Chapter 153: Under the Shanhai Pass
"There are 30,000 elite soldiers, and Yuan promises not to let a single soldier enter Shaanxi."
After listening to Yuan Zongdi's words, Shi Lei didn't speak for a long time, just sat there with his eyes closed, not knowing what to think.
Seeing Shi Lei's expression, Yuan Zongdi and Sun Yang also began to get nervous in their hearts, no wonder, you must know that they were still complaining about Shi Lei just now, and now they actually asked for 30,000 elite soldiers, whether it is the superior person, they will not easily agree.
You know, now Shaanxi says that there are 100,000 soldiers and horses, but the more than 40,000 soldiers who originally belonged to the Dashun army who can really fight, as well as the thousands of Yulin soldiers who have been following Shi Lei, and the remaining Mongolians are used to attack the city and conquer the city, and it is a bit overkill to defend the city
"30,000 is too little, I will give you 50,000 elite soldiers, I hope you can fulfill your promise, and I hope that these 50,000 elite soldiers are not only used for defense, but also for offense at critical moments."
"Adults, adults are not afraid that Yuan will take the opportunity to rebel, you know, Yuan was still complaining about adults just now, do adults trust Yuan so much?" Hearing Shi Lei's unexpected words, Yuan Zongdi and Sun Yang were stunned for a moment, and then they heard Yuan Zongdi ask suspiciously.
"Hahaha, don't be suspicious, don't be suspicious, since I dare to let you out, then I believe in you wholeheartedly, the most important thing is that I believe that your General Yuan is not Lu Bu, and I, Shi Lei, am not Dong Zhuo, I am saying, if I can't even believe people like you General Yuan, then how to do great things in the future and build a great cause." Shi Lei said with a smile.
Hearing Shi Lei's words, Yuan Zong knelt in front of Shi Lei with a serious face for the first time, and said, "My lord is so honest, I, Yuan Zongdi, am convinced, from today on, Yuan is sincerely loyal to my lord, and if I violate this oath, I will not die well." ”
"Okay, okay, with General Yuan's promise, Shi will be completely relieved, come, today we will take advantage of this good wine not to get drunk and not return, I wish the general a smooth journey."
"Uncle, there is Shanhaiguan in front, do you want my nephew to lead the troops to capture it now, capture Wu Sangui's house alive, and save the uncle's big event." Outside Shanhaiguan City, Li Zicheng's nephew Li Guo drove his horse to him and asked for battle.
Hearing Li Guo's invitation to fight, Li Zicheng smiled and waved his hand on the horse, and then said, "Don't worry, although our army is powerful, but after all, the soldiers are still a little tired all the way.
This time, the king personally led the troops to come, that is, to take the Shanhaiguan in one fell swoop with the overwhelming momentum of Mount Tai, and to show the people who still dare to resist the king, so they are still waiting, and when the soldiers are recovered, they will attack the city in one fell swoop. ”
After saying these words, Li Zicheng drove his horse to the foot of Shanhaiguan City.
"My lord, the person in the city who is blind with a felt hat is the Li thief, the Li thief has always prided himself on being different, and he never wears a helmet when he goes into battle, so it is very easy to recognize." The city is so lively, how can the city be calm, at this time, Wu Sangui is holding a clairvoyant mirror in his hand, looking carefully at the city, and Hu Guozhu next to him is also introducing him to the situation of the Dashun army.
Seeing Li Zicheng riding on a horse under the city, Wu Sangui's heart suddenly surged with boundless anger, before Li Zicheng's army came, there were already spies who passed on everything that happened in Beijing, when he heard that his parents and relatives were all beheaded by Li Zicheng in public and died, Wu Sangui vomited two mouthfuls of blood.
Now, seeing this enemy who killed his father and took his wife, right in front of him, Wu Sangui couldn't wait to jump down from the city and hack him to death directly, but unfortunately, the cruelty of reality made him stay in the city, quietly watching his enemy, swaggering in front of him, and getting carried away.
"Wu Sangui is here, the king of my family will recruit you to come out for a while." Just when Wu Sangui was in his rage, he saw a fast horse, running to the city, and immediately a knight shouted loudly.
Hearing the shouts of the knights under the city, Wu Sangui's anger suddenly exploded, and he resisted the urge to shoot this knight with an arrow, Wu Sangui opened his mouth and said, "You go back and tell Li Thief that there is an enmity between me Wu Sangui and him, and we are direct, either he dies or I die, we have nothing to talk about." ”
Standing at the head of the city, Wu Sangui's voice came out very much, after Li Zicheng heard it, he drove the horse forward with a smile on his face, and then grabbed the reins of the horse outside the range of the arrow, and shouted loudly to the city, "Hahaha, the world says that Wu Sangui is a peerless general in the world, but I didn't expect that not only is he a mediocre talent who doesn't know the times, but he is also so rude, it seems that this rumor is really not credible!" ”
"Li Zicheng, you thief, you killed the king and rebelled, causing chaos in the world, how many innocent people died because of you, and how many people were ruined, and then you got lucky to seize the artifact, not only did you not have benevolence and righteousness, but even more tyrannical, persecuting officials, oppressing the people, the ancient people are nothing more than that, what's more, you innocently killed dozens of people in my family, if I Wu Sangui don't kill you in this life, I will not be a man." Seeing Li Zicheng appear in front of him, Wu Sangui suddenly scolded angrily, and finally even took out the treasure knife at his waist and slashed at the head of the city, cutting off a large part of the sturdy city bricks.
Hearing Wu Sangui's angry scolding, Li Zicheng's face was also a little unbearable, if it was before he had not entered Beijing City, Li Zicheng heard this kind of abuse, that is, he just smiled, and he would not be careful, but now, after entering Beijing City, he is about to ascend the throne and become the emperor, and he is actually abused like this in front of the army, not to mention anything else, his face has been greatly damaged, which is not a good thing for himself in the future.
"Wu Sangui, this king originally thought that you were also a hero in the world, so he repeatedly issued edicts and surrendered to you, and even did not hesitate to promote you as a marquis, hereditary replacement, but I didn't expect that you were actually a shameless villain, who promised on the surface, but secretly killed 20,000 of my soldiers behind his back, colluded with the Manchu Tartars, and intended to disrupt the world in my Central Plains.
Now there is still the face to stand there, complaining about this king, it is really shameless, if you know each other, you will open the city and surrender, and make less killing, in this case, this king may be able to be gracious and leave you a way to live, otherwise, when the city is broken, it will be when you are cut by a thousand knives. Li Zicheng also put a big hat on Wu Sangui's head, anyway, wronged people don't need to be recognized, as long as they can suppress the morale of the other party, there is no harm.
"Bastard, bastard, damn thing, come on, shoot me with arrows, shoot him with arrows." Hearing Li Zicheng's words, Wu Sangui, who had already been angry, completely lost his mind, and at the same time took the bow and arrow in the hands of the guards on the side, and shot desperately at Li Zicheng, but unfortunately, because it was too far away from the city, those sharp arrows could not shoot Li Zicheng at all, and they had already fallen to the ground halfway.
Seeing this situation, Wu Sangui suddenly shouted again, "Come on, shoot me, I don't believe it, I can't blow him up." "It's a pity, this time, under the obstruction of Hu Guozhu and others, no one opened the artillery, the current red-coated cannon, speaking of great power, but in fact, there is no city defense crossbow deterrent power, because with the current artillery want to kill people, it is like winning the lottery, it depends on God's long eyes, and ** Hachi died under the artillery in the Songjin defense line, you can imagine how bad luck is.
Because of this, in addition to the siege of the city, most of the time, the red-coated cannon only played a deterrent role, which is why, in the early Ming Dynasty, there was already artillery, but by the end of the Ming Dynasty, the cannon was a powerful thing, there was still no decisive development, and it was not even as practical as the Spanish Furlong machine.
"Brother Hu, you are writing a letter to Dolgon, saying that I agreed to his request, but there is only one thing, that is, if they enter the customs and conquer the city of Beijing, they must appoint the crown prince Zhu Cihong as the emperor, otherwise, I would rather die in Shanhaiguan than let them in." When Wu Sangui returned to the city, he coldly instructed Hu Guozhu.
"But, my lord, if that's the case, aren't we very passive, you know, if we really let the Tartars enter the customs, we won't have any hole cards in our hands, in that case, if the Tartars want to turn their faces in the future, we will be embarrassed." Hearing Wu Sangui's order, Hu Guozhu suddenly said in surprise.
"Hmph, Brother Hu, you have also seen today's situation, if we don't let the Tartars enter the customs and help us, we will have no way to live except for fighting to the death, so, in order to survive, we only have this one way to go, besides, why should I let the prince Zhu Cihong be the emperor, that is, to occupy the name of righteousness, as long as there is righteousness, even if the Tartar soldiers are strong, there will be no place for them in the entire Central Plains in the future, after all, with the billions of Han people, they are nothing.
And when the time comes, with the help of the military power of the Tartars to exterminate the Li thief, and we occupy the name of righteousness, at that time, who is our opponent in the whole world, and we will be the heroes of Zhongxing Daming at that time, not to mention the feudal territory, a hereditary title is also indispensable, therefore, for the sake of the future, we can only be grandsons now, endure first, but you remember, all this, we will find it back in the future. Wu Sangui said with a hideous expression on his face.
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