Li Zicheng was rewarded for his meritorious deeds in Luoyang, and the soldiers were happy.

In addition to tens of thousands of carts, tens of thousands of weapons, armor, and more than 30,000 prisoners of war.

The battalions will be handed over, Li Zicheng is most happy with tens of thousands of war horses, Bai Guangen's train battalion, basically used war horses to pull carts, Jiaxian was defeated, and the war horses were basically captured by Liu Yunshui and Li Guo.

Li Zicheng immediately decided to add two battalions to Li Guo's second battalion and give priority to the selection of cavalry from among the prisoners of war.

In this way, the establishment of the second battalion has caught up with the first battalion, and in order to show justice, Li Zicheng promoted Liu Yunshui to the rank of general, which is consistent with Li Guo.

There were still more than 20,000 soldiers left, and the weapons and armor were sufficient, and Li Zicheng gave the fourth battalion the establishment of three regiments of Li Jibu, and the fourth battalion also reached eight regiments, and Wang Wenyao, Xiao Yunlin, and Xie Yinglong were transferred from each battalion to serve as the commanders of the sixth, seventh, and eighth regiments respectively, all of whom were led by a thousand households.

The remaining thousands of prisoners of war, after being fully educated, were under the jurisdiction of Luoyang Prefecture to expand the official road between Luoyang and Zhengzhou, and when the cement avenue in the triangle between Kaifeng, Zhengzhou and Xuzhou was completed, the official road between Luoyang and Zhengzhou began to be poured.

The seventh battalion of the Song Wen Department and the horse style club of the third regiment stationed in Nanyang have returned to the team, and Li Zicheng has recalled the Yang Chenhu division of the fourth regiment stationed in Runing, plus the four regiments expanded in Jiujiang, which also brings the establishment of eight regiments.

The second regiment added two regiments of cavalry, which needed to be trained for a period of time and stayed in Luoyang temporarily, while the soldiers of the three regiments expanded by Li Ji's department were originally soldiers of the Ming army, and as long as they learned the military laws and regulations of the Heavenly Mandate Army, they would soon be able to become an army.

Li Zicheng rested in Luoyang for two more days, the army began to move west, the cavalry of the first battalion of Liu Yunshui's department was still the vanguard, Li Zicheng personally led the fourth battalion, the seventh battalion, the independent battalion, the Shuntian battalion, and the Fengtian battalion, as the Chinese army, and after half a day, he also left Luoyang.

After entering Shaanzhou, hundreds of thousands of troops took the official road in the south, avoided the dangerous Cuihan Ancient Road, and camped outside Tongguan.

Tongguan is the east gate of Guanzhong, Sun Chuanting will concentrate heavy troops in Tongguan, coupled with Tongguan's own natural risk, it is simply a pass, ten thousand people can not open!

The Mandate of Heaven army wants to enter Shaanxi and control the Guanzhong Plain, and Tongguan must be broken.

Li Zicheng took his own soldiers, personally came to inspect the city, the east gate of Tongguan is called the golden steep gate, the city wall is as high as five zhang, there are two city gates in the south city, respectively called Fengmen and Qiyou Gate, built according to the mountain, from the sharpened battlement to the corner of the wall, there are at least eight or nine zhang.

In the southeast corner, there is also a water gate, the river is vigorous, constantly rushing out of the city, and flowing into the Tongshui.

There are arrow towers above the gates and water gates, and there are soldiers in the arrow towers to ambush.

Looking at the majestic Tongguan City, Li Zicheng frowned unconsciously, Tongguan is not only a strong city, but the terrain is too dangerous, and the army can't use it at all.

Do you want to fight a war of attrition with Sun Chuanting under Tongguan?

Li Zicheng returned to the big tent sullenly, and Niu Jinxing followed and came over, arching his hand to Li Zicheng, "Does the metropolitan governor have a way to break the pass?" ”

"The walls of Tongguan are high and thick, and the terrain is convenient, I'm afraid that ordinary methods of breaking the city will not work," Li Zicheng stared at Niu Jinxing and said, "Could it be that Mr. Fei has found a way to break the city?" ”

"Maybe you can give it a try!" Niu Jinxing stroked his long beard and turned his left hand behind his back, looking complacent.

"Since Mr. has thought of a way, why don't you say it quickly?" Li Zicheng said with a smile: "Once Tongguan is broken, there is no danger in the pass!" ”

"So Sun Chuanting will definitely fight the Heavenly Mandate Army here," Niu Jinxing said with a smile: "Has the Governor of the Metropolitan ever discovered that under Tongguan, there is a small river named Tongshui?" ”

"Tongshui?" Li Zicheng was stunned for a moment, and soon came to his senses.

Niu Jinxing said: "Along the Tongshui River Valley, you can go directly to the Yellow River, cross the Yellow River, that is, Shanxi to Pubanjin, and cross the Yellow River from Pubanjin, which is the territory of Shaanxi." ”

"Sir, do you mean to bypass Tongguan?" Li Zicheng thought for a moment and said: "Hundreds of thousands of troops, along the Tongshui River Valley, it is not very convenient, and we have to cross the Yellow River twice......

"Metropolitan Governor, the army doesn't need to really follow this road, just make a show, or send a surprise army," Niu Jinxing said with a smile: "As long as Sun Chuanting believes that we have to bypass Tongguan......"

Li Zicheng pondered silently, and after a long time, Fang said: "Sun Chuanting has been on the battlefield for a long time, and he is not in vain, I am afraid it is difficult to hide such a trick from him." ”

"So we have to attack Tongguan first, wait until it can't be attacked, and then cross the Yellow River along the Tongshui River to the north, Sun Chuanting will definitely believe it......" Niu Jinxing said: "Sun Chuanting thinks that we divide our troops to bypass Tongguan, and then Tongguan will lose the role of the pass, and we are dividing our troops, according to Sun Chuanting's temperament, we will definitely go out of the pass for a decisive battle!" ”

Li Zicheng nodded silently, but he was thinking in his heart.

"Such a method, but also add fierce medicine to disturb Sun Chuanting's mind," Niu Jinxing's face looked extremely treacherous, "The sixth battalion of Guguan can go east out of Longshan and feint to attack Fengxiang Mansion from the west, threatening the safety of Xi'an." ”

"No need to feint, it's a real attack," Li Zicheng slapped his palm on the square table in front of him, and said with a smile: "The third battalion of Qin Danian, stationed in Xi'an and Jingyuan County, will also go west to #Pingliang Mansion and station the ...... of Wolf Mountain"

Li Zicheng was ready to use the tiger cavalry and the wolf cavalry, but he was worried about the murderous nature of the Mongols, although the soldiers were naturalized as Han Chinese, but the time was still short, and they still had the belligerent blood of the Mongols in their veins.

After pondering for a moment, he thought of the next move of the Tiger Cavalry and the Wolf Cavalry, and finally said: "Let the Tiger Cavalry go south, take the guards of Ningxia Town, and not kill them at will, let Lanzhou send officials and missionaries to Ningxia as soon as possible, and change the Ningxia Military Town to Ningxia Mansion!" ”

"Ningxia Mansion?" Niu Jinxing said: "Dadu Governor, it is said that there are many Hui people in Ningxia Town......

"There are indeed many Hui people in Ningxia Town," Li Zicheng once served as a post officer in Ningxia Town, and he is naturally familiar with the Hui people in Ningxia Town, "so I plan to let Wang Yongzuo, the imperial historian of Yunyang Fuzhi, be the prefect of Ningxia, and in addition, Cui Wenrong, the general of Wuchang, will also go to Ningxia to form at least one regiment of city defense troops in the local area...... Otherwise, let the Tiger Cavalry be stationed in Ningxia for a while! ”

Niu Jinxing naturally knew what Li Zicheng meant, Ningxia belonged to the future of China, and several laws of the Mandate of Heaven Governor's Mansion naturally had to be implemented, especially the "Tui En Law", which was established for naturalization of foreign races.

However, this is a matter of the future, and the most important thing at the moment is how to break through Tongguan, he said with a smile: "Dadu Governor, the Mandate of Heaven Army has made such a big move in Xi'an, will Sun Chuanting be in chaos?" ”

"What's the mess?" Li Zicheng thought for a moment and said, "Even if Sun Chuanting is in chaos, he may not be able to go out of Tongguan to fight with us......

"It doesn't matter if Sun Chuanting doesn't go out of Tongguan, the whole Shaanxi is in chaos, what's the use of him guarding Tongguan?" Niu Jinxing stroked his long beard lightly and said lightly: "Dadu Governor, in the battle of Weinan that year, Cao Mengde divided his troops and let Xu Huang and Ji Ling cross the river from Pubanjin into Hexi, and then crossed the Weishui River to the south, and copied Tongguan from the west!" ”

Li Zicheng nodded, the general situation is in hand, Sun Chuanting blocked it for a while, but it will not last long, if the third battalion, the sixth battalion, and the tiger cavalry break into Shaanxi from the west, northwest and north respectively, what is the use of Sun Chuanting guarding Tongguan? Without the material supplies of Xi'an, can Sun Chuanting's soldiers drink the northwest wind to survive?

Just like Niu Jinxing said, the Mandate of Heaven Army can completely "make the truth from the hypothetical", use one or two regiments of soldiers, make a detour to Pubanjin, and then cross the Weishui River to the south, and attack Tongguan from east to west.

Sending Niu Jinxing away, Li Zicheng Li Zicheng asked He Xiaomi to send out various military orders, and at the same time informed Li Ji, Song Wen, and Li Xin, starting tomorrow, let the recruits of each battalion take turns to attack Tongguan.

The Mandate of Heaven army attacked for two days in a row, but there was no progress, Li Zicheng ordered the troops to be withdrawn, and at the same time, Zhao Liebu of the first regiment of the fourth battalion and Liu Zongmin of the second regiment quietly marched north along Tongshui and crossed the river at the end of Tongshui.

Sun Chuanting found out the information and was immediately shocked: Liukou is going to make a detour to the Yellow River to avoid the natural danger of Tongguan!

This Li Zicheng, really cunning, careless, almost created a catastrophe, if the Mandate of Heaven Army regains Tongguan, the Guanzhong Plain will no longer be in danger to defend, and Xi'an will be completely exposed in front of the Mandate of Heaven Army.

It's dangerous!

Sun Chuanting sighed secretly and paced around the hall, pondering countermeasures.

The Mandate of Heaven Army was discovered at the crossing of the Yellow River, and now it is too late to divide troops from Tongguan to block it, however, Sun Chuanting, as a supervisor, can mobilize Shanxi's soldiers and horses to intercept it, after all, the Mandate of Heaven Army has to pass through the southwest corner of Pingyang Mansion in Shanxi, and the Shanxi armies have the responsibility of defending the territory.

Sun Chuanting sat at his desk and was writing a letter to the garrison of Pingyang Prefecture in Shanxi, ordering them to intercept the Mandate of Heaven Army at all costs, and not to let the Mandate of Heaven Army cross the river from Pubanjin, if the Mandate of Heaven Army marched into Hexi, the whole of Shaanxi would be in danger.

Sun Chuanting knew that Shanxi's strong army was generally stationed in Datong and Shanxi military towns in the north, and the armaments in the rest of the places were very lax, and in order to put pressure on the garrison of Pingyang Prefecture, he issued a death order, if he could not intercept the Heavenly Mandate Army, all generals above the guerrilla general would be beheaded!

Blowing dry the ink and letting the soldiers quickly deliver the message to Pingyang Mansion, Sun Chuanting was still not at ease, and was about to send troops to set up an ambush along the Weishui area, but a personal guard pushed open the door, "Lord Inspector, it's not good, the Mandate of Heaven Army has gone east out of Longshan, has taken Longzhou, and is marching along the Huangshui to Fengxiang Mansion......"

"What?" Sun Chuanting jumped three feet high, and he couldn't wait to pull out his knife and cut down the guards!

After all, he still underestimated Li Zicheng, how could he forget the Heavenly Mandate Army in the west? Li Zicheng sent troops to Tongguan, and he should have deployed heavy troops in Longzhou at that time......

It's too late, it's too late for anything!

The Mandate of Heaven Army entered Guanzhong from the west, and it was no longer meaningful to hold Tongguan, and the entire Guanzhong was like a beautiful woman without clothes, who could only be ravaged by the Mandate of Heaven Army.

I spent so much effort, but after all, I still couldn't keep Guanzhong, I couldn't live with the court, I couldn't live with the emperor!

Sun Chuanting waved his hand and retreated from the guards, locked himself in the room, thought for a long time, there was still no way, the Mandate of Heaven Army entered the pass from the west, and a large number of Mandate of Heaven troops gathered outside Tongguan, he was no longer able to return to the sky!

The great husband stands between heaven and earth, and if he can't succeed, he must become benevolent!

He immediately summoned Bai Guangen, the chief soldier, Gao Jie, the deputy chief soldier, and the deputy envoy of the supervising army, and issued a military order for the last time: Gao Jie led 5,000 soldiers to the west bank of Pubanjin to intercept the Heavenly Mandate Army, and handed over the task of guarding Tongguan to Bai Guangen.

Sun Chuanting personally led 5,000 soldiers, with a housewarming high, opened the golden steep gate to the east of Tongguan, and the army did not hesitate without any hesitation, and pounced on the camp of the Heavenly Mandate Army with overwhelming momentum!