Chapter 619: Emperor Zhangwu, the four seas are salty
In fact, the Qi army's artillery and muskets not only caused casualties, but more importantly, they crushed the last vestiges of the opponent's stubborn resistance.
Zhang Xianzhong drew the end of his life in a sudden way, no one knows if this ending will be better than Li Zicheng, but as soon as he died, the Great Western Army was completely scattered.
Including Liu Wenxiu, all the generals and grassroots officers were no longer able to restrain their subordinates, and many archers and gunners were left unattended, and they were even pushed to the front by the chaotic and scattered soldiers.
In the face of the phalanx of the Qi army, these ranged troops had no hope of victory, and many of them raised their long and short bows and muskets in despair to surrender.
The Qi army did not kill them all at the beginning, and often left some people on the spot to take down the armor and weapons of the Great Western Army, and put them all together.
The rest of the soldiers did not stop, and continued to move forward steadily, intending to encircle and annihilate the Great Western Army, which was still chaotic.
Through the Qi Wu armor swordsmen in the front row, you can see the layers of axe-gunners and pikemen who are constantly moving behind, and at this time, the volleys of musketeers have become sparse and begin to gradually move backwards, away from the battlefield.
Everyone knows that the war has actually ended at this point.
After all, the musketeers were full of flammable and explosive things, ammunition bags and various tools, and if one of them was accidentally splashed by a flying spark, the damage would be great.
The soldiers held the spears in their hands tightly, listening to the buzzing around them, and their hearts were still a little shocked, even at this time, no one dared to relax, and during the training, I heard the boss say more than once, a moment of distraction in wartime may be the moment of your death.
At this time when the world is about to be peaceful, a good day is just around the corner, no one wants to die anymore, and see with their own eyes what the world has become that they have followed Emperor Zhangwu, this is what everyone thinks.
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In the back mountain, a big yellow tent stands firmly on it, and about 30 or so civil and military ministers of Daqi stand respectfully around it.
In fact, many people were still a little nervous when they saw the dozen or so phalanxes in front of the firearms battalion drowning in the sea of the Great Western Army, but as the rest of the three route armies came over, the battle situation gradually became clear, and this was the kind of relief that they were relieved.
In other words, from the time when the banner of the Qi army appeared on the side of the rest of the people, this battle had already ended, and even the Qing captives outside the pass could not rush out of the formation that the Qi army had already surrounded and died.
With the sound of horses' hooves, Qi Zhengyu, the deputy general of the Xiaocai Battalion, who was in charge of the sneak attack on the artillery battalion of the Great Western Army, came back, and shouted before he got off his horse:
"Your Majesty, the last general will not fail in his mission, the artillery battalion of these thieves is gone!"
"Haha!" Wang Zheng got up to greet him, patted Qi Zhengyu, who was covered in dust, and laughed:
"Okay, you kid has made a great contribution, and you will be indispensable in the future!"
Qi Zhengyu felt honored, and immediately became overjoyed, and after a few words of modesty, he hurriedly flattered:
"Everywhere, the emperor has a good way to control it, and this credit is nothing."
This sycophant Wang Zheng was comfortable, and he laughed again, seeing that Qi Zhengyu, who had always been honest, had learned to flatter, and the people around him also laughed, all of them tacitly.
At this time, a group of people came from afar, led by Na Hao Shaoqi, who immediately knelt on the ground after seeing Wang Zheng, and shouted excitedly:
"Your Majesty, look at who I have captured for you, but you can make a difference!"
Hearing this, everyone looked back, but saw Hao Shaoqi bringing back Liu Wenxiu, the Funan general of Daxi, like a chicken, and now this guy is like a defeated rooster, and he is no longer ruthless.
Liu Wenxiu was followed by at least a dozen generals of the Great Western Army, and when they saw Wang Zheng, they began to beg for mercy, saying that they wanted to change their ways and start all over again in the Great Qi.
After the battle of Phoenix Mountain, the main force of 300,000 troops of the Great Western Army was wiped out, and now it is no longer the end of the Ming Dynasty, and it has become the Qi army that entered Shaanxi.
And the Eight Kings can have this territory now, it is all due to the fact that Wang Zheng, Guanwai Tartar and Li Zicheng did not free up their hands to solve it when they fought with each other.
Against any of these three parties, it is impossible for the Great Western Army to win, let alone defeat the Qing Dynasty and defeat the Wang Zheng of Dashun, these truths have long been open secrets within the Great Western Army, but in order to take care of Zhang Xianzhong's face, no one dares to say it.
After the Battle of Phoenix Mountain, the pattern of Daqi dominating the world was basically determined, and everyone in the world understood who was strong and who was weak, and the remnants of the Great Western Army that surrendered were just the beginning.
But Wang Zheng is not Chongzhen, and the Qi army is not a civilian military general of the Ming Dynasty, and he recruited the Dashun army before, because the territory occupied by Dashun is not small, and it is necessary to go south after wanting to stabilize the situation in a short time.
After the Battle of Phoenix Mountain, the general trend has been decided, and there is no longer a formed army in the world to oppose Daqi, so naturally there is no need to use this kind of tolerant and gentle means.
For the Great Western Army, which repeatedly surrendered and rebelled in the previous dynasty, Wang Zheng naturally wanted to kill them all.
As for the statement that Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi are both good generals, Wang Zheng scoffed at them, there has been no shortage of talented people in China since ancient times, and it still depends on how to appoint and discover himself as an emperor.
Moreover, the current Great Qi generals are like clouds, with millions of soldiers, and there are many famous generals and ministers who have not existed in history.
Wang Zheng has no indecisive temperament, and he will immediately do what he thinks is the best way, and he will never change his attitude because of these little tricks played by the remnants of Daxi.
No matter how these people beg for mercy, they can hardly escape the end of a person's head falling to the ground.
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In the battle of Phoenix Mountain, nearly 300,000 main forces of the Western Army were annihilated, and Zhang Xianzhong was killed in the Hu formation, and then the Daxi defenders in Chengdu opened the city to greet them, and the Qi soldiers entered Chengdu City without blood, and they competed for attachment from far and near.
Not long after, the news came that Gao Jie and Chen Yongfu worked together to strangle the king of Dingbei, Ainengqi, and defeated the soldiers and horses of the 19th East Battalion of the Great Western Army.
Half a month later, the Western Army won again, Liu Guoneng, Zuo Guangxian, Liu Fangliang and others led their troops to conquer Weizhou, Yazhou, and Jiading, and Sun Kewang was defeated and surrendered, and was on the way to suppress Chengdu.
The soldiers and horses of the Qi army played triumphant songs, and began to recover the entire territory of Shaanxi all the way.
Originally, the Ming Dynasty's governors and ministers in Shaanxi, as well as the surviving gentry in Shaanxi with status and prestige, all wrote letters to congratulate Emperor Zhangwu of the Great Qi on his victory over Phoenix Mountain.
When the news arrived, the four seas were subdued, and the people from far and near competed for submission, and all the people praised it.
What few people know is that after this battle, the Qi army did not leave any prisoners, and the nearly 300,000 Great Western Army did not leave a single one.
Anyway, no matter what Wang Zheng does, he will definitely be a Ming Jun of civil governance and martial arts in the history books, and this matter will definitely not be mentioned at all.
Of course, that's all for later.