army, the triumphant song was unstoppable.

When the Tang army took the full set, Zehou Tian Jianxiu of the Dashun army finally returned to Beijing with a group of remnants, and as soon as he entered the capital, he immediately tied himself up and went to the palace to ask for guilt.

Hearing the news that his subordinates had reported that Tian Jianxiu had returned from defeat and had come to see him, Li Zicheng was very angry, and immediately summoned the civil and military ministers to see Tian Jianxiu, who had come from his own binding, in the Jianji Palace.

Li Zicheng sat upright on the dragon chair, his face tense, his face was so gloomy that he could almost drip water, and the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty also bowed their heads and stood solemnly, not daring to say a word.

As the general of the defeated army, Tian Jianxiu tied himself up, lowered his head, moved to the center of the main hall step by step, and then pounced and fell to the ground.

"The criminal minister Tian Jianxiu, knock on the emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live Wan Wan ......"

"You're fucking, you're too embarrassed to come back, shut your stinky mouth!" Before Tian Jianxiu finished speaking, Li Zicheng had already interrupted his words with an angry shout: "Tell me, you thief, you are so useless!" How could my 150,000 army be broken by the Tang army in half a day, the two siege points in the east and south of the city, and nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses, and less than 60,000 escaped, it is really extremely humiliating, and I have lost the face of my Dashun country! You useless coward, if it were you, I would have been fucking ashamed to death, how can I still have a dog face to come back and report! ”

Hearing Li Zicheng's extremely unbearable insult, Tian Jianxiu was very angry in his heart, but he had to make a very remorseful appearance on the surface.

With tears in his eyes, he robbed the city with his head, banging and banging, and looked sincerely repentant. At the same time, he quickly replied: "The emperor is right, it is indeed a capital crime to lose the defeated army and let the Tang army break the siege and lose nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses!" The emperor wants to kill or chop, and there is nothing to say about it, but there are many reasons for this big defeat in the next, and it is not completely a crime in the next. ”

"Humph! You thief, you still have to be cunning?! Li Zicheng looked solemn and said loudly: "As the general of the unified army, you are in charge of 150,000 troops, and the court has never restrained you, this defeat is your responsibility, how can you shirk the responsibility?!" ”

"Your Majesty, the responsibility of the lower is unshirkable, but the Tang Army's breakthrough battle had no warning at all, and it caught our army off guard, which was the key factor in the final defeat of our army." Tian Jianxiu's face turned red, and he hurriedly defended himself: "The Tang army attacked by night, first took the Qing army in the north, and in just a few hours, it defeated the main force of the Qing army in one fell swoop, beheaded the main generals Abatai and Turge, and captured Abatai's son Yue Le. Although our army has received the letter of the Qing army asking for help, most of our troops are new recruits, and their experience in battle is already insufficient, so how can they still have the ability to fight at night? Therefore, we can only hold on to the same place, and we will defend ourselves, hoping that after dawn, we will go to help the Qing army. But I didn't expect that there was still an hour before dawn, and the Qing army had been wiped out, and our army wanted to come to the rescue, but it was too late. ”

Tian Jianxiu paused, and said hurriedly: "Our army finally waited for dawn, but I didn't expect that after the Tang army destroyed the Qing army in the north of the city, it was ready to continue to attack our army. The soldiers and horses of the two towns under it, from the north and the west, attacked the soldiers and horses in the east of our city together. In order to avoid the worry of being flanked by both sides, it was decided to select 30,000 elites from our army as the vanguard and attack the troops and horses on the west side of the Tang Army, in order to defeat one part of it first, and then destroy its troops in the north. ”

Seeing that Li Zicheng was frowning and listening carefully, Tian Jianxiu sighed and said: "It's just that I never expected that the Tang army had already been well prepared, and even the artillery at the head of the city had been urgently dismantled and arranged in front of the formation, just waiting for our army to come forward to attack." As soon as our troops entered the range of artillery fire, they immediately opened fire in unison, taking our troops by surprise. The artillery fire was so fierce and long-range that it simply routed our army's offensive and hit the morale of the whole army even more. At this point in the battle, more and more routs began to appear, and the entire army formation could no longer maintain the offensive posture......"

"So, you guys, didn't even have a chance to engage with the Tang Army head-on, so they were defeated by the Tang Army and fled?" Li Zicheng interjected with a cold face, and his voice did not carry a trace of emotion.

Tian Jianxiu's face was hot, but he had to reply stiffly: "Your Majesty, the Tang Army's artillery is very fierce, and our army is originally a lot of recruits. In this way, our army rushed all the way to the artillery fire, and it was not easy for us to break down and flee back after more than half a distance. Seeing that our army was defeated, the Tang army immediately seized the opportunity and attacked the whole army, not giving our army a chance to escape back. In particular, the cavalry of the Tang Army was very powerful, slashing and killing, stopping most of the rout of our army and forcing it to surrender. Seeing that the situation was critical, the general had to send thousands of cavalry in the camp together, hoping to receive more soldiers back to the camp, but unfortunately they were not the opponents of the Tang cavalry. ”

Speaking of this, Tian Jianxiu stopped, carefully watched Li Zicheng's expression, and saw that he looked gloomy, but he did not express his position, so he hurriedly reported the next thing to him briefly: "Later, after our army collapsed back to the camp, the Tang army did not spare it, and it was going to take advantage of the victory to attack the camp. As a last resort, he ordered to take advantage of the fact that the Tang army was still preparing to abandon the camp and retreat south with all its might. The remaining 100,000 soldiers and horses, all the way south, were chased and killed by the Tang Army's cavalry, and the pursuit did not stop until the north bank of the Nanhe River, our army's 120,000 soldiers and horses, mostly infantry, how to outrun the Tang Army's cavalry! There are many people who have fled along the way, and this is ......"

"Okay, you don't have to say any more!" Hearing this, Li Zicheng had already understood the whole battle, he gritted his teeth hatefully, looked down at Tian Jianxiu, who was kneeling on the ground below, for a long time, and shouted violently: "Someone! Pull Tian Jianxiu down and cut it down! ”

As soon as he gave the order, several samurai immediately kicked in from under the hall, and as soon as they pulled up Tian Mixiu, they dragged him out of the hall.

"Your Majesty, spare your life! Spare your life! Tian Jianxiu saw that Li Zicheng really had murderous intentions, and he was terrified. His face was pale, and a big cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he was firmly held by these warriors and dragged out, but he kept screaming as hard as he could, and his legs were kicking hard to break free.

At this time, there was also a boiling in the court, and the ministers of civil and military affairs were discussing a lot, with different expressions. A number of ministers walked out of the train and pleaded loudly with Li Zicheng.

"Your Majesty, Zehou was defeated in the battle, although he was at fault, but his sin did not lead to death."

"Your Majesty, Zehou led a group of recruits to fight against the soldiers and horses of the two towns of the Tang Army, which was not easy. Thinking that more than 40,000 elite Qing troops in the north of Jintang City were wiped out by the Tang army in one fell swoop, he could still lead 60,000 soldiers and horses to return, which was also a small achievement. ”

"Your Majesty, now the country is uneasy, the four realms are restless, it is the time to employ people, Zehou is a veteran who has followed the emperor for many years, if it is so easy to cut it, I am really afraid that it will hurt the relatives, and the enemies will be fast, it is really not appropriate. I hope that the emperor will temporarily open his face, spare him for his capital crime, and allow him to wear his guilt and make meritorious contributions......"

For a while, everyone was persuasive, and the samurai who dragged Tian Jianxiu down the hall saw this, and they didn't stop dragging it, but just stood in place with him, waiting for Li Zicheng to give further orders.

And Li Zicheng, who was sitting on the court, was ruthless and silent with a cold face.

It's just that his cold and sharp gaze has been stuck on the face of Prime Minister Niu Jinxing, whose face was pale and bowed his head silently.

Seeing Niu Jinxing's face trembling in a cold sweat, but he was still deliberately standing with his head bowed, Li Zicheng held back a nameless anger in his heart, and he wanted to vent but couldn't.

Hmph, what a bad idea for me, this damn thing!

If it weren't for him, he would have transferred all the elite 150,000 soldiers outside Jintang City to Hanzhong, and sent another 150,000 recruits to continue the siege of the city, intending to deceive the Tang army in the city, but in the end, the Tang army saw through the intention and the whole army was defeated. How could these 150,000 soldiers and horses get such a tragic ending! Now that I think about it, Niu Jinxing's strategy is really ridiculous!

Li Zicheng waited for the discussion to be a little quieter, so he coughed lightly, turned his head and shouted to Niu Jinxing: "Niu big eyes!" I'm thinking about this thing, and I'm damn blaming you! Don't pretend to be a dead pig for me here, you can tell me well, how to clean up the current situation? Huh?! ”

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