Chapter 124 Xiangyang is rising, and Xiangyang is defeated

For several years, for Xiangyang City, it is just more than a thousand sunrises and sunsets, and these more than a thousand sunrises and sunsets have almost no impact on Xiangyang City.

But people are different.

When Li Zicheng sent troops to the north that day, there were hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and they were powerful all over the world. And how, Xiangyang City is still the same, with only tens of thousands of remnants around him, and he is not able to fight at all. Even one of his right-hand men, Liu Zongmin,. also died at the hands of the Qing army.

Thinking of Liu Zongmin's death. Li Zicheng only felt that everything was burning inside, and he couldn't help himself.

Liu Zongmin followed Li Zicheng from the end of the year, and it can be said that he never gave up, even in the most difficult time, when Li Zicheng was beaten by Sun Chuanting and only had 18 horsemen left, Liu Zongmin was one of these 18 horsemen.

Although the two are not brothers, their relationship is not much worse than that of brothers, just like between Zhang Xuan and Cao Zongyu.

No matter how Li Zicheng cheered up. At this moment, I can't help but leak a hint of depression.

"Your Majesty." Bai Wang brought dozens of generals from Xiangyang City to greet Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng helped Bai Wang up and said, "What is your majesty now, but it's just a lost dog." ”

Bai Wang said with a serious face: "Your Majesty will always be the Majesty in my heart." ”

"Okay." Li Zicheng said: "Let's go into the city, my brother needs to be repaired urgently." ”

"Yes." Bai Wang immediately welcomed Li Zicheng in, and finally stationed in the Xiangwang Mansion, Bai Wang also ordered to go down, and did his best to receive tens of thousands of troops in the treasury. With Bai Wang's reception, there are tens of thousands of troops left to be fed and clothed. Settle in.

Li Zicheng took a group of people to inspect the settlement of the soldiers one by one, and then he was relieved.

This is already Li Zicheng's last capital.

It's just that this is the right time, but I don't know where there was a cry, and then the cry spread, almost everywhere to Li Zicheng's ears, Li Zicheng's footsteps paused slightly.

These battles were so badly defeated.

In many cases, the biggest casualties are not when the two sides are inseparable, but after the victory and defeat have been decided. On the road of pursuit, these three consecutive encounters exhausted the spirit of the camp, so that now the morale has already reached the verge of collapse.

In the midst of the run, sometimes there is not even time to grieve. And now that I have settled down, I remember that there are many brothers who died on the road along the way, and I don't even have time to collect the bones.

The cry was not loud, not the kind of hoarse cry, but the uncontrollable low cry, surrounding Li Zicheng from all sides, making Li Zicheng's eyes slightly empty and moist.

"Your Majesty, I'll go and straighten out military discipline." Zhang Nai said.

Such cries are strict

It is a violation of military law.

Li Zicheng shook his head slightly and said, "No need." Let's go. "The morale of the army is like this, even if he can stop them from crying on their faces, how can he stop the blood dripping in his heart?

"Yes." Zhang Nai said.

Li Zicheng returned to the Xiangwang Mansion, immediately summoned Bai Wang, and said, "How is the Xiangyang Six Mansions now?" ”

Li Zicheng's attitude towards Bai Wang is different from before, and the previous Bai Wang was just a junior promoted by Li Zicheng. In the camp, he was just a second-rate general, and now the main force of the camp has shrunk greatly, and Bai Wang's department occupies a very important position in the camp.

Li Zicheng had to appease one or two.

Bai Wang was still the same as at the beginning, and said: "Your Majesty, the ministers are incompetent, Cao Ying has come to attack in two ways, except for Xiangyang Mansion, they have fallen one after another, and now Cao Ying's two roads are in the east of Xiangyang, and the south of Xiangyang, and Zhang Xuan on the east side." On the south side is Yang Chengzu. The two armies combined numbered more than 100,000 troops. ”

Li Zicheng was not very surprised when he heard the news. He had heard about the situation here before, but he didn't expect the situation to develop so quickly. At this moment, he felt a little regret in his heart. Knowing that the six mansions of Xiangyang would collapse so quickly, Li Zicheng did not choose to go south in the first place. Choosing to go west, no matter how poor the west is, at least the camp still has some foundation, and it will not be like it is now. It's almost a Jedi.

Li Zicheng asked: "What do you think of our army now?" ”

Bai Wang said: "The best strategy is to unite with Cao Ying, fight with the Qing army, and follow the situation of the Qing army south. It's time to pierce the window paper between Cao Ying and the Qing army. With the power of Cao Ying, he established a foundation in Xiangyang and went north to encroach on Henan step by step. ”

Li Zicheng sighed slightly in his heart, and said secretly: "This is the knife in Cao Cao's hand." ”

But now, Li Zicheng can only sigh slightly if he has any ideas.

"Perhaps, our army can still move west." Bai Wang figured out Li Zicheng's thoughts and said: "Hanzhong He Jin surrendered to the Qing army, but the Qing army did not arrange many men and horses in Hanzhong. We can enter Hanzhong through Yunyang to the west and seize the land of Hanzhong. You can enter Ganxi in the west and Sichuan in the south, so there is more room for maneuver. ”

"It's just a little more." Li Zicheng said: "What our army needs now is to rest and recuperate. Is it just that Hanzhong is a place of cultivation and rest? ”

Although Hanzhong is separated from Guanzhong by the Qinling Mountains, it is not without a road that can cross the Qinling Mountains. And there is another roadblock to the west, which is Xu Qinian, the governor of Yunyang. Xu Qinian's command is Huaguan Suo Wang Guangen. He is also an old brother from the rebel army, and his ability to defend the city is quite good, Luo Rucai supervised the troops to attack Yunyang, and he was defeated several times, Li Zicheng also regarded Yunyang as a henchman, after all, it was near Xiangyang, and he organized five attacks before and after, and even Wang Guangen responded to Sun Chuanting's eastward expedition.

Although the number of Yunyang troops is small, the elite soldiers, coupled with the dangerous terrain, are clearly a hard bone, and they are very deep with the Liangzi who broke into the camp, even when the camp was in its heyday, they never thought of surrendering, let alone now.

Li Zicheng even wondered if the soldiers under his command could fight a tough battle.

Now, even if Hanzhong is captured, Sichuan is in the south, Zhang Xianzhong's territory, the Qing army is in the north, and the barren land to the west, what is the use.

"The minister is incompetent." Bai Wang couldn't think of any good way.

Li Zicheng said: "General Bai can protect this foundation for me, which is already a lot of hard work. I have already sent Gu Junen to see Cao Cao, and I think there will be news in a few days. ”

"Wait."

said Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived, Li Zicheng just said Gu Junen here, and someone came to report on the back foot, saying that Gu Junen had arrived.

Li Zicheng hurriedly invited Gu Junen over and asked, "What did Luo Rucai say?" ”

"The minister is incompetent." Gu Junen saw Li Zicheng and hurriedly excused himself.

"What do you say?" Li Zicheng said: "Why bother? ”

Gu Junen said: "Cao Cao means to let His Majesty go to Wuchang to talk to him, and they would rather fight with us before fighting the Qing army." ”

Li Zicheng's eyes shrank slightly, and said, "Is this really the case?" ”

"The minister didn't dare to say half a lie." Gu Junen said.

"Cao Cao deceived people too much." Bai Wang said: "In the opinion of the ministers, it is better to give up this Xiangyang City to Cao Cao, Your Majesty selects elite soldiers to go south, bypass the prefecture and county, go to Huguang, and lay down the land of Liangguang, which may not be able to make a comeback." ”

From Xiangyang to the south to the vast area of the lake, Cao Ying has just been taken, and his control is quite weak, and he cannot effectively monitor it at all.

In this way, a lot of people will be left in Xiangyang City.

Li Zicheng decided not to do this, not because Li Zicheng was reluctant to have the remaining capital, but because he was reluctant to support the people.

Most of the remaining tens of thousands of soldiers are extremely demoralized, and if they don't repair for a period of time, they may not be able to go into battle, and there may not be one or two thousand elites who are easy to use. But these people never gave up, no matter how many times they were defeated and scattered, they all followed Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng once abandoned them all. Who else will follow Li Zicheng in the future.

Li Zicheng said: "Don't say it again, let me think about it myself." ”

Seeing this, the two didn't know what to say, so they could only say yes and bowed down, but they stumbled a little in their steps, as if they were breaking into the camp now. Faltering, as if on the verge of falling to the ground at any moment.

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