Early the next morning, the Shun army once again put on an offensive posture, still bombarding first, and then landing on the city. Although the city wall damaged in yesterday's shelling was repaired overnight, the temporary repair was not enough to restore the defense of the castle, and after the Shun army fired a random cannon, the temporary female wall and other facilities on the city were basically damaged.

After most of the day's shelling, (considering that in this era, the rate of fire of artillery, especially the sustained rate of fire, is very low, in fact, the shells that lasted for half a day were not as many as expected) the Shun army once again launched an attack with a ladder. Although the Ming army resisted desperately, the Shun army still climbed the city wall in several places and stood firm.

"Good, very good! The city was taken. Just a closed city, thousands of soldiers, just want to block Lao Tzu, it's really overwhelming! Li Zicheng stood in the distance, looking at the city wall of Ningwu Pass, "Kill into the city, no chickens and dogs will be left!" ”

More Shun troops climbed the city wall and attacked along the wall towards the tower of Guancheng, trying to take the tower and the city gate. The battle on the city wall was very brutal, and both sides were sword and shield soldiers! In front, behind are spears, then birds, or crossbows, the walls are so narrow that it is almost impossible to dodge, and those behind rush forward, and those in front cannot stand still and stop, but can only crash together. The soldiers' shields collided with each other, and they struggled to push their opponents down with their shields, or knock their opponents' shields away with their shields, and then use their swords to finish them off. Everyone huddled together, and people kept screaming and falling, and then they were trampled under the feet of several people who could be enemies or their own. Although Zhou Yuji commanded the army to resist desperately, most of the Shun army were fresh troops, while his soldiers, especially his family members, were wounded. Therefore, in this kind of melee, in which victory or defeat is largely determined by strength, his soldiers are obviously in a disadvantageous position, and they are constantly repulsed by the Shun army.

"Dashuai, it's not that the brothers don't work hard, they really can't stand it. Dashuai, let's take it, you retreat to the city first! Zhou Meng shouted at Zhou Yuji while waving his shield and pushing an enemy soldier away.

"Lao Tzu died here! Where can I return it again! Zhou Yuji also shouted, his left hand didn't exert any force at all, but he still stood in front of him with his right hand holding a Yanling knife. In such a battle, without the protection of a shield, it is easy to be hit, so although his family members surrounded him and waved his shield to help him block many attacks, he was still hit several times. Fortunately, most of them were blocked by armor, and the injuries were not serious.

Just like Zhou Yuji said, they really have no way back. Of course, they can retreat from the city wall and retreat to the streets behind the city wall to fight with the Shun army, but Ningwu Pass itself is not big, and the circumference of the entire Guancheng city wall is only a little more than three kilometers, and the area in the city is actually very small, at most a little more than one square kilometer. (By the way, some of the numbers in China's history books are really hard to believe.) Some books mention that Li Zicheng slaughtered the city at Ningwuguan and killed tens of thousands of civilians. Let's not say that Ningwuguan was originally a gate, a military city rather than an ordinary city, just look at its palm-sized area, there are tens of thousands of civilians living in it, this population density, will be beaten to the current big Shanghai) retreat to such a palm-sized place, how long can it last? Moreover, on the city wall, because of the restrictions of the terrain, although the number of Shun troops is larger, it is difficult to deploy it, because the city wall is only so wide, and only so many people can be put into the battle surface at one time. But if you retreat and retreat to the street fighting environment, the battle surface will be greatly expanded, and the number of people who can be put into the battle at one time will naturally be much more, so that the Ming army will become more and more difficult to resist.

However, although Zhou Yuji and his soldiers are very heroic, bravery alone cannot solve the problem and cannot change the rules of physics. The fierce battle was extremely physically demanding, and although Zhou Yuji tried his best to let the soldiers take turns to rest, in fact, because of the fierce battle, the soldiers did not have enough time to rest.

So around noon, Zhou Yuji's troops still inevitably collapsed, Zhou Yuji's family members were all killed, and he himself was stabbed several times in the battle, but the most deadly was that a spear stabbed straight over, pierced Zhou Yuji's armor, and pierced his lower abdomen. Zhou Yuji fell to the ground, and he tried very hard to raise the Yanling knife with his right hand and wanted to commit suicide. But with a foot on his right hand, he looked up and saw a thief with a barely clear face looking down at him.

"Are you Zhou Yuji?" The thief asked.

"Lao Tzu is Zhou Yuji. Kill the thief...... Kill the thief ......" Zhou Yuji said very hard, but blood kept pouring out of his mouth, making his voice very muffled. However, the thief general seemed to understand, he waved his hand, and the two thieves came over and tied up Zhou Yuji and dragged him down from the city wall.

The two thieves and the thief general dragged Zhou Yuji and dragged him all the way to Li Zicheng, who had just come in from the city gate on horseback.

"Long live, this is Zhou Yuji!" The thief will half-kneel down and say to Lee.

Li Zicheng nodded and looked at Zhou Yuji, who was being held by two soldiers. At this time, Zhou Yuji's helmet was also taken off, his hair was scattered, and his face was covered with blood. There was also a huge wound in the lower abdomen, and half of the intestines were leaking out. Li Zicheng knew that such an injury was no longer incurable.

"What's the problem?" Li Zicheng sighed and said, "If today's fate is no longer on the side of the Ming Dynasty, this is an obvious thing." Why do you have to work so hard? Wouldn't it be beautiful to return to Dashun early, and everyone can save their lives? ”

But obviously, Zhou Yuji, who is now in a dying state, can no longer hear Li Zicheng's voice. Still, his mouth was moving, as if he was saying something.

"What is he talking about?" Li Zicheng asked.

One of the soldiers leaned his head over and listened, with a hesitant look on his face, but did not answer.

"What did he say?" Li Zicheng asked again.

The soldier knelt down at once and said, "Hooray," he said...... He said......"

"What did he say?" Liu Zongmin was also annoyed.

"He said, 'Kill the thief, kill the thief!' The creep replied.

Li Zicheng frowned, and Liu Zongmin said even more angrily: "This bastard who doesn't know how to lift!" ”

After scolding this sentence, Liu Zongmin turned to Li Zicheng and said: "Your Majesty, since this dog thing is so ignorant, let him be handed over to the last general to deal with!" ”

Li Zicheng glanced at Zhou Yuji coldly, and then said to Liu Zongmin: "I'll leave it to you." And he went up to the tower.

At this time, the city walls have been occupied, but the city is still in the midst of fierce fighting, but this is no longer the overall situation. Li Zicheng looked around and saw a woman on a roof in the middle of the city, with some people holding bows and arrows, shooting at the Shun army on the street. The archery skills of these women are not bad, and they have shot a few Shun soldiers.

"Who are those women?" Li Zicheng asked. Li Guo grabbed a captive and asked a few words, and then came over and said, "Your Majesty, it is Zhou Yuji's wife and servant. ”

"It's really not a family, not a family." Li Zicheng said, "Well, let's fulfill them and let them be loyal martyrs!" ”

In just two days, Li Zicheng captured Ningwu Pass and killed Zhou Yuji, the chief soldier of Shanxi.

A few days later, Jiang Xuan, the general soldier of Datong, sent someone to secretly send Li Zicheng a surrender table. said that as soon as Li Zicheng's army arrived at his defense area, he would immediately surrender to Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng showed the table to the ministers, and then asked, "What do you think I should do?" ”

"Congratulations, Your Majesty!" Niu Jinxing said first, "Your Majesty went to Taiyuan in two days, and Ningwu in two days, threatening the world, and the Ming army from all walks of life surrendered to the wind." The prestige of our army has been achieved, and it is gratifying to congratulate. Moreover, Your Majesty, Jiang Hao has surrendered, and the general trend of the Pseudo-Ming Dynasty has gone. Today, from Shanxi to Jingshi, there are almost no available troops. Our army took advantage of the victory and advanced rapidly, and it could reach the city of Beijing. If we go to Beijing in World War I, who else in the world will dare to compete with our army? In this way, the general trend of the world can be determined. ”

"Prime Minister Niu, this doesn't seem to be the same as what we said before we set out on the expedition, right?" Liu Zongmin asked with a frown.

"It's different, but it's a rare opportunity right now. The ancients said: 'Heaven does not take it, but suffers the blame; When it doesn't work, it suffers. Now the opportunity is here. Besides, there are no certain rules for things in the world, and it is necessary to pay attention to improvisation. Since the situation has changed, we must change with it. Besides, although the pseudo-Ming is weak now, if we give them time, it is difficult to say what will happen. After all, the southeast half of the pseudo-Ming is still basically intact, and everyone knows the wealth of the southeast. Moreover, the southeast is not only rich, but also able to produce strong soldiers, Qi Jiguang's Zhejiang soldiers are strong and able to fight, and they are well-known in the world. If the puppet Ming emperor gave up Beijing and went south to Nanjing, he was afraid that there would be a lot of variables if the world was to be pacified. Niu Jinxing said, "Of course, this is just Wei Chen's personal opinion, how to decide, it depends on His Majesty's holy judgment." ”

Li Zicheng didn't speak, and only said after a while: "Brothers, what do you think?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks it's better to be serious." Li Yan said, "Once we take Beijing, we will have to face the pressure of Jianxuan." The minister felt that he accepted Jiang Huang's surrender, incorporated his army, and controlled the Xuanda region, but it was still a little early to march to Beijing. ”

"I ...... Chen thinks that it is better for us to call over first, see the situation, and adapt to the situation. Liu Zongmin also said the same.

"Your Majesty, even if Beijing is empty, it is not appropriate to take it directly, and the minister thinks that it is good to control Xuanda." Li Yan said again.

Li Zicheng thought for a while and said: "Beijing's affairs are still far away, let's not talk about it for now, let's take down Xuanda first and then make plans." ”