Chapter 67: The Beginning of the War
It has been agreed. Zhang Xianzhong returned to Huguang three days before the start of the war and returned to his station. Because Yang Sichang decided to strike first, the news was brought to Zhang Xianzhong's ears by spies.
Yang Sichang's ability Zhang Xianzhong still understands, as the Ming Dynasty's military secretary, this bachelor who was sighed by Chongzhen as "hating to use Qing late" used the "ten-sided net" to make the peasant army difficult, and now Yang Sichang personally supervises the teacher, Zhang Xianzhong can not be careless.
Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng agreed that if the Huguang peasant army was attacked by Yang Sichang and He Renlong, Li Zicheng would attack Tongguan and attack the east and west to relieve the danger of Huguang.
However, hurry up, the battle still started a day early, this is the idea of Killing Wind, Killing Wind led three thousand Jinyi guards to support Yang Sichang. Admonished Yang Sichang to strike first, first intentionally revealing the time of the war, and then advancing the time.
At the beginning of the war, the Ming army had the upper hand, and Zhang Xianzhong was defeated and retreated again and again by Yang Sichang's 100,000 army and the murderous Jinyi Wei without He Renlong intervening. But he did not ask Li Zicheng for help. Li Zicheng didn't dare to support, because He Renlong in Tongguan was also eyeing him. Tongguan became a more important pass at this time, not only containing Li Zicheng's army, but also forming a flanking attack on Zhang Xianzhong's troops. As long as he congratulates Renlong and makes a move, I am afraid that Zhang Xianzhong will fly south.
However, He Renlong did not make a move, he, like another general, Zuo Liangyu, sat on the mountain and watched the tiger fight, completely ignoring Yang Sichang's request for the two armies to send troops to attack Zhang Xianzhong! When he was homeopathic, Yang Sichang didn't take this matter to heart, he felt that he could take Zhang Xianzhong in one fell swoop, and even, directly pointed at Li Zicheng!
However, as the war progressed, the situation gradually fell out of Yang's control. In the face of Yang Sichang's encirclement and suppression, Zhang Xianzhong did not fight hard, and switched from fighting with his strength to fighting with his brain. Hooligans are not scary, what is scary is that hooligans are cultured. In the process of the war, Zhang Xianzhong actually asked the military advisor to teach him "The Art of War"! Under Yang Sichang's concept of "settling the outside world first" and the encirclement and suppression strategy of "a ten-sided net", Zhang Xianzhong's guerrilla tactics of "subduing the enemy by walking" and "avoiding the real and attacking the false" were forced!
Zhang Xianzhong's flexible guerrilla tactics not only escaped Yang Sichang's encirclement and suppression, but also often allowed the Ming army to rush into the air, and even lured the enemy to go deeper, and each one broke through.
Zhang Xianzhong's tactic of "defeating the enemy by walking" made Yang Sichang tired, and the 100,000-strong army became less and less. After Yang Sichang analyzed the enemy situation, he decomposed the killing Jinyi Guards, and each Ming army was equipped with hundreds of Jinyi Guards as the vanguard, because the Jinyi Guard's ability to face emergencies could reduce the losses of the Ming army to a certain extent. In this way, the power of Jinyiwei was also disintegrated. Killing Feng was helpless, so he went to Tongguan in person and asked He Renlong for help.
However, something is wrong! Just when Zhang Xianzhong turned the danger into a disaster and even began to fight back step by step, Li Zicheng was also greedy, he couldn't sit still! Thinking that Zhang Xianzhong, who is usually rampage, has developed limbs and is simple-minded, can play the Ming Dynasty's military department Shangshu around, what is he doing in the face of a mere He Renlong? So, Li Zicheng decided to send troops to Tongguan!
The killing wind came unfortunately, and Li Zicheng came even more unfortunately, because they encountered. It may be a bit unrealistic to kill the wind and pick 100,000 soldiers and horses, but it should not be a problem to capture the thief and capture the king first, and it should not be a problem to take Li Zicheng or his vanguard officer among the ten thousand troops!
The facts proved this in a timely manner, just outside the Tongguan Pass, under the city gate. An army of 100,000 overwhelmed the border. He Renlong panicked. Before he could figure out how to deal with the matter of Yang Dao, Li Zicheng killed him. At this point, I am afraid it will be too late. Therefore, after thinking about it again and again, He Renlong ordered to hang up the battle exemption card and close the city gate!!
This time it was difficult to kill, and he was blocked out of the door, facing Li Zicheng and his army of 100,000. Li Zicheng saw that although He Renlong was closing the door, there were still people at the door to fight! He sneered, waved his big hand, and the two generals, Huzi and Liu Zongmin, killed them at the same time.
As a senior general of the Jinyi Guard, Killing Feng should not be too embarrassed with one enemy and two. His eagle-like eyes were fixed on the incoming enemy, and he slowly drew his twin knives from the box behind his back.
Huzi and Liu Zongmin rode their horses at a gallop, one left and one right, one knife and one shot, pinching and killing the wind. Killing Feng was not in a hurry, holding a double knife, smacking a horsewhip, interspersed between the two, blocking left and right, and skillfully avoiding the first round of Huzi and Liu Zongmin.
The two sides tightened the reins of the horse, turned around again, and re-engaged in short combat, this time, Liu Zongmin swung his knife and swept the horse's legs, and Huzi swung up to attack and kill the head of the wind. Killing Feng, who was attacked up and down, strangled the reins of the horse, and the front hooves of the war horse jumped high, dodging Liu Zongmin's big knife, and then Killing Feng then waved the machete in his left hand, and the red tassel spear of Huzi sparked a dazzling spark, and the red tassel spear in Huzi's hand shook the war horse and took two steps back. Killing the wind is different, although the age is similar, but in terms of martial arts and experience, the killing wind is above the tiger. After shaking back the tiger, the killing wind did not stop, but took advantage of the victory to pursue, "Drive!" Killing Wind roared angrily, and the machete in his right hand swung towards Huzi. Huzi didn't have time to react, so he could only instinctively block with a horizontal gun, but neither the move nor the strength was in the best state, so the killing wind slashed down, Huzi screamed, staggered, fell backwards, and rolled off the war horse. The red tassel gun fell to the side.
"Huzi!" Li Zicheng and others were watching the battle in front of them, and when they saw the tiger fall off their horses, they screamed. At this time, Liu Zongmin shouted angrily and killed the killing wind with his knife.
The two joined forces, and they were not opponents for killing, and Liu Zongmin alone was naturally not a problem. Killing Feng didn't use two knives to cut down Liu Zongmin's war horse. Seeing that the killing wind was so powerful, He Renlong, who was standing on the city gate and watching the battle, was shaken.
"Drop the rope!" He Renlong roared angrily, and Tongguan, who hung up the battle-free card, finally reacted and put down a thick rope. "Lord Killing Wind! Come up! He Renlong shouted.
Seeing Li Zicheng leading an army of 100,000 to rescue his two pioneers, Killing Feng knew that he couldn't fight hard. He jumped into the air, jumped into the air, jumped towards the city wall, and grabbed the rope that He Renlong had lowered. Climb quickly along the rope.
"Archer!" Li Zicheng roared angrily, pulled out a big bow, and with a whoosh, the feather arrows flew out towards the killing wind, and the archers were also in place, and suddenly ten thousand swords were fired together! The rain of arrows shot towards the killing wind. The killing wind, who had not yet climbed to the top, pulled out the scimitar from behind his back and threw it out, and the scimitar shuttled in the rain of arrows, cutting through thorns and thorns, and flew straight towards Li Zicheng.
"King Chuang beware!" As soon as Xiang Bo shouted, he pushed Li Zicheng, and the "click" scimitar grazed Li Zicheng's left shoulder. Because of the strong force, blood sprayed on the face of Xiang Bo next to him. Thankfully! If it weren't for Xiang Bo's push, I'm afraid Li Zicheng's head would have landed at this time.
"King Chuang is injured! Collect the troops! "Just by killing the wind, the three generals of the army were severely damaged, and what was even more terrifying was that even Li Zicheng was injured. As a military advisor, Xiang Bo had to make the decision to withdraw his troops.
Helplessly, the army had no choice but to withdraw its troops. On the gate of Tongguan, rows of heads suddenly appeared, holding swords and cheering, "Huhuhu!" At this time, He Renlong pulled the killing wind to the city wall.
"Lord Killing Wind is really good!" He Renlong praised.
General He said with a smile...... "Killing Feng didn't finish speaking, he suddenly spit out a mouthful of blood, and then fell in front of He Renlong.
It turned out that Killing Wind was hit by an arrow in the back! It was the arrow that Li Zicheng took the lead in shooting!
"Quick! Military! He Renlong called. Killing Wind was carried into the camp.
After some healing, Killing Wind slowly woke up.
"Lord Killing Wind has woken up." He Renlong greeted beside him.
"Thank you, General He. Killing Feng came this time, but he actually came to ask General He to send troops, and General Yang may not be able to bear it. Killing Wind said weakly.
"This ......" He Renlong hesitated.
At this time, a person ran in outside the tent, "Report! General, General Yang Xuanwen! The signal soldier presented a piece of paper to He Renlong's hand. He Renlong impatiently took the text and looked at it. With a wave of his hand, "You go down." ”
"Yes, General."
"General He, is General Yang here again?" Killing Wind asked.
He Renlong sighed and nodded, "The third way." ”
"So what are the generals waiting for? If the general doesn't make a move, I'm afraid Zhang Xianzhong will attack Henan! Killing Wind said eagerly, probably because of the rush to attack the heart, Killing Wind said, spitting out a mouthful of blood.
"Kill the wind!" The crowd was worried.
"Leave me alone, General, send troops!" Kill the wind and admonish.
"He has his own measure, Lord Killing Wind should rest first." He Renlong saw that the killing wind was unrelenting, so he put down a sentence and walked out of the military tent.
After all, He Renlong did not send troops to aid Yang Sichang, Yang Sichang was counterattacked by Zhang Xianzhong, and he was defeated and retreated, not only ordinary soldiers, but even the extraordinary Jinyi Guard was quickly disintegrated when the killing style was no longer there, and there was not much left. Zhang Xianzhong is really about to hit Henan. Sun Chuanting was shocked, and Chongzhen was furious.
Li Zicheng was also angry, he lost the first stop, his vitality was greatly injured, and when he returned to the station, Li Zicheng didn't have time to deal with the wound and went straight to the cell! He needs to vent his anger, and Zhu Qing will inevitably become the first choice, which they have already negotiated.
However, when Li Zicheng came to the cell, the cell was empty!
"What about people?!" Huzi angrily grabbed a jailer and asked, Li Zicheng didn't say a word, and slashed another jailer with a swing of a knife. Just as he was about to cut the second one, the old man of the twin cities came, "Stop! ”
"Old man?" Xiang Bo had a sense of foreboding.
"I put the people." The old man of Shuangcheng said lightly.
"Why?!" Li Zicheng rushed over like crazy and roared at the old man of Shuangcheng, the machete in his hand raised high. No one has ever seen Li Zicheng so angry. I was stunned.
"Jinzhou has fallen !!" The old man of Shuangcheng roared, his eyes staring at Li Zicheng tightly.
Li Zicheng was stunned for a moment, and then tried his best to suppress the anger in his heart, "What does it have to do with him?" Why let him go?! ”
"King Chuang, Jinzhou has fallen, he is the guard of Shanhaiguan, he can't be careless." Xiang Bo cautiously whispered in Li Zicheng's ear.
"Although the Ming Dynasty can't tolerate us, but when the Tartars come in, we don't have any good fruit to eat!" The old man left a sentence.
"Ahh Li Zicheng was so angry that he had to look up to the sky and howl, and suddenly, a mouthful of blood gushed out.
"Daddy!"
"Quick! Military! Li Zicheng was carried out.
Sure enough, Zhu Qing was already on his way to Shanhaiguan. The old man of Shuangcheng received the news that Zu Dashou surrendered and Jinzhou fell. So, the Shanhaiguan guard Zhu Qing was released. He didn't know if his decision was right or wrong, but looking at the back of Zhu Qing riding on the wind-chasing horse and leaving, the old man of Shuangcheng seemed to see Zhu Jin's shadow back then.