Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Situation in the World Is Like a Landslide

Cao Zongyu listened to Zhang Xuan's order, immediately received the order, and handed over the main force of Luoyang, which had been the attack, that is, Cao Zongyu's headquarters that had arrived at Longmen in advance, and the garrisons of Nanyang and Xiangyang.

Immediately led, the rear army, which was rarely in battle, that is, Nanjing, and the Xijing Forbidden Army immediately went north.

I don't know, intentionally or not.

Zhang Xuan mastered Cao Zongyu's team.

The fundamental team of Zhang Xuan and Cao Zongyu is Zhang Xuan's descendants.

Zhang Xuan and Cao Zongyu were like left and right hands, and everyone knew that Cao Zongyu was the first person under Zhang Xuan. In other words, Zhang Xuan's descendants are also very familiar with Cao Zongyu.

At that time, if Zhang Xuan was unlucky, Cao Zongyu would be able to replace Zhang Xuan to control Zhang Xuan's headquarters.

But in this situation, after Zhang Xuan introduced many foreign generals, there were some changes, but Cao Zongyu was the most influential person in Zhang Xuan's lineage.

There are also many people who follow.

With Cao Zongyu's qualifications, he could naturally command the armies of Nanjing and Xijing, but the army that Cao Zongyu trained near Xiangyang fell into the hands of Zhang Xuan.

After adding a large number of officers, I am afraid that after Cao Zongyu returns, his influence in these armies cannot be compared with Zhang Xuan.

Cao Zongyu didn't dare to think about it, and he didn't want to think about it.

Soon after he sent his troops, he joined Xu Du in Zhangde Mansion.

That is, near Anyang today.

After Hong Chengchou got Cao Zongyu to cross the Yellow River, he immediately retreated and disengaged from Xu Du. It's just that Cao Zongyu also felt quite tricky about Hong Chengchou for a while.

The reason is very simple, that is, there are many cavalry in the Qing army.

On the Great Plain of North China, tens of thousands of cavalry under the command of Hong Chengchou, against Cao Zongyu and Xu Du, combined with 1340,000 people, did not dare to fight in a dignified manner, but secretly attacked the grain road, harassed the rear, and so on.

It is very easy to stranded Cao Zongyu's speed.

Cao Zongyu immediately sent Zhang Xuan for help and asked for cavalry support.

But where is the cavalry under Zhang Xuan's command?

There were only about 30,000 cavalry in Daxia, some of which were assigned to Liaodong, and some of them were in Cao Zongyu and Xu Du's army, especially in Xu Dong's army.

There are more than 10,000 people who have been by Zhang Xuan's side, as Zhang Xuan's guards.

The number is Linying Camp.

After the reconstruction, the Linying camp is the descendant of Zhang Xuan's lineage, and the weapons, armor, firearms, and long knives are the best. Even the youngest chief has been trained in rotation in the martial arts hall.

And the general who was the leader was none other than Gao Yuanjue.

Gao Yuanjue has been practicing martial arts in the past few years. Although there are many skills, there is still a lack of experience

test, so Li Benshen was the deputy general, assisted by Gao Yuanjue.

And Gao Yuanjue's appointment also shows one thing, Gao Jie's first-line legacy in the military was wiped out by Zhang Xuan.

Zhang Xuan is not a stingy person. Immediately ordered Li Dingguo to let the more than 10,000 cavalry under Li Dingguo's command go to support Cao Zongyu first.

Immediately, in the surrender of the Qing army, ready-made cavalry was selected, and together with captured horses, a cavalry of about 20,000 was formed.

It's just Zhang Xuan's guard, Zhang Xuan naturally trusts it, but Zhang Xuan doesn't trust this improvised cavalry.

Thinking about it, Li Benshen has the ability to make them surrender.

In this way, with the addition of Cao Zongyu's cavalry, Cao Zongyu has a cavalry group of 40,000 people under his command, which is also the largest cavalry group of the Xia army.

If not, since the Northern Expedition, a lot of troops have been recruited, and this cavalry will never be able to make up.

However, although Zhang Xuan's order was issued, it would take some time for the cavalry of each unit to gather.

At this moment, Li Dingguo had already entered Shanxi with a large army and joined forces with Wang Fuzhi.

It's just that after the troops are combined, Wang Fuzhi will go south to Luoyang to meet Zhang Xuan, and Zhang Xuan has also arranged a new position for Wang Fuzhi, the chief military officer of Shaanxi, with the rank of general in the west.

It's not a disadvantage.

It's just that except for the 3,000 old troops he brought to Luoyang, the rest of the army will be absorbed by Li Dingguo. In Shaanxi, Zhang Xuan occupies Hanzhong, Fengxiang, Longxi, Guanzhong, as for Gansu, Yan'an, and Qinghai, these places are either occupied by armed forces.

There are flags of the Qing Dynasty, banners of the Xia Dynasty, and even flags of the Ming Dynasty.

It can be said that it was chaotic for a while.

The biggest share is naturally Wu Sangui.

In such a situation, Wang Fuzhi only needs to hold on. In the decisive battle in Beijing, it is naturally not Wang Fuzhi's turn.

In this form, with Xuzhou as the center, all the prefectures and counties north of Hongze Lake have surrendered one after another, some to Luoyang, some to Nanjing, and Yangzhou.

After Gao Yigong reported to Luo Yujiao, he handed over Yangzhou to Yuan Zongdi, and took 10,000 people from his headquarters to the north.

Only in Guide fought a battle, but it was Hou Fangyu's decision on Hongze Lake, and it was spread down.

In order to appease the people, even if Hou Fangyu surrendered, he couldn't. However, in this battle, Gao Yigong did not use his headquarters at all, and only used the army to capture Guide City.

The Hou family did not leave a single one.

Hou Fangyu didn't have much time to establish a strong confession hall.

Immediately, Gao Yigong went north to Shandong.

And the coastal areas of Shandong, which have long been beaten down by Liu Guoxuan, near the inland, have also surrendered one after another, because of Beijing's order, it is to give up Shandong.

This land of Shandong will definitely be Liu Guo in the future

Xuan and Gao Yigong are equally divided.

As for why Beijing abandoned Shandong, part of it was the fall of Luoyang, and the other part was Zheng Chenggong's offensive.

Outside Shanhaiguan.

Zheng Chenggong has a heavy burden in the sea transportation, so in terms of logistics, it is much more comfortable than Zhang Xuan. On top of the attack on Shanhaiguan, it is not easy to spare strength.

Shanhaiguan is also the gate of Beijing, and the Qing court estimated that the army that destroyed Beijing would first come from the direction of Liaodong.

Tuhai town guards Shanhaiguan, almost with the strength of Beijing, the original Ming Dynasty artillery on Shanhaiguan, plus this reinforcement, there are hundreds of guns.

However, the artillery under Zheng Chenggong's command was more than twice as large as that of Shanhaiguan.

It's just Shanhaiguan, worthy of the title of the first pass in the world, even in the face of artillery bombardment, but there is no trace of wavering.

Relying on artillery bombardment alone, I don't know how long it will take to bombard.

As a result, Zheng Chenggong sent a large number of foot soldiers to attack.

Of course, the siege battle will definitely cause heavy casualties. It's just that it's someone from his Zheng family, or Xia Jun, who has died a lot, and Zheng Chenggong is unwilling. After all, after opening the Shanhaiguan, there is still a fierce battle to be fought. However, even if some people suffer heavy casualties, Zheng Chenggong is not distressed.

It is the surrender of the Liaodong army.

These Liaodong troops cannot be said to be not elite. After all, whether it is the local people in Liaodong or the people and horses transferred to Liaodong from all over the Qing court, they are all elite.

It can be said that the Qing court spared no effort in attaching great importance to Liaodong.

When these people arrived in the hands of Zheng Chenggong, almost as soon as the banner was changed, they attacked the city with the support of various artillery of the Xia army. As for whether they are willing or not.

They are not qualified to say no.

Behind them are the firecrackers who are pressing the formation, layer upon layer, and it seems that as long as they dare to retreat, no one wants to live.

However, most of these people are veterans, and they attack Shanhaiguan with a desperate posture, even if Shanhaiguan is the first pass in the world, they are a little unbearable for a while.

I saw heavy artillery, one cannon after another bombarded Shanhaiguan, forcing the short wall of Shanhaiguan to be airtight, as for the ladders behind, some were knocked over by artillery to the ground, and some were burned under Shanhaiguan.

I have to say that Tuhai has the wind of a famous general.

In Shanhaiguan, there are only more than 10,000 people, and there are no more people in Beijing City, otherwise there will not be enough people to guard Beijing City.

You must know that Beijing is a big city, and just standing on the city walls requires quite a lot of manpower.

In the city of Beijing, all the clothed minions of the palaces were requisitioned.

Tuhai relied on more than 10,000 men and horses to block Zheng Chenggong's tens of thousands of people to attack. Even if there is Shanhaiguan natural danger to help, you can also see how good Tuhai himself is.

"Sure enough, it's a rising star of the Qing army." Zheng Chenggong secretly said in his heart: "It's just that no matter how you fight, this Shanhaiguan can't be guarded." ”